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The CCC in Acadia Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| The CCC in Acadia Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: CCC - Russell - 2008.pdf …Dorr, and John D. Rockefeller Jr., the visionary founders of the heritage we serve today. …Dorr, ever politically-agile, quickly brought the CCC to Acadia. By Memorial Day, when Mr. …Dorr hosted Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes and National Park Service Director Horace Albright at Old Farm, two CCC camps were under construction …Dorr would Friends of Acadia Journal write that they furnished the park with all the labor it has had, road construction apart and have enabled | |
The Champlain Society Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| The Champlain Society Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Champlain Society - BHT - 08-01-1996.pdf …Dorr, for the energy to see the idea through; and John D. Rockefeller Jr., for backing the enormous enterprise with his substantial fortune. …Dorr, to pick up the banner and run with it. | |
Islesford Historial Museum Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Islesford Historial Museum Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796. [show more] File Attachments: Islesford Historical Museum.pdf …Dorr encouraged Sawtelle to form the Islesford Collection Inc. to house his ever expanding collection. | ||
The Civilian Conservation Corps Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| The Civilian Conservation Corps Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2015-03-13 The Civilian Conservation Corps.pdf …Dorr, Acadia NP s superintendent, saw the usefulness of the CCC and succeeded in getting its help. Three camps were established in the Park. |