COLLECTION FINDING AID



NATHANIEL P. REED PUBLIC STATEMENTS, 1971-76

Assistant Secretary of the Interior
for Fish and Wildlife and Parks




SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Reed served as assistant Secretary of the Interior in the Nixon and Ford administrations and had responsibility for the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service. His speeches and testimony concern fish and wildlife protection, public lands management, and environmental protection.

QUANTITY
1.2 linear feet (ca. 2,400 pages)

DONOR
Nathaniel P. Reed (accession number 82-64)

ACCESS
Open. Some items are temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR 1256).

COPYRIGHT
Nathaniel Reed donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.

Prepared by Barbara White, September 1982
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION


Nathaniel P. Reed


July 22, 1933 - Born, New York, NY

1955 - B.A., Trinity College

1955-59 - Officer, U.S. Air Force

1960-71 - Vice President, Hobe Sound Company, Hobe Sound, FL

1962-63 - Member, Florida Board of Antiquities

1967-71 - Special Assistant to the Governor of Florida for the Environment

1968 - Member, Florida Board of Pollution Control

1969-71 - Chairman, Florida Department of Air and Water Pollution Control

1971-77 - Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Fish and Wildlife and Parks

1977-78 - Town Commissioner, Hobe Sound, FL

1978-? - Member, South Florida Water Management District Governing Board

1980-84 - Member, Treasure Coast Planning Council


SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Speeches and Testimony File, 1971-76. (Boxes 1-3, 0.8 linear feet)
Testimony before Congress and the Atomic Energy Commission, speeches, remarks, articles, press conference transcripts, and press releases. Among the topics are: fish and wildlife protection, public lands management, and environmental protection.

Arranged chronologically.


CONTAINER LIST

Box 1 - Speeches and Testimony File

  • 1971-72

Box 2 - Speeches and Testimony File

  • 1973-74

Box 3 - Speeches and Testimony File

  • 1975-76