History of the Grand Canyon National Park
- Arizona Historical Society Pioneer Museum - Flagstaff
- Grand Canyon Association
- Grand Canyon Historical Society
- Grand Canyon National Park - History & Culture, National Park Service
- Grand Canyon Pioneers Association
- Hit the Trail, hiker and visitor guide
- Mapping the Grand Canyon in 1923, U.S. Geological Survey
- Museum of Northern Arizona
- Nature, Culture and History at the Grand Canyon, Arizona State University
Online historical books
1890 - 1909
- The Ash Fork Route: open all year round ; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona ; how to reach the most scenic views, the exquisite water falls, etc. of Cataract Canyon, the Yava Supai villages, cliff dwellings, etc. Grand Canyon Stage Line. 1890.
- Personal impressions of the Grand Cañon of the Colorado River near Flagstaff, Arizona. Woods, G. K. 1899.
- An excursion to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Davis, W. Morris. 1901.
- Glimpses of the Grand Canyon of Arizona. Peabody, H. G. 1855-1951. 1902.
- The Grand Canyon of Arizona. Passenger department of the Santa Fe. 1902.
- The Grand Canyon of Arizona through the stereoscope. Dellenbaugh, F. Samuel. 1908.
- Hotel El Tovar: On the rim of the Grand Canyon. Fred Harvey Company. 1909.
1910 - 1919
- The Grand Canyon of Arizona. James, G. Wharton. 1912.
- Kawich's gold mine: An historical narrative of mining in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado and of love and adventure among the polygamous Mormons of southern Utah. Gibbs, J. F. 1913.
- Trails, Drives and Saddle Horses: Grand Canyon. Atchison, T. 1913.
- Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico. Kolb, E. L.. 1914.
- The new Zion National Park: rainbow of the desert : its relation to the Grand Canyon : also the relation of both, and of Bryce Canyon, to the brilliantly colored plateau country of southern Utah. Yard, R. Sterling. 1919.
- Three wonderlands of the American West: being the notes of a traveler concerning the Yellowstone Park, the Yosemite National Park, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. Murphy, T. D. (Thomas Dowler). 1919.
1920 - 1940
- The Grand Canyon of the Colorado: Recurrent studies in impressions and appearances. Van Dyke, J. Charles. 1920.
- Revising boundaries of Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Mount Rainier, Rocky Mountain, and Sequoia National Parks and the establishment of Shenandoah, Great Smoky Mountain, and Mammoth Cave National Parks. United States Congress Senate Committee on Public Lands. 1926.
- Ancient landscapes of the Grand Canyon region: The geology of Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Petrified Forest, and Painted Desert. McKee, E. Dinwiddie. 1931.
- "De-ki-veh" Ali-Ksai!: The Hopi of the second mesa, with their chief man, Nuvamsa, having accepted the invitation of their brothers, the Hopi of the Grand Canyon, to "Bless the Kiva" of the Indian watchtower, in turn invite their kin of the world - North, West, South, East - to attend the ceremonial dance at Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, May 13, 1933. Hopi Tribe of Arizona. 1933.
Amundson, M. A. 2007. Lasting light: 125 years of grand canyon photography. Vol. 46. Manhattan: J. West Inc.
Anderson, Martin J. 1987. Artist in the Wilderness: Frederick Dellenbaugh's Grand Canyon Adventure. The Journal of Arizona History 28 (1): 47-68.
Anderson, Michael F. 2005. A gathering of Grand Canyon historians : Ideas, arguments, and first-person accounts: Proceedings of the inaugural Grand Canyon history symposium, January 2002. Monograph no. 13; Grand Canyon, AZ: Grand Canyon Association.
Anderson, Michael Francis. 2000. Polishing the jewel: An administrative history of Grand Canyon National Park.
Audretsch, Robert W. 2013. "Unequaled in the memory of the oldest inhabitant": Civilian conservation corps rescue work during the blizzards of 1936–37. The Journal of Arizona History 54 (4): 375-96.
Berg, Erik. 2007. "The best trip I’ve ever been on": The 1937 Carnegie-Caltech Colorado River expedition. Journal of Arizona History 48 (4) (Winter 2007): 375-402.
Berger, Todd R. 2008. Reflections of Grand Canyon historians : Ideas, arguments, and first-person accounts. Grand Canyon History Symposium (2nd : 2007); monograph / Grand Canyon Association; no. 14. 1st ed. Grand Canyon, AZ: Grand Canyon Association.
Boyer, Diane E., Robert H. Webb, and Michael Collier. 2007. Damming Grand Canyon; the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition: University Press of Colorado.
Carmony, Neil. 2002. The Grand Canyon Deer Drive of 1924: The accounts of Will C. Barnes and Mark E. Musgrave. The Journal of Arizona History 43 (1): 41-64.
Chappell, Gordon. 1976. Railroad at the rim: The origin and growth of Grand Canyon Village. The Journal of Arizona History 17 (1): 89-107.
Haury, Emil W., and Loren Haury. 2004. Diary of the U of A archaeological expedition: July 13–August 26, 1927. Journal of the Southwest 46 (1): 95-111.
Matthes, Francois E., and Evans, Richard T. 1926. Map of the Grand Canyon. The Military Engineer 18 (99): 188.
McCroskey, Mona Lange, and Robert H. Kuhne. 1999. Grand Canyon National Park in its infancy, 1920-1923: The photographs of Robert H. Kuhne. Journal of Arizona History 40 (2) (Summer 1999): 201-12.
Menkes, Dove. 2007. Giants and dinosaurs in the Grand Canyon: Samuel Hubbard and the 1924 Doheny scientific expedition. The Journal of Arizona History 48 (1): 53-88.
Neumann, Mark Albert. 1991. Tourism and American culture: A study of the meanings of leisure travel at Grand Canyon National Park. (Ph.D. diss., University of Utah, 1991)
Pace, Michael. 1983. Emery Kolb and the Fred Harvey Company. The Journal of Arizona History 24 (4): 339-62.
Phantom Ranch: Crucible of the civilian conservation corps. 2011. The Journal of Arizona History 52 (1): 31-52.
Priestley, J. B. 1934. Grand Canyon. Parts I and II. Harper's Monthly Magazine; (Cover Title: Harper's Magazine). Dec 1, 1934.
Purvis, Louis Lester. 1989. The ace in the hole: A brief history of Company 818 of the civilian conservation corps. Columbus, Ga.: Brentwood Christian Press.
Quartaroli, Richard D., and Grand Canyon Historical Society. 2013. A rendezvous of Grand Canyon historians: Ideas, arguments, and first-person accounts. Grand Canyon History Symposium (3rd: 2012 Grand Canyon, AZ.). Flagstaff, AZ: Grand Canyon Historical Society.
Ralph H. Cameron and the Grand Canyon (part II). 1978. Arizona and the West 20 (2): 155-72.
Richmond, A. 1998. Santa Fe's El-tovar - unique train or mirage? Journal of the West 37 (3): 71-6.
Rust, Val D. 2013. The V.T. Ranch Hotel and the dawn of tourism on the Kaibab Plateau. The Journal of Arizona History 54 (4): 355-74.
Shepherd-Lanier, Claire. 1996. Trading on tradition: Mary Jane Colter and the romantic appeal of Harvey House Architecture. Journal of the Southwest 38 (2): 163-95.
Sorgenfrei, Robert. 1998. "A fortune awaits enterprise here": The best mining expedition to the Grand Canyon in 1891. Journal of the Southwest 40 (4): 437-62.
Strong, Douglas H. 1978. Ralph H. Cameron and the Grand Canyon (part I). Arizona and the West 20 (1): 41-64.
Sutphen, Debra. 1991. "Too hard a nut to crack": Peter D. Berry and the battle for free enterprise at the Grand Canyon, 1890-1914. The Journal of Arizona History 32 (2): 153-72.