Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Permanent |
Catalog Number |
1982.079.031 |
Object Name |
Periodical |
Title |
Nature Notes from Rocky Mountain National Park / Decmeber 1936 / Volume IX / Numbers X, XI, and XII |
Scope & Content |
Pale green paper cover titled "Nature Notes... / from Rocky Mountain National Park / Volume VIII / December 1936 / Nos 10-11-12" in red and black printed text. Features a black and white photograph of 5 big horn sheep with caption "Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep". Text on bottom edge of cover reads "The trailside is an open book for those who wish to read it" in printed black text. Hand-written text in black ink and pencil in top right corner of cover. Contents include a visit with a great horned owl, diary notes, freak antlers, the game fishes of RMNP, bucks fight to the death, three curious cats, the parry primose and its home, some unusual beaver work, a girdled tree that did not die, and bird notes. Page 60 features blue ink amendment, "grebe" crossed out and "winged teal" written. Also features 11 photographs. Reverse cover features blue ink stamp "Recieved / Feb 14 1937 / Hot Springs National Park. 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. "Estes Park Trail, Estes Park Colorado" printed on reverse cover. Only front cover scanned. |
Physical characteristics |
Illegible marks in pen and pencil, top right corner. Back: Stamp reads 'Received, Feb. 14, 1937, Hot Springs National Park." |
Creator |
Department of the Interior |
Other Creators |
Estes Park Trail Gazette |
Copyrights |
There are no copyright restrictions on this publication. Preferred citation,"Courtsey of the Estes Park Museum, Nature Notes Collections." |
Caption |
1982.079.031 |
Language of Material |
English |
Search Terms |
1930s Rocky Mountain National Park Nature Nature Notes Estes Park Estes Park Trail-Gazette Wildlife Owl Antlers and Horns Fish Deer Flowers beaver Trees Birds |
Subjects |
Rocky Mountain National Park Natural History Nature Notes Beaver Wildlife |
People |
Gregg, H.R. Potts, Merlin K. Kiener, Walter Nesbit, Paul W. Allen, Thomas J. |
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 |
1936 |
System of arrangement |
Items are arranged chronologically. |
Updated |
2025-09-08 |
Date |
December 1936 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1936 |