11 and O'Neill, GROVER 6 ANFA3, f.10 Copy-2 copy Personal 20 Exchange Place New York SERVICE September 4, 1947. Mr. Newton B. Brury, National Park Service Marshandist Mart OCT Chicago 54s Illinois. ACADIA Dear Mr. Deury: I take this occasion of expressing to you the gratitude of the family of George B. Derr for the signal honor which the National Park Service has paid him in erecting to his monery s tablet in Acadia National Park. My son, George Dorr O'Maill, who was present at the unveiling caremony, has just told me how impressive the caremony ms. The inscriptions on the tablet show careful thought and are very appropriate. You know, as well as w do, that something of this nature was very close in George Dorr's mind. He wanted to be remembered in connection with the Park, which he loved dearly and to which he devoted all of his energies. The Sieur de Monta Spring was in his opinion the heart of the Park. And I an sure that his apdrit will be glad to know that this tab- let is erested there. GBD mermical / The visited Mount Desert Island last week; in fact, we arrived the day you departed, but w did not know about the Ceremony prospective unveiling until after we had completed plans for our return. But my son remained for the ceremony. lie had a very nice visit with Mr. Hadley, and are glad to know that he is in charge of the Park. He worked very closely with Mr. Dorr for twenty-five years, and I am sure that the Park will greatly benefit from his interested and devoted supervision. Our talk with Mr. Hadley turned on the subject of the furniture in the Dorr house. We are of course most amoious Olfferm to obtain anything that - can of the family furniture, entire- ly for sentimental reasons. As time goes on, all of us learn to value the furniture which comes down to us mers and more. Mr. Derr gave us a lot of ideas about what we were to have, but the exigencies of his situation to some extent prevented it. Almost all of the furniture that was in the house has been removed, and Mr. Hadley tells us that what is left is of no further use to the Service and that he wants to get rid of it. This includes a few family pieces which we want, and some furniture in the servants' end which of course is of no special value to us. The pieces that are left are for the ANP 3,110 20 Exchange Place New York 2. Mr. Newton B. Drury, 9/4/47. most part, in Mr. Hadley's opinion, in the nature of secondhand furniture, and of no special value, although of course they would have many associations valuable to us. We would like to acquire them on any basis that is satisfactory to you. Mr. Hadley tells us that none of this furniture has been inventoried as government property. life will be glad to remove all of the furniture, shipping to New York the pieces which w want, and disposing of the others to Ginder to the Maine Seacoast Missions where it can be of practical use. Also, we want to see that Mr. Hadley receives one item as a momento of his twenty-five years' association with George B. Derr, and expressing the mutual admiration which they had, one for the other. Mrs. O'Mill wants m to tell you how very much indeed she appreciated your thoughtful letter several years ago after Mr. Dorr's death. Expressing our appreciation of your friendly can- sideration of those-matters, I mm, with kind regards Very sincerely yours, (agd) Grover O'Neill a/c. I B UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ACADIA NATIONAL PARK Bar Harbor, Maine Ostober 8, 1947. MEMORANDUM for the Director. Reference is made to the copy of a letter from Mr. Tolson to Mr. Grover Neill, 20 Exchange Place, New York, which was in reply to one from the latter to Director Drury about furniture at oldfarm. can't Dedn't I made it clear to Mr. O'Neill that the furniture was government property and as such could be disposed of only by advertised sale, and that disposition to an individual or to any agency apart from govern- got this? ment by any method other than by advertised sale would be possible only after authorisation was had from Congress. His letter to the Director made me look like a free dispenser of government property just for the jimet. I or sake of being rid of it. He was doing his best to make out a good case for Mr. O'Neill. The furniture remaining in Oldfarm runs the gamut from poor second hand pieces to some which are really valuable, with, of course, some being in between. Mr. O'Neill's interest centered, naturally, on the good pieces, and on a few of the in-betweens. The remainder held no appeal. The O'Neill's sentimental attachment for the pieces they want Coxsen arises from the fact that Mrs. O'Neill is a cousin five or six times removed; that they both played the "Cousin George" angle for all it oneill, would stand during the later years of Mr. Dorr's life, that they hoped, if not expected, that on his death they would be the principal bene- Ammived times fisiaries under his will. Great was their surprise therefore when they read the first clause in his will: "First: Such relatives as I have are either sufficiently provided for in their own estates or so remote from me, my interests and affairs that I intentionally omit then as beneficiaries under this my last will and testement." Accordingly, the O'Neill's got nothing by bequest. They did, at the sale of the effects of the estate, purchase certain articles at good prices. The only advantage they had over others was first choice on any article, and that on the strength of the remote cousinship between Mr. Dorr and Mrs. O'Neill. ANP 3, 410 My suggestions for the disposition of the furniture now in Oldfarm are as follows: 1. Select items which are usable in ranger stations and elsewhere in the park and put them to such use. 2. Reserve other items of value which might be put to use or on display in our park museum when built. The Retain Murean park should keep these as mementoes of its first super- intendent and of the period in which he and his parents Part mementos lived. He and his connection with the park is worthy of for more intimate and personal memorabilia than a slate tablet on a piece of granite, appropriate and dignified though bs @ strong property c that memorial be. 3. Sell the remainder of the items by advertisement in the customary manner. When tablet I'11 admit that in some respects my second suggestion has a very personal angle. There are now in the superintendent's resi- dence, Storm Beach Cottage, certain items of Oldfarm furniture which are there both for use and for safe keeping. I got nothing from Mr. Dorr except twenty-five years close association with a wonderful gentleman. It was experience granted to but few men and I lost nothing by it. On the contrary, I gained much. As long as I remain superintendent of Acadia and occupy that resi- dence which was once his, I'd like to retain those few visible reminders of my association with him. My sentimental attachment for them is, and the park's should be, far greater than that of a remote cousin. If among the items offered for sale there are any which the Of Heills want and they should bid successfully for them, I'd be most happy to have then go that way. B. L. Hadley, Superintendent. In duplicate. CO: Regional Director, Region One. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ADDRESS ONLY WASHINGTON 25, D. C. THE DIRECTOR. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAY 21.1943 PART May 18, 1948. AIR MAIL ACADIA NATIONAL MEMORANDUM for the Superintendent, Acadia National Park. On May 12, Mr. Grover O'Neill, of 20 Exchange Place, New York City, called at this Office in connection with the continuing desire of Mrs. O'Neill, a distant relative of former Superintendent Dorr, and himself to procure for reasons of sentiment certain items of family furniture and household equipment located in the "Old Farm" home of the late superintendent. Mr. O'Neill stated that the matter was not of sufficient importance to them to warrant special legisla- tion to authorize the disposal of the desired items to himself and Mrs. O'Neill as mentioned in our letter to him of September 25, 1947. He indicated, however, that he should like to purchase such of the desired items as were not needed by the Service if appropriate ar- rangements for their sale could be worked out. Mr. O'Neill left with us a list of items prepared from notes taken by him when he visited the Park last fall. A copy of the list is attached, and you will observe that the items have been classi- fied to show those in which they are #mostly interested, # #inter- ested, n and #not particularly interested. Please go over the list carefully to determine whether any of the items desired by the O'Neills are of such a nature as could be disposed of at this time. In addition to the suggestions for the disposition of the "Old Farm" furnishings contained in your memoran- dum of October 8, 1947, the thought occurs to us that some of the items may possess historic or antique values, and while they might not be suitable for use at Acadia, they might be utilized at areas, such as Salem Maritime, Adams Mansion, Vanderbilt Mansion, Colonial, or Morristown. You, of course, are familiar with the type of fur- nishings and equipment involved and doubtless are in a position to evaluate their adaptability and usefulness at Acadia and elsewhere. Our thought is merely that we might accommodate Mr. and Mrs. O'Neill with respect to such of the items desired by them as can be clearly demonstrated to have no further use to the Service. If, after studying the list of items, you conclude that there are a number that might well be disposed of, please furnish us with a general description of each item and its approximate value. It may later prove necessary to have qualified appraisers set a value on each of the items selected for disposal prior to their actual sale. Should any of the items selected for sale still be desired by Mr. and Mrs. O'Neill, consideration can be given to their sale pur- suant to the authority contained in the act of January 24, 1923 (42 Stat. 1215, 16 U.S.C. sec. 9), as supplemented by section 8 of the act of August 2, 1946 (Public Law 600, 79th Cong.), the proceeds of sale to be held for application toward the eventual purchase of similar equipment. In considering this matter on this occasion and previously, we have been unable to locate in our records a copy of the Bill of Sale under which the furnishings and equipment in "Old Farm were trans- ferred to the United States by Mr. Dorr in 1941. When submitting your report, please furnish us with a copy of the Bill of Sale. Acting Assistant Director. Enclosure 536. cc: Regional Director, Region One, with a copy of Mr. O'Neill's list. 2 REGION C 5 1 UNITED STATES Reg. Assom Her. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Plane is Deeisa Acadia National Park Eugneering Jar Barber, Aine Forcury Hismer Archeology last July 13, 1243 soil Conservation Concessions for the Director. LC: Reference is race to I diller's cerecrandum of by 18, 1948, rela- tivo to are Crever Weill's deaire to obtain certain items of furniture and uipment now in oldfarm and conveyed to the government by is. Dorr by Hill of Sale dated September 16, 1541. I enclose 1 COPY of the Bill of Cale. So far AS I know the original document T&S cont to your office with the abstract and dend to the protection To the Bill of Sale and its attached inventory is a second copy of the inventory bearing certain Drivings which are explained or four lists which a. also enclosed. I have broken the investory into Pour lists 18 follows: Rimpit. List Io. 1 - Items taken from Oldfirm to Ecuans House by Urs. Coloynelds. All destroyed is Fire Catabar 23, 1047. These items are carised with of red 19" on it's inventory. List To. 2 - Items on this list are at present in the Superintendent's residence, Stor= Beach Cottage. arc carled with a blue "3" on the inventory. List No. 3 - Items on this list are those emporated on the list submitted by "I. Grever O'soill, By 12, 1948. They are marked with a green "0" on the inventory. List ..c. 4 - Items on this list are now in Midfarm House. They are articad with a red Har" on the inventory. They are the remainder of the inventory itans not accounted for or lists numbered 1,2 and 3. To list number 3 I have attached copies of Jr. O'seill's list to which I have added property record numbers and values. I think you will have 20 difficulty in relating property record numbers and items on the four lists to those on the marked copy of the inventory. In each ORSE the numbers on the lists follow in sequence those on the inventory. The values given on the lists to the items arc, with few exceptions, = com. They are subject to correction by accruisers so Id an appraisal be rade. : Miguros are probably quite conservative. Every item or the inventory could he sold. more are two ways of toise it under _overment procedure which, so far as I know, C&D only be dere by advertised sale and bid. The tro ways are (1) advertise and call for 'it's CITY the entire inventory or (2) segregate the i if intc lots tasai on appraised values end advertise for bics on the lets. I-8 socond method would, : balieve, bring the greatest money return and be the most satisfactory. There are really no items of historic or antique value, barring the Covernor Winthrop desk and TO or three bureaus and Stance. They have fair =oney value as pieces of good furniture, not 15 antiques. The items in which the Weills are interested wouldn't be of use to the Service in any area, SC far as I can 300. The Noills crobably record them carely from the stand cist of sentimental attachment through i-s. Maill's relationship to I. Dorr. Defore reaching 3 pinal decision 02 the dis osition of the furniture, I venture to suggest that consideration be given to retaining some of the items CCM in 23 care in Stor Beach Cottage. They do not convrise oven a miner sart of the furnishings of the house and should not be looked upon as such. They do however, constitute 3 visible link between the park and in Dorr. They relect his occurency of the house they are new in and to a de-ree reflect his personality. For the siles of perpetuating that association for 11 time, at least, I think those pieces should be kept. For your information, the O'Neills are not amre of the fact that the items CS the Storm Beach list 2-9 where they ATC. 3. is Dadley, Superintendent. In ducliente OC: Enclosure 2 12/21/2017 GROVER O'NEILL A REALTY MAN, 81 The New York Times The New York Times https://nyti.ms/1H7p5fF ARCHIVES 1972 GROVER O'NEILL A REALTY MAN, 81 SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES FEB. 23, 1972 OYSTER BAY, L. I., Feb. 22 -Grover O'Neill, a retired investment counselor and real estate broker, died yesterday in Huntington (L. I.) Hospital. He was 81 years old and lived on Cove Road. Mr. O'Neill was chairman of the Oyster Bay Zoning Commission in 1928, a trustee of the village of Oyster Bay Cove when it was incorporated in 1931, and for many years chairman of the Roadside Committee of the Long Island Chamber of Commerce. In that capacity he worked for beautification of the island's highways and for legislation to restrict billboards. He had been a director of the Regional Plan Association. He was born in St. Louis, a son of John J. O'Neill, a member of the House of Representatives for 10 years. After graduation from Harvard in 1916 he served in the aviation section of the Army Signal Corps in World War I, becoming a captain and aide to the chief of military aeronautics. Mr. O'Neill entered the investment business in 1920 with Roosevelt & Sons, forming Grover O'Neill & Co. in 1924, an investment counseling and banking firm that was changed to real estate brokerage in 1958. He was a member of the New York Stock Exchange from 1932 to 1934. He was involved in the refinancing of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and the sale of the Brooklyn - Manhattan Transit System to New York City and served on the committee appointed in 1952 to reorganize the Long Island Railroad. Surviving are his widow, the former Catharine Porter; 2 sons, Grover Jr. and George D.; daughter, Mrs. Fred L. Heyes, and 10 grandchildren. The funeral service will be at St. Dominic's Roman Catholic Church, Oyster 3 SIGN UP ARTICLES REMAINING Subscriber login New York Times subscribers enjoy full access to TimesMachine-view 129 years of New York Times journalism, as it originally appeared. 99c for your first 4 weeks. Or, purchase this article individually for $3.95 and download a high-resolution PDF. We are continually improving the quality of our text archives. Please send feedback, error reports, and suggestions to archive_feedback@nytimes.com A version of this archives appears in print on February 23, 1972, on Page 44 of the New York edition with the headline: GROVER O'NEILL A REALTY MAN, 81. © 2017 The New York Times Company http://www.nytimes.com/1972/02/23/archives/grover-oneill-arealty-man-ex-investment-counselor-and-civic-leader.htm 2/2 Irreconcilable Rockefellers Vanity Fair Page 1 of 3 VANITY FAIR POLITICS BUSINESS CULTURE HOLLYWOOD STYLE SOCIETY BLOGS PHOTOS VIDEO INSIDE THE ISSUE VF AGENDA society January 2000 society Irreconcilable Rockefellers "I think," says Amy, "George was a type of father figure to me." A my's father, Roger Whittlesey, was a Main Line Philadelphia adman, socialite, and Republican operative who made a name for himself heading Richard Nixon's 1968 effort against Nelson Rockefeller in Pennsylvania. Whittlesey, who hobnobbed with John Eisenhower (Dwight's son) and Arlen Specter (then Philadelphia's district attorney), was once described by a society columnist as "the handsomest man in Philadelphia." ("George looks a little bit like him," says Amy.) In mid- 1973, Whittlesey's advertising business failed at the same time that his major stockholdings plummeted. The following March, while Faith, then a state legislator, was in a late-night session in Harrisburg, he pulled his car into the garage and left the engine running. He was found by a baby-sitter. Whittlesey was 37. Amy, whom he called Princess, was six. Faith was in the throes of her re-election campaign-a race her husband had been managing, as he had managed her whole career ("It was Roger's idea to hand out pot holders"). Although she went through with the election, and won, she found herself at 35 a widow with three children-seven, six, and 17 months-and a bankrupt estate. Faith never entirely got over the loss, and she never remarried. She threw all her energy into conservative politics. "Mother was always working SO hard," remembers Amy. "I used to do my homework in her office at the White House." "Both Amy and George,' as a friend of the couple's puts it, "were in a sense robbed of their childhoods." my's girlfriends from private school-Shipley in Philadelphia, the Pensionat de A la Chassotte in Switzerland, and Pomfret School in Connecticut-say that all she ever wanted was to marry and have children. "My ultimate fantasy," Amy says, "was to have a minivan full of kids, a couple of dogs, and a house that was warm and inviting." She says that in her eight-month courtship by George they talked often about having a large family ("He wanted six"). When he proposed-he gave her a family heirloom as an engagement ring-she dropped out of Fordham, where she was studying philosophy and classics. "When George got married," says David Barron, he made it clear to his friends that he "didn't want to be a jet-setter or a party boy or in the limelight anymore. He was old enough that he'd done that already. He wanted to be a full-time husband and father." To their great disappointment, for two years Amy couldn't conceive ("Hard to believe now," she says), and when she finally did, she miscarried. At the same time, her brother Henry fathered a child with a woman who was also mentally ill. For the first year of the baby's life, he was shuttled between foster care and his mother's family home. Then George and Amy decided to adopt him. "George was the knight in shining armor to this family," says one of his former friends. "He even adopted the kid." In fact, according to Amy, of all their children, George is closest to Paul Henry, who is now eight. "There's really a very special bond between them," she says. By the time the adoption was final, Paul Henry was two years old. Three months later Amy gave birth to a daughter, Catharine. Twelve months after that, George III was born. George and Amy had already moved to Mountain Lake, which comprises some 120 houses on 3,000 acres. It is a tranquil, if somewhat eerie, place, full of Spanish-moss-covered oaks, http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2000/01/rockefellers-200001 7/3/2014 Irreconcilable Rockefellers Vanity Fair Page 2 of 3 where the residents, mostly seasonal, tool around in golf carts. One day recently, the only signs of life were security guards patrolling the grounds for intruders. Though George's parents have two grand homes in the compound, George and Amy moved into a large, dilapidated house on the lake, a short walk from the elder O'Neills. An old Spanish-style house that rented for $1,100 a month and hadn't been lived in for years, it lacked modern kitchen appliances and air-conditioning. Amy called it "the dungeon." "It's old, dark, and roach-infested," says one of their former housekeepers. "But they did get rid of the rodents." f anything ever represented George's lifelong tug-of-war between embracing his I family and rebelling against it, it was this house in Mountain Lake. He did not get around to air-conditioning the place fully for three years-a period during which Amy was pregnant most of the time. However, he soon put one of his huge nude sculptures on view. "I was in shock," says Alyse O'Neill (no relation), a longtime supporter of conservative Florida Republicans, who was often invited to the house for fund-raisers and strategy sessions. "At the front door was this full-size nude woman, which was a little overwhelming. I mean, I've seen those things in museums but not at somebody's front door." There were greater shocks for visitors inside, where the paint was peeling off the walls, the dogs peed on the carpets, and the rented furniture had mildew stains. "It was going to be temporary," says Amy, "but then all the babies came, and I got stuck there." As she testified in court, "George wanted to have a grand home like the one he grew up in. And I was concerned about the expense. And he said that money wasn't a problem, that when we decided where that was, that he could get the money from the trusts." George, on the other hand, testified that "Amy was always asking about money and trying to take it out of the trust. I said that they won't do it." Amy's friends were aghast that a young woman who had traveled the world, had grown up in an embassy, and spoke three languages was stuck in a retirement community in the middle of central Florida. As one friend asks, "Have you been to Lake Wales?" Lake Wales, the town outside the gates of the old-money bastion of Mountain Lake, is blue-collar farmland and orange groves, sprinkled with churches and trailer parks. the home of florida natural orange juice! say the signs. The main road into Lake Wales crosses miles of rural countryside and leads to the new Wal-Mart Supercenter and Fat Boys' Bar- B-Q. "We couldn't believe where she was living," says one of Amy's friends from Shipley. But Amy kept assuring them that it wouldn't be for long. Seven years later, in June 1997, when she left her husband, it was through the vaulted gates of Mountain Lake. She says she never expected to tell anyone about any of it-the guns, the girls, the sex, the porn-but later she would describe the scene: How her husband stomped around with a semi- automatic gun in his hand, threatening to blow his brains out if she didn't retract, in writing, her accusations of adultery. How, the next day, she gathered the children in the minivan and sped off. George testified, "She said she was going to SeaWorld." Her account has yet to come out in court. She would not stay away for very long. For by that point Amy O'Neill had been in and out of a mental hospital herself, and she was about to become pregnant with George's fifth child. my's friends used to tease her by calling her the Princess of Lake Wales. Now, as A they think back, it doesn't seem SO funny. For though she once resembled Diana in looks and height and in her virginal wedding to a man she considered a prince, darker similarities developed: humiliations, alleged infidelities, self- mutilation. What did happen over the years in that dreary house in Mountain Lake? It depends on which side you believe. Did a woman grow increasingly mad and delusional? Or did a spoiled man develop talents for torment and psychological abuse that could rival those in the movie Gaslight? Or was it a bit of both? http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2000/01/rockefellers-200001 7/3/2014 11 Irreconcilable Rockefellers | Vanity Fair Page 3 of 3 The first signs of trouble appeared when the couple got what they had wanted most-kids, and lots of them. Amy, who delivered all her children by cesarean section, became an exhausted wreck, says Shirley Hare, the children's former nanny. "My heart went out to her," says Hare, who is 66 and was known in the household as Miss Shirley. Amy was no longer the statuesque ingenue either. Owing partly to the medical condition known as toxemia, she gained 78 pounds with Catharine. And she had yet to drop all the weight when she got pregnant with the next child. REGISTRAT ION ON OR USE OF THIS SITE CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF OUR USER AGREEMENT (EFFECTVE JANUARY 2 2014 AND PRIVACY POLICY (EFFECTVEJANUARY2.2014) VANITY FAIR 2 CONDE NAST DIGITAL YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS THE MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED DISTRIBUTED TRANSMITTED CACHED OR OTHERWISE USED EXCEPT WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF CONDÉ NAST DIGITAL AD CHOICES http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2000/01/rockefellers-200001 7/3/2014 The Rockefeller Archive Center - Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Biographical Sketch Page 1 of 2 THE ROCKEFELLER ARCHIVE CENTER Go Home FAQs I Links E-Mail ABOUT US RESEARCH GRANTS COLLECTIONS PUBLICATIONS THE ROCKEFELLERS SEARCH OUR COLLECTIONS THE ROCKEFELLERS Abby Rockefeller Mauzé, 1903-1976 Printer-FriendlyVersion Abby Rockefeller Mauzé (November 9, 1903-May 27, 1976) was born Abby Rockefeller in New York City, the first child and only Did you know daughter of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960) and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948). She soon became known as "Babs" to family and friends to differentiate her from her mother. She attended In 1953 one educator described the General Brearley School and Miss Chapin's School, both located in New York Education Board (active City. 1902-1964) as the "Santa Claus of the South." Along with her five brothers -- John Davison Rockefeller 3rd, Nelson, Laurance, Winthrop, and David - "Babs" helped to continue the Rockefeller family's philanthropic tradition established by her father and grandfather. In contrast to her brothers, who became public figures, she conducted her philanthropic activities quietly. She was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund; an advisory member of the Board of Trustees of Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center (a chief benefactor of the Center along with her brother, Laurance, she received its Medal of Appreciation in 1965); and an honorary trustee of the Rockefeller Family Fund. She also was a benefactor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the YWCA, New York Hospital, the Museum of Modern of Art (of which her mother was a founder, and in whose affairs her brother Nelson played a major role), the New York Zoological Society (which was a major interest of her brother Laurance), and the Asia Society (in whose affairs John D. Rockefeller 3rd also played a major role). In 1968 Mrs. Mauzé created the Greenacre Foundation, of which she was president, in order to maintain and operate one or more parks in New York State for the benefit of the public. In 1971, she established Greenacre Park, a small vest-pocket park and waterfall on 51st Street in Manhattan, in order to provide New Yorkers "some moments of serenity in this busy world." Laurance Rockefeller, a trustee of the Foundation, also helped to create the park. "Babs" Rockefeller was married three times. On May 14, 1925, she married David M. Milton, a lawyer and investment banker. The Miltons had two children: Abby (who became Mrs. George Dorr O'Neill) and Marilyn (who became Mrs. William Kelly Simpson). The Miltons were divorced in 1943. "Babs" was married in 1946 to Dr. Irving H. Pardee, a neurologist, who died in 1949. On April 23, 1953 she married Jean Mauzé, senior vice president of United States Trust Company. He died in 1974. Mrs. Mauzé died May 27, 1976 at her New York City apartment on Beekman Place. http://archive.rockefeller.edu/bio/abbymauze.php 9/18/2007 2/20/2021 Xfinity Connect Re Friends of Acadia - George Dorr O_Neill, upcoming meeting, Castle Howard, Rotary Printout Ron Epp 2/20/2021 5:06 PM Re: Friends of Acadia - George Dorr O'Neill, upcoming meeting, Castle Howard, Rotary To Lisa Horsch Clark Lisa, I too very much enjoyed our conversation several days ago. I will give some thought to the Rotary proposal but await your input about scheduling a zoom event. I rechecked my O'Neill Family file regarding your offer to contact his daughter who is an FOA member. Would this be Abby O. Caulkins, Catherine O. Broderick, or Wendy H. O'Neill, since George's obituary lists three daughters. I tracked back Abby Rockefeller Milton's marriage (Grandaughter of JDR Jr.). George Dorr O'Neill, grandson of the Rep. John J. O'Neill of Missouri. John's son George married Catherine but where the "Dorr" name came from remains a mystery. Perhaps this FOA member can shed some light on this. If you think it best for the book to be inscribed by me, I can send off a copy to her if you provide the address. Remember me referencing the John A. Peters Ellsworth attic office archive? Well, I found there a 10/21/1936 letter to George from Grover O'Neill beginning "Dear Cousin George. In more than three pages he offers unsolicited advice--or better yet directives--as to how GBD should set up a trusteeship, establish a trust at Harvard, and warned him about the dangers of individual bequests. while also asking questions about Dorr's library, family letters, silverware, furnishings, etc. I can send you a copy if you like. No evidence that GBD replied. All the Best, Ron https://connect.xfinity.com/appsuite/v=7.10.3-14.20201208.035425/print.html?print_161385882933 1/3 12/21/2017 XFINITY Connect Sent Re: Dorr's "Secretary" --article for Chebacco Ronald Epp 12:40 PM To Marie Yarborough Marie, It occurred to me that I had a file on Abby and George O'Neill with some items that may not be in your files: 1. Trustees of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, they may have had clout with the Rockefeller family. 2. Abby Rockefeller Mauze (1903-1976) was the first child born to JDRJr. and Abby. Their daughter married three times, once to David Milton with whom she had two children, one who became Mrs. George Dorr O'Neill. (See her entry in the Rockefeller Family Archives). 3. In 2004 I tracked down George O'Neill in Oyster Bay where he had been a candidate for mayor. I left a message for him, repeated calls followed from me, no response from him; similarly, a letter followed, no response. 4. In a letter to Robin Karson dates 12/2/2009 (she is the Director of the Library of American Landscape History), I stated that the O'Neill's visited Oldfarm two years after Dorr's death, and their son attended the Dorr Memorial unveiling. 5. I take it that you have a copy the letter of 5/18/48 to Hadley from the Acting NPS Asst. Director regarding the O'Neill matter. as well as Hadley's 10/8/1947 letter to the NPS Director. I see you have the Drury-Hadlety correspondence. 6. Most importantly, I found in the John A. Peters archive (still secure in Ellsworth at Hale and Hamlin) a 10/21/1936 letter the father of Grover and Catherine O'Neill. It is on 10 Exchange Place, NY stationary, and begins innocuously "Dear Cousin George" about Dorr's plans for an horticultural exhibit but soon begins to give--over three pages--near directives as to how he should act in setting up a trusteeship (as though he lacked experience with such matters). He suggested establishing a scholarship at Harvard, warned him about the dangers of individual bequests, Then a series of specific questions about Compass Harbor, the nursery, his library, family letters, silverware, furnishings, china, etc. You get the drift. I can send you a snail mail copy if you are interested. The signature is largely indecipherable. Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. eppster2@comcast.net On December 20, 2017 at 10:41 AM Yarborough, Marie wrote: Ron, sending along a draft of my article for Chebacco's next publication with the theme "The Collection." They are asking for island institutions to highlight an item in their collection thorough storytelling--Thought -- you might enjoy reading it! Best, Marie Marie C. Yarborough Curator Cultural Resources & Interpretation Liaison William Otis Sawtelle Collections & Research Center Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine For research questions or appointments visit: http://www.nps.gov/acad/learn/historyculture/collections.htm www.nps.gov/acad www.facebook.com/AcadiaNPS https://twitter.com/AcadiaNPS Acadia National Park 20 McFarland Hill Drive or POB 177 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207.288.8729 (ph) 207.288.8813 (f) In the office Tues, Wed, Thurs Page 1 of 2 Re: Ausolus Trust From To "Robin Karson" Date 12/02/2009 12:36:21 PM Dear Robin, Thank you for the update on the Ausolus Trust. A disappointment to be sure. But it was most interesting to have George Putnam refer to George O'Neill since I have a file on him and can provide you with some background. 1. I called 212-649-5891 five years ago having tracked him down in Oyster Bay, where he had been a candidate for Mayor beck in 1999. A female answered and I briefly outlined my interest in speaking to him. She said he would respond. No response was forthcoming. Two additional calls proved futile. 2. I don't have a copy of my letter to him but that too received no response. 3. My interest was genealogical information that would corroborate his family as related to Mr. Dorr as well as any correspondence with GBD or the National Park Service. As you will see from later chapters of my biography, Dorr leaves his relatives (including the distant O'Neil Is) out of his will because "the relatives I have are either sufficiently provided for in their own estates or so remote from me, my interests and affairs that I intentionally omit them as beneficiaries." 4. After Dorr's death, the O'Neill family made a claim on Dorr's furnishings with the National Park Service (later involving the purchase of items not needed by the park service) based on the visit of Mr. and Mrs. Grover O'Neill (and their son George Dorr O'Neill) to Oldfarm two years after Dorr's death. Their son attended the Dorr Memorial unveiling. They claimed their interest in the Oldfarm possessions was entirely "sentimental." A women named Gladys O'Neil was a local Bar Harbor historian who served as curator of the Bar Harbor Historical Society. I wished to know whether she was related to the Grover O'Neill's family. 5. The O'Neill's tried their best to influence Dorr's successor, Ben Hadley, who later reported to the NPS Director that only authorization from Congress could circumvent the NPS policy of disposing of Dorr's possessions by an advertized sale. Hadley said that "O'Neill's letter to the Director made me look like a free dispenser of government property just for the sake of being rid of it." (Hadley to NPS Director. Oct. 8, 1947. Sawtelle Research Center, Acadia N.P.) 6. Dorr's executors were empowered through his will to dispose of his belongings as they best saw fit (the documentation from Judge Peters recently recovered papers is extensive). They adhered to the language of the will and denied the O'Neill claims. Some thirty pieces of Oldfarm furnishings remain in the Sawtelle Research Center. 7. The interactions between the Dorr estate trustees and the park service over this matter are not clearly documented. Judge Peters as Executor keenly adhered to the terms of the will. One gets the strong impression that the park service did not exercise due diligence and was more causual about the disposition of Dorr's possessions, which is why I think the O'Neill's worked this side of the fence rather than take on the imposing character of Judge Peters, one of Dorr's closest friends. I hope this summary provides you with some background on the O'Neills. Much good luck in contacting them. My own reaction to their unresponsiveness was to move in other directions, just as Mr. Dorr did with the earlier generation. Thanks for the check. My social security number is 171-34-1180 should you need cit for tax purposes. All the Best, Ron Quoting Robin Karson : https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/hwebmail/mail/message.php?index=700 12/2/2009 Page 2 of 2 Ron, Today I received a very nice letter from George Putnam, emeritus director of the Ausolus Trust in Boston, in response to a proposal | recently submitted. The trust is overcommitted for this year and next, but Mr. Putnam suggests that I contact George D. O'Neill, who is both a Rockefeller and a Dorr descendent for help with the project. He has supplied personal address and phone and said to use his name. He was clearly impressed with our proposal. Before contacting Mr. O'Neill, I wanted to get your thoughts. I am attaching a copy of my letter to the Ausolus Trust, fyi. I also intend to contact Ann Rockefeller Roberts about her foreword to your book. I will suggest a brief meeting in NYC to familiarize her with the project (in January, when I will have voice). At that time, I'll broach the subject of a revised edition her book on the roads of Acadia. I hope this finds you well. Jane has been copying me on your correspondence, SO I know that all is proceeding smoothly. Very best, Robin Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 47 Pondview Drive Merrimack, NH 03054 (603) 424-6149 eppster2@myfairpoint.net https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/hwebmail/mail/message.php?index=700 12/2/2009