(Southwestern National Monuments Headquarters)

The headquarters for the Southwestern National Monuments (SWNM) was located at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument (CAGR), Arizona between 1923 and 1942. Among other duties, staff for both SWNM and CAGR provided early influence and assistance in the development of NPS museum exhibits and practices throughout the Southwest. The SWNM collections eventually came to reside at the Western Archeological and Conservation Center (WACC) in Tucson, Arizona, where the lntermountain Region Museum Services Program continues to preserve the legacy of the SWNM and numerous park units through the curation and conservation of museum, archives, and library collections.

Featured in the photograph: Frank "Boss" Pinkley, Hurst Julian, Hilding Palmer, Frank Fish, Martin Evanstad, and Robert Rose.