Oral history interview with Horace Marden Albright, 1966
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- Name
- Albright, Horace M. (Horace Marden), 1890-1987 (Interviewee)
- Edwin, Ed (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Horace Marden Albright, 1966
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Horace Marden Albright, 1966
- Abstract
- Assistant director, National Park Service, 1917-19; acting director, 1917-18; assistant director and superintendent Yellowstone National Park, 1919-29; Yosemite National Park 1927-28; director, National Park Service, 1929-33; John D. Rockefeller, Jr.: interest in Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, efforts for preservation; rancher vs. conservationist; purchase of lands; visitors to Yellowstone and Gran d Tetons
- Collection Name
- Jackson Hole Preserve project
- Subjects
- Conservationists; Conservation of natural resources; National parks and reserves--United States; Jackson Hole Region (Wyo.); Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.); Yosemite National Park (Calif.); Yellowstone National Park; Albright, Horace M. (Horace Marden), 1890-1987; Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960; United States. National Park Service
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1966
- Note (Biographical)
- Conservationist
- Note
- Interviewed by Ed Edwin on May 1, 2 and 3, 1966
- Note (Provenance)
- Horace Marden Albright, Gift 1966
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 14332013
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-wvcp-xf49
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.