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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
An administrative history cannot be written without the support of many people, ranging from park staff to librarians. I have many people to thank, and at the risk of overlooking some, I will attempt to mention them all. First, thanks go to Gretchen Luxenberg and Stephanie Toothman who started this project a number of years ago. In the late 1980s, Stephanie and Gretchen began the research for this project. Their efforts were part of a larger cultural resource initiative directed at parks in the Northwest; they were also part of the planning effort undertaken by Superintendent John Reynolds in nearly every facet of management for North Cascades. Stephanie and Gretchen, then the regional and research historians, respectively, in the National Park Service's Pacific Northwest Regional Office [2] in Seattle, Washington, completed most of the archival research. However, funding problems and time constraints caused the project to be shelved. Meanwhile, Gretchen, who had produced several important studies on North Cascades, including the park's historic resource study, completed the park's archives project. The project created a discrete collection of documentary materials pertinent to the park's administration. In the process, she added still more material to the bulging files on the park's administrative history in the Seattle office. Fortunately, funding became available to complete the project beginning in 1995. And it was around that time that Stephanie and Gretchen passed the responsibility to me. I had already perused the North Cascades files while looking for a topic for my dissertation and gladly accepted the task. After some minor interruptions during the Park Service's reorganization in 1996, I was able to complete the study.
The project would not have been completed without the assistance of park staff, those who still work for the park and those who have moved on. I would like to thank all of the former superintendents who gave me their insights about the park -- Roger Contor, Lowell White, and John Reynolds. In addition to giving me his own insights, the current superintendent, Bill Paleck, read every word of the report, a feat few accomplish. Park staffers answered my questions with a measure of humor and professionalism. I owe special debts to Bruce Freet, chief of the park's resource management program, for helping to keep the project alive, and to Dan Allen, resource management specialist, for answering my questions about nearly every aspect of the program. As one of the "senior" members of the park's staff, Dan may have had this privilege forced upon him. Other members of the park's staff, Gerry Cook, Jesse Kennedy, Bob Mierendorf, Leigh Smith, Reed Glesne, Phil Campbell, Bob Kuntz, and Tim Manns, among others, were all helpful. I am equally indebted to Jon Jarvis, the park's first chief of resource management, and Bob Wasem, the park's first biologist, who reviewed the document and helped me make the report stronger and more accurate. Likewise, Barry Mackintosh, the Park Service's bureau historian, gave the document his usual close reading and insightful comments. Frank Norris, Park Service historian in Anchorage, Alaska, and Doug Dodd, a PhD candidate in history at the University of California at Santa Barbara, also gave sections of the document a close reading and made the text more fluid. I am also indebted to the librarians in our Seattle office and especially at the manuscripts division at the University of Washington, where much of this research was accomplished. I would like to express my appreciation as well to the staff of the cultural resources division who have supported me over the years. Finally, I extend my gratitude to my wife, Rebekah, and my daughter, Arendje, who have gone car camping with me in the park. I will always have fond memories of my eighteen-month-old daughter sleeping quietly in our tent at Newhalem Creek Campground on her first camping trip. While many have helped me with this project, I am ultimately responsible for its content.
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