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Gary Everhardt Papers, 1936-2005 Mss.0344

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Table of Contents

Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3

Biographical Note .......................................................................................................................................... 4

Scope and Contents Note ............................................................................................................................... 5

Arrangement Note .......................................................................................................................................... 5

Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 6

Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 6

Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 7

Pre-Director Series ...................................................................................................................................... 7

Southeastern Regional Office ................................................................................................................... 8

Southwestern Regional Office .................................................................................................................. 8

Yellowstone ............................................................................................................................................... 8

Grand Teton .............................................................................................................................................. 9

NPS Director Series .................................................................................................................................. 11

Blue Ridge Parkway Series ....................................................................................................................... 14

Artifacts Series .......................................................................................................................................... 31

Photographs Series .................................................................................................................................... 31

Oversize Photographs ............................................................................................................................. 35


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Summary Information

Repository: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections

Creator - crp: Walker, Ronald H. (Ronald Hugh)

Creator - crp: Albright, Horace M. (Horace Marden)

Creator - crp: Hartzog, George B., Jr.

Creator - crp: Morton, Hugh M.

Creator - crp: Reed, Nathaniel P. (Nathaniel Pryor)

Creator - crp: Smathers, Garrett A.

Creator - cre: Everhardt, Gary

Creator - crp: Guise, Vera (Vera Holland)

Creator - crp: Messick, Gene, Sr. (Robert Eugene)

Title: Gary Everhardt Papers

ID: Mss.0344

Date [inclusive]: 1936-2005

Date [bulk]: bulk, 1972-1999

Physical Description: 16.85 Cubic Feet (34.5 document boxes, 3 oversize boxes, one audiodisc, and eight artifacts)

Language of theMaterial:

English

Mixed Materials[oversize_box]:

1-3

Mixed Materials[oversize_folder]:

1

Abstract: Gary Everhardt was an engineer with the National Park Service whobecame Assistant Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park in1969 and Superintendent of Grand Teton National Park in 1972. In1975 he became the ninth Director of the National Park Service wherehe oversaw the park-wide celebration of the national Bicentennialand doubled the acreage of lands belonging to the Service, promotingland conservation and preservation. In 1977 he resigned from thedirectorship and became Superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway.During his tenure as Superintendent he oversaw the completion ofthe parkway with the construction of the Linn Cove Viaduct aroundGrandfather Mountain in North Carolina. Everhardt supervised


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and supported the construction of the Asheville Folk Art Center,Parkway Headquarters and the Blue Ridge Music Center. The fiftiethanniversary of the Parkway and its formal dedication were celebratedwhile he was Superintendent. He retired in 2000. The collectioncontains correspondence, memoranda, notes, photographs, reports,speeches, and other materials relating to Everhardt’s career in theNational Park Service, particularly his service as the Superintendent ofthe Blue Ridge Parkway.

Preferred Citation

Mss 344, Gary Everhardt Papers, Special Collections Library, Clemson University Libraries,Clemson, SC 29634

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Biographical Note

Gary Eugene Everhardt was born on July 8, 1934 in Lenoir, North Carolina. He attended North CarolinaState College of Agriculture and Engineering (now North Carolina State University) and graduated in1957 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He married Nancy Poovey and they had twochildren: Karen, in 1959, and Phil, in 1963.

Everhardt started working with the National Park Service (NPS) as a student engineer surveying landsin the Blue Ridge area near Grandfather Mountain. After graduation the NPS offered Everhardt a jobas a civil engineer. After serving 6 months in the Army in 1958, Everhardt continued with his civilengineering job until he was promoted to general engineer in the Southeast Regional Office, Richmond,Virginia in 1962. He was then promoted to Regional Coordinator of Engineering in 1964 and transferredto the Southwest Regional Office in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1966 with a similar position as theRegional Chief of Maintenance.

In 1969, Everhardt moved to Yellowstone National Park to serve as the Assistant Superintendent. Hestayed there until 1972, when he was promoted to be the Superintendent of Grand Teton National Park. Itwas at Grand Teton where he was awarded the Department of the Interior’s Meritorious Service Awardfor planning and executing a global conference for national parks.

Everhardt was nominated out of the NPS ranks and became the ninth Director of the National ParkService in January 1975 under President Gerald Ford. As Director, Everhardt oversaw the park-wide celebration of the national Bicentennial and doubled the acreage of lands belonging to the NPS.Throughout his directorship, he promoted land preservation and conservation. In May of 1977, hestepped down from the Directorship and served briefly as the Special Assistant to the National ParkService Director until he started work as the Superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway in October 1977.


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As the fifth Superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Everhardt revived construction and oversaw thecompletion of the parkway with the construction of the Linn Cove Viaduct around Grandfather Mountainin North Carolina. He sought to improve interpretative programming, develop trails and attract visitorsto the Parkway. Everhardt supervised and supported the construction of the Asheville Folk Art Center,Parkway Headquarters and the Blue Ridge Music Center.

For his service as the Superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Gary E. Everhardt was awarded theDepartment of the Interior’s highest honor on April 24, 1985: the Distinguished Service Award. In1990, he was awarded the Cornelius Amory Pugsley National Medal Award for his dedication to parkconservation. The Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters in North Carolina is named after him. Everhardtretired in 2000 to Arden, North Carolina.


Scope and Contents Note

Material in the Papers was created as a result of Everhardt’s career in the National Park Service asAssistant Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, Superintendent of Grand Teton National Park,National Park Service Director, and particularly as the Superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway.The files reflect the day-to-day management concerns relating to running the National Park Service orindividual parks. Topics reflected in these files include budgeting; concessionaires and their relationshipwith the parks; Congress and its relationship to the parks; construction and maintenance projects;environmental conditions in the parks; housing; land acquisition, access, and use, including vistaprotection; management of both land and park staff; planning; and public use and interpretation,including economic and other impacts on the parks and surrounding areas. The collection also containsa small amount of personal correspondence with current and former co-workers and friends. Items inthe collection date from 1936 to 2005 with most of the material dating from 1972-1999. The collectionis arranged into five series: Pre-Director, Director of the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway,Photographs, and Artifacts.


Arrangement Note

The collection is arranged into five series: Pre-Director, Director of the National Park Service, BlueRidge Parkway, Photographs, and Artifacts. The series are arranged alphabetically by folder title with theexception of the Artifacts series, which is arranged by object number.


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Administrative Information

Publication Statement

Clemson University Libraries Special Collections

Box 343001Clemson 29634URL: http://url.unspecified

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to the public without restriction. The copyright law of the United States (Title17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.

Acquired from

Gary Everhardt in 2005, 2008 and 2011 as accessions 05-100, 08-105, 11-082, and 11-101.

Processing Information

Collection processed 2010-2013 and finding aid written by James Cross in 2014-2015.


Controlled Access Headings

• Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.)• United States -- National parks and reserves -- Management• National parks and reserves -- United States -- Planning• Linn Cove Viaduct (N.C.)• Yellowstone National Park.• Architectural drawings (visual works)• Artifacts (object genre)• Commemoratives• Maps (documents)• Photographs.

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• Posters.• Renderings (drawings)• Sound recordings.• Speeches (documents)• Transcripts• Blue Ridge Music Center (U.S.)• Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway• Grand Teton National Park (Agency : U.S.)• United States. National Park Service -- History -- 20th century• Walker, Ronald H. (Ronald Hugh)• Albright, Horace M. (Horace Marden)• Hartzog, George B., Jr.• Morton, Hugh M.• Reed, Nathaniel P. (Nathaniel Pryor)• Smathers, Garrett A.• Everhardt, Gary• Everhardt, Gary• Guise, Vera (Vera Holland)• Messick, Gene, Sr. (Robert Eugene)

Collection Inventory

Pre-Director Series, 1948-1979 (bulk1962-1974)Physical Description: 2.25 Cubic Feet (4.5 document boxes, twophotographs, 20 oversize items)

Scope and Contents

The material in the series was created as part of Everhardt’sduties as an engineer with the Southeastern RegionalOffice (SERO), as Regional Chief of Maintenance forthe Southwestern Regional Office (SWRO), as AssistantSuperintendent of Yellowstone National Park, and asSuperintendent of Grand Teton National Park. The SERO andSWRO files deal mainly with construction and maintenanceprojects at various parks under each Office’s jurisdiction.Similar concerns files are a part of Yellowstone National Parkmaterial as well as files relating to budgets, environmentalissues, land acquisition, and conditions in the park. The GrandTeton material includes files relating to environmental mattersin the park, land acquisition and management, planning andevaluation, and public use of the park. It also contains a smallamount of personal correspondence including correspondencewith former National Park Service Directors Horace MarsdenAlbright and George Hartzog, some of which refers toNational Park Service-related matters. Overall the files in theseries date from 1948 to 1979, with most of items dating from

box 1-5


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1962 to 1974. Material in this series is arranged alphabeticallyby folder title.

Southeastern Regional Office, 1950-19661957-1965

Title/Description Instances

Electric Power and Telephone Projects, 1965-1966 box 1 folder 1

Fallout Shelter Project, 1963-1964 box 1 folder 2

Guide, Handbook, Report, 1962-1965 box 1 folder 3

Sanitation Projects, 1950-1965 box 1 folder 4

Shoreline Protection Projects, 1957-1962 box 1 folder 5

“Arkansas Post National Memorial” topographic map, No date oversize_folder1

Water Projects, 1955, 1962, 1965 box 1 folder 6

Architectural Plans for a Water Treatment Plant, FortHarrison, Richmond National Battlefield, April 29, 1964

oversize_folder1

Sample Graph for George Washington Birthplace,Westmoreland County VA, July 6, 1965

oversize_folder1

Southwestern Regional Office, 1966-1973


Southwestern Regional Office, 1966-1973 box 1 folder 7

“Water Pollution and Quality / Southwest Region / NationalPark Service” by William E. Fields, 1963

oversize_box2

Yellowstone, 1959-1975


Anderson, Jack-Retirement, May 28, 1975-June 5, 1975 box 1 folder 8

Awards, August 1968-December 3, 1971 box 1 folder 9

Clippings, 1969; 1971 box 1 folder 10

Congressional Correspondence, 1971-1972 box 1 folder 11

Correspondence, 1968-1971 box 2 folder 1

Everhardt Personnel File, 1969-1970 box 2 folder 2

Inventory, 1969 box 2 folder 3

Memos to Assistant Superintendent, 1969-1970 box 2 folder 4

Miscellaneous, 1959, 1966, 1968-1971 box 2 folder 5

Riverton (WY) Ranger, “National Parks Centennial, 1972,” vol.66 #38, April 21, 1972

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National Parks Centennial Commission, 1971 box 2 folder 6

“Photo History from Yellowstone” by Bill and Doris Whithorn,Park County News (Livingston, MT), March 12, 1970

oversize_box1

Reading File, 1969 box 2 folder 7

Yellowstone National Park Financial Sheet (Savings Goals),August 1, 1969

oversize_box2

Road Construction, 1969-1971 box 2 folder 8

Subject File: B-R, 1960-1971 box 2 folder 9

Subject File: S-U, 1969-1971 box 2 folder 10

Cody (WY) Enterprise, Yellowstone Centennial Special Edition,May 26, 1972

oversize_box1

Grand Teton, 1950-1975, 1979, 1998


Affirmative Action-Equal Employment Opportunity, 1972-1973 box 3 folder 1

Albright, Horace Marden, August 13, 1973-December 23, 1974 box 3 folder 2

Annual Report, 1972 box 3 folder 3

Awards, 1972 box 3 folder 4

Background Information, September 14, 1950-December 12,1971

box 3 folder 5

Business Cards, No date box 3 folder 6

Clippings, 1972-1974; 1998 box 3 folder 7

Congratulations-Appointment as Superintendent, 1969-1974 box 3 folder 8

Congratulations-Awards, April 23, 1973-May 23, 1973 box 3 folder 9

Congressional and Gubernatorial Correspondence, 1971-1974 box 3 folder 10


Correspondence- Personal, 1972-1974 box 3 folder 12

“United Air Lines Air Atlas” map, 1973 oversize_folder1


Fishing Regulations, 1974 box 3 folder 14

Float Trips- Snake River, 1964-1968 box 3 folder 15

Grand Teton Environmental Education Center, circa 1970-1974 box 3 folder 16

Grand Teton Natural History Association, 1973 box 3 folder 17


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“Grand Teton National Park Special 25th AnniversaryIssue” (supplement to the Jackson Hole News), 1975

oversize_box1

“Grand Teton National Park” topographic map, scale 1:62,500,U.S. Geological Survey, 1948

oversize_folder1

Hartzog, George B. Jr., 1967-1973 box 3 folder 18

International Seminar on Administration of National Parks,1973-1974

box 3 folder 19

Interpretation, 1972; No date box 4 folder 1

Jackson Hole, Wyoming Airport, 1972-1974 box 4 folder 2

Jackson Hole (WY) Guide, vol. 23 #52, December 31, 1974 oversize_box1

Jackson Hole (WY) Guide, vol. 24 #1, January 9, 1975 oversize_box1



Jackson Hole (WY) News, vol. 5 #38, January 9, 1975 oversize_box1



Land Acquisition, Management, and Use, 1970-1973 box 4 folder 3

Management System, 1970; No date box 4 folder 4

Manpower and Staffing, 1964-1974 box 4 folder 5

Master Plan, circa 1969-1974 box 4 folder 6

National Parks Centennial Commission, 1972 box 4 folder 7

Park Evaluations and Reviews, 1957-1971 box 4 folder 8

Pfiffer Homestead Environmental Study Area, 1972 box 4 folder 9

Planning, 1966-1973 box 4 folder 10

Programs, 1972-1974 box 4 folder 11

Roads, 1968-1971 box 4 folder 12

Seasonal Employment, 1969-1973 box 4 folder 13

Second World Conference on National Parks, 1972-1973 box 4 folder 14

Speeches, 1968-1975 box 4 folder 15

Speeches by Others, 1971-1972


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box 4 folder 16

State Coordinator, 1972-1974 box 5 folder 1

Travel Authorizations and Vouchers, 1969-1974 box 5 folder 2

Walker, Ronald H., 1973-1974 box 5 folder 3

Waterfalls Canyon Fire, 1974-1975, 1979 box 5 folder 4

Wilderness Recommendations, 1972 box 5 folder 5


box 1NPS Director Series, 1972-1977 (bulk,1974-1977)Physical Description: 2.5 Cubic Feet (5 document boxes, 1volume, 2 photographs, 1 oversize item)

Scope and Contents

The material in the series was created during Everhardt’stenure as National Park Service Director and his short stintas Special Assistant to the Director after his resignation. Themajority of the series is made up of letters of congratulationon his appointment as Director, correspondence concerninghis resignation, and his chronological files. The chronologicalfiles contain correspondence and memoranda relating toappointments, employees, management and planning, andissues at various parks. The series also contains materialrelating to the National Park Service budget and Everhardt’stestimony before Congress. A small amount of personalcorrespondence is also included in this series as well asa folder of correspondence to and from former NationalPark Service Director Ron Walker. The items in the seriesdate from 1972 to 1977, with most of the files dating from1974-1977. Material in this series is arranged alphabeticallyby folder title.

The series contains very little regarding planning for the U.S.Bicentennial although there is a little material about variousevents held in conjunction with it.

box 2-5


Alaskan Advisory Board Trip, 1975 box 1 folder 1

Biographical Information, 1976 box 1 folder 2

“Be A Partner in Preserving American’s Heritage / ArcheologicalHistoric Natural Scenic” color poster depicting, a group ofpeople standing outside the Department of the Interior building inWashington, D.C. with a “Celebrate Your Heritage” banner; for“Take Pride in America” program, National Park Service, No date

oversize_box1

Budget, 1975


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box 1 folder 3

Budget, 1977 box 1 folder 4

Clippings, 1974-1977 box 1 folder 5

Concessions Management, 1975 box 1 folder 6

Congratulatory Letters: Former Directors, 1974-1975 box 1 folder 7

Congratulatory Letters: NPS Employees, 1974-1975 box 1 folder 8

Congratulatory Letters: Former NPS Employees, 1975 box 1 folder 9

Congratulatory Letters: Conservation Organizations, 1975 box 1 folder 10

Congratulatory Letters: Congressional, 1975 box 1 folder 11

Congratulatory Letters: Secretary's Parks Advisory Board, 1975 box 1 folder 12

Congratulatory Letters: National Park Foundation, 1975 box 1 folder 13

Congratulatory Letters: Concessioners, 1975 box 1 folder 14

Congratulatory Letters: Department of the Interior, 1975 box 1 folder 15

Congratulatory Letters: Media, 1975 box 1 folder 16

Congratulatory Letters: State, County and City Government,1974-1975

box 2 folder 1

“Chattanooga / Scenic Center of the South” (Hamilton County,TN) brochure, Chattanooga Convention & Visitors Bureau,Chattanooga, TN, circa 1974

oversize_box2

Congratulatory Letters: Universities, 1975 box 2 folder 2

Congratulatory Letters: General, 1975 box 2 folder 3

Congratulatory Letters: Personal, December 19, 1974-January 15,1975

box 2 folder 4

Congratulatory Letters: Personal, January 20, 1975-March 4, 1975 box 2 folder 5

Congratulatory Letters: Record List, 1975 box 2 folder 6

Congressional Testimony- Everhardt and Others, 1975 box 2 folder 7

Conservation Foundation Report, 1973 box 2 folder 8



Director's Chronological File, January 10, 1975-March 24, 1975 box 2 folder 11

Director's Chronological File, March 26, 1975-April 28, 1975 box 2 folder 12

Director's Chronological File, May 1, 1975-July 23, 1975 box 3 folder 1

Director's Chronological File, July 25, 1975-September 29, 1975 box 3 folder 2

Director's Chronological File, October 7, 1975-March 30, 1976 box 3 folder 3


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Director's Chronological File, April 2, 1976-July 28, 1976 box 3 folder 4

Director's Chronological File, August 2, 1976-September 29, 1976 box 3 folder 5

Director's Chronological File, October 1, 1976-November 30,1976

box 3 folder 6

Director's Chronological File, December 2, 1976-January 24, 1977 box 4 folder 1

Director's Chronological File, January 26, 1977-March 17, 1977 box 4 folder 2

Director's Chronological File, March 21, 1977-June 8, 1977 box 4 folder 3

“A Glimpse of History / Preserve the Past for the Future” posterdepicting the Dungeness Ruins on Cumberland Islands NationalSeashore, National Park Service, Southeast Region, HistoricArchitecture Division, No date

oversize_box1

Jackson Hole, Wyoming Airport, 1975 box 4 folder 4

Jackson Hole, Wyoming Land Use Study, 1976 box 4 folder 5

Keely, Charles C., 1974-1975 box 4 folder 6

Master Planning, circa 1975 box 4 folder 7

Miscellaneous, 1976 box 4 folder 8

National Park Courier, Volume 22 Number 1, January 1975 oversize_box1

National Park Foundation Annual Report, 1977 box 4 folder 9

National Parks and Conservation Association, 1974-1975 box 4 folder 10

NPS (National Park Service) Newsletter, Volume 10 Number 1,January 27, 1975

oversize_box1

Paper banner with caricature of a man smoking a cigar in greenink surrounded by the words “Thank you very much”, No date

oversize_folder1

Ranger-Technician Sub-Task Force, 1975 box 4 folder 11

Resignation, 1977 box 4 folder 12

Resignation Letters to Congress, 1977 box 5 folder 1


State of the Parks Newsletter, 1974 box 5 folder 3

Travel Voucher Record, 1975-1977 box 5 folder 4

Travel Vouchers, 1975-1977 box 5 folder 5

Walker, Ronald, 1973-1974 box 5 folder 6

Yellowstone- Snowmobiles, 1972; 1974 box 5 folder 7

Yosemite Master Plan, 1974 box 5 folder 8

Special Assistant to the Director, June 1977-July 1977 box 5 folder 9


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box 1-3

box 4-10

box 11-17

Blue Ridge Parkway Series, 1936-2005 (bulk,1978-1999)Physical Description: 11.5 Cubic Feet (22 document boxes, 45photographs, 152 oversize items, one audio disc, one artifact)

Scope and Contents

The files in this series were created as a result of Everhardt’sactivities as Superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway from1977-2000. In addition to material relating to the overallmanagement of the Parkway there are files on the designand construction of the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax,Virginia and the Parkway Headquarters and Linn CoveViaduct in North Carolina; the Fiftieth Anniversary of theParkway in 1985; the dedication of the Parkway in 1987; andcorrespondence with the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway,in particular Executive Director Vera Guise and membersGene Messick and Garrett A. Smathers. A small amountof personal correspondence is also part of this series andincludes letters to and from former National Park ServiceDirectors Horace Marsden Albright and George B. Hartzogand conservationists Hugh Morton (owner of GrandfatherMountain, NC) and Nathaniel Pryor Reed which touch onNational Park Service-related matters and conservation issuesin general. Items in the series date from 1936 to 2005 withmost of the material dating between 1978 and 1999. Materialin this series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

box 18-22


Agricultural Special Use Permits, March 1978-April 1979 box 1 folder 1

Albright, Horace Marsden, 1984; 1987 box 1 folder 2

All-American Road, 1996-1997 box 1 folder 3

Annual Reports, 1984-1999 box 1 folder 4

Appalachian Resource Center, 1980 box 1 folder 5

National Park Courier, Volume 22 Number 10, October 1975 oversize_box2

National Park Courier, Volume 24 Number 6, June 1977 oversize_box2

“The Arch in All Seasons” lithographic poster showing the St.Louis Arch rising out of the fog; for the painting exhibition ofCharles H. Wallis at the Museum of Westward Expansion incelebration of the Arch’s 20th Anniversary presented by Friendsof the Arch May 11- 30, 1985, printed by Artcraft Lithographers,1985

oversize_folder1


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Award Recommendations, 1978-1979; 1984; No date box 1 folder 6

Awards, 1978-1997 box 1 folder 7

Babbitt, Bruce, January 31, 1996-April 9, 1996 box 1 folder 8

Bass Lake, North Carolina, September 30, 1987-May 6, 1988 box 1 folder 9

“Be Nature Wise / Show You Care” color poster depicting part ofBlue Ridge Parkway with cartoon “Grover Groundhog” overlayed;“Blue Ridge Parkway / National Park Service / United StatesDepartment of the Interior” and National Park Service and BlueRidge Parkway symbols adorning the bottom of the poster.Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway Inc., No date

oversize_box1

Biennial Linear Parks Conference, September 1989-March 2000 box 1 folder 10

Bill Sharpe Award, March 20, 1996-October 8, 1998 box 1 folder 11

Blue Ridge Heritage Initiative, 1980; 1991; No date box 1 folder 12

Blue Ridge Interpretive Center, Virginia, April 26, 2000 box 1 folder 13

Topographic map of area around Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost114 showing locations of proposed Parkway buildings, No date

oversize_box1

Blue Ridge Music Interpretive Center, Galax, Virginia, September8, 1986-April 1995

box 1 folder 14

Blue Ridge Music Center architectural drawings, April 1995 oversize_box2

Blue Ridge Music Interpretive Center, Galax, Virginia, February14, 1996-July 16, 2005

box 2 folder 1

Blue Ridge Music Interpretive Center, Galax, Virginia, No date box 2 folder 2

Blue Ridge Music Interpretive Center floor and site plans, Nodate

oversize_box2

“Blue Ridge Music Interpretive Center Site Plan/EnvironmentalAssessment” handout, National Park Service, Denver ServiceCenter, Denver, CO, No date

oversize_box2

Blue Ridge Parkway, 1936-1996; No date box 2 folder 3

Blue Ridge Parkway Vision, Mission, and Goals statement, Nodate

oversize_box2

“Blue Ridge Parkway / America’s Favorite Scenic Drive” colorposter depicting part of Parkway printed by Progress Press, Inc.,Roanoke, VA, No date

oversize_box1

Blue Ridge Parkway Association, April 16, 1980-May 1, 1990 box 2 folder 4

Blue Ridge Parkway Briefing, 1979-1983 box 2 folder 5

Blue Ridge Parkway Clippings, June 1977-September 1984 box 2 folder 6

Blue Ridge Parkway Mile Post, Volume 1 Issue1, Summer, 1979


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oversize_box2

Blue Ridge Parkway Clippings, January 1985-October 1998 box 2 folder 7

Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 50th anniversary issue, 1985 oversize_box2

“Highway In The Sky” by Jay Davies, circa 1988 oversize_box2

Blueprints (National Building Museum), Volume VIII No. 1,Winter, 1990

oversize_box2

Blue Ridge Parkway Clippings, No date box 2 folder 8

Blue Ridge Parkway Dedication, 1986-1987 box 3 folder 1

Blue Ridge Parkway Dedication, No date box 3 folder 2

Blue Ridge Parkway Expansion, 1968-1993 box 3 folder 3

Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, December 1996-May 1999 box 3 folder 4

Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters, September 1981-November1993

box 3 folder 5

“Scheme U6” and “Scheme U7” topographical site plans forproposed Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters, scale 1:100, C.Abbott & Partners, February 6, 1992

oversize_box2

Floor Plans for Blue Ridge Parkway headquarters by C. Abbott& Partners, January 8, 1993

oversize_box2

Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters, January 1994-June 2000 box 3 folder 6

Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters, No date box 3 folder 7

Axonometric perspective floor plans for Blue Ridge ParkwayHeadquarters by Ed Baren, Jr., Blue Ridge Parkway CAD RP &PS, No date

oversize_box2

Travel Centers along the Blue Ridge Parkway map, No date oversize_box2

Blue Ridge Parkway Interpretive Center, Virginia, 1990; 1999 box 3 folder 8

Blue Ridge Parkway Maintenance Management System Meeting,1984

box 4 folder 1

Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost, Fall-Winter, 1983 oversize_box1

Blue Ridge Parkway Roadwork, 1977-1999 box 4 folder 3

Blue Ridge Parkway Repaving Schedule map, 1970 oversize_folder1

Blue Ridge Parkway Projects and their costs map, circa 1977 oversize_folder1

Blue Ridge Parkway Report, September 1981-August 1999 box 4 folder 2


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Blue Ridge Parkway Seasonal Training Manual, 1998 box 4 folder 4

Blue Ridge Parkway Statistics, 1972-1975 box 4 folder 5

Blue Ridge Parkway map showing cities and major geographicalland markers, June 1975

oversize_folder1

Blue Ridge Parkway Visitors Center, North Carolina, 1999 box 4 folder 6

Budget, January 1978-May 1999 box 4 folder 7

Budget- Fiscal Year 1980, 1979 box 4 folder 8

Completion of Parkway, August 2, 1978-August 16, 1987 box 4 folder 9

“Avery County / Watauga County / North Carolina” map, NCDepartment of Transportation, annotated by color-coding toshow paving/grading schedule, 1980

oversize_box2

Concessions, October 1965-January 1998 box 5 folder 1

Concessions- Blue Ridge Parkway, Feburary 1978-January 2000 box 5 folder 2

Cone Estate/Mabry Mill, 1977-1989 box 5 folder 3

Conferences and Meetings, 1978-1999 box 5 folder 4

Congressional Correspondence, 1979-1997 box 5 folder 5

Cornelius Amory Pugsley Medal, April 1990-December 1990 box 5 folder 6

Conference of Park Superintendents, 1977 box 5 folder 7

Correspondence and Memos, January 1979-October 1981 box 6 folder 1

Correspondence and Memos, May 1977-August 1978 box 5 folder 8

Correspondence and Memos, March 1982-September 1984 box 6 folder 2

Correspondence and Memos, May 1985-1986 box 6 folder 3

Correspondence and Memos, July 1987-December 1991 box 6 folder 4

Correspondence and Memos, January 1992-September 1995 box 6 folder 5

Correspondence and Memos, January 1996-January 1999 box 6 folder 6

Correspondence and Memos, No date box 6 folder 7

“Crafting the Vision / Conference of National Park CooperatingAssociations / Association of Partners for Public Lands” posterdepicting, in black and white, a craftsman measuring the interiorof a round hoop with a caliper and, in color, sections of a basket,stringed instrument, wooden container, and quilt. Created for apartnership conference in Gatlinburg, TN, March 15-19, 1998by the Great Smoky Mountains Natural History Association andprinted by Paragon Press, Salt Lake City, UT, 1998

oversize_box1

Dedication of Abbott Lake, Peak of Otter, Virginia, July 1977-July 1978

box 7 folder 1

Critical Needs Summary, 1989; 1996 box 6 folder 8


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Development and Parkway Vistas, 1970-1993 box 7 folder 2

“Developers, Park Service Battle Over Blue Ridge” by ChesterDavis, Sunday Journal and Sentinel, (Winston-Salem, NC),January 25, 1970

oversize_box1

“Vanishing Vistas” by Julie Powers Rives, News & Observer(Raleigh NC), p. 1A, 12A, January 24, 1993

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“Setting their sights on the sights” by John Hoke, Richmond(VA) Times-Dispatch, p. C1, C4, February 13, 1994

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Dickenson, Russell E., June 1980-November 1985 box 7 folder 3

Distinguished Service Award, April 1985-June 1985 box 7 folder 4

Employees and Alumni Association of the National Park Service,1985-1997

box 7 folder 5

Employees and Alumni Association of the National Park Service,1998-1999

box 7 folder 6

Employee Associations, 1979-1988 box 7 folder 7

Everhardt, Gary- Biographical, July 1978-October 2004 box 7 folder 8


Everhardt Personnel File, 1970-1997; No date box 7 folder 10

Felmet, David, April 1976-November 1996 box 7 folder 11

Folk Art Center, 1978-2005 box 8 folder 1

Fontana Conservation Roundup, 1978; 1980 box 8 folder 2

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Board Correspondence,1991-1998

box 8 folder 3

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway Clippings, January 1993-March 1996

box 8 folder 4

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Garrett Smathers, November1988-March 2000

box 8 folder 5

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Garrett Smathers-Correspondence Regarding Smathers, July 1987-June 1998

box 8 folder 6

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Garrett Smathers-WesternNorth Carolina Alliance, June 1998-September 1999

box 8 folder 7

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Garrett Smathers, MatthewDietz, Gene Messick, No date

box 8 folder 8

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Gary EverhardtCorrespondence, February 1993-January 1999

box 8 folder 9

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: General Information, No date box 8 folder 10

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Gene Messick, December1982-January 1999

box 8 folder 11


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Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Gene Messick-Correspondence, August 1997-November 1999

box 8 folder 12

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Gene Messick-Freedom ofInformation Act Regarding the SoCo Group , May 1998-July 1998

box 8 folder 13

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Gene Messick-Friends of theSouthern Highland Handicraft "Bulletin", May 1998-July 1998

box 8 folder 14

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Gene Messick- Friends ofSouthern Highland Handicraft Correspondence, August 1997-October 21, 1999

box 8 folder 15

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Gene Messick-ParkWatchCorrespondence, May 1998-March 2000

box 8 folder 16

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Gene Messick ParkWatchNewsletters, August 1998-February 2000

box 8 folder 17

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: High Vistas Newsletters,1994

box 8 folder 18

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway Correspondence: James C.Ryan, May 1988-October 1998

box 8 folder 19

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Legal, October 1986-February 1996

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Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Meeting Minutes, November1988-July 1997

box 9 folder 2

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Unknown Propaganda, Nodate

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Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Vera Guise, May 1993-February 1995

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Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Vera Guise-AmericanGrassroots Unlimited, September 1997-October 1998

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Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Vera Guise-Articles, No date box 9 folder 6

Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway: Vera Guise-National Parksand Conservation Association, June 1995-May 1997

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General Superintendent's Conference, March 1979-October 1979 box 9 folder 8

General Superintendent's Conference, April 1988-June 1988 box 9 folder 9

George Hartzog Fund Lecture-Clemson University, September1979-circa September 2000

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Walter T. Cox Award certificate by the George B. Hartzog, Jr.Fund for Environmental Leadership to Charles Eames (draft),1993

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Golden Anniversary: 50th Anniversary Reports, 1985 box 9 folder 11

Golden Anniversary: A Salute to the Parkway, Cumberland Knob,September 11, 1985

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Golden Anniversary: Blue Ridge Parkway Film, September 1983-February 1984

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Golden Anniversary: Blue Ridge Parkway Golden AnniversaryCelebration Committee, 1983-1985

box 10 folder 2

Golden Anniversary: Clippings, December 1984-January 1986 box 10 folder 3

Blowing Rocket (Blowing Rock, NC), Blue Ridge Parkway 50thAnniversary issue, July 5, 1985

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Golden Anniversary: Correspondence, 1982-1985 box 10 folder 4

Golden Anniversary: Harry F. Byrd Memorial Bridge Dedication,September 10, 1985

box 10 folder 5

Golden Anniversary: Memorabilia, circa 1985 box 10 folder 6

Golden Anniversary: Miscellaneous Speeches, circa 1985 box 10 folder 7

Golden Anniversary: Mountain to Sea Trail Dedication,September 20, 1985

box 10 folder 8

Golden Anniversary: News Releases, 1985 box 10 folder 9

Golden Anniversary: Resolutions, 1985 box 10 folder 10

Golden Anniversary: "The Blue Ridge Parkway: Agent ofTransition" Conference, September 9, 1985

box 10 folder 11

Golden Anniversary: Western North Carolina Salutes theParkway, September 14, 1985

box 10 folder 12

Governor's Conference on American Outdoors, February 1986-April 1986

box 10 folder 13

“Work Element Tracking System Report” #1-5, NC Division ofParks and Recreation, April 11, 1986

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Grand Teton, February 1978 box 10 folder 14

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, February 1970-June 1991 box 10 folder 15

Groundhog Mountain, Virginia Access Road, March 1978-June1979

box 10 folder 16

Grover Groundhog, July 2, 1992 box 10 folder 17

Hartzog, George B., Jr., December 1977-October 1997 box 10 folder 18

Highlights from Superintendent's Squad Meeting, July 1978-September 1981

box 10 folder 19

Housing, March 1984-April 1984 box 10 folder 20

Humor, No date box 11 folder 1

Hunter Access Permit Program, 1994 box 11 folder 2

Inholders, 1980; 1982; No date box 11 folder 3

Interpretation, April 1975-March 1995; No date box 11 folder 4


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Invitations, August 1978-January 1999 box 11 folder 5

Jackson Hole, Wyoming Airport, February 1978-August 1979 box 11 folder 6

Kennedy, Roger G., June 1993-March 1997 box 11 folder 7

Kolodski, Joseph, June 1998-November 1999 box 11 folder 8

Land Access and Acquisition, May 1977-July 1990 box 11 folder 9

Land Access and Acquisition, 1985-1998; No date box 11 folder 10

Land Access and Acquisition- Blue Ridge Parkway, November1977-July 1984

box 11 folder 11

Land Acquistion Plan: Blue Ridge Parkway Initial Draft, January1980

box 12 folder 1

Land Acquisition Program Briefing Statement, March 1979 box 12 folder 2

Land Management, 1984-1995 box 12 folder 3

Land Protection Plan-Blue Ridge Parkway, No date box 12 folder 4

Landmark Legislation: Blue Ridge Parkway and National ParkService, circa 1987

box 12 folder 5

Laurel Leaves Award, September 1988-July 1989 box 12 folder 6

Law Enforcement and Parkwatch, July 1975-July 1994 box 12 folder 7

Linn Cove Viaduct, 1979-1997 box 12 folder 8

Life Magazine, “Our National Parks: A 75th AnniversaryCelebration” issue, Volume 14 #6 (Summer Special), 1991

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“The Linn Cove Viaduct on Grandfather Mountain” colorlithograph from photograph by Hugh Morton, Colonial Press,Chapel Hill, NC, 1987

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Linville Falls Trail Dedication, September 18, 1982 box 12 folder 9

Lujan, Manuel, December 1988-September 1992 box 12 folder 10

Masonic Shrine, North Carolina, July 1938-November 1949 box 12 folder 11

McDowell House, Morgantown, North Carolina, 1984-1986 box 12 folder 12

Memorials and Obituaries, 1988-2003 box 13 folder 1

Mott, William Penn, 1981-1992 box 13 folder 3

Morton, Hugh, 1984-1998 box 13 folder 2

Mountain Experience Center, 1979-1985 box 13 folder 4

Mount Mitchell, November 1976-February 1979 box 13 folder 5

Pisgah National Forest North Carolina, U.S. Forest Service–Southern Region map, 1970

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Management, 1989; No date box 13 folder 6


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"A Creative Person Is A ..." and "Pitfalls To Creativity" posters,No date

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Monthly Desk Calendar, 1977-1988


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December 1977 oversize_box1

February 1978 oversize_box1

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November 1988


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Monthly Planner, 1991 box 13 folder 7


Monthly Planner, November 3, 1992-August 13, 1993 box 13 folder 9

Monthly Planner, August 16, 1993-June 9, 1994 box 13 folder 10




National Park Service 75th Anniversary, March 1991-May 1991 box 14 folder 1

Natural Resources Leader Seminar, Asheville, NC, March 1984-May 1985

box 14 folder 2

Asheville map, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, 1983 oversize_box2

Natural Resources Leaders Seminar, Charleston, South Carolina,1986

box 14 folder 3

National Park Foundation, 1977-1992 box 14 folder 4

National Park Service, 1977-1991 box 14 folder 5

Overmountain Victory Trail, 1978-1996 box 14 folder 9

North Carolina Economic Development, Natural Resources andRecreation, 1977-1991

box 14 folder 7

Organizational Renewal Working Group, June 1991 box 14 folder 8

National Park Service Clippings, 1985-1998 box 14 folder 6

“Fires of ’88,” Jackson Hole (WY) News Special Section, circaSeptember 1988

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Peaks of Otter, Virginia-Filming Movie at Lodge, 1999 box 14 folder 10

Peaks of Otter, Virginia-Lodge Reservations, 1999 box 15 folder 1

Peaks of Otter, Virginia-Sewage System, 1978 box 15 folder 2

Personal Correspondence, June 1977-November 1990 box 15 folder 3

Architectural rendering of the Gary E. EverhardtCommemorative sign on the Blue Ridge Parkway by “C.S.” ,January 2, 1986

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Personal Correspondence, 1991-1998 box 15 folder 4

Phillips v. Department of the Interior, 1998 box 15 folder 5


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Pisgah Inn, 1982-1990 box 15 folder 6

Press Releases, May 1978-March 1991 box 15 folder 7

Programs, 1979-1998 box 16 folder 1

Public Lands Public Awareness Campaign, 1985 box 16 folder 2

Reed, Nathaniel, 1975-1996 box 16 folder 3

Regional Director, November 1977-June 1997 box 16 folder 4

Religion, July 1991-November 1991 box 16 folder 5

Retirement Party, 1994 box 16 folder 7

“Honoring Retirees,” Parkway Milepost Special Edition, July 9,1994

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Retirement Letters, 1989-1996 box 16 folder 6

Retirement Thank You Letters, 2000 box 16 folder 8

Ridenour, James M., 1989-1993 box 16 folder 9

Ridge Runner, 1977-1992 box 16 folder 10

Roanoke River Parkway, 1985-1992 box 16 folder 11

“Bobblets Gap to Adney Gap General Development Plans, Partof Master Plan Blue Ridge Parkway” map, annotated, 1961?

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“Roanoke River Parkway Plan for the temporary accessconnector – Blue Ridge Parkway and Rutrough Road(Virginia)”, July 2, 1993

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Roanoke River Parkway-Explore Park, 1988-2000 box 17 folder 1

Roanoke Valley Zoning and Viewshed Protection, 1935;1990-1995

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Ryan, James, 1987-1999 box 17 folder 3

Schedule, 1978-1979; 1986 box 17 folder 4

Sewers and Water Quality, 1988; No date box 17 folder 5

Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Project (SAMAB),1988-1995

box 17 folder 6

“75th Anniversary / Mount Mitchell State Park / April 12th, 1991”color print by Don Balke Wildlife Studio depicting a bald eagle inflight over the Mt. Mitchell observation tower, 1991

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Speeches, 1979-April 1984 box 17 folder 8

Speeches, June 1984-1986 box 17 folder 9


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Speeches, February 1991-June 1991 box 18 folder 3

Speeches, January 1992-June 1992 box 18 folder 5

Speeches, August 1992-December 1992 box 18 folder 6

Speeches, January 1993-November 1993 box 18 folder 7

Speeches, 1994 box 19 folder 1



Speeches, July 1991-December 1991 box 18 folder 4

Speeches, 1999; 2004-2005 box 19 folder 5

Speeches, No date box 19 folder 6

Speeches by Others, 1989-1996 box 19 folder 7

Speech Material, November 1996 box 20 folder 1

Stanton, Robert G., 1997-1998 box 20 folder 2

Stweart, Philip O., 1981-1994 box 20 folder 4

Statement for Management, February 1979 box 20 folder 3

Superintendent's Staff Notes, 1982-1984 box 21 folder 3

Take Pride in America Program, 1986-1988 box 21 folder 4

“Take Pride in America/Catch the Scouting Spirit” patch, Nodate

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Strategic Planning Taskforce-Strategic Plan Examples, 1982-1985 box 21 folder 1

Superintendent's Field Staff Meeting, 1982 box 21 folder 2

Teton Science School Twentieth Anniversary, 1987 box 21 folder 5

Timber, 1988-1991 box 21 folder 6

Tourism, 1988-1995 box 21 folder 7

Trails, 1979-1993; No date box 21 folder 8

“100 Favorite Trails of the Great Smokies and Carolina BlueRidge” map, scale 1:250,000, Hickory Printing Group Inc.,Skyland NC, 1987

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“Appalachian Trail/National Scenic Trail/Maine to Georgia”map, National Park Service, 1996

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Transition Team-Budget Briefing on Fiscals 1985, 1986, and 1987Budgets, May 1985

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Transition Team-Congressional and Consituent Communication,1985

box 21 folder 11

Transition Team, 1985 box 21 folder 9

Transmission Towers, May 1978-July 1999 box 22 folder 1

“National Park Service Procedure for Evaluating ProposedTelecommunications Sites on Lands Adjacent to NationalParks” chart (draft), July 15, 1999

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Transition Team-12 Point Plan, 1985 box 21 folder 12

Urban Recreation Study, February 1978 box 22 folder 4

Travel, 1979-1987 box 22 folder 2

“Datblygu’r-Canalbarth” (Wales) map for Mid WalesDevelopment, Geographica Ltd., London, UK, 1983

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Visits from Foreign Parks Professionals, March 1988-July 1997 box 22 folder 6

United States Forest Service, 1988-1991 box 22 folder 3

Visitors-Blue Ridge Parkway, 1977-1987 box 22 folder 5

Walter T. Cox Award, 1998 box 22 folder 7

"Who Owns the Mountains" Series, September 1989 box 22 folder 10

Winkler, William Ralph, 1990 box 22 folder 11

Watauga County (North Carolina) Airport at Julian Price Park,1985-1986

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“Site B - Runway Profile” by Parrish and Associates, circa1985-1986

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Western North Carolina Development Association, 1978-1985 box 22 folder 9

“The White House / The first 200 Years 1992” with numerousillustrations and facts about the White House divided intoarchitecture, interior, and landscape topics, 1992

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“The White House / 1792 The first 200 Years 1992” with awatercolor depiction of a golden door or window frame on a cloudcontinuing down the poster into a watercolor rendering of theWhite House, 1992

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Women, 1987-1991 box 22 folder 12

Staff Meeting Notes, 1987-1992 box 20 folder 5

Strategic Planning Task Force, circa 1981; 1982; 1988 box 20 folder 6

Strategic Planning Task Force-Reports, 1982-1996 box 20 folder 9

Strategic Planning Task Force-Meetings, 1984-1986 box 20 folder 8

Strategic Planning Task Force-Issues Conference, Atlanta,Georgia, 1984-1985

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object 1-3Artifacts Series, 1972-1990Physical Description: 8 item(s)

Scope and Contents

This series contains a button, commemorative coins, a patch,a signature stamp, and a ticket. The items date from the period1972 to 1990 and include items relating to the Great SmokyNational Park, the centennial of Yellowstone National Parkand the fiftieth anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Controlled Access Headings:

• Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.)• Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Agency : U.S.)• Yellowstone National Park.• Commemoratives

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Photographs Series, 1957-2001 (bulk,1975-2000)Physical Description: 1.3 Cubic Feet (3 document boxes, 10oversize photographs)

Scope and Contents

The photographs were generally created due to Everhardt’sNational Park Service activities although there are a fewpersonal photographs included in the series. While thereare photographs documenting his service at YellowstoneNational Park, Grand Teton National Park, and as ParkService Director, the bulk of the photographs were taken whilehe was Superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway. In additionto documenting events such as the Fiftieth Anniversary ofthe Parkway in 1985 and the dedication of the Parkway in1987, there are also photographs showing the Parkway itself,particularly the Linn Cove Viaduct. This series containsphotographs dating from 1957 to 2001, with most of thephotographs created in the period 1975-2000. They arearranged chronologically, with photographs transferred fromthe Pre-Director, Director, and Blue Ridge Parkway series anda sound recording from the Blue Ridge Parkway series filed atthe end.

Among the individuals appearing in photographs in this seriesare Paul H. Broyhill, owner of Broyhill Furniture; QueenElizabeth II; U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole;North Carolina Governors James Hunt and James Martin

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and Virginia Governor Charles Robb; National Park ServiceDirector William Penn Mott; President Ronal Reagan; andconservationists Nathaniel Reed and Laurance Rockefeller.


Pre-Director--Unidentified, circa 1957-1972 box 1 folder 1

20th General Administration Training Course, March 2-13, 1959 box 1 folder 2

Snowmobiling, circa 1971-1972 box 1 folder 3

Yellowstone National Park, circa 1971-1972, January-February1974

box 1 folder 4

Rocky Mountain Superintendent's Conference, April 1974 box 1 folder 5

Superintendent, Grand Teton National Park--Unidentified,1972-1975

box 1 folder 6

Speech at National Press Club, Washington, D.C., May 20 and 28,1975

box 1 folder 7

National Park Service Director--Everhardt Portraits, 1975-1977;1983

box 1 folder 8

Award of Commendation Medal to Bert W. Mitchell, 1975 box 1 folder 9

National Park Service Director--Unidentified, 1975-1977 box 1 folder 10

National Park Foundation Meeting, 1977 box 1 folder 11

Superintendent, Blue Ridge Parkway--Unidentified, Folder I,1977-2000

box 1 folder 12

Superintendent, Blue Ridge Parkway--Unidentified, Folder II,1977-2000

box 1 folder 13

Gate at Little Switzerland, circa 1977-2000 box 1 folder 14

Rocky Knob Automotive Service and Recognition AwardCeremony, circa 1977-2000

box 1 folder 15

National Park Foundation Presentation to Gary Everhardt,Gatlinburg, TN, October 1978

box 1 folder 16

Congressional Field Trip to National Forests in North Carolina:Pisgah-Nantahala (Public Lands Forum), June 1-2, 1979; August17, 1979

box 1 folder 17

Maintenance Supervisors Meeting, November 5-6, 1979 box 1 folder 18

Linn Cove Viaduct, circa 1977-1988 box 2 folder 1

Southern Highlands Craft Guild, June 23, 1980 box 2 folder 2

Golf: Gary Everhardt, October, November 12, 1980 box 2 folder 3

Award Ceremony, November 18, 1981 box 2 folder 4

Gary Everhardt and Robert Shull, 1981 box 2 folder 5


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Overmountain Victory Trail marker dedication, September 1982 box 2 folder 6

Switzerland--Charles Himes, August 1984 box 2 folder 7

Engineering Award Ceremony, Linn Cove Viaduct, October 20,1984

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Gary Everhardt and Ronald Reagan, January 30, 1985 box 2 folder 9

Distinguished Service Award Presentation, April 24, 1985 box 2 folder 10

Dedication of Linnville Falls Visitors Center, June 15, 1985 box 2 folder 11

Harry Flood Byrd Memorial Bridge Dedication, September 10,1985

box 2 folder 12

Blue Ridge Parkway Golden Anniversary--Cumberland Knob,Black and White Photographs, September 11, 1985, 1995

box 2 folder 13

Blue Ridge Parkway Golden Anniversary--Cumberland Knob,Color Photographs I, September 11, 1985

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Blue Ridge Parkway Golden Anniversary--Cumberland Knob,Color Photographs II, September 11, 1985

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Blue Ridge Parkway Golden Anniversary--Cumberland Knob,Color Photographs III, September 11, 1985

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Blue Ridge Parkway Golden Anniversary--Cumberland Knob,Negatives and Slides , September 11, 1985

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Gary Everhardt, James E. Broyhill, and William Penn Mott,November 1985

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Award to North Carolina Representatives on Blue Ridge ParkwayGolden Anniversary Committee, December 12, 1985

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Blue Ridge Parkway Golden Anniversary--Elizabeth Dole andGary Everhardt, 1985

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Blue Ridge Parkway Golden Anniversary Committee Meeting,1985

box 2 folder 21

Golden Anniversary Celebration, January 30, 1986 box 3 folder 1

Mabry Mill walkway and chute, Virginia, January 1986 box 3 folder 2

Halley's Comet from the Blue Ridge Parkway, March 10, 1986 box 3 folder 3

Purchase of Hemphill Knob property, May 15, 1986 box 3 folder 4

William Penn Mott and Howard Parr, Blue Ridge ParkwayDedication, September 11, 1987

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Trip, November 1987 box 3 folder 6

Opening of Linn Cove Viaduct, 1987 box 3 folder 7

White House Visit, 1987 box 3 folder 8

Blue Ridge Parkway Association Conference, January 14-15,1988, April 13, 1988

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Travel and Tourism Conference, April 5, 1988 box 3 folder 10

Blue Ridge Parkway Association Meeting (Virginia?), April 1988 box 3 folder 11

Concessions Training, Peaks of Otter, VA, April 1988 box 3 folder 12

Dedication of Blue Ridge Parkway Historical Markers, June 30,1988

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Linn Cove Days, July 7, 1988 box 3 folder 14

Highway Landscape Survey Mission, Japan Highway LandscapeAssociation, September 26, 1990

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Scenic Byways Conference, September [14-15?], 1991 box 3 folder 16

Employee Meetings , circa May 1991 box 3 folder 17

Bouff District Employee Picnic--Virginia, circa May 1991 box 3 folder 18

James River District Employee Picnic--Peaks of Otter, VA, circaMay 1991

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Rocky Knob District Employee Picnic--Mabry Mill, VA, circaMay 1991

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Muir and Pinchot presentation, Folk Art Center, NC, June 16,1991

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Employee and Alumni Association 30th Anniversary Reunion,Gatlinburg, TN, September 23-25, 1991

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Brevard (NC) Lions Club, February 4, 1993 box 3 folder 23

Group at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD, August 2 and 17, 1993 box 3 folder 24

Blue Ridge Parkway--Virginia, November 1993 box 3 folder 25

Broyhill Family Foundation appreciation ceremony, September10, 1993

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Milepost 463.3 [landslide], March 1994 box 3 folder 27

Award to James E. Broyhill, October 2, 1995 box 3 folder 28

Year of the Mountains Conference, Asheville, NC, June 28, 1996 box 3 folder 29

Scenic Byway Award Ceremony, October 30, 1996 box 3 folder 30

Superintendents Training Session, 1997 box 3 folder 31

Drawing of Smokey Mountains Visitors Center, No date box 3 folder 33

Everhardt with Nathaniel Reed and family, No date box 3 folder 34

Gary E. Everhardt Headquarters Building Plaque Ceremony, NC,circa 2000-2001

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Phil Stewart, No date box 3 folder 35

Gary Everhardt--seated portrait, No date box 3 folder 36

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Photographs removed from National Park Service Director Series,1973-1974

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Photographs removed from Blue Ridge Parkway Series, circa1983-1997

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“Horace M. Albright recalls his role in the creation of the NationalPark Service, August 25, 1916” audio disc, No date

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Oversize Photographs, circa 1972-1975; No date


Gary Everhardt with Russian delegation in front of Grand TetonNational Park, WY Visitor Center, circa 1972

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Laurance Rockefeller with Gary Everhardt in front of cabin,circa 1972-1975

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Laurance Rockefeller and Gary Everhardt turning a crank, circa1972-1975

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Laurance Rockefeller seated with others at outdoor ceremonywith Gary Everhardt at podium, circa 1972-1975

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Laurance Rockefeller with Gary Everhardt with woman holdinga framed item and others, circa 1972-1975

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Gary Everhardt with National Park Service Director Ron Walkerand Jack Anderson, Superintendent of Yellowstone NationalPark (Autographed by Anderson), circa 1973-1975

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Gary Everhardt with Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, 1976 oversize_box3

Gary Everhardt seated at desk in office, No date oversize_box3

Gary Everhardt cutting ribbon with group of bicyclists inbackground, No date

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Margaret “Mardy” Murie cutting ribbon with Nathaniel P. Reed,Gary Everhardt and others looking on, No date

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