Report to the Secretary of the Interior on the Preservation of Historic Sites and Buildings
Schneider JT. 1935. Report to the Secretary of the Interior on the Preservation of Historic Sites and Buildings. Washington, D.C.
The accompanying Report on the Preservation of Historic Sites and Buildings was submitted to the Department of the Interior in the fall of 1935 by Mr. J. Thomas Schneider, covering a survey of the subject made in this country and abroad during the course of the preceding year. Part I of the Report reviews Federal, State, local and private progress in this field in the United States. Part II discusses the legislative history and administrative organization for the preservation of historic sites and buildings in Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and other foreign countries. In Part III Mr. Schneider gives a detailed analysis of the Historic Sites legislation enacted August 21, 1935, and sets forth certain conclusions and recommendations for the administration of our national program. As the Report indicates, the Department of the Interior adopted a plan following the lines of those conclusions and recommendations prior to formal submission of the Report. This plan was incorporated in the Historic Sites legislation. In conformity with authority contained in that act, an Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments has been appointed. This Board has assembled on several occasions and is rendering valuable service to the Department. In addition, a National Park Trust Fund Board, the purposes and composition of which are referred to in the Report, was created by a companion Act. Funds have been received by the Board from private sources interested in the activities of the National Park Service.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Schneider, J.
- Date of Issue
- 1935
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- HIST
- Keywords
- activities, Administration, Advisory, American, American Battle Monuments Commission, Buildings, ehistory, European, federal, Government, Historic Sites, History, interest, Legislation, local, National Park Service, NPS, Pan-American Treaty, Preservation, private, Public, Restoration, sites, Smithsonian Institution, state