MOUNT RAINIER Wonderland An Administrative History of Mount Rainier National Park

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Denver Service Center file reports (microfiche).
Mount Rainier National Park historical files.

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Record Group 79, Records of the National Park Service.

Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.

Park administrative files, active, Tahoma Woods.
Park administrative files, retired, Tahoma Woods.
Park administrative files, retired, Longmire.
Park history files, library, Longmire.

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Record Group 22, Records of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Record Group 35, Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Record Group 48, Records of the Secretary of the Interior.
Record Group 79, Records of the National Park Service.

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