Yosemite National Park Archive

Contact Information

Address
5083 Foresta Rd. El Portal, CA 95318
Hours
Monday-Thursday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Contact
Paul Rogers
yose_archives@nps.gov
Alternate Contact
Website
https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/historyculture/archives.htm

Yosemite National Park Archive

Yosemite National Park Archive
5083 Foresta Rd.
El Portal, CA. 95318

Access and Management

Access

Available to the public?
Yes
Available to outside researchers?
Yes
Reservations required?
Yes
Onsite technology available
Yes
Catalog System
Interior Collections Management System (ICMS)
Repository
Yes
Access procedures

call or send an email to make an appointment

Management

Archive / Collection information

The Yosemite Archives contain historical records and manuscripts related to Yosemite's history, including the donated papers of ethnographers and scientists, resource management records, historic park administrative records, and slide, photo, and film collections.

Word searchable Finding Aids for the Yosemite Archives' Collections may be found through the Online Archive of California. For a brief history of the archives and description of collections read the Yosemite Archives Repository Guide. 

The Yosemite Archives are devoted to making our historic photographic records available for public use online. Digitized photographs may be found on NPGallery. All photographs posted by the Yosemite Archives are high resolution, tiff images whose copyright is determined to be in the public domain.

Organization type
Archive Government (City, County, State, Federal)
Topic(s)
Artistic Communities Business Clubs/Service/Social Organizations Community Service Organizations Education European Descent Native American Descent/Indigenous Politics/Government Students Youth Other
Language(s)
English German Indigenous Languages
Time period(s)
1848-1899 1900-1920 1921-1949 1950-1963 1964-1980 1981-Present
Holdings type(s)
2-D Visual Materials (e.g. photographs, posters) Oral Histories Unprocessed/Unknown Microfiche/Microfilm Maps Manuscripts/Personal Papers Institutional Archives Audiovisual and Sound Recordings Architectural Drawings