| Record
Series Name:
CMC
Conservation Effort Documents
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| Physical
Location: Box 16
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| Record Series Value (High, Medium, Low):
Estimated as High |
| Record Series Description:
CMC has produced documents over the years promoting
conservation in Western North Carolina.
See the record series CMC Max Patch and CMC Mountains to Sea
Trail for these two conservation efforts.
Summary of records: |
| CMC 2002.2.16. |
1 |
Carter Creek Fall Preservation Project:
1955-56; Jerome Dykeman effort. Group of letters,
transcripts, and newspaper clippings about CMC's support of the Carter
Creek preservation project, 1955-56 (15 items.) |
| 2 |
Tennent Mountain Naming: 1956-64;
letters to Congressman, documents, newspaper clippings, photos (Arch Nichols folder)
(67 items.) |
| 3 |
Naming of Black Brothers Mtns. near Mt. Mitchell:
1958; Arch Nichols folder with numerous correspondence between
D.H. Ramsey & CMC, newspaper clippings and dedication photos (49
items.) |
| 4 |
Photographs, four postcards, one Christmas card, two hike
reports, 1950s
and 1960s; miscellaneous hikes (42 items.) |
| 5 |
NC Trail Legislation: 1960s-1990s;
includes Joyce Kilmer and Appalachian Trail Act, among others: one
newspaper clipping; copies of four letters; list of NC congressmen;
draft copy of "North Carolina Trails System;" copy of
"Petition for Wilderness Study Area Designation;" copy of
study: "Whither Southern Appalachia? To Environmental Protection or
Destruction," with address of Congressman Gudger and President
Carter attached; copy of broadside "Dire Threat to Eastern
Wilderness" by Wilderness Society; copy of senate bill 3699:
"The National Forest Wild Areas Act of 1972;" copy of
"Direction for Management" wilderness areas; copy of NC House
bill 460: "Appalachian Trails Act;" copy of Public Law 90-543,
"To establish a national trails system, and for other purposes;"
copy of CMC draft of Management Plan for the Appalachian Trail. |
| 6 |
Great Smoky Mountains National Park:
14 newspaper clippings, most about the controversial plan for a
transpark road; three letters to Roger Morrow: from Earnest Dickerman,
Louiza Clinard, and C.M. Cromwell; letter to Hearing Officer from (Miss)
Adriana Webb; five postcards to Roger Morrow; copy of report from The
Wilderness Society; letter from Stewart Brandborg to Roger Morrow;
announcement of CMC social meeting; letter from Roger Morrow to Stewart
M. Brandborg; "Resolution of the Carolina Mountain Club;"
"Statement of Stewart M. Brandborg" support Wilderness areas;
copy of magazine ad promoting conservation; reprint of an editorial from
National Parks Magazine; CMC Bulletin, June 6, 1966; copy of 1943
Agreement for "north shore" road; copy of letter to
Hearings Officer from Robert G. Beard; statement of Frances D.
Chamberlin at Wilderness Hearing; memorandum and brochure from The
Wilderness Society; "Urgent Bulletin" from CMC; letter to
congressman Roy A. Taylor; Roy A. Taylor Congressional Newsletter;
statement by John B. Dickson; draft of statement for Secretary Hickle
"regarding GSMNP wilderness designation; statement on "Smokies
Wilderness Bills" marked "for newsletter;" letter to Jim
Sasser from George Oldham, letter to George Oldham from Senator
Jim Sasser; letter to George Oldham from Sara Davis; copy of
"Recommendations for Wilderness in the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, January 25, 1975;" statement for Secretary Hickle
Conference, June 23, 1969; letter to CMC members, 19 May, 1969; letter
to Senator Ervin from Arch Nichols, April 12, 1969; two copies of form
letter to Secretary Udall; copy of letter to Stewart Udall from Bernard
L. Ellis with attached map. |
| 7 |
South Toe and Big Ivy River Management Plan:
Letter to Alan Barton from Robert Phillips, USDA Forest Service,
Dec. 11, 1975; letter to Robert Phillips from Alan Barton, Feb.2, 1976;
copy of Data Summary for management plan. |
| 8 |
Blue Ridge Parkway Extension: copy of "Park Service
Planning Procedures--February, 1976, Blue Ridge Parkway Extension,
Background Questions and Answers; copy of "Summary of Alternatives
Blue Ridge Parkway Extension North Carolina;" letter to "Blue
Ridge Parkway" from Arch Nichols, Feb. 11, 1976. |
| 9 |
Special Use Application for Big Ivy Cabin, March 6, 1962;
Special Use Permit, April 3, 1962; letter to John Davis from Johnny
McLain, Nov. 26, 1974; letter to Johnny McLain, District Ranger, from
John Davis, Dec. 9,1974; memo to Jack Davis from Nolan Hess, Oct. 4,
1974; two copies of Special Use Permit, Dec. 30, 1974; copy of
handwritten letter from W.L Highton to N.C. State Insurance Dept., Dec
27, 1974; copy of letter to W.L. Highton from Charles Swindell, Jan. 3,
1975; page from CMC newsletter about Big Ivy Cabin. |
| 10 |
Copy of The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation 1973
Report; letter to John Davis from William Starling, Aug. 21, 1973;
letter to Jerry McNabb from W.B. Matthews, Aug. 16, 1973; copy of sheet
listing "Carolin Mountain Club Information;" letter to Dr.
William Archie from John W. Davis, Aug. 31, 1973; grant application and
abstract for "Preservation of Roan Mountain Highlands;"
letter to Dr. Dale Gramley from John W. Davis, Sep. 10, 1973; two
postcards from the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation; letter to John W.
Davis from Dale Gramley, Sep. 14, 1973; copy of "Grantee's
Acceptance and Understanding" signed by John W. Davis, Nov. 26,
1973; group of twenty-three letters between CMC and various foundations
about applying for and receiving grants, and distributing grant monies;
copy of article from the New York Times describing gift to the Nature
Conservancy, June 27, 1974; large envelope from The Nature Conservancy
with information for members promoting a book by Francis Lee Jaques;
brochure on "The Highlands of Roan." |
| 11 |
CMC radio station license, 1985; copy of
license; three copies of letter to Richard D. Roberts from Art Rowe,
District Ranger, Dec. 18, 1985; photocopy of "Bill for
Collection" from Forest Service to CMC for portable radios;
"Collection Agreement" between CMC and USDA Forest Service; |
| 12 |
Forest Service booklet "National Scenic
and Recreational Trails;" copy of Public Law 90-543, "National
Trails System Act;" newspaper clipping of article on trails in NC,
3/15/73; copy of letter to Del Thorsen, Supervisor, from Jack Davis,
July 31, 1973; letter to Jack Davis from Del Thorsen, Aug. 10, 1973;
letter to John W. Davis from "Stan," June 28, 1973; letter to
John W. Davis from Granville B. Liles, June 21, 1973; copy of letter to
James E. Harrington from John W. Davis, June 11, 1973; letter to John W.
Davis from James E. Harrington, June 26, 1973.
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| 13 |
Appalachian Trail Corridor Project, 1975-76:
letter to Stanley A. Murray from CMC, Oct. 28, 1968, discussing the
relocation of sections of the Appalachian Trail; letter to CMC from Paul
C. Pritchard, Dec. 15, 1975; copy of "Final Report of the 1975
Trails Intern," Jan. 6, 1976; copy of "Project Proposal 1976
Intern Project;" letter to James E. Harrington from Paul C.
Pritchard, Feb. 4, 1976 with "Corridor Project Schedule"
attached (torn, upper right corner;) memo to Corridor Task Force
Members from Paul Pritchart, March 1976; four letters about the A.T.
Corridor Study Project; letter with list of State Trail Coordinators;
handwritten note with trail corridor survey data; |
| 14 |
Copy of "Story of Rattlesnake Lodge"
from "Let's Go," Jan. & Apr. 1971; two letters about
naming "Mt. Ambler;" Aug. 1960; letter about Parkway
aquisition of Rattlesnake Lodge, Mar. 1976; two letters and newspaper
clipping about Rattlesnake lodge; |
| 15 |
Linville Gorge visitor's permit, Apr. 1982;
copy of Linville Gorge Wilderness Permit Plan; memo about permit
requests; list of CMC members who entered the Wilderness area with
copies of permits. |
| 16 |
Handwritten letter to "Dick"
from "Sherman" May 1995; copy of agreement between Forest
Service and NC to operate the Arboretum; map of "Shut-In Trail;
"Bent Creek Area Crime Prevention Idea Sheet;" copy of
"Public Relations Master Plan;" three newspaper clippings
about fence at Arboretum; description of Arboretum Public Safety
Department; two copies of news release: User Group Task Force Holds
First Meeting" Apr.27, 1995; memo describing meeting, April 10,
1986; map of proposed Shut-In trail connector; letter from Sherman
Stambaugh to Will Orr, Jan. 17, 1996 |
| 17 |
Letter to Max Peterson from Ray Hunt, May 16,
1986, re Peake Tract acquisition; memo to ATC president about damage to
trail; copy of letter from David Startzell to Representative Yates, May
23, 1986; significant information and map of Peake Tract; copy of news
article on road in Roan Highlands; CMC mailing: "Grassy Ridge Road
Construction." |
| 18 |
Shining Rock Wilderness 1962-64.
Correspondence between public (mostly CMC members) and Forest Service,
14 letters; letter to Arch Nichols from C.H. Wharton, Feb. 2, 1962; two
copies of "Memorandum, A Proposed Wild Area in Haywood County,
NC;" two copies of "CMC, Inc., RESOLUTIONS FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A WILD AREA IN HAYWOOD COUNTY, NC;" Shining Rock
Wild Area-North Carolina Proposal, U.S. Forest Service;
"Environmental Damage by Motor Vehicles," CMC Mar. 10, 1986;
list of regulations defining wilderness area terms; news clipping:
"New Wilderness Area Established;" Forest Service news
release: "Shining Rock Wild Area;" "Trail Notes, Cold
Mountain Summit from U.S. 276, 9-28-69," with attached` notes. |
| 19 |
Balsam-Bonus Defeat Land Purchase:
1980-81. Four copies of newspaper article: "Park
Expansion Opponent Would Buy Land;" copies of four letters from
Arch Nichols to Rep. Lamar Gudger, 1980; copies of three letters
from Nichols to Sen. Jesse Helms, 1980; copy of letter from Nichols to
Sen. Robert Morgan, Mar. 23, 1980; three letters to Nichols from Lamar
Gudger, Apr. 4, 1980; six news clippings about land purchase; copy
of "Balsam-Bonas Defeat Land Purchase;" letter to
Nichols from George Olson, Forest Supervisor, Feb. 20, 1981; photocopy
of news article: "Forest Service has Option on 48,000
Acres;" two canned grapefruit labels with handwritten notes
on back. |
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20 |
Log Hollow and Wash Creek, 1989;
forest management documents of area. Copy of Management Plan, Area
7; copy of agenda for management plan meeting; list of
trails; three letters to John Dickson, CMC, from Art Rowe,
District Ranger; "CMC Comments for Pisgah Ranger District"
Feb. 8, 1988; typed letter with attached memo: "re trails;"
letter from John B. Dickson to Don Palmer, Recreation Planner with
attached CMC comments on management plan; two letters to CMC from Art
Rowe, District Ranger, Jan. 1989. |
| 21 |
Foothills Equestrian Nature Center (FENCE)
1987-89: two copies of "Proposed Carolinas Loop off the Appalachian
Trail," April 1987, with written note "CMC council voted not
to sponsor;" news release from FENCE on Carolinas Loop;
correspondence to and from James Flack concerning Carolinas Loop
proposal, 12 letters, 1987-89; meeting agenda Oct. 13, 1987; copy of
"The Carolinas Loop off the Appalachian Trail;" two memos and
copy of proposal for "Western Carolinas Loop," June, 1989;
letter and copy of endorsement of Western Carolinas Loop Trail, Feb. 27,
1989; two letters to John Dickson from Jim Flack with attachments on
Carolinas Loop proposal, 1988; copy of letter to James Flack from Allen
de Hart, NC Trails Committee, Nov.1, 1987; copy of letter from Gustav
Hoffman to Allen de Hart about the sudden death of Jim Flack, June 19,
1989. |
| 22 |
Cold Spring Mtn. Project, 1979-85,
correspondence and other materials concerning the controversial use of
motor vehicles on a section of the Appalachian trail: group of
letters and memos to and from Arch Nichols about CMC's attempt to close
the A.T. to off-road vehicles, 15 items, in folder; two letters and two
memos from the Tennessee Conservation league; two letters to Sam Waddle,
one letter from Mr. Waddle to Mr. Roberts, CMC; concerning work on A.T.,
1986; group of letters and memos from forest service and A.T.C.
conerning the Cold Spring Mtn. trail problems with ORV, 9
items; memo and copy of "Recreation Options." |
| 23 |
Memo, letter, and agenda for Shining Rock
management plan. Governor's Award for Outstanding Volunteer
Service, CMC, Oct. 28, 1987. |