Capitol Reef Administrative History

Published Books And Articles

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire. New York: Ballantine Books, 1971.

Arrington, Leonard J. and Bitton, Davis. The Mormon Experience, 2nd ed. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

Baker, Pearl. Robber's Roost Recollections. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1976.

Brown, Lenard. Capitol Reef: Historical Survey and Base Map. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Interior, National Park Service Division of History, 1969.

Carvalho, S.N. Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West: With Col. Fremont's Last Expedition. New York: Derby & Jackson, 1859.

Cleland, Robert G. This Reckless Breed of Men: The Trappers and Fur Traders of the Southwest. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1950; reprint ed., Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1976.

Collier, Michael. The Geology of Capitol Reef National Park. Capitol Reef Natural History Association, 1987.

Crampton, C. Gregory. Standing Up Country: The Canyonlands of Utah and Arizona. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, 1983.

______. Ghosts of Glen Canyon: History Beneath Lake Powell. St. George, Utah: Publishers Place, Inc., 1988.

______, ed. "Military Reconnaissance in Southern Utah, 1866." Utah Historical Quarterly. 32 (Spring 1964).

Crevelli, John P. "The Final Act of the Greatest Conservation President." Prologue. (Winter 1980).

Danz, Harold P., ed. Historic Listing of National Park Service Officials. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, 1991.

Davidson, E. S. Geology of the Circle Cliffs Area. Bulletin 1229. U.S. Geological Survey, 1967.

Davidson, George E. Red Rock Eden. Torrey, Utah: Capitol Reef Natural History Association, 1986.

Dellenbaugh, Frederick S. A Canyon Voyage: The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962.

Dutton, Clarence E. Geology of the High Plains of Utah. U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, 1880.

Egan, Ferol Fremont: Explorer for a Restless Nation. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1977.

Everhart, William C. The National Park Service. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1972.

Fowler, Don D., ed. "Photographed All the Best Scenery": Jack Hillers's Diary of the Powell Expeditions, 1871-1875. Salt Lake: University of Utah Press, 1972.

Gilbert, George K. Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains. U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, 1877.

Gregory, Herbert E. "Diary of Almon Harris Thompson." Utah Historical Quarterly. 7 (January-April 1939).

Gregory, Herbert E. and Anderson, John C. Geographic and Geologic Sketch of the Capitol Reef Region. Volume 50. Geological Society of America, 1939.

Hafen, LeRoy R. and Hafen, Ann W. Old Spanish Trail: Santa Fe to Los Angeles. Glendale, Cal.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1954.

Hanks, Sidney A. and Hanks, Ephraim K. Scouting for the Mormons on the Great Frontier. Salt Lake City: The Deseret News Press, 1948.

Henderson, Randell. "Kelly of Capitol Reef." Desert Magazine. 18 (November 1955).

Houk, Rose. Dwellers of the Rainbow. Torrey, Utah: Capitol Reef Natural History Association, 1988.

Hunt, Charles B. Geology and Geography of the Henry Mountains Region. Professional Paper 228. U.S. Geological Survey, 1953.

Ise, John. Our National Park Policy: A Critical History. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1961.

Jackson, Richard H. "Utah's Harsh Lands: Hearth of Greatness." Utah Historical Quarterly. 49 (Spring 1981).

Kelly, Charles. "The Mysterious 'D. Julien'." Utah Historical Quarterly. 6 (July 1933).

______. "Journal of Walter Clement Powell." Utah Historical Quarterly. 16-17 (1948-49).

______. The Outlaw Trail. Revised ed. New York: Bonanza Books, 1959.

King, Dwight. "The Blue Dugway." Utah Historical Quarterly. 49 (Winter 1981).

Limerick, Patricia Nelson. The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1987.

Mackintosh, Barry. The National Parks: Shaping the System. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1991.

______, ed. National Park Service Administrative History: A Guide. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Cultural Resources, 1991.

Madsen, David B. Exploring the Fremont. Salt Lake City: Utah Museum of Natural History, 1989.

McCoy, Ronald. "Circles of Power." Plateau Magazine, Vol. 55, No. 4. 1991.

Miller, David E. Hole-in-the-Rock: An Epic in the Colonization of the Great American West. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1959.

Morss, Noel. The Ancient Culture of the Fremont River in Utah. Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archeology and Ethnology Vol. 12, No. 3. Cambridge, Mass: The Museum, 1931.

Nash, Roderick. Wilderness and the American Mind, 3rd ed. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1982.

National Park Service. The Vail Agenda: National Parks for the 21st Century. Published with assistance of The National Park Foundation. Distributed by Chelsea Green Publishing Co., Post Mills, Ver., 1993.

Nelson, Lowry. The Mormon Village. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1952.

Powell, John Wesley. The Exploration of the Colorado River and its Canyons. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1961.

Richardson, Elmo R. "The Escalante National Monument Controversy of 1935-1940." Utah Historical Quarterly. 33 (Spring 1965).

Rogers, Edmund B., ed. History of Legislation Relating to The National Park System Through the 82nd Congress. Washington, D.C: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1958.

Rothman, Hal. "Shaping the Nature of a Controversy: The Park Service, the Forest Service, and the Cedar Breaks Proposal." Utah Historical Quarterly. 55 (Summer 1987).

Rothman, Hal. Preserving Different Pasts: The American National Monuments. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1989.

Runte, Alfred. National Parks: The American Experience, 2nd ed. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1979.

Shankland, Robert. Steve Mather of the National Parks. 2nd ed. New York: Alfred Knopf, Inc., 1954.

Smith, J. Huff, L.C., Hinrichs, N.E., Luedke, R.G. Geology of the Capitol Reef Area, Wayne and Garfield Counties, Utah. Professional Paper 363. U. S. Geological Survey, 1963.

Snow, Anne, ed. Rainbow Views, 4th ed. Springville, Utah: Art City Publishing, 1985.

Spence, Mary Lee, ed. The Expeditions of John Charles Fremont. Vol. 4. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1984.

Stegner, Wallace. Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1953.

______. Mormon Country. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1970.

Swancara, Frank Jr. "Charles Kelly: A Biographical Sketch." Southern Lore. 24 (December) 1958.

Thow, Jonathan S. "Capitol Reef: The Forgotten National Park." M.A. Thesis. Utah State University, Logan, 1986.

Tippets, Ruby Noyes. A Song In Her Heart. By Author, 1962.

Unrau, Harlan D. and Willis, Frank G. Administrative History: Expansion of the National Park Service in the 1930s. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1983.

Van Wagoner, Richard S. Mormon Polygamy: A History, 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1989.

Woodbury, Angus M. A History of Southern Utah and its National Parks. Published by Author, 1950.

Newspapers

Utah:

The Daily Spectrum, St. George.

The Daily Utah Chronicle, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

Deseret News, Salt Lake City.

Moab Times-Independent, Moab.

Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden.

The Richfield Reaper, Richfield.

The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City.

Colorado:

The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction.

National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Records of the National Park Service. RG 79. Entry 7. "Central Classified Files." Box 2063, Files 201-06 - 504.04

______. Entry 20. "Records of Roger Toll." Box 11

______. Entry 46. "Records Concerning Water." Box 43. "General, Colorado River," and Box 44, "Colorado River Report, 1947-1949."

Records of the Secretary of the Interior. RG 48. "Wayne Wonderland, Capitol Reef Proposals." Box 1970-1972, File 12-0; and Box 1977, File 12-1.

______. "Miscellaneous Correspondence Regarding National Park Service Grazing Policies." Box 792, File 2-147, Parts I and II.

Records of the United States Senate. RG 46. "Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs." Box SEN87A E11, Bill Folder S2234.

National Archives - Suitland, Maryland

Records of The Bureau of Land Management. RG 49. "Land Entry Files, Salt Lake City, Utah, Office, Homestead Find Certificates." Boxes 128,136,140,149,159.

______. "General Land Office Township and Range Plats." Book 57.

National Archives And Record Center, Denver, Colorado

Records of the National Park Service. RG 79. "Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps." Accession #079-52M-0100, Box 139, Files CR207-CR600.

______. "Capitol Reef National Monument Records, FY 1927-1953." Accession #079-60A-354, Box 1-3.

______. "Capitol Reef National Monument, General Correspondence and Inter-office Memorandums and Reports, 1954 - 1959." Accession #079-64-0571, Box 1.

Records of the National Park Service. RG 79. "Capitol Reef National Monument, Miscellaneous Records and Reports, 1954 - 1962." Accession #079-65A-580, Box 1.

______. "Capitol Reef National Monument, Planning Documents, 1959-1961." Accession #079-66A-228, Box 1,.File D18.

______. "Miscellaneous General Correspondence - Grazing Records, 1939-1961." Accession #079-66A-691. File CR-L3019.

______. "Capitol Reef National Monument, General Correspondence and Inter-office Memoranda, 1953-1963." Accession #079-67A-337, Box 1.

______. "Southwest Regional Office, Miscellaneous Correspondence regarding Capitol Reef National Monument, 1953-1963." Accession #079-67A-505, Box 1, Files CR-A36-L58.

______. "Records of the Southern Utah Group, 1969-1972." Accession #079-73A-136, Box 1-6.

______. "General National Park Service Records, 1965-1975." Accession #079-76-1229, New filing system: Capitol Reef records mixed with other parks and monuments.

Records of the Bureau of Land Management. RG 49. "Records of the Cedar City, Utah Area Office." Accession #049-80-0047, Box 1-2.

National Park Service, Rocky Mountain Regional Office, Denver, Colorado: Draft And Final Reports

Frye, Bradford J. "A History of the Boulder-Bullfrog Road." Draft prepared for National Park Service, Rocky Mountain Region, as part of Environmental Analysis of Burr Trail, 1992.

Gilbert, Cathy A. and McKoy, Kathleen L. "Cultural Landscape Report: Fruita Rural Historic District, Capitol Reef National Park. Report prepared for National Park Service, Rocky Mountain Region, 1993.

O'Bannon, Patrick W. "Capitol Reef National Park: A Historic Resource Study." Report prepared for National Park Service, Rocky Mountain Region. Contract by John Milner Associates, Philadelphia, 1992.

Olsen, Russ. "Administrative History: Organizational Structure of the National Park Service 1917 to 1985." Rocky Mountain Regional Library, 1985.

White, David R.M. "By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them: An Ethnographic Evaluation of Orchard Resources At the Fruita Rural Historic District, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah." Report prepared for National Park Service, Rocky Mountain Region. Contract by Applied Cultural Dynamics, Santa Fe,1993.

National Park Service, Technical Information Center, Denver Colorado

Records of the National Park Service. "Documents, Drawings and Maps related to Capitol Reef National Park and Monument." Park #158.

National Park Service, Park Archives

Records of the National Park Service. Administrative Collection. Arches National Park, Moab, Utah.

______. Capitol Reef National Park. Capitol Reef Archives. Capitol Reef National Park, Torrey, Utah.

______. Capitol Reef National Park. Capitol Reef Unprocessed Archives. Capitol Reef National Park, Torrey, Utah.

______. Capitol Reef National Park. Resource Management Files. Capitol Reef National Park, Torrey, Utah.

______. Capitol Reef National Park. Superintendent's Current and Historic Files. Capitol Reef National Park, Torrey, Utah.

______. Zion National Park. Zion Archives. Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah.

______. Zion National Park. Superintendent's Historic Files. Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah.

Utah State Historical Society Archives

Miscellaneous Documents, Published and Unpublished Works. Utah State Historical Society Library and Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Utah State Planning Board, Gov.'s Correspondence, Legislation, 1925-1941. Utah State Historical Society Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Other Manuscript Collections

Bennett, Wallace F. Collection. Senate Bills and Correspondence. Brigham Young University Library, Provo, Utah.

Kelly, Charles. Collection. Diary. Mariott Libary, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

Moss, Frank. Collection. Senate Bills, Correspondence and Speeches. Mariott Libary, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

National Park Service Records. 1937-1938. OF 928. Box 1. Franklin Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York.

Territo, Dorothy. Office of President File. "Udall-National Monuments." GEN FG 145. WHCF, Box 207. Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, Texas.

Toll, Roger W. Papers. "Investigations." Box 1, Folder 2. Western History Collection, Denver Public Library.

Wilderness Society. Papers. "Mission 66." Box 500, Folder 10. Western History Collection. Denver Public Library.

Government Documents

Congressional Record. 1925-1971. Washington, D.C.

Federal Register. 1937, 1958, 1969. Washington. D.C.

Statutes at Large. 78 (1964), 85 (1971).

Interviews

Adams, Neldon. Interview by George Davidson. Tape recording and Transcript. 12 October 1983. Capitol Reef National Park Archives.

Bullard, Billie. Interview by Brad Frye. Tape recording and Transcript. 30 January 1991. Capitol Reef National Park Archives.

Durfey, Golden. Interview by Brad Frye. Tape recording and Transcript. 5 February 1992. Capitol Reef National Park Archives.

Gifford, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey. Interview by George Davidson. Tape recording and Transcript. 28 March, 18 April 1980 and 2 June 1983. Capitol Reef National Park Archives.

Heyder, Robert. Interview by Brad Frye. Tape recording. 1 November 1993.

Kelly, Charles. Interview by Lenard Brown. Reel to Reel tape and Transcript. 26 May 1969. Capitol Reef National Park Archives.

Knee, Lurton. Interview by Brad Frye. Tape recording. 18 September 1992. Capitol Reef National Park Archives.

Pace, Guy. Interview by Brad Frye. Tape recording and Transcript. 13 February 1991. Capitol Reef National Park Archives.

Smith, Cora Oyler. Interview by Kathy McKoy. Tape recording and Transcript. 8 May 1993. Capitol Reef National Park Unprocessed Archives.