Horseshoe Bend National Military Park. Papers, 1940-1984.
Title:
Papers, 1940-1984.
This collection, consisting of correspondence, letters, historical narratives, minutes of meetings of the Horseshoe Bend Battle Park Association (Tallapoosa Co., Ala.), warranty deeds, options for purchase of land, a boundary report, brochures, articles, clippings, press releases, and a teacher's guide, documents the development of the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park (Tallapoosa Co.) from the earliest efforts in 1940, to its creation in 1959 and use in subsequent years. The collection was accumulated by Judge C.J. Coley, secretary of the Horseshoe Bend Battle Park Association. The correspondence and letters series reflects the efforts of the Horseshoe Bend Battle Park Association, its board of directors, and its officers to gain support for the creation of the park from the Ala. legislature as well as from the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. This series is arranged chronologically by year, and correspondents include Judge C.J. Coley, Marie Bankhead Owen, Rucker Agee, Peter Brannon, Thomas W. Martin, Elbert Cox, Albert Rains, Hugh Comer, Lister Hill, James E. Folsom, George Huddleston, Jr., Kenneth A. Roberts, and John Sparkman. The next series, planning and development, includes letters and meeting minutes that document the actions and activities of the Horsebend Battle Park Association, the boundary report issued by the National Park System Planning Office, and legislative proposals by the Ala. legislature and the U.S. Congress. The third and final series, publicity, contains brochures, magazine articles, press releases, a TV script, photographs, and clippings as well as programs and other memorabilia from commemorative events held at the Park. A teacher's guide to the park's Nature and Man Environmental Study Area (1971) is also available.
ArchivalResource:
2 cubic ft. (4 archives boxes and 2 volumes).
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