Organic Act of 1916. Hearings, Reports, and Supporting Petitions to accompany the Organic Act of 1916
American Civic Association, Prairie Club of Chicago, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of the Interior. 1916. Organic Act of 1916. Hearings, Reports, and Supporting Petitions to accompany the Organic Act of 1916
The Hearings, Reports, and Supporting Petitions to accompany the Organic Act of 1916. This collection includes petitions, letters of support, various U.S. Congressional committee and conference reports, and a Congressional hearing transcript. All of these were in support of or discuss in depth the need for and feasibility of the creation of a bureau within the federal government designed to oversee and manage the existing national parks in the United States.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- American Civic Association; Prairie Club of Chicago; U.S. Congress; U.S. Department of the Interior
- Date of Issue
- 1916
- Units
- NPS-OLCA
- Keywords
- act, bill, congress, h.r. 15522, hearing, house of representatives, hr 15522, law, mather, national park bureau, national park service, organic act, petition, report, speech, taft
- Subjects
- NPS.gov Subject Site: Legislative and Congressional Affairs
See also
- Organic Act of 1916. An Act to Establish a National Park Service, and For Other Purposes. Approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535. Pub. Law 64-235)
- America's National Park System: The Critical Documents
- Laws Relating to the National Park Service, the National Parks, and the National Monuments. 1872 - 2010. Thirteen Volumes published between 1933 and 2010. Summaries 2011-Present Day. National Park Service Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs online