Covering 1866-1968, this collection includes more than 5000 photographs collectively referred to as the Haynes Family Collections. Frank Jay Haynes was the official photographer of the Northern Pacific Railroad and Yellowstone National Park. The Haynes Family Collections provide a pictorial history of changes in the American West’s architecture, society, culture, and transportation from the 1860’s – 1950’s.
"This blog will give you a peek into the stacks and storage areas of Yellowstone National Park's library, archives, and museum collections. We'll highlight some of our biggest treasures, show-off quirky staff favorites, let you know about newly acquired collections, and perhaps ask for help with a few mysteries."
Provides access to digital collections and items relating to Montana’s cultural heritage and government. These collections and items document the Montana experience. Many of these items are digitized copies of historic material, some items are contemporary.
Here the NPS has gathered full-text documents covering the history of all the national parks. Information on Yellowstone includes annual reports, histories, historic brochures, old guidebooks, and more.
The Heritage & Research Center (HRC), located at 200 Old Yellowstone Trail in historic Gardiner, Montana, is a state-of-the-art facility that is home to Yellowstone National Park’s museum collection, archives, research library, historian, archeology lab, and herbarium.