Yosemite National Park Archives
Yosemite National Park Archives
- Location: El Portal, CA
- Phone: (209)379-1282
- Email: Paul_Rogers@nps.gov
- Website: http://www.nps.gov/yose/historyculture/collections.htm
Collections at this institution
Panoramic Fire Lookout Photographs, 1934-1935, 1937
This series consists of a set of forty panoramic photographs taken from fire lookouts and lookout points (proposed lookout sights) in Yosemite National Park. Most photographs were taken in 1934, though a few date to 1937. They appear to be part of a U. S. Forest Service (USFS) project conducted around this time, although scant documentation about the photographs and about the USFS project exists in the National Park Service (NPS) archives. Accompanying the images is a letter to Superintendent C.G. Thomson of Yosemite National Park, dated 1935 and signed by the project photographer, Lester M. Moe, USFS forester/photographer. The …
Institution: Yosemite National Park Archives
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Superintendent Reports
Annual reports of the Superintendent of National Parks to the Secretary of the Interior are official correspondence highlighting special events, park improvements, yearly statistics and planning which are summarized by park staff and often contain photo-documentation from project work and occasionally inserted maps/drawings.
Institution: Yosemite National Park Archives
100 Items
