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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Interviews (59) by James A. Glass on the subject of the development of the National Historic Preservation Program between 1957 and 1980. Interviewees include Lawrence E. Aten, Edwin C. Bearss, Martha M. Bigelow, Tersh Boasberg, J.O. Brew, Helen D. Bullock, John A. Burns, James H. Charleton, S. Allen Chambers, Jr., Ernest Allen Connally, Chris T. Delaporte, Eric N. DeLony, Antoinette F. Downing, Carl Feiss, Robert G. Ferris, John Fowler, Russell W. Fridley, Robert R. Garvey, Jr., George B. Hartzog, Jr., Gary L. Hume, Casey and Lucille Ireland, H. Ward Jandl, George A. Karas, Russell V. Keune, Thomas F. King, Bennie C. Keel, Lawson B. Knott, Jr., James M. Lambe, Ben Levy, Nellie L. Longworth, Elizabeth A. Lyon, James C. Massey, John D. McDermott, Lee McElvain, Terry B. Morton, William Penn Mott, Jr., William J. Murtagh, Lee H. Nelson, Loretta Neumann, Stephen D. Newman, Sally G. Oldham, Mary Carolyn Pitts, Constance Werner Ramirez, Dwight F. Rettie, Jerry L. Rogers, Douglas H. Scovill, Horace J. Sheely, Jr., Carol D. Shull, Ann Webster Smith, Larry E. Tise, Merle Wells, Thomas B. Williams, Frederick C. Williamson, and Alfred B. Wolfe.
Subjects include the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, the Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation of the National Park Service, the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Preservation Action, Inc., the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Special Committee on Historic Preservation (Rains Committee), the Tax Reform Act of 1976, Executive Order 11593 of 1971, and the 1980 amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act.
Dates
- 1986-1987.
Creator
- Glass, James Arthur, 1952- (Interviewer, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Access Restrictions:
Individual interviews may have specific restrictions.
Restrictions on use:
Tersh Boasberg interview: citations and quotations require written permission until 2004 or during lifetime of interviewee.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Oral history tapes were compiled as research for a Ph.D. dissertation.
Extent
168 audiocassettes. (168 audiocassettes.)
Abstract
Interviews (59) by James A. Glass on the subject of the development of the National Historic Preservation Program between 1957 and 1980. Interviewees include Lawrence E. Aten, Edwin C. Bearss, Martha M. Bigelow, Tersh Boasberg, J.O. Brew, Helen D. Bullock, John A. Burns, James H. Charleton, S. Allen Chambers, Jr., Ernest Allen Connally, Chris T. Delaporte, Eric N. DeLony, Antoinette F. Downing, Carl Feiss, Robert G. Ferris, John Fowler, Russell W. Fridley, Robert R. Garvey, Jr., George B. Hartzog, Jr., Gary L. Hume, Casey and Lucille Ireland, H. Ward Jandl, George A. Karas, Russell V. Keune, Thomas F. King, Bennie C. Keel, Lawson B. Knott, Jr., James M. Lambe, Ben Levy, Nellie L. Longworth, Elizabeth A. Lyon, James C. Massey, John D. McDermott, Lee McElvain, Terry B. Morton, William Penn Mott, Jr., William J. Murtagh, Lee H. Nelson, Loretta Neumann, Stephen D. Newman, Sally G. Oldham, Mary Carolyn Pitts, Constance Werner Ramirez, Dwight F. Rettie, Jerry L. Rogers, Douglas H. Scovill, Horace J. Sheely, Jr., Carol D. Shull, Ann Webster Smith, Larry E. Tise, Merle Wells, Thomas B. Williams, Frederick C. Williamson, and Alfred B. Wolfe.
Physical Description
Cassette tapes.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Staff
- Date completed:
- 1987
- EAD encoding:
- Peter Martinez, May 2004Maria Keating
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, December 2014
- Architecture -- United States -- Conservation and restoration.
- Aten, Lawrence E.
- Bearss, Edwin C.
- Bigelow, Martha M.
- Boasberg, Tersh.
- Brew, J. O.
- Bullock, Helen Claire Duprey, 1904-
- Burns, John A.
- Chambers, S. Allen.
- Charleton, James H.
- Connally, Ernest Allen
- DeLony, Eric N.
- Delaporte, Chris T.
- Downing, Antoinette Forrester.
- Feiss, Carl.
- Ferris, Robert G.
- Fowler, John.
- Fridley, Russell W.
- Garvey, Robert R.
- Hartzog, George B.
- Historic buildings -- United States -- Conservation and restoration.
- Historic sites -- Law and legislation -- United States.
- Hume, Gary L.
- Ireland, Casey.
- Ireland, Lucille.
- Jandl, H. Ward.
- Karas, George A.
- Keel, Bennie C., 1934-
- Keune, Russell V.
- King, Thomas F.
- Knott, Lawson B.
- Lambe, James M.
- Levy, Ben.
- Longworth, Nellie L.
- Lyon, Elizabeth A.
- Massey, James C.
- McDermott, John D.
- McElvain, Lee.
- Morton, Terry B.
- Mott, William Penn.
- Murtagh, William J.
- National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers
- National Historic Preservation Program
- National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States
- Nelson, Lee H.
- Neumann, Loretta.
- Newman, Stephen D.
- Oldham, Sally G.
- Pitts, Mary Carolyn.
- Preservation Action
- Ramirez, Constance Werner.
- Rettie, Dwight Fay.
- Rogers, Jerry L.
- Scoville, Douglas H.
- Sheely, Horace J., Jr.
- Shull, Carol D.
- Smith, Ann Webster.
- Tise, Larry E.
- United States Conference of Mayors. Special Committee on Historic Preservation
- United States. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
- United States. Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service
- United States. National Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 1980
- United States. National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
- United States. National Park Service
- United States. Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation
- United States. Tax Reform Act of 1976
- Wells, Merle.
- Williams, Thomas B.
- Williamson, Frederick B.
- Wolfe, Albert B.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Staff
- Date
- May 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu