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1062Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1914
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Nature
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • 1914-09
Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, 1914
Item:
  • 1062   
Type:
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Subject:
  • Nature
Creator:
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Date:
  • 1914-09
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Annual report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. For the year ending September 10th, 1914. The report includes individual committee reports, a list of members, and the association's charter and by-laws. 44 pages.
1085Plein Air Painting on the Shore Path, Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature
  • Linda Rowell Kelley
  • 2020-03
Plein Air Painting on the Shore Path, Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 1085   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
Creator:
  • Linda Rowell Kelley
Date:
  • 2020-03
Description:
Plein Air Painters of Acadia is a group of plein air painters on Mount Desert Island, painting local scenes. They meet at locations around the area and work side by side. The group began in 2018. The Shore Path scene in the photograph was painted by Linda Rowell Kelley, artist and plein air painter.
1003George B. Dorr to R.A. Thorndike Letter, July 24, 1939
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Tourism
  • Recreation
  • Dorr, George B.
  • 1939-07-24
George B. Dorr to R.A. Thorndike Letter, July 24, 1939
Item:
  • 1003   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Tourism
  • Recreation
Creator:
  • Dorr, George B.
Date:
  • 1939-07-24
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Description:
Acadia National Park superintendent George Dorr writes in response to a request from the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association for brush removal in order to maintain vistas along park roads. Mr. Dorr requests that the Village Improvement Association start referring to Bubble Pond Road and Summit Road as such in future correspondence and publications.
1011M. 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
1014V. Roswell Ludgate Maintenance of Vistas in Acadia National Park Letter, August 2, 1941
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Tourism
  • Recreation
  • 1941-08-02
V. Roswell Ludgate Maintenance of Vistas in Acadia National Park Letter, August 2, 1941
Item:
  • 1014   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Tourism
  • Recreation
Date:
  • 1941-08-02
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Description:
An unsigned letter to V. Roswell Ludgate of the National Park Service asking that vistas in Acadia National Park, which have become obscured by tree growth, be cleared. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr
1015Sidney N. Shurcliff to Amory Thorndike Letter, September 25, 1941
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Tourism
  • Recreation
  • Shurcliff, Sidney N.
  • 1941-09-25
Sidney N. Shurcliff to Amory Thorndike Letter, September 25, 1941
Item:
  • 1015   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Tourism
  • Recreation
Creator:
  • Shurcliff, Sidney N.
Date:
  • 1941-09-25
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Description:
A letter from landscape architect Sidney N. Shurcliff confirming that he is to make a plan of a proposed parkway. People Mentioned: Robert Patterson
1016Arno B. Cammerer to Gist Blair Letter, August 6, 1927
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Tourism
  • Cammerer, Arno B.
  • 1927-08-06
Arno B. Cammerer to Gist Blair Letter, August 6, 1927
Item:
  • 1016   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Tourism
Creator:
  • Cammerer, Arno B.
Date:
  • 1927-08-06
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
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
1046Bar Harbor Blue Book Directory, 1941
  • Publication, Directory
  • Other, Tourism
  • Places, Park
  • Butler, Belle F.
  • Coffin, Eleanor K.
  • Blue Book
  • 1941
Bar Harbor Blue Book Directory, 1941
Item:
  • 1046   
Type:
  • Publication, Directory
Subject:
  • Other, Tourism
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • Butler, Belle F.
  • Coffin, Eleanor K.
Publisher:
  • Blue Book
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
The Blue Book Directory for Bar Harbor, Maine. The directory contains listings for Bar Harbor businesses and organizations and information for tourists. Tourist information includes mail schedules, transportation schedules, facts about Mount Desert Island and itinerary suggestions. People Mentioned: George C. Abbott, Frank E. Adair, Mrs. Timothee Adamowski, Timothee Adamowski, Alice Ahlborn, Frank Alley, Mrs. William C. Allison III, William C. Allison III, A. Fitzroy Anderson, Mrs. A. Fitzroy Anderson, Anne Andreco, Alfred Anson, Mrs. Alfred Anson, Bedros K. Apelian, John Ash, Harold Ashworth, Mrs. Harold Ashworth, Mrs. Walter Ayer, Arlan A. Baillie, Andre Bailly, Mrs. Henry Bainbridge Baker, John Hampton Barnes, Mrs. John Hampton Barnes, Cecil Barret, Mrs. Cecil Barret, Hermione Barrett, Mary Barstow, Joseph Barth, George E. Batcheller, Mrs. George E. Batcheller, George H. Beard, Mrs. George Beard, Mrs. Samuel Bell, Alfred W. Birks, John J. Bittner, Mrs. Gist Blair, Patricia Blanchfield, Dwight Blaney, Margaret H. Blaney, Richard Blaney, Gerald Borden, Mrs. Gerald Borden, Neal D. Bousfield, Edith G. Bowdoin, George Brace, Shirley Bracy, Rockwell S. Brank, Merrill F. Brewer Jr., Carroll C. Brown, Mrs. Frederick Brown, William Adams Brown, Mrs. Edward Browning, Constantin Brun, Bosman du Bucq, Mrs. Bosman du Bucq, Jack Burke, Mrs. Henry D. Burnham, Nina H. Burnham, James Byrne, Mrs. James Byrne, Agnes Miles Carpenter, Mrs. C. Carroll Carpenter, Alton E. Carter, Emmett Carter, Fred L. Carter, Harold Carter, Mrs. Emmett Carter, Mrs. D. Crawford Clark, Arthur M. Cloudman, Mrs. J. B. Cochran, S. A. Coffin, Mrs. William H. Cole, William H. Cole, Frances Coleman, Arthur N. Coles, Mary Robert Coles, Mrs. Tristram Coffin Colket, Tristram Coffin Colket, Mrs. John Conti, Jay Cooke, Mrs. Jay Cooke, Harry C. Copp, William C. Covert, Albert Cunningham, Leroy Currier, S. R. Dabney, Frances Daggett, Bernard Dahlgren, Mrs. Ulric Dahlgren, Ulric Dahlgren, Mrs. Walter Damrosch, Walter Damrosch, Mrs. John Dane, Augustin Derby, Mrs. Augustin Derby, George B. Dorr, Mrs. John T. Dorrance, H. Paul Douglass, Edward K. Dunham, Walter Eccles, Samuel A. Eliot, Mrs. Augustus Van Horne Ellis, John B. Ells, Jacqueline Embree, Mrs. Shepard Fabbri, Max Farrand, Mrs. Max Farrand, Alma E. Farrar, Elizabeth Fekete, J. Brooks Fenno, Mrs. J. Brooks Fenno, Mrs. Paul Ferguson, Paul Ferguson, Margot Finletter, Edward F. Fitzpatrick, Dale J. Foley, Henry P. De Forest, Vesta Foster, J. Austin Furfey, Charles Geasey, J. C. Gerndt, Mrs. J. C. Gerndt, J. W. Gilfillan, George H. Gledhill, Harry L. Gordon, Washington Grant, Bell Gurnee, Fred L. Hadley, Mary Hadley, Mrs. Chandler Hale, Mrs. Richard Walden Hale, Richard Walden Hale, Mrs.William Pierson Hamilton, William Pierson Hamilton, Leslie I. Hamor, Mrs. S. H. Hamor, Dwight C. Harris, Mrs. Dwight C. Harris, Mrs. Dwight Miller Harris, Henry Reed Hatfield, Mrs. Morris Hawkes, James Heard, Mrs. James Heard, Etienne de Hedry, Mariska de Hedry, Mrs. Etienne de Hedry, Cecil F. Higgins, Edgar S. Higgins, H. P. Higgins, R. G. Higgins, Mrs. M. Hinzelin, Almon B. Hodgkins, Mary Hoffman, Frank O. Holmes, Edward Hopkins, Mrs. Harold A. Howard, Mrs. Platt Hunt, Mrs. Daniel L. Hutchinson Jr., Reginald Hutchinson, Louise Iselin, Frederick Jack, Roscoe B. Jackson, Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay, Jack Jellison, Hallett Johnson Jr., Hallett Johnson, Katherine Johnson, Mrs. Hallett Johnson, Mrs. Reginald Johnson, Mrs. Van Rensselaer Johnson, Priscilla Johnson, Helen S. Jones, Rufus M. Jones, Thomas Jones, William S. Jones, Charles R. Joy, Otis Keene, F. Leonard Kellogg, Mrs. F. Leonard Kellogg, Hugh N. Kelly, Marion Kemp, A. Atwater Kent, Mrs. William Keyser, Herman Kiaer, Mrs. Herman Kiaer, Mrs. Philip Kierstead, Philip Kierstead, J. W. Kilbreth, Mrs. J. W. Kilbreth, Lou Koch, Mrs. Reginald de Koven, Marshall Langhorne, Mrs. Marshall Langhorne, Albert C. Larned, Mrs. Albert C. Larned, C. Frederick Larrabee, William Lawrence, Horace H. Leavitt, A. G. Leffingwell, Alsop Leffingwell, Douglas Leffingwell, M. M. Leffingwell, Mrs. Louis C. Lehr, Louise Leland, Jessica H. Lewis, Mrs. Warren H. Lewis, Warren H. Lewis, Seth E. Libby, Shirley M. Liscomb, Clarence C. Little, Mrs. Clarence C. Little, John C. Livingston, E. Victor Loew, Mrs. E. Victor Loew, Mrs. Seth Morton Van Loon, Seth Morton Van Loon, Harold Loring, Mrs. Lea McIlvaine Luquer, Fred C. Lynam, Philip Mabel, Kenneth Mansfield, Mrs. Theodore Marburg, Theodore Marburg, Richard Marcyes, Etienne de Markowski, E. K. Marshall, Julia B. Marshall, Mrs. E. K. Marshall, Richard Marshall, George V. Marston, Mrs. George V. Marston, Mrs. R. C. Masterman, Mrs. Edward Porter May, Mildred McCormick, Howard McFarland, Ambrose McKay, Rachel McKelvey, Richard E. McKown, Dwight H. McMahon, George G. McMurtry, Mrs. George G. McMurtry, Mrs. William McNair, William McNair, Arthur McQuinn, Edward B. Mears, M. E. Mears, E. Macculloch Miller, James F. Mitchell, Mrs. James F. Mitchell, Mrs. Maurice La Montagne, William Moore Jr., Clement C. Moore, David E. Moore, Mrs. Clement C. Moore, Mrs. William S. Moore, William S. Moore, Henry Morgenthau, Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, David Hennen Morris, Mrs. David Hennen Morris, Charles C. Morrison Jr., Agnes Morrison, E. J. Morrison, Mrs. J. Alden Morse, W. A. Mortimer-Markowski, George S. Munson, Maxwell Munson, Mrs. George S. Munson, Mrs. Maxwell Munson, Natalie Munson, James B. Murphy, Joseph M. Murray, Lowell Murray, J. Homer Nelson, Arthur L. Norton, Mrs. Stanley J. G. Nowak, Stanley J. G. Nowak, Harry Oakes, Harriet V. C. Ogden, Mrs. Potter Palmer, Pauline Palmer, Potter Palmer, Mary W. Pancoast, Mrs. W. Howard Pancoast, W. Howard Pancoast, Alice Parker, Mrs. William Ordway Partridge, Mrs. A. Mansfield Patterson, Gertrude L. Peabody, Marian Lawrence Peabody, John DeWitt Peltz, Mrs. John DeWitt Peltz, Leslie T. Pennington, Palfrey Perkins, Leo Perry, Claudia Phelps, Mrs. Sheffield Phelps, Eugene du Pont, Mrs. Eugene du Pont, Mrs. Reginald Preble, Mrs. William Proctor, William Proctor, Eleanor Pulitzer, Joseph Pulitzer, Kate Pulitzer, Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, Mrs. M. Taylor Pyne, John L. Quigg, Viola B. Quimby, Warren Scott Reeve, Alice Van Rensselaer, George Renwick, Daniel Reynolds, Mrs. Stanley Marshall Rinehart, Arden Robbins, George S. Robbins, Mrs. Arden Robbins, Mrs. George S. Robbins, Martin Roberts, Mrs. Thomas Robins, Thomas Robins, Mary Robson, Catherine Rogers, Alphonse de Rothschild, Rodney W. Roundy, Mrs. Frank B. Rowell, Dael Royce, Mrs. A. H. Royce, E. S. Russell, William L. Russell, Mrs. Allen Salisbury, Pearl Salisbury, Charles E. Sampson, Gertrude Sampson, Walter Sanborn, Herbert L. Satterlee, Henry Hallam Saunderson, J. H. Sawyer, Mrs. William I. Schaffer, William I. Schaffer, Mildred W. S. Schram, Hugh D. Scott, J. Paul Scott, John M. Scott, Mrs. Edgar Scott, Mrs. Hugh D. Scott, Mrs. Thomas Shea, Thomas Shea, William Siegmund Jr., Mrs. William B. Siegmund, Sally Siegmund, William B. Siegmund, John W. Silk Jr., Mrs. Arthur Sinclair, Foster Skillman, Mrs. Frank Foster Skillman, Judson Slack, Arthur Slingsby, George M. Smith, Homer W. Smith, Mrs. C. Morton Smith, Mrs. Homer W. Smith, George D. Snell, Madeline Stanyan, William Stanyan, Mrs. William Sterling, Mrs. Robert H. Stevenson, Robert H. Stevenson, Margaret Steward, Mrs. Campbell Steward, Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury, Kendrick Strong, Mrs. Walter K. Sturges, George Sullivan, Maurice Sullivan, Harry E. Sutton, Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney, Thomas Bell Sweeney, Henry O. Tallmadge, Mrs. Henry O. Tallmadge, Mrs. J. Madison Taylor, John B. Thayer III, John B. Thayer IV, John B. Thayer, Julie Thayer, Lois Thayer, Mrs. John B. Thayer, Pauline Thayer, Dorothy Thibaut, Harry Thomas, Brinton Thompson, Julia Thompson, Mrs. Brinton Thompson, Amory Thorndike, Mrs. Harry Hill Thorndike, Frank Tracy, Arthur Train, John Train, Mrs. Arthur Train, Warren J. Tribou, Mrs. Samuel A. Tucker, Samuel A. Tucker, Kenneth S. Usher, R. W. Wakefield, Kenneth C. Walker, Asa Wasgatt, Mrs. Asa V. Wasgatt, Richard Wasgatt, John J. Weast, Chester A. Wescott, Pearl Wescott, Mrs. Richard Wetzel, Richard Wetzel, Raymond E. Weymouth, John Whitcomb, Adelaide White, H. P. Whitmore, Amos N. Wilder, Mrs. Montgomery Willcox, Harry Willey, Harold Williams, Malcolm O. Willis, Mrs. William Wilson, Arthur E. Wilson, George W. Woolley, Mrs. C. K. Wright, Mrs. Richard Van Wyck, Mrs. Nathan C. Wyeth, Gladys Young, Mrs. A. Murray Young, Mrs. C. Doran Young [show more]
1018Charles 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]
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.
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
1037Bird's-eye view of Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Map
  • Places, Town
  • Rainoff, GregRainoff, Greg
  • 1981
Bird's-eye view of Bar Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 1037   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Rainoff, GregRainoff, Greg
Date:
  • 1981
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Print of a pen and ink, bird's-eye view of Bar Harbor, Maine.
1049Records of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association (1890 - 1996)
  • Document, List, Index
  • Places, Town
  • Banks, Elizabeth
  • Childrey, Brooke
  • 1996-03-15
Records of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association (1890 - 1996)
Item:
  • 1049   
Type:
  • Document, List, Index
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Banks, Elizabeth
  • Childrey, Brooke
Date:
  • 1996-03-15
Description:
This document is a 37 page finding aid for the BHVIA collection as of March 1996.
1086Bar Harbor Town Clock in Winter
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Kathy MacLeod
  • 2019-03
Bar Harbor Town Clock in Winter
Item:
  • 1086   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Kathy MacLeod
Date:
  • 2019-03
Description:
The Town Clock was presented to the town of Eden (later named Bar Harbor) for its centennial celebration in July 1896 by the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. The clock is located on Main St. by the Village Green. The Town Clock is a reminder of earlier times when clocks of its kind were more commonplace. This photo was taken by Kathy MacLeod, who was a Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Board Member from 2015-2020.
1005Hubert Work to Gist Blair Letter, March 11, 1927
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Recreation
  • Work, Hubert
  • 1927-03-11
Hubert Work to Gist Blair Letter, March 11, 1927
Item:
  • 1005   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Recreation
Creator:
  • Work, Hubert
Date:
  • 1927-03-11
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Description:
Secretary of the Interior, Hubert Work, responds to a letter from Gist Blair regarding road construction in Lafayette National Park. Mr. Work expresses his belief that small parks like Lafayette would be better managed if they were under the supervision of states rather than the federal government.
1006Gist Blair to Hubert Work Letter, March 10, 1927
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • Recreation
  • Blair, Gist
  • 1927-03-10
Gist Blair to Hubert Work Letter, March 10, 1927
Item:
  • 1006   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
  • Recreation
Creator:
  • Blair, Gist
Date:
  • 1927-03-10
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Description:
A letter from the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association president Gist Blair, stating his support for an expanded road network on Mount Desert Island. However, Mr. Blair believes that the National Park Service should allow the permanent and summer residents an opportunity to discuss the issue before the government makes any decisions regarding new road construction. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr, John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1007Lincoln Cromwell to Arno B. Cammerer Letter, March 10, 1927
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • Recreation
  • Cromwell, Lincoln
  • 1927-03-10
Lincoln Cromwell to Arno B. Cammerer Letter, March 10, 1927
Item:
  • 1007   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
  • Recreation
Creator:
  • Cromwell, Lincoln
Date:
  • 1927-03-10
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
A letter from the Northeast Harbor Village Improvement Society president, Lincoln Cromwell, requesting that the National Park Service delay a decision on the construction of a road proposed by John D. Rockefeller Jr. Mr. Cromwell would like the park service to give Mount Desert Island's permanent and summer residents an opportunity to debate the matter. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr, John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1012Harold 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
1013Hubert 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
1036Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Path Map of Mount Desert Island, 1896
  • Map
  • Recreation
  • Bates, Waldron
  • Jacques, HerbertGeorge W. Stadly and Co.
  • Rand, Edward L.
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • George W. Stadly and Co.
  • 1896
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Path Map of Mount Desert Island, 1896
Item:
  • 1036   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Recreation
Creator:
  • Bates, Waldron
  • Jacques, HerbertGeorge W. Stadly and Co.
  • Rand, Edward L.
Publisher:
  • Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • George W. Stadly and Co.
Date:
  • 1896
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Description:
A map showing walking paths on the eastern half of Mount Desert Island. The map is adapted from an 1896 map of Mount Desert Island compiled by Waldron Bates, Edward L. Rand, and Herbert Jaques.
1039Who Says Automobiles: Interesting Letters from Many Summer Resort People Information Sheet, c. 1908
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Other, Tourism
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • 1908 c.
Who Says Automobiles: Interesting Letters from Many Summer Resort People Information Sheet, c. 1908
Item:
  • 1039   
Type:
  • Publication, Newsletter
Subject:
  • Other, Tourism
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1908 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
An information sheet comprised of the opinions of hoteliers in resort towns regarding automobiles being allowed in their communities. The original request, made by W. M. Roberts, was to gain insight from the experiences of others ahead of the issue being discussed during Bar Harbor's annual town meeting. People Mentioned: W. M. Roberts, Edward S. Marshall, H. W. Staples, C. H. Greenleaf, Damon Winfield Jr., John Anderson, A. E. Reynolds, W. K. Hill, F. C. Sheldon, H. S. Mudgett, W. S. Cummings, N. J. Murphy, W. E. Carter, G. H. Brackett, Dave H. Morris, A. L. Westgard, C. W. Bickford, L. H. Cilley, P. E. Naylor, G. W. Stearns, James Cunningham, William P. Whitehouse, Edgar Jay Sherman, Frank T. Tyler [show more]
1038Duck Brook Motor Bridge Under Construction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Park
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • 1950 - 1951 c
Duck Brook Motor Bridge Under Construction
Item:
  • 1038   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Park
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Date:
  • 1950 - 1951 c
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Duck Brook Motor Bridge
Description:
Construction of the bridge, located on Paradise Hill Road, began in 1950 and was completed in 1952. A photocopy of a photograph of the Duck Brook Motor Bridge on Mount Desert Island, Maine, under construction. Black and White
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]
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.
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]