Indiana Dunes Administrative History

1. Management Assistant Darwin E. Williams to Regional Director Lon Garrison, 29 July 1969, folder A2623 Trip Reports (Indiana Dunes), Records of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission (hereafter cited as Advisory Commission Records").

2. Associate Regional Director Allen T. Edmunds to Regional Director Garrison, 23 January 1969, folder—"New Areas," Files of Allen T. Edmunds, Office of the Superintendent.

3. Meeting of 18 April 1969, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes 1967—1973, Management Library, Office of the Superintendent; and Herbert Read, Engineering Chairman, Save the Dunes Council, interview, 22 September 1987, at Bailly Ranger Station, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, Indiana, transcript.

4. Management Assistant Williams to Regional Director Garrison, 29 July 1969, folder—A2623 Trip Reports (Indiana Dunes), Advisory Commission Records.

5. Assistant to the Associate Regional Director Bruce J. Miller to Regional Director Garrison, 29 October 1969, folder—Al Edmunds File, Personal Files of Allen T. Edmunds, Office of the Superintendent.

6. A Master Plan Report for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana (National Park Service, October 1967); A Master Plan Report, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (National Park Service, October 1968); and Master Plan: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (National Park Service, November 1969), all in the National Park Service History Collection, Harpers Ferry Center, West Virginia.

7. Assistant to the Associate Regional Director Miller to Land Acquisition Officer James Sewell, 29 August 1969, unnumbered boxes in Building No. 103, stored files, Office of the Superintendent.

8. "Lakeshore Land—Buying Progresses," Gary Post—Tribune (18 January 1969), newsclipping folder—(January 1969), Visitor Center Library.

9. Meeting of 16 December 1969, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes 1967—1973, Management Library, Office of the Superintendent.

10. Assistant to the Associate Regional Director Miller to Regional Director Garrison, 16 January 1970, unnumbered boxes in Building No. 103, stored files, Office of the Superintendent.

11. Ibid., Management Assistant Williams to Regional Director Garrison, 13 January 1970.

12. Advisory Commission Chairman William Lieber to Harry W. Frey, letter, 25 March 1970, folder—State Park, Advisory Commission Records, Office of the Superintendent.

13. Meeting of 9 October 1970, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes 1967—1973, Management Library, Office of the Superintendent.

14. Ibid., Meeting of 22 January 1971.

15. "Policies, Programs, and Activities of the National Park Service and the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, "Hearings Before the Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, 92nd Congress, First Session, April 1—2, 1971" (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971), found in book on Indiana Dunes Congressional Hearings, 91st, 92nd Congress, Management Library, Office of the Superintendent.

16. Meetings of 22 January and 16 April 1971, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes 1967—1973, Management Library, Office of the Superintendent.

17. "U.S. Park Land Acquisition Reported Now 85% Complete," Gary Post—Tribune (1 May 1971), newsclipping folder—(May 1971), Visitor Center Library.

18. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior Charles H. Meacham to Representative Abner J. Mikva, 2 June 1970, folder—A8215 Dedication of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

19. Meeting of 18 and 19 June 1970, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes 1967—1973, Management Library; and Assistant to the Regional Director James R. Whitehouse to the staff of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 22 September 1970, unnumbered boxes in Building No. 103, stored files, Office of the Superintendent.

20. "Pick Boss for Dunes Lakeshore," Gary Post—Tribune (9 October 1970), newsclipping folder—(October 1970), Visitor Center Library.

21. James R. Whitehouse, former Superintendent, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, interview, 11 March 1987, Orlando, Florida, transcript, Midwest Regional Office.

22. George A. Palmer, former Associate Regional Director, Northeast Regional Office, interview, 11 October 1987, transcript of correspondence, Cultural Resources Management, Midwest Regional Office Files.

23. Whitehouse interview, 11 March 1987; and Management Assistant Darwin Williams to Regional Director Garrison, 19 November 1970, unnumbered boxes in Building No. 103, stored files, Office of the Superintendent.

24. Ibid., Superintendent J. R. Whitehouse to Regional Director Garrison, 21 December 1970, folder—A66.

25. Meeting of 22 January 1971, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes 1967—1973, Management Library.

26. Whitehouse interview, 11 March 1987.

27. Elwin G. Greening, "Five—Year Lakeshore Plan Outlined: Cost Is Estimated at $5.7 Million," The (Michigan City) News—Dispatch (31 March 1971), newsclipping folder—(March 1971), Visitor Center Library.

28. Interpretive Prospectus, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana (Philadelphia: Office of Environmental Planning and Design, Eastern Service Center, February 1971), p. 1.

29. Ibid., p. 12.

30. Ibid., p. 18.

31. Ibid., pp. 19—20.

32. Meeting of 16 April 1971, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes 1967—1973, Management Library; "Dunes Lakeshore Park to Add Rangers for Policing," Gary Post—Tribune (17 April 1971), newsclipping folder—(April 1971), Visitor Center Library; and Whitehouse interview, 11 March 1987.

33. "Begin Survey of Lakeshore," Vidette Messenger (26 April 1971), news—clipping folder—(April 1971), Visitor Center Library.

34. Meeting of 30 July 1971, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes 1967—1973, Management Library.

35. Ibid., Meetings of 30 July and 22 October 1971; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior Curtis Bohlen to Advisory Commission Chairman William Lieber, letter, 23 August 1971, file—Secretary of the Interior, Records of the Advisory Commission, Office of the Superintendent; and Whitehouse interview, 11 March 1987.

36. Whitehouse interview, 11 March 1987.

37. Ibid.

38. Associate Regional Director George A. Palmer to William L. Lieber, letter, 15 November 1971, L58 Expansion of Park (H.R. 10209), Misc. & F.Y. 1973, Stored Files.

39. Regional Director Henry G. Schmidt to Superintendent Whitehouse, 8 February 1971, (report enclosed), A5427 Operations Evaluation.

40. Ibid.

41. "Message on Environment: Message from the President of the United States Outlining Legislative Proposals and Administrative Actions Taken to Improve Environmental Quality, February 10, 1970, 91st Congress, 2nd Session, H.R.—Doc. No. 91—225, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Congressional Hearings, 91st, 92nd Congress (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970).

42. J. L. Dunning to J. R. Whitehouse, letter, 12 October 1982, A82 J. R.'s Retirement Party Arrangements; and 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. 223.

43. Whitehouse interview, 11 March 1987.

44. Ernie Hernandez, "Landgrebe May Get Aid From Nixon, Hickel," Gary Post—Tribune (9 May 1969), newsclipping file (May 1969), Visitors Center Library.

45. Nathaniel P. "Nat" Reed, former Assistant Secretary of the Interior, interview, 9 March 1987, Hobe Sound Florida; and James R. Whitehouse, former Superintendent, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, interview, 11 March 1987, Orlando, Florida, transcript, Midwest Regional Office.

46. Thomas E. Dustin to Hon. Earl Landgrebe, letter, 15 May 1969, folder Indiana Dunes, Files of Allen T. Edmunds, Office of the Superintendent.

47. Meeting of 16 December 1969, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes 1967—1973, Management Library.

48. Whitehouse interview, 11 March 1987; Palmer interview, 12 October 1987; and John Schnurlein, former member and chairman of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission, interview, 23 September 1987, at Superintendent's Office, Bailly Administrative Area, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, Indiana, transcript.

49. Bruce Ingersoll, "Indiana Dunes Omitted in Park Service Budget," Chicago Sun—Times, (21 January 1971), newsclipping file (January 1971), Visitor Center Library.

50. Ibid., "Stevenson Asks Development: Dunes Park Funds Sought," Gary Post Tribune (11 May 1971), newsclipping file (May 1971).

51. Ibid., Harlan Draeger, "First Dunes Funds Clear Key Hurdle," Chicago Daily News (23 June 1971), newsclipping file (June 1971).

52. Reed interview, 9 March 1987.

53. Ibid.

54. Ibid., "Naming Lakeshore For Ex—Sen. Douglas Gets Bipartisan Opposition," The Indianapolis Star (2 July 1971), newsclipping file (July 1971).

55. Ibid., and Meeting of 22 October 1971, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes 1967—1973, Management Library.

56. Meeting of 30 July 1971, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes 1967—1973, Management Library.

57. Proposed Additions to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Beverly Shores, Indiana: Save the Dunes Council, Inc., April 1971).

58. Herbert Read to Ron Cockrell, letter, 6 April 1988, Cultural Resources Management files, Midwest Regional Office.

59. J. Ronald Engel, Sacred Sands: The Struggle for Community in the Indiana Dunes (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1983), p. 283; and "The Park Expansion—Phase II Begins," Save the Dunes Council Newsletter (August 1971), L58 Expansion of Park (H.R. 10209), Misc. & F.Y. 1973, Stored Files.

60. "Governor and State Commission Oppose Lakeshore Park Expansion," Chesterton Tribune (15 September 1971), newsclipping file (September 1971), Visitor Center Library.

61. Superintendent Whitehouse to Associate Regional Director George Palmer, 4 November 1971, L58 Expansion of Park (H.R. 10209), Misc. & F.Y. 1973, Stored Files.