The Concessions Management Records collection contains administrative files created and compiled by the Concessions Management Office of Yosemite National Park between 1968 and 2008. The Office’s interactions with Yosemite concessioners, concession facilities, products, and services between 1978 and 1992 account...

Correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, reports, newspaper clippings, journal articles, photographs, sound recordings, drawings, and maps, on the history, social institutions, genealogy, languages, crafts, lore, culture, material culture, and ethnography of the Miwok, Paiute, and other Native American tribes of the...

The Design and Engineering drawings/plans/maps archives is comprised of essentially two categories of documents: a) various maps and drawings necessary to complete large-scale park-wide comprehensive master plans, General Management Plans and developed-area specific comprehensive design plans to guide future management...

This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, meeting and field notes, workbooks, and publications. Graphics, maps, architectural drawings, construction plans, and photographs are present in the collection as well as electronic and magnetic media. All material was created in the process...

The Facilities Management Records represent construction and maintenance activities in Yosemite National Park from 1914 to present, providing essential insight into activities and operations of the park in the 20th century. The collection is comprised of 17 accessions that were...

The collection contains materials relating to the park’s fire program and details the fires that occurred in Yosemite National Park. The records were created by Yosemite’s fire program between 1930 and 2010 with the bulk of the material dating from...

Latta's notes refer to Native Americans by their anglicized names but by their Indian names in his books. A cross-index is provided below to correlate the two. Indian and anglicized names appear especially in Latta's field notes but also figure...

The Glacier Studies Collection consists of reports, photographs, data, correspondence and negatives relating to glacier surveys conducted in and around Yosemite National Park. These surveys were completed as part of a larger National Park Service Project.

The Jan van Wagtendonk Collection consists of the documents and records created and received by Dr. van Wagtendonk during his tenure as a Yosemite National Park research scientist from 1972-2009. These documents contain information relating to research and scholarship undertaken...

The Joseph R. Paquette Poetry Collection contains over 290 poems written by Paquette between 1979 and 1990 during his later years as a longtime Yosemite Park and Curry Company employee. The majority of the poems in the collection are influenced...

The Joseph S. Dixon Collection contains photographic documentation created or collected by Dixon during his career as a naturalist, field biologist, mammologist, wildlife biologist, educator and photographer and some field notes. The majority of the images relate to fauna in...

King sometimes used file folders twice, simply folding them the other way so that they ended up with two labels. I wanted to confirm which label was correct before giving them to the park. There are about 7 linear feet...

The collection is comprised of records generated by National Park Service staff, primarily duty-stationed at Yosemite National Park, concerning the management of natural resources in the park during the years 1912 to 2012, with the bulk occurring between 1960 and...

The Records of the Office of the Superintendent Collection represents 15 accessions, which were deposited by various superintendent’s office staff members from 1991 to 2012. The collection contains reports, correspondence, appointment calendars, meeting notes, case files, project planning documents, budget...

The Shirley Sargent Collection contains material including correspondence, notes, forms, deeds, legal records, articles, newspapers, drawings, prints, maps, blueprints, diazotypes, linens, photographs, nitrate and acetate negatives, slides, stereographs, photo albums, postcards, scrapbooks, brochures, programs, pamphlets, calendars, menus, magazines, journals, bulletins,...

The Wawona Washburn Hartwig Papers contains materials including original correspondence, notes, deed reproductions, legal records, articles, forms, maps, brochures, pamphlets, event programs, newspaper clippings, magazines, newsletters, stationary, menus, paperback publications, reviews, journal reproductions, postcards, polyester and acetate negatives, photographs, a...

The William L. Neely Papers, 1942-1978 will be arranged to reflect long-time Yosemite Naturalist William L. Neely’s journals and incidental writings. The journals are rich with detailed nature observations and sketches of plants. Peppered in are fragments of plant specimens,...

This body of records represents the activities of the Yosemite Association (YA), also known as the Yosemite Natural History Association (YNHA). It also contains records representing the activities of the Yosemite Fund (YF), reflecting its work as a special committee...

The Conversation Club records are comprised of 2.3 linear feet of materials. The bulk of the collection is paper, although there are also 23 photographs from a photo album of the club. The materials cover a date range from the...

This body of records represents the activities of the Museum Program's leadership and support staff, operating as a branch of the Interpretation and Education Division. Although a few documents date to the park’s earliest years, most records range in date...

The Yosemite Nature Notes Collection contains a nearly complete run of Yosemite Nature Notes, including “Special Numbers” (themed issues), which the Yosemite National History Association frequently revised and republished, even following Yosemite Nature Notes’ institutional demise in 1962. The run...

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.

The Old Central Files Collection (OCFC) span from the late 1800’s through circa 1950. The collection is comprised of 40 linear feet (80 boxes) of material revealing the management strategies and interactions of Yosemite National Park in the early 20th...

The Yosemite Park and Curry Company Collection contains the business records of one of the largest and longest operating concessioners in the national park system. The Yosemite Park and Curry Company (YP&C C) was organized in 1925 when Yosemite National...

The Yosemite National Park Resource Management Records consist of the documents created, received, and managed by the National Park Service as the park “central files” from the mid-1950s to 2008. These documents are fundamental program records that contain critical information...

The Yosemite Slide Collection contains 2"x2" 35mm color transparency slides. The slides include original cardboard or plastic mounts. Metadata is often written in ink or pencil directly on the slide mount or printed on an adhesive label and placed directly...

Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, membership and dues records, architectural drawings, and circulars from the Yosemite West Property and Homeowners Incorporated (YWPHI) regarding Yosemite West Unit #1 subdivision. These records document the activities of the organization related to sewage treatment, water scarcity,...

The Yosemite Women’s Group Collection includes materials created by the Yosemite Women’s Group from 1955 to 1989. These records depict the regular activities of the group through meeting records maintained by the secretary, in addition to announcements and invitations for...