Welcome to the Estes Park Museum Friends Press
About the Press:
The Estes Park Museum Friends & Foundation, Inc. Press publishes books that advance knowledge of local and regional history and make a contribution to an understanding and appreciation of the Estes Valley and its natural, cultural, or historical development.
Our museum is one of only a few local museums in the nation to have its own publishing wing. With over thirteen titles to its credit, the Press exists to support the Friends’ mission: to ensure that the Estes Park Museum is the premier local history museum in Colorado.
All profits from the sale of Friends Press publications go to support the work of the Friends organization.
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Ordering Books:
For wholesale pricing: info@estesparkmuseumfriends.org
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New Books and DVDs:
Titles published within the past three years by the Friends Press include:
Lyman Byxbe – Omaha to Estes Park
An Artist’s Legacy & Catalog Raisonné
Robert Crump, edited by David Tanton – $49.95
“If I Ever Grew Up and Became a Man”
William Allen White’s Moraine Park Years
By James H. Pickering and Nancy P. Thomas – $19.95, or if purchased with DVD $24.95
Ferrel Atkins’ “William Allen White”
(DVD)
Running time 43:59 minutes. Dr. Ferrel Atkins shares moving stories and insight into the life of famed Moraine Park resident, William Allen White. Filmed on the porch of the William Allen White cabin, in Rocky Mountain National Park – $8.95
* Purchase the book, If I Ever Grew Up & Became a Man and the DVD for $24.95 set, a savings of almost $4.00!
Lost Links: The Search for Estes Park’s Oldest Golf Course
by James H. Pickering and Derek Fortini – $9.95
Memoirs of Eleanor E. Hondius of Elkhorn Lodge
With a new introduction by James H. Pickering – $11.95
Bob Flame: Rocky Mountain Ranger
by Dorr G. Yeager $12.95
Published in cooperation with the Rocky Mountain Nature Association
Friends Press Titles Currently Available:
Rocky Mountain National Park Historic Places
by William B. Butler – $29.95
In the Vale of Elkanah
The Tahosa Valley World of Charles Edwin Hewes
by James H. Pickering – $16.95
The Ways of the Mountains
Thornton Sampson, Agnes Vaille, and Other Tragedies in High Places
by James H. Pickering – $14.95
Estes Park Narratives: Vol. 1: Discovery, Settlement, and Recreation
Edited by James H. Pickering – $16.95
Estes Park Narratives: Vol. 2: Discovery, Settlement, and Recreation
Edited by James H. Pickering – $17.95
Estes Park Narratives: Vol. 3: Days and Hours of Estes Park (1912-1944)
The Journal of Charles Edwin Hewes
Edited by James H. Pickering – $17.95
Estes Park Narratives: Vol. 4: Narratives of Exploration
Edited by James H. Pickering – $17.95
For Authors:
To be considered for publication, each manuscript submitted to the Friends Press must be an original work that holds the possibility of contributing to the understanding and appreciation of the Estes Valley and its natural, cultural, or historical development.
Potential authors should consult the Submission Guidelines for New Manuscripts for an explanation of specific requirements and steps in the review process. Although the Friends Board makes final decisions on the publication of specific titles based on recommendations of the Press Review Committee and the Editor in Chief, the review process is rigorous and impartial, allowing the Friends Press to operate exactly like those affiliated with major universities.
Contact the Friends Press:
Estes Park Museum Friends & Foundation, Inc. Press
200 Fourth Street
Estes Park, Colorado 80517
Phone: 970-577-3766
Email general inquiries about the press to: press@estesparkmuseumfriends.org
Editor in Chief:
Nancy P. Thomas, Ph.D.
press@estesparkmuseumfriends.org
970-260-3557
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