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1951 Yellowstone Park Album collection, 1951
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- 1951 Yellowstone Park Album collection
- Dates
- 1951 (inclusive)19511951
- Quantity
- 1 box, (.25 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_P0639
- Summary
- Consists of 101 color and black and white images of the adventures of three Minnesota young women working in Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1951. Some of the images are commercially produced and some are personal snapshots. The album includes written narration. Images inside the park are of Old Faithful Lodge, Tower Falls, and the upper and lower Yellowstone Falls. Pictures from outside the park include West Yellowstone, Jackson Hole, Shoshone Dam, the Buffalo Bill statue in Cody, Wyoming, and the Beartooth Highway Summit.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Two of the three young women in the albums were probably sisters, Millie and Mary Lou Bettis. Milli[e] and Mary Lou Bettis attended Milaca High School in Milaca Minnesota. Mary Lous Bettis graduated in 1945 from Milaca Minnesota High School and Millie in 1949. Mary Lou worked in California for five years and later attended the Mankato Teachers College. Millie Bettis attended Hamline University in Saint Paul. The third young woman, the author, is not identified, but she was also from Minnesota.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Consists of 101 color and black and white images of the adventures of three Minnesota young women working in Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1951. Some of the images are commercially produced and some are personal snapshots. The album includes written narration. Images inside the park are of Old Faithful Lodge, Tower Falls, and the upper and lower Yellowstone Falls. Pictures from outside the park include West Yellowstone, Jackson Hole, Shoshone Dam, the Buffalo Bill statue in Cody, Wyoming, and the Beartooth Highway Summit. Nearly all of the people in the images are not identified, but some are probably other employees working in Yellowstone National Park.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: USU_P0639; photograph collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_P0639, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1:01 through 1:101: Images of National Yellowstone Park and surrounding area.
Images inside the park are of Old Faithful Lodge, Tower Falls, and the upper and lower Yellowstone
Falls. Also included Pictures from outside the park including West Yellowstone, Jackson Hole, Shoshone Dam, the Buffalo Bill statue in Cody, Wyoming,
and the Beartooth Highway Summit. In addition to Millie and Mary Lou Bettis, only three people, Frank Broz, Jerry Kipp, and Bill Burnsides
are identified by name.
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1951 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Geographical Names
- Yellowstone National Park--Photographs.
Finding aid/Register created by Daniel Davis
2016
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