Guide to the Howard H. Chapman Slide Collection

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Howard H. Chapman at Grand Canyon National Park, 1963. (NPS History Collection photo)

Collection Overview

Collection Number: HFCA 3081
Creator: Chapman, Howard H., 1925-2005
Title: Howard H. Chapman Slide Collection
Dates: 1949-1998
Volume of Collection: 17.8 LF
Language of Materials: English

Digitized Copies: This collection has not been digitized.

Conditions Governing Use: The collection is open for research use. However, it is stored in cold storage and requires acclimation to room temperature before use. At least 48 hours prior notice is required for access to this collection. Copyright of Chapman's images was transferred to the NPS through the deed of gift. Images by others may be within the collection and users are responsible for ensuring that their use complies with US copyright laws. For more information, see In Copyright | Rights Statements. See also the NPS general copyright and restrictions information.

Provenance: The collection was initially given to the NPS Pacific West Cultural Resources Office in 2007. No deed of gift was formalized at that time. A pre-donation culling of family pictures occurred and those personal images were returned to the family in March 2009. The material was sent to the NPS History Collection in mid-2009. Chapman's daughters formally donated the collection to the NPS in September 2016.

Processing Note: This collection was processed and described by Marissa Lindsey, Casey Oehler, John Reynolds, and Nancy J. Russell in November 2020.

Rights Statements for Archival Description: This Guide to the Howard H. Chapman Slide Collection is in the public domain.
Preferred Citation: Howard H. Chapman Slide Collection, NPS History Collection (HFCA 3081)
Location of Repository: NPS History Collection, Harpers Ferry Center, PO Box 50, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425

Related Materials:

• Oral history interview in the NPS Oral History Collection (HFCA 1817).

Biographical Note

Howard H. Chapman was born in 1925 in La Junta, Colorado. After serving as a navigator in the Army Air Corps near the end of World War II, Chapman enrolled in the forestry program at Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College in Boulder. While in college, he spent his summers working for the National Park Service (NPS) as a seasonal ranger at Yellowstone National Park. Chapman graduated with a degree in forestry in 1949.

In 1950 Chapman received a permanent appointment as a ranger at Saratoga National Historical Park. He subsequently served as a ranger at Shenandoah National Park. From 1957-1959, he worked on the Great Lakes Survey for the Philadelphia Regional Office. Following that work, he returned to Yellowstone as a ranger. He attended the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Academy to prepare for an appointment at the Horace M. Albright Training Center in Grand Canyon National Park. He was rumored to have received the highest grades of any park ranger up until that time at the FBI Academy.

Chapman worked briefly as a district ranger on the Blue Ridge Parkway before becoming superintendent of Coulee Dam National Recreation Area in 1966. In October 1967, he became superintendent of Grand Teton National Park. He served in that position until 1971 when he became director for the NPS Western Region. In that capacity, he was responsible for 44 park units in Arizona, Nevada, California, Hawaii, and the Pacific Trust Territories. Chapman remained regional director for about 15 years.

While officially based in the San Francisco Regional Office from 1971-1987, Chapman traveled extensively. As regional director, he completed annual evaluations of the parks under his purview. He also maintained active relationships with political officials as part of his advocacy for the Western Region.

Regional Director Howard H. Chapman. (NPS History Collection photo)

Chapman left the NPS over battles with Department of the Interior officials. He disagreed with Secretary of the Interior Donald P. Hodel regarding several of the secretary's decisions, including the continuation of tourist aircraft flights through Grand Canyon National Park, despite NPS objections to the noise and safety issues. Assistant Secretary of Fish, Wildlife and Parks William P. Horn, a political appointee, was also at odds with Chapman over issues of recreational uses of parks and efforts to reorganize top NPS management and rewrite NPS policies. Chapman's opposition to changes ordered by Hodel resulted in Departmental interference in Chapman's performance reviews and efforts to force him into early retirement. Chapman "fought back" by testifying before House and Senate oversight committees before choosing to retire on March 2, 1987, after forty years of service.

Chapman married Marion Huff in 1948 and the couple raised two daughters, Susan and Cindy. The Chapmans embraced NPS family culture, living in national parks during Chapman's ranger and superintendent appointments, and spending much of their vacation and leisure time in national parks. In the early 1960s, the family took an extended 6-week trailer trip visiting numerous parks up and down the West Coast. Howard and Marion continued to travel to national parks throughout their lives and after his retirement the couple set a goal to visit the NPS sites in all 50 states. They traveled extensively with a 5th-wheel trailer in tow. Health concerns eventually curtailed their travels and prevented them from reaching their goal.

In retirement, Chapman maintained his commitment to the NPS by volunteering as an interpreter at the Presidio in San Francisco and serving on the board of the Southwest Parks and Monuments Association. Afflicted by Parkinson's disease in his later years, Howard Chapman died in Mount Vernon, Washington in March 2005.

Scope and Content Note

The dominant materials are 2" x 2" color transparencies (slides) created by Chapman through his work and leisure travels to national parks. A small number of glass-mounted slides are present. The slides are an exhaustive representation of images of the national parks he visited, with fewer images representing events such as NPS conferences or activities such as rafting trips or exhibits. Descriptive slide logs are present for some of the images taken after his retirement. Chapman's daily diaries, which document significant events and conversations from 1971-1986, are included.

Arrangement

Organized into four series by career stage or format as follows:
Series I: Park Slide File, 1949-1986
Series II: Post-NPS Career Slides, 1988-1998
Series III: Unfiled Slides, 1968-1998
Series IV: Diaries and Notes, 1971-1990

Series I: Park Slide File, 1949-1986

Volume of Series: 6.7 LF
Arranged alphabetically by park acronym or topic.

Scope and Content Note

Color transparencies consisting of 2" x 2" slides and a smaller number of glass-mounted slides taken by Chapman while employed in the NPS, although many were taken during his personal time. Most images document NPS sites across the United States and its territories, although a small number of non-NPS sites and events such as conferences are represented.

Parks and other sites represented include: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace, Acadia, Adams, Allegheny Portage Railroad, Antietam, Appomattox Courthouse, Arches, Arlington House, Assateague Island, Aztec Ruins, Badlands, Bandelier, Baltimore Washington Parkway, Bent's Old Fort, Big Bend, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Blue Ridge Parkway, Bryce Canyon, Cabrillo, Canyon de Chelly, Castle Clinton, Cape Cod, Casa Grande, Cape Hatteras, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Capulin Volcano, Cedar Breaks, Chaco Culture, Chickamauga & Chattanooga, Chiricahau, Christenstead, Channel Islands, C&O Canal, Colorado National Monument, Colonial, Jamestown, Coronado, Crater Lake, Craters of the Moon, Curecanti, Death Valley, Devils Postpile, Devils Tower, Dinosaur, Dry Tortugas, Thomas Edison, Effigy Mounds, Eugene O'Neill, Everglades, Federal Hall, Fire Island, Flaming Gorge, Fort Bowie, Fossil Butte, Fort Davis, Fort Laramie, Fort McHenry, Fort Necessity, Fort Point, Fort Raliegh, Fort Smith, Ford's Theatre, Fort Union, Fort Vancouver, Fort Washington, Frederick Douglass, Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania, Gateway, General Grant, Gettysburg, George Washington Birthplace, Glacier, Glen Canyon, Golden Gate, Golden Spike, Great Basin, Grand Canyon, Grant-Kohr's Ranch, Grand Portage, Great Sand Dunes, Great Smoky Mountains, and Grand Teton.

Gulf Islands, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Harpers Ferry, Haleakea, Hawaii Volcanoes, Herbert Hoover, Hopewell Culture, Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hopewell Furnace, Homestead, Hovenweep, Hubbell Trading Post, Independence, Indiana Dunes, Isle Royale, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Jean Lafitte, Jonestown Flood, John Muir, Kaloko-Honokohau, Kalaupapa, Lava Beds, Lake Mead, Lake Roosevelt, Lassen Volcano, Lewis and Clark, Little Bighorn, Lincoln Memorial, Mammoth Cave, Manassas, Mesa Verde, Minute Man, Montezuma Castle, Morristown, Mount Rushmore, Mather Training Center, and Muir Woods are present.

Natural Bridges, Navajo, National Capital Parks, North Cascades, National Park of American Samoa, Olympic, Oregon Cave, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, Organ Pipe and Pinacate Mexico, Oxen Hill, Pecos, Petrified Forest, Petersburg, Perry's Victory, Pinnacles, Pictured Rocks, Pipe Spring, Point Reyes, Puʻukoholā Heiau, Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau, Rainbow Bridge, Redwood, Richmond, Rocky Mountain, Russell Cave, Saguaro, Sagamore Hill, Salem Maritime, Santa Monica Mountains, Salinas Pueblo Missions, Saratoga, Scott's Bluff, Sequoia & Kings Canyon, Shadow Mountain National Recreation Area, Shenandoah, South Pacific Conference and National Parks, Statue of Liberty, Sunset Crater, Theodore Roosevelt Island, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace, Timpanogos Cave, Tonto, Tumacacori, Tuzigoot, Valor, Vanderbilt Mansion, Walnut Canyon, Washington Monument, War in the Pacific, Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada, Whiskeytown, President's Park (White House), Whitman Mission, White Sands, Wind Cave, Wolf Trap, Wright Brothers, Wupatki, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Zion are also represented.

Container List

BOX 01
Folder 01: ABLI
Folder 02: ACAD
Folder 03: ADAM
Folder 04: ALPO
Folder 05: ANTI
Folder 06: APCO
Folder 07: ARCH
Folder 08: ARHO
Folder 09: ASIS
Folder 10: AZRU
Folder 11: BADL
Folder 12: BAND
Folder 13: BAWA

BOX 02
Folder 01: BEOL
Folder 02: BIBE
Folder 03: BICA
Folder 04: BLCA
Folder 05: BLRI

BOX 03
Folder 01: BLRI
Folder 02: BRCA
Folder 03: CABR

BOX 04
Folder 01: CACH
Folder 02: CACL
Folder 03: CACO
Folder 04: CAGR
Folder 05: CAHA
Folder 06: CANY

BOX 05
Folder 01: CARE
Folder 02: CAVO
Folder 03: CEBR
Folder 04: CHCA
Folder 05: CHCH
Folder 06: CHIR
Folder 07: CHIS

BOX 06
Folder 01: CHIS
Folder 02: CHOH
Folder 03: COLM
Folder 04: COLO
Folder 05: COLO: JAME
Folder 06: CORO
Folder 07: CRLA
Folder 08: CRMO
Folder 09: CURE

BOX 07
Folder 01: DEVA

BOX 08
Folder 01: DEWA
Folder 02: DEPO
Folder 03: DETO
Folder 04: DINO
Folder 05: DRTO
Folder 06: EDIS
Folder 07: EFMO
Folder 08: EUON
Folder 09: EVER
Folder 10: FEHA
Folder 11: FIIS
Folder 12: FLGO

BOX 09
Folder 01: FOBO
Folder 02: FOBU
Folder 03: FODA
Folder 04: FOLA
Folder 05: FOMC
Folder 06: FONE
Folder 07: FOPO
Folder 08: FORA
Folder 09: FOSM
Folder 10: FOTH
Folder 11: FOUN
Folder 12: FOVA
Folder 13: FOWA

BOX 10
Folder 01: FRDO
Folder 02: FRSP
Folder 03: GATE
Folder 04: GEGR
Folder 05: GETT
Folder 06: GEWA
Folder 07: GLAC

BOX 11
Folder 01: GLCA
Folder 02: GOGA
Folder 03: GOSP

BOX 12
Folder 01: GRBA
Folder 02: GRCA

BOX 13
Folder 01: GRCA

BOX 14
Folder 01: GRCA

BOX 15
Folder 01: GRKO
Folder 02: GRPO
Folder 03: GRSA
Folder 04: GRSM
Folder 05: GRTE
Folder 06: GUIS
Folder 07: GWMP
Folder 08: HAFE
Folder 09: HALE

BOX 16
Folder 01: HAMP
Folder 02: HAVO

BOX 17
Folder 01: HEHO
Folder 02: HOCU
Folder 03: HOFR
Folder 04: HOFU
Folder 05: HOME
Folder 06: HOVE
Folder 07: HUTR
Folder 08: INDE
Folder 09: INDU
Folder 10: ISRO
Folder 11: JEFF
Folder 12: JELA
Folder 13: JOFL
Folder 14: JOMU
Folder 15: JOTR
Folder 16: KAHO
Folder 17: KALA

BOX 18
Folder 01: LABE
Folder 02: LAKE

BOX 19
Folder 01: LARO
Folder 02: LAVO

BOX 20
Folder 01: LEWI
Folder 02: LIBI
Folder 03: LINC
Folder 04: MACA
Folder 05: MANA
Folder 06: MEVE
Folder 07: MIMA
Folder 08: MOCA
Folder 09: MORA
Folder 10: MORR
Folder 11: MORU
Folder 12: MTC
Folder 13: MUWO

BOX 21
Folder 01: NABR
Folder 02: NAVA
Folder 03: NCP
Folder 04: NOCA
Folder 05: NPSA

BOX 22
Folder 01: OLYM
Folder 02: ORCA
Folder 03: Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Folder 04: ORPI
Folder 05: OXHI
Folder 06: PECO
Folder 07: PEFO
Folder 08: PETE
Folder 09: PEVI

BOX 23
Folder 01: PIMA
Folder 02: Pinacate, Mexico
Folder 03: PINN
Folder 04: PIRO
Folder 05: PISC
Folder 06: PISP
Folder 07: PORE
Folder 08: PUHE

BOX 24
Folder 01: PUHO
Folder 02: RABR
Folder 03: REDW
Folder 04: RICH

BOX 25
Folder 01: ROMO
Folder 02: RUCA
Folder 03: SAGU
Folder 04: SAHI
Folder 05: SAMA
Folder 06: SAMO
Folder 07: SAPU
Folder 08: SARA
Folder 09: SCBL

BOX 26
Folder 01: SEKI
Folder 02: Shadow Mountain National Recreation Area

BOX 27
Folder 01: SHEN

BOX 28
Folder 01: SHEN

BOX 29
Folder 01: South Pacific Conference and National Parks

BOX 30
Folder 01: STLI
Folder 02: SUCR
Folder 03: THIS
Folder 04: THRB
Folder 05: THRO
Folder 06: TICA
Folder 07: TONT
Folder 08: TUMA
Folder 09: TUZI
Folder 10: VALR
Folder 11: VAMA

BOX 31
Folder 01: WACA
Folder 02: WAMO
Folder 03: WAPA
Folder 04: Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada
Folder 05: WHIS
Folder 06: WHHO
Folder 07: WHMI
Folder 08: WHSA
Folder 09: WICA
Folder 10: WOTR
Folder 11: WRBR
Folder 12: WUPA

BOX 32
Folder 01: YELL

BOX 33
Folder 01: YELL

BOX 34
Folder 01: YELL

BOX 35
Folder 01: YOSE

BOX 36
Folder 01: ZION

GLASS BOX 01
This box contains glass slides separated from across Series I.

GLASS BOX 02
This box contains glass slides separated from across Series I.

GLASS BOX 03
This box contains glass slides separated from across Series I.

GLASS BOX 04
This box contains glass slides separated from across Series I.

Series II: Post-NPS Career Slides, 1988-1998

Volume of Series: 2.5 LF
Arranged numerically by Chapman's slide number.

Scope and Content Note

Color transparencies consisting of 2" x 2" slides of parks Chapman visited in retirement. Chapman's descriptive slide logs are included for slides taken in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, and 1997. Sites visited in 1988 include Joshua Tree, Death Valley, Casa Grande, Chiricahua, Fort Bowie, Gila Cliff Dwellings, Chamizal, Guadalupe Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns, Fort Davis, Big Bend, Amistad Island, Lyndon B. Johnson, San Antonio Missions, Palo Alto, and Padre Island.

Sites visited in 1989 include Grand Canyon, Navajo, Mesa Verde, Great Sand Dunes, Florissant Fossil Beds, Fort Laramie, Bighorn Canyon, Yellowstone, Voyageurs, St. Croix, Apostle Islands, Pictured Rocks, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Indiana Dunes, Lincoln Home, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter, Congaree Swamp, Ninety Six, Carl Sandburg, Cowpens, Wilson's Creek, Guilford Courthouse, Kings Mountain, Pea Ridge, George Washington Carver, Fort Scott, Fort Larned, Redwood, Crater Lake, John Day Fossil Beds, Manassas, Moore's Creek, Wolf Trap, and park sites in Washington, D.C.

Sites visited by Chapman in 1990 include Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Navajo, Fort Bowie, Redwood, Bighorn Canyon, Death Valley, Washington, D.C., Yosemite, Grand Teton, Sequoia, Kootenay, Glacier Bay, Shenandoah, Manassas, Antietam, War in the Pacific, Lincoln Home, Mesa Verde, Tumacacori, Saratoga, Lowell, Bent's Old Fort, George Washington Birthplace, Independence, Harry S Truman, Carl Sandburg, Aztec Ruins, Vicksburg, Blue Ridge Parkway, Fort Scott, Pu'uhonua o Honaunau, Walnut Canyon, Hubbell Trading Post, Canyon de Chelly, Chaco Culture, Salinas Pueblo Missions, White Sands, Coronado, Organ Pipe, Saguaro, Channel Islands, Santa Monica Mountains, Agate Fossil Beds, Knife River Indian Villages, and Theodore Roosevelt.

1995 images are of Saratoga only. The 1997 images reflect his travel to Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Grant-Kohrs Ranch, Mount St. Helen's National Volcanic Monument, and the Pony Express National Historic Landmark. Images of some non-NPS sites in areas near the parks he visited are also included. Some of Chapman's numbered slides from 1989, 1992, 1995, and 1998 were missing upon donation.

Container List

BOX 01
Folder 01: 1988

BOX 02
Folder 01: 1988

BOX 03
Folder 01: 1989

BOX 04
Folder 01: 1989

BOX 05
Folder 01: 1989

BOX 06
Folder 01: 1989

BOX 07
Folder 01: 1989

BOX 08
Folder 01: 1989

BOX 09
Folder 01: 1989
Folder 02: 1990

BOX 10
Folder 01: 1990

BOX 11
Folder 01: 1990

BOX 12
Folder 01: 1990

BOX 13
Folder 01: 1992
Folder 02: 1995

BOX 14
Folder 01: 1997
Folder 02: 1998

BOX 15
Folder 01: 1998

Series III: Unfiled Slides, 1968-1998

Volume of Series: 7.5 LF
Arranged alphabetically by park acronym or subject.

Scope and Content Note

Slides received in the original slide processing boxes and never filed or numbered by Chapman (but which he appears to have done some organizing within some boxes). Multiple parks are often represented in a single roll. Images taken during his NPS career and after his retirement in 1987 are present. Parks across the continental United States, Alaska, and Hawai'i as well as the US Virgin Islands and Micronesia are well represented. Events include the 1987 superintendents' conference, Colorado River rafting trips, an Art in the Parks exhibit in Alaska, the Alaska Highway, a slide show of the NPS Western Region, and mountain rescues.

Container List

BOX 01
Folder 01: ACAD, ROCA, May 1992
Folder 02: ACAD, SAGA, September 1992
Folder 03: Alaska, August 1990
Folder 04: Alaska: Art in the Parks Exhibit, August 1990
Folder 05: Alaska, General, August 1990
Folders 06-09: Alaska Highway, August 1990
Folder 10: ALCA, December 1983, 1985
Folder 11: ALCA, April 1991

BOX 02
Folder 01: ANDE, JICA, July 1988
Folder 02: ALPO, August 1988
Folder 03: AMME, February 1981, June 1984
Folder 04: ANIA, August 1990
Folder 05: ANIA, KATM, August 1990
Folders 06-07: ANTI, October 1988
Folder 08: APCO, August 1987
Folder 09: ARCH, June 1978
Folders 10-12: ARCH, November 1991

BOX 03
Folder 01: ARCH, CANY, November 1991
Folder 02: ARCH, COLM, November 1991
Folder 03: ARHO, NAMA, LYBA, July 1988
Folders 04-05: ARPO, July 1986
Folder 06: ASIS, October 1988
Folder 07: ASIS, PRSF, April to May 1991
Folder 08: BADL, July 1987
Folder 09: BADL, JECA, MORU, July 1987

BOX 04
Folder 01: BAND, July 1988
Folder 02: BEOL, June 1993
Folder 03: BICA, August 1990
Folder 04: BICY, EVER, July 1988
Folder 05: BIHO, September 1986
Folder 06: BISC, July 1998
Folder 07: BOST, May 1993
Folder 08: BRCA, November 1991
Folder 09: BRCA, ZION, November 1991

BOX 05
Folder 01: CABR, October 1984
Folder 02: CABR, March 1988
Folder 03: CABR, SEKI, October 1984
Folder 04: CACH, June 1991
Folder 05: CACH, BAND, June 1991
Folder 06: CACO, ADAM, October 1990
Folder 07: CAHA, BOWA, August 1987
Folder 08: CAHA, FORA, CRLA, LABE, August 1995
Folder 09: CAHA, WRBR, August 1987
Folder 10: CALO, August 1987

BOX 06
Folders 01-07: Canadian Parks, August 1990
Folders 08-09: Canadian Parks, October 1992

BOX 07
Folder 01: CANY, November 1991
Folder 02: CANY, NABR, November 1991
Folder 03: CARE, December 1992
Folder 04: CARE, January 1993
Folder 05: CASA, July 1988
Folder 06: CASA, FOMA, July 1988
Folder 07: CHCH, August 1991
Folder 08: CHCH, RUCA, August 1991

BOX 08
Folder 01: CHIC, June 1988
Folder 02: CHIR, December 1983
Folder 03: CHIR, FOBO, March 1979
Folders 04-06: CHIS, December 1983
Folders 07-08: CHIS, June 1984
Folder 09: CHIS, CRLA, July 1980
Folder 10: CHIS, GRCA, July 1980
Folder 11: CHIS, LABE, WHIS, January 1981, July 1978

BOX 09
Folder 01: CHOH, THIS, September 1992
Folder 02: CHOH, VIVE, NAMA, CABR, March 1988
Folder 03: CIRO, YELL, June 1992
Folder 04: COLM, November 1991
Folder 05: COLO, October 1988
Folders 06-11: Colorado River Trip, June 1978

BOX 10
Folders 01-02: Colorado River Trip, 1982
Folder 03: CORO, December 1983
Folder 04: CURE, ROMO, FLFO, MALU, September 1996
Folder 05: DAAV, WIHO, August 1993
Folder 06: DENA, August 1990
Folder 07: DETO, LIBI, August 1987
Folder 08: DEVA, November 1973, April 1980, November 1983,
September 1985
Folder 09: DEVA, May 1978
Folder 10: DEVA, June 1978
Folder 11: DEVA, SAGU, March 1979

BOX 11
Folder 01: DEVA, December 1983
Folder 02: DEVA, May 1984
Folder 03: DEVA, November 1993
Folder 03: DEWA, June 1987
Folder 04: DEWA, November 1987, January 1988
Folder 05: DINO, BLCA, CARE, December 1992
Folder 06: DRTO, July 1988
Folder 07: EBLA, KLGO, MORA, October 1992
Folder 08: EDIS, October 1990

BOX 12
Folder 01: EFMO, July 1987
Folder 02: ELMA, July 1988
Folder 03: ELMA, June 1992
Folder 04: ELMA, ELMO, July 1988
Folder 05: ELMA, ELMO, June 1992
Folder 06: ELMO, July 1988
Folder 07: ELMO, ELMA, June 1992
Folder 08: ELMO, PEFO, July 1988
Folder 09: EVER, July 1988

BOX 13
Folder 01: EVER, BICY, July 1988
Folder 02: EVER, YOSE, April 1984, June 1964, August 1980, March
1985
Folder 03: Florida, General, July 1988
Folder 04: FOBO, December 1983, October 1992
Folder 05: FOBO, CHIR, November 1992
Folder 06: FOBU, July 1987
Folder 07: FODO, MACA, August 1991
Folder 08: FOFR, FOPU, CASA, CUIS, TIMU, JICA, OCMU, MALU,
KEMO, March 1994
Folder 09: FOMA, CASA, July 1980
Folder 10: FOMC, April 1988

BOX 14
Folder 01: FONE, August 1988
Folder 02: FOPO, December 1990
Folder 03: FOPO, PRSF, April 1991
Folder 04: FOPU, May 1994
Folder 05: FORU, August 1990
Folder 06: FOSM, July 1988
Folder 07: FOSM, CHIC, July 1988
Folder 08: FOUN, July 1988
Folder 09: FOUN, PECO, July 1988
Folder 10: FOUS, LIBI, BICA, August 1990
Folder 11: FOVA, December 1988
Folder 12: FRDO, February 1986
Folder 13: FRLA, May 1994

BOX 15
Folder 01: GATE, June 1987
Folder 02: GEGR, HAGR, July 1992
Folder 03: GERO, LIHO, WIHO, August 1993
Folder 04: GETT, September 1991
Folder 05: GETT, CATO, FRSP, October 1988
Folder 06: GETT, GWMP, September 1991
Folder 07: GEWA, April 1988

BOX 16
Folders 01-03: GLAC, August 1990
Folder 04: GLAC, LARO, August 1990
Folder 05: GLCA, RABR, March 1996
Folders 06-07: GLBA, August 1990

BOX 17
Folder 01: GOGA, April 1986
Folder 02: GOGA, June 1991
Folder 03: GOGA, November 1990, April 1992, May 1992
Folder 04: GOGA, October 1992
Folder 05: GOGA, PETR, March 1993
Folder 06: GOGA, PRSF, June 1991
Folder 07: GOGA, PUHE, JOTR, October 1983, June to August 1984
Folder 08: GOGA, SAFR, July 1964, March 1972, September 1975,
November 1975, December 1976, October 1983, July 1983, August 1987
Folder 09: GOSP, September 1987

BOX 18
Folder 01: GRBA, March 1976, July 1983, February 1986, August 1986,
November 1986
Folder 02: GRBA, February 1985, February 1986, August 1986
Folder 03: GRBA, February 1986, August 1986
Folder 04: GRBA, August 1986
Folder 05: GRBA, August 1986, November 1986
Folder 06: GRBA, February 1987
Folder 07: GRBA, JODA, December 1991

BOX 19
Folder 01: GRCA, June 1978
Folder 02: GRCA, August 1981
Folder 03: GRCA, May to June 1982
Folders 04-05: GRCA, August 1982
Folder 06: GRCA, November 1982
Folder 07: GRCA, July 1984
Folder 08: GRCA, July to August 1985
Folder 09: GRCA, November 1991
Folder 10: GRCA, CHIS, July 1991
Folder 11: GRCA, CRMO, May 1993
Folder 12: GRCA, FOBO, November 1992
Folder 13: GRCA, JOTR, LAKE, May 1991
Folder 14: GRCA, WUPA, NAVA, July 1996

BOX 20
Folder 01: GRKO, August 1987
Folder 02: GRSM, December 1984
Folder 03: GRTE, August 1968, July 1971
Folder 04: GRTE, August 1990
Folder 05: GUIS, July 1988
Folder 06: GUIS, TIMU, July 1988
Folder 07: HAFE, MONO, October 1988
Folder 08: HALE, June 1984
Folder 09: HALE, January 1985
Folder 10: HALE, February 1986
Folder 11: HALE, February 1987
Folder 12: HALE, HAVO, PUHO, June 1982

BOX 21
Folder 01: HAVO, October 1980
Folder 02: HAVO, June to July 1984
Folder 03: HAVO, January 1985
Folder 04: HAVO, October 1985
Folder 05: HAVO, February 1986
Folders 06-07: HAVO, December 1986
Folder 08: HAVO, February 1987
Folder 08: HAVO, PUHE, December 1978
Folder 09: HAVO, VALR, November 1992

BOX 22
Folder 01: Hawaii, General, December 1978
Folder 02: Hawaii, NPS Staff, October 1980
Folder 03: HEHO, July 1987
Folder 04: HOBE, July 1988
Folder 05: HOBE, TUIN, July 1988
Folder 06: HOCU, November 1987
Folder 07: HOFU, GEGR, July 1992
Folder 08: HOME, HEHO, July 1987
Folder 09: HOSP, July 1988
Folder 10: HOSP, July 1988
Folder 11: HOVE, June 1993

BOX 23
Folder 01: INDE, February 1986
Folder 02: INDE, June 1987
Folder 03: JELA, July 1986
Folder 04: JELA, GUIS, July 1988
Folder 05: JICA, July 1988
Folder 06: JICA, HOBE, July 1988
Folder 07: JOFL, August 1988
Folder 08: JOFL, WORI, September 1994
Folder 09: John F. Kennedy Gravesite, July 1988
Folder 10: JOMU, September 1984
Folder 11: JOMU, EUON, April 1982
Folder 12: JOMU, SHEN, May 1989

BOX 24
Folder 01: JOTR, COHO, May 1983
Folder 02: KAHO, November 1992
Folder 03: KALA, February 1981
Folder 04: KALA, June 1984
Folder 05: KALA, May 1985
Folder 06: KALA, March 1987
Folder 07: KALA, HAVA, June 1984
Folders 08-11: KATM, August 1990

BOX 25
Folders 01-04: KATM, August 1990
Folder 05: KATM, DENA, August 1990
Folders 06-08: KEFJ, August 1990

BOX 26
Folder 01: KLGO, August 1990
Folder 02: KLGO, GLBA, August 1990
Folder 03: LABE, October 1992
Folder 04: LABE, ORCA, October 1992
Folder 05: LAKE, July 1983
Folder 06: LAKE, August 1984
Folder 07: LAKE, November to December 1984
Folder 08: LAKE, July 1987

BOX 27
Folder 01: LAKE, GRCA, May 1993
Folder 02: LAMR, CAVO, July 1988
Folders 03-05: LARO, August 1990
Folder 06: LAVO, September 1986
Folder 07: LAVO, SAMO, GOGA, September to October 1983
Folder 08: LAVO, TUMA, July 1978, March 1982, December 1983

BOX 28
Folder 01: LIBI, August 1990
Folder 02: LIBI, BICA, June 1994
Folder 03: LIRI, ANDE, JICA, September 1996
Folder 04: LONG, no date
Folder 05: LOWE, October 1990
Folder 06: LOWE, SPAR, October 1980
Folder 07: LYJO, June 1992
Folder 08: LYJO, YELL, no date
Folder 09: LYJO, YOSE, September 1982
Folder 10: MACA, ABLI, August 1991
Folder 11: MACA, STRI, August 1991
Folder 12: MALU, OCMU, September 1998

BOX 29
Folder 01: MANA, GRFA, PRWI, February 1988
Folder 02: MANZ, PEPR, November 1993
Folder 03: MAVA, June 1987
Folder 04: MAWA, RICH, October 1988
Folder 05: LIRI, KEMO, CHAT, September 1996
Folder 06: MIMA, May 1994
Folder 07: MIMA, ACAD, May 1992
Folder 08: MOCA, no date
Folder 09: MOCA, LAKE, TUMA, July 1981, December 1982
Folders 10-13: MOJA, December 1987
Folder 14: MOJA, May 1991

BOX 30
Folder 01: MOJA, GOGA, MAVA, June, December 1987
Folder 02: MORA, October 1992
Folder 03: MORA, July 1986, 1987
Folder 04: MORR, June 1987
Folder 05: MORR, July 1987
Folder 06: MORR, BLRI, November-November and December 1987
Folder 07: Mountain Climbing, Rescue-September 1963, April to
September 1965
Folder 08: NABR, TONT, November 1991
Folder 08 NATR, TUBE; BRRC, August 1991
Folder 09: NATR, VICK, July 1988
Folder 10: NAVA, July 1996
Folder 11: NEPE, August 1987
Folder 12: NEPE, GRKO, ELRO, TICA, August 1987

BOX 31
Folder 01: NERI, BLRI, SHEN, August 1991
Folders 02-05: NOCA, August 1990
Folders 06-07: NOCA, October 1992
Folder 08: NPS Superintendent’s Conference, ALCA, SAFR, PORE, May
1987
Folder 09: OLYM, October 1992
Folder 10: OLYM, LECL, October 1992

BOX 32
Folder 01: ORCA, October 1992
Folder 02: ORCA, LEWI, October 1992
Folder 03: ORPI, April 1987
Folder 04: ORPI, December 1987
Folder 05: PAIS, July 1980
Folder 06: PECO, July 1988
Folder 07: PECO, BAND, July 1988
Folder 08: PEFO, July 1984
Folder 09: PEFO, January 1985
Folder 10: PEFO, July 1988
Folder 11: PEFO, WACA, July 1988

BOX 33
Folder 01: PETE, October 1988
Folder 02: PETE, SAGU, February to April 1982
Folder 03: PETR, June 1991
Folder 04: PETR, March 1993
Folder 05: PETR, May 1993
Folder 06: PETR, November 1993
Folder 07: PETR, January 1995
Folder 08: PETR, ALCA, PINN, March 1993
Folder 09: PETR, ELMO, JUNE 1992
Folder 10: PETR, PRSF, June 1991

BOX 34
Folder 01: PINN, April 1992
Folder 02: PINN, March 1993
Folder 03: PIPE, BADL, Wounded Knee, July 1987
Folder 04: PISP, July 1988
Folder 05: PISP, GLCA, March 1996
Folder 06: PORE, June, November 1983, December 1984, July 1985
Folder 07: PORE, BLRI, March 1990
Folder 08: PORE, PINN, July 1979
Folder 09: PRSF, April 1991
Folder 10: PRSF, June 1995

BOX 35
Folder 01: PUHE, HALE, HAVO, January 1980
Folder 02: PUHE, PUHO, KAHO, November 1992
Folder 03: PUHO, February 1981, June 1984
Folders 04-06: PUHO, July 1984
Folder 07: PUHO, February 1987
Folder 08: Pacific Islands, Micronesia, 1981,1984
Folder 09: REDW, September 1985
Folder 10: REDW, GRCA, September 1980
Folder 11: REDW, WHIS, GRCA, September 1983, October 1984

BOX 36
Folder 01: ROMO, July 1985
Folder 02: SAAN, LYJO, June 1992
Folder 03: SAFR, October 1992
Folder 04: SAFR, ALCA, MUWO, FOPO, GRCA, August 1978
Folder 05: SAFR, GRCA, WHIS, July 1978
Folder 06: SAGU, May 1984
Folder 07: SAGU, July 1984
Folder 08: SAGU, CORO, CHIR, March 1979
Folder 09: SAGU, GOGA, March 1995
Folder 10: SAGU, MOCA, April 1987

BOX 37
Folder 01: SAMA, no date
Folder 02: SAMO, September 1978
Folder 03: SAMO, February 1984
Folder 04: SAMO, May 1985
Folder 05: SAMO, April 1987
Folder 06: SAJU, July 1988

BOX 38
Folder 01: SARA, June 1987
Folder 02: SARA, July 1992
Folder 03: SCBL, July 1987
Folder 04: SCBL, August 1993
Folder 05: SEKI, August to October 1984
Folder 06: SEKI, October 1987
Folder 07: SEKI, LAKE, June 1983
Folder 08: SEKI, STLI, October 1990
Folder 09: SHEN, NAMA, May 1978
Folder 10: SHEN, PIRO, 1953 to 1955

BOX 39
Folder 01: SHIL, August 1991
Folder 02: Slide Show Western Region, DEVA, GRVA, ORPI, REDW,
November 1963 to September 1978
Folder 03: STEA, June 1987
Folder 04: STEA, SPAR, WEFA, no date
Folder 05: STLI, June 1987
Folder 06: STLI, October 1990
Folder 07: STLI, EDIS, October 1990
Folder 08: STLI, SAHI, July 1992
Folder 09: TAPR, July 1988
Folder 10: THIS, no date
Folder 11: THIS, CLBA, April 1988
Folder 12: THRB, STLI, July 1992
Folder 13: THST, October 1988

BOX 40
Folder 01: TICA, July 1987
Folder 02: TIMU, CASA, July 1988
Folder 03: TONT, November 1991
Folder 04: TONT, TUZI, MOCA, November 1991
Folder 05: TUIN, NATR, July 1988
Folder 06: TUMA, DEVA, April 1980
Folder 07: TUZI, June 1986
Folder 08: UPDE, June 1987
Folder 09: VAFO, no date
Folder 10: VAFO, HOFR, VAMA, June 1987

BOX 41
Folder 01: VALR, February 1984, June 1984
Folder 02: VALR, October 1985, May 1986
Folder 03: VALR, 1987
Folder 04: VALR, March 1997
Folder 05: VALR, DINO, December 1992
Folder 06: VICK, July 1988
Folder 07: VIIS, CHRI, July 1988
Folder 08: VIVE, November 1982
Folder 09: VIVE, August 1988

BOX 42
Folder 01: WAPA, October 1978, February 1981, June 1984, May 1986
Folder 02: WAPA, February 1981, June 1984
Folder 03: WAPA, June 1984, March 1987
Folder 04: WAPA, May 1986
Folders 05-07: WAPA, October 1978
Folder 08: WAPA, December 1979
Folders 09-11: WAPA, January 1980
Folder 12: WAPA, November 1982
Folder 13: WAPA, VALR, November 1982

BOX 43
Folder 01: WHIS, October 1992
Folder 02: WHIS, LAVO, October 1992
Folder 03: WHIS, REDW, October 1984
Folder 04: WHMI, December 1988
Folder 05: WORI, FOST, STEA, September 1994
Folders 06-09: WRST, July 1990
Folders 10-11: WRST, August 1990

BOX 44
Folder 01: WUPA, GRCA, GLCA, PISP, July 1988
Folder 02: WUPA, SUCR, July 1988
Folder 03: YELL, June 1985
Folder 04: YELL, September 1986
Folder 05: YELL, September 1988, January 1989
Folder 06: YELL, May 1990
Folders 07-08: YELL, August 1990
Folder 09: YELL, June 1992
Folder 10: YELL, BLRI, August, September 1987
Folder 11: YELL, GRTE, August 1990
Folder 12: YELL, HALE, September 1988
Folder 13: YELL, VIVE, WAMO, MAMC, May 1993

BOX 45
Folder 01: YOSE, August 1979
Folder 02: YOSE, August 1981
Folder 03: YOSE, June, July 1983, August 1984
Folder 04: YOSE, March 1984, September 1984
Folder 05: YOSE, September 1984
Folder 06: YOSE, May 1994
Folder 07: YOSE, DEVA, May 1978
Folder 08: YOSE, HAVO, October 1978, 1980
Folder 09: YOSE, TONT, ALCA, November 1976
Folder 10: YUCH, August 1990

BOX 46
Folder 01: YUHO, no date
Folder 02: ZION, March 1996
Folder 03: ZION, July 1988
Folders 04-05: ZION, November 1991

Series IV: Diaries and Notes, 1971-1990

Volume of Series: 1.1 LF
Arranged chronologically by year.

Scope and Content Note

Chapman's bound diaries covering his career from 1971-1986. Entries exist for almost every day and usually begin with his morning routine, exercise regime, and the weather. Personal, family, and work entries are mixed within the diaries. Each day's activities, meetings, travel, events, and pertinent conversations are summarized. Names have been highlighted in the text. Annual activities such as total air miles traveled are also summarized. Some diaries include loose notes and memoranda tucked into them. Beginning in 1972, a summary of the sites he visited that year, along with dates, is present in the back of each diary, which will be particularly helpful to researchers interested in specific parks. Also included are Chapman's general notes his photographs and slide lists associated with programs he developed.

Container List

BOX 01
Folder 01: 1971
Folder 02: 1972
Folder 03: 1973
Folder 04: 1974
Folder 05: 1975
Folder 06: 1976
Folder 07: 1977
Folder 08: 1978
Folder 09: 1979
Folder 10: 1980

BOX 02
Folder 01: 1981
Folder 02: 1982
Folder 03: 1983
Folder 04: 1984
Folder 05: 1965
Folder 06: 1986
Folder 07: 1990 Slide Notes

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