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NOTES
Chapter 1
1. Demaray to DeWitt, August 17, 1933, copy in Park Master Data File Notebook for 1933 (henceforth referred to as PMDF).
2. Washington Post, August 8, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
3. Gill, Assistant Director, to the Director, September 19, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
4. Mortimer to Owens, September 19, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
6. Nagle to Assistant Director, Buildings Branch, September 22, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
8. Mortimer to the Quartermaster General, War Department, September 29, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
10. Burlew to Cammerer, October 2, 1933, in PMDF 1933. Also estimate for $12,209.40 to PWA, dated September 30, 1933, in ibid.
11. DeWitt to Cammerer, October 2, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
12. Gill to Associate Director, October 3, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
13. Cammerer to DeWitt, October 6, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
14. DeWitt to Cammerer, October 9, 1933, in PMDF 1933. The detailed plans are not in PDMF.
15. Cammerer to DeWitt, October 17, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
16. Laubach, Office of Quartermaster General, to Mortimer, October 19, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
17. Mortimer to Owen, October 20, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
18. Mortimer to Gill, October 28, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
19. Specifications No. A.N.C. 103, October 1933 in PMDF 1933; also Gill to Associate Director, October 27, 1933, with blueprints of painting work; and Mortimer to Gill, November 9, 1933, with suggestions for altering November 3, specifications, also adding:
For your information in connection with the above, you are advised that the stucco on the outside of the Mansion is a lime mortar composition which absorbs moisture and holds it during damp or cold or freezing weather. Likewise the necessity for repairs to this stucco with its subsequent time for setting up make it very necessary that there be no danger of freezing after it is put on.
20. Nagle to Mortimer, November 17, 1933; and Mortimer to Nagle, November 21, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
21. Mortimer to Gill, December 22, 1933 in PMDF 1933.
22. Oliver to Gill, January 2, 1933, [1934], in PMDF 1933.
23. Press Release, November 10, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
24. Copies of articles from Washington Evening Star and Washington Herald, November 10, 1933, and Washington Post, November 16, 1933, in PMDF 933.
25. Cox to Chatelain, November 15, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
26. Longhand note, Chatelain to Demaray, Taylor, and Peterson, November 16, 1933, in PMDF 1933. All three men signed off, and Demaray commented "Excellent memo."
27. Cox to Chatelain, December 4, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
28. Peterson to Director, December 15, 1933, in PMDF 1933.
29. Moore to President Roosevelt, January 25, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35. It had been at Moore's insistence that the quartermaster general had restored and furnished the mansion to the Custis period (1804) rather than the Lee (1855) period as the law required.
30. A copy of the draft of the bill is in PMDF 1934-35.
31. Cammerer to Secretary of the Interior, January 31, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35. Mortimer wrote, to General William B. Horton, on February 21, 1934, "I had a long talk with Mr. [Charles] Moore yesterday, at which time he gave me a copy of the letter and he assured me that his efforts are going to continue as indicated in his letter to the President of January 25th. He did not tell me in what manner." In PMDF 1934-35.
32. Ickes to Moore, February 2, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
33. Office Order 272, June 26, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
34. Chapman, Assistant Secretary, Interior Department to Secretary of the Treasury, January 2, 1934; Monthly Reports of Mortimer, Officer in Charge of Activities at Arlington House for December 1933, January, February, March, and April 1934. Mortimer to Engineering Branch, National Park Service, April 24, 1934; and note on final payment, dated May 9, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
35. Mortimer to Gill, Assistant Director, July 9, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
36. Mortimer's monthly reports for March and April 1934, in PMDF 1935-35. No other details are available on the work.
38. Mortimer to Gill, January 8, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
39. Ibid., May 15, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
40. Gill to Mortimer, May 22, 1934; and Oliver to Gill, May 21, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
41. Mortimer's Monthly Report for May 1934, June 5, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
42. Mortimer to Gill, July 9, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
43. Mortimer's Monthly Reports for March and April 1934 in PMDF 1934-35. History report for May indicates that all the repair work had been completed.
44. Mortimer to Gill, July 9, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
45. Ibid., July 9, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
46. Gill, Assistant Director, Branch of Buildings, to the Director, November 19, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
47. Associate Director to Mortimer, March 13, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
48. Charles W. Snell, "Historic Structure Report, Arlington House, Vol. I," (draft mss., National Park Service, Denver Service Center, Denver Colorado.)
49. Coffman to Director, April 17, 1934. Copies of both reports are in PMDF 1934-35.
50. Report, April 17, 1934, pp. 6-7, ibid.
51. Peters to Nagle, February 12, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
52. Nagle to Taylor, February 13, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
53. Gill to Associate Director, February 27, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35. In a letter to Gill on March 21, 1934, Nagle wrote, "In order that there may be no misunderstanding regarding the plans and specification . . . you are informed that this work is being handled by the Branch of Plans and Designs."
54. Mortimer to Nagle, March 2, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
55. Mortimer to Gill, July 9, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
56. Gill to the Director, November 19, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
57. Cammerer to Peterson, November 23, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
58. Peterson to Cammerer, December 18, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
59. Tolson to Gill, December 21, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
60. Nagle to Peters, December 26, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
61. Peters to Nagle, January 7, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
62. Mortimer to Gill, January 16, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
63. Gill to Tolson, January 18, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
64. Note of the Director to all men listed; and Gill to Mortimer, January 25, 2935, in PMDF 1934-35.
65. Coleman to Chatelain, January 23, 1934, in PMDF 1934-35.
66. Leisenring to Director, February 1, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
67. Mortimer apparently tried to save the day for the stone steps by suggesting on February 2 to Gill that the question be referred to the Commission of Fine Arts, where perhaps Moore would vote for stone. In PMDF 1934-35.
68. Nagle to Peterson, February 4, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35; Chatelain, January 31, 1935, is missing from that file. On February 8, 1935, Assistant Director Gill informed Mortimer, "It has been definitely decided to install wooden steps at the Lee Mansion and arrangements are being made for the preliminary work." Ibid.
69. Nagle to Gill, January 23, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
70. Nagle to Gill, January 23, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35. Operating funds for the Lee Mansion for fiscal year 1935 amounted to $9,400, of which $4,600 was for guard services and $4,800 for maintenance. About $7,714.58 had been expended as of April 30, 1935. "Status of Allotment for 483 Lee Mansion Memorial as of April 30, 1935," ibid.
71. Waterman to Finnan, April 4, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
72. McCarter, quoting Waterman's notes to Gill, April 24, 1935, in response to Assistant Director Gill's memorandum of April 10, 1935, to Waterman, complaining about the removal of the old steps and urging that excavations be made under their site, in PMDF 1934-35.
73. Mortimer to Gill, May 9, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
74. Waterman to Peterson, May 7, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
75. See Contract Files, Contract No. I-IP-3130-F.P. No. 374 (P.W.A.), with Invitation to bid, June 6, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
76. Taylor to Bensel Company, June 18, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
77. Bensel Company to National Park Service, July 30, 1935 (the contract was dated June 28, 1935) and Moskey to the Returns Office, General Accounting Office, July 30, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
78. Correspondence of Bensel Company with National Park Service, August 8, 10, and September 10, 1935. The stone came from the Mount Pisbia Stone Company at Elyria, Ohio. The extension was granted on September 25, 1935. Monteith to Bensel Company, in PMDF 1934-35.
79. Montgomery to Peterson, May 2, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
80. Data in PMDF 1934-35. The bids were to be opened on June 6, but that date was changed to June 11 due to Amendment 1 to the specifications, dated June 5, 1935. Contract I-1P-3108, Public Works Project 374.
81. Taylor to Redmond Concrete Company, July 11, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
82. J. A. Whelan Company to National Park Service, July 9, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35. The plan for the work may be found in File 2.1-60, 2.1-65.
83. The Redmond Concrete Company to National Park Service on July 28, August 1, October 14, and 28, 1935, requesting extensions of time. Taylor to Redmond Concrete Company, November 6, 12, and 29, 1935, granting a total of 104 extra days, in PMDF 1934-35. There is no further correspondence on the roof project after November 29, 1935, in the files, indicating that the work must have been completed on time.
84. Nagle to Redmond Concrete Company, October 18, 1935, and Whelan to Nagle, October 28, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
85. Mortimer to Gill, September 11, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
86. Peters to Mortimer, September 17, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
87. Mortimer to Peters, November 21, 1935, in PMDF 1934-35.
88. The meter was first requested by the colonel on December 28, 1933. Peters, Assistant Director, to Mortimer, February 12, 1935; and Blankenship, Group Superintendent, Potomac Park, to Peters, April 9, 1936, in PMDF 1936-37.
89. Gardner to Assistant Director Peters, May 1, 1936, and Peters to Kaufholz, April 30, 1936, in PMDF 1936-7.
91. Peters to Kaufholz, April 30, 1936, in PMDF 1936-37. Kaufholz was also instructed by Peters to repair the stairs and check the floors.
92. Kaufholz to Peters, May 5, 1936, in PMDF 1936-37.
93. Superintendent's Monthly Narrative Report for the Lee Mansion, Lincoln Museum, and the House Where Lincoln Died for the Month of October 1936, in PMDF 1936-37.
94. Superintendent's Monthly Narrative Report for November 1936.
95. Peters, to Superintendent Garrett, Lincoln Museum, April 9, 1937, in PMDF 1936-37.
96. Monthly Report, April 6, 1937, in PMDF 1936-37.
97. Monthly Report, June 4, 1937, in PMDF 1936-37.
98. Burns to Garret, June 4, 1937, in PMDF-1936-37.
99. Monthly Report, July 7, 1937, in PMDF, 1936-37.
100. Report 2739, Project Report for Planning for Federal Works, May 25, 1937, approved by Demaray, Associate Director, in PMDF 1936-37.
101. Report 2737, May 25, 1937, in PMDF 1936-37.
102. Report 2378, May 25, 1937, in PMDF 1936-37.
103. Report 2736, May 25, 1937, in PMDF 1936-37.
104. Report 2735, May 25, 1937, in PMDF 1936-37.
105. Peters to Demaray, July 14, 1937 and Strawser to Jennings, Tolson, and Demaray, August 9, 1937, in PMDF 1936-37.
109. Action by the Bureau of the Budget—Lee Mansion, 1939 Estimates, December 31, 1937, in PMDF 1936-37.
110. H.L. Wooten, Acting Assistant Director to Gardner, Owen, Little, and Garrett, September 7, 1937, in PMDF 1936-37.
111. Allotment Advice 4140 (National Park Service), August 4, 1938, Jennings, Acting Assistant Director, in PMDF 1938-39.
112. Wooten to Peters, March 16, 1938, in PMDF 1938-39.
113. Peters to Demaray, April 18, 1938, in PMDF 1938-39.
114. Peters to Taylor, April 21, 1938, in PMDF 1938-39.
115. Taylor, Chief of Engineering, to Collier, September 15, 1938—re: change order 1 and Peters, to Montgomery, May 31, 1938, in PMDF, 1938-39. The detailed correspondence, specifications and contract, however, are not in PMDF 1938-39, but may be found in Drawings 2.1-75, 76, 77, and 78.
116. Barnette to Vint, July 15, 1938, in PMDF 1938-39.
117. Taylor to Collier, September 15, 1938, in PMDF 1938-39.
118. Demaray, Acting Director to The Trane Company, December 21, 1938, in PMDF 1938-39.
119. Allotment Advice 4086 (National Park Service), July 13, 1938, Tolson, Acting Associate Director, and Peters, to Demaray, April 18, 1928, in PMDF 1938-39.
120. Peters, to Demaray, April 18, 1939, in PMDF 1938-39. The total amount requested for fiscal year 1940 was $19,380.
121. On April 24, 1939, the Secretary of War wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt making a determined effort to have Arlington House returned to the custody of the War Department. In PMDF 1938-39.
122. Gartside to Peters, December 1, 1939, in PMDF 1938-39.
123. Note in PMDF 1940-49, the contract, however, is not on file. The specifications, dated April 19, 1940, are in the "Restoration and Repair" records file drawer at the park.
124. Clark to Truett, May 29, 1940, in PMDF 1940-49. No other data on this project in the file.
125. Demaray to Acting Superintendent, July 9, 140, in PMDF 1940-49.
126. Hetrick to Truett, September 17, 1940, in PMDF 1940-49.
127. Mortimer to Root, May 15, 1941, in PMDF 1940-49.
128. Root to Mortimer, June 3, 1941, in PMDF 1940-49.
129. Mortimer to Root, June 3, 1941, in PMDF 1940-49.
130. Fire Protection—Estimate for water extension (Fire Protection—Lee Mansion Force Account), sent to files May 2, 1941, from William F. Haiber's materials. The plan may have been proposed by Mortimer. See his letter of October 21, 1940 and tracing made from File 2.1-75 drawing to William F. Haiber. All data is in PMDF 1940-49.
131. Root to Mortimer, September 26, 1941, in PMDF 1940-49.
132. Mortimer to Root, October 2, 1944, in PMDF 1940-49.
133. Gillen to Superintendent Humphrey Beckett, D. C. Water Department, with a detailed list of parts, October 6, 1941, in PMDF 1940-49.
134. Gillen to Mortimer, October 7, 1941, in PMDF 1940-49.
135. Mortimer to Superintendent, National Capital Parks, October 15, 1941, in PMDF 1940-49.
136. Mortimer to Gillen, November 1, 1941, in PMDF 1940-49.
137. No documents are in PMDF for such work during November and December 1941.
138. Vint to Superintendent, National Capital Parks, December 10, 1941, in PMDF 1940-49.
Chapter 2
1. Superintendent, National Capital Parks, to the Director, December 8, 1941, in PMDF 1940-49. Also see Radio and Press Release, December 8, 1941, ibid. On December 8, 1941, Mortimer offered to transfer additional ground in the vicinity of Arlington House to the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, pointing out that the extension to the north would include two large rosebush and tulip gardens that would require the services of one additional laborer. Mortimer to Superintendent, National Capital Parks, December 8, 1941, ibid. Superintendent Gillen informed Mortimer on December 12, "The limited funds and maintenance personnel available to this office will not make it possible to accept jurisdiction over the additional ground in the vicinity of the Lee Mansion. . . ." Gillen to Mortimer, December 12, 1941, ibid.
2. Smith to Gartside, February 17, 1942, in PMDF 1940-49. Four valves were ordered.
3. Gillen to Clark, March 21, 1942, in PMDF 1940-49.
4. Gillen, Senior Assistant Superintendent, National Capital Parks, to Clark, August 20, 1942, in PMDF 1940-49.
5. National Capital Parks List of Units Painted in Custis-Lee Mansion, 1942-65, in PMDF 1965.
6. Gillen to Clark, August 20, 1942, in PMDF 1940-49.
7. National Capital Parks List of Units Painted in Custis-Lee Mansion, 1942-65; and Memorandum of Hetrick to Kelley, October 9, 1942, in PMDF 1940-49.
8. National Capital Parks List of Units Painted in Custis-Lee Mansion, 1942-65, in PMDF 1965.
9. In PMDF 1943, Vol., 1940-49.
10. Gillen to Morrison, September 23, 1943, in PMDF 1940-49.
11. Gartside to Gillen, March 6, 1944, in PMDF 1940-49.
12. No record of this work appears in PMDF or on NCP Lists of Units Painted in the Custis-Lee Mansion, 1942-65.
13. Staff Meeting, July 5, 1944, extracts in PMDF 1940-49.
14. Assistant Superintendent to Thompson and Gartside, October 3, 1944, in PMDF 1940-49.
15. Gartside to Thompson, February 19, 1945, in PMDF 1940-49.
16. Andrae to Thompson, Acting Superintendent, July 21, 1945, in PMDF 1940-49. P.E. Smith, Chief Engineering Division, recommended this solution, and Thompson concurred.
17. Smith to McClure, November 8, 1945, with detailed instructions on operations and temperature, in PMDF 1940-49.
18. Gartside to Thompson, February 19, 1945, in PMDF 1940-49.
19. National Capital List of Units Painted in Custis-Lee Mansion, 1942-65.
20. Haussmann to Thompson, July 12, 1944, in PMDF 1940-49.
21. Gartside to Thompson, November 29, 1945, in PMDF 1940-49.
22. Ibid., November 29, 1944, in PMDF 1940-49.
23. Clark to Thompson, December 17, 1944, in PMDF 1940-49.
24. NCP Staff Minutes, January 2, 1946, in PMDF 1940-49.
25. NCP List of Units Painted in Custis-Lee Mansion, 1942-65.
26. Jett to Barnette, June 1946, in PMDF 1940-49.
27. Demaray to Director, October 18, 1946, in PMDF 1940-49.
28. Superintendent National Capital Parks to Associate Director, National Park Service, November 8, 1946; and Tolson to Demaray, October 22, 1946, in PMDF 1940-49.
29. Jett to Thompson, November 18, 1947, in PMDF 1940-49.
30. NCP List of Units Painted in the Custis-Lee Mansion, 1942-65.
31. Jett to Thompson, March 22, 1948, in PMDF 1940-49.
32. Ibid., April 20, 1948, in PMDF 1940-49. The files do not contain the results of these inspections. Certain steps used extensively by the public at Lee Mansion had their worn out rubber treads replaced in the spring of 1947, and the remainder of the steps were retreaded in 1948. Jett to Berg, August 24, 1948, in PMDF 1940-49.
33. Jett to Thompson, August 23, 1948, in PMDF 1940-49. The estimated cost of painting the exterior of the Lee Mansion was $2,300. Clark to Thompson, September 14, 1948, in PMDF 1940-49.
34. NCP List of Units Painted in the Custis-Lee Mansion, 1942-65.
35. Lee to Regional Director, November 30, 1948, in PMDF 1940-49.
36. Freeman to Cox, December 7, 1948, and Cox to Director, December 9, 1948, in PMDF 1940-49.
37. Nelligan to Truett, May 16, 1949, (copy of letter in WASO research files on Arlington House).
38. Each year during 1949-55, park, regional, and Washington historians submitted plans for proposed research projects with estimated costs, but with perhaps one or two exceptions, Congress never provided money for the projects.
39. These remarks are based in part on the personal experiences of the author of this study, who was a park historian in the field from 1948-57. Historian Nelligan was also to receive his PhD on the basis of his study of Arlington House.
40. See Acting Chief, Public Use Section, Nelligan's report to Superintendent, re: Inspection of Interpretive Program Lee Mansion, October 8, 1951, and Randle B. Truett's memorandum on same report, November 21, 1951, in PMDF 1950-54. The latter documentation stated, "Your recommendations covering an interpretive statement and master plan for the Lee Mansion . . . has my endorsement, and I recommend that it be accomplished as soon as possible. . . . The full-length history of the house which is now under preparation should be completed . . . and put in proper form for ready use by all members of the staff . . . ."
41. Monthly Report, July 23, 1952, in PMDF 1950-54.
42. Nelligan to Leisenring, August 19, 1952, in PMDF 1950-54.
43. Monthly Report, August 13, 1952, in PMDF 1950-54.
44. Kelly to Chief of Engineers, August 15, 1952, in PMDF 1950-54.
45. Prangley to Superintendent, National Capital Parks, September 5, 1952, with attached list of maps transferred, in PMDF 1950-54.
46. Charles W. Snell, "Historic Structure Report, Arlington House" (draft mss.), Denver Service Center, National Capital Parks, Denver, Colorado.
47. Monthly Report, November 4, 1952, in PMDF 1950-54.
48. Monthly Report, December 5, 1952, in PMDF 1950-54. This topic is treated in detail in a later section on paint colors.
49. Monthly Report, February 4, 1953, in PMDF 1950-54. More important was the discovery of evidence corroborating the hypothesis that the north wing was built as a unit and partitioned off into three small rooms perhaps two or three years later.
50. Nelligan to Superintendent, May 26, 1953, in PMDF 1950-54. As published in mimeographed form in 1953, the study bore the following title: "'Old Arlington,' The Story of the Lee Mansion National Memorial."
51. Assistant Superintendent Gartside to Hartford Insurance Company, October 5, 1953, in PMDF 1950-54.
52. Watt, Lt. Col., OMC Memorial Division to Superintendent, National Capital Parks, March 17, 1954, in PMDF 1950-54.
53. The PMDF and the "Restoration and Repair" records, Vols. I and II have been checked. The historic "Restoration and Repairs" file drawer at the mansion contains a copy of "Specifications for the Revisions to the Existing Heating System, Etc. in the Lee Mansion," May 9, 1949, and a blueprint of NCP Drawing 2.3-81 for Contract I-28np-663.
54. The two volumes are in the park research library, together with the park master data files.
55. Wester to Clark, May 10, 1951, in PMDF 1950-54.
56. NCP List of Units Painted in the Custis-Lee Mansion, 1942-65.
57. Acting Superintendent to Chief, Construction and Repair, October 1, 1951, in PMDF 1950-54.
58. Haussmann to Truett, January 7, 1952 [misdated 1951], in PMDF 1950-54.
59. NCP List of Units Painted in the Custis-Lee Mansion, 1942-65.
60. Work sheet entitled, "Mansion Research 1/28/52 to 3/12/52," showing a total of 137 man hours spent and the rooms on which work was performed.
61. NCP List of Units Painted in Custis-Lee Mansion, 1942-65. There are detailed lists describing the work done in each room.
62. Nelligan to Cramton, August 18, 1952, in PMDF 1950-54.
63. Gartside to Clark, November 12, 1952, in PMDF 1950-54. Nelligan had suggested this project on September 11, 1952. Nelligan to Acting Superintendent, September 11, 1952, in PMDF 1950-54.
64. Monthly Report, December 5, 1952, in PMDF 1950-54.
65. Nelligan to Chief, National Memorials and Historic Sites Division, Monthly Report, February 4, 1953, in PMDF 1950-54.
66. Monthly Report, March 4, 1953, in PMDF 1950-54.
67. Monthly Report, dated April 7, 1953, in PMDF 1950-54.
68. NCP List of Units Painted in Custis-Lee Mansion, 1942-65.
69. Gartside to Clark, November 23, 1953, in PMDF 1950-54.
770. Monthly Report for February 1954, dated March 29, 1954, in PMDF 1950-54.
71. NCP List of Units Painted in the Custis-Lee Mansion, 1942-65.
72. Downey to Haussmann, March 23, 1956, in PMDF 1950-54. She noted that the large dining room (Room 115) had not been painted since 1946; the family parlor (Room 108) and family dining room (Room 109) had not been painted since 1948. The Custis guest room (Room 107) had not been painted since 1951. The repairs necessary to each room were also described.
73. NCP List of Units Painted in the Custis-Lee Mansion, 1942-65.
74. Swartz to Chief Park Historian, November 26, 1957, in PMDF 1957-59.
75. Monthly Report, January 23, 1958, in PMDF 1957-59.
76. NCP List of Units Painted in Custis-Lee Mansion, 1942-65.
77. Charles W. Snell, "Historic Structure Report, Historical Data Section, Arlington House," and Nelligan. "Old Arlington," pp. 376-80, 388.
78. Nelligan, to Chief, National Memorials and Historic Sites, Monthly Report, December 5, 1952, in PMDF 1950-54.
79. Monthly Report, February 4, 1953, in PMDF 1950-54.
80. Public Law 107, 84th Congress, Chapter 223, 1st Sess., J. Res. 62, 69 Stat. 190-91, in PMDF 1955-56.
81. Thompson to Bartel, January 27, 1956, in PMDF 1955-56. As has been noted, the state dining room (Room 115) was painted in January 1957. Historian Agnes M. Downey recommended the replacement of the mantel in Room 115 in her letter of March 23, 1956.
82. The "Specifications for Revisions to the Electrical System in the Lee Mansion," September 23, 1954, Contract 14-10-028-548, and blueprints of NCP Drawing 2.3-90, "Revisions to Electrical System in Lee Mansion" are in the park's "Restoration and Repair Records" file drawer.
83. Haussmann to Chief, Division of Design and Construction, January 27, 1958, in PMDF 1957-59.
84. Horne to Chief, Division of Design and Construction, August 13, 1958, in PMDF 1957-59. The Monthly Report of Historian Agnes M. Downey, April 15 — May 15, 1958, indicates that Peters and his assistant, Macumber, had visited the mansion and been shown the repair and restoration log. See Jett, Chief, Division of Public Use and Interpretation, National Capital Parks, to Chief, Architectural Branch, May 8, 1958, in PMDF 1957-59.
85. Horne to Chief, Division of Design and Construction, National Park Service, August 13, 1958.
86. "Specifications for Repairs to Mansion [Roof] and the South Building [South Slave Quarters, Custis-Lee Mansion]," January 22, 1959, Contract 14-10-028-1606, in South Slave Quarters File, "Restoration and Repair" records in the park library.
87. Thompson to Director, July 1, 1959, in PMDF 1957-59.
88. Scoyen to Superintendent, National Capital Parks, July 15, 1959, in PMDF 1957-59.
89. Charles W. Snell, "Historic Structure Report, History Data Section, Arlington House."
90. Jett to Director, September 30, 1960, in PMDF 1960-62.
91. Wirth to Superintendent, National Capital Parks, October 1960 in PMDF 1960-62.
92. Lessig, Acting Chief Architect, Division of Design and Construction to Superintendent, National Capital Parks, November 17, 1960, with approval of report. Paul C. Swartz and John G. Roberts, "Historic Structure Report, North Servants' Quarters, Custis-Lee Mansion, Virginia (Part I)," (typescript, National Capital Parks,) August, 1960. They prepared Part II of this report in 1961.
93. Heine to Chief, Interpretation Branch, September 30, 1959, in PMDF 1957-59.
94. Jett to Chief, Division of Maintenance, October 14, 1960, in PMDF 1957-59.
95. Swartz to Chief, Branch of Interpretation, December 1, 1959, in PMDF 1957-59.
96. Swartz to Chief, Branch of Interpretation, April 1, 1960, in PMDF 1960-62.
97. Swartz to Haussmann, March 23, 1961, in PMDF 1960-62.
98. Jett to Buckly, August 16, 1961, in PMDF 1960-62.
99. Sketch plans and a description of the work done will be found in Vol. 1 of the "Restoration and Repair" records in the park library.
Chapter 3
1. Jett to Assistant Director, Operations and Maintenance, August 16, 1962, in PMDF 1960-62.
2. Heine to Jones, March 27, 1963, in PMDF 1963-67.
3. Bartel to Regional Chief, September 18, 1964, in PMDF 1963-64.
4. McClure to Hoover, September 24, 1964, in PMDF 1963-67.
5. Jett to Assistant Regional Director, September 30, 1964, in PMDF 1963-67.
6. Stratton to Regional Director, National Capital Region, October 22, 1964, WASO Research Files.
7. Heine to Gollin, May 11, 1965, in PMDF 1963-67.
8. The original draft of this letter may be found in the "Restoration and Repair" records in the park library.
9. Hendrickson to Stanley, September 16, 1965, in PMDF 1963-67.
10. Typed notes giving paint colors used, etc., are filed under each room painted in "Restoration and Repair" records, Vols. I and II, in the park library.
11. Invitations to bid, with specifications, November 3, 1965; Taylor, Chief, National Capital Office of Design and Construction, to Superintendent, George Washington Memorial Parkway, November 18, 1965 and Superintendent Taylor to Regional Director, National Capital Region, November 22, 1965, in park "Restoration and Repair" records.
12. Taylor, Superintendent Prince William Forest, George Washington Memorial Parkway, to Spiker, April 11, 1966, in PMDF 1963-67. Also see Taylor to Gamboro, February 13, 1967, ibid., for completion date.
13. This report is filed in the "North Stairway File" in the "Restoration and Repair" file drawer in the park library. Invitation, bid, and award forms for "Painting of Exterior of Custis-Lee Mansion, IFB 3053," November 3, 1965, including specifications on Arlington House—Building, are also on file in the same drawer.
14. Personal interview with Arlington House Site Supervisor Ann Fuqua on April 19, 1983, by author of this study.
15. Taylor to Regional Director, National Capital Region, October 27, 1966, in "Restoration and Repairs" records in the park library.
16. Copy in research file for Arlington House. The three historical resource proposals, dated April 25, 1966, and March 9, 1966, were prepared by Ann A. Fuqua and W. Hendrickson, copies of which are in the "Restoration and Repair" records at the park.
17. Stagner to Acting Regional Director, National Capital Region, November 22, 1966. Copy in WASO research file on Arlington House.
18. Taylor to Regional Director, National Capital Region, February 2, 1967, in PMDF 1963-67.
19. Taylor to Acting Chief, Office cf Archeology and Historic Preservation, March 21, 1967 and Judd, Historic Structures and HABS, Washington Service Center, to Superintendent Taylor, February 13, 1967, in PMDF 1963-67.
20. In March 1964 the staff of the National Capital Region and National Capital Office of Design and Construction prepared the "Historic Grounds Report, Part II, The Custis-Lee Mansion Flower Garden," (typescript, including plans to permit the restoration of the garden located to the south of the south wing of the Custis-Lee Mansion).
21. Memorandum of Roy E. Appleman to files, August 6, 1968, in materials left by Charles McCormick for Part II report, in WASO research files.
22. Copies of contract and specifications, with acceptance of work, November 7, 1968, in file "Custis-Lee Mansion, Plaster Ceiling—Portico—Fitzgerald and Company, Inc., Contract 14-0-10-960-195, H30," in "Restoration and Repair" records in the park library
23. Connally to General Superintendent, National Capital Parks, November 17, 1970, WASO research files.
24. Taylor to General Superintendent, National Capital Parks, December 29, 1970, copy in WASO research files.
25. Personal interview with Site Supervisor Ann Fuqua, April 28, 1983 by the author of this study.
26. All data extracted from Architect Franzen's report, copy of which may be found in park "Restoration and Repair" file. Rooms 107 and 104 in the north wing and Room 114 in the south wing had suffered extensively from this water damage, ca. 1969-71.
27. Richie to Director, National Capital Parks, October 29, 1971 in park "Restoration and Repair" file drawer. This fire insurance policy had not been acquired when Nelligan completed his study in 1953. Hence, Architect Franzen did not know of the 1859 information on the roof. Curators Ann Fuqua and Agnes Mullins were the persons who alerted Superintendent Richie to the existence of the 1859 data.
Chapter 4
1. Minutes of Meeting of September 12, 1972, Custis-Lee Mansion (copy in "Restoration and Repair" records in the park library.)
2. Redmond to Dickson and others, October 6, 1972, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
3. Minutes of the September 12, 1972 meeting, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
4. Superintendent's Annual Report for 1972, in park subject files.
5. Specifications, including six sketches of gutter system with correspondence and bids in "Restoration and Repair" records. Also see Richie to Chief, Division of Budget and Programs, November 29, 1973, ibid.
6. Peacock to Prospect Industries, July 3, 1974, Redmond to Fuqua, November 11, 1974, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
7. Superintendent's Annual Report for 1974, in park subject files.
8. Superintendent's Annual Report for 1972, in park subject file.
9. Minutes of September 12, 1972 meeting, "Restoration and Repair" records.
10. Superintendent's Annual Report for 1972, in park subject file.
11. Crellin to Peacock, April 13, 1973; "National Capital Parks Specifications, Exterior Painting, Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia;" and correspondence of Lucille B. Peacock, Chief, Branch of Procurement and Contracting, Contracting Officer, May 29, and June 11, 1973, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
12. Richie to Branch of Procurement and Contracting, National Capital Parks, re: Contract CX-3000-3-0918, October 30, 1973; and Cox, to Apex Decorating Company, November 1, 1972, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
13. Superintendent's Annual Report for 1972, in park subject file.
14. Miller to Chief, Park Historic Architecture, June 19, 1973, and Acting Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation to Director, National Capital Parks, [ca. June 20, 1973, transmitted Miller report], in "Restoration and Repair" records.
15. Copy of purchase order PX-3000-3-3901, June 22, 1973, with plans and specifications, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
16. The Site Manager's annual report for 1973 is missing, and there is no further correspondence on the subject in the park files.
17. Minutes of the September 12, 1972 meeting at Arlington House, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
18. Richie to Director, Professional Support Service, October 6, 1972, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
19. Purchase Order PX-3000-4-0588, July 17, 1973, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
20. Annual Report for 1972, and Fuqua to Firsbee, August 17, 1973, in "Restoration and Repair" record.
21. Miller to Chief, Park Historic Architecture, June 15, 1974, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
22. Copies of specifications, invitation to bid, and orders, signed by Lucille B. Peacock, Chief, Division of Contracting and Procurement, Contracting Officer to Apex Decorating Company, December 4 and 5, 1973, and letter October 26, 1973, awarding contract, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
23. Peacock to Apex Decorating Company, April 1, 1974, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
24. Peacock to Apex Decorating Company, July 26, 1974, including two 1864 photographs of portico columns, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
25. Veitl, to NCP Contracting Officer, August 14, 1974—Final Inspection Report; Peacock to Apex Decorating Company, April 13, 1974, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
26. Annual Report for 1974, in park subject files.
27. Edwards to Fuqua, November 20, 1973 in "Restoration and Repair" records.
28. Redmond to Edwards, January 29, 1974 in "Restoration and Repair" records.
29. Chadderton to Acting Superintendent, George Washington Memorial Parkway, March 15, 1974, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
30. Annual Report for 1974, in park subject files.
31. Veitl to Chief, Professional Support, December 18, 1974, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
32. Veitl to Steele, December 19, 1974, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
33. Cutler to Veitl, February 21, 1975, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
34. All documents may be found in the "Restoration and Repair" records.
35. The contract may be found in the "Restoration and Repair" records.
36. Sutfin to C.G. Esterbrook, Inc., April 14, 1976, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
37. Annual Report for 1975, in park subject files.
38. Annual Report for 1976, in park subject files.
39. Description of work and cost from requisition, George Washington Memorial Parkway 75-231, May 29, 1975; and Staff Curator Nicolas F. Veloz, Jr.'s report to Chief, IRRM, George Washington Memorial Parkway, July 29, 1975, in "Restoration and Repair" records. In the latter document Veloz stated, "All exterior windows, except those in the wine cellar, conservatory, and non-public portion of the basement were so treated" and "also the windows of the south servants' quarters and museum area were so treated."
40. Veloz, to Chief, IRRM, George Washington Memorial Parkway, July 29, 1975. Report of Stone, Museum Specialist (Paper Conservation) to Chief, Division of Museum Services, July 22, 1975, in "Restoration and Repair Records." A purchase order, dated August 26, 1975, in the amount of $450, was also entered into with Slater's Glass Tinting to "scrape and clean the outside of all exterior windows and clean the film on the inside of all exterior windows at Arlington House."
41. Veitl to historical architect, National Capital Parks, April 17, 1975, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
42. Annual Report for 1975, in park subject files.
43. Longworth to Superintendent, George Washington Memorial Parkway, January 8, 1976, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
44. Annual Report for 1976, in park subject files.
45. Veitl to Chief, Professional Support, National Capital Region, April 18, 1977, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
46. Data from Draft letter to State Preservation and Historical Office, Virginia, on Arlington House, March 14, 1978, in "Restoration and Repair" records.
47. Annual report for 1976, in park subject files.
48. In 1975 a list of social events, 1970-74, at Arlington House was compiled. It may be found in the WASO research files.
49. Dickenson to Chief, Legislative Services, National Park Service, June 22, 1973, in WASO research files. Also see in same file, Richie to Dickenson, May 25, 1973, expressing concern of Ann Fuqua over smoking at swearing-in ceremonies and setting of glasses on old furniture in Arlington House. On May 30 Dickenson also sent a copy of the Richie letter to Ernest A. Connally, Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, for advice on how to correct the situation.
50. Crellin to Director, August 2, 1973, WASO research files.
51. Annual Report for 1974, in park subject files.
52. Connally to Director, May 7, 1975, in WASO research file.
53. The draft document may be found in WASO research files.
55. Annual Report for 1975, in park subject files.
56. Statement based on a check of the site supervisor's annual reports for 1975-80, in park subject files.
57. Memorandum of Charles and John Kakor to Fuqua, July 11, 1977, indicating this work will begin on August 19 or 20, 1977, if she approves it. No further data on this project was found. In addition $385 of similar work was to be done to the stucco on the exterior walls of the south servants' quarters. In "Restoration and Repair" records.
58. Personal interview with Site Supervisor Fuqua, April 26, 1983 by the author of this study. 1976 drawings used in rebuilding the west porch are in the "West Porch" file in "Restoration and Repair" records.
59. Photographs and negatives of this work are filed in "Wine Cellar Folder" in "Restoration and Repair" records.
60. Photographs and negatives of this work are filed in the "Conservatory File Holder" in "Restoration and Repair" records.
61. Annual Report for 1978, in park subject files.
62. Annual Report for 1972, in park subject files.
63. Annual Report for 1974, in park subject files.
64. Annual Report for 1975, in park subject files.
65. Annual Report for 1976, in park subject files.
66. Annual Report for 1978, in park subject files.
67. Annual Report for 1979, in park subject files.
68. See "Historic Structures Report, Historic Data Section, Supplementary Material, Arlington House," Appendix M, for a detailed description of this work in 1979.
69. Annual Report for 1979, in park subject files.
70. Charles W. Snell, comp., "A Collection of Materials in Three Parts for a Historical Data Section for the Arlington House, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia" (typescript, National Capital Team, Denver Service Center, February 1979).
71. Arnest, "Historic Structures Report, Architectural Data Section, Arlington House," preliminary draft.
73. Frank G. Matero, "Report on the Investigation of the Exterior Paints, Conditions, and Treatments, Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia," (July, 1979).
74. David Arbogast, "Arlington House Paint Study, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Arlington, Virginia," (typescript, February 1981).
75. John F. Pousson, "Archeological Excavations at Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Arlington County, Virginia," (typescript, National Capital Team, Denver Service Center, August 1981).
76. Harry Lee Arnest, III, and John Sligh, "Historic Structures Report, Architectural Data Section. The Arlington House, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia," (handwritten draft, National Capital Team, Virginia, Denver Service Center, September 1981).
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