FORT DAVIS Administrative History

National Archives and Records Administration

Record Group 79, National Park Service
     Archives II, College Park, MD.
     Rocky Mountain Region, Denver, CO.
     Federal Records Center, Denver, CO.
     Federal Records Center, Fort Worth, TX.

National Park Service

Historical Files, Reading Files, and Superintendent's Files, Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis, TX.
Research Library, Southwest Regional Office, Santa Fe, NM.

Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900..
Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950.
Eighteenth Census of the United States, 1960.

Everson, William K. A Pictorial History of the Western Film. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press, 1969.

Fehrenbach, T. E. Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans. New York: MacMillan Company, 1985.

Gomez, Arthur R. A Most Singular Country: A History of Occupation in the Big Bend. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, 1990.

Jacobsen, Lucy Miller and Mildred Bloys Nored. Jeff Davis County. Fort Davis, TX: Fort Davis Historical Society, 1993.

Jones, Landon Y. Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation. New York: Ballantine Books, 1980.

Kammen, Michael. Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.

Leckie, William. The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Negro Cavalry in the West. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967.

Mulroy, Kevin. Freedom on the Border: The Seminole Maroons in Florida, the Indian Territory, Coahuila, and Texas. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1993.

Nash, Gerald D. The American West in the Twentieth Century. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1985.

_____________. The American West Transformed: The Impact of the Second World War. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1985.

_____________. World War II and the West: Reshaping the Economy. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991.

Raht, Carlysle G. The Romance of Davis Mountains and Big Bend Country. Odessa, TX: The Rahtbooks Company, 1963.

Richardson, Elmo. Dams, Parks and Politics: Resource Development and Preservation in the Truman-Eisenhower Era. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1973.

Runte, Alfred. National Parks: The American Experience. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1987 second edition.

Welsh, Michael. Dunes and Dreams: A History of White Sands National Monument. Santa Fe: National Park Service, 1995.

White, Richard, It 's Your Misfortune and None of My Own: A Modern History of the American West. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991.

Wooster, Robert. History of Fort Davis, Texas. Santa Fe, NM: National Park Service, 1990.

Green, Rayna. "The Pocahontas Perplex," in Ellen Carol Dubois and Vicki L. Ruiz, eds. Unequal Sisters: A History of Multiculturalism in the United States. New York: Routledge Press, 1990.

Welsh, Michael. "Origins of Western Film Companies, 1887-1920," in Richard W. Etulain, ed . "Western Films: A Brief History," Journal of the West. Vol. XX VII, No. 4 (October 1983).

Williams, Mary. "Administrative History, Fort Davis National Historic Site," Fort Davis National Historic Site Library.

Newspapers

Alpine (TX) Avalanche
Austin (TX) American-Statesman
Big Bend Sentinel (Marfa, TX)
Del Rio (TX) Guide
Fort Davis (TX) Dispatch
Fort Davis (TX) Post
Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram
Houston (TX) Chronicle Rotogravure Magazine, The
Houston (TX) Magazine
Jeff Davis County (TX) News
Marfa Independent and the Big Bend Sentinel
San Angelo (TX) Standard Times
Waco (TX) Sunday Tribune-Herald

Becker, Michael. Interview by author. Tape recording. Santa Fe, NM, October 21, 1994.

Bencomo, Pablo. Interview by author. Tape recording. Fort Davis, TX, January 4, 1995.

Cheri, Kevin. Assistant Superintendent, Big Bend National Park. Interview by author. Tape recording. Fort Davis, TX, September 8, 1994.

Crisman, Bob. Interview by author. Tape recording. Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM, March 3, 1995.

Espy, Mrs. Pansy Evans. Interview by author. Tape recording. Fort Davis, TX, January 4, 1995.

Gwaltney, William. Superintendent, Booker T. Washington National Historic Site. Interview by author. Tape recording. Roanoke, VA, September 15, 1994.

Hendryx, Gene. Interview by author. Tape recording. Alpine, TX, January 5, 1995.

Mangum, Neil. Interview by author. Tape recording. Santa Fe, NM, June 9, 1995.

McChristian, Doug. Historian, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, MT, Interview by author. Tape recording. October 5, 1994.

Mitchell, John. Interview by author. Tape recording. Fort Davis, TX, January 4, 1995.

Rogers, Jerry. Director, NPS Southwest Systems Support Office. Interview by author. Tape recording. Santa Fe, NM, March 24, 1995.

Russell, Ralph. Interview by author. Tape recording. Fort Davis, TX, January 4, 1995.

Smith, Franklin G. Interview by author. Tape recording. El Paso, TX, September 9, 1994.

Sproul, Eugene "Dude". Interview by Mary Williams, Fort Davis National Historic Site. Transcript. Ft. Davis, TX, August 20, 1987.

Thompson, Erwin N. Interview by author. Tape recording. Denver, CO, April 5,1995.

Tweedy, Malcolm "Bish." Interview by author. Tape recording. Fort Davis, TX, January 4,1995.

Utley, Robert M. Interview by author. Tape recording. Albuquerque, NM, October 23, 1994.

Williams, Mary. Supervisory Park Technician. Interview by author. Tape recording. Fort Davis National Historic Site, TX, January 5, 1995.

Yarborough, Jerry. Superintendent, Fort Davis National Historic Site. Interview by author. Tape recording. Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis, TX, May 13, 1994; August 11, November 17, 1995.