By-laws of the Appalachian National Park Association

By-laws of the Appalachian National Park Association

Appalachian National Park Association

National parks and reserves

Reports

This item includes two drafts of a 5-page document that outlines the by-laws of the Appalachian National Park Association. The original by-laws proposed that the organization be named the “Southern National Park Association” but, by the time it was established, the organization settled on the name “Appalachian.” Its name reflected the association’s specific interest in advocating for a park located in the mountains. Its earliest documents reveal that their preference was for the western North Carolina mountains, but in order to gain support from other states, they expanded the scope of their proposal.

Gilmer, Robert D., 1858-1925

Gwyn, Walter B., 1853-1911

Hays, J. F.

Lawrence, Thomas

Wittkowsky, Samuel, 1835-1911

Appalachian National Park Association Records

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1899

Appalachian National Park Association

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minutes (administrative records)

eng

Text

27638

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2015-02-11

Reproduced with permission of North Carolina Western Regional Archives;

Buncombe County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

10 pages(pages)

13.25" x 8.25"(dimension)

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