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Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
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
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
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
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.
Hubert Work to Gist Blair Letter, March 11, 1927
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Recreation
  • Work, Hubert
  • 1927-03-11
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Hubert Work to Gist Blair Letter, March 11, 1927
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
Secretary of the Interior, Hubert Work, responds to a letter from Gist Blair regarding road construction in Lafayette National Park. Mr. Work expresses his belief that small parks like Lafayette would be better managed if they were under the supervision of states rather than the federal government.
George B. Dorr to R.A. Thorndike Letter, July 24, 1939
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other
  • Recreation
  • Dorr, George B.
  • 1939-07-24
  • Acadia National Park
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
George B. Dorr to R.A. Thorndike Letter, July 24, 1939
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
Acadia National Park superintendent George Dorr writes in response to a request from the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association for brush removal in order to maintain vistas along park roads. Mr. Dorr requests that the Village Improvement Association start referring to Bubble Pond Road and Summit Road as such in future correspondence and publications.
Summit of Green Mountain Poster, c. 1880s
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • Places, Path
  • Recreation
  • Tourism
  • Transportation
  • Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Summit of Green Mountain Poster, c. 1880s
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Poster addressed to the "Mount Desert tourist," advertising the summit of Green Mountain, 1525 feet above sea level, which can be reached by an easy drive via the Green Mountain Carriage Toll Road.