Letter from Stephen Tyng Mather to Madison Grant
Subject(s): Forests and forestry, Humphrey, William E. (William Ewart), 1862-1934, Jones, Wesley Livsey, 1863-1932, Legislation, National parks and reserves, Public lands, United States. Congress, United States. Forest Service, United States. National Park Service, Washington (State)--Mount Olympus, Washington (State)--Olympic Peninsula
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Stephen Tyng Mather, Director of the National Parks Service, responds to Madison Grant’s inquiry regarding whether there had ever been attempt to establish a national park on Washington state’s Olympic peninsula. Mather reviews the history of the establishment of a National Monument, the proposed bills that would previously have established a National Park, as well as some of the present difficulties surrounding the establishment of such a park.
Collection
Olympic National Park
Creation Date
1928-10-26
Creator(s)
Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1930
Recipient
Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Stephen Tyng Mather to Madison Grant. [October 26, 1928]. Olympic National Park.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o309011. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1930. Letter from Stephen Tyng Mather to Madison Grant. [26 Oct. 1928]. Multi-image.
Olympic National Park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o309011.
APA:
Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1930., [1928, October 26]. Letter from Stephen Tyng Mather to Madison Grant.
Olympic National Park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o309011.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Olympic National Park. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/olympic-national-park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Olympic National Park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/olympic-national-park.
APA:
Olympic National Park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/olympic-national-park.
