Marsh Billings Rodefellu Nat. Historial Park Page 1 of 3 Ronald Epp From: To: "Ronald Epp" Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:44 AM Subject: Re: Special History Study: Art and the American Conservation Movevement Dr. Epp: Thank you for your inquiry about the McGrath study "Art and the American Conservation Movement". I will be happy to send you a photocopy of the entire report for your reference. We have virtually exhausted our original print run of the report, and in anticipation of that day I took one copy apart at the binding and set it aside as a reproducible master for photocopies. The photocopied images will be less sharp than the original, but the text 7/20/08 content will be complete. There will be no photocopying charge for this copy, and I will put it in the mail today. We hope to have the report reprinted for sale in our park bookstore within the coming year. If you wish, I will keep your name on a list of interested inquirers to notify when the retail version becomes available. Thank you for your interest, and good luck with your research. Janet Houghton, Curator Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP 54 Elm Street Woodstock, VT 05091 (802) 457-3368x12 "Ronald Epp" To: cc: 07/14/2003 03:31 Subject: Special History Study: Art and the American Conservation Movevement PM AST 7/17/2003 Page 2 of 3 Dear Ms. Houghton, Sara Wolf referred me to you determine whether I could secure access to a study prepared for your special needs. Two weeks ago I visited your Park and carefully looked at McGrath's study in the Visitor Center. Since it is germane to work that I am doing with the NPS at Acadia National Park, it would be useful for me to purchase a copy. For three years I've been researching the life of George B. Dorr, founder and first Superintendent of Acadia National Park. In making the case for his role as a significant conservation figure in the early 20th century, McGrath's arguments appear to be most helpful. If the title is unavailable for purchase, can it be selectively photocopied at my expense if I visit with that purpose in mind? Thank you for this professional consideration. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 Original Message From: To: : > Janet Houghton, Museum Curator > Marsh- Billings- Rockefeller National Historical Park (802) 457-3368 > ext. 12. > > Although NPS Northeast Museum Services Center staff managed this project, > the report was prepared for the park. 7/17/2003 Page 3 of 3 are Most of the research reports prepared by the National Park Service are A. produced in very small quantities - grey literature. Copies are usually > microfilmed at the NPS Denver Service Center. In addition, > Chadwyck-Healey produced and sold a microfilm set of NPS research reports > in the late 1980s, including Historic Structures Reports, Historic > Resource Studies, Cultural Landscape Rports, Museum Collections Management > Plans, General Management Plans, etc., for 380 + parks Servicewide. > > All best wishes with your research. > > Liz Banks, Archivist > NPS Northeast Museum Services Center Bldg. I Charlestown Navy Yard Charlestown, MA 02129 617 - 242-5613 ext. 14 7/17/2003 Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Historical Park Page 1 of 7 Site Map Contact Us MARSH BILLINGS ROCKEFELLER NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK RE Welcome About this Place is Conservation History Conservation Stewardship & Practice Stewardship Education Forest Slewardship New & Noteworthy To Learn More Conservation History Conservation Timeline: 1801-1900 Conservation Timeline: 1901-2000 Conservation Timeline 1901-2000 1901 Conservationist, outdoorsman and sportsman Theodore Roosevelt becomes the President of the United States upon the death of President McKinley. Conservation will become an important domestic priority. John Muir's, Our National Parks eloquently describes some of the nation's most scenic wildlands. The book establishes Muir as the leading advocate for wilderness preservation in the United States. "Thousands of tired, nerve- John Muir c. 1902. shaken, over-civilized people are Courtesy of the Library of Congress beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life." - John Muir, Our National Parks 1903 President Theodore Roosevelt establishes a federally protected wildlife refuge at Pelican Island, Florida. The first of fifty-three wildlife sanctuaries he creates as President, Pelican Island sets the precedent for today's National Wildlife Refuge System. 1905 The Bureau of Forestry in the Department of Agriculture becomes the U.S. Forest Service, and Gifford Pinchot becomes its first chief. Congress transfers responsibility for the nation's Forest Reserves from the Department of the Interior to the Forest Service. The National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals is founded in New York. 1906 Congress approves the American Antiquities Act, authorizing the President to establish national monuments to protect archaeological sites. Congress takes action to instruct American representatives to work with Canada to preserve Niagara Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir on Falls and limits the amount of Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, CA c.1906. ihrary Congress http://www.nps.gov/mabi/mabi/history/timeline1901.htm 6/4/2002 Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Historical Park Page 2 of 7 water that can be diverted from the falls. 1909 President Roosevelt convenes the North American Conservation Conference. The conference is attended by representatives of Mexico, Newfoundland and Canada as well as the United States. 1910 Just over half the population of the United States lives in rural areas. "Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at the bottom this policy rests upon the fundamental law that neither man nor nation can prosper unless, in dealing with the present, thought is steadily taken for the future." - Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana. 1916 The National Park Service is established, and Stephen T. Mather is appointed first Director. The new agency's mission is "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of same in such manner and by such means Stephen T. Mather, c. 1910-1930. as will leave them unimpaired for Courtesy of the Library of Congress the enjoyment of future generations." Private philanthropy, including substantial gifts from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and a private citizens' group, the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, plays a pivotal role in the establishment of Sieur de Monts National Monument in Maine. The Monument is later reclassified as Acadia National Park, the first national park east of the Mississippi River. 1919 Congress passes a bill establishing Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and Zion National Park in Utah. 1920 Congress passes the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote. 1921 Pioneering regional planner Benton MacKaye proposes a trail and wilderness belt along the mountain ranges of the eastern United States. His vision later becomes the 2,000-mile-long Appalachian Trail. 1927 Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia begins with funds from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 1931 http://www.nps.gov/mabi/mabi/history/timeline1901.htm 6/4/2002 Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Historical Park Page 3 of 7 Charleston, South Carolina, passes an ordinance to "preserve and protect historic places and areas in the Old and Historic Charleston district." This is the country's first historic district. 1932 Drought and dust storms sweep the Great Plains, thereafter known as the "Dust Bowl". 1935 Historic Sites and Buildings Act directs the Secretary of the Interior to document, acquire, and preserve historic properties. 1947 Marjorie Stoneman Douglas's landmark book, The Everglades: River of Grass, culminates a twenty-year effort to educate the public and political leaders about the importance of this unique ecosystem. The same year, Everglades National Park is established. Douglas continues her activism on behalf of the Everglades for the next fifty years. "There is a balance in man also, one which has set against his greed and his inertia and his foolishness; his courage, his will, his ability slowly and painfully to learn, and to work together. Perhaps even in this last hour, in a new relation of usefulness and beauty, the vast, magnificent, subtle and unique region of the Everglades may not be utterly lost." - Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, The Everglades: River of Grass 1948 The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, now the World Conservation Union, is founded. The Union brings together governmental bodies and non-governmental organizations from around the world to protect natural heritage through policy initiatives and on-the-ground actions. 1949 The National Trust for Historic Preservation is chartered by the U.S. Congress. The Trust, a private, nonprofit organization, works to protect historic buildings, neighborhoods and landscapes. Aldo Leopold's A Sand County 3 Send Castery Almanac is published. One of the most influential works about conservation ever written, the book eloquently argues the need for a "land ethic" through which humans embrace a more respectful, harmonious relationship with the natural world. Cover Illustration: "We abuse land because we Charles W. Schwartz regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect." - Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac 1951 The Nature Conservancy is incorporated by its predecessor, The Ecologist's Union. By the 1990s the Conservancy will own and http://www.nps.gov/mabi/mabi/history/timeline1901.htm 6/4/2002