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Southwest Parks and Monuments Association Records,1967-1994 MS 463

MS463

Historical Note

When the National Park Service was created in 1916, several nonprofit organizations (cooperating associations) were formed to support park programs and projects not covered by government funding. By 1936 cooperating associations were formally recognized by Congress, which passed laws enabling them to operate in the national parks. In 1938 the Southwest Monuments Association (later known as the Southwest Parks and Monuments Association (SPMA) was created by the National Park Service and was committed to supporting the education and preservation of 18 national monuments across Arizona and New Mexico

In 2002 the SPMA was renamed the Western National Parks Association (WNPA). The association is located in Tucson, Arizona and now services 66 locations in 12 states and donates over $4 million annually to its national park affiliates. Donations are raised through bookstore sales, membership support, book and publication development, research funding and other educational activities.

The Hubbell Trading Post was sold to the National Park Service in 1967. It is still an active trading post run by the non-profit organization the Western National Parks Association (formerly the Southwest Parks and Monuments Association) for the Park Service.

Scope and Content

The bulk of the collection contains correspondences and financial files. The photographs of rugs and research related materials are contained in Hubbell Trading Post series. The documents from different committees are organized by committees and arranged alphabetically in SPMA series. The meeting minutes and agenda and publication are included in SPMA as well.

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Restrictions

Conditions Governing Access

None

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Southwest Parks and Monuments Association (MS 463). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

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