National Historic Preservation Program oral histories, 1986-1987.
Collection Number: 4327
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
National Historic Preservation Program oral histories, 1986-1987.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4327
Abstract:
Interviews (59) by James A. Glass on the subject of the development of the National
Historic Preservation Program between 1957 and 1980. Interviewees include Lawrence
E. Aten, Edwin C. Bearss, Martha M. Bigelow, Tersh Boasberg, J.O. Brew, Helen D. Bullock,
John A. Burns, James H. Charleton, S. Allen Chambers, Jr., Ernest Allen Connally,
Chris T. Delaporte, Eric N. DeLony, Antoinette F. Downing, Carl Feiss, Robert G. Ferris,
John Fowler, Russell W. Fridley, Robert R. Garvey, Jr., George B. Hartzog, Jr., Gary
L. Hume, Casey and Lucille Ireland, H. Ward Jandl, George A. Karas, Russell V. Keune,
Thomas F. King, Bennie C. Keel, Lawson B. Knott, Jr., James M. Lambe, Ben Levy, Nellie
L. Longworth, Elizabeth A. Lyon, James C. Massey, John D. McDermott, Lee McElvain,
Terry B. Morton, William Penn Mott, Jr., William J. Murtagh, Lee H. Nelson, Loretta
Neumann, Stephen D. Newman, Sally G. Oldham, Mary Carolyn Pitts, Constance Werner
Ramirez, Dwight F. Rettie, Jerry L. Rogers, Douglas H. Scovill, Horace J. Sheely,
Jr., Carol D. Shull, Ann Webster Smith, Larry E. Tise, Merle Wells, Thomas B. Williams,
Frederick C. Williamson, and Alfred B. Wolfe.
Creator:
Glass, James Arthur, 1952-
Quanitities:
168 audiocassettes.
Language:
Collection material in English
Individual interviews may have specific restrictions.
Access to Ben Levy interview restricted until permission is granted to open.
Access to William J. Murtagh interview restricted during lifetime of interviewee or
by his written permission.
Oral history tapes were compiled as research for a Ph.D. dissertation.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
National Historic Preservation Program oral histories, #4327. Division of Rare and
Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Interviews (59) by James A. Glass on the subject of the development of the National
Historic Preservation Program between 1957 and 1980. Interviewees include Lawrence
E. Aten, Edwin C. Bearss, Martha M. Bigelow, Tersh Boasberg, J.O. Brew, Helen D. Bullock,
John A. Burns, James H. Charleton, S. Allen Chambers, Jr., Ernest Allen Connally,
Chris T. Delaporte, Eric N. DeLony, Antoinette F. Downing, Carl Feiss, Robert G. Ferris,
John Fowler, Russell W. Fridley, Robert R. Garvey, Jr., George B. Hartzog, Jr., Gary
L. Hume, Casey and Lucille Ireland, H. Ward Jandl, George A. Karas, Russell V. Keune,
Thomas F. King, Bennie C. Keel, Lawson B. Knott, Jr., James M. Lambe, Ben Levy, Nellie
L. Longworth, Elizabeth A. Lyon, James C. Massey, John D. McDermott, Lee McElvain,
Terry B. Morton, William Penn Mott, Jr., William J. Murtagh, Lee H. Nelson, Loretta
Neumann, Stephen D. Newman, Sally G. Oldham, Mary Carolyn Pitts, Constance Werner
Ramirez, Dwight F. Rettie, Jerry L. Rogers, Douglas H. Scovill, Horace J. Sheely,
Jr., Carol D. Shull, Ann Webster Smith, Larry E. Tise, Merle Wells, Thomas B. Williams,
Frederick C. Williamson, and Alfred B. Wolfe.
Subjects include the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park
Service, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation, the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, the
Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation of the National Park Service, the Heritage
Conservation and Recreation Service, Preservation Action, Inc., the U.S. Conference
of Mayors' Special Committee on Historic Preservation (Rains Committee), the Tax Reform
Act of 1976, Executive Order 11593 of 1971, and the 1980 amendments to the National
Historic Preservation Act.
Tersh Boasberg interview: citations and quotations require written permission until
2004 or during lifetime of interviewee.
Helen D. Bullock interview: citations and quotations require written permission during
lifetime of interviewee.|Russell V. Keune interview: citations and quotations require
written permission during lifetime of interviewee.
Nellie L. Longworth interview: citations and quotations require written permission
during lifetime of interviewee.
Lee McElvain interview: citations and quotations require written permission during
lifetime of interviewee.
Terry B. Morton interview: citations and quotations require written permission during
lifetime of interviewee.
William Penn Mott, Jr. interview: citations and quotations require written permission
during lifetime of interviewee.
Sally G. Oldham interview: citations and quotations require written permission during
lifetime of interviewee.
Constance Werner Ramirez interview: citations and quotations require written permission
during lifetime of interviewee.
Carol D. Shull interview: citations and quotations require written permission during
lifetime of interviewee.
Ann Webster Smith interview: citations and quotations require written permission during
lifetime of interviewee.
Larry E. Tise interview: citations and quotations require written permission during
lifetime of interviewee.
Thomas B. Williams interview: citations and quotation require written permission during
lifetime of interview.
Albert B. Wolfe interview: citations and quotations require written permission of
interviewee.
Elizabeth A. Lyon interview: citations and quotations require written permission during
lifetime of interviewee.
Names:
Aten, Lawrence E.
Bearss, Edwin C.
Bigelow, Martha M.
Boasberg, Tersh.
Brew, J. O.
Bullock, Helen Claire Duprey, 1904-
Burns, John A.
Charleton, James H.
Chambers, S. Allen.
Connally, Ernest Allen
Delaporte, Chris T.
DeLony, Eric N.
Downing, Antoinette Forrester.
Feiss, Carl.
Ferris, Robert G.
Fowler, John.
Fridley, Russell W.
Garvey, Robert R.
Hartzog, George B.
Hume, Gary L.
Ireland, Casey.
Ireland, Lucille.
Jandl, H. Ward.
Karas, George A.
Keune, Russell V.
King, Thomas F.
Keel, Bennie C., 1934-
Knott, Lawson B.
Lambe, James M.
Levy, Ben.
Longworth, Nellie L.
Lyon, Elizabeth A.
Massey, James C.
McDermott, John D.
McElvain, Lee.
Morton, Terry B.
Mott, William Penn.
Murtagh, William J.
Nelson, Lee H.
Neumann, Loretta.
Newman, Stephen D.
Oldham, Sally G.
Pitts, Mary Carolyn.
Ramirez, Constance Werner.
Rettie, Dwight Fay.
Rogers, Jerry L.
Scoville, Douglas H.
Sheely, Horace J., Jr.
Shull, Carol D.
Smith, Ann Webster.
Tise, Larry E.
Wells, Merle.
Williams, Thomas B.
Williamson, Frederick B.
Wolfe, Albert B.
National Historic Preservation Program
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States
National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers
Preservation Action
United States. National Park Service
United States. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
United States. Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation
United States. Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service
United States Conference of Mayors. Special Committee on Historic Preservation
United States. National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
United States. National Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 1980
United States. Tax Reform Act of 1976
Subjects:
Architecture -- United States -- Conservation and restoration.
Historic sites -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Historic buildings -- United States -- Conservation and restoration.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Transcripts and Computer Disks
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Box 1 |
Carl Feiss
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Scope and Contents
NTHP Trustee, 1959-1971; Consultant, Rains Committee, 1965
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Box 1 |
Robert R. Garvey, Jr.
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Scope and Contents
Executive Director, Old Salem, Inc., 1951-1960; Executive Director, NTHP, 1960-1967;Executive
Secretary/Director, ACHP, 1967-1986
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Box 1 |
George B. Hartzog, Jr.
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Scope and Contents
Director, National Park Service (NPS), 1964-1972
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Box 1 |
Jerry L. Rogers
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Scope and Contents
Fourth Chief, OAHP, 1967-1967; Deputy Associate Director, HCRS, 1979-1981
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Box 1 |
Russell W. Fridley
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Scope and Contents
Director, Minnesota Historical Society, 1955-1986
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Box 1 |
Robert M. Utley
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Scope and Contents
Acting Chief, OAHP, 1967-1967; Second Chief, OAHP, 1972-1973; Assistant Director,
NPS, 1973-1976; Deputy Executive Director, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
(ACHP), 1976-1980
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Box 1 |
Russell V. Keune
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Scope and Contents
Assitant Keeper, National Register, 1967-1969; Senior Vice President, National Trust
for Historic Preservation (NTHP), 1970-1983
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Box 1 |
Merle W. Wells
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Box 1 |
Ernest Allen Connally
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Scope and Contents
First Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP) NPS, 1967-1972;
Associate Director, NPS, HCRS, 1972-1979
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Box 1 |
S. Allen Chambers, Jr.
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Scope and Contents
Architectural Historian, National Register, 1969-1972; Architectural Historian, HABS,
1972-1986
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Box 1 |
Casey and Lucille Ireland
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Scope and Contents
Minority Staff Member, Housing Subcommittee, US House of Representatives, 1965-1966;
Staff Person to Rains Committee, 1965 (Casey); Member, ACHP,1970-1979 (Lucille)
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Box 1 |
William J. Murtagh
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Scope and Contents
Keeper, National Register of Historic Places, OAHP, 1967-1979
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Box 1 |
William Penn Mott, Jr.
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Scope and Contents
California SHPO, 1967-1974
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Series II. Tapes Awaiting Transcription
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Box 2 | Tape 1-2 |
George B. Hartzog, Jr.
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Scope and Contents
Director, National Park Service (NPS), 1964-1972 This interview has been digitized.
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Box 2 | Tape 3-4 |
Chris Therral Delaporte
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Scope and Contents
Director, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service (HCRS), 1978-1981
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Box 2 | Tape 5-11 |
Ernest Allen Connally
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Scope and Contents
First Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP) NPS, 1967-1972;
Associate Director, NPS, HCRS, 1972-1979
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Box 2 | Tape 12-14 |
Robert M. Utley
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Scope and Contents
Acting Chief, OAHP, 1967-1967; Second Chief, OAHP, 1972-1973; Assistant Director,
NPS, 1973-1976; Deputy Executive Director, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
(ACHP), 1976-1980
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Box 2 | Tape 15-22 |
Jerry L. Rogers
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Scope and Contents
Fourth Chief, OAHP, 1967-1967; Deputy Associate Director, HCRS, 1979-1981 This interview has been digitized.
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Box 2 | Tape 23-26 |
William J. Murtagh
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Scope and Contents
Keeper, National Register of Historic Places, OAHP, 1967-1979
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Box 2 | Tape 27-29 |
Russell V. Keune
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Scope and Contents
Assitant Keeper, National Register, 1967-1969; Senior Vice President, National Trust
for Historic Preservation (NTHP), 1970-1983
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Box 2 | Tape 30-31 |
Carol D. Shull
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Scope and Contents
Historian, National Register, 1970-1979
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Box 2 | Tape 32-33 |
Stephen D. Newman
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Scope and Contents
Chief, Grants Administration Division, OAHP, 1977-1980
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Box 2 | Tape 34-35 |
W. Brown Morton, III
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Scope and Contents
Chief, Technical Preservation Services (TPS) Division, OAHP, 1975-1978
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Box 2 | Tape 36-40 |
Lee H. Nelson
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Scope and Contents
Restoration Authority, NPS, 1960-1979; Chief, TPS Division, OAHP, 1978-1983
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Box 2 | Tape 41 (TR-19849) and Tape 42 (TR-19850) |
Gary L. Hume
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Scope and Contents
Head, Historic Preservation SEction Texas Historical Commission (SHPO), 1967-1974;
Chief, Grants Review Branch, TPS, late 1970s
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Box 2 | Tape 43-45 |
H. Ward Jandl
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Scope and Contents
ARchitectural Historian, National Register, 1974-1977; Co-Author, Tax Reform Act of
1976 Regulations, TPS, late 1970s
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Box 2 | Tape 46-47 |
Sally G. Oldham
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Scope and Contents
Architectural Historian, National Register, 1976-1982; Co-Author, Tax Reform Act of
1976 Regulations, late 1970s
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Box 2 | Tape 48-50 |
Edwin C. Bearss
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Scope and Contents
Chief Historian, NPS
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Box 2 | Tape 51-53 |
Horace J. Sheely, Jr.
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Scope and Contents
Chief, Historic Sites Survey Branch, OAHP, 1967-1980
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Box 2 | Tape 54-55 |
Carolyn Pitts
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Scope and Contents
Architectural Historian, Historic Sites Survey, OAHP, 1974-1979
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Box 2 | Tape 56-58 |
Robert G. Ferris
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Scope and Contents
Editor, National Historic Lnadmark (NHL) Book Series, OAHP, 1964-1979
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Box 2 | Tape 59-61 |
James H. Charleton
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Scope and Contents
Historian, NHL Book Series, OAHP, late 1960s-1979
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Box 3 | Tape 62-63 |
James C. Massey
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Scope and Contents
Chief, Historic American Bulidings Survey (HABS), NPS, 1962-1972
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Box 3 | Tape 64-65 |
John Poppeliers
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Scope and Contents
Chief, HABS Division, OAHP, 1972-1980
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Box 3 | Tape 66-67 |
S. Allen Chambers, Jr.
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Scope and Contents
Architectural Historian, National Register, 1969-1972; Architectural Historian, HABS,
1972-1986
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Box 3 | Tape 68-69 |
Kenneth Anderson
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Scope and Contents
Architect, HABS, 1972-1980
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Box 3 | Tape 70-71 |
John Burns
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Scope and Contents
Architect, HABS, 1972-1986
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Box 3 | Tape 72-73 |
Eric DeLony
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Scope and Contents
Principal Architect, Historic American Engineering Report (HAER), OAHP, 1973-1986
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Box 3 | Tape 74-76 |
Bennie C. Keel
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Scope and Contents
Chief, Southeast Field Office, Interagency Archeological Services (IAS) Division,
OAHP, 1976-1979; Chief, IAS Division, 1979-1983
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Box 3 | Tape 77-80 |
Lawrence E. Aten
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Scope and Contents
Executive Order 11593 Consultant, NPS, 1972-1976; Deputy Chief, IAS Division, OAHP,
1976-1979; Chief, State Plans and Grants Division, HCRS, 1979-1982
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Box 3 | Tape 81-82 |
Douglas H. Scoville
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Scope and Contents
Chief, Southwest Archeological Center, NPS, 1969-1974
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Box 3 | Tape 83-84 |
Thomas F. King
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Scope and Contents
Archeological Consultant to NPS, 1970-1979
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Box 3 | Tape 85 |
James M. Lambe
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Scope and Contents
Legislative Counsel, NPS, 1962-1986
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Box 3 | Tape 86-95 |
Robert R. Garvey, Jr.
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Scope and Contents
Executive Director, Old Salem, Inc., 1951-1960; Executive Director, NTHP, 1960-1967;
Executive Secretary/Director, ACHP, 1967-1986
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Box 3 | Tape 96-97 |
John D. McDermott
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Scope and Contents
Historian, Historic Sites Survey, NPS, 1960-1969; Professional Staff Member, ACHP,
1969=1986
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Box 3 | Tape 98-100 |
John M. Fowler
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Scope and Contents
General Counsel, ACHP, 1972-1989
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Box 3 | Tape 101-104 |
Benjamin Levy
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Scope and Contents
Professional Staff Member, ACHP, 1970-1973; Historian, Historic Sites Survey, OAHP,
1973-1977
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Box 3 | Tape 105-107 |
Charles E. Lee
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Scope and Contents
South Carolina State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), 1967-1986
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Box 3 | Tape 108 |
William Penn Mott, Jr.
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Scope and Contents
California SHPO, 1967-1974
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Box 3 | Tape 109-111 |
Martha M. Bigelow
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Scope and Contents
Michigan SHPO, 1974-1986
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Box 3 | Tape 112-115 |
Robert E. Stipe
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Scope and Contents
North Carolina SHPO, 1974-1975; Preservation Law and Planning Authority; NTHP Trustee,
1971-1980
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Box 3 | Tape 116-117 |
Elizabeth A. Lyon
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Scope and Contents
Georgia SHPO, 1976-1986
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Box 3 | Tape 118-121 |
Ann Webster Smith
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Scope and Contents
Staff Member, US Department of Transportation, 1960-1979; Professional Staff Member,
ACHP, mid 1970s; Deputy SHPO, New York State, late 1970s to early 1980s
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Box 3 | Tape 122-124 |
Helen Claire Duprey Bullock
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Scope and Contents
Editor, NTHP, 1940-1972; Co-Author and Editor, With Heritage So Rich, 1965
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Box 3 | Tape 125-129 |
Carl Feiss
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Scope and Contents
NTHP Trustee, 1959-1971; Consultant, Rains Committee, 1965
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Box 3 | Tape 130-131 |
Casey and Lucille Ireland
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Scope and Contents
Minority Staff Member, Housing Subcommittee, US House of Representatives, 1965-1966;
Staff Person to Rains Committee, 1965 (Casey); Member, ACHP, 1970-1979 (Lucille)
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Box 3 | Tape 132-133 |
Terry B. Morton
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Scope and Contents
Editor, Publisher, NTHP, 1956-1982
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Box 3 | Tape 134-136 |
Lawson B. Knott, Jr.
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Scope and Contents
Administrator, General Services Administration, 1964-1969; Executive Vice President,
NTHP, 1974-1977; NTHP Trustee, 1969-1974, 1977-1984
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Box 4 | Tape 137-138 |
Dwight Fay Rettie
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Scope and Contents
Administrator, Historic Preservation Grants Program, Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), 1967-1972
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Box 4 | Tape 139-140 |
George A. Karas
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Scope and Contents
Environmental Official, HUD, 1960-1986 This interview has been digitized.
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Box 4 | Tape 141-143 |
Constance Werner Ramirez
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Scope and Contents
Preservation Planner, HUD, 1960-1969; Historic Preservation Officer, Department of
the Army, 1976-1986
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Box 4 | Tape 144-145 |
Loretta Neumann
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Scope and Contents
Professional Staff Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands, House of Representatives,
1970-1986
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Box 4 | Tape 146 |
Lee McElvain
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Scope and Contents
General Counsel, Committe on Interior anad Insular Affairs, House of Representatives,
early 1960s - 1986
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Box 4 | Tape 147-148 |
Thomas B. Williams
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Scope and Contents
Professional Staff Member, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, US Senate, 1976-1986
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Box 4 | Tape 149-150 |
Tersh Boasberg
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Scope and Contents
Co-Founder, Preservation Action
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Box 4 | Tape 151-152 |
Nellie L. Longsworth
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Scope and Contents
President, Preservation Action, 1975-1986
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Box 4 | Tape 157-158 |
Russell W. Fridley
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Scope and Contents
Director, Minnesota Historical Society, 1955-1986
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Box 4 | Tape 159-161 |
Larry E. Tise
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Scope and Contents
Director, Department of Archives and History, North Carolina, 1975-1980; Executive
Director, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1980-1986
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Box 4 | Tape 162-163 |
Merle W. Wells
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Box 4 | Tape 164-166 |
Frederick C. Williamson
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Scope and Contents
State Historic Preservation Officer, Rhode Island, 1969-1986
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Box 4 | Tape 167-168 |
Antoinette Forrester Downing
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Scope and Contents
Chairman, Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1968-1986
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Box 4 | Tape 153-154 |
J. O. Brew
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Scope and Contents
Chairman, Committee for the Recovery of Archeological Remains, 1946-1979; Member,
Lee-Bree-Connally Committee, NPS, 1966-1967. Transcribed
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Box 4 | Tape 155-156 |
Albert B. Wolfe
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Scope and Contents
Preservation Law Authority; Member, Massachusetts Historical Commission (state review
board), 1963-1974; NTHP Trustee, 1971-1980. Transcribed
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