Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Permanent |
Catalog Number |
1982.079.017 |
Object Name |
Periodical |
Title |
Nature Notes from Rocky Mountain National Park / Janurary 1933 / Volume VI, Number I |
Scope & Content |
Pale green paper cover titled "Nature Notes... / from Rocky Mountain National Park / Volume VI / Janurary 1933 / Number I" in red and black printed text. Features a black and white photograph of a porcupine with caption "Porcupine / courtesy Nature Magiazine" in printed black text. Text on bottom edge of cover reads "The trailside is an open book for those who wish to read it" in printed black text. Contents include modern poachers and their methods, Museum given publicity, field notes, winters past and present, ancient pottery, ptarmigan, jays vs squirrels, 1932 fires, lessions in biology (Ptericlophytes). Also features 3 photographs and 1 illustration. Publication information: Published by the Department of the Interior in conjunction with the Estes Park Trail Gazette. Series was published monthly and then quarterly. Printed by the Trail Gazette. First issue with "Estes Park Trail, Estes Park Colorado" printed on reverse cover. Not printed at governement expense. Only front cover scanned. |
Physical characteristics |
Nature Notes, January, 1933 Rocky Mountain National Park on green paper cover with picture of porcupine. Vol 6 No 1. pages 1-13. |
Creator |
Department of the Interior |
Other Creators |
Estes Park Trail Gazette |
Copyrights |
There are no copyright restrictions on this publication. Preferred citation, "Courtesy of the Estes Park Museum, Nature Notes Collections." |
Caption |
1982.079.017 |
Language of Material |
English |
Search Terms |
1930s Rocky Mountain National Park Estes Park Estes Park Trail-Gazette Nature Nature Notes Wildlife bird Squirrels Fires Porcupine Poaching |
Subjects |
Rocky Mountain National Park Department of the Interior Wilderness Wildlife Naturalist observations |
People |
McLaughlin, John S. Moomaw, Jack C. Yelm, Betty Yeager, Dorr G. Fraser, Bert Rogers, Edmund B. |
Admin/Biographical History |
Each issue comprises short vignettes by ranger-naturalists about natural and cultural park topics. Yosemite Nature Notes and Yellowstone's contemporaneously-spawned and eponymously-titled iteration (1921-1958) provided the first models for other such publications throughout the National Park System. This type of publication was a common interpretative tool in the mid-twentieth century within the National Park system. Parks with a Nature Notes program included Mount Rainier National Park (1923-1939), Grand Canyon National Park (1926-1935), Zion/Bryce Canyon National Park (1920s-1930s), Glacier National Park (1920s-1930s), and Acadia National Park (1930s). There is scant compiled information about the park-wide Nature Notes programs. Although not all articles are attributed to a particular author, it is possible to track the career of frequent contributors in those that are. Issues feature the writing of Jack Moomaw, Ruth Ashton Nelson, Dorr Yeager, William Kearns, Dean T. Cornwall, Wendell S. Wilson, and others. |
Access Conditions |
There are no restrictions on access. |
Reference code |
NNC 01 |
Dates of Creation |
1933 |
System of arrangement |
Items are arranged chronologically. |
Updated |
2025-08-04 |
Date |
Janurary 1933 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1930s |