National Park Service History Collection RG 3
PRELIMINARY INVENTORY
A. Provenance
Mrs. Josephine C. Fabian donated these files. The late Harold P. Fabian collected them during the course of his work on the Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments. He served on the Board throughout the 60's and 70's.
The material was sent to Fabian for consideration at board meetings and as a follow up on projects discussed there. Much of it was generated by the WASO Office, National Park Service as well as the various parks and sites investigated. Fabian produced a small amount as well as annotating the information sent him.
B. Biography
Harold Pegram Fabian was a lawyer and conservationist. He lived in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was born April 1, 1885, to Ferdinand John and Minnie (Pegram) Fabian. After preparations in the public schools of Salt Lake City and the Mercersburg (Pennsylvania) Academy, Fabian received his A.B. from Yale in 1907, and went on to be awarded the L.L.B., by Harvard in 1910. After graduation he was admitted to the Utah Bar (1910) and in October married Ruth Chapman. The Fabians had two children, Ruth P. and Ferdinand J., II. He later (February 14, 1936) wed Josephine Cunningham, his widow. During World War I Fabian served in the U. S. Army as an infantry major. He began his legal career as a member of the firm Dey, Hoppaugh and Fabian, practicing there 1910-1917. Upon release from the service, Fabian joined the law firm of Bayley, Fabian, Clendenin and Judd that became Fabian and Clendenin. He practiced there from 1919 until the 70's. Harold Pegram Fabian died in 1975.
Fabian was an active Republican, attending the 1920 and 1940 National Conventions as well as serving on the National Committee 1928-1932. He belonged to the American, Utah, and Wyoming Bar Associations. Fabian was active in the Chamber of Commerce, serving as president 1930-31, and was on the Board of Governors. Fabian belonged to and held officer posts in both the S.A.R. and the Utah Society of Mayflower Descendents. He was a member of the Alta, Bonneville and Elihu clubs as well as Psi Upsilon and in addition was a 32nd degree Mason.
Fabian was also very active in the following organizations:
Rocky Mountain Packing Corps (President 1934-35);
Jackson Hole Preserve (Executive Vice President, Treasurer, and trustee to 1954); Grand Teton Lodge and Transportation Company (President and Director, 1946-52, Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director 1952-54); Jackson Hole Wildlife Park (Treasurer and Trustee 1946-52);
Travelers Aid Society, Salt Lake City (President, 1957-58);
Utah Pony Express Commission 1959-60; St. John's Hospital, Jackson, Wyoming (Trustee); Sugarhouse Park Authority, Salt Lake City (Board Member and President); Utah Heritage Foundation (Trustee); Nauvoo Restoration, Inc. (Vice President and Trustee); Utah Park and Recreation Committee (1957-66; Chairman 1962-66); Salt Lake City Board of Education (Member and Vice President); National Advisory Committee New York Worlds Fair;
Citizens Defense, Salt Lake City 1941-42; Board of Governors, Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce (President 1947-48); Continental National Bank and Trustee Company (Director 1929-43); Western Air Lines (Director 1929-43);
National Park System Advisory Board (Chairman 1962-64).
C. Summary
The files that were not dispersed are housed (1988) in 3 record and 2 archival boxes. The material is so diverse it has been divided into 23 series.
D. Dispersal
Some of the program books for Advisory Board meetings were not already in the NPS History Collection and were placed in that series rather than kept with Fabian's papers. There were many National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings Reports which were also placed within their own series and the duplicates distributed. Similarly treated were the many Proposed Area Studies and other reports. Editorial Briefs, many news releases, NPS Newsletters, and copies of the Courier were also placed in their own series or distributed. Fabian had collected many park handout folders and booklets that were placed with similar material rather than kept with his papers. Materials dealing with the Second World Conference, the NPS 50th Anniversary, Employee and Alumni Association as well as NPS Directories were also placed in their series in the History Collection. A set of maps was distributed and two reports were catalogued for the HFC Library. None of this material included any personal markings or notes by Fabian.
E. Folder List
Record Box A
Series I - Program Books
Program Book - 63rd Meeting, October 1970
Program Book - 66th Meeting, April 1972
Program Book - 67th Meeting, October 1972
Program Book - 68th Meeting, April 1973
Program Book - 69th Meeting, October 1973
Minutes of 46th Meeting held April 1962
Minutes of 47th Meeting held October 1962 (2 copies)
Minutes of 48th Meeting held March 1963
Minutes of 49th Meeting held November 1963
Minutes of 50th Meeting held April 1964
Minutes of 51st Meeting held October 1964
Minutes of 54th Meeting held April 1966
Minutes of 55th Meeting held October 1966
Minutes of 56th Meeting held April 1967
Minutes of 57th Meeting held NOvember 1967
Minutes of 58th Meeting held April 1968
Minutes of 59th Meeting held October 1968
Minutes of 61st Meeting held October 1969
Minutes of 63rd Meeting held October 1970
Minutes of 64th Meeting held April 1971
Minutes of 65th Meeting held October 1971
Minutes of 67th Meeting held October 1972
Record Box B
Series III - Meetings
Status Reports - 45th Meeting Advisory Board, September 15-19, 1961
Folder marked Advisory Board Fall Meeting, 1961, Olympic
Folder marked 1962 Spring Meeting - Memos, Correspondence, Proposals, Letters
Folder marked Advisory Board 1962 Fall Meeting, Hawaii
Envelope marked 49th Meeting of Advisory Board, October 24-November 6, 1963, Correspondence, etc.
Folder marked 1964 Spring Meeting, 50th Meeting Advisory Board
Folder marked Advisory Board Fall Meeting 1964, 51st meeting
Series IV - Field Trips
Folder marked Hawaii Trip
Folder marked Advisory Board - Ws & Nt Trip, 1964, Res., TA and Transportation
Material for 1968 Field Trip
Memo on 1969 Field Trip
Folder marked Advisory Board Trip, January 30, 1960, February 7, 1970
Series V - Rules and Regulations
Folder marked Advisory Board Rules and Regulations
Folder marked Advisory Board rules, Regulations and Laws, NPS Organization
Series VI - Reports
Folder marked Advisory Board Report of Wildlife Control Committee
Series VII - Personnel
Folder marked Advisory Board Personnel
Folder marked Collaborator File Beginning 31 August 1966
Series VIII - Correspondence and Memos
Folder marked Advisory Board Miscellaneous Correspondence
Memo June 19, 1969, Management of National Park System
Memo April 1971, Overview of NPS Operations
Overview Report, March 1973
Memo on Land Acquisition
Series IX - Regional Advisory Board
Envelope of material marked Regional Advisory Board Meeting, November 1974, November 1975
Record Box C
Series X - Parks
Landscape Alterations Map and General Development Maps of Yellowstone, 1967
Envelope marked Receipts and Expense Statements, March 15-18, Yellowstone and Grand Teton Planning Team
Information About the Master Plan for Yellowstone, 1970
Folder marked Yellowstone-Grand Teton Study Team Meetings, Trips, etc.
Envelope marked Data from Chet Brown, 18 May 67, re Yellowstone Park and Grand Teton National Park
Folder marked Yellowstone-Grand Teton Study Trip of Advisory Board, 1967 with addition heading Grand Teton and Yellowstone Parks Master Planning Team, 1967-68
Folder marked Yellowstone-Grand Teton Planning Team, 1967-68
Folder marked NPS Yellowstone Park and Grand Teton Park Planning Team Data re March 15-18, 1970 Meeting in Washington, D. C.
Some articles, public hearing notices, Master Plan draft, and 3 envelopes of material all once tied together and marked National Park Master Plans for Yellowstone and Grand Teton
Folder marked Yellowstone Park and Grand Teton National Park Planning Team Advisory Board Travel Orders and Expense Data
Archival Box 1
C. Canyonlands
National Geographic magazine, May 1962, Canyonlands
Western Gateway magazine, Autumn 1967, Canyonlands
D. Redwoods
Material on Redwoods
E. NCP
Large booklet - Summer in the Park, 1969
F. Gettysburg
Map of Gettysburg Battlefield of 1863
Series XI - States
Newspaper clipping - "Wyoming's Spaced Out Boom"
Travel and Leisure magazine, February/March 1971, Hawaii
Report - California Parks Are Forever
Report - Project 70, Pennsylvania
Series XII - Officials
A. Correspondence with Officials, etc.
Folder marked Re Secretary Udall's Letter October 8, 1962
Folder marked Advisory Board - Correspondence
Director Wirth and Secretary Udall, Hartzog Talks
Folder marked Correspondence George B. Hartzog, Jr.
Folder labeled 1973 Director Ronald L. Walker
B. Hartzog Statements
Statement of Hartzog before House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, January 30, 1967
Statement of Hartzog before Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, 1971
Archival Box 2
C. Minutes - Director's Staff Meetings
Minutes - Director's Staff Meeting, August 6, 1954
Minutes - Director's Staff Meetings 7,10,12,20 - 1966
Minutes - Director's Staff Meetings 4,9,11,20,22,24 - 1967
Minutes - Director's Staff Meetings 1,2,3,5,6,7,9,16,17,18 -1968
Minutes - Director's Staff Meetings 1,2,3,4,5,15,16,17,18,19 - 1969
Minutes - Director's Staff Meetings 6/18, 8/27, 9/10, 10/8, 19/22, 12/3 1970
Minutes - Director's Staff Meetings 1, 2, 5, 6, 11 - 1971
Series XIII - Landmarks
Memo - August 29, 1968, National Landmark Inspection Standards
Natural History Program Information
Historic Landmark Sheets, 1968
Notes - National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings
Drawings of Acoma Pueblo
Series XIV - NPS Superintendents' Conferences
Envelope of material marked Conference of Challenges, Yosemite, October 1963
Series XI - NPS News Releases
1969 News Releases - March 20, April 26, May 11, May 18, May 29, October 31
1970 News Releases - January 18, May 4, June 15, December 5
1971 News Releases - February 28, March 7, May 14
All news releases annotated
Series XVI - National Park System
Large booklet - c1955, National Park System
Memo - Management of the National Park System, June 19, 1969
Series XVII - Film Proposals
Proposals by Turnball Educational Films for movies on national parks
Series XVIII - Travel and Tourism
Booklet - Travel and the National Parks an Economy Study, Ernest W. Swenson, 1979
Common Ground newsletter, June 1969 re Tourism
Series XIX - USDI Yearbooks
River of Life, USDI Environmental Report, 1970
Quest for Quality, USDI Conservation Yearbook, 1965
Series XX - LWCF (Land and Water Conservation Fund)
Material including House Resolution, LWCF
Series XXI - Christian Science Monitor
Reprint of Christian Science Monitor, series 1969, "Will Success Spoil the National Parks"
Envelope marked Christian Science Monitor article on Park Planning
Series XXII - American Enterprise Institute
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research memoranda - Summer 1975, Fall 1976, Winter 1976
Series XXIII - Miscellaneous
Folder marked Conflict of Interest
Analysis of S Bill 1, YCC
1968 Gun Control Law Report
Memorandum - June 19, 1969, Management of VP System
Memorandum - July 12, 1971, Inholding Wilsonia
Oversize - Proposal for Historical Restoration and Preservation of Lahaina