Proceedings of the Fourth National Park Conference held in the Auditorium of the New National Museum
1917. Proceedings of the Fourth National Park Conference held in the Auditorium of the New National Museum. Washington, D.C.. January 2-6, 1917. National Park Service. Washington, D.C.
Because of the extensive advancement in the movement to develop the national parks since the third National park Conference in 1915, the fourth conference was broadened in scope and purpose. The creation of the National Park Service in 1916 meant that it was imperative to consider the whole subject of the parks as a system from the broadest possible perspective. The conference program was designed to cover as many outlooks as possible, with specialist speakers at the morning and afternoon sessions. Evening sessions were devoted to popular lectures illustrated with lantern slides and motion pictures of national parks subjects. In connection with the conference, the First Exhibition of National Parks Paintings was opened in the national gallery on the second floor of the building, and various exhibits were on view in rooms on both sides of the entrance lobby. It was hoped that the conference would result in a body of expert discussion and advice which would prove helpful in the creation of broader policies for the national parks and the National Park Service. Conference speakers and attendees included officials from the new National Park Service, the Department of the Interior officials, parks superintendents, concessioners, Members of Congress who had specialized on national parks, representatives of cooperating clubs and associations, educators, specialists in forestry, natural science, and wildlife conservation, and others interested in the recreational, artistic, inspirational, and economics of the parks were invited to join the conference The Proceedings contain all of the speeches and lectures given at the conference.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding
- Date of Issue
- 1917
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ACAD , COLM , DENA , ELMO , GRCA , KICA , MORA , MUWO , OLYM , PINN , SAGU , SEKI , YELL
- Keywords
- airplane, automobile, canada, canadian, car, conference, economic, education, fish, fishing, grand canyon, highway, hiking, history, kings canyon, living in, motor travel, Mount McKinley, Mount Whitney, national forest, national monument, national park service, paint, painting, park administration, pikes peak, proposed national parks, railroad, railway, recreation, road, sawtooth, scientific, sequoia, signage, teach, teaching, touring, university, wildlife conservation, winter sport, women, yellowstone