Big Bend Administrative History

¹ Memorandum of George F. Baggley, Wildlife Supervisor, Branch of Planning and State Cooperation, NPS, Washington, DC, to Wirth, March 9, 1936, 720-04 Wildlife Survey Big Bend National Park File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend National Park 719 - 833.05 Files, Box 836, DC NARA II.

² Memorandum of G.A. Moskey, Assistant Director, NPS, Washington, DC, to Wirth, March 11, 1936, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend National Park 0-32 File, Box 821, DC NARA II; Interview with Jose A. Cisneros, Superintendent, Big Bend National Park, January 11, 1996.

³ Memorandum of Maynard S. Johnson, NPS Regional Wildlife Technician, Bronxville, NY, to Baggley, April 24, 1936, RG79, NPS, CCF, 1933-1949 Big Bend 0-32 File, Box 82, DC NARA II. The memorandum cited included a report by W.B. McDougall and M.S. Johnson, "Unique Fauna And Flora Of The American Side Of The Proposed Big Bend International Park."

⁴ Ibid.

⁵ Ibid.

⁶ Ibid.

⁷ Ibid.

⁸ Charles N. Gould, Regional Geologist, Region VII, , Oklahoma City, OK, "Second Preliminary Report On Big Bend State Park SP-33-T," April 30, 1936, Big Bend Historical Files, Science and Resources Management Division Library (cited as SRM Library), Big Bend National Park.

⁹ Ibid.

¹⁰ Ibid.

¹¹ Ibid.

¹² Ibid.

¹³ A.F. Robinson, Alpine, TX, to "Secty. Dept. Interior, Mr. Conrad L. Worth, Mr. Herbert Maier, Washington, D.C.," June 6, 1936, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa FE, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Folder: General April 1, 1936-July 30, 1936, Box 94, DEN NARA.

¹⁴ Ibid.

¹⁵ Ibid.

¹⁶ James O. Stevenson, Acting Chief, Wildlife Division, NPS, Washington, DC, to Regional Officer, Region No. 3, Oklahoma City, OK, June 13, 1936, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend -=32 File, Box 821, DC NARA II.

¹⁷ Memorandum of McDougall, "Big Bend SP 33-T Project 1005, Experimental Plots," June 11, 1936, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to CCC, ECW, and ERA Work in National Parks, Forests, and Monuments and Recreational Areas, 1933-1934, Box 95, Folder: Project 1005, DEN NARA.

¹⁸ Memorandum of McDougall to Mr. Maier, "Protection of Flora, Fauna, and Archaeology in the Big Bend, Texas," June 19, 1936, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Folder: General April 1, 1936-July 30, 1936, Box 94, DEN NARA.

¹⁹ Ibid.

²⁰ Press Release, August 6, 1936, NPS, Oklahoma City, OK, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend 0-32 File, Box 821, DC NARA II; Townsend to the Honorable Stafford Payne, Del Rio, TX, August 24, 1936, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to CCC, ECW, and ERA Work in National Parks, Forests, and Monuments and Recreational Areas, 1933-1934, Box 96, Folder: General Pt. 2, DEN NARA.

²¹ Erik K. Reed, Assistant Archaeologist, Region III, NPS, Oklahoma City, "Special Report on Archaeological Work in the Big Bend, During the Summer of 1936," September 1936, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend National Park 207 Files, Box 825, DC NARA II.

²² Ibid.

²³ Ibid.

²⁴ Ibid.

²⁵ Ibid.

²⁶ Ibid.

²⁷ Ibid.

²⁸ Ibid.

²⁹ Ibid.

³⁰ Ibid.

³¹ Ibid.

³² Memorandum of Gould to Maier, September 11, 1936, "Progress of Geological Work at Big Bend SP-33-T, May-August 1936," RG79, NPS, SWRO, Correspondence Relating to CCC, ECW, and ERA Work in National Parks, Forests and Monuments and Recreational Areas, 1933-1934, Box 96, Folder: General Pt. 2, DEN NARA.

³³ Gould, "Fourth Progress Report On Big Bend SP-33-T," Report No. 71, October 1, 1936, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Folder: 4^th Progress Report on Big Bend - Region III, Box 94, DEN NARA.

³⁴ Ibid.

³⁵ Ibid.

³⁶ Ernest G. Marsh, Jr., Student Technician, Department of Botany, University of Texas, Austin, "A Preliminary Report On A Biological Survey Of The Santa Rosa And Del Carmen Mountains Of Northern Coahuila, Mexico, July 2, September 22, 1936," October 11, 1936, 720-04 Wildlife Survey Big Bend National Park File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend National Park 719 - 833-05 Files, Box 836, DC NARA II; Press Release, Region III, NPS, Oklahoma City, October 17, 1936, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to CCC, ECW, and ERA Work in National Parks, Forests and Monuments and Recreational Areas, 1933-1934, Box 96, Folder: General Pt. 2, DEN NARA.

³⁷ Marsh, "Preliminary Report on a Biological Survey of the Santa Rosa and Del Carmen Mountains."

³⁸ Ibid.

³⁹ Ibid.

⁴⁰ Ibid.

⁴¹ W.B. McDougall, Wildlife Technician, NPS, "Special Report: Preliminary Report On The Vegetation Of The Dead Horse Mountains, Big Bend Area Of Texas," October 30, 1936, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Folder: Special Report - Preliminary Report on the Vegetation of the Dead Horse Mountains, Box 94, DEN NARA.

⁴² Ibid.

⁴³ Ibid.

⁴⁴ Ibid.

⁴⁵ Gould, "Fifth Progress Report On The Geology Of Big Bend, SP-33-T," November 3, 1936, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Folder: 5^th Progress Report on the Geology of Big Bend, Box 94, DEN NARA.

⁴⁶ Ibid.

⁴⁷ Ibid.

⁴⁸ Ibid.

⁴⁹ Ibid.

⁵⁰ Ibid.

⁵¹ Maxwell to Gould, December 2, 1936, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to CCC, ECW, and ERA Work in National Parks, Forests and Monuments and Recreational Areas, 1933-1934, Box 95, Folder: DSP 1, DEN NARA.

⁵² Bumpus to "Herb" (Maier), December 16, 1936 (?), RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to CCC, ECW, and ERA Work in National Parks, Forests and Monuments and Recreational Areas, 1933-1934, Box 95, Folder: General Pt. 3, DEN NARA.

⁵³ Ibid.

⁵⁶ Memorandum of Gould to Maier, "Visit Of Dr. H.C. Bumpus To Big Bend, SP-33-T," December 18, 1936, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to CCC, ECW, and ERA Work in National Parks, Forests and Monuments and Recreational Areas, 1933-1934, Box 95, Folder: General