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S C O P E O F W O R K

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY

MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL

SOUTH DAKOTA

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR – NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

PMIS PROJECT NUMBER # 319891

I. Introduction

The National Park Service (NPS), through the Midwest Regional Office (MWRO), which covers Interior Regions 3, 4, and 5, requires the performance of research and writing of an Administrative History for Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, South Dakota. The history will help complete basic historical documentation of the park’s history and resources as developed and managed by the National Park Service (NPS). 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 Mount Rushmore National Memorial. 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 and for NPS-preferred terms and methods of approach in public documents consult the NPS HFC Editorial Style Guide: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/hfc/hfc-editorial-style-guide.htm. The study will include an oral history project whereby fifteen (15) current and former NPS employees and others important to the history of this park unit will be interviewed in person, digitally recorded, and transcriptions prepared.

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 purpose of Mount Rushmore National Memorial is to commemorate the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the United States by preserving, protecting, and interpreting the mountain sculpture in its historic, cultural, and natural setting while providing for the education, enjoyment, and inspiration of the public.

The 1,278-acre Mount Rushmore National Memorial is located in the central Black Hills in southwestern South Dakota, 2 miles southwest of Keystone, along State Highway 244, also known as the Gutzon Borglum Memorial Highway. The majority of the landscape is composed of massive granite outcrops intermingled with ponderosa pine forest. Mount Rushmore is a symbol for freedom and democracy and a special place for all people and cultures. The majority of visitation is for purposes of seeing the carved mountain and associated visitor facilities.

When artist Gutzon Borglum began carving Mount Rushmore National Memorial in 1927, he was aware of the lasting legacy of his vision. He once reflected on his dream, “If I can memorialize for the ages a tiny bit of America’s greatness by carving four of her leaders who contributed so much to this greatness, then I will have contributed something of value to the affairs of man. I want to create a monument so inspiring that people from all over America will be drawn to come and look and go home better citizens.” Gutzon Borglum chose the long-lasting Harney Peak granite of South Dakota so that his creation would remain for thousands of years.

The idea for a commemorative sculpture in the Black Hills came from Doane Robinson, the state historian of South Dakota. With his vision to attract tourists to the state, Doane worked with state and national politicians to carve out a portion of the Black Hills for this project. The land was set aside in 1925, and the US Congress began appropriating funds for the project in 1927. Artist Gutzon Borglum worked with more than 400 local workers to carve the monumental faces.

Gutzon Borglum passed away in 1941, after 14 years of dedication to the project. His son, Lincoln Borglum, became the first superintendent of the memorial when Congress declared the sculpture complete in October 1941.

The busts of US Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt represent the first 150 years of the nation’s history. Encompassing the triumphs, struggles, and evolution of the country, the presidents remind visitors of the political, social, and cultural histories of the past and the relevancy of America’s spirit and ideals today.

Borglum’s vision included a giant inscription on the mountain, as well as a giant Hall of Records behind the sculpture. Neither of these projects was fully realized. A finished doorway leading to a rough-cut hallway into the mountain was the beginning and end to the Hall of Records.

Mount Rushmore came under the stewardship of the National Park Service in 1933. Since that time, the National Park Service has managed the natural and cultural resources within the 1,278-acre memorial, including large stands of old growth ponderosa pine forest, granite peaks, historic buildings and archeological sites, streams and wetlands, and flora and fauna, representing five different biomes. The memorial has witnessed an increase in visitation, reaching over three million visitors in recent years. The national and international visitors reflect the success of the vision of Doane Robinson and the power of the messages found within the memorial.

The land encompassing Mount Rushmore National Memorial reflects human habitation and development for thousands of years, from the earliest stone tools of tribal populations to the first homesteads in the Black Hills. There are also several historic sites related to the mining boom of the area and sites related to the early development and tourism of the park. Mount Rushmore National Memorial and the Black Hills are also sacred spaces for living cultures whose legacies still thrive today.

A comprehensive redevelopment of the core area of the memorial completed in 1998 alleviated some of the issues and adverse effects associated with crowding, but the concern still exists that the overall visitor experience and memorial resources may deteriorate further. While the 1998 redevelopment of the site improved some of the visitor congestion, it also completely changed visitation patterns and dynamics to the extent that the average length of stay extended from previously less than one hour to now over two hours. The monumental architecture has a profound influence, both positive and negative, on visitors. The amphitheater provides a distinct view of the sculpture, is a setting for learning about the sculpture, and is an integral part of the visitor experience.1

A Historic Resource Study was prepared in 2016: Historic Resource Study: Shrine of Democracy and Sacred Stone, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota (Paula S. Reed and Edith B. Wallace, 2016)

A parkwide National Register of Historic Places nomination (Mount Rushmore National Memorial Historic District—Additional Documentation and Boundary Increase) was listed by the Keeper of the National Register on March 20, 2014.

Research Project – Develop and Complete the Administrative History for Mount Rushmore National Memorial

This project will provide for the first Administrative History of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, documenting its conception, authorization, and the major issues that have shaped the past and current management philosophies. This document will describe how Mount Rushmore National Memorial was conceived and authorized, 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, state and local archives, and regional office files;

primary sources include oral history interviews with former employees and others associated with Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

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 memorial 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 Mount Rushmore. It will also focus on all studies, plans, restoration/preservation activities, and management decisions regarding the operation, interpretation, and preservation of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

This project will require primary and secondary research into the Administrative History of Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The completed study will include the following elements:

A. Introduction providing an overview of the Keystone area’s prehistory and history including geology, American Indian habitation, Euro-American exploration and

1 Information presented in “Description of the Resources” is directly quoted from Foundation Document, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota (September 2015) settlement, federal government ownerships and activities, carving the sculpture into the mountainside, and initiation of management by the National Park Service.

B. The National Park Service (NPS) gained management of the monument in the 1933 reorganization of the Executive Branch during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration. NPS played a subservient management role as the Borglum’s continued the carving program. Relations soured and NPS management lapsed for a short time until President Roosevelt reinstated it in 1939. Lack of funding in October 1941 saw the construction program end and national priorities soon changed as the U.S. entered World War II.

In light of the above, prepare a comprehensive executive/legislative history for presidential proclamation and subsequent movement or study for its boundary enlargement or change, to include: 1) critical statements or endorsements by congressional members that influenced authorization; 2) public testimony, (e.g.

individual or group) statements and/or endorsements that contributed to the eventual enlargement or change of memorial boundaries; and 3) a chronology of legislative benchmark events leading to boundary changes (if any).

Timeline of significant events:

1923: December 28 - South Dakota State Historian Doane Robinson suggests a sculpture in the

Black Hills.

1925: March 3 - Federal government authorizes a carving in the Harney National Forest.

March 5 - State of South Dakota authorizes a carving on Custer State Park land bordering the Harney National Forest.

October 1 - Dedication of Mount Rushmore as a national memorial with a flag ceremony.

1927: August 10 - First ceremonial drilling takes place at Mount Rushmore after President Coolidge hands Borglum a set of drill bits.

October 4 - First actual carving begins on Mount Rushmore.

1930: July 4 - Dedication of the Washington figure.

1936: August 30 - Dedication of the Jefferson figure, attended by President Franklin D.

Roosevelt.

1937: September 17 - Dedication of the Lincoln figure.

1939: July 2 - Dedication of the Roosevelt figure.

1941: March 6 - Gutzon Borglum dies in Chicago.

October 31 - Final drilling takes place under the direction of Lincoln Borglum.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial currently consults with twenty-one affiliated tribes.

Development of relationships with the tribes and their inclusion (or exclusion) from park planning, needs to be described. The tribes are as follows:

▪ Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma

▪ Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

▪ Crow Creek Sioux Tribe

▪ Crow Tribe of Montana

▪ Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation

▪ Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe

▪ Fort Belknap Indian Community

▪ Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes

▪ Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma

▪ Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

▪ Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation

▪ Northern Cheyenne Tribe

▪ Oglala Sioux Tribe

▪ Rosebud Sioux Tribe

▪ Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska

▪ Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribal Council

▪ Spirit Lake Tribe

▪ Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota

▪ Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara)

▪ Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota

▪ Yankton Sioux Tribe

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

C. The primary emphasis of the study will provide a description and analysis of the development and administration of Mount Rushmore National Memorial 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 to examine (in no particular order) include:

Discuss staffing, policies, facility developments, public access tours and programs, annual budgets, visitation, resource management, law enforcement, public relations, MISSION 66 development program and facilities designed and built. Master plans.

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

The study will elaborate on Mount Rushmore National Memorial’s association with other South Dakota NPS units and if Mount Rushmore provided management oversight to any of them.

Study will document how and why the administrative operations changed over time. Attention will be paid to the annual budget and staff growth.

Results and summary of any Operations Evaluation report conducted by MWRO.

NPS in-park housing. Discuss preparation/updates of and summary of Housing Management Plan.

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

Visitor protection/law enforcement; agreements by other parks to use Mount Rushmore National Memorial’s zone dispatch center.

Participation in the Northern Great Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network (NGPN) and summary of various natural resource monitoring activities.

Americans with Disabilities Act compliance

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

Formation, operation, and breakup of the Black Hills Administrative Group (BHAG).

Cultural resources management. List of Classified Structures (LCS) and Cultural Landscape Inventory (CLI) initiatives and enrolled properties. National Register listings.

MWAC and archeology

Mount Rushmore curatorial storage facility operations and use by other area NPS parks.

Geology and formation of area topography

History of preservation efforts on the Shrine of Democracy sculpture

Mount Rushmore Society

Key individuals: Gutzon Borglum, Lincoln Borglum, The Workers, Doane Robinson, John Boland, Peter Norbeck, William Williamson, Charles E. Rushmore, Cora Babbitt Johnson, Benjamin Black Elk

H.R. 11726 and S. 4189 - “A Bill to authorize the creation of a national memorial in the Harney National Forest”

Carving history, Hall of Records, Memorial lighting history, Avenue of Flags, Entablature Idea, updating visitor facilities (including parking)

Mount Rushmore Bookstores operated three outlets (Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center, Sculptor’s Studio, and Information Center) and Mount Rushmore Self-Guided Tours

Xanterra Parks and Resorts concessioner

Trails: Presidential Trail, Nature Trail, Blackberry Trail, Baldy Mountain Trail

Parking fees

Air Tour Management Plan and litigation

History of fireworks displays and discovery of high concentrations of perchlorate in surface and groundwater as well as increase in forest fires caused by fireworks displays.

Prescribed burns

Public health measures during COVID-19 pandemic

Limited access during government shutdown

Pet and smoking boundary established

Mount Rushmore quarter (2013)

Pine Beetle Assessment and Action Plan (2011)

American Indian Movement (AIM )/United Native Americans (UNA) occupation and protests

Greenpeace demonstration (2009)

3-D digital laser scanning, modeling, and archiving of the sculpture

Dedications of Mount Rushmore and presidential visits

History of proposal to add additional faces

Threat of terrorism and increased security measures

Repository in Hall of Records for 16 enamel panels about Mount Rushmore and documents Borglum wanted preserved there – teakwood box inside of titanium vault in ground covered by granite capstone (1998)

Black Hills land claims – United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians (1980)

Crazy Horse Memorial

“Shrine of Hypocrisy”

Beginning of inclusiveness under Gerard Baker (2004)

Heritage Village exhibit (2008)

Archeological Assessment (1973)

Condition Assessment (2009)

Foundation Document (2015)

General Management Plan (1980)

Special History Study – Borglum’s Concept of the Hall of Records (1975)

Interpretive Prospectus (1992)

National Register Nominations (1984, 2013)

Park newspaper

Sign Study (1997)

Statement for Management (1990)

Civilian Conservation Corps developments

1949 park boundary

Rushmore National Commission

Executive Order 6166 (1933)

Current and previous uses of Sculptor’s Studio

Former Visitor Center locations and visitor flow patterns

Destruction of original Studio

Development Concept Plan/Environmental Assessment (2019)

Historic Resource Study: Shrine of Democracy and Sacred Stone (2016)

Cultural Landscape Inventory (2014)

Mountain Pine Beetle Resources Assessment and Action Plan (2013)

Yellow Wolf Loop Trail EA (2008)

Mount Rushmore Connector Trail EIS (2010, 2021)

Collection Management Plan (1994)

Interagency Rock-Climbing Management Plan (1998)

Sculptural Analysis of Mount Rushmore (1989)

The Administrative History must place Mount Rushmore National Memorial in context with the evolution of management policies, procedures, and practices of NPS over time. This would include discussion of relationships and services provided by but not limited to inter-agency offices such as the Washington Office, Midwest Regional Office, Rocky Mountain/ Intermountain Regional Office, Denver Service Center, Midwest Archeological Center, and Harpers Ferry Center. Contractor will utilize the files, library, and archives of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial was administered directly by the NPS Washington Office from 1933 to 1937, at which time the NPS Region Two Office was opened in Omaha, Nebraska, on August 1, 1937, and it exercised oversight of Mount Rushmore National Memorial. This arrangement continued until creation of the Rocky Mountain Region in 1974 when South Dakota parks shifted to the new Rocky Mountain Regional Office in Denver, Colorado. Another reorganization and realignment occurred in 1995, when South Dakota parks shifted back to the Midwest Regional Office in Omaha, an arrangement that continues to the present day.

Record repositories will include the following:

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Park Archive Collection, Keystone, SD.

“Gutzon Borglum collection, 1926-1981.” Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

“Gutzon Borglum Papers.” Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

“Mount Rushmore National Memorial.” Record Group 79, Records of the National Park Service, National Archives II at College Park, Maryland.

“Peter Norbeck Papers.” Mabel K. Richardson Collection, Archives & Special Collections, University Libraries, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD.

Records of the NPS MWRO in Omaha, Nebraska, from 1937 to 1974 concerning Mount Rushmore National Memorial will be utilized at the National Archives and Records Administration’s National Archives branch in Kansas City, Missouri.

Records of the NPS RMRO in Denver, Colorado, from 1974 to 1995, concerning Mount Rushmore National Memorial will be utilized at the Federal Records Center, National Archives and Records Administration branch in Denver, Colorado.

D. 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.

According to A Directory of Oral History in the National Park Service, Third Edition (March 2015), oral history work at Mount Rushmore National Memorial is as follows:

“The memorial has a collection of one dozen interviews with its sculptor (Lincoln Borglum, who assumed the duties of his father Gutzon upon his death in 1941), early construction workers and an early concession manager. The oral histories are used in interpretive programs and by researchers.” Little oral history has been done concerning the park’s Administrative History.

Fifteen (15) formal oral history interviews will be conducted in person according to professional standards with current and/or retired NPS employees pertinent to the park’s history and others as follows (grouped geographically, names and contact information to be provided following contract award):

THIS EXAMPLE IS FROM JECA ADMIN HSITORY CONTRACT – USED AS AN EXAMPLE

Black Hills Area:

C.S. – former Superintendent – Custer, SD D.W. – former Superintendent – Rapid City, SD M.P. – former Chief Ranger – Rapid City, SD B.K. – current Operations Mgr for Interpretation and Education – park D.N. - current CEO MR Society – Rapid City, SD D.D. – current Facilities Manager – park Z.M. – former Museum Curator – Rapid City, SD M.W. – current Superintendent – park D.O. – current Chief Ranger – park

Montana:

G.B. – former Superintendent

Missouri:

D.H. – former Chief Ranger

North Dakota:

M.M.-B. – former Chief of Interpretation (at Theodore Roosevelt NP, Medora, ND)

New York:

A.B. – former Park Historian (at Roosevelt Vanderbilt NHS, Hyde Park, NY)

Wyoming:

D.B. – former Chief of Maintenance (at Yellowstone NP, WY)

Texas:

R.B.K. – daughter of Lincoln Borglum – Corpus Christi, TX

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, Zoom, or Teams 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.

E. Bibliography of source materials, including all previous research, surveys, and reports dealing with Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

F. 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.

G. Contractor shall also prepare two short articles (1 to 2 pages, not including illustrations) on any topic related to this Administrative History to be uploaded to the park’s website or other internet site.

H. 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. General Quote Outlines

The prospective contractor must formulate a study proposal and itemized price quote in response to this Scope of Work. The price quote must be accompanied by a detailed description of the investigator's research strategy and qualifications of personnel responsible for completion of the study.

IV. Additional Contract Requirements

A. General provisions

1. Prospective contractors should note that the research design submitted by the contractor becomes a binding element of the contract and is expected to be carried out. The research performed and reported must meet the minimum requirements.

2. Within 30 days of award of contract, the contractor shall attend a post-award scoping meeting either virtually or at Mount Rushmore National Memorial headquarters in Keystone, South Dakota, to discuss technical aspects of the contract and to confirm the planning schedule for the submission of the deliverables. The awardee shall contact the appointed COR within 10 days of award to schedule the meeting.

3. The production of the Administrative History shall be completed within 24 months of contract award.

B. 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. 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, Mount Rushmore National Memorial/Date: Concurred/ Associate Regional Director, Cultural Resources, Midwest/DOI Regions 3, 4, 5/Date; and Approved/Regional Director, Midwest/DOI Regions 3, 4, 5/Date."

2. Five (5) hard copies of the chapter outline and a pdf 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. The draft will be typed, double-spaced, with numbered reference lines in the left margins on each page of text. 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 background chapters (Introduction, Background—geologic, topographic, indigenous/tribal, settlement, legislative, carving the sculpture, and NPS assuming management in the 1930s) and a pdf will be submitted nine months following contract award for NPS review and approval. The draft will be typed, double-spaced, with numbered reference lines in the left margins on each page of text. NPS will provide review comments on the background chapters to the PI within 30 days of receipt of the document and resubmit them again with the draft Administrative History for NPS review.

4. Five (5) hard copies of the draft Administrative History 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.

5. A final draft report addressing all review comments transmitted to the contractor by NPS will be submitted to NPS prior to printing of the final document for the three signature approvals.

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 and a pdf (both of which will include the signed signature approval page).

6. 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.

C. 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 COR, to be deposited in the archives of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

D. 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 COR, National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, 601 Riverfront Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 68102-4226. Alternatively, reports may be delivered via email to the COR.

V. Payment

Partial payments may be made up to 80% of the contract award amount. Payments must be based on deliverables accepted by the government (see FAR 52.212-4(a), Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items, Inspection/Acceptance & FAR 52.211-1, Time of Delivery).

Payment requests must be in accordance with the clause titled, Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP).

VI. Endorsement Proposals submitted for consideration must be accompanied by a signed cover letter. If the proposal is submitted by an organization it must bear the endorsement of both the Principal Investigator and a representative of the organization who is empowered to commit the organization to such an undertaking.