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NATIONAL PARKS BULLETIN
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In the summer of 1920, Robert Sterling Yard published The Nation's Parks, a richly illustrated 16-page booklet. It was, as Yard wrote, "issued by an association of citizens which seeks the finest possible upbuilding of a system destined to become one of our most valuable economic assets, and to promote the widest possible uses of the parks by all the people."

During the course of the next two decades, Yard irregularly published the National Parks Bulletin.

In 1942, Yard's successor, Devereux Butcher, began publishing the National Parks Magazine. A complete archive of National Parks Magazine is available for viewing.

Below is an archive of selected back issues of the National Parks Bulletin; to view, simply click on the magazine cover. An index of the Table of Contents for each issue can also be viewed by clicking on the Table of Contents listing (above each decade), as well as on the year (at left).


BACK ISSUES
 COVERS 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
 CONTENTS 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s

Table of Contents (1910s)
1919
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No. 2
Table of Contents (1920s)
1920
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No. 8
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No. 9
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No. 10
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No. 11
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1921
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1922
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1941 National Parks Bulletin transitioned to the National Parks Magazine starting with the July-September 1942 issue.

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Date: 01-Sep-2023