William Penn Mott Jr. Memorial Fund records, 1943-2001 (bulk 1991-2001).

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William Penn Mott Jr. Memorial Fund records, 1943-2001 (bulk 1991-2001).

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The William Penn Mott, Jr. Memorial Fund records contain correspondence, memos, meeting minutes, agendas, financial records, and the draft of and research materials for the Mott biography Prophet of the Parks by Mary Ellen Butler. The bulk of the collection consists of the background materials and notes used to write the biography. Also includes photographs of William Penn Mott Jr., and members of the memorial fund.

6 cartons and 1 oversize folder (7.55 linear ft.)

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William Penn Mott Jr. Memorial Fund.

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Online Archive of California

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Mott, William Penn.

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Director of the National Park Service 1985-1989; Director of the California State Department of Parks and Recreation, 1967-1975; General Manager of the East Bay Regional Park Destrict, 1962-1967; Superintendent of Parks for Oakland, California, 1946-1962. From the description of William Penn Mott papers. 1985-1989. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 22965395 William Penn Mott, Jr. (1909-1992) was manager of the Oakland Park Dept. and later the East Bay Regio...

Butler, Mary Ellen, 1940-

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Journalist Mary Ellen Butler was born Mary Ellen Rose on May 8, 1940 in Berkeley, California. Her mother, Virginia Craft Rose, is the niece of Harvard University graduate and editor/activist Monroe Trotter. Her grandfather was Henry Kempton Craft (d.1974), an early black YMCA executive and a direct descendent of William and Ellen Craft, famous for their daring escape from slavery in 1848. Butler's father, Joshua Richard Rose, headed the Northwest branch of the YMCA in Oakland, California, where ...