The Membership Committee of the Appalachian National Park Association drafted a letter to various Boards of Trade to build membership in the association. Heading the committee was Claybrook James, general manager of the Asheville Hardware Company.…
By December 1899, the association had already printed 5000 copies of a small booklet entitled, “A Few Reasons in Favor of the Establishment of a National Park in the Mountains of Western North Carolina.” This correspondence refers to the distribution…
This correspondence discusses the upcoming annual meeting of the Appalachian National Park Association in September 1901. The association was formed in 1899 for the purpose of promoting the idea of a national park in the eastern U.S. Although housed…
Various organizations and individuals expressed support for an Appalachian National Park. A movement for a national park in the Appalachians was spearheaded by Appalachian National Park Association, formed in 1899. The association raised public…
Various organizations and individuals expressed support for an Appalachian National Park. A movement for a national park in the Appalachians was spearheaded by Appalachian National Park Association, formed in 1899. The association raised public…
This correspondence is concerned with a meeting of the Appalachian National Park Association for the purpose of election of officers in 1901. The association was formed in 1899 for the purpose of promoting the idea of a national park in the eastern…
This is a list of subscriptions and expenditures secured by the Appalachian National Park Association from its beginnings in 1899 to December 1901. The Appalachian National Park Association was formed in 1899 for the purpose of promoting the idea of…
Formed in 1899 for the purpose of promoting the idea of a national park in the eastern U.S., the Appalachian National Park Association originally favored western North Carolina as the sole site for a proposed national park. This 1901 correspondence…
These 3 pages of 1901 correspondence between C. P. Ambler and A. A. Wiley discuss the possibility of obtaining a certified copy of a resolution concerning Alabama’s support for the national park movement. While the Appalachian National Park…
This correspondence between C. P. Ambler and A. Gattinger discusses an article Gattinger is writing on “The Introduction of a Forestry Policy in the United States.” Ambler supplies the writer with a history of the national park movement. Chase P.…