Lincoln Boyhood Administrative History

NOTES

1. Superintendent [Robert Burns] to [Regional] Director [Henry G. Schmidt], Northeast Region, March 1, 1971, Park files, Legislative History.

2. See 92nd Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Report No. 92—743, December 10, 1971, pp. 9—10.

3. Superintendent [John C. W. Riddle] to Assistant Director [Ben Butterfield], Cooperative Programs, February 8, 1974.

4. Superintendent [John C. W. Riddle] to Regional Director [Merrill D. Beal], Midwest Region, February 22, 1977; and Superintendent [John C. W. Riddle] to Regional Director [Merrill D. Beal], May 26, 1977, Park files, Grounds, Olmsted Report.

5. Albert W. Banton, Jr., interview with author, September 19, 1985, Indianapolis.

6. See Park files, Land Acquisition files.

7. Superintendent [John C. W. Riddle] to Programs Officer, Midwest Region, April 10, 1974.

8. E. Kenneth Marlin to John Peters, n.d., Park files, Relocation of Highway 162.

9. Dale News, April 10, 1964; Park files, Clippings.

10. Robert L. Burns, letter to author, January 1986.

11. Unidentified document, 1965, Park files, Legislative History.

12. Albert W. Banton, Jr., interview with author, September 19, 1985, Indianapolis; U. S. Department of Interior, "Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial: The Design and Development" (National Park Service, ca. 1965, Briefing statement); Burns, letter to author, January 1986; and Regional Director [Lemuel Garrison], Northeast Region to Chief [Robert G. Hall], Eastern Office of Design and Compliance, August 27, 1964, Park files, National Park Service Planning of the Visitor Center.

13. U.S.D.I., "Lincoln Boyhood: Design and Development."

14. Ibid.

15. Park files, Chronological Reports: Reports to Region.

16. Banton interview.

17. Note to files, Charlotte N. Baird, Park files, Clippings.

18. Elmer F. Stein, interview with author, July 9, 1985, Lincoln City; Burns, letter to author, January 1986; and Superintendent [Robert Burns] to Richard E. Bishop, May 18, 1964; and Richard E. Bishop to Robert L. Burns, June 11, 1964, both in Park files, Park Proposals: Proposal to Build a Museum onto the Memorial Building.

19. Charlotte N. Baird, interview with author, July 10, 1985, Lincoln City.

20. Evansville Courier and Press, Park files, Yearly Activities, 1966.

21. Superintendent Al Banton to Mrs. William M. Dickson, September 23, 1966; D. F. Blackburn to Superintendent Al Banton, August 9, 1966; and Ralph H. Lewis to Morton H. Broffman, March 2, 1970, all in Park files, Memorial Visitor Center, Morrell Prints.

22. Note to files, Supervisory Park Ranger Don Adams, November 9, 1983, Park files, Memorial Visitor Center, Construction, 1941.

23. George A. Palmer to author, May 22, 1987.

24. Burns to author; Baird interview; and Park files, Chronological Reports: Reports to Region.

25. Superintendent (Albert W. Banton, Jr.] to Chief, Eastern Museum Laboratory, March 4, 1966; and Shelter Exhibit Plan, 1966, both in Park files, Grounds, Exhibit Shelter.

26. Superintendent [Albert W. Banton, Jr.] to Regional Director [Fred C. Fagergren], Midwest Region, August 21, 1966, Park files, Grounds, Exhibit Shelter.

27. Superintendent [Albert W. Banton, Jr.] to Chief, Branch of Exhibit Production, n.d., Park files, Grounds, Exhibit Shelter.

28. Roy Appleman to Superintendent [Albert W. Banton, Jr.], August 12, 1966, Park files, Living Historical Farm, Farm and Related.

29. Report, Roy E. Appleman, October 10, 1966, Park files, Living Historical Farm, Farm and Related.

30. Acting Assistant Director, Operations [Harthon L. Bill] to Superintendent [Albert W. Banton, Jr.], November 4, 1966; Park files, Living Historical Farm, Farm and Related.

31. Banton interview.

32. Palmer to author, May 22, 1987.

33. Frank Barnes to Al Banton, December 18, 1867, Park files, Living Historical Farm, Farm and Related; and telephone conversation, Ed Bearss to author, July 5, 1985.

34. Banton interview; and Barry Mackintosh, Interpretation in the National Park Service: A Historical Perspective (Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, History Division, 1986), 58.

35. Telephone conversation, Ed Bearss to author, July 5, 1985; and Barry Mackintosh to author, June 4, 1985.

36. Regional Director [Lemuel Garrison], Northeast Region to Director [George Hartzog], February 2, 1968, Park files, Living Historical Farm, Planning.

37. Banton interview.

38. Ibid.; Edward McM. Larrabee, "Preliminary Excavations at the Cabin Site, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln City, Indiana (National Park Service, Midwest Archeological Center, 1967, Typescript), 1; and Appleman Report.

39. Superintendent [Albert W. Banton, Jr.] to Director [George Hartzog], January 30, 1969, Park files, Publications and Interpretive Services.

40. Palmer to author, May 22, 1987.

41. Progress Report, Living Historical Farm, June 6, 1968, Park files, Living Historical Farm, Construction and Staff; Banton interview; Stein interview; and Report of Property Transaction, May 1, 1968, Park files, Living Historical Farm, Farm and Related.

42. Banton interview.

43. Ibid.

44. Ibid.; and Albert W. Banton, Jr. to Gordon Neal, March 11, 1969, Park files, Living Historical Farm, Farm and Related.

45. Albert W. Banton, Jr. to Northrup, King, and Co., April 25, 1969, Park files, Living Historical Farm, Farm and Related.

46. See Park files, Living Historical Farm, Farm and Related.

47. Mrs. Frederick R. Walters to Superintendent Albert W. Banton, Jr., March 4, 1969, Park files, Living Historical Farm, Farm and Related.

48. Hank Waltmann to James Schaack, February 26, 1977, Park files, Living Historical Farm, Farm and Related.

49. James W. Schaack to Dr. Agatha Huepenbecker, April 8, 1977, Park files, Living Historical Farm, Farm and Related.

50. Park files, Chronological Reports: Reports to Region.

51. Superintendent [Norman Hellmers] to Files, May 7, 1984, Park files, Park Proposals: Proposal to Acquire 1933 Chicago Century of Progress Cabin.

52. Paul V. Brown to E. A. Wood, November 17, 1935, Park files, Park Proposals: Proposal to Acquire 1933 Chicago Century of Progress Cabin.

53. See "Master Plan and Interpretive Prospectus" (National Park Service, 1973, second draft).

54. Regional Director [Leonard Volz], Midwest Region to Manager [John W. Henneberger], Denver Service Center, June 11, 1974; Team Manager [Donald A. Purse], Midwest/Rocky Mountain Team, Denver Service Center to Regional Director [Leonard Volz], Midwest Region, May 29, 1974; Superintendent [John C. W. Riddle] to Programs Office, Midwest Region, May 10, 1974; and Chief, Research and Technical Assistance to Chief, Planning and Compliance, October 27, 1977, all in Midwest Region files, Programs and Budget.

55. Intra—Office Memo, Regional Historian Dave Clary to Associate Regional Director, Professional Services, Midwest Region [1976]; Regional Director [Merrill D. Beal] to Manager [John W. Henneberger], Denver Service Center, October 1, 1976; and Assistant Director [Robert Utley], Park Historic Preservation to Regional Director [Merrill D. Beal], Midwest Region, June 1976, all in Midwest Region files, Programs and Budget.

56. Roy Appleman to Chief, Interpretation and Visitor Services, October 10, 1966, Midwest Region files, Programs and Budget.

57. Policy Review, Robert Utley [June 1976].

58. Programs Analyst Jim Hooyboer to Central Files, December 20, 1977, Midwest Region files, Programs and Budget.

59. General Management Plan (Denver: National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1981), 8—11.

60. Trip report, Associate Regional Director [John Kawamoto], Planning and Resource Preservation, Midwest Region to Regional Director [J. L. Dunning], Midwest Region, January 23, 1980; Superintendent [Warren D. Beach] to Regional Director [J. L. Dunning], Midwest Region, November 1, 1979; Regional Director [J. L. Dunning], Midwest Region to Manager [Denis P. Galvin], Denver Service Center, June 5, 1981; and Superintendent [Warren D. Beach] to Associate Regional Director [John Kawamoto], Planning and Resource Preservation, Midwest Region, April 21, 1980, all in Midwest Region files, Programs and Budget.