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Addendum

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 176

Scope and Contents

The photos were to illustrate his unpublished manuscript entitled From the Diaries of Earl Douglass: Discoverer of Dinosaur National Monument. This manuscript can be found in the Douglass Papers, MS 196, Box 8.

Chapter 1 "Earl Douglass: A Heritage of Tenacity and Love of Freedom"

Photograph number 2211: Birthplace of Earl Douglass.

Photograph number 2212: Straight River near Medford, Minnesota.

Photograph number 2213: Earl Douglass' boyhood home.

Photograph number 2214: Sugar Bush, Medford, Minnesota.

Chapter 16 "Expedition of 1897: The Yellowstone Park"

Photograph number 2215: The Goetschius Ranch in the Ruby Valley.

Photograph number 2216: Winter scene on the Goetschius Ranch, with Ruby River in the foreground.

Chapter 26 "The West Beckons Again: The Land of the Telmathere"

Photograph number 2217: Dr. Holland when he visited Earl Douglass in Utah during the Summer of 1908.

Photograph number 2218: Mexican Hat, Utah.

Chapter 28 "A Discovery: A Vision, a Mirage?"

Photograph number 2219: Map of central portion of quarry which includes discovery.

Chapter 29 "Digging out Dinosaurs: A Cold Winter"

Photograph number 2220: Camp during Winter of 1909?10.

Photograph number 2221: View to east of camp, toward Dinosaur Peak, Winter 1909?10.

Photograph number 2222: Camp in Camp Gulch, probably Spring 1910.

Photograph number 2223: Cutting down Cottonwood trees on Goose Island, Green River, Utah.

Chapter 30 "A Dream Comes True: An Outstanding Discovery"

Photograph number 2224: Portion of complete spinal column and tail of a later Brontosaurus, plastered and ready to block out.

Photograph number 2225: Taking down the femur of Brontosaurus.

Photograph number 2226: First shipment of bones to Carnegie Museum.

Photograph number 2227: Load of bones headed for the Carnegie Museum on Uinta Railway.

Photograph number 2228: Taking down the plaster?covered pelvis of the original Brontosaurus.

Photograph number 2229: Transporting bones by team and wagon to Uinta Railway, second shipment.

Photograph number 2230: Gawin Douglas with his mother Pearl in their Camp Gulch garden, 1911.

Photograph number 2231: Plowing the garden, Spring 1911.

Chapter 33 "Our Home in the Wilderness: Developing a Ranch"

Photograph number 2232: Earl Douglass in log cabin home, ca. 1918.

Photograph number 2233: New stone house under construction.

Chapter 34 "Financial Disaster: A Lost Dream"

Photograph number 2234: Pearl Douglass and part of the scanty wheat crop of 1919.

Photograph number 2235: Part of the cattle herd that survived the hard Winter of 1919.

Photograph number 2236: View northeast up Green River toward Split Mountain, with ranch in center and Lone Tree and Goose Island on right.

Chapter 35 "A National Monument: Dreams of a Natural Museum"

Photograph number 2237: Complete skeleton of a Titanothere.

Photograph number 2238: Visitor Center, Dinosaur National Monument (color postcard).

Dates

  • 1897-1929

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Extent

From the Collection: 2238 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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