George Bird Grinnell Symposium

The Bookshelf
Below is a listing of books about and by George Bird Grinnell.

Any listing with an asterisk (*) is available from the Dropbox folder (you will need a password).

Any listing with a plus (+) is available online and linked. 



Publications by Symposium Speakers
(alphabetical order)

Diettert, Gerald, A. 1992. Grinnell’s Glacier: George Bird Grinnell and Glacier National Park. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Co.

Evans, Robley. 1996. George Bird Grinnell, Boise, ID: Boise State U., Western Writers Series, No. 123.

Fisher, Albert Kenrick. 1939. In Memorium: George Bird Grinnell. Auk (Jan, 1939): 56(1): 1-12.

Giarelli, Andrew. 1982. An Indian Understanding of the Nature of Things: One Man’s Education in the Field. Yale Alumni Magazine 45 (Spring): 18-22.

George Bird Grinnell Alaska 1899: Essays from the Harriman Expediton. Introductions by Polly Burroughs and Victoria Wyatt.

Goetzmann, William H. and Kay Sloan. 1982. Looking Far North: The Harriman Expedition to Alaska 1899. New York: The Viking Press.

Hagan, William. 1997. Theodore Roosevelt and Six Friends of the Indian. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. [Grinnell, of course, is one of the six friends.]

Hanna, Warren L. 1988, 2009. Stars Over Montana: A Centennial Celebration of the Men Who Shaped Glacier National Park. Guilford, CT: A Two Dot Book, Globe Pequot Press. [Chapter 7 is on GBG]

Hanna, Warren L. 1986. The Life and Times of James Willard Schultz (Apikuni). Norman: Oklahoma U. Press.

Harris, Edward Day, III. 1995. Preserving a Vision of the American West: The Life of George Bird Grinnell. Unpublished Dissertation: University of Texas. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Dissertation Services (now ProQuest).

Hartley, Robert E. 2007. Saving Yellowstone: The President Arthur Expedition of 1883. Westminister, CO: Sniktau Publications.

Ludlow, William. . Report Of A Reconnaissance From Carroll, Montana Territory, On The Upper Missouri, To The Yellowstone National… by Ludlow William 1843-1901, United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and United States. War Dept (Oct 4, 2011). [Need to improve the citation.]

Mitchell, John G. 1987. A Man Called Bird. Audubon (magazine) 89(2)(March): 81-104.

Punke, Michael. 2007. Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell and the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West. Smithsonian Books.

Reiger, John. 1987. With Grinnell and Custer in the Black Hills. Discovery 20(1): 17-21.

Reiger, John F. 1985. The Passing of the Great West: Selected Papers of George Bird Grinnell. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Reiger, John F. 1986. American Sportsmen and the Origins of Conservation. Revised Edition. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Schuchert, Charles. and Clara Mae LeVene. 1940. O. C. Marsh: Pioneer in Paleontology. Pp. xxi + 541, illustrated, hardcover, no dj. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. [This is a very nice, clean copy, and is inscribed "Ziegler Sargent New Haven, Conn 1942"]

Bibliography of Grinnell’s Writings (Chronological Order)

GBG. 1880. The Osteology of Geococcyx americanus. Ph.D. Disseratation. [Peabody Museum, Yale University, ??Sheffield Scientific School??] [Geococcyx americanus has been changed to Geococcyx californianus. This is the scientific name for the Greater Roadrunner, a bird in the cuckoo family (Cuculidae).

Grinnell, George Bird. 1904. American Big Game in Its Haunts. The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing.

Grinnell, George Bird. 1910. American Game-Bird Shooting. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing.

Grinnell, George Bird. 1911. The Story of the Indian. New York: D. Appleton and Company.

Grinnell, George Bird. 1918. American Duck Shooting. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing.

Grinnell, George Bird. 1923. The Cheyenne Indians: Their History And Ways Of Life.
Photographs by Elizabeth C. Grinnell and Mrs. J. E. Wuell. First edition published in two volumes, Yale University Press, 1923.

Sources Related to George Bird Grinnell 
(alphabetical order)

Diettert, Gerald, A. 1992. Grinnell’s Glacier: George Bird Grinnell and Glacier National Park. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Co.

Evans, Robley. 1996. George Bird Grinnell, Boise, ID: Boise State U., Western Writers Series, No. 123.

Fisher, Albert Kenrick. 1939. In Memorium: George Bird Grinnell. Auk (Jan, 1939): 56(1): 1-12.

Giarelli, Andrew. 1982. An Indian Understanding of the Nature of Things: One Man’s Education in the Field. Yale Alumni Magazine 45 (Spring): 18-22.

George Bird Grinnell Alaska 1899: Essays from the Harriman Expediton. Introductions by Polly Burroughs and Victoria Wyatt.

Goetzmann, William H. and Kay Sloan. 1982. Looking Far North: The Harriman Expedition to Alaska 1899. New York: The Viking Press.

Hagan, William. 1997. Theodore Roosevelt and Six Friends of the Indian. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. [Grinnell, of course, is one of the six friends.]

Hanna, Warren L. 1988, 2009. Stars Over Montana: A Centennial Celebration of the Men Who Shaped Glacier National Park. Guilford, CT: A Two Dot Book, Globe Pequot Press. [Chapter 7 is on GBG]

Hanna, Warren L. 1986. The Life and Times of James Willard Schultz (Apikuni). Norman: Oklahoma U. Press.

Harris, Edward Day, III. 1995. Preserving a Vision of the American West: The Life of George Bird Grinnell. Unpublished Dissertation: University of Texas. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Dissertation Services (now ProQuest).

Hartley, Robert E. 2007. Saving Yellowstone: The President Arthur Expedition of 1883. Westminister, CO: Sniktau Publications.

Ludlow, William. . Report Of A Reconnaissance From Carroll, Montana Territory, On The Upper Missouri, To The Yellowstone National… by Ludlow William 1843-1901, United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and United States. War Dept (Oct 4, 2011). [Need to improve the citation.]

Mitchell, John G. 1987. A Man Called Bird. Audubon (magazine) 89(2)(March): 81-104.

Punke, Michael. 2007. Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell and the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West. Smithsonian Books.

Reiger, John. 1987. With Grinnell and Custer in the Black Hills. Discovery 20(1): 17-21.

Reiger, John F. 1985. The Passing of the Great West: Selected Papers of George Bird Grinnell. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Reiger, John F. 1986. American Sportsmen and the Origins of Conservation. Revised Edition. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Schuchert, Charles. and Clara Mae LeVene. 1940. O. C. Marsh: Pioneer in Paleontology. Pp. xxi + 541, illustrated, hardcover, no dj. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. [This is a very nice, clean copy, and is inscribed "Ziegler Sargent New Haven, Conn 1942"]

Bibliography of Grinnell’s Writings (Chronological Order)

GBG. 1880. The Osteology of Geococcyx americanus. Ph.D. Disseratation. [Peabody Museum, Yale University, ??Sheffield Scientific School??] [Geococcyx americanus has been changed to Geococcyx californianus. This is the scientific name for the Greater Roadrunner, a bird in the cuckoo family (Cuculidae).

Grinnell, George Bird. 1904. American Big Game in Its Haunts. The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing.

Grinnell, George Bird. 1910. American Game-Bird Shooting. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing.

Grinnell, George Bird. 1911. The Story of the Indian. New York: D. Appleton and Company.

Grinnell, George Bird. 1918. American Duck Shooting. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing.

Grinnell, George Bird. 1923. The Cheyenne Indians: Their History And Ways Of Life.
Photographs by Elizabeth C. Grinnell and Mrs. J. E. Wuell. First edition published in two volumes, Yale University Press, 1923.
Sources about George Bird Grinnell 
(alphabetical order)

Diettert, Gerald, A. 1992. Grinnell’s Glacier: George Bird Grinnell and Glacier National Park. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Co.

Evans, Robley. 1996. George Bird Grinnell, Boise, ID: Boise State U., Western Writers Series, No. 123.

Fisher, Albert Kenrick. 1939. In Memorium: George Bird Grinnell. Auk (Jan, 1939): 56(1): 1-12.

Giarelli, Andrew. 1982. An Indian Understanding of the Nature of Things: One Man’s Education in the Field. Yale Alumni Magazine 45 (Spring): 18-22.

George Bird Grinnell Alaska 1899: Essays from the Harriman Expediton. Introductions by Polly Burroughs and Victoria Wyatt.

Goetzmann, William H. and Kay Sloan. 1982. Looking Far North: The Harriman Expedition to Alaska 1899. New York: The Viking Press.

Hagan, William. 1997. Theodore Roosevelt and Six Friends of the Indian. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. [Grinnell, of course, is one of the six friends.]

Hanna, Warren L. 1988, 2009. Stars Over Montana: A Centennial Celebration of the Men Who Shaped Glacier National Park. Guilford, CT: A Two Dot Book, Globe Pequot Press. [Chapter 7 is on GBG]

Hanna, Warren L. 1986. The Life and Times of James Willard Schultz (Apikuni). Norman: Oklahoma U. Press.

Harris, Edward Day, III. 1995. Preserving a Vision of the American West: The Life of George Bird Grinnell. Unpublished Dissertation: University of Texas. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Dissertation Services (now ProQuest).

Hartley, Robert E. 2007. Saving Yellowstone: The President Arthur Expedition of 1883. Westminister, CO: Sniktau Publications.

Ludlow, William. . Report Of A Reconnaissance From Carroll, Montana Territory, On The Upper Missouri, To The Yellowstone National… by Ludlow William 1843-1901, United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and United States. War Dept (Oct 4, 2011). [Need to improve the citation.]

Mitchell, John G. 1987. A Man Called Bird. Audubon (magazine) 89(2)(March): 81-104.

Punke, Michael. 2007. Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell and the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West. Smithsonian Books.

Reiger, John. 1987. With Grinnell and Custer in the Black Hills. Discovery 20(1): 17-21.

Reiger, John F. 1985. The Passing of the Great West: Selected Papers of George Bird Grinnell. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Reiger, John F. 1986. American Sportsmen and the Origins of Conservation. Revised Edition. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Schuchert, Charles. and Clara Mae LeVene. 1940. O. C. Marsh: Pioneer in Paleontology. Pp. xxi + 541, illustrated, hardcover, no dj. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. [This is a very nice, clean copy, and is inscribed "Ziegler Sargent New Haven, Conn 1942"]

Bibliography of Grinnell’s Writings (Chronological Order)

GBG. 1880. The Osteology of Geococcyx americanus. Ph.D. Disseratation. [Peabody Museum, Yale University, ??Sheffield Scientific School??] [Geococcyx americanus has been changed to Geococcyx californianus. This is the scientific name for the Greater Roadrunner, a bird in the cuckoo family (Cuculidae).

Grinnell, George Bird. 1904. American Big Game in Its Haunts. The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing.

Grinnell, George Bird. 1910. American Game-Bird Shooting. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing.

Grinnell, George Bird. 1911. The Story of the Indian. New York: D. Appleton and Company.

Grinnell, George Bird. 1918. American Duck Shooting. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing.

Grinnell, George Bird. 1923. The Cheyenne Indians: Their History And Ways Of Life.
Photographs by Elizabeth C. Grinnell and Mrs. J. E. Wuell. First edition published in two volumes, Yale University Press, 1923.