Chesapeake and Ohio Canal The Making of a Park

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Sharpsburg, Maryland

Adjacent Property file 1460/C & O Canal.

Background Book, Proposed Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, 87th Congress.

C & O Administration and Protection file.

C & O Canal file L1425.

C & O Canal 1968-69 file L1425,

C & O Canal Association. Along the Towpath (newsletter).

C & O Canal Parkway file L58,

Chesapeake & Ohio 1965 file L1425.

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Annual Report, 1975.

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Annual Report, 1977.

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission meeting transcripts 1971-76, meeting minutes 1977-90.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park General Plan. Washington: National Park Service, 1976.

Chick, W. Drew, Jr. "Report of Justice Douglas-Washington Post Hiking Trip Along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, March 20-27, 1954."

CSX Georgetown Spur file, Superintendent's Office.

Cumberland Chamber of Commerce file L1425.

Dale, Edwin M., taped interview by Richard L. Stanton, Feb. 3, 1987.

Dam 4 and 5 file.

Development Concept Plan and Assessment Amended to Include the Brunswick Waterfront Project for Brunswick, Maryland, Section of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. National Park Service, April 1988.

Development Concept Plan and Assessment for the Williamsport, Maryland, Section of Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park. National Park Service, August 1982.

Development Concept Plan for the Cumberland/North Branch Area, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park. National Park Service, 1983.

Development Concept Plan for the Williamsport Area, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park. National Park Service, May 1983.

Durham, Jack. "The C & O Canal Hike." The Living Wilderness 19, no, 48 (Spring 1954).

File 1460/C & O Canal.

File 1460/C & O General.

The Master Plan for Preservation and Use, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Monument, Maryland, 1964.

National Park Service. "Progress Report of Committee Making a Study of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal," July 1, 1955.

Olmsted Island Bridges file, Superintendent's Office.

Sanderlin, Walter S. The Great National Project: A History of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1946.

Swain, Lockhouse 21, Contract file C38.

U.S. Department of War, Office of the Middle Atlantic Division Engineer. "Public Notice Relative to Proposed Improvement of Potomac River and Its Tributaries," Jan, 1, 1945.

Unrau, Harlan D. "Historic Structure Report, The Canal Prism Including Towpath with Canal Berm and River Revetments," March 1974.

Widewater Towpath file, Superintendent's Office.

Wirth, Conrad L. "Statement by Conrad L. Wirth, Director, NPS, Concerning the Proposed Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Parkway, Maryland, for Presentation to the State of Maryland Board of Natural Resources, March 19, 1956."

Young, April L. "Saving the C and O Canal: Citizen Participation in Historic Preservation." M. A. thesis, George Washington University, 1973.

Department of the Interior Library, Washington, D.C.

Barnes, Irston R. "The C & O Canal Highway." Atlantic Naturalist 11 (September-October 1955).

Eisenhower, Dwight D. Proclamation 3391 Establishing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Monument, Maryland. Federal Register, Jan. 24, 1961.

Federal Interdepartmental Task Force on the Potomac. Potomac Interim Report to the President. Washington: Department of the Interior, 1966.

Ickes, Harold L. The Secret Diary of Harold L. Ickes. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1954.

Johnson, Lyndon B. Natural Beauty of Our Country. H. Doc. 78, 89th Congress, Feb. 8, 1965.

Maryland (State). "Report of the Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Parkway," December 1952.

U.S. Congress. Congressional Record.

U.S. Congress, House. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Report. H. Doc. 687, 81st Congress, Aug. 16, 1950.

U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Appropriations. Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1961, Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, 86th Congress, 2d Session. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1960.

U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Government Operations. The Potomac Edison Company's High Voltage Transmission Line and Its Esthetic Impact on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Monument. H. Rept. 91-1083, May 13, 1970.

U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Hearings before the Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 91st Congress, 2d Session, on H.R. 658 and Related Bills, Aug. 11 and 13, 1970. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1970.

U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Hearings before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 85th Congress, 2d Session, on S. 77 and H.R. 1145, June 30, July 1, 15, Aug. 13, 14, 15, 18, 1958. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1959.

U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Hearings before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 86th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R. 953, H.R. 2331, H.R. 5194, and H.R. 5344, Mar. 23, 24, 25, 26, Apr. 20, 21, 1959. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1959.

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Appropriations. Interior Department and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1956, Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, 84th Congress, 1st Session. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1955.

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on the District of Columbia. The Improvement of the Park System of the District of Columbia. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902.

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. C. & O. Canal National Historical Park, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 87th Congress, 1st Session, on S. 77, Apr. 12, 1961. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961.

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Historical Park, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 85th Congress, 1st Session, on S. 77, June 12, 1957. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1957.

U.S. Department of the Interior. The Nation's River: The Department of the Interior Official Report on the Potomac. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1968.

U.S. Department of War. Potomac River and Tributaries, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated March 8, 1946, submitting a report . . . on a Preliminary Examination and Survey of the Potomac River and Tributaries . . ., H. Doc. 622, 79th Congress, May 28, 1946.

U.S. Serial Set (reports on bills).

U.S. Statutes at Large.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Monument proclamation file.

Harpers Ferry Center Library, National Park Service, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Barnes, Irston R. "Historic C & O Canal Threatened by Road." National Parks Magazine 27, no, 114 (July-September 1953).

Barnes, Irston R. "A New Era for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal." National Parks Magazine 30, no. 126 (July-September 1956).

C & O Canal file, Robert C. Horne Papers.

C & O Canal files, National Parks and Conservation Association (NPCA) records.

Free, Ann Cottrell. "The C & O Canal: Disneyland or Muirland?" Washingtonian, December 1971. In C & O Canal files, NPCA records.

Habluetzell, Hugo. Oral history transcript, June 23, 1971.

Potomac Valley Conservation and Recreation Council. Survey of the Potomac River Situation. Washington: Potomac Valley Conservation and Recreation Council, 1956. In C & O Canal files, NPCA records.

Ridder, Marie. "Capital Newamakers: William O. Douglas . . . Walk Along with Him." Washingtonian, April 1970. In C & O Canal files, NPCA records.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. "Public Hearing on the Potomac River Basin Report," September 1963. In C & O Canal files, NPCA records.

U.S. Army Engineers District, Baltimore. Summary, Potomac River Basin Report. Baltimore: U.S. Army Engineers District, 1963. In C & O Canal files, NPCA records.

History Division, National Park Service, Washington, D.C.

C & O Canal National Historical Park file.Dale, Edwin M. "Historic Structure Report, Part I, Towpath, C & O Canal," 1961.

Historic Sites Survey file. Land Resources Division, "National Park Service Listing of Acreages as of 9/30/90."

Lewis, Steven H. "Stabilization Study, Little Falls Skirting Canal, Maryland and District of Columbia," August 1966.

Mattes, Merrill J. Landmarks of Liberty: A Report on the American Revolution Bicentennial Development Program of the National Park Service. Washington: National Park Service, 1989.

Legislation Division, National Park Service, Washington, D.C.

C & O Canal NHP file.

Potomac National River file.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Library, Washington, D.C.

C & O Canal clipping file.

Evening Star (microfilm).

Washington Post (microfilm).

National Archives, Washington, D.C.

C & O Canal file 650.03, National Capital Parks, National Park Service, Record Group 79.

Correspondence of Office of Trustees, C & O Canal Company, Record Group 79.

George Washington Memorial Parkway/C & O Canal file 500-10, National Capital Planning Commission, Record Group 328.

Office Files of Frederic A. Delano, National Capital Planning Commission, Record Group 328.

Office Files of John F. Nolen, Jr., National Capital Planning Commission, Record Group 328.

Office of Land Use Coordination, National Capital Regional Office, National Park Service, Washington, D.C.

C & O Canal—Abner Cloud House file.

C & O Canal—Dam 4 file.

C & O Canal—Dickerson Power Plant file.

C & O Canal—Great Falls Park file.

C & O Canal—Sportsmen's Clubs file.

C & O Canal—Western Maryland Railway file.

C & O Canal—Whites Ferry file.

C & O Canal Commission file.

C & O Canal Flood of 1972 file.

C & O Canal Land Acquisition Policies file.

Cumberland Canal Parkway file.

George Washington Memorial Parkway—Maryland file.

GWMP—Gold Mine Tract file.

Potomac Fish and Game Club file.

"Public Information Meeting to Discuss the Future of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Brunswick, Md., June 7, 1972" (transcript).

Washington Harbour Associates file.

Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland

Administration, Maintenance, and Protection file 1460/C&O-5, National Capital Parks, National Park Service.

C & O Canal January 1950-December 1954 file, National Capital Parks, National Park Service.

C & O Canal NM Boundary Adjustments & Survey file, National Capital Parks, National Park Service.

File 1460/C&O General, National Capital Parks, National Park Service.

Inspection Trips, C & O Canal file, National Capital Parks, National Park Service.

John Brown Fort file L1425, National Capital Parks, National Park Service.

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