National Capital Parks A History

1. 1 Stat. 130

2. H.P. Caemmerer, Washington The National Capital; Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1932, p. 17.

3. Report from the Officer in Charge of Public Buildings and Grounds to the Chief of Engineers, U.S.A., Dec. 17, 1904, p. 1.

4. 1 Stat. 130.

5. Washington's Diary, March 30, 1791.

6. Ibid.

7. Caemmerer, op. cit., p. 19.

8. Ibid.

9. Parks and Reservations, 1460, No, 3, N.C.P. file.

10. John Stewart's Personal Journal, p. 34. (Stewart was appointed U.S. city surveyor on Sept. 18, 1873. For many years Stewart was in charge of the records of the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, and was intimately acquainted with them.)

11. Legal Status of the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, A report on the Senate Bill 2725, 56th Cong., 1st seas.

12. Ibid.

13. Stewart, op. cit.

14. Report on Senate Bill 2725, 56th Cong., 1st sess,, op. cit.

15. Act of March 3, 1849 (9 Stat., 395, 396).

16. Stewart, op. cit., p. 32.

17. Ibid.

18. Ulysses S. Grant, III, "The L'Enfant Plan and Its Evolution," Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Vols. 33—34, p. 10.

19. Stewart, op. cit., p. 35.

20. Report on the Senate Bill No. 2725, 56th Cong., 1st sess., op. cit.

21. Ibid.

22. Grant, op. cit., p. 12.

23. Ibid., p. 13.

24. Stewart, op. cit., p. 83.

25. Rock Creek Park leaflet, Interior Dept. Publication No. 58912.

26. Legislative History of the Office of National Capital Parks, p. 3.

27. Report of the Secretary, Board of Control of Rock Creek Park, District of Columbia, 1894, p. 6.

28. Ibid.

29. James Bryce, The National Capital. (Washington: Byron S. Adams, 1913), pp. 61, 62.

30. Caemmerer, op. cit., p. 221.

31. Grant, op. cit., pp. 14, 15.

32. Ibid.

33. Progress in the McMillan Plan during 20 Years, National Capital Parks File; 1460-15-30-30.

34. Report of the Park Commission, 57th Cong., 1st sess., Senate Report No. 166 (1902).

35. Progress in the McMillan Plan during 20 years, op. cit.

36. Ibid.

37. Glenn Brown, "The Plan of L'Enfant for the City of Washington and Its Effects upon the Future Development of the City," Records, Columbia Historical Society. (Washington: 1909), XII, 18.

38. U. S. Statutes 371 (1910)

39. Ibid.

40. 37 U.S. Statutes 885 (1913)

41. Legislative History of the Office of National Capital Parks, op. cit., p. 16.

42. 22 U.S. Statutes 243 (1882)

43. Report from the Officer in Charge of Public Buildings and Grounds to the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, December 17, 1904, p. 6.

44. 41 U.S. Statutes 364 (1919)

45. National Capital Parks Record Book. This book contains the complete list of all reservations under the jurisdiction of National Capital Parks and includes location, extant of territory, value, and date acquired.

46. 20 U. S. Statutes 104 (1878).

47. 30 U. S. Statutes 570 (1898).

48. Raymond A. Devlin, Annual Report of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, 1933, pp. 1, 2.

49. Legislative History of the Office of National Capital Parks, p. 18. Also found in 44 U.S. Statutes 374 (1926).

50. Grant, op. cit., p. 1.

51. Ibid.

52. Ibid., p. 16.

53. 43 U.S. Statutes 974 (1925). May also be found in The Legislative History of the Office of National Capital Parks, p. 22.

54. 45 U.S. Statutes 1696 (1929).

55. Devlin, op. cit., p. 40.

56. Annual Report of the Recreation Division, National Capital Parks, 1935.

57. Ibid., p. 18.

58. Stanley W. McClure, "Executive Officers in Charge of Federal Parks in the District of Columbia, 1791—1949," p. 3. The title of this office was soon changed to the National Park Service.

59. 48 U.S. Statutes 389 (1934)

60. 48 U.S. Statutes 874 (1934)

61. Legislative History of the Office of National Capital Parks, p. 36.

62. Report on Public Recreation in Washington, D. C. and Environs submitted by the National Recreation Association to the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Washington, D. C., Nov. 1934, p. 9.

63. Ibid.

64. Ibid.

65. Personnel Files of National Capital Parks.

66. Organization Chart, 1950, File: National Capital Parks, No. 2.

67. Raymond A. Devlin, A Report of Civilian Conservation Corps Operations in the National Capital Parks October 15, 1933—June 30, 1942.(1950) p. 2.

68. Ibid.

69. Ibid., p. 9.

70. Ibid.

71. Ibid., p. 2.

72. Memorandum from the Assistant Superintendent to the Special Assistant to the Superintendent, National Capital Parks, July 30, 1952.

73. Donald E. McHenry, A Tenth Anniversary. Part A of the Naturalist Report, February, 1946, p. 1.

74. Ibid., p. 2.

75. National Memorials and Historic Sites Division. National Capital Parks Files.

76. White House Greenhouses: National Capital Parks File No. 920—50.

77. Ibid.

78. Facts, Laws, and Policy Relating to the National Capital Parks System, p. 5.

79. Ibid.

80. Ibid.

81. Memorandum in re The Government of the District of Columbia. National Capital Parks Files on the Developments in the District of Columbia. No. 1355-25, Folder No. 2.

82. National Capital Parks File No. 1450-55-50-75.

83. Ibid.

84. Report on Public Recreation in Washington, D. C. and Environs Submitted by the National Recreation Association, op. cit., p. 6.

85. Government Services, Inc. Management's letter for 1951.

86. Ibid.

87. Ibid.

88. Report on Public Recreation in Washington, D. C. and Environs, op. cit., p. 7

89. Ibid.

90. National Capital Parks Record Book.

91. Ibid.

92. Ibid.

93. Ibid.

94. National Capital Parks Press Release, April 11, 1941.

95. National Capital Parks Record Book.

96. The Legislative History of the Office of National Capital Parks, p. 36.

97. Ronald F. Lee, "History Written on the Land," a historical lecture developed and written by Assistant Director Lee.

98. National Capital Parks Maintenance and Recreation Division Quarterly Report, First Quarter of the Fiscal Year 1934.

99. National Capital Parks files: Supplement to Parks, Parkways, and Recreation Study, No. 1460.

100. Raymond Devlin, Report on Civilian Conservation Corps Operations in the National Capital Parks, op. cit., p. 3.

101. Ibid.

102. Ibid., p. 17.

103. Ibid.

104. National Capital Parks Press Release, August 9, 1940.

105. Office Memorandum from the Superintendent to the Secretary of the Interior, December 21, 1950.

106. Ibid.

107. National Capital Parks Press Release, June 1947.

108. The Legislative History of National Capital Parks, p. 14.

109. Today the area of National Capital Parks is 45,000 acres; while in 1924, it totaled approximately 6,000 acres.

110. Memorandum from the Superintendent of National Capital Parks to the Secretary of the Interior, December 21, 1950.

111. The Watergate, National Capital Parks Files No. 1050-25-25.

112. Ibid.

113. Ibid.

114. Executive Mansion and Grounds, National Capital Parks Files No. 11150-30-10.

115. National Capital Parks Press Release, February 11, 1942.

116. Memorandum from the Superintendent of National Capital Parks to the Secretary of the Interior, December 21, 1950.

117. Annual Report of the Recreation Division of National Capital Parks for the fiscal year 1934.

118. Annual Report of the Recreation Division, 1935.

119. National Capital Parks Press Release, June 6, 1939.

120. National Capital Parks Press Release, January 28, 1943.

121. 48 U. S. Statutes 1243 (1934).

122. National Capital Parks Press Release, April 18, 1947.

123. The Program of Ceremonies Dedicating The Equestrian Statues, September 26, 1951.

124. Ibid.

125. Ibid.

126. Parks and Reservations, National Capital Parks File No, 1460, No. 3.

127. Memorandum from the Superintendent of National Capital Parks to the Secretary of the Interior, December 21, 1950.

128. Ibid.

129. Ibid.

130. Monthly Progress Report of the Bureau of Public Roads Projects, September, 1951.

131. Memorandum from the Superintendent to the Secretary of the Interior, December 21, 1950, op. cit.

132. Ibid.

133. Ibid.

134. Stanley W. McClure, Guide Leaflet for the Defenses of Washington, op. cit., p. 1.

135. Ibid.

136. Parks, Parkways, and Recreational Studies, National Capital Parks File No. 1460.

137. Ibid.

138. Facts, Laws, and Policy Relating to the National Capital Parks System, p. 7.

139. Ibid., p. 10.