Agate Fossil Beds Administrative History

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECORDS, OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT, GERING, NEBRASKA

THE AGATE FOSSIL BEDS FILES

ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

A2615, Superintendent's Monthly Report (Agate) 1963-1970. Special Monthly Reports on Agate—sent to Director and Frank E. Harrison, Chief, Division of Legislation and Regulations.

A2615, Public Use Reports

A2617, Reports, Quarterly, —1971, (Closed).

A2621, Reports, Annual

A3615, Complaints, Service and Personnel

A3815, Public Relations

A42, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Association

A42, Agate Springs Foundation

A54, Inspections and Appraisals—AGATE

A5639, Instructional Memoranda, Agate Fossil Beds

A6435, Organization, Agate Fossil Beds Unmarked, Case Incident Record

A7633, Protection, Vandalism (Agate Fossil Beds)

A88, Transportation Studies

A9015, Collecting (Archeological) Agate Fossil Beds

DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE

D18, Master Plan: Planning Programs and Master Plan

D18, Statement for Management, Agate Fossil Beds; Planning Programs and Master Plans

D22, Construction Programs—General

D2215, Development/Study Package Proposals; Work Orders, etc.

D2219, Lump Sum Construction Program

D30, Roads and Trails (including bridges, tunnels, etc.)

D3415, Buildings—Maintenance and Storage Building, AGATE

D46, Other Structures (Fences, etc.)

D6215, Will of Margaret C. Cook

Unmarked, Agate Museum Items—Important Records

D6215, Cook Collection Museum and Exhibit Activities

D6215, Museum Exhibits, Agate

D6223, Loan Agreement—Margaret Cook (AGATE)

FISCAL

F34, Budget Execution

F3815, Appropriations 1967

HISTORY AND ARCHEOLOGY

H14, Area and Service History—Agate

Unmarked, Agate—Daily Log, 7-1-65 to 1966, CLOSED

H18, Information from Margaret Cook

H2215, Archeology and Historical Research

H2215, Research, National Park Service Areas

H32, National Register File, Agate Fossil Beds

INTERPRETATION AND INFORMATION

K3415, Press Releases, Agate Fossil Beds

K3415, Closed, Press Releases, Service

LAWS, WATER AND RECREATION PLANNING

L1425, Land Protection Plan

L1425, Land Acquisition—Cook-Meade

L1425, Land Acquisition—Negotiations

L1425, Holdings, Land (Confidential)

L1425, Land Acquisition—Hoffman

LAWS AND LEGAL MATTERS

W3823, Legislation Enacted

THE SCOTTS BLUFF FILES

(References to Agate Fossil Beds National Monument)

ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

Unmarked, "Chronological File, Interpretation and Management Division." Starting November 29, 1979.

A22, Boy Scouts of America

A2623, Situation Reports

A2621, Annual Report (Superintendent's) 1936-

A3615, Complaints, Service and Personnel

A3815, Local Public Relations, Federal Agencies

A42, Cooperating Associations

A44, Cooperative Agreements

A5427, Inspections—Field Offices

A5631, Informational Memoranda

A7221, Files Management

A7633, Protection, Vandalism

A8215, Anniversaries, Dedications, etc. 1971— (Book 2)

A8227, Special Events

A98, Environmental Study Area

A98, Environmental Awareness III (Conservation)

A9819, Youth Conservation Corps

CONCESSIONS

C58, Buildings and Other Facilities

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECORDS, MIDWEST REGIONAL OFFICE, OMAHA, NEBRASKA

DIVISION OF CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Division Files Relating to Agate Fossil Beds National Monument.

List of Classified Structures. Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Field Inventory Forms. Midwest Regional Office, 1975.

Resources Management Plan and Environmental Assessment, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Approved 24 November 1981, by Midwest Regional Director J. L. Dunning; Revision Approved 29 April 1985, by Acting Midwest Regional Director Randall R. Pope.

MIDWEST REGIONAL OFFICE LIBRARY

Agate Fossil Beds. Handbook 107. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, Division of Publications, 1980.

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska. Pamphlet, 1975.

A Proposed Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska. Omaha: National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, April 1963.

Background Book: Proposed Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, 89th Congress, 1965. Omaha: National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, 1965.

Cockrell, Ron. An Interview with Historian Merrill J. Mattes on Scotts Bluff, Agate Fossil Beds, Grand Portage National Monuments and Other Areas. May 24-25, 1983, Littleton, Colorado. Omaha: National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, 1983.

______. Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska: An Administrative History, 1960-1983. Omaha: National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, 1984.

Cook, Harold J. Tales of the 04 Ranch: Recollections of Harold J. Cook, 1887-1909. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1968.

Cook, James H. Fifty Years on the Old Frontier. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1957.

Environmental Assessment, Development, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Omaha: National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, 1976.

Harris, Earl R. A History of Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. 1960.

Hunt, Robert M., Jr. Report on the Geology and Paleontology of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Sioux County, Nebraska. Prepared Under Contract for the National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1978.

______. The Agate Hills: History of Paleontological Excavations, 1904-1925. Prepared Under Contract for the National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1984.

Kay, Marvin. Archeological Surveys in Scotts Bluff and Agate Fossil Beds National Monuments, Nebraska. Prepared for the National Park Service by the Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska: 1975.

Mattes, Merrill J. Fort Laramie Park History, 1834-1977. Denver: National Park Service, Rocky Mountain Regional Office, September 1980.

Olinger, Danny E. Agate Fossil Beds National Monument: Archeological Investigations at Site 25SX163. Lincoln: National Park Service, Midwest Archeological Center, 1980.

Proposed Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska. Omaha: National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, August 1963.

Proposed Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska. Pamphlet. Agate, Nebraska: The Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Association, September 1964.

Roberts, R. Jay. A Preliminary Sketch of the History of Agate Springs Ranch. Gering, Nebraska: National Park Service, Scotts Bluff National Monument, August 1965.

_______. The History of Agate Springs. (Reprint from Nebraska History, September 1966) Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, 1969.

Zimmerman, Karen P. The Cook Papers: An Archival Collection From Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Prepared Under Contract for the National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office. Vermillion: University of South Dakota, 1984.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECORDS, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT, AGATE FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, AGATE, NEBRASKA

Agate Daily Log. No. 1. 23 September 1968 to 23 October 1970. Daily Handwritten activity listings. Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska.

Agate Daily Log. No. 2. 24 October 1970 to 31 December 1970. Daily Handwritten activity listings. Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska.

Park Photographic Files.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECORDS, OFFICE OF GRAPHICS RESEARCH, HARPERS FERRY CENTER, SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA

William S. ("Bill") Keller, Former Photographer at Yellowstone National Park, Photographs of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA, VERMILLION, SOUTH DAKOTA

The Cook Papers Collection. National Park Service. Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska. (Temporary depository for purposes of archival processing; moved to Scotts Bluff National Monument in September 1985.)

NEBRASKA STATE ARCHIVES
NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

Bryan, Charles W. Official Papers Collection. Governor of the State of Nebraska (1923-1925; 1931-1935).

Cochran, Robert Leroy ("Roy"). Official Papers Collection. Governor of the State of Nebraska (1935-1941).

Hruska, Roman L. Official Papers Collection. United States Senator from Nebraska (1954-1976).

McMullen, Adam. Official Papers Collection. Governor of the State of Nebraska (1925-1929).

Morrison, Frank B. Official Papers Collection. Governor of the State of Nebraska (1961-1965).

Weaver, Arthur J. Partial Papers Collection. Governor of the State of Nebraska (1929-1931).

ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS BY RON COCKRELL

Baker, Howard W. Former Regional Director, Midwest Region (1950-1964), and Assistant Director for Operations/Associate Director, Washington Office, National Park Service (1964-1968). Oral History Interview Transcript. 13 May 1986. Midwest Regional Office, National Park Service, Omaha, Nebraska.

Banta, Alford J. Superintendent, Scotts Bluff National Monument and Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Oral History Interview Transcript. 6 March 1985. Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska.

Harper, Donald R. Former Superintendent, Scotts Bluff National Monument and Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (1971-1978). Oral History Interview Transcript. 29 October 1985. Fort Collins, Colorado.

Hruska, Senator Roman L. Former United States Senator from Nebraska (1954-1976). Oral History Interview Transcript. 26 June 1986. Midwest Regional Office, National Park Service, Omaha, Nebraska.

Mattes, Merrill J. Former Custodian of Scotts Bluff National Monument (1935-1946) and Regional Historian (1949-1966), Midwest Region. Oral History Interview Transcript. 24-25 May 1983. Littleton, Colorado.

Meade, Mrs. Grayson E. (Dorothy Cook). Daughter of Harold J. and Eleanor Barbour Cook; one of the present owners of Agate Springs Ranch, Incorporated. Oral History Interview Transcript. 22 May 1986. Agate Springs Ranch, Harrison (unincorporated Agate), Nebraska.

Rapier, John B., III. Management Assistant/Ranger-in-Charge, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Oral History Interview Transcript. 7 March 1985. Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Harrison (near unincorporated Agate), Nebraska.

CORRESPONDENCE

Weaver, Roy W. Former Management Assistant, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (now Superintendent, Edison National Historic Site, New Jersey). Letter to author. 14 April 1986.

Mattes, Merrill J. Letter to author. 20 July 1985.

LECTURE

Dr. Robert L. Hunt, Jr. Completion Report on The Agate Hills. National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, Omaha, Nebraska. 17 July 1984.