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Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Other
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Cammerer, Arno B.
  • 1922-07-26
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from the acting director of the National Park Service, Arno B. Cammerer, to the Lafayette National Park custodian, George B. Dorr. Cammerer informs Dorr that a proposed road project in Lafayette National Park has been approved. Cammerer believes the proposed plan will provide access to more of the park and states that the planning recognized the importance of keeping some areas remote from the development to maintain their wild character. People Mentioned: E. C. Finney, Frederick Hale, Bert Manfred Fernald, John Edward Nelson [show more]
George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody Letter, March 8, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Pepper, George Wharton
  • 1924-03-08
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody Letter, March 8, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from Senator George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody. Senator Pepper includes a copy of the text from a letter he wrote to Loren Kimball, outlining his position on the construction of roads in Lafayette National Park. Pepper tells Peabody that he feels the Jordan Pond Valley is spoiled but hopes that the Bubble Pond Valley may yet be saved. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr, John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Barrington Moore to Harold Peabody Letter, March 14, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Other
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Road
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Moore, Barrington
  • 1924-03-14
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Barrington Moore to Harold Peabody Letter, March 14, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from Barrington Moore suggesting arguments to Harold Peabody for advancing his campaign against the further construction of roads in Lafayette National Park. Moore argues that while roads are necessary for the park to fulfill its mission of providing access to the public, certain areas must be kept wild, not only for the enjoyment of those seeking solitude in nature but also to serve as natural laboratories for scientists. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr [show more]
Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 14, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Weekes, Frederic Delano
  • 1924-07-14
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 14, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell, the secretary of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. Weekes states his hope that high-ranking officials in the National Park Service will share his and Rowell's view that road construction in Lafayette National Park should be curtailed. Weekes goes on to suggest that those involved with the various path committees should confer and create a plan to prevent over-development in the park. People Mentioned: Robert Sterling Yard, Arno B. Cammerer, Harold Peabody [show more]
M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 2)
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Other
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Peabody, Marian Lawrence
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 2)
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from Harold Peabody to the director of the National Park Service, Stephen T. Mather. Peabody believes that he and Mather share a similar desire to see wild places conserved and that Mather will see that the natural character of Mount Desert Island will be preserved by the National Park Service by not allowing further development of Lafayette National Park. People Mentioned: William C. Endicott
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Path Map of Mount Desert Island, 1896
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Map
  • Recreation
  • Bates, Waldron
  • Jacques, HerbertGeorge W. Stadly and Co.
  • Rand, Edward L.
  • 1896
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
A map showing walking paths on the eastern half of Mount Desert Island. The map is adapted from an 1896 map of Mount Desert Island compiled by Waldron Bates, Edward L. Rand, and Herbert Jaques.
George B. Dorr to Charlotte Baker Letter, September 27, 1920
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Dorr, George B.
  • 1920-09-27
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
George B. Dorr to Charlotte Baker Letter, September 27, 1920
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from George B. Dorr to Charlotte Baker, thanking her for her information regarding Mr. Moore's appointment. Dorr hopes he will have an opportunity to personally discuss his plans for the park with Baker.
Fred C. Lynam to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 11, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Other
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Lynam, Fred C.
  • 1924-03-11
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Fred C. Lynam to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 11, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from Fred C. Lynam to the secretary of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, Frank B. Rowell. Lynam disagrees with Senator George Wharton Pepper's objection to the proposed road construction project in Lafayette National Park. Lynam believes the road network is necessary for providing access to the park to those who cannot, or do not want, to hike. People Mentioned: George Wharton Pepper
John A. Peters to George Wharton Pepper Letter, March 19, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Peters, John A.
  • 1924-03-19
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
John A. Peters to George Wharton Pepper Letter, March 19, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from John A. Peters to Senator George Wharton Pepper. Peters urges Pepper to state support for proposed road construction in Lafayette National Park at a scheduled hearing with the Secretary of the Interior. Peters goes onto to advise Pepper to suggest the creation of an advisory panel to assist in the creation of road planning projects in the future. Finally Peters states the senator's "misunderstanding" of the road issue should not keep him from attending the upcoming Republican convention. People Mentioned: Frederick Hale, Bert Manfred Fernald, John Edward Nelson [show more]
Luere B. Deasy to Hubert Work Letter, March 20, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Deasy, Luere B.
  • 1924-03-20
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Luere B. Deasy to Hubert Work Letter, March 20, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter to the Secretary of the Interior, Hubert Work, in which Deasy states his support of proposed road construction in Lafayette National Park. Deasy has the utmost confidence in the park custodian, George Dorr, and states that opposition to the project is not acting in the interest of the public. People Mentioned: Charles W. Eliot, George B. Dorr
John A. Peters to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 21, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Peters, John A.
  • 1924-03-21
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
John A. Peters to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 21, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter in which John A. Peters urges Frank B. Rowell to change his position regarding the proposed road construction on Mount Desert Island. Peters refers to enclosed copies of letters arguing for the proposed project to continue. People Mentioned: Luere B. Deasy, George Wharton Pepper
George B. Dorr to Gist Blair Letter, April 10, 1925
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Places, Park
  • Dorr, George B.
  • 1925-04-10
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
George B. Dorr to Gist Blair Letter, April 10, 1925
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
Letter from George Dorr to Gist Blair regarding Blair's acceptance of the chairmanship of a committee. Dorr states he would like Blair's work to extend to the whole of conservation.
Hubert Work to Harold Peabody Letter, May 18, 1925
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Work, Hubert
  • 1925-05-18
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Hubert Work to Harold Peabody Letter, May 18, 1925
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Hubert Work, to Harold Peabody, responding to inquiries from Mr. and Mrs. Peabody regarding the status of road construction projects in Lafayette National Park. Work quotes a telegram from George Dorr stating that there are no road construction projects proceeding in the national park except those which were authorized the previous summer and that since these projects are on land held by trustees of public reservations, the Department of the Interior has no control over them. People Mentioned: Marian Lawrence Peabody, George B. Dorr, Stephen T. Mather [show more]
Harold Peabody to Hubert Work Letter, May 21, 1925
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Peabody, Harold
  • 1925-05-21
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Harold Peabody to Hubert Work Letter, May 21, 1925
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from Harold Peabody to the Secretary of the Interior, Hubert Work, regarding conflicting information about new road construction in Lafayette National Park. Peabody accuses the Lafayette Park administrators of maintaining a policy of secrecy about projects. People Mentioned: Robert Sterling Yard
Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, February 28, 1927 (2)
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Cammerer, Arno B.
  • 1927-02-28
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
A letter from Arno Cammerer, the assistant director of the National Parks Service, informing George Dorr that John D. Rockefeller Jr. has proposed to fund a project to create new roads in Lafayette National Park. Cammerer requests that Dorr bring the proposal to the attention of the residents and various organizations on Mount Desert Island and, following the input of the residents and organizations, reply with a recommendation for how the National Park Service should proceed. People Mentioned: John D. Rockefeller Jr., Hubert Work [show more]
John D. Rockefeller Jr. to Director of the National Parks, Department of the Interior Letter, February 24, 1927 (2)
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Rockefeller Jr., John D.
  • 1927-02-24
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
A letter from John D. Rockefeller Jr. to the Department of the Interior. The letter addresses two roads he is proposing to build that include portions that pass through Lafayette National Park property to the north and south of Bubble Pond.
Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, February 28, 1927 (1)
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Cammerer, Arno B.
  • 1927-02-28
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
A letter from Arno Cammerer, the assistant director of the National Parks Service, informing George Dorr that John D. Rockefeller Jr. has proposed to fund a project to create new roads in Lafayette National Park. Cammerer requests that Dorr bring the proposal to the attention of the residents and various organizations on Mount Desert Island and, following the input of the residents and organizations, reply with a recommendation for how the National Park Service should proceed. People Mentioned: John D. Rockefeller Jr., Hubert Work [show more]
Charles W. Eliot to Gist Blair Letter, July 11, 1927
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Eliot, Charles W.
  • 1927-07-11
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Charles W. Eliot to Gist Blair Letter, July 11, 1927
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
Charles W. Eliot writes to the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association president, Gist Blair, regarding the delay of the arrival of the National Park Service's landscape architect at Lafayette National Park. Eliot was to work with the government's representative in July, but, due to the delay, is now putting his plans on hold until August. He inquires of Blair if he might be of some service to the village in the interim, and if the Village Improvement Association would be willing to pay for his additional travel expenses. People Mentioned: Arno B. Cammerer [show more]
Arno B. Cammerer to Gist Blair Letter, July 28, 1927
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Cammerer, Arno B.
  • 1927-07-28
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Arno B. Cammerer to Gist Blair Letter, July 28, 1927
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from Arno Cammerer, the acting director of the National Park Service, to Gist Blair of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association informing him that there will be a delay in the arrival of the government's landscape architect at Lafayette National Park. People Mentioned: Hubert Work, Charles W. Eliot
Arno B. Cammerer to Gist Blair Letter, August 6, 1927
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other
  • Cammerer, Arno B.
  • 1927-08-06
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Arno B. Cammerer to Gist Blair Letter, August 6, 1927
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from Arno Cammerer, the acting director of the National Park Service, to Gist Blair of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, regarding the arrival of a government landscape architect. Cammerer assures Blair that, despite continued delays, the National Park Service wants to work with Blair's organization toward a plan for Lafayette National Park's future development. People Mentioned: Charles W. Eliot
Sidney N. Shurcliff to Amory Thorndike Letter, September 25, 1941
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other
  • Recreation
  • Shurcliff, Sidney N.
  • 1941-09-25
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
A letter from landscape architect Sidney N. Shurcliff confirming that he is to make a plan of a proposed parkway. People Mentioned: Robert Patterson
V. Roswell Ludgate Maintenance of Vistas in Acadia National Park Letter, August 2, 1941
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other
  • Recreation
  • 1941-08-02
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
An unsigned letter to V. Roswell Ludgate of the National Park Service asking that vistas in Acadia National Park, which have become obscured by tree growth, be cleared. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr
M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 1)
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Other
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Peabody, Marian Lawrence
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 1)
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from Harold Peabody to the director of the National Park Service, Stephen T. Mather. Peabody believes that he and Mather share a similar desire to see wild places conserved and is confident that Mather will see that the natural character of Mount Desert Island will be preserved by the National Park Service by not allowing further development of Lafayette National Park. People Mentioned: William C. Endicott
Stephen Mather to Frank B. Rowell Letter, May 23, 1925
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Mather, Stephen T.
  • 1925-05-23
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Stephen Mather to Frank B. Rowell Letter, May 23, 1925
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from the director of the National Park Service, Stephen T. Mather, responding to a letter from Frank B. Rowell protesting the building of roads in Lafayette National Park. The letter includes a typed annotation by Rowell expressing his frustration with George B. Dorr's influence and power. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr
Gist Blair to Hubert Work Letter, March 10, 1927
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • Recreation
  • Blair, Gist
  • 1927-03-10
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Gist Blair to Hubert Work Letter, March 10, 1927
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association president Gist Blair, stating his support for an expanded road network on Mount Desert Island. However, Mr. Blair believes that the National Park Service should allow the permanent and summer residents an opportunity to discuss the issue before the government makes any decisions regarding new road construction. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr, John D. Rockefeller Jr.