85. “Chronology of Events Leading to Closing of Crater Lake National Park,” [July 1975], and Memorandum, Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region to Director, National Park Service, October 29, 1975, RG 79, 850006, Box 2, Files, Chronology on Closing of Park and Correspondence on Water Problem, respectively, FRC, Seattle.
86. See, for instance, New York Times, August 2, 1975, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 4, 1975, and Portland Oregonian, December 9, 1975, Friends of the Earth, Northwest Office, Oregon Files, Crater Lake, Box 1, Manuscripts Collection, Henry Suzallo Library, University of Washington, Seattle.
87. U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Crater Lake National Park: Hearing Before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session, On Oversight to Clarify Circumstances Which Led to Closure of Crater Lake National Park, Medford, Oreg., September 6, 1975 (Washington, 1975), Law Library, Library of Congress.
88. U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Closure of Crater Lake National Park: Report of Senator Mark O. Hatfield (Washington, 1976), pp. 1-9. Despite Hatfield’s findings of no coverup, the Oregon Court of Appeals in September 1980 upheld a $15,000 punitive damage award for a woman who had suffered gastrointestinal illness from drinking water while a guest at the lodge during the summer of 1975. The decision was based on evidence that Peyton had “covered up” indications of possible contaminated water trying to keep the information from patrons. All told, the Park Service paid more than $275,000 in damages. Oregon Journal, September 22, 1980, Files, Oregon State Library, Salem.
89. Statement for Management, Crater Lake National Park, November 8, 1977, in U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, General Management Plan, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, December 1977, 1-5 and 1-14
90. See, for instance, “Statement for Management, Crater Lake National Park,” March 1979, Resource Management Files, Crater Lake National Park.
91. “Statement for Management, Crater Lake National Park,” March 11, 1983, Resource Management Files, Crater Lake National Park. In April 1983 an employees union contract was negotiated, providing for representation of nonsupervisory employees by the American Federation of Government Employees, Local #1042.
92. Statement for Management, Crater Lake National Park, August 1986, Central Files, Crater Lake National Park.
93. “Statement for Management, Crater Lake National Park,” March 11, 1983, Resource Management Files, Crater Lake National Park. Also see Superintendent, Crater Lake National Park to Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region, March 18, 1980, Central Files, Crater Lake National Park, and Superintendent, Crater Lake National Park to Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region, October 23, 1984, Resource Management Files, Crater Lake National Park. In 1979 a subcontract was granted to Crater Lake Ski Service for ski equipment and snowshoes rental and ski and snowshoe instruction from Thanksgiving through April.
94. Annual Report, Crater Lake National Park, 1982, Central Files, Crater Lake National Park.
95. Crater Lake National Park, Organizational Chart, November 21, 1986, Central Files, Crater Lake National Park. A copy of the chart may be seen in Appendix F.
