100 Years of Grand: The Grand Canyon Centennial Project
A digital archive celebrating the Centennial of the Grand Canyon National Park. A collaborative project of the Arizona State University Library, Cline Library, Northern Arizona University, and the Grand Canyon National Park. Additional materials are available via the project website.
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- All Subjects: United States. Congress
- All Subjects: Flora and fauna
- All Subjects: Gavin, John Edward, 1884-1959
Speech by Carl T. Hayden offering a motion to authorize a road an trail construction program in Grand Canyon National Park "to make these natural wonders accessible to the American people." The speech appears in the Congressional Record, 68th Congress, First Session.
Press release on the increase in wildlife in the Grand Canyon including mountain sheep, deer, and the Abert Squirrel.
Letter from J. E. Gavin to Louis C. Cramton regarding the Bright Angel Trail controversy, including newspaper clipping.
Amendments to the bill establishing the Grand Canyon a National Monument. Circa 1908.
Letter from L. B. Williams to Carl Hayden regarding W. W. Bass' resistance to the park bill.
Letter from Harry Welch to Carl Hayden enclosing W. W. Bass' letter of protest against the proposed national park bill.
Letter from W. W. Bass to Harry Welch protesting the proposed national park bill.
Letter from Carl Hayden to George W. P. Hunt outlining the proposed national park boundaries and the cost of a township if the state of Arizona decided to acquire one on the rim of the Grand Canyon.
Letter from Stephen T. Mather to Carl Hayden with markup of bill S 390 for the proposed National Park.