1 - 8 of 8 results
You searched for: Subject: NatureSubject: PlacesSubject: Park
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Need Of Conserving the Beauty & Freedom Of Nature
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Nature, Plants
  • Places, Park
  • Charles W. Eliot
  • Acadia National Park
Description:
Ecology and conservation of Public lands Plans for Foundation of Acadia National Park.
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]
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]
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
Sieur de Monts Publications
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Places, Garden
  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park, Sieur de Monts National Monument
Sieur de Monts Publications
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Sieur de Monts Publications I. Announcement by the Government of the creation of the Sieur de Monts National Monument by proclamation, on July 8, 1916 (2 copies) II. Addresses at Meeting held at Bar Harbor on August 22, 1916, to commemorate the establishment of the Sieur de Monts National Monument (1 copy) III. The Sieur de Monts National Monument as a Bird Sanctuary (1 copy) IV. The Coastal Setting, Rocks and Woods of the Sieur de Monts National Monument (2 copies) V. An Acadian Plant Sanctuary (2 copies) VI. Wild Life and Nature Conservation in the Eastern States (3 copies) VII. Man and Nature. Our Duty to the Future (3 copies) VIII. The Acadian Forest (3 copies) IX. The Sieur de Monts National Monument as commemorating Acadia and early French influences of Race and Settlement in the United States (1 copy) X. Acadia: the Closing Scene (none) XI. Purchas translation of de Monts' Commission. De Monts: an Appreciation (3 copies) XII. The de Monts Ancestry in France (none) XIII. The District of Maine and the Character of the People of Boston at the end of the 18th century (none) XIV. Two National Monuments: the Desert and the Ocean Front (1 copy) XV. Natural Bird Gardens on Mount Desert Island (2 copies) XVI. The Blueberry and other characteristic plants of the Acadian Region (none) XVII. The Sieur de Monts National Monument and its Historical Associations. Garden = Approaches to the National Monument. The White Mountain National Forest. Crawford Notch in 1797 (2 copies) XVIII. An Old Account of Mt. Washington. A Word upon its Insect Life. A Word on Mt. Katahdin (1 copy) XIX. National Parks and Monuments (1 copy) XX. Early Cod and Haddock Fishery in Acadian Waters (none) XXI. The Birds of Oldfarm: an intimate study of an Acadian Bird Sanctuary (none) XXII. The Sieur de Monts National Monument and The Wild Gardens of Acadia (1 copy) XXIII. The Sieur de Monts National Monument as a Huguenot Memorial (none) Other Publications Relating to Sieur de Monts Sieur de Monts Spring. The Ancient Record of a Vision (2 copies) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. The Bath of Lintoun in China (1 copy) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. Damascus and the Spring-fed Stream to which it Owes its Life (2 copies) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. The Springs of Bath (1 copy) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. The King of the Golden River (1 copy) Sieur de Monts National Monument, 1918, group of letters (1 copy) Compiled 11/14/2012 by H. Stevens [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
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.
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