Indiana Dunes Administrative History

1. As quoted in Kay Franklin and Norma Schaeffer, Duel For The Dunes: Land Use Conflict on the Shores of Lake Michigan (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1983), p. 169.

2. Project Keyman Allen T. Edmunds to Regional Director, Northeast Region, 5 May 1967 (April 1967 report), folder L58 INDU NL Proposal, 1962—66, (Misc. and FY 1973, Expansion Files), Inactive stored files, Office of the Superintendent; and Leslie P. Arnberger, Acting Assistant Director, to Thomas E. Dustin, Chairman, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission, 8 December 1967, file—L1425 Indiana Dunes Correspondence 1/68—8/68, P—119120, 4—29—019—3—4, Records of the Northeast Regional Office, Federal Records Center, Philadelphia.

3. George A. Palmer, former Associate Northeast Regional Director, letter to Ron Cockrell, 11 October 1987, transcript of correspondence, Midwest Regional Office Files.

4. Project Keyman Allen T. Edmunds to Regional Director Lemuel Garrison, 3 August 1967 (July 1967 report), unnumbered boxes of Indiana Dunes Files in Building No. 103, stored files, Office of the Superintendent.

5. Ibid., Indiana State Coordinator Edmunds to Regional Director Garrison, 4 August 1967.

6. Press Release from the Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior, "Interior Department to Purchase Tract from Inland Steel for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore," 5 October 1967, folder—Land Acquisition Program, Personal Files of Allen T. Edmunds, Office of the Superintendent.

7. Philip O. Stewart, former Chief of Land Acquisition, Washington Office, National Park Service, to Ron Cockrell, letter, 24 February 1988, Cultural Resources Management files, Midwest Regional Office.

8. Leslie P. Arnberger, Acting Assistant Director, to Thomas E. Dustin, Chairman, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission, 8 December 1967, file—L1425 Indiana Dunes Correspondence 1/68—8/68, P—119120, 4—29—019—3—4, Records of the Northeast Regional Office, Federal Records Center, Philadelphia.

9. George Hartzog, Director, to Thomas E. Dustin, Chairman, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission, 1 March 1968, file—A18 Indiana Dunes 1966—1968, P—31420, 4—25—021—7—1, Records of the Northeast Regional Office, Federal Records Center, Philadelphia.

10. Project Keyman Allen T. Edmunds to Regional Director Lemuel Garrison, 29 March 1968, unnumbered boxes of Indiana Dunes Files in Building No. 103, stored files, Office of the Superintendent.

11. Ibid., 30 April 1968.

12. Ibid., and 27 June 1968.

13. Edward A. Hummel, Assistant Director, to Thomas E. Dustin, Chairman, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission, 7 August 1968 and 21 October 1968, folder—Land Acquisition Program, Personal Files of Allen T. Edmunds, Office of the Superintendent.

14. Project Keyman Allen T. Edmunds to Regional Director Lemuel Garrison, 2 June 1967 (May 1967 report), folder L58 INDU NL Proposal, 1962—66, (Misc. and FY 1973, Expansion Files), Inactive stored files, Office of the Superintendent.

15. John J. Longworth to Chief, Development Planning and Project Control, Philadelphia Planning and Service Center, 11 September 1967, folder—A2623 Indiana Dunes, P—332927, 4—16—033—4—2, box 1, Records of the Northeast Regional Office, Federal Records Center, Philadelphia.

16. J. R. Whitehouse Conversation with Allen T. Edmunds, Special Assistant to Regional Director, Midwest Region, 19 August 1975, at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, transcript, Personal Files of Allen T. Edmunds, Office of the Superintendent; George A. Palmer, former Associate Northeast Regional Director, to Ron Cockrell, letter, 11 October 1987, transcript of correspondence; and George B. Hartzog, Jr., to Ron Cockrell, letter, 24 November 1987, H1417, Cultural Resources Management files, Midwest Regional Office.

17. George B. Hartzog, Jr., to Ron Cockrell, letter, 15 February 1988, Cultural Resources Management files, Midwest Regional Office.

18. Ibid., Philip O. Stewart, former Chief of Land Acquisition, 17 February 1988.

19. Hartzog letter, 15 February 1988.

20. Whitehouse Conversation with Edmunds, 19 August 1975.

21. Ibid.

22. State Coordinator Al Edmunds to Regional Director Lon Garrison, 1 November 1967, unnumbered boxes in Building No. 103, stored files, Office of the Superintendent.

23. Hartzog letter, 15 February 1988.

24. Sylvia Troy, "The Freight Yard Battle," in The Indiana Dunes Story: How Nature and People Made a Park (Beverly Shores, Indiana: Shirley Heinze Environmental Fund, 1984), p. 35; and James R. Whitehouse, former Superintendent, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, interview, 11 March 1987, Orlando, Florida, transcript, Midwest Regional Office.

25. Whitehouse interview, 11 March 1987.

26. George A. Palmer, former Associate Northeast Regional Director, letter to Ron Cockrell, 11 October 1987, transcript of correspondence, Midwest Regional Office Files.

27. "Lansing Gets Parks Office," Battle Creek (Michigan) Enquirer and News (16 May 1967), folder—A6435 Al Edmunds Move to Mich., P—373663, 4—28—035—3—3, box 2; Northeast Regional Director Lemuel A. Garrison to Director George Hartzog, 5 June 1967, folder—L58 WASO, P—435859, 4—28—049—7—1; Management Assistant James L. McLaughlin to James A. Lee, Chairman, Great Lakes Panel, National Council on Maritime Resources and Engineering Development, 6 August 1968, folder—A2623 Indiana Dunes, P—332927, 4—16—033—4—2, box 1, Records of the Northeast Regional Office, Federal Records Center, Philadelphia; and Whitehouse interview, 11 March 1987.

28. Acting Regional Director Thomas E. Whitcraft to Lake Central Regional Director, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, 27 September 1967, and Acting Assistant Director for Cooperative Activities Raymond L. Freeman to Director, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, 9 October 1967, folder—L7019 State Recreation Plans, P—435860, 4—28—049—7—1, Records of the Northeast Regional Office, Federal Records Center, Philadelphia; and Indiana State Coordinator Al Edmunds to Regional Director Lon Garrison, 1 November 1967, unnumbered boxes in Building No. 103, stored files, Office of the Superintendent.

29. Park Planner Meredith B. Ingham regarding meeting with John Mitchell, Director of Indiana State Parks, memorandum for the files, 14 May 1968, Personal Files of Allen T. Edmunds; and Assistant Director for Cooperative Activities Theodor R. Swem to Director George Hartzog, 22 March 1968, unnumbered boxes in Building No. 103, stored files, Office of the Superintendent.

30. J. R. Whitehouse Conversation with Allen T. Edmunds, Special Assistant to Regional Director, Midwest Region, 19 August 1975, at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, transcript, Personal Files of Allen T. Edmunds, Office of the Superintendent.

31. Project Keyman Al Edmunds to Regional Director Lon Garrison, 29 February 1968, unnumbered boxes in Building No. 103, stored files, Office of the Superintendent.

32. Ibid., 1 March 1968.

33. Ibid., 1 November 1968.

34. Herbert Read, Engineering Committee Chairman of the Save the Dunes Council, Inc., interview, 22 September 1987, at Bailly Ranger Station, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, Indiana.

35. Paul H. Douglas to George Hartzog, 28 October 1968, folder—L1425 INDU Correspondence No. 2, P—119120, 4—29—019—3—4, Records of the Northeast Regional Office, Federal Records Center, Philadelphia; and "Remarks by Allen T. Edmunds, Associate Regional Director, Northeast Region, Great Lakes Area Office to the Beverly Shore Public Meeting of November 14, 1968," folder—Land Acquisition Program and Edmunds to Hartzog, 18 November 1968, folder—Beverly Shores and Porter Beach, Personal Files of Allen T. Edmunds, Office of the Superintendent.

36. Deputy Director Harthon L. Bill to Associate Regional Director Al Edmunds, no date, folder—Beverly Shores and Porter Beach, Personal Files of Allen T. Edmunds, Office of the Superintendent.

37. J. R. Whitehouse Conversation with Allen T. Edmunds, Special Assistant to Regional Director, Midwest Region, 19 August 1975, at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, transcript, Personal Files of Allen T. Edmunds, Office of the Superintendent; and John Schnurlein, former member and chairman of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission, 23 September 1987, Superintendent's Office, Bailly Administrative Area, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, Indiana.

38. Meeting of 4 November 1967, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes 1967—1973, Management Library, Office of the Superintendent.

39. Ibid.

40. Ibid.; and John Schnurlein to Ron Cockrell, letter, 22 February 1988, Cultural Resources Management files, Midwest Regional Office—enclosure Rollie Bernhart, "Seeking to Protect Land Values," The Vidette Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) (6 January 1968), p. 1.

41. Project Keyman Al Edmunds to Regional Director Lon Garrison, 27 June 1968, unnumbered boxes in Building No. 103, stored files, Office of the Superintendent.

42. Schnurlein interview, 23 September 1987.

43. Herbert and Charlotte Read interviews, 22 September 1987.

44. Meeting of 6 September 1968, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes 1967—1973, Management Library, Office of the Superintendent; and Whitehouse interview, 11 March 1987; and Herbert Read interview, 23 September 1987.

45. Secretary of the Interior Walter J. Hickel to Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe, 17 November 1969, folder—Jetport, Records of the Indiana Dunes Advisory Commission.