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Cummer, Ninah May Holden, 1875-1958
Edison, Mina Miller, 1865-1947
Everglades National Park Association (Miami, Fla.)
Fairchild, David, 1869-1954
Florida. Governor (1933-1937 : Sholtz)
GFWC Florida Federation of Women's Clubs
Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966
Kay Experimental Gardens
Kay, Albert G.
National parks and reserves -- Florida -- Everglades
Parks -- Florida -- Everglades
Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946
Protected areas -- Florida -- Everglades
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Royal Palm State Park Committee
Sholtz, David, 1891-1953
United States. President (1933-1945 : Roosevelt)
ROYAL PALM STATE PARK
MRS. W.S. JENNINGS, Chairman - 1845 Main St., Jacksonville
November 12, 1934.
Governor Dave Sholtz,
Tallahassee, Fla.
My dear Governor Sholtz:
Some time ago in talking over the Everglades National Park Commission with Mrs. A.G. Cummer, who has been greatly interested from the first, I asked if she would permit us to present her name to you for appointment, and if appointed would she serve. She said that she preferred not to be on the Commission, that she did not believe she could give the measure of service needed. But she recommended very highly a Mr. Albert G. Kay, Palm Beach. He has the Kay Experimental Gardens, is very wealthy and a great friend of Dr. David Fairchild. Mrs. Cummer said he could do so much more than she.
Dr. David Fairchild, as you know, was the first President of Everglades National Park Association, and has done valued services for years toward bringing about proper notice to that part of the Country. He is a former Chief of the U.S. Plant Bureau, and is the U.S. Explorer who imports rare plants into the U.S. for the Government. About a year ago he returned from a three year trip in different parts of the world with importations to his credit of about 1400 new kinds of plant life for the United States. A great many of these are being tried out at Chapman Field. He has a home at Coconut Grove. For more than a year now he has been very sick but is mich better. He votes in Washington, D.C., and for that reason would not be eligible on the Florida Everglades National Park Commission, but I believe that of all persons, that he should be made an honorary member of the Commission. If it has not been for his constant advice we never would have been able to convince people of the great value of Royal Palm State Park and that portion of the Country. He had the Economist Botanist make a [survey] of the plant life for the Government, which was published in the Smithsonian Journal. He, also, caused to be made, a survey of bird and animal life by Biological Bureau by Arthur Howell, which was, also published. Dr. Fairchild is a brother-in-law of Mr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Editor of the Geographic. He did valiant service for the passage of the Everglades National Park Bill.
Another person who should be considered in an honorary capacity is Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, Ft. Myers and West Orange, N.J. She lined up every senator and congressman in New Jersey and those she knew elsewhere in favor of the Bill.
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ROYAL PALM STATE PARK
MRS. W.S. JENNINGS, Chairman - 1845 Main St., Jacksonville
November 12, 1934.
Governor Dave Sholtz,
Tallahassee, Fla.
My dear Governor Sholtz:
Some time ago in talking over the Everglades National Park Commission with Mrs. A.G. Cummer, who has been greatly interested from the first, I asked if she would permit us to present her name to you for appointment, and if appointed would she serve. She said that she preferred not to be on the Commission, that she did not believe she could give the measure of service needed. But she recommended very highly a Mr. Albert G. Kay, Palm Beach. He has the Kay Experimental Gardens, is very wealthy and a great friend of Dr. David Fairchild. Mrs. Cummer said he could do so much more than she.
Dr. David Fairchild, as you know, was the first President of Everglades National Park Association, and has done valued services for years toward bringing about proper notice to that part of the Country. He is a former Chief of the U.S. Plant Bureau, and is the U.S. Explorer who imports rare plants into the U.S. for the Government. About a year ago he returned from a three year trip in different parts of the world with importations to his credit of about 1400 new kinds of plant life for the United States. A great many of these are being tried out at Chapman Field. He has a home at Coconut Grove. For more than a year now he has been very sick but is mich better. He votes in Washington, D.C., and for that reason would not be eligible on the Florida Everglades National Park Commission, but I believe that of all persons, that he should be made an honorary member of the Commission. If it has not been for his constant advice we never would have been able to convince people of the great value of Royal Palm State Park and that portion of the Country. He had the Economist Botanist make a [survey] of the plant life for the Government, which was published in the Smithsonian Journal. He, also, caused to be made, a survey of bird and animal life by Biological Bureau by Arthur Howell, which was, also published. Dr. Fairchild is a brother-in-law of Mr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Editor of the Geographic. He did valiant service for the passage of the Everglades National Park Bill.
Another person who should be considered in an honorary capacity is Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, Ft. Myers and West Orange, N.J. She lined up every senator and congressman in New Jersey and those she knew elsewhere in favor of the Bill.
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Chairman--Mrs. W.S. Jennings - - - - - 1845 Main Street, Jacksonville
Vice Chairman--Mrs. I.A. Bennett - - - - - 1922 N.W. Fourth Street, Miami
Secretary--Mrs. S.J. - - - - - 3850 Poinciana Ave., Coconut Grove
Treasurer--Mrs. John W. Dickens - - - - - 429 E. LasOlas Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale
Mrs. M.L. Stanley, Box 1307, Daytona Beach.
Mrs. Doyle E. Carlton, Executive Mansion, Tallahassee.
Mrs. Raymond Robins, Chinsegut Hill, Brooksville.
Mrs. John A. Ferguson, Orange Park.
Miss Kate V. Jackson, 821 South Rome Ave., Tampa.
Mrs. Frank Stranahan, Ft. Lauderdale.
Mrs. John Opsahl, 3371 Crystal Court, Coconut Grove.
Mrs. Henry M. Remy, 1785 S.W. 13th St., Miami.
Mrs. Ernest F. Coe, 3648 Matheson Ave., Coconut Grove.
Mrs. William R. Warren, 511 Eaton Street, Key West.
Mrs. J.D. Alderman, 1837 Greenwood Street, Jacksonville.
Mrs. B.F. Kenney, Caryville.
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SCIENTISTS ADVISORY--
Dr. David Fairchild, President, Tropic Everglades National Park Association, U.S. Plant Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Horace M. Albright, Director National Park Service, Washington, D.C.
Col. R.Y. Stuart, Chief, U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C.
Paul G. Redington, Chief, U.S. Biological Survey, Washington, D.C.
Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson, President, National Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City, N.Y.
Dr. J.K. Small, Curator, New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx Park, New York City, N.Y.
Dr. Charles T. Simpson, 736 N.E. 69th St., Miami.
Dr. Theodore L. Mead, Oviedo.
N.A. Reasoner, Royal Palm Nurseries, Oneco.
L.A. Fennell, Orchid Jungle, P.O. Box 36, Naranja.
A.R. Livingston, C.E., Homestead.
Park Warden--E.E. Atkinson - - - - - Homestead
Park Hostess--Mrs. E.E. Atkinson - - - - - Homestead
Governor Gifford Pinchot took an active part at my request, urging his senators and congressmen to vote for the National Park Bill. It was he who first suggested to President Theodore Roosevelt that he make Paradise Key, which is now Royal Palm State Park, a National Monument. Because a survey had not been perfected it was not possible to find in whom the title vested soon enough for the President to set this area aside before his time expired.
I am only making these as suggestions, I do not know what you will think of them. By appointing honorary members to the Commission might be brought about some public interest which would help us.
There are several others who might be made honorary of whom I will write you later, if you think well of this idea.
With warmest regards and best of good wishes and hoping you will be able to come to Royal Palm State Park on the 26th,
Sincerely,
[signature]
Mrs. W.S. Jennings, Chairman, Royal Palm State Park.
Chicago Manual of Style
Jennings, May Mann, 1872-1963. Letter from May Mann Jennings to Governor David Sholtz, 1934. 1934-11-12. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345836>, accessed 11 August 2022.
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Jennings, May Mann, 1872-1963. Letter from May Mann Jennings to Governor David Sholtz, 1934. 1934-11-12. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 11 Aug. 2022.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345836>
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(State Archives of Florida/Jennings)
