Carl Parcher Russell (1894 - 1967)

Carl Parcher Russell, was an American historian, ecologist, and administrator. He joined the National Park Service (NPS) in 1923 as a Naturalist in Yosemite National Park, and served as an officer for the NPS for 34 years. He specialized in frontier history, studying its material culture in minute detail, and documented pioneer life for the NPS and others.