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Press Release, National Capital Parks, July 8, 1941

 
Accession number D:Press Release NPS 1941.07.08
Alternative title Press Release, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Capital Parks, Irving C. Root, Superintendent, July 8, 1941
Creator
Garden Area
R Street
Dumbarton Oaks Park
Date
1941
Work types
correspondence
notes

Description

Press Release from Irving C. Root of National Capital Parks, July 8, 1941, announcing a sponsored nature walk through Dumbarton Oaks Park on the morning of July 13, 1941. Louis C. Wheeler, a Ranger-Naturalist for National Capital Parks, will lead the walk.

Typewritten press release; typed at head of letter, "United States Department of the Interior, National Parks Service, National Capital Parks, Irving C. Root, Superintendent."

Handwritten note in top, left hand corner in either blue or faded black ink, "This is a popular weekly event."

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

United States. National Park Service
garden walks
Outdoor education
Dumbarton Oaks Park (Washington, D.C.)
Sunday
Wild flowers
Plants
Waterfalls
Ponds
walks
estates (aggregate property)
Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962
Bliss, Mildred, 1879-1969
Urban parks
Wheeler, Louis C.
Park rangers
Park naturalists
Press releases
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number D:Press Release NPS 1941.07.08
Alternative title Press Release, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Capital Parks, Irving C. Root, Superintendent, July 8, 1941
Creator
Garden Area
R Street
Dumbarton Oaks Park
Date
1941
Work types
correspondence
notes