Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography/Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Yosemite Newspaper Collection
Dates: 1920-1987
Collection Number: YCN: 1003 (YOSE 226129)
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 61 LF
Online items available
Repository:
Yosemite National Park Archives
El Portal, California 95318
Abstract: This collection is comprised of park newspaper clippings, scrapbooks and Yosemite National Park Press releases, 1920 - 1988.
The bulk of the materials date from 1920 to 1940.
Language of Material: English
Access
Available to all researchers.
Preferred Citation
Yosemite Newspaper Collection. Yosemite National Park Archives
Acquisition Information
Clippings pertaining to the park were clipped and maintained by Interpretive staff.
Biography/Administrative History
Yosemite National Park staff began collecting newspaper articles about the park from local, regional, and national newspapers
and placing them into scrapbooks beginning at least as early as 1920 in order to document the news coverage of park related
events and issues. In the 1950s, methods of record keeping changed, and staff began arranging documents according to the new
agency mandated alphanumerical filing system. Therefore, the newspaper clippings from 1962-1987 were no longer placed in bound
scrapbooks, but rather affixed to paper and filed according to the new filing schema. From 1981 forward, the Media Affairs
Office took over management of the news clippings, sending them to the Yosemite Research Librarian who added her articles
and consolidated the collection. The reason for the gap in newspaper clippings from 1939-1961 is unknown.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection is organized into three series. Series 1 contains 26 large-bound scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings
that Yosemite staff created from 1920-1938. Series 2 contains original newspaper clippings and some press releases dating
from 1962-1987 that have been attached to paper (242 folders). Series 3 contains photocopies of the original clippings in
series one and two (240 folders).
