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Activities of the Appalachian National Park Association and the Appalachian National Forest Reserve Association: 1899-1906

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  • Page 18 be left to the discretion of the president. It was moved that the president and the secretary be allowed traveling expenses and incidental expenses while performing their duties for the association. After the appointment of various committees-- see page 31 of Minute Book--the convention adjourned to meet at the call of the president. A full list of all officers and committees of The Appalachian National Park Association as formed at this oonventlon will be found on page 33 of Minute Book, "Exhibit C". Following the convention held on November 22nd and 23rd, 1899, the board of directors of The Appalachian National Park Association took up an active publicity campaign. A list of five hundred newspapers was compiled and printed matter was sent to each of these papers every month. This list of newspapers will be found on page 15 of "Exhibit A". Most of the printed matter sent out during the first year was written either by A. H. MoQuilken or C. P. Ambler and a detailed aocount of this literature and number of copies mailed v/ill be referred to hereafter. Meetings were held each month, sometimes
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  • This 72-page journal recording “The Activities of the Appalachian National Park Association and the Appalachian National Forest Reserve Association: 1899-1906” was compiled by the association’s secretary and founding member Chase P. Ambler (1865-1932). The manuscript was created in 1929, the year Ambler donated the association’s records to the State Archives. The Appalachian National Park Association was formed in 1899 for the purpose of promoting the idea of a national park in the eastern U.S. Although housed in Asheville, North Carolina, the organization was a multi-state effort, attracting representatives from six southern states. The association lobbied Congress for the creation of a park, but with limited success. The association disbanded in 1905.