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| Box 3 - Folder 62 - Clippings, Blue Ridge Parkway | |||
| Date | Publication | Description | Thumbnail |
| Undated | Unknown | Sam Weems [superintendent, Blue Ridge Parkway] cited for U.S. service | |
| 3/5/1950 | Unknown | Parkway tourist bulletin planned | |
| 3/15/1950 | Asheville Citizen | New group to promote Parkway in 2 states | |
| 9/1952 | Cosmopolitan | Practical travel guide ; request for information for motor tour of Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway | |
| 5/24/1953 | Asheville Citizen-Times | Randolph H. Parry, elected president of Blue Ridge Parkway Association | |
| (6/30/1953) | Asheville Citizen | Parkway body will promote publications | |
| 2/11/1954 | Roanoke Times | Publication plans slated for Parkway guidebook | |
| 2/11/1954 | Asheville Citizen | Publication of fifth annual BRPA accommodation & services booklet [2 copies] | |
| 2/11/1954 | Staunton, Va., Evening Leader | Publication of fifth annual BRPA accommodation & services booklet | |
| 8/26/1954 | Roanoke Times | Parkway leaders outline $4 million building program elect officers. [Includes photograph of newly elected officers.] | |
| (1955?) | Unknown | Report on a tour of the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive [Refers to 20th anniversary of Parkway.] | |
| 11/1/1956 | Asheville Citizen | Federal lodging plan [for Parkway] discussed. [2 copies] | |
| 6/19/1963 | Asheville Citizen | Editorial regarding lack of first class accommodation along Parkway [Response letter is next item.] | |
| 6/24/1963 | (Asheville Citizen) | Letter: Parkway not short on accommodations [Response to previous item] | |
| 7/11/1963 | Asheville Citizen | Park, Forest Services back BRP extension [to Georgia]. Includes map showing proposed route. | |
| 9/5/1963 | Asheville Citizen | Parkway stalemate develops [regarding BRP route on Grandfather Mountain.] | |
| 9/5/1963 | The News and Observer, Raleigh | Park Bureau spurns Parkway compromise. | |
| (9/1963) | The Daily Times-News [Burlington] | Grandfather 'battle' still on [Editorial] | |
| 9/6/1963 | Winston-Salem Journal | Between the high and low roads [Editorial] | |
| 9/8/1963 | Greensboro Daily News | Missing link and a Udall turn [Editorial] | |
| 10/1/1963 | The News-Herald | Like Horatius at bridge [Editorial] | |
| 9/17/1963 | Asheville Citizen | Parkway Assn. praises Taylor for role in N.C.-Ga. extension | |
| 9/17/1963 | Asheville (N.C.) Times | [Roy A.] Taylor efforts in behalf of Parkway draw praise | |
| 10/17/1963 | New York Times | Park services faces big changes in realignment. | |
| 3/1965 | Redbook | Travelogue, "We took the high road". | |
| 1966 | Unknown | James M. Eden named superintendent of Parkway | |
| 2/21/1968 | Asheville Citizen | Davis Parkway's new asst. superintendent, Granville B. Liles named to top job | |
| 10/23/1968 | Asheville Citizen | State signs over last Parkway link [3 copies] | |
| 10/29/1968 | Asheville (N.C.) Times | Newlyweds get Parkway honor | |
| 5/15/1969 | Galax Gazette | Front of newspaper with "Welcome Blue Ridge Parkway Association" banner. (Special edition?) | |
| 4/9/1970 | The Blowing Rocket | Blowing Rock to host B.R. Parkway meeting [Included photo of Parkway under construction near Grandfather Mountain.] | |
| 2/3/1972 | (Asheville (N.C.) Times) | Parkway needs cited by Liles | |
| 6/25/1972 | Asheville Citizen-Times | National Parks, Parkway plan celebration | |
| 3/17/71 | Asheville Citizen | Former Blue Ridge Parkway head [James M. Eden] dies | |