H. R. 5250
House of Representatives bill that would create a national monument at Theodore Roosevelt’s Maltese Cross Ranch in Billings County, North Dakota.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1948-02-02
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National monuments--Law and legislation
An Act to abolish the Verendrye National Monument
Act of Congress abolishing the Verendrye National Monument. The land was transferred to the State of North Dakota under the provision that it may be flooded as part of the Garrison Dam project.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1956-07-30
Verendrye National Monument: Proclamation No. 1380
President Wilson establishes Verendrye National Monument near North Dakota’s Crowhigh Butte.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1917-06-29
Letter from Preston C. West to Franklin K. Lane
Department of the Interior Solicitor Preston C. West sends Secretary of the Interior Lane his opinion regarding Mount Olympus National Monument, and raises the question whether the Department of the Interior rightfully has anything to do with monuments in National Forests.
Collection
Creation Date
1915-04-20
Federal Register Notice of Proclamation of Cinder Cone and Lassen Peak National Monuments
Using the Antiquities Act of 1906, President Roosevelt proclaims Cinder Cone and Lassen Peak, within the Lassen Peak National Forest, as National Monuments. The specific areas designated by these proclamations are described by the attached diagrams.
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Creation Date
1907-05-06
Pinnacles National Monument California by the President of the United States of America: a proclamation
President Roosevelt proclaims the formations known as the Pinnacles Rocks, within Pinnacles National Forest, Pinnacles National Monument; a map diagrams the boundaries of the monument.
Collection
Creation Date
1908-01-16
Jewel Cave National Monument proclamation
By the authority of the Antiquities Act, President Roosevelt proclaims Jewel Cave in the Black Hills of South Dakota to be a national monument.
Collection
Creation Date
1908-02-07
Devils Tower National Monument proclamation
By the authority of the Antiquities Act, President Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming to be a national monument.
Collection
Devils Tower National Monument
Creation Date
1906-09-24
Mount Rushmore Memorial Act of 1938
An act amending the act that created the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission. The amendment made the commission’s quorum six members and states that no commissioner is to be compensated but expenses can be paid.
Collection
Creation Date
1938-06-15
Letter from Gutzon Borglum to Isabella Greenway
Gutzon Borglum complains of the difficulties besetting the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission which have been complicated by the involvement of the National Park Service. Borglum will attend a meeting, organized by Senator Pittman, with President Roosevelt the following week with the goal of resolving the matter.
Collection
Creation Date
1939-06-01
Letter from Louise Franklin Bache to Fred W. Sargent
The National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs has taken action to support S. 4295, which amends the act creating the Mount Rushmore National Monument to include Susan B. Anthony.
Collection
Creation Date
1936-08-06
Report of Gutzon Bortglum to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission
Gutzon Borglum summarizes the events and legislation that led to the creation of Mount Rushmore National Memorial. He describes the current state of the monument and the circumstances presently preventing timely completion. Borglum puts forth a timeline, with estimated costs, for completion by 1936.
Collection
Creation Date
1935
Letter from Edward Bruce to Isabella Greenway
Edward Bruce has changed his mind and is now in favor of completing Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Bruce’s project to decorate federal buildings was approved and he suspects Representative Greenway played a role in its approval. He would also like to decorate the offices of members of Congress should they desire it, including Greenway’s office. Bruce suggests Greenway’s office could be decorated with pictures or paintings of Greenway’s favorite places in the West.
Collection
Creation Date
1935-08-27
Letter from Peter Norbeck to Isabella Greenway
Senator Norbeck reviews S. 3204, a bill to secure funding for the completion of Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Norbeck hopes Representative Greenway can assist in “ironing out the opposition.”
Collection
Creation Date
1935-07-25
A bill to provide additional funds for the completion of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, in the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes
Text of H. R. 8755, a bill providing additional funds for the completion of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
Collection
Creation Date
1935-07-05
A bill to provide additional funds for the completion of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, in the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes
Text of S. 3204, a bill providing additional funds for the completion of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
Collection
Creation Date
1935-07-10
Completion of Mount Rushmore National Memorial
The Committee on the Library approves the appropriation of $200,000 of additional funds for the completion of Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Any future appropriations have been deemed out of order.
Collection
Creation Date
1935-07-10
Telegram from Gutzon Borglum to Isabella Greenway
Gutzon Borglum sends greetings and thanks for the passage of the Rushmore amendment which will allow completion of the Thomas Jefferson figure.
Collection
Creation Date
1934-06-18
An act creating the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission and defining its purposes and powers
Legislation creating the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission and laying out its powers and responsibilities. The purpose of the commission is to complete the carving of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial consisting of “heroic figures of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt.”
Collection
Creation Date
1929-02-25