1. Henry Mason Baum, "Records of the Past and American Antiquities," Records of the Past 1, Pt. 1 (January 1902): 1.

2. For a discussion of the effects of cultural nationalism on the development of American national parks, see Alfred Runte, National Parks: The American Experience (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1979), 71-73, 82-106.

3. Baum, "Records of the Past," 3.

4. Ibid., 4; anonymous (attributed to Baum), Records of the Past (June 1902): 127.

5. Henry Mason Baum, "Pueblo and Cliff Dwellers of the Southwest," Records of the Past 1, Pt. 12 (December 1902): 357-61. The Pajarito Plateau area now includes Bandelier National Monument.

6. Ibid., 361.

7. Editorial notes, Records of the Past 2, pt. 5 (May 1903): 157. Ise, Our National Park Policy, 147, attributes this request to Hewett.

8. Lee, Antiquities Act, 57-60.

9. S. Doc: 314, 59th Cong., 2d sess., 1904, 4; NA, RG 79, 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 166.

10. See H. R. 13349, S. 5603, H. R. 12247, and S. 4127, 59th Cong., 2d sess., 1904; NA RG 79, Series 1, Records Relating to National Parks and Monuments 1872-1916, Letters Received, Tray 166, contains copies of all these documents.

11. Henry Mason Baum, "Pending Legislation for the Protection of Antiquities of the Public Domain," Records of the Past 3, pt. 5 (May 1904): 149. See also S. Doc. 314, 1904, 5.

12. Baum, "Pending Legislation," 149.

13. Ibid., 147.

14. Ibid., 149-50.

15. William H. Goetzmann, Exploration and Empire, 512-13ff has biographical information on William H. Holmes.

16. Lee, Antiquities Act, 66-67; James Taylor Forrest, "Edgar Lee Hewett," in Keepers of the Past, ed. Clifford Lord (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1965), 145-46; Lansing B. Bloom, "Edgar Lee Hewett: His Biography and Writings to Date," in So Live the Works of Men, ed. Donald D. Brand and Fred E. Harvey (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1939), 13-20.

17. See Records of the Past 4 (1905), frontispiece. Baum was also replaced as editor.

18. Edgar L. Hewett, "Report to the Commissioner of the General Land Office," 3 September 1904, NA, RG 79, Series 1, Records Relating to National Parks and Monuments 1872-1916, Letters Received, Tray 166.

19. Edgar L. Hewett to W. A. Richards, 14 September 1904, NA, RG 79, Series 1, Records Relating to National Parks and Monuments 1872-1916, Letters Received, Tray 166.

20. See H.R. 13349, 1904; Hewett, "Report to the Commissioner," 3 September 1904.

21. Ibid.

22. W. A. Richards to the secretary of the interior, 5 October 1904, NA, RG 79, Series 1, Records Relating to National Parks and Monuments, 1872-1916, Letters Received, Tray 166.

23. Lee, Antiquities Act, 70.

24. Edgar L. Hewett, "Preservation of American Antiquities; Progress During the Last Year; Needed Legislation," American Anthropologist 8 (1906): 113; see Lee, Antiquities Act, 72-77, for more detail.

25. United States Statutes at Large, L. 34 Stat. 225 (1906).

26. Dr. Harold C. Bryant, National Park Service memo for the files, June 1932. A copy of this can be found in NA, RG 79, Series 18, Records of Arno B. Cammerer. Cammerer's correspondence files are largely unsorted.

27. Darrell H. Smith, The Forest Service (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1930), 20-35.

28. Francis W. Kelsey, "Recent Archeological Legislation," Records of the Past 5, pt. 11 (November 1906): 339-40.