As Secretary of the Parks and Forestry Committee of the Asheville Board of Trade, Chase Ambler wrote a number of letters to circulate to various constituents. “Circular No. 1” was written to newspaper editors encouraging them to promote the movement…
As Secretary of the Parks and Forestry Committee of the Asheville Board of Trade, Chase Ambler wrote a number of letters to circulate to various constituents. “Circular No. 2” was written to school superintendents encouraging them to promote the…
“Circular No. 3” is a reprint from the magazine, “Southern Pictures and Pencillings.” By December 1899, the Appalachian National Park Association adopted the magazine as the official organ of the association. The publication was produced by A. H.…
As Chairman of the Membership Committee, Chase Ambler wrote a number of letters to circulate to various constituents. “Circular No. 4” was written to local citizens whose names were suggested by their mayors. Each circular encouraged the promotion of…
As Chairman of the Membership Committee, Chase Ambler wrote a number of letters to circulate to various constituents. “Circular No. 7” was written to mayors encouraging them to promote the movement to establish a national park and forest reserve in…
Thunderhead Mountain and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp 1214. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a founding member of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club (est. 1924) and a charter member of the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation…
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp in Cades Cove with Thunderhead in the background. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a founding member of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club (est. 1924) and a charter member of the Great Smoky…
This 38-page booklet about Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) District C Fourth Corps area opens with an excerpt of a talk by President Franklin Roosevelt on the third anniversary of the CCC. The booklet is illustrated with full-page portraits of the…
Civilian Conservation Corps Camp officials posing for a group photo at the “turn-around” on the Porters Creek Road in Greenbrier are (L to R) L. W. Frierson, Lieut. Joseph Carmack, Lieut. (Dr.) M. S. Crowder, Col. David C. Chapman, Major J. Ross…
Civilian Conservation Corps Camp officials standing on a bridge are (L to R) Lieut (Dr.) M.S. Crowder, Major J. Ross Eakin, Col. David C. Chapman, and Mr. Robert Fechner. In the background are Charles I. Barber and Hugh F. Hoss. The photographer,…