Building a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Jenny Masur
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Underground Railroad ◽  
Service Program ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Significant Events ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Railroad Network ◽  
Park Service

Many cultural anthropologists have studied networks and how people reinterpret and attach symbols to these networks, pulling symbols from a grab-bag of collectively significant events and personages. As an ethnographer working for a new National Park Service program, I find myself involved in creating "networks" and affecting construction of "meanings," rather than studying the process as an outside observer. In the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, created by Congress, my colleagues and I affect and effect relationships between groups previously unfamiliar with one another or previously not considered to fit under one umbrella. It would it be putting on blinders to analyze "transformations of popular concepts of the Underground Railroad" without considering the National Park Service and other cultural resource managers' role in public education, historic preservation, and use of memory in exhibits and publications.

Remote Sensing: A Handbook for Archeologists and Cultural Resource Managers. Thomas R. Lyones and Thomas Eugene Avery. Cultural Resources Management Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1977. viii + 109 pp., illus., biblio., glossary, index. Paper. - Remote Sensing: Practical Exercises on Remote Sensing in Archeology. Supplement No. 1. Thomas Eugene Avery and Thomas R. Lyons. Cultural Resources Management Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1978. iv + 32 pp., illus., selected answer key. Paper. - Remote Sensing: Instrumentation for Non-destructive Exploration of Cultural Resources. Supplement No. 2. Stanley A. Morain and Thomas K. Budge. Cultural Resources Management Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1978. vi + 53 pp., illus., biblio. Paper. - Remote Sensing: Aerial Anthropological Perspectives: A Bibliography of Remote Sensing in Cultural Resource Studies. Supplement No. 3. Thomas R. Lyons Robert K. Hitchcock, and Wirth H. Wills Cultural Resources Management Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1980. 25 pp. Paper. - Remote Sensing: A Handbook for Archeologists and Cultural Resource Managers Basic Manual Supplement: Oregon. Supplement No. 4.. C. Melvin Aikens William G. Loy, Michael D. Southard and Richard C. Hanes Cultural Resources Management Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1980. v + 37 pp., illus., biblio. Paper. - Remote Sensing: Multispectral Analyses of Cultural Resources: Chaco Canyon and Bandelier National Monument. Supplement No. 5.. Thomas R. Lyon. editor. Cultural Resources Management Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1981. iv + 63 pp., illus., biblio. Paper. - Remote Sensing: Archeological Applications of Remote Sensing in the North Central Lowlands. Supplement No. 6. Craig Baker and George J. Gumerman Cultural Resources Management Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1981. vi + 53 pp., illus., biblio. Paper. - Remote Sensing: Aerial and Terrestrial Photography for Archaeologists. Supplement No. 7. Thomas Eugene Avery and Thomas R. Lyons Cultural Resources Management Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1981. viii + 48 pp., illus., biblio. Paper.

1983 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-204
Author(s):  
Michael Allen Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Cultural Resources Management ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
The North ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Park Service

The Anchor on a Long Chain: The National Park Service Act of 1916 Related to Historical and Cultural Resources

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Jerry L. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
The United States ◽  
Second Century ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Leadership Responsibilities ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Park Service ◽  
A Chain ◽  
Long Chain

The National Park Service Act of 1916, often dangerously considered alone, is only one link, although a fundamental one, in a chain of authorities that acknowledge and preserve historical and cultural resources everywhere in the United States. By fully exercising its cultural resource leadership responsibilities and expanding them to natural resources, the National Park Service can help to make the second century of the service amount to a “Century of the Environment.”

Miki Crespi and the Origin of the National Park Service Ethnography Program

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Jerry Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Park Service ◽  
History Of

Dr. Muriel (Miki) Crespi made extraordinary contributions to the development of the field of cultural resource management, especially in conceiving, launching, and developing an Ethnography Program in the National Park Service. As Associate Director for Cultural Resources of the Service, I had the pleasure of sharing part of that experience with her. This paper is not a researched history of that experience, but is rather my personal recollection, containing all of the advantages and disadvantages of that perspective. The Ethnography Program has now been around long enough and made enough demonstrable differences in the field of cultural resource management that it ought to be the subject of a thorough administrative history. To the scholar who undertakes that history, I especially recommend a detailed examination of the planning, execution, and follow-up of the First World Conference on Cultural Parks, which I would describe as the seminal event behind the Ethnography Program.

scholarly journals The 2002 Class III Cultural Resource Inventory of the AMK Ranch Project Area, Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyoming

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Paul Sanders ◽  
Pam Holtman
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Historic District ◽  
Class Iii ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Grand Teton National Park ◽  
Fuels Reduction ◽  
Reduction Program ◽  
Resource Inventory ◽  
Park Service

A class III cultural resource inventory of a 32 acre area surrounding the AMK Ranch/University of Wyoming-National Park Service Research Center along Jackson Lake was conducted by the Office of the Wyoming State Archaeologist (OWSA) for the National Park Service, Grand Teton National Park. The inventoried area surrounds the 12 acre AMK Ranch Historic District (48TE968), which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was previously inventoried by OWSA in 2001. The project was conducted as a part of a fire fuels reduction program to help protect the AMK Ranch from natural fires. No cultural resources were noted. No further work is recommended, as the fire fuels reduction program will have no adverse effect on the AMK Ranch Historic District. As a result, cultural clearance is recommended with the standard stipulation that should archaeological remains be uncovered during any future construction, the appropriate state and federal regulatory agencies be contacted immediately.

Understanding and preserving caves and karst landscapes

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 318-336
Author(s):  
Dale L. Pate ◽  
Ronal C. Kerbo
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Karst Landscapes ◽  
The Many ◽  
Long Term Preservation

ABSTRACT Beginning in 1903 with the creation of Wind Cave National Park, ten National Park Service units have been created because of the caves they contained. Since the establishment of the National Park Service in 1916, over 5,360 caves are known to exist within at least 99 park units. These caves are found in different types of rocks and were formed by several different mechanisms. The most prolific landscapes that have formed caves are those in soluble rocks such as limestone. Known as karst landscapes, at least 114 park units contain some amount of karst. In the early days, cave parks were developed for their commercial and recreational values. Little was known of the processes that created caves or the many resources that encompassed these entire landscapes. With the help of cave and karst enthusiasts and researchers, and the advent of cave and karst resource managers, the National Park Service has made great strides in understanding these resources. This has led to increased educational opportunities and better management decisions that will enhance long-term preservation of these resources.

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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