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Guide to the Working Files of NPS Employees

Type: Article

This thematic guide provides a list of the working files for National Park Service (NPS) employees found in various archival collections within the NPS History Collection.

Harpers Ferry Center

Historic Listing of NPS Park, Program, and Office Codes

Type: Article

This guide provides a current and historic listing of National Park Service (NPS) three- or four-letter codes used to represent parks, programs, and regional offices. It is intended to be used together with NPS History Collection finding aids for collections which include these codes, although it may be useful for other purposes.

Guide to the NPS Cultural Resources Bibliography Collection

Type: Article

This finding aid describes the National Park Service (NPS) Cultural Resources Bibliography (CRBIB) Collection, part of the NPS History Collection.

From Furniture to Families—A Volunteer’s View of Hampton National Historic Site

Type: Article

Margaret is one of Hampton’s longest serving volunteers and has seen nearly 40 years of change in the park, its visitation, and how the site’s collection of historic structures and over 45,000-object collection are used to interpret the stories of those who lived and labored at the once 25,000-acre plantation.

Lowell National Historical Park

Patrick J Mogan Cultural Center

Type: Place

Guide to the NPS Women's Organization

Type: Article

This finding aid describes the National Park Service (NPS) Women's Organization Collection, part of the NPS History Collection

Guide to the NPS Youth Programs Collection

Type: Article

This finding aid describes the National Park Service (NPS) Youth Programs Collection, part of the NPS History Collection.

Guide to the NPS Job Corps Collection

Type: Article

This finding aid describes the NPS Job Corps Collection, part of the NPS History Collection.

Guide to the NPS Civilian Conservation Corps Collection

Type: Article

This finding aid describes the National Park Service Civilian Conservation Corps Collection at the NPS History Collection.

Harpers Ferry Center

Guide to NPS Director's Office Newsletters

Type: Article

This finding aid describes the National Park Service Director's Office Newsletter Collection, part of the NPS History Collection.

Juvenile Olema Creek Coho Aid Regional Coho Salmon Recovery Effort

Type: Article

In early October, biologists with the San Francisco Bay Area Network Coho & Steelhead Monitoring Program assisted the California Department of Fish & Wildlife in collecting 40 juvenile coho salmon from Olema Creek. Now, these fish are living in the Don Clausen Fish Hatchery located at Lake Sonoma in Sonoma County.

Guide to the Nature Notes Collection

Type: Article

This finding aid describes the "Nature Notes" Collection, part of the NPS History Collection.

César E. Chávez National Monument

Thirty Years of Farmworker Struggle

Type: Article

Labor organizing has a long history in agriculture. Between 1930 and 1960, diverse groups of farmworkers in California struggled to form unions and to take collective action for better wages and working conditions. This article highlights the political and legal structures that made organizing in the fields especially difficult.

Alice Austen

Type: Person

Alice Austen was a photographer who documented the lively activities of her female social circle at the turn of the century in New York City.

Aimee Semple McPherson

Type: Person

Aimee Kennedy Semple McPherson was an evangelist, radio broadcaster, and public speaker. She innovated new ways to deliver religious messages through mass media.

Amache National Historic Site

Amache Museum

Type: Place

The Amache Musuem is located in Granada, CO and operated by the Amache Preservation Society.

Guide to the Herbert Maier Photo Albums

Type: Article

This finding aid describes the Herbert Maier Photograph Albums, part of the NPS History Collection.

Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail

Museum of the Cherokee Indian

Type: Place

Museum of the Cherokee Indian is a Certified Site for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. The museum is dedicated to sharing the history and culture of the Cherokee people.

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument

How “Hot” Radioactive Fossils Tested One Park’s Safety Tech

Type: Article

Some fossil bones emit huge amounts of radon, a cancer-causing gas, so staying safe when storing or studying them is a real challenge. Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument found ways to overcome the problem through upgraded safety technology, but its story is a cautionary one.

Series: Teaching Suffrage

Type: Article

These learning activities engage students with the history of women advocating for the right to vote. Each lesson uses an item from the National Woman's Party collection or an aspect of the story of suffrage to make connections to broad questions of working for change.

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