Louis E. Downing Yellowstone Park Diary, 1911 Overview of the Collection Creator Downing, Louis E. Title Louis E. Downing Yellowstone Park Diary Dates 1911 (inclusive) 1911 1911 Quantity 1 reel microfilm Collection Number Mss 311 (collection) Summary The collection is one reel of microfilm that contains 27 pages of the "Yellowstone Park Diary" by Louis E. Downing. Repository University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections Archives and Special Collections Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library University of Montana 32 Campus Dr. #9936 59812-9936 Missoula, MT Telephone: 406-243-2053 Fax: 406-243-4067 library.archives@umontana.edu Access Restrictions Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana--Missoula. Languages Sponsor English Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Biographical Note The "Yellowstone Park Diary" is an account of a tourist group's travels by coach through Yellowstone National Park in 1911. The author is presumably Louis E. "Doc" Downing, a Hamilton, Montana, druggist who was accompanied on his Yellowstone travels by his brother, Mason K. Downing, of Massachusetts. Louis Downing was the proprietor of the Bitter Root Drug Store, according to the 1920 census. He was born in Montana around 1888 to George S. (1850-1939) and Mary F. Downing (1853-1921), both natives of Massachusetts. In 1920, Downing married Florence (1890-1960), a Nevada native, and had a daughter, Elisabeth, who was born around 1916 in Oregon. The tourist group known as the "Family" in the "Yellowstone Park Diary" includes Lee Walton of Butte, Montana, Mr. and Mrs. Jewell of Mt. Hope, Kansas, Grace Banker and her sister, Helen Banker, of Aurora, Illinois, Marion B. "Jane" James and Laura L."Sis" Atemeyer of Chicago, Illinois, and D.T. "St. Louis" Shockley of St. Louis, Missouri. http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv74559 1
Content The collection is one reel of microfilm that contains 27 pages of the "Yellowstone Park Diary" by Louis E. Downing. The diary is a travelogue of a tourist group's travels in Yellowstone National Park in the year 1911, month or time span unknown. The diary is typewritten and includes photographs taken by the author and other members of the tourist party. The diary consists of a descriptive itinerary in addition to anecdotes about the party's activities in the park. Use of the Collection Restrictions on Use Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to The University of Montana. Preferred Citation [Name of document], Louis E. Downing Yellowstone Park Diary, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula. Administrative Information Arrangement Single item. Location of Originals Location of original unknown. Acquisition Information Donor and date of donation unknown. Processing Note The actions of the original processors are unknown. In 2001, the collection was re-described. Detailed of the Collection Container(s) Reel/Frame http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv74559 2
1/1 "Start" 1/2 "U of M Manuscript Collection" 1/3 "UM Library Archives, May 31, 1972" 1/4 "Ode" to Yellowstone by "Doc" 1/5 "Gardiner Hotel"(photograph) 1/6 Tourist profiles 1/6 Mammoth Hot Springs 1/6 Fort Yellowstone 1/6 Minerva, Pulpit, Jupiter Terraces 1/6 Liberty Cap Hot Spring 1/6 "Northern Entrance Arch" (photograph) 1/6 "Mammoth Hotel and Ft. Yellowstone" (photograph) 1/7 Hoodoo region 1/7 Silver Gate 1/7 Golden Gate Canyon 1/7 Swan Lake Camp 1/7 "Liberty Cap" (photograph) 1/7 "Golden Gate Viaduct" (photograph) 1/8 Camping and dancing 1/8 Apollinaris Spring 1/8 Obsidian Cliff http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv74559 3
1/8 "Golden Gate" (photograph) 1/8 "Supply Cart" (photograph) 1/9 Beaver Lake 1/9 Twin Lakes 1/9 Gibbon Canyon and Falls 1/9 "Coach #44" (photograph) 1/9 "Norris Geyser Basin" (photograph) 1/10 Firehole Cascades, Firehole River 1/10 Nez Perce Creek 1/10 Lower Geyser Basin 1/10 Fountain Hotel 1/10 Mammoth Paint Pots 1/10 Excelsior Geyser 1/10 Turquoise Spring 1/10 "Prismatic Lake" (photograph) 1/11 Steamboat Island 1/11 Biscuit Basin 1/11 Castle Geyser 1/11 "Old Faithful Inn" (photograph) 1/11 "Castle from Camp" (photograph) 1/12 Old Faithful Inn History http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv74559 4
1/12 Old Faithful Geyser 1/13 Bears 1/13 Dr. Knight (U of MN) tour 1/13 "Riverside Geyser" (photograph) 1/14 Giant Geysers 1/14 Sponge Cone Geyser 1/14 Grand and Turban Geysers 1/14 Oblong Geyser 1/14 Sawmill Geyser 1/14 Lion Geyser 1/14 "Grotto Geyser Formation" (photograph) 1/15 "Inkwell" Spring 1/15 Economic Geyser 1/15 Twin Pools, Stagnant Pool 1/15 Oyster Shell, Sea Shell, Indian Head Pools 1/15 Haines Curio Store 1/15 Black Sand Basin 1/15 "Sawmill Geyser" (photograph) 1/15 "Crater of the Castle Geyser" (photograph) 1/16 Handkerchief Pool 1/16 Emerald Pool http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv74559 5
1/16 Sunset Lake 1/16 Rainbow Pool 1/16 Punch Bowl 1/16 Black Sand Pool 1/16 Specimen Lake 1/16 Spring Creek 1/16 Sapphire Pool 1/16 "Old Faithful Geyser" (photograph) 1/17 Devil's Eye 1/17 Coral Pool 1/17 Fairy's Hand Glass, Buttermilk Springs 1/17 Silver Glow Spring 1/17 Painter's Palette Spring 1/17 Eylie's Megaphone 1/17 Cinnamon Bear Head, Body, and Paw 1/17 Iron Spring Creek 1/17 "Biscuit Basin" (photograph) 1/18 Dance and "Swatty" Band 1/18 "Riverside Geyser" (photograph) 1/18 "Keppler Cascades" (photograph) 1/19 Keppler Cascades http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv74559 6
1/19 Continental Divide 1/19 Heron Creek 1/19 Shoshine Lake 1/19 "Family" (photograph) 1/20 Continental Divide 1/20 Thumb Lunch Station 1/20 "Boat: Jeanne D." (photograph) 1/20 Fish Cone 1/21 Natural Bridge 1/21 "Lake Shore Geyser" (photograph) 1/21 "Pine Forests" (photograph) 1/22 The Sleeping Giant 1/22 Government Fish Hatchery 1/22 Yellowstone Lake 1/22 Songs and dance 1/22 "Sis and Jane on Lake Edge" (photograph) 1/22 Family at Lake (photograph) 1/23 Lake Hotel 1/23 Mud Geyser 1/23 "40 Lake Shore Drive" (photograph) 1/24 Green Gable Spring http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv74559 7
1/24 Hayden Valley 1/24 Placid River 1/24 Wylie Camp 1/24 Canyon Hotel 1/24 Grand Canyon of Yellowstone 1/24 Cascade Creek 1/24 Crystal Falls 1/24 Great Falls of Yellowstone 1/24 Glacial Boulder 1/24 Castle Ruins 1/24 "Gothic Grotto" (photograph) 1/25 The Lower Falls 1/25 Rescue of "Family" member 1/25 "Falls from Inspiration Point" (photograph) 1/26 Artist's Point 1/26 "The Lower Falls" (photograph) 1/26 "Grand Canyon of Yellowstone" (photograph) 1/27 Lower Falls 1/27 "On the Concrete Bridge" (photograph) 1/27 "Lower Falls View" (photograph) 1/28 A brief history of Mt. Washburn http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv74559 8
1/28 Lake Yellowstone 1/28 Needles and Tower Falls 1/28 Swan Lake 1/28 "Sunset on the Canyon" (photograph) 1/29 Frying Pan Hot Spring 1/29 Norris Basin 1/29 Swan Lake Camp 1/29 Wylie Hotel in Gardiner 1/29 Railroad trip between Gardiner and Livingston 1/29 "Family at Canyon Camp" (photograph) 1/29 "Tourists Waiting for Coaches" (photograph) 1/30 The "Family" departs 1/30 "Group at Swan Lake Camp" (photograph) 1/30 "Mountains Between Gardiner and Livingston" (photograph) Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Tourists--Yellowstone National Park--Diaries Geographical Names : Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park--Photographs Form or Genre Terms : Diaries--Yellowstone National Park Finding aid prepared by Jennifer Rusk 2001 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv74559 9
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