History on my desk

I'm having a "Woo hoo!" moment.  A small stack of Ansel Adams-related paperwork (photocopies) has arrived.  I haven't plowed through it yet, but here's one item that caught my eye:

10/14/41
Re: Mr. Ansel Adams
National Park Service

Appointment to position excepted from competitive examination, under Section 2. Executive Order 8743, dated April 23, 1941

Position: Photographic Muralist

Grade and Salary: POS-19, $22.22 per diem when actually employed, limited to 180 actual working days per annum, #10

Bureau: National Park Service

Branch: Branch of Interpretation

Headquarters: Yosemite Naitonal Park, California

Effective Date: Upon entrance on duty. Oct 14, 1941

/s/ J. Atwood Maulding
Signed, Director of Personnel

Cutting through the bureaucratese, this is Adams' appointment to photograph The Mural Project.

Definitely "Woo hoo!" worthy.

History on my desk