Table of Contents

National Park Service: The First 75 Years Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Cover

Preface

Acknowledgements

Parks and People

Evolution of a National Park Concept
Wildiands Designated...But Vulnerable
Creating a Service to Manage the System
Expanding the Scope
Revising the Mission
Rehabilitation and Expansion
Partners and Alliances

Biographical Vignettes

 1. Harry Yount, 1837-1924
 2. William Henry Jackson, 1843-1942
 3. Capt. Charles Young, 1864-1922
 4. John Muir, 1838-1914
 5. J. Horace McFarland, 1859-1948
 6. Stephen T. Mather, 1867-1930
 7. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, 1875-1966
 8. Robert Sterling Yard, 1861-1945
 9. Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., 1870-1957
10. Franklin Knight Lane, 1864-1921
11. Ansel F. Hall, 1894-1962
12. George Wright, 1904-1936
13. Gilbert Stanley Underwood, 1890-1960
14. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 1874-1960
15. Horace Marden Albright, 1890-1987
16. Herma Albertson Baggley, 1896-1981
17. Isabelle Story, 1888-1970
18. Frank "Boss" Pinkley, 1881-1940
19. Roger Wolcott Toll, 1883-1936
20. Dr. Harold Bryant, 1886-1968
21. Arno B. Cammerer, 1883-1941
22. Roy E. Appleman, 1904-present
23. Olaus J. Murie, 1889-1963
24. Frank Kowski, 1910-1975
25. Conrad L. Wirth, 1899-present
26. Lemuel L. Garrison, 1903-1984
27. Thomas Vint, 1894-1967
28. A. Starker Leopold, 1913-1983
29. Freeman Tilden, 1883-1980
30. William C. Everhart, 1921-present
31. George B. Hartzog, Jr., 1920-present
32. Congressman Phillip Burton, 1926-1983
33. Josh Barkin, 1918-1982
34. James V. Murfin, 1929-1987
35. Elizabeth Titus, 1933-present
36. Lorraine Mintzmyer, 1935-present

Recommendations for Further Reading

Directors of the National Park Service

All photos not otherwise credited are courtesy of the National Park Service.

Copyright © 1990 Eastern National Park & Monument Association
ISBN # 0-915992-52-3
Edited by William H. Sontag
Hardcopy design by Michael Burgoon
Published by Eastern National Park & Monument Association
Produced in cooperation with the Geoge Wright Society

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