United States. National Park Service. National Capital Region

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
United States. National Park Service. National Capital Region
Other forms of name
United States. National Park Service. National Capital Regional Office
Greater Washington National Parks (Agency : U.S.)
NCR (Agency)
NCR (National Capital Region)
United States. National Park Service. National Capitol Region
Coordinates
-77.03361111 -77.03361111 38.87638889 38.87638889 (gooearth )
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
national parks and reserves washington region management
Associated Language
eng
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 266683981
Wikidata: Q17984993
Library of congress: n 79094500
BGU10: 000112690
Sources of Information
  • Carroll's fed. dir., Mar./Apr. 1997(Department of the Interior; National Park Service; National Capital Field Area)
  • Carroll's fed. dir., May/June 1998(Department of the Interior; National Park Service; National Capital Region)
  • Chronology of National Park Service regional structure, 1998(effective 5/31/95, National Capital Region became National Capital Field Area; in 1997, the designation "Field Area" was changed back to "Region")
  • Culvert 235 of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, 1991:t.p. (National Park Service, National Capitol Region, Washington, D.C.)
  • Dumbarton Oaks Park, Rock Creek Park, 2000:pt. 1, t.p. (U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Capital Region)
  • Email from Assoc. Regional Director - Communications, National Capital Region, Aug. 14, 2017(National Capital Region is one of seven National Park Service geographic, administrative areas; it includes the nation's capital and surrounding area; sometimes National Capital Region is used as shorthand for National Capital Regional Office ... National Capital Regional Office is the headquarters administrative office that oversees parks and programs in the National Capital Region ... Greater Washington National Parks is a name referring collectively to national parks, monuments, etc., managed by the National Park Service in the National Capital Region; when this term is used on a publication, the item could be a product of the National Capital Regional Office or of a park acting on behalf of all/most of the parks in the region)
  • Its Statutes, monuments, and memorials ... 1977:t.p. (U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Capital Region)
  • Little, B.J. National Capital Area archeological overview and survey plan, 1995:p. xiii (The National Capital Area, formerly the National Capital Region (NCR) of the National Park Service, encompasses Washington, D.C., and environs within the drainage basin of the Potomac River)
  • Phone call to G. Scott, NPS, 4/6/87(National Capital Region, National Park Service, created 7/10/62, succeeding Region 6, National Park Service [no publs. in LC data base]; succeeded in turn by Office of National Capital Parks, an earlier 1933-62 name, on 12/5/69; subdivs. (or superintendencies) created 5/65; reverted to National Capital Region, the present name, on 10/21/76)
  • The 58th presidential inauguration, 2017?:cover (Greater Washington National Parks)