Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
1018	Charles W. Eliot to Gist Blair Letter, July 11, 1927	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Places, Park	Eliot, Charles W.		1927-07-11	Charles W. Eliot to Gist Blair Letter, July 11, 1927 Item: 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]
1013	Hubert Work to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 16, 1924	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Places, Park Recreation	Work, Hubert		1924-07-16	Hubert Work to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 16, 1924 Item: 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
1012	Harold Peabody Roads in Lafayette National Park Letter, c. March 26, 1924	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Places, Park Recreation	Peabody, Harold		1924-03-26 c.	Harold Peabody Roads in Lafayette National Park Letter, c. March 26, 1924 Item: 1012    Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Park Recreation Creator: Peabody, Harold Date: 1924-03-26 c. Place: Washington DC 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
1011	M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 1)	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Nature Other, Tourism Places, Park Recreation	Peabody, Marian Lawrence			M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 1) Item: 1011    Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Nature Other, Tourism 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

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