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1073Thirty-eighth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1929
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1929-09
Thirty-eighth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1929
Item:
  • 1073   
Type:
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Creator:
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Date:
  • 1929-09
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 5th, 1929. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 2 copies, 44 pages.
1072Thirty-seventh Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1928
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1928-09
Thirty-seventh Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1928
Item:
  • 1072   
Type:
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Creator:
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Date:
  • 1928-09
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 16th, 1928. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 47 pages.
1071Thirty-sixth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1927
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1927-09
Thirty-sixth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1927
Item:
  • 1071   
Type:
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Creator:
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Date:
  • 1927-09
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 1st, 1927. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 42 pages.
1070Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1926
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1926-09
Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1926
Item:
  • 1070   
Type:
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Creator:
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Date:
  • 1926-09
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 9th, 1926. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 42 pages.
1069Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1925
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1925-09
Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1925
Item:
  • 1069   
Type:
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Creator:
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Date:
  • 1925-09
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 10th, 1925. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 40 pages.
1068Thirty-first Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1922
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1922-09
Thirty-first Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1922
Item:
  • 1068   
Type:
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Creator:
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Date:
  • 1922-09
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 14th, 1922. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. Secretaries copy with handwritten notes. 42 pages.
1033Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Other, Tourism
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Cammerer, Arno B.
  • 1922-07-26
Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922
Item:
  • 1033   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Other, Tourism
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Cammerer, Arno B.
Date:
  • 1922-07-26
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
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]
1032George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody Letter, March 8, 1924
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Tourism
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Pepper, George Wharton
  • 1924-03-08
George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody Letter, March 8, 1924
Item:
  • 1032   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Tourism
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Pepper, George Wharton
Date:
  • 1924-03-08
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Description:
A letter from Senator George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody. Senator Pepper includes a copy of the text from a letter he wrote to Loren Kimball, outlining his position on the construction of roads in Lafayette National Park. Pepper tells Peabody that he feels the Jordan Pond Valley is spoiled but hopes that the Bubble Pond Valley may yet be saved. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr, John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1030Barrington Moore to Harold Peabody Letter, March 14, 1924
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Other, Tourism
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Road
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Moore, Barrington
  • 1924-03-14
Barrington Moore to Harold Peabody Letter, March 14, 1924
Item:
  • 1030   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Other, Tourism
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Road
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Moore, Barrington
Date:
  • 1924-03-14
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
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]
1026Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 14, 1924
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Tourism
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Weekes, Frederic Delano
  • 1924-07-14
Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 14, 1924
Item:
  • 1026   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Tourism
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Weekes, Frederic Delano
Date:
  • 1924-07-14
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Description:
A letter from Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell, the secretary of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. Weekes states his hope that high-ranking officials in the National Park Service will share his and Rowell's view that road construction in Lafayette National Park should be curtailed. Weekes goes on to suggest that those involved with the various path committees should confer and create a plan to prevent over-development in the park. People Mentioned: Robert Sterling Yard, Arno B. Cammerer, Harold Peabody [show more]
1048The Future of Mount Desert Island Report, 1928
  • Document, Report
  • Other, Tourism
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Eliot, Charles W.
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1928
The Future of Mount Desert Island Report, 1928
Item:
  • 1048   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Other, Tourism
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
Creator:
  • Eliot, Charles W.
Publisher:
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Date:
  • 1928
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
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
1042Hearing on Lafayette National Park Road and Trail Development Held Before Secretary of the Interior Work Transcription, March 26, 1924
  • Document, Minutes
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Unites States Department of the Interior
  • 1924-03-26
Hearing on Lafayette National Park Road and Trail Development Held Before Secretary of the Interior Work Transcription, March 26, 1924
Item:
  • 1042   
Type:
  • Document, Minutes
Subject:
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Unites States Department of the Interior
Date:
  • 1924-03-26
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park
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]
1040New Roads on Mount Desert Island Petition, c. March 26, 1924
  • Document, Request, Petition
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Rowell, Frank B.
  • 1924-03-26 c.
New Roads on Mount Desert Island Petition, c. March 26, 1924
Item:
  • 1040   
Type:
  • Document, Request, Petition
Subject:
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Rowell, Frank B.
Date:
  • 1924-03-26 c.
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park
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
1035George B. Dorr to Charlotte Baker Letter, September 27, 1920
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Dorr, George B.
  • 1920-09-27
George B. Dorr to Charlotte Baker Letter, September 27, 1920
Item:
  • 1035   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Creator:
  • Dorr, George B.
Date:
  • 1920-09-27
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
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.
1034Bar Harbor Path Committee to George B. Dorr Letter, April 1, 1922
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Tourism
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Bar Harbor Path Committee
  • 1922-04-01
Bar Harbor Path Committee to George B. Dorr Letter, April 1, 1922
Item:
  • 1034   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Tourism
  • 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]
1031Fred C. Lynam to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 11, 1924
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Other, Tourism
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Lynam, Fred C.
  • 1924-03-11
Fred C. Lynam to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 11, 1924
Item:
  • 1031   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Other, Tourism
  • 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
1029John A. Peters to George Wharton Pepper Letter, March 19, 1924
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Peters, John A.
  • 1924-03-19
John A. Peters to George Wharton Pepper Letter, March 19, 1924
Item:
  • 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]
1028Luere B. Deasy to Hubert Work Letter, March 20, 1924
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Deasy, Luere B.
  • 1924-03-20
Luere B. Deasy to Hubert Work Letter, March 20, 1924
Item:
  • 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
1027John A. Peters to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 21, 1924
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Peters, John A.
  • 1924-03-21
John A. Peters to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 21, 1924
Item:
  • 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
1024George B. Dorr to Gist Blair Letter, April 10, 1925
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Places, Park
  • Dorr, George B.
  • 1925-04-10
George B. Dorr to Gist Blair Letter, April 10, 1925
Item:
  • 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.
1023Hubert Work to Harold Peabody Letter, May 18, 1925
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Work, Hubert
  • 1925-05-18
Hubert Work to Harold Peabody Letter, May 18, 1925
Item:
  • 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]
1022Harold Peabody to Hubert Work Letter, May 21, 1925
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Peabody, Harold
  • 1925-05-21
Harold Peabody to Hubert Work Letter, May 21, 1925
Item:
  • 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
1021Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, February 28, 1927 (2)
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Cammerer, Arno B.
  • 1927-02-28
Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, February 28, 1927 (2)
Item:
  • 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]
1020John D. Rockefeller Jr. to Director of the National Parks, Department of the Interior Letter, February 24, 1927 (2)
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Rockefeller Jr., John D.
  • 1927-02-24
John D. Rockefeller Jr. to Director of the National Parks, Department of the Interior Letter, February 24, 1927 (2)
Item:
  • 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.
1019Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, February 28, 1927 (1)
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Cammerer, Arno B.
  • 1927-02-28
Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, February 28, 1927 (1)
Item:
  • 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]