Pulling from Outside, Pushing from Inside

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 264-292
Author(s):  
Anne Mitchell Whisnant ◽  
Marla R. Miller
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Public History ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
The State ◽  
National Council ◽  
American Historical Association ◽  
Park Service

In 2011, the Organization of American Historians (OAH) released Imperiled Promise: The State of History in the National Park Service, a multi-year team-authored study commissioned by the NPS Chief Historian. The study offered twelve findings assessing strengths and challenges facing history practice across the agency, and made almost one hundred recommendations that aimed to support that work. The report’s fifth anniversary offers an opportunity to review how Imperiled Promise’s proposals have fared. We find that, although the report has been positively received and many of its perspectives and specific suggestions embraced, the persistent structural issues it identified continue to hinder full realization of the parks’ promise. The OAH, National Council on Public History (NCPH), American Historical Association (AHA), and other professional associations, as well as their members, must continue to advocate strongly and consistently for NPS history.

scholarly journals Describing the Mountainsnails (Oreohelix Sp.) of Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 94-97
Author(s):  
Lusha Tronstad ◽  
Gary Beauvais ◽  
Jeanne Serb ◽  
Kevin Roe
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Endangered Species Act ◽  
The State ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Grand Teton National Park ◽  
Important Group ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Very High ◽  
The U.S

Invertebrates are receiving an increasing amount of conservation attention across North America. Currently, about 40% of the animals listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) are invertebrates (www.NatureServe.org). The National Park Service and other agencies require better information on invertebrate faunas in order to effectively conserve this important group of animals. One way to prioritize invertebrate groups for study is to assess the number of rare taxa within a given genus. In this context, Oreohelix (mountainsnails) are a top priority because the genus is assumed to support a very high percentage of rare and endemic taxa. Additionally, Oreohelix species in Wyoming and surrounding states have been petitioned for ESA listing in the recent past. The diversity of Oreohelix forms in Wyoming is not well-understood, and the current taxonomy may not reflect the true pattern of diversity within the state. Therefore, we are studying both the morphology and genetic structure of Oreohelix in Grand Teton National Park to begin to understand the diversity of mountainsnails in the state. We collected Oreohelix from 4 locations in Grand Teton National Park. Based on shell and internal characteristics, all individuals were identified as O. subrudis. We are currently preparing specimens for DNA sequencing.

The Mangum Plate

1952 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Cotter
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
The State ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Natchez Trace Parkway

The Mangum Plate consists of three fragments of elaborately embossed copper sheeting formed of separate parts overlapped and hammered together and riveted where necessary. The pieces were found in 1936 by Spurgeon C. Mangum on a knoll situated on his farm 5 miles northeast of Port Gibson, Mississippi, 1 mile south of Bayou Pierre (R 3E, Tn 12N, S 28). The site has since been acquired by the State of Mississippi for the National Park Service for development as a feature of archaeological interest along the Natchez Trace Parkway.

The National Park Service and Civic Engagement

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward T. Linenthal
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
National Park ◽  
Public History ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Inclusive Process ◽  
American Experience ◽  
Regional Director ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Education Agenda ◽  
Historic Landscape

Edward T. Linenthal reflects on the several years he spent as a Visiting Scholar with the Civic Engagement program of the National Park Service. Linenthal conducted seminars on issues in public history for NPS staff at various sites around the country. Civic engagement has been characterized by NPS's former Northeast Regional Director Marie Rust as "a refocusing of current efforts at partnering with communities, expanding our education agenda, telling the 'untold stories,' and working with communities and partners to preserve sites that represent the fullness of the American experience." Linenthal discusses the particular challenge of creating a more inclusive process in the shaping of NPS's work and the equally challenging task of creating a more diverse historic landscape.

Present at the Creation: Robert M. Utley Recalls the Beginnings of the National Historic Preservation Program

2002 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen K. Foppes ◽  
Robert M. Utley
Keyword(s):  
Historic Preservation ◽  
National Park ◽  
Public History ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Joint Chiefs Of Staff ◽  
Park Service ◽  
The Creation

This article, the product of an interview with Robert M. Utley, is part of the Pioneers of Public History series. It chronicles Utley's life and his accomplishments as a pioneer public historian. The interview begins by covering Utley's early years and his growing love of history. It then treats Utley's extensive career as a public historian, ranging from his role as a military historian for the Joint Chiefs of Staff to his many years working for the National Park Service. Utley also comments on the evolution of the field of public history.

The National Trail

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Denson
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Public History ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Cherokee Removal ◽  
Cherokee History

In the early 1980s, the National Park Service began exploring the idea of creating a national trail dedicated to Cherokee removal. The planning and designation of this national trail became a catalyst for a variety of public history projects across the South. While the Park Service, itself, devoted scant resources to the initiative, the national trail became a framework in which local groups of commemorators pursued dozens of public history ideas. This final chapter describes the creation of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, paying particular attention to the ways in which the federal project influenced public memory in local communities. The national trail idea led local commemorators to emphasize their communities' Cherokee history, even when that Cherokee history was quite negligible. This chapter examines the expansion of removal commemoration since the 1980s as an expression of a contemporary American obsession with issues of history and memory. It also places the national trail in the context of recent "history wars," public debates over the interpretation of the American past.

Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans…

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-95
Author(s):  
Margaret Angel Bestwick
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Learning Task ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
National Council ◽  
Think Aloud ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Dimension 2

Purpose The purpose of this paper (i.e. Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service; Pimentel, 2016) is to detail a camping trip during which Tie Sing, a Chef, worked with Stephen Mather, a millionaire concerned about conserving national resources, to convince a group of influential Americans to create a National Park Service. Design/methodology/approach This lesson plan, based in the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) C3 Framework, encourages third grade students to investigate the geography of the camping area in what is now Sequoia National Park. Students also analyze and determine whether or not the National Park Service is a good idea. Students move through four stages of inquiry in the C3 Framework as guided by their teacher. Findings During Dimension 1, students determine the types of sources that will help them answer the inquiry questions. Next in Dimension 2, students are engaged in a read-aloud of Mountain Chef while learning how to gather information from the text and record evidence in an I-Chart through teacher modeling (Hoffman, 1992). Students use a text set in Dimension 3 to gather evidence in response to inquiry questions. The lesson concludes in Dimension 4 with students using research evidence to create a WPA-like poster of the camping area and students communicating ideas via social media. Practical implications Think-aloud – “Students who are exposed to think-aloud outperform their peers who do not receive the same instruction on measures of reading comprehension” (Ness, 2018). The teacher implements the think-aloud strategy within Dimension 2 of the lesson plan. Think-aloud is a metacognitive strategy that requires a teacher to verbalize thinking processes to scaffold students to perform a learning task on his or her own later. The portions of text that were selected for think-aloud were identified as “juicy stopping points,” points that may pose a challenge for students, or points where there were comprehension opportunities related to inquiry questions. Teachers may adjust this lesson to increase or decrease scaffolding through think-aloud at their professional discretion. Originality/value Mountain Chef was selected as the 2017 winner of the Carter Woodson Book Award in the Elementary category. This lesson plan was presented at the NCSS 2017 annual conference at the Carter Woodson and Notable Tradebooks: Engaging Early Grade Lesson Plans session.

Stratigraphic Tests in the Everglades National Park

1950 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Goggin
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
The State ◽  
Everglades National Park ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Southern Florida

The chronological picture in the Glades Area of southern Florida is based on the combined sequences for three subareas, Calusa, Okeechobee, and Tekesta (Goggin, 1947). The Tekesta sequence is perhaps most detailed, being the result of site seriation and of stratigraphic testing at Upper Matecumbe Key (Goggin and Sommer, 1949). Even in this sub-area, however, further stratigraphic work is needed to fill out the picture.An attempt was made to supply the necessary details during three days in January and February, 1949, when archaeological tests were conducted in the Everglades National Park, specifically on the headwaters of Shark River and in the Cape Sable area at the extreme southern tip of the state. The National Park Service was represented in this work by J. C. Harrington, Regional Archaeologist; Willard Dilley, Park Naturalist; and Paul Barnes, Ranger. Dr. John W. Goggin of Miami, Ripley Bullen of the Florida Park Service Archaeological Survey, and the writer made up the balance of the personnel.

Philanthropy and the National Park Service

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Vaughn ◽  
Hanna J. Cortner
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Park Service
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