Letter from Ernest Coe to Governor David Sholtz, October 20, 1933

Parks -- Florida -- Everglades

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Letter from Ernest Coe, executive chairman of the Everglades National Park Association, to Florida Governor David Sholtz requesting a statement regarding the Everglades to enclose with letters and stating that he received permission from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to continue using a quote on a promotional postcard about the Everglades. The promotional postcard is included.

Coe, Ernest F., 1866-1951

State Archives of Florida, Series S278

1933-10-20

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

Albright, Horace M. (Horace Marden), 1890-1987

Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966

Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935

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Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Tallahassee (Fla.)

Leon County (Fla.)

Miami (Fla.)

Miami-Dade County (Fla.)

Everglades National Park (Fla.)

Harrisburg (Pa.)

Washington (D.C.)

Albany (N.Y.)

Sable, Cape (Fla.)

Yellowstone National Park

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Nature and Environment

Florida. Governor (1933-1937 : Sholtz)

Everglades National Park Association (Miami, Fla.)

United States. President (1933-1945 : Roosevelt)

United States. National Park Service

National Geographic Society (U.S.)

American Museum of Natural History

Sholtz, David, 1891-1953

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

This map indicates the area recommended by the Department of the Interior to Congress, within which the proposed park may be established. ------ Governor's Office Albany, N.Y. September 25, 1930 Dear Mr. Coe: "I am glad that the Everglades National Park project is getting on so well. I can tell you that, knowing this country at first hand, I am very hopeful that it can be preserved for the nation for all time." Very sincerely yours, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Issued by The Everglades National Park Association Miami, Fla. and Washington, D.C.

Governor's Office, Harrisburg, Pa. "...It is a land of strangeness separate and apart from the common things we know so well...A new world to play in, a good place to be in summer as well as winter. There are more fish around Cape Sable than I ever saw anywhere else in a lifetime of fishing." Gifford Pinchot National Park Service, Washington, D.C. "There is an atmosphere of mystery and strangeness about the whole thing, and it will attract the multitudes as much as a park like Yellowstone." Horace M. Albright National Geographic Society. "The area would be visited by millions." Gilbert H. Grosvenor American Museum of National History. "It would be a place for posterity to visit and witness those forms of life now so rapidly vanishing." Henry Fairfield [Osborn] Issued by the Everglades National Park Ass'n Miami, Fla. and Washington, D.C. PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE

The Everglades National Park Association County Court House Miami, Florida Telephone President Halsted L. Ritter Vice-Presidents Thomas J. Pancoast John O. Shares David Sholtz Treasurer F.L. Wall Executive Council Ernest F. Coe, Chairman Advisory Council David Fairchild, Chairman Clayton Sedgwick Cooper, Vice-Chairman Auditor Clifford N. Bourne October 20, 1933 The Governor The Capitol Tallahassee, Fla. Dear Dave: We would like very much a statement from you to be used as an enclosure with letters, similar in that respect to the attached one, ex-Governor Carlton furnished us. Of course, with the information now at hand, you have a wide field to draw upon. Before making another run of the attached card, I wrote to President Roosevelt, asking if there was any reason for not using the excerpt from one of his letters again. In reply, he stated that it was perfectly alright for us to do so. An airplane trip over the proposed Park area is awaiting you. Sincerely yours [signature] Ernest F. Coe Executive Chairman EFC:AT This association was organized and is maintained for the purpose of promoting acquaintance with the primeval wonders of America's continental tropics included in the Cape Sables and nearby Everglades region of South Florida--its scenic interests, varied plant and animal life. All of this native wild life is fascinating and many species are confined to this region. To cooperate with measures leading to the preservation of this region as a great national park wherein all its forms of wild life will be protected, and its other varied charms of glades, tropic jungles, azure seas, emerald isles, lakes, rivers and beaches will be forever consecrated as a nature sanctuary. Membership-annual members, $3.00 per year; sustaining members, $60.00 or more per year. All members will receive bulletins and other printed matter issued by this association.