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The Yellowstone Fires of 1988 Thesis Research Materials, 1988-1989
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Peterson, David W.
- Title
- The Yellowstone Fires of 1988 Thesis Research Materials
- Dates
- 1988-1989 (inclusive)19881989
- Quantity
- 12 boxes, (4.75 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 330
- Summary
- The collection consists of David W. Peterson's master's thesis research notes which outline the events that occurred during the devastating fires in Yellowstone National Park in 1988.
- Repository
-
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
-
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
David W. Peterson received his undergraduate degree in 1988 and an M.A. degree in history in 1990, both from Utah State University. He completed law school at the University of Utah in 1992 and as of January 2008, was practicing law in New Mexico.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of David W. Peterson's master's thesis research notes which outline the events that occurred during the devastating fires in Yellowstone National Park in 1988. His notes include television, magazine and newspaper reports, interviews with people from the National Park Service and U. S. Forest Service, other national park and forest reports, fire management reports, as well as climate and environmental impacts from the fires. The collection is organized in several categories by type of material.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the The Yellowstone Fires of 1988 Thesis Research Materials must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: The Yellowstone Fires of 1988 Thesis Research Materials USU_COLL MSS 330, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_COLL MSS 330, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized by type of material
Processing Note
Processed in October of 2007
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated by David W. Peterson on June 15, 1992.
Related Materials
Related departmental holdings include the Yellowstone National Park wildland fire management plan/prepared by Yellowstone National Park, Rocky Mountain Region, National Park Service, Department of the Interior (BOOK COLL 47 no. 24, no. 144, no. 145) and "The Greater Yellowstone Area Fires of 1988" by David W. Peterson (MICRO FORM THESES).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Media Reports and news articles, 1985-1989Return to Top
(21 folders)
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 |
Public Historic News, Vol.9 No. 3 |
1989 Spring |
| 1 | 2 | Index of newspaper articles |
1988 July 23 - November 31 |
| 1 | 3 | Newspaper article clippings |
undated |
| 1 | 4 | National magazine clippings |
undated |
| 1 | 5 |
Royal Teton Ranch News
|
1986 July 4 & 1985 |
| 1 | 6 |
Yellowstone Today
|
1988 Summer & Autumn |
| 1 | 7 |
High Country News
|
1988 November 7 |
| 1 | 8 |
TEEWINOT
|
1988 Summer |
| 1 | 9 |
Greater Yellowstone Report
|
1988 Autumn |
| 1 | 10 |
Western Wildlands
|
1977-1989 |
| 1 | 11 | Photocopy of book Fire Control in the 80s
|
undated |
| 1 | 12 |
National Parks Magazine
|
undated |
| 1 | 13 |
National Geographic
|
1989 February |
| 1 | 14 | Article "A Utah Moon," by Chas Peterson |
undated |
| 1 | 15 | Photocopy of book Yellowstone's Red Summer
|
undated |
| 1 | 16 |
TELECLIPS transcripts |
1988 August 24 - 1988 September 12 |
| 1 | 17 |
The Living Wilderness, No. 86 |
1964 Spring-Summer |
| 1 | 18 | Book Yellowstone and the Fires of Change, by George Wuerthner |
undated |
| 1 | 19 | Article "The Year Yellowstone Burned," Outdoor Life Vol. 182 No. 6 |
1988 |
| 1 | 20 | Article "Beyond the Burn", by Geoffrey O’Gara |
undated |
| 1 | 21 | Article "Fire then Ice", by Montgomery Bower and Bill Shaw |
undated |
Oral histories, 1984-1988Return to Top
(24 folders)
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | Anzelmo, Joan |
undated |
| 2 | 2 | Barbee, Bob |
undated |
| 2 | 3 | Bird, Doug |
undated |
| 2 | 4 | Burns, John |
undated |
| 2 | 5 | Carghill, Gary |
undated |
| 2 | 6 | Dennee, Bob |
undated |
| 2 | 7 | Despain, Don |
undated |
| 2 | 8 | Francis, Edward |
undated |
| 2 | 9 | Karle, Marsha |
undated |
| 2 | 10 | Mintzmeyer, Lorraine |
undated |
| 2 | 11 | Mitchell, Del |
undated |
| 2 | 12 | Mosbacker, Frank |
undated |
| 2 | 13 | Peterson, Joe |
undated |
| 2 | 14 | Petroni, Mark |
undated |
| 3 | 1 | Mark Petroni |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | Pat Sheehan |
undated |
| 3 | 3 | Dan Sholly |
undated |
| 3 | 4 | Jack Starks |
undated |
| 3 | 5 | Brian Stout |
undated |
| 3 | 6 | Stan Tixier |
1984 |
| 3 | 7 | Stan Tixier |
1988 |
| 3 | 8 | Walt Tomascak |
undated |
| 3 | 9 | Archie Wirth and others |
undated |
| 3 | 10 | Oral history transcripts release forms |
undated |
United States Government reports on national forests and parks, 1952-1989Return to Top
(12 folders)
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1 | Report titled Synopsis of Studies Made of the Forest Service" |
1952 |
| 4 | 2 | Article titled "Firescope: A New Concept in Multiagency Fire Suppression Coordination" |
undated |
| 4 | 3 | Article titled "Long-Term Reconstruction of Seasonal Temperature and Precipitation in the Yellowstone National Park Region Using Dendroclimatic Techniques" |
1975 |
| 4 | 4 | Report titled "Coordination and Management Review" |
1989 |
| 4 | 5 | Congressional Research Service (CRS) report titled "The Major Federal Land Management Agencies: Management of Our Nations Lands and Resources" |
1985 |
| 4 | 6 | Congressional Research Service (CRS) report titled "Public Lands in the West: Policy Perspectives; Selected References" |
1983 |
| 4 | 7 | Transcript of testimony of Bob Anderson, Executive Director of Greater Yellowstone Coalition |
undated |
| 4 | 8 | Department of Army After-Action Report |
undated |
| 4 | 9 | Department of Defense Final After-Action Report |
1988 September 30 |
| 4 | 10 | U. S. Dept. of Interior report on the wildfires |
1988 |
| 4 | 11 | U.S.D.A. book titled Protecting People and Homes From Wildfire in the Interior West: Proceedings of the Symposium and Workshop |
undated |
| 4 | 12 | Search results of Yellowstone fires in records of Congress |
undated |
Yellowstone Park offices reports, 1988-1989Return to Top
(18 folders)
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | Maps |
undated |
| 5 | 2 | The Greater Yellowstone Postfire Assessment |
undated |
| 5 | 3 | Hellroaring and Storm Creek Interagency Fire Review Report |
undated |
| 5 | 4 | Use of Remote Sensing to Establish Fires in Yellowstone |
undated |
| 5 | 5 | Report on Area Command Information Role and Accomplishments |
undated |
| 5 | 6 | Yellowstone Unified Area Command |
1988 August 4 |
| 5 | 7 | Yellowstone Unified Area Command (continued) |
1988 August 4 |
| 5 | 8 | Yellowstone Unified Area Command (continued) |
1988 August 4 |
| 5 | 9 | Area Command Logs |
1988 August 8 - 1988 September 16 |
| 5 | 10 | Coordination and Management Review |
1989 January |
| 5 | 11 | A Primer on the 1988 Fire Season |
undated |
| 5 | 12 | Greater Yellowstone Area Fires of 1988: Phase II report |
undated |
| 6 | 1 | The Buffalo Chip |
1988 August |
| 6 | 2 | Forest fire statistics |
undated |
| 6 | 3 | Fire Events |
undated |
| 6 | 4 | Fire and Landscape Diversity |
undated |
| 6 | 5 | Summary of Significant Events |
1988 |
| 6 | 6 | Post-Fire Assessment |
1988 December |
Other National Park/Forest office reports, 1963-1988Return to Top
(18 folders)
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 1 | Transcription of Audio Tape Targhee National Forest |
1988 July 22 |
| 7 | 2 | Forest Service Handbook |
undated |
| 7 | 3 | Chronology of Mink Incident |
undated |
| 7 | 4 | Clover-Mist Fire Review |
1988 December 1 |
| 7 | 5 | Huck-Mink Fire Review |
1988 November 7-10 |
| 7 | 6 | Review of the North Fork/Wolf Lake Fires |
undated |
| 7 | 7 | Fire Behavior |
undated |
| 8 | 1 | Fire in Land Management |
undated |
| 8 | 2 | USFS Proposed Outline |
1988 September 12 |
| 8 | 3 | Intermountain Regional Pictorial Organization Charts |
1987 August |
| 8 | 4 | USDA Forest Service Directory |
1988 May |
| 8 | 5 | History of Smokejumping |
1969 June 3 |
| 8 | 6 | Montana tourism pamphlets |
undated |
| 8 | 7 | Article titled, "Frank Jay Haynes Photo Collection at the Montana Historical Society" |
undated |
| 8 | 8 | Photocopy of thesis titled, "1910 Fires in Montana and Idaho, Their Impact on Federal and State Legislation" |
undated |
| 8 | 9 | Rocky Mountain – High Plains Parks and Recreation Journal Vol. 13 No. 2 |
1968 |
| 8 | 10 | National Park Service Directory |
1988 October |
| 8 | 11 | Del Mitchell Strategy Plans |
undated |
Fire Reports, 1967-1988Return to Top
(7 folders)
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1 | Annual Fire Report |
1967 |
| 9 | 2 | Annual Fire Report |
1968 |
| 9 | 3 | Annual Fire Report |
1969 |
| 9 | 4 | Annual Fire Report |
1970 |
| 9 | 5 | Annual Fire Report |
1971 |
| 9 | 6 | Annual Fire Report |
1987 |
| 9 | 7 | Indside Track, fire reports |
1988 July 6 - September 26 |
Fire Management Reports, 1971-1989Return to Top
(11 folders)
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 1 | Article "Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System" |
undated |
| 10 | 2 | Article "Visitor Attitudes Toward Wilderness Fire Management Policy 1971-84" |
1971-1984 |
| 10 | 3 | Article "Fire Management in the Pacific Northwest" |
undated |
| 10 | 4 | Teton Wilderness Fire Management report |
undated |
| 10 | 5 | Wildland Fire Management report |
1986 June |
| 10 | 6 | Wildland Fire Management Plan for Yellowstone National Park |
undated |
| 10 | 7 | Bridger Wilderness Fire Management Plan |
1984 January 23 |
| 10 | 8 | Management Plan Teton Wilderness |
undated |
| 10 | 9 | U.S. Dept. of Interior Wildland Fire Management Plan |
1988 |
| 10 | 10 | USDA's Final Report on Fire Management Policy |
1989 May 5 |
| 10 | 11 | Statement of George S. Dunlop , Assistant Secretary U.S.D.A concerning fire management policies within the National Forest System |
undated |
Climate/Environmental Issues, 1980-1983Return to Top
(11 folders)
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1 | Article titled "Landscape Diversity: The Concept Applied to Yellowstone Park" |
undated |
| 11 | 2 | Report titled "Fire Ecology of Lolo National Forest Habitat Types" |
1980 May |
| 11 | 3 | Author's climate notes |
undated |
| 11 | 4 | Report titled "Ninety-one Years of Weather Records at Yellowstone National Park 1887-1977" |
1977 |
| 11 | 5 | National magazine articles on global greenhouse |
1988-1989 |
| 11 | 6 | Government report titled "A Sampling System for Measuring Emissions from West Coast Prescribed Fires" |
1982 November |
| 11 | 7 | Government report titled "Fire Ecology of Montana Forest Habitat Types East of the Continental Divide" |
1983 May |
| 11 | 8 | Article titled "Climate of Yellowstone Park" |
undated |
| 11 | 9 | Congressional Research Services (CRS) reports on the drought of 1988 |
undated |
| 11 | 10 | Government report on the climate of Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Parks |
undated |
| 11 | 1 | Article titled "Some Ecological Implications of Forest Fire Control in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming" |
1973 |
Incoming & outgoing correspondence and miscellaneous items, undatedReturn to Top
(7 folders)
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 1 | Incoming correspondence |
undated |
| 12 | 2 | Outgoing correspondence |
undated |
| 12 | 3 | Author's handwritten notes |
undated |
| 12 | 4 | Chas Peterson's (Dad) notes |
undated |
| 12 | 5 | Unpublished article on NPS-USFS dispute 1916-1937 titled "A Regular Ding- Dong Fight" |
undated |
| 12 | 6 | Smokey the Bear Song sheet music |
undated |
| 12 | 7 | Photocopies of elementary school children's letters to firefighters |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Fire ecology--Yellowstone National Park.
- Fire management--Yellowstone National Park.
- Forest fires--Yellowstone National Park.
Geographical Names
- Yellowstone National Park.
Finding aid/Register created by Sara Skindelien
2011
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