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Creating the National Park Service

The Missing Years

By: Horace M. Albright,Marian Albright Schenck

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Creating the National Park Service

The Missing Years

By: Horace M. Albright,Marian Albright Schenck

Two men played a crucial role in the creation and early history of the National Park Service: Stephen T. Mather, a public relations genius of sweeping vision, and Horace M. Albright, an able lawyer and administrator who helped transform that vision into reality. In Creating the National Park Service, Albright and his daughter, Marian Albright Schenck, reveal the previously untold story of the critical "missing years" in the history of the service. During this period, 1917 and 1918, Mather's problems with manic depression were kept hidden from public view, and Albright, his able and devoted assistant, served as acting director and assumed Mather's responsibilities. Albright played a decisive part in the passage of the National Park Service Organic Act of 1916; the formulation of principles and policies for management of the parks; the defense of the parks against exploitation by ranchers, lumber companies, and mining interests during World War I; and other issues crucial to the future of the fledgling park system. This authoritative behind-the-scenes history sheds light on the early days of the most popular of all federal agencies while painting a vivid picture of American life in the early twentieth century.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806131551

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9780806131559

Worthwhile Places

Correspondence of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Horace M. Albright

By: J W Ernst,John Davison Rockefeller (Jr.),Horace Marden Albright

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Worthwhile Places

Correspondence of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Horace M. Albright

By: J W Ernst,John Davison Rockefeller (Jr.),Horace Marden Albright

Worthwhile Places is a fascinating inside look at the history of some of our most treasured national parks. The book illuminates a remarkable public-private partnership that helped to shape our national park system. The close association and warm and lasting friendship between John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Horace M. Albright is documented through 211 letters covering a 36-year period. The letters portray a common concern for and love of our nation's natural heritage and efforts which preserved countless scenic wonders for future generations. Horace Albright joined the National Park Service at its inception in 1916. He was superintendent of Yellowstone National Park and later director of the National Park Service. After he left government service, he remained active in the conservation movement until his death in 1987. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., a generous supporter of the national park system and other conservation and preservation activities, was one of the earliest proponents of private sector cooperation with the national government's preservation efforts. The letters provide insights into the plannings and problem solving which led to the creation of Acadia, Grand Teton, Grand Smoky Mountains, and Virgin Islands national parks as well as other conservation/preservation efforts for the California Big Trees, Florida's Bald Cypress Swamp, and Colonial Williamsburg. Dr. Joseph Ernst's Overview and Epilogue place the letters in their historical perspective and provide glimpses into the lives of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Horace M. Albright. This selection of letters highlights the sweep of their vision for America's outdoors, which literally stretched from coast to coast.

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Fordham University Press

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0823213307

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9780823213306

Creating the National Park Service

The Missing Years

By: Horace M. Albright,Marian Albright Schenck

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The Missing Years

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The Mather Mountain Party of 1915 and the Founding of the National Park Service

By: Horace M. Albright,Marian Albright Schenck,William C. Tweed

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The Mather Mountain Party of 1915 and the Founding of the National Park Service

By: Horace M. Albright,Marian Albright Schenck,William C. Tweed

In 1915 a group of influential men crossed the Sierra Nevada mountains through Sequoia National Park. This trek is considered to have led to the creation of the National Park Service. This is a direct account by participants on this trip including actual photographs. Stephen Mather became the Park Service's first director"--

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Creating the National Park Service

Creating the National Park Service

Worthwhile Places

Worthwhile Places

Creating the National Park Service

Creating the National Park Service

The Mather Mountain Party of 1915 and the Founding of the National Park Service

The Mather Mountain Party of 1915 and the Founding of the National Park Service

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