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Foreword

Introduction

Chapter One,
The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge

Chapter Two,
Preservation and Development of the Moores Creek Battleground Prior to NPS Control

Chapter Three,
Planning and Development at Moores Creek

Chapter Four,
Interpretation and Visitor Services

Chapter Five,
Resources Management and Protection at Moores Creek

Conclusion


Appendix One,
A Chronology for Moores Creek NMP/NB

Appendix Two,
Moores Creek MNP/NB Superintendents

Appendix Three,
Moores Creek NMP/NB Annual

Appendix Four,
Acts and Resolutions of the North Carolina General Assembly

Appendix Five,
Federal Legislation

Chapter 1 Notes

Chapter 2 Notes

Chapter 3 Notes

Chapter 4 Notes

Chapter 5 Notes

List of Figures

Bibliography



Moores Creek National Battlefield:
An Administrative History
Introduction
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Chapter 3 Notes

[1] Gibbs, 25-26.

[2] Final Report on Federal Projects 454 and 456, October 8, 1936, Historical Papers, Vol. 1.

[3] King served as acting superintendent from October 16, 1936, to December 1, 1936, when he was appointed to the position permanently.

[4] Gibbs, 26; Superintendent's Monthly Report, April 1936, Park Files; hereinafter cited as Monthly Report.

[5] Coordinating Superintendent to Director, September 3, 1936, Historical Papers, Vol . 1; Superintendent to Coordinating Superintendent, January 6, 1937, Historical Papers, Vol. 2; Coordinating Superintendent to Director, March 2, 1937, Historical Papers, Vol. 2; Superintendent to Director, November 22, 1937, Historical Papers, Vol . 2; Regional Director to Coordinating Superintendent, December 16, 1937, National Archives, Mid-Atlantic Region, Philadelphia, Record Group 79, Records of the National Park Service, Central Classified Files, 1936-1952, Box 103, hereinafter cited as MAR; Coordinating Superintendent to Regional Director, December 27, 1937, Historical Papers, Vol. 2; Eastern Division, Branch of Plans, Moores Creek National Military Park General Planting Plan, Drawing 324-1051, Map Collection.

[6] Phoebe Cutler, The Public Landscape of the New Deal (New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 1985), 5-7, 88.

[7] Coordinating Superintendent to Director, September 3, 1936, Historical Papers, Vol. 1; Coordinating Superintendent to Director, March 2, 1937, Historical Papers, Vol . 2; Oliver G. Taylor to Coordinating Superintendent, March 3, 1937, MAR Box 103; Acting Director to Graham A. Barden, August 29, 1938, Historical Papers, Vol . 2; Monthly Report, April 1939.

[8] Annual Reports, 1936-1938; Monthly Reports, April-December 1936, January, February, April, June, September-December 1937, January-May 1938; Acting Superintendent to Director, January 6, 1936, Historical Papers, Vol. 1; Superintendent to Coordinating Superintendent, December 22, 1937, Historical Papers, Vol. 2.

[9] Monthly Report, February 1938; Moores Creek National Military Park Proposed Restoration-Fortified Camp, Drawing 324-10001, Map Collection.

[10] Roy E. Appleman, Report on Inspection and Recommendations, Moores Creek National Military Park, April 19, 1938, 1-4, Historical Papers, Vol. 2.

[11] Annual Reports, 1938, 1939; Monthly Reports, May-December 1938; King, 7-8.

[12] Monthly Reports, June-July 1937; Annual Report, 1938; Superintendent to Coordinating Superintendent, August 31, 1939, MAR, Box 104; Regional Director to Coordinating Superintendent, September 13, 1939, MAR, Box 104; Coordinating Superintendent to Superintendent, December 12, 1939, MAR, Box 104 .

[13] Superintendent to Coordinating Superintendent, January 17, 1940, MAR, Box 104; A. R Kelly, Chief, Archeological Sites Division, to Coordinating Superintendent, February 8, 1940, MAR Box 104; Thor Borresen, Report on Inspection of Earthwork Restoration and Repair March 20, 1940, MAR Box 104.

[14] Acting Regional Director to Coordinating Superintendent, December 12, 1938, Historical Papers, Vol. 2; Superintendent to Coordinating Superintendent, January 14, 1939, Historical Papers, Vol. 2.

[15] Superintendent to Coordinating Superintendent, June 27, 1939, MAR, Box 103; Superintendent to District Commissioner, P May 16, 1941, MAR, Box 103; Monthly Reports, February, May, November 1942; Superintendent to Coordinating Superintendent, September 20, 1943, MAR, Box 103.

[16] Monthly Reports, May 1941; June-November 1943; April, July, September 1944; Annual Report, 1943.

[17] Superintendent to Regional Director, November 7, 1942, MAR, Box 103; Acting Coordinating Superintendent to Regional Director, November 17, 1942, MAR, Box 103; Acting Regional Director to Superintendent, February 17, 1943, Historical Papers, Vol. 3; Superintendent to Regional Director, February 23, 1943, Historical Papers, Vol. 3; Coordinating Superintendent to Superintendent, April 27, 1945, MAR Box 103.

[18] Annual Report, 1942; Secretary of the Interior to Chairman, Committee on Public Lands, May 21, 1942, MAR, Box 104; Superintendent to Director, October 1, 1942, Historical Papers, Vol. 3; Regional Director to Director, August 12, 1943, MAR, Box 103; Monthly Reports, January, September-October, 1943; February-March 1944.

[19] Superintendent to Coordinating Superintendent, October 5, 1944, Historical Papers, Vol. 4; Press Release, October 10, 1944, Historical Papers, Vol. 4; Monthly Report, February 1945; Annual Reports, 1947-1948, 1952; Pender Chronicle, November 6, 1951, Historical Papers, Vol. 5.

[20] Coordinating Superintendent to Regional Director, September 27, 1943, Historical Papers, Vol. 3; Priority Project Construction List, January 1, 1944, Historical Papers, Vol. 4.

[21] Regional Landscape e Architect to Coordinating Superintendent, June 30, 1944, MAR, Box 103; Regional Director to Director, June 30, 1944, MAR, Box 103; Regional Director to Coordinating Superintendent, July 5, 1944, Historical Papers, Vol. 4; Superintendent to Coordinating Superintendent, May 30, 1945, MAR, Box 103; Coordinating Superintendent to Superintendent, June 7, 1945, MAR, Box 103.

[22] Gibbs, 32-33.

[23] Ann Childress, Superintendent, Moores Creek National Battlefield, to Steve Davis, Historian, Southeast Regional Office, July 22, 1998, Moores Creek National Battlefield Research Files, Cultural Resources Stewardship Division, Southeast Regional Office, National Park Service, Atlanta.

[24] Superintendent to Coordinating Superintendent, March 29, 1946, Historical Papers, Vol. 4; Annual Reports, 1946, 1948, 1951; Monthly Reports, January-February, October 1950; Gibbs, 29-31.

[25] Gibbs, 28; Annual Report, 1943; Coordinating Superintendent to Regional Director, September 30, 1947, Historical Papers, Vol. 4.

[26] Pender Chronicle, October 13, 1949, Historical Papers, Vol. 5; Pender Chronicle January 11, 1950, Historical Papers, Vol. 5; Monthly Report, February 1950.

[27] January 6, 1954, Historical Papers, Vol. 6; Coordinating Superintendent to Superintendent, January 20, 1954, Historical Papers, Vol. 6.

[28] Gibbs, 31; Barry Mackintosh, The National Parks: Shaping the System (Washington: National Park Service, 1991), 62.

[29]Monthly Reports, March, November 1958; Wilmington Star-News, March 9, 1958, Historical Papers, Vol. 7; Narrative Completion Reports, January-February 1959, Historical Papers, Vol. 8; Coordinating Superintendent to J. W. Hunter Construction Company, March 10, 1959, Historical Papers, Vol. 8.

[30] Gibbs, 26; Monthly Report, February 1943; Regional Director to Director, February 2, 1959, Historical Papers, Vol. 8.

[31] Regional Director to Chief, Eastern Office of Design and Construction, June 2, 1964, Historical Papers, Vol. 9.

[32] Assistant Director Design and Construction, to Chief, Eastern Office of Design and Construction, January 8, 1965, Historical Papers, Vol. 9.

[33] Master Plan Outline, June 1952, Historical Papers, Vol. 5; Superintendent to Coordinating Superintendent, December 2, 1956, Historical Papers, Vol. 6; Regional Director to Director, January 23, 1959, Historical Papers, Vol. 8; Regional Historian to Mr. Jeffers, December 8, 1960, Historical Papers, Vol. 8; Regional Director to Director, May 19, 1964, Historical Papers, Vol. 9; Annual Report, 1966; Monthly Report, July 1967.

[34] Annual Report, 1966; Completion Report, August 1966, Historical Papers, Vol. 10.

[35] Highlight Briefing Statement, 1965, Historical Papers, Vol. 9.

[36] Operation Evaluation Report, 1970, Historical Papers, Vol. 11.

[37] U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Master Plan, Moores Creek National Military Park (Washington: National Park Service, 1969), 1-22.

[38] Operation Evaluation Report, 1970, Historical Papers, Vol. 11.

[39] U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Development Concept Plan, Moores Creek National Military Park (Washington: National Park Service, 1972), 1-15.

[40] Merrill J. Mattes, Landmarks of Liberty: A Report on the American Revolution Bicentennial Development Program of the National Park Service (Washington: National Park Service, 1989), 1-13, 111-112.

[41] Annual Reports, 1974, 1975; Completion Report, Grounds Improvement, March 1975, Historical Papers, Vol. 13; Mattes, 111-112.

[42] Annual Report, 1976.

[43] District Conservationist, Department of Agriculture, to Superintendent, November 16, 1978, Historical Papers, Vol. 13; Annual Reports, 1980, 1997.

[44] Childress, July 22, 1998; Annual Report, 1997.

[45] Superintendent to Regional Director, June 1, 1978, Park Files; Acting Regional Director to Chief, Office of Legislation, May 16, 1979, Park Files; Annual Report, 1980.

[46] Monthly Report, July 1969; Operation Evaluation Report, September 1970, Historical Papers, Vol. 11; Superintendent to Regional Director, June 9, 1971, Historical Papers, vol. 11; Annual Reports, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1982; Childress, July 22, 1998.

[47] Annual Reports, 1981, 1983; John W. Stockert to Mike Capps, November 28, 1994, Moores Creek National Battlefield Research Files.

[48] 48 Assessment of Actions Having an Effect on Cultural Resources, MOCR 94-01, Section 106 Files, Cultural Resources Stewardship Division, Southeast Regional Office, National Park Service, Atlanta.

[49] Annual Report, 1987.

[50] John Albright, Historian, Historic Preservation, Denver Service Center, to Manager, Historic Preservation Team, Denver Service Center, November 5, 1973; Assistant Director, Park Historic Preservation, to Manager, Historic Preservation Team, Denver Service Center, February 22, 1974; Regional Director, Southeast Region, to Manager, Denver Service Center, December 18, 1976, Moores Creek National Battlefield Research Files.

[51] John Albright, Historian, Historic Preservation, Denver Service Center, to Manager, Historic Preservation Team, Denver Service Center, November 5, 1973, Moores Creek National Battlefield Research Files.

[52] Annual Report, 1986; Superintendent to Regional Historian, Southeast Region, November 23, 1987; Fred Boyles, Position Paper: The Reconstruction of the Historic Moores Creek Bridge, March 1, 1988; Director to Regional Director, Southeast Region, June 17, 1988, Moores Creek National Battlefield Research Files.

[53] Annual Report, 1990.

[55] Moores Creek National Battlefield, Report on the Reconstruction of the Historic Moores Creek Bridge (National Park Service, 1993),2-8.

[55] Childress, July 22, 1998; Annual Report, 1997.

[56] Moores Creek National Battlefield, Government Performance and Results Act (National Park Service, 1997), 1-11; hereinafter referred to as GPRA.

[57] Ibid.

[58] Childress, July 22, 1998; Annual Report, 1997.

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