50. “Structural Survey and Physical Condition, Crater Lake Lodge and Annex, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon,” prepared by Haner, Ross and Sporseen, contract no. CX-9000-0-P081, Survey of Crater Lake Lodge, February 1982, p. 6, Files, Technical Information Center, Denver Service Center.
51. “Engineers Report, Structural Survey and Physical Condition, Crater Lake Lodge and Annex, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon,” by S.A. Ross and H.V. Tunks, N.W. Haner and Associates, Portland, June 1953, p. 45, Files, Technical Information Center, Denver Service Center.
52. “Rim Area, Part of the Master Plan for Crater Lake National Park,” March 1956, drawing no. CL-201 4D, Maintenance Division Files, Crater Lake National Park.
53. “Addition to Dining Hall,” May 1, 1956, drawing no. 106-8051, Files, Technical Information Center, Denver Service Center.
54. “Suggested Layout, Underground Walkway, Museum Site to Sinnott Memorial,” December 1954, drawing no. CL-2250, Maintenance Division Files, Crater Lake National Park.
55. “RIm Area, Part of the Master Plan, Crater Lake National Park,” June 4,1947, drawing no. 2014C, Maintenance Division Files, Crater Lake National Park. Drury to Harris Ellsworth [Oregon Congressman], March 24, 1948, RG 79, Central Classified Files 1907-1949 Crater Lake, File 631-02.
56. National Park Service News Release, September 11,1956, RG 79, 67A883, Box 9, File A98 Mission 66, FRC Seattle. Expectations that a visitor center would be built had a firm foundation because 114 such facilities were constructed in various units of the National Park System during the Mission 66 years. See Ronald A. Foresta, America’s National Parks and Their Keepers, (Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future, 1984), p. 54.
57. “Winter Observation Platform,” January 2,1957, drawing no. CL-1003, Maintenance Division Files, Crater Lake National Park.
58. “Visitor Center,” January 7,1957, drawing no. CL-3144, Maintenance Division Files, Crater Lake National Park.
59. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Vacation Survey, Rogue River Basin, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon Caves National Monument, [1950], p. 17. As a result of Wirth’s visit to the park in July 1960, the realignment work also included elimination of the island in the plaza parking area. New pavement accommodated more cars by expanding the lot an average of 20 feet south near the cafeteria. See P.E. Smith to N.B. Wood, July 27, 1960, History Files, Roads and Trails Project Documentation folder, Crater Lake National Park.
60. Portland Oregonian, August 13, 1961, p. 41. “Rim Village Narrative, Part of the Master Plan, Crater Lake National Park,” December, 1961, p. RV-1, Maintenance Division Files, Crater Lake National Park. Memorandum to the Regional Director, Region Four, J. Leonard Volz, Superintendent, January 21, 1966, p. 2, in “Location of a New Headquarters Site” notebook, Crater Lake National Park Library.
61. Memorandum to the Regional Director, Region Four, John B. Wosky, Regional Chief of Operations, Region Four, February 13, 1962, in “Location of a New Headquarters Site” notebook, Crater Lake National Park Library.
62. Interview of Merel Sager and John Reshoft by S. Herbert Evison, op. cit., p. 12.
63. “Rim Village, Part of the Master Plan, Crater Lake National Park,” October 1961, drawing no. CL-201 4F, Maintenance Division Files, Crater Lake National Park.
64. Memorandum to the Regional Director, Western Region, W. Ward Yeager, Superintendent, January 21, 1964, RG 79, 69A763, Box 43, File D-225, FRC Seattle.
65. Memorandum to the Regional Director, Western Region, J. Leonard Volz, Superintendent, March 3, 1967, p. 1, in “Location of a New Headquarters Site” notebook, Crater Lake National Park Library.
66. Memorandum to the Regional Director, Western Region, J. Leonard Volz, Superintendent, December 20, 1965, RG 79, XA7631, Park File, FRC Seattle.