Research reports, summaries, and investigations relative to establishment of a recreation-education facility at Valley Campus, Delhi, New York, are presented in this first volume of the 4-part series prepared in August of 1969. Items pertinent to the content and operation of a recreation-management curriculum are discussed. The purpose of the document is to provide a general basis upon which a particular curriculum might be established and to report the needs of, and possibilities for, a facility for a recreation training program. Internal and external relationships are considered for such a complex. To assist in developing the prototype, 4 types of factors (variables) are considered: (1) natural factors, (2) socioeconomic factors, (3) political and administrative factors, and (4) design and planning factors. Related documents are RC 004 157, RC 004 158, and RC 004 159. (AN)