Preliminary Inventory Of The Records Of The National Park Service
(Record Group 78)

Inventory

PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS AND SOUND RECORDINGS

122.W. H. TIPTON COLLECTION OF CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS. 1863-94. ca. 1,770 items. 17 ft.

Arranged by assigned number. A list is available.

Photographs of Civil War sites, chiefly at Gettysburg by including northern Virginia and Harpers Ferry.

123.PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HAYDEN SURVEY. 1871-72. 71 items. 1 in.

"Alberttypes" made from photographic negatives of the U. S. Geological Survey of the Territories, or Hayden Survey. There are photographs of areas in Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. The photographs were made by W. H. Jackson.

124.HENRY G. PEABODY COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS. ca. 1890-1935. ca. 4, 700 items. 17 ft.

They are arranged by type of photograph and thereunder by subject.

Prints (loose and in albums), negatives, glass slides (most in color), stereographs, and lecture scripts relating to national parks, the White Mountains, the Canadian Alps, colonial and Revolutionary landmarks around Boston, Mexican scenery and architecture, El Camino Real in California, and other subjects. Mr. Peabody was a commercial photographer; and most of these photographs were intended for educational purposes.

125.PHOTOGRAPHS OF FEDERAL BUILDINGS. ca. 1917. ca. 200 items. 5 in.

Arranged alphabetically by name of agency.

Prints of buildings in Washington, D. C. occupied or planned to be occupied by various departments of the Federal Government.

126.PHOTOGRAPHS OF ZION AND BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARKS. 1929. ca. 350 items. 1 ft.

The photographs concerning Zion National Park are arranged by subject and numbered in sequence. The photographs concerning Bryce are also numbered.

Two albums of photographs showing the physical features and development of the parks.

127.PHOTOGRAPHS OF ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES. ca. 1928-48. 40 items. 6 in.

Arranged by area.

Glass negatives for "typical on the job scenes" of engineering activities at Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, and Mount Rainier National Parks; Salem Maritime National Historical Site; Washington Monument, Executive Office Building, and North Interior Building in the District of Columbia; and Colonial National Historical Park. There are also two unidentified items.

128.PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WESTERN MUSEUM LABORATORIES. 1934-41. ca. 850 items. 2 ft.

Photographs documenting the part played by the Park Service in using professional CCC, WPA, and NYA workers in its museum development program.

129.PHOTOGRAPHS MAINTAINED BY DR. CHARLES W. PORTER. ca. 1928-62. ca. 2,710 items. 7 ft.

Arranged alphabetically by Park Service area or other subject.

Prints and negatives, with some post cards and clippings, showing scenery, facilities, exhibits, ceremonies and other events, personnel, visitors, and other subjects. This series is also designated as the "Historical File"; and Dr. Porter had been an historian with the Park Service for many years. Some of the photographs were made much earlier than 1928.

130.PHOTOGRAPHS RETIRED FROM THE "TV" FILE OF STILL PICTURES. ca. 1928-62. ca. 1,680 items. 5 ft.

Arranged alphabetically by area.

Photographs showing visitors, park officials and conference groups in various areas, and other subjects. The items were not considered appropriate for use because they appear dated by clothing, automobiles, buildings, or other cause. There are photographs made as early as 1928; but the date when this series was started has not been determined.

131."HAYNES COLLECTION." ca. 1920-58. ca. 310 items. 1 ft.

Arranged by park.

Photographs of areas in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks made by J. E. Haynes, a commercial photographer.

132."HILEMAN COLLECTION." ca. 1933-45. ca. 150 items. 5 in.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Photographs showing areas in Glacier National Park. Most were made by T. J. Hileman, a commercial photographer.

133."THOMPSON COLLECTION." ca. 1936-37. ca. 150 items. 5 in.

Photographs of areas in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They were made by the Thompson Co. (there are variations in the name of the firm), commercial photographers.

134.PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANSEL ADAMS. ca. 1936-41. ca. 500 items. 3 ft.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Large prints of national parks and monuments in the West, Boulder Dam, and Indian activities.

135."MATHER COLLECTION." ca. 1949-54. ca. 1,225 items. 3 ft.

Arranged for the most part alphabetically by person.

Photographs of park personnel and other persons connected with the national parks. Included are biographical sketches, correspondence, and other records. The photographers were accumulated for deposit in the Mather Collection of the Library of Congress. Some of the photographs were made much earlier than 1949.

136.OTHER COLLECTIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHS. ca. 1929-62. ca. 1,300 items. 3 ft.

Arranged in part alphabetically by area, in part by photographer, and in part by State.

Chiefly photographs of scenic areas in national and State park areas.

137.MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS. ca. 1934-57. ca. 650 items. 1 ft.

Arranged by subject.

Prints and negatives showing scenery in national parks; park visitors and Park Service officials; military use of parks; the Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1938-40; "the earliest known picture of American buffalo"; park areas in the Congo; and other subjects.

PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

138.PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MOUNT VERNON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. 1933-35. ca. 150 items. 2 in.

Arranged chronologically.

Photographs showing work in progress on the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway.

139.PHOTOGRAPHS OF EMERGENCY CONSERVATION WORK (CCC) PROJECTS. 1934-37. ca. 2000 items. 10 in.

Arranged in rough order by area.

Photographs showing activities of work camps and projects in the District of Columbia and nearby Maryland and Virginia.

140.LANTERN SLIDES SHOWING ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL PARKS. 1921-36. ca. 350 items. 4 ft.

Arranged by a numerical-alphabetical coding system.

Glass lantern slides, some in color, maintained by the Division of Information of the National Capital Parks.

141.INDEX TO LANTERN SLIDES. 1921-36. 1 ft.

Alphabetical index to lantern slides described in above entry.

MOTION PICTURES AND SOUND RECORDINGS

142.MOTION PICTURES. ca. 1930-35. 1 cu. ft.

Silent motion pictures showing Park Service activities relating to the Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks before their formal dedications. One film depicts a typical day at the Boy Scout camp, Camp Roosevelt, Willows, Md.

143.SOUND RECORDINGS. 1932-51. Negligible.

Recordings of memorial services for Stephen T. Mather, July 10, 1932; dedicatory speeches by Senator Barkley, Congressman Clement, Kentucky's Governor Willis, and Secretary of the Interior Krug at Mammoth Cave National Park, September 16, 1946; a speech by Newton B. Drury, July 26, 1947; and the dedication of equestrian statues at Arlington Memorial Bridge, September 26, 1951.

GENERAL CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS

The records described below cannot be attributed to any specific office or division of the Park Service. Maps of the early military parks and battlefields were prepared by national park commissions under the direction of the Secretary of War before the jurisdiction of these areas was transferred to the Park Service in the Department of Interior. The earlier maps of national parks accompanied reports to the Secretary of the Interior, and the later published and photoprocessed maps were issued by the Park Service without reference to a specific office or division.

144.MAPS OF BATTLEFIELDS, NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS, AND CAMPAIGN AREAS. 1896-1921. 11 items.

Maps prepared under the direction of the Gettysburg National Park Commission consisting of published and photoprocessed copies of maps of the battlefield of Gettysburg drawn from original surveys of the Engineers of the commission on 1903 and 1916, a perspective view of the Gettysburg National Military Park published in color from a drawing made in 1919; a photoprocessed copy of a topographic map of the battlefield made from a tracing of the original maps as surveyed and drawn under the direction of G. K. Warren of the Corps of Engineers, and two blueprints of maps of the area between Fredericksburg, Va., and Harrisburg, Pa., one undated showing the itinerary of the Army of Northern Virginia and the other, dated 1921, showing the itinerary of the Army of the Potomac in the Gettysburg Campaign; a photoprocessed map of the battlefield of Shiloh, Tenn., showing troop positions on the first day of battle, Apr. 6, 1862, and a published map showing positions on the second day, Apr. 7, as surveyed and drawn for the Shiloh National Military Park Commission in 1900; and a published military map showing the theater of operations in the Tullahoma, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga campaigns prepared by the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park Commission, 1896-1901, from the map of Col. William E. Merrill as published by the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army, in 1874.

145.MAPS ACCOMPANYING REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF NATIONAL PARKS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 1905-8. 2 items.

A published topographic map of the Yellowstone National Park and part of the adjoining forest reserve showing roads and trails and the locations of snow cabins and stations, 1905; and a published copy of a sketch map of the Sequoia and General Grant National Parks and the Sierra Forest Reserve in the immediate vicinity showing roads and proposed trails, 1908.

146.MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES SHOWING AREAS ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AREAS. 1933-48. 8 items.

Two published maps showing national parks and other areas administered by the National Park Service, and six published maps showing recreational areas of the United States under the control of Federal or State Governments. The latter maps show national parks, monuments, and forests; national military parks; historical monuments and sites; battlefield parks and sites; and main and connecting highways serving these recreational areas. On the reverse of the maps is a list of the areas by administrative agency with information pertaining to their characteristics and establishment.

147.MAPS OF NATIONAL PARKS AND NATIONAL MONUMENTS. 1931-40. 64 items. 1 in.

Arranged alphabetically by park or monument.

Two incomplete sets of published and photoprocessed maps of national parks and monuments.

148.MAPS SHOWING CONSERVATION WORK IN COOPERATION WITH STATE PARKS. 1934-35.

2 items.

A manuscript map showing proposed park developments under several project numbers in the Proctor-Piper State Forest, Vt., 1934; and a blueprint of proposed recreational project plans in the Baxter State Park, Me., in the summer of 1935.

149.PARK, PARKWAY, AND RECREATION-AREA STUDY MAPS. 1937-39. 16 items.

Photoprocessed State park, parkway, and recreation-area study maps of North Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee prepared under the direction of the National Park Service State supervisor in cooperation with State planning boards and commissions; and a photostat of a map of the United States showing the status of State cooperation and completion of preliminary reports on the study as of September 30, 1939.

150.A MAP SHOWING EXISTING AND POTENTIAL RECREATIONAL LANDS IN IOWA. 1940. 1 item.

A photoprocessed map with symbols for parkways and monuments, and county or metropolitan park system areas colored with names added to identify State parks and monuments and highway waysides.

151.ROAD, ROUTE, AND HIGHWAY MAPS. 1919-44. 4 items.

A published map showing the route of an automobile tour from Reno, Nev., to San Diego, Calif., via Lake Tahoe, the Yosemite and General Grant National Parks, the proposed Roosevelt National Park, and the missions of Southern California; a photoprocessed map of part of the Red Lodge-Cook City Highway, the approach road to the Yellowstone National Park, through patented and unappropriated and unreserved public lands in the Custer and Shoshone National Forest; and photoprocessed maps prepared by the Park Service in cooperation with the Alaska Highway Land Planning Survey to show roads and highways in Alaska and the distribution of proposed accommodations along the routes.

152.CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS OF THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN RECREATIONAL SURVEY. 1943-46. 15 items.

An incomplete set of published maps and diagrams, plates 2-16, to accompany A Survey of the Recreational Resources of the Colorado River Basin, compiled in 1946 by the National Park Service (Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1950). These records show existing public recreation areas in the Colorado River Basin, routes of air surveys and other travel, reservoir sites, archeological cultures, life zones, geological provinces and sections, and they include separate maps of the Grand Canyon region, the Bridge Canyon project area, the Dewey Reservoir site, the Dinosaur National Monument, the Colorado-Green River area, and three maps relating to the land status, distribution of population, and suggested recreation use of the canyon lands in Utah.

CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

153.NUMBERED CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS FILE. 1797-1958. 7,650 items. 90 in.

Manuscript, annotated, published, and photoprocessed maps, plans, and drawings pertaining to the National Capital Parks system. The records range from early maps of the city of Washington to maps and plans of reservations, recreational areas, and parks and parkways in the city and nearby Maryland and Virginia and include architectural plans of buildings and monuments.

Maps of Washington, D. C., including a published copy of the Dermott or tin case map of the city, 1797-98, marked "Exhibit A" and annotated to show information regarding title to lots; a reproduction of Ellicott's plan of the city; a group of photoprocessed maps of early surveys of parts of the city; a few annotated topographic maps of Washington and vicinity, 1861-1926; a portfolio of processed maps annotated to show triangulation stations, traverse stations, and bench marks; annotated published maps of the permanent system of highways in the District compiled in the Office of the Engineer Commissioner, 1908-33; manuscript and published maps of the city showing public reservations under the control of the National Capital Parks or its predecessor agencies, 1884-1947; and manuscript and published maps of the National Capital Parks System in the District of Columbia and nearby areas in Maryland and Virginia including insets of Prince William Forest Park, the Catoctin area, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Parkway, 1948-53.

Maps and plans of specific parks, parkways, city squares, triangles, and circles, recreational area centers, playgrounds, and grounds around public buildings including general plans of the areas, topographic surveys, landscape development and planting plans, property maps, planetable sheets, lighting plans, maps and plans showing walks, bridle paths, driveways, and water and sewer connections, and plans of lodges and other buildings within the reservations.

Architectural plans and construction drawings of memorials and monuments in the city of Washington including the Washington Monument and the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials; sketches of statues and smaller monuments located in squares, circles, and parks; plans of temporary reviewing stands; drawings showing the location of electric lights and water pipelines for the Capital grounds; and architectural drawings and plans for maintenance, alterations, and construction work on the Executive Mansion and Office, and smaller buildings and recreational facilities of the Executive Mansion grounds, 1877-1941. Many of these are the 1927-28 White House reconstruction plans. There are also three drawings pertaining to proposed alterations in Ford's Theater, 1865.

Other records include property maps of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co. and topographic surveys along the canal; maps of the Potomac River at Washington, some showing harbor lines; topographic surveys along the Potomac River, and of Roosevelt Island, Columbia Island, and Arlington National Cemetery and vicinity; plans for Columbia Island; maps of the areas around old forts in or near the District; and plans of some of the forts.

Most of these records were prepared by the National Capital Parks and its predecessors. Some are from the Branch of Plans and Design and other branches of the Park Service. Others were prepared by private architectural or construction concerns under contract or were submitted in bids for contracts. Some of the records are from temporary commissions. The plans of forts are from the Fortifications File of the Office of the Chief of Engineers and were transferred to the National Capital Parks after administrative control of these forts and grounds was transferred from the War Department to the Department of the Interior.

Arranged numerically by a decimal filing system assigned in the agency on a subject basis. Accompanied by a list of the records by file numbers and a 4- by 5- inch card listing them alphabetically by subject.

154.MASTER AND PROGRESS PLANS FOR WASHINGTON, D. C. 1936-37. 90 items. 1 in.

Arranged in sets by numbered sheets.

Colored photoprocessed master and progress plans for the central area of the city, dated 1936 and 1937, showing the areas maintained by the National Capital Parks or under other jurisdiction; walks, and existing and proposed Federal buildings, indicating those to be removed; and a set of manuscript progress plans on tracing cloth for the central area, dated 1937. Manuscript progress plans on tracing cloth and colored photoprocessed copies of the plans for minor parks and reservations (east and west sections) in the District, dated 1937, showing existing and proposed statues or buildings and indicating those to be removed. A manuscript progress plan on tracing cloth and a colored photoprocessed copy of the plan for Rock Creek Park and related areas, 1937, showing existing buildings, streets, roads, trails, bridges, and paths and indicating approved projects and changes to be made. These plans were compiled in the Branch of Plans and Design of the Park Service for the National Capital Parks.

155.CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS PERTAINING TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RECREATION SYSTEM PLAN. 1930-41. 89 items. 2 in.

Files in sets by recreation sections and centers.

Manuscript drawings and colored photoprocessed maps pertaining to the recreation system plan for the District as proposed and adopted by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission in 1930 with revisions to January 1941, including maps of the District showing the recreation sections and centers, and sectional maps showing buildings, museums, libraries, social agencies and clubs, District playgrounds and school property, other public property, and parks and parkways. Organization charts for the major recreation areas by sections for 1941, and large-scale detailed manuscript plans of the recreation sections and centers showing recreation facilities, 1939-40. These maps and plans were prepared as part of the District of Columbia Work Projects Administration recreation projects sponsored by the President's District of Columbia Recreation Committee representing the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the Board of D. C. Commissioners, the Board of Education for the District of Columbia, and the National Capital Parks.

Included as part of the recreation system plan is a set of photoprocessed maps and tables showing the location and cause of fatalities to children under 15 years of age from 1931 to 1938 inclusive; and two sets of manuscript and photoprocessed charts showing traffic injuries to children under 15 years of age during the calendar year of 1938 as prepared in 1939 and 1940 from surveys conducted under the D. C. Works Projects Administration recreation projects.

156.CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS OF THE ROCK CREEK POLLUTION STUDIES. 1935. 66 items.

Manuscript maps, diagrams, and tables prepared to accompany the Report on Measures for Elimination of Pollution of Rock Creek and its Tributaries in Washington, prepared for the Easter Division, Branch of Engineering, National Park Service, by LeRoy K. Sherman and Wesley W. Horner, consulting engineers (Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1935). One table and a complete set of maps, diagrams, and charts are used as illustrations in the reports and in the appendix. These records include a map of the Rock Creek drainage basin showing the District and suburban sewers, a map of the drainage areas within the District showing areas sewered by a combined or separate system, rainfall frequency-intensity charts, hydrographs of run-off, a list of rainstorms producing excessive run-off from 1925 to 1934, plans of diversion by relief sewers, and maps, plans, and profiles of proposed tunnel lines and outlets.

157.AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF WASINGTON, D. C. 1937. 61 items. 3 in.

Photographic prints (61 sections) prepared by the Todd Mapping Service, Washington, D. C.

158.CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS RELATING TO THE ARLINGTON MEMORIAL BRIDGE. 1923-42. 640 items. 7 in.

The records are filed numerically by a letter and number combination that was assigned in the Commission. This numbering system was used by the National Capital Parks for a few later records that were interfiled with those of the Commission. There are also a few plans that have a different numbering system and several unnumbered plans and construction drawings. A typewritten list and a 4- by 5- inch card catalog serve as finding aids.

Manuscript, annotated, published, and photoprocessed maps, plans, drawings, and related cartographic records pertaining to the location, design, and construction of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. The records range from general plans showing the location, vicinity, and approaches to the bridge, and Memorial Avenue to the cemetery, to detailed architectural and contract drawings. Most of the records were prepared by the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission. Some are blueprints furnished by private architectural concerns interested in the project, with annotations added by the Commission.