Aubrey L. Haines Papers,

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1 Overview of the Collection Creator Haines, Aubrey L. Title Aubrey L. Haines Papers Dates Quantity 6 linear feet Collection Number Collection 2231, MtBC, us (collection) Summary The Aubrey L. Haines Papers are primarily literary manuscripts, drafts, proof sheets, research notes, and related correspondence pertaining to five of his major publications: Yellowstone National Park: Its Exploration and Establishment (1974); The Valley of the Upper Yellowstone (1965); Osborne Russell's Journal of a Trapper (1955); The Yellowstone Story (1977); Mountain Fever (1962). Included are photographs used in the preparation of Mountain Fever. Repository Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections Montana State University-Bozeman Library Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections P.O. Box Bozeman, MT Telephone: Fax: spcoll@ Access Restrictions This collection is open for research. Languages Sponsor English Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Biographical Note Aubrey L. Haines was born in Portland, Oregon. After graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in forestry, he was employed as a park ranger in Yellowstone National Park. Following four years of service with the United States Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, he returned to Yellowstone and, in 1946, was appointed assistant park engineer. In 1959, he was promoted to the newly-created position of Park Historian, remaining in that post until he retired in Mr. Haines has written many articles and books, including Yellowstone National Park: Its Exploration and Establishment for the YNP centennial. Two edited works, The Valley of the Upper Yellowstone and Osborne Russell's Journal of a Trapper, made key Rocky Mountain histories available with new introductions and notes. The Yellowstone Story represents the fullest history of the Park published to date. Mountain Fever is devoted to the early history of Mount Rainier National Park. Since his retirement, Mr. Haines has served as a consultant on historical research for the National Park Service and the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. 1

2 Content The Aubrey L. Haines papers are primarily literary manuscripts, drafts, proof sheets, research notes, and related correspondence pertaining to five of his major publications: Yellowstone National Park: Its Exploration and Establishment (1974); The Valley of the Upper Yellowstone (1965); Osborne Russell's Journal of a Trapper (1955); The Yellowstone Story (1977); Mountain Fever (1962). Included are photographs used in the preparation of Mountain Fever. The collection has been arranged in five series, each pertaining to one of the five aforementioned works. Administrative Information Arrangement Series 1 Yellowstone National Park: Its Exploration and Establishment Series 2 The Valley of the Upper Yellowstone Series 3 Journal of a Trapper Series 4 The Yellowstone Story Series 5 Mountain Fever Subseries 1 - Photographs from Mountain Fever. Acquisition Information Literary manuscripts, research materials, and papers created or collected by Aubrey L. Haines were donated to Special Collections by Mr. Haines on May 31, Processing Note This collection was processed 2009 May 27 Detailed of the Collection Series 1: Yellowstone National Park: Its Exploration and Establishment Book manuscript. Original typed and handwritten text, including index and outline galley proofs and publishers correspondence in Box 2. Most folder contents relate to different sections of the book and represent the various stages of revision. Container(s) Dates Box/Folder 2

3 Dates 1/1 Outline and preface for Yellowstone Documentary 1/2 Index; Letter from U.S. Department of Interior 1/3 Contents and introduction (draft) 1/4-6 Handwritten notes 1/7 Handwritten notes - appendix 1/8 Preliminary knowledge (draft) 1/9 Definitive knowledge (draft) 1/10 The park movement (draft) 2/1 Early knowledge (typed) 2/2 Definitive knowledge (typed) 2/3 The park movement (typed) 2/4 Appendix (typed) 2/5 Letter from U.S. Department of the Interior; Foreword; Preface; Presidential statement; galley proofs 2/6 Letter from Jack Haynes October 26, 1973 Series 2: The Valley of the Upper Yellowstone Book manuscript handwritten text, carbon copy of typed text, and galley proofs. The separate folders represent the various revisions of the author. 3

4 Box/Folder 2/7 Valley of the Upper Yellowstone 2/8 Valley of the Upper Yellowstone 2/9 Valley of the Upper Yellowstone (proof sheets) Series 3: Journal of a Trapper Book manuscript. Includes notecards, handwritten and typed text, galley proofs and correspondence from 1952 to Container(s) Dates Box/Folder 3/1 Notecards 3/2 Draft of introduction 3/3 Draft of footnotes 3/4 Typed manuscript 1914 edition 3/5-6 Carbon typed draft 3/7 Correspondence /1 Proof copy from original manuscript based on 1914 edition 4/2 Work copy 4/3 3rd copy 4/4 Publisher's galley proof sheets Series 4: The Yellowstone Story 4

5 Book manuscript. Includes correspondence, a handwritten and typed version, the first fully typewritten version, a review and rewrite of the opening chapter, the final typed version of 1969, and galley proofs with handwritten index of The final draft has been placed in box 5, earlier versions in subsequent boxes. Pertinent correspondence is interfiled with earlier drafts. Container(s) Box/Folder 5/1 Chapters 1-3 5/2 Chapters 4-5 5/3 Chapters 6-8 5/4 Chapters /5 Chapters /6 Chapters /7 Chapters /8 Chapters /9 Chapters /10 Chapters /11 Appendix A, part 1 5/12 Appendix A, part 2 5/13-14 Corrections 5

6 6/1 Title-outline 6/2 Chapter 1 6/3 Chapter 2 6/4 Chapter 3 6/5 Chapter 4 6/6 Chapter 5 6/7 Chapter 5 (typed carbon of above) 6/8 Chapter 5 6/9 Chapter 6 (typed draft) 6/10 Chapter 6 6/11 Part II, intro 6/12 Chapter 7 6/13 Chapter 8 6/14 Chapter 9 7/1 Chapter

7 7/2 Chapter 11 7/3 Part III, intro 7/4 Chapter 12 7/5 Chapter 13 7/6 Chapter 14 7/7 Chapter 15 7/8 Chapter 16 7/9 Chapter 17 8/1 Chapter 18 8/2 Part IV, intro 8/3 Chapter 19 8/4 Chapter 20 8/5 Chapter 21 8/6 Chapter 22 8/7 Chapter

8 8/8-11 Appendices 9/1 Chapters 1-2 9/2 Chapters 3-4 9/3 Chapter 5 9/4 Chapters 6-7 9/5 Chapters 8-9 9/6 Chapters /7 Chapters /8 Chapter 14 9/9 Chapter 15 9/10 Chapter 16 9/11 Chapters /12 Chapter 19 9/13 Chapters /14 Chapters

9 9/15 Appendix A 9/16 Rewrite of introductory chapter, comments with review copies 10/1 Galley proofs, chapters /2 Galley proofs, chapters /3 Index, volume 1 10/4 Galley proofs, chapters /5 Galley proofs, chapters /6 Galley proofs, chapters /7 Galley proofs, chapters /8 Index, volume 2 10/9 Notes and correspondence 10/10 Bibliography (handwritten and typed) 10/11 Illustration and photo credits 11/1 Original typed manuscript, chapters /2 Original typed manuscript, chapters /3 Original typed manuscript, chapters /4 Original typed manuscript, chapters Series 5: Mountain Fever Research notes and photographs, typed manuscript and revisions, and correspondence pertaining to Haines' work on Mount Rainier from 1958 to Pertinent correspondence interfiled with material. 9

10 Box/Folder 12/1 Bibliographical notes 12/2 Tolmie's diary 12/3 August V. Kautz 12/4 Van Trump climb 12/5 George B. Bayley 12/6 S. F. Emmons 12/7 Questions and issues 12/8-9 Microfilm photocopies 12/10-12 Notes from sources 12/13-14 Seattle Times 13/1 Supporting data, Mount Rainier 13/2 Draft, pages /3 Draft, pages /4 Draft, pages /5 Draft, pages /6 Notes 13/7-8 Revisions 13/9 Draft, pages /10 Draft, pages

11 13/11 Draft, pages /12 Draft, pages /13 Draft, pages /14 Draft, pages /15 Keys 13/16-17 Bibliographical data 13/18-19 Correspondence 14/1 Draft, chapter 1 14/2 Draft, chapters /3 Draft, chapters /4 Draft, chapters /5 Draft, chapter 8 14/6 Draft, appendix and bibliography Subseries 1: Photographs Photographs considered for inclusion in the book collected by Haines and a separate batch sent to him by Ross Bender. Box/Folder 14/7-9 Copy photographs 11

12 (unnumbered) 14/10 Photographs, Ross Bender Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Frontier and pioneer life-northwestern States Fur trade-northwestern States Historians-United States Mountaineering-Washington (State)-Rainier, Mount-History-19th Personal Names : Russell, Osborne, Geographical Names : Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.)-History Northwestern States- and travel Rainier, Mount (Wash.)-History Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone River Valley-Discovery and exploration Kim Allen Scott,