Rocky Mountain Administrative History

1. Merlin K. Potts, untitled speech for the Interpretive Division Training Program, Hidden Valley Lodge, June 23, 1964.

2. Superintendent's Annual Report, 1917, "Annual Reports, 1915-1930," pp. 8-9. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

3. Ibid., 1918, pp. 23-24.

4. Ibid., 1919, p. 28.

5. Ibid., 1920, pp. 1-4.

6. Ibid., 1921, p. 15.

7. Horace M. Albright, "National Parks Questions: Conference at Yosemite Valley has many Gratifying Results," Parks and Recreation, November-December 1922, p. 87.

8. Dorr G. Yeager, "A Page of Comment," Nature Notes, July 1934, pp. 205-206.

9. Superintendent's Monthly Report, August 1923, "Monthly Reports, 1919-1923," p. 8. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

10. Estes Park Trail, May 18, 1923.

11. Rocky Mountain News, August 17, 1923.

12. Superintendent's Monthly Report, August 1924, "Monthly Reports, 1924-1926," p. 10. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

13. Superintendent's Annual Report, 1924, "Annual Reports, 1915-1930," p. 6. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

14. Superintendent's Annual Report, 1925, "Annual Reports, 1915-1930," p. 10. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

15. Superintendent's Monthly Report, July 1925, "Monthly Reports, 1924-1926," p. 10. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

16. Superintendent's Annual Report, 1926, "Annual Reports, 1915-1930," p. 13. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

17. Yeager, "Page of Comment," pp. 205-206.

18. Superintendent's Annual Report, 1929, "Annual Reports, 1915-1930," p. 11, Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

19. Ibid., 1930, p. 2.

20. Estes Park Trail, April 7, 1930.

21. Ibid., March 21, 1930.

22. Superintendent's Annual Report, 1932, "Annual Reports, 1931 1953," p. 3. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

23. Estes Park Trail, November 25, 1932.

24. Ibid.

25. Ibid.

26. Dorr G. Yeager, "A New Museum," Nature Notes, April 1935, 22. Park Naturalist Dorr Yeager's outstanding success in developing the interpretive exhibits of this new museum led to his transfer to the Park Service's Western Museum Laboratory in Berkeley, California, in December of 1935.

27. H. Raymond Gregg, "Interpretive Development Outline for Rocky Mountain National Park," undated typewritten manuscript, p. 30. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

28. Superintendent's Monthly Report, June 1938, "Monthly Reports, 1938-1939," p. 7. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

29. Gregg, "Interpretive Development Outline," pp. 30-31.

30. Superintendent's Annual Report, 1940, "Annual Reports, 1931 1953," p. 15. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

31. In 1939 the Park was given administrative supervision over four national monuments, namely, Dinosaur, Fort Laramie, Scotts Bluff, and Devils Tower. By 1943, the Mount of the Holy Cross was added. Rocky Mountain National Park stopped administering Dinosaur, Fort Laramie, Scotts Bluff and Devils Tower national monuments in February 1955, Holy Cross was abolished as a national monument by 1951.

32. Gregg, "Interpretive Development Outline," p. 16.

33. Superintendent's Monthly Report, July 1946, "Monthly Reports, 1946-1948," p. 3. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

34. Ibid., August 1946, p. 3.

35. Memorandum for the Superintendent from J. Barton Herschler, May 28, 1947. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

36. Superintendent's Monthly Report, June 1948, "Monthly Reports, 1946-1948," p. 3. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

37. Ibid., July 1948, p. 3.

38. Superintendent's Annual Report, 1949, "Annual Reports, 1931-1953," p. 10. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

39. Superintendent's Monthly Report, July 1953, "Monthly Reports, 1953-1954," p. 5. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

40. Naturalist's Annual Report, 1954, p. 1. Rocky Mountain National Park Library. Beginning with 1952 travel was computed on a calendar year basis. Prior to that year, travel was totaled from October 1 to September 30.

41. Superintendent's Monthly Report, August 1954, "Monthly Reports, 1953-1954," p. 6, Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

42. Estes Park Trail, March 1965.

43. Naturalist's Annual Report, 1955, p. 2. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

44. Ibid. For an in-depth study of the effectiveness of the naturalist program see Ferrel Atkins, "A Statistical Study of Ranger Naturalist Activities in the months of July and August of 1953 and 1954 in Rocky Mountain National Park," typewritten manuscript, Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

45. Naturalist's Annual Report, 1956, p. 1. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

46. Superintendent's Monthly Report, July 1946, "Monthly Reports, 1946-1948," p. 6. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

47. Author's interview with Dr. Ferrel Atkins, July 15, 1967.

48. Ibid.

49. Naturalist's Annual Report, 1956, p. 1. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

50. Author's interview with Dr. Ferrel Atkins, July 15, 1967.

51. Naturalist's Annual Report, 1957, p. 2. Rocky Mountain National Park Library,

52. Ibid., pp. 4-5.

53. Ibid., p. 7.

54. Memorandum to the Director from Acting Superintendent John A. Rutter, undated. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

55. Naturalist's Annual Report, 1958, pp. 2-3. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

56. Ibid., 1960, p. 3.

57. Ibid., 1958, p. 6.

58. Ibid., 1962, p. 3.

59. Ibid., p. 1.

60. Additional ecological studies were made in the Park during the late 1950's and early 1960's. Dr. Robert F, Griggs of the University of Pittsburg studied the tundra on Fall River Pass while Doctors Richard Ward and Frank Salisbury of Colorado State University conducted a study of alpine vegetation in the north end of the Park.

61. Superintendent's Monthly Report, June 1963, "Monthly Reports, 1963," p. 6, Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

62. Estes Park Trail, March 1965.