Abstract James M. Ridenour served as Director of the National Parks Service from April 1989 to January 1993 under the George H. Bush administration. The papers consist of his correspondence with National Park Service administrators and staff as well as other government administrators especially those from the Department of the Interior. There is correspondence concerning the adoption as a national park of the Presidio Army Base in San Francisco, the 50th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, the...

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This collection consists of the personal papers of Lemuel A. Garrison, the majority of which document his long career with the National Park Service. In addition, there are some personal papers of his wife, Inger Larsen Garrison.