CONTENTS 



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1 INTRODUCTION 9 



2 EARLY DEVELOPMENTS WHICH PRECEDED ESTABLISHMENT 

 OFTHEBEB 9 



a. The Growth of Seashore Recreation 10 



b. Changes in Coastal Theory 12 



c. Organizational Response to the Erosion Problem 13 



3 THE BEACH EROSION BOARD-ITS CREATION AND FORMATIVE YEARS . 22 



a. The BEE Study of Fort Fisher, North CaroUna 31 



b. Public Law 409 (1935) 33 



c. The BEB Study of Old Orchard Beach, Maine 34 



d. Effects of the Depression 35 



e. The Beach Improvement and Protection Act of 1936 37 



f. Personnel Losses 39 



4 WORLD WAR H 40 



5 POST-WAR ACTIVITIES 48 



a. New Legislation 48 



b. The Research Program and its Implementation 51 



c. Other Developments and Changes 68 



6 THE DECADE OF THE 1950'S 71 



a. The Research Program 73 



b. Technical Report No. 4 73 



c. The BEB's 635-Foot-Long Wave Tank 77 



d. The Hurricane Studies 78 



e. New Techniques in Shore Protection 79 



f. Public Law 826 (1956) 83 



g. Proposed Mergers and Relocations of the BEB 85 



7 EVENTS OF THE FINAL 4 YEARS OF THE BEB 85 



a. Pubhc Law 645 (1960) 86 



b. The March 1962 Storm 89 



c. Public Law 874 (1962) 91 



d. Stages and Trends Since 1930 92 



e. Public Law 172(1963) 93 



REFERENCES AND OTHER NOTES 95 



Interviews Ill 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 112 



Other Written Source Material 124 



