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The Assateague Beach Coast Guard Station station house, garage, and boathouse are part of the Assateague Island National Seashore (NS). The station house and the garage (the original boathouse) were built in 1922 when U.S. Coast Guard Station 150 was established at the southern end of Assateague Island in Assateague, Virginia. When the boathouse was constructed in 1938- 39 on Tom's Cove to the north of the station house, the original boathouse was converted to a garage. The Assateague Beach Coast Guard station was decommissioned in 1967, and the same year the site became part of the Assateague Island (ASIS) NS. Lack of park operating funds and infrequent usage of the site has resulted in increased deferred maintenance and a resulting loss of historic fabric. The buildings will require significant work that would potentially affect important features, necessitating the identification of the character- defining features to ensure the preservation of the structures' integrity, and to provide guidance for the reuse and preservation of the structures. This draft historic structure report for the Assateague Beach Coast Guard Station structures is an abbreviated Level II report. It was prepared for Assateague Island NS by the Building Conservation Branch (BCB) of the National Park Service's Northeast Cultural Resources Center. Preparation of this report began with historical and archival research, and physical and photographic documentation of the structures, which was conducted by BCB Architectural Conservators Maureen K. Phillips and John A. Scott. According to the terms of the project agreement, no fabric analysis (e.g., paint analysis, mortar analysis, etc.) was performed. The report was written by Architectural Conservator Maureen K. Phillips.

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site is one of the National Park Service's smaller units. It is composed of four properties that Johnson owned in Greenville, Tennessee. The site is located within view of the Great Smoky Mountains. The National Historic Site was established to honor his memory.

The purpose of this Cultural Landscape Report is to guide treatment and use of the above-ground resources associated with the Arkansas Post National Memorial (APNM). To do this, an investigation and evaluation of the historic landscape has been conducted, using National Park Service and National Register of Historic Places guidelines. The documentation of historic significance and evaluation of integrity of the cultural landscape serves as a framework upon which treatment recommendations are based. The report provides park managers with a comprehensive understanding of the physical evolution of the historic landscape, and guidance for future management of the site.

This report is used to share information regarding current resource management.

The Museum Management Plan for North Cascades National Park Service Complex (NOCA) and Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve (EBLA) identifies the museum management issues facing the parks, and presents recommendations to address them. A team of museum management professionals developed this plan in full cooperation with the staff responsible for managing park archives, museum collections, and library resources. The museum and archival collections of the two parks differ in size and complexity. North Cascades collections have been developed over many decades and contain diverse subjects and material types. Ebey's Landing's collections are quite new and concentrate on archeological excavations. The construction and expansion of the Marblemount museum facility gives North Cascades an important role in regional and network museum operations, serving not only Ebey's Landing, but also San Juan Island National Historical Park. As the complexity and amount of work continue to grow, the museum program will require increased levels of support and resources to meet the challenges it faces. North Cascades and Ebey's Landing have many outstanding opportunities for the growth and use of object and archive collections to support their mission and serve the public. Further progress requires management support at the highest levels. This plan calls for a number of actions that are intended to remove obstacles that have stymied the effective management of museum resources for many years. It also brings together additional expertise to address some of the museum issues that have suffered from unintended consequences of past approaches. This Museum Management Plan recommends actions designed to take the park archives and museum resources through a developmental phase that will provide for the documentation, preservation, and management of these park-specific resources.

Report by National Park Service to discuss current natural resource management information.

This study was done to determine whether or not the National Park Service should have a role in preserving Gullah culture and if so, what that role might be.

The Museum Management Plan for North Cascades National Park Service Complex (NOCA) and Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve (EBLA) identifies the museum management issues facing the parks, and presents recommendations to address them. A team of museum management professionals developed this plan in full cooperation with the staff responsible for managing park archives, museum collections, and library resources. The museum and archival collections of the two parks differ in size and complexity. North Cascades collections have been developed over many decades and contain diverse subjects and material types. Ebey's Landing's collections are quite new and concentrate on archeological excavations. The construction and expansion of the Marblemount museum facility gives North Cascades an important role in regional and network museum operations, serving not only Ebey's Landing, but also San Juan Island National Historical Park. As the complexity and amount of work continue to grow, the museum program will require increased levels of support and resources to meet the challenges it faces. North Cascades and Ebey's Landing have many outstanding opportunities for the growth and use of object and archive collections to support their mission and serve the public. Further progress requires management support at the highest levels. This plan calls for a number of actions that are intended to remove obstacles that have stymied the effective management of museum resources for many years. It also brings together additional expertise to address some of the museum issues that have suffered from unintended consequences of past approaches. This Museum Management Plan recommends actions designed to take the park archives and museum resources through a developmental phase that will provide for the documentation, preservation, and management of these park-specific resources.

John Brown's Raid National Park Service History Series is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition .Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Castillo de San Marcos - A Guide to Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition .Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Describes how cultural perceptions of nature and the resulting trends in tourism have shaped Oregon Caves and the area around it over the span of more than a century. 252 pages. maps. ill.

He hated the radio; he called it a "lemon." He had even less use for the electronic phonograph. In 1925 he sounded the death knell for the Edison name in the home phonograph industry by saying he would stick with his mechanical device. After much stubborn hesitation, his company brought out an electronic phonograph in 1928. But it was too late. In 1929 the Edison company stopped manufacturing entertainment phonographs and records. A last-minute venture into the mushrooming radio field failed soon afterwards. Thomas Alva Edison belonged to the 19th century. It was there, in the beginnings of America's love affair with technology, that the dynamic and sharp-tongued "country boy" from Milan, Ohio, put his extraordinary genius to work and achieved national fame. In that age before the horseless carriage and wireless Thomas Edison made his remarkable contribution to the quality of life in America and became a folk hero, much like an Horatio Alger character. Edison's reputation stayed with him in the early 20th century, but his pace of achievements slackened. At his laboratory in West Orange, N.J., in the 1900's he did not produce as many important inventions as he had there and at his Menlo Park, N.J., lab in the late 1800's. Edison's projects and quests became expensive, costing millions and resulting in few rewards and profits. His forays into many fields were continuing evidence of a Da Vinci-like breadth of mind, but they were not financially successful, or, one suspects, personally satisfying. Besides some financial success with a battery, it was profits from the phonograph and motion picture innovations, both fruits of his work in the 19th century, that kept Edison solvent in those later years.

This volume is a guide prepared by the National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings, a nationwide program conducted by the National Park Service to identify historic and prehistoric places of significance. The sites and buildings described in this volume represent a colorful phase of American history. Yet, it was a tragic era. It has also been distorted in the popular mind by television and motion picture presentations. Visits to these pertinent historic sites will do much to dispel the myths associated with the period and contribute to better understanding of its complexities. Each site listed has a detailed history in this book.

The moving or transplanting of trees and shrubs is an activity probably as old as mankind. Basically, the process of moving growing plants from one place to another is little changed from early times, but our increased understanding of the processes of nature through recent research and investigations in the broad fields of horticulture, arboriculture, and forestry, and the development of better machinery and equipment have brought about many improvements in the technique of moving trees and shrubs. Today, the moving of trees 12 to 18 inches in diameter is a matter of routine, and trees several times as large frequently are transplanted with success. The cost of such operations is relatively high and seldom in national park work is it justifiable, except under special conditions.The transplanting of small- to medium-sized trees and shrubs, however, is a constantly recurring activity in areas under Service jurisdiction, and it is to aid the planners and supervisors of such work that this bulletin is issued. Because of the varying conditions of climate, soil, temperature, species, etc., encountered in national park areas, it is impossible to lay down rigid rules for transplanting. The principles involved, however, are the same in Maine as they are in Texas, and it is hoped that a codification and explanation of some of these principles and descriptions of certain techniques will prove to be adaptable and of value under many of the various conditions encountered.