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Contents

Foreword

Preface

pre-1933

Reorganization

New Deal

Recreation

History

NPS 1933-39

Recommendations

Bibliography

Appendix

Introduction



Expansion of the National Park Service in the 1930s:
Administrative History

Bibliography
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MANUSCRIPT SOURCES


Berkeley, California. University of California at Berkeley. The Bancroft Library, Manuscripts Division.

Stephen T. Mather Collection.

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Harpers Ferry Center, Division of Reference Services, Library and Archives. National Park Service.

Annual Reports of the Branch of Interpretation
Brockman's Study
Building Program - PWA
CCC Materials
Conferences 1926-39
Congressional Documents
Directories
ECW, WML
Early Ranger Manuals
Evison's History. S. Herbert Evison, "The National Park Service: Conservation of America's Scenic and Historic Heritage." 1964 [typescript draft].
Exhibit History before 1936, 1936-38
Historic Preservation to 1959
History of Interpretation to 1935
Jesse Nusbaum Papers
Legislation
Mather Material
Memorandums to All (Region I), 1935-40
Monthly Reports - Board of Resources
Monthly Reports - Museum Division
Mss. Books
NRA
Natural Resources Planning Board
Nature Study
Park Materials
Park, Parkway, and Recreation-Area Study Act
Parkway
Policy and Philosophy to 1949
Press Releases to 1940
Recreational Demonstration Areas
Reorganization to 1962
Ronald F. Lee Papers
Seashore Recreation in mid-1930s
Seashores
Southwestern Monuments Reports
Uniform Code of Administration Policies
Uniforms
U.S. Forest Service - History
U.S. War Department
Wildlife Management - Biology through 1939

Los Angeles, California. University of California at Los Angeles. University Research Library, Department of Special Collections.

Horace M. Albright Papers.

Washington, D.C. National Archives.

Record Group 95. Records of the Forest Service.

Record Group 79. Records of the National Park Service.

Record Group 94. Records of the Office of the Adjutant General.

Record Group 16. Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture.

Record Group 48. Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.

Washington, D.C. Library of Congress.

Gifford Pinchot Papers
Harold L. Ickes Papers

Washington, D.C. National Park Service, Washington Office.

Advisory Boards and Commissions. Minutes and Records of the Advisory Board, 1929-40.

History Division.
    Old History Division Files
    History Division Files, 1970s
    State Files
    Proposed Area Files
    Park History Archives
    Harry Butowsky Material


PUBLISHED WORKS


Books

Albright, Horace M. Origins of National Park Service Administration of Historic Sites. Philadelphia: Eastern National Park and Monument Association, 1971.

Cameron, Jenks. The National Park Service: Its History, Activities and Organization. Washington, 1922.

Conover, Milton. The General Land Office: Its History, Activities and Organization (Institute for Government Research, Service Monographs of the United States Government, No. 13). Baltimore, 1923.

Everhart, William C. The National Park Service. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1972.

Hosmer, Charles B., Jr. Presence of the Past: A History of the Preservation Movement in the United States Before Williamsburg. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965.

________. Preservation Comes of Age: From Williamsburg to the National Trust, 1926-1949. 2 vols. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1981.

Ickes, Harold C. The Secret Diary of Harold L. Ickes: The First Thousand Days, 1933-1936. 4 vols. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953.

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

Jolley, Harley E. The Blue Ridge Parkway. Knoxville, 1969.

Lee, Ronald F. Family Tree of the National Park System. Philadelphia: Eastern National Park and Monument Association, 1972.

_______. United States: Historical and Architectural Monuments Mexico, D.F.: Institute Panamericans de Georgrafia e Historia, 1951.

McGeary, M. Nelson. Gifford Pinchot Forester - Politician. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1960.

Newton, Norman T. Design on the Land: The Development of Landscape Architecture. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971.

Runte, Alfred. National Parks: The American Experience. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1979.

Salmond, John A. The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942: A New Deal Case Study. Durham: Duke University Press, 1967.

Shankland, Robert. Steve Mather of the National Parks. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951.

Swain, Donald C. Federal Conservation Policy: 1921-1933. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1963.

_______. Wilderness Defender: Horace M. Albright and Conservation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970.

Tilden, Freeman. The National Parks. Rev. ed., New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.

Wilbur, Ray Lyman, and Dupuy, William Atherton. Conservation in the Department of the Interior. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931.

Wirth, Conrad L. Parks, Politics, and the People. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980.


Periodicals

Albright, Horace M. "The National Park Service, 1917-1937." Reprint from American Planning and Civic Annual, 1937.

________. "Research in the National Parks." The Scientific Monthly (June 1933), 483-501.

Appleman, Roy E. "Timber Empire From the Public Domain." Mississippi Valley Historical Review, XXVI (September 1939), 193-208.

Brockman, C. Frank. "Park Naturalists and the Evolution of National Park Service Interpretation Through World War II." Journal of Forest History, XXII (January 1978), 24-43.

Burns, Ned. "Museums, Where-When-Why." The Regional Review, VI (May-June 1941), 26-30.

C. van R. "The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial: A Brief History of an Important Project." Missouri Historical Society - The Bulletin, IV (April 1948), 177-79.

Chapman, H.H. "Conservation or Departmental Jealousy - Which?" American Forests and Forest Life, XXXVI (April 1930), 211-12, 230.

Coffman, John D. "How Much and What Kind of Forest Land Should be Devoted Exclusively to Recreation and Aesthetics." Journal of Forestry, XXXV (February 1937), 210-14.

"A Department of Conservation." American Forests and Forest Life, XXXII (April 1927), 227.

"The Forestry Budget." American Forests and Forest Life, XXXVI (January 1930), 34.

Graves, Henry S. "A Crisis in National Recreation." American Forestry, XXVI (July 1920), 391-400.

Kahler, Herbert E. "Ten Years of Historical Conservation under the Historic Sites Act." Planning and Civic Comment, XII (January 1946), 20-24.

Kahn, Herman. "The National Archives: Storehouse of National Park History." The Regional Review, IV (February 1940), 13-17.

Lee, Ronald F. "Objectives and Policies of Historical Conservation." The Regional Review, II (March 1939), 3-8.

"Losing our Primeval System in Vast Expansion." National Parks Bulletin, XIII (February 1936), 1-2, 4.

McDermott, John D. "The History Program of the National Park Service." Park Maintenance. August 1966.

"Mr. Ickes Replies." National Parks Bulletin, XIV (June 1938), 7.

"Mr. Ickes - Your National Parks." National Parks Bulletin, XIII (December 1937), 3-5.

"National Monument and National Seashore." The Regional Review, III (July 1939), 14.

"National Park Standards: A Declaration of Policy." National Parks Bulletin, XIV (December 1938), 5-7.

Peterson, Charles E. "Thirty Years of HABS." Journal of the American Institute of Architects, XL (November 1963), 83-84.

"President Hoover on Conservation." American Forests and Forest Life, XXXVI (January 1930), 11.

"Report of the Committee on Study of Educational Problems in National Parks." National Parks Bulletin, IX (April 1929), 2-3.

"Reorganizing Conservation." American Forests and Forest Life, XXXV (June 1929), 357-58.

Russell, Carl P. "Coordination of Conservation Programs." The Regional Review, VI (January-February 1941), 13-19.

________. "The History and Status of Interpretive Work in National Parks." The Regional Review, III (July 1939), 7-14.

"Scientists Defend National Park Standards." National Parks Bulletin, XIII (February 1936), 4.

Stauffer, Alvin P., and Porter, Charles W. "The National Park Service Program of Conservation for Areas and Structures of National Historical Significance." Mississippi Valley Historical Review, XXX (June 1943), 25-48.

"Suggests Transfer of Parks." American Forests and Forest Life, XXXIV (January 1928), 62.

"State and Federal Agencies Join Forces in Park Programs." State Government, XII (September 1939), 171, 174

Swain, Donald C. "Harold Ickes, Horace Albright, and the Hundred Days: A Study in Conservation Administration." Pacific Historical Review, XXXIV (November 1965), 455-65.

_______. "The National Park Service and the New Deal, 1933-1940." Pacific Historical Review, XLI (August 1972), 312-32.

_______. "The Passage of the National Park Service Act of 1916." Wisconsin Magazine of History, L (Autumn 1966), 4-17.

Wharton, William P. "Park Service Leader Abandons National Park Standards." National Parks Bulletin, XIV (June 1938), 4-6.

________. "Preservation Requires Classification, Editorial." National Parks Bulletin, XV (July 1940), 3-4.


Government Documents

Civilian Conservation Corps. Annual Report of the Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps, . . . 1938-40.

_______. Emergency Conservation Work Organization. Annual Report of the Director of Emergency Conservation Work, Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1936.

Federal Security Agency. Annual Report of the Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps . . . 1941-42.

Index, National Park System and Related Areas as of June 30, 1979.

National Conference on Outdoor Recreation. Recreation Resources of Federal Lands: Report of the Joint Committee on Recreational Survey of Federal Lands of the American Forestry Association and the National Parks Association to the National Conference on Outdoor Recreation, Washington, D.C.: 1928.

The Statutes at Large of the United States of America from January 1935 to June 1936. Vol. XLIX, Part 1.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs. Commemoration of Certain Military Historic Events, and for Other Purposes. 71st Cong., 2d sess., 1930. H. Rept. 1525.

________. ________. ________. Establishment of National Military Parks - Battle Fields: Hearings Before the Committee and Subcommittee No. 8 of the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives. 71st Cong., 2d sess., 1930.

________. ________. ________. National Military Park Commission. 58th Cong., 2d sess., 1904. H. Rept. 2325.

________. ________. ________. National Military Parks. 54th Cong., 1st sess., 1896. H. Rept. 374.

________. ________. ________. Qualifications for Superintendents of National Cemeteries and Parks. 70th Cong., 1st sess., 1928. H. Rept. 1234.

________. ________. ________. Study and Investigation of Battle Fields in the United States for Commemorative Purposes. 69th Cong., 1st sess., 1926. H. Rept. 1071.

________. ________. ________. Survey of American Battle Fields for Commemorative Purposes: Message from the President of the United States. . . . 69th Congr., 2d sess., 1926. H. Doc. 574.

________. ________. Committee on the Public Lands. Aid in Providing the People of the United States With Adequate Facilities for Park, Parkway, and Recreational - Area Purposes, Etc. 74th Cong., 1st sess., 1935. H. Rept. 586.

________. ________. ________. Public Lands. Providing for the Acquisition of Additional Lands for National Military Parks, National Historical Parks, National Battlefield Parks, and Battlefield Sites. 76th Cong., 1st sess., 1939. H. Rept. 951.

________. ________. ________. Aid in Providing the People of the United States With Adequate Facilities for Park, Parkway, and Recreational - Area Purposes, Etc. 73d Cong., 2d sess., 1934. H. Rept. 1895.

________. ________. ________. To Aid in Providing the People of the United States With Adequate Facilities for Park, Parkway, and Recreational - Area Purposes, and to Provide for the Transfer of Certain Lands Chiefly Valuable for Such Purposes to States and Political Subdivisions Thereof. 74th Cong., 2d sess., 1936. H. Rept. 1914.

________. ________. ________. Authorizing the Disposition of Recreational Demonstration Projects. 77th Cong., 1st sess., 1941. H. Rept. 248.

________. ________. ________. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to Dispose of Recreational Demonstration Projects. 76th Cong., 1st sess., 1939. H. Rept. 501.

________. ________. ________. Construction of Roads in National Parks. 72d Cong., 1st sess., 1932. H. Rept. 641.

________. ________. ________. Creation of a National Park Trust Fund Board. 74th Cong., 1st sess., 1935. H. Rept. 849.

________. ________. ________. Creation of a National Park Trust Fund Board. 74th Cong., 1st sess., 1935. H. Rept. 1254.

________. ________. ________. To Extend the Road Systems in National Parks. 71st Cong., 2d sess., 1930. H. Rept. 1999.

________. ________. ________. Morristown National Historical Park, N. J. 72d Cong., 2d sess., 1933. H. Rept. 1962.

_______. ________. ________. National Park Service. 64th Cong., 1st sess., 1916. H. Rept. 700.

________. ________. ________. Preservation of Historic American Sites, Buildings, Objects, and Antiquities of National Significance, and for Other Purposes. 74th Cong., 1st sess., 1935. H. Rept. 848.

________. ________. ________. Preservation of Historic American Sites, Buildings, Objects, and Antiquities of National Significance, and for Other Purposes. 74th Cong., 1st sess., 1935. H. Rept. 1255.

________. ________. House. Consolidation, Transfers, and Abolition of Executive Agencies: Message from the President of the United States Transmitting An Executive Order for Certain Regroupings, Consolidations, Transfers, and Abolitions of Executive Agencies and Functions Thereof. 78th Cong., 1st sess., 1933, . H. Doc. 69.

________. ________. ________. Joint Committee on the Reorganization of the Administrative Branch of the Government. Reorganization of the Executive Departments, 68th Cong., 1st sess., 1924. H. Doc. 356.

________. ________. ________. Message from the President of the United States Transmitting A Message to Group, Coordinate, and Consolidate Executive and Administrative Agencies of the Government, As Nearly As Maybe, According to Major Purpose. 72d Cong., 2d sess., 1932. H. Doc. 493.

________. ________. Joint Committee on Reorganization. Hearings Report, Reorganization of the Executive Departments. 68th Cong., 1st sess., 1924.

_______. ________. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs. Report to Accompany H. R. 175. 54th Cong., 1st sess., 1896. S. Rept. 526.

________. ________. ________. Study and Investigation of Battle Fields in the United States for Commemorative Purposes. 69th Cong., 1st sess., 1926. S. Rept. 917.

_______. ________. ________. Study and Investigation of Battle Fields in the United States: Message from the President of the United States. . . . 70th Cong., 1st sess., 1927. S. Doc. 14.

________. ________. ________. Study of Battle Fields in the United States for Commemorative Purposes. 70th Cong., 2d sess., 1928. S. Doc. 187.

________. ________. ________. Study of Battle Fields in the United States for Commemorative Purposes: Message from the President of the United States. . . . 71st Cong., 2d sess., 1929. S. Doc. 46.

________. ________. ________. Study of Battlefields in the United States for Commemorative Purposes: Message from the President of the United States. . . 71st Cong., 3d sess., 1930. S. Doc. 229.

________. ________. ________. Study of Battlefields in the United States for Commemorative Purposes: Message from the President of the United States. . . . 72d Cong., 1st sess., 1931. S. Doc. 27.

________. ________. ________. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Provide for the Creation of the Morristown National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey, and for Other Purposes. 72d Cong., 2d sess., 1933. S. Rept. 1162.

________. ________. ________. Functions of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, Public Building Commission, Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, and National Capital Park and Planning Commission. 73d Cong., 1st sess., 1933. S. Doc. 22.

________. ________. ________. Joint Committee on The Reorganization of Government Departments. Reorganization of the Executive Departments. 67th Cong., 4th sess., 132. S. Doc. 302.

________. ________. ________. National Conference on Outdoor Recreation: Proceedings . . . 1924. 68th Cong., 1st sess., 1924. S. Doc. 151.

________. ________. ________. Committee on Public Lands and Surveys. To Aid in Providing Adequate Facilities for Park, Parkway, and Recreational Area Purposes. 74th Cong., 1st sess., 1935. S. Rept. 610.

________. ________. ________. To Aid in Providing the People of the United States with Adequate Facilities for Park, Parkway, and Recreational Area Purposes, Etc. 73d Cong., 2d sess., 1934. S. Rept. 1412.

________. ________. ________. Disposition of Recreational Demonstration Projects. 76th Cong., 1st sess., 1939. S. Rept. 909.

________. ________. ________. Authorizing the Disposition of Recreational Demonstration Projects. 77th Cong., 2d sess., 1942. S. Rept. 1403.

________. ________. ________. Natchez Trace Parkway Survey. 76th Cong., 3d sess., 1941. S. Doc. 148.

________. ________. ________. National Park Trust Fund Board. 74th Cong., 1st sess., 1935. S. Rept. 829.

________. ________. ________. Preservation of Historic American Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities of National Significance, and for Other Purposes. 74th Cong., 1st sess., 1935. S. Rept. 828.

________. ________. ________. Public Parks, Parkways, and Recreational Areas. 74th Cong., 2d sess., 1936. S. Rept. 1547.

________. ________. ________. Public Parks, Parkways, and Recreational Areas. 74th Cong., 2d sess., 1936. S. Rept. 1694.

________. ________. ________. Transferring Jurisdiction Over Certain National Military Parks and National Monuments from the War Department to the Department of the Interior. 70th Cong., 1st sess., 1928. S. Rept. 1026.

U.S. Department of Agriculture. Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture, 17-1923.

________. Forest Service. Reports of the Forester to the Secretary of Agriculture. . ., 1907, 1914-23, 1925-33.

________. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1925-1934.

________. Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1908, 1917, 1923, 1934.

U.S. Department of the Interior. Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1906-07, 1911-17, 1933-42.

________. Annual Report of the Superintendent of National Parks to the Secretary of the Interior, For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1916. Washington, 1916.

_______. Proceedings of the National Park Conferences, 1911, 1912, 1915, 1917.

________. Report to the Secretary of the Interior on the Preservation of Historic Sites and Buildings, by J. Thomas Schneider. 1935.

________. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. America's Park and Recreation Heritage: A Chronology," by Carlton S. Van Boren and Louis Hodges, 1975.

_______. Civilian Conservation Corps. A Brief History of the National Park Service. 1940.

________. ________. Civilian Conservation Corps Program of the United States Department of the Interior, March 1933 to June 30, 1943: A Report to Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, by Conrad L. Wirth, Departmental Representative on the Advisory Council, CCC. January 1944.

_______. General Land Office. Annual Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1900, 1904, 1906-07, 1911-34.

________. National Park Service. Administration Manual for Recreational Demonstration Areas. October 27, 1941.

________. ________. Annual Reports of the Director of the National Park Service to the Secretary of the Interior . . ., 1917-1941.

[1917-32--separately published; 1933-41--published in Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Interior.]

________. ________. The Annual Report of the Southwestern Monuments, 1933-36.

________. ________. The Antiquities Act of 1906, by Ronald F. Lee. November 16, 1970.

________. ________. A Brief Organizational History of the Office of Design and Construction National Park Service, 1917-1962, by Vernon L. Hammons. 1962.

________. ________. Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina; Historical Research Management Plan, by J. Fred Roush and Charles E. Hatch, Jr., June 1, 1968.

________. ________.Centennial Edition: National Park Service Officials, March 1, 1972

.

________. ________. Circular of General Information Regarding Yellowstone National Park Wyoming. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1929.

________. ________. Emergency Activities in National Parks and Monuments, State Parks and Recreation Areas, Recreational Demonstration Areas. January 1937.

________. ________. Field Manual for Museums, by Ned J. Burns. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1941.

________. ________. General Information Regarding the National Monuments Set Aside Under the Act of Congress Approved, June 8, 1906. Washington, 1917.

________. ________. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, New Mexico, Statement for Management, June 1976.

________. ________. Glimpses of Historical Areas East of the Mississippi River Administered by the National Park Service. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1937.

________. ________. Glimpses of Our National Monuments. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1926.

________. ________. Glimpses of Our National Parks, by Isabelle F. Story. Rev. ed., Washington: Government Printing Office, 1934.

________. ________. Glimpses of Our National Parks, by Isabelle F. Story. Rev. ed., Washington: Government Printing Office, 1941.

________. ________. The Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1936.

________. ________. Historical Overview of Resources Management Planning in the National Park Service, by Garrett A. Smathers, ca. 1975.

________. ________. A History of National Capital Parks, by Cornelius W. Heine, 1953.

________. ________. Emergency Activities in National Parks and Monuments, State Parks and Recreation Areas, Recreational Demonstration Areas. January 1937.

________. ________. Laws Relating to the National Park Service, the National Parks and Monuments, comp. by Hillory A. Tolson. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1933.

________. ________. Laws Relating to the National Park Service: Supplement I, July 1933 through April 1944, comp. by Thomas Alan Sullivan. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1944.

________. ________. National Park Service Master Plans, by Thomas C. Vint, 1946. [Reprint from Planning and Civic Comment, April-June 1946].

________. ________. The National Park System As Developed "For the use and enjoyment of the people." Rev. January 1938.

________. ________. The National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings, Supplement to Theme XIX, Conservation of Natural Resources, Chapter IX, Formation of the National Park Service, by Charles W. Snell. July 1963.

________. ________. The Origin and Evolution of the National Military Park Idea, by Ronald F. Lee, 1973.

________. ________. Park and Recreation Structures, Parts I-Ill, by Albert H. Good. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938.

Section in "Historical Preservations and Reconstructions" contains NPS restoration policy and rationale behind it (Part II).

________. ________. Procedure for Park, Parkway and Recreational - Area Study. January 1937.

________. ________. Prospectus of Cape Hatteras National Seashore. March 1938.

________. ________. Research and Education in the National Parks, by Harold C. Bryant and Wallace W. Atwood, Jr. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1932.

________. ________. Southwestern Monuments Special Report Number 24: "Anthropology and the Museum," by Katharine Bartlett.

________. ________. Statement of Appropriations, 1879-1918, Inclusive, for National Parks and National Monuments Under the Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior. Washington, 1917.

________. ________. A Study of the Park and Recreation Problem of the United States. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1941.

________. ________. Yearbook, Park and Recreation Progress, 1937-38, 1940-41.

________. ________. Board of Planning. Park Structures and Facilities. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1935.

________. Office of the Secretary. Progress in the Development of the National Parks, by Stephen T. Mather. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1916.

________. Natural Resources Library. Law Branch comp. Historic Sites, Buildings and Antiquities Act of 1935, Public Law 292, 74th Congress, 1st Session, 49 Stat. 666. July 1980.

U.S. Emergency Conservation Work Organization. Summary Report of the Director of Emergency Conservation Work on the Operations of Emergency Conservation Work, For the Period Extending from April 1933, to June 30, 1935. Washington, 1935.

U.S. War Department. Annual Reports, 1917-1920, 1922-1934.

________. Index to General Orders and Bulletins, 1920-1933. Washington, 1934.


INTERVIEWS


Interview of Horace M. Albright by Amelia Roberts Fry, June 16, 1968.

Interview of Verne E. Chatelain by John F. Luzader and Edwin C. Bearss, January, 1982.

Interview of Verne E. Chatelain by Edwin C. Bearss and Barry Mackintosh, January 25, 1983.

Newton B. Drury. Parks and Redwoods, 1919-71: An interview conducted by Amelia Roberts Fry and Susan Schrepfer. 1972. 2 vols. (University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office).

Columbia University Oral History Research Office. Horace M. Albright: Reminiscences. An interview conducted by William T. Ingersoll. New York, 1962. 3 vols.

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Harpers Ferry Center, Division of Reference Services, Library and Archives.

(Transcribed, typescript copies of interviews.)

Interview of Horace M. Albright by Erskine, January 28, 1959.
Interview of Horace M. Albright by, September 1960.
Interview of Horace M. Albright by Robert C. Haraden and Willard E. Dilley, September 12, 1967.
Interview of Horace M. Albright by Charles B. Hosmer, Jr., December 2, 1969.
Interview of Roy E. Appleman by S. Herbert Evison, February 10, 1971.
Interview of Roy E. Appleman by S. Herbert Evison, February 28, 1971.
Interview of Roy E. Appleman by Charles B. Hosmer, Jr., April 15, 1970.
Interview of Harold C. Bryant by S. Herbert Evison, October 25, 1962.
Interview of Harold C. Bryant and Carl P. Russell by S. Herbert Evison, March 18, 1962.
Interview of Victor H. Cahalane by S. Herbert Evison, June 4, 1971.
Interview of Verne E. Chatelain by Charles B. Hosmer, Jr., September 9, 1961.
Interview of Verne E. Chatelain by Charles B. Hosmer, Jr., September 17, 1971.
Interview of John Cotter by S. Herbert Evison, September 2, 1971.
Interview of Elbert Cox by S. Herbert Evison, March 17, 1971.
Interview of Elbert Cox by Charles B. Hosmer, Jr., May 9, 1970.
Interview of Louis C. Cramton by S. Herbert Evison, September 10, 1962.
Interview of V. W. Flickinger by S. Herbert Evison, July 17, 1973.
Interview of Jean C. Harrington by Charles B. Hosmer, Jr., May 18, 1970.
Interview of Charles F. Hatch, Jr., by S. Herbert Evison, October 31, 1971.
Interview of Edward A. Hummel by S. Herbert Evison, October 22, 1962.
Interview of Edward A. Hummel by S. Herbert Evison, January 5, 1971.
Interview of T. Sutton Jett by S. Herbert Evison, December 14, 1970.
Interview of Herbert E. Kahler by S. Herbert Evison, 1964.
Interview of Herbert E. Kahler by S. Herbert Evison, January 6, 1971.
Interview of Herbert E. Kahler by Charles B. Hosmer, Jr., June 19, 1970.
Interview of Herbert E. Kahler by Albert Manucy, July 1, 1971.
Interview of Frank Kowski by S. Herbert Evison, December 3, 1962.
Interview of Ronald F. Lee by S. Herbert Evison, February 1, 1971.
Interview of Ralph Lewis by S. Herbert Evison, March 12, 1971.
Interview of Merrill J. Mattes by S. Herbert Evison, September 11, 1972.
Interview of Jesse L. Nussbaum by S. Herbert Evison, December 9, 1962.
Interview of George Palmer by S. Herbert Evison, August 26, 1971.
Interview of Charles E. Peterson by S. Herbert Evison, February 9, 1970.
Interview of Charles W. Porter, III, by S. Herbert Evison, February 10, 1971.
Interview of Frederick L. Rath by Charles B. Hosmer, Jr., August 5, 1969.
Interview of Carl P. Russell by S. Herbert Evison, October 25, 1962.
Interview of Edwin W. Small by S. Herbert Evison, October 19, 1971.
Self-interview of Branch Spaulding, FaIl 1976.
Interview of Ross F. Sweeney by S. Herbert Evison, August 24, 1971.
Interview of Thomas C. Vint by S. Herbert Evison, June 30, 1960.
Interview of Samuel P. Weems by S. Herbert Evison, July 26, 1960.
Interview of Samuel P. Weems by S. Herbert Evison, July 16, 1971.
Interview of Samuel P. Weems by S. Herbert Evison, August 28, 1975.
Interview of Melvin J. Weig by S. Herbert Evison, August 15, 1971. Interview of Francis F. Wilshin by S. Herbert Evison, June 29, 1971.
Interview of Conrad Wirth, Matt Huppuch, Sid Kennedy, and Rene Reixach by S. Herbert Evison, February 12, 1971.
Interview of Rogers W. Young by S. Herbert Evison, January 5, 1971.

University of California, Berkeley, Regional Cultural History Project. Horace Marden Albright and Newton Bishop Drury: Comments on Conservation, 1900 to 1960. An interview conducted by Amelia Roberts Fry, 1962. Typescript.

University of California, Berkeley, Regional Cultural History Project. Herbert Evison and Newton Bishop Drury: The National Park Service and Civilian Conservation Corps. An interview conducted by

Amelia Roberts Fry. 1963. Typescript.


CORRESPONDENCE


Edwin C. Alberts
Thomas J. Allen
Roy E. Appleman
Howard W. Baker
Verne F. Chatelain
John L. Cotter
S. Herbert Evison
B. Floyd Flickinger
Elizabeth (Mrs. Victor W.) Flickinger
Aubrey L. Haines
J. C. Harrington
Michael Harrison
Herbert E. Kahler
Ralph H. Lewis
Albert C. Manucy
Merrill J. Mattes
Edwin D. McKee
George A. Palmer
Irene S. (Mrs. V. Aubrey) Neasham
Charles E. Peterson
Frederick L. Rath, Jr.
Erik K. Reed
Albert H. Schroeder
Charlie R. Steen
Ross F. Sweeny
Melvin J. Weig
Conrad L. Wirth


TECHNICAL STUDIES


Borresen, Thor. "Report on American Guns and Carriages." 1940.

Example of early NPS historical report. Found in Old History Division Files.

Buck, Paul Herman. The Evolution of the National Park System of the United States: A Thesis Presented for the Degree of Master of Arts, Ohio State University, June 1921. Reprinted by United States Government Printing Office, 1946.

Cramton, Louis C. "The Department of the Interior: Its History and Proper Functions." Interoffice Memorandum, December 7, 1932.

Harper, Charles Price. The Administration of the Civilian Conservation Corps: A Dissertation Submitted to the Board of University Studies of the Johns Hopkins University in Conformity with the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 1937. Clarksburg, West Virginia, 1939.

Historical Notes, I (January-February 1932), 1-14.

Deals with beginning and development of Colonial National Monument. Published by park. Found in Old History Division Files.

Huth, Hans. "Observations Concerning the Conservation of Monuments In Europe and America." Washington, 1940.

Parts -

I. Classification of Monuments in Europe
II. Surveys and Related Matters Pertaining to Conservation of Monuments
III. Protection of Monuments in War Time
IV. Open Air Museums and Folk Art Centers
V. Observations Concerning Historic Sites, Museums, Etc. of the National Park Service

Northington, Oscar F., Jr. "Research Report on Wakefield, George Washington Birthplace, Westmoreland County, Virginia." February 7, 1938.

Example of early NPS historical report. Found in GEWA 4380, park files, HFC.

McDermott, John Dishon. "Breath of Life: An Outline of the Development of a National Policy for Historic Preservation." March 1966.

Palmer, Genevieve. "The Establishment of National Parks: An Example of Federalism." Unpublished M. A. thesis, St. Mary's University, 1968.

Carl Parcher Russell. An Indexed Register of His Scholarly and Professional Papers, 1920-1967, in the Washington State University Library. Pullman, 1970.

Southwestern Monuments Association. The Guide to Southwestern National Monuments. Coolidge, Arizona, December 1938.

Stanford Research Institute. "The Concession System in United States National Parks: Background, Services Performed, Public Attitude Toward, and Future Considerations," by Terrence Cullinan and Barbara Matthews, January 1976.

Tweed, William C. "Parkitecture: Rustic Architecture in the National Parks." Draft Mss., 1982.




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