Archival Evidence of Strong, Longtime Ties between Yale Peabody Museum's Division of Vertebrate Paleontology and Connecticut's Dinosaur State Park

Documents in the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology Archives at the Yale Peabody Museum demonstrate deep ties between the division and Dinosaur State Park. These ties began on 25 August 1966 and have continued intermittently to the present. A number of people associated with the division played pivotal roles in the establishment and development of the park and in the nurturing and fulfillment of its educational and scientific missions. They did so by either contributing to the excavation of the tracksites, supporting the park's educational programs, seeking recognition of the park's importance from both the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and National Park Service, writing about the site, and/or documenting and analyzing the over 1,800 archosaur footprints found there. Most notable has been the work of John Ostrom, Grant Meyer, and Peter Galton. It is hoped that the longtime ties between the division and the park will only strengthen in the years ahead.