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J. Horace McFarland Papers
American Civic Association

NIAGARA FALLS CORRESPONDENCE, 1905-1947. (5 boxes)

box 26

Olmsted, Frederick Law, Landscape Architect, Brookline, MA, 1907-1914, 1916 (3 folders)
Olmsted, Charles, Landscape Architect, Brookline, MA, 1906, 1912
Olmsted, Hon. Marlin E., U.S. House, Pennsylvania, Chairman, Comm. on Insular Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1906, 1907, 1909-1910
Olmsted Brothers, Landscape Architects, Brookline, MA, 1905-1907, 1910, 1916
Overstreet, Hon. Jesse, U.S. House, Indiana, Comm. on Post Offices and Post Roads, Washington, D.C., December 14, 1905 (1 folder)
Owen, Allison, Pres., Central Comm. of Parks and Avenues, New Orleans, LA, November 15, 1906
Paine, Robert Treat, Philanthropist, Boston, MA, 1906
Paine, Robert Treat, Jr., Boston, MA, 1911

Palmer, Wm. J., Colorado Springs, CO, November 26, 1906
-Cook, Hon. George W., U.S. House, Colorado, Denver, CO, (copy), November 23, 1906

Parker, Edward J., Pres., State Savings Loan and Trust Co., Quincy, IL, 1906, 1909
Parsons, E.T., Member, The Sierra Club, Sanfrancisco, CA, 1911, 1914
Patton, W.J., Secy., Comm. of Conservation, Ottawa, Canada, 1912
Peabody, George Foster, Banker and Philanthropist, NYC, 1908 (1 folder)

Pennypacker, Hon. Samuel W., Governor of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, November 15, 1906
-Taft, Hon. Wm. H., Secretary of War, Washington, D.C., (copy), November 15, 1906

Penrose, Hon. Boies, U.S. Senator, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., 1909
Perkins, Frank C., Consulting Electrical Engineer, Buffalo, NY, 1906
Perkins, Hon. George C., U.S. Senator, CA, Washington, D.C., March 1, 1909
Perry, Edward H., Supt., Commissoners of State Reservation at Niagara, Niagara Falls, NY, 1908-1909
Pinchot, Hon. Gifford, Nat. Conservation Assoc., Washington, D.C., 1911, 1913

Platt, Hon. Thomas C., U.S. Senator, New York, Washington, D.C., 1906
-Knox, Hon. Philander C., U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., February 1, 1906
-Palmer, Miss Lelia B., Utica, NY, May 24, 1906
-Risley, Mrs. H.A., Utica, NY, May 24, 1906

Pleasant, S., Commissioners of State Reservation of Niagara, Niagara Falls, NY, September 29, 1916
Pollock, Dr. Horatio M., State Hospital Commission, Albany, NY, 1913 (1 folder)
Porter, Dr. Eugene R., New York Dept. of Health, Albany, NY, February 8, 1908
Porter, Hon. Peter A., U.S. House, New York, Washington, D.C., 1908
Pound, Mrs. Agnes McGiffort, Ashtabula, OH, March 1, 1909
Pray, Dr. James Sturgis, Vice Prs., American Society of Landscape Architects, Cambridge, MA, 1914
Price, Overton W., Forest Service, Washington, D.C.,January 21, 1908
Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park, Supt., Nuagara Falls, Ontario, February 24, 1914
Rackett, Miss M.S., Richmond, VA, 1912 (1 folder)
Randell, Hon. Choice B., U.S. House, Texas, Comm. on Ways and Means, Washington, D.C.,1911
Ransdell, Hon. Joseph E., U.S. House, Louisiana, Comm. on Riverns and Harbors, Washington, D.C., 1906, 1908-1909, 1911
Ravenel, S. P., Attorney, Biltmore, NC, 1913
Raynor, Hon. Isodor, U.S. Senate, Maryland, Washington, D.C., June 12, 1911
Reeve, Sidney A., Consulting Engineer, NYC, 1912 (1 folder)
Reynolds, C.B., Tr., Foster and Reynolds Co., April 1, 1915
Ridgway, Mr. . . , Ridgway's, NY, November 28 [1906] 
Rochester Times, Editor, Rochester, NY, March 11, 1909
Rogers, Volney, Attorney, Yongstown, OH, 1906

Roosevelt, Hon. Theodore, President of the United States, and The Outlook, NYC, 1906-1911, 1913, 1915-1916
-Allison, Clement A., Cincinnati, OH, 1910 (1 folder)

Root, Hon. Elihu, Dept. of State, Washington, D.C., 1906-1912 (2 folders)

Rose, Wm. J., Div. Freight Agent, PA Railroad, Harrisburg, PA, 1911 (1 folder)
-Olmsted, Hon. Marlin E., U.S. House, Pennsylvania, Chairman, Comm. on Insular Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1911

Ryder, Mrs. Stephen Morse, Niagara Falls, NY, February 6, 1908
Schoellkopf, Arthur, Niagara Falls, NY, February 6, 1908
Schoellkopf, Paul A., Commissioner of State Reservation, Niagara Falls, NY, 1914-1915
Scofield, John C., Chief Clerk, War Dept., Washington, D.C., 1908
Scott, Hon. Charles F., U.S. House, Kansas, Comm. on Agriculture, Washington, D.C., April 21, 1906
Scovell, J. Boardman, Niagara Falls, NY, April 8, 1916
Seattle Times, Editor, Seattle, WA, July 15, 1908
Semple, A.E., Minister's Secy., Toronto, Canada, 1906
Sharp, Hon. Wm. G., U.S. House, Ohio, Comm. on Foreign Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1912-1913 (1 folder)
Shaw, Dr. Albert, Editor, American Review of Reviews, NYC, 1908
Shenehon, Francis C., U.S. Lake Survey Office, Detroit, MI, 1908-1910, 1912
Sherley, Hon. [Joseph] Swager, U.S. House, Kentucky, Washington, D.C., December 16, 1905

Sherman Hon. James S., U.S. House, New York, Chairman, Comm. on Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1906 (1 folder)
-Calder, Miss Adelaide W., Utica, NY, May 24, 1906
-Calder, J.F., Utica, NY, May 26, 1906
-Clark, J. Arthur, Utica, New York, May 26, 1906
-Davis, R.R., New Hartford, NY, May 26, 1906
-DeLong, Miss Frances E., Utica, NY, June 1, 1906
-Howard, Francis G., Utica, NY, May 30, 1906
-Howard, Mrs. Thomas M., Utica, NY, May 30, 1906
-Jones, Mrs. Emma M., Utica, NY, May 25, 1906
-Loughren, J.J., Utica, NY, May 26, 1906
-McGucken, Miss Sara E., Utica, NY, May 30, 1906
-Ogden, T.C., Utica, NY, May 26, 1906
-Palmer, Miss Lelia B., Utica, NY, May 24, 1906
-Risley, Mrs. E.H., Utica, NY, May 24, 1906
-Smith, George H., Utica, NY, May 25, 1906

Shipley, Murray, Cincinnati, OH, February 26, 1909

Shuey, Edwin L., Dayton, April 30, 1906
-Nevin, Hon. Robert M., U.S. House, Ohio, Comm. on Judiciary, Washington, D.C.,, May 1, 1906

Sickles, D[aniel] B[anks], Author, NYC, December 18, 1905
Simonds, O.C., Landscape Gardners, Chicago, IL, 1906
Smith, Hon. Charles Bennett, U.S. House, New York, Washington, D.C., January 24, 1912
Smith, Dr. George Otis, Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., 1914
Smith, H.P., Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 1909
Smith and Hulse, Law Reporters, Washington, D.C., November 23, 1906
Smoot, Hon. Reed, U.S. Senate, Utah, Washington, D.C., March 1, 1909
Sohey, E., Kalae School, Molokai, Territory of Hawaii, September 1, 1908
Solotaroff, Wm., Secy. and Supt., Shade Tree Commission, East Orange, NJ, 1909
Sparkman, Hon. Stephen M., U.S. House, Florida, Chairman, Comm. on Rivers and Harbors, Washington, D.C., 1911

Special International Niagara Control Board, American Member, 1923-1947
-Beiter, Hon. Alfred F., U.S. House, New York, Washington, D.C., 1935 (1 folder)
-Benoit-Levy, Mon. Georges, "L'Etoile," Pessicart, Nice, 1929-1930
-Berle, Hon. Adolf A., Jr., Assidt. Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., 1940
-Borah, Hon. Wm. E., U.S. Senate, Idaho, Chairman, Comm. on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., 1929-1933 (1 folder)
-Bostford, Samuel B., Ex. Vice Pres., Chamber of Commerce, Buffalo, NY, 1930 (1 folder)
-Bray, Frank Chapin, National Arts Club, NYC, 1938
-Burton, Maj. Philip G., Dist. Engineer, Buffalo, NY, 1938-1940
-Camsell, Dr. Charles, Dept. Minister, Dept. of Mines, Ottawa, Canada, 1939, 1946-1947 (1 folder)
-Caparn, Harold A., Landscape Architect, NYC, 1926-1932 (1 folder)
-Capper, Hon. Arthur, U.S. Senate, Kansas, Washington, D.C., 1930-1931 (1 folder)
-Carr, Hon. Wilbur J., Assist. Secy., Dept. of State, Washington, D.C., 1935
-Christian Science Monitor, Editor, Boston, MA, January 22, 1931
-Clearwater, Hon. Alphonso T., Judge, Niagara Falls, NY, 1927
-Cline, C.G., Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, 1928, 1931
-Copeland, Hon. Royal S., U.S. Senate, New York, Washington, D.C., 1929
-Crampton, Hon. Louis C., U.S. House, Michigan, Washington, D.C., 1929
-Cuthbert, Margaret, Program Dept., Nat. Broadcasting Co., Inc., NYC, 1931
-Davey, Hon. Martin L., U.S. House, Ohio, Washington, D.C., May 23, 1929 (1 folder)
-Dempsey, Miss Laura, Secy., Fuel Power Transportation, Educational Foundation, Columbus, OH, May 16, 1929
-Dempsey, Hon. S. Wallace, U.S. House, New York, Chairman, Comm. on Rivers and Harbors, Washington, D.C., 1924, 1930
-Dodds, Nugent, Washington, D.C., 1935-1936
-Doutrich, Hon. Isaac H., U.S. House and Senate, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., 1929
--Borah, Hon. Wm. E., U.S. Senate, Idaho, Chairman, Comm. on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., June 12, 1929
--Wagner, Hon. Robert F., U.S. Senate, New York, Washington, D.C., June 12, 1929
-Edgarton, Lt. Col., Glen E., Chief of Engineers, War Dept., Washington, D.C., 1936
-Egbert, Charles C., Consulting Engineer, Niagara Falls, NY, 1931
-Fess, Hon. Simeon D., U.S. Senate, Ohio, Washington, D.C., 1930
-Fletcher, Laurence B., Secy., Trustees of Public Reservations, Boston, MA, 1947
-Florance, Howard, American Review of Reviews, NYC, 1929
Goethals, Maj. George R., Dist. Engineer, U.S. Engineer Office, Buffalo, NY, 1940-1942 (1 folder)
-Grew, Hon. Joseph C., Under Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., 1924
-Griffin, Edward G., Counsel to the Governor, Albany, NY, March 9, 1929
-Grosvenor, Dr. Gilbert, Editor, National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C., August 23, 1932
-Hamlin, Chauncey J., Chairman, Niagara Frontier Planning Board, Byffalo, NY, 1937, 1940, 1946-1947
--Hepburn, Hon. Mitchell F., Premier of Ontario Province, Toronto, Canada, (copy), April 5, 1940
--Hogg, Thomas H., Chairman, Hydro-Electric Power Comm., Toronto, Canada, (copy), April 6, 1940
--Hull, Hon. Cordell, Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., April 9, 1940
--King, W.L., Mackenzie, Prime Monister of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, (copy), April 6, 1940
-Hanley, Miss Rosemary, Altoona, PA, April 13, 1936
-Hanmer, Lt. S.R., Assist., U.S. Engineer Office, Buffalo, NY, February 20, 1940
-Henning, Arthur Sears, Chicago Tribune, Washington Bureau, 1929
-Hickerson, John Dewey, Assist. Chief, Div. of Western European Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1931, 1934-1935, 1939
-Hoffman, Dean, Editor, The Patriot, Harrisburg, PA, 1929, 1934
-Hoover, Hon. Herbert, President of the United States, White House, Washington, D.C., 1926-1932, 1934, 1939 (1 folder)
-Hoover, M.H., Secy. - Editor, New York Conservationist, Lockport, NY, 1931
-Hull, Hon. Cordell, Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., 1935-1940 (1 folder)
-James, Miss Harlean, Ex. Secy., A.C.A., Washington, D.C., 1929-1931
-Jeffers, Leroy, NYC, November 13, 1922
-Johnston, J.T., Canadian Member, Director, Dominion Water Power, Ottawa, Canada, 1927-1929, 1931, 1934-1935, 1938-1939 (3 folders)

box 27

-Jones, Capt. A.B., Corp of Engineers, U.S. Engineer Office, Buffalo, NY, 1926-1927 (4 folders)
-Jones, Maj. De Witt C., Dist. Engineer, U.S. Engineer Office, Buffalo, NY, 1926-1929, 1931, 1934-1935, 1947
-Kaempffert, Waldemar, Science and Engineer Editor, New York Times, NYC, 1931 (1 folder)
-Keenleyside, Hon. H.L., Deputy Minister, Dept. of Mines, Ottawa, Canada, 1947
-Kehr, Cyrus, Washington, D.C., 1932
-Kellogg, Hon. Frank B., Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., 1926-1929
-Kellogg, Dr. Paul U., Editor, The Survey, NYC, 1929
-Kiess, Hon. Edgar R., U.S. House, Pennsylvania, Chairman, Comm. on Insular Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1929
- Killam, I.W., Montreal, Canada, 1935-1936
-Kirchhofer, A.H., Buffalo Evening News, Buffalo, NY, 1934
-Kohls, Mrs. Vera, Secy., to Miss James, A.C.A., Washington, D.C., 1923
-La Gorce, John Oliver, Assoc. Editor, National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C., 1932 (1 folder)
-Landreth, Olin H., Consulting Engineer, NYC, 1923-1925
--Ten Eyck, Hon Peter G., U.S. House, NY, Washington, D.C., 1923
-Landscape Architecture Publishing Co., Boston, MA, 1929
-Lorimer, George H., Editor, The Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia, PA, 1930-1931, 1934
-McNeir, Wm., Chief, Bureau of Accounts, Dept. of State, Washington, D.C., 1927, 1931 (1 folder)
-Marks, Col. E.H., Dist. Engineer, U.S. Engineer Office, Buffalo, NY, 1938
-Marr, Norman, Chief Hydraulic Engineer, Dept. of Mines, Ottawa, Canada, 1942, 1946
-Martin, A.K., Vice Pres., Ludlum Steel Co., Watervliet, NY, 1931
-Martin, Hon. Edward, U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., 1947
-Masters, Frank M., Modjeski and Masters, Harrisburg, PA, 1938-1939
-Messersmith, Hon. George S., Assist. Secy., Dept. of State, Washington, D.C., 1939 (1 folder)
-Meyer, Capt. Harry, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Engineer Office, Buffalo, NY, 1937, 1939
-Moses, Hon. George H., U.S. Senate, New Hampshire, Chairman, Comm. on Rules, Washington, D.C., 1930-1931
-Moses, Hon. Robert, Chairman, Niagara Frontier Park Comm., NYC, 1939-1940, 1945
-New York Evening Post, Editor, NYC, November 13, 1922 (1 folder)
-New York State Reservation, Supt., Niagara Falls, NY, July 3, 1936
-New York Times, Editor, NYC, June 2, 1941
-O'Connor, Col. J.A., Dist. Engineer, U.S. Engineer Office, Buffalo, NY, 1934-1938
-Phillips, Hon. Wm., Under Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., 1924
-Pillsbury, Gen. George B., Chief of Engineers, Office of the Chief Engineers, Washington, D.C., 1931
-Pittman, Hon. Key, U.S. Senate, Nevada, Chairman, Comm. on Foreign Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1937
-Reed, Hon. David A., U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., 1931 (1 folder)
-Reybold, Maj. Eugene,, Dist. Engineer, U.S. Engineering Office, Buffalo, NY, 1929, 1931, 1934
-Robins, Maj. Thomas M., Corps of Engineers, Office of Engineers, Washington, D.C., 1926 (1 folder)
-Roosevelt, Hon. Franklin D., President of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1929-1930, 1934, 1941
-Schley, Maj. Gen. J.L., Chief of Engineers, Office of Chief of Engineers, Washington, D.C., 1939 (1 folder)
-Schoellkopf, Paul A., Niagara Falls, NY, 1926, 1928-1931, 1934, 1939, 1946
-Seigfried, Francis C., Supt., State Reservation at Niagara, Niagara Falls, NY, 1926, 1931, 1936
-Shimer, Dr. Hervey W., M.I.T., Cambridge, MA, January 22, 1931 (1 folder)
-Stanley, Lt. T.H., Dist. Engineer, Buffalo, NY, 1934
-Stimson, Hon. Henry L., Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., 1931
-Stokes, Harold Phelps, Editorial Staff, New York Times, NYC, 1927-1929
-Sucher, Ralph Gunn, Washington Counsel, Power Authority of State of New York, NYC, 1934-1935
-Taylor, Maj. Gen. Harry, Chief of Engineers, U.S. War Dapt., Washington, D.C., July 12, 1926 (1 folder)
-Thomas, Maj. R.S., Dist Engineer, U.S. Engineer Office, Buffalo, NY, 1928
-Tyler, Col. Max C., Div. Engineer, Office of Div. Engineer, Great Lakes Division, Cleveland, OH, 1934
-Vandenberg, Hon. Arthur H., U.S. Senate, Michigan, Comm. on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., 1929-1930
-Veiller, Lawrence, Secy. and Director, National Housing Assoc., NYC, 1928
-Vogel, Col. Herbert D., Dist. Engineer, U.S. Engineers Office, Buffalo, NY, 1946-1947
-Wagner, Hon. Robert F., U.S. Senate, New York, Comm. on Interstate Commerce, Washington, D.C., 1921-1931 (1 folder)
-Waldenberger, Emil R., Supt., State Reservation at Niagara, Niagara Falls, NY, 1927
-Walsh, Frank P., Chairman, Power Authority of State of New York, NYC, 1935, (1 folder)
-Walsh, Hon. Thomas J., S.S. Senate, Monrana, Comm. on Public Lands and Surveys, Washington, D.C., 1930
-Walter, Lt. E.H., Corp of Engineers, U.S. Engineering Office, Buffalo, NY, 1934
-Williams, F.P., Secy., Water Power and Control Comm., Albany, NY, 1931
-Woods, Maj. Harland C., Corps of Engineers, U.S. Engineers Office, Buffalo, NY, 1942

Spencer, Dr. J.H., Author, Washington, D.C., 1908-1909 (1 folder)
Spooner, Hon. John C., U.S. Senate, Wisconsin, Washington, D.C., 1906 (1 folder)
Stark, W.P., Louisiana, MO, March 14, 1913
Stedman, Hon. Charles M., U.S. House, North Carolina, Washington, D.C., 1912-1913
Stephens, C.A., Editor, Youth's Companion, Boston, MA, 1905
Stetson, Francis Lynde, Attorney, NYC, December 5, 1906
Stevens, Miss Carrie B., Winonah, NJ, March 15, 1909
Stevens, Oscar L., Assist. Editor, The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, MA, 1913, 1915-1916
Stilton, Feilding J., Vice Pres., A.C.A., Los Angeles, CA, 1906-1909
Stimson, Hon. Henry L., Secretary of War, Washington, D.C., 1912-1913
Stokes, Mrs. Henry, Sombra, Ontario, 1905
Streeter, Frank S., Member, International Joint Comm. Concord, NH, 1911
Strong, Howard, Secy., Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland, OH, 1906
Sullivan, Mark, Editor, Collier's, NYC, 1908, 1916-1917
Sulzer, Hon. Wm., Governor of New York, U.S. House, New York, Chairman, Comm. on Foreign Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1905, 1911-1913 (1 folder)
Suter, H.M., Secy., American Forestry Assoc., Washington, D.C., January 22, 1906
Symmes, Frank J., Paso Robles, California, November 23, 1906

box 28

Taft, Hon. Wm. H., U.S. President and Secretary of War, Washington, D.C., 1906-1911, 1913, 1916 (3 folders)
-Cecil, Rev. Russell, Richmond, VA, November 16, 1906 (1 folder)
-Dashiell, L.R., Pres., Education Assoc., Richmond, VA, November 15, 1906
-Ferrele, Miss Katherine D.W., Secy., Womans Club, Richmond, VA, November 17 [1906]
-Foster, Wm. E., Librarian, Public Library, Providence, RI, November 10, 1906
-Fox, Hon. John E., Attorney, Harrisburg, PA, (copy), November 13, 1906
-Gross, Hon. Edward Z., Mayor, Harrisburg, PA, (copy), November 15, 1906
-Howard, Rev. J. Calvin, D.D., Richmond, VA, November 20, 1906
-Knight, Ryland, Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Richmond, VA, (copy), November 20, 1906
-Lamb, Hon. John, U.S. House, Virginia, Richmond, VA, (copy), November 19, 1906
-Lewis, Mrs. John H., Lynchburg, VA, November 16, 1906
-Massie, Hon. Eugene C., House of Delegates, Richmond, VA, (copy), November 16, 1906
-Meredith, Wyndham R., Attorney, Richmond, VA, (copy), November 16, 1906
-Noland, W.C., Commonwealth Club, Richmond, VA, November 19, 1906 (rough copy), November 19, 1906
-Parker, George A., Supt., Dept. of Parks, Hartford, CN, 1906
-Rand, G.C., Wall Street, NYC, (copy), November 8, 1906
-State of New Jersey, Executive Dept., Trenton, NJ, (copy), 1906
-"A Taxpayer," Niagara Falls, NY, November 13, 1906
-Uihlein, Edward G., Chicago, IL, [undated]
-Valentine, Edward V., Sculptor, Richmond, VA, (copy), November 21, 1906
-Warner, John De Witt, (copy), November 7, 1906
-Watres, Mrs. Lawrence H., Scranton, PA, 1906
-Watrous, Richard B., Secy., Citizens Business League, Milwaukee, WI, (copy), 1906
-Weeks, Henry Clay, Bayside, Long Island, (copy), 1906
-Whittet, Robert, Sr., Richmond, VA, (copy), November 20, 1906

Taylor, Edward H., Niagara Falls, NY, 1907-1910 (2 folders)
Taylor, Miss Florence J., Omaha, NB, September 5, 1905 (1 folder)
Taylor, Graham Romeyn, Assoc. Editor, The Survey, NYC, 1909, 1911, 1914
Tener, Hon. John K., Governor of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, May 29, 1914
Tessaro, F.C.J., Manager, Periodical Publishers' Assoc. of America, NYC, 1911
Thomas, D.J., Floral Life, Springfield, OH, 1906
Thompson, George F., Chairman, Comm. to Investigate Power Propositions, Niagara Falls, NY, 1915
Titlow, John, News Editor, The Springfield Sun, Springfield, OH, 1912
Tomkins, Calvin, Chairman, City Plan Committee, NYC, 1906
Townsend, Hon. Edward W., U.S. House, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., 1912-1913
Townsend, R.D., Managing Editor, The Outlook, NYC, 1911 1914-1915
Trelease, Wm., Director, The Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louism MO, November 16, 1906
The Tribune, Editor, Providence, RI, April 24, 1912
Underwood, Hon. Oscar W., U.S. House, Alabama, Ways and Means Comm., Washington, D.C., June 21, 1911
Upton, Mrs. Edward L., Pres., Womans Outdoor League of A.C.A., St, Paul, MN, June 2, 1906
Utica Herald-Dispatch, Editor, Utica, NY, February 26, 1908
Wachter, Hon. Frank C., U.S. House, Maryland, Chairman, Comm. on Enrolled Bills, Washington, D.C., 1906
Wade, G.H., Oakmont, PA, November 21, 1906
Wadhams, Frederick E., Attorney, Albany, NY, November 6, 1905
Ward, Francis G., Comm., Dept. of Public Works, Buffalo, NY, November 10, 1905
Warren, Fiske, Boston, MA, 1906
Washburn, F.L., State Entomologist, St. Anthony Park, MN, 1906
Watrous, Richard B., Secy., A.C.A., Washington, D.C., 1911-1917 (8 folders)
Weeks, Henry Clay, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, NY, 1906, 1909 (1 folder)
Weeks, Hon. John W., U.S. House, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., 1905, 1911
Welsh, Francis R., Investment Bonds, Philadelphia, PA, 1903
White, Arthur V., Comm. of Conservation, Toronto, Canada, 1911, 1916, 1918
White, Mrs. Frank, Valley City, ND, November 13, 1906

Whiting, Frederic A., Chairman, Improvement Company, Framingham, MA, 1906
-Lawrence, Hon. George P., U.S. House, Massachusetts, Chairman, Comm. on Expenditures, Washington, D.C., May 21, 1906

Whitlen, Robert H., Sociology, Librarian, State Library, Albany, NY, 1906
Wilder, Frederick Mason, Chicago, IL, 1906 (1 folder)
Wiley, Hon. Wm. H., U.S. House, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., December 13, 1905
Williams, W.E., Chicago, Il, April 6, 1906
Wilson, George, Secy., N.Y. State Chamber of Commerce, NYC, 1906
Wilson, J. Rattray, Engineer and Architect, Niagara Falls, NY, 1909
Wilson, James, Supt. of Parks, Toronto, Canada, May 5, 1908
Wilson, Lucius E., Secy., Board of Commerce, Detroit, MI, 1911
Wilson, Hon. Woodrow, President of the United States, White House, Washington, D.C., 1913-1914
Winchester, Miss Stella L., St. Joseph, MI, [November 26, 1906]
Wood, Hon. Ira W., U.S. House, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., 1912-1913

Woodruff, Clinton Rogers, 1st Vice Pres., A.C.A., Washington, D.C., 1906, 1908, 1911-1913 (1 folder)
-Burton, Hon. Theodore E., U.S. House, Ohio, Chairman, Comm. on Rivers and Harbirs, Washington, D.C., 1906-1908
-Cassidy, James H., Clerk, U.S. House, Washington, D.C., June 9, 1906
-Forbin, Victor, paris, France, (copy), April 12, 1906
-Miller, Leslie V., Secy., Fairmount Park Art Assoc., Philadelphia, PA, January 16, 1906

Woods, Wm. S., Editor, The Literary Digest, NYC, 1917
Works, Hon. John D., U.S. Senate, California, Chairman, Comm. on Expenditures, Washington, D.C., June 19, 1911
Worthington, Dr. Harry, Charles City, IA, 1911
Wright, Gen Luke E., Secretary of War, Washington, D.C., 1908-1909
Zimmerman, Mrs. George, Vice Chairman, Gen Federation of Women's Clubs, Fremond, OH, March 14, 1911

MG-85

J. Horace McFarland Papers
American Civic Association

NIAGARA FALLS ADDRESSES, ARTICLES, NOTES, 1903-1934, [undated]. (1 box)

box 29

• "Canada Approves of Niagara Falls Improvement Plan," National Resources Canada, Vol. 8, No. 1, Dept. of Interior, Ottowa, July 1929 (1 folder)
• "Diversions of Water From Niagara River, June 1918" Congressional Record, June 6, 29, 1918 (p) Press Release, September 25, 1925
• Dow, Charles M., "How to Protect Niagara Falls," Reprint, The Outlook, January 7, 1906, pp. 179-189 (galley proofs)
• Greene, Francis Vinton, "Niagara," (typescript, 17 pp), November 19, 1907
• Greene, Francis Vinton, "Niagara Poer and Its Relations to the Future of Ontarion" (13 pp.), January 10, 1907
• Greene, Francis Vinton, "Statement on Behalf of Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Company," (24 pp.), January 18, 1912
• Harper, John L., "Niagara Falls 100,000-HP Development," Electrical World, Vol. 16, No. 12, pp. 561-564.
• Keller, Maj. Charles, "The Work of the Taft Commission," (typescript, 10 pp.), November 19, 1908 (1 folder)
• Langmuir, J.W., [Niagara Falls Park], (printed, 16 pp.), July 8, 1903
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Authorized Power Diversions," [undated] (typescript on four 4x6 cards and ""Additional Unused Authorized Power Diversions" on two 4x6 cards)
• McFarland, J. Horace, [Break on Crest Line of American Fall], (typescript, 4 pp.) [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Brief of Questions for Discussion at White House Niagara Conference, (typescript, 6 pp.) January 30, 1908
• McFarland, J. Horace, "A Brief Summary of the Niagara Campaign," typescript, 7pp.), [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Estimates as to Use of Niagara Power in Canada," (ms. on two 4x6 cards), [undated] (1 folder)
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Great Changes at Niagara," (typescript with corrections, 17 pp. and final version, 8 pp.) April 30, 1931
• McFarland, J. Horace, "History of Preservation Effort from A.C.A. Standpoint," (typescript on one 4x6 card), [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Inquiry By Power Diversions," (typescript on two 4x6 cards) [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, " . . . Interview with Pres. Wilson," (Ms. on one 4x6 card) [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, " . . . Interviews with Pres. Roosevelt," (typescript, 11 pp.), November 11, 1905, February 14, April 4, May 8, 1906
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Mending Niagara," The Saturday Evening Post, (typescript, 5 pp.), November 23, 1929
• McFarland, J. Horace, Memorandum of Statement by the A.C.A. before The House Committee on Foreign Affairs, In Relation to the Preservation of Niagara Falls, Friday, January 26, 1912," (typescript, 12 pp.)
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Memorandum of Statement to be Made before the Committee on Foreign Affairs . . . Relating to the Preservation of Niagara Falls, January 23, 1911," (typescript, 29 pp.)
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Natural Niagara vs. Power Plant Niagara," (undated typescript, 5 pp. and ms. notes onnine 4x6 cards), May 27, 1916
• McFarland, J. Horace, ["Niagara"], (typescript, 4 pp.), February 8, 1914 (1 folder)
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Niagara Again," (flyer to A.C.A. members, 1 p.), [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "A Niagara Emergency Message for Instant Consideration," (flyer, 1p.), February 27, 1909
• McFarland, J. Horace, "A Niagara Emergency Requiring Your Immediate Attention," (latter, 4 pp.), November 5, 1906
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Niagara Falls - Is It to Remain a Depreciated Natural Spectacle, or to be Wholly Developed for Private Use?" (typescript, 2 pp.), June 4, 1920
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Niagara Falls Power Company," Landscapr Architecture, April 1929, pp. 157-162
• McFarland, J. Horace, " . . . Niagara Hearings, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations," (ms. notes, 2 pp.) February 18, 1931
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Niagara Keeps On," (typescript, 3 pp.) [ca. 1934]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Niagara Not Saved by Treaty," (ms, 9 pp.; typescript, 2 pp.), The Patriot, January 25, 1909.
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Niagara - Past, Present and Future," (typescript, 24 pp.), November 21, 1931
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Niagara Percentage Details as to Diversion," (ms. notes on one 4x6 card), February 9, 1914
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Niagara, Permits for Diversion of Water to the U.S. and for the Admission of Electrical Power from Canada . . .," (typed notes on one 4x6 card), [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Niagara, Physical Characteristics," (typed notes on one 4x6 card), [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Niagara, Power Available to be Imported from Canada," (typed notes on 1 4x6 card), [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Niagara, Power of the President under Treaty of 1910 and Under Act of March 3, 1899," (ms. notes on one 4x6 card)
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Niagara, Present Power Production," (typed notes on one 4x6 card), [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "The Niagara Preservation Movement to January 1, 1907," (printed, 4 pp.), [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Niagara, Shenehon, Francis C.," (ms. notes on one 4x6 card), [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Saving Niagara Once More," The Reviw of Reviews, May 1929, pp. 65-68 (1 folder)
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Shall Niagara Be Saved?" (typescript, 2 pp.), [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Shall We Save Niagara?" (typescript, 2 pp.), [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Statement Before the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, June 23, 1920," (typescript, 10 pp.)
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Turn On Niagara," (typescript, 15 pp.), [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "What Does Niagara Mean to America?" (ms notes on fifteen 4x6 cards and 2 pp.), October 15, 1931
• McFarland, J. Horace, "What Is Left of Niagara Falls?" (ms, 6 pp.), [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "What is to be Done with Niagara ?" (typescript, 28 pp. and ms notes on one 4x6 folder), December 28, 1915 (1 folder)
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Why Not Restore Niagara Falls?" (typescript, 2 pp.), [undated]
• McFarland, J. Horace, "Why Save Niagara?" (ms. and seventeen typed 4x6 cards), April 4, 1911
• "Making Off With the Great Lakes," The Literary Digest, June 7, 1924, p. 20 (1 folder)
• "More Power From Niagara," The Literary Digest, February 18, 1922, p. 24
• "New York Joins the Great Lake Battle," The Literary Digest, November 6, 1926, pp. 11-12
• ["Niagara"], Congressional Record, Vol. 56, No. 114, April 27, 1918, pp. 6151-6154
• "Niagara Power in War Industries," Electrical World, Vol. 72, No. 3, July 20, 1918, pp. 109-111
• "The Preservation of Niagara Falls," Engineering, (London, England), February 1, 1929, pp. 133-134
• "Report on Hydroelectric Power at Niagara Falls," The Official Bulletin, Wednesday, july 17, 1918, p. 13
• Ricker, George A., "Niagara's Wayward Youth," The Technology Review, Vol. 33, No. 7, April 1931, pp. 323-326
• Schull, Col. Herman W., Jr., "Statement on Niagara River Power Development," (typescript, 8 pp. and 2 maps), [undated]
• Sharp, Mr. --, "Control Waters of Niagara River," Report, H.R. Report # 1577, Washington, D.C., February 26, 1913
• Slossen, Dr. Edwin E., "The Cost of Niagara," The Literary Digest, December 22, 1922
• Steinmetz, Charles T., "Mobilizing Niagara to Aid Civilization," Electrical World, Vol. 71, No. 8, February 23, 1918, p. 399
• "Suggestions to Develop Niagara Falls' Full Efficiency," Scientific American, Vol. CXVIII, No. 22, June 1, 1918, pp. 498, 511
• Taft, Hon. Wm. H., "Niagara Falls Power Company," (copies of typed permits, 11 pp.) (1 folder)
• Taft, Hon. Wm. H., "Opinion," re: Burton Act (ty[escript, 15 pp.), [undated]
• "To Use Niagara Without Marring It," The Literary Digest, September 25, 1920, pp.25-27
• "The Waters of Niagara River," Congressional Record, Vol. 48, No. 90, March 28, 1914, pp. 4121-4122
• "What Is Lowering the Great Lakes?" The Literary Digest, September 25, 1926, pp. 21-22
• Winder, C.A., "The Industrial Salvation of America," The Rotarian, Vol. 12, No. 3, March 1918, pp. 95-96

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American Civic Association

NIAGARA FALLS BOOKS AND REPORTS, 1880-1949. (4 boxes)

box 29

Adams, Edward Dean, Niagara Power, History of the Niagara Falls Power Company, 1886-1918, 2 volumes, Privately Printed, 1927 (1 folder)
Adams, Frank D., The National Domain in Canada and its Proper Conservation, Ottawa, 1915 (1 folder)

box 30

Bishop, Irving P., The Red Book of Niagara, Buffalo, NY, 1901 (1 folder)
Bolton, Reginald Pelham, An Expensive Experiment, New York, 1913 (1 folder)
de Luccia, E. Robert, Possibilities for Redevelopment of Niagara Falls for Power, Washington, D.C., 1949 (1 folder)
Dow, Charles Mason, Anthology and Bibliography of Niagara Falls, Albany, 1921 (1 folder)
Dow, Charles Mason, The State Reservation at Niagara, A History, Albany, 1914 (1 folder)
Gardner, James T., Special Report of New York State Survey of the Preservation of the Scenery of Niagara Falls, Albany, 1880 (1 folder)
Greene, Francis Vinton, Niagara Falls in 1907, The Ontario Power Co., 1907 (1 folder)

box 31

Howells, W.D., and Mark Twain, The Niagara Book, Buffalo, 1893 (1 folder)
Hurlbert, Archer Butler, The Niagara River, New York, 1908 (1 folder)
Long, Elias A., Niagara As It Is, New York, 1892 (1 folder)
The Preservation and Improvement of Niagara Falls and Rapids, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1931
Shenehon, Francis C., Report on the Regulation of the Niagara and St. Lawrence Rivers, Chicago, 1919 (1 folder)

box 32

Special International Niagara Board, Interim Report, Ottawa, 1928
Special International Niagara Board, Final Report, Buffalo, 1928
Special International Niagara Board, Final Report, Ottawa, 1930
Special International Niagara Board, Supplementary Report, 1931 (1 folder)
Spencer, Joseph Wm. Winthrop, The Falls at Niagara, Ottawa, 1907 (1 folder)
Tallamy, B.D., and T.M. Sedweek, The St. Lawrence Seaway Project, Buffalo, 1940

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American Civic Association

NIAGARA FALLS SECONDARY WORKS, 1901-1947. (2 boxes)

box 33

• Agassiz, Garnault, "Niagara - 'The Mighty Thunderer'," National Magazine, September 1912 (1 folder)
• Annett, F.A., "installation of the World's Largest Hydro-Electric Units at Niagara Falls, New York," Niagara Falls Power Company, Niagara Falls, NY, [1925]
• Beck, Sir Adam, "The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario," Toronto, 1924
• Bruere, Martha Bensley, "Following the Hydro," Survey Graphic, march 1924, pp. 591-594.
• Commissioners for the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park, "Reports," Toronto, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1924-1925
• Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara, "Reports," State Printers, Albany, NY, 1908-1916, 1919-1926, 1930
• "Convention and Protocol Between Canada and the United States Regarding the Niagara Falls and the Niagara River," Ottawa, 1929
• "Diversion of Water from the Great Lakes and Niagara River," Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1921 (1 folder)
• Gilbert, G.K., "The Rate of Recession og Niagara Falls," Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1907
• Grabu, A.W., "Guide to the Geology and Paleontology of Niagara Falls and Vicinity," Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences," Vol. 12, No. 1, [1901]
• Harper, John Lyell, "The Suicide of the Horseshoe Fall," Reprint, June 1926
• Herschell, Clemens, "Some Facts Concerning the Use of the Water of the Niagara River," [no publisher]
• Johnson, J. Allen, "System Commections and Relay Schemes . . .," Reprint, Electric Light and Power, November 1925
• Knowles, Morris, "The Withdrawal of Water from Lake Michigan by the Sanitary District of Chicago . . .," Reprint, Engineer's Society of Western Pennsylvania Proceedings, Vol. 41, May 18, 1925
• Kutz, Capt. Charles W., "Reports Upon the Existing Water Power Situation at Niagara Falls . . .," Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1906
• "The Model of Niagara Falls," The Niagara Falls Power Co., Buffalo, NY, 1926 (1 folder)
• "Niagara Falls," Congressional Record, Vol. 74, No. 63 (February 27, 1931), pp. 6426-6428
• "Niagara Falls, Canada," Compliments of the Chamber of Commerce, Niagara Falls, Canada, [undated]
• Niagara Frontier Planning Board, "Airport Plan," Buffalo, NY, October 1, 1946
• Niagara Preservation Number, The Chautauquan, Vol. 47, Chautauqua Press, NY, 1906
• Niagara Parks Commission, "Reports," Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, Toronto, Canada, 1933-1937, 1945
• "Niagara River," Report of Conservation Department of the State of New York, 1929, pp. 322-332.
• Nunn, P.N., "The Development of the Ontario Power Company," Ontario Power Co. of Niagara Falls, 1905
• Olmsted, Frederick Law, "Report to the Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls, New York," (typescript, 22 pp.), November 29, 1926

box 34

• Preservation of Niagara Falls, Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, January 16-27, 1912, H.R. 6746, 7694, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1912
• Preservation of Niagara Falls, Hearings Before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, April 12-17, 1906 (H.R. 18024), January 6, 1911 (H.R. 26688) Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1906, 1911
• Preservation of Niagara Falls, Hearings in the Matter of Granting the Permits for the Transmission from the Dominion of Canada into the United States of Power from the Niagara River . . .," November 26-27, 1906, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1912
• Preservation of Niagara Falls, Hearings Upon Applications for Permits for the Diversion of Water from Niagara River . . . for the Creation of Power . . ., July 12, 1906, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1906
• Preservation of Niagara Falls, Memorandum Submitted by the American Civic Association on behalf of the People of the U.S., at the Hearing Held November 26, 1906, before Hon. Wm. H. Taft . . ." (printed, 12 pp.)
• Preservation of Niagara Falls, "Message from the President of the United States transmitting the Report of the American Members of the International Waterways Commission," March 27, 1906, 59th Congress, Senate Document No. 242
• "Progress in Planning for the Niagara Frontier Region," Niagara Frontier Planning Board, NY, [ca. 1926]
• "Recommendations Including Brief Statement of Findings and Conclusions," The Engineering Board of Review , , ,, Chicago, IL, December 20, 1924
• "Report on Cost Distrubution of Electricity," Power Authority of the State of New York, (typescript, 49 pp.), November 10, 1934 (1 folder)
• Romer, John L., "Statement by the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company Relative to Conditions at Niagara Falls," (printed, 6 pp.), [undated]
• St. Lawrence Waterway Project, Digest of Hearings Held Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations on S.J. Res. III, May 28 - June 20, 1947, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1947
• St. Lawrence Waterway Project, Digest of Hearings Held Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations on S.J. Res. III, 80th Congress, Senate Committee Print No. 2 (printed, 21 pp.), [undated]
• Shenehon, Francis C., "Statement of Desirable Procedure for the Preservation of the Scenic Grandeur of Niagara Falls," (typescript, 9 pp.), May 1927
• Shenehon, Francis C., "The St. Lawrence Waterway to the Sea," Reprinted from Transactions, Vol. 89 (1926), p. 444
• Shenehon, Francis C., "The Withdrawal of Water from the Great Lakes System," Minneapolis, MN, December 1921
• "Six Milleion Wild Horses," The Niagara Falls Power Company, (printed, 16 pp.), [undated] (1 folder)
• Special International Niagara Board, "Preservation of Niagara Falls, Proposed Remedial Works," (typescript, 17 pp.), April 9, 1928
• Spencer, Dr. J.W., "Spiliation of the Falls of Niagara," 14th Annual Report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, 1909, pp. 247-264
• "Statement of Power Generated and Sold on Canadian and American sides of Niagara Falls, 1907-1913 inclusive," (typescript, 2 pp.)
• Taylor, Edward H., "Niagara Falls, America," Niagara Falls, NY, 1906
• Wyer, Samuel S., "Study of St. Lawrence Waterway Project," Reprinted, September 1928
  

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