Indiana Dunes A Signature of Time and Eternity: The Administrative History of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana

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The Dunes are a symbol of the crisis that faces all Americans. It is as though we were standing on the last acre and were faced with a decision of how it should be used. In actuality, it is the last acre of its kind. In essence, it foreshadows the time not too far removed when we shall in all truth be standing on that last unused, unprotected acre and shall be wondering which way to go.

Senator Paul H. Douglas, May 7, 1958

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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECORDS
INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE
PORTER, INDIANA

Bailly Administrative Area/Headquarters Building

Active Files

Inactive Files

Office of the Superintendent/Management Library

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes, 1967-1973.

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes, 1974-1976.

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes, 1977-1978.

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes, 1979-1982.

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission Minutes, 1983-1985.

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Congressional Hearings. 88th Congress: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Lends of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. U.S. Senate. Eighty-Eighth Congress. 2nd Session on S. 2249. A Bill to Provide for the Establishment of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and For Other Purposes. March 5, 6, and 7, 1964.

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Congressional Hearings. 89th Congress: House of Representatives. 89th Congress. 1st Session. Document No. 78. "Natural Beauty of Our Country." Message from the President of the United States. February 8, 1965. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

House of Representatives Report No. 1782. 89th Congress, 2nd Session. July 29, 1966. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Report to Accompany H.R. 51.

Hearings Before the Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House of Representatives, 89th Congress, 1st Session on H.R. 51, H.R. 4412 and related bills. Hearing Held in Valparaiso University, Indiana. October 2, 1965.

Senate Report 334. 89th Congress, 1st Session. Calendar No. 322. Providing for the Establishment of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. June 16, 1965. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Report Together with Minority Views to Accompany S. 360.

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Congressional Hearings. 91st, 92nd Congress: Message on Environment: "Policies, Programs, and Activities of the National Park Service and the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation." Hearings Before the Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives. 92nd Congress, 1st Session. April 1-2, 1971.

Message on Environment: Message from the President of the United States Outlining Legislative Proposals and Administrative Actions Taken To Improve Environmental Quality. February 10, 1970. 91st Congress, 2nd Session. House of Representatives Doc. No. 91-225.

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Congressional Hearings. 93rd Congress: "To Expand the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore." Hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House of Representatives. 93rd Congress, 2nd Session on H.R. 3571 and Related Bills To Amend the Act Establishing the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and To Provide for the Expansion of the Lakeshore, and for Other Purposes. June 17, 1974.

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Congressional Hearings. 94th Congress: "To Enlarge the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore." Hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House of Representatives. 94th Congress, 1st Session on H.R. 789, H.R. 4926, and H.R. 5241 To Amend the Act Establishing the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other Purposes. May 9, 1975.

Report together with Dissenting Views to Accompany H.R. 11455. 94th Congress, 2nd Session. Report No. 94-818. February 10, 1976.

Hearing before the Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate. 94th Congress, 2nd Session on S. 3529 and H.R. 11455. May 26, 1976.

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Congressional Hearings. 95th Congress: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. United States Senate. 95th Congress, 2nd Session on S. 2560 A Bill Relating to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other Purposes. August 10, 1978.

To Enlarge the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks and Insular Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House of Representatives. 95th Congress, 2nd Session on H.R. 11110 and H.R. 12821. August 10, 1978.

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. 96th Congress. 1st Session: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Parks, Recreation, and Renewable Resources of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. United States Senate. 96th Congress, 1st Session on S. 559 A Bill Relating to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other Purposes. September 20, 1979.

Land Protection Plan, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana (draft). National Park Service: July 1987.

School of Engineering. Great Lakes Coastal Research Laboratory. Executive Summary: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Shoreline Situation Report. Purdue University under contract to the National Park Service, June 1986.

Scrapbook of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Compiled by Dr. Virginia Reuterskiold.

Superintendent's Report for Calendar Year 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1987, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

Your Gift of Forever: The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Booklet printed by Inland Steel Company, 1984.

Bailly Administrative Area/Building 103

Stored Files

Tremont Visitor Center Library

A Report on the Proposed Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, August 1963. (File drawer 1).

Bailly Nuclear Plant (folder). Chronological collection of newspaper articles.

Chronological (monthly) Collection of Media Accounts Pertaining to Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Public Meeting, General Management Plan, Chicago, Illinois, August 14, 1979. South Bend, Indiana: Holle and Hillman Reporting Service, 1979.

Our Fourth Shore: Great Lakes Shoreline Recreation Area Survey. National Park Service, 1959. (File drawer 3).

Proposed Additions to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Beverly Shores, Indiana: Save the Dunes Council, Inc., April 1971. (File drawer 3).

Curator/Historian's Files

Barnes, William B. "Dunes Nature Preserve: New Protection for a Famous Park." Reprinted from Outdoor Indiana. September 1971. (folder—Indiana Dunes State Park).

Bowers, John O. Dream Cities of the Calumet. Gary, Indiana: Calumet Press, 1929. (folder—2587).

Cottman, George S. Indiana Dunes State Park: A History and Description. Publication Number 97. Indianapolis, Indiana: State of Indiana, Department of Conservation, Division of Lands and Waters, 1930. (folder—Indiana Dunes State Park).

"Dunes of Indiana." Pamphlet of the Save the Dunes Council. Published by The Chesterton (Indiana) Tribune. July 1957. (folder—Dunes of Indiana 1957).

Manuscript excerpt [author unknown]. "Richard Lieber Biographical Study." [no date]. Draft of Master's Thesis. (folder—Indiana Dunes State Park).

Mather, Stephen T. Report on the Proposed Sand Dunes National Park, Indiana. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917. (folder—2639).

Schantz, Orpheus Moyer."Indiana's Unrivaled Sand-Dunes: A National Park Opportunity." Reprinted by Special Permission from the National Geographic Magazine. May 1919. Gary, Indiana: National Dunes Park Association, 1919.

"Senator Douglas Sees Threat to Indiana Dunes as Symbol of National Problem." Conservation Special Bulletin. New York: Council of Conservationists, Inc., May 26, 1958. (folder—2595).

Stevens, Thomas Wood. Book of the Historical Pageant of The Dunes, Port Chester, Indiana, on Lake Michigan: May 30 and June 3, 1917. Chicago: The Dunes Pageant Association, 1917. (folder—2588).

Bailly Administrative Area/no permanent repository

Indiana Dunes Advisory Commission Records. Private Files of Former Commission Chairman William L. Lieber. The following folders were utilized: Acquisition of Property; Development—Land and Programs; Hoosier Prairie; Jetport; Michigan City/LaPorte County; Legislation; Miscellaneous; Mt. Baldy; N.P.S.; NIPSCO; NIPSCO—Bailly; Ogden Dunes; Save-The-Dunes; Secretary of Interior; State Park; A2623 Trip Reports ( Indiana Dunes). [Note: The remainder of the Advisory Commission records are at Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana.]

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MIDWEST REGIONAL OFFICE
OMAHA, NEBRASKA

Oral History Interviews by Historian Ron Cockrell

Castleberry, Don H. National Park Service Regional Director, Midwest Region; Former Assistant Superintendent, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 1974-1978. 3 September 1987. Midwest Regional Office, Omaha, Nebraska.

Engquist, Dale B. National Park Service Superintendent, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; Former Assistant Superintendent, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 1978-1983. 16 September 1987. Midwest Regional Office, Omaha, Nebraska.

Palmer, George A. Former National Park Service Associate Regional Director, Northeast Region. Transcript of Correspondence. 11 and 12 October 1987.

Read, Charlotte. Executive Director, Save the Dunes Council, Inc. 22 September 1987. Superintendent's Office, Bailly Administrative Area, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, Indiana.

Read, Herbert. Engineering Chairman, Save the Dunes Council, Inc. 22 September 1987. Bailly Ranger Station, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, Indiana.

Reed, Nathaniel P. ("Nat"). Former Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks. 9 March 1987. Hobe Sound, Florida.

Schnurlein, John. Former Member and Chairman of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission, 1967-1985. 23 September 1987. Superintendent's Office, Bailly Administrative Area, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, Indiana.

Whitehouse, James R. Former National Park Service Superintendent, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. 11 and 12 March 1987. Orlando, Florida.

Correspondence

Engquist, Dale B. Superintendent, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Memorandum to Regional Director Don Castleberry. 3 March 1988.

Hartzog, George B. Jr. Former National Park Service Director, 1964-1972. Letters. 24 November 1987 and 15 February 1988. Midwest Regional Office Files.

Marciniak, Martin. Former Historian/Curator, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Letter. 9 February 1988.

Reed, Herbert Engineering Committee Chairman, Save the Dunes Council. Letters. 19 and 26 March; 6, 7, and 16 April 1988; and archival records received 23 March 1988. Enclosure in 16 April 1988 letter: James E. Newman and James B. Lane, editors. Steel Shavings: Concerned Citizens against the Bailly Nuclear Site. Vol. 16. Gary, Indiana: Indiana University Northwest Press, 1988.

Stewart, Philip O. Former Chief of Land Acquisition. Washington Office. National Park Service. Letters. 17 and 24 February 1988.

Townsend, John. Former Special Assistant to the Chief Ranger, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Informal Review Comments. February 1988.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
HARPERS FERRY CENTER
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORY COLLECTION
HARPERS FERRY, WEST VIRGINIA

A Master Plan Report, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. National Park Service, October 1968.

A Master Plan Report for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana. National Park Service: October 1967.

Interpretive Prospectus, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana. Philadelphia: Office of Environmental Planning and Design, Eastern Service Center, February 1971.

Master Plan: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. National Park Service, November 1969.

"Statement by the President on Approving S. 360, Establishing the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore." Press Release. Office of the White House Secretary, November 5, 1966. San Antonio, Texas.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
GENERAL ARCHIVAL SOURCES

Clemensen, A. Berle. Historic Resource Study, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana. Denver: National Park Service, Denver Service Center, February 1979.

Daniel, Glenda. Dune Country: A Hiker's Guide to the Indiana Dunes. Revised Edition. Athens, Ohio: Swallow Press, 1984.

Danz, Harold P. Historical Listing of National Park Service Officials. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, Department of the Interior, May 1986.

Douglas, Paul H. In The Fullness of Time: The Memoirs of Paul H. Douglas. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.

Engel, J. Ronald. Sacred Sands: The Struggle for Community in the Indiana Dunes. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1983.

Franklin, Kay and Norma Schaeffer. Duel For The Dunes: Land Use Conflict on the Shores of Lake Michigan. Urbana/Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1983.

General Management Plan, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana. Denver: National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1980.

Indiana Dunes, A Department of the Interior National Lakeshore Proposal, 1966. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1966.

Moore, Powell. "Tales of the Indiana Dunes." The Calumet Region: Indiana's Last Frontier. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1977.

The Indiana Dunes Story: How Nature and People Made a Park. Beverly Shores, Indiana: Shirley Heinze Environmental Fund, 1984.

Waldron, Larry. "SSA"s 10th Year: Celebrating a Birthday." Singing Sands Almanac. Vol. 7, No. 6 (Summer 1987), published by the Friends of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

Wirth, Conrad Lewis. Parks, Politics, and the People. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980.

ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
RECORDS CENTER—PHILADELPHIA BRANCH
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

Records of the National Park Service, Northeast Regional Office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The following archival sources were utilized:

THE STATE OF INDIANA
INDIANA STATE LIBRARY
INDIANA DIVISION

Papers Collection of Richard Lieber. L91: General Correspondence, 1937. Box XIV. Folder 1; and L90: 82B Director's Correspondence, 1919-1933. Folder—January to June 1923.

Papers of Carter H. Manny. 1890-1920. Folder S926.

Papers of Catharine A. Mitchell. Vice President, Chicago Committee, National Dunes Park Association. S2112, Subject—State Parks, Dunes, 1917-1919; and 1920-29. Papers of Governor of the State of Indiana Matthew E. Welsh. Box 22. Folder 3—Indiana Dunes. (Used with permission).

Nelson, George Andrew. "The Struggle to Establish the Port of Indiana." Transcript of Taped Interview by F. Gerald Handfield, Jr. Indiana State Library, Indiana Division Oral History Project, 1983.

PERSONAL PAPERS OF HERBERT READ
CHESTERTON, INDIANA

"The Prairie Club and the Indiana Dunes." A speech delivered before the Duneland Historical Society. Transcript. 19 February 1987.