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Parks and Redwoods, 1919-1971 University of California Berkeley University of California Bancroft Library/Berkeley Regional Oral History Office Newton Bishop Drury PARKS AND REDWOODS, 1919-1971 With Introductions by Horace M. Albright and DeWitt Nelson An Interview Conducted by Amelia Roberts Fry and Susan Schrepfer VOLUME I 1972 by The Regents of the University of California Newton B. Drury 1945 Photograph by Ansel Adams All uses of this manuscript are covered by a legal agreement between the Regents of the University of California and Newton B. Drury, dated October 18, 1972. The manuscript is thereby made available for research purposes. All literary rights in the manuscript, including the right to publish, are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley. No part of the manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the Director of The Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, 4-86 Library, and should include identification of the specific passages to be quoted, anticipated use of the passages, and identification of the user. The legal agreement with Newton B. Drury requires that he be notified of the request and allowed thirty days in which to respond. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY BERKELEY DAVIS IRVINE LOS ANGELES RIVERSIDE SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SANTA BARBARA SANTA CRUZ REGIONAL ORAL HISTORY OFFICE BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 94720 THE BANCROFT LIBRARY 20 December 1978 Errata for Newton Bishop Drury oral history memoir, Parks and Redwoods, 1919-71. Vol. I - p. 8 Berkeley Fire 1923 - 1923 p. 13 Berkeley Fire - Gib should be p. 110 (bottom of page) Big - exercised p. 112 not exorcised, - p. 161 Berkeley Fire 1923 - not Shenek p. 177 Joseph Shenck, - s p. 208 (lower) Margaret Owing - p. 7 65 Margaret Owings - p. 343 married 1918 TABLE OP CONTENTS -- Newton B. Drury PREFACE 1 INTRODUCTION By Horace M. Albright 11 INTRODUCTION By DeWitt Nelson vill INTERVIEW HISTORY xv SENATE RESOLUTION xxi VOLUME I PART I: BACKGROUND AND EDUCATION FOREBEARS 1 Family Tree Mother. Ella Lorraine Bishop Drury 3 Father, .Wells. Drury ** Early Childhood 4 From Indian Interpreter to Printer Wells Drury and Other Journalists Newspapermen Then Versus Now Politics and Views 2^ THE CHILDHOOD OF NEWTON DRURY 2? The Mobile Drurys The Earthquake and Fire 29 Family Life 31 Theater and Music Church 3 Schools 37 High School 39 Newspaper Work ^2 Issues and Youthful Politics W Alameda and Berkeley, Quiet Villages 50 Early Growth of Berkeley 51 College Days in Berkeley. 1908.-1212 5 Academic Life 56 Student Activities of the Drury Brothers 60 The Illustrious Class of 1912 6? Aubrey Drury 191^-1917 ?* The University 1912-1918 77 Formation of the College of Letters and Science 77 Drama and Lectures 79 Bob Sproul, Assistant Comptroller 85 Benjamin Ide Wheeler, President 86 World _War I_ and the Balloon Corps 9 7 PART II: SAVE-THE-REDWOODS LEAGUE AND THE STATE PARK SYSTEM DRURY ADVERTISING COMPANY AND THE SAVE-THE- REDWOODS LEAGUE 102 Formation of the Drury Advertising Company 102 Organizing the Save-the-Redwoods League 105 Pre-Save-the-Redwoods Conservation Efforts 110 Structure of the League 112 Men in the Early Years of the League 116 Funds for the League 119 Publicity and Mail Campaigns 119 Personal Contact and Influence 126 Acquisition Processes and Problems: "Humboldt County 133 Early Holdings 133 First Appropriation 135 Lumber Company Negotiations 137 Comments on Condemnation 1&3 Cruising and Appraising, Enoch Percy French 1^7 Aubrey Drury in the 1920's and 1930*5 152 Metric System Campaign 153 Educational Institution Accounts 156 Conservation 158 Avocations 160 DEVELOPMENT OF CALIFORNIA STATE PARK SYSTEM 163 Composition of the Bond Issue Bill - A Critique by Hindsight" 163 Sup-port and Opposition in the Legislature 169 California State Parks Council 17^ Campaign Techniques 176 The State Press 178 National Conference on State Parks 182 The State Park Commission 186 Its Formation 186 The First Commissioners and Governor Young 191 Political Turnover in the Commission 195 Olmsted's Survey 201 The Team 201 Problems in Maintaining Balance 203 Frederick Law Olmsted 209 Protection Through Planning 213 Pressures Against Protection 21? Commercial Pressures 217 Fires and Floods 223 Parks, Highway .Development, and Planning 229 Financing the Parks 23^ Park Money From Private Sources 23*4- Community Tax Problems 238 Decreased Taxable Land with Increased Land Values 238 In-lieu Taxes 2^3 Organization of Funds 2^5 Park Operations 2^-9 Park Personnel 2^9 Ranger and Naturalist Programs 2^9 Civilian Conservation Corps, State Emergency Relief Agency, and Parks 255 Civil Service 261 Accommodations - Public Versus Private DIRECTOR OF CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS 269 The Oil Royalties 269 General Financial Picture 269 Royalties and the 1955 Legislature 2?2 Planned versus Unplanned Distribution of Funds 2?2 Administration of Parks by Legislative Action 277 Individual Legislators 288 Acquisitions; Case Histories 292 Policy Questions 292 Transfers and Trades 295 Installment buying 298 Butano Redwoods 300 Santa Cruz Redwoods and Point Lobos 302 Calaveras Sequoias 307 The North Grove 308 The South Grove 309 Corridor Land 313 Pueblo de Los Angeles 318 Hearst Castle 319 Comments 321 Angel Island 321 Golden Gate Headlands 322 Monterey Sites 323 Emerald Bay 32& Men and Parks 326 J FAMILY 338 "Tho Team" - Aubrey and Newton 338 Wife, Elizabeth Frances Schilling and Family VOLUME II PART III: NATIONAL PARKS DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE The Initiation The Appointment Working Conditions of the Job 355 Policy 358 Wildlife 361 Plants 366 Related Activities 369 Organization 377 Parks and Monuments 3?8 Historical Areas 332 Parkways and Local Parks 336 Program 389 Planning 389 Problems: Artificial Lakes, Inhold.ings 393 APPROPRIATIONS Budget Requests Deferred Maintenance Land Acquisition Funds Pork Barrels Internal Division of National Park Service Budget National Redwood Park Proposals Congressional Committees and Hearings Congressmen Bureau of Budget PROTECTION Fire Insects and Disease Public Use and Park Interpretation Ranger Naturalist Program Vandalism Inholdings Fee Structure Segregation CONCESSIONS Advisory Committee 14.72 Government-owned Plant, with Operations Contracted Changes in Demands of Public THREATS AND CONTROVERSIES 2*88 Jackson Hole 4-88 Grazing 507 Dams 511 Bureau of Reclamation 511 Arche olOKi cal Pre s ervati o n 518 SECRETARIES KRUG AND CHAPMAN 521 The Rise of the Assistant Secretaries 521 Drury's Resignation and Secretary Chapman 522 AUBREY DHURY IN THE 19^-0 S 526 OTHER NATIONAL PARK WRITING 528 John Ise's National Park Policy 528 Herbert Evison's Manuscript in Preparation 5 34 AlbrlKht-Drury Interview 53^ PART IV: ADDENDUM, JUNE 6, 1963 THE 1960S: THE YEARS OP (UN) RETIREMENT 536 First World Conference on National Parks 536 Trip Abroad 5^0 Recent Activity of the Save-the-Redwoods League PART V: ADDENDUM, MARCH 17, 1970 FREEWAY THREAT TO PRAIRIE CREEK PARK 552 BULL CREEK (HUMBOLDT REDWOODS STATE PARK) FLOOD DAMAGE AND CONTROL 562 RECENT FUND RAISING AND ACQUISITIONS 569 Fund Raisins 569 Acquisitions: General 572 Prairie Greek Park Additions 577 PART VI: REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK HISTORY OF REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK ISSUE AND ITS REVIVAL IN EARLY 1960'S 582 Douglas Bill 583 Grant s -In-A Id 586 Jedediah Smith State Park (Mill Greek) 588 Revival of the Redwood National Park Project in 1960*3 590 REDWOOD CREEK VS. HILL CREEK 593 Position of the National Park Service 593 The Sierra Club and the League 595 Alignment of Forces (Governmental and Conservation Groups) 604- LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES 608 Four Washington, D. C. Conferences 608 June 25, 19 64 White House Meeting 608 December 15-17, 1965, Meeting with Foundation Representatives 609 Meeting of Sierra Club and League 612 Senate Committee Hearing, Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation, April 1?, 196? 613 in__Gojiferenoe Committee (Conference Report H. Kept. 1890 'for S 2515. September 11, 1968) 6lb U.S. Forest Service; Redwood Exchange Unit 61 6 Congressman Wayne Asplnall 618 LOCAL OPPOSITION 6l9 Ejionomio Problem; Del Norte County 619 Residential Opposition to Park Acquisitions 622 Miller-Rellim Lumber Company 6 2 7 Redwood Lumbermen: United or Divided 6 32 AFTERMATH 635 Rounding Out the Watersheds 635 Transfer of State Parks to Federal Government 6^3 Future; Save -the -Redwoods League 650 Conclusion; Was the National Park Worthwile? 650 APPEIIDIX 652 INDEX 750 PREFACE The following Oral History memoir with Newton Bishop Drury was begun in 1959 in order to document Mr. Drury's long career in conservation as Director of the National Park Service, Chief of California State Beaches and Parks, and Secretary of the Save-the-Redwoods League. It took more than a dozen years to complete the memoir, in large part because Mr. Drury continued to make history, and his continuing achievements required further tape recording. The memoir is now completed, not because its subject has retired, but because it has reached maximum size for two volumes, and researchers are waiting to use it. The Regional Oral History Office wishes to express thanks to the Board of Directors of Save-the-Redwoods League and especially to Assistant Secretary John B. DeWitt for engineering, unbeknownst to Mr. Drury, the donation of sufficient funds to bring to completion the memoir. Thanks are also extended to the two men who wrote introductions for this memoir: DeWitt Nelson, Drury's successor as Chief of California State Beaches and Parks, who comments on Drury's role in the state; and Horace Albright, Drury's predecessor as Director of the National Park Service, who comments on his role as a conservationist. Willa K. Baum Department Head 30 October 1972 Regional Oral History Office ^86 The Bancroft Library University of California at Berkeley ii INTRODUCTION NEWTON B. DRURY - CONSERVATIONIST by Horace M.
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