Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Permanent |
Catalog Number |
1982.079.004 |
Object Name |
Periodical |
Title |
Nature Notes, Rocky Mountain National Park, Volume IV, Number VII |
Scope & Content |
White paper cover titled "Nature Notes / Rocky Mountain National Park / December 1931 / Volume IV / Number VII" in green printed text. Features green and white illustration of holly leaf with berries and text "Seasons Greetings" in green printed text and the Rocky Mountain National Park seal with a big-horn sheep. Stamp in bottom right corner reads "Recieved JAN 10 1932" in blue ink. Contents include winter birds, sparrow hawk, Thorofare Station, Old Man Mountain, field notes, The Marten, and comments. Also features 2 photographs. 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. Only front cover scanned. |
Physical characteristics |
Nature Notes, December, 1931 Rocky Mountain National Park with Season's Greetings and holly on front cover Vol 4 No 7, Pages 51-58. 2 punched holes. Marks: stamped on front "Received Jan 10, 1932 |
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 Collection." |
Caption |
1982.079.004 |
Language of Material |
English |
Search Terms |
1930s Rocky Mountain National Park Estes Park Estes Park Trail-Gazette Nature Notes Nature Wildlife Old Man Mountain Sparrow Hawk Thorofare Station bird |
Subjects |
Rocky Mountain National Park Department of the Interior Wilderness Wildlife Naturalist observations |
People |
Yore, Clement Kirby, Dean Ratcliff, Harold M. Yeager, Dorr G. 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 |
1931 |
System of arrangement |
Items are arranged chronologically. |
Updated |
2025-07-15 |
Date |
December 1931 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1930s |