Morton J. Elrod Papers, 1885-1959, MSS 486
Dublin Core
Title
Morton J. Elrod Papers, 1885-1959, MSS 486
Description
Morton J. Elrod was an early Montana botanist, naturalist, University of Montana professor, and photographer. The collection consists of materials produced and collected by Elrod from his college and early teaching years through the early 1930s. Significant subjects include the flora and fauna of western Montana; Glacier National Park; the University of Montana; and Missoula, Montana.
Creator
Elrod, Morton J., 1863-1953
Publisher
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Date
1885-1959
Rights
Copyright not transferred to the University of Montana—Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For more information, please contact Archives and Special Collections at the University of Montana, Mansfield Library.
Identifier
MSS 486
Collection Items
Near the foot of Blackfoot Glacier
Glacier National Park, near the foot of Blackfoot Glacier. Description reads: "Foot of Blackfeet Glacier, Western part 1911."
Glacier National Park, Sperry Glacier.
Glacier National Park, Montana, Sperry Glacier (from Photography in the Mountains). Four people looking down into a crevasse.
Going-to-the-Sun Mountain and Sexton Glacier.
Glacier National Park, Montana. Going-to-the-Sun Mountain and Sexton Glacier.
Glacier National Park, Grinnell Glacier
Glacier National Park, Grinnell Glacier, southern portion of separating wall. Description with photo reads: "Not many years ago the upper and lower portions of Grinnell Glacier were one solid mass of ice. There is now a vertical wall of limestone…
Man playing with bear at Granite Chalet
Glacier National Park, man playing with bear at Granite Chalet.
Glacier National Park, hiking on Grinnell Glacier.
Identified as: Glacier National Park, fountain on Grinnell Glacier. Shows a group of people with ropes posed on the glacier.
Glacier National Park, tourist party on horseback.
Glacier National Park, Montana. Tourist party on horseback at Red Eagle Lake.
Tourists on Grinnell Glacier, Glacier Park
Glacier National Park, tourists on Grinnell Glacier. Description with photo reads: "During the 1926 season of Glacier National Park twelve hundred tourists visited Grinnell Glacier, accompanied by the experienced guide Hans Riess. The first party at…
"Walking and Climbing in Glacier National Park," page 1.
!["Walking and Climbing in Glacier National Park," page 1.](http://exhibits.lib.umt.edu/omeka/files/square_thumbnails/elrod-2_b5a76679e5.jpg ""Walking and Climbing in Glacier National Park," page 1.")
Article from a pamphlet entitled Mountaineering For Women.
Homestead and Family
Family on their homestead. A temporary tent like structure is set up next to the house.
Glacier Film Graphic
Graphic created by Archives Technician Carlie Magill on 11/16/2010 from photographs 486.084.0092, 486.IX.43.001 and 486.084.0078.
Mary Elrod and bear at Granite Park Chalet
Glacier National Park, Mary Elrod and bear at Granite Park Chalet.
University from Mt. Sentinel four buildings
University of Montana as seen from Mount Sentinel when campus had only four buildings. Town of Missoula in background.
Photographs of buildings for model
Main Hall (University Hall), Gym, Jeannette Rankin Hall, Math Building and Science Building on the University of Montana campus. Missoula.
UM Campus buildings from Mount Sentinel
Photo shows six buildings from Mount Sentinel - Old Gym, Main, Science and Women's Halls and Library and the President's home. University of Montana, Missoula.
Art class on campus
Art class (sketching canyon). Mt. Sentinel in prominent in image. University of Montana's Main Hall in lower right of image.
Campus buildings from top of President's house
University campus shows four buildings. Photo taken from the top of the Presidents house at 4:25 PM. University of Montana, Missoula.
Group photograph of Delta Sigma
Photograph of women outside in front of the Science Hall. Delta Sigma was a local sorority that received a national charter from Kappa Kappa Gamma in 1909.
Interscholastic scoreboard
Interscholastic track meet awards at the University of Montana Campus, scoreboard.
Grandstand and bleacher crowd, interscholastic
Interscholastic crowd in bleachers and grandstand - note the hats and caps, every head is covered. University of Montana, Missoula.
50 yard dash, interscholastic track meet
Start of the 50 yard dash - six lanes separated by rope or wire. Interscholastic track meet at the University of Montana Campus, Missoula.
100 yard dash, interscholastic track meet
100 yard dash finish at the Interscholastic track meet at the University of Montana Campus, Missoula.
Start of the mile run, interscholastic track meet
Interscholastic track meet at the University of Montana Campus, Missoula. Start of the mile run - most uniforms have letters or banners of the school the runner represents.
Family groups of men, women and children in the forest
Family group of men, women, and children seated in the forest, Native American woman standing behind group.
Children's class in tent
Children's class examining results of field trip in tent, Big Fork, Montana.