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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
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]
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
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]
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
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]
1016Arno B. Cammerer to Gist Blair Letter, August 6, 1927
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Tourism
  • Cammerer, Arno B.
  • 1927-08-06
Description:
A letter from Arno Cammerer, the acting director of the National Park Service, to Gist Blair of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, regarding the arrival of a government landscape architect. Cammerer assures Blair that, despite continued delays, the National Park Service wants to work with Blair's organization toward a plan for Lafayette National Park's future development. People Mentioned: Charles W. Eliot
1017Arno B. Cammerer to Gist Blair Letter, July 28, 1927
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Cammerer, Arno B.
  • 1927-07-28
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
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
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]
1084Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Meeting Minutes, 1914-1924
  • Document, Minutes
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
Monthly meeting minutes of the Bar Harbor VIA, June 18, 1914 - September 15, 1924.
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
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]
1002B.L. Hadley to Dale J. Foley Letter, July 12, 1950
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Hadley, B. L.
  • 1950-07-12
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
1044Call for Letters Regarding Automobile Access to Bar Harbor Letter, February 21, 1908
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Ogden, David B.
  • Opdycke, Leonard E.
  • 1908-02-21
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.
1018Charles W. Eliot to Gist Blair Letter, July 11, 1927
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
  • Eliot, Charles W.
  • 1927-07-11
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]
1055Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1907
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • W. H. Sherman
  • 1907-10
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. Missing pages 34-35, 38-39. 40 pages.
1052Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1904
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • W. H. Sherman
  • 1904-09
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 27 pages.
1047Fifth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, September 1894
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1894-09
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. The report includes the addresses of the association's president and vice president made during the annual meeting, individual committee reports, maps of walking paths, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. People Mentioned: C. S Abercrombie, Mrs. Arthur D. Addison, Robert Amory, Mrs. Orlando Ash, H. D. Averill, Albert Clifford Barney, Edgar W. Bass, Mrs. Edgar W. Bass, Waldron Bates, Edith Bell, Arthur Biddle, Christine W. Biddle, Mrs. Henry J. Biddle, Mrs. James J. Bowden, Mrs. G. P. Bowler, Addie Bunker, David A. Bunker, Rosalie Cole Campbell, J. J. Canning, H. G. Chapman, Charles R. Clark, John E. Clark, Edward Coles, Francis M. Conners, Mary E. Crafts, Mrs. Alfred de Castro, Luere B. Deasy, Hasket Derby, Mrs. Hasket Derby, L. Taylor Dickson, George B. Dorr, Mary G. Dorr, Lucy Draper, William P. Draper, Mrs. Henry E. Drayton, Frank S.lin Henry Ellis, Mrs. Franklin Ellis, R. W. Emmons, DeGrasse Fox, Mrs. DeGrasse Fox, Max Franklin, Mrs. George E. Freeman, Mrs. Taylor Frost, Charles Fry, Mrs. Charles Fry, Mrs. James W. Gerard, Mrs. Frederic N. Goddard, Parke Godwin, Charles Green, Augustus C. Gurnee, Delia E. Gurnee, B. L. Hadley, E. C. Haight, George S. Hale, Mrs. George S. Hale, Elihu T. Hamor, H. E. Hapworth, Mrs. Alpheus H. Hardy, Mrs. H. C. Hart, Addie B. Higgins, B. S. Higgins, H. P. Higgins, John T. Higgins, Mrs. John T. Higgins, Mrs. Daniel Hinckley, Asa Hodgkins, John Homans, Charles T. How, Reuben Hoyt, Mrs. William Hunt, Herbert Jaques, Morris K. Jesup, Samuel Johnston, Beatrix Jones, Mrs. F. R. Jones, Walter Kane, John S. Kennedy, Mrs. John S. Kennedy, Adelaide Kimball, Mrs. G. L. Kingsland, R. H. Kittredge, Julius Kurson, Mrs. William Lawrence, William Lawrence, C. S. Leffingwell, Elizabeth Linzee, Mrs. T. C. A. Linzee, Johnston Livingston, Morris Longstreth, Mrs. Morris Longstreth, Fred C. Lynam, Mrs. John Markoe, Mrs. A. L. Mason, Mrs. Nathan Matthews, Nathan Matthews, Fannie Miller, W. A. Milliken, E. C. Minot, H. J. Minot, Louisa S. Minot, M. Minot, S. C. Minot, Mrs. S. S. Minturn, A. W. Morrill, C. J. Morrill, Charles Norris, Clara Norris, Joseph P. Norris, Mrs. Joseph P. Norris, H. M. Norton, David B. Ogden, Mrs. Herbert Parsons, Anna P. Peabody, F. G. Peabody, F. H. Peabody, Mrs. A. P. Peabody, Edmund Pendleton, Iphigenia Z. Place, Mrs. George Place, J. Biddle Porter, Abby A. Potter, Austin Potter, Mrs. R. B. Potter, R. B. Potter, B. C. Reynolds, Gertrude S. Rice, Mrs. William B. Rice, William B. Rice, Eugene B. Richards, George A. Robbins, W. M. Roberts, Serenus H. Rodick, William Rogers, Mrs. John Sanders, Maria D. Saunders, Henry Sayles, A. F. Schauffler, Mrs. A. F. Schauffler, Mrs. Thomas A. Scott, Mary Shannon, Gardiner Sherman, William H. Sherman, C. Morton Smith, Edward A. Smith, F. Fremont Smith, Mrs. Charles D. Smith, Mrs. A. F. Stout, Mrs. R. S. Sturgis, J. Madison Taylor, Mrs. J. Madison Taylor, J. B. Thayer, Mrs. J. B. Thayer, Frank Thompson, Augustus Thorndike, Mrs. A. D. Torrey, George Vanderbilt, E. C. Washington, Mrs. W. Herbert Washington, W. Herbert Washington, George D. Wescott, George M. Wheeler, George G. Wheelock, E. C. White, H. C. Wilkins, Frances E. Wood, Joseph Wood [show more]
1083Fiftieth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1941
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1941-07
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending July 31st, 1941. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 3 copies, 24 pages.
1075Fortieth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1931
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1931-09
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 13rd, 1931. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 33 pages.
1081Forty-eighth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1939
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1939-07
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending July 31st, 1939. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 5 copies, 29 pages
1078Forty-fifth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1936
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1936-09
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 1st, 1936. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 10 copies, 41 pages.
1076Forty-first Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1931
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1932-09
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 1st, 1932. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 38 pages.
1082Forty-ninth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1940
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1940-07
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending July 31st, 1940. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 5 copies, 32 pages
1077Forty-second Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1931
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1933-09
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 1st, 1933. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 37 pages.
1080Forty-seventh Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1938
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1938-08
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending August 1st, 1938. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 28 pages, includes handwritten notes.
1079Forty-sixth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1937
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1937-09
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 1st, 1937. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 32 pages.
1051Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1903
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • W. H. Sherman
  • 1903-09
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 35 pages.
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
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