Service Archaeologist
The Service’s archaelogist has compiled a number of historic documents, photos, and biographies of key historic figures, and can direct journalists and producers to sources of historic footage, as well.

Contact:
Kevin Kilcullen, Division of Refuges, (703) 358-1744, or e-mail kevin_kilcullen@fws.gov

National Conservation Training Center
The National Conservation Training Center, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, has an extensive collection of current and historic photos and footage. The NCTC historian collects artifacts and is assembling an oral history of the Service, including interviews with former refuge employees, who can personalize and illustrate the evolution of the refuge system over its 100 year history.

Contact: 
Mark Madison, Service Historian, (304) 876-7276, or e-mail mark_madison@fws.gov

Website:
http://training.fws.gov/history/index.html

Office of Public Affairs
The Office of Public Affairs in Washington, D.C., also maintains a limited selection of frequently requested historic black and white photos in addition to its extensive collection of video footage and color slides of many national wildlife refuges, management activities, and individual wildlife species. The branch of Media Services maintains an archive of news releases from the Service and it’s predecessor agencies, many of which have been posted online.

Contact: 
Craig Rieben, Office of Public Affairs, (202) 208-5611, or e-mail craig_rieben@fws.gov

News Release Archive:
http://news.fws.gov/Archive.html

Mountain-Prairie Regional Office
The Service Regional Office in Denver has an extensive collection of black and white images of refuges throughout the Rocky Mountain West and the High Plains, including some with the original negatives. Subjects include people, facility and landscape shots, habitat and more.

Contact:
Sheri Fetherman, Branch of Education and Visitor Services, (303) 236-8145, ext. 649, or e-mail: sheri_featherman@fws.gov.

Federal Duck Stamp Program
Since 1934, the history of the federal duck stamp program and the National Wildlife Refuge System have been closely intertwined. High resolution duck stamp images are available at http://duckstamps.fws.gov/dkhome.html, and transparancies of these stamps are available on request. A thorough narrative history is available at http://duckstamps.fws.gov/history.html. 

Contact:
Nicholas Throckmorton,  (202) 208-5636, or e-mail nicholas_throckmorton@fws.gov

National Archives
The National Archives multimedia collections include film of wildlife management activities from the era of the U.S. Biological Survey and the early Fish and Wildlife Service.

Contact: (202) 501-5000
Website: http://www.nara.gov

Individual Refuges
Many refuges in the system will have a collection of photos and artifacts, and perhaps even film footage, from their early years. Likely subjects include refuge staff and their families, historical refuge management activities, CCC and other “New Deal” era public works projects, refuge facilities, and landscapes.  Find individual refuge Web sites by pointing your broswer to http://refuges.fws.gov and clicking on "Refuge Locator."

Other Sources
University libraries and newspapers are likely sources of photos and narratives for refuges in the communities they serve.