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The Future of Mount Desert Island Report, 1928
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Report
  • Other
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Eliot, Charles W.
  • 1928
  • Acadia National Park
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
The Future of Mount Desert Island Report, 1928
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
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
Hearing on Lafayette National Park Road and Trail Development Held Before Secretary of the Interior Work Transcription, March 26, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Minutes
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Unites States Department of the Interior
  • 1924-03-26
  • Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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]
New Roads on Mount Desert Island Petition, c. March 26, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Request, Petition
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Rowell, Frank B.
  • 1924-03-26 c.
  • Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
New Roads on Mount Desert Island Petition, c. March 26, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
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
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.
Bar Harbor Path Committee to George B. Dorr Letter, April 1, 1922
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Bar Harbor Path Committee
  • 1922-04-01
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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]
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
Hubert Work to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 16, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Work, Hubert
  • 1924-07-16
  • Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Hubert Work to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 16, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from the Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work to Frank Rowell regarding road construction in Lafayette National Park. Work believes that compromise between groups with opposing views and an "open door policy" of complete transparency with any plans related to development in the park are necessary in planning for the future of the national park. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr
Harold Peabody Roads in Lafayette National Park Letter, c. March 26, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Peabody, Harold
  • 1924-03-26 c.
  • United States
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
An unaddressed letter by Harold Peabody regarding a hearing in Washington, D.C. about road construction in Lafayette National Park. Peabody believes further development of the park should be prohibited and is discouraged by proposals for carriage roads through the Bubble Pond Valley. People Mentioned: George Wharton Pepper
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
Harold Peabody to Frank B. Rowell Letter, June 2, 1925
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Peabody, Harold
  • 1925-06-02
  • Acadia National Park
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Harold Peabody to Frank B. Rowell Letter, June 2, 1925
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from Harold Peabody stating his feelings that George Dorr and Stephen Mather are obstructions to constructive communication with the Secretary of the Interior. Peabody continues, stating that the authorities operate "through a series of lies and politics backed up by John D. Rockefeller's money." People Mentioned: Stephen T. Mather, George B. Dorr, Mary Frances Parkman
John D. Rockefeller Jr. to Director of the National Parks, Department of the Interior Letter, February 24, 1927 (1)
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Rockefeller Jr., John D.
  • 1927-02-24
  • Acadia National Park
  • 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.
Lincoln Cromwell to Arno B. Cammerer Letter, March 10, 1927
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • Recreation
  • Cromwell, Lincoln
  • 1927-03-10
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Lincoln Cromwell to Arno B. Cammerer Letter, March 10, 1927
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from the Northeast Harbor Village Improvement Society president, Lincoln Cromwell, requesting that the National Park Service delay a decision on the construction of a road proposed by John D. Rockefeller Jr. Mr. Cromwell would like the park service to give Mount Desert Island's permanent and summer residents an opportunity to debate the matter. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr, John D. Rockefeller Jr.
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.