Navy Legacy Resource Management Program collection
Collection
0269-MDHC
Reference copies of proposals documenting Navy-related activities in the Legacy Resource Management Program, including preservation and identification of important archaeological sites, environmentally threatened wetlands, Native American burial grounds, nineteenth-century base buildings, historic shipwrecks, and material evidence from the Cold War. Other types of documents include preservation training materials, minutes from meetings and workshops, general correspondence, and records documenting administrative and financial oversight of the Legacy program. The collection also includes slides, photographs, videotapes and audio material, which focus on training and the preservation of specific resources on military installations.
This collection is open for research.
Photocopies of original materials may be provided for a fee and at the discretion of the curator. Please see our Duplication of Materials policy for more information. Queries regarding publication rights and copyright status of materials within this collection should be directed to the appropriate curator.
33.25 Linear Feet
The Navy Legacy Resource Management Program collection consists of reference copies of files documenting Navy-related activities in the Legacy Resource Management Program between 1990 and 1998. Some of the material originated in other branches of the armed forces and a small portion consists of historical background information about individual projects from the 1970s and 1980s.
Since the Legacy program's objective was to support preservation projects, proposals for support and project updates comprise an important part of the collection. The proposals address a wide range of resource protection efforts including preservation and identification of important archaeological sites, environmentally threatened wetlands, Native American burial grounds, nineteenth-century base buildings, historic shipwrecks, and material evidence from the Cold War.
Other types of documents in the Legacy collection include preservation training materials, minutes from meetings and workshops, general correspondence, and records documenting administrative and financial oversight of the Legacy program.
The collection also includes slides, photographs, videotapes and audio material, which focus on training and the preservation of specific resources on military installations. There is also a small collection of brochures and historical pamphlets produced with Legacy support. Published reports have been transferred to the National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection.
In 1990, Congress passed legislation to establish the Legacy Resource Management Program, which was designed to provide financial assistance to identify, protect, and maintain natural and cultural resources on all lands under Department of Defense (DoD) jurisdiction or influence, while supporting the military mission.
Beginning with congressional funding of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 1991, the Legacy program encouraged military installations, in partnership with public agencies and private groups, to submit proposals for preservation and conservation projects. Committees within the Legacy organization coordinated projects funded through this program. Each branch of the armed forces maintained a Legacy coordinator to oversee programs within their jurisdiction. Legacy projects received funding based on their potential to find new or better approaches, methods, or techniques to accomplish stewardship of resources. The Legacy program also played a role in overseeing the protection of resources on military bases closed as a result of DoD downsizing.
The Legacy Resource Management Program still exists within the DoD, although it is not directly funded through Department of Defense appropriation bills.
This collection is organized into nineteen series:
The Navy Legacy Resource Management Program donated their reference files to the University of Maryland Libraries in 1996. The National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection transferred the collection to the Archives and Manuscripts Department of the University of Maryland Libraries in 2002.
All paper clips were removed. Items were placed in acid-free folders in acid-free boxes. All duplicate material was discarded. Bound reports were individually cataloged and placed within the National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection.
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives