AHJ_ah00827 Inventory of the Orrin and Lorraine Bonney papers1870-2016 Bonney(Orrin and Lorraine) papers Processed by John R. Waggener and Alexandra Cardin University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
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University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort March 2013 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Bonney, Orrin H. Bonney, Lorraine G. Orrin and Lorraine Bonney papers 1870-2016 00827 25.59 cubic ft. (31 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English 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. Biography of Orrin and Lorraine Bonney

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.

 Scope and Content

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.

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

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

This material was received from Orrin and Lorraine Bonney from 1967-1995 and the Estate of Lorraine G. Bonney by Margaret Bellorado from 2016-2023.

Portions of the collection were processed by John R. Waggener in 2016 and Alexandra Cardin in July 2021, and updated by Jamie J. Greene in April 2017 and June 2025.

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

 Access Terms Doane, Gustavus Cheyney, 1840-1892. Environment and Conservation. Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Yellowstone River -- Discovery and exploration. Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.) -- Discovery and exploration. Authors. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Bonney, Orrin H. -- Guide to the Wyoming mountains and wilderness areas. Bonney, Lorraine G. -- Guide to the Wyoming mountains and wilderness areas. Bonney, Orrin H. -- Battle drums and geysers. Bonney, Lorraine G. -- Battle drums and geysers. Container List Series I. Personal 1Alpine Club of Canada 1995-1997 1 Alpine Clubs 1977-1988 1Antarctica1988-1990 Bonney, Lorraine - Biographical Material 1Biographical Related to Canada Book Project1995-1998 1Controversy with Senator Alan Simpson1980-1985 1Correspondence1970-1990 1Diary and Journal1987 1Letters, Clippings and Photographs1944-1959 1Letters to the Editor1978-2001 30Miscellaneous1971-2016 2Personal File1955-1984 1Research Notes undated 1Bonney, Orrin and Lorraine - Biographical Material 1947-2016 1Book Clubs 1963-1964 1Canada Citizenship - Lorraine1993-1995 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 30Kelly, Wyoming property - House plans1975-1980 30Kelly, Wyoming property - Sale to Grand Teton Park1976-2000 30Kelly, Wyoming property - Water system1975-1984 1 Montgomery County, Land/Lot, Texas and Photographs 1981-1984 30Montgomery County, Texas property - Timber1994-1996 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 Publications: 24"Houston Chronicle, Texas Sunday Magazine"1962-1971 2 Tepee and Tents 1974,undated Series II. Correspondence 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 30Miscellaneous correspondence1966-1984 Series III. Professional Files 30Africa1987 3 American Alpine Club Meetings 1934-1954 3 Antartica - U.S. Expedition 1988-1990 27 Art - Crow Chief/Native Americans 1900s 30Articles and newspaper clippings1982-2004 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 30Caribbean1990-1996 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 30Everest Environmental Expedition (E3) project - LGB's return and information1989-1992 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 30Jackson Hole Mountain FilmFest1987-1988 4 Jackson Hole Personalities (Newspaper Stories) 2003-2012 30Japan (2 folders)1963-1987 4 Laramie Peak Wilderness Proposal 1967-1970 30Lorraine - University of Houston1971-1991 30-31Lorraine's file, parts I-III (correspondence, drafts, notes, clippings)1960-1991 27 Map - Sam Houston National Forest 1948 26 Map of the United States 1964 4 Maps of Shoshone National Forest (Stratified) 1963-1969 31Mexico - Pena Nevada1946-1970 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 31Teton Mountain Group1986-1987 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 Projects 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: 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 31Future writing and ideas (manuscripts and newspaper clippings)1966-1973 15 Histories of Jackson Ski Cabin and Goodwin Lake Ski Cabin 1990 31I Touched a Whale (manuscript and publisher's letters)1983-1987 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 31A Wilderness Forest Fire (manuscript)1965-1970 31Wyoming Backroads (manuscript, 2 folders)1989-1992 16 Yellowstone's Turbulent Years, (Revised and Edited Draft) 2014 Series V. Publishing and Printing 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 31Leading Out (publishing information)1991-1993 16 Publishers and Printers 1978-1993 31Rejects - Miscellaneous1953-1957 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 Material Books 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 Material Photographs 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 31PWX BVAundated 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) 22(?) Pass and O'Haraundated 22AA Out of Slide Show1987 22Abel Tas (4 boxes)1988 22Across Canada1982 22Across Canada and States 1982 22Across Canada and States 1982 22Airplane and Misc. 1987-1988 22Antartica Part of Slide Show 1987 22Art Smokies 1973 22Bailey Foot 1973 22Barred Owl 1974 22Big Sky Kayak 1978 20Big Thicket National Biological Preserve, John Muir National Monument, Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Miscellaneous 1968-1975 22Blk Island Icebreaker 1988 22Brisbane Flying into Syd 1988 22Bryce Canyon 1953 22CA Club Camp 1983 22Calif undated 22California 1974 22Cambell (?) Long Forks 1968 22Canada 1962 22Canada Cloud and Sunset 1983 22Canadian Camp 1967 22Castle Rock, Crater Lake Trips 1988 22Chelch Museum Airport NZ 1988 22Clorelyon (?) 1962 22Colo. R 1969 22Colo, Salt Lake, Idaho Springs undated 22Delta Shuttlebug 1987 22Eifel (?) and Galveston 1947 22Fea HO undated 22FL Kelly Indian TP Tetons undated 22Focus Ranch 1965 22Focus Ranch Mexico 1949 22Glacier NP 1955 22Going to Lady Elliot 1988 22Good Wyo 1984-1985 22Hawaii 1988 22Homer Spet (?) 1981 22IR 1988 22Joe Cones box 26 1980 22Joshua 1994 22Joshua Tree 1974 22Joyce Reliner (?) Art Smokies-Ridge undated 22Kangaroos 1988 22Lady Elliot Coral (?) ME 1988 22Lady Elliot Isl 1988 22Lady Elliot Sunset 1988 22Lady Ell. Underwater 1988 22Landscapes 1978 22Learning (?) Moe Town, Cheech Renting Car NZ 1988 22Lee Runway 1988 22Longevity 1976 22McKinley Park: Mountain 1981 22Miscellaneous 1987-1999 22Mississippi Delta undated 22Moe Town Doings 1988 22Moe Town Scenes Aquarium 1987 22Moe Town Seal in John (?) Delta / Arrival 1988 22Moe Town Shots undated 22Mostly Canada undated 22Muir Woods 1973 22Offshore Oil Drill 1974 22OHB & Indians undated 22OK undated 22Old Everest undated 22People 1988 22Prudose (?) Ski undated 22Rainier undated 22Redwoods 1972-1973 22Resplendent 1987 22Resplendent Mountain and Robson Camp 1987 22Robson 1987 22Rothfield undated 22S Club WY Wilderness Study 1981 22Salter Lake undated 22San Juan - Muir, HO Grape Vines 1974 22Santa Rosa Isl 1975 22Sask 1967 22Sas, 1967 22Scuba 1988 22Seal Census 1987 22Seal Census 1987 22Seal Census Pressure Ridges 1987 22Seattle Fair 1963 22Seattle Fair all Red 1962 22SF Lodge 1974 22Sheridan Indian Days 1955 22Ships and Bay Views 1988 22Skuas Penguins 1987 22Skuas Penguins 1988 22Sonoran Desert 1973 22Sonoran Desert 1973 22Stanley Museum (?) 1966 22St. Michel undated 22St Michael, Blk Flies (?) 1974 22Survival 1988 22Texas and Colo undated 22TR 1987 22Utah (?) undated 22Views 1988 22Washesiu 1967 22Wedding Julie 1987 22Willi 1987 22Willi 1987 22WRR Ramparts Practice Climbing 1985 22Yosemite 1974 22Yosemite 1974 22YS 1969 22Yukon River 1981 Series VIII. Audio Visual Material Cassette Tapes 21"A Super Waitress" undated 21Anne Schival/Temple Rhombuh (?) undated 21Antarctica (music) undated 21"Barber" Act I undated 21Bob Bakker at Laramie Museum 1991 21Casper Trek undated 21Charlie Love 1989 21Charlie Love undated 21De Lap (Phone)undated 21"Faust" 1991 21Homer (H.C.) Richards 1982 21Horace Albright undated 21Index of tapes on dinosaur dig 1991 21"Lucia" undated 21"Macbeth" undated 21Old book sent back by Paul S/ Ramsey and Walton water rights 2000-2016 21Opera undated 21Overgrazing 1992 21"Pagliacci" at the Met undated 21Paleoindians undated 21Phone conversations undated 21Preservation Hall undated 21Public lands undated 21Saturday lecture undated 21Bob Smith undated 21Bob Smith undated 21"Valkyrie" undated 21Water conference undated 21Yodeling undated Microcassette Tapes 21Charlie Loveundated 21Eugene at briefingundated 21Red Desert undated 21Start of Africa undated 21Steve Alex, Sue undated 21Story teller undated 21Unlabeled (4 tapes) undated Reel Tapes 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 Video 21First Teton guides (VHS) undated 21Rene's Antarctica (VHS) 1990-1999 21Unidentified motion picture film (4, 8mm films) undated