Fort Clatsop Administrative History

PRIMARY SOURCES

Fort Clatsop National Memorial Park Archive, National Archives and Records Center, Seattle. The primary resource for this document is the Fort Clatsop National Memorial Park Archive compiled by the author in 1993. This archive includes materials from the records of Fort Clatsop National Memorial; the Pacific Northwest Regional Office of the NPS, Seattle, Washington; the Western Regional Office of the NPS, San Francisco, California; National Archives and Records Centers, Seattle, Washington and San Bruno, California; Oregon Historical Society Manuscripts Library; articles from regional newspapers; and the papers of Senator Richard L. Neuberger, University of Oregon Library. Interviews conducted by the author of former members of the Jaycees, Thomas Vaughan of the Oregon Historical Society, and the past and current staff of the memorial have also provided material about Fort Clatsop.

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SECONDARY SOURCES

Secondary resource materials useful in providing a background on the NPS, historic preservation, public memory, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition are as follows:

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Hosmer, Charles B., Jr. Preservation Come of Age: From Williamsburg to the National Trust, 1926-1949. 2 vols. Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of Virginia, 1981.

Lamme, Ary J., III. America's Historic Landscapes: Community Power and the Preservation of Four National Historic Sites. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, 1989.

Lavender, David. The Way to the Western Sea: Lewis and Clark Across the Continent. New York: Doubleday, 1988.

Mackintosh, Barry. The Historic Sites Survey and National Historic Landmarks Program: A Survey. National Park Service, History Division, 1985.

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Merritt, Jane. Administrative History: Fort Vancouver: National Historic Site. National Park Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Cultural Resources Division, 1993.

Moulton, Gary E. The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Vol. 6, November 2, 1805-March 22, 1806. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1990.

Murtagh, William J. Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America. Pittstown, N.J.: The Main Street Press, 1988.

Preservation Forum 2(Fall 1988). Issue dedicated to historic sites and tourism.

The Public Historian 9(Spring 1987)2. Issue on the National Park Service and preservation.

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

Runte, Alfred. National Parks: The American Experience. 2d ed. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1987.

Tilden, Freeman. Interpreting Our: Heritage. 2d ed. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1977.

Unrau, Harlan D. and G. Frank Williss. Administrative History: Expansion of the National Park Service in the 1930s. National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1983.

Weinberg, Nathan. Preservation in American Towns and Cities. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1979

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