The Weeks Act, a 75th Anniversary Appraisal by Sherman Adams

Archive

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

The Weeks Act, a 75th Anniversary Appraisal by Sherman Adams

Entry/Object ID

MWM2013.0017.0001

Scope and Content

Item is a bound booklet containing an address, "dealing wih the history of the creation of national forest lands through the adoption of the Weeks Act" which was delivered "at a '1986 New Hampshire Meeting' of The Newcomen Society of the United States held in Bretton Woods, when The Honorable Sherman Adams was the guest of honor and speaker on June 19, 1986. Booklet was printed for the Newcomen Society of the United States. The cover features the Newcomen seal, a winged animal with large claws with a banner which reads, "Actorum Memores Simul Affectamus Agenda." The back cover features a quote from a past member.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2013.0017

Source or Donor

Mr. D. Kilton Andrew Jr.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Speech

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Congresses, Celebrations, Environmental protection, Public servants, Land, Public speaking, Forestry, Environmental policy, Activists, Land use, Public opinion, Environment & state, Public service

Search Terms

Weeks Act of 1911, Newcomen Society of the United States, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, White Mountain National Forest, United States Congress, United States Department of Agriculture, Appalachian Mountain Club, Appalachian Trail, Flume, The (Grafton county, New Hampshire : valley), New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, Mount Washington Carriage Road (Coos county, New Hampshire : road), Mount Washington Cog Railway, Civilian Conservation Corps, Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Comission, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, National Geographic Magazine, Crawford House (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Audubon Society of New Hampshire, White Mountain Wilderness Compromise of 1984, The Wilderness Society, Waumbek Hotel and Cottages (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Mount Washington Hotel (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Environment

Archive Details

Creator

Sherman Adams, author, Newcomen Socity of the United States, publisher

Date(s) of Creation

1986 - 1987

Primary Language

English

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1986 Newcomen publication number 1274; LCCN 87-50326 Medium: cardstock; paper Publication Date: June 1987 Publisher: Newcomen Socity of the United States Place Published: Princeton, NJ

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

6 x 9

Condition

Notes

some slight foxing or soiling on cover

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Burke, Lindsay Status Date: 2013-09-10 Scan ID#: WM201300588 - WM201300602