This photograph of Chase P. Ambler (1865-1932) standing at the edge of a cliff is part of a collection documenting the activities of the Appalachian National Park Association. The Association, founded in 1899, played a key role in the movement for…
This photograph of Craggy Flats taken from Craggy Pinnacle, a peak in the Great Craggy Mountains, by Chase P. Ambler (1865-1932) is part of a collection documenting the activities of the Appalachian National Park Association. Ambler, an Asheville…
This photograph taken from Craggy Pinnacle, a peak in the Great Craggy Mountains, by Chase P. Ambler (1865-1932) is part of a collection documenting the activities of the Appalachian National Park Association. Ambler, an Asheville based physician,…
This photograph depicting two men on horseback at the edge of a cliff was taken by Chase P. Ambler (1865-1932) and is part of a collection documenting the activities of the Appalachian National Park Association. Ambler, an Asheville based physician,…
In this series of letters, the Appalachian National Park movement requests various people and organizations to write articles about their cause. In promoting a national park in the southern Appalachians, Chase Ambler wrote dozens of editorials,…
The Appalachian National Park Association was concerned about conservation, in particular, logging in the mountains. This correspondence discusses the sale of timber on the Qualla Boundary in western North Carolina. Letters are dated from October…
These memoranda were written in support of Congressional legislation. In 1900, a bill passed authorizing funds to investigate the possibility of a national park in the eastern U.S. and, in December 1901, Congress introduced a bill to purchase land.…
Jeter Connelly Pritchard (1857-1921) was a North Carolina Republican Senator and supporter of the efforts of the Appalachian National Park Association. In order to advance their cause, Pritchard submitted this list of questions to the group. The…
Once the Appalachian National Park Association submitted its memorial to Congress in 1900, members and supporters made frequent trips to Washington DC to lobby for their effort. This 24 pages of correspondence discusses one such trip to Washington D.…
Various organizations expressed support of an Appalachian National Park and a bill before Congress authorizing the purchase of four million acres for that purpose. A movement for a national park in the Appalachians was spearheaded by Appalachian…