Rolf Diamant

Rolf Diamant, a resident of Woodstock, Vermont and UVM adjunct associate professor, was superintendent of five national parks. He is co-author with Ethan Carr of the new book Olmsted and Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park Idea, and co-editor and contributing author of A Thinking Person’s Guide to America’s National Parks.

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Event: Olmsted and Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park Idea

Historian and former national park superintendent Rolf Diamant explains how anti-slavery activism, civil war, and the remaking of government gave rise to the American public park and concept of national parks.