Forebears and childhood; the class of 1912, UC Berkeley; formation of the Drury Advertising Co. and organizing the Save the Redwoods League, 1919; history of the state park system: support and opposition in the legislature, the State Park Commission, financing and operations of the parks; issues while chief of the State Division of Beaches and Parks, 1951-59: off-shore oil royalties, acquisitions; appointment as director of the National Park Service, 1940-51: appropriations, protection, concessions, controversies, Drury's resignation, and Secretary Oscar Chapman; Save the Redwoods League, fund raising and acquisitions; history of the Redwood National Park issue and its revival in the early 1960s: Redwood Creek vs. Mill Creek, legislative activity regarding parks and recreation, local opposition, transfer to federal government.