Guide to the NPS Superintendent Annual Reports

This thematic guide provides a list of NPS superintendent annual reports (SARs) found in various archival collections within the NPS History Collection. SARs in individual park museum collections are not included. Researchers need to contact parks directly for information about SARs in their museum archives.

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Thematic Overview

Topic: NPS Superintendent Annual Reports
Inclusive Dates: 1914-2005
Bulk Dates: 1969-2005
Language of Materials: English

Digitized copies: Although some SARs have been digitized as a result of prior research requests, most have not.

Conditions Governing Use: This collection is open to research use. See the NPS general copyright & restrictions information.
Provenance: These are non-record copies of annual reports prepared by park superintendents and sent to the NPS History Collection from various sources over many years.
Processing Note: This collection was processed and described by Allison Phelps in August 2024.

Rights Statements for Archival Description: This Guide to the NPS Superintendent Annual Reports is in the public domain.
Preferred Citation: Citations for specific SARs will be provided when requested as they may be part of different collections.
Location of Repository: NPS History Collection, Harpers Ferry Center, PO Box 50, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425

Related Collections:

• Superintendent monthly reports in NPS Assembled Historic Records of the NPS (HFCA 1645), NPS History Collection.

Scope and Content Note

Superintendent annual reports (SARs) prepared to provide the NPS director with an annual summary of the park's highlights, management issues, success, and needs. Most follow a similar format and discuss recurring subjects, including administration; personnel; budget and finance; special events; concession operations; interpretation; environmental education; historic preservation; visitor services; law enforcement; fish and wildlife management; fee collection; grounds and facility management; roads and trails; research and publications; youth conservation corps; and public affairs. Park-specific recurring topics such as animal attacks, beach erosion, or similar subjects are included in some reports where applicable. The earliest reports follow different formats and were submitted to the secretary of the Interior prior to the creation of the NPS in 1916.

List of SARs

Below is an alphabetical listing of SARs arranged by park code. Please note that this guide is still being developed. Due to the wide interest in these reports, however, a partial list (currently ABLI-GLAC) is provided. Updates will be made as collection processing continues.

Park Name	Code	Report Years	Notes
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Memorial Park	ABLI	1972-1975, 1979-1986, 1988-2005	January 1994-September 1995 is one report
Acadia National Park	ACAD	1972-1974, 1980, 1984-1988, 1990, 1992-1993, 2000-2004
Adams National Historical Park	ADAM	1972-1974, 1980-1982, 1984-1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2000-2001, 2003, 2004
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	AGFO	1982-1985, 1987, 1988, 1992, 2000-2001, 2003-2005
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument	ALFL	2003
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	ALPO	1972-1975, 1980-1981, 1984, 1986, 1988-1993, 2000, 2001, 2004	Includes Johnstown Flood National Memorial (1989, 2002); FONE, FRHI (2002)
Amistad National Recreation Area	AMIS	1972-1975, 1981-1984, 1987-1995, 1998, 2002-2005
American Memorial Park	AMME	1982, 2001
Andersonville National Historic Site	ANDE	1972-1975, 1979-1986, 1988-1989, 1992-1993, 1996-1997, 1999-2004	Includes Jimmy Carter National Historic Site (1989, 1996, 1999)
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site	ANJO	1972-1975, 1979, 1982-1986, 1988-2001, 2003-2005
Antietam National Battlefield	ANTI	1973-1974, 1976, 1979-1980, 1984-1985, 1988, 1990, 1992-1993, 1996, 2001, 2004-2005
Appomattox Court House National HIstorical Park	APCO	1972-1975, 1979, 1981-1983, 1985-1993, 2000-2001, 2003-2004
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	APIS	1972-1975, 1979-1982, 1984-1992, 1997-1998, 2001, 2004-2005
Arches National Park	ARCH	1941, 1975, 1979-1982, 1984, 1988-1990, 1993-1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2003-2005	1994 & 1995 in one report
Arkansas Post National Memorial	ARPO	1972-1975, 1980-1997, 2000, 2005
Assateague Island National Seashore	ASIS	1973-1992, 2000-2004
Aztec Ruins National Monument	AZRU	1972-1975, 1980-1989, 1991-1992, 1994-1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2003
Badlands National Park	BADL	1973-1975, 1978-1980, 1982-1986, 1989, 1992-1993, 1996-1998, 2000-2001, 2003, 2005
Bandelier National Monument	BAND	1972-1973, 1975, 1979-1981, 1985-1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2003-2005
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve	BELA	1982, 1984-1986, 1989-1991, 1995, 2003	Includes CAKR (2003); Kobuk Valley National Park, Noatak National Preserve (2003)
Bent's Old Fort National HIstoric Site	BEOL	1973, 1975, 1979-1983, 1985-1995, 1997-1998, 2003-2005
Big Bend National Park	BIBE	1973-1975, 1980-1985, 1987-1989, 1991-1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2003-2005	Includes Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River (1998)
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	BICA	1973-1975, 1979-1990, 1993, 1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2003-2005
Big Cypress National Preserve	BICY	1979-1984, 1988, 1990, 1992-1993, 1996-2001, 2003-2005
Big Hole National Battlefield	BIHO	1973-1975, 1979-1987, 1990-1993, 1995-1996, 2001	1991 & 1992 in one report
Biscayne National Park	BISC	1972-1975, 1979-1986, 1988-1991, 1994-1997, 2001, 2003-2005	1994 & 1995 in one report
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	BISO	1980-1986, 1988-1999, 2001, 2003-2004	Includes Obed Wild & Scenic River (2001)
Big Thicket National Preserve	BITH	1975-1976, 1985, 1988-1991, 1993-1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2003-2004
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	BLCA	1973, 1975, 1979-1980, 1982-1985, 1987, 1989-1990, 1992, 1994-1995, 1997, 2001, 2003-2005	Includes CURE (1994-1995, 1997, 2001)
Blue Ridge Parkway	BLRI	1972, 1974-1976, 1979-1985, 1989-1993, 1995-2000, 2001, 2003
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park	BLRV	1990, 1993, 2004
Boston African American National Historic Site	BOAF	1983, 1985-1986, 1989-1990, 2000
Boston National Historical Park	BOST	1980-1981, 1984-1986, 1988, 1990, 1992-1993, 2000-2001, 2003
Booker T. Washington National Monument	BOWA	1973-1974, 1979- 1980, 1983, 1985-1992, 2000-2001, 2003-2004
Bryce Canyon National Park	BRCA	1972-1983, 1985-1990, 1992-1999, 2001, 2003-2004	1994 & 1995 in one report
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site	BRVB	1995, 1997-1998, 2000-2001, 2005
Buffalo National River	BUFF	1972, 1974, 1979-1983, 1987-1998, 2001, 2003-2005
Cabrillo National Monument	CABR	1973-1975, 1979-1981, 1983-1985, 1987-1992, 1995-1997, 2002-2004
Cane River Creole National Historical Park	CARI	1996-2005
Canyon de Chelly National Monument	CACH	1941, 1972-1973, 1975, 1980-1986, 1988-1995, 1997-1998, 2002, 2005
Castle Clinton National Monument	CACL	1988, 1992, 2000
Cape Cod National Seashore	CACO	1972-1975, 1980-1982, 1984-1986, 1990, 1992-1993, 2001, 2003-2004
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument	CAGR	1918-1926, 1972-1987, 1989, 1992, 1994-1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2005
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	CAHA	1971-1975, 1979-1982, 1984-1986, 1988-1992, 1996-2000, 2005	Includes CAHA (1980, 1996-1997); FORA, WRBR (1998-2000)
Cape Krusenstern National Monument	CAKR	1984-1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 2000	Includes Kobuk Valley National Park, Noatak National Preserve (1984-1986, 1990, 1993, 2000); BELA (2000)
Cape Lookout National Seashore	CALO	1973-1975, 1979, 1981-1985, 1988-1990, 1992-1995, 1997-2000, 2003-2005
Canveral National Seashore	CANA	1975, 1979-1985, 1990, 1992-1996, 1998-2001, 2003-2005	1994 & 1995 in one report
Canyonlands National Park	CANY	1972-1974, 1983-1984, 1987-1990, 1992-1993, 2003-2005	Includes ARCH, Natural Bridges National Monument (1972-1974)
Capitol Reef National Park	CARE	1972-1975, 1978, 1980, 1990, 1992, 1996-1998, 2001, 2003-2005
Cane River Creole National Historical Park	CARI	1997-2000, 2003-2005
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	CARL	1972, 1974-1975, 1979, 1981-1983, 1985-1986, 1988, 1990, 1992-1997, 1999, 2001, 2003-2005
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument	CASA	1972, 1974-1975, 1980, 1982-1985, 1989-1991, 1993, 1996-1999, 2001, 2004, 2005	Includes FOMA (1972, 1974, 1980, 1982-1985, 1989-1991, 1993, 1996-1999, 2001)
Catocin Mountain Park	CATO	1973, 1982, 1984-1985, 1987, 1989, 1990-1996, 2001, 2003	Includes Greenbelt Park (1989), BAWA (1989)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	CAVE	1972-1975, 1980-1989, 1991-1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2003-2005	Includes CAVE (1972, 1974, 1980)
Capulin Volcano National Monument	CAVO	1941, 1972-1975, 1979-1986, 1989-1995, 1997-1998, 2001	Includes CAVO (1972-1974, 1979-1986)
Cedar Breaks National Monument	CEBR	1975, 1976, 1983-1984, 1986, 1990, 1992-1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2003	1994 & 1995 in one report
Chamizal National Memorial	CHAM	1972-1975, 1980-1982, 1984-1995, 1997, 2002-2005	1994 & 1995 in one report
Chattahoochee Riber National Recreation Area	CHAT	1979-1986, 1988, 1992-1993, 1995, 1997-1998, 2000-2001, 2003-2005
Chickmauga and Chattonooga National Military Park	CHCH	1972, 1974-1975, 1979-1981, 1983-1986, 1988, 1990-1993, 1995, 1997-2001, 2004-2005
Chaco Culture National HIstorical Park	CHCU	1941, 1972-1975, 1979-1982, 1987-1989, 1991-1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2003-2005	Formerly Chaco Canyon National Monument; Includes Chaco Center (1975)
Chickasaw National Recreate Area	CHIC	1914, 1972-1974, 1979-1984, 1987-1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2003-2005
Chiricahua National Monument	CHIR	1941, 1972-1975, 1979, 1981, 1983-1992, 1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2004-2005	Includes FOBO (1989, 1997-1998, 2001)
Channel Islands National Park	CHIS	1972-1975, 1978-1980, 1982-1993, 1996, 2000, 2003
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	CHOH	1974-1977, 1979, 1982-1983, 1987-1988, 1990-1992, 1994-1997, 2001, 2003
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site	CHPI	1996-1999
Christiansted National Historic Site	CHRI	1948, 1952, 1955, 1975, 1979-1982, 1984-1986, 1988-1989	Includes BUIS (1975, 1979-1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989)
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site	CHSC	2001
City of Rocks National Reserve	CIRO	1993, 1996, 2003
Coulee Dam National Recreation Area	CODA	1969, 1972-1975, 1980-1983, 1985-1986, 1989-1993, 1995
Colorado National Monument	COLM	1969, 1972, 1974, 1979-1990, 1992, 1994, 1997-1998, 2001, 2003-2005	Includes CURE (1969); BLCA (1969); Colorado West Group (1974)
Colonial National HIstorical Park	COLO	1972-1974, 1979-1993, 2003
Congaree National Park	CONG	1979-1985, 1988-1997, 1999, 2003	1994 & 1995 in one report
Coronado National Memorial	CORO	1937, 1965, 1973, 1975, 1979-1989, 1991-1992, 1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2003-2005
Cowpens National Battlefield	COWP	1981, 1985-1986, 1990-1994, 1996-1997, 1999, 2001, 2003-2005	Includes Ninety Six NHS (1986)
Crater Lake National Park	CRLA	1914, 1972-1974, 1980-1986, 1989, 1991-1993, 1996, 2003-2004
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	CRMO	1970, 1973, 1975, 1980-1986, 1989-1993, 1995-1997, 2000-2004
Cumberland Gap National HIstorical Park	CUGA	1969, 1972-1975, 1979-1986, 1988-1993, 1996-1998, 2000-2001, 2003-2005
Cumberland Island National Seashore	CUIS	1973, 1975, 1979, 1982-1986, 1989-1999, 2001, 2005	1994 & 1995 in one report
Curecanti National Recreation Area	CURE	1972-1975, 1979, 1981-1982, 1984-1991, 1993-1995, 1998, 2003	1995 & 1995 in one report; Includes BLCA (1998); Colorado West Group Office (1974)
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	CUVA	1979-1993, 1995-1998, 2000-2001, 2003-2004
Dayton Aviation Heritage National HIstorical Park	DAAV	1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000-2001, 2003
Denali National Park and Preserve	DENA	1971, 1973-1975, 1985-1986, 1989-1991, 1993, 1996-1997, 2003	Formerly Mount McKinley National Park
Devils Postpile National Monument	DEPO	2001-2004
De Soto National Memorial	DESO	1983-1984, 1986, 1988-1990, 1992, 1994-1995, 1997-2001, 2003-2005	1994 & 1995 in one report
Devils Tower National Monument	DETO	1969, 1973-1975, 1979-1981, 1983-1990, 1992, 1995, 1997-1998, 2003-2005
Death Valley National Park	DEVA	1972-1975, 1979-1992, 2004
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	DEWA	1972-1974, 1979-1988, 1993, 2000-2003
Dinosaur National Monument	DINO	1969, 1972-1975, 1979, 1983, 1990, 1992, 1997-1998, 2001, 2003-2005
Dry Tortugas National Park	DRTO	1972, 1981, 1990, 2000-2001, 2003-2004	Formerly Fort Jefferson National Monument (FOJE)
Ebey's Landing National HIstorical Reserve	EBLA	1981-1983, 1989-1993, 1996-1997, 2000-2003
Edgar Allan Pe National Historic Site	EDAL	1981, 1985, 1990
Thomas Edison National Historical Park	EDIS	1980-1982, 1984-1985, 1987-1988, 1990, 1992-1993, 2000
Effigy Mounds National Monument	EFMO	1969, 1972-1975, 1979-1983, 1986-1993, 1995-1998, 2000-2001, 2003
El Malpais National Monument	ELMA	1988-1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2003-2005
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site	EUON	1979, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989-1990, 1992, 1997, 2003
Everglades National Park	EVER	1969, 1972-1975, 1979-1980, 1982-1983, 1985-1986, 1988, 1990-1993, 1996-2001, 2003-2005	Includes DRTO (1986, 1992)
Federal Hall National Memorial	FEHA	1972-1973, 1984, 2001	Includes Manhattan Group (1973); FEHA (1984); CACL (1984)
Fire Island National Seashore	FIIS	1969, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980-1982, 1984-1986, 1988, 1990, 1992-1993, 2001, 2003-2004
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	FLFO	1973-1975, 1979-1983, 1985, 1987-1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005	1991 & 1992 in one report
Fort Bowie National Historic Site	FOBO	1972-1974, 1998
Fossil Butte National Monument	FOBU	1974, 1979-1992, 1995, 1997-1998, 2003	1991 & 1992 in one report
Fort Caroline National Memorial	FOCA	1972-1975, 1979-1986, 1990-1992, 1996, 2001, 2005	1994 & 1995 in one report; Includes Timucan Ecological and Historic Preserve (1996, 2001)
Fort Clatsop National Memorial	FOCL
Fort Davis National Historic Site	FODA	1972-1975, 1979-1990, 1992, 1994-1995, 1997-1998, 2003-2004
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	FODO	1969, 1971, 1973-1975, 1979-1986, 1988-1990, 1992, 1995-2001, 2003-2005
Fort Frederica National Monument	FOFR	1969, 1972-1974, 1979-1984, 1986, 1988-1990, 1992, 1995, 1998-1999, 2001, 2003, 2005
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	FOLA	1969, 1972-1975, 1979-1982, 1984-1987, 1989, 1990-1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2003-2005
Fort Larned National Historic Site	FOLS	1972-1975, 1979-1982, 1984-1988, 1990-1991, 1993, 1995-1996, 2003-2005
Fort Matanzas National Monument	FOMA	1992-2003
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine	FOMC	1972-1974, 1980-1986, 1988-1993, 2000-2001, 2003-2004	Includes Hampton National Historical Site (1972, 1984, 1989, 1990-1991, 1993)
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	FONE	1979-1981, 1984-1986, 1989-1993, 2004	Includes FRHI (1989, 1993)
Fort Point National Historic Site	FOPO	1972-1975, 1978, 1982-1983
Fort Pulaski National Monument	FOPU	1972-1975, 1980-1981, 1983-1986, 1988-1999, 2001, 2003-2005	1994 & 1995 in one report
Fort Scott National Historic Site	FOSC	1979-1986, 1988, 1991, 1996-1998, 2000-2001, 2003-2005
Fort Smith National Historic Site	FOSM	1969, 1972-1975, 1979-1991, 1993-1998, 2001, 2005
Fort Stanwix National Monument	FOST	1974, 1979-1982, 1985-1986, 1988, 1990, 1992-1993, 2001, 2003-2004
Fort Sumter National Monument	FOSU	1969, 1972-1975, 1979-1986, 1988, 1990-2000, 2001, 2003-2005	Includes CHPI (2000-2001, 2003)
Fort Union National Monument	FOUN	1972-1975, 1983, 1985, 1988-1989, 1991, 1993-1995, 1997-1998, 2003-2004
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	FOUS	1984-1990, 1992, 1995-1997, 2000-2001, 2003-2005
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site	FOVA	1972-1975, 1980-1983, 1985-1986, 1989-1991, 1993
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	FRHI	1981, 1990
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site	FRLA	1980-1982, 1984-1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2000-2001	Johnstown Flood National Memorial (2000), Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site (2000)
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park	FRSP	1969, 1973-1974, 1979-1993, 2000-2001
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve	GAAR	1983-1986, 1989-1991, 1993, 1999-2000, 2003	Includes Yucca House National Monument (1999-2000)
Gateway National Recreation Area	GATE	1974, 1981-1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992
General Grant National Memorial	GEGR	1952-1953
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park	GERO	1972, 1974-1975, 1979-1993, 1996-1997, 2000-2001, 2003-2005
Gettysburg National Military Park	GETT	1939-1940, 1972-1974, 1979, 1981-1993	Includes EISE (1983-1993)
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	GEWA	1969, 1972-1974, 1979, 1981-1993	Includes Thomas Stone National Historic Site (1986-1993)
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	GICL	1979-1985, 1987-1989, 1993, 2003
Glacier National Park	GLAC	1969, 1973-1975, 1979-1985, 1987-1995, 1997-1998, 2001, 2004-2005	January 1, 1994-September 30, 1995 in one report