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REPORTS Albee, Peggy A. Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Historic Structure Report. Lowell, MA: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Cultural Resources Center, Building Conservation Branch, 1989. Albee, Peggy A. and Joan Berkowitz. Documentation and Assessment Report, White Bridge, Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Hyde Park, New York. National Park Service, August 1, 1994. Annual Reports 1972-1975, Resource Management Records, Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Brown, Susan J. "Furnishing Plan: Servants' Dining Room." Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Bruguiere, Mrs. Louis (Margaret Van Alen). Superintendent George A. Palmer, "Memorandum for the Files," May 18, 1948. Vanderbilt Mansion General File, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites Curatorial Division. Curradi, Alfred D. "Report on Existing Utilities on the Frederick W. Vanderbilt Estate, Hyde Park, New York," April 30, 1940. Resource Management Records, Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Curry, P.J. Company, "Inventory of Personal Property at Hyde park, New York." Typescript, 1938, Resource Management Records, Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Historian's Research Notes File, 1941-67, Series II, Hyde Park History. Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Historian's Research Notes File, 1941-67, Series V, Shears Account Books. Archives of Roosevelt- Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Hopkins, Alfred F. "Inventory of Furniture and Furnishings in the Vanderbilt Mansion," Typescript, July 1940, Resource Management Records, Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Hover, John L. "Documentary Study of the Vanderbilt Farms, "Vanderbilt Report #21, Resource Management Records, Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Hsu, Dick Ping. "Archeological Survey of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites," Typescript, VAMA Report #20, Resource Management Records, Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Knauss, Alex. List of flower arrangements, October 24, 1967. Resource Management Records, Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Larson, Neil for Hudson River Heritage, Inc. Hudson River Historic District: Dutchess & Columbia Counties, New York, Registration Form. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Historic Landmark Program, n.d. McClure, Albert. Monthly Reports 1947-1968. Resource Management Records, Archives of Roosevelt- Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Memorandum, "Secret Service," October 1, 1991. General File, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites Curatorial Division. 452
Memorandum to Superintendent, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt NHS from Historian, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt NHS, October 14, 1954. Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Memorandum, "World War II Use of Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site." Archives of Roosevelt- Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Mullaly, Franklin R. Master Plan for Preservation and Use of Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, March 21, 1962. VAMA Source #54, Resource Management Records, Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. O'Donnell, Patricia M., Charles A. Birnbaum, and Cynthia Zaitzevsky, Cultural Landscape Report for Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site. Boston: National Park Service, 1992. Olsen, Herbert. "Decorators of the Vanderbilt Mansion," July 1952. Resource Management Records, Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Palmer, Superintendent George A. "Memorandum for the Files," June 5, 1951. Resource Management Records, Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Partridge, Margaret. "Furnishings Plan for the Kitchen, Vanderbilt Mansion, Hyde Park, New York." Typescript, January 4, 1971. Vanderbilt Mansion General File, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites Curatorial Division. Rieley, Favretti and Rainey, "Cultural Landscape Report, Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site." National Park Service, 1988, Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Samuels, Mitchell, of French & Co., New York. "Additional Information on Contents of Vanderbilt Mansion," to Gertrude S. Cooper, July 31, 1940. Vanderbilt Mansion Central Files, "French & Co.," Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. ______. "Estimates for Cleaning and Repairs in the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site," October, 1943. Vanderbilt Mansion Central Files, "French & Co.," Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. "Secret Service, May 21, 1942-April 3, 1943." General File, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites Curatorial Division. Series V.B., Early NPS VAMA Administration. Historians Research Notes File, Archives of Roosevelt- Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Series V.C. Historians Research Notes File, Vanderbilt Mansion. Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. Snell, Charles. A Preliminary Report on the Frederick W. Vanderbilts of Hyde Park, New York. April 1, 1954. Typescript, Vanderbilt Report #6, Resource Management Records, Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. _____. A Tour Leader's Guide Manual for Vanderbilt National Historic Site. July 1957, Resource Management Records, Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. _____. "An Administrative History of Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Hyde Park, New York, 1939-1955," June 9, 1956. Resource Management Records, Archives of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. 453
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Vanderbilt Mansion, 1898. Wurts Bro
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Transportation, Power, and Mechanic
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LIST OF DIAGRAMS 1. The Management
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PREFACE When the Vanderbilt Mansion
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properties in their assessments. Wh
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Historic Reso
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