Citizens Committee for the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission Report Records
Scope and Contents
The collection includes memos and organizational documents from the Citizens Committee for the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission Report (CORC). There are additional research materials used by the committee, such as the Department of the Interior news releases, and CORC publications, such as the Action for Outdoor Recreation for America booklets. There are also copies of correspondence from John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Laurence Rockefeller.
Dates
- 1956-1972, 1963-1965
Creator
- Citizens Committee for the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission Report. (Organization)
- Conservation Foundation. (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.
Biographical / Historical
The Citizens Committee for the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission Report (CORC) was established on January 1, 1963 with the intent to educate the public about the outdoor recreation Resources Review Commission (ORRRC) report and to aid in the implementation of the report’s goals. The ORRRC report, started in 1985 and presented in 1962, inventoried and evaluated the United States’ outdoor recreation resources, measured future demand for outdoor recreation, and recommended programs for meeting public needs. The Citizens Committee worked on promoting the passage of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Bill which was passed on September 3, 1964. Joseph W. Penfold served as Chairman and the Executive Director was Frank Gregg.
Extent
1 Box
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Finding aid in repository.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Conservation Foundation, 1965.
Linking Entry Complexity Note
Forms part of: DPL Conservation Collection.
- Citizens Committee for the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission Report -- Archives.
- Outdoor recreation -- United States. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Citizens Committee for the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission Report Records
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
