Rocky Mountain Administrative History

Books

Bird, Isabella. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains. London: John Murray, 1910.

Cairns, Mary Lyons , Grand Lake: The Pioneers. Denver: The World Press, Incorporated, 1946.

Carothers, June E. Estes Park. Past and Present. Denver: University of Denver Press, 1951.

Editors of Country Beautiful Magazine. America The Beautiful: In The Words of John F. Kennedy. New York: Doubleday and Company, Incorporated, 1964.

Ise John. Our National Park Policy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1961.

Lamb, Elkanah J. Past Memories and Future Thoughts. Press of United Brethren Publishing House, 1905.

Mills, Enos A. Early Estes Park. Introduction by Ester B. Mills, Estes Park: Esther B. Mills, publisher, 1959.

______. Rocky Mountain National Park. New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1924.

______. Your National Parks. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917.

Moomaw, Jack C. Recollections of a Rocky Mountain Ranger. Longmont, Colorado: Times-Call Publishing Company, 1963.

Sage, Rufus B. Rocky Mountain Life. Boston: Wentworth and Company, 1857.

Tilden, Freeman. The National Parks: What They Mean To You And Me. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951.

Wyndham-Quin, Wyndham Thomas. Past Times and Pastimes. London: Hodden and Stroughton, 1922.

Yeager, Dorr G. Your Western National Parks. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1947.

Booklets

Musselman, Lloyd K. Rocky Mountain National Park: Its First Fifty Years, 1965. Estes Park: Rocky Mountain Nature Association, 1965.

Collections

The following miscellaneous material can be found in the unpublished collection, "History of Legislation Relating to the National Park System through the 82nd Congress," compiled by Edmund B. Rogers and located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Administrative Headquarters.

Letters

Albright, Horace M. Director of National Parks. Letter to Secretary of Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur, May 12, 1930.

Chapman, Oscar L., Under Secretary of Interior. Letter to Andrew L. Somers, Chairman, Committee on Public Lands, House of Representatives, March 21, 1949.

Houston, D. F., Secretary of Agriculture. Letter to Henry L. Meyers, Chairman, Committee on Public Lands, House of Representatives, September 16, 1914.

Ickes, Harold L., Secretary of Interior. Letter to Scott Ferris, Chairman, Committee on Public Roads, House of Representatives, January 9, 1915.

Lane, Franklin K., Secretary of Interior. Letter to Scott Ferris, Chairman, Committee on Public Roads, House of Representatives, January 9, 1915.

______., Letter to William Gibbs McAdoo, Secretary of Treasury, January 7, 1916.

Wilbur, Ray Lyman. Letter to Dan B. Colton, Chairman, Public Lands Committee, House of Representatives, May 16, 1930.

Work, Hubert, Secretary of Interior. Letter to N. J. Sinnott, Chairman, Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives, January 28, 1925.

______., Letter to N. J. Sinnott, Chairman, Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives, March 5, 1926.

Memoranda

Albright, Horace M., Director of National Parks. Memorandum to Secretary of Interior, Ray Lyman Wilbur, May 16, 1932.

Reports

Report to Committee on Public Lands, House of Representatives, March 30, 1949.

Report from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, August 15, 1949.

Messages

Truman, Harry S Presidential Message, October 14, 1949.

Memorials

Colorado Senate Joint Memorial #4, January 12, 1915.

Interviews and Statements

Author's interviews with Thomas J. Allen, Jr., July 12, 1964.

______. Ferrel Atkins, June 30, 1964; August 5, 1964.

______. Mary Lyons Cairns, June 30, 1964.

______. David Canfield, July 28, 1964.

______. Roger Contor, July 19, 1963; August 13, 1964.

______. Dan Griffith, June 26, 1964.

______. Neal G. Guse, Jr., August 12, 1964.

______. Allyn Hanks, August 13, 1964.

______. Charles Hix, July 17, 1963.

______. John Holzworth, June 29, 1964.

______. William James, July 7, 1964.

______. R. T. "Dixie" MacCracken, July 1, 1964.

______. Fred McLaren, June 29, 1964.

______. Mrs. Esther B. Mills, July 17, 1963.

______. Jack Moomaw, June 19, 1963.

______. Merlin K. Potts, August 16, 1963; July 8, 1964.

______. Edmund Rogers, July 13, 1964.

______. James Grafton Rogers, July 11, 1966.

______. Morrison Shafroth, July 12, 1966.

______. Henry Toll, July 12, 1966.

______. H. N. Wheeler, December 10, 1963.

Miscellaneous Interviews

Anderson, Fred. Interviewed by Wayne Bryant, January 28, 1960.

Baker, John. Interviewed by Nell Paully, July 19, 1959.

Baldridge, Walt. Interviewed by Ferrel Atkins, August 3, 1959.

Chapman, A. S. Interviewed by Dorr G. Yeager, December 22, 1931.

Estes, F. M. Interviewed by Harry Ruffner, September 13, 1909. Transcript sent to Abner E. Sprague.

Hayden, Mr. and Mrs. Julian. Interviewed by Ferrel Atkins, July 19, 1962.

James, Dr. Homer. Interviewed by H. Raymond Gregg, June 11, 1940.

Mills, Mrs. Esther B. Interviewed by Ferrel Atkins, August 3, 1959.

Shumway, Mrs. E. E. "Notes on Conversation" transcribed by Roger W. Toll, September 7, 1928.

Wheeler, H. N. Interviewed by Arthur Carhart, June 12, 1962; August 6, 1962.

Workman, Mrs. Lulu. Interviewed by H. Raymond Gregg, November 14, 1941.

Letters and Telegrams I.

All of the following letters and telegrams can be found in the files of the Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

Allen, Thomas J. Letter to Roger W. Toll, December 18, 1925.

Blauvelt, L. D. Letter to L. Claude Way, July 21, 1925.

Cammerer, Arno B. Letter to L. Claude Way, August 18, 1919.

______. Telegram to L. Claude Way, August 18, 1919.

______. Telegram to L. Claude Way, August 26, 1919.

______. Letter to Reed Smoot, May 4, 1920.

______. Telegram to L. Claude Way, July 16, 1920.

______. Telegram to L. Claude Way, July 24, 1920.

______. Telegram to L. Claude Way, August 13, 1920.

______. Letter to Charles D. Grace, January 28, 1921.

______. Telegram to Roger W. Toll, July 28, 1922.

______. Letter to Roe Emery, August 16, 1922.

______. Letter to Roger W. Toll, December 6, 1922.

______. Telegram to Roger W. Toll, April 14, 1923.

______. Letter to Roger W. Toll, April 16, 1923.

______. Letter to Roger W. Toll, August 20, 1923.

______. Letter to Roger W. Toll, June 17, 1925.

Carriuto, W. H. Letter to L. Claude Way, August 22, 1919.

Chamberlain, F. J. Letter to Scott Ferris, October 9, 1919.

Dietternich, L. H. Letter to L. Claude Way, March 27, 1920.

Eustis, P. S. Letter to Enos Mills, March 23, 1920.

Hillyer, Granby. Letter to Roger W. Toll, April 5, 1923.

Jackson, W. H. Letter to Roger W. Toll, September 20, 1927.

Mather, Stephen T. Letter to L. Claude Way, February 9, 1920.

McDaniel, Dwight S. Letter to George A. Crowder, August 18, 1921.

Mills, Enos A. Letter to Roe Emery, August 8, 1919.

______. Letter to L. C. Way, August 14, 1919.

______. Letter to L. C. Way, August 20, 1919.

______. Letter to John E. Baker, November 22, 1919.

______. Letter to Reed Smoot, April 23, 1920.

______. Letter to Morris Sheppard, April 28, 1920.

Patterson, Norman L. Letter to Roger W. Toll, January 21, 1928.

Proctor, A. Phimister. Letter to David A. Canfield, February 18, 1946.

______. Letter to David A. Canfield, April 17, 1946.

Ruffner, Harry. Letter to Roger W. Toll, April 4, 1926.

Scott, George E. Letter to Roger W. Toll, March 26, 1924.

Sherman, John King. Letter to L. Claude Way, December 10, 1919.

Tedrow, Harry B. Letter to L. Claude Way, December 23, 1920.

Toll, Roger W. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, December 22, 1921.

______. Letter to A. B. Harris, April 4, 1922.

______. Telegram to Stephen T. Mather, July 27, 1922.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, July 29, 1922.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, August 7, 1922.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, September 12, 1922.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, December 1, 1922.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, December 28, 1922.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, April 9, 1923.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, September 27, 1919.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, November 25, 1919.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, November 29, 1919.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, December 13, 1919.

______. Letter to Granby Hillyer, August 13, 1923.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, September 10, 1923.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, May 21, 1925.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, May 30, 1925.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, June 23, 1925.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, July 17, 1925.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, July 24, 1925.

______. Letter to James G. Rogers, December 12, 1925.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, December 14, 1925.

______. Letter to James G. Rogers, December 15, 1925.

______. Letter to Norman L. Patterson, January 17, 1928.

______. Letter to Leroy Hafen, March 7, 1929.

Way, L. Claude. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, August 16, 1919.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, August 18, 1919.

______. Letter to Enos A. Mills, August 18, 1919.

______. Telegram to Stephen T. Mather, August 25, 1919.

______. Letter to Enos A. Mills, August 25, 1919.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, August 28, 1919.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, September 1, 1919.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, September 9, 1919.

______. Letter to Harry B. Tedrow, September 18, 1919.

______. Letter to F. J. Chamberlain, February 21, 1920.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, March 16, 1920.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, July 16, 1920.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, July 17, 1920.

______. Telegram to Stephen T. Mather, July 23, 1920.

______. Letter to Mrs. John P. Thomy, July 28, 1920.

______. Telegram to Stephen T. Mather, July 30, 1920.

______. Letter to Stephen T. Mather, August 11, 1920.

______. Letter to A. G. Crowder, September 3, 1921.

Wright, Dunham. Letter to the Estes Park Chamber of Commerce, undated.

Letters II

The following letters can be found in: Papers of J. Horace McFarland, from File 80, Division of Public Records, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, State Museum Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Deland, Thorndike. Letter to J. Horace McFarland, December 19, 1910.

McFarland, J. Horace. Letter to Richard A. Ballinger, July 20, 1910.

______. Letter to Frederick R. Ross, February 11, 1913.

______. Letter to Thorndike Deland, December 19, 1910.

______. Letters to Enos A. Mills, July 18, 1910; July 19, 1910; October 7, 1910; February 1, 1911; February 6, 1911; February 13, 1911; February 25, 1911; March 24, 1911; April 14, 1911; June 12, 1911; April 20, 1912; September 21, 1912; April 3, 1913; March 5, 1914; December 28, 1914; January 4, 1915; January 18, 1915; January 18, 1915; January 19, 1915; January 23, 1915.

Mills, Enos A. Letters to J. Horace McFarland, July 12, 1919; July 14, 1910; September 12, 1910; February 1, 1911; February 7, 1911; February 19, 1911; March 20, 1911; March 30, 1911; April 9, 1911; June 17, 1911; August 19, 1911; October 30, 1911; April 24, 1912; September 16, 1912; January 30, 1913; April 10, 1913; May 7, 1913; March 5, 1914; March 17, 1914; December 21, 1914; December 31, 1914; February 12, 1915; March 1, 1915; April 9, 1915.

______. Letter to James Grafton Rogers, May 3, 1914.

Ross, Frederick R. Letter to J. Horace McFarland, February 4, 1913.

Memoranda

All of the following memoranda can be found in the files of the Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

Lulu City Memo, Undated.

Rutter, John A., Acting Superintendent Memorandum to the Director. Undated.

Way, L. C., Superintendent Memorandum, October 29, 1919.

Miscellaneous

Alberts, Edwin C. "Administrative History of Rocky Mountain National Park," Typewritten manuscript, 1952. Park Library.

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

Gregg, H, Raymond. "Interpretive Development Outline for Rocky Mountain National Park." Undated, Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

Guse, Neal G., Jr. "Administrative History of an Elk Herd," Unpublished Master's thesis, Colorado State University, 1966, Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

______. "Effective Management Program Requirements for Eastern Rocky Mountain Deer and Elk Herds." Typed manuscript, 1963, Rocky Mountain National Park Library,

______. "The Elk of Rocky Mountain National Park." Typewritten manuscript, 1962, Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

Larimer County Commissioners. Minutes of Proceedings, August 19, 1919. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

Mills, Enos. Application to charter touring cars to Director Stephen T. Mather, of National Parks, November 7, 1919. Rocky Mountain National Park Library,

Mills, Joe. "Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park." Printed for the Convention of the Colorado Editorial Association by the Estes Park Chamber of Commerce, July, 1927. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

Robbins, Charles vs. United States. "Complaint." Undated. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

Shoemaker, Florence Johnson. "The Story of the Estes—Rocky Mountain National Park Region." Unpublished Master's thesis. Colorado State College, July 26, 1940.

Thomey, Mrs. John P. and Mrs. George W. Howell. "Complaint," July 26, 1920. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

Toll, Roger W. "Rocky Mountain National Park." Printed for the Convention of the Colorado Editorial Association by the Estes Park Chamber of Commerce, July, 1927. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

Wickens, James Frederick. "Colorado in the Great Depression: A Study of New Deal Policies at the State Level." Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. University of Denver, 1964.

Newspapers

Boston Transcript August 3, 1928.

The (Boulder) Daily Camera, November 10, 1925; November 14, 1925; November 18, 1925; November 24, 1925; November 25, 1925; November 28, 1925; November 30, 1925; December 1, 1925; December 5, 1925; January 4, 1926; January 9, 1926; June 16, 1927; January 3, 1929.

The Boulder News-Herald November 25, 1925; December 7, 1925; July 20, 1927; July 21, 1927; July 28, 1927; January 3, 1929; February 2, 1932.

Colorado Highways January, 1926.

Denver Field and Farm May 22, 1920.

Denver News, April 16, 1936; April 18, 1936; March 18, 1937.

The Denver Post selected editions from January 29, 1914, to July 3, 1937

Engineering News-Record, October 2, 1924.

Estes Park Trail selected editions, from November 25, 1921, to April 23, 1965.

The Fort Collins Leader September 22, 1933.

Grand Lake Pioneer, August 3, 1940; August 3, 1940; July 12, 1941; July 26, 1941; August 2, 1941; August 16, 1941; August 23, 1941; July 11, 1942; July 18, 1942; July 25, 1942.

Houston Chronicle, December 26, 1920.

Kansas City Star, January 10, 1926.

Lincoln (Nebraska) Sunday Star, September 15, 1929.

Longmont Daily Call, March 24, 1920; April 13, 1929.

Longmont Ledger, July 4, 1924.

Longmont Times-Call, May 4, 1932.

Rocky Mountain News selected editions, from March 21, 1914, to October 12, 1936.

Stockton (California) Record, January 12, 1924; July 23, 1927; December 8, 1923.

Western Highways Bulletin. June 1924.

Newspaper Articles

Sprague, Abner E. "Fred H, Sprague, Pioneer." (Estes Park Trail), April 7, 1922.

______. "Honeymooning with a Pack Outfit." (Estes Park Trail), August 28, 1922.

______. "Mountain Fever." (Estes Park Trail), March 24, 1922,

______. "My First Ascent of Longs Peak," (Estes Park Trail), March 31, 1922.

______. "On Estes, Rocky Mountain National Park." (Estes Park Trail), April 28; May 5; May 12; May 26; June 2, 1922.

Papers

James Grafton Rogers Papers, Colorado State Archives and Records Service, Denver, Colorado.

Periodicals

Anonymous, "The E.C.W. and Conservation." Nature Notes from Rocky Mountain National Park," (January, 1934), p. 127.

______. "Piercing the Backbone of a Continent," Industrial News, (March, 1945), un-numbered pages.

______. "Piercing the Divide," Business Week, (June 21, 1941), pp. 20-22.

______. "River to Life Itself Over a Mountain," Popular Mechanics Magazine, (March, 1938), pp. 321-323, and 157A-158A.

______. "Water Through the Rockies: Giant Colorado Tunnel to Feed Arid Farmers on Eastern Slope," Newsweek. (December 15, 1941).

Albright, Horace M. "National Park Questions.: Conference at Yosemite Valley has many Gratifying Results," Parks and Recreation. (November-December, 192.2), pp. 85-89.

Arps, Louisa Ward. "Tracking Isabella Bird," Roundup, (December, 1956), pp. 5-13.

Carhart, Arthur H. "River Climbs a Mountain to Irrigate Arid Plains," Popular Science Monthly (November, 1938), pp. 65-68.

Doolittle, Will O. "A Pressing Need," Parks. and Recreation. (November- December, 1922.), pp. 180-181.

Estes, Milton. "Memoirs of Estes Park," Colorado Magazine, (July, 1939), p. 126.

Loomis, Battell. "The C.C.C. Digs In," Liberty, (May 5, 1934), pp. 46-47. "The Fights for the Forests," Liberty, (April 20, 1934).

Newsom, Anna L. "Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park," The Highway Magazine (April, 1936), p. 76.

Norcross, Fred N. "Genesis. of the Colorado—Big Thompson Project," Colorado Magazine, (January, 1953), pp. 29-37.

Rogers, James Grafton. "The Creation of Rocky Mountain National Park," Trail and Timberline (June, 1965), p. 100.

Shafroth, Morrison. "Seeing the Bill Through Congress," Trail and Timberline, (June, 1965), p. 103.

Yeager, Dorr. "A Page of Comment: What About Coyotes?" Nature Notes from Rocky Mountain National Park pp. 133-134.

Reference Works

Shores, Louis, Editor in Chief. Collier's Encyclopedia, XVII. Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 1965, 171.

Reminiscences and Notes

All of the following reminiscences and notes can be found in the files of the Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

Dille, Fred N. "Reminiscences," May 23, 1941.

Fillius, Jacob. An Account written for Mr. and Mrs. John Holzworth, concerning the County Commissioners' Feud in Grand County. September 10, 1937.

Ish, J. L. and Green McQueary and Jim Ganson. Notes on the early history of Grand Lake, August 9, 1930.

Johnson, Frank M. Supervisor of Surveys. Notes on the Surveying Activities of the United States (being an extract from a memorandum with reference to a proposal to transfer Land Office Surveying and Mapping from the General Land Office).

Sprague, Abner E.
Reminiscences: "A Battle of the Winds,"
"A Camping Trip"
"A Summer alone with Mother"
"A Winter of Work and Play"
"An Early Camping Trip to Estes Park"
"An Outing-Both Pleasant and Otherwise"
"Discovered Estes Park"
"I found My Mate"
"My first Winter in Estes Park"
"My Last Stage Ride"
"My Wife"
"Owing to Environment"
"Our Dealings with the Government"
"Prospecting"
"The Cliff Dwellers"
"The Human Animal"

Reports

All of the following reports can be found in the files of the Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

Crutcher, Maye M., temporary ranger. Report, July 20; July 22; July 28, 1920.

Chief Park Naturalist's Annual Reports, 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963.

Superintendent's Annual Reports, 1915-1965.

Superintendent's Monthly Reports, July, 1915-June, 1965.

Speeches

Contor, Roger. Rocky Mountain National Park Management Assistant Speech before the Interpretive Division Training Program. Hidden Valley Lodge, Rocky Mountain National Park, June 23, 1964.

Potts, Merlin K. Rocky Mountain National Park Chief Naturalist. Speech before the Interpretive Division Training Program. Hidden Valley Lodge, Rocky Mountain National Park, June 23, 1964.