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Correspondence regarding Horace Kephart journals

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Correspondence regarding Horace Kephart journals

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  • UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE CHICAGO, IL.LINOIS54 March 23, 1945 Mr. Arthur Stupka, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Dear Mr. Stupka: Learning that Horace Kephart's Journal was at one time on deposit in your Park library, I write to learn whether it Is still there and if so what arrangements can be made for scanning it. From Kephart's published work, It is reasonable to assume that these unpublished notes contain natural history data, among which I would be especially interested in local names. If the Journal could be sent to me in installments, that would be ideal, for I could get from it the desired material more quickly and more satisfactorily than any other person could do It for me. If that is impracticable, I wonder whether there is a clerk on the National Park staff who might be able to make the desired abstracts, or failing such a person, perhaps a student or students, trained in zoology and botany at the University of Tennessee. In the first instance, compensation might be on an account submitted to the Pish and Wildlife Service by the National Park Service, and in the second direct from us to a person or persons who would have to be appointed and whose services would be vouched for by you or some other administrative officer of your organization. I shall be glad to have any suggestions from you as to how this proposal may be accomplished. Sincerely yours, W. L. McAtee, Technical Adviser
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  • This 1945 correspondence, between W. L. McAtee and Arthur Stupka, discusses Horace Kephart’s journals. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Arthur Stupka (1905-1999) was the first park naturalist to work at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Stupka was appointed in 1935 and began an inventory of thousands of plant and animal species. He later worked with Hiram Wilburn and Charles Grossman to study the preservation of the park’s remaining material culture.

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