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1044 | Call for Letters Regarding Automobile Access to Bar Harbor Letter, February 21, 1908 |
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| Description: A form letter from the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association asking the recipient to send a letter expressing their feelings regarding allowing automobiles in Bar Harbor to the town selectman. | ||
1035 | George B. Dorr to Charlotte Baker Letter, September 27, 1920 |
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| 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. | ||
1017 | Arno B. Cammerer to Gist Blair Letter, July 28, 1927 |
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| Description: A letter from Arno Cammerer, the acting director of the National Park Service, to Gist Blair of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association informing him that there will be a delay in the arrival of the government's landscape architect at Lafayette National Park. People Mentioned: Hubert Work, Charles W. Eliot | ||
1010 | Stephen Mather to Frank B. Rowell Letter, May 23, 1925 |
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| Description: A letter from the director of the National Park Service, Stephen T. Mather, responding to a letter from Frank B. Rowell protesting the building of roads in Lafayette National Park. The letter includes a typed annotation by Rowell expressing his frustration with George B. Dorr's influence and power. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr | ||
1009 | Harold Peabody to Frank B. Rowell Letter, June 2, 1925 |
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| Description: A letter from Harold Peabody stating his feelings that George Dorr and Stephen Mather are obstructions to constructive communication with the Secretary of the Interior. Peabody continues, stating that the authorities operate "through a series of lies and politics backed up by John D. Rockefeller's money." People Mentioned: Stephen T. Mather, George B. Dorr, Mary Frances Parkman | ||
1008 | John D. Rockefeller Jr. to Director of the National Parks, Department of the Interior Letter, February 24, 1927 (1) |
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| 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. | ||
1002 | B.L. Hadley to Dale J. Foley Letter, July 12, 1950 |
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| Description: National Parks Service superintendent B.L. Hadley writes in regard to the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association's offer of Sheep Porcupine Island to become a part of Acadia National Park. Mr. Hadley tells Mr. Foley that the government needs an assessed valuation of the island, a statement from the town of Gouldsboro, and a warranty deed and abstract of title for the island. People Mentioned: Edwin Smith | ||
1001 | John S. Kennedy to David B. Ogden Letter, April 26, 1909 |
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| Description: A letter in which Mr. Kennedy expresses his opposition to a proposal to have a causeway constructed between Bar Harbor (then Eden), on Mount Desert Island, and Bar Island, also known as Rodick's island. |