Photographs of Shaw & Powell Camping Company in Yellowstone National Park
Scope and Contents
Contains 62 black and white tourist photographs taken of various points in Gardiner, Montana, and Yellowstone National Park. These photographs were taken on a trip with the Shaw & Powell Camping Company, one of the major camping companies in Yellowstone National Park. Dated approximately 1915. Duplicate photographs of originals also included in the collection.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1915
Creator
- Shaw & Powell Camping Company (contributor, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Photographs of Shaw & Powell Camping Company in Yellowstone National Park must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.
Administrative History
The Shaw & Powell Camping Company (1898-1916) was a permanent camping company in Yellowstone National Park.
The Shaw & Powell Camping Company was permitted to operate "movable camps" in Yellowstone in 1898; the firm was started by Amos Shaw and J.D. Powell (John D. Powell) with headquarters in Livingston, Montana; in 1912 the company bought out the R.C. Bryant Camping Co. that had been operating camping tours from the West entrance since 1910, and known as Bryant-Spence Camping Co. since 1903; the sale also included the Bryant Way hotel in West Yellowstone (the town was known as 'Yellowstone' at that time); they were given permission to build permanent camps in 1913 at all major locations and operated their own stage lines to transport their customers around the park; after the 1916 season the company was merged with the Wylie Camps to form the Yellowstone Park Camping Co.; the transportation business was turned over to the Yellowstone Park Transportation Co.
Extent
8 folders (0.8 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
These photographs were taken during a camping trip conducted by the Shaw and Powell Camping Company in Yellowstone National Park, in the summer of 1915. It is unclear who created them, but they were eventually owned by collector Thomas Mulvaney, who then sold them on e-Bay to the L. Tom Perry Special Collections in 2017.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased; Thomas Mulvaney; September 2017.
Appraisal
Yellowstone National Park Collection Development Policy.
Existence and Location of Copies
Non-original prints of photographs created by the repository, including some duplicates of originals, are included in the collection.
General
Arranged in order of when each photograph was probably taken according to Shaw & Powell's usual route. Photographs 52-62 are of camps and transportation in unknown locations around the park.
Processing Information
Processed; Maddi Stanley, student manuscript processor, and Lyn Clayton, curator; November 2017.
- Title
- Register of Photographs of Shaw & Powell Camping Company in Yellowstone National Park
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Maddi Stanley and Lyn Clayton
- Date
- 2017 November 10
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States