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Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF09-001
This folder contains letters, memoranda, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items include resolutions passed by the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce and the Dade County Board of Commissioners; a position paper by Metropolitan Dade County concerning disposition of the property; and a report by the Department of the Interior on a land transfer application submitted by Dade County. The file also contains various quitclaim deeds for the sale of land to John T. Wade; the City of Miami; the Dade County Board of Public Instruction; Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company; Transport Realty Company, Inc.; and Adler-Built Industries, Inc.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JAC-04
In this interview Carver discusses dealing with a backlog at the National Park Service from the previous Administration; working with and around both preservation lobbies and commercial interests; the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission’s report (1962); the creation of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation in the Department of the Interior; and the question of self-government in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JAC-03
In this interview Carver discusses federal regulation of the Alaska Railroad, including rates and personnel; the debate over congressional oversight versus executive prerogatives in acquiring areas for the National Park Service; the interaction between the Department of the Interior and then First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis to preserve the White House as a monument; and the management style of Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ECC-02
Crafts discusses Julius Duscha’s 1962 article on Forest Service and Park Service’s problematic relationship, Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall, and the establishment of various national recreation areas, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ECC-01
Crafts discusses the 1958 establishment of the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission, the 1963 creation of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, and the 1965 creation of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, among other issues.