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S C O P E O F W O R K

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY

GRAND PORTAGE NATIONAL MONUMENT

MINNESOTA

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR – NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

PMIS PROJECT NUMBER # 248098

I. Introduction

The National Park Service (NPS), through the Midwest Regional Office (MWRO), requires the performance of research and writing of an Administrative History update for Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota. The history will help complete basic historical documentation of the park’s history and resources as developed and managed by the National Park Service. The information contained in the Administrative History is essential for present and future interpretation and resource management.

This Administrative History is a comprehensive synthesis of primary and secondary source material that is pertinent specifically to Grand Portage National Monument. The study shall conform to professional standards regarding methodology of historical research and writing.

Stylistic, bibliographical, and report production standards shall conform to the current edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. The study will include an oral history project whereby ten (10) current and former NPS employees important to the history of this park unit will be interviewed in person, digitally recorded, and transcriptions prepared.

Grand Portage National Monument is on Lake Superior’s northwestern shore, seven miles south of the United States-Canadian border and 36 miles north of Grand Marais, Minnesota.

The Administrative History, including enumerated appendices, graphics, and index shall be completed within twenty-four months from the date of contract award.

II. DESCRIPTION OF THE RESOURCES

The Grand Portage, know to the Ojibwe as Gitchi Onigaming (Great Carrying Place), is the 8.5-mile portage trail that allowed American Indians, explorers, and voyageurs to bypass high falls, cascades, and gorges along Minnesota’s north shore of Lake Superior to the international border with Canada on the Pigeon River. The Grand Portage is the place of a historic rendezvous point for the exchange of North American furs for Eastern trade goods by what became the North West Company, the largest fur company in the world. Through time the portage has proved invaluable to those traveling what is known today as the border route.

The Grand Portage was a vital part of both American Indian and fur trade transportation routes because of the area’s geology, topography, natural resources, and strategic location between the upper Great Lakes and the interior of western Canada. The portage was the most direct route from the Great Lakes into the Canadian interior. Between 1731 and 1804, thousands of men shuttled tons of supplies and furs over the portage and in and out of warehouses at either end of the woodland trail. The dynamic enterprise that thrived along the Grand Portage forged diverse relationships between American Indian and non-Indian peoples as early as the 18th century. The adoption of native technology and the cultural exchange that took place led to pioneering exploration of the continent.

The historic portage is the reason for Grand Portage National Monument, which is bordered on the north and south by the Grand Portage Indian Reservation, on the east by Lake Superior, and on the west by the Pigeon River and Canada. It lies within both the Grand Portage Indian Reservation and the unincorporated community of Grand Portage.

The community is the homeplace and center of tribal government for the Grand Portage Band (the Band) of Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe) Tribe. The Grand Portage Ojibwe have persevered for centuries, through the European incursion into North America and the division into two countries, the United States and (then British) Canada. Approximately half of the land for the national monument was donated by the Grand Portage Band.

The Grand Portage trail remains an international road. Under the terms of the Webster- Ashburton Treaty of 1842, the use of the trail remains free and open to citizens of both the United States and Canada. This corridor is of paramount significance to Grand Portage National Monument. Without the Grand Portage, Canadian and American political history and national boundaries might have been quite different.

The national monument is 710 acres and consists of two “districts,” which are connected by the Grand Portage trail. The eastern, or lakeshore, district consists of the major visitor service area with a reconstructed stockade, a great hall, a kitchen, and a canoe warehouse. It is here that the bulk of interpretation of the Ojibwe heritage and the fur trade occurs. The western, or Fort Charlotte district, is named for the historic Fort Charlotte, which today is a camping area with primitive campsites, a point of debarkation for modern canoe travelers leaving the boundary waters to the west, and a destination for hikers following in the footsteps of the voyageurs from the lakeshore. A vernacular monument made of river stones marks one end of the Grand Portage trail, or Fort Charlotte in general.

From Fort Charlotte, canoers embark on the Grand Portage trail, which is the culmination of an incredible voyage and “portage experience” that can be had by canoeing the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) and the Quetico and La Verendrye provincial parks (known in total as the Superior-Quetico complex). At the end of this trip, canoers portage their supplies the final 8.5 miles to reach Lake Superior.

Grand Portage National Monument is near Isle Royale National Park, which is visible from the heritage center. The national monument supports Isle Royale management by providing an embarkation point for boat transportation, supporting operations logistics to the island, providing select administrative functions including participation in the Tribal Self-Governance Act agreement with the Grand Portage Band, and providing museum and archeological assistance.

This has resulted in a close, cooperative relationship between the two parks.

The following fundamental resources and values have been identified for Grand Portage National Monument:

Relationship with Grand Portage Band: The relationship with the Grand Portage Band is two-part. The first part is a government-to-government working relationship in which the National Park Service and the Grand Portage Band work together to manage the park. Park operations integrate perspectives and business practices of both. The second part is to support Ojibwe culture, including traditions, language, and handicrafts. This part of the relationship is more personal, encouraging visitors (and staff) to understand Ojibwe traditions, history, and people.

Grand Portage Corridor or Gitchi Onigaming (Great Carrying Place): The Grand Portage trail corridor is an 8.5-mile footpath connecting Lake Superior to the navigable parts of the Pigeon River. It is multifaceted and is an ancient and historic route, contains rich archeological resources, and is a cultural landscape, but also a modern recreational trail through the boreal forest environment.

North West Company Headquarters and Depot: The original site of the North West Company Headquarters and Depot includes associated landscape, views, and archeological sites and resources. The site was a rendezvous for international commerce and a canoe route for transcontinental exploration. This is now the eastern, or lakeshore, district of the monument and is the site of the reconstructed stockade, great hall, kitchen, and canoe warehouse.

Fort Charlotte: This is the western district of the monument and is the original site of the historic North West Company post of Fort Charlotte on the Pigeon River. Furs from the interior of North America were carried by canoe to Fort Charlotte and portaged along the Grand Portage trail. It includes archeological sites and resources.

Grand Portage Reservation Village: The original site of the Grand Portage Reservation Village is now a 19th-20th century Ojibwe village in the East Meadow area. The village was inhabited following the 1854 treaty until the establishment of Grand Portage National Monument.

Museum Collections: The park maintains an extensive collection of artifacts, research materials, and visual and audio resources that includes archeological resources from the fur trade era and ethnographic collections related to Ojibwe culture.

Portage Experience: The National Park Service supports the ability for canoers to complete their Border Route journey by portaging the final 8.5 miles through the boreal forest to Lake Superior.

This is a premiere experience for many experienced paddlers.

Other Important Resources and Values: Grand Portage National Monument contains other resources and values that are not fundamental to the purpose of the park and may be unrelated to its significance, but are important to consider in planning processes. These are referred to as “other important resources and values” (OIRV). These resources and values have been selected because they are important in the operation and management of the park and warrant special consideration in park planning. The following other important resources and values have been identified for Grand Portage National Monument:

Reconstructed Buildings and Structures at the North West Company Headquarters Site: These structures are now historic in their own right and are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Mount Rose: Mount Rose is inside the park boundary and has special significance for members of the Grand Portage Band.

Stone Bridge: The Stone Bridge was constructed by the Indian Division of the Civilian Conservations Corps in the 1930s, including members of the Grand Portage Band. The bridge has ongoing significance for the community.

Related Resources: Related resources are not owned by the park and are outside of park boundaries. They may be part of the broader context or setting in which park resources exist;

represent a thematic connection that would enhance the experience of visitors; or have close associations with park fundamental resources and the purpose of the park. The related resource represents a connection with the park that often reflects an area of mutual benefit or interest, and collaboration, between the park and owner/stakeholder. The following related resources have been identified for Grand Portage National Monument:

Lake Superior, the lakeshore, and lake views

The boreal forest surrounding the park

The Pigeon River

Grand Portage Island (Pete’s Island)

Isle Royale National Park

Boundary Waters Canoe Area and the Border Route Trail

Grand Portage State Park

Civilian Conservation Corps-era works outside the park, including the log school building and community building

Holy Rosary Catholic Church

Related state and local fur trading sites, including Fort William Historic Park

In 1958, the Grand Portage Band of Minnesota Chippewa donated the land that became a national monument operated by the National Park Service that same year. Written accounts and archeological excavations provided information for reconstructions which include: Palisade, Warehouse, Kitchen, Great Hall, Lookout Tower, and Fur Press. Interior spaces are furnished with 1797-style items.

This unit of the National Park System has had two previous park administrative histories. The first was prepared by NPS Historian Erwin N. Thompson in 1969, and can be found online here:

Grand Portage: A History of the Sites, People, and Fur Trade (HTML edition) (Erwin N. Thompson, June 1969)

The Thompson history was updated in 1982 by NPS Midwest Region Historian Ron Cockrell, and can be found online here:

An Administrative History: Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota (HTML edition) (Ron Cockrell, 1982, revised 1983) While prepared in 1982, its publication was delayed and the report was revised in 1983 to include information from an oral history interview Cockrell conducted with former Midwest Regional Historian Merrill J. Mattes. Mattes had been involved in the pre-authorization and early development years of Grand Portage NM. Since Ron Cockrell’s administrative history there has not been another update.

This project will summarize the last two administrative histories and then focus on the 1980 to the present period—four decades. It will detail the numerous and important developments and management decisions that have shaped park operations since the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act was enacted in 1975, and more importantly, expanded and refined in 1994 under the auspices of the Tribal Self Governance Act (TSGA). These acts ultimately had a profound effect on Grand Portage NM, the Indian Reservation that surrounds it, and its relationship to the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Importantly, the TSGA made possible a series of negotiations between Grand Portage NM and the Band that resulted in successive intergovernmental compacts. These events in turn changed how NPS managed the park and carried out its operations. This new government to government relationship was cutting edge in the NPS and not without controversy and intrigue. To chronicle this building relationship, it is not only important to inform the future of government to government relations between NPS and Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, but it is an important success story and impetus for growth. The relationship was so successful in fact, that, former Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell used Grand Portage NM as an example in a secretarial order (No. 3342, 2016) to encourage further development of cooperative management agreements and other collaborative partnerships between the Department of the Interior and tribes.

The project will include reviewing all park planning and management documents completed or revised since 1983, conducting oral interviews with current and former park employees and partners, and examining more recent pertinent reports and records in digital format held by Division Managers. The following significant events have occurred since the 1983 administrative history and must be documented by this project:

Annual Funding Agreement - Grand Portage NM established a formalized partnership with the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. This partnership led to the development of an historic annual funding agreement with the Band under the provisions of the Tribal Self- Governance Act, which allocates the administration and execution of all maintenance responsibilities and select research projects at the park to the Band. The park has also developed and implemented a tribal hiring policy. Both of these mark watershed occurrences in the http://npshistory.com/publications/grpo/history.pdf http://npshistory.com/publications/grpo/history/index.htm http://npshistory.com/publications/grpo/adhi.pdf http://npshistory.com/publications/grpo/adhi/index.htm monument’s history and represent significant new models for potential partnerships within the National Park Service as a whole. The day-to-day work at the monument has been profoundly impacted by these developments, which integrates the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa into park operations.

Resource Management Division – Created in 1999 to manage cultural and natural resources, this Division took over responsibilities previously held by the Interpretive Division. Following the Natural Resource challenge issued by Congress in 1996, the Resource Management Division began collaborating in a number of inventory and monitoring programs, including: forest vegetation, soils, geologic resources, water quality, breeding birds, and environmental contaminants. Working in conjunction with the Band’s natural resource program, the park has engaged in an ethnobotanical restoration initiative which includes the use of prescribed fire.

A multi-year archeological investigation is being undertaken on the 8.5-mile Grand Portage Trail connecting the historic depot on Lake Superior with Fort Charlotte on the Pigeon River.

Additional investigations involve the original Grand Portage Reservation Village site in the Meadow area of the park for which an ethnohistory has been prepared. Utilizing primary documents of fur traders and boundary surveyors, the investigative team co-led by a park archeologist located a number of the resting places traditionally used on the trail and were able to locate sections where the trail has deviated slightly from its route in the fur trade era to the present time. This investigation and subsequent archeological projects within the park have yielded additional information that has enhanced our understanding of this significant fur trade route. The Grand Portage Trail’s status on the National Register of Historic Places has been updated by a 2005 nomination.

Steering Documents and Research Renaissance - The monument developed its initial General Management Plan (GMP) in 2003. As a result of this process, planning, design, and construction of the Grand Portage National Monument Heritage Center came to fruition with the completed facility, honoring a long-standing pledge to the Grand Portage community. This resulted in the movement of NPS headquarters from Grand Marais to Grand Portage, enabling year-round visitor operations and a greater connection to the community. With the Heritage Center completed, over 58,000 artifacts excavated from Grand Portage were returned to the park where they are studied by researchers and staff, and a gallery of over 400 artifacts is on exhibit.

NPS also constructed a new maintenance shop and seasonal, housing dormitory. The latter receiving a Platinum rating under Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards.

The monument has undergone a research renaissance by further evaluating primary source materials and archeological resources. An analysis of original documents and the archeological record has led to a range of activities that have impacted the monument, including the production of specialized reports from noted fur trade scholar Bruce White to acquiring more authentic props for use in interpretive programs and the furnishing of exhibits. Research has been augmented through the development of the Long Range Interpretive Plan that identified major themes to guide interpretive and education programs. The Ojibwe Village and Voyageur Encampment interpretive sites were developed, allowing for a more balanced treatment of the interpretive focus covering exploration and cross-cultural exchange. Additionally, interpretation was supplemented by “ghosted” buildings and wayside exhibits inside the historic stockade. The park also produced a new introductory film shot entirely on location in Grand Portage in 2011 to replace the 35-year old movie shown to visitors.

Equally responsible for the surge in research at the monument were contributions from the Resource Management Division. Studies of the archeological work on the Grand Portage Trail were subsequently published and a synthesis of the 1970s excavations of Fort Charlotte has also recently been produced. In 2009, NPS published a Cultural Landscape Report establishing long-term management goals for the historically significant physical features of the monument. In collaboration with the Harpers Ferry Digital Imaging Project, the park’s website now has over 200 objects from the museum collection posted for researchers and distance learning opportunities. A large number of archeological, ethnohistory, and natural resources reports are also available in digital format.

Additional digital documents can be found in Attachment 2: Grand Portage National Monument documents at npshistory.com. Other documents can be obtained through the COR from the Denver Service Center’s ETIC repository.

Research Project – Develop and Complete the Administrative History for Grand Portage National Monument

This project will provide a summary of previous administrative histories and an update covering the 1980s to the present. This document will describe its NPS development and operational history, and how it has been managed by NPS to the present day.

The Administrative History is an urgent necessity for current management as it will examine events while they are still in the recent past and while the individuals who participated in these events are able to provide primary source material from living memory. A historian(s) will be contracted to prepare the Administrative History. It will be based on an analysis of primary and secondary source material from park records, and archives; primary sources include oral history interviews with former employees and others associated with Grand Portage National Monument.

An NPS Administrative History is a history of a park unit as an institutional entity. Its purpose is to present the history of the national monument since the time it was first proposed through Congressional authorization and subsequent NPS management. It provides NPS managers a historic context for making decisions on issues relevant to park management. This research project will include a legislative history detailing federal laws relevant to Grand Portage NM. It will also focus on all studies, plans, restoration/preservation activities, and management decisions regarding the operation, interpretation, and preservation of Grand Portage NM.

The completed study will include the following elements:

A. Introduction providing an overview of prehistory and history, including geology, Native American habitation, the historic fur trade activities associated with the Grand Portage, European-American exploration and settlement, area an tribal history, and preservation efforts leading up to 1958.

B. Legislative history leading to the authorization of Grand Portage National Monument in 1958, and all subsequent legislation pertaining to the park, including all boundary adjustments.

C. Summary of two previous administrative histories.

Nine months after contract award, the contractor will supply draft chapters for A., B. and C. to NPS for review and approval.

D. The primary emphasis of the study will provide a description and analysis of the development and administration of Grand Portage NM as a unit of the National Park System. The origin and rationale for key management decisions shall be thoroughly discussed and reference made to planning documents, studies, and other historical, archeological, and scientific research reports that resulted in major management decisions. Other topics, in addition to those enumerated above, to examine (in no particular order) include:

Contents of all NPS reports and plans are to be summarized and management decisions explained.

The study will elaborate on Grand Portage NM’s association, cooperation, and interaction with other NPS units including Isle Royale National Park, Voyageurs National Park, Pipestone National Monument, and Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, all in Minnesota. The study will also detail similar association, cooperation, and interaction with the NPS Midwest Regional Office, Midwest Archeological Center, Denver Service Center, Harpers Ferry Center, and Washington Office.

Study will document how and why the administrative operations changed over time. Attention will be paid to the annual budget and staff growth. Similar treatment must be afforded to other park divisions.

Policy development and changes over time.

Statement for Management and Planning

Succession of park managers/superintendents and their accomplishments.

Interpretation and education programs and how they evolved over time. Museum exhibits and collections. Long-Range Interpretive Plan. Wayside exhibits. Web site introduction and development. Interpretive films. Park store. Cooperating association.

Park maintenance/facility management program

Park visitor protection/law enforcement program

Summary of natural resource program and activities

Americans with Disabilities Act compliance within Grand Portage NM.

Partnerships with local governments and organizations, most importantly the Grand Portage Bank of Minnesota Chippewa Reservation.

Use of and projects performed by Grand Portage Conservation Crew (GPCC), a Native American focused youth conservation corps.

Youth Partnerships Program/Teen Rangers.

Installing check dams and waterbars along Grand Portage Trail (completed in 2015)

Restore historic Grand Portage to original condition: removal of housing trailers, “temporary” maintenance ship, underground septic tank/drain lines, underground water line, electrical cable, telephone wire, LP gas tank, fire hydrant, and restore native vegetation and recontour lands.

Ethnographic Overview and Assessment and collection of oral history interviews

Traditional Skills Workshops—2002—Traditional Toboggan Building, Traditional Snowshoe, and Traditional Bead week-long workshops.

Ethnographic Special Study: Culturally-Modified Cedar of the Grand Portage NM; added to NPS Ethnographic Resources Inventory (ERI). Determine if cedar groves are National Register-eligible.

Obtaining historic documents from Canadian archives

Upgrade radio system to narrowband digital

Park Housing Management Plan (HMP) and permanent housing residence and Seasonal Housing Complex/Dormitory (2011)

In 1999, NPS began operating in full partnership with the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa via an Annual Funding Agreement made possible by the Indian Self Governance Act.

The Band manages the maintenance operations for the monument. Traditionally, tribal members who have accepted jobs at the monument have worked in the maintenance division and, on occasion, in administration, but less so in interpretation.

Maintenance issues with Beaver Dam Boardwalk on the Grand Portage Trail due to rising and falling water levels and freeze/thaw cycles. Replacement in 2015.

Replacement of deteriorated visitor comfort station built in 1978 (completed in 2019)

Boundary markers (more than 400) and issues of timber trespass; resurvey efforts Collection of entrance fees and use of seasonal Visitor Use Assistant (VUA/fee collector) GS-04;

use of fee money for park operations

Cooperation with Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) and Quetico Provisional Park/Parks Canada.

Technological updates with computer technology; use of radio communications; land line telephone service and cellular service.

Cultural resources management. List of Classified Structures (LCS) and Cultural Landscape Inventory (CLI) initiatives and enrolled properties. National Register listings. Revision and update of park-wide National Register nomination. Improvement of collection storage facilities;

eliminating backlog of uncatalogued objects, and improvement of curatorial procedures.

Volunteer in Parks program – volunteers assist in every aspect of park operations. Also Master Ranger Corps, International Volunteers, Cultural Demonstrators, and Artists-In-Parks opportunities. Use of leased motel facility to house VIPs.

Detailed discussion of reconstruction and historic preservation work proposed and implemented.

Cultural Affiliation Study of the Late Woodland (Prehistoric) period for Grand Portage—to be used for NAGPRA purposes.

Ojibwe Village and Three Sister’s Garden exhibit

Systematic archeological survey of Fort Charlotte, 3-year project

Park projects undertaken through Reagan Administration’s Park Restoration and Improvement Program (PRIP). Parks during this period prepared Land Protection Plans

Completion of Historic Natural Resource Database per NPS-75.

Great Lakes Network Office (GLKN) of NPS Inventory and Monitoring Program projects at Grand Portage NM

Annual celebration of Grand Portage Rendezvous Days and Pow Wow.

The Pines Picnic Area

Park Newspaper published each summer

Snowmobile use; Executive Order 11644; construction of Thunder Bay, Ontario, to Grand Portage, Minnesota, snowmobile trail.

Cultural Landscape Inventory (CLI) identified two principal landscapes; Cultural Landscape Report (2009)

Replacement of Hazardous Waste Shed with Hazardous Materials/Waste Storage Building

Updating/replacing wayside exhibits

Complete Mt. Rose Loop Trail (2015)

Fire suppression plan and system; system upgrade; development of park fire history

Park research library and rare book collection

The Friends of Grand Portage, park friends group – activities and funding projects

Ethnology collection and conservation needs assessment

Development of geographic information system (GIS) to aid managing park’s cultural and natural resources

Natural resource management program and practices, including prescribed burning and forest projects with the Grand Portage Band.

Development of General Management Plan and Long Range Interpretive Plan

Environmental Assessment: Construction of Grand Portage Heritage Center (2007) as visitor center and NPS administrative offices allows for seven days a week, year-round operations.

Relocation from Grand Marais headquarters. Removing maintenance facility from park and building new facility on long-term leased land from Band.

Repair and Upgrade Waste Water System (completed in 2016)

Replace visitor and staff parking lot (2010)

Develop dedicated collection storage facility to unify collections stored at four facilities in two states.

Replace dock on Lake Superior (2010)

Preservation of Historic Civilian Conservation Corps Indian Division (CCC-ID) Stone Bridge across Grand Portage Creek; documentation by HABS

Production of park interpretive film “Rendezvous With History: A Grand Portage Story” (2014) by Harpers Ferry Center – replaced 1978 Minnesota Historical Society video “The North West Passage”

The contractor will provide within six months of contract award a detailed outline of the Administrative History for NPS review and approval.

The Administrative History must place Grand Portage NM in context with the evolution of management policies, procedures, and practices of NPS over time. Contractor will utilize the files, library, and archives of Grand Portage NM.

E. Oral history interviews with key decision-making personnel. Because NPS documentation is not complete, oral history interviews will be especially useful in the Administrative History. Grand Portage NM has the following oral history interviews on file to be used in this project:

Grand Portage, MN and surrounding area William Clayton – park archeologist and resource program manager Tim Cochrane – former superintendent (retired) Melvin Gagnon – former facility manager (retired) Brandon Seitz – biological science tech

Stephen Veit, museum technician Karl Koster, interpreter Rosie Novitsky, administrative officer

Bayfield, WI

David Cooper, former park archeologist/resource manager now at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

Gettysburg, PA Pam Neil, former interpretation manager now at Gettysburg National Military Park

Papillion, NE Jay Studevant, archeologist, Midwest Archeological Center

Ten (10) formal oral history interviews will be conducted in person according to professional standards with current and/or retired NPS employees, community members, and partners pertinent to the park’s history as follows (grouped geographically, names and contact information to be provided following contract award):

A list of alternate interviewees will be provided in case any of the above candidates are unwilling or unable for whatever reason to participate. The alternates may be interviewed via telephone and not in-person.

Oral history interviews will be conducted in person, digitally recorded, transcripts produced, a digital photograph of each interviewee taken, and assignment of interview rights forms signed.

All interviewees will be given an opportunity to review and edit his/her interview transcript over a one-month period.

Within one year of contract award, contractor will provide transcriptions of all oral history interviews for NPS inspection and approval.

F. Bibliography of source materials, including all previous research, surveys, and reports dealing with Grand Portage NM.

G. Appendices: Information including, but not limited to, all pertinent legislation, maps and/or drawings, listing of annual budgets, and a comprehensive listing of past and present NPS personnel, will be included in the Administrative History's appendix. The study shall include appropriate maps and other figures within the narrative, including historic and contemporary photographs. The photographs shall have captions and identify their source.

H. Contractor shall also prepare two short articles (1 to 2 pages) and illustrations on any topic related to this Administrative History to be uploaded to the park’s website or other internet site.

I. A draft of the completed Administrative History with all above specified elements will be prepared and provided to NPS for review and comment according to a planning schedule and matrix outlined between NPS and contractor at the start of the project. Contractor will then incorporate all comments and resubmit a final draft. Following approval of the Administrative History by NPS, an index (generated by the latest version of Microsoft Word) will be prepared which incorporates all significant names, places, objects, activities, and programs referenced in the document. Used in conjunction with the Table of Contents, the Index will assist readers find particular topics of interest with ease. The final draft will then be reviewed by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) to ensure all NPS comments have been incorporated, and then submitted for approval signatures.

III. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

A. Report standards/format and submission schedule

The final report will be in the latest version of Microsoft Word and include the information required in the specifications listed in Section II, above. It must be typed on 8-1/2 by 11-inch white paper. All pages must be numbered. Copies of photographs (screened for reproduction clarity), maps, drawings, and text must be clean, clear, and legible. Historic photographs can be in black and white; contemporary photographs will be in color. The format must comply with the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. The document must be Section 508 compliant.

In addition, all reports must contain the following:

1. Title/Cover page listing the name of the Principal Investigator. If the report is also authored by Project Historians, the title page must identify the author(s) and bear the inscription, "Prepared under the supervision of (name), Principal Investigator." The title/cover page shall also include signature and date lines for three approving officials in the following order:

“Recommended/Superintendent, Grand Portage National Monument/Date;

"Concurred/Associate Regional Director, Cultural Resources, Midwest Region/Date; and Approved/Regional Director, Midwest Region/Date."

2. Five (5) hard copies of the chapter outline will be submitted six months following contract award for NPS review and approval. The outline shall include descriptions of each chapter containing sufficient detail to demonstrate the complete range of topics and themes to be discussed as well as chronological periods. NPS will provide review comments on the chapter outline to the PI within 30 days of receipt of the document. The PI shall make necessary revisions and submit the final chapter outline to NPS within 15 days of receipt by the contractor.

The outline will provide the basis for the “Table of Contents” for the Administrative History.

3. Five (5) hard copies of the draft report will be submitted twenty months following contract award to NPS for review. The draft will be typed, double-spaced, with numbered reference lines in the left margins on each page of text and will include all maps, graphics, footnotes, and appendices to be included in the final report. The draft will be reviewed by NPS for contract sufficiency and professional quality. Within 45 days of receipt by NPS, the draft will be reviewed and the contractor will be notified when review comments will be transmitted. During the period of revision of the draft, the contractor will consult with NPS to ensure the satisfactory resolution of review comments and submission of a final draft in a timely manner.

4. A final draft report addressing review comments transmitted to the contractor by NPS will be submitted to NPS prior to printing of the final document. The contractor will design appropriate cover art/graphics including the NPS Arrowhead for the camera-ready final document. Printing on the document's spine will include title, author, National Park Service, and year of publication.

Within 60 days of NPS acceptance of the final draft (indicated by the three required signatures specified above) and before expiration of the twenty-four month contract period of performance, the contractor will furnish one (1) camera-ready unbound final document printed on archival paper, 100 dry ink digital printed and separately perfect-bound copies of the report, and a compact computer disk or disks containing the final document in the latest version of Microsoft Word.

5. All formal oral history interviews conducted will be digitally recorded and transcriptions prepared. All interview candidates must sign an interview rights release form (format to be supplied by NPS). Any additional interviews which take place on an informal basis (i.e., telephonically) must be comprehensively documented in a memorandum of telephone call. All recordings, transcripts, interview rights release forms, photographs, and memoranda of telephone calls will be transmitted to NPS with the final document.

B. Disposition of data

At the conclusion of research and within 60 days of written acceptance of the final camera-ready report, all notes, records, maps, drawings, photographs, negatives, slides, digital images, tapes, digital recordings transcripts, and other data acquired during the course of this study will be professionally organized for archival purposes and submitted to the Contracting Officers Representative, to be deposited in the archives of Grand Portage NM.

C. Progress reports

Quarterly progress reports during the performance of the research and writing phases of this contract are required. The initial due date will be 90 days after contract award. All quarterly reports will be submitted to the Contracting Officer’s Representative, who will be named at the time of award..