Duane D. Jacobs papers, 1934-1966

Duane D. Jacobs spent thirty-six years with the National Park Service. Jacobs joined the Park Service in 1929 in a seasonal position at Lassen Volcanic Park and became a park ranger at Yosemite National Park in 1933. Jacobs was transferred to the Joshua Tree National Monument as Acting Superintendent in 1942. After serving in the Navy from 1943-1946, Jacobs returned to the National Park Service as District Park Ranger at Yosemite.

In 1950 Jacobs was transferred to Glacier Bay National Monument in Alaska, which was established as a national park and preserve in 1980, and in 1953 he was transferred to Shenandoah National Park as Chief Park Ranger. Jacobs was again transferred in 1955 to Denali National Park and Preserve (formerly known as Mount McKinley National Park) as Superintendent before being assigned to the Midwest Regional Office of the Department of the Interior in 1959. By the time of his retirement in 1965, Jacobs was Regional Chief, Division of Resources Management and Visitor Protection.