Letters supporting Appalachian National Park movement

Letters supporting Appalachian National Park movement

Ambler, Chase P., 1865-1932

Appalachian National Park Association

Bills, Legislative

National parks and reserves

Promotional materials

This series of correspondence between C. P. Ambler, Elizabeth O. Abbott and Joseph T. Rothrock, of the Botanical Society of Pennsylvania, expresses support of the Appalachian National Park movement. Chase P. Ambler (1865-1932), a medical and founder of the Ambler Heights Sanitarium, was long time secretary of the Appalachian National Park Association, an organization formed in 1899 for the purpose of promoting the idea of a national park in the eastern U.S.

Abbot, Elizabeth O.

Ambler, Chase P., 1865-1932

Rothrock, Joseph T., 1839-1922

Appalachian National Park Association Records

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

1900-1901

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

letters (correspondence)

eng

Text

28893

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/28893

2015-07-22

Reproduced with permission of North Carolina Western Regional Archives;

Buncombe County (N.C.)

Dauphin County (Pa.)

Philadelphia County (Pa.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

10.5” x 8”(dimension)

11" x 9"(dimension)

23 pages(pages)

8.5” x 5.5”(dimension)

8" x 10"(dimension)

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