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NPS Expansion: 1930s
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Contents
Foreword
Preface
pre-1933
Reorganization
New Deal
Recreation
History
NPS 1933-39
Recommendations
Bibliography
Appendix
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Expansion of the National Park Service in the 1930s:
Administrative History
Table of Contents
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Foreword
Preface
Chapter One - "They have grown up
like Topsy": Administration of American Parks Before 1933
A. |
National Parks and Monuments Under the Department of the Interior, 1872-1916 |
B. |
National Park Service Administration, 1916-1933 |
C. |
Department of Agriculture Monuments, 1906-1933 |
D. |
Military Park System to 1933 |
E. |
National Capital Parks |
Chapter Two - Reorganization of Park
Administration
| Introduction |
A. |
The National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service |
B. |
Early Efforts to Transfer War Department Parks |
C. |
Reorganization of 1933 |
D. |
Additional Areas, 1934-1939 |
Chapter Three - Impact of the New
Deal on the National Park Service
A. |
Emergency Conservation Work -- Civilian Conservation Corps |
B. |
Federal Emergency Relief Administration |
C. |
Civil Works Administration |
D. |
Public Works Administration |
E. |
Works Progress Administration |
F. |
Emergency Relief Act Projects: 1937-1941 |
Chapter Four - New Initiatives in the
Field of Recreation and Recreational Area Development
A. |
Background to National Park Service Involvement in Recreational Policy Issues |
B. |
The National Park Service Enters Recreational Planning and Development Field |
C. |
National Park Service Participation on the National Resources Board |
D. |
The Park, Parkway, and Recreational-Area Study Act of 1936 |
E. |
Implementation of Park, Parkway, and Recreational-Area Study |
F. |
National Park Service Activities Relating to Park, Parkway, and Recreational-Area
Study, 1936-1941 |
G. |
Postscript to the Park, Parkway, and Recreational-Area Study |
H. |
Initiation of Four New Types of Recreation Areas in National Park System |
I. |
Recreational Demonstration Areas |
J. |
National Parkways |
K. |
National Recreation Areas (Reservoir-Related Areas) |
L. |
National Seashores |
Chapter Five - New Initiatives in the
Fields of History, Historic Preservation and Historial Park Development and
Interpretation
A. |
Background to Involvement of National Park Service in New Initiatives in Historical Field |
B. |
Creation and Activities of History Division |
C. |
Historical Program at Colonial National Monument |
D. |
Morristown National Historical Park |
E. |
Impact of New Deal Programs and Reorganization of 1933 on National Park Service
Historical Program Development |
F. |
Historic American Buildings Survey |
G. |
Movement Towards Passage of Legislation for National Program of Historic Preservation |
H. |
Legislative History of Historic Sites Act and National Park Trust Fund Board Act |
I. |
Significance of the Historic Sites Act and the National Park Trust Fund Board Act |
J. |
Establishment of Branch of Historic Sites and Buildings |
K. |
Adoption of Code of Procedure for Implementation of Historic Sites Act |
L. |
Appointment and Early Activities of the Advisory Board |
M. |
Historic Sites Survey: 1935-1941 |
N. |
New Historical and Archeological Areas Added to National Park System: 1933-1941 |
O. |
Historical and Archeological Research: 1935-1941 |
P. |
Development of Restoration and Preservation Policies: 1935-1941 |
Q. |
Classification and Objectives of Historical and Archeological Areas in National Park System: 1935-1941 |
R. |
Impact of History on Master Plans: 1935-1941 |
S. |
Interpretation: 1935-1941 |
T. |
Publications: 1935-1941 |
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Historic Preservation in the National Park Service During the 1930s |
Chapter Six - The National
Park Service, 1933-1939
| Introduction |
A. |
Growth of the National Park Service |
B. |
Reorganization - The Washington Office |
C. |
Regionalization |
D. |
Retrospect |
Recommendations
Bibliography
Endnotes
Appendixes
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