California--Lassen Volcanic National Park

Letter from Carl Schurz Vrooman to Franklin K. Lane

Acting Secretary of Agriculture Vrooman informs Secretary of the Interior Lane that the only permanent improvement currently present in the Lassen Volcanic National Park is twenty miles of telephone lines. He includes a diagram showing the area of the National Park, as well as the approximate location of the telephone line. Vrooman confirms that members of the Forest Service have been directed to continue to protect the park from fire or damage until the Department of the Interior can take over administration, and asks if there is an estimate of when this transfer might take place.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1916-09-08

Creator(s)

Vrooman, Carl Schurz, 1872-1966

Letter from David Franklin Houston to Franklin K. Lane

Secretary of Agriculture Houston has learned that the bill to create Lassen Volcanic National Park was approved by President Woodrow Wilson recently, and informs Secretary of the Interior Lane that he has directed the local officers of the Forest Service to continue to protect the area from fire or injury until such time as the officers of the Department of the Interior can take over the work.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1916-08-14

Creator(s)

Houston, David Franklin, 1866-1940

Letter from Bo Sweeney to David Franklin Houston

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Sweeney confirms receipt of the letter from Secretary of Agriculture Houston stating that officers of the Forest Service have been directed to continue maintaining the lands within the boundaries of the newly created Lassen Volcanic National Park until the Department of the Interior can assume their maintenance, and thanks him for the action taken in this matter. He hopes Congress will appropriate funds allowing the Department of the Interior to take control over the park before the present session adjourns.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1916-08-21

Creator(s)

Sweeney, Bo, 1862-1917

Official program of the dedication of Lassen Volcanic National Park

Dedication ceremonies for Lassen Volcanic National Park stretch over three days, and include a number of speeches, tours, and dances.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1931-07

Creator(s)

Unknown

Speech of Ray L. Wilbur at Lassen Volcanic National Park Dedication

Secretary of the Interior Wilbur speaks at the dedication of Lassen Volcanic National Park, recounting the history of the effort to designate the area as a national park, and the improvements which were necessary to do so. Wilbur acknowledges the help the Department of the Interior and National Park Service have received from the people of northern California, as well as the efforts of a number of legislators and government employees. He reflects on the National Park Service as a whole, and emphasizes that the park belongs not only to California, but to the entire United States. (In his speech Wilbur mistakenly identifies William H. Taft, rather than Theodore Roosevelt, as the president who initially created Lassen and Cinder Cone National Monuments in 1906)

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1931-07-25

Creator(s)

Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949

Letter from Lewis Carrigan to Stephen Tyng Mather

Lewis Carrigan, Secretary-Manager of the Northern California Counties Association, sends Director of the National Park Service Mather a letter outlining the opinion of his organization regarding the movement to have Lassen Volcanic National Park returned to the Forest Service. The Northern California Counties Association is firmly of the opinion that Lassen Volcanic National Park should remain a national park, and opposes any effort to remove this designation from it.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1920-01-12

Creator(s)

Carrigan, Lewis, -1948

H.R. 145. A bill for the protection and improvement of the Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, and for other purposes.

Representative Raker introduced a bill to appropriate $22,500 for the protection and improvement of Lassen Volcanic National Park. The bill also directs that all proceeds and revenues connected with the park will be expended for the administration and improvement of the park, and allows the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of land, buildings, money, or other property which can be used to better the park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1923-12-05

Creator(s)

Raker, John Edward, 1863-1926

H.R. 5589. A bill for the protection and improvement of the Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, and for other purposes.

Representative Raker introduced a bill to appropriate $20,000 for the protection and improvement of Lassen Volcanic National Park. The bill also directs that all proceeds and revenues connected with the park will be expended for the administration and improvement of the park, and allows the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of land, buildings, money, or other property which can be used to better the park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1921-04-30

Creator(s)

Raker, John Edward, 1863-1926

H.R. 5588. A Bill to repeal section 5 of an Act entitled “An Act to establish the Lassen Volcanic National Park in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, in the State of California, and for other purposes,” approved August 9, 1916

This bill, introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Raker, repeals section 5 of the act establishing Lassen Volcanic National Park, which restricted the amount of money able to be appropriated for the park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1922-02-21

Creator(s)

Raker, John Edward, 1863-1926

H.R. 5588. An Act to repeal section 5 of an Act entitled “An Act to establish the Lassen Volcanic National Park in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, in the State of California, and for other purposes,” approved August 9, 1916

This act, introduced in the United States Senate, repeals section 5 of the act establishing the Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1922-03-07

Creator(s)

Unknown

H.R. 4111. A bill for the protection and improvement of the Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, and for other purposes.

This bill proposes to appropriate $5,000 for the protection and improvement of Lassen Volcanic National Park, directs that all revenue connected with the park should be used for its administration and improvement, and authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of land, buildings, money, or property for park purposes.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1921-04-18

Creator(s)

Raker, John Edward, 1863-1926

Resolution of Susanville Chamber of Commerce against the abolishment of Lassen Volcanic National Park

The Susanville Chamber of Commerce issues a resolution opposing the “abandonment and discontinuance of the Peter Lassen National Park as a National Park, and the return of the lands embraced therein to the Forest Service.” It also encourages the United States Congress to make the necessary appropriations to allow for improvement of the park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1920-01-17

Creator(s)

Arnold, Medford R. (Medford Roop), 1885-1967

Letter from Stephen Tyng Mather to Lewis Carrigan

National Park Service Director Mather thanks Lewis Carrigan, Secretary-Manager of the Northern California Counties Association, for his letter reporting the attitude of his organization regarding the Lassen Volcanic National Park. Mather explains that due to a lack of funding the Forest Service has been managing the park lands thus far, but mentions that the National Park Service has requested an appropriation of $5,000 for the park for the coming year. Mather is sure Lassen Volcanic National Park will be a compliment to other parks in the area, and is glad to hear about the support for the park that Carrigan reports.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1920-01-23

Creator(s)

Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1930

Letter from John Edward Raker to Stephen Tyng Mather

Representative Raker has heard that Director of the National Park Service Mather was unable to visit Lassen Volcanic National Park during his first trip through California. He hopes that Mather will be able to visit the park in October, as it will be an ideal time to do so, and his constituents greatly desire such a visit. A. L. Conard, Chairman of the Committee for the improvement of the Lassen Volcanic National Park, would particularly like to speak with Mather. Raker feels that such a visit would help enhance Mather’s future presentations to the Committee on Appropriations as he continues seeking funding for the park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1919-09-18

Creator(s)

Raker, John Edward, 1863-1926

Letter from Arno B. Cammerer to Agnes Shea McCollisker

Acting Director of the National Park Service Cammerer was sorry to hear that Agnes Shea McCollisker did not have any available copies of her lecture “Scenic America.” Cammerer informs McCollisker that the National Park Service has never yet had funds appropriated for the administration of Lassen Volcanic National Park, and cannot assume control over the park until such funds are appropriated.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1919-08-18

Creator(s)

Cammerer, Arno B. (Arno Berthold), 1883-1941

Letter from Stephen Tyng Mather to the Juniper Lake Resort Company

In reply to a request for information on what improvements the National Park Service plans to make in Lassen Volcanic National Park, Director of the National Park Service Mather reports that unless the recommended $5,000 appropriation is included in the civil bill considered by Congress, it will be impossible for the service to make any improvements to the reservation during the next fiscal year. Mather notes “with interest” that the road from Chester, California, to Juniper Lake has been completed, and hopes that the Juniper Lake Resort Company’s plans for further improvements are successful.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1919-03-15

Creator(s)

Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1930

Letter from Stephen Tyng Mather to Alexander J. Forbes

Director of the National Park Service Mather regrets that the service is not currently in a position to do much with Lassen Volcanic National Park because no appropriations for funding have been made for it. He hopes that Congress will appropriate funds for the park after the war, which will allow for development of the area.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1918-06-28

Creator(s)

Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1930

Letter from Horace M. Albright to R. B. Marshall

Horace M. Albright informs Superintendent of National Parks Marshall that the Forest Service reports having employed one ranger in the area included in Lassen Park, as well as several temporary patrolmen in summer. The cost of administration is being ascertained from the district forester, Coert Du Bois. The bill concerning the park is still being discussed in Congress.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1916-08-16

Creator(s)

Albright, Horace M. (Horace Marden), 1890-1987

Letter from Stephen Tyng Mather to Roscoe J. Anderson

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Mather confirms receipt of the letter from Roscoe J. Anderson, Secretary-Manager of the Northern California Counties Association, enclosing a resolution of his organization. Mather informs Anderson that the Department of the Interior has considered the measure, and made a favorable report regarding the bill submitted by the chairman of the House Committee on Public Lands.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1916-02-21

Creator(s)

Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1930

Letter from Franklin K. Lane to Scott Ferris

Secretary of the Interior Lane submits his reply regarding H.R. 348 to Representative Ferris, chairman of the House Committee on Public Lands. The bill, which would establish Lassen Volcanic National Park, is identical to a previous bill which received a favorable report from the Committee on Public Lands, and contains a number of usual provisions which are enacted when creating national parks. Lane suggests that if the bill becomes law, money should be appropriated to allow the Department of the Interior to administer the land.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1916-02-15

Creator(s)

Lane, Franklin K.