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Park Museum to House Library of Author

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  • This short news article, “New National Park Museum to House Library of Author,” from the New York Times reveals the disposition of the part of the Horace Kephart estate. A prolific writer, Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
  • GETS KEPHART COLLECTION WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.~The library, camping and fishing equip- ment, notes representing many years of research, maps and personal effects belonging to the collection of the late Horace Kephart, author, of Bryson City, N. C, have been given to the museum to be established in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The collection is the gift of the Kephart family and friends. The library, while not unusually large, is considered an important acquisition, since it contains many books, note* an •■■ ,i, ,<j>* '■> -,"5l v Tti n,. Southern Appalachian Mountains in general and the Great Smokies in particular. It also has . , 1 i ,, ! >„ , , , i'ii :u-t nature.

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Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America

This digital collection was created to contribute to the public's understanding of the forces and ideas that led to the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1934. The most vi...

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