Reminiscences of Newton Bishop Drury : oral history, 1972.

Biographical Note

Conservationist.

Scope and Contents

Secretary to University of California president Benjamin Ide Wheeler; Drury Brothers Advertising Agency; Save-the-Redwoods League; creation of California State Park system; National Park Service, 1940-51; Jackson Hole acquisition and other controversies; administration of California State Park system, 1951-59; first World Conference on National Parks; establishment of Redwood National Park; comments on campaigns, California legislators, state and federal officials, conservation leaders, and lobbying.

Subjects

• California--History--1950-
• Conservationists--Interviews.
• Conservation of natural resources.
• Drury, Newton Bishop, 1889-1978.
• Fry, Amelia R., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Jackson Hole Region (Wyo.)
• National parks and reserves.
• Oral histories.
• Parks--California.
• Schrepfer, Susan R., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• United States. National Park Service.
• Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927.

Access Conditions

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