MZFCollection2459.xml Guide to the Bernice K. Koch Scrapbook 1931-1934 Koch (Bernice K.) Scrapbook Kim Allen Scott, 2009 Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Montana State University-Bozeman Library
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Finding aid encoded by ArchProteus2012 Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard) Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320 Bozeman, MT 59717-3320 United States Phone (406) 994-4242 Fax (406) 994-2851 http://www.lib.montana.edu/archives/ University Archivist spcoll@www.lib.montana.edu
Collection 2459, MtBC, us Matthews, Bernice K., 1911-1998 Bernice K. Koch Scrapbook 1931-1934 1 item The Bernice K. Koch Scrapbook consists of a scrapbook kept by Koch during the summers of 1931-1934 documenting her experiences as a Yellowstone "savage," the popular nickname given to seasonal workers in the park. The scrapbook contains pictures, an autograph book signed by other Yellowstone savages, a letter from a fellow worker, and memorabilia. Collection materials are in English Historical Note

Bernice K. Koch, originally from Breese, a small town in southern Illinois, graduated from Carlyle High School in 1929. Bernice spent four summers working in Yellowstone National Park, from 1931 to 1934. It is known she worked at the Old Faithful Lodge and probably served as a waitress. Following her summer employment at Yellowstone, it is likely she spent at least part of her adult working life in Missouri. Bernice married a man named Matthews (first name as yet unknown) and eventually passed away in the retirement community of Sun City, Arizona on November 18, 1998, at the age of eighty-seven.

The collection consists of a scrapbook kept by Koch during the summers of 1931-1934 documenting her experiences as a Yellowstone "savage," the popular nickname given to seasonal workers in the park. The scrapbook contains dozens of pictures glued in place; twenty-one loose and unidentified pictures, several of which may be from Yellowstone; an autograph book signed by other Yellowstone savages; a letter from a fellow worker; and miscellaneous items which include railroad ticket stubs and three rather unique documents written on toilet paper.

This collection is open for research.

Scrapbook of Yellowstone National Park photographs and memorabilia created by Bernice Koch was purchased from Eraanteeks (an eBay vendor), Scottsdale, Arizona, on April 5, 2004.

This collection was processed 2009 August 3

 Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park-Photographs Old Faithful Lodge (Yellowstone National Park) Seasonal labor-Yellowstone National Park Waitresses-Yellowstone National Park Women employees-Yellowstone National Park Autograph albums-Yellowstone National Park Scrapbooks-Yellowstone National Park Parks and Playgrounds Women Photographs Scrapbooks