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Finding Aid to theNewspaper Clipping Collection:The Superintendency ofRobert S. ChandlerMarch 24, 1975 – February 10, 1979ByJennifer R. ClarkRecord Unit 119.09Museum Catalog No. 9171Jefferson National Expansion MemorialNational Park ServiceSt. Louis, MissouriSeptember 2013

Cover illustration:Robert S. Chandler, JNEM Visual Image Collection VPRI-1052ii

TABLE OF CONTENTSPrefaceivAcknowledgmentsvIntroduction to the Collection1Arrangement3Container Listing:Series 119.09 The Superintendency of Robert S. Chandler4iii

PREFACEJefferson National Expansion Memorial was established by Executive Order 7253,signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 21, 1935. The park wascreated to commemorate St. Louis' role in the westward expansion of the UnitedStates, specifically mentioning the site as the location of “the Spanish Colonial officewhere, during the administration of Thomas Jefferson the Upper Louisiana Purchasewas transferred to the United States; the Government House at which, on March 9,1804, Capt. Amos Stoddard of the United States Army took formal possession of theLouisiana Purchase and raised the American flag; the old French Cathedral of St.Louis, earliest home of religion on the western bank of the Mississippi; the place whereLaclede and Chouteau established the first civil government west of the Mississippi;the place where Lafayette was received by a grateful people; the places where theSanta Fe, the Oregon, and other trails originated; the place where Lewis and Clarkprepared for their trip of discovery and exploration; and the Court House in which theDred Scott case was tried.”Jefferson National Expansion Memorial collects and preserves archival materials thatdocument the exploration and settlement of the American West, and particularly therole of St. Louis as the Gateway to the West. These manuscripts and records arecollected as an extension of the three dimensional holdings of Jefferson NationalExpansion Memorial, further explaining and describing the artifact collections, andperhaps supplanting them when objects are lacking or unavailable. The humandimensions of the park's holdings are strengthened through the acquisition of personalcorrespondence, diaries, journals, sketchbooks, and photograph albums. Thesematerials, along with records that document the administrative history of the park,comprise valuable and irreplaceable reference sources for historians and otherscholars.The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Archives was formally organized in 1988to insure the protection of these unique collections, and to make them available to thepublic. A small reference library is also available, containing nearly 4000 titles onwestward expansion, American Indians, St. Louis history, and the National ParkService. Researchers wishing to visit the Library and Archives are invited to email, callor write to make the necessary arrangements.Thomas A. BradleySuperintendentJefferson National Expansion Memorial11 North Fourth StreetSt. Louis, MO 63102314-655-1600www.nps.gov/jeffiv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSJefferson National Expansion Memorial Archives is thankful for the financial supportprovided by the Jefferson National Parks Association. The preservation and processingof RU 119.09 Newspaper Clipping Collection: Superintendency of Robert S. Chandlerwould not have been possible without the generous financial contributions made by theAssociation.The Archives would like to acknowledge the late Clarence Vogel and the late GeneGlasscock, longtime National Park Service volunteers, who helped to process thecollection.Jennifer R. ClarkArchivistv

INTRODUCTION TO THE COLLECTIONSince the creation of the memorial, staff members of Jefferson National ExpansionMemorial, (JNEM) have saved newspaper clippings related to the memorial, theriverfront, staff members, the National Park Service in St. Louis and other topicsrelated to the memorial. In order to make the newspaper clippings collection findingaids a useable size and because the collection continues to grow, the archivist brokethe collection into subsections divided into the terms of superintendents. This tenthsection covers the superintendency of Robert S. Chandler, ninth superintendent ofJefferson National Expansion Memorial. (The first section includes the time before asuperintendent was named.) The previous sections of the collection are:RU 119.00RU 119.01RU 119.02RU 119.03RU 119.04RU 119.05RU 119.06RU119.07RU 119.08Creation of the Memorial, September 1929-May 1936The Superintendency of John L. Nagle, June 1936-November 15, 1940The Superintendency of Julian C. Spotts, November 16, 1940-January31, 1959The Superintendency of George B. Hartzog, Jr., February 1, 1959August 25, 1962The Superintendency of H. Raymond Gregg, August 16, 1962-July 31,1965The Superintendency of LeRoy R. Brown, August 1, 1965-December 29,1968The Superintendency of Harry W. Pfanz, December 30, 1968-January 12,1971The Superintendency of Ivan D. Parker, January 13, 1971-February 16,1974The Superintendency of LeRoy R. Brown, February 17, 1974-March 23,1975Robert S. Chandler started his long and distinguished career in the National ParkService (NPS) in 1958 as a horticulturalist with National Capitol Parks after graduatingfrom the University of Maryland. He went on to lead the Job Corps Center first atHarpers Ferry and then at their Chicago office. In addition to Jefferson NationalExpansion Memorial, he served as superintendent at a number of other parks: SantaMonica Mountains National Recreation Area, Olympic National Park, EvergladesNational Park and Grand Canyon National Park. At his last park post he transitionedthe Presidio in San Francisco from Army post to national park. He received two awardsof merit from the Department of the Interior for Meritorious and Distinguished Service.After his retirement, he served on the National Park System Advisory Board andhelped to write the report, “Rethinking the National Parks for the 21st Century.” Hepassed away in 2010 at the age of 74.Some of the notable events that took place in Chandler’s Superintendency include: theopening of the Museum of Westward Expansion underneath the Gateway Arch;construction of the grand stairway from the river to the Arch; events for the nation’sbicentennial; the visit of Charles, Prince of Wales to the Gateway Arch and Old1

Courthouse; symphony concerts on the park grounds; a folklife festival at the Arch andthe seeking of funds for and development of the landscape around the Gateway Arch.Information from this collection must be properly cited, whether used in publication or inother formats. In the case of this particular collection, the name of the publicationshould also be cited. The proper format for this collection is:National Park ServiceJefferson National Expansion Memorial ArchivesRU 119.09 Newspaper Clipping Collection: The Superintendency of Robert S.ChandlerBox , FolderResearchers are advised that before records, photographs, and any other unpublishedmaterials from this collection can be published or exhibited, permission from theNational Park Service must be obtained in writing.2

ARRANGEMENTFor the sake of ease in use of the finding aid and because this collection will continueto grow, the newspaper clipping collection is divided into sections by superintendent’stenure. Each section will begin on the day the new superintendent reported for duty.Because there occasionally was a gap between the departure of one superintendentand the arrival of the next, this will mean the section continues after the formaldeparture of the superintendent. This tenth section of the newspaper clippingscollection covers the administration of the ninth superintendent of Jefferson NationalExpansion Memorial, Robert S. Chandler.This collection of newspaper clippings is arranged in chronological order. The name ofthe article is listed, followed by the name of the publication in which it appeared. Somearticles were found in the collection with no citation and no publication name is known,so none is listed. If the article includes an image, Jefferson National ExpansionMemorial cannot give the rights to reproduce those images. The rights seeker will needto contact the original publication for permission to use images. Articles without aknown specific date of the month of publication appear at the end of the month andarticles without a known month of publication appear at the end of the year. Due to theidiosyncratic nature of capitalization in article titles from newspaper to newspaper, titleshave been capitalized using the Associated Press standard for title case capitalizationBecause the finding aids to this collection will be quite large, and because the topicsare all quite similar and related, there is no index to this collection. Researcherswishing to conduct a word search on the finding aid may obtain the finding aid indocument format from the website at lections.htm or contact the archivist for assistance.3

CONTAINER LISTINGSeries 119.09 The Superintendency of Robert S. ChandlerBox 1Folder 1March 24-April 1975“Paying for Parks”St. Louis Post-DispatchMarch 24, 1975“Gateway Mall”St. Louis Globe-DemocratMarch 25, 1975“Arch Sways, Worker Says”March 26, 1975“Ford to Name Morton Head of Commerce”St. Louis Globe-DemocratMarch 28, 1975“S. K. Hathaway Reported Chosen for Morton's Job”St. Louis Post-DispatchMarch 28, 1975“Their Language”St. Louis Post-DispatchMarch 28, 1975“Musical Chairs in the Cabinet”St. Louis Globe-DemocratMarch 29, 1975“Morton's Successor Not Too Popular”St. Louis Post-DispatchMarch 31, 1975“Photograph”St. Louis Globe-DemocratApril 5, 1975“National Park Fight Heading for Alaska”St. Louis Post-DispatchApril 20, 19754

“Park Services ‘Hands – Off’ Plan Worries Cape Residents”St. Louis Globe-DemocratApril 21, 1975“Park Use Increases, but Personnel Is Cut”St. Louis Globe-DemocratApril 22, 1975“On the Endangered List”St. Louis Post-DispatchApril 26, 1975Folder 2May 1975“Bids Sought for Arch Staircase”St. Louis Post-DispatchMay 8, 1975“U.S. Seeking Bids for Arch Staircase”St. Louis Post-DispatchMay 9, 1975“Amtrak Turboliners Will Tie-in With Delta Queen”St. Louis Post-DispatchMay 11, 1975“John A. Bryan's Years of Writing and Restoring Win LandmarksHonor”St. Louis Post-DispatchMay 11, 1975“Trees Need Care”St. Louis Post-DispatchMay 11, 1975“Hours Changing for Arch Trains”St. Louis Post-DispatchMay 18, 1975“Steps to the Arch”St. Louis Post-DispatchMay 19, 1975“Young Lawyers”St. Louis Globe-DemocratMay 19, 19755

“Laclede Landing Board of Directors Elects Officers”St. Louis Globe-DemocratMay 20, 1975“Rollin' Down the River”St. Louis Globe-DemocratMay 21, 1975“Memorial Day”St. Louis Globe-DemocratMay 27, 1975“Contrast”St. Louis Globe-DemocratMay 29, 1975“Remembering a Black Defender”St. Louis AmericanMay 29, 1975“People Outnumber Parks, Can Parks Survive Them?”Metro East Journal, East St. LouisMay 30, 1975Folder 3June 1975“Welcome Home, Admiral!”St. Louis Globe-DemocratJune 3, 1975“Sen. Eagleton to Be Speaker for Army Event”Metro East Journal, East St. LouisJune 11, 1975“Army's Bi-Centennial [sic] Celebration”St. Louis AmericanJune 12, 1975“Confirmed as Interior Secretary”St. Louis Post-DispatchJune 12, 1975“Gateway to the East”St. Louis Globe-DemocratJune 14, 19756