TRAVEL : National ParkService Conferences: Denver(1919); Monteguma County (1925); Washington! 6/19/2015 National Park Service Conferences NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONFERENCES National Park Service History Collection RG 8 Note: For details Preliminary inventory see this file in A. Provenance Series III This material came from many different sources and occasions. Conferences were held before the establishment of the National Park Service and are a continuing function of the organization. Material will continue to come in. An extremely small amount of material is from "outside" conferences attended by National Park Service personnel, but most is a result of in-house activity. Some of the material was pre-conference in nature produced for study and information while the remainder resulted from the conferences themselves. Most of this material remained in the hands of the conferees, parks, offices that used it and for whom it was intended. Consequently, most of the material came to NPSHC from individuals and parks. B. History As more parks become established, the need for more uniformity and better communication among parks and their management personnel became apparent. To help meet this goal the first National Park Conference was held in Yellowstone in September, 1911. A second followed in 1912 at Yosemite, and a third several years later at the National Park Education Center in Berkeley, Calif. By the time of the establishment of the National Park Service in 1916, a biennial pattern had emerged. With some exceptions, notably the World War II period, this pattern of a biennial meeting of superintendents continued until 1965. Since then, regional meetings have taken place and there have been only two Servicewide meetings - in 1977 and 1988. Meetings will probably continue in one form or another. Meetings of this type are often significant as the scene of development and/or announcement of new National Park Service policies, procedures, thrusts, etc. As the National Park System and Service grew and became more complicated, personnel other than superintendents also discovered a need for a meeting of the minds and a sharing of information at conferences. Interpreters have met since 1929 and the first National Park Service Women's Conference took place in 1979. There have also been many meetings at levels below Servicewide. The National Park Service has also participated in worldwide conferences, some held under NPS auspices. The materials from these world conferences are included in RG 9. C. Summary There are (1986) 15 document boxes, several volumes, and loose material pertaining to NPS conferences. The bulk of the material, 10 document boxes, is in Series I - Biennial Superintendents' Conferences. There is one folder from the special meeting with Director Mott which is included with Document Box R in Series II - Regional Conferences and Special Meetings. A smaller amount, 3 boxes, pertain to Series III - Interpreters' Conferences. Several volumes pertain to Series IV - Resource Management and Scientific Conferences. http://www.nps.gov/hfc/services/library/conf.cfm 1/18 8/28/2021 Members of the fifth conference of National Park Superintendents and representatives of National Park Utilities, Denver, Colorado, Nove Share PHOTO, PRINT, DRAWING Members of the fifth conference of National Park Superintendents and representatives of National Park Utilities, Denver, Colorado, November 13-16, 1919 Note: Two documents support his plans [ digital file from intermediary roll film copy ] to attend conference: a 12/9/19 GBD letter to JDR Jr. stating be left B. Herbor Download: JPEG (3.2 KB) Go a month earlier to attend Denver conference; second, a letter sent to Dorr's Denver More Resources hotel by A. H.Lynam on 11/10/1919. Unable to locate a list of staf names to support photo above; nor Back to top do I see G.B.D. in photo. RH. E. 1/7 https://www.loc.gov/item/2007661890/ Correction : See new photographic evidence of Dorrat 5th (2021] 30/2021 - G.B.D. 8/30/2021 File:HPC-000485.jpg (67593644bb54492780838d8ba09b5deb).jpg - Wikimedia Commons WIKIMEDIA COMMONS File:HPC-000485.jpg Download all sizes 67593644bb54492780838d8baoob5deb.jpg Use this file G. B DORR on the web From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Use this file W on a wiki Email a link to this file Information about reusing No higher resolution available. 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Summary English: HPC-000485.jpg Photographer English: Mile High Photo Company Title English: HPC-000485.jpg Publisher English: U.S. National Park Service Description English: Members of the Fifth Conference of National Park Superintendents and Representatives of National Park Utilities. Denver, Colorado, November 13-16, 1919. (Note: partial view, center of image only). Keywords: nps staff; conference; NPS Personnel(NPS History Collection Themes) Depicted English: Washington D.C. Area Support Office place Date Taken on 13 November 1919 Accession 67593644bb54492780838d8ba09b5deb (https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/67593644b number b54492780838d8ba09b5deb) Source English: NPGallery (https://npgallery.nps.gov/) Permission (Reusing this This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was file) C published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1926. Contacts English: Organization: National Park Service History Collection Address: Harpers Ferry Center, PO Box 50, Harpers Ferry, WV, 25425, 304-535-6119 Email: HFC_Archivist@nps.gov NPS Unit WASO Code NPS Museum HFCA 1607 Number Catalog File history Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment current 18:35, 24 August 2019 516 x 350 BMacZeroBot (talk I contribs) Batch upload (33 KB) (Commons:Batch uploading/NPGallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HPC-000485.jpg_(67593644bb54492780838d8ba09b5deb).jpg 2/3