Origins of National Park Service Administration of Historic Sites. 1915-1933

Albright HM. 1971. Origins of National Park Service Administration of Historic Sites. 1915-1933. Eastern National Parks & Monument Association. Philadelphia, PA

​Horace M. Albright, Director of the National Park Service (1929-1933) recounts the origins of the idea that the National Park Service should be administering historic sites managed by other Federal Departments, primarily the Department of War. He also discusses how he worked with others behind the scenes to get the White House to draft, and President Roosevelt to sign, an Executive Order transferring administration of Federally managed historic sites to the National Park Service. In addition he discusses the creation of the position of Chief Historian of the National Park Service and the selection of Verne E. Chatelain as the first Chief Historian. Included with the citation's digital files are: - Executive Order 6166. ORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE AGENCIES. June 1933. The Reorganization of the Executive Branch. - Executive Order 6228. July 1933 which names the historic sites transferred from the Department of War to the Department of the Interior - An article from the American Political Science Review. December 1933 detailing the new organization of the Executive Branch

Type
Published Report
Authors
Albright, Horace
Date of Issue
1971
Publisher
Eastern National Parks & Monument Association
Units
HIST
Keywords
6166, 6228, Administration, Administrative, Albert B. Fall, Albright, cemeteries, chatelain, chief historian, department of the interior, executive order, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin K. Lane, Herbert Hoover, Historic, historic site, History, Ickes, james w. good, mather, National Park Service, NPS, Origin, origins, Ray Lyman Wilbur, reorganization, Roy O. West, secretary of the interior, secretary of war, sites, war department

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