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U.S. Geological Survey Library Photographic Collection Yellowstone National Park Images U.S. Geological Survey Library Photographic Collection Yellowstone National Park Images Conversations on Collecting Yellowstone Conference Jenny M. Stevens, Librarian USGS Library - Denver June 25, 2019 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Established by act of Congress – March 3, 1879 Mission The USGS serves the Nation by providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect our quality of life. Mission Areas Core Science Systems USGS Library Ecosystems Energy and Minerals Environmental Health Land Resources Natural Hazards Water Resources USGS website - www.usgs.gov USGS Library Authorized by Congress in 1879 One of the largest Earth and natural science libraries Multisite, centralized library (Reston, Denver, Menlo Park) Provides services, collections, and reference expertise essential to the USGS Mission and global geoscience community Research support services to USGS scientists and staff around the nation U.S. Geological Survey Library Classification System designed for an earth science library. https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2010/b2010.pdf USGS Library www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/usgs-library USGS Library website USGS Library Catalog USGS Publications Warehouse More than 150,000 publications authored by our scientists over the past 100+ year history of the USGS. Publications available are: USGS-authored journal articles, series reports, book chapters, other government publications, and more. Includes full text pdfs of USGS series. USGS Series descriptions, pubs.er.usgs.gov/documentation/usgs_series USGS Publications Warehouse www.usgs.gov/products/publications/official-usgs-publications USGS Library - Denver Location: Denver Federal Center, Building 41, Room 145 Hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm, Mountain Time, Monday – Friday Open to the Public The USGS Library – Denver collection covers all earth science topics, domestic and foreign with emphasis on mineralogy; petrology; geochemistry; oil, gas and coal; seismology; volcanology; and coastal and marine geology. Along with USGS publishing output, the library holds materials from state and foreign geological surveys, the former U.S. Bureau of Mines, and the National Uranium Resource Evaluation program. Special collections include Geologic Division field records materials and historical photographs taken during USGS fieldwork. USGS Library – Denver Special Collections Field Records Collection & Photographic Collection Welcome! Henry Gannett, Father of American topographic mapping www.usgs.gov/media/images/henry-gannett-profile USGS Library – Denver Special Collections Field Records Archive of materials generated by geologists during their field work Represent more than 130 years of scientific investigations Organized by project name and/or lead scientist’s name Includes geologic field notebooks Sketches, maps, sample analysis report Correspondence USGS Library - Denver Special Collections Photographic Collection Priceless and unique visual documentation of USGS studies & personnel 500,000 images from late 1800s to present Glass plate negatives, glass lantern slides, color slides, still pictures/negatives Coverage includes the United States and countries around the world Many photographs have never been published USGS Library – Denver Photographic Collection Photographic Collection History Photographic Laboratory Established under John Wesley Powell’s USGS administration John Karl Hillers, in charge Late 1899 Management transferred to a committee Nelson H. Darton, charged with management Late 1950 Survey Order No. 206 transferred Photographic Library to Geologic Division “The Survey’s priceless photographic library, ill housed in Washington, was shipped to Denver in June 1954.” Annual Report of the Bureaus and Offices fiscal year end 1954, page 142. USGS Library - Denver Photographic Collection Photographic Collection – Records Management Follow USGS Records Disposition Schedule 1100 NARA Transfers - USGS Record Group 57 1869 – 1941 Nitrate negatives (40,000) Portraits (>10,000) Refer to USGS Circular 1179, Records and History of the USGS, pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1179/ Off-site storage 500 sq. ft. of climate controlled storage 200 sq. ft. of work space Climate controlled (55 degrees, humidity target 35%) Wire shelving holds archival boxes of glass plate negatives, unprocessed & oversize collections File cabinets hold negatives & some glass plate negatives USGS Library- Denver Photographic Collection Photographic Collection – Organization and access points Card catalog (2500 albums) Index cards filed by geographical location, subject matter, photographer name, USGS publications Closed in 1993 MicroMarc Project (1993 - ?) Intake form and print outs only Accession Log (2009 to present) Log new collections Collection level metadata tracked on spreadsheet USGS Library – Denver Photographic Collection library.usgs.gov/photo/ USGS Library – Denver Photographic Collection Photos website – photo record USGS Library - Denver Photographic Collection ScienceBase Photo record - Sponge Geyser Metadata includes: Album caption Index card Date Location Photographer Identifier – Library (photo) ID Rights statement – Public Domain Where physical item is located USGS ScienceBase – Photographic Collection ScienceBase www.sciencebase.gov Open source, trusted repository Digital images (jpeg and tiff image scanned and uploaded) Metadata and tags created Linked to USGS publications USGS Library – Denver Photographic Collection ScienceBase USGS Library - Denver Special Collections Photographic Collection How collection is used USGS Scientists & Social media Publishers Researchers, historians, general public Repeat photography & studies – powerful tool to document vegetation and sediment changes Glacier studies National Park Service studies & historical photos of national parks FY 2018 Statistics 2,426,187 website visits 36 onsite visitors 252 reference requests - USGS and non USGS 3304 images scanned on demand More than 10,000 legacy records edited USGS Library - Denver Photographic Collection Photographic Collection – Yellowstone National Park images List of scientists/photographers - Yellowstone collections (handout) Associated Field Records Collections in Yellowstone National Park or surrounding area All available on the USGS Photographic Collection website, library.usgs.gov/photo/#/ Yellowstone National Park Collection, library.usgs.gov/photo/#/collection/Yellowstone%20National%20Park%20Collection Yellowstone National Park images William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) Hayden Survey Photographer Yellowstone National Park images William Henry Jackson USGS bound photo albums Yellowstone National Park images William Henry Jackson photographs Yellowstone National Park images William Henry Jackson photographs Yellowstone National Park images William Henry Jackson Albums – black & white photograph Yellowstone National Park images William Henry Jackson photographs Yellowstone National Park USGS publications Descriptive catalogue of the photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories for the years 1869 to 1875, inclusive: Miscellaneous publications – No. 5 By: Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden and William Henry Jackson 1869 TO 1875 Series Negative size listed Stereoscopic views Available on Publications Warehouse, pubs.usgs.gov/unnumbered/70038996/report.pdf Yellowstone National Park USGS publications Correlation list of new and old numbers of The Descriptive Catalogue of the Photographs of the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories for the Years 1869-1875: Miscellaneous Publication, no. 5, Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, 1875 Key to the 1875 Descriptive Catalog Compiled in 1951 New numbers* correlating to old negative numbers Includes handwritten information from previous staff *Each assigned new number represents a negative or a print in our collection and the sequence of new numbers follows the order of prints mounted in five albums in the USGS photographic collection. Five original albums at National Archives, USGS Record Group 57-HS Available on Publications Warehouse, pubs.usgs.gov/unnumbered/70203693/report.pdf Yellowstone National Park USGS publications Catalogue and index of the publications of the Hayden, King, Powell, and Wheeler surveys – Bulletin 222 By: Laurence Frederick Schmeckebier United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories Hayden Survey – begins on page 9 Yellowstone maps listed on page 37 Available on Publications Warehouse, https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0222/report.pdf Yellowstone National Park USGS maps Publication: [Fifth Annual] Preliminary Report of the United States Geological Survey of Montana and portions of adjacent Territories: being a fifth annual report of progress, 1871 By: Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden Chapter X. The Yellowstone National Park, with a Map begins on page 162. Available on Publications Warehouse: pubs.usgs.gov/unnumbered/70038938/report. Yellowstone National Park images Joseph Paxson Iddings (1857-1920) Employed by USGS about 1880 1880–1890 Yellowstone survey Yellowstone National Park images Joseph Paxson Iddings – Yellowstone Photos Yellowstone National Park USGS field records Letter written by Joseph P. Iddings to C. Whitman Cross dated July 10, 1889. Original available in Field Records Collection, J.P. Iddings, FRCNO7879. Yellowstone National Park USGS publications Geology of the
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