Yellowstone National Park Clippings

Yellowstone National Park Clippings, 1959-1990

Overview of the Collection

Title: Yellowstone National Park Clippings
Dates: 1959-1990 (inclusive)
19591990
Quantity: 30 linear feet
Collection Number: 2250
Summary: The Yellowstone National Park Clippings consist of newspaper clippings collected from various titles in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and elsewhere to document the Park's history for deposit in the Park's library.
Repository: Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
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Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The United States Congress established Yellowstone National Park in 1872, and in 1886, the Secretary of the Interior requested federal troops be stationed in the park. The troops served in the park until the passage of the National Park Act in 1916. The Yellowstone National Park Library started sometime between 1897 and 1903 following the donation of two large personal collections from Hiram Chittenden and George Anderson. Park records date back to 1882, but it was not until the passage of the National Archives Act in 1934 that Yellowstone began a more systematic approach to the documentation of its institutional history. The 1934 bill required federal agencies maintained their own records (U.S. Geologic Survey, Fish and Wildlife, BLM, etc.), although there was no uniform system for gathering data. The National Park Service had no all-encompassing program until 1971 at which time it established a formal archival plan. In addition to the National Park Service's documentation of agency records, Yellowstone archivists also maintained newspaper clippings files related to park activities, which were collected from regional and national periodicals.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Clippings in this collection were originally maintained by the archives at Yellowstone National Park and were filed in two collections. The first consisted of 22 boxes with dates between 1977-1989 and were arranged by year with individual publications separated by title. Larger papers like the Billings Gazette were also divided by the month. All the clippings were in reverse chronological order, and the folders were not alphabetized. Also, a number of boxes had individual subject files, mostly photocopies. The second collection consisted of four boxes dated from the 1950s-1990. These clippings were filed by year rather than by newspaper title, and subject files included original clippings from various newspapers. The original filing system lent itself to dividing the collection into two series. In Series 1 clippings from individual newspapers have been arranged in alphabetical order by the newspaper title and chronological sorted thereafter, starting in 1959 through 1990. In Series 2 the clippings have been arranged under individual subject headings which have been kept as close to the original headings as possible and are in alphabetical order.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Series 1: Newspaper clippings by publication titles

Series 2: Newspaper Clippings by Subject Title

Acquisition Information

Newspaper clippings collected by personnel at Yellowstone National Park were donated to the Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections on two separate occasions, February 28, 1991 and September 1, 1994, by the Yellowstone National Park Library. The 1994 donation was originally assigned accession number 2306.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2008 August 4

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

1: Newspaper clippings by publication titlesReturn to Top

Individual newspaper clippings in alphabetical and chronological order by year. Including: The Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana; Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming; Cody Enterprise, Cody, Wyoming; High Country News, Lander, Wyoming; Hungry Horse News, Columbia Falls, Montana; Idaho Statesman, Boise, Idaho; Jackson Hole Guide and News, Jackson, Wyoming; Kalispell News, Kalispell, Montana; Livingston Enterprise, Livingston, Montana; Park County News, Livingston, Montana; Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah; West Yellowstone News, West Yellowstone, Montana; Wyoming State Tribune, Cheyenne, Wyoming. There is also a group of various newspapers that did not have enough clippings to warrant separation by individual title.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1-39	The Billings Gazette	1959-1975
2	1-42	The Billings Gazette	1976-1979
3	1-48	The Billings Gazette	1980-1983
4	1-48	The Billings Gazette	1984-1987
5	1-42	The Billings Gazette	1988-1990
6	1-46	The Casper Star-Tribune	1959-1990
7	1-36	The Cody Enterprise	1959-1990
8	1-16	The High Country News	1970-1990
8	17-37	The Hungry Horse News	1959-1983
9	1-14	The Hungry Horse News	1984-1990
9	15-35	The Idaho Statesman	1959-1980
10	1-7	The Idaho Statesman	1981-1982 July
10	8	The Jackson Hole Guide	1959, 1960
10	9	The Jackson Hole News	1970, 1971
10	10-11	The Jackson Hole Guide	1967, 1970-1972
10	12	The Jackson Hole News	1972
10	13-14	The Jackson Hole Guide	1973-1975
10	15-46	The Jackson Hole News	1973-1984
11	1-8	The Jackson Hole News	1985-1986
11	9-11	The Jackson Hole Guide	1986 November -1987
11	12-15	The Jackson Hole News	1987
11	16	The Jackson Hole Guide	1988
11	19-22	The Jackson Hole News	1988
11	23-26	The Jackson Hole Guide	1989
11	27-30	The Jackson Hole News	1989
11	31-32	The Jackson Hole Guide	1990
11	33-35	The Jackson Hole News	1990
12	1-8	The Kalispell News	1977-1982 September
12	9-36	The Livingston Enterprise	1959-1977
13	1-33	The Livingston Enterprise	1978-1983
14	1-31	The Livingston Enterprise	1984-1989 June
15	1-14	The Livingston Enterprise	1989 July-1990
15	15-22	The Park County News	1952-1988
15	23-43	The Post Register	1964-1975
16	1-37	The Post Register	1976-1982 September
17	1-35	The Post Register	1983-1990
18	1-41	The Salt Lake Tribune	1957-1983
19	1-10	The Salt Lake Tribune	1984-1986 April
19	11-13	The West Yellowstone News	1986, 1989-1990
19	14-36	The Wyoming State Tribune	1967-1978
20	1-36	The Wyoming State Tribune	1979-1987 October
21	1-41	Various newspapers	1956-1990

2: Newspaper Clippings by Subject TitleReturn to Top

Primarily photocopies from various publications arranged under special topical headings originally assigned by personnel at the Yellowstone National Park Library. Some of the clippings may repeat those found in Series 1, and individual titles are not always identified.

Arranged alphabetically.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
22	1-3	Accidents	1965, 1969, 1972
22	4	Accidents, lost hiker Richard Holt	1980
22	5	Accidents	1980
22	6	Accidents, involving 13 TWA employees	1980
22	7	Accidents, Duane McClure	1980
22	8	Accidents, thermal burn and drowning victims	1980
22	9-11	Alaska	1981, 1983-1984
22	12	Albright, Horace M., article	1928
22	13	Andrus, Cecil
22	14	Attack	1977
22	15	Back Country in Yellowstone
22	16	Barbee, Robert, Supt.	1983
22	17-22	Bears	1966-1982
22	23	Bears, Bear Issue	1983
22	24	Bears, "The Cook City Bears"	1983
22	25	Bears, "Voice of the Grizzlies"	1983
22	26	Bears	1984
22	27	Bears, Activity in West Yellowstone	1984
22	28	Bears, Deaths, relocations, trappings	1984
22	29	Bears, Forest service related	1984
22	30	Bears, Government/correspondence	1984
22	31	Bears, Letters to the editor	1984
22	32	Bears, Senators on Bear issues	1984
22	33	Bears, Maulings	1972
22	34	Bears, Maulings, Melvin Ford	1976
22	35	Bears, Maulings	1977
22	36	Bears, Maulings, Nancy Rudolph	1977
22	37	Bears, Maulings, Glacier Bear Mauling	1980
22	38	Bears, Maulings, Hebgen Lake	1982
22	39	Bears, Maulings, Hunter Mauling Teton	1984
22	40	Beartooth Highway
22	41	Berry, Jim, "The White of Yell. Park's Winter"
22	42	Bevinetto, Tony, "Day Hikes in Yellowstone"
22	43	Bicycle Paths
22	44	Big Hole	1966
22	45	Big Sky Kidnapping	1984
22	46	Binker, Elmer J., Jr.
22	47	Birds	1984
22	48	Birds, Smuggling Case Helena	1983
22	49-50	Bighorn Sheep	1983-1984
22	51	Bison	1983
22	52	Bison, Mauling/Madison campground	1983
22	53	Bison	1984
22	54	Boat Traffic Issue	1980
22	55	Book Reviews	1984
22	56	Bridger-Teton National Forest	1982-1984
22	57	Bryan, Gene, "Yellowstone Wildlife"
22	58	Bryce-Zion National Parks	1981-1983
22	59	Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody WY	1984
22	60	Bureau of Sport Fisheries Report, trout	1966
22	61	BLM, Buffington Transfer
22	62	BLM
22	63	Cahn, Bob, 1982 Article	1982
22	64	"Call of The Wild", Kevin Shyne	1981
22	65	Canadian Parks
22	66	Canyonlands National Park	1983
22	67	Canyonlands Proposed Nuclear Dump Site
22	68	Camping/campgrounds
22	69	Carter Visits West Yellowstone	1981
22	70	Centennial Stamps	1972
22	71	"Christmas in August"	1972
22	72	Church Universal and Triumphant
22	73	Chaffey, Charlie, Boston Globe
22	74	Coal
22	75	Cody, Wyoming	1982-1984
22	76	Concessions	1977
22	77	Concessions "vs. National Park Service"	1978
22	78	Concessions, New Contract	1981
22	79	Concessions	1983
22	80	Complaints, Y.P. Facilities	1978
22	81	Conservation and The Environment	1982
22	82	Construction	1981
22	83	Cook City, Montana
22	84	Denver Post, Michael Carlton	1983
22	85	Department of Interior	1982
22	86	Department of Interior	1983
22	87	Department of Interior, Clark, William P	1983
22	88	Department of Interior, Watt, James	1981
22	89	Department of Interior, "Jammed Yell…"	1981
22	90	Department of Interior, "Watt Visits Yellowstone"
22	91	Department of Interior, James Watt, Various
23	1	Eagles	1983
23	2	Eagles, Poaching Case	1983
23	3	Eagles	1984
23	4-9	Editorials	1962-1971
23	10-15	Employees	1965-1972
23	16-23	Elk	1965-1984
23	24	Environment, Wilderness Legislation	1981
23	25	Environment, Legislation	1982
23	26	Environment, Legislation	1984
23	27	Environment, Legislation, A-76	1984
23	28	Estes Park
23	29	Exhibits/Norris Soldiers Station
23	30-32	Fatality	1967, 1970-1971
23	33	Fatality, Tom Pearse	1983
23	34	Fatality	1984
23	35-41	Feedback
23	42-44	Fires	1972, 1981, 1984
23	45-49	Fishing	1971-1972, 1981-1984
23	50	Fishing Bridge	1984
23	51	"Focus" Radio Program Transcript	1981
23	52	Foreign Parks
23	53	Foreign Feature Articles, Various	1974
23	54	Foreign Feature Articles, France	1979
23	55	Foreign Feature Articles, France	1980
23	56	Foreign Feature Articles, Netherlands	1980
23	57	Foreign Feature Articles, Argentina	1980
23	58	Foreign Feature Articles, Netherlands	1981
23	59	Foreign Feature Articles, Germany	1982
23	60	Foreign Feature Articles, France	1982
23	61	Foreign Feature Articles, France	1983
23	62	Foreign Feature Articles, Russia	1973
23	63-65	Gallatin National Forest	1982-1984
23	66	Garbage Disposal and Waste Incinerator Issue
23	67-69	Gardiner	1963-1965, 1982-1984
23	70-73	Gateway Communities	1981-1984
23	74-75	Geology	1965-1966, 1984
23	76-81	Geothermal	1971-1984
23	82	Gildart, Robert C. Article	1982
23	83	Grand Canyon National Park	1981-1982
23	84	Grand Teton National Park	1982
23	85	Grant Kohrs Ranch	1970-1971
23	86	Grant Village	1981, 1984
23	87	Greater Yellowstone Coalition	1984
24	1	Hamilton Stores	1968
24	2	Harriman State Park
24	3	Hazard Tree Removal
24	4-9	History	1965-1972
24	10	Horn Hunting	1981-1984
24	11	Human Interest
24	12	Idaho
24	13	Idaho-Island Park
24	14	Jackson Hole Airport
24	15-17	Jackson Hole	1982-1984
24	18	Kemp, Stephen, Articles
24	19	Kenworthy, E.W., Article	1971
24	20	Klobuchar, Jim, Minneapolis Star
24	21	Laundry/Boiler Gardiner
24	22	Legislation Funding
24	23	Little Granite Oil and Gas Drilling
24	24	Lloyd-Davies, Paul H., UPI	1982
24	25	Mammoth Museum	1979
24	26	Montana Issues
24	27	National Forests Press Releases
24	28	National Forests	1981
24	29	"National Opinion Directs YNP"s Future"
24	30	National Parks and Monuments, miscellaneous
24	31	National Park Service	1980
24	32	National Park Service, International	1980
24	33	"National Parks Ready for New Season"	1983
24	34	"Natural Beauty Restored To YNP"	1980
24	35	Natural History of National Parks
24	36	Naturalist, Magazine
24	37	"Nudity" in the hot springs
24	38	Obituaries
24	39	Off-road Bikes in National Parks
24	40-42	Oil and Gas, Leasing Issues	1982-1984
24	43	Old Faithful - Visitors Center	1972
24	44	Old Faithful, Government Buys Inn	1978
24	45	Old Faithful, Fiction	1983
24	46	Old Faithful, Comments	1984
24	47	Old Faithful, Public Meetings	1981
24	48	"Photo Safari"	1971
24	49	Press Releases from Other Parks
24	50	Public Sale of Federal Lands	1984
24	51	Rangers	1970
24	52	Recreation Management in the West, Various
24	53	Red Lodge
24	54	Research Reporter, University of Georgia
24	55	Rigler Case	1983
24	56	Road Construction
24	57	Rocky Mountain National Park
24	58	Sagebrush Rebellion
24	59	Saile, Bob, Denver Post	1982
24	60-61	Sale of Forbs Ranch	1981-1982
24	62	Scher, Zeke, Article	1972
24	63	Schwiebert, Ernest, Fishing	1981
24	64	Science - Nixon Cabinet
24	65	Shoshone National Park	1982-1984
24	66	Sioux - Black Hills Settlement
24	67-69	Ski Yellowstone Issue	1981-1984
24	70	Smith, Robert J., "My Yellowstone"	1972
24	71	Snyder, Charlotte J., "Jack Frost Reigns	1967
24	72-73	Snowmobile	1978, 1982
24	74-76	Special Interest	1975-1976, 1981-1982
24	77	Spring Opening	1982
24	78	Student Conservation Corp
24	79	Sutton, Ann and Mary, Article	1972
24	80	Targhee National Forest	1982-1984
24	81	Tent Killing
24	82	Teton National Park - Jackson Hole
24	83	Thompson, Jim
24	84-87	Tourism	1981-1984
24	88	Townsley Interview with Casey Bukro
24	89-93	Travel and Visitor	1965-1969
25	1-3	Travel and Visitor	1970-1972
25	4	Tri-State Travel Forum
25	5	"Troubled Refuge" Eric Morgenthaler	1981
25	6	T.V. Shows	1972
25	7	TWA Services, Inc.	1982-1984
25	8	"U.S. Considers Drilling…" Wm. Schmidt	1981
25	9-11	U.S. Forest Service	1982-1984
25	12	Washakie Wilderness Oil and Gas Leasing Issue
25	13-14	West Yellowstone Montana	1982-1983
25	15	"Where Nature Takes Its Course, Gary Blorston	1982
25	16-18	Wilderness Legislation	1982-1984
25	19	"Wildlife Management in The National Parks"	1963
25	20-22	Wildlife	1982-1984
25	23	Wildlife Refuges	1982
25	24	"Wildlife"	1983
25	25	Winter in Yellowstone, Dave Mobley	1969
25	26	Winter, Gene Malott	1978
25	27	Winter, Steve Fuller	1978
25	28	Winter, Erin and Peggy Bauer	1979
25	29	Winter	1980-1981
25	30	Winter, The Winter Wonderland of Yell
25	31	"Winter Time in The Rockies" Gene Malott	1981
25	32	Winter Opening	1981-1982
25	33	Winter	1982
25	34	"A Wintery Yellowstone…", Kate Hobbie	1982
25	35-36	Winter. Various	1982, 1984
25	37	Wolf Issue	1981-1982
25	38-46	Wildlife	1965-1972
25	47-48	Yellowstone	1965, 1972
25	49	Yellowstone, Appraiser of Park Facilities	1978
25	50	Yellowstone, Contract Termination	1978
25	51	Yellowstone, Off Season in Yellowstone	1979
25	52	Yellowstone, Y.P. Co. Sellout Opinions	1979
25	53	Yellowstone, Article William Lienesch	1981
25	54	Yellowstone: A Disneyland of Natural Wonders	1981
25	55	Yellowstone, Various	1982
25	56	Yellowstone Institute	1983-1984
25	57	Ygtta	1982, 1984
25	58	Yosemite National Park	1981-1982
25	59	Yellowstone: Earths Incredible Show Case
25	60-63	Yellowstone Fires	1988

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Geographical Names

Yellowstone National Park

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