Orrin and Lorraine Bonney papers

Orrin and Lorraine Bonney papers, 1870-2016

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Bonney, Orrin H.; Bonney, Lorraine G.
Title: Orrin and Lorraine Bonney papers
Dates: 1870-2016 (inclusive)
18702016
Quantity: 23.59 cubic ft. (29 boxes)
Collection Number: 00827
Summary: Orrin and Lorraine Bonney were Wyoming authors. Collection contains manuscripts, research files, correspondence, photographs, and audio and video recordings regarding there work and personal lives.
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Orrin and Lorraine Bonney were joint authors of the books "Guide to the Wyoming Mountains and Wilderness Areas" (1960), "Battle Drums and Geysers" (1970), and a biography of Lt. Gustavus Cheyney Doane, an explorer of the Yellowstone and Snake River regions in the 1870s.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection contains manuscripts, research files, and publication information regarding many of their books including "Guide to the Wyoming Mountains and Wilderness Areas" and "Battle Drums and Geysers." Collection also contains biographical information, correspondence, photographs, slides, and audio and video recordings regarding their work and personal lives.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Orrin and Lorraine Bonney at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Orrin and Lorraine Bonney from 1967-1995 and the Estate of Lorraine Bonney by Margaret Bellorado in 2016.

Processing Note

Processing Information

Portions of the collection were processed by John R. Waggener in 2016 and Alexandra Cardin in July 2021.Updated by Jamie J. Greene in April 2017.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. PersonalReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1	Alpine Club of Canada	1995-1997
1	Alpine Clubs	1977-1988
1	Antarctica	1988-1990
	Bonney, Lorraine - Biographical Material
Box
1	Biographical Related to Canada Book Project	1995-1998
1	Controversy with Senator Alan Simpson	1980-1985
1	Correspondence	1970-1990
1	Diary and Journal	1987
1	Letters, Clippings and Photographs	1944-1959
1	Letters to the Editor	1978-2001
2	Personal File	1955-1984
1	Research Notes	undated
Box
1	Bonney, Orrin and Lorraine - Biographical Material	1947-2016
1	Book Clubs	1963-1964
1	Canada Citizenship - Lorraine	1993-1995
1	Cemetery Lot	1956,1970
1	Chicago Mountaineering Club Newsletter	1948-1959
1	Gagnon, Robert Paul - Estate (Legal)	1935-1985, undated
1	Kelly, Wyoming - Property (Expenses, Water System)	1
1	Montgomery County, Land/Lot, Texas and Photographs	1981-1984
1	"My Life"	1947-1954,undated
1	Notes	1969
1	Outdoor Writers	1970-1984
2	Photograph and Article	1967,undated
2	"Proyectos Para Aplicacion en el estado mexicano de Guanajuato" (Carlos)	undated
2	Tepee and Tents	1974,undated

Series II. CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
2	"A"	1958 February-May
2	Alpine Clubs	1941-1951
2	American Alpine Club - "Grand Controversy"	1987-1995
2	Beckey, Fred	1962-1970
2	Bierstadt's "Lander's Peak"	1972 August
2	Bonney,Elwood P.	1871,1927-1978
2	Bonney - General	1977-1979
2	Bonney, Lorraine	1979-1983
2	"C"	1954-1976
2	"C,D,E"	1958-1959
2	Chouinard,Yvon - Tetons	1962-1963
2	Downer, Gene (Teton Magazine)	1977-1978
2	Emery, Richard W.	1955-1960
2	Focus Ranch (Slater, Colorado)	1965-1992
2	Fort Ellis	1966-1971
2	Frost, Nedward M. (Outfitter for Trophy Hunters)	1959,1962
2	Fryxell, Fritiof	1930-1972
2	Garnick, N.	1941-1943
2	Gill,John	1962-1964
2	Glacier-Popo Agie Wilderness Areas, Sierra Club	1967-1968
2	Hodshire, Jere	1961-1966
2	Harold Johnson and Ernie Gould	1940-1950
2	Lawrence, W.C. (Manuscript Corrections)	1958-1970
2	Mitchell, Finnis (Postcards and Photographs)	1930-1971
3	Ortenburger, Leigh	1955-1963
3	Rating	1963-1969
3	Smith, Phil	1958-1978
3	South Pass City	1967 February 15
3	Saskatchewan - Stanley Mission	1967-1975
3	Sierra Club - Wyoming Chapter, Alaska and Canada Trips	1978-1992
3	Sublette County Historical Society	1985-1990
3	"T"	1958-1977
3	Tetons West, Sierra Club	1955-1970
3	Thompson, Edith	1961,1982
3	Travel Companion Exchange	1986-1989
3	United States Board on Geographic Names	1931-1977
3	"U-V"	1960-1964
3	University of Wyoming	1959-1979
3	Vaill, Ted	1963-1968
3	Walcott, Francis J.	1966-1970
3	Watson, Harold N. (Forest Service)	1940,1958,1966
3	Wilson, Floyd	1959-1964
3	Wyoming Historical Society	1966-1971
3	"Y"	1960-1967

Series III. Professional FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
3	American Alpine Club Meetings	1934-1954
3	Antartica - U.S. Expedition	1988-1990
27	Art - Crow Chief/Native Americans	1900s
24	"Avalanche in the Rockies" (Magazine and News Clippings)	1957 April
3,29	Big Horn Study (Correspondence and Maps	1969-1973, undated
4	Butte Five in Salmon National Park	1985
4	Clearcutting of Timber (Negatives and Contact Sheet)	1969-1971
4	Climbing/Mountaineering	1980-2009
4,28	Cloud Peak Primitive Area (Correspondence and Maps)	1957-1973, undated
4	Conservation and Wilderness Issues (Newsletters, Clippings and Press Releases)	1969-1998
4	Dornan, Grant (Tribute about Grant Dornan)	undated
4	Forest Conservation/Logging/Clearcutting (Negatives)	1971-1976
4,10 and 25	Glacier Primitive Area (Correspondence and Maps)	1970-1971
4	Gros Ventre Wilderness Area (Maps)	1948-1981
4	Hearing - Stratified Wilderness	1966-1967
4	Jackson Hole Airport Issues	1978-2012
4	Jackson Hole Personalities (Newspaper Stories)	2003-2012
4	Laramie Peak Wilderness Proposal	1967-1970
27	Map - Sam Houston National Forest	1948
26	Map of the United States	1964
4	Maps of Shoshone National Forest (Stratified)	1963-1969
4	Mining in Gros Ventre Area (Information about Proposed Mine)	2008
4	Miscellaneous	1953-1990
4	Miscellaneous Documents and Newsletters	1991-2012
4	Mount Albright (Name Proposal in Honor of Horace Albright)	1990
4	National Forest Reform	1988-1993
5	National Outdoor Leadership School	1949-1977
5	National Water Commission Report	1972 November-December
5	News Accounts/Stratified Wilderness (See also Badrows)	1966-1968
5	Outdoor Writers Convention (Saskatchewan, Canada)	1967
5	Petroleum Peak	1958-1975
5	Popo Agie et Glacier Wilderness and Primitive Areas	1957,1970-1973
5	Rating System (Climbing)	1963-1969
5	Report and Draft by the Bonneys on the Proposed Washakie Wilderness Area	1966
5	Rock Springs Wilderness Bureau of Land Management Study (Federal Report)	1990 August
10,25 and 28	Shoshone National Forest (Maps)	1952-1971
5	Sierra Club Study Team Report	1966 December 8
5	Sierra Madre (Huston Park, News Clipping)	circa 1977
5	Speech Material - Notes, Quotes, etc.	1964-1968
5,27	Stratified Wilderness (Maps)	1958-1972
5	Summit Magazine	1963-1967
6	Teton Science School - Charles Love Geology/Archeology Class Materials	1989
6	Washakie Wilderness Area	1904,1966-1968
10,27	Wilderness Primitive Areas (Correspondence and Maps)	1968-1970
6	Wildlife Issues (Bison, Wolves,Elks and Grizzly Bears)	1985-2013
6	Yellowstone Winter Use Plan (Maps, Photos and News Clippings)	1959-1966,2012

Series IV. Book ProjectsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
6,7 and 23	Battle Drums and Geysers, Volumes I-III (Art, Bibliographies, Correspondence, Manuscripts and Research Material)	1870-1974
8	Big Thicket Guidebook, (Book Proposal)	1984-1994
8,9	Bonney's Guide to Jackson's Hole and Grand Teton National Park,(Cover Design, News Clippings and Research Material)	1934-2001
9,10	Field Book: The Big Horn Range, (Correspondence and Research Material)	1905,1968-1979
10	Field Book: The Teton and Gros Ventre Range, (Research and Publicity)	1963-1987
10	Field Book: The Wind River Range,(Correspondence, Manuscript, Maps, Research Material and Updates)	1951-1987
10	The Grand Controversy, (Correspondence and Research Material)	1979-2012
11,12 and 24	Guide to the Wyoming Mountains and Wilderness Areas, (Correspondence,Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs)	1958-1993
12-14	Wyoming Guidebook, (Manuscript and Research Material)	1959-1999
14	Wyoming Mountain Ranges, (Manuscripts, and Research Material)	1984-1992
14,28	Yellowstone Park and the Absaroka Range, (Correspondence and Maps)	1905,1940-1959
	Other Writing Projects
Box
15	America's Unknown Alpan - The Wind River Mountains,( Manuscript)	1930s
14,15	Beginnings of Teton Climbing, (Correspondence and Manuscript)	1876-1984
15	Building Bridges in Siberia, (Correspondence, Slides, Draft and Travel Information)	1992-1994
15	Feud with Mont Owen, (Manuscript)	undated
15	Histories of Jackson Ski Cabin and Goodwin Lake Ski Cabin	1990
15	The memoirs of Mr. CHarles Hedrick, (Manuscript)	undated
15	Short Stories - Unpublished Manuscripts	undated
15	Teton Magazine - "The Last Roundup about Si Fewin, The kelly Flood, and Man in the Past" (Article)	1979-1980
15	Thunder in the Hole, (Clippings, Research Material, Correspondence	1983-2009
16	Trail Book (Lorraine Bonney Project), (Notes and Typescript)	undated
16	Untrodden Peaks, (Manuscript)	1958,undated
16	War Party, (Manuscript)	1969-1977
16	Yellowstone's Turbulent Years, (Revised and Edited Draft)	2014

Series V. Publishing and PrintingReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
16	Battle Drums & Geysers (Publication Information and Contract)	1968-1987
16	Bonney Contract with Allen Swallow (Estate of Orrin and Lorraine Bonney)	1959,1966-1967
16	Copywright	1960-1978
16	Contract - Guide to the Wyoming Mountains and Wilderness Areas	1970-1976
16	Grand Controversy, Book Contract with American Alpine Club	1987-1995
16	Homestead Publishing Agreement, Bonney's Guide (Revised/Updated Edition)	1995
16	Publishers and Printers	1978-1993
16,17	Swallow Press, (Book Orders, Correspondence, Contracts for Wyoming Guide and Doane Book, Court Documents)	1960-1984
17	Wind River Range Field Book, Printing Correspondence	1967-1969
17	Writing - Miscellaneous Projects	1979-1984

Series VI. Printed MaterialReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Books
Box
18	Battle Drums and Geysers, Vol I-III	1970
18	The Book of Mordern Mountaineering	1968
18	Field Book: The Teton Range & Gros Ventre Range (Second Revised Edition)	1987
18	Field Book: The Wind River Range (Third Revised Edition)	1987
18	Field Book: Yellowstone Park & the Absaroka Range, (Second Revised Edition)	1987
18	The Grand Controversy	1992
18	Guide to the New Mexico Mountains	1965
18	Guide to the Wyoming Mountains and Wilderness Areas, Second and Third Edition	1960,1977
18	History of the Sierra Nevada	1966
18	John Hunton's Diary, Volumes II-V	1876-1884
19	The National Forests of America	1968
19	The Sierra Club Bulletin	1940,1963
19	Tourist Guide and Yearbook: Wyoming	1958
19	Yosemite and the High Sierra	1962

Series VII. Photographic MaterialReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Photographs
Box
20	Aerial Wyoming Ranges	1961
19	Big Horn National Forest	1901,1907,1957, undated
19	Bonney’s Guide to Jackson’s Hole and Grand Teton National Park	1994
19	Climbing and Mountaineering - Leland(lee) and Chip McIntosh Climbing in Jackson Hole	circa 1970s
19	Focus Ranch and Slides	circa 1950s-1965,undated
19	Guide to Wyoming, (Absaroka, Big Horn, Teton and Wind River)	1934-1968,undated
19	Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest	undated
19	Washakie, by Bob Marshall, (Contact Sheets)	1966 November-December
19	Wyoming Guide, Laramie Range and Miscellaneous	undated
19	Wyoming Ranges	undated
20	Wyoming Peaks etc.	1971,undated
	Slides (35mm and 70mm)
Box
22	(?) Pass and O'Hara	undated
22	AA Out of Slide Show	1987
22	Abel Tas (4 boxes)	1988
22	Across Canada	1982
22	Across Canada and States	1982
22	Across Canada and States	1982
22	Airplane and Misc.	1987-1988
22	Antartica Part of Slide Show	1987
22	Art Smokies	1973
22	Bailey Foot	1973
22	Barred Owl	1974
22	Big Sky Kayak	1978
20	Big Thicket National Biological Preserve, John Muir National Monument, Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Miscellaneous	1968-1975
22	Blk Island Icebreaker	1988
22	Brisbane Flying into Syd	1988
22	Bryce Canyon	1953
22	CA Club Camp	1983
22	Calif	undated
22	California	1974
22	Cambell (?) Long Forks	1968
22	Canada	1962
22	Canada Cloud and Sunset	1983
22	Canadian Camp	1967
22	Castle Rock, Crater Lake Trips	1988
22	Chelch Museum Airport NZ	1988
22	Clorelyon (?)	1962
22	Colo. R	1969
22	Colo, Salt Lake, Idaho Springs	undated
22	Delta Shuttlebug	1987
22	Eifel (?) and Galveston	1947
22	Fea HO	undated
22	FL Kelly Indian TP Tetons	undated
22	Focus Ranch	1965
22	Focus Ranch Mexico	1949
22	Glacier NP	1955
22	Going to Lady Elliot	1988
22	Good Wyo	1984-1985
22	Hawaii	1988
22	Homer Spet (?)	1981
22	IR	1988
22	Joe Cones box 26	1980
22	Joshua	1994
22	Joshua Tree	1974
22	Joyce Reliner (?) Art Smokies-Ridge	undated
22	Kangaroos	1988
22	Lady Elliot Coral (?) ME	1988
22	Lady Elliot Isl	1988
22	Lady Elliot Sunset	1988
22	Lady Ell. Underwater	1988
22	Landscapes	1978
22	Learning (?) Moe Town, Cheech Renting Car NZ	1988
22	Lee Runway	1988
22	Longevity	1976
22	McKinley Park: Mountain	1981
22	Miscellaneous	1987-1999
22	Mississippi Delta	undated
22	Moe Town Doings	1988
22	Moe Town Scenes Aquarium	1987
22	Moe Town Seal in John (?) Delta / Arrival	1988
22	Moe Town Shots	undated
22	Mostly Canada	undated
22	Muir Woods	1973
22	Offshore Oil Drill	1974
22	OHB & Indians	undated
22	OK	undated
22	Old Everest	undated
22	People	1988
22	Prudose (?) Ski	undated
22	Rainier	undated
22	Redwoods	1972-1973
22	Resplendent	1987
22	Resplendent Mountain and Robson Camp	1987
22	Robson	1987
22	Rothfield	undated
22	S Club WY Wilderness Study	1981
22	Salter Lake	undated
22	San Juan - Muir, HO Grape Vines	1974
22	Santa Rosa Isl	1975
22	Sask	1967
22	Sas,	1967
22	Scuba	1988
22	Seal Census	1987
22	Seal Census	1987
22	Seal Census Pressure Ridges	1987
22	Seattle Fair	1963
22	Seattle Fair all Red	1962
22	SF Lodge	1974
22	Sheridan Indian Days	1955
22	Ships and Bay Views	1988
22	Skuas Penguins	1987
22	Skuas Penguins	1988
22	Sonoran Desert	1973
22	Sonoran Desert	1973
22	Stanley Museum (?)	1966
22	St. Michel	undated
22	St Michael, Blk Flies (?)	1974
22	Survival	1988
22	Texas and Colo	undated
22	TR	1987
22	Utah (?)	undated
22	Views	1988
22	Washesiu	1967
22	Wedding Julie	1987
22	Willi	1987
22	Willi	1987
22	WRR Ramparts Practice Climbing	1985
22	Yosemite	1974
22	Yosemite	1974
22	YS	1969
22	Yukon River	1981

Series VIII. Audio Visual MaterialReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Cassette Tapes
Box
21	"A Super Waitress"	undated
21	Anne Schival/Temple Rhombuh (?)	undated
21	Antarctica (music)	undated
21	"Barber" Act I	undated
21	Bob Bakker at Laramie Museum	1991
21	Casper Trek	undated
21	Charlie Love	1989
21	Charlie Love	undated
21	De Lap (Phone)	undated
21	"Faust"	1991
21	Homer (H.C.) Richards	1982
21	Horace Albright	undated
21	Index of tapes on dinosaur dig	1991
21	"Lucia"	undated
21	"Macbeth"	undated
21	Old book sent back by Paul S/ Ramsey and Walton water rights	2000-2016
21	Opera	undated
21	Overgrazing	1992
21	"Pagliacci" at the Met	undated
21	Paleoindians	undated
21	Phone conversations	undated
21	Preservation Hall	undated
21	Public lands	undated
21	Saturday lecture	undated
21	Bob Smith	undated
21	Bob Smith	undated
21	"Valkyrie"	undated
21	Water conference	undated
21	Yodeling	undated
	Microcassette Tapes
Box
21	Charlie Love	undated
21	Eugene at briefing	undated
21	Red Desert	undated
21	Start of Africa	undated
21	Steve Alex, Sue	undated
21	Story teller	undated
21	Unlabeled (4 tapes)	undated
	Reel Tapes
Box
21	Bancroft Library Card Reading, Lamotte Hayden, Fort Bridger Letters and Hayden Survey Crew List	1869-1870
21	Lamotte Letters to His Mother(3 tapes)	1867-1869
Box
	Video
Box
21	First Teton guides (VHS)	undated
21	Rene's Antarctica (VHS)	1990-1999
21	Unidentified motion picture film (4, 8mm films)	undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

Doane, Gustavus Cheyney, 1840-1892.

Geographical Names

Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.) -- Discovery and exploration.
Yellowstone River -- Discovery and exploration.

Occupations

Authors.

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Bonney, Lorraine G. -- Battle drums and geysers.
- Bonney, Lorraine G. -- Guide to the Wyoming mountains and wilderness areas.
- Bonney, Orrin H. -- Battle drums and geysers.
- Bonney, Orrin H. -- Guide to the Wyoming mountains and wilderness areas.

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