Carl Parcher Russell Papers

Carl Parcher Russell Papers, 1920-1967

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Russell, Carl Parcher
Title: Carl Parcher Russell Papers
Dates: 1920-1967 (inclusive)
19201967
Quantity: 77 containers., (38.5 linear feet of shelf space.)
Collection Number: Cage 225
Summary: Correspondence, diaries, journals, reminiscences, notes, book reviews, accounts, minutes, business records, reports, documents, newspaper articles, photographs, motion pictures, microfilm, drawings, published and unpublished writings of Russell and others, and other papers, chiefly collected, arranged, edited, and indexed by Russell. The papers relate to his interest in the fur trade, Western exploration and frontier life, military and trading posts, and the National Park Service and the conservation of sites, artifacts, the history and lore of trappers, and the role of the trapper in the West.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research use.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Carl Parcher Russell, historian, ecologist, and administator, was an officer for the National Park Service for 34 years, from 1923 until his retirement in 1957. He was dedicated to the study of the frontier. His concern for the minute, everyday facets of frontier life was expanded and intensified with a passion to such depths that during these years, and afterwards to his death in 1967, he was regarded by his peers as the authority in his fields of specialization: the fur trade, and documentation for historical interpretation of frontier and pioneer life for the National Park Service and other agencies.

Dr. Russell was devoted to the development and stimulation of interest in and encouragement of a more complete understanding of life on the western frontier from exploration through early national expansion. This collection, the product of his scholorship and technical knowledge, may now be drawn upon by scholars for research and interpretation of this significant and romantic period in Western United States history.

In the ten years remaining after his retirement, Russell gave most of his time and energy to pursuit of knowledge in his fields of interest and he was active as a published author, lecturer, and planner and consultant for historical museums and facilities. His "Firearms, Traps and Tools of the Mountain Men", published posthumously by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., in 1967, is a capstone to his life's work. Unfortunately, this title is but the second of an incomplete trilogy; in the collection are hundreds of items he was unable to exploit in his plan to write more concerning the methods and details in the lives of the explorers, trappers, traders, frontiersmen, soldiers, and pioneer migrants.

1894 -- Born, January 18, Fall River, Wisconsin

1915 -- A.B. (Biology), Ripon College

1917 -- M.A. (Cytology), University of Michigan

1922 -- Married Elizabeth M. Westphal

1923-1929 -- Entered the National Park Service; Park Naturalist, Yosemite National Park

1929-1934 -- Field Naturalist and Museum Specialist

1935-1936 -- Chief, Museum Division, National Park Service

1936 -- Oberlander Fellowship; Tour of European museums (Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation)

1936-1937 -- hief, Wildlife Division, National Park Service

1947-1952 -- Superintendent, Yosemite National Park

1951 -- LL.D., Ripon College

1952 -- Guggenheim Fellowships

1954-1957 -- Coordinator of Research and Interpretation, Western Office, National Park Service

1957 -- Retired

1957 -- "Guns on the Early Frontiers" published, University of California Press

1967 -- Death, June 19

1967 -- "Firearms, Traps and Tools of the Mountain Men" published, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Carl Parcher Russell papers include personal, professional, and office correspondence that pertain to his scholarly interests. The bulk of the collection is his assembled western frontier materials for the period 1804-1843. All are the working papers of an acclaimed scholar in the fields of western fur trade, firearms, frontier artifacts, and frontiersmen.

Public relations were continually a part of Russell's employment in the National Park Service. The preparation of publishable essays and presentation of public lectures were always an important part of his life. These activities required work in many libraries and museums all over the North American continent and in Europe.

Dr. Russell's consuming interest was the material and procedures of the trappers and early traders. His field notes and clever sketches alone, often based on elusive diaries and manuscripts, rare books, and period merchandise catalogs (firearms, traps, tools, etc.) or concerning historic three-dimensional objects, fill 45 loose-leaf notebooks. His research supported numerous published essays and his three monographs: "One Hundred Years in Yosemite"; "Guns on the Early Frontiers"; and "Firearms, Traps, and Tools of the Mountain Men". At the time of his death he had collected and organized illustrations and outlined chapters for an additional monograph: "Camps, Camp Life and Procedures of the Mountain Men".

Dr. Russell's study of the fur trade and the mountain men was indispensable in his assignments in the National Park Service. He used his research for technical reports, lectures, radio scripts, and planning exhibits, illustrations, and interpretative information and programs for historical museums. The collection reflects Russell's involvement in conservation controversies, park managment, National Park Service training programs, and the history of the National Park Service and its personnel.

A separate index, published in Carl Parcher Russell: an indexed register of his scholarly and professional papers, 1920-1967, in the Washington State University Library (Pullman: Washington State University Library, 1970), provides more detailed information about the collection contents.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The literary rights in the unpublished writings and other properties (photographs, sketches, graphic illustrations, etc.) in this collection are reserved by the Washington State University Library.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Carl Parcher Russell papers, 1920-1967

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The western overland fur trade materials are separated from those pertaining to Russell's other scholarly activities in the National Park Service. This division is the basis for the arrangement of the collection in two series: 1. Fur Trade and Frontier and 2. National Park Service. Examination of the following outline will provide an understanding of the undisturbed subject arrangement used by Russell. The term "general" designates materials either not agreeing specifically with the subjects or that include more than one topic. Duplicates are often placed in two or more locations, to complete or complement other materials.

Note about box numbers: many box numbers in this collection were changed in 2012 during a major project to consolidate box contents as a preservation measure. The sequence of materials was not altered, and folder numbers were not changed.

SERIES LIST

Series 1: Fur Trade and Frontier

1.1: Correspondence

1.2: Essays and Manuscripts

1.3: Annotated Bibliography

1.4: Merchandise Catalogs

1.5: Illustrations

1.6: Newspapers

1.7: Writings of Carl Parcher Russell

1.7.1. Books

1.7.1.1: Preliminary Matters

1.7.1.2: Guns on the Early Frontiers; a History of Firearms from Colonial Times Through the Years of the Western Fur Trade

1.7.1.3: Firearms, Traps and Tools of the Mountain Men

1.7.1.4: Camps, Camp Life and Procedures of the Mountain Men

1.7.2: Essays

1.7.3: Notes

1.7.4: Projects

1.8: Three-Dimensional Objects

Series 2: National Park Service

2.1: Correspondence, 1921-1965

2.2: Biographies

2.3: Essays and Documents

2.4: Writing of Carl Parcher Russell

2.4.1: One Hundred Years in Yosemite; the Story of a Great Park and Its Friends

2.4.2: Essays, speeches, radio scripts, etc.

Acquisition Information

The papers and library of Carl Parcher Russell were purchased by the Washington State University Library in October, 1967, from Mrs. Elizabeth M. Westphal Russell, after probate of the Russell estate.

Processing Note

The collection was arranged by Mrs. Audrey Turner and Mr. Ben E. Johnson, librarians, who then began the indexing that was completed by Mrs. Josephine Manning, librarian, assisted by Mr. William C. Overton and Mr. Thomas Riddle, doctoral candidates in American Studies and United States History, and clerically by other members of the Manuscripts-Archives Division staff. In 2012, Kristopher Skelton performed additional processing in conjunction with a comprehensive re-housing project for the collection.

Separated Materials

A trap (Hiatt), formerly item 351 in this collection, was transferred in 2004 to the collection of the Museum of the Fur Trade, 6321 Highway 20, Chadron, NE http://furtrade.org/

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: Fur Trade and FrontierReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Series 1.1: Correspondence
Box	Folder
1	1	Alcohol 2 items
1	2	Axes 114 items
1	3	Boats 38 items
1	4	Containers (glass, metal, pottery) 22 items
1	5-11	Firearms 1916 items
2	12-22	Firearms continued
3	23-26	Firearms continued
3	27	Furs 13 items
3	28	Hardware 130 items
3	29	Horses 9 items
3	30	Indians 9 items
3	31	Knives 59 items
3	32	Ornaments 25 items
3	33	Persons: Arthur H. Clark Co. 98 items
3	34	Persons: Artists 26 items
3	35	Persons: Jack Haynes 19 items
3	36	Persons: General 91 items
4	37	Places 68 items
4	38	Pipes 3 items
4	39	Textiles 12 items
4	40	Tobacco 6 items
4	41	Traps 46 items
4	42	General 85 items	1943-1949
4	43	General 103 items	1950-1966
		Series 1.2: Essays and Manuscripts
Box	Folder
4	44	Alcohol 14 items
4	45	Axes 14 items
4	46	Beaver 4 items
4	47	Blankets 1 item
4	48	Boats 21 items
4	49	Buffalo 2 items
4	50	Containers 24 items
4	51	Currency 3 items
4	52	Firearms 87 items
5	53-55	Firearms continued
5	56	Furs 38 items
6	57	Hardware
6	58	Horses
6	59	Indians: Yosemite archaeological excavation 1 item	1952; 1954
6	60	Indians: Green Springs Plantation 2 items
6	61-62	Indians: A-Z 52 items
7	63	Indians: A-Z continued
7	64	Indians: General (Archaeology) 14 items
7	65	Ornaments 8 items
7	66	Knives 9 items
7	67	Pipes 1 item
7	68	Persons: A-C
7	69	William Henry Ashley
7	70.1	Persons: D-K
8	70.2-73.1	Persons: L-S
9	73.2-74	Persons: T-Z
9	75	Persons: General
9	76	Places: A
10	77-78	Places: B-C
10	79	California
10	80-81	Places: D-F
11	82	Forts: A-F
11	83-86	Forts: G-Z
12	87	Forts: General
12	88	Places: G-I
12	89	Places: J
12	90	Places: K
12	91	Places: L
12	92	Places: M
12	93	Places: N
13	94	Northwest
13	95-97	Places: O-R
13	98-99	Places: S
14	100-102	Places: T-W
14	103	Williamsburg 11
14	104	Places: Y 8
14	105	Places: General 10
14	106	Textiles 14
14	107	Tobacco 12
15	108	Traps 14
15	109	General: A-M 7
15	110	General: N-Z
15	111	General: Anonymous
		Series 1.3: Bibliography
Box	Folder
16	112	Beaver 686 items
17	113	Firearms 139 items
17	114	Indians 4 items
17	115	Knives 2 items
17	116	Military 140 items
17	117	Persons 205 items
17	118	Places 55 items
17	119	Tobacco 3 items
17	120	Traps 3 items
17	120.1	General
18	121-122	General Continued
18	123-124	General Continued
19	125	General Continued
		Series 1.4: Merchandise Catalogs
Box	Folder
19	126	Axes 3 items
19	127	Firearms 28 items
19	128	Traps 9 items
19	129	Knives 1 item
19	130	Hardware 1 item
		Series 1.5: Illustrations
Box	Folder
20	131	Alcohol 11 items
20	132	Axes 99 items
20	133	Bear 3 items
20	134	Beaver 8 items
20	135	Boats 28 items
20	136	Buffalo 20 items
20	137	Cannon 87 items
20	138	Clothing 16 items
20	139	Containers 18 items
21	140	Encampments 31 items
21	141	Firearms 83 items
21	142	Firearms: Muskets, by model date 51 items
21	143	Furs 15 items
21	144	Hardware 21 items
21	145	Horses 27 items
21	146	Indians 46 items
21	147	Knives 4 items
21	148	Maps 23 items
21	149	Money 3 items
21	150	Ornaments 33 items
21	151	Persons 90 items
21	152	Pipes 14 items
22	153	Places 194 items
22	154	Traps 104 items
22	155	Wagons 29 items
22	156	General 12 items
		Series 1.6: Newspapers
Box	Folder
23	157	Gun and Cartridge Record 23 items
23	158	Firearms clippings 18 items
23	159	Western Literary Messenger 54 items
		Series 1.7: Writings of Carl Pacher Russell
		Series 1.7.1: Books
		Series 1.7.1.1: Preliminary Matters
Box	Folder
23	160	Guggenheim Fellowship 151 items	1951-1954
23	161	Guggenheim Fellowship 31 items	1958
23	162	Permissions 128 items
24	163	Picture Books 26 items
24	164	Publishing possibilities 8 items
		Series 1.7.1.2:. Guns on the Early Frontier
Box	Folder
24	165	Correspondence 130 items
24	166	Correspondence 105 items
24	167	Inscriptions and gift copies 99 items
24	168	Reviews 142 items
24	169	Chapter I 19 items
25	170-172	Chapter I 105 items
25	173-174	Chapter II 4 items
26	175	Chapter III 6 items
26	176-177	Chapter IV 48 items
27	178	Chapter V 25 items
27	179	Chapter VI 29 items
27	180	Guns on the Early Frontiers, published copy 1 item
27	181	General 12 items
27	182	Bibliography/Footnotes 12 items
		Series 1.7.1.3: Firearms, Traps and Tools of the Mountain Men
Box	Folder
28	183-187	Proofs
29	188-189	Proofs
30	190	Doubleday and Co.: correspondence 13 items
30	191	Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.: correspondence 201 items
30	192	Preliminary preparations 4 items
30	193	Preface 8 items
30	194	Acknowledgments 4 items
30	195	Chapter I 79 items
30	196-198	Chapter II 124 items
30	199	Chapter III
31	200-202	Chapter III Continued
31	203-205	Chapter IV 137 items
31	206	Chapter V
32	207-208	Chapter V Continued
32	209	Chapter VI 44 items
32	210	Chapter VII 28 items
32	211	Appendix A 10 items
32	212	Appendix B 19 items
32	213	Appendix C 15 items
32	214	Appendix D 4 items
32	215	Deleted Appendices 11 items
32	216	Bibligraphy 8 items
32	217	Index 2 items
33	218	Proofs: Chapter I-III 1 item
33	219	Proofs: Chapter IV-V 1 item
33	220	Proofs: Chapter VI and Bibliography 1 item
33	221	Firearms, Traps and Tools of the Mountain Men, published copy 1 item
33	222	Chapter I-II 4 items
33	223	Chapter III-IV 2 items
33	224	Chapter V-VI 2 items
33	225	Chapter VII, Appendices and Bibliography 6 items
33	226	Deleted Appendices 10 items
34	226.1-226.6	Copy edited manuscript
34	226.7	Corrected proof (Index)
		Series 1.7.1.4: Camps, Camp Life and Procedures of the Mountain Men
Box	Folder
43	227	Organization plans 10 items
35	228	Notes, outline 15 items
35	229	Illustrations 57 items
35	230	Text with illustrations 25 items
35	231	Containers: Text with illustrations 26 items
35	232	Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.: correspondence 25 items
		Series 1.7.2: Essays and Articles
Box	Folder
36	233	Fremont's Cannon 21 items
36	234	Firearms 28 items
36	235	The Indian and the Gun 2 items
36	236	Trade Musket 11 items
36	237	General 22 items
36	238	Picture Books of the Fur Trade History Museum of American Fur Trade 50 items
36	239	Indian Wars of the U.S. Army 177-1865 by Fairfax Downey: review 24 items
36	240	The Military in the Far West 6 items
36	241	Persons 24 items
36	242	Places
37	243-244	Places Continued
		Series 1.7.3: Notes
		Series 1.7.3.1. Notebooks
Box	Folder
37	245	Firearms: Mountain Howitzer I
37	246	Firearms: Mountain Howitzer II
37	247	Firearms: Military arms, pistols
37	248	Firearms: Military arms, muskets, rifles
38	249	Firearms: Rifles
38	250	Firearms: Indian rifles
38	251	Firearms: Trade guns
38	252	Firearms: A-L
38	253	Firearms: Mc-Q
38	254	Firearms: R-Z
39	255	Fur Trade 174 items
39	256	Processes and procedures: Illustrations 125 items
39	257	Museums visited 180 items
39	258	Fur Trade: A
39	259	Fur Trade: Axes, American
39	260	Fur Trade: Axes, European
39	261	Fur Trade: B
39	262	Fur Trade: Boats
40	263	Fur Trade: C-E
40	264	Fur Trade: F-H
40	265	Fur Trade: I
40	266	Fur Trade: Knives
40	267	Fur Trade: J-K
40	268	Fur Trade: L-N
40	269	Fur Trade: Military
41	270	Fur Trade: Ornaments I
41	271	Fur Trade: Ornaments II
41	272	Fur Trade: Ornaments III
41	273	Fur Trade: Pipes
41	274	Fur Trade: P-T
41	275	Fur Trade: Steel traps I
41	276	Fur Trade: Steel traps II
41	277	Fur Trade: U-Z
42	278	Persons and Places: A
42	279	Persons and Places: B-E
42	280	Persons and Places: F-G
42	281	Persons and Places: H-L
42	282	Persons and Places: M-S
43	283	Persons and Places: T-Z
43	284	Persons and Places: Artists
43	285	Persons and Places: Authors
43	286	Persons and Places: California fur trade
43	287	Persons and Places: General
43	288	Persons and Places: Rendezvous	1824-1840
		Series 1.7.3.2: Loose Notes
Box	Folder
44	289	Cannon 2 items
44	290	Beaver 2 items
44	291	Firearms 36 items
44	292	Hardware 4 items
44	293	Indians 11 items
44	294	People 12 items
44	295	Knives 3 items
44	296	Places 12 items
44	297	Tobacco 1 item
44	298	Traps 4 items
44	299	General 97 items
		Series 1.7.4: Projects
		California Project
Box	Folder
45	300	Places: I 32 items
45	301	Places: II 58 items
45	302	Civil War 24 items
45	303	Persons 13 items
46	304	Mother Lode 2 items
46	305	Correspondence 42 items
46	306	Notes 8 items
46	307	Illustrations 8 items
46	308	Bibliography 51 items
		Crabb Project
Box	Folder
46	309	Biographies and correspondence 98 items
46	310	Francis Cummins Lockwood 1 item
46	311	Newspaper clippings 55 items
		Indians Fur Trade Project
Box	Folder
46	312	Correspondence 72 items
46	313	Notes 45 items
47	314	Manuscripts 26 items
47	315	Bibliographies, illustrations 44 items
		Iroquois Fur Trade Project
Box	Folder
47	316	Photographs, manuscripts 64 items
		Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Project
Box	Folder
47	317	Interpretive prospectus 2 items
47	318	Architectural competition 5 items
47	319	Manuscripts 10 items
47	320	General 6 items
48	321	Correspondence 232 items
48	322	Essays 12 items
		Lewis and Clark Project
Box	Folder
48	323	Marker notes 37 items
48	324	Historic Sites: Reports 3 items
49	325	Illustrations, articles 25 items
49	326	Sites and Markers 137 items
49	327	Markers, correspondence 22 items
49	328	Correspondence: 1954-1959 122 items
49	329	Correspondence: 1959-1965 497 items
49	330	Notes 197 items
49	331	Illustrations 80 items
		Lewis and Clark Project: Fort Clatsop
Box	Folder
50	332	Newspaper clippings 20 items
50	333	TV documentary 12 items
50	334	Historical Area Report 2 items
50	335	Historical Building Report: Data Section 10 items
50	336	Preliminary exhibit plan 15 items
50	337-338	Prospectus 16 items
50	339	Historic objects: Prospectus, exhibit plan 50 items
50	340	Museum plan, exhibit plan 4 items
51	341-342	Essays: A-Z 28 items
51	343	Source Material: Anonymous 10 items
51	344	Source Material: Notes, correspondence 7 items
51	345	Source Material: Illustrations 15 items
51	346	University of Oklahoma Press: Correspondence 31 items
51	347	Bibliography 7 items
52	348	Notebook: Bibliography (Lewis and Clark) 207 items
52	349	Notebook: Three-dimensional objects 208 items
52	350	Notebook: Relics, documents, etc. 81 items
		Series 1.8: Three-Dimensional Objects
Box	Folder
52	351	Trap (Hiatt). Removed from Collection, August, 2004. Transferred to the collection of the Museum of the Fur Trade, 6321 Hghway 20, Chadron, NE 69337; http://furtrade.org/
53	352	Indian pipe 1 item
53	353	Indian knife sheath 1 item
53	354	Office of Indian Affairs: Microfilm (records) 4 items
53	355	Office of Quartermaster: Microfilm (records) 2 items
53	356	American Fur Co. Papers: Microfilm 2 items
53	357	Lake Tahoe: 35mm Slides 6 items
53	358	Hazlett's Company: 35mm Slides 40 items
53	359	Beaver Trapping: 16mm Film 1 item
53	360	Beaver, etc.: 35mm Slides 82 items
53	361	Beaver Trapping: Film production correspondence 9 items

Series 2: National Park ServiceReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Series 2.1: Correspondence	1921-1965
Box	Folder
54	362	166 items	January 10,1921-November 15, 1948
54	363	193 items	March 22, 1949-September 11, 1953
54	364	119 items	January 3, 1955-December 19, 1956
55	365	28 items	January 6, 1954-December 16, 1954
55	366	53 items	January, 1957-December 11, 1957
55	367	115 items	January 14, 1958-December 16, 1958
55	368	138 items	January 16, 1959-December 23, 1959
55	369	225 items	January 6, 1960-December 31, 1960
55	370	116 items	January 4, 1961-December 31, 1961
56	371	184 items	January 2, 1962-December 28, 1962
56	372	152 items	January 3, 1963-May 29, 1963
56	373	103 items	June 3, 1963-December 31, 1963
56	374	81 items	January 5, 1964-December 31, 1964
56	375	87 items	January 5, 1965-
56	375a	Condolences to Mrs. Russell on Death of C. P. Russell. 39 items	June 20, 1967-
		Series 2.2: Biographies
Box	Folder
57	376	National Park Service: Personnel directories 8 items
57	377	Abbott 2 items
57	378	Adams 14 items
57	379	Ahern 1 item
57	380	Allen-Audubon 24 items
57	381	Albright 14 items
57	382	Atwood 1 item
57	383	Awtrey-Bauss 11 items
57	384	Beard 4 items
57	385	Bell-Boas 14 items
57	386	Boggs-Brodie 21 items
57	387	Brower 8 items
57	388	Bryant 8 items
57	389	Bumpus 29 items
57	390	Burns 18 items
57	391	Butcher 1 item
57	392	Butler-Cain 12 items
57	393	Cammerer 8 items
57	394	Camp 3 items
57	395	Canfield-Cleland 11 items
57	396	Coffman 7 items
57	397	Colby 9 items
57	398	Coleman-Cook 10 items
57	399	Clark-Cox 8 items
57	400	Cutter 9 items
57	401	Damon-Degnan 4 items
57	402	Demaray 16 items
57	403	Detmars-Diederick 12 items
57	404	Disher 5 items
57	405	Dixon 6 items
57	406	Doane 1 item
57	407	Dodge 8 items
57	408	Doerr 9 items
57	409	Douglas 5 items
57	410	Dreyfuss 1 item
58	411	Drury 48 items
58	412	Eastwood 10 items
58	413	Ernst 19 items
58	414	Evans-Ewing 15 items
58	415	Farquhar-Freeland 15 items
58	416	Fritchel-Fry 7 items
58	417	Fryxell 10 items
58	418	Gallison-Glass 10 items
58	419	Grinnell 15 items
58	420	Goethe 10 items
58	421	Grater 6 items
58	422	Hall 34 items
58	423	Hamlin-Harrington 11 items
58	424	Hartzog-Harwell 3 items
58	425	Haynes 5 items
58	426	Hedges 1 item
58	427	Hegner-Hilton 12 items
58	428	Hirst 6 items
58	429	Holmes-Hutches 16 items
58	430	Hoover 1 item
58	431	Hudson 5 items
58	432	Ickes 19 items
58	433	Jackson-Johnson 20 items
58	434	Joffe-Kelsey 10 items
58	435	Kittredge 9 items
58	436	Langford 1 item
58	437	Kroeber-Leland 12 items
58	438	Leopold-Lincoln 7 items
58	439	Loomis 6 items
58	440	Lummis 5 items
58	441	Lykes 7 items
59	442	McCrea-McDougall 6 items
59	443	McDuffie 20 items
59	444	McFarland 7 items
59	445	McHenry-Macy 12 items
59	446	Maier 11 items
59	447	Manbey-Marshall 7 items
59	448	Marvin 1 item
59	449	Mather-Matthes 16 items
59	450	Merriam 7 items
59	451	Merriam, John 9 items
59	452	Merriam, Lawrence 7 items
59	453	Miller-Mulford 15 items
59	454	Muir 4 items
59	455	Mullady 5 items
59	456	Munk 5 items
59	457	Murdock 5 items
59	458	Murie 1 item
59	459	Neilson-Nusbaum 2 items
59	460	Olmstead 19 items
59	461	Olson-Oneal 5 items
59	462	Overly 1 item
59	463	Palmer 6 items
59	464	Parkinson 1 item
59	465	Parker-Perry 34 items
59	466	Patraw 1 item
59	467	Pinkley-Reighard 17 items
60	468	Carl Parcher Russell: Personal correspondence 67 items
60	469	Carl Parcher Russell: Photographs, membership, etc. 57 items
60	470	Carl Parcher Russell: Vouchers, efficiency ratings, etc. 37 items
60	471	Carl Parcher Russell: Orinda House papers, letters, etc. 75 items
60	471a	Letters from friends and associates on the occasion of Russell's retirement 1 volume items	1957
61	472	Roberts-Rose 10 items
61	473	Rutter-Sargent 7 items
61	474	Scheelback-Schweifler 8 items
61	475	Scoyen 12 items
61	476	Sharsmith-Summer, Francis Bertody 16 items
61	477	Sumner, Lowell 6 items
61	478	Smith 1 item
61	479	Swartzlow-Sylvester 5 items
61	480	Taft 4 items
61	481	Talbert-Taylor 5 items
61	482	Taylor, Rose 16 items
61	483	Taylor, Oliver 6 items
61	484	Taylor 5 items
61	485	Thompson-Tolson 19 items
61	486	Tomlinson 7 items
61	487	Tose 1 item
61	488	Tresidder 13 items
61	489	Trippe 1 item
61	490	Udall-Weber 17 items
61	491	Walcott-Wilson 2 items
61	492	Ward 5 items
61	493	Wharton 1 item
61	494	Wheat-Wilson 9 items
61	495	Wirth 25 items
61	496	Wissler 18 items
61	497	Yard-Yount 2 items
61	498	General 4 items
		Series 2.3: Essays, Published Articles and Documents
Box	Folder
62	499	Conservation: Department of the Interior, National Park Service 35 items
62	500	Conservation: Citizen's committees 41 items
62	501	Conservation: Printed items 58 items
63	502	National Park Service: History 43 items
63	503	Interpretive Programs: Planning 19 items
63	504	Interpretive Programs: Museums 15 items
63	505	Interpretive Programs: Research 13 items
63	506	Interpretive Programs: Nature Guide services 7 items
64	507	Interpretive Programs: Research abstracts 68 items
64	508	Interpretive Programs: Research-Germany, Austria, Belgium 26 items
64	509	National Park Service: Places-A-B 11 items
64	510	National Park Service: Places-C 33 items
64	511	National Park Service: Places-Fort Davis 1 item
65	512	National Park Service: Places-D-G 48 items
65	513	National Park Service: Places-H-J 14 items
65	514	National Park Service: Places-Jackson Hole 9 items
65	515-516	National Park Service: Places-Jackson Hole controversy 69 items
66	517	National Park Service: Places-K-L 6 items
66	518	National Park Service: Places-M-N 22 items
66	519	National Park Service: Places-O 6 items
66	520	National Park Service: Places-Fort Osage 50 items
66	521	National Park Service: Places-P 11 items
67	522	National Park Service: Places-R 22 items
67	523-524	National Park Service: Places-S 19 items
67	525	National Park Service: Places-T 3 items
68	526	National Park Service: Places-Tahoe 13 items
68	527	National Park Service: Places-U 1 item
68	528	National Park Service: Places-V 2 items
68	529-530	National Park Service: Places-Fort Vancouver 4 items
68	531	National Park Service: Places-W 7 items
69	532-533	National Park Service: Places-Yellowstone 70 items
69	534	National Park Service: Places-Yellowstone exhibits, beaver and fur trade project 57 items
69	535	National Park Service: Places-Yorktown 3 items
70	536-538	National Park Service: Places-Yosemite 54 items
70	539	National Park Service: Places-Zion 2 items
70	540	National Park Service: Places-Yosemite Nature Notes 25 items	1949-1950
70	541	National Park Service: Places-Yosemite Nature Notes 25 items	1951-1952
71	542	National Park Service: Places-Yosemite Nature Notes 24 items	1953-1954
71	543	National Park Service: Places-Yosemite Nature Notes 24 items	1955-1956
71	544	National Park Service: Places-Yosemite Nature Notes 23 items	1957-1958
71	545	National Park Service: Places-Yosemite Nature Notes 31 items	1959-1961
71	546	National Park Service: Places-Yosemite Nature Notes Continued	1959-1961
72	547-548	National Park Service: Places-General 39 items
73	549	Park Management: Addresses, statements, studies, reports 56 items
73	550	Park Management: News releases 7 items
73	551	Park Management: Regional newsletter 29 items
73	552	Park Management: Communiques 13 items
73	553	Park Management: Standards for guides 11 items
73	554	Park Management: Minutes 16 items
74	555	Park Management: Conferences 11 items
74	556	State Parks 33 items
74	557	Training Programs 26 items
		Series 2.4: Writing of Carl Parcher Russell
Box	Folder
74	558	100 Years in Yosemite: Resource materials 38 items
74	559	100 Years in Yosemite: 1931 ed. correspondence, reviews, etc. 112 items	1931
74	560	100 Years in Yosemite: 1947 ed. correspondence, reviews, etc 105 items	1947
75	561	100 Years in Yosemite: Manuscripts, correpondence 93 items
75	562	100 Years in Yosemite: 1947 ed. Royalty, illustrations, proofs 41 items	1947
75	563	100 Years in Yosemite: 1957 ed. correspondence 133 items	1957
75	564	100 Years in Yosemite: 1966 ed. correspondence 12 items	1966
75	565	A-B 26 items
75	566	C-D 22 items
75	567	E 12 items
76	568	F-G 27 items
76	569	H 21 items
76	570	I-K 16 items
76	571	L 12 items
76	572	Madison Junction 6 items
76	573	M 23 items
76	574	N-O 31 items
77	575	P 26 items
77	576	Q-R 10 items
77	577	S 24 items
77	578	T 25 items
77	579	W 23 items
77	580	Y-Z 13 items
77	581	Untitled writings of Carl Parcher Russell 23 items
Oversize	582	Oversize (both series); Maps (Mainly reproductions); Graphics for Russell's book 17 items

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Firearms industry and trade--United States--History
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--History
Fur trade--West (U.S.)--History
Implements, utensils, etc.--West (U.S.)--History
Trapping--Equipment and supplies--History

Personal Names

Russell, Carl Parcher, 1894-1967--Archives (creator)

Corporate Names

United States. National Park Service--Officials and employees--Correspondence

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents