Carl Parcher Russell

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Carl Parcher Russell
Carl and Betty Russell, 1925

Carl Parcher Russell (January 18, 1894 – June 19, 1967) was a historian, ecologist, and administrator.

Russell was born January 18, 1894, in

, studying its material culture in minute detail, and documented pioneer life for the NPS and others.

Russell served in several regional positions in the NPS, including NPS Chief Naturalist of Yosemite (1923–1929), regional director, and Yosemite National Park Superintendent.^[2] Russell retired from the park service in 1957, and he died at his home in Orinda, California, on June 19, 1967, after a heart attack.^[1][2]

Books by Carl P. Russell

• One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1931, 1947, 1957)^[2]
• Guns on the Early Frontiers (1957)
• Firearms, Traps and Tools of the Mountain Men (posthumously, 1967)
  ISBN 0-8263-0465-6^[2]
• Besides books, Russell wrote several articles for Yosemite Nature Notes and NPS and historical journals, and papers for various conferences.

Online article by Carl P. Russell

• "Early Years in Yosemite," California Historical Society Quarterly 5:4 (December 1926)

References

External links

• Collection Guide to the Carl Parcher Russell papers, ca. 1929-1965 at
  The Bancroft Library
• Collection Guide to the Carl Parcher Russell papers, 1940-1966 at
  The Bancroft Library
• Biographical sketch (WSU Libraries). WSU is the depository for his papers.
• Biographical sketch by John Bingaman (in Guardians of the Yosemite" (1961)
• Works by Carl Parcher Russell at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)