Citizens Committee for the Preservation of Assateague Island papers
Abstract
This collection consists of papers from the Citizens Committee for the Preservation of Assateague Island, regarding the effort to make Assateague Island a National Seashore.
Dates
- 1963 - 1965
Creator
- Committee to Preserve Assateague Island (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
The Committee for the Preservation of Assateague Island was a tri-state committee formed early 1964 to organize support for making Assateague a National Seashore, by writing letters, sending representatives to Congressional hearings, etc. C. A. Porter Hopkins was president and Claude Callegary was vice-president. The committee worked out of 413 St. Paul Place, Baltimore and presumably disbanded after legislation was passed in the summer of 1965.
Extent
0.42 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of C. A. Porter Hopkins, October 1965.
Scope and Contents
Included are correspondence (letters, postcards, telegram); notes; press releases, many of them from the office of Senator Daniel B. Brewster; statements made at Congressional Hearings; newspaper clippings, etc. C. A. Porter Hopkins was president of the committee and Claude L. Callegary the vice-president. Others appearing in the collection include Ellery B. Woodworth, Brewster's legislative assistant; Rogers C. B. Morton, then representing MD's First District; other members of Congress, and conservation organizations such as the Izaak Walton League of America. Collection also contains copies of state and federal studies "Hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands...on S. 2128, a Bill to Provide for the Establishment of the Assateague Island National Seashore...Aug. 11, 1964.", and other printed materials.
Creator
- Committee to Preserve Assateague Island (Organization)
- Brewster, Daniel Baugh, 1923-2007 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Citizens Committee for the Preservation of Assateague Island papers
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021-09-01: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Herberger.
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org