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Record Group Number: 000510
Series/Collection Number: .S 236
Creator: Florida. Division of Recreation and Parks.
Title, Dates: Photographic collection, 1948-1970.
Amount: 4000 photographs (negatives and prints)
Medium Included: photographs
Organization/Arrangement: Numerical.
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Biographical/Historical:     The Board of Parks and Historic Memorials, commonly known as the Florida Park Service, was originally created in 1935 and was administered within the Board of Forestry. The park service's first eight parks were designed and built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). In 1949, the park service became an independent agency, the Board of Parks and Historic Memorials. Its purpose was to administer and control the operation and development of the state parks and historic sites of Florida. In 1969, the Board was merged with the Outdoor Recreational Development Council to form the Division of Recreation and Parks under the Department of Natural Resources. The Division eventually moved to the newly created Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in 1993.

    After becoming an independent agency in 1949, the Board created the position of Chief of Information and Education to implement and coordinate publicity, public interpretation such as brochures, signs, and exhibits, and advertising for the Florida Park Service (FPS). The first chief was Carl Liddle, who left in 1952. He was followed by Charles H. Schaeffer, former park service director, in 1953. Schaeffer was a landscape architect and Board of Forestry employee in 1935 when the FPS was created. As director, he coordinated the acquisition and construction of the first state parks with the Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Park Service. He left in 1937 for an out-of-state job. Schaeffer died in October 1959 while still chief of information and education.
Summary:     This series consists of over 4,000 photographs depicting state parks and scenic views of Florida, as well as some of the personnel and activities of the Division and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).  Some of the images date back to the origins of the Florida Park Service, including images of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Board of Parks and Historic Memorials.  The majority of these images were created by and maintained by former Florida Park Service director and Chief of Education and Information C. H. Schaeffer.  Most images from 1947 to 1950 were taken by Florida Park Service photographer William Z. Harmon.

Finding Aids: Searchable index to selected images available on the Florida Photographic Collection web site at http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/
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Publication Note: Selected images are published on the Florida Photographic Collection web site at http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/
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Electronic Records Access: http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/
Subject Access Fields: Florida. Board of Parks and Historic Memorials.
Florida Park Service.
Florida. Dept. of Natural Resources.
Florida. Division of Recreation and Parks.
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Parks Florida
Park rangers Florida.
Park facilities Florida.
Park buildings Florida.
Outdoor recreation Florida
Wildlife-related recreation Florida.
Leisure Florida.
Historic sites Florida
Historical markers.
Historic house museums Florida.
Historic ranger stations Florida.
Historic buildings Florida.
Plants Florida.
Animals Florida.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
Photographs. aat
Negatives. aat
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