Historic Properties Policy and Program in Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands): Report, Recommendations, and Examples
Apple RA. 1972. Historic Properties Policy and Program in Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands): Report, Recommendations, and Examples. Honolulu, HI
One basic finding of the preliminary historic sites survey should be stated here: The Trust Territory of the Pacific contains historic sites, buildings, structures and objects which are of national significance to Micronesians as well as to nationals of other countries. This report is primarily concerned with the historic properties portion of a potential Micronesian National Park System. ·It also makes recommendations to the High Commissioner for procedures to obtain advice for the natural and recreational portions. Together the total package of advice from the staff of the National Park Service, .u. s. Department of the Interior, could help establish a Micronesian National Park System based on more than 50 years of experience by America's National Park Service. Micronesia is not the United States. It is expected that Micronesian legislators and their staffs, with first-hand knowledge of that multi-island country, will adopt and change recommendations to make them workable and successful in Micronesia, Some modifications of U. S. historic preservation policies and criteria has already been found necessary in this report to fit them into the Micronesian situation, Others will be more obvious to Micronesians. The modified criteria for evaluation were evolved following an historic sites survey in late 1971. This survey was preliminary and incomplete, but sites selected may be considered as types or samples as seen by a historian who is non-Micronesian. Future surveys, perhaps based on criteria further modified by Micronesians, should add others of like or more merit, The next survey should re-examine the sites selected, expand the list and increase the number of islands covered.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Apple, Russell
- Date of Issue
- 1972-07
- Units
- HIST , WAPA
- Keywords
- Criteria of Evaluation for Historical Properties of Prime Importance to Micronesians, Criteria of Evaluation for Historical Trust Parks, Cultural Resources, ehistory, feasibility, History, integrity, Park Policy Viewpoint, Precetps, Recommendations, Register of Micronesian Parklands, significance, Suitability, Types and Examples