Agate Fossil Beds Administrative History

Endnotes

1. Mrs. Grayson E. Meade to Ronald Reagan President of the United States of America, letter, 15 February 1981, A3615.

2. Ibid.

3. Senator Edward Zorinsky to Department of the Interior, 24 February 1981, A3615.

4. Assistant to the Secretary and Director of Congressional and Legislative Affairs Stanley W. Hulett to Senator Edward Zorinsky, 17 April 1981, A3615.

5. Superintendent Alford J. Banta to Regional Director J. L. Dunning, 2 December 1981, and "Draft Core Mission Declaration, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument," review comments incorporated, A5639.

6. Superintendent Banta to Regional Director Dunning, 11 March 1982, A2621.

7. Wayside Exhibits Proposals, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, submitted to Harpers Ferry Center October 1981, D6215.

8. Press Release, "New Park Handbook Explores Discoveries at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument," 7 May 1981, K3415.

9. Annual Meeting Minutes, Oregon Trail Museum Association, Scotts Bluff National Monument Visitor Center, 3 December 1981, A42, SCBL.

10. Superintendent Banta to Regional Director Dunning, 19 August 1981, D6215; and Alford J. ("Jerry") Banta, Superintendent, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, interview with author at Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska, 6 March 1985, transcript.

11. Regional Director Dunning to Regional Solicitor, Rocky Mountain Region, Office of the Solicitor, 16 September 1981, D6215.

12. Regional Solicitor, Rocky Mountain Region, Office of the Solicitor, to Regional Director Dunning, Midwest Region, 30 September 1981, D6215.

13. Arthur C. Allen, Chief, Division of Museum Services, Harpers Ferry Center, to Ann Hitchcock, Chief Curator, Washington Office, 16 November 1981, D6215.

14. Ann Hitchcock to Arthur C. Allen, November [?], 1981, D6215.

15. Regional Solicitor, Rocky Mountain Region, Office of the Solicitor, to Regional Director Dunning, Midwest Region, 6 April 1982, D6215.

16. "Scope of Collections Statement for Agate Fossil Beds National Monument," approved 2 July 1982, Randall R. Pope, Acting Regional Director, D6215.

17. Superintendent Banta to Regional Director Dunning, Annual Report 1982 [undated], A2621. Annual Reports from 1982 to 1984 were supplied to the author by the park without transmittal memoranda and, therefore, there are no dates.

18. Superintendent Banta to Regional Director Dunning, 30 December 1983, D6215.

19. Ibid.

20. Regional Solicitor, Rocky Mountain Region, Office of the Solicitor, to Regional Director Dunning, Midwest Region, 3 August 1984, D6215.

21. Superintendent Banta to Regional Director Dunning, Annual Report 1983 [undated], A2621.

22. Superintendent Banta to Regional Director Charles H. Odegaard, Annual Report 1984 [undated], A2621.

23. Regional Director Odegaard to Superintendent Banta, 2 January 1985, and "An Agreement For The Exchange of Items Between The National Park Service and Ms. Dorothy Meade, Agate, Nebraska," A2621.

24. Press Release, "Carnivore Den Systems Discovered at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument," 23 July 1982, K3415.

25. Superintendent Banta to Regional Director Dunning, Annual Report 1982 [undated], A2621.

26. Ibid.

27. Acting Regional Director Randall R. Pope to Superintendent Banta, 9 February 1982, D22.

28. Superintendent Banta to Regional Director Dunning, 5 March 1982, A5639.

29. Superintendent Banta to Regional Director Dunning, Annual Report 1983 [undated], A2621.

30. Contracting Office, Midwest Regional Office, to Ms. Karen Zimmerman, American Indian Research Project and Archeology Laboratory, Department of Social Behavior, University of South Dakota-Vermillion, letter, 14 September 1983, D6215.

31. "Nebraska Dens Oldest Known: 20-Million-Year-Old Fossils Found," Omaha World-Herald (15 July 1983), p. 24, K3415.

32. Superintendent Banta to Regional Director Odegaard, Annual Report 1984 [undated], A2621.

33. Statement for Management, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, approved by Midwest Regional Director Charles H. Odegaard on 24 September 1984, D18.

34. Ibid.

35. Superintendent Banta to the Files, 3 November 1982, D30.

36. Superintendent Banta to Regional Director Dunning, Annual Report 1982 [undated], A2621.

37. Superintendent Banta to Regional Director Dunning, Annual Report 1983 [undated], A2621; and Alford J. ("Jerry") Banta, Superintendent, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, interview with author at Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska, 6 March 1985, transcript.

38. Cooperative Agreement Between the National Park Service and Sioux County, Nebraska, CA-6710-4-8014, 4 September 1984, D30.

39. Superintendent Banta to Regional Director Odegaard, Annual Report 1984 [undated], A2621.

40. Superintendent Banta to Regional Director Odegaard, 13 August 1985, H1415, Midwest Regional Office Files.

41. John B. Rapier, III, Management Assistant/Ranger-in-Charge, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, interview with author, 7 March 1985, transcript.

42. Howard W. Baker, interview with author, Omaha, Nebraska, 13 May 1986. transcript, p. 9.

43. Acting Regional Director Randall R. Pope to Superintendent Banta, 1 October 1984; approved Developmental/Study Package Proposal/Form 10-238, Package 115, D2215.

44. Ibid.

45. John B. Rapier, III, Management Assistant/Ranger-in-Charge, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, interview with author, 7 March 1985, and Alford J. ("Jerry") Banta, Superintendent, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, interview with author at Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska, 6 March 1985, transcripts.

46. Fiscal Year 1984 Lump Sum Construction Program, Development/Study Package Proposal/Form 10-238, Agate Fossil Beds, Correct Human Erosion of Foot Trail With Surfacing, 25 August 1983, D2219.

47. Acting Superintendent to Regional Director Odegaard, 8 November 1984; and Regional Director Odegaard to Superintendent Banta, 18 January 1985, D6215.

48. Karen Zimmerman, The Cook Papers: An Archival Collection from Agate Fossil Beds National Monument," prepared under contract to the National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office (Vermillion: University of South Dakota, 1984).

49. Draft Land Protection Plan, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, 1984.

50. Alford J. ("Jerry") Banta, Superintendent, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, interview with author at Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska, 6 March 1985, transcript.

51. John B. Rapier, III, Management Assistant/Ranger-in-Charge, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska, 7 March 1985, transcript.

52. Roy W. Weaver, Superintendent, Edison NHS, New Jersey (former Agate Fossil Beds Management Assistant), to Ron Cockrell, letter, 14 April 1986, H1417, Cultural Resources Management, Midwest Regional Office Files.

53. James Denney, "Anniversary Passes Quietly At Nebraska's Agate Fossil Bed," Magazine of the Midlands, Omaha-World Herald (24 November 1985), 16.