Sunday, March 15, 2009

Care To Browse ?

MSU ON FLICKR
Just A Sample
use the virtual finder
.. The personal, professional, and family photography collections of Frank Jay Haynes are again seeing the light of day - electronically.
.. Frank J. Haynes was the official photographer of the Northern Pacific Railroad and Yellowstone National Park.
.. Many of photographs were received by Montana State University with the donation of the Haynes family papers by Isabel May (Nauerth) Haynes in 1977.
.. The collection includes more than 5000 photographs, collectively referred to as the Haynes Family Collections.
.. The photograph collection was divided between the University and the Montana Historical Society in 1978 with the MHS receiving the bulk of the negatives and other items.
.. The Montana State University Library has a PRO FLICKR ACCOUNT with four excerpted image collections currently posted. The recently posted Haynes collection has 60 photos in the photostream.
.. The FLICKR images appear to be free from copyright limitations, although not necessarily free from third party restrictions. These are down-loadable under a creative commons license in many sizes.
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.. A complete catalog of the images in the collection, (most have been digitized,) is also available through the Montana State Library web site at: Haynes Family Photographs (Collection 1507). [Repository: Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections at Montana State University Libraries.]
.. This catalog indexes the collection of 19 boxes, including original metal boxes, and is categorized in substantially chronological order, with topical subdivisions.
.. For the Haynes Family scholar, the collection contains a wealth of information about family, friends, trips, interests, and activities.
.. For those interested in Yellowstone National Park, the collection is an invaluable record of architecture, environment, policy, presidential visitation, tourism, transportation, and just plain-ol'-nostalgia.
.. If you've got the time and a good Internet connection, the browse is well worth the effort. We thank the Montana State University Library for this effort. We also appreciate the concern of the Haynes Family in making the images available to the interested public.
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.. Here's the catalog and links for the complete collection:

Contents

19 boxes
Series 1: Haynes Family, 1878-1965; Boxes 1-3, Box 4, files 1-14
Subseries 1: F. Jay Haynes Family, 1878-ca.1925
Subseries 2: Nauerth Family, 1885-1911
Subseries 3: Jack E. Haynes, 1885-1960
Subseries 4: Isabel M. Haynes, 1900-ca.1930
Subseries 5: Lida Haynes, 1932-1954
Subseries 6: Haynes Family, 1929-1961
Subseries 7: Haynes' Friends, ca.1920-ca.1965

Series 2: Yellowstone National Park, 1866-1963; Box 4, files 15-42, Boxes 5-6
Subseries 1: YNP Photographs, 1883-1963
Subseries 2: Greater Yellowstone Area and the "West", 1866-ca.1960
Subseries 3: Collection 1504 Separated Photographs, 1882-1963
Subseries 4: Unnamed Features in YNP, n.d.

Series 3: Oversized Photographs, 1884-1961; Box 7, Box 8, files 1-17
Subseries 1: Haynes Family and Friends, 1890-1961
Subseries 2: Other Topics, 1884-1961

Series 4: Pictorial Items, ca.1870-1920; Box 8, files 18-27, Box 9-13
Subseries 1: Detroit Photographic Company chromolithographs, ca.1870-ca.1910
Subseries 2: Prints, Haynes and others, 1870-1920
Subseries 3: Charles M. Russell reproductions, n.d.
Subseries 4: Haynes waterfall prints, hand-tinted, n.d.
Subseries 5: F. Jay Haynes Cabinet and Boudoir Photographs, ca.1883-

Series 5: Photograph Albums, 1890-1969; Box 14, 14A-18
Subseries 1: Disbound Albums, ca.1905-ca.1952
Subseries 2: Bound Albums, 1890-1969

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Saturday, March 14, 2009

Panoramic Grand Prismatic

via tip: Horse's Mouth
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.. Just click on the image and go! Use controls if you like. Zippy stuff!
.. Check out the "Arches" just follow the arrow. If you have a good graphics card you can try this on your 26" monitor - WOW!

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Canceled Again ?

IS THIS THE END?
other opportunities exist
.. A single brief line on the West Yellowstone Chamber of Commerce site says it all: CANCELED: Spring Cycle Tour. The tour was scheduled for May - If you were planning - don't!
.. Yellowstone National Park closes to over-the-snow travel on the 15th of this month. Shortly thereafter the roads are open to roller blade, tennis shoe, hiking boot, and bicycle travel - and it's free.
.. West Yellowstone is geared up to help visitors by April first and celebrates "Cycle Days" for the visitors without motorized travel.
.. We mention this now so you can watch the weather and plan your visit accordingly. The Yellowstone National Park information page is found under SPRING BICYCLING.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Sneak Peek

O.F. VIRTUAL
VISITOR CENTER

Up And Running
nice job folks
.. The expansion of the Yellowstone National Park website continues with the compilation of the "Old Faithful Virtual Visitor Center." This is a work in progress sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Yellowstone Park Foundation.
.. The linked pages of the center are attractive and surprisingly easy to navigate, (a welcome switch from most of the rest of the consolidated parks sites.)
.. Enter the OFVVC through the Lobby and explore the exhibits, maps and multimedia.
.. Use the text link at the bottom of the page to send your comments, requests, and reviews to the team that is developing this portion of Yellowstone's Website.
.. The floor plan of the virtual site is a sneak peek of the coming actual VC. The Multimedia Center features a compilation of much of the media scattered throughout the parent site and is an informational and educational gold mine.
.. The new media presentations are wonderfully simple and informative. High speed connections are recommended - and well worth the look. this page alone is worth a bookmark to watch developments.
.. In the morass of consolidation that the NPS has undertaken with their websites this segment stands out as a shinning example of what can be done. It's a really good show!
.. We hope that the OFVC lives up to the standard set by the OFVVC.

Saturday, February 14, 2009