AVTA Federal Fleet PEV Readiness Data Logging and Characterization Study for the National Park Service: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

For several years, National Park Service scientists, historians, and educators have been working with National Science Foundation-funded High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) researchers on developing, implementing, and evaluating Live Interactive Virtual Explorations (LIVE) at several sites. The LIVE activities utilize computers with headsets and microphones to link National Park Service sites with an array of audiences. The two case studies in this paper examine the effectiveness of LIVE activities that allow Washington, DC, inner-city youth to explore two hard-to-reach National Park Service sites: Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site in North Dakota and the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

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The National Park Service: Groveling Sycophant or Social Conscience: Telling the Story of Mountains, Valley, and Barbed Wire at Manzanar National Historic Site

The Public Historian ◽

10.1525/tph.2003.25.4.73 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 73-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

FRANK HAYS

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

National Park ◽

National Park Service ◽

Japanese Americans ◽

Japanese American ◽

Historic Site ◽

Social Conscience ◽

Park Service ◽

Relocation Centers ◽

The Many

Manzanar National Historic Site was established to protect and interpret the resources associated with the internment of Japanese Americans at one often War Relocation Centers during World War II. One of the many challenges facing the National Park Service (NPS) at Manzanar is determining how to tell the story of the internment. Opinions about the role of the NPS in managing and interpreting the site range from suggestions that the NPS needs to serve as the social conscience of the nation to cautions that the NPS not become a ““groveling sycophant”” to the Japanese American community. To address this issue, the park sought diverse forums to engage the public in the management of the site. This paper details how public engagement has affected a number of management decisions.

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Understanding Visitor Motivations at Jimmy Carter National Historic Site: A Principal Components Approach

Heritage ◽

10.3390/heritage1020022 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 328-334

Author(s):

Zachary Miller ◽

William Rice ◽

B. Taff ◽

Peter Newman

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

National Park Service ◽

The United States ◽

Jimmy Carter ◽

Historic Sites ◽

Historic Site ◽

The People ◽

Natural Parks ◽

Visitor Experiences ◽

Park Service

National park sites draw tourism all across the United States. Although large natural parks see much attention, most national park units are actually designed to protect and interpret unique cultural and historic resources. As an example of this, the National Park Service administers numerous presidential historic sites. However, we know very little about the people who visit them. Understanding visitor motivations to presidential historic sites can help to provide for better visitor experiences of presidential resources. This research uses intercept surveys at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Plains, Georgia, to gain an understanding of visitor motivations. From the results, seven motivation types are identified. The information in this article can be used to better understand public values related to presidential resources, and to help the managers of these resources to improve on-site experiences by addressing visitor motivations.

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““Of Exceptional Importance””: The Origins of the ““Fifty-Year Rule”” in Historic Preservation

The Public Historian ◽

10.1525/tph.2007.29.2.81 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 81-103 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

JOHN H. SPRINKLE

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Historic Preservation ◽

National Park ◽

National Park Service ◽

Historic Site ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

The Past ◽

Park Service ◽

Site Significance ◽

National Historic Preservation Act

The ““fifty-year rule”” is one of the most commonly accepted principles within American historic preservation: properties that have achieved significance within the past fifty years are generally not considered eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic places. An often misunderstood chronological threshold, the fifty-year standard was established by National Park Service historians in 1948. Until the advent of the ““new preservation”” with the National Historic Preservation Act in 1966, the standard of exceptional importance had only been applied to presidential and atomic heritage sites. Operating as a filter to ward off potentially controversial decisions about the nature of historic site significance, understanding the origins of the fifty-year rule reveals how Americans have constructed the chronological boundaries of a useable past through historic preservation during the twentieth century.

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SUMMARY OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AREAS COOPERATING WITH THE U.W.-N.P.S. RESEARCH CENTER, 1986.

The UW National Parks Service Research Station Annual Reports ◽

10.13001/uwnpsrc.1986.2603 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

pp. 243-274

Author(s):

University of Wyoming National Park Service Research Center

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

National Park Service ◽

Research Center ◽

Historic Site ◽

National Monument ◽

Zion National Park ◽

Research Activities ◽

Service Areas ◽

Park Service ◽

Recreation Area

This section contains a summary of research activities within the National Park Service areas cooperating with the U.W.-N.P.S. Research Center in 1986, including Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Custer Battlefield National Monument, Dinosaur National Monument, Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Glacier National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Grand Teton National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Wind Cave National Park, Yellowstone National Park and Zion National Park.

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Summary of Research Activities within the National Park Service Areas Cooperating with the U.W.-N.P.S. Research Center, 1984.

The UW National Parks Service Research Station Annual Reports ◽

10.13001/uwnpsrc.1984.2459 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

pp. 141-159

Author(s):

University of Wyoming National Park Service Research Center

Keyword(s):

Yellowstone National Park ◽

National Park ◽

National Park Service ◽

Research Center ◽

Glacier National Park ◽

Historic Site ◽

National Monument ◽

Research Activities ◽

Service Areas ◽

Park Service

This section contains a summary of Research Activities within the National Park Service Areas cooperating with the U.W.-N.P.S. Research Center in 1984, inclucing Badlands National Monument, Devils Tower National Monument, Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Fossil Butte National Monument, Glacier National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Wind Cave National Park and Yellowstone National Park.

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Summary of Research Activities within the National Park Service Areas Cooperating with the U.W.-N.P.S. Research Center, 1987.

The UW National Parks Service Research Station Annual Reports ◽

10.13001/uwnpsrc.1987.2679 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

pp. 243-278

Author(s):

University of Wyoming National Park Service Research Center

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

National Park Service ◽

Research Center ◽

Historic Site ◽

National Monument ◽

Zion National Park ◽

Research Activities ◽

Service Areas ◽

Park Service ◽

Recreation Area

This section contains a summary of research activities within the National Park Service areas cooperating with the U.S.-N.P.S Research Center, 1987, including Big Hole National Battlefield, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Bryce Canyon National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Custer Battlefield National Monument, Dinosaur National Park, Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Glacier National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Grand Teton National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Wind Cave National Park, Yellowstone National Park and Zion National Park.

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