National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK FERREL ATKINS COLLECTION FINDING AID NPS Photo, ROMO Digital Images Gallery, 18774 ACC ROMO-01572 CAT ROMO 23371 Prepared by National Park Service Intermountain Region Museum Services Program Tucson, Arizona March 2012 ROMO 23371 2 Rocky Mountain National Park ACC ROMO-001572 CAT ROMO 23371 Container List Box 1 SERIES 01: REPORTS Box 2 SERIES 02: ASSEMBLED HISTORIC SITES FILES SUB-SERIES 02.01: ESTES PARK QUADRANGLE File Unit Nbr Title 001 ASHTON HOMESTEAD AND HORSESHOE INN 002 ASPENGLEN CAMPGROUND 003 BIGHORN RANGER STATION 004 CASCADE COTTAGES 005 CCC CAMP - LITTLE HORSESHOE 006 DEER RIDGE CHALET 007 FALL RIVER ENTRANCE 008 FALL RIVER ENTRANCE GATEWAY (SITE) 009 FALL RIVER ENTRANCE HOMESTEAD 010 HORSESHOE PARK RANGER STATION 011 MCGRAW RANCH 012 NORTH FORK RANGER STATION 013 OWL RANCH RANGER STATION 014 STIRLING, DAVE - COTTAGE AND GALLERY SUB-SERIES 02.02: FALL RIVER QUADRANGLE File Unit Nbr Title 001 ALPINE VISITOR CENTER 002 FALL RIVER PASS RANGER STATION 003 FALL RIVER PASS STORE 004 GRAND DITCH 005 HITCHINGS CABIN 006 LULU CITY 007 MINES 008 PHANTOM VALLEY RESIDENCE AND RANGER STATION 009 SHIPLER CABINS 010 TIMBER CREEK CAMPGROUND 011 TIMBER CREEK ROAD CAMP 012 WHEELER "SQUEAKY BOB" SUB-SERIES 02.03: GLEN HAVEN QUADRANGLE ROMO 23371 3 Box 3 SERIES 02: ASSEMBLED HISTORIC SITES FILES SUB-SERIES 02.04: GRAND LAKE QUADRANGLE File Unit Nbr Title 001 BIG MEADOWS 002 COLORADO VALLEY RANCHES 003 EAST INLET CABINS 004 GRAND LAKE LODGE 005 GRAND LAKE RANGER STATION AND ENTRANCE STATION 006 GREEN MOUNTAIN RANCH 007 HARBISON RANCH 008 HOLZWARTH RANCH 009 RHONE HOMESTEAD 010 STONE CABIN 011 SUMMERLAND PARK 012 TONAHUTU CREEK CABINS SUB-SERIES 02.05: ISOLATION PEAK QUADRANGLE SUB-SERIES 02.06: LONGS PEAK QUADRANGLE File Unit Nbr Title 001 AGNES VALLEY SHELTER 002 ALLEN'S HIGH DRIVE INN 003 BARNES HOMESTEAD 004 BOULDER BROOK 005 BOWEN WOODS CABIN 006 BRINWOOD HOTEL 007 CAMP WOODS 008 CCC CAMP - HALLOWELL PARK 009 CHAPMAN RANCH 010 CHASM LAKE SHELTER CABIN 011 DIXON HOUSE #698 012 EUGENIA MINE 013 GLACIER BASIN CAMPGROUND 014 GLACIER BASIN RANGER STATION 015 GLACIER BASIN WAREHOUSE 016 HEADQUARTERS - DOWNTOWN ESTES PARK 017 HEADQUARTERS - PARK 018 HOLLOWELL HOMESTEAD 019 HUPP HOMESTEAD 020 KENDALL HOMESTEAD 021 LEIFFER HOMESTEAD 022 LONGS PEAK RANGER STATION AND CAMPGROUND 023 MORAINE COMMUNITY 024 MORAINE PARK HOUSE ROMO 23371 4 Box 4 SERIES 02: ASSEMBLED HISTORIC SITES FILES SUB-SERIES 02.06: LONGS PEAK QUADRANGLE File Unit Nbr Title 025 MORAINE PARK VISITOR CENTER 026 MILL CREEK RESIDENCES 027 MILL CREEK SAWMILLS 028 OLINGER HIGHLANDERS CAMP 029 OSBORN HOMESTEAD 030 ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS CAMPS 031 SPRAGUE LODGE 032 STEAD'S RANCH 033 THOMPSON RIVER ENTRANCE 034 TWIN SISTER 035 UTILITY AREA 036 WHITE CABINS SUB-SERIES 02.07: MCHENRYS PEAK QUADRANGLE File Unit Nbr Title 001 ANDREWS CAMP 002 BEAR LAKE COMFORT STATION 003 BEAR LAKE LODGE 004 BEAR LAKE RANGER STATION 005 EUREKA DITCH 006 FERN LAKE LODGE 007 FERN LAKE PATROL CABIN 008 FLAT TOP GRAVE 009 FOREST INN 010 MILL CREEK RANGER STATION 011 MINER'S CABIN (PROSPECT CANYON) 012 NORTH INLET 013 ODESSA LAKE - FULLER GRAVESITE 014 SAMPSON GRAVESITE 015 UPPER MILL CREEK CABIN AND MT. WUH CABIN 016 UTE TRAIL ROMO 23371 5 Box 5 SERIES 02: ASSEMBLED HISTORIC SITES FILES SUB-SERIES 02.08: MT. RICHTHOFEN QUADRANGLE File Unit Nbr Title 001 DUTCH CAMP 7 002 DUTCHTOWN 003 SKELETON GULCH CABIN SUB-SERIES 02.09: SHADOW MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE File Unit Nbr Title 001 POLE CREEK RANGER STATION 002 SHADOW MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT SUB-SERIES 02.10: TRAIL RIDGE QUADRANGLE File Unit Nbr Title 001 CHASM FALLS TRAIL 002 CONVICT CABINS 003 ENDOVALLEY CAMPGROUND 004 ENGINEER CAMP 005 FALL RIVER LODGE 006 HIDDEN VALLEY SAW MILLS 007 HIDDEN VALLEY SKI LODGE 008 HORSESHOE INN 009 LEVINGS GRAVESITE 010 MARCH HOMESTEAD 011 "MINER BILL" CURRENCE 012 TRAIL RIDGE ROAD Box 6 SERIES 03: ASSEMBLED ORAL HISTORIES AND INTERVIEWS File Unit Nbr Title 001 ANDERSON, FRED - 1960 002 BAKER, EDWARD - 1966 003 BAKER, JOHN - 1959 004 BIRD, ISABELLA - 1983 005 CHAPIN, FREDERICK - 1983 006 CHAPMAN, CHARLES (MOTHER OF) - 1931 007 COLLIER, ROBERT (SENIOR AND JUNIOR) - 1961 008 COOPER, WILLIAM SKINNER - 1971-1984 009 CURRANCE, WILLIAM (MINER BILL) - UNKNOWN 010 DUNRAVEN, EARL OF (THOMAS WYNDHAM-QUIN) - 1920s-2000s 011 ESTES PARK - 1900s-2000s 012 ESTES, JOEL - 1909-1980s 013 EVAN, GRIFFITH J. (CAPTAIN) - 1880s-2002 014 FERGUSON - UNKNOWN 015 GRAVESITES - 1959-1991 016 GRIFFITH, DAN - 1966 017 HALLET, WILLIAM L. - 1880s-1990s ROMO 23371 6 Box 7 SERIES 03: ASSEMBLED ORAL HISTORIES AND INTERVIEWS File Unit Nbr Title 018 HARBISON, ROB (MR. AND MRS.) - 1962 019 HAYDEN, JULIAN AND LOUISE - 1962 020 HEDRICK, CHARLES Q. - 1948 021 HERSCHLER, J. BARTON - 1962 022 HONDIUS, PIETER - 1913-1993 023 HUPP, JOHN AND WALTER JONES - 1963 024 KAUFFMAN, BELLE - 1962 025 LAMB, REVEREND E. J. - 1905 026 LONG, STEPHEN HARRIMAN - 1880s-1980s 027 LONGS PEAK - 1860s-1991 028 MCCRACKEN, RICHARD - 1961 029 MCHENRY, JAMES - UNKNOWN, 1997 030 MCLAREN, FRED - 1963 031 MELVIN, GEORGE - 1964 032 MILLS, ENOS - 1900s-1990s 033 MOOMAW, JACK - 1970s-1980s 034 NELSON, RUTH ASHTON - 1973, 1984 035 NUGENT, JIM (ROCKY MOUNTAIN) - 1880s-1990s 036 PAULY, NELL - 1977 037 POST OFFICES IN PARK AREA - 1970s-2003 038 ROGERS, JAMES GRAFTON - 1980s-2000s 039 SAMPSON, THORTON R. - 1900s-2000s 040 SAWMILLS - UNKNOWN Box 8 SERIES 03: ASSEMBLED ORAL HISTORIES AND INTERVIEWS File Unit Nbr Title 041 SCOTT, CHARLES AND LYNN - 1959-1983 042 SPRAGUE, ABNER AND FAMILY - 1880s-2000s 043 STANLEY, FRANCIS E. AND FREELAND O. (STANLEY HOTEL) - 1930s- 1980s 044 STEAD, J. D. AND FAMILY - 1981 045 STOCKMAR, OTTO J. - 1930s-1960s 046 WEIST, ROY - 1958 047 WELTON, CAROLINE J. (CARRIE) - 1911-1980s 048 WHITE, WILLIAM ALLEN - 1960s-2003 049 WOLFROM, ANNA (DOVE) - 1900s-2003 050 WORKMAN, WILLIAM J. AND FLORENCE - 1940s-1963 051 YEAGER, DORR - 1990 052 VARIOUS ROMO 23371 7 Box 9 SERIES 04: RESEARCH FILES File Unit Nbr Title 001 CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT DATES 002 COLORADO MOUNTAIN CLUB 003 DAM LAKE NAMES 004 DEDICATIONS 005 MAPS 006 PLACE NAMES 007 PINE TREES 008 PIONEER CABINS AND RESORTS 009 POSTCARDS OF HEADQUARTERS 010 ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS - CONGRESSIONAL PARTY ROMO 23371 8 Rocky Mountain National Park Ferrel Atkins Collection Acc Nbr: ROMO-01572 Cat Nbr: ROMO 23371 Finding Aid Description: This collection contains photographs, documentation on historical buildings, oral history transcripts, maps, drawings, correspondence, memorandums, and ephemera collected and used by Ferrel Atkins during his tenure as a Seasonal Interpretive Ranger. Copyright: No copyrighted material is contained in this collection. Acquisition: Found in collections at Rocky Mountain National Park. Processing: This collection was processed and cataloged at the Intermountain Region Museum Services Center by Leslie Matthaei in March 2012. Arrangement: This collection is arranged into 4 series: Series 1, Reports Series 2, Assembled Historic Sites Files Series 3, Assembled Oral Histories and Interviews Series 4, Research Files. Extent: This collection totals 4 LF. ROMO 23371 9 COPYRIGHT AND RESTRICTIONS The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials. The various state privacy acts govern the use of materials that document private individuals, groups, and corporations. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a reproduction if the document does not infringe the privacy rights of an individual, group, or corporation. 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ROMO 23371 10 SCOPE AND CONTENT Collection: ROMO 1572 Collection Title: FERREL ATKINS COLLECTION Catalog No ROMO 23371 Accession No ROMO-01572 Inclusive Dates Unknown, 1840s-2000s Bulk Dates Unknown, 1920-1990 History In 1952, Rocky Mountain National Park hired Ferrel Atkins as a seasonal Ranger Naturalist. With little experience in the natural sciences but with a Ph. D. in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky, Atkins quickly adjusted to the topics and topography of Rocky Mountain National Park. Working each summer between 1952 through 1984, Atkins spent many hours in the park's library diligently researching the rich history of the park and surrounding areas. During his tenure, Atkins lead interpretive hiking and horseback tours, slide programs, alpine and photo caravans, fishing demonstrations, and occasionally assisted with law enforcement duties.