Skip to main content

Yellowstone National Park -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Collection of Yellowstone National Park stereographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9007
Scope and Contents

Contains 36 Yellowstone National Park black and white stereographs, with a few duplicates of varying quality. The dates range from 1871 to 1910. The stereographs were produced by several photographers, the main contributors being Joshua Crissman, Henry Bird Calfee, and the Nelson (Nelse) partnership.

Dates: approximately 1871-1910

Robert Edgar Collet, Jr. papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233632303]
Identifier: MSS 8199
Scope and Contents

Contains records of Robert Edgar Collet, Jr. Includes a family group sheet with their information and dates on their children. Also includes a collection of postcards from Yellowstone, and a few photographs. Dated 1914-2009.

Dates: 1914-2009

William C. Gregg report

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343219]
Identifier: MSS 215
Scope and Contents

Typewritten report with photographs glued into a photo album with the report. The item was addressed to Horace M. Albright, superintendant of Yellowstone National Park. Gregg informs Albright about the exploration of the Bechler River district on the Yellowstone.

Dates: 1920

A. Dean Larsen Yellowstone bibliography files

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9397
Scope and Contents

Collection contains files and records used in the creation of the Yellowstone bibliography. Most of these files are citations and reference lists found by A. Dean Larsen during his research. Much of the research focused on the history of Yellowstone, its wildlife and forest preservation, and personal accounts of the park. Materials dated 1998 to 2005.

Dates: 1998-2005

Herman Ellerman Yellowstone expedition diary

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288346]
Identifier: Vault MSS 251
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary in pencil with a transcription in ink by Barry D. Johnson, one of Ellerman's grandsons. Ellerman writes about the campaign against the Dakota Indians from June to September in 1873 by the Seventh Cavalry of the United States Army. Several pages of the diary are missing.

Dates: 1873

Yellowstone Park memories

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337443]
Identifier: MSS 2591
Scope and Contents

Reminiscenes of living in the Park as a child and his father's work as superintendent of road construction in the Park for Morrison-Knudsen Company.

Dates: 2003