Big Bend Administrative History

¹ Ernest G. Marsh, Jr., "Biological Survey of the Santa Rosa and Del Carmen Mountains of Northern Coahuila, Mexico," July 2 to September 22, 1936, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend National Park 207 Files, Box 825, DC NARA II.

² Ibid.

³ Ibid.

⁴ Ibid.

⁵ Ibid.

⁶ Ibid.

⁷ Ibid.

⁸ Ibid.

⁹ Ibid.

¹⁰ Ibid.

¹¹ Report of Rollin H. Baker, Student Technician, NPS, to Maier, September 13, 1937, 207 Big Bend Reports General File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend Files, Box 824, DC NARA II.

¹² Report of Barton H. Warnock, Student Technician, Big Bend State Park, SP 33T, Texas, "Collection and Survey of Plants in the Chisos Mountain Area, June 1, 1937 to September 15, 1937," October 4, 1937, 701 Flora Big Bend National Park File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949, Big Bend National Park 660-05.8 - 718 Files, Box 835, DC NARA II. Warnock also would teach for decades at Sul Ross State College, and later have an environmental education center in Lajitas named in his honor.

¹³ Ibid.

¹⁴ Report of Tarleton F. Smith, Student Technician, Big Bend, SP-33, Texas, Narrative Report, June 10, 1937 to September 13, 1937," to Maier, November 11, 1937, 207 Big Bend Reports General File, RG79, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend Files, Box 824, DC NARA II.

¹⁵ Gould, "Seventh Geological Report on Big Bend, SP-33-Texas," December 5, 1937, Proposed National Parks Big Bend General Part 8 File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend Files, Box 823, DC NARA II.

¹⁶ Ibid.

¹⁷ Omer E. Sperry, "Report Of Biological Consultant For The Proposed Big Bend National Park Area Of Texas, June 1936 to October 1937," March 15, 1938, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend National Park 207 Files, Box 826, DC NARA II.

¹⁸ Ibid.

¹⁹ Press Release, United States Department of the Interior, NPS, Third Regional Office, Santa Fe, October 14, 1938, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Box 8, Folder: 501.02 #1 Newspaper Articles (Folder 1), DEN NARA.

²⁰ Memorandum of Maier for the NPS Director, August 19, 1939, Proposed National Parks Big Bend Part 7 File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend Files, Box 823, DC NARA II.

²¹ Memorandum of Maier for Inspector Diggs, December 7, 1939, Proposed National Parks Big Bend General Part 8 File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend Files, Box 823, DC NARA II.

²² Memorandum of Rothrock for the Region III Director, April 10, 1940, Proposed National Parks Big Bend General Part 8 File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend Files, Box 833, DC NARA II.

²³ E.M. Flynn, Toronto, Ontario, to Oscar E. Monnig, Fort Worth, Texas, June 6, 1939, Proposed National Parks Big Bend Part 7 File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend Files, Box 823, DC NARA II.

²⁴ Ross Maxwell, "Report On The Field Investigation Pertaining To The Meteorite In The Big Bend Country," n.d., Proposed National Parks Big Bend Part 7 File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend Files, Box 823, DC NARA II.

²⁵ Ibid.

²⁶ Ibid.

²⁷ Memorandum of McDougall for Mr. (Victor) Cahalane, "Special Report: Notes On Big Bend National Park (Proposed)," April 23, 1940, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Box 3, Folder: 204-10 By Field Officers Folder 2, DEN NARA.

²⁸ Ibid.

²⁹ Ibid.

³⁰ Ibid.

³¹ Ibid.

³² Ibid.

³³ Ibid.

³⁴ Ibid.

³⁵ Memorandum of Maxwell for the Region III Director, March 31, 1942, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Box 3, Folder: 204-10 By Field Officers Folder 2, DEN NARA.

³⁶ O.C. Durham, Chief Botanist, Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois, to Bob Hamilton, Texas State Parks Board, Big Bend Land Department, Alpine, Texas, May 7, 1942, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Box 12, Folder: 610.01 Purchasing of Lands #3 [Folder 1], Big Bend, DEN NARA.

³⁷ Bob Hamilton, Secretary, Big Bend Land Department, Texas State Parks Board, Alpine, Texas, to Durham, May 13, 1942, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Box 12, Folder: 610.01 Purchasing of Lands #3 [Folder 1], Big Bend, DEN NARA.

³⁸ Memorandum of James O. Stevenson for Cahalane, September 15, 1943, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Box 20, Folder: 720.04 Wild Life Survey, DEN NARA.

³⁹ Ibid.

⁴⁰ Memorandum of Hillory A. Tolson, Acting NPS Director, Chicago, Illinois, for the Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, March 14, 1944; Memorandum of Tillotson for the NPS Director, March 14, 1944, 701 Flora Big Bend National Park File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend National Park 660-05.8 - 718 Files, Box 835, DC NARA II.

⁴¹ Maxwell to Walter P. Taylor, Wildlife Research Unit, College Station, Texas, March 22, 1944, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Box 20, Folder: 720.04 Wild Life Survey, DEN NARA.

⁴² Walter P. Taylor, Senior Biologist, Fish and Wildlife Service, Walter B. McDougall, Park Naturalist, NPS, and William B. Davis, Acting Head, Department of Instruction, Fish and Game, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, "Preliminary Report Of An Ecological Survey Of Big Bend National Park," March-June 1944, Proposed National Parks Big Bend General Part 8 File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend Files, Box 823, DC NARA II.

⁴³ Ibid.

⁴⁴ Ibid.

⁴⁵ Ibid.

⁴⁶ Ibid.

⁴⁷ Ibid.

⁴⁸ Ibid.

⁴⁹ Ibid.

⁵⁰ Ibid.

⁵¹ Ibid.

⁵² Ibid.

⁵³ Ibid.

⁵⁴ Ibid.

⁵⁵ Ibid.

⁵⁶ Ibid.

⁵⁷ Ibid.

⁵⁸ Ibid.

⁵⁹ Ibid.

⁶⁰ Ibid.

⁶¹ Ibid.

⁶⁴ Ibid.

⁶⁵ Ibid.

⁶⁶ Ibid.

⁶⁷ Thomas K. Chamberlain, Aquatic Biologist, USFWS, College Station, Texas, "Fishing In The Big Bend National Park," Proposed National Parks Big Bend General Part 8 File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend Files, Box 823, DC NARA II.

⁶⁸ Ibid.

⁶⁹ Ibid.

⁷⁰ Ibid.

⁷¹ Reed to Dr. Frank M. Setzler, U.S. National Museum, Washington, DC, August 16, 1938, Proposed National Parks Big Bend Part 7 File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend Files, Box 823, DC NARA II.

⁷² Ibid. The "Gila Pueblo" reference was to NPS development of a southwestern center for archaeology at Casa Grande National Monument in Arizona.

⁷³ Townsend to Tolson, September 14, 1939, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Folder: 840.02 Universities and Colleges, Box 22, DEN NARA.

⁷⁴ Ibid.

⁷⁵ Memorandum of Tolson to the NPS Director, Attention: Dr. Russell, September 22, 1939; Memorandum of Victor Cahalane, Chief, Wildlife Division, NPS Branch of Research and Information, Washington, DC, September 27, 1939, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Folder: 840.02 Universities and Colleges, Box 22, DEN NARA.

⁷⁶ Demaray to Townsend, December 1, 1939, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Folder: 840.02 Universities and Colleges, Box 22, DEN NARA.

⁷⁷ Ibid.

⁷⁸ Memorandum of Maxwell for the Region III Director, "Geological Relief Model of the Big Bend National Park Area (Proposed)," December 19, 1940, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Box 10, Folder: 504.04 Maps [Folder 2], DEN NARA.

⁷⁹ "Sul Ross State Teachers College, The Story Of A State Institution," May 28, 1942, 833-05 Museums Big Bend File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend National Park 719 - 833-05 Files, Box 836, DC NARA II.

⁸⁰ Ibid.

⁸¹ Ibid.

⁸² Memorandum of Arthur R. Kelley, Chief, Archaeological Sites Division, NPS, Chicago, for the NPS Director, December 10, 1942, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Folder: 800 Protection Services to Public #2, Box 22, DEN NARA.

⁸³ Ibid.

⁸⁴ Ibid.

⁸⁵ Ibid.

⁸⁶ Memorandum of C.P. Russell, Supervisor of Interpretation, NPS, Chicago, for Mr. Tripp, August 16, 1942, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Folder: 833.06 Museums, Box 22, DEN NARA.

⁸⁷ Drury to Morelock, February 10, 1943, 501 Dr. H.W. Morelock Sul Ross File, RG79, NPS, CCF 1933-1949 Big Bend National Park 208-41 - 501-02 Files, Box 828, DC NARA II.

⁸⁸ Morelock to Drury, February 13, 1943, RG79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments, and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Box 13, Folder: 610.01 Purchasing of Land #4 [Folder 2] Big Bend, DEN NARA.