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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	Bar Harbor Path Committee to George B. Dorr Letter, April 1, 1922 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1034 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other Places, Park Recreation Transportation, Automobile Creator: Bar Harbor Path Committee Date: 1922-04-01 Place: Bar Harbor 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 Identifier: bhvia-1031 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Nature Other Places, Park Recreation Transportation, Automobile Creator: Lynam, Fred C. Date: 1924-03-11 Place: Mount Desert Island 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 Identifier: bhvia-1029 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Creator: Peters, John A. Date: 1924-03-19 Place: Mount Desert Island 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 Identifier: bhvia-1028 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Creator: Deasy, Luere B. Date: 1924-03-20 Place: Mount Desert Island 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 Identifier: bhvia-1027 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Creator: Peters, John A. Date: 1924-03-21 Place: Mount Desert Island 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 Identifier: bhvia-1024 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Nature Places, Park Creator: Dorr, George B. Date: 1925-04-10 Place: Mount Desert Island 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 Identifier: bhvia-1023 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Creator: Work, Hubert Date: 1925-05-18 Place: Mount Desert Island 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 Identifier: bhvia-1022 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Creator: Peabody, Harold Date: 1925-05-21 Place: Mount Desert Island 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	Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, February 28, 1927 (2) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1021 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Creator: Cammerer, Arno B. Date: 1927-02-28 Place: Mount Desert Island 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	John D. Rockefeller Jr. to Director of the National Parks, Department of the Interior Letter, February 24, 1927 (2) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1020 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Creator: Rockefeller Jr., John D. Date: 1927-02-24 Place: Mount Desert Island 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	Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, February 28, 1927 (1) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1019 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Creator: Cammerer, Arno B. Date: 1927-02-28 Place: Mount Desert Island 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 Identifier: bhvia-1018 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Park Creator: Eliot, Charles W. Date: 1927-07-11 Place: Mount Desert Island 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]
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 Identifier: bhvia-1013 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Park Recreation Creator: Work, Hubert Date: 1924-07-16 Place: Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park 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	Harold Peabody Roads in Lafayette National Park Letter, c. March 26, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1012 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Park Recreation Creator: Peabody, Harold Date: 1924-03-26 c. Place: United States 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
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 Identifier: bhvia-1011 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Nature Other Places, Park Recreation Creator: Peabody, Marian Lawrence Place: Mount Desert Island 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
Note from Owen Roberts to the McSorleys Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People Places		1985		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Note from Owen Roberts to the McSorleys Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.201.1593 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Places Date: 1985 Description: Envelope from Ambassador & Mrs. Owen W. Roberts to Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Mc Sorley, postmarked Cranberry Isles, ME Sep 16 AM 1985 04625. Item # 1593a is the letter associated with envelope Item # 1593. Letter is dated September 16, 1985. Dear Dot and Andy: "We arrived yesterday. Weather is beautiful. Great to be at rest after week of travel and rush. Found your letter and sent off the final payment ($3,465) to your sister, Louise Marr. Nice to hear that you have sold the final peices of property and can rest a bit now. We'll be glad to see the new neighbor. Road (McSorley Road; i.e., I-95) seems fine. Can always use a few more loads (rocks?) Much evidence of yours. Best Wishes till next summer." Signed Owen and Janet Roberts. [show more]
Request for information about Samuel Hadlock Jr. and his touring Eskimos Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People Places		1993		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Request for information about Samuel Hadlock Jr. and his touring Eskimos Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2772 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Places Date: 1993 Description: Note to Michael Macfarlan (owner of what was once Sam Hadlock’s home on Great Cranberry Island) from William and Sally Sturtevant, anthropologists at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and at Hunter College in NY, asking for further information on Samuel Hadlock, Jr. and the Eskimos he exhibited on his tour in Europe 1820-1825. (Written August 23, 1993 )
Letter re: Harding property schoolhouse lot Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, School Institution People Places		1904		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter re: Harding property schoolhouse lot Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.111.829 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Places Date: 1904 Description: Zulma [Lulina/Lucinda?] M. Harding to Mrs. Richardson, 30 Oct 1904, confirming Harding's ownership of the schoolhouse lot (one of the two in use before the current school was built in 1904 - most likely the lot now owned by Malcolm Donald across from Cranberry House.) Transcribed.
Letters to Walter K. Shaw Sr. family by Samuel C. Sanford and Chris Swenson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Places		1928		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letters to Walter K. Shaw Sr. family by Samuel C. Sanford and Chris Swenson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.50.357 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places Date: 1928 Description: Collection of letters to Walter K. Shaw Sr. family by Samuel C. Sanford and Chris Swenson, 1928-1933. Transcribed.
Letter from Franklin Roosevelt to Lloyd B. Hayes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Places, Island		1933		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter from Franklin Roosevelt to Lloyd B. Hayes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.28.146 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Island Date: 1933 Description: Letter, typed, from Franklin Roosevelt to Lloyd B. Hayes, 26 Jul 1933, about FDR's passing by Great Cranberry Island in his boat
Letter to Editor re Max and Beatrix Farrand Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People Places, Garden	Robert W. Patterson	1985			Letter to Editor re Max and Beatrix Farrand Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1742 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Places, Garden Creator: Robert W. Patterson Date: 1985 Description: Brief letter about the Reef Point Garden of Beatrix and Max Farrand.
Letter from Charles W. Eliot to Sarah M. Bates Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Places, Park		11/20/1977			Letter from Charles W. Eliot to Sarah M. Bates Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1653 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Park Date: 11/20/1977 Description: Letter regarding the selection of parcels.
Letter from Charles W. Eliot to John Kauffmann Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations Places, Park		7/27/1987			Letter from Charles W. Eliot to John Kauffmann Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1651 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations Places, Park Date: 7/27/1987 Description: Copy of check with letter regarding donation to Friends of Acadia
Letter from George B. Dorr to Samuel A. Eliot Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Places, Park		11-11-1924, 11-13-1924			Letter from George B. Dorr to Samuel A. Eliot Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1602 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Park Date: 11-11-1924, 11-13-1924 Description: Letter from George Dorr to Samuel Eliot regarding the development of Lafayette National Park, referred to as Sieur de Monts National Monument.

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