Isabel Haynes papers, 1886-1992

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Haynes, Isabel May Nauerth, 1899-1993
Title
Isabel Haynes papers
Dates
1886-1992 (inclusive)
Quantity
8 linear feet, (15 boxes, 3 oversize boxes)
Collection Number
1505, Collection 1505 (collection)
Summary
The Isabel Haynes papers consist of family papers, diaries, letters, and memorabilia produced or exchanged by various Haynes family members and collected by Isabel Haynes. Subjects include Haynes family experiences in the Minneapolis, Minnesota public schools, the University of Minnesota, and interactions with families and friends in Minneapolis, Bozeman (Mont) and Yellowstone National Park. Also represented in the collection are correspondence files pertaining to the operations of the various Haynes Inc. business ventures in Yellowstone National Park.
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.

Languages
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Isabel Nauerth Haynes was born October 25, 1899 in Traer, Iowa. She attended the University of Iowa, graduating in 1921 with a teaching certificate. In 1922, Isabel began her forty-five year association with Yellowstone National Park, taking a summer job with Yellowstone Camps and Lodge Company. She eventually spent three years as manager of Roosevelt Lodge after completing a resort management program in California. During her employment in Yellowstone, Isabel met Jack Ellis Haynes whom she married in 1930. Isabel became an integral part of the Haynes company. During the winter months, she recruited Minnesota college students looking to spend their summers in the park and managed the Yellowstone stores during the season. Isabel and Jack's only child, Lida, was born in 1932, but died suddenly in a car accident in 1952. As a gift to the youth of Montana, the Haynes Foundation was created by Jack and Isabel in 1958 to provide scholarships to the state's universities. After her husband's death in 1962, Isabel assumed full control of the Haynes Picture shops, running them until selling out to Hamilton Stores in 1969. Mrs. Haynes was an active citizen in the Bozeman community and the state of Montana. She was honored with many awards including the Montana State Uuniversity (MSU) Blue and Gold award, honorary doctorates from MSU and Carroll College, and the Bozeman Chamber of Commerce's Sperry award. Isabel Haynes passed away in Bozeman April 7, 1993.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Isabel Haynes papers consist of family papers, diaries, letters, and memorabilia produced or exchanged by various Haynes family members and collected by Isabel Haynes. Subjects include Haynes family experiences in the Minneapolis, Minnesota public schools, the University of Minnesota, and interactions with families and friends in Minneapolis, Bozeman (Mont), and Yellowstone National Park. Also represented in the collection are correspondence files pertaining to the operations of the various Haynes Inc. business ventures in Yellowstone National Park. A third series of topical newspaper clipping files collected by Mrs. Haynes detail some of her interests and activities. All files are initially alphabetically arranged and thereafter chronologically.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Series 1: Haynes Family papers, 1886-1969

Series 2: Correspondence files, 1886-1990

Series 3: Clipping files, 1893-1992

Series 4: Railroad Memorabilia, 1927-1968

Acquisition Information

Personal and corporate business papers created or collected by Jack and Isabel Haynes were donated to Montana State University by Mrs. Haynes in August, 1977. Almost all of the papers were processed under several different accession numbers during the early 1990s and assigned numbers 1500, 1501, 1502, 1503, and 1504. This collection of papers was the last to be processed and represent the contents of several filing cabinets maintained by Mrs. Haynes up to the time of her death in 1993. Materials in Series 5 were found in the stacks in 2022 and added to the collection.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2008 August 4. On 2022 August 24, the materials in Series 5 were added to the collection.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

1:  Haynes Family papers, 1886-1969Return to Top

Letters, diaries, memorabilia, and other documents produced or collected by Haynes family members. Correspondence shows the inner workings of a family brought together in a business venture, beginning with letters from Levi Haynes to F. Jay at the start-up of the Haynes Photographic Studio followed by excerpts of communication between F. J. and his wife Lily. Early letters describe F. Jay Haines' travels at the beginning of his career, and later correspondence relates to his family's ventures in Yellowstone. While in the park, F. J.'s daughter kept journals of her life living at Mammoth. Jack Haynes early life is represented through schoolwork examples spanning from elementary school until his graduation from the University of Minnesota. There is a great amount of correspondence between Jack and Isabel from the years of their marriage and thier business partnership. There is a wealth of information on the Minneapolis area, both from when the business was located in the Twin Cities and afterwards when Isabel made recruiting trips looking for seasonal workers; and about society circles of Bozeman, Montana. Also of great interest is the growth of daughter Lida Haynes, represented by her schoolwork and letters written in childhood through her brief adult years. There are descriptions of travel, luxury purchases, and accolades for community work. In most cases original order was maintained except in those instances where loose materials were topically arranged.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Arnold, Bessie Haynes
1 2
Haynes Genealogy
1 3
Haynes, Bessie Loa diary
1894
1 4
Haynes, Bessie Loa diary
1899
1 5
Haynes, Frank J. (Extracts of letters to Lily Snyder)
1 6
Haynes, Frank J.
1 7
Haynes, Isabel (Nauerth)
1 8
Haynes, Isabel
1931
1 9
Haynes, Isabel
1944
1 10
Haynes, Isabel
1945
1 11
Haynes, Isabel
1946
1 12
Haynes, Isabel
1947
1 13
Haynes, Isabel
1948
1 14
Haynes, Isabel
1949
1 15
Haynes, Isabel - Correspondence
1 16
Haynes, Isabel - Gifts
1 17
Haynes, Isabel - Honors
2 1
Haynes, Isabel - Gratitude
2 2
Haynes, Isabel - Alaska Travel
2 3
Haynes, Isabel
2 4
Haynes, Isabel - "Wild Flowers of Yellowstone"
2 5
Haynes, Jack Ellis
1891
2 6
Haynes, Jack Ellis
1898
2 7
Haynes, Jack Ellis - School Papers
2 8
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Mechanical Drawings
2 9
Haynes, Jack Ellis
1901
2 10
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Physics Notebook
1902
3 1
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Chemistry and Surveying Notebooks
1903
3 2
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Mineralogy Notebook
1904
3 3
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Geology Notebook
1906
3 4
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Short Stories
1907
3 5
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Psychological Interpretations
1907
3 6
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Shakespeare Notes
1907
3 7
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Junior Math-University of Minnesota
1907
3 8
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Sociological Topics
1907
4 1
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Rhetoric Notes
1908
4 2
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Geyser Diagram
1912
4 3
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Temperatures of Hot Springs
1912
4 4
Haynes, Jack Ellis
1913
4 5
Haynes, Jack Ellis - University of Minnesota
4 6
Haynes, Jack Ellis - St. Paul Community
4 7
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Elks
4 8
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Masonry
4 9
Haynes, Jack Ellis - 75th Birthday
4 10
Haynes, Jack Ellis - Eulogies and Correspondence
4 11
Haynes, Jack Ellis
4 12
Haynes, Jennie
4 13
Haynes, Levi
1895-1896
4 14
Haynes, Lida
1932-1934
4 15
Haynes, Lida
1938-1941
5 1
Haynes, Lida
1942
5 2
Haynes, Lida
1943
5 3
Haynes, Lida
1944
5 4
Haynes, Lida
1945
5 5
Haynes, Lida
1946
5 6
Haynes, Lida
1947
5 7
Haynes, Lida
1948
5 8
Haynes, Lida
1949-1950
5 9
Haynes, Lida
5 10
Haynes, Lily V. - Scrapbook
1876
5 11
Haynes Family Receipts
1924-1969
5 12
Nauerth Family History

2:  Correspondence, 1886-1990Return to Top

Correspondence files consists primarily of the business correspondence of Jack and Isabel Haynes and Haynes, Inc. Some of the letters are personal, dealing with friends and acquaintances made through the operation of the business. All of the letters document the various operations of the Haynes family in Yellowstone National Park. The first letter was written in 1886 but the majority of writings date from 1920-1990. The files consist of letters arranged by the subject and in many cases original letters include carbon copies of the Haynes' responses.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
6 1
Adams, Ansel
6 2
Albright, Horace
6 3
Albright, Marion
6 4
Allen, Eugene
6 5
Allen, Tom
6 6
Amerman, John
6 7
Anderson, Elmer
6 8
Artcraft Printers
6 9
Baker, Howard
6 10
Barger, Sam
6 11
Bartlett, Richard
6 12
Bates, Frank
6 13
Bausch and Lomb
6 14
Bazata, Art
6 15
Beall, George
6 16
Bill, Joe
6 17
Bozeman Rotary Club
6 18
Branson, Paul
6 19
Brill, Kenneth
6 20
Brockman, Frank
6 21
Bry, Bill
6 22
Bryant, Katherine
6 23
Buckman, D.W.
6 24
Buffalo Bill Historical Center
6 25
Burns, Eugene
6 26
Cameron, Angus
6 27
Carroll College Commencement
7 1
Child Family
7 2
Chittenden, T.P.
7 3
Christmas Cards
7 4
Clapp, J.R.
7 5
Clapper, Aubrey
7 6
Clark, W.A.
7 7
Clemens, Ed
7 8
Clow, Bertha
7 9
Cody, Wyoming
7 10
Collette, Father J.A.
7 11
Colter, Mary
7 12
Continental Oil Co.
7 13
Crister, William
7 14
Dean, Oscar
7 15
Diem, Michael
7 16
Doty, Dale
7 17
Dude Rancher's Association
7 18
Dye, Robert F. Co.
7 19
Eastman Kodak
7 20
Eaton, Alden
7 21
Ely, Ralph
7 22
Ely, Ruth
7 23
Employee Alumni Association
7 24
Erbe, Carl
7 25
Evison, S. Herbert
7 26
Evjue, Bill
7 27
Farley, James
7 28
Ford, Gerald
7 29
Franz, Harry
7 30
Gallagher, Charles
7 31
Gallatin County Historical Society
7 32
Gallatin County Pioneer Society
7 33
Gallatin County Speakers Bureau
7 34
Galusha, Hugh
7 35
Garrison, Lemuel
7 36
Gastellum, Luis
7 37
Gazette Printing Co.
7 38
Grand Teton Lodge Co.
7 39
Grant, U.S. III
7 40
Greenburg, Dan
7 41
Gregg, William
7 42
Haines, Aubrey
8 1
Hamilton Stores
8 2
Hansen, Clifford
8 3
Hart, Mabel
8 4
Hart, Nan
8 5
Hartzog, George
8 6
Haynes Christmas Cards
8 7
Haynes Foundation
8 8
Haynes Gallery
8 9
Haynes Guide Changes
1963-1964
8 10
Haynes Inc. Business Forms
8 11
Haynes Inc. Display Material
8 12
Haynes Inc. Employee Information
8 13
Haynes Inc. Photo Correspondence
8 14
Haynes Inc. Regulations
9 1
Haynes Inc. Closing
1968
9 2
Haynes Library
9 3
Haynes Studio Museum
9 4
Hays, Howard
9 5
Hays, Will
9 6
Heskett, Robert
9 7
Hess, William
9 8
Huling, Velman
9 9
Huntley, Chet
9 10
Hutton, James
9 11
Indian Artifacts
9 12
Jackson Hole
9 13
Jenkins, Harold
9 14
Joffe, Aleda
9 15
Johnson, Paul
9 16
Jones, Elizabeth Libbey
9 17
Jones, Jefferson
9 18
Keister, Roy
9 19
Kenner, Edwin
9 20
Kippen, Roderick
9 21
Lessley, W.W.
9 22
Lissa, Gene
9 23
Livingston Community Hospital Association
9 24
Lochrie, Elizabeth
9 25
Long, E. Viola
9 26
Luce, Edward
9 27
Mahlum, H.J.
9 28
Marler, George
9 29
McCartney, Margaret
9 30
McDevitt, Gertrude
9 31
McGill Graphic Arts Center
9 32
McKee Printing Co.
9 33
McLaughlin, John
9 34
Meldrum, Judge John
9 35
Melin, Bruce
9 36
Miller, Grace
9 37
Montana Historical Society
9 38
Montana Liquor Control Board
9 39
Montana Winter Fair
9 40
Montana State University 75th Anniversary
9 41
Moore, Charles
10 1
Museum of the Rockies
10 2
Museum of Westward Expansion
10 3
National Park Concessioners Agreements
10 4
National Park Concessioners Western Conference
1964
10 5
National Park Concessioners Western Conference
1965
10 6
National Park Concessioners Conference
1970
10 7
National Park Conference-27th
10 8
National Park Development Conference
10 9
National Parks Fiftieth Anniversary
10 10
National War Fund
10 11
Neilson, Keith
10 12
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
10 13
O'Brien, Billie Jean
10 14
O'Connell, J.E.
10 15
Old West Trail Foundation
10 16
Ox Yoke Ranch
10 17
Park, Ed
10 18
Perk's Portrait and Photo Service
10 19
Povah, Trevor
10 20
Prentice-Hall
10 21
Pryor, Anna K.
10 22
Quaw, Gene
10 23
Replogle, Wayne
10 24
Roahen, Kenneth
10 25
Rockwell, Bob
10 26
Rogers, Edmund
10 27
Roselyn Sales Co.
10 28
Rowley, Hugh
10 29
Ruder, Mel
10 30
Rynearson, Edward
11 1
Sage Advertising Co.
11 2
Saylor, John
11 3
Scharff, Robert
11 4
Schwabacher, A.E.
11 5
Schwiering, Conrad
11 6
Scoyen, Eivind
11 7
Shield, Rex
11 8
Shoup, Richard
11 9
Simpson, Milward
11 10
Singer, Bob
11 11
Skinner, Curtis
11 12
Smith, Elburt
11 13
Smith, Nels
11 14
Smith, William
11 15
Stanford, Mort H.
11 16
St. Paul Winter Ice Carnival
11 17
Strickland, LeRoy
11 18
Stratton, Clark
11 19
Swain, Donald
11 20
Taft, Robert
11 21
Taggert, Lloyd and Louise
11 22
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
11 23
Thomas, George
11 24
Upper Yellowstone Rod and Gun Club
11 25
Urbanek, Mae
11 26
U.S. Interior Department
11 27
Watt, James
11 28
Westerners
11 29
Westwood Chamber of Commerce
11 30
Wilder, Mitchell
11 31
Wirth, Conrad
11 32
Wise, W.D.
11 33
Woodring, Sam
11 34
Yellowstone Library Museum Association
11 35
Yellowstone National Park Centennial
11 36
Yellowstone National Park-Savages
11 37
Yellowstone National Park-Transportation
11 38
Yellowstone National Park Council

3:  Clipping files, 1893-1992Return to Top

Topically titled and alphabetically arranged files of newspaper clippings representing the interests of Isabel Haynes. The clippings pertain to subjects related to Yellowstone National Park, Bozeman and Gallatin County (Mont), and other topics of interest to Mrs. Haynes.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
12 1
Adams, Cedrick
12 2
Albright, Horace
12 3
Allen, R.W.
12 4
Andersen, Elmer
12 5
Anderson, Jack
12 6
Bazata, Art
12 7
Beall, George
12 8
Bears
12 9
Beil, Charles
12 10
Bill, Joe
12 11
Bozeman Winter Fair
12 12
Brands
12 13
Buffalo Bill Historical Center
12 14
Cook, Charles
12 15
Custer Battlefield
12 16
Dedication of Yellowstone Park School and Clinic
12 17
Dude Ranchers Association
12 18
Fell, Olive
12 19
Gallatin County Historical Society
12 20
Gardiner, Park County
12 21
Garrison, Lemuel
12 22
Geysers
12 23
Glacier National Park
12 24
Greenburg, Dan
12 25
Haines, Aubrey
12 26
Haynes Foundation
12 27
Haynes Gallery
12 28
Haynes Inc.
12 29
Haynes Library
13 1
Meldrum, John
13 2
Miss Yellowstone Pageant
13 3
Montana Living
13 4
Museum of the Rockies
13 5
National Park Brochures
13 6
Northern Pacific Railroad
13 7
Old Faithful Inn
13 8
Pahaska Tepee
13 9
Publicity Clippings
1938-1940
13 10
Ralston, J. Kenneth
13 11
Russell, Charlie
13 12
Sales Tax-Wyoming
13 13
Stamps
13 14
Steamboats
13 15
Stock, Paul
13 16
Townsend, George
13 17
Tri-State Council
13 18
Whitney Gallery of Western Art
13 19
Yellowstone Institute
13 20
Yellowstone National Park
13 21
Yellowstone National Park
13 22
Yellowstone National Park Phone Lists
box-os
14
Oversize Material
Folder
14 1
Sunday school diploma - Isabel May Nauerth
1908
14 2
High school diploma - Isabel May Nauerth
1917
14 3
University of Iowa diploma - Isabel Hay Nauerth
1921
14 4
Hand drawn genealogy chart, Oliphant Family tree
14 5
Pharmacy Diploma - J.H. Nauerth
1881
14 6
Iowa Pharmaceutical Association - Dr. J.H. Nauerth
1915
14 7
University of Minnesota diploma - Jack Ellis Haynes
1908
14 8
Fargo Agricultural Society of Dakota award - F. Jay Haynes, "best display of wood engravings"
1882
14 9
Fargo Agricultural Society of Dakota award - F. Jay Haynes "best display of steel engravings"
1882
14 10
High school diploma- Jack Ellis Haynes
1903
14 11
Conic sections drawings for Mechanic Arts High School- Jack Ellis Haynes
(3 sheets)
1900
14 12
Drawings for Department of Drawing, University of Minnesota - Jack Ellis Haynes
(11 sheets)
1905
14 13
Mimeographed Yellowstone Word games and puzzles
1937
14 14
Cabinet projection drawing - Jack Ellis Haynes
1901
14 15
Halftone printed portrait of Dr. and Mrs. Nauerths with signature
14 16
Cardboard closing sign for Hayne's shops
14 17
NPS Organization chart for Region Two
1948
14 18
Typewritten quiz about Yellowstone National Park by Mrs. Florence Scribner
1936

4:  Railroad Memorabilia, 1927-1968Return to Top

Alphabetically arranged files of railroad memorabilia. The memorabilia pertains to the World's Fair, routes, tickets, passes, reports, time tables, etc. Locations represented include Alaska, Chicago, Yellowstone National Park, Las Vegas, and San Francisco.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
15 1
Alaska
1935/1936
15 2
Chicago World's Fair
1933
15 3
Comic: Ride High Iron
15 4
Great Northern Pacific and Burlington Lines, Inc.
15 5
Las Vegas Hoover Dam and Lake Mead Recreational Area
15 6
Military Map of the United States
1944
15 7
Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain: Colorado, Yellowstone, California, Alaska, Yukon, Pacific Exposition
15 8
North Coast Limited
15 9
North Coast Limited - Route of the Vista Dome
1956-1962
15 10
Northern Pacific Railroad
15 11
Northern Pacific Railroad Newspapers
circa 1929
15 12
Northern Pacific Railroad Yellowstone Park Line, North Coast Limited
1927-1936
15 13
Northern Pacific Railroad 61st Annual Report
15 14
Northwest Airlines, Sky Zephyrs
15 15
Old Oregon Trail
15 16
Opening Ceremonies Jackson Lake Lodge
1955
15 17
Railroad Memorabilia: Postcard, Notepad, Business Cards
15 18
Railroad Memorabilia: Tickets, Passes, Permits
15 19
San Francisco World's Fair
1939
15 20
Timetables
1958; 1968
15 21
Union Pacific Overland Route
15 22
Week in the West Vacations

5:  Other MemorabiliaReturn to Top

Inventories in these boxes indicate that these materials were from the Isabel Haynes Office located in the MSU Library. They include framed and unframed photographs, handmade child's shoes, a pocket watch, a piece of travertine given gathered by Charles W. Cooke, academic hoods awarded to Haynes family members by Montana State University, and a leather briefcase.

Container(s) Description Dates
box-os
1
Lida Haynes shoes
1
Box labeled "curios"
1
Piece of travertine from Cook-Folsom expedition, with explanatory letter from Roe Emery
1
Brass button found near the U.S. commissioner's quarters in labeled envelope
1
Pocket watch, unidentified
1
Haynes Studio postcard of park view mounted to hold a thermometer
1
Souvenir bag of wheat [empty] commemorating completion of Northern Pacific Railroad
1883
1
Haynes logo canvas bag
1
Framed photograph, [Lida Haynes?] child on bicycle
1
Wooden box with color slides, some stereo transparencies, some negatives [photographs removed from box]
2
Framed painting of a waterfall
2
Empty book cover for "Haynes Library, Yellowstone National Park"
2
Program for dedication of the Yellowstone National Park and Manuscript Collection, Montana State University
1978
2
Briefcase monogrammed "J.E. Haynes, Yellowstone Park, Wyo."
3
Cover for Haynes negative register, alphabetical, St. Paul vault
3
Academic hoods: Isabel Haynes from Carroll College; Jack Ellis and Isabel Haynes honorary doctorate hoods from Montana State University
1960-1981

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • National park concessions--Yellowstone National Park
  • Schools-Minnesota-Minneapolis
  • Women--Yellowstone National Park

Personal Names

  • Haynes, Jack Ellis, 1884-1962

Corporate Names

  • Haynes, Inc.
  • University of Minnesota

Family Names

  • Haynes family

Geographical Names

  • Bozeman (Mont.)
  • Minneapolis (Minn.)
  • Yellowstone National Park

Form or Genre Terms

  • Clippings
  • Diaries
  • Family papers
  • Memorabilia
  • Personal papers