Collection Summary
Barrows, Maynard B.
Maynard B. Barrows papers
1906-1985
10106
12.05 cubic ft. (18 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
The papers of Maynard B. Barrows, Chief Ranger of
Yellowstone National Park in the 1940s, Park Forester for Yellowstone and Grand
Teton National Parks in the 1950s, and Forester for Dinosaur National Monument until
1965.
Biography of Maynard B. Barrows
Maynard Bainter Barrows was born in Denver, Colorado on July 17, 1906. He attended
Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University) from 1926-1929 where
he majored in Forestry. In 1928, he became a temporary park ranger in Rocky Mountain
National Park, and was transferred to Yellowstone National Park in 1930. From
1938-1943 he was Assistant Chief Ranger of Yellowstone, and was Chief Park Ranger
from 1943-1947. In 1947, he became regional forester for the Midwest office of the
National Park Service in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1954, he became Park Forester for
Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. He became Forester of Dinosaur National
Monument in 1961, where he stayed until his retirement from the National Park
Service in 1965. Barrows was an environmental consultant until his death in 1978.
Scope and Content
Collection contains materials relating to Maynard Barrows’s career with the National
Park Service, including diaries, newspaper clippings, printed material,
correspondence, reports, and photographs. His time at Yellowstone is best
documented, although the collection also contains some files related to his work in Grand
Teton National Park, Dinosaur National Monument, and Rocky Mountain National Park.
Also present are subject files containing topics related to the National Park
Service and his consulting work with for the Jefferson County Planning Department
(Colorado). Personal files and biographical information are also present, including
scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, and a transcript of an interview with
Barrows regarding his career with the National Park Service.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the
collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and
libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by Maynard B. Barrows at the
date of processing.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from Lillian Barrows (wife) in 1985.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Emily Christopherson in June 2011.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number,
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
United States. National Park
Service.
Foresters.
Land use--Colorado--Jefferson
County.
National parks and reserves--West
(U.S.).
Park rangers.
Dinosaur National Monument (Colo. and Utah)
Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)
West (U.S.)
Wyoming--History, 1919-1945.
Wyoming--History, 1946-
Yellowstone National Park.
Diaries.
Scrapbooks.
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Forestry and Forestry Products
Environment and Conservation
National Parks
Fisheries and Wildlife
Container List
Series I. Professional files
1920-1978
Arranged alphabetically by file name. This series contains notes, diaries,
maps, printed matter, correspondence, and reports from Barrows’s career with
the National Park Service. Much of the material pertains to Yellowstone
National Park, but there is also some material relating to Rocky Mountain
National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and Dinosaur National Monument. Of
particular interest is a series of calendars and diaries kept by Barrows,
briefly documenting his activities from the late 1920s through the 1970s.
This includes his time as Chief Ranger of Yellowstone. The diary entries are
generally very brief, and often include wildlife counts and where certain
rangers were located on a particular day.
9
Atomic energy and radiation materials
1958-1961
9
Books on Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and other National Park
services
1920-1963
9
Colorado Open Space Council legislative bulletins
1974
9
Colorado State University pamphlets and programs
circa 1967-1976
6
Correspondence - general
1952-1976
6
Correspondence - retirement of Maynard Barrows
1965
6
Correspondence - retirement
1959-1976
4
Diaries
1924-1978
9
"Elimination of Yellow Perch from a Lake By Use of Derris Root"
by Maynard Barrows
1939
9
Grist - Park Practice bulletins issued by The National Conference
on State Parks
1958-1965
5
Maps - Dinosaur National Monument
1961-1965
5
Maps - Gallatin National Forest - Gardner Ranger
District
undated
5
Maps - Grand Teton National Park
1948
16
Maps - Grand Teton National Park
circa 1930s-1970s
5
Maps - keys and indexes
undated
11-15
Maps - miscellaneous Colorado
circa 1930s-1970s
5
Maps - Rocky Mountain National Park
1922
5
Maps - Yellowstone National Park
1930
16
Maps - Yellowstone National Park
circa 1930s-1970s
9
National Park Service newsletters
1967-1977
9
National Park Service publications
1959-1964
7
Newspaper clippings - environmental issues
1966-1977
7
Newspaper clippings - Yellowstone earthquake
1959
5
Notes - forestry service
1931-1972
5
Notes - Omaha personnel training school
1941
5
Notes - personnel information on Park Rangers
undated
7
Photocopy of cartoon
undated
9
Reports - monthly
1930-1954
9
Reports - prepared by Maynard Barrows
1936-1939
9
Reports - Yellowstone
1948-1949
Series II. Personal files
1906-1985
Arranged alphabetically by file name. This series contains personal and
biographical files, medical and financial files, correspondence with friends
and family, and materials related to Barrows’s time at Colorado State
University (then called Colorado Agricultural College). Also present is a
transcript of an interview with Barrows in which he talks about his career
with the National Park Service.
7
Awards and certificates
1924-1977
7
Barrows family history
1937-1978
7
Birth and death certificates
1971-1980
7
Career and experience (personal history)
1928-1984
6
Correspondence - Aggies (Colorado State University)
1925-1978
6
Correspondence - Christmas cards
1928-1934
6
Correspondence - condolence letters on Maynard Barrows's
death
1977-1978
6
Correspondence - family and Curt Skinner
1927-1978
6
Correspondence - general
1952-1976
18
Correspondence - Gerald Ford
1972-1974
6
Correspondence - Jack Barrows
1944-1945
7
Evison interview with Maynard Barrows (transcript)
1972
7-8
Financial records
1940-1978
7
Handmade pictures by Maynard Barrows
circa 1930
7
Lillian B. Barrows personal history
1985
7
Medical files
1969-1978
7
Membership and identification cards
1947-1980
10
Membership directories
1924-1978
7
Memorabilia
1922-1966
7
Military records
1928-1944
7
Newspaper clippings
1952-1968
5
Notes - college
1924-1927
7
Obituaries and memorials
1978-1980
7
Retirement
1965-1966
6
Scrapbook - Lillian Barrows
circa 1928-1971
6
Scrapbook - Maynard Barrows
circa 1928-1970
6
Scrapbook - The Biography of Our Baby (Maynard
Barrows)
1906-1924
7
"Some Experiences With My Good Friend Maynard B. Barrows" by Curt
Skinner
1978
10
Yearbooks - Silver Spruce - Colorado State
University
1926-1929
10
Yearbooks - Viking - Denver North Side High School
1921-1924
Series III. Subject files
1920-1983
Arranged alphabetically by file name. This series contains subject files
regarding various activities of Maynard Barrows and his wife, Lillian. The
file names are those designated by the Barrowses. The files contain
correspondence, notes, reports, maps, manuscripts, legal documents,
clippings, and other materials.
1
Burglary
1977
1
Canada
1972
1
Colorado Real Estate Examination
1954-1963
1
Curt Skinner - stories
1978-1983
1
Jackasses, Incorporated
1966-1968
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - annexation to Golden
1969-1977
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - Bear Mountain Vista
1970-1972
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - Bergen Park
1974-1977
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - committee on 5 county commissioners
1975-1976
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - Genesee
1971-1975
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - Hiwan filing
1973-1974
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - Homestead-Ronald Plains Development
1969-1971
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - Jeffco Reassessment
1975-1977
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - Joe Lewis indictment, Anderson trial, McNally
scandal
1969-1975
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - land use - House Bill 1041
1976
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - Lone Peak
1966-1970
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - MAPC
1970-1974
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - Marshdale Park
1973
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - Means Ranch
1975
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - Microwave - Bear Mountain
1973-1974
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - mill levy/schools
1976-1977
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - Moratorium
1971
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - Mountain Area Planning Council minutes
1965-1975
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - obsolete zoning regulations
undated
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - old subdivision regulations
1972
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - open space
1974-1977
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - POME
1974-1975
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - revision of subdivision regulations
1972-1975
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - subdivision - Bear Mountain
1967-1972
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - suit 14 - Mountain residents vs. Jefferson County
Commissioners
1967
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - Vulcan hearings
1970
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - water wells - contamination and development
1975-1976
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - zoning and development proposals of parties obtaining options
from Lone Peak, Inc.
1966-1968
1
Jefferson County Planning Department/Mountain Area Planning
Council - zoning resolution
1965
2
Lazer, Mary P.
1972-1973
2
Move - Omaha to Yellowstone
1954-1963
2
Naples trip
1974
2
National politicians (including two letters signed by Gerald
Ford)
1969-1977
2
North High reunion
1974
2
Olympics
1970-1973
2
Park Service - Coal Creek fire
1958-1961
2
Park Service - condemnation - 5.176A - Grand Teton National
Park
1959-1963
2
Park Service - Dinosaur grazing
1960-1964
2
Park Service - fire detection
1947-1953
2
Park Service - fire research
1959-1962
2
Park Service - gems
1948-1953
2
Park Service - general
1920-1967
2
Park Service - Glacier National Park
1949-1957
2
Park Service - grazing
1951-1961
3
Park Service - insect control
1933-1964
3
Park Service - instructions for Camp Boss section
1966
3
Park Service - Interior, Department of
1944-1972
3
Park Service - Jackson Hole elk studies
1958-1961
3
Park Service - lodgepole pine
1951-1956
3
Park Service - pastures and weed control
1951-1958
3
Park Service - plywood
1960-1966
3
Park Service - radiological monitoring
1959
3
Park Service - tree diseases
1952-1961
3
Park Service - type map and timber appraisal
1936-1962
3
Park Service - watershed publications
1953-1961
3
Stanley Park
1953-1977
3
Yellowstone Retiree Reunion - Yellowstone Alumni
1972-1973
Series IV. Photographs
1906-1974
Arranged alphabetically by file name. This series contains photographs of
Maynard Barrows, including both his professional and family life. Many of
the photographs are from his years working and living in Yellowstone
National Park, and provide a nice snapshot of work and family life in
Yellowstone. Also present are photographs of other national parks in which
Barrows worked, including Rocky Mountain National Park and Grand Teton
National Park. One scrapbook contains photographs of Barrows and Paul
Petzoldt (mountaineer) climbing Teewinot Mountain in the Grand Tetons in
September of 1930, making them the first ones to descend the mountain via
the Southwest Couloirs route.
11
Betty Ann Barrows (daughter)
circa 1943-1957
11
Caryl May Barrows (daughter)
circa 1938-1955
11
Family
circa 1927-1974
11
Other National Park sites
circa 1925-1965
11
Scrapbook - mainly Rocky Mountain National Park, Yellowstone
National Park, and Grand Teton National Park
circa 1923-1940
6
Scrapbook - The Biography of Our Baby (Maynard
Barrows)
1906-1924
11
Yellowstone - buildings and structures (ranger stations, cabins,
ranches, hotels, etc)
circa 1960-1957
11
Yellowstone - Civilian Conservation Corps camp (CCC)
1933
11
Yellowstone - elk trapping and slaughter
circa 1938-1940
11
Yellowstone - family
1934-1955
11
Yellowstone - official group shots of rangers at Ranger
Conferences and Fire School
1940-1972
11
Yellowstone - Ranger activities and duties
1931-1962
11
Yellowstone - scenery
circa 1930s-1940s
11
Yellowstone - social activities
circa 1936-1965
11
Yellowstone - Thorofare country
circa 1931-1932
11
Yellowstone - wildlife
circa 1930s-1940s