Letters supporting Appalachian National Park movement

Letters supporting Appalachian National Park movement

Ambler, Chase P., 1865-1932

Appalachian National Park Association

Fund raising -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

National parks and reserves

This 6-page series of correspondence between C. P. Ambler, J. M. Greer, H. M. Branson, and J. T. Wilder discusses the relationship Appalachian National Park Association has with the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce. Formed in 1899 for the purpose of promoting the idea of a national park in the eastern U.S, the Appalachian National Park Association grew out of work with the Asheville Board of Trade. Although in somewhat of a rivalry, both states eventually cooperated to acquire land and secure funding for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Ambler, Chase P., 1865-1932

Greer, J. M.

Wilder, J. T.

Appalachian National Park Association Records

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

1900-01-11; 1901-08-20; 1901-08-30; 1901-08-31;

Ambler, Chase P., 1865-1932

Branson, H. M.

Wilder, J. T.

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letters (correspondence)

eng

Text

28940

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/28940

2015-07-22

Reproduced with permission of North Carolina Western Regional Archives;

Buncombe County (N.C.)

Knox County (Tenn.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

10.5” x 8”(dimension)

6 pages(pages)

7.5” x 8.5”(dimension)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America