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The history of Yellowstone National Park is also documented through a series of audio tapes. These tapes range from sound recordings of thermal features to oral history interviews with park employees. The recording of thermal features began in 1954 and many of the recordings are in 1/4 inch reel-to-reel format. Many of the more recent recordings are in audiocassette or compact disc format and a player is available for all types. Should you want to utilize any of the materials in this collection contact the Park Archivist/Historian.
54-1 through 54-6a (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Sounds from various thermal features.
54-6b through 54-7 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Sounds from various erupting geysers.
57-1 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Dedication of Canyon Village.
57-2 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Memories of William Wiggins, Herman Biastack, John Bauman, Rudy Grimm, Bill Wright, Bob Robinson, and Joe Joffe (retirement dinner).
59-1 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Narration for "Yellowstone Seasons" by Chief Naturalist David Condon.
59-2 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recorded eruption sounds from Old Faithful.
59-3 (reel-to-reel and compact disc) two tapes
Jack Haynes's Interview with Joseph Joffe. Summary sheets included.
59-4 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Banquet for Joe Joffe.
59-5 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Dedication of Mt. Washburn, speech by Wayne Replogle. Transcript included.
60-1 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Re-enactment of the Madison Junction Campfire in 1870.
61-1 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
A.L. Haines's Interview with Raymond Little, Army Scout. Summary sheets included.
61-2 (reel-to-reel, cassette, and compact disc)
A.L. Haines's Interview with Henry Malon, Henry Jenkins, Herb French, Pete Hallin (stagecoach drivers) and Jack Haynes. Transcript included.
61-3 (reel-to-reel, cassette, and compact disc)
Diary of Jane Clem, read by A.L. Haines.
Interviews with Truman Everts Jr., Huntley Child, Edith Ritchie, all by A.L. Haines. News articles from 1886, 1910-20 by Aubrey L. Haines. Original on reel-to-reel. Cassette copy provided by Doris Whithorn.
61-4 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Madison Junction Pageant/Campfire.
61-5 (reel-to-reel, cassette, and compact disc)
A.L. Haines's Interviews with J. E. Haynes, Mrs. R. Cutler, Mrs. Lena Potter. Transcript included.
A.L. Haines's Readings from Kipling's "From Sea to Sea" and Dale's "Frank's Ranch.” Original on reel-to-reel. Cassette copy provided by Doris Whithorn.
61-6 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Two Shoshone Indian Songs. CD copy provided by Ron Simpson.
62-1 (reel-to-reel)
"The Art of Listening"
62-2 (reel-to-reel and compact disc) 4 tapes
Pageant/Campfire at Madison Junction.
62-3 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Interview with Francis Pound Wright.
62-5 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Interview with R. Shields, Concession Employee in early 1900's.
62-9 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Discussion of Elk Management Reduction Program.
63-1 (reel-to-reel and compact disc) 2 tapes
Assorted American Indian Songs.
63-2 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Dedication Ceremonies at Tower Bridge.
63-4 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Inquest into the death of J.P. Speitel, YPC employee.
63-5 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Memories of Jack Haynes.
Articles about Park from early 1900's.
63-6 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
63-7 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Hallmark Hall of Fame Special "Discovery of Yellowstone".
63-8 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Madison Junction Pageant/Campfire.
64-1 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Farewell Banquet for Lon Garrison.
Taped CBS Special on Stonehenge ruins.
65-1 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
NPS Conference Speech by George B. Hartzog.
70-1 (reel-to-reel and cassette)
Interview with Pop Scoyen, Park Employee.
71-1 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Yellowstone Centennial Advertisements.
73-1 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Interview with John McLaughlin, former Superintendent. Transcript included.
73-2 (reel-to-reel)
Interview with Lon Garrison, former Superintendent. Transcript included.
73-3 (cassette)
"The National Park Idea", by Paul Schullery.
74-1 (reel-to-reel)
"Yellowstone Country" radio information on the Park.
74-2 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Interview with Ted Ogston, former Asst. Chief Ranger
Compact Disc also included of this interview, provided by Ron Simpson.
74-3 (reel-to-reel)
Interview with Kenneth Bremer, former park employee.
74-4 (reel-to-reel)
Interview with Bessie Haynes Arnold, sister of Jack Haynes.
74-5 (cassette)
Interview with Bessie Haynes Arnold, sister of Jack Haynes. Transcript included.
74-6 (cassette)
Geyser Eruptions.
75-1 (cassette)
Interview with George Tutherly, witness to 1888 eruption of Excelsior.
75-2 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Interview with Horace Albright, Former Yell. Supt. and NPS Director.
75-3 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Interview with Jack Anderson, former Superintendent.
76-1 (reel-to-reel)
Discussion on Elk and other wildlife.
76-2 (reel-to-reel)
Songs: "The Wonders Of Yellowstone" and "The Hills of Montana".
76-3 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Narrated history of Yellowstone.
76-4 (reel-to-reel)
Madison Junction Pageant/Campfire.
76-5 (cassette)
President Ford's visit to Yellowstone, speeches.
76-6 (cassette)
Yellowstone Geology, by Chief of Interp. Alan Mebane.
76-7 (cassette)
Plants of Yellowstone, by Don Despain.
76-8 (cassette)
Continued Plants of Yellowstone, by Don Despain.
76-9 (cassette)
Lecture on Park Administration, by Supt. John Townsley.
76-10 (cassette)
Lecture on Concession Operations, by former YPC president John Amerman.
76-11 (cassette)
Yellowstone Wildlife: panel discussion with Mary Meagher and Doug Houston.
76-12 (cassette)
Lecture on Park Administration, by Supt. John Townsley.
76-13 (cassette)
President Ford's visit to Yellowstone, 1976.
76-14 (cassette)
Canyon Lodge Spirit Songs.
77-1 (cassette)
Interview with long-time resident of Gardiner, Montana, Mrs. Otho Mack. Interviewed by Paul Schullery.
77-2 (cassette)
Interview with John Delmar, former ranger in 1920's.
77-3 (cassette)
Interview with George Baggley, former Chief Ranger. Transcript included.
77-4 (cassette)
Lecture by Dr. Bob Smith on Yellowstone Geology.
79-1 (cassette)
Message to Bill Everhart.
81-1 (cassette)
Interview with Francis Pound Wright, former female ranger.
81-2 (cassette)
Interview and Lecture by Lon Garrison, former Superintendent.
81-3 (cassette)
"Hotels and History" by Aubrey Haines.
82-1 (cassette)
John Townsley Memorial.
82-2 (cassette)
Recording of eruption of Steamboat Geyser.
83-1 (cassette)
"Where are the Bears" program by Ted Parkinson.
85-1 (cassette)
NPS Director William Penn Mott's talk at Lake Lodge.
85-2 (cassette)
Discussion by Mary Meagher and Gary Brown on Bison.
85-3 (cassette)
Discussion by Mary Meagher and Gary Brown on Bison.
87-1 (cassette)
Interview with John King, VP of Engineering for T.W., 1950s-80s.
87-2 (cassette)
Interview with Mrs. Kathryn Witt, maid at Lake Lodge 1924-26.
87-3 (cassette)
Leadership Training Program presented by Rick Tate.
87-4 (cassette)
Interview with Helen Wolfe. Length: 45 minutes. Transcript included.
87-5 (cassette)
Interview with Jerry Bateson, winterkeeper for concessions. Length: 45 minutes. Transcript included.
88-1 (cassette)
Interview with Tom Somerville and Bill Biastoch. Somerville served as postmaster at Gardiner, 1934-1949, before coming to work in Yellowstone. Biastoch grew up in Mammoth in the 1920s.
88-2 (cassette)
Interview with Mrs. Maynard Barrows, wife of Chief Ranger, 1940s.
88-3 (cassette)
Interview with Kathleen O'Leary. Kathleen and her husband, Dave Phillips worked in Yellowstone in the 1960s and 1970s. Transcript included.
88-4 (cassette)
Interview with Red Payne, YNP Maintenance employee, 1960s.
89-1 (cassette)
Interview with John Delmar, YNP Ranger 1919.
89-2 (cassette)
Interview with William Armstrong, NPS Maintenance Chief, 1960s-80s. Transcript included.
89-3 (cassette)
Interview with Scott Chapman, YNP Ranger. Transcript included.
89-4 (cassette)
Interview with Robert Murphy, YNP Ranger, 1940s and 50s. Transcript included.
89-5 (cassette)
Interview with Alice Murphy, wife of YNP Ranger R. Murphy. Transcript included.
89-6 (cassette)
Interview with John Tyler, YNP Ranger 1915-19.
89-7 (cassette)
Interview with Dr. Richard S. Rodgers, a tour car driver in Yellowstone from 1924 to 1929. Interviewed by Kent Knutson on April 8, 1995. Length: 2 hours (45 minutes is taped). File consists of one tape, information and summary sheet, release form, transcript, list of questions, and correspondence between Kent Knutson and Lee Whittlesey.
89-8 (cassette)
Interview with Melvin “Bim” Smith, who worked at a road camp on Goose Lake in 1934. Interview conducted by William Hunt (of the National Park Service, Midwest Archeological Center) on August 15, 1995. File consists of tape, transcript, related correspondence, and a slide of Smith.
96-1 (cassette)
Interview with William Henry Jackson (photographer of Hayden surveys to Yellowstone), 4/3/1941, audiocassette dubbed from original WIRE recording, Mutual Broadcasting System (radio broadcast). Interviewer unknown (an MBS interviewer).
96-2 (cassette)
Interview with Jim Stermitz (school teacher from Gardiner, Montana and a local rancher), interview was done 1/21/1995 by Mark Hanna. Stermitz's family has own a ranch in the greater Yellowstone area since 1900. He is the third generation to live in this area. The interview was conducted over three tapes and covers many levels of the Stermitz family history in the greater Yellowstone area.
96-3 (cassette)
Aubrey Haines, the foremost Yellowstone area historian speaks in depth over four tapes on the stories of Yellowstone. The 4 tape series was made for the Yellowstone Institute Program in August of 1992. The tapes are recorded from the summer class Haines teaches each summer in Yellowstone. The title of the tapes as well as the course is "Yellowstone Waysides”.
96-4 (cassette and compact disc)
This is an interview conducted by Joseph Weixelman in Browning, Montana with several members of the Blackfeet Tribe on the lifestyles and experiences of this tribe within the greater Yellowstone area. This is a two tape series. On the first tape Weixelman interviews 4 separate Blackfeet. Their names are Curly Bear Wagner, Mike Swims Under, John J. Whitegrass, William Running Crane. The second tape consists of a continuation of these interviews. There is also a CD of this interview, provided by Ron Simpson.
96-5 (cassette and compact disc)
Interview with George Kicking Woman, Blackfeet Elder. This interview was conducted by Joseph Weixelman. The interview was conducted at Kicking Woman's residence in Browning, Montana. The interview was conducted on 1/31/1992. The interview was about the Blackfeet tribes’ involvement in the greater Yellowstone area. There is also a CD of this interview, provided by Ron Simpson.
96-6 (cassette)
Interview with Delyle Stevens, National Park Service Ranger in Yellowstone National Park from 1939 to 1959. The interview was conducted by Bob Harridan on March 6, 1995. The two tape interview is about Delyle Stevens's experiences as a Yellowstone Park Ranger and firefighter. The file also contains the obituary of Mr. Stevens, and a hand written paper which explains what each side of the tape session is about.
96-7 (cassette)
Interview with Joseph Mitchell, bus driver in Yellowstone during the 1940's. The interview was conducted by Lee Whittlesey on 8/10/1994. The interview consists of Mitchell's recount of how the canyon section of Yellowstone National Park's transportation system was arranged in 1947. The file consists of one tape in which Mitchell is interviewed, the oral history summary sheet, and a rough diagram drawn by Whittlesey of the canyon area.
96-8 (cassette)
Interview with Walt Stuart, a resident of West Yellowstone from 1907 to 1980.This interview was conducted on 11/16/1994 by Leslie J. Quinn. The interview is about the use of snowplanes, snowcoaches, and snowmobiles as transportation sources in the in the Yellowstone area. Stuart also speaks in depth about the ever changing conditions of tourism, concessions, and roads in Yellowstone and its bordering towns. The time frame of the interview is from the 1920's to the present. The file consists of a tape with a 60 minute interview, a release form, and the oral history summary sheet. Note - the interview begins on side B of the tape.
96-9 (cassette)
Interview with John Boyce Robbins, a Yellowstone National Park employee in the 1920's. The interview was conducted by Lee Whittlesey on 6/1/1995. Robbins recounts in this interview his experiences as a park employee. The file consists of a tape of the interview with 92 year old Robbins and a hand written letter from his daughter commenting about her fathers lack of clarity and conclusiveness.
96-10 (cassette)
Interview with Frances Wright, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1925-1929. She considers herself Yellowstone's first female park ranger. The interview was conducted by Yellowstone Historian Tim Manns on 7/11/1981 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Henderson in the Mammoth section of Yellowstone. The interview is about Mrs. Wright's experiences as a park ranger, and her experiences growing up as a child in Gardiner, Montana during the early twentieth century. Mrs. Wright worked as a ranger with her father in the ranger station at the north entrance from the time she was 19 until she was 23 years old. The file consists of two tapes which chronicle Wright's experiences.
96-11 (cassette)
Interview with Florence Crossen, retired owner of several businesses in Gardiner, MT. The interview was conducted by Lee Whittlesey on 4/18/1994. Mrs. Crossen, and her husband Hugh, owned and operated several businesses in Gardiner from the 1940's until their retirement. The interview is based on Mrs. Crossen's experiences as a resident in Gardiner, and her observations on how Gardiner and Yellowstone have changed over the past 50 plus years. The file consists of two tapes in which Crossen recounts her life in Montana.
96-12 (cassette)
Interview with John King, Vice President of Engineering with TW Recreational Services. The interview was conducted on 3/18/1989. He was also the chief engineer with Yellowstone Park Company. The interview is about the evolution and progression of Yellowstone’s concessions. The file consists of one tape.
96-13 (cassette)
Interview with Lee Whittlesey, Archivist and Historian for Yellowstone National Park. The interview was conducted by a radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio during the fall of 1995. The interview is based on Whittlesey's book, Death in Yellowstone. The file consists of one tape.
96-14 (cassette)
Interview with Billie Evans, school teacher in Pine Creek area. The interview was conducted by Norman Tveit on 11/11/1993. The interview is based on Mrs. Evans's experiences in the Yellowstone area in the early twentieth century. The interview also comments on Mrs. Evans's neighbors, the Bottlers, one of Montana's most prominent ranching families. The file consists of one tape. Note: the interview begins on side 2.
96-15 (cassette)
Interview with Jack and Helen Meldrum, descendants of John W. Meldrum, U.S. Commissioner, Judge, and Magistrate. The interview was conducted by Lee Whittlesey on 11/19/1993 at Buffalo, Wyoming. The interview is about John Meldrum's life history. The file consists of one tape.
96-16 (cassette)
Lee Whittlesey, Yellowstone National Park Archivist and Historian, comments on his book, Death in Yellowstone, on a radio program called the University of Wyoming Insight Program. The show appeared on Wyoming Public Radio on 10/10/1995. Whittlesey, in this public information short, comments on some of the tragedies in Yellowstone National Park. He also warns that the majority of deaths in the park were caused by people's carelessness. The file consists of one tape.
96-17 (cassette)
Interview with Berg Clark, 97-year-old former Yellowstone Park Transportation manager. The interview was conducted by Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Selba on 1/7/1975 for the Gallatin County Bicentennial Project on Oral History. The interview comments on Clark's involvement with the early years of Yellowstone. The file consists of one tape, transcript, and related newspaper clipping.
96-18 (cassette)
Interview with Dr. Bob Grady, Yellowstone National Park musician from 1935-1937. The file consists of one tape.
96-19 (cassette)
Interview with Hayman Wise, representative of the Shoshone Tribes by Joseph Weixelman. This interview is about Native American involvement in the greater Yellowstone area. The file consists of two tapes.
96-20 (cassette)
Interview with Jack Richard of Cody, Wyoming. The interview was conducted on 5/21/1991. The file consists of one tape.
96-21 (cassette)
Interview with the Glenn Henry Orchestra, which performed at the Old Faithful Inn from 1935-1938. The interview was conducted by Tom Tankersley, Yellowstone Park Historian, in 1990 at Old Faithful. Tankersley interviews five of the original members of the band: Glenn Henry, Ralph Roberts, Charley Waring, Werner Erickson, and Bob Grady. The interview is based on the band's experiences as performers in Yellowstone during the 1930s, and their observations of how the park has changed. The file consists of one tape.
96-22 (cassette)
This is a set of tapes of Mile-by-Mile commentary of T.W. Recreational Services tour guides and bus drivers. The tapes were recorded during the years 1978-1982. Lee Whittlesey, Yellowstone Park Archivist and Historian, recorded and audited these tapes at the time he was Communications Specialist for T.W. Services (1978-1982). The drivers and guides who participated in the exercise were Laura Harker, Judy Meyer, Joel Ellis, Dave Salmon, Harry Pollard, Gail Richardson, Henry Wheeler, and Roxanne Hussey. These are actual tapes of tour guides, made on board, traveling park busses as they explain every aspect of the park to tourists. The file consists of eight Mile-by-Mile tapes.
96-23 (cassette)
Interview with Mildred Rossini who comments about working in Yellowstone with her mother from 1911-1913. Mrs. Rossini worked for the Wylie Company camps at Canyon and Swan Lake. There are 5 tapes in this very detailed series, and they were recorded in 1987 at Mrs. Rossini’s home in Payson, Arizona. The file consists of five recorded tapes, a letter to Lee Whittlesey from Eleanor King explaining why she is donating the tapes to the archives, and a letter from Marge Caine, Rossini’s daughter, requesting tapes for Rossini to comment on.
96-24 (cassette)
Interview with John Tyler, one of the first Yellowstone Park rangers, 1915-1919. The interview was conducted in August of 1989 by Tom Tankersley. This two-part interview contains stories of Yellowstone from the early twentieth century. This file contains two tapes.
96-25 (cassette)
Interview with Tom Hallin, who worked for the Yellowstone Park Company as chief engineer. The interview was conducted by Bob Haraden, assistant superintendent of Yellowstone National Park from 1972 until 1978, in Livingston, MT. on June 14, 1991. Hallin lived in Yellowstone from the time he was an infant in 1922 until 1961, with time away to go to college and serve in World War II. Hallin’s father worked construction for the Yellowstone Park Company, YP Company, from 1903 until his retirement in 1958. Hallin worked with the YP Company from 1936 to 1961. He left the park as chief engineer for the YP Company. The interview is about Hallin’s family’s experiences in the park as well as the YP Company. The file consists of two tapes, transcript of the interview, and a letter from Hallin.
96-26 (cassette)
Interview with Bob Murphy, park ranger at Yellowstone National Park in the 1940’s and 1950’s. The interview was conducted by Bob Haraden, assistant superintendent at Yellowstone National Park from 1972 until 1978, in Livingston, MT. in June of 1991. Murphy was born in 1918. He worked in Yellowstone nonconcurrently from 1938 (from 1938 to 1940 he worked as a seasonal maintenance) until the late 1950’s. Murphy was also a park ranger in Glacier National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. In addition, Murphy worked as the park superintendent in Death Valley National Monument and Lassen Volcanic National Park. The interview is based on Murphy’s experiences as a ranger working in Yellowstone during the 1940’s and 1950’s. There is also a great amount of discussion during this interview about the management of wildlife populations in the park. The file consists of two tapes and an interview summary sheet.
96-27 (cassette)
Interview with Henry Rahn, grizzly bear feeder and garbage truck driver from 1936-1942. Henry was born in 1911 in Livingston, MT. The interview was conducted by Marjane Ambler on 8/17/1989 at the Lake Section of Yellowstone National Park. Terry Wehrman, Joe Figg, and Cora Figg also participated in the interview. The interview is based on Rahn’s experiences in the park. Some of the highlights of his experience were: working with former President Gerald Ford, feeding the grizzly bears, and being present at Fishing Bridge during the tornado. The file consists of two copies of Rahn’s interview, the library release form, the oral history summary sheet, and a written transcript of the interview.
96-28 (cassette)
Interview with Eugene A. Dunlop, former chief mechanic and assistant superintendent with the Yellowstone Park Transportation Company (tour busses) in Yellowstone National Park. Mr. Dunlop was born in 1904, and worked in the park from the late 1920’s until 1951. The interview was conducted by John Terreo for the New Deal in Montana’s Oral History Project for the Montana Historical Society. The interview was lead at Dunlop’s home in Helena, MT on 6/26/1989. The basis of the interview was to chronicle Mr. Dunlop’s experiences working in Yellowstone, and to examine how the park has changed. The interview was conducted over two tapes, and begins on the tape labeled #2.
96-29 (cassette)
Interview with Gerard Pesman, former tour bus guide in Yellowstone National Park. The interview was conducted by John Terreo for New Deal in Montana’s Oral History Project for the Montana Historical Society. The interview was done at Pesman’s house in Bozeman, MT on 6/19/1989. The interview was conducted over three tapes.
96-30 (cassette)
Interview with Donald Steele, former tour bus driver in Yellowstone National Park. He was born in Billings, MT in 1912. The interview was conducted by John Terreo for the New Deal in Montana’s Oral History Project for the Montana Historical Society. The interview was conducted at Steele’s home in Billings, MT on 6/22/1989. He started working in the park in 1935 for the Yellowstone Park Transportation Company, YPT Company. He worked in the park during his summers from 1935-1941, and as a maintenance employee in the summer of 1946. The interview was about Steele’s experiences as a park employee. The interview was conducted on two tapes.
96-31 (cassette)
Interview with Bud Postema, former tour bus driver in Yellowstone National Park during the 1930’s, and again in the 1970’s (he served as safety supervisor and road instructor during the 1970’s). He was born in Manhattan, MT on 4/6/1911. The interview was conducted by John Terreo for the New Deal in Montana’s Oral History Project for the Montana Historical Society. The interview was done in Bozeman, MT on 6/20/1989. Postema worked construction in the park in 1934 and 1935. During this period he helped construct the Pelican Landing Bridge. Postema became a tour bus driver in 1937. He performed this job for the rest of the 1930’s. The interview is based on Postema’s experience as tour bus driver, and his observations on Depression tourism in Yellowstone. The interview was conducted over two tapes.
96-32 (cassette)
Interview with Ray Quist, former tour bus driver in Yellowstone National Park in the 1930’s. Mr. Quist was born on 6/22/1916 in Forsyth, MT. The interview was conducted by John Terreo for the New Deal in Montana’s Project for the Montana Historical Society. The interview was done at Quist’s home in Bozeman, MT on 6/19/1989. Quist started working in West Yellowstone as a grease monkey, a laborer who does apprentice type work, in the summer of 1935. He performed a similar job at the Canyon section of the park the following year. From the years 1937 to 1939 Quist served as a tour bus driver in Yellowstone during the summer tourism season. The interview is based on this experience. The interview consists of one tape.
96-33 (cassette)
Interview with Elmer Armstrong, National Park Service maintenance employee. The interview was conducted by Bob Haraden, assistant superintendent of Yellowstone from 1972 to 1978, at Armstrong’s house in Belgrade, MT on 4/11/1989. Armstrong was born in 1906. Armstrong began his involvement in Yellowstone working on a Sierra Club Outing in 1926. Armstrong comments briefly how impressed he was with the outing. He explained that there were 500 people in the outing camp. What impressed Armstrong the most about the outing was how careful the Sierra Club was with the environment. Armstrong worked in the park the following summer as a bus driver. He then worked as a rancher on his family’s farm until the depression hit and forced him to look for other employment. In 1931 Armstrong returned to Yellowstone and worked trail maintenance that summer. From 1931 until 1951 Armstrong would work maintenance in one capacity or another for the National Park Service in Yellowstone National Park. The interview was based on Armstrong’s experiences living and working in the park. The interview was conducted over two tapes.
96-34 (cassette)
A narrative tape which explains the majesty and grandeur of Yellowstone National Park in the winter. The tape contrasts Yellowstone winter experience with the warmer more visited seasons. It also details the history of human involvement with the park. This winter narrative was recorded on one tape.
96-35 (cassette)
A narrative tape designed to provide a guided tour of Mammoth Terraces for the blind. The narrative was recorded on one tape.
96-36 (cassette)
Wayne Replogle, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 until 1980. This tape is number one in a 17-part series in which Replogle gives a mile by mile narrative of Yellowstone National Park’s history and sights. The tapes were originally recorded on reel tape in 1974. During the first tape Replogle speaks about the early history of the park, the construction of the Grand Loop Road, and a mile by mile account of the scenery on the Grand Loop Road heading to the Tower Falls section of the park. The tape was recorded on 7/26/1974.
96-37 (cassette)
Part #2 of Wayne Replogle’s, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, 17-part series which gives a mile by mile account of Yellowstone’s history and scenery. This tape was recorded on 7/26/1974, and continues Replogle’s chronicle of the history and scenery of Yellowstone approaching Tower Falls on the Grand Loop Road.
96-38 (cassette)
Part #3 of Wayne Replogle’s, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, 17-part series which gives a mile by mile account of Yellowstone’s history and scenery. This tape was recorded on 8/2/1974, and examines the history, scenery, and stories of Yellowstone from the Tower section of the park along the road to Mt. Washburn.
96-39 (cassette)
Part #4 of Wayne Replogle’s, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, 17-part series which gives a mile by mile account of Yellowstone’s history, scenery, and anecdotes. This tape highlights the Canyon section of the park.
96-40 (cassette)
Part #5 of Wayne Replogle’s, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, 17-part series which gives a mile by mile account of Yellowstone’s history, scenery, and stories. Tape #5 highlights the attractions along the drive from Canyon to Dunraven.
96-41 (cassette)
Part #6 of Wayne Replogle’s, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, 17-part series which gives a mile by mile account of Yellowstone’s history, scenery, and stories. Tape #6 also looks at the attractions along ride from Canyon to Dunraven.
96-42 (cassette)
Part #7 of Wayne Replogle’s, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, 17-part series which gives a mile by mile account of Yellowstone’s history, scenery, and stories. Part #7 highlights the attractions along the road from the Canyon area back to the Canyon area via Tower Falls.
96-43 (cassette)
Part #8 of Wayne Replogle’s, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, 17-part series which gives a mile by mile account of Yellowstone’s history, scenery, and stories. Part #8 highlights the attractions along the road from the Canyon area to the Fishing Bridge section of the park.
96-44 (cassette)
Part #9 of Wayne Replogle’s, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, 17-part series which gives a mile by mile account of Yellowstone’s history, scenery, and stories. Part #9 examines Cooke City, the town that borders Yellowstone’s northeast entrance.
96-45 (cassette)
Part #11 of Wayne Replogle’s, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, 17-part series which gives a mile by mile account of Yellowstone’s history, scenery, and stories. Part #11 examines the roadside attractions from Mary Bay to the Norris Geyser Area of the park. In addition, Replogle also explains the uses of Yellowstone’s many plants.
96-46 (cassette)
Part #12 of Wayne Replogle’s, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, 17-part series which gives a mile by mile account of Yellowstone’s history, scenery, and stories. Part #12 looks at the West Thumb Area of the park.
96-47 (cassette)
Part #13 of Wayne Replogle’s, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, 17-part series which gives a mile by mile account of Yellowstone’s history, scenery, and stories. Part #13 highlights the attractions and history along the drive from the Norris Geyser Basin to the Madison Area of the park.
96-48 (cassette)
Part #14 of Wayne Replogle’s, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, 17-part series which gives a mile by mile account of Yellowstone’s history, scenery, and stories. Part #14 chronicles the history and scenery along the short trip from Madison Junction to West Yellowstone, a small town bordering Yellowstone’s west entrance.
96-49 (cassette)
Part #15 of Wayne Replogle’s, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, 17-part series which gives a mile by mile account of Yellowstone’s history, scenery, and stories. Part #15 chronicles several related topics that pertain to Replogle’s personal involvement with the park.
96-50 (cassette)
Part #16 of Wayne Replogle’s, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, 17-part series which gives a mile by mile account of Yellowstone’s history, scenery, and stories. Part #16 highlights the roadside attractions from the Midway Geyser Area to Old Faithful Area of the park.
96-51 (cassette)
Part #17 of Wayne Replogle’s, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, 17-part series which gives a mile by mile account of Yellowstone’s history, scenery, and stories. Part #17 highlights the roadside attractions from Old Faithful Area to the West Gate of the park.
96-52 (cassette)
A narrative of Wayne Replogle, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, commenting on the operation of Yellowstone National Park in the winter and summer months. The narrative consists of two tapes recorded by Replogle on 8/3/1974.
96-53 (cassette)
This is a tape of Wayne Replogle, Yellowstone Park Ranger from 1936 to 1980, lecturing to the National Science Advisory Committee on Yellowstone National Park’s social and scientific history. The lecture was given on 8/20/1975.
96-54 (cassette)
Tape #4 in a series of 14 interpretive tapes. Tape #4 is entitled “Explore Yellowstone.” “Explore Yellowstone” is a tape that explains a broad overview of Yellowstone’s history to future interpreters.
96-55 (cassette)
Tape #5 in a series of 14 interpretive tapes. Tape #5 consists of several interpretive programs from other National lands that enable Yellowstone interpreters to gain a fuller understanding of the job of National Park Service interpretation.
96-56 (cassette)
Tape #6 in a series of 14 interpretive tapes. Tape #6 consists of interpretation tapes from Gettysburg National Monument. The tape enables Yellowstone interpreters to gain a fuller understanding of interpretation by listening to how interpreters from other National Park Service sites present the history of their station.
96-57 (cassette)
Part #7 of a 14-part series of interpretive tapes. This is a three tape series which chronicles the preparatory discussion for the creation of “Voices From Yellowstone’s Past.” “Voices From Yellowstone’s Past” was a campfire pageant that was performed for visitors at the Madison Junction section of the park.
96-58 (cassette)
Part #8 of a 14-part series of interpretive tapes. Tape #8 is a tape of interpretive programs that are performed at the Jefferson Memorial.
96-59 (cassette)
Part #9 of a 14-part series of interpretive tapes. Tape #9 examines the rules of winter survival in Yellowstone National Park, and has an interpretive lecture on Yellowstone’s petrified trees.
96-60 (cassette)
Part #11 of a series of 14 interpretive tapes. Tape #11 is a tape of two interpretive campfire programs performed at Yellowstone National Park. They are entitled “Living Geology” and “This Wild Land.”
96-61 (cassette)
Part #12 of a series of 14 interpretive tapes. Tape #12 is a recording of a Yellowstone National Park campfire program entitled “The Living Land.”
96-62 (cassette)
Part 14 in a 14-part series of interpretive tapes. Tape #14 is a recording of the dedication ceremony of the Horace Albright Visitor Center.
96-63 (cassette)
This is part one of a series of programs on Yellowstone National Park produced by KUWR Radio of Laramie, Wyoming in 1982. Mick McLean narrated and produced the series. Part #1 of the series presents an overview of Yellowstone National Park.
96-64 (cassette)
This is part two of a series of programs on Yellowstone National Park produced by KUWR Radio of Laramie, Wyoming in 1982. The series was narrated and produced by Mick McLean. Part #2 of the series looks at the history of Yellowstone National Park.
96-65 (cassette)
This is part three of a series of programs on Yellowstone National Park produced by KUWR Radio of Laramie, Wyoming in 1982. The series was narrated and produced by Mick McLean. Part #3 of the series looks at the inner workings of Yellowstone’s Historical Archives and many of historic man made structures of Yellowstone. This program was entitled “Collecting the Treasures.”
96-66 (cassette)
This is part four of a series of programs on Yellowstone National Park produced by KUWR Radio of Laramie, Wyoming in 1982. The series was narrated and produced by Mick McLean. Part #4 of the series examines the thermal features that made Yellowstone a one of a kind natural wonder. This program was entitled “Where Hell Bubbled Over.”
96-67 (cassette)
This is part five of a series of programs on Yellowstone National Park produced by KUWR Radio of Laramie, Wyoming in 1982. The series was narrated and produced by Mick McLean. Part #5 of the series examines Yellowstone’s wildlife. This tape was entitled “The Wildlife of Yellowstone.”
96-68 (cassette)
This is part six of a series of programs on Yellowstone National Park produced by KUWR Radio of Laramie, Wyoming in 1982. The series was narrated and produced by Mick McLean. Part #6 is an interview with Yellowstone’s Chief Ranger, Tom Hobbs. The interview was about the wilderness, a ranger’s responsibilities, and experiencing Yellowstone. The program was entitled “The Wilderness and Rangers.” There are two copies of this tape.
96-69 (cassette)
This is part seven of a series of programs on Yellowstone National Park produced by KUWR Radio of Laramie, Wyoming in 1982. The series was narrated and produced by Mick McLean. Part #7 was aired on 9/21/1982. The program was based on an interview with former Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, John Townsley. The program was entitled “Tribute to John Townsley.”
96-70 (cassette)
Narrative tape performed by Bob Morey, fire guard and South District Ranger in Yellowstone National Park. Morey was born in 1925. He worked as a fire guard in Yellowstone from 1943 to 1952. Morey returned to Yellowstone in 1961, and worked as a South District Ranger from 1961 to 1966. In 1966 he transferred to Glacier National Park. He worked there until his retirement in 1983. Morey’s narration was based on his experiences with bears during his service as a Yellowstone Park fire guard during the summers of 1943 to 1952. Morey missed the summers of 1944-1945 to serve in World War II. The narration was conducted over three tapes.
96-71 (cassette)
Interview with George Johnson, stagecoach driver in Yellowstone during the years 1913-1914. He lived and worked with the Wylie Company. The interview was about Johnson’s experiences in the park. Johnson is elderly and not terribly lucid. The interview was conducted over two tapes.
96-72 (cassette)
Interview with Eva Crawford, waitress at the Lake Hotel during the summer of 1923. Mrs. Crawford was born in Indiana and graduated from DePauw University. She worked as a school teacher in North Dakota when she came to Yellowstone for a carefree summer. The interview was based on Mrs. Crawford’s experiences working and living in the park.
96-74 (cassette)
Interview with Bob Jonas, seasonal naturalist supervisor in Yellowstone from 1947 to 1987. The interview was recorded by Barbara Pettinga Moore, a seasonal naturalist in Yellowstone from 1982-1988, on 8/16/1987. The interview was part of her project of recording rangers’ bear stories. This interview is based on Jonas’s experiences with bears in Yellowstone.
96-75 (cassette)
Interview with Ellen Bloch, who lived in Yellowstone from 1910 to 1913. The interview was conducted by Tom Tankersley on 8/16/1989. Bloch was born in 1904 in Pasadena, CA. She lived in the Canyon section of the park while her father helped to construct the Canyon Hotel. The interview was about Bloch’s experiences living as a little girl with her family in Yellowstone during the beginning of the twentieth century.
96-76 (cassette)
Interview with Joe Fowler, ranger in Yellowstone National Park. The interview was conducted on 3/6/1990. The interview discusses the fires of 1988 and Fowler’s personal remembrances of working and living in the park.
96-77 (cassette)
Interview with Bill Everhart, a National Park Service employee who began with trail maintenance, and ascended to head of the entire Park Service. The tape was recorded 12/5/1979.
96-78 (cassette)
A tape of fern music used to accompany a slide show.
96-79 (cassette)
A tape of the United States National Anthem, by Francis Scott Key, arranged and performed by Chip Davis.
96-80 (cassette)
A commercial tape entitled “Yellowstone National Park: History and Travel.”
96-81 (cassette)
Leadership training tape. A 3-tape series recorded by Rick Tate on 8/19/1987. The tapes were recorded from Tate’s seminar on leadership training. There are two copies of each tape.
96-82 (cassette)
A tape of birds. The tape is titled: “Ambience: Colloquy: Unruffled Feathers.
96-83 (cassette)
A tape on the history of Grand Teton National Park.
96-84 (cassette)
A tape compiled by Dave Drum of recorded voices he planned to use in a movie entitled “Yellowstone Voices.” The tape was recorded in 1984. There is also a typed written and a handwritten letter that accompanies the tape.
96-85 (cassette)
A three-part series of tapes on conservation. The narrator is unknown.
96-86 (cassette)
A tape of Mary Meagher and Gary Brown recorded on 12/11/1985. The tape is about bison.
96-73 (cassette)
Interview with Lee Robinson, permanent ranger in Yellowstone National Park at the West Thumb section of the park during the mid 1950’s. The interview was conducted by Barbara Pettinga Moore, a naturalist in Yellowstone from 1982 to 1988. This was part of her project of recording bear stories for preservation. The interview was entitled “Bear Stuff.” It was based on Robinson’s experiences with bears in the park. Transcript included.
96-87 (cassette)
Interview with Jack Williams and Roberta “Birdie” Williams, longtime residents of Cooke City, Montana. Interview conducted by Josh Frost, May 31, 1996 at Cooke City. File consists of two tapes, summary sheet, release form (unsigned). NOTE – Part of this interview is in a very slow mode – very difficult to understand the words.
97-1 (cassette)
Interview with Helen Wells, a nurse at Mammoth Hospital in YNP in 1948 and 1950. Two tapes. Additional typed information and photos are in the YNP Library and YNP Museum Collection respectively.
97-2 (cassette)
This is a recording of the park-wide announcement by the assistant superintendent Marv Jensen on 3/06/1997 at 18:11 that the body of Rick Hutchinson had been found in an avalanche area at Factory Hill. Included in the announcement were some the details concerning the accident and sentiments expressed by Mike Finley via Jensen. Rick had been a park employee since 1970 when he began work here as a seasonal naturalist. In 1973 he was hired as a geothermal specialist and in 1976 became the YNP geologist. The announcement is approximately three and a half minutes long. The file consists of two tapes which are identical recordings.
97-3 (cassette)
This is an interview with Katherine Elizabeth Pilger Baker, a lifelong Gardiner resident, conducted by Lee Whittlesey and Josh Frost on 6/14/1996. Ms. Baker's father worked for Frank and M.A. Holem in Cinnabar in 1901-03. After leaving for a short time he returned to work with Mr. Holem, becoming his partner in 1904 after the business had moved to Gardiner. Ms. Baker was born January 5, 1922. She grew up in Gardiner and discusses her experiences and the history of Gardiner and its people through the years. This is a set consisting of two tapes of which tape one is 90 minutes in length and tape two is a 60-minute tape but only side A was used. The file consists of two tapes.
97-4 (cassette)
This tape is a recording of an interview with John Waldo Swanson, conducted by George Briggs on 8/30/1996. Mr. Swanson was a driver for Yellowstone Park Company for the seasons 1948 and 1949. He discusses the operational side of driving, people with whom he remembers working, and other Yellowstone experiences. The interview was approximately 50 minutes long. The file consists of one tape, a release form, and a oral history information and summary sheet.
97-5 (cassette)
These tapes are the recorded reminisces of Donald William Fraser, a 41-year resident of Livingston, Montana. He was born a fourth-generation Montana resident in Three Forks on 5/06/1916. Tapes were cut by the Montana Historical Societyand are not an interview, but rather a previously well-planned talk recorded in Mr. Fraser's den. In the course of his discussion, Mr. Fraser addresses the early history of YNP, beginning with 1918, and his and his parent's experiences therein. He discusses people with whom they worked, animals within the park (including details of experiences at the Buffalo Ranch), and his impressions of historical and political events. This file consists of two tapes, two letters between Mr. Fraser and Lee Whittlesey concerning, among other things, the tapes.
97-6 (cassette)
This tape is a recording of an interview of Lee Whittlesey and Steve Blakeley conducted by George Briggs on 7/19/1996. They reminisce about their experiences as bus drivers and tour guides for TW/YP Co. in Yellowstone during the 1970s and 1980s. They discuss people with whom they worked, the technical aspects of bus driving, and the history of the buses and the tours. This file consists of one tape. There is a photograph of Mr. Whittlesey and Mr. Blakeley taken at the interview which can be found in the museum collection.
97-7 (cassette)
These two tapes are a recording from the Teton Science School of two lectures given by A. Starker Leopold on May 23 and 24, 1980. Mr. Leopold discussed the management of the national parks and gave a lecture entitled, "Wildlife Management in National Parks". The tapes are very difficult to hear and old recordings are beginning to bleed through. This file consists of two tapes, and a letter from Paul Schullery noting the history of the tapes.
99-1 (cassette)
Informal Talk with Ranger Frances “Jim” Pound, YNP – Lake Mess Hall, Tuesday, 26 August 1997. As an 18-year old, Ms. Pound was the first female ranger in YNP. She worked in Yellowstone from 1925-29. Includes stories of her adventures. The second tape, recorded 27 August 1997 includes her comments on a tour of the historical vehicle collection. Included in the folder is a copy of a story from the Pasadena Starr News, 10 August 1997 about Ms. Pound. (includes photos of her, then and now.) The file consists of two tapes. NO RELEASE FORM, but interviewee died in late 1999 or early 2000 (see library biography file).
99-2 (cassette)
Recording of ceremony at Old Faithful during summer 1976. President Gerald Ford was special guest. Various speakers. [Ford was a former seasonal ranger at YNP.] The file consists of one tape.
99-3 (cassette)
Recording of “A Prairie Home Companion” hosted by Garrison Keillor, from Old Faithful, 5 July 1997. Broadcast on National Public Radio. The file consists of two tapes.
99-4 (cassette)
Recording of “Yellowstone Guide” presented by Empire Radio. August 1974. Interviews conducted by Ken Davis, KWYS Radio, West Yellowstone, Montana. Ranger naturalists from all the major areas of the park are interviewed and asked to relate features of their areas and activities for visitors in the areas. Topics of the interviews include: variety of trails throughout the park, equipment, geyser basins, museums, ranger guided walks and talks, repeats the “creation myth/story” of Yellowstone at Madison Junction, programs that tell the story of man in YNP. Also an interview with Bob Sellers who describes fire studies in YNP, prescribed burn areas and studies they would like to conduct if a large fire came through the park [note this interview took place before the 1988 fires]. Also some promotional advertising for West Yellowstone and surrounding areas as a gateway to YNP. The file consists of two tapes – duplicates.
99-5 (cassette)
“Travel Audios. Yellowstone National Park. Four Faces of Yellowstone” A 60 minute audio tape. Features music, nature sounds, and the voices of park experts. Included in the file is a letter to Lee Whittlesey, from Nancy Rommes at Travel Audios, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 31 March 1998 concerning the tape and his contribution to it. The file consists of one tape.
99-6 (cassette)
“Yellowstone Bears” Sound/slide program 409. One tape features a male narrator, the other tape a female. One side of the tape has audible tones, the other automatic slide changes. No indication of date or producer of the tapes. Slides not included in this file. The file consists of two tapes.
99-7 (cassette)
“Canyon – 15 Consec. Bear Announcements.” A recording, various voices, repeating the same message about camping at Canyon [hard side camping only], keeping the camp clean, paying fees, and ranger programs. No date. This file consists of one tape.
99-8 (cassette)
“Backpacking demonstration at Madison Amph. given by Mike Weinblatt & Linda Martin 8-30-1973. Copy 1 (original)” Recording of an evening program at Madison by two rangers. Purposes of the program: 1. a backpacking demonstration, why people go to the backcountry, techniques and equipment. 2. Backcountry land ethic. This file consists of one tape.
99-9 (cassette)
“Scattered ideas concerning interp at OF” No date and no identification of speakers other than first names. This is a recording of a training session for summer interpretative activities in the Old Faithful area. There are questions and answers and a segment about the Bechler area. This file consists of one tape.
99-10 (cassette)
“Fire Narration – Al H. This side only.” No date and no identification of announcers. This is a live broadcast on Yellowstone National Park radio [1510 on the dial – with a range of one mile] with news of three fires burning in the park. The three fires: Willow Creek Fire, Bluff Creek Fire and Raven Creek Fire. The broadcast contains information on how the fires started and how many acres have burned. The announcer explains why these fires are not being fought – the “let burn” policy – and why there is much to be gained from monitoring such fires. Mirror Plateau Unit is an area where fires are allowed to burn and this allows scientists to study fires. [note this is prior to the 1988 fires]. This file consists of one tape.
99-11 (cassette)
“Interview with J. Townsley. Rec 5/21/1980. Budget. Grant Village”. A card included with this tape indicates the interview was conducted by KWYS, radio 920, West Yellowstone, MT. No identification of interviewer [a mention of “Ken” so possibly it was Ken Davis, Sales Manager at KWYS]. Format is question and answer. Topics include: budget cuts and inflation and how those impact YNP and its visitors; programs that Townsley considered canceling to save money such as the interpretive program and winter opening of park; the Grant Village project – its history and construction of 100 units that year and the corresponding closing of 100 antiquated units at Old Faithful. This file consists of one tape.
99-12 (cassette)
“The Savvy Traveler. 8/22/97.” This radio program is produced by USC Radio in Los Angeles for Public Radio International. Host of this program – Rudy Maxa. The program includes segments of travel news, travel destinations, travel hints, question and answers, and call-ins. One of the special features of this program was an interview with Lee Whittlesey who discusses the history of YNP and the issue of ‘parks at risk’. [125th anniversary of YNP]. Also, there is a reading of a letter received from a listener, Judy Rine, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, who visited Yellowstone in the winter and describes her experiences. This file consists of one tape.
99-13 (cassette)
“Natl. Park Service under W. Mott, etc - Natl Pub. Radio, 6/7/85”. This segment is from a National Public Radio program. There is reference to James Watt and his impact on the parks and NPS employees. Now with the appointment of William Mott as director of the National Park Service(Ronald Reagan administration), it is hoped that he will return leadership to the organization and restore morale to the employees. Mott’s plans include the purchase of new park lands, protecting park wildlife and plants, limiting the number of park visitors and developing a new relationship with park concessionaires. The tape of this broadcast contains two Mott statements; the remainder is the voice of the program host. This file consists of one tape.
99-14 (cassette)
Interview with Lloyd C. Warr. Interviewed by Scott Hanley at Lake Hotel, YNP on 6 August 1996. Mr. Warr, born in 1933 resides in Alexander City, Alabama and discusses his memories of working in YNP beginning in the 1950s at the old Canyon Lodge. NOTE – ALL SIX SIDES OF THE TAPES ARE IN A VERY SLOW MODE – VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND THE WORDS [quality decreases by end of the series.] With great patience, a listener could gather information from the tapes. The file includes three tapes, oral history information summary sheet, and release form.
99-15 (cassette)
“Pulse of the Planet” – Yellowstone Fires. Dr. Don Despain, research biologist, is interviewed. There are two short segments. The first discusses the 1988 fires, their causes and fire policy. The second segment discusses animal reaction to the fires, elk deaths, foliage recovery and the cycles of nature. “Pulse of the Planet” is broadcast on National Public Radio. The file includes one tape. NO RELEASE FORM.
99-16 (cassette)
Interview with Bud “Tiger” Postema. Interview conducted by Lee Whittlesey on 16 July 1997. Postema was a driver in YNP, 1937-1977 and worked on the road crew in 1935. Also on the tape are David Bowman and his wife. All offer comments on their experiences as drivers, remembrances of working in the park, and comments about vehicles in the park collection [this was done on site, with many references to specific buses, etc. There are references to numbers on the vehicles which could be used by a researcher using the museum’s current numbering system.]. NO RELEASE FORM, although Postema died in 1998. The file includes one tape.
99-17 (cassette)
Interview with Eva Crawford. Interviewers unknown. Date of the interview unknown [mentions a February 1989 Seattle newspaper article as being recent]. Crawford was a waitress at the Lake Camp dining room during the summer of 1923. She was a teacher in North Dakota and worked in YNP only one season. She relates her experiences. Topics include bus tours, the few cars in the park, President Harding’s visit to YNP, tips, race relations [an African American group visited the dining room and two waitresses from Virginia refused to serve them], watching the bears being fed at Lake, co-workers who were college students and young teachers, and her general experiences that summer. NO RELEASE FORM. The file consists of one tape.
99-18 (cassette)
“Mosquito Seminar – Dr. Lewis T. Nielson (University of Utah) – Canyon V. C. – July 16, 1979.” Dr. Nielson’s lecture is divided into four parts: 1. What good are mosquitoes 2. How to tell the age of a female mosquito 3. How to separate the various types of mosquitoes 4. Lap Land shots (where he had recently visited). Material on the mosquitoes of Yellowstone. The file consists of two tapes.
99-19 (cassette)
“Superintendent’s Conference Rocky Mountain National Park 1977. Speaker – Ms. Margaret E. Murie.” Mrs. Murie reminiscences about her years in Alaska, Grand Teton National Park, and San Juan Island. The subject of her speech was a citizen’s view of national parks and what visitors expect from the parks and from park superintendents. The file consists of one tape.
99-20 (cassette)
Interview with Walter Columbus. Conducted by Don Nordstrom on 9, 10, 11 July 1985. [a note enclosed with the tape indicates that this is a portion of ten hours of recording]. Columbus was born on 3 October 1901; the first child born in Red Lodge. His father moved there from Illinois in 1898. Columbus worked on the Beartooth Highway road crew in the 1920s. He worked in YNP as head porter at the Mammoth Hotel. Columbus’ last year in the park was 1932. He relates stories of the road building and working at the hotel. This includes stories of prohibition; a bootlegger in Gardiner; and the use of pass keys at the hotel to steal whiskey from visitors. The type ends abruptly. The file consists of one tape and a typed note date 30 July 1997 to Lee from Ann [Johnson]. NO RELEASE FORM.
99-21 (cassette)
Interview with Richard Ferguson conducted by Mike Stevens, assistant to the historical archivist at Yellowstone National Park on 14 February 1997 in Thousand Oaks, California. [an e-mail enclosed with the tape from the interviewer states that there were four taping sessions.] Ferguson relates stories of his experiences as an employee in YNP beginning in 1947 as well as family fishing/vacations in the park. The file consists of four tapes; an e-mail (dated 6/14/1997) which describes Ferguson’s jobs in the park and a synopsis of what is included on the tapes; release form, and summary sheet.
99-22 (cassette)
“1977 General Superintendents Conference” Rocky Mountain National Park. Session #1 – Opening – 63:43- William J. Whalen, Director NPS; Session #2 – 44:00- John H. Davis, NRPA; Session #3- 36:23 – Urban Environmental Dir., Larry Young; Session #4 – 42:55 – Hon. Robert L. Herbst; Session #5 – 32:40 – Ms. Margaret E. Murie; Session #6 – 12:30 – William J. Whalen, Director NPS. The file consists of three tapes recorded on both sides [sides, times and speakers identified on each tape.]
99-23 (cassette)
“Grizzly Habitat Meeting. Jackson, Wyoming 16 November 1976” Taping of public meeting. Speakers identified at beginning of first tape. Testimony and questions and answers. The file consists of three tapes.
99-24 (cassette)
Recording of Senate Hearings – 16 October 1975, Cody, Wyoming. Public hearing – testimony, questions and answers concerning adequacy of appropriations for Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and examination of NPS role in fulfilling its duties. The file consists of five tapes.
99-25 (cassette)
Recording of Senate Hearings – 14 October 1975, Jackson, Wyoming. Public hearing – testimony, questions and answers concerning adequacy of appropriations for Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and examination of NPS role in fulfilling its duties. The file consists of four tapes.
99-26 (cassette)
Interview with George Kicking Woman, Blackfeet elder. Conducted by Joseph Weixelman in January 1992 at Browning, Montana. Topic – Native Americans and the Yellowstone region. The file consists of two tapes – one is a duplicate. Included in this file are interview questions, release forms, handwritten notes, and letters related to the research done by Joseph Weixelman and the tapes in these files.
99-27 (cassette)
Interview with Hayman Wise, Shoshoni Tribal Elder. Conducted by Joseph Weixelman. Topic – Native Americans and the Yellowstone region. The file consists of four tapes – one set is a duplicate.
99-28 (cassette)
Conversation with Chief Blue Bird, Otto Cantrell, 14 September 1991 in Wolf Point, Montana. Interview conducted by Bob Sandan, Derek Strahn and Joseph Weixelman. Topic – Native Americans. The file consists of three tapes – one tape is a duplicate of Master tape one. NO RELEASE FORM.
99-29 (cassette)
Interview with Oliver Archdale and Rosella Goodwill at Wolf Point, Montana, 14 September 1991. Interview conducted by Derek Strahn, Joseph Weixelman, Bob Sandan. Topic – Native Americans. The file consists of five tapes – two tapes are a duplicate of Master tape. NO RELEASE FORM.
99-30 (cassette)
NAAW’92 [Native American Awareness Week]– Panel Discussion. Montana – 500 Years Ago. Tape of a meeting held in 1992, the 500th anniversary of Columbus landing in the New World. The speakers discussed the people and cultures of the area five hundred years ago, focusing on history, culture and language of the groups in the area. Speakers are introduced at the beginning of the tape. The file consists of three tapes – Master and duplicate.
99–31 (cassette)
NAAW’92 [Native American Awareness Week] – Panel Discussion. “Sacred Places: Conflicting World Views.” Blackfeet traditions. Speakers introduced. The file consists of three tapes – one Master and duplicate tapes.
99-32 (cassette)
“Blackfeet Interviews.” Conducted at the Tribal Planning Office in Browning, Montana, 30 January 1992. [Joseph Weixelman] The file consists of six tapes – masters and duplicates. NO RELEASE FORM.
99-33 (cassette)
Recording of a memorial service for John Townsley. Various speakers. 23 September 1982. The file consists of one tape.
99-34 (cassette)
Recording of a scoping meeting for draft Environmental Impact Statement for development at CUT [Church Universal Triumphant]. No date given. Speakers are identified. Questions and answers. Reference to safe drinking water laws in Montana as related to development at CUT. The file consists of three tapes.
99-35 (cassette)
Recording of a Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee emergency meeting. Date – 1988 [?]. References to fires and fire policy. Topics – resources, fire policy, long-time management, post-fire, understanding current situation and explaining it to public. Includes frank comments by Bob Barbee and others concerning fire conditions. The file consists of four tapes.
99-36 (cassette)
Recording of “Al Mebane on English National Parks.” Old Faithful Visitor Center. Wednesday, 18 July 1973. The file consists of one tape.
99-37 (cassette)
Recording of Gardiner, Montana Chamber of Commerce special meeting. 26 February 1987. Topics of discussion – environmental and economic issues concerning CUT. References to the Environmental Impact Statement being drafted. Speaker – Ed Francis, representing CUT. The file consists of two tapes.
99-38 (cassette)
Recordings made at the Old Faithful Visitor Center, Association of Interpretive Naturalists Conference, 22 September 1973. Speakers and topics: “Is the Park Naturalist Alive and Working Today” by Ben Mahaffey; “Creativity and the Gordian Knot” by John Hanna; panel discussion on “Demands and Preparation of the Environmental Interpreter”; “Setting up an Environmental Education Program” by Gary Mullins; “Living History Improves Environmental Interpretation” by Beverly Barnes; “Parks, Classrooms, and E2 values” by Ray Quinn; and miscellaneous items. This file consists of two tapes.
99-39 (cassette)
Recording of a campfire talk at Grant Amphitheater by seasonal ranger naturalist Heather Johnson (from New York) in August 1974. Topic – “The National Park Idea.” The file consists of one tape.
99-40 (cassette)
Recording of an evening program at Bridge Bay in mid-August 1974 by Mr. Jonas (24 summers in the park). Topic – “The National Park Idea.” The file consists of one tape.
99-41 (cassette)
Recording of a program at Fishing Bridge Amphitheater on 21 August 1974 by Harlan Kredit. Topic – “The National Park Idea.” The file consists of one tape.
99-42 (cassette)
Recording of a campfire program at Fishing Bridge on 28 August 1974 presented by Ted Parkinson (from Salt Lake City—29 summers in the park). Topic – “Wild Land. Living Land.” Recorded on side two of the tape. The file consists of one tape.
99-43 (cassette)
Recording of a campfire program at Canyon campground presented by Art Stephens. No date. Topic – “Wild Land. Living Land.” [probably used slides with his talk.] This recording is on side one of the tape. Side two of the tape is a recording of a staff meeting [Tim Blank, 11 July 1975]. Variety of issues covered in the meeting.
The file consists of one tape.
99-44 (cassette)
Recording of a campfire program at Fishing Bridge presented by Harlan Kredit. No date. Gives some introductory remarks about a fire burning in the park and the let-burn idea. Topic of program – “The National Park Idea.” (Note – the tape does not include “Explore Yellowstone” by Shari Nelson as indicated on the label.) The file consists of one tape.
99-45 (cassette)
Recording of a campfire program at Fishing Bridge (last program of the season) presented by Joanna Booser. No date. Topic – “Let’s Explore Yellowstone.” Includes “music” created by a saw. The file consists of one tape.
99-46 (cassette)
Recording of a campfire program, “Explore Yellowstone” presented by seasonal park naturalist Ted Parkinson (Salt Lake City, school teacher). 1 September 1974. No location. Recorded on side one. The file consists of one tape.
99-47 (cassette)
Recording of a campfire program at Bridge Bay presented by seasonal naturalist, Steve Ullrich. Topic – “Footprints through Yellowstone.” No date. The file consists of one tape.
99-48 (cassette)
Recording of a campfire program at Canyon campground presented by Dan Leonard on 25 August 1974. Topic – “Footprints through Yellowstone.” The file consists of one tape.
99-49 (cassette)
Recording of a campfire program at Fishing Bridge presented by Ted Parkinson (Salt Lake City, school teacher) on 31 August 1974. Topic – “Footprints through Yellowstone.” The file consists of one tape.
99-50 (cassette)
Recording of a talk, “This Sculptured Earth” presented by Mr. Heaton. Date – 25 August 1974 [references to Christmas in Yellowstone; story is told]. The file consists of one tape.
99-51 (cassette)
Recording of an evening program. Location unknown. Date unknown. Presented by Matt ????. Topic – “The Many Moods of Yellowstone.” This recording, on side one, is of very poor quality and sections of it are difficult to hear. Side Two – a recording of a campfire program at Fishing Bridge by Meredith Blaine(?) [botany student at Arizona State University]. Date unknown. Topic – animals and plants of YNP. The file consists of one tape.
99-52 (cassette)
Recording of a campfire program presented by Ted Parkinson at Bridge Bay. No date. Topic – “The National Park Idea.” The file consists of one tape.
99-53 (cassette)
Recording of a program presented by a female interpreter. No date. No location. No identification of speaker. The audio quality of the tape at its beginning is very poor. Topic – “The National Park Idea.” Relates the story/myth of the Madison Junction campfire decision to create a national park in the Yellowstone region. At one point during the tape, a male voice is heard to say “sounds memorized.” The file consists of one tape.
99-54 (cassette)
Recording of a talk at Canyon Visitor Center. No date. No name [archaeologist]. Topics included an introduction to archaeology; types of sites in YNP, cultural history of YNP and excavation of a large campsite near Livingston, Montana. Also questions and answers. The file consists of one tape.
99-55 (cassette)
Recording of communications between various people concerning the Chapman-McEneaney incident, 11 May 1988 [crash in Hayden Valley.] The file consists of one tape.
99-56 (cassette)
Recordings of a meeting/training session. No date. No location. Speakers include Glen Cole, Doug Houston, Mary Meagher, John Tyers, Paul Ellis, John Varley, Larry Lahren, Don Despain and Andy Wolf. Topics include bears, elk, wolves, accidents and reports, sport fishery program in YNP, archaeology in YNP, various botany topics, fire policy, and concessions. The file consists of three tapes. Speakers are noted on each side of the tape.
99-57 (cassette)
Recording of a Public Service Announcement from the National Park Service, Washington, D. C. No date. A note enclosed with the tape reads “Controversial WASO PSA.” Message of the PSA – visit a nearby national park; some national parks are serviced by public transportation. The file consists of one tape.
99-58 (cassette)
Recording of a talk, “Mallard Duck and other Bird Vocalization” by Dr. Russell Lockner. No date. No location. The file consists of one tape.
99-59 (cassette)
Recording of a talk by Dr. Steve Kellent, Associate Professor of Forestry at Yale University, 23 January 1986, Yellowstone National Park. ACL conference. Topics include human interaction with wildlife, conservation information, interpretation, education and the importance of communication. The file consists of one tape.
99-60 (cassette)
“Interp – A Team Approach.” No date. No location. No identification of speakers. Topic – interpretation, sharing of ideas and information. The file consists of one tape.
99-61 (cassette)
Recordings of speech at the Association for Conservation Information meeting held at Mammoth, 23 January 1986. Speakers: Jay D. Hair, executive vice president of the National Wildlife Federation and his topic – 21st Century and the changing face of wildlife use and management; L. Pengelly discussing a variety of topics including current threats to the parks and agencies’ responses; Governor Ed Herschler of Wyoming speaking on “Big Wyoming” – something for everyone in Wyoming and the issues facing the state; Dr. Val Geist speaking on his perspective of the United States system of wildlife management. Speakers are identified on each tape. The file consists of three tapes.
99-62 (cassette)
“Bear Program for automatic projector” A. Cardero. No date. No location. Interpretative talk on bears. The file consists of one tape.
99-63 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
“Sample Tape – Mud Volcano Talk” Bob Jonas, June 1965. This is a reel-to-reel tape recording. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-64 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of a talk by Dr. Bob Smith, University of Utah. No date. No location. Topic – “Seminar on Earthquake Activity in the Intermountain Region” and specifically in Yellowstone area. This is a reel-to-reel tape recording. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-65 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of a talk at Canyon by Paul Ausum on 18 August 1973. Topic – Yellowstone’s Living Geology. This is a reel-to-reel tape. A duplicate of the tape is included in this file. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-66 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative program at Grant Village presented by Tim Bywater, 5 September 1973. Topic – “This Wild Land.” This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-67 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative program at Bridge Bay presented by Bob Jonas. No date. Topic – “Yellowstone Wildlife.” This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-68 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative program at Bridge Bay presented by Ed Thomas on 5 August 1965. Topic – “Challenge of Yellowstone.” This is a reel-to-reel tape and the first several feet of the tape are broken. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-69 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative program at Fishing Bridge. Date – 1 July 1965. Topic – “Challenge of Yellowstone.” Name on the tape is Alma Teuscher but the voice is male. This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-70 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative walk. Pelican Wildlife Walk, 22 August 1970. Bob Jonas. NOTE: There is a set of slides in the Yellowstone Museum collection, YELL-1753, taken on a Pelican Wildlife Walk. [possibly the same walk or a similar one] This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-71 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative talk at Canyon amphitheater presented by George Downing. No date. Topic – “Ruins of Time.” This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-72 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative talk by Ted Parkinson on 27 August 1973. No location. Topic – “Let’s Explore Yellowstone.” This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-73 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative talk by Noel Ary presented at Canyon on 6 August 1967. Topic – “The Living Land.” This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-74 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative talk presented at Canyon on the topic of “The National Park Idea.” Tape package identifies the speaker as Joe Richter and the date as 3 September 1973. This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-75 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative program presented by Bob Jonas in 1970. The topic – “The Living Land.” This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-76 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of a talk, “Yellowstone Geology” by Christiansen in August 1970. This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-77 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of a talk, “Yellowstone Geology” by Christiansen on 18 August 1970. This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-78 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative program at Canyon presented by Noel Ary (seasonal from Dodge City, Kansas) in 1973 {no month or day}. Topic – wildlife of Yellowstone National Park. This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-79 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative program at Canyon presented by John Barnett in July 1969. Topic – the geological past of Yellowstone. This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-80 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative program at Canyon in August 1973 presented by Noel Ary. Topic – “This Wild Land.” This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-81 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative program by Bob Jonas on 30 August 1973 on the topic, “This Wild Land.” This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-82 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative program presented by Ted Parkinson at Bridge Bay on 3 July 1965. Topic – “Our Sacred Lands.” This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-83 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Training tape – “Public Address Procedures for Managing People and Roadside Bears.” No date. [there is a beginning reference to “Gentlemen.”] This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-84 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative program at West Thumb Basin. No date. No identification of speaker. Topic – “The Yellowstone Country.” This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-85 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of an interpretative walk to Storm Point. Prepared by Robert G. Johnsson, South District Naturalist. It is noted on the box that the tape was prepared for the Naturalist Training Conference, 21-22 June 1966. [there is a reference to “Squaw Lake” during the talk}. This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-86 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Recording of a meeting/program in February 1968. According to the box the speakers are John Good, Gerald Richmond, Ken Pierce, H.A. Waldrop, and Dick Baker. The topic: glacial geology and canyon geology. This is a reel-to-reel tape. The file consists of one tape. Also available on compact disc.
99-87 (cassette)
Audiocassette recording of interview with Marguerite Stuart Shomler of West Yellowstone, Montana, born in West Yellowstone in 1907 and raised by parents (Alex and Laura Stuart) who met at Yellowstone’s Fountain Hotel in 1904. Her brother was Walt Stuart of previous recordings. Interview conducted by Lee Whittlesey, Frankie Collins, and Paul Shea at Shomler’s Twin Bear Gift Shop, West Yellowstone, Montana, on July 19, 1999.
99-88 (cassette)
Audiocassette recording of interview with Garth Jack Shomler of West Yellowstone, Montana, a WY resident since the 1930s, who is the husband of Marguerite Stuart Shomler (see #99-87). Garth Shomler was a busdriver for Yellowstone Park Company continuously during the years 1946 through 1963; hence the interview is important for transportation purposes. He married Marguerite Stuart Shomler in 1955 following the death of her first husband, Eugene Scott. Interview conducted by Lee Whittlesey, Frankie Collins, and Paul Shea at Shomler’s Twin Bear Gift Shop, West Yellowstone, Montana, on July 19, 1999.
99-89 (cassette)
Tapes, transcript, and other materials from tribal consultation meeting held in 1998 for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Interagency Bison Management Plan. This file includes: four tapes, transcript, registration sign-up sheet, and notes by Laura Joss from August 12, 1998 meeting at Yellowstone Park School, Mammoth Hot Springs.
99-90 (cassette)
Tapes, transcripts, and other materials from tribal consultation meetings held in 1998 for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Interagency Bison Management Plan. This file includes: three tapes and transcript of meeting with the Cheyenne River Sioux held August 21, 1998 at Eagle Butte, South Dakota; transcript, sign-up sheet, and notes by Laura Joss from meeting with the Confederated Salish Kootenai held September 8, 1998 at Pablo, Montana.
99-91 (transcript only)
Transcripts and other materials from tribal consultation meetings held in 1998 for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Interagency Bison Management Plan. This file includes: transcript, sign-up sheet, and list of tribal council members for meeting with the Fort Belknap Assiniboine and Gros Ventre held September 10, 1998 at Fort Belknap, Montana; transcript only for meeting with the Shoshone-Bannock held August 28, 1998 at Fort Hall, Idaho.
99-92 (cassette)
Tape and transcript of High Plains News Service story on the Yellowstone bison. Produced by Jane Fritz in October 1999. Aired on National Public Radio November 8, 1999.
99-93(audio cassette and video cassette)
Ceremony for the Buffalo, September 11, 1999. Audio tape, video tape, and transcript of ceremony held in the park and led by Native Americans, including Scott Frazier (Crow and Santee), John Potter (Ojibwa), and Lawrence Flatlip (Crow). In addition to the ceremony, the videotape shows participants assembling in Livingston and Gardiner, entering the park, leaving the ceremony, eating lunch at the Terrace Grill in Mammoth, and leaving the park.
99-94 (cassette)
A conversation with Allen Crawford, Haines Photo Shop employee (1937, 1938, 1940). With John Landrigan, Lee Whittlesey, and John Landrigan, Sr. at Old Faithful Inn, August 1997. Crawford reminisces about selling postcards to tourists and tells stories about the hotels and tourists. Supplemental historical information by Lee Whittlesey. File consists of one tape.
00-1 (cassette)
Interview with William Joseph Hughes, an Old Faithful bus dispatcher in 1976 and park ranger from 1977 to 1979, including one winter season. Hughes talks emotionally and sometimes humorously about his years in Yellowstone. He tells stories about bus operations, tour guiding, search and rescues, and park life in general. Interview conducted by Lee Whittlesey on January 29, 2000 in Sacramento, California. File consists of two tapes, summary sheet, and release form.
00-2 (cassette)
Interview with Patricia Ann Olson, former tour guide for the Yellowstone Park Company, 1975-1977. She discusses photo scrapbooks, tour itineraries, and fellow employees. Prominently mentioned people are: Tom Carter, Mary Stewart, Kathy Parker, Lorna Boyd, Shauna Haywood, and Yvonne Frey. Interview conducted by Lee Whittlesey on January 29, 2000 in Sacramento, California. Length: two hours. File consists of two tapes, summary sheet, release form, copies of personal letters.
00-3 (cassette)
Interview with Ralph R. Bush, a Yellowstone Park Company Canyon Lodge employee (1953-1956) who served as master of ceremonies for the musical productions there and who drove employees from Livingston to park locations at the beginning and ending of each season. Interview conducted by Lee Whittlesey on January 31, 2000 in Arroyo Grande, California. Length: three hours. File consists of two tapes, summary sheet, and release form.
00-4 (cassette)
Interview with Oliver E. (“Ollie”) Harker,
YNP bus driver (1949-54, 1971-80, 1987-90). Interview conducted by Lee Whittlesey on February 3, 2000 in Palm Desert, California. Length: four hours. File consists of three tapes, summary sheet, and release form (unsigned).
00-5 (cassette)
Interview with Aubrey Haines, Yellowstone historian. Interview conducted by Sue Consolo Murphy and Paul Schullery on October 14, 1997. Haines talks about going to college at the University of Washington, serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps, working as a fire lookout in Mt. Rainier National Park, working as a ranger, engineer and historian in Yellowstone, developing an interest in Yellowstone history, gathering information for writing The Yellowstone Story, beginnings of Yellowstone archives, library, and museum collection. Length: 90 minutes. File consists of one tape.
00-6 (cassette)
Interview with Isabel Bassett Wasson, considered the first “naturalist ranger” in Yellowstone. She graduated from Wellsley College in 1918 and worked as an assistant in the geology department there in 1918 and 1919. She traveled to Yellowstone in 1919 and was offered a job there after Horace Albright heard her speak and was impressed with her knowledge of Yellowstone geology. Wasson worked in Yellowstone during the summer of 1920, training bellboys and guides in geology and giving lectures for park visitors. She describes her work in the park and taking trips to Specimen Ridge and the Lamar Valley. She describes acompanying a movie crew that filmed a buffalo stampede in the Lamar Valley. Length: 30 minutes. Interview conducted by her grandson, Peter Bergstrom in 1978. File consists of one tape.
00-7 (cassette)
Interview with Mary Meagher, Yellowstone biologist. Interviewed by Sue Consolo Murphy for Yellowstone Science on August 7, 1996. Length: approximately 40 minutes. Meagher discusses bison, small herbivores, stream hydrology, willows, and the publication of the book, Yellowstone and the Biology of Time. File consists of one tape.
00-8 (cassette)
Interview with Raymond McBride, who worked in Yellowstone, 1938-1940. In the summer of 1938, McBride worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps at Old Faithful and Nez Perce Creek. In the summer of 1939, he worked for the Bureau of Public Roads at the South Entrance. In the summer of 1940, he worked for the Yellowstone Park Company, cleaning cabins at Fishing Bridge. McBride talks about cleaning Morning Glory Pool, washing clothes in hot pools near Nez Perce Creek, clearing trails, trapping bears, and cleaning cabins. Interviewed by Lee Whittlesey via telephone on January 7, 2000. Length: approximately 35 minutes. Release is given on tape. File consists of one tape.
00-9 (cassette)
Interview with Gerald R. Ford, former President of the United States and Park Ranger at Yellowstone in 1936. Interviewed by Lee Whittlesey and Suzanne Riess, April 18, 2000 at Ford’s home in Rancho Mirage, California. Ford discusses his summer working as a ranger at Canyon in 1936, particularly participating in the bear feeding activities there. File consists of tape, transcript, and release form.
01-1 (cassette)
Interview with Bob MacDonald, bus driver in Yellowstone National Park, 1946-1956. Interviewed by Lee Whittlesey on April 25, 2000 in Dillon, Montana. File consists of two tapes, information and summary sheet, and release form. Photos donated to the photo archives are cataloged in ANCS+ under accession numbers YELL-1878 and YELL-1924.
01-2 (cassette)
Interview with Mildred Waterman Neild, nurse at the Mammoth Hospital, 1930-1935. Interviewed by Lee Whittlesey on October 5, 2000 in Mammoth. File consists of two tapes, information and summary sheet, and release form.
01-3 (cassette)
Interview with Laura Joss, the first Chief of Cultural Resources in the Yellowstone Center for Resources. Interviewed for Yellowstone Science in 2000 by Sue Consolo-Murphy and Kevin Schneider. Joss talks about the establishment and growth of the branch and the various functions of the branch, including: archeology; inventory of historic structures; consultation with Native American tribes; compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act; the museum collection, research library, and archives; cultural landscapes. Joss also talks about her educational and professional background prior to accepting the position in Yellowstone in 1994. File consists of one tape.
01-4 (cassette)
Yellowstone Park Transportation Company bus drivers reunion held September 3, 2000. Various drivers talk about their experiences working in the park.
01-5 (cassette)
Roundtable discussion with Superintendent Michael Finley, Glenn Loomis, Craig Mathews, Clyde Seely, Vernetta Steele, and Rick Ward. This discussion aired September 17, 1997 on radio stations KWYS-AM and KWWF-FM in West Yellowstone, Montana. Topics of discussion are: fire management; road construction; funding; fisheries management; winter use; bison leaving the park in winter. File consists of one tape.
01-6 (cassette)
Interview with Horace Albright on August 12, 1985. Approximately 70 minutes long. Albright is interviewed by Denise Vick as research for her doctoral dissertation, “Yellowstone National Park and the Education of Adults” (University of Wyoming, 1986). Albright is difficult to understand on this tape. File consists of one tape and list of interview questions.
01-7 (cassette)
George Robinson and Richard “Dick” Townsend. Side A is an interview with George Robinson, Yellowstone Chief of Interpretation, interviewed on September 24, 1985 by Denise Vick as research for her doctoral dissertation, “Yellowstone National Park and the Education of Adults” (University of Wyoming, 1986). Transcript and list of interview questions included. Approximately 40 minutes long. Side B is an interview with Richard “Dick” Townsend, Yellowstone Seasonal Naturalist, interviewed on September 26, 1985 by Denise Vick as part of her doctoral dissertation research. Transcript and list of interview questions included. Approximately 40 minutes long.
01-8 (cassette)
Tim Manns, Yellowstone Historian/North District Naturalist, interviewed on September 27, 1985 by Denise Vick as research for her doctoral dissertation, “Yellowstone National Park and the Education of Adults” (University of Wyoming, 1986). Approximately 55 minutes long. File consists of one tape, transcript, and list of interview questions.
01-9 (cassette)
Peter Allen, Yellowstone Naturalist, interviewed on September 28, 1985 by Denise Vick as research for her doctoral dissertation, “Yellowstone National Park and the Education of Adults” (University of Wyoming, 1986). Interview is 45 minutes long. File consists of one tape, transcript, and list of interview questions.
01-10 (cassette)
Mary Meagher, Yellowstone Research Biologist, interviewed on February 4, 1986 by Denise Vick as research for her doctoral dissertation, “Yellowstone National Park and the Education of Adults” (University of Wyoming, 1986). Approximately 60 minutes long. File consists of one tape, partial transcript, and list of interview questions.
01-11 (cassette)
Bob Barbee, Yellowstone Superintendent, interviewed on January 23, 1986 by Denise Vick as research for her doctoral dissertation, “Yellowstone National Park and the Education of Adults” (University of Wyoming, 1986). Interview is approximately 45 minutes long, although all but the first few minutes of the tape are difficult to hear. File consists of one tape, partial transcript, and list of interview questions.
01-12 (cassette)
Linda Young, Yellowstone Curator, interviewed on January 20, 1986 by Denise Vick as research for her doctoral dissertation, “Yellowstone National Park and the Education of Adults” (University of Wyoming, 1986). Interview is approximately 45 minutes long, although it is difficult to hear after the first few minutes of the tape. File consists of one tape, partial transcript, and list of interview questions.
01-13 (cassette)
John Kelly, Yellowstone Seasonal Naturalist, interviewed on January 9, 1986 by Denise Vick as research for her doctoral dissertation, “Yellowstone National Park and the Education of Adults” (University of Wyoming, 1986). Interview is approximately 35 minutes long. File consists of one tape, transcript, and list of interview questions.
01-14 (cassette)
Interview with Catherine Buckingham, October 16, 1997, conducted by Bob Berry. Catherine Buckingham was married to Carl Buckingham, a wrangler for the Holm Transportation Company, a park concessioner. File consists of two tapes.
01-15 (cassette)
Canyon Lodge employees reunion, July 27, 2001. Interviews with Kurt Strempel and others including Shirley Shong, Dorothy Lundgren. Interviews conducted by Lee Whittlesey. File includes release forms and four tapes: 1) interviews conducted at the reunion 2) tape of Canyon Lodge songs given to Lee Whittlesey by Lloyd Warr 3) tape of Canyon Lodge history and music (transcript included) 4) tape containing one song entitled “Lloyd’s Song” which includes references to Yellowstone.
01-16 (cassette)
Interview with Yellowstone Superintendent Mike Finley, May 7, 2001. Interviewed by Lee Whittlesey and Charissa Reid. Finley discusses his career with the National Park Service and his tenure as Superintendent of Yellowstone, 1994-2001. File includes three tapes and transcript.
01-17 (reel-to-reel and compact disc)
Eruption of Old Faithful Geyser, January 23, 1974, 8:03 pm. Reel-to-reel tape. A note on the box says "Given to Rick Hutchinson [park geologist]."
02-1 (cassette)
Interview with Gerald (Gerry) Good, Yellowstone Park Company Transportation Director 1962-1982. Interviewed by Lee Whittlesey March 26, 2002 at Good’s home in Ravalli, Montana. File consists of one tape, release form, and biographical information.
02-2 (cassette)
Interview with Bob Murphy, park ranger at Yellowstone National Park in the 1940s and 1950s. The interview was conducted July 10, 2002 by John Dahlheim and Bob Flather, park employees, at Murphy’s home near Livingston, Montana. Murphy was born in 1918. He worked in Yellowstone nonconcurrently from 1938 (from 1938 to 1940 he worked as a seasonal maintenance employee) until the late 1950s. Murphy was also a park ranger in Glacier National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. In addition, Murphy worked as the park superintendent in Death Valley National Monument and Lassen Volcanic National Park. The interview focuses on Murphy’s experiences working in the backcountry of Yellowstone during the 1930s-1950s, the Thorofare area, the location of various patrol cabins in the park, wildlife, and poaching. Interview is approximately 1 hour, 20 minutes. The file consists of one tape.
02-3 (cassette)
Interview with former Boy Scouts from the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp (for Japanese-Americans) at Cody, Wyoming. Interviewees are Kaz Shiroyama, Akira Yoshimura, Tadao Nagaishi, Donald Yamamoto, Charles Uyeda, Sutter Kajita, Bill Shishima, George Fujikawa, and Nobu Shimokochi. These men were 13-year-old Boy Scouts in Troop 333 in 1944 when they were brought to Yellowstone to work on a service project while their families were incarcerated in the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp at Cody, Wyoming. Their assignment then was to build, or to help build, a footbridge over Nez Perce Creek on the old Howard Eaton Trail.
The interview was conducted August 27, 2002 at the Old Faithful Warming Hut by park historian Lee Whittlesey. File consists of one tape, information and summary sheets, and release forms.
02-4 (cassette)
Interview with T. C. Worley, seasonal maintenance worker in Yellowstone in 1929. Interviewed March 31, 1992 by Michael Livingston, Chief Ranger at Big Thicket National Preserve. File consists of one tape. Interview is on one side of the tape only.
03-1 (cassette)
This tape highlights the history of the Nez Perce Indians involvement in Yellowstone. This is #1 in a series of 14 interpretive tapes.
03-2 (cassette)
This tape explains several bird calls that are relevant to Yellowstone National Park. This is #2 in a series of 14 interpretive tapes.
03-3 (cassette)
This tape highlights the sights and sounds of X-C skiing and snowmobiling during the winter months in Yellowstone. This tape also speaks of the human pressures and mental stresses of the world. This is #3 in a series of 14 interpretive tapes.
03-4 (cassette)
Interview with Rudolph and Sarah Mikolich, longtime residents of the Aldridge, Electric, Corwin Springs, and Gardiner, Montana areas. Rudolph was born in Aldridge in 1921. His dad had come to the area around 1898 to work in the coal mines there. Among his many memories, Rudy recounts those of George Trischman, early Yellowstone scout and ranger. Interview conducted by Lee Whittlesey, park historian, on September 11, 2003 in Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park. Interview is approximately 1 hour and ten minutes long. Two tapes. Summary sheet and release form in Documentation Box 3.
03-5 (cassette)
Interview with Eugene Martin, who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on February 7, 2001. One tape. Summary sheet, transcript, and release form in Documentation Box 3.
03-6 (cassette)
Interview with Paul Samay, who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on April 5, 2001. One tape. Summary sheet, transcript, release form, and a drawing of the Mammoth CCC camp where Samay served are in Documentation Box 3.
03-7 (cassette)
Interview with Warren Teets, who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on April 5, 2001. One tape. Summary sheet, transcript, and release form in Documentation Box 3.
03-8 (cassette)
Interview with Volney Westley, who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on January 18, 2001. One tape. Summary sheet, transcript, release form, and a handwritten note from Westley are in Documentation Box 3.
03-9 (cassette)
Interview with Robert "Doc" Halliday, who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on January 15, 2001. One tape. Summary sheet, transcript, release form, and a photocopied article from the NACCCA Journal in Documentation Box 3.
03-10 (cassette)
Interview with Harry Hart, who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on April 22, 2001. One tape. Summary sheet, transcript, and release form in Documentation Box 3.
03-11 (cassette)
Interview with Herman Drechsler, who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on March 6, 2001. One tape. Summary sheet, transcript, and release form in Documentation Box 3.
03-12 (cassette)
Interview with Ira McRoberts, who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on March 7 and 10, 2001. Two tapes. Summary sheet, transcript, and release form in Documentation Box 3.
03-13 (cassette)
Interview with Edward Hogan, who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on February 6, 2001. One tape. Summary sheet, transcript, release form, and a drawing of the camp where Hogan served in Documentation Box 3.
03-14 (cassette)
Interview with John Curran, who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on March 19, 2001. One tape. Summary sheet, transcript, release form, and a handwritten note from Curran in Documentation Box 3.
03-15 (cassette)
Interview with Lewis Chandler, who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on February 9, 2001. Two tapes. Summary sheet, transcript, release form, and a typed note from Chandler in Documentation Box 3.
03-16 (cassette)
Interview with Michael Rydosz, who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on March 9, 2001. One tape. Summary sheet, transcript, and release form in Documentation Box 3.
03-17 (cassette)
Interview with Hobert McQueary, who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on August 12, 2000. One tape. Transcript, a handwritten note from McQueary, and release form in Documentation Box 3.
03-18 (cassette)
Interview with John Craighead, prominent researcher of grizzly bears. The interview was conducted by Terry McEneaney in August 2003 at the Craighead residence in Missoula, Montana. Six tapes. Transcript in Documentation Box 3.
03-19 (cassette)
Interview with Margaret Craighead. The interview was conducted by Terry McEneaney on August 25, 2003 at the Craighead residence in Missoula, Montana. One tape. Transcript in Documentation Box 3.
05-1 (cassette)
Interview with Dale Nuss. Dale H. Nuss was born in 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri. He grew up near the East Entrance to Yellowstone National Park, where his father worked at Pahaska Teepee. In 1931 Dale began accompanying his father on two-month long horseback tours of the park as part of a boys camp based at Pahaska Teepee. After serving with the U.S. Army Air Corps in Europe during World War II, Nuss worked as a seasonal fire control aid and seasonal park ranger in Yellowstone in 1947-1948. After working as a park ranger at Shenandoah National Park, Nuss returned to Yellowstone as a permanent employee in 1953 and remained until his retirement in 1980. During his long career in Yellowstone, Nuss worked as a park ranger at Old Faithful, Bechler, Mammoth, Northeast Entrance, and Lake. He served as West District Ranger, South District Ranger, North District Ranger, Assistant Chief Ranger, as well as a specialist in forestry, fire management, and bear management. Nuss was involved in most aspects of park management, particularly the elk reduction program of the 1960s, which he supervised.This interview was conducted by Bob Haraden (Yellowstone Assistant Superintendent, 1972-1978) on April 13, 1989 at Nuss's home near Bozeman, Montana. There are two tapes. The tape speed is slightly fast on Side 1 and the beginning of Side 2 of Tape 1 but the words can be understood.
05-2 (cassette)
Interview with John and Beverly Whitman. John Whitman was principal of the Mammoth School. He was born in Bozeman, Montana and grew up in West Yellowstone. His wife, Beverly, was born in Ennis, Montana.The interview was conducted by Sally Plumb on July 9, 1999 at the Whitman's residence in Mammoth. Two tapes.
05-3 (cassette)
Interview with Virgil Hall. Virgil Hall was born in Great Falls, Montana. He got a job with the National Park Service in Yellowstone in 1963 working for maintenance. He has been a longtime employee of the park sign shop.The interview was conducted by Sally Plumb on September 15, 1999 at Hall's residence in Mammoth. One tape. Transcript in Documentation Box 4.
05-4 (cassette)
Interview with Jerry Ryder. Ryder was born near Billings, Montana. He first worked for the National Park Service in Yellowstone in 1960 as a laborer working on the blister rust eradication program.Interviewed August 4, 1999 by Sally Plumb at Ryder's residence in Mammoth. Two tapes. Transcript in Documentation Box 4.
05-5 (cassette)
Interview with Bob Haraden. Bob Haraden was Assistant Superintendent of Yellowstone from 1972 to 1978. Interviewed April 16, 1999 by Sally Plumb at Haraden's residence near Bozeman, Montana. Two tapes. Transcript in Documentation Box 4.
05-6 (cassette)
Interview with Bill Keller. Keller was the park photographer from 1961 until 1984.The interview was conducted by Sally Plumb on September 15, 1999 at Keller's home in Gardiner, Montana. One tape. Transcript in Documentation Box 3.
05-7 (cassette)
Interview with Mary Meagher and Glen Cole. Mary Meagher and Glen Cole were longtime park biologists. Glen Cole began working for the National Park Service in 1948 as a seasonal fire control aide at Glacier National Park. He also worked as a biologist for the Montana Department of Fish and Game before rejoining the National Park Service as a biologist at Grand Teton National Park in 1962. He began working in Yellowstone in 1966. Mary Meagher began working for the National Park Service as an interpreter at Zion National Park. She worked in Yellowstone as a museum curator while completing a PhD at the University of California at Berkeley. The interview was conducted by Sally Plumb on October 11, 1999 in Mammoth. Two tapes.
05-8 (cassette)
Interview with Dale Nuss. Dale H. Nuss was born in 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri. He grew up near the East Entrance to Yellowstone National Park, where his father worked at Pahaska Teepee. In 1931 Dale began accompanying his father on two-month long horseback tours of the park as part of a boy's camp based at Pahaska Teepee. After serving with the U.S. Army Air Corps in Europe during World War II, Nuss worked as a seasonal fire control aid and seasonal park ranger in Yellowstone in 1947-1948. After working as a park ranger at Shenandoah National Park, Nuss returned to Yellowstone as a permanent employee in 1953 and remained until his retirement in 1980. During his long career in Yellowstone, Nuss worked as a park ranger at Old Faithful, Bechler, Mammoth, Northeast Entrance, and Lake. He served as West District Ranger, South District Ranger, North District Ranger, Assistant Chief Ranger, as well as a specialist in forestry, fire management, and bear management. Nuss was involved in most aspects of park management, particularly the elk reduction program of the 1960s, which he supervised.This interview was conducted by Sally Plumb on July 23, 1999 at Nuss's home near Bozeman, Montana. Two tapes. Transcript and biographical information in Documentation Box 3.
05-9 (cassette)
Interview with Glen Cole, John Varley, and Paul Schullery. This interview was conducted by Charissa Reid and Sally Plumb on October 13, 1999 in the superintendent's conference room at park headquarters in Mammoth. Three tapes.
05-10 (cassette)
Interview with Ted Scott. Ted Scott began working for the National Park Service in Yellowstone in 1964 as a ranger in the Lamar Subdistrict. He also worked at Tower Fall and Mammoth before transferring out of the park in 1978. This interview was conducted by Sally Plumb on September 22, 1999 at Scott's residence near Gardiner, Montana. Two tapes.
05-11 (cassette)
Interview with Bob Howe and John Good. Howe and Good discuss wildlife managment during their time working in the park. This interview was conducted by Charissa Reid and Sally Plumb on December 17, 1999 at Good's residence in Mammoth. Two tapes. Transcript in Documentation Box 4.
05-12 (cassette)
Interview with Gary Brown. Gary Brown began working in Yellowstone in 1965 as the Lamar Subdistrict Ranger. In 1967 he became the Grant Subdistrict Ranger and in 1970 he became the Mammoth Subdistrict Ranger. This interview was conducted by Sally Plumb on February 23, 2000 at Brown's home near Bozeman, Montana. Three tapes. Transcript in Documentation Box 3.
05-13 (cassette)
Interview with Bob Murphy. Murphy was born in 1918. He worked in Yellowstone nonconcurrently from 1938 (from 1938 to 1940 he worked as a seasonal maintenance employee) until the late 1950s. Murphy was also a park ranger in Glacier National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. In addition, Murphy worked as the park superintendent in Death Valley National Monument and Lassen Volcanic National Park. This interview was conducted by Sally Plumb on March 1, 2000 at Murphy's home near Livingston, Montana. Three tapes. Transcript in Documentation Box 4.
05-14 (cassette)
Interview with Doug Houston. Doug Houston began working for the National Park Service in 1963 as a seasonal biologist at Grand Teton National Park. He became a permanent research biologist at Grand Teton in 1967 and began working in Yellowstone in 1970. He later worked at Olympic National Park. This interview was conducted by Sally Plumb and Charissa Reid on September 25, 2000 at residence 12B in Mammoth. Two tapes.
05-15 (cassette)
Interview with Martin Christensen who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on January 24, 2001. One tape. Release form in Documentation Box 3.
05-16 (cassette)
Interview with Terry Danforth. Terry Danforth began working for the National Park Service as a ranger in Yellowstone in 1963. This interview was conducted by Sally Plumb on March 7, 2000 at Danforth's home near Belgrade, Montana. Three tapes. Transcript in Documentation Box 4.
05-17 (cassette)
Interview with Bill Barmore. Bill Barmore began working for the National Park Service in Yellowstone as a wildlife ranger in 1962. He had prior experience working seasonally for the National Park Service at Mount Rainier National Park and for the Forest Service in Ogden, Utah.This interview was conducted by Sally Plumb on November 11, 2000 at Barmore's home near Wilson, Wyoming. Three tapes.
05-18 (cassette)
Interview with Harvey McGowan who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on May 16, 2001. One tape. The interview begins on Side B of the tape. Release form in Documentation Box 3.
05-19 (cassette)
Interview with James Bishop who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on July 1, 2001 and August 28, 2001. Two tapes. Release form in Documentation Box 3.
05-20 (cassette)
Interview with Glenwood Harvey who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. This interview was recorded on October 26, 2001. One tape. Transcript, release form, and a handwritten note from Harvey in Documentation Box 3.
05-21 (cassette)
Interview with Narvel Scherzinger who served in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Yellowstone. Interviewed as part of a project by Mary Swier-Bolhuis, a high school American History teacher, to research and document the CCC in Yellowstone. She conducted interviews with CCC enrollees and gathered materials (both published and unpublished) on their experiences. The research project was conducted in 2000 and 2001. Related materials on this project are found in the Archives, Box MSC-69. One tape. Release form in Documentation Box 3.
05-22 (cassette)
Interview with Bob Barbee, former Yellowstone superintendent. This interview was conducted by Charissa Reid on May 6, 2002 in the superintendent's conference room at park headquarters in Mammoth. Also present at the interview were John Varley, Paul Schullery and Sue Consolo-Murphy. Three tapes.
05-23 (cassette)
Interview with Tim Hudson, former Chief of Maintenance in Yellowstone. Tim Hudson began working for the National Park Service in 1967 as a seasonal laborer at Kings Canyon National Park. In 1969 he worked at Lehman Caves National Monument (now Great Basin National Park). After attending graduate school he rejoined the National Park Service as a permanent employee in Yellowstone in 1971. This interview was conducted by Charissa Reid in two parts on January 31, 2003 and September 3, 2003 in Mammoth. Six tapes.
05-24 (cassette)
Interview with Stephen Herrero (bear researcher). This interview was conducted by Charissa Reid on June 4, 2004 in the superintendent's conference room at park headquarters in Mammoth. Also present at the interview were Tom Olliff and Paul Schullery. Two tapes.
05-25 (cassette)
Interview with Frank Walker, Assistant Superintendent at Yellowstone. Frank Walker began working for the National Park Service in 1967 as a seasonal naturalist in Yellowstone. After serving in the army, he worked as a naturalist and park technician at White Sands National Monument before entering a park service ranger intake program and working at Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and Gulf Islands National Seashore. Walker returned to Yellowstone in 1977 as the South District Naturalist. In 1980 he became the Chief of Interpretation and Visitor Services at Carlsbad Caverns. In 1985 he became superintendent at Fort Clatsop later served as the superintendent at Nez Perce National Historical Park and Saguaro National Park before becoming interim superintendent at Yellowstone in 2001 and assistant superintendent at Yellowstone in 2002. This interview was conducted by Charissa Reid on April 16, 2003 at park headquarters in Mammoth. One tape. Transcript in Documentation Box 3.
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