MTLmc146.xml Guide to the Frank Jay Haynes papers 1876-1962 Haynes,(Frank Jay) papers Finding aid prepared by Ellie Arguimbau Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Montana Historical Society 2005
Helena, MT
Finding aid encoded by Ellie Arguimbau with assistance by Cuadra Assoc.2005 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2nd Edition) Montana Historical Society Archives MC 146 Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921 Frank Jay Haynes papers 1876-1962 8 linear feet of shelf space F. Jay Haynes (1853-1921) was official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railroad and for Yellowstone National Park. Records (1876-1962) consist of photograph order books, negative registers, copyright records, and a small amount of business records for the photography business of Haynes and of his son Jack Ellis Haynes (1884-1962). 7:2-5 English Biographical Note:

Frank Jay Haynes was born on October 28, 1853, in Saline, Michigan. He received his early formal education in that town's public schools and his first business experience in his father's mercantile store. When the family business failed in 1874, Haynes worked briefly as a traveling salesman and then secured a position with S.C. Graham, a photographer in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Following his apprenticeship with Graham, Haynes worked for another Wisconsin photographer, William H. Lockwood, before opening his own studio in Moorhead, Minnesota, in 1876. Almost immediately Haynes received his first contract from the Northern Pacific to take high-quality views of the "bonanza" farms in the Red River Valley. This initial contract led to numerous other commissioned trips for the NPRR to photograph the railroad's construction route in the Dakota and Montana Territories.

In January 1878, Haynes married Lily Snyder, Lockwood's sister-in-law whom he had met while working in the Wisconsin studio. The following year, Haynes felt his studio business was successful enough to move to a new, larger studio in Fargo. Haynes continued to travel on contracts for the NPRR, while Lily retouched negatives and oversaw gallery operations.

In 1881 Haynes made an NP-sponsored trip to Yellowstone Park and immediately recognized the photographic and business opportunities offered by the area. Thereafter, the Park figured prominently in Haynes' career.

By 1885, the photographer had adapted a railroad coach for use as a studio and was touring the Northwest in his Haynes Palace Studio Car. During his trips over the NP lines, Haynes produced hundreds of negatives of railroad and trackside subjects. He also increased his studio staff in Fargo and, simultaneously, established branch photographic operations in Yellowstone National Park. Haynes moved his studio from Fargo to St. Paul in 1889. He still maintained the Palace Studio Car on the NP's tracks, but increasingly delegated its operation to several trusted assistants. Finally in 1905, the studio car ceased operation and Haynes ended his close association with the Northern Pacific.

From his modest beginnings in Yellowstone Park, F. Jay Haynes, with the assistance of his son, Jack Ellis Haynes, developed a lucrative photographic business in the Park. They photographed and marketed hundreds of views of scenery, wildlife and tourist activities. By 1916, because of failing health, Haynes transferred his photographic interests to his son Jack Ellis Haynes.

F. Jay Haynes died at his home in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 10, 1921.

Records consist of photograph order books, negative registers, copyright records, and a small amount of business records for the photography business of F. Jay Haynes and of his son Jack Ellis Haynes.

Arranged by subgroup and series. Some material housed in Manuscript Volumes. See inventory below for more information.

Collection open for research.

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.

Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.

Acquisition information available upon request

See MC 86 for the F. Jay Haynes Architectural Drawings Collection.

Haynes manuscript material not directly related to Montana Historical Society's Haynes Photographs are located at the Special Collections Library, Montana State University, Bozeman.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search under these terms.

Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921 Haynes, Jack Ellis, 1884-1962 Yellowstone National Park--Commerce Photography, Artistic Photography, Commercial Montana Parks and Playgrounds Photographers Detailed Description of the Collection

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

F. Jay Haynes Photographic Records 1 / 1-2 Photographic Register [portrait orders] #8788-17440 1883-1888 2 / 1-2 Studio Registers 1-2 #8246-20827 [portrait orders] 1895-1896 3 / 1-2 Studio Registers 3-4 #20813-28309 [portrait orders; includes Park Portraits, 1901] 1896-1901 4 / 1 Studio Register 5 #28289-31627 [includes Park Portraits, 1902-1905] 1996-1998 4 / 2-4 Portrait Order Books [daybooks] #12246-15543 1885-1887 5 / 1-3 Portrait Order Books [daybooks] #15544-19054 1887-1890 5 / 4-5 Daily Order Registers 2 & 4 [portrait daybooks] #1929-4228, 6480-7766 1890-1891 6 / 1-5 Daily Order Registers 5-9 [portrait daybooks] #7766-14952 1894 7 / 1-6 Daily Order Registers 10-15 [portrait daybooks] #14953-20159 1894-1895 8 / 1-5 Daily Order Registers 16-20 [portrait daybooks] #20160-25046 1895-1898 9 / 1-5 Daily Order Registers 21-25 [portrait daybooks] #25047-29704 1898-1902 10 / 1-3 Daily Order Registers 27, 29 & 30 [portrait daybooks] #30610-34208 1903-1905, 1907-1913 10 / 4 Portrait Orders: sepia 1894 10 / 5-6 Park Order Registers [portraits] #4501-4792 1888-1893 10 / 7 Park Order Register 1906-1910 10 / 8 Park Order Book [views and portraits] #1-562 1888 11 / 1 Park Order Book [views and portraits] #1-302 1889 11 / 2-4 Park Order Books [views and portraits] #1-378 1890 11 / 5 Park Order Book [views and portraits] #1-208 1891 12 / 1-2 Park Order Books [views and portraits] #209-577 1891 12 / 3 Park Order Book [views and portraits] index 1891 12 / 4-5 Park Order Books [views and portraits] #1-517 1892 12 / 6 Park Order Book [views and portraits] index 1892 13 / 1-6 View Order Books 1882-1894 14 / 1-5 View Order Books 1894-1903, 1906-1911 15 / 1-3 Palace Studio Car Registers A-C #1-10731 1885-1891 16 / 1-2 Palace Studio Car Registers D-E #10732-18385 [includes Park Orders, 1893-1897] 1891-1897 17 / 1 Palace Studio Car Registers #18112-23642 [includes Park Orders, 1898] 1897-1899 17 / 2-4 Palace Car Order Registers 2-4 [daybooks] #1068-5653 [register 4 includes #3010-3118] 1886-1888 18 / 1-5 Palace Car Order Registers 5, 7-10 [daybooks] #5654-6715, 7915-12627 1888-1893 19 / 1-5 Palace Car Order Registers 11-15 [daybooks] #12628-19864 1893-1898 20 / 1-5 Palace Car Order Registers 16-20 [daybooks] #19865-27278 1898-1902 21 / 1-4 Palace Car Order Registers 21-24 [daybooks] #27279-32158 1902-1905 21 / 5 Palace Car reports on towns [alphabetical] and "portraits on hand" 1891 22 / 1 Negative Register: St. Paul, Minnesota to Pacific Coast and Alaska: stereographs 1877-1891 22 / 2 Negative Register: stereographs: Yellowstone Park, etc. 1876-1891 22 / 3 Negative Register: portraits & Northern Pacific Railroad 1876-1887 22 / 4 Negative Register: stereoscopes #1-180 [compiled by J.E. Haynes] 1876-1877 22 / 5 Negative Register: Yellowstone Park 1892-1913 22 / 6 Negative Register: revised 1900-1912 22 / 7-8 Register of Retouched Negatives 1891-1892, 1898 Financial Records 23 / 1 Baby Album Orders 1888-1897 23 / 2-6 Cash Books/Ledgers [Park Studio] 1888-1889, 1893-1916 23 / 7-8 Ledgers 1876-1880, 1887-1889 24 / 1 Ledger 1914 24 / 2 Notebook 1874 24 / 3 Order Book [photo supplies] 1894 24 / 4 Order Book [sheet music] circa 1878 24 / 5 Portrait expenses and receipts 1884-1885 24 / 6-7 Sales and Order Books 1886, 1895-1896 24 / 8 Shipping Receipt Book [St. Paul, Minn. to Cinnebar, Mont.] 1895-1898 24 / 9 Shipping Receipt Book [Mammoth, Mont. to Yellowstone Park outlets] 1894-1896 25 / 1 Shipping Receipt Books [Mammoth, Mont. to Yellowstone Park outlets] 1898-1899, 1911-1913 25 / 2 Shipping Receipt Books [Adams Express Company] 1897-1899 Miscellany 25 / 3 Signature Book [lists Northern Pacific Railroad registrants] 1881-1888 25 / 4-5 F. Jay Haynes catalogs 1879-1890 25 / 6 F. Jay Haynes & Bro. catalogs 1890 25 / 7 F. Jay Haynes catalogs: Alaska views 1891 25 / 8 F. Jay Haynes catalogs: Yellowstone Park; Northern Pacific Railroad, Pacific Coast; Alaska 1892 25 / 9 F. Jay Haynes catalogs: lantern slides & stereoscopes 1893 25 / 10 F. Jay Haynes catalogs 1900, 1908-1911 25 / 11 F. Jay Haynes catalogs: colored postcards 1910, 1912 25 / 12 F. Jay Haynes catalogs 1912 25 / 13 F. Jay Haynes catalogs: lantern slides 1915 25 / 14 F. Jay Haynes & Bro. information folder on Yellowstone Park, including map 1890 25 / 15 F. Jay Haynes annual holiday announcement 1896 25 / 16 F. Jay Haynes railroad pass 1878 26 / 1-4 Portrait Proofs #H4390-H5354, un-numbered undated Jack Ellis Haynes Photographic Records 26 / 5 Color Transparency Register 1941-1967 26 / 6 Photograph Lists: alphabetical 1930-1937 26 / 7 Photograph Lists: Palace Car negatives [list compiled 1950] 1885-1904 26 / 8 Photograph Lists: Eldridge pictures 1934 26 / 9 Photograph Lists: Fee negatives [list compiled 1950] 1890 26 / 10 Photograph Lists: historical photos [list compiled 1960] 1876-1894 27 / 1 Photograph Lists: "Negatives that we have not made" [list compiled 1950; earliest are photos of drawings and paintings] 1804-1936 27 / 2 Photograph Lists: Negatives of Pres. Chester Alan Arthur's trip to Yellowstone [list compiled 1935] 1883 27 / 3 Photograph Lists: numerical 1937-1938 27 / 4 Photograph Lists: photos, lantern slides, etc. 1923-1937 27 / 5-6 Photograph Lists: prints, stereoscopes, & negatives from private vault in St. Paul [list compiled 1950] 1873-1936 27 / 7-8 Negative Register: A-M 1936-1937 28 / 1 Negative Register: N-Z 1936-1937 28 / 2 Negative Register: A-Z 1937-1941 28 / 3-5 Negative Register: A-Ca circa 1956 29 / 1-9 Negative Register: Ce-K circa 1956 30 / 1-7 Negative Register: L-Sl circa 1956 31 / 1-6 Negative Register: Sm-Z circa 1956 31 / 7-8 Negative Register: numerical 1862-1964 32 / 1-3 Negative Register: numerical [three versions] 1896-1941 Copyright Records 33 / 1 Copyright application forms [blank] undated 33 / 2 Copyright information 1940-1941 33 / 3 Copyright lists of Haynes photos 1913-1937 33 / 4 Copyright agreement between Haynes Picture Shops Inc. and Jack Ellis Haynes 1928 33 / 5 Copyright assignment information 1937 33 / 6 Copyright assignment: Haynes Picture Shops Inc. to Haynes Inc. 1940 33 / 7 Copyright assignment: Jack Ellis Haynes to Haynes Inc. 1940-1942 33 / 8 Copyright assignment: Haynes Inc. to Haynes Studios Inc. 1949 33 / 9 Copyright: Album: Yellowstone National Park: America's Wonderland in Natural Colors 1954-1960 33 / 10 Copyright: Album: Yellowstone National Park: Haynes Souvenir Album 1958 33 / 11 Copyright: Bauer, Clyde Max, The Story of Yellowstone Geysers and Yellowstone Geysers 1937, 1947 33 / 12 Copyright: Campbell, Charles Malcolm linoleum cuts 1936 33 / 13 Copyright: Chaney, Jack, Foolish Questions 1922-1929 33 / 14 Copyright: Chittenden, Hiram H., The Yellowstone National Park 1924 33 / 15 Copyright: correspondence cards undated 33 / 16 Copyright: decals 1952 33 / 17 Copyright: etchings undated 33 / 18 Copyright: Haynes Bulletin 1922-1924 33 / 19 Copyright: Haynes Catalog 1920-1936 33 / 20 Copyright: Haynes Guide 1890-1961 33 / 21 Copyright: Haynes maps of Yellowstone National Park 1917, 1937 33 / 22 Copyright: Haynes miniature sets 1951 33 / 23-25 Copyright: Haynes photographs 1876-1952 33 / 26-27 Copyright: Haynes photographs [expired; negatives destroyed; etc.] 1941 33 / 28 Copyright: Haynes photographs [re-copyrighted] 1941-1944 33 / 29 Copyright: Haynes postcards #10079-40000 1927-1940 33 / 30 Copyright: Haynes postcards [miscellaneous] 1941 33 / 31-34 Copyright: Haynes postcards #51K001-#53K455 1951-1954 34 / 1 Copyright: Haynes postcards [miscellaneous] 1954-1956 34 / 2 Copyright: Haynes Road Log and Yellowstone National Park 1918, 1936 34 / 3 Copyright: Haynes, J.E., Scenic Gems of Yellowstone National Park 1929 34 / 4 Copyright: Haynes slides #8-486 1947-1952 34 / 5 Copyright: Haynes snap packs 1954 34 / 6 Copyright: Haynes Souvenir Album of Yellowstone National Park 1889-1949 34 / 7 Copyright: Haynes souvenir folder 1915-1960 34 / 8 Copyright: Haynes souvenir playing cards 1951 34 / 9 Copyright: Haynes, J.E. Treasures of Yellowstone National Park 1924, 1929 34 / 10 Copyright: Haynes, F.J. Yellowstone National Park in Photogravure 1891 34 / 11 Copyright: Haynes, F.J. Yellowstone National Park Questions and Answers 1914-1915 34 / 12 Copyright: Haynes, J.E. Yellowstone Stage Holdups 1959 34 / 13 Copyright: Haynes, J.E. Yellowstone, the Wonderland Domain 1929 34 / 14 Copyright: Haynes, J.E. Your People Want What We Have 1921 34 / 15 Copyright: Hough, Emerson, Maw's Vacation 1921 34 / 16 Copyright: Langford, N.P., The Discovery of Yellowstone Park 1918 34 / 17 Copyright: Mora, Jo, map of Yellowstone National Park 1935-1946 34 / 18 Copyright: Thone, Frank, Trees and Flowers of Yellowstone National Park 1929 34 / 19-22 Copyright File #689-17389 ["and subjects which we are using which are not copyrighted"] 1935 35 / 1-6 Copyright File #17406- 40000 1935-1938 35 / 7 Copyright File books 1936-1937 35 / 8-10 Copyright Office [miscellaneous] 1911-1935 36 / 1-3 Copyright Office [miscellaneous] 1936-1956 36 / 4 Copyright renewal 1939-1942 Financial Records 36 / 5 Audit reports 1952-1965 36 / 6-7 Ledgers: Park Photo Shops 1920-1937, undated 36 / 8 Ledgers: Park Photo Shops [W.A. Hall] undated 36 / 9 Order book [J.J. Hussett and E.W. Hunter] 1922-1923 37 / 1-2 Price lists [photographs, postcards, etc.] 1917-1942 37 / 3 Price lists [groceries, compared with nearby towns] 1940 37 / 4 Price lists [other photo studios] circa 1927 Organizational Records 37 / 4a Organizational chart of Haynes, Inc. 1938 Miscellany 37 / 5 Captions for photos in exhibit undated 37 / 6-10a Haynes Catalogs 1920-1937 37 / 11 Haynes Christmas Cards circa 1930s - 1950s 37 / 12 Haynes Guide covers 1935-1951 37 / 13 Haynes Picture Shops: employee instructions 1922-1966 37 / 14 Haynes Picture Shops: lettering for signs 1916, 1936 37 / 15-18 Logos: Haynes seal; Haynes trademark; Haynes miscellaneous; Northern Pacific Railway 1923-1938 37 / 19 Negative sleeves [samples] circa 1870s - 1920s 37 / 20 Non-copyrighted postcards #10072-35383P undated 37 / 21 Patent: Haynes Rapid Tripod 1928-1931 38 / 1 Photo identification: President Chester Alan Arthur's visit, 1883 1934 38 / 2 Photo identification: National Park Concessioners' Conference, Canyon Hotel, 1911 1952 38 / 3 Photo identification: U.S. National Park Service, Yellowstone National Park department heads 1948 38 / 4 Photo reference charts (includes emulsion times, price lists, etc.) 1937-1938 1 Photo reference scrapbook circa 1930s - 1950s 38 / 5 Programs (includes concerts, lectures, etc.) 1905-1957 38 / 6 Miscellaneous (includes blank stationery; illustration of Haynes Studio in St. Paul, 1895; notes; etc.) 1895, undated Manuscript material photocopied By Jack Ellis Haynes Miscellaneous Correspondence 38 / 7 James Stuart to N.P. Langford and S.T. Hauser; B.L.E. Bonneville to N.P. Langford 1870, 1874 38 / 8 Three letters re President Chester Alan Arthur's visit to Yellowstone National Park 1884, 1927 38 / 9 Martin H. Albin to C.E. Joslin (re Monida and Yellowstone Stage Company) 1908 38 / 10 Charles M. Russell to P.T. Tucker (illustrated) 1921 38 / 11 George Bird Grinnell to Jack Ellis Haynes (re F. Jay Haynes) 1922 38 / 12 Charles Lane Poor to L.A. Redman (re Einstein's theory of relativity) 1926 38 / 13 Jack Ellis Haynes to Horace M. Albright and reply (re lease of Haynes studio by Haynes Picture Shops Inc.) 1928 38 / 14 Jo Mora to Jack Ellis Haynes (illustrated letter re his map) 1935 38 / 15 Horace M. Albright to Edmund Rogers (enclosing sketch of lower falls by Thomas Moran, circa 1900) 1938 Miscellany 38 / 16 American Fur Company medal undated 38 / 17 Bonneville on the Hill company stock certificate 1918 38 / 18 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway transparency case drawings circa 1924 38 / 19 Jack Ellis Haynes: application for U.S. Signal Corps commission 1918 38 / 20 Jack Ellis Haynes: drawings for patent on geyser model 1918, 1924 38 / 21 Jack Ellis Haynes: travel graphs of tourist use of Yellowstone National Park 1920-1935 38 / 22 Lyda Haynes: first paycheck 1942 38 / 23 Haynes family coat of arms undated 38 / 24 Dave Johnson medal ("The most artistic cusser in Montana") 1894 38 / 25 N.P. Langford's admission as delegate to Republican National Convention undated 38 / 26 Stephen T. Mather memo re hotel contract [incomplete] 1916 38 / 27 National Park Service organizational chart 1925 38 / 28 Dr. Arvid Reuterdahl (includes linguistic charts of world languages; patent drawings; sketches and drawings; clippings) 1920s 38 / 29 F. Schlanze cartoon re U.S. Department of Interior 1952 38 / 31 Tunnelwest Club, St. Paul 1918 38 / 32 Union Pacific Railroad brochures 1880 38 / 33 War Savings Stamp cartoon made for Minnesota War Savings Committee by McCutcheon circa 1918 38 / 34 Yellowstone Park Company timetable 1937 Clippings 38 / 35 Jack Ellis Haynes' artificial geyser 1927 38 / 36 Nez Perce War by Henry Buck 1944-1945 38 / 36 Byron Story's articles on Nelson Story (from Bozeman Courier) 1944-1945 38 / 37 Byron Story's articles on Nelson Story (Bozeman Courier) 1938 38 / 38 Miscellaneous (includes ads from Virginia City Montana Post, 1865; page from The Moon, Fargo, Dakota, 1884; "Yellowstone's Golden Anniversary" from Haynes Bulletin; "Art Devotees View Photos" from St. Paul Pioneer Press, 1917; proposed dam in Yellowstone National Park, 1926; "Yellowstone Pictures" from Photo Art Monthly, July 1935; article re Jim Bridger, 1940) 1865-1940