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Folder 13: NPS Failures, 1964 - 1980

 File — Box: 0238.27, Folder: 13
Identifier: 0238.27.13

Scope and Contents

- Newspaper clipping - “Drought Cuts Water Storage of Delaware” (7/18/1964) - Newspaper clipping - “Our national parks are becoming our national slums” from The New York Times (5/3/1967) - Newspaper clipping - “Yosemite Park . . . One Big Headache” from Newark Sunday News (7/21/196X) - Newspaper clipping - “National parks: noisy crowded crisis” from The Christian Science Monitor (10/17/1966) - Newspaper clipping - “Jams in National Parks” (196X) - Newspaper clipping - “Ah, Wilderness Severe Overcrowding Brings Ills of the City to Scenic Yosemite” from The Wall Street Journal (6/24/1966) - Newspaper clipping - “Where There Are People” (196X) - Newspaper clipping - “The Scandal of our National Parks: A plea from Secretary of the Interior Udall” from The Sunday Herald Tribune (8/1/1965) - Newspaper clipping - “An Open Letter on the Tocks Island Projects” (12/17/1966) - Newspaper clipping - “Hail the Tocks Wreckreation Area! National parks: noisy, crowded crisis” from Pocono Record (12/3/196X) - Newspaper clipping - “America’s Campgrounds are Turning into Slums” from True for Today’s Man (4/1969) - Newspaper clipping - “Mike Frome” from American Forests (7/1968) - Newspaper clipping - “Tocks Job to Start When Funds Granted” from The Morning Call (11/24/1968) - Newspaper clipping - “Kittatinny Beach Lifeless Under Federal Auspices” from The Morning Call (8/23/1968) - Newspaper clipping - “Memories of Kittatinny Beach” from The Morning Call (8/27/1968) - Newspaper clipping - “Park Service lacks funds to preserve historic sites” (2/12/1980) - Newspaper clipping - “Tourist agency cites discourtesy, lack of parking at Beltzville park” from The Times News (6/9/1972) - Newspaper clipping - “Evidence destroyed in Bushkill arsons” from Pocono Record (6/8/1980) - Newspaper clipping - “Park arson reward elicits lots of concern” from Pocono Record (7/31/1980) - Handwritten note - contact information for Tom Salon, Mace Reimer, Funky Furniture, Tom Smithers, and Ann Walker - Newspaper clipping - “Honky-Tonks in the Great Outdoors” (6/25)

Dates

  • Creation: 1964 - 1980

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Access Restrictions

Access Restrictions: Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Extent

From the Collection: 66 Linear Feet (33 cartons)

Repository Details

Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Lehigh University
Linderman Library
30 Library Drive
Bethlehem PA 18045 USA
610-758-4506
610-758-6091 (Fax)