Lincoln Boyhood Administrative History

NOTES

1. See Charles E. Shedd, Jr., "Historic Sites Survey: Lincoln State Park and Nancy Hanks Lincoln Memorial, Spencer County, Indiana" (Philadelphia: National Park Service, 1959).

2. Ibid., 12, 17.

3. Ibid., 36—37.

4. Ibid., 35—38.

5. William Koch, interview with author, July 10, 1985, Santa Claus, Indiana.

6. Ibid.

7. Indianapolis Star, March. 24, 1963, Clippings files, Indiana Biography, Abraham Lincoln, 1960—1969, Indiana State Library; and note, Barry Mackintosh to author, June 4, 1985.

8. Fort Wayne, Indiana, News—Sentinel, March 31, 1960, Indiana Lincoln Foundation Scrapbooks, Indiana State Library, Indiana Division, Indianapolis; and handwritten note, R. D. Starrett to K. R. Cougill, [May 1960]; Assistant Regional Director George A. Palmer, Region 5 to K. R. Cougill, June 8, 1960; and K. R. Cougill to Eugene Ayer, June 15, 1960, both in Park files, Material on the Creation of Lincoln Boyhood, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln City, Indiana.

9. Regional Director [Ronald F. Lee], Region 5 to National Park Service Director Conrad Wirth, September 8, 1960, Park files, Material on the Creation of Lincoln Boyhood.

10. Superintendent Al Banton to Joseph Blatt, May 17, 1967, Park files, Legislative History; Charlotte N. Baird, interview with author, July 11, 1985, Lincoln City; and unidentified news clipping, January 11, 1961, O. V. Brown Collection, Indiana State Library, Indiana Division, Indianapolis.

11. Handwritten note, R. D. Starrett to K. R. Cougill, May 16, 1960; Park files, Material on the Creation of Lincoln Boyhood.

12. Bicknell [Indiana] News, April 1, 1960, Indiana Lincoln Foundation Scrapbooks, Indiana State Library.

13. See the Evansville Courier, August 6, 1961, O. V. Brown Collection, Indiana State Library; and Indianapolis News, July 6, 1962; Indianapolis Times, July 10, 1962, and Indiana Teacher, November 1962, all in Clippings files, Indiana Biography, Abraham Lincoln, 1960—1969, Indiana State Library.

14. H.C.R. 11, Ch. 35, Acts of 1961 of the Indiana General Assembly; and H. 85, Ch. 189, Acts of 1961 of the Indiana General Assembly, both in [Albert W. Banton, Jr.,] "Lincoln Living Historical Farm" (Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, National Park Service, 1969, Typescript); and Park files, Legislative History.

15. Assistant Secretary John M. Kelley to Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, April 27, 1961, Park files, Legislative history.

16. Albert W. Banton, Jr., interview with author, September 19, 1985, Indianapolis; and Indianapolis Times, August 23, 1961, Clippings files, Indiana Biography, Abraham Lincoln, 1960—69, Indiana State Library.

17. Al Banton to Joseph Blatt, Director of [Indiana] State Parks, May 17, 1967; and Report from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, September 11, 1961, both in Park files, Legislative History.

18. P.L. 87—407, 76 Stat. 9, "An Act to Provide for the Establishment of Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in the State of Indiana, and for Other Purposes, approved February 16, 1962."

19. Al Banton to Joseph Blatt, May 17, 1967; Acting Superintendent Warren D. Beach to [National Park Service] Assistant Director, Cooperative Programs [Ben Butterfield], Northeast Region, January 17, 1973; and Secretary of Interior Stuart Udall to Sen. Birch Bayh, August 9, 1963, all in Park files, Legislative History.

20. Director [Conrad Wirth] to Acting Regional Director [George Palmer], Region 5, April 19, 1962, Park files, State Memorial Inventory and Transfer of Property; and telephone conversation, George A. Palmer to Ron Cockrell, May 28, 1987.

21. Handwritten note, R. D. Starrett to Henry C. Prange, [1962], Park files, State Memorial Inventory and Transfer of Property.

22. Handwritten note, R. D. Starrett to K. R. Cougill, April 16, 1962, Park files, State Memorial Inventory and Transfer of Property.

23. Indianapolis Times, July 10, 1962; Indianapolis Star, July 11, 1962; program for dedication ceremony, and miscellaneous correspondence, all in Park files, Dedication of Lincoln Boyhood.

24. George Palmer to K. R. Cougill, April 19, 1962, Park files, Dedication of Lincoln Boyhood.

25. Ibid., handwritten note, R. D. Starrett to Bob Burns, September 19, 1963; and Dale, Indiana, News, March 6, 1964, all in Park files, Dedication of Lincoln Boyhood.