Rocky Mountain Administrative History

1. Author's interview with Edmund Rogers, July 13, 1964.

2. Superintendent's Monthly Report, January 1933, "Monthly Reports, 1933," 1. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

3. Author's interview with Mary Lyons Cairns, June 30, 1964.

4. James Frederick Wickens, "Colorado in the Great Depression: a Study of New Deal Policies at the State Level," (unpublished Ph. D. dissertation, Department of History, University of Denver, 1964), p. 116.

5. Ibid., p. 118.

6. Ibid., p. 126.

7. Ibid., p. 120.

8. Battell Loomis, "With the Green Guard," Liberty, April 29, 1934, pp. 52-53.

9. L. R. Douglass, "The Civilian Conservation Corps in Rocky Mountain National Park," undated publicity release. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

10. Author's interview with Merlin K. Potts, July 8, 1964.

11. Loomis, "With the Green Guard," pp. 52-53.

12. Ibid.

13. Superintendent's Monthly Report, July 1933, "Monthly Reports, 1933," 1. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

14. Ibid., May, 1933, 3.

15. Estes Park Trail, December 22, 1933.

16. Superintendent's Monthly Report, December 1933, "Monthly Reports, 1933," 1.

17. Ibid., January, 1934. 1.

18. Ibid., July, 1934, 1.

19. Loomis, "With the Green Guard," pp. 52-53.

20. Ibid.

21. Battell Loomis, "The C.C.C. Digs In," Liberty, May 5, 1934, pp. 46-47.

22. Superintendent's Monthly Report, May 1934, "Monthly Reports, 1934," 1. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

23. Ibid.

24. Ibid., July 1935, p. 11.

25. Author's interview with David Canfield, July 28, 1964.

26. Author's interview with Merlin K. Potts, July 8, 1964.

27. Estes Park Trail, October 4, 1935.

28. Ibid., July 6, 1934.

29. Superintendent's Annual Report, 1935, "Annual Reports, 1931-1953," p. 12. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

30. Estes Park Trail, April 22, 1938.

31. Ibid.

32. The training program's lecture series for May 1937 proves instructive:

May 3: "Park Administration and Policies "
May 5: "The Conservation Worker"
May 10: "Animal Life of Rocky Mountain National Park"
May 12: "Wildlife Problems in the Park"
May 19: "Forests and Forest Conservation"
May 21: "Wildflowers of the Park"
May 22: "Field Trip to the museums in the Park"
May 24: "Geologic Story of Rocky Mountain National Park"

Superintendent's Monthly Report, May 1937, "Monthly Reports, 1937-1937," p. 5. Rocky Mountain National Park Park Library.

33. Ibid., April 1938, pp. 1 and 9.

34. Ibid., August 1938, p. 11.

35. Superintendent's Annual Report, 1939, "Annual Reports, 1931-1953," p. 8. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

36. Estes Park Trail, March 22, 1940.

37. Ibid., January 26, 1940.

38. Superintendent's Annual Report, 1940, "Annual Reports 1931-1953," p. 19. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

39. Grand Lake Pioneer, July 27, 1941.

40. Ibid.

41. Superintendent's Annual Report, 1940, "Annual Reports, 1931-1953," p. 20. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

42. Estes Park Trail, January 24, 1941.

43. Superintendent's Annual Report, 1941, "Annual Reports, 1931-1953," 14. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

44. Ibid.

45. Estes Park Trail, July 3, 1942.

46. Ibid.

47. Ibid., January 1, 1943.

48. Loomis, "The C.C.C. Digs In," pp. 46-47.

49. Estes Park Trail, July 31, 1942.

50. Author's interview with Edmund Rogers, July 13, 1964.

51. "The ECW and Conservation," Nature Notes from Rocky Mountain National Park, January 1934, p. 127.