America's National Monuments: The Politics of Preservation (Chapter 1 Notes)

America's National Monuments
The Politics of Preservation

Chapter 1:
Notes

1. Capt. George F. Hamilton to the secretary of the interior, 25 August 1904, National Archives, Records Group 79 (hereafter given as NA, RG 79), Records of the National Park Service, Series 1, Records Relating to National Parks and Monuments 1872-1916, Letters Received by the Office of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to National Parks 1872-1907, Tray 165. All subsequent citations in this chapter are to documents in Tray 165.

2. Telegram, Interior Department to Superintendent G. F. Hamilton, 1 September 1904.

3. Richard Rathbun to the secretary of the interior, 8 September 1904.

4. Charles D. Walcott to the secretary of the interior, 14 October 1904; W. A. Richards to the secretary of the interior, 11 October 1904.

5. Hamilton to secretary, 25 August 1904; Rathbun to secretary, 8 September 1904.

6. Ernest Britten to the secretary of the interior, 3 February 1905. At the time, the Department of the Interior managed the forest reserves [national forests], a reality that changed with the establishment of the United States Forest Service (USFS) in 1905.

7. Ibid.

8. Rathbun to secretary, 8 September 1904.


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