This study explores the multiple ways in which Congressional Cemetery has been positioned for some two hundred years in "the shadow" of the U.S. Capitol. The narrative proceeds chronologically, discussing the burial ground during three periods: a) The antebellum years; b) The years from the end of the Civil War to approximately 1970, when the site progressively deteriorated; c) The period from the early 1970s to 2007, when both public and private organizations worked to preserve the physical site and the memory of what it has been and continues to represent. This monograph on Congressional Cemetery focuses on the dominant narrative associated with the site: its legacy as the first national burial ground in the United States. Given this emphasis, the text presents a political and cultural analysis of the cemetery, with particular focus on the participation of the U.S. Congress. "This book makes historians and many others aware of a fascinating and complicated history. Moreover, it not only details the long history of the cemetery, but it uses it to explore the nature of historic memorials generally in the creation of national memory." Steven Diner, Chancellor of Rutgers University at Newark. "The Johnsons have done an excellent job of mining a wide range of sources and conveying the complex history of an institution that merits documentation... It's stunning to realize what a who's who exists in that space." Howard Gillette, Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University at Camden. "The history of Congressional Cemetery is intimately tied up in the changing demographics of its locale, and its corresponding decline as the neighborhood around Christ Church changed led to its emergence as a cause celebre for historic preservationists." Donald Kennon, Chief Historian for the United States Capitol Historical Society, and editor of The Capitol Dome.

This historic structure report (HSR) is intended to serve a planning document for the Ellis Island Historic Seawall Rehabilitation, and as a resource for the long-term maintenance of the structure. The seawall rehabilitation is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District (COE); the Denver Service Center (DSC) of the National Park Service (NPS); and the Statue of Liberty National Monument/Ellis Island National Historic Site (STLI/ELIS). This HSR will provide the Corps of Engineers (which has submitted the schematic design for the rehabilitation) and the park with a developmental history and comprehensive description of the structure. Its objective is to aid in design, rehabilitation, and maintenance decisions, so that the seawall's unique structural problems can be addressed while minimizing loss of historic material and alteration of the historic structure.

The Museum Management Plan for the consolidated operation of the 3 National Parks, Eugene O'Neill, John Muir, Rosie the Riveter and the affiliated area of Port Chicago. And issues facing the parks with recommendations to address them.

The Historic Resource Study (HRS) for Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site addresses the architecture of the mansion, its furnished interiors, the mechanical systems of the mansion and transportation systems of the estate, the cultural landscape, and occupancy of the estate from the Vanderbilt period to the present.

The Long-Range Interpretive Plan assesses where we are and where we hope to be in the near future. It describes new park themes, desired visitor experience, issues and challenges and lists action items for the park to take for the future.

A Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) serves the National Park Service (NPS) in both documenting the history and significance of cultural landscapes and providing guidance for both dat-to-day and long-term management and interpretation. To this end, the CLR for the John Muir National Historic Site consists of a narration of landscape history, an inventory and analysis of existing conditions and landscape significance, and treatment recommendations and actions consistent with the Secretary of Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

This study recounts the more than thirty-year effort to define and return the park to its historic appearance, culminating in the major infrastructure development of the site during the Park Service's "Mission 66" era; and it tells the full history of the site's operation.

This historic structure report on the Furnace Group at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site provides a chronology of its historical and physical evolution, describes its various parts, identifies character- defining features, and evaluates the integrity of the structures for the 1820- 40 period of significance. It synthesizes and summarizes the information contained in numerous NPS reports written between 1935 and 2005. These research documents address the historical, archeological, architectural, landscape, and administrative aspects of the many components that make up the Furnace Group.

This historic structure report (HSR) was produced by the Historic Architecture Program (HAP) of the National Park Service's Northeast Regional Office, in order to document the development and use of the Elisha Jones House and Shed at Minute Man National Historical Park (NHP). The role of the HSR was to document the original construction, as well as known changes to the structures, and therefore record the evolution of the building. The HSR provides a written description and photographic documentation of the current physical appearance of the Elisha Jones House and Shed. Finally the HSR documents the "character- defining features" of the structure, and provides treatment recommendations for the preservation and maintenance of the Elisha Jones House and Shed.

The Todd House is one of six historic house museums under the care of Independence National Historical Park. This report is meant to supplement the original 1960s Todd House furnishing plan, not replace it. The reader is encouraged to read both documents together to gain a better understanding of the entire site.

This Abbreviated Fort Point Historic Structure Report, produced by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, National Park Service, provides new information regarding the building's military and physical history. The document contains a comprehensive collection of historic photographs, contemporary images and floor plans that can be used as tools for future interpretation and building rehabilitation.

An Historic Resource Study of Fort Hunt Park

This historic structure report as part of our ongoing effort to provide comprehensive documentation for the historic structures and landscapes of National Park Service units in the Southeast Region. This study of the Old Fort Rosalie Gift Shop will prove valuable to park management in ongoing efforts to preserve the building and to everyone in understanding and interpreting this unique resource.

This Historic Structures Report is being prepared in order to document the existing conditions and provide guidance for the maintenance and preservation of the Fort Barry Balloon Hangar and the adjacent Motor Vehicle Sheds.

The Comprehensive Design Plan: The White House and President's Park provides a framework for future management of the area that will respect past traditions and meet the needs of tomorrow. This is the first comprehensive plan for the property since 1791, when George Washington designated the site for the residence of the president.

This historic structure report is part of the ongoing effort to provide comprehensive documentation for the historic structures and landscapes of National Park Service units in the Southeast Region. The report details a summary of the treatment recommended to preserve the Bodie Island Lighthouse and provide a safe and enjoyable visitor experience.

Do you like to go treasure hunting in obvious or out of the way places? Do you like to view fine art in galleries large and small? This book will give you directions to New Mexico's amazing New Deal treasures and to buildings and bridges, murals and sculptures, paintings and people who made them. They are not necessarily in the most obvious places, and yet many are in places that one routinely visits. They have been patiently waiting in our cities, our villages, our parks, rarely witnessed as being "treasures." They were constructed perhaps even by your own artistic ancestors. This book is full of clues. Go sleuthing Growing up in Portales, New Mexico, Kathryn Akers Flynn lived in an area with a New Deal courthouse, a New Deal post office, and New Deal schools. She worked at the local swimming pool and partied in the city park, both built during the Depression era. In high school she was a cheerleader on 1930s football fields for onlookers in Work Progress Administration bleachers and camped out at a nearby Civilian Conservation Corps created park and lake. She never knew any of these structures were fashioned by the New Deal, nor did she notice the New Deal treasures in Salt Lake City while at the University of Utah where she received her Bachelor's Degree or the New Deal structures in Carbondale, Illinois where she earned her Master's Degree at Southern Illinois University. Returning to New Mexico, she had a career in the state health and mental health administration that included directorship of Carrie Tingley Hospital, a New Deal facility with many public art treasures. It wasn't until she became Deputy Secretary of State of New Mexico that she realized what was around her. As a result she went on to edit three editions of the "New Mexico Blue Book" featuring information about New Deal creations all over the state. This book presents the history and whereabouts of many such treasures found since compiling an earlier book, "Treasures on New Mexico Trails," and another that focuses on New Deal programs nationwide, "The New Deal: A 75th Anniversary Celebration." She also assisted with the compilation of "A More Abundant Life, New Deal Artists and Public Art in New Mexico" by Jacqueline Hoefer, also from Sunstone Press and an apt companion for "Public Art and Architecture in New Mexico." She was instrumental in creating the National New Deal Preservation Association, and now serves as Executive Director.

When Charles Henry Cooper (1808 66) undertook to revise the text of the 1841 Memorials of Cambridge, illustrated by the engraver John Le Keux (1783 1846), he was under the impression that 'only a slight amount of labour' would be imposed on him. However, this three-volume work was altered and modified so extensively that it may be considered as entirely re-written. Containing over 250 photographs, engravings and etchings, Volumes 1 and 2 of the work are a comprehensive guide to the Cambridge colleges, while Volume 3 is almost entirely concerned with the history of other landmarks throughout the city, such as the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Guildhall and the Botanic Garden. It was published in 1860, just six years before Cooper's death, and stands as a detailed and fully illustrated guide to Cambridge at that time. It is particularly valuable for its record of buildings altered or no longer in existence.

In Grateful Memory Of The Soldiers And Sailors Of That Town Who Served In The War For The Preservation Of The Union.

In Grateful Memory Of The Soldiers And Sailors Of That Town Who Served In The War For The Preservation Of The Union.

This is a lively and engaging look at patriotism and collective memory.In ""Here, George Washington Was Born"", Seth C. Bruggeman examines the broader history of commemoration in the United States by focusing on the George Washington Birthplace National Monument in Virginia's Northern Neck, where contests of public memory have unfolded with particular vigor for nearly eighty years.Washington left the birthplace with his family at a young age and rarely returned. The house burned in 1779 and would likely have passed from memory but for George Washington Parke Custis, who erected a stone marker on the site in 1815, creating the first birthplace monument in America. Both Virginia and the U.S. War Department later commemorated the site, but neither matched the work of a Virginia ladies association that in 1923 resolved to build a replica of the home. The National Park Service permitted construction of the ""replica house"" until a shocking archeological discovery sparked protracted battles between the two organizations over the building's appearance, purpose, and claims to historical authenticity.Bruggeman sifts through years of correspondence, superintendent logs, and other park records to reconstruct delicate negotiations of power among a host of often unexpected claimants on Washington's memory. By paying close attention to costumes, furnishing, and other material culture, he reveals the centrality of race and gender in the construction of Washington's public memory and reminds us that national parks have not always welcomed all Americans. What's more, Bruggeman offers the story of Washington's birthplace as a cautionary tale about the perils and possibilities of public history by asking why we care about famous birthplaces at all.