PA State Archives - RG-46 - Series Titles - Valley Forge Park Commission

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Pennsylvania State Archives
RG-46
Records of the VALLEY FORGE PARK COMMISSION

Preservation efforts at Valley Forge began when the Valley Forge Centennial and Memorial Association acquired Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge in 1878 with an eye to creating a lasting memorial commemorating the 1777-1778 winter spent by General George Washington's army encamped at Valley Forge. Its functions were inherited by the Valley Forge Park Commission, which met for the first time on June 17, 1893, and which was intended to preserve, improve and maintain the space as a public park, and to make its historically important sites accessible to visitors. The Park Commission operated the State park independently until 1923, when the Commission was placed under the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters. In 1971 the Park Commission was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Administrative and operational responsibility for Valley Forge State Park was formally transferred by Park Commission Chairman Annamaria M. Molloy to the federal government on March 30, 1977.

Administrative Files, 1910-1976. (2 cartons, 1 box) {#46.28} [Description][Holdings]
Annual and Biennial Report Books, 1894-1969. (1 carton, 1 box) {#46.1} [Description] [Holdings]
Autobiography of Morris Abner Barr: Embodying Seventeen Years in Business at Valley Forge, 1940. (1 volume) {#46.27} [Description][Holdings]
Biography and Engraving of Martha Washington, 1863. (2 items) {#46.25} [Description] [Holdings]
Boy Scouts of America Jamboree Files, 1949-1965. (1 carton, 1 oversize folder, 37 items in map cabinet) {#46.18} [Description] [Holdings]
Centennial and Memorial Association of Valley Forge Files, 1878-1886. (3 boxes) {#46.26} [Description] [Holdings]
Curator File, 1926-1976 (bulk 1966-1976). (1 box) {#46.10} [Description] [Holdings]
Development File, 1944-1976. (1 carton, 2 boxes) {#46.19} [Description] [Holdings]
Financial Files, 1893-1977. (25 cartons, 1 box) {#46.30} [Description] [Holdings]
General Correspondence of the Commission and Park Superintendent, 1893-1977. (22 cartons, 2 boxes, 1 map cabinet drawer) {#46.2} [Description] [Holdings]
General State Authority and Department of General Services Projects, 1973-1977. (2 cartons) {#46.7} [Description] [Holdings]
Historical Research Material and Reports, 1889-1976. (2 boxes) {#46.13} [Description] [Holdings]
Land and Physical Holdings Files, 1893-1977. (7 cartons, 1 box, 6 oversize folders, 1 item in map cabinet drawer) {#46.9} [Description] [Holdings]
Land File, 1900-1945. (1 carton) {#46.12} [Description] [Holdings]
Letter to George Washington, President of the United States: containing Strictures on his Address of the Seventeenth of September 1796, Notifying His Relinquishment of the Presidential Office, 1796. (1 folder) {#46.24} [Description] [Holdings]
Life of George Washington, 1807. (1 item) {#46.33} [Description] [Holdings]
Manuscripts, 1831-1900. (5 items) {#46.4} [Description] [Holdings]
Maps, Prints and Photographs, 1898-1968. (40 items) {#46.20} [Description] [Holdings]
Minutes and Superintendent's Reports, 1893-1977. (6 cartons) {#46.3} [Description] [Holdings]
"Monthly Chronologer," London Magazine, July 1780. (1 item) {#46.15} [Description] [Holdings]
Monuments File, 1900-1917. (1 box) {#46.11} [Description] [Holdings]
Muster Rolls Project Files, 1943-1945, 1947-1949. (1 carton) {#46.5} [Description] [Holdings]
Neighborhood Youth Corps Files, 1965-1971. (1 box) {#46.34} [Description] [Holdings]
Newspaper File, 1946-1949, 1971-1977. (1 carton, 1 box) {#46.22} [Description] [Holdings]
Papers of Jerome J. Sheas, 1911-1935. (1 box) {#46.35} [Description] [Holdings]
[Partially RESTRICTED] Personnel Files, 1914-1977. (5 cartons, 3 boxes) {#46.31} [Description] [Holdings]
Police Matters, 1906-1977. (7 cartons, 4 boxes) {#46.32} [Description] [Holdings]
Published Materials, 1926-1976. (1 carton, 1 box, 2 folders) {#46.21} [Description] [Holdings]
Reading File of the Administrative Assistants, 1974-1976. (2 folders) {#46.36} [Description] [Holdings]
Reports by Officers and Committees of the Valley Forge Park Commission, 1894-1976. (1 box) {#46.29} [Description] [Holdings]
Superintendent's Files, 1934-1977. (4 cartons) {#46.37} [Description] [Holdings]
Trust Officer Files, 1910-1924. (1 box) {#46.38} [Description] [Holdings]
Valley Forge Park Commission Chairman Files, 1939-1946. (1 box, 1 folder) {#46.39} [Description] [Holdings]
Visitor Files, 1876-1976. (6 cartons, 2 boxes) {#46.17} [Description] [Holdings]
Washington Chapel Materials, 1908-1957. (1 box) {#46.16} [Description] [Holdings]
Washington's Valedictory Address to the People of the United States, 1837. (1 folder) {#46.23} [Description] [Holdings]
Works Progress Association (WPA) Projects, 1933-1940. (1 carton, 1 box, 8 oversized folders) {#46.8} [Description] [Holdings]

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