Petition for the Establishment of a National Park and Forest and Game Preserve

Dublin Core

Title

Petition for the Establishment of a National Park and Forest and Game Preserve

Subject

Appalachian National Park Association
National parks and reserves
Promotional materials

Description

The Appalachian National Park Association drafted a number of petitions and resolutions favoring the establishment of a national forest reserve and/or a national park in the southern Appalachians. This petition was circulated among citizens and then presented with a resolution to various state legislators. Records indicate that 5,000 of these petitions were printed and distributed.

Creator

Appalachian National Park Association

Source

Appalachian National Park Association Records

Publisher

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

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jpg;
fliers (printed matter)

Language

eng

Type

Text

Identifier

28715
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/28715

Date Created

2015-02-09

Rights Holder

Reproduced with permission of North Carolina Western Regional Archives;

Spatial Coverage

Appalachian Region, Southern
Buncombe County (N.C.)

Extent

17.5" x 8.75"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America

Citation

Appalachian National Park Association, “Petition for the Establishment of a National Park and Forest and Game Preserve,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/28715.