MZFCollection2461.xml Guide to the W.P.R. Yellowstone Park Letter 1903 July 26 W.P.R. Yellowstone Park Letter 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 2461, MtBC, us W. P. R. W.P.R. Yellowstone Park Letter 1903 July 26 1 item The W.P.R. Yellowstone Park Letter describes the journey of W.P.R., full name unknown, from Minnesota to Montana. Topics discussed include touring Yellowstone, sights seen, fellow passengers, animals encountered, and accommodations. Collection materials are in English Historical Note

"W.P.R" was a tourist from the eastern United States who visited Yellowstone National Park during the summer of 1903. His full name is unknown.

While staying at the Fountain Hotel on July 26, W.P.R. wrote a letter to Mrs. George F. Howlett of West Newton, Massachusetts describing his trip from Duluth, Minnesota to Gardiner, Montana. He described touring Yellowstone in a stagecoach, leaving Mammoth Hot Springs and proceeding to the Fountain Hotel. He briefly sketched the sights he had seen and mentions fellow passengers and hotel accommodations. WPR also described the animals they encountered during the trip. The three-page letter, written on Fountain Hotel stationery, is accompanied by an addressed envelope.

This collection is open for research.

Yellowstone National Park letter was purchased by Montana State University Library Special Collections from Eclectibles, Tolland, Connecticut on July 13, 2004.

This collection was processed 2009 May 28

 Howlett, George F., Mrs-Correspondence Fountain Hotel (Yellowstone National Park) Duluth (Minn.) Gardiner (Mont.) Yellowstone National Park Animals-Yellowstone National Park Hotels-Yellowstone National Park Tourists-Yellowstone National Park-Correspondence Fisheries and Wildlife Parks and Playgrounds Transportation