Description: Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 12th, 1912. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 39 pages. 46 pages.
Description: Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 14th 1911. Published 1912. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 39 pages.
Description: Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 8th 1910. Published July 1911. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 46 pages.
Description: Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 9th 1909. Published July 1910. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 49 pages.
Description: Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 8th 1908. Published July 1909. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 46 pages.
Description: Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. Missing pages 34-35, 38-39. 40 pages.
Description: Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. Notes on page 2. Photos of stone steps and carins on pages 22 and 23. 52 pages.
Description: Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 27 pages.
Description: Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 35 pages.
Description: Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. Cover shows 1902; title page is 1901. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 2 copies, 36 pages.
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]
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.
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]
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]
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
Description: A report by landscape architect Charles W. Eliot on the conservation of nature and the character of Mount Desert Island. The report features maps and photographs. People Mentioned: Gist Blair, Parker Corning, George B. Dorr, Charles S. Frost, William Lawrence, Fred C. Lunam, Vance McCormick, David Hennen Morris, Charles P. Pike, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Hubert Work
Description: Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. The report includes the addresses of the association's president and vice president made during the annual meeting, individual committee reports, maps of walking paths, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. People Mentioned: C. S Abercrombie, Mrs. Arthur D. Addison, Robert Amory, Mrs. Orlando Ash, H. D. Averill, Albert Clifford Barney, Edgar W. Bass, Mrs. Edgar W. Bass, Waldron Bates, Edith Bell, Arthur Biddle, Christine W. Biddle, Mrs. Henry J. Biddle, Mrs. James J. Bowden, Mrs. G. P. Bowler, Addie Bunker, David A. Bunker, Rosalie Cole Campbell, J. J. Canning, H. G. Chapman, Charles R. Clark, John E. Clark, Edward Coles, Francis M. Conners, Mary E. Crafts, Mrs. Alfred de Castro, Luere B. Deasy, Hasket Derby, Mrs. Hasket Derby, L. Taylor Dickson, George B. Dorr, Mary G. Dorr, Lucy Draper, William P. Draper, Mrs. Henry E. Drayton, Frank S.lin Henry Ellis, Mrs. Franklin Ellis, R. W. Emmons, DeGrasse Fox, Mrs. DeGrasse Fox, Max Franklin, Mrs. George E. Freeman, Mrs. Taylor Frost, Charles Fry, Mrs. Charles Fry, Mrs. James W. Gerard, Mrs. Frederic N. Goddard, Parke Godwin, Charles Green, Augustus C. Gurnee, Delia E. Gurnee, B. L. Hadley, E. C. Haight, George S. Hale, Mrs. George S. Hale, Elihu T. Hamor, H. E. Hapworth, Mrs. Alpheus H. Hardy, Mrs. H. C. Hart, Addie B. Higgins, B. S. Higgins, H. P. Higgins, John T. Higgins, Mrs. John T. Higgins, Mrs. Daniel Hinckley, Asa Hodgkins, John Homans, Charles T. How, Reuben Hoyt, Mrs. William Hunt, Herbert Jaques, Morris K. Jesup, Samuel Johnston, Beatrix Jones, Mrs. F. R. Jones, Walter Kane, John S. Kennedy, Mrs. John S. Kennedy, Adelaide Kimball, Mrs. G. L. Kingsland, R. H. Kittredge, Julius Kurson, Mrs. William Lawrence, William Lawrence, C. S. Leffingwell, Elizabeth Linzee, Mrs. T. C. A. Linzee, Johnston Livingston, Morris Longstreth, Mrs. Morris Longstreth, Fred C. Lynam, Mrs. John Markoe, Mrs. A. L. Mason, Mrs. Nathan Matthews, Nathan Matthews, Fannie Miller, W. A. Milliken, E. C. Minot, H. J. Minot, Louisa S. Minot, M. Minot, S. C. Minot, Mrs. S. S. Minturn, A. W. Morrill, C. J. Morrill, Charles Norris, Clara Norris, Joseph P. Norris, Mrs. Joseph P. Norris, H. M. Norton, David B. Ogden, Mrs. Herbert Parsons, Anna P. Peabody, F. G. Peabody, F. H. Peabody, Mrs. A. P. Peabody, Edmund Pendleton, Iphigenia Z. Place, Mrs. George Place, J. Biddle Porter, Abby A. Potter, Austin Potter, Mrs. R. B. Potter, R. B. Potter, B. C. Reynolds, Gertrude S. Rice, Mrs. William B. Rice, William B. Rice, Eugene B. Richards, George A. Robbins, W. M. Roberts, Serenus H. Rodick, William Rogers, Mrs. John Sanders, Maria D. Saunders, Henry Sayles, A. F. Schauffler, Mrs. A. F. Schauffler, Mrs. Thomas A. Scott, Mary Shannon, Gardiner Sherman, William H. Sherman, C. Morton Smith, Edward A. Smith, F. Fremont Smith, Mrs. Charles D. Smith, Mrs. A. F. Stout, Mrs. R. S. Sturgis, J. Madison Taylor, Mrs. J. Madison Taylor, J. B. Thayer, Mrs. J. B. Thayer, Frank Thompson, Augustus Thorndike, Mrs. A. D. Torrey, George Vanderbilt, E. C. Washington, Mrs. W. Herbert Washington, W. Herbert Washington, George D. Wescott, George M. Wheeler, George G. Wheelock, E. C. White, H. C. Wilkins, Frances E. Wood, Joseph Wood [show more]
Description: Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. The report includes a summary of the association's activities, reports of the individual committees, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. People Mentioned: Mrs. Robert Abbe, Robert Abbe, C. S. Abercrombie, Mrs. C. S. Abercrombie, Arthur D. Addison, Mrs. Arthur D. Addison, Mrs. F. C. Allen, John O'G. Allmand, Mrs. Robert Amory, Robert Amory, Mrs. Nicholas L. Anderson, John W. Auchincloss, Mrs. John W. Auchincloss, L. Artell Austin, H. D. Averill, Henry D. Babcock, Mrs. Henry D. Babcock, Mrs. Henry M. Baker, A. Bleecker Banks, Mrs. A. Bleecker Banks, Mildred Barnes, Mrs. Albert Clifford Barney, Edgar W. Bass, J. P. Bass, Mrs. Edgar W. Bass, Waldron Bates, Mrs. N. E. Baylies, Harriet Blaine Beale, K. V. R. Berry, Christine W. Biddle, DeWitt Clinton Blair, Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Blair, Mrs. William H. Bliss, George S. Bowdoin, Mrs. George S. Bowdoin, Joseph T. Bowen, Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, Mrs. Samuel W. Bridgham, Samuel W. Bridgham, Lincoln F. Brigham, Mrs. Lincoln F. Brigham, Mrs. Martin L. Brimmer, Sally E. Brown, William Adams Brown, D. Wellington Bunker, David A. Bunker, Mrs. D. Wellington Bunker, Henry D. Burnham, Mrs. Henry D. Burnham, Thomas J. Bush, Mrs. A. Cass Canfield, Mrs. Miles B. Carpenter, Jane M. Cary, Alexander J. Cassatt, Mrs. Alexander J. Cassatt, Fred W. Chandler, E. S. Clark, John E. Clark, Mrs. E. S. Clark, Anna M. Clarke, Banyer Clarkson, Mrs. Banyer Clarkson, Edward Coles, Mary B. Coles, Mrs. Edward Coles, Mrs. Thomas G. Condon, Francis M. Conners, H. M. Conners, Mrs. Thomas K. Conrad, D. Page Cotton, Fred H. Cowan, Mrs. Alexander B. Coxe, Mary E. Crafts, Mrs. Uriel H. Crocker, Edwin C. Cushman, Mrs. Edwin C. Cushman, Violet Cushman, Mrs. R. Fulton Cutting, R. Fulton Cutting, Mrs. Walter Dabney, Charles H. Dale, Mrs. Charles H. Dale, Mrs. Andrew J. Davis, Mrs. W. H. Davis, W. H. Davis, Luere B. Deasy, M. H. Dehon, Hasket Derby, Mrs. Hasket Derby, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, William Croswell Doane, Mrs. William E. Dodge, George B. Dorr, Mary G. Dorr, Mrs. William P. Douglas, Mrs. William P. Draper Jr., William P. Draper Jr., Mrs. William P. Draper, Mrs. Robert Coleman Drayton, William Butler Duncan, Emily Dutilh, J. Pierrepont Edwards, Frank S. Ellis, Mrs. Frank Ellis, John J. Emery, Mrs. John J. Emery, R. W. Emmons, Henry Lane Eno, Mrs. Henry Lane Eno, W. J. Evans, Ernesto G. Fabbri, Mrs. Ernesto G. Fabbri, Mrs. William M. Fleitmann, William M. Fleitmann, DeGrasse Fox, F. Fremont-Smith, C. L. W. French, L. Edward Frith, J. Austin Furfey, Nora Godwin, Parke Godwin, James Grant, Charles S. Green, Rudolph Grindle, Augustus C. Gurnee, Delia E. Gurnee, Walter S. Gurnee, M. H. Guthrie, Mrs. William D. Guthrie, Thomas P. Guthrie, William D. Guthrie, George R. Hagerthy, Elihu T. Hamor, S. L. Hanscom, Alpheus H. Hardy, Mrs. Alpheus H. Hardy, Emily L. Harrison, Francis Burton Harrison, John Harrison, Mrs. John Harrison, Mrs. H. C. Hart, Henry Reed Hatfield, Mrs. Henry R. Hatfield, Mrs. Henry O. Havemeyer, Addie B. Higgins, Blithen S. Higgins, Mrs. William B. Hoffman, Mrs. Charles D. Homans, Mrs. John Hone, Charles T. How, Mrs. Thomas H. Hubbard, Thomas H. Hubbard, Sophie Huguenin, Charles E. Inches, George L. Ingraham, Mrs. C. C. Jackson, Herbert Jaques, Mrs. Herbert Jaques, Morris K. Jesup, Mrs. Morris K. Jesup, Beatrix Jones, Mrs. Cadwalader Jones, Mrs. Albion F. Jordan, John Innes Kane, Mrs. John Innes Kane, John Stewart Kennedy, Mrs. John Stewart Kennedy, John L. Ketterlinus, Mrs. John L. Ketterlinus, L. N. Kettle, Mrs. L. N. Kettle, Mrs. William M. Kingsland, C. C. Ladd, Francis C. Lawrence Jr., Mrs. Francis C. Lawrence Jr., Ruth Lawrence, Sarah Lawrence, William Lawrence, Mrs. Thomas Leaming, Thomas Leaming, William H. L. Lee, Mrs. M. E. Leeds, Mrs. Warner M. Leeds, Warner M. Leeds, Mrs. Christopher S. Leffingwell, Ansel B. Leland, Elizabeth Linzee, Andrew E. Liscomb, John C. Livingston, Johnston Livingston, Mrs. John C. Livingston, Mrs. Philip Livingston, Philip Livingston, Morris Longstreth, Lea McIlvaine Luquer, Mrs. Lea McIlvaine Luquer, Fred C. Lynam, Angus M. MacDonald, Maria T. Major, Mrs. John Markoe, Mrs. Nathan Matthews, Frederic May, Mrs. J. Frederic May, Louis B. McCagg, Mrs. Louis B. McCagg, Mrs. R. Hall McCormick, R. Hall McCormick, Edward B. Mears, Ester F. Mears, Mrs. Edward B. Mears, A. Meserole, Louisa S. Minot, Mrs. John W. Minturn, Mrs. S. Weir Mitchell, S. Weir Mitchell, Frances Tracy Morgan, J. Pierpont Morgan, Edward Morrell, Mrs. Edward Morrell, A. W. Morrill, David Hennen Morris, Mrs. David Hennen Morris, C. C. Morrison, E. J. Morrison, Mrs. Campbell Mortimer, Howard L. Nason, Clement B. Newbold, Juliette Nickerson, Mrs. Otis Norcross, Otis Norcross, David B. Ogden, Leonard E. Opdycke, Mrs. Emerson Opdycke, Mrs. Leonard E. Opdycke, E. A. Osgood, Charles F. Ostrander, Mrs. Charles F. Ostrander, Charles F. Paine, Mrs. Herbert Parsons, F. G. Peabody, F. H. Peabody, Mrs. A. P. Peabody, Edmund Pendleton, Mrs. Austin Phelps, George A. Phillips, Mrs. A. R. E. Pinchot, Iphigenia Z. Place, Mrs. George Place, Mrs. A. E. Platt, J. Biddle Porter, Mrs. J. Biddle Porter, Abby A. Potter, Mrs. Robert B. Potter, Mrs. J. M. P. Price, Cornelia Prime, Joseph Pulitzer, B. C. Reynolds, Serena Rhinelander, Gertrude S. Rice, Mrs. William B. Rice, William B. Rice, Eugene B. Richards, George S. Robbins, Mrs. George A. Robbins, Mrs. George S. Robbins, Martin Roberts, Tobias Roberts, Mrs. Moncure Robinson, Serenus H. Rodick, Henrietta W. Sanders, Henry Sayles, Mrs. William Jay Schieffelin, William Jay Schieffelin, Jacob H. Schiff, Mrs. Jacob H. Schiff, Edgar Scott, Mrs. Edgar Scott, Arthur Scribner, Mrs. Arthur Scribner, Thomas Searls, Helen Sears, Mrs. J. M. Sears, Mrs. W. W. Seely, Elizabeth Seton, Mrs. William F. Sheehan, William F. Sheehan, Frank E. Sherman, Gardiner Sherman, Mrs. Frank E. Sherman, Mrs. Gardiner Sherman, William H. Sherman, John B. Shober, C. Morton Smith, Jefferson C. Smith, Josephine Smith, Mrs. C. Morton Smith, Mrs. Edward A. Smith, S. R. Smith, Mrs. H. B. Sprague, Julia Stevens, William Rhinelander Stewart, Horace S. Stokes, Edward E. Suminsby, J. Madison Taylor, Mrs. J. Madison Taylor, Bayard Thayer, Mrs. Bayard Thayer, Anne Thompson, Augustus Thorndike, Mrs. Augustus Thorndike, Mrs. G. Quincy Thorndike, A. D. Torrey, Mrs. Charles R. Train, Mrs. John B. Trevor, Alanson Tucker, Mrs. Alanson Tucker, G. Willett Van Nest, George W. Vanderbilt, R. W. Wakefield, Elbridge Walls, Elizabeth C. Washington, Mrs. Herbert Washington, John W. Waterbury, Mrs. John W. Waterbury, Mrs. Camille Weidenfeld, Mrs. C. Minot Weld, Mrs. Arthur Wellman, George M. Wheeler, John Jay White, Mrs. John Jay White, Frances E. Wood, Mrs. Daniel J. Worden [show more]
Description: A form letter from the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association asking the recipient to send a letter expressing their feelings regarding allowing automobiles in Bar Harbor to the town selectman.
Description: A transcript of the hearing held before the Secretary of the Interior, Hubert Work, on the issue of road construction in Lafayette National Park. The transcript includes statements from the Secretary of the Interior, politicians, park administrators and citizens. People Mentioned: Hubert Work, Arno B. Cammerer, John Edward Nelson, George Wharton Pepper, George B. Dorr, Frederick Hale, Wallace Humphrey White Jr., George L. Stebbins, Harold Peabody, Robert Sterling Yard, Joseph Allen, Lincoln Cromwell, Mary Parkman Peabody, Charles Marlatt, Fred C. Lynam, Mrs. J. H. Huddilston, Clarence Little, A. L. T. Cummings, Willis Parsons, James Q. Gulnac, Fulton J. Redman, Harlan P. Kelsey, Ira G. Hersey, Harris A. Reynolds, Warren H. Manning, Daniel W. Hoegg [show more]
Description: A list of the names of individuals speaking during the hearing before the Secretary of the Interior on roads in Lafayette National Park on March 26, 1924. People Mentioned: Hubert Work, Arno B. Cammerer, John Edward Nelson, George Wharton Pepper, George B. Dorr, Frederick Hale, Wallace Humphrey White Jr., George L. Stebbins, Harold Peabody, Robert Sterling Yard, Joseph Allen, Lincoln Cromwell, Mary Parkman Peabody, Charles Marlatt, Fred C. Lynam, Mrs. J. H. Huddilston, Clarence Little, A. L. T. Cummings, Willis Parsons, James Q. Gulnac, Fulton J. Redman, Harlan P. Kelsey, Ira G. Hersey, Harris A. Reynolds, Warren H. Manning [show more]
Description: A petition by Frank B. Rowell to collect signatures of those opposed to planned road construction in Lafayette National Park. The petition is to be presented at a hearing in Washington, D.C. on the matter of the road projects. People Mentioned: George Wharton Pepper
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.
Description: An unsigned letter from the Bar Harbor Path Committee to George B. Dorr, the custodian of Lafayette National Park. The letter states that the various Mount Desert Island path committees are eager to cooperate with Dorr and asks that he confer with them regarding any planned road construction in the park. The path committees understand the need for limited automobile access to the park but would like the pedestrian trail system to be left untouched. People Mentioned: William Jay Turner [show more]