Indiana Dunes Administrative History

1. "Remarks by Mrs. Julie Nixon Eisenhower," transcript, 7 September 1972, A8215 Dedication of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

Operations, 1972

2. Acting Regional Director George A. Palmer to Superintendent J. R. Whitehouse, (transmittal of Operations Evaluation Report), 31 January 1972, A5427 Operations Evaluation.

3. Superintendent's Report for Calendar Year 1972, Management Library.

4. Superintendent Whitehouse to Northeast Region Public Affairs Specialist Bob Burns, 14 September 1972, D34 AYH—Coronado Lodge.

5. Superintendent Whitehouse to Michigan City Mayor Randall C. Miller, 9 August 1972, File—Michigan City/LaPorte County, Advisory Commission Records, Office of the Superintendent.

6. Norma Schaeffer and Kay Franklin, "Industry Versus Preservation," The Indiana Dunes Story: How Nature and People Made a Park (Beverly Shores, Indiana: Shirley Heinze Environmental Fund, 1984), p. 26; and James R. Whitehouse, former Superintendent, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, interview, 11 March 1987, Orlando, Florida, transcript, Midwest Regional Office.

Dedication/Establishment Day, September 8, 1972

7. Superintendent's Report for Calendar Year 1972, Management Library.

8. Associate Regional Director George A. Palmer to Director George Hartzog, 31 March 1972, A8215 Dedication of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

9. Meeting of 23 June 1972, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes 1967—1973, Management Library, Office of the Superintendent.

10. Ibid., Associate Regional Director for Cooperative Programs Ben Butterfield to Superintendent Whitehouse, 1 August 1972.

11. Ibid., Associate Regional Director Palmer to Director Hartzog, 11 August 1972; and Whitehouse interview, 11 March 1987.

12. "Julie Due In Area," Vidette Messenger (7 September 1972), news clipping file (September 1972, Visitor Center Library; and Whitehouse interview, 11 March 1987.

13. Schaeffer and Franklin, Duel For The Dunes: Land Use Conflict on the Shores of Lake Michigan (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1983), pp. 196—9; and Herbert Read, Engineering Chairman, Save the Dunes Council, interview, 22 September 1987, at Bailly Ranger Station, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, Indiana, transcript.

14. "Morton Dedicates Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore," Department of the Interior News Release, Office of the Secretary, 8 September 1972, A8215, Dedication of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

15. Ed Zuckerman, "Dunes Politics: Bayh, Stevenson 'Out' of Dedication," Post Tribune; Bob Jackson, "Morton Asks Everyone to Preserve Heritage," News Dispatch; and Rollie Bernhart, "National Lakeshore Established at Dunes State Park Ceremonies," Vidette Messenger (9 September 1972), newsclippings file (September 1972), Visitor Center Library.

16. Notice of Establishment of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore by Secretary of the Interior Rogers C. B. Morton, 20 September 1972, Federal Register, p. 19389, A8215 Dedication of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.