Richard Quin, NPS page1 Page 1 of 4 pux 4.02 LYING LIGHTLY ON THE LAND hibinons Driving Through Paradise Lippencott's Locomobile perched on the overhanging rock al Olacier Point above Yosemite Valley. Photo: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural By Richard Quin On June 23, 1900, Oliver Lippencott drove his steam-powered Locomobile into Yosemite. He motored around the park, visited the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, and staged a publicity photograph by posing the car on an overhanging rock at Glacier Point, far above the valley floor. That day marked a turning point in the development of America's national parks. Until then, most visitors had arrived at the park train, transferring to stagecoaches to see the sites or reach park hotels or camps. While some park roads existed, they were ill-suited to cars and the increased traffic they would generate. The introduction of the automobile forever changed the national parks and continues to shape our experiences of the natural beauty and cultural riches they contain. http://www.nbm.org/blueprints/summer97/page2/page2.htm 5/7/2002 pagel Page 2 of 4 Within a couple of years of Lippencott's Yosemite visit, automobiles began arriving at other parks. Park administrators, worried about inadequate roads and possible conflicts between horses and cars, responded by banning them. The Army, which administered several parks at that time, issued prohibitions against the admission of cars to Yellowstone and Yosemite, and the Interior Department extended the ban to other parks. Motoring enthusiasts, organized in automobile clubs and supported by the automotive and petroleum industries, lobbied stridently against the ban and soon convinced the Interior Department to allow cars back into several parks. In 1907 Washington state's Mount Ranier National Park became the first to legally readmit cars, though it would be another seven years before regulations permitted women to drove on its roads. In 1913 Interior Secretary Franklin Lane reluctantly lifted the ban on cars at Yosemite, predicting that "before we know it, they will be dropping into Yosemite Valley by airship." Yellowstone, the last holdout, opened its roads to cars in 1915. The automobile quickly became a dominant factor in park affairs. Roads had to be reconstructed at considerable expense; service facilities, such as garages and gas stations, had to be provided; parking areas had to be built; and rangers had to enforce traffic regulations. More significantly, automobiles fostered and enormous increase in visitors. Concessionaires welcomed the new crowds, and tour operators gradually switched from stagecoaches to motor service. Railways found it difficult to compete with automobiles. By 1920 the number of park visitors arriving by car surpassed the number arriving by train. In 1928 the ratio was five to one. By the 1940s rail service to most national parks had been discontinued. Not only were there more visitors to the national parks, they were no longer restricted to the upper class, which until then had been the only group with the money and leisure time for extensive holidays. As automobiles became less expensive, members of the middle class began to appear in the parks, many with car camping gear. Yellowstone Superintendent Horace Albright identified two distinct types of tourist: "dudes," who generally arrived by train and stayed in park hotels, and "sagebrushers," who came by car and stayed in a campground or fragile meadow. The National Park Service (NPS), established in 1916, encouraged automotive tourism. Director Stephen Mather believed the best way to gain support for the parks was to make them more accessible, and he saw the automobile as the key to achieving that goal. Mather maintained that the public would follow any road into the "wilderness" so long as it was paved. He lobbied the federal government to construct new roads and improve existing ones, and in 1924, secured a $7.5 million appropriation for that purpose. Recognizing that the Park Service's small engineering division was unprepared to take on the task of building a whole new network of highways. Mather turned to the Bureau of Public Roads (BPR), an agency of the Department of Agriculture. He had the BPR take over construction of Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road, a challenging route over the crest if the Rockies in Montana. Pleased with the work, he negotiated an agreement in 1926 under which the BPR would oversee all major road construction in the national parks, subject to design review by the NPS. This shared responsibility continues today, with major park road projects handled jointly by the NPS and the Federal Highway Administration of the Department of Transportation. Under the terms of the agreement, the BPR took over surveys, engineering, and construction supervision for major road projects in the national parks. The Park Service retained design control and final approval of all work, and the Department of the Interior continued to control all related appropriations. The NPS Engineering and Landscape Engineering divisions worked closely with the BPR in the designs of roads and road-related structures. The challenge identified by the Park Service was to design roadways the "lay lightly on the landscape," following natural contours rather than "curves laid with mathematical precision." The engineers and landscape architects dictated the flattening and rounding of cut slopes to reduce the sensory demarcation between pavement and scenery. They created scenic vistas through selected clearing and supervised revegetation of slopes and banks with plantings of native species. These practices represent a manipulation of the landscape rather than preservation or restoration, but they are largely responsible for the "natural" character of park roads. Lying Lightly on the Land: Building America's National Park Roads and Parkways will be on view at the Musuem http://www.nbm.org/blueprints/summer97/page2/page2.htm 5/7/2002 pagel Page 3 of 4 through January 11, 1998. The exhibition traces the development of roads and parkways in America's national parks from the establishment of Yellowstone to recent efforts to rebuild flood-ravaged Yosemite -- through artworks, photographs, construction films, tourist memorabilia, and antique vehicles and camping equipment. Lying Lightly on the Land is organized by the Museum with assistance from the Historic American Engineering Record of the National Park Service and the Federal Lands Highway Office. The exhibition is sponsored by the Federal Lands Highway Office, Federal Highway Administration of the Department of Transportation, and the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior, with additional support from the American Hotel & Motel Association, Figg Engineering Group, Guest Services, Inc., IBM Corporation, National Park Hospitality Association, and the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association. Road-related structures, such as bridges and retaining walls, were designed to harmonize with their wilderness settings. Bridges were constructed in a "rustic" style, characterized by the use of native timber and stone, irregularly shaped elements, and often, deliberate overscaling. Most of these bridges were actually modern, reinforced concrete or steel girder structures that had been faced with stone or logs. Careful attention to color, texture, and scale created a visual relationship between bridges and nearby stream banks and rock outcrops. Although these structures were designed to be inconspicuous, they are often admired by park visitors. Tunnels were frequently employed on roads to alleviate the need for excessive cuts, which would scar park landscapes. Many were designed to provide visitors with unexpected views as they emerge from ao portal. At Yosemite, for example, motorists passing through the Wawona Tunnel are suddenly presented with a stunning vista of Yosemite Valley. The 1920s and 1930s were the "golden age" of road construction in the national parks; many of the most splendid and scenic roads date from this era. These include the reconstructed Wawona and Big Oak Flat roads at Yosemite, which provided the first "high-gear" access to Yosemite Valley; the Park Loop Road in Maine's Acadia National Park, heralded as the most scenic ocean-side drive in the East; and the Trail Ridge Road, the highest continuous highway in the United States, across Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park. Recent projects continue the tradition of "lying lightly on the land," drawing on sophisticated technology to minimize the disruption of wilderness environments. The final section of the Blue Ridge Parkway skirts North Carolina's Grandfather Mountain on the 1,243-foot Linn Cove Viaduct. Made of precast segmental concrete, this revolutionary box-girder structure was designed to prevent scarring of the mountain's fragile terrain. The newest section of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Tennessee utilizes another innovative structure -- a segmental double-arch concrete bridge -- to cross a developed valley, preserving for motorists the experience of a scenic drive. Policies encouraging automobile use have changed the way parks are used and appreciated. While in the days of travel by train and wagon, visitors stayed weeks or months in a park, visitors today are usually measured in hours. At Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee and North Carolina, for instance, the average visitor spends little more than an hour in the park; many never turn of their car engines. Pollution from cars is a significant contributor to the loss of cherished views. Easy automotive access is also the cause of congestion in many parks; in a few cases, such as at Yosemite, crowds have been so large at times that the gates have been closed to visitors. "Some people say there are too many people coming to our national parks. I reject that," Interior Bruce Babbitt recently commented. "I believe there can never be too many people, too many Americans, coming to enjoy their parks. I do believe, though, there are too many cars." Park planners must come to grips with this quandary. Already, alternatives to automobile use are being explored. Railroad service has been restored to Grand Canyon National Park. The Yosemite General Management Plan calls for eliminating all cars from the park, providing access by shuttle buses or other mass transportation. At Denali National Park in Alaska, day-use visitors are required to use buses. It will be very difficult to convince a public accustomed to motoring about the parks to explore these alternatives. While scenic and cultural features draw people to the parks, surveys indicate that visitors rank driving to attractions as one of their favorite activities. Park roads are for many visitors a vital element of the national park experience. 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Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Throughout Acadia National Park, Mt. Desert Island Unprocessed items, HAER 4 measured drawings, 20 b&W photos, 139 data pages plus cover page, 3 photo 3. Acadia National Park Roads and Bridges, Throughout Acadia National Park, Mt. De Unprocessed items, HAER, / DLC/PP-99:ME-1 19 measured drawings 4. Stanley Brook Road Bridge No. 2, Spanning Stanley Brook on Stanley Brook Rd. / Unprocessed items, HAER 5. Stanley Brook Road Bridge No. 3, Spanning Stanley Brook on Stanley Brook Road Unprocessed items, HAER 6. Stanley Brook Road Bridge No. 4, Spanning Stanley Brook on Stanley Brook Rd. / Unprocessed items, HAER 7. Stanley Brook Road Bridge No. 5, Spanning Stanley Brook on Stanley Brook Rd. , Unprocessed items, HAER 8. Stanley Brook Road Bridge No. 6, Spanning Stanley Brook on Stanley Brook Rd. / Unprocessed items, HAER 9. Baker Island Light, Lightkeeper's House, E of Cranberry Isles at entrance to F1 HABS, ME, 5-BAKIS, 1- 6 measured drawings, 8 b&W photos, 2 photo caption pages 10. Frazer Creek Bridge, Spanning Frazer Creek on Schoodic Peninsula Road, WINTER Unprocessed items, HAER, / DLC/PP-99:ME- 1 b&w photo, 1 photo caption page 11. Route 233 Bridge, Spanning Route 233 on Paradise Hillroad, BAR HARBOR VICINIT Unprocessed items, HAER, / DLC/PP-99:ME-1 2 b&W photos, 6 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 12. Kebo Brook Bridge, Spanning Kebo Brook on Park Loop Rd. , / BAR HARBOR VICINITY, Unprocessed items, HAER, / DLC/PP-99:ME-1 4 data pages plus cover page 13. Cobblestone Bridge, Span Jordan Str. on Gardiner-Mitchell Hill-Jordan, SEAL HI Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 4 b&W photos, 6 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 1 of 2 3/8/01 4:51 PM http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query 14. Hunter's Beach Brook Bridge, Spanning Hunter's Brook on Park Loop Rd. , SEAL H2 Unprocessed items, HAER, / DLC/PP-99:ME-1 2 b&W photos, 4 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 15. New Eage Lake Road Bridge, Spanning New Eagle Road at Paradise Hill Road, BAR Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 3 b&w photos, 6 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 16. Fish House Bridge, Spanning Park Loop Rd. on Fish House Access Rd. / OTTER CRE Unprocessed items, HAER, / DLC/PP-99:ME- 3 measured drawings, 5 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 17. Wildwook Farm Bridge, Spanning abandoned road on Park Loop Road, SEAL HARBOR T Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 2 b&W photos, 4 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 18. Duck Brook Bridge, Spanning Duck Brook on Paradise Hill Rd. / BAR HARBOR VICIN: Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99: ME-1 1 measured drawing, 4 b&w photos, 7 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo capt: 19. Triad-Day Mountain Bridge, Span Park Loop Rd. at Triad-Day Mountain Pass, SEA] Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 4 b&W photos, 7 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 20. Stanley Brook Bridge, Span Stanley Brook, Stanley Brook Motor Rd. , Seaside, SEA] Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 1 measured drawing, 5 b&W photos, 9 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo capt: P.P Online Catalog NEXT PAGE NEW SEARCH HELP 2 of 2 3/8/01 4:51 PM http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/d?hh:20:./temp/~pp_2zig: P&P Online PREV PAGE NEXT PAGE NEW SEARCH HELP Catalog Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record 45 Records containing the exact phrase: acadia. Records 21 through 40 of 45 21. Waterfall Bridge, Span Upper Hadlock Brook on W. Sgt. Mt. Carriage Rd., NORTHEAS Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 9 data pages plus cover page 22. Sieur De Monts Spring Bridge, Spanning Park Loop Rd. at Rt.3 near Sieur De Mo Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 1 b&W photo, 6 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 23. West Branch Jordan Stream Bridge, Spanning W. Branch Jordan Stream on Asticou Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 4 b&W photos, 6 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 24. Duck Brook Bridge, Span Duck Brook b/w Witch Hole Loop Rd. & New Eagle, BAR HAI Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 6 b&W photos, 8 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 25. Chasm Brook Bridge, Span Chasm Brk. on W. Sgt. Mountain Carriage Rd., BAR HARI Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 3 b&W photos, 6 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 26. Hadlock Brook Bridge, Span Hadlock Br. on Upper Hadlock Br. Carriage Rd. / BAR Unprocessed items, HAER, / DLC/PP-99:ME-1 6 data pages plus cover page 27. Jordan Pond Dam Bridge, Spanning Jordan Stream on Jordan Pond Carriage Rd. , SI Unprocessed items, HAER, / DLC/PP-99:ME-1 2 b&W photos, 6 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 28. Hemlock Bridge, Span Maple Spring Brook on West Sgt. Mt. Carriage, NORTHEAST 1 Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 7 b&w photos, 10 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page, 2 color t: 29. Little Hunters Beach Brook Bridge, Spanning Little Hunter's Beach Brook on Prl Unprocessed items, HAER, / DLC/PP-99:ME-1 1 b&w photo, 4 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 30. Amphitheatre Bridge, Spanning Little Harbor Brook on Amphitheater Rd., SEAL HI Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 8 b&W photos, 10 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 31. Deer Brook Bridge, Span Deer Brook on Eagle Lake-Jordan Pond Carriage, SEAL H Unprocessed items, HAER, / DLC/PP-99:ME-1 3 b&w photos, 7 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 32. Little Harbor Brook Bridge, Span Little Harbor Brook on Asticou-Jordan Pond Ca Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 2 b&W photos, 7 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 1 of 2 3/8/01 4:53 PM http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/d?hh:20:./temp/~pp_2zig: 33. Otter Creek Cove Bridge and Causeway, Spanning Otter Creek Cove on Park Loop I Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99: ME-1 1 measured drawing, 6 b&w photos, 17 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo cap1 34. Cadillac Mountain Road, Between Park Loop Rd. and Cadillac Mountain Summit, Bl Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 6 b&W photos, 30 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page, 2 color t 35. Aunt Betty's Pond Road Little Bridges, Span unnamed stre on Aunt Betty's Pond Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 3 b&W photos, 4 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 36. Eagle Lake Little Bridges, Spanning Duck&Breakneck Brdgs. at Eagle Lk. Carriage Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 2 b&w photos, 4 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 37. Jordan Pond Road Bridge, Jordan Pond Rd. Span Barr Hill-Day Mtn. Carriage, SEI Unprocessed items, HAER, / DLC/PP-99:ME-1 2 b&W photos, 11 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 38. Paradise Hill Road, Between Hulls Cove and Park Loop Road, HULLS COVE VICINIT Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 1 b&w photo, 20 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 39. Cliffside Bridge, Span Jordan Ravine on Amphitheatre Carriage Road, SEAL HARB Unprocessed items, HAER, / DLC/PP-99:ME-1 10 b&w photos, 9 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 40. Bubble Pond Bridge, Span abandoned motor rd. on Bubble Pond Carr. Rd. / BAR HAI Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 1 measured drawing, 2 b&w photos, 16 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo capt PAP Online PREV PAGE NEXT PAGE NEW SEARCH HELP Catalog 2 of 2 3/8/01 4:53 PM http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/d?hh:40:./temp/~pp_2zig P&P Online PREV PAGE NEW SEARCH HELP Catalog Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record 45 Records containing the exact phrase: acadia. Records 41 through 45 of 45 41. Blackwoods Bridge, Spanning Park Loop Rd. at Rt. 3 near Blackwoods, OTTER CREEK Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 2 b&w photos, 4 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 42. Eagle Lake Bridge, Spanning Carriage Rd. on Eagle Lake Rd. (Rt. 233), , BAR HARI Unprocessed items, HAER, / DLC/PP-99:ME-1 4 b&W photos, 11 data pages plus cover page, 1 photo caption page 43. Brown Mountain Gate Lodge, Maine Rt. 3, .5 mi. N of Asticou, NORTHEAST HARBOR Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 2 measured drawings, 5 b&w photos, 1 photo caption page 44. Jordon Pond Gate Lodge, Park Loop Road, mi. N of Seal Harbor, SEAL HARBOR VI Unprocessed items, HAER, , DLC/PP-99:ME-1 2 measured drawings, 4 b&w photos, 1 photo caption page 45. Stanley Brook Road, Between Seal harbor and Park Loop Road, SEAL HARBOR VICIN Unprocessed items, HAER 1 of 1 3/8/01 4:53 PM ME0237 htp://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:2:/temp/~pp_2zig:: PAP Online RECORDS NEW ABOUT PREVIOUS NEXT HELP Catalog LIST SEARCH COLLECTION Item 2 of 45 4 drawings How To Order Copies of This Item TITLE: Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Throughout Acadia National Park, Mt. Desert Island, BAR HARBOR VICINITY, Hancock County, ME. CALL NUMBER: Unprocessed items, HAER REPRODUCTION #: [See Call Number] MEDIUM: 4 measured drawings, 20 b&w photos, 139 data pages plus cover page, 3 photo caption pages, 7 color transparencies DATE: Documentation compiled after 1933 RELATED NAMES: Rockefeller,Joh D.,Jr. RELATED NAMES: Candage, S.W. RELATED NAMES: Olmstead,Frederick Law,Jr. RELATED NAMES: Farrand, Beatrix RELATED NAMES: Bureau of Public Roads NOTE: Survey number HAER ME-13 NOTE: Building/structure dates: Period Attrib. between 1890 and 1899; Period Attrib. between 1930 and 1939; Period Attrib. between 1950 and 1959 NOTE: Building/structure use: Roads (initial use) SUBJECTS: MAINE--Hancock County--BAR HARBOR VICINITY Acadia Roads OTHER TITLE: Acadia Carriage Roads 1 of 2 3/8/01 4:52 PM ME0237 http://leweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:2:./temp/~pp_2zig: OTHER TITLE: Acadia National Park Roads & Bridges COLLECTION: Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress) REPOSITORY: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA CARD #: ME0237 P.P Online RECORDS NEW ABOUT PREVIOUS NEXT HELP Catalog LIST SEARCH COLLECTION 2 of 2 3/8/01 4:52 PM Richard H Quin National Park Service Park Historian Acadia National Park To: richard quin@nps.gov P.O. Box 177 Subject: George B. Dorr Biography Bar Harbor, ME 207 288-5459 Date sent: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 13:45:21 richard_quin@nps.gov Richard, At the Preserving Historic Trails Conference several weeks ago we talked about our shared nterest in the historic origins of ANP. I missed the Thursday meetings while examining Dorr artifacts at the Bar Harbor Historical Society and photocopying the Dorr Papers at the Jesup Memorial Library. I understand that you are curently at work on an administrative history of ANP. Could you give me an indication of the scope of this project, the central thesis of the work, the role of G.B. Dorr in your history, locations of the information resources you've consulted, your timeframe, etc. Perhaps you have prepared an outline dealing with these matters that you would be willing to share with me. Presently my reserach is quite preliminary. I've yet to examine the annual reports of the village improvement societies along with other archival resources (with visits to ANP Headquarters, Harvard, and Rockefeller Archival Center planned for the winter months), carrying on email with Meier and Coffin at the Olmsted Center, and reading the primary and secondary literature that I've compiled thus far. I seem to recall that you said you would be in Bar Harbor through the end of this calendar year. Is that correct? If so, would you have some time to meet and expose me to some of the relevant documents in the ANP archives where our research interests overlap? Obviously I will freely share with you whatever I unearth. I feel a growing sense of urgency about this line of inquiry. We are approaching the 400th anniversary of the Sieur de Mont/Champlain voyage to MDI and the 150th anniversary of Dorr's birth and there may be celebrations with which to attach such research as what we are undertaking. With best wishes, -- 1 -- Mon, 6 Nov 2000 13:45:21 General Notes on Administrative Histories From the NPS Administrative History Guidelines What is an Administrative History? Unlike general histories of parks and their resources, National Park Service.administrative histories are studies of how a park and its functions originated and how they have evolved. Though useful to a wide audience, primary users are NPS personnel interested in the history of their own unit. It relates the policies established by their predecessors and helps staff better understand contemporary issues and how management decisions have shaped them. An administrative history covers the movements leading to park establishment, legislative background, and the development of the policies that guide the management of the park. What is included in an Administrative History? Administrative histories cover the establishment of a park and trace how its management has evolved. They generally include the following components: A brief statement describing the park, its resources, purpose and significance. An account of area management before NPS acquisition, especially focusing on how that management affected subsequent NPS administration. A discussion of the movement to bring the area into the NPS system. Discussions of planning and development efforts under the NPS, focusing on the development of administrative and visitor services, resource management, interpretation, protection, and land use. These discussions should concentrate on area that have concerned park managers in the past and are still relevant to foreseeable management concerns. Appendices containing copies of key park legislation, management documents, visitation statistics, and other documents useful for management reference. Administrative histories should be comprehensive, but concise enough that the document will actually be read by its intended audience. The historian should distill what is important from the research data and present it with careful analysis, rather than merely providing detailed data. Administrative histories are planned in consultation with the NPS Bureau Historian, located in the office of the Chief Historian at the NPS Washington Support Office. A completed history should be reviewed by key park management staff and outside reviewers familiar with the park. Final approval of a Service- sponsored administrative history requires the signature of the regional director. Acadia National Park Administrative History Project In 2000, Acadia National Park secured funding to prepare an administrative history tracing the park's development over its 84 years. While there are numerous accounts of the history of Mount Desert Island, there are no histories that focus on the park's establishment and development. This project will result in a comprehensive history of management of the park and its predecessors by the National Park Service, and should be a useful tool in guiding future decisions that will affect the park. The park selected Richard Quin historian at the National Capital Support Office, to prepare the administrative history. Formerly an historian with Historic American Engineering Record, Quin prepared comprehensive histories of the park's carriage roads and bridges in 1994. He returned to the park as an interpretive ranger in 1997. Before joining the Park Service in 1990, he worked nine years for the Tennessee Historical Commission. The administrative history, which should be published in book form and also available online, should be completed in draft form in the summer of 2001. Draft copies will be circulated for review to park staff, the NPS regional historian in the Northeast Regional Office, the NPS Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, the Maine State Historic Preservation Office and the Maine State Museum. The revised edition will then be submitted to the regional director for approval. Sources Consulted National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC and College Park, Maryland Department of the Interior Library, Washington, DC Sources to be Consulted Acadia National Park archives NPS Region I holdings, in Federal Records Center, Waltham, MA NPS regional holdings, in Federal Records Center, Philadelphia, PA Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, Brookline, MA Rockefeller Archives Center, Pocantico Hills, NY Working Outline Acadia National Park Administrative History Introduction 1. Description 2. Statement of Significance Background History 1. Early history of Mount Desert Island 2. First preservation movement: Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations Sieur de Monts National Monument - congressional record 1. Establishment of the monument 2. Facilities development 3. Administration of the monument 1. Monument administration 2. Lands issues 3. Resource management 4. Ranger services in Lafayette National Park congressman Dahlinger Lafage the park name wanted cuz suffragettes Mt Desart were NP, glenonstoring but defected 1. Establishment of the park 2. Facilities Development 3. Administration 1. Central administration 2. Lands issues 3. Resource management 4. Interpretation 5. Ranger services 6. Concessions policies 7, Maintware Acadia National Park 1. Park renamed; new legislative authority 2. Facilities development-Maintenarce 3. Administration 1. Park administation 2. Lands issues 1. Isle au Haut 2. Schoodic 3. Green Lake 3. Resource Management 4. Interpretation 5. Ranger services 6. Concessions A New Deal for Acadia National Park 1. Overview of public works programs 2. Public works programs in the park 1. Public Works Administration 2. Civil Works Administration 3. Public Roads Administration 4. Emergency Relief Administration 5. Emergency Conservation Works ("CCC") 3. Westward Expansion 1. Resettlement Administration 2. Recreational Development Area program 4. Analysis of New Deal projects at Acadia Acadia at War 1. Preparations for war 2. Defense installations and use of park 3. Postwar conversion 1947 Fire 1. General discussion 2. Rehabilitation efforts Mission 66 1. Program overview 2. Facilities development 3. Administrative changes Acadia in the late 20th Century 1. Administration 1. Park administration 1. Central administration 2. Lands issues 1. Acquisitions 2. Authorized area 3. Easements program 3. Resource Management 4. Interpretation 5. Ranger services 6. Concessions 2. Facilities development 2. Contemporary management issues and concerns Conclusion Appendices Cooperative endervours utcommunities water the ools To: R H Quin@nps.gov (R H Quin) Subject: Re: George B. Dorr Biography Date sent: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 17:21:37 Dear Richard, Thanks for responding and sharing with me some of your changing attitudes toward Dorr as you probed his documented behavior. I too am experiencing much the same kind of ebb and flow regarding his personality as my inquiries become more focused. I find your task of writing an ANP administrative history to be daunting, especially when I stumble across directories that list 600,000 administrative documents at ANP alone. The Dorr documentation that I have uncovered is slight by comparison which is both a blessing and a curse since I have SO many questions and too few answers from the Dorr Papers and other archival resources. To that end I look forward to your call on Friday at 10 a.m. Again my home phone is 860-635-6130 at 137 Salem Drive in Cromwell, CT 06416. And my surname is singular (Epp) not plural. But please call me Ron and let us get beyond the formalities. There is too much fascinating work to be done!! On 15 Nov 2000, at 13:26, R H Quin wrote: Professor Epps, Please accept my apology for the delay in the response but I have been away from the park for a week or SO. I am very excited at the prospect of your biography on our dear superintendent Mr. Dorr. Having done a fair bit of work on him and reading much of his correspondence, I can picture him as a zealous, committed, stubborn, and altogether unpredicatable. I know his intentions were almost always for the best, but some of his choices really were not for the best. My opinion of him has wandered all over -- 1 -- Wed, 15 Nov 2000 17:21:37 the spectrum, but I'm firmly back in his camp again. My administrative history is just what it sounds like, a history of the management of the park, looking back at the original legislation, the intent of the founders and of Park Service planners, and the evolution of management and planning for the park. Mr. Dorr of course plays the pivotal role in the park's early years. My project should be completed in the early fall of next year. I will be duty stationed here at Bar Harbor until sometime in December, though I do not know the exact date. Should you plan a trip here when I am available, I will discuss with you some of the most important holdings. As my work progresses, I will also provide copies of my work on Mr. Dorr and his work. At your secretary's request, I will call you on Friday at 10 AM, at which time we can discuss some materials you might wish to see. I have some good ideas on materials that should prove useful for your work. Once again, I am very pleased to hear of your interest in Mr. Dorr and hope I can prove of some assistance to your project. Richard Quin Acting Park Historian Acadia National Park 207 288-5459 Reply Separator Subject: George B. Dorr Biography Author: repp@MAIL. HARTFORD EDU at inp--internet Date: 11/06/2000 1:46 PM Richard, At the Preserving Historic Trails Conference several weeks ago we talked about our shared interest in the historic origins of ANP. I missed the Thursday meetings while examining Dorr artifacts at -- 2 -- Wed, 15 Nov 2000 17:21:38 the Bar Harbor Historical Society and photocopying the Dorr Papers at the Jesup Memorial Library. I understand that you are curently at work on an administrative history of ANP. Could you give me an indication of the scope of this project, the central thesis of the work, the role of G.B. Dorr in your history, locations of the information resources you've consulted, your timeframe, etc. Perhaps you have prepared an outline dealing with these matters that you would be willing to share with me. Presently my reserach is quite preliminary. I've yet to examine the annual reports of the village improvement societies along with other archival resources (with visits to ANP Headquarters, Harvard, and Rockefeller Archival Center planned for the winter months), carrying on email with Meier and Coffin at the Olmsted Center, and reading the primary and secondary literature that I've compiled thus far. I seem to recall that you said you would be in Bar Harbor through the end of this calendar year. Is that correct? If so, would you have some time to meet and expose me to some of the relevant documents in the ANP archives where our research interests overlap? Obviously I will freely share with you whatever I unearth. I feel a growing sense of urgency about this line of inquiry. We are approaching the 400th anniversary of the Sieur de Mont/Champlain voyage to MDI and the 150th anniversary of Dorr's birth and there may be celebrations with which to attach such research as what we are undertaking. With best wishes, Ronald H. Epp University of Hartford West Hartford, CT 06117 860-768-4268 (office) 860-635-6130 (home) -- 3 -- Wed, 15 Nov 2000 17:21:38 Date sent: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:07:52-0500 From: R H Quin@nps.gov (R H Quin) Subject: Re[2]: Dorr source materials To: repp@MAIL.HARTFORD.EDU I am sorry to report but I still have no word from the park as the my end of duty date. This is somewhat difficult for me as I really need to know this for a variety of reasons. I cannot make any committment until I hear from the park as my EOD may come very quickly. I hope to be available to help you with your search, but in a worst case scenario, I should be able to leave detailed notes and be able to have the most important files pulled. Sorry about your uncomfortable year. My infection is related to shingles, SO I certainly sympathize. Happy Thanksgiving, Richard Quin Reply Separator Subject: Re: Dorr source materials Author: repp@mail.hartford.edu at inp--internet Date: 11/22/2000 9:07 AM Richard, Sorry to hear about your eye infection. In the past year I've ben hit with a severe case of shingles and a kidney stone attack--the latter within six hours after my return from ANP on October 20th. These bodily assaults do remind us of our mortality, don't you think. Have your December plans been clarified? I am VERY hopeful that you will be able to find a day to share with me at ANP prior to your departure. If you want to explore a couple of dates, don't hesitate to call me at home (860-635-6130) over the holidays-- or anytime. I don't have email connectivity at home. Furthermore, if you can project ahead to what Fridays in January that you will be working at Archive 2, I can begin to make plans as well SO that we can meet -- 1 -- Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:51:40 To: H Quin@nps.gov (R H Quin) Subject: Re: Dorr source materials Date sent: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:07:50 Richard, Sorry to hear about your eye infection. In the past year I've ben hit with a severe case of shingles and a kidney stone attack--the latter within six hours after my return from ANP on October 20th. These bodily assaults do remind us of our mortality, don't you think. Have your December plans been clarified? I am VERY hopeful that you will be able to find a day to share with me at ANP prior to your departure. If you want to explore a couple of dates, don't hesitate to call me at home (860-635-6130) over the holidays-- or anytime. I don't have email connectivity at home. Furthermore, if you can project ahead to what Fridays in January that you will be working at Archive 2, I can begin to make plans as well SO that we can meet at that location as well. The reason I am trying to nail down some dates is that the our University is finalizing a institution-wide regional accreditation process that we undergo once every decade. I'm one of the principle authors and SO I am trying to finish off my work over the holidays SO that I am free when you are. Keep in touch. Ron Epp On 22 Nov 2000, at 8:20, R H Quin wrote: I am sorry to be delayed in getting the Dorr source material listing to you but I will prepare it later this week and get it to you. I've had an eye infection and can only now just get back to my computer. I should be okay now. Happy holiday; I hope to have my report to you by Friday. -- 1 -- Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:07:50 nov. 17, 2000 R. Quin Archival Repositories Personal Possessions hul e met shelf listy Oldfarm of releval boxes. Village Original Ms. Prof). - -Trup to Nile MDI Birl. has -Wester States Soung Property Acquisition - Dozens of chapters Pecondo our into tent fount fadory hodemners negotiations Ready Lists Secrety at NPS-did h perma correop. Mr Hadly Arot. Super thaned to in pap. Albert hamon Schemica Pennsila Acq Coupons passed spee. low may he Darh Sup after mad toy returnt 2. Old For Demolation Su to Jole Royale, Had he well retaind "cuind process Storm Beach Cottage Sulfurd Into Needs to be Da Rardefeller opposed Developut Gamalyn I Stuff Too. Socul Mertealizing. UPI Verrey "Fon prem to read about" Notes on Tran Sun delivers BHUIA - at Historial Society - Chair. not Seal Habn Ha ha UIS SW (1, " " Natan Nation Archu in College Park Dorr Paper trevendors art. of antial. fruit School / Reguest Glancoma operation :- field successful, exposes self to light. 3 every other Fri Quin is at Archues in College Pack Fancy Vsit ! R. Quin "A new wels. band lost at classified Stunteres Rolad 20.1, Historian National Capital Suppot ofts 1 NPS (NPS) Collead Resource 2000 Managy for th Fection Dec. 4-8,2000 Santa Fe, NM. How dr I get network c Cottual Resources falk? Where Do NPS Annual Reports uside at Arup from 1916- 45 ? Where? Dorr geneological information? Date sent: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 08:04:40 -0500 From: H Quin@nps.gov (R H Quin) To: repp@mail.hartford.edu Subject: Re: Dorr source materials FollowUp I am trying to pin down Brooke on a date and will get back to you today. The 15th will not work for me, as it is my last day and I will need to tend to close-out matters. Richard Quin Reply Separator Subject: Dorr source materials FollowUp Author: repp@mail.hartford.edu at np--internet Date: 11/28/2000 8:51 AM Richard, I encountered some transmission problems yesterday when our campus converted to a new email system. Consequently, I was unsure whether you received my message regarding my preferred dates for meeting you and Brooke at the ANP archives. The dates I suggested were December 13,14, or 15th. Ron On 27 Nov 2000, at 8:40, R H Quin wrote: Hi, hope you had a nice holiday. I have learned my final day here will be December 15th. However, Brooke Childrey will be away December 5-12 and the archives will not be available, SO if you want to plan a trip, we will have to work around those dates. If you suggest a date, I can check it with Brooke and see about an appointment. -- 1 -- Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:42:54 Date sent: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 16:30:08 -0500 From: R H Quin@nps.gov (R H Quin) To: repp@mail.hartford.edu Subject: Re: Dorr source materials FollowUp I have talked with Brooke and she will not be available on any of those dates. She asks that you contact her directly for an appointment; she can be reached at 207 288-5463 or by e-mail at brookechildrey@nps.gov. I am sorry not to be available on any date she is free, but I will of course be willing to help you via e-mail or other means. My telephone number in Washington is 202 619-7089, and my usual government e-mail is richard_quin@nps.gov. As I finally get things put into some sort of narrative, I will be sending you some material on Mr. Dorr, but it will be spring before this is much advanced. Best, Richard Quin Reply Separator Subject: Dorr source materials FollowUp Author: repp@mail.hartford.edu at inp--internet Date: 11/28/2000 8:51 AM Richard, I encountered some transmission problems yesterday when our campus converted to a new email system. Consequently, I was unsure whether you received my message regarding my preferred dates for meeting you and Brooke at the ANP archives. The dates I suggested were December 13,14, or 15th. Ron -- 1 -- -- Wed, 29 Nov 2000 17:12:31 To: R H Quin@nps.gov (R H Quin) Subject: Mr. Dorr and Archives 2 Date sent: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 15:16:18 Richard, I have just talked with Brooke and proposed a couple of dates in late December and early January for use of the Dorr materials. I'll fix the dates afer discussing the matter with my wife who will be traveling to BH with me. When you get to the point of anticipating dates when you will be at Archives 2 and available to provde me with some guidance, let me know the dates and I will do my best to make arrrangements to meet you. Do you think that one day at Archives 2 will be sufficient or is the depth of documentation such that repeat visits will be necessary? Best wshes on your relocation. If you anticipatye traveling through Connecticut anroute to Washington and would have time for a bite to eat or a stay over, let me know. Seriously! With best wishes, Ron Epp On 29 Nov 2000, at 16:30, RH Quin wrote: I have talked with Brooke and she will not be available on any of those dates. She asks that you contact her directly for an appointment; she can be reached at 207 288-5463 or by e-mail at prooke_childrey@nps.gov. I am sorry not to be available on any date she is free, but I will of course be willing to help you via e-mail or other means. My telephone -- 1 -- Fri, 1 Dec 2000 15:16:18 number in Washington is 202 619-7089, and my usual government e-mail is richard_quin@nps.gov. As I finally get things put into some sort of narrative, I will be sending you some material on Mr. Dorr, but it will be spring before this is much advanced. Best, Richard Quin Reply Separator Subject: Dorr source materials FollowUp Author: repp@mail.hartford.edu at np--internet Date: 11/28/2000 8:51 AM Richard, I encountered some transmission problems yesterday when our campus converted to a new email system. Consequently, I was unsure whether you received my message regarding my preferred dates for meeting you and Brooke at the ANP archives. The dates I suggested were December 13,14, or 15th. Ron On 27 Nov 2000, at 8:40, R H Quin wrote: Hi, hope you had a nice holiday. I have learned my final day here will be December 15th. However, Brooke Childrey will be away December 5-12 and the archives will not be available, SO if you want to plan a trip, we will have to work around those dates. If you suggest a date, I can check it with Brooke and see about an appointment. -- 2 -- Fri, 1 Dec 2000 15:16:18 Here is a quick list of some Dorr materials in our collections. BOX 1 Letters re: grave sites at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Boston Various personal letters Manuscripts for book on Acadia (some unpublished) Correspondence re: Jesup Memorial Library Manuscript on western trips, 1895 and 1904 BOX 2 Personal letters CCC correspondence Land purchase notes Notes on various roads More of 1904 western trip manuscript Dorr's requests for books BOX 3 Miscellaneous notes Notes on Oldfarm transfer Dorr correspondence 1934-39 Property acquisitions BOX 5 Wild Gardens of Acadia letters Membership cards, pamphlets and bills Bills and receipts BOX 6 Sieur de Monts publications series Wild Gardens of Acadia pamphlets BOX 7 Miscellaneous notes Cosmos Club materials Acadia Memorial Path Lafayette Park pamphlets "Legacy of George B. Dorr" BOX 14 More Sieur de Monts publications -- 3 -- Fri, 1 Dec 2000 15:16:18 Notes on early history of island Mr. Dorr's photo negatives BOX 15 Correspondence re: Daniel Brewer memorial BOX 23 Various notes, re: Cadillac Mountain, Dorr, CCC, Trustees of Reservations Miscellaneous memos First Day Issue stamp and correspondence Sieur de Monts pamphlet mock-up Road hearing and random road notes BOX 32 Various Lafayette and Sieur de Monts pamphets BOX 38 Correspondence re: road and trail construction Dorr correspondence re: First Day Issue stamp BOX 40 Boston Athenaeum--Dorr obituary There is considerably more material in each box, and undoubtedly some Dorr stuff I missed, but this should give you an idea of the key features. Best, Richard Quin Acting Historian 207 288-5459 -- 4 -- -- Fri, 1 Dec 2000 15:16:18 To: R H Quin@nps.gov Subject: G.B. Dorr FollowUp Date sent: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 17:22:02 Dear Richard, I've made arrangements with Brooke to access in Bar Harbor on December 27-29 the ANP resources that you SO kindly identified. I am excited at the propspect of securing--for an all too brief three days-- a sense of the diversity of these documents and whether they address some of my key concerns as a biographer. Since we last communicated I've expanded my list of archival repositories and wondered whether you were any more certain about the date(s) when you would be using Archives2. I can be in the Maryland/DC area January 12-16 for a mid-winter meeting of the American Library Associaton and a visit to Archives2 if any of those dates work for you. I hope your trip South was successful--you "escaped" from New England just as the snow and ice arrived. Keep in touch, please. Ronald Epp Director of Libraries University of Hartford 860-768-4268 (o) 860-635-6130 (h) -- 1 -- Wed, 20 Dec 2000 17:22:02 To: R H Quin@nps.gov Subject: G.B. Dorr Update Date sent: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 17:26:36 Richard, I'll be in the D.C. area the 12th through the 16th of January and thught that we might be able to meet for lunch and discuss our common ANP project. I'll be at the Library of Congress and ALA meetings at the Convention Center. I can be reached in Severna Park (MD) at 410-647-3930. I traveled to ANP over the holidays and sent two days with Brooke beginning the process of examining the relevant documents. I managed to work my way through a half dozen boxes, copied about 600 documents, and am now reading and assessing what I found. Of course return trips will be necessary but I am increasingy inclined to think along the lines of a substantial biography. I hope that we can touch bases while I am in D.C. With best wishes Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. called National Capital Seepport office te Guin. 202-619-7089. -- 1 -- Thu, 4 Jan 2001 17:26:37 To: R H Quin@nps.gov algian Subject: George Dorr & ANP Date sent: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 14:22:30 Richard, So glad to hear from you! I apologize for the interruption in communication. Let me give you an update and attach a copy of the most current Dorr working bibliography. 1. December 26/27 visit with Brooke at the ANP archives was quite productive. Copied more than a thousand pages of original material that I have just begun to read through. More work there remains. I still am coming up short on primary source material prior to the beginnings of Lafayette National Park. 2. Dorr's Sieur de Monts Publications of 23 pamphlets from 1916- 19 are nowhere available in their entirety. There are only ten institutions listed in OCLC that have holdings records--and most have the same piecemeal issues--about a third of the publications are still "lost." You don't know of a complete archive do you? 3. I was indeed in D.C. mid-January. The high points were two tours at the Library of Congress--their Cartography Division and Conservation Department. I may be returning for two or three days in mid-March (14-16th). If you would be available, might we touch bases--would you be visiting Archive2 on the 16th and possibly point me in the direction of relevant materials? 4. I am planning another trip to Bar Harbor, perhaps before this month is gone. I have to check out some primary source material on Charles Eliot as well as early 20th century village improvment annual reports at several of the MDI public libraries. 5. Tracking down Dorr's ancestors is another line of research for the Spring. On a related matter, his family textile business holdings in Boston need to be explored as does Dorr's life outside the boundaries of Maine ( by the way, his account of travel out West is fascinating). 6. Have you found any indication that the Dorr family might have kept -- 1 -- Thu, 1 Feb 2001 14:22:31 a Guestbook for Old Farm? Recently, I chanced on a reference to the an Old Farm visit by Sir William and Lady Osler. I find myself, puzzling over the question of the nature of their relationship with Mr. Dorr? I've enlisted the staff at the Osler Library at McGill to see whether they can make a connection. and next I might return to taff at the query Welsh Library at JHU. These fascinating sidesteps are time consuming, as you well know 7. Marla Major and I spoke earlier today about my preparing an article for the Summer FOA Journal focused on Mr. Dorr's concepts of environmental conservation. Have you run across any digressions into this theme in your work on the Park administrative history? I hope this message reaches you. Given the unreliability of my email since late November, I'd appreciate a confirmation that this message has been received. With best wishes, Ron Epp -- 2 -- Thu, 1 Feb 2001 14:22:31 Date sent: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 10:03:48 -0500 From: Richard_Quin@nps.gov (Richard Quin) Subject: Re[2]: Acadia materials at NARA To: repp@mail.hartford.edu Hi, Please contact me at the numbers I provided, as I do not wish to disturb your host. I will await hearing from you during your visit. Good luck, Richard Quin National Capital Parks Reply Separator Subject: Re: Acadia materials at NARA Author: repp@mail.hartford.edu Date: 3/9/01 9:44 AM Richard, I received your email and the faxed slips this morning. Thanks. I'll review them over the weekend. I will arrive in Maryland on the 13th and can be reached at Georgeanne Diehl's in Severna Park (410-647-3930) in order to finalize our meeting at Archives2. More on Monday. Have a fine weekend. We are in for another six inches of snow after 15 inches this past Monday. Ron Epp On 9 Mar 2001, at 7:50, Richard Quin wrote: DI àj + Received: from uhamail2.hartford.edu ([137.49.1.177]) by -- 1 -- -- Fri, 9 Mar 2001 17:07:14 To: Richard Quin@nps.gov (Richard Quin) Subject: NARA & ANP Date sent: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:36:52 Dear Richard, I've returned to Connecticut and want to thank you for taking the time to visit with me last Friday at Archives II. I look forward to hearing from you regarding a number of issues that we explored in our converstations. Among other matters I know that you intended to provide me with the name of the NARA archivist with specialized knowledge of NPS matters as well as how to access a "finding aid" to decipher ANP holdings at Archives II. It is clear to me that I have little grasp of the depth of relevant information in Archives II. Currently, I am trying to isolate a couple of extended weekends (Thurs/Friday/Sat) when I can return, hopefully by May. I plan a return trip to Bar Harbor for the week of May 8th. If I can help you locate any Maine-based resources while I am there, do let me know in the next couple of weeks. About two hours after you departed, I came across a packet of 13 b&w 8x11" undated prints of Oldfarm, external and internal shots sandwiched between cardboard with the name Inman scribbled in pencil. They were among a set of files on removal of the Otter Cliffs Radio Station. Have you seen them? I have not seen the likes of them anywhere else-- joyous end to a ten hour day at Archives II. Finally, we should probably share a listing of the resources that we are consulting SO that we do not unknowingly cover the same ground. Please confirm receipt of this email. Ron Epp 9 Mar 2001, at 10:03, Richard Quin wrote: Hi, -- 1 -- Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:36:52 Subject: Re:NARA & ANP To: repp@mail.hartford.edu From: Richard Quin@nps.gov Date sent: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 16:49:46 -0400 Forwarded by Richard Quin/NCR/NPS on 04/05/01 04:49 PM Richard Quin To: repp@mail.hartford.edu 03/23/01 CC: 08:02 AM EST Subject: Re:NARA & ANP Hi, It was a real pleasure to visit with you at Archives II and I trust you found some interesting items, though there is SO much there I realize you only were able to get a grasp of the potential. The photos of Oldfarm may be a group taken when the NPS was deciding in the 1950s whether or not to adapt the house for other use. If they are part of the study I believe they are associated with, they were the final documentation of the house prior to its destruction. There is a report on the future of the place that I will locate and forward along to you. The NARA subject matter specialist for the National Park Service is, if I do disremember, Joe Schwariz. You should be able to track joseph. not him down through the NARA web site. Schwarz@ If you make it to Bar Harbor during your vacation, you might try to schedule a visit with Deb Wade, the Chief of Interpretation, to review nara gov the progress of your work. She may have some ideas of potential sources of funding, and you might ask her about the possibility of using some park VIP housing when it might be available. She has a -- 1 -- Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:15:00 tremendous amount of interest in Mr. Dorr, and shares his birthday. I am going to suggest that she might have you visit the park in the summer season to take part in one of the training sessions for park staff, as the park does do programs sometimes on Mr. Dorr and Acadia. I will start making up a list of items I have reviewed regarding Mr. Dorr and will also come up with some other suggestions for possible support. I am pretty busy for the next week or so, but will get to this as soon as possible. Best wishes with your work, Richard Quin National Capital Parks Reply Separator Subject: NARA & ANP Author: repp@mail.hartford.edu Date: 3/19/01 11:36 AM Dear Richard, I've returned to Connecticut and want to thank you for taking the time to visit with me last Friday at Archives II. I look forward to hearing from you regarding a number of issues that we explored in our converstations. Among other matters I know that you intended to provide me with the name of the NARA archivist with specialized knowledge of NPS matters as well as how to access a "finding aid" to decipher ANP holdings at Archives II. It is clear to me that I have little grasp of the depth of relevant information in Archives II. Currently, I am trying to isolate a couple of extended weekends (Thurs/Friday/Sat) when I can return, hopefully by May. I plan a return trip to Bar Harbor for the week of May 8th. If I can help you locate any Maine-based resources while I am there, do let me know in the next couple of weeks. About two hours after you departed, I came across a packet of 13 b&w 8x11" undated prints of Oldfarm, external and internal shots sandwiched between cardboard with the name Inman scribbled in --2-- Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:15:00 pencil. They were among a set of files on removal of the Otter Cliffs Radio Station. Have you seen them? I have not seen the likes of them anywhere else--a joyous end to a ten hour day at Archives II. Finally, we should probably share a listing of the resources that we are consulting SO that we do not unknowingly cover the same ground. Please confirm receipt of this email. Ron Epp 9 Mar 2001, at 10:03, Richard Quin wrote: Hi, Please contact me at the numbers I provided, as I do not wish to disturb your host. I will await hearing from you during your visit. Good luck, Richard Quin National Capital Parks Reply Separator Subject: Re: Acadia materials at NARA Author: repp@mail.hartford.edu Date: 3/9/01 9:44 AM Richard, I received your email and the faxed slips this morning. Thanks. I'll review them over the weekend. I will arrive in Maryland on the 13th and can be reached at Georgeanne Diehl's in Severna Park (410-647-3930) in order to finalize our meeting at Archives2. More on Monday. Have a fine weekend. We are in for another six inches of snow after 15 inches this past Monday. -- 3 -- Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:15:00 Ron Epp On 9 Mar 2001, at 7:50, Richard Quin wrote: DI ài + Received: from uhamail2.hartford.edu ([137.49.1.177]) by ccmail.itd.nps.gov with SMTP (IMA Internet Exchange 3.13) id 00934D2A; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 09:48:28 -0500 Received: from [137.49.12.170] by uhamail2.hartford.edu (NTMail 5.06.0016/NY8210.00.7c744ac0) with ESMTP id nkvzeaaa for Richard Quin@nps.gov; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 09:54:27 -0500 From: repp@mail.hartford.edu To: Richard_Quin@nps.gov (Richard Quin) Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 09:44:57 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: Quoted-printable Subject: Re: Acadia materials at NARA Message-ID: Priority: normal In-reply-to: < :009340C9.C22031@nps.gov > X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) Received: from uhamail1.hartford.edu ([137.49.1.176]) by ccmail.itd.nps.gov with SMTP (IMA Internet Exchange 3.13) id 0001E4B8; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:40:31 -0500 Received: from [137.49.12.170] by uhamail1.hartford.edu (NTMail 5.06.0016/NY8210.00.7c744ac0) with ESMTP id mopofaaa for Richard Quin@nps.gov; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:46:41 -0500 From: repp@mail.hartford.edu To: Richard Quin@nps.gov (Richard Quin) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:36:58 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 = -- 4 -- Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:15:00 Deb Wade To: Richard Quin@nps.gov Subject: Re:NARA & ANP 288-3338 Date sent: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:23:12 Richard, 11:00 Friday Relief! Message received! I appreciate the uinformation on the Old Farm photos I unearthed and the lead to Joe Schwartz--I'll check the NARA web site further information. I will also contact Deb Wade and see if I can arrange an appointment. I plan to travel to Bar Harbor the week of May 6th and am just beginning the process of trying to set up appointments. I haven't made much progress on the copies of documents that I reviewed at Archives II but I intend to get knee deep in Dorr matters in the next week or SO. I'm trying to put together a small preliminary piece on Dorr for the Friends of Acadia Journal summer issue. On my end I'll try to degtermine what glitch in my software impedes our email communication. For the time being, I'll confirm every message I receive from you and would be pleased if you would do the same. On 5 Apr 2001, at 16:49, Richard_Quin@nps.gov wrote: Forwarded by Richard Quin/NCR/NPS on 04/05/01 04:49 PM Richard Quin To: repp@mail.hartford.edu 03/23/01 cc: 08:02 AM EST Subject: Re:NARA & ANP -- 1 -- Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:23:12 Hi, It was a real pleasure to visit with you at Archives II and I trust you found some interesting items, though there is SO much there I realize you only were able to get a grasp of the potential. The photos of Oldfarm may be a group taken when the NPS was deciding in the 1950s whether or not to adapt the house for other use. If they are part of the study I believe they are associated with, they were the final documentation of the house prior to its destruction. There is a report on the future of the place that I will locate and forward along to you. The NARA subject matter specialist for the National Park Service is, if I do not disremember, Joe Schwartz. You should be able to track him down through the NARA web site. If you make it to Bar Harbor during your vacation, you might try to schedule a visit with Deb Wade, the Chief of Interpretation, to review the progress of your work. She may have some ideas of potential sources of funding, and you might ask her about the possibility of using some park VIP housing when it might be available. She has a tremendous amount of interest in Mr. Dorr, and shares his birthday. I am going to suggest that she might have you visit the park in the summer season to take part in one of the training sessions for park staff, as the park does do programs sometimes on Mr. Dorr and Acadia. I will start making up a list of items I have reviewed regarding Mr. Dorr and will also come up with some other suggestions for possible support. I am pretty busy for the next week or so, but will get to this as soon as possible. Best wishes with your work, Richard Quin National Capital Parks Reply Separator Subject: NARA & ANP Author: repp@mail.hartford.edu -- - 2 -- Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:23:12 Date: 3/19/01 11:36 AM Dear Richard, I've returned to Connecticut and want to thank you for taking the time to visit with me last Friday at Archives II. I look forward to hearing from you regarding a number of issues that we explored in our converstations. Among other matters I know that you intended to provide me with the name of the NARA archivist with specialized knowledge of NPS matters as well as how to access a "finding aid" to decipher ANP holdings at Archives II. It is clear to me that I have little grasp of the depth of relevant information in Archives II. Currently, I am trying to isolate a couple of extended weekends (Thurs/Friday/Sat) when I can return, hopefully by May. I plan a return trip to Bar Harbor for the week of May 8th. If I can help you locate any Maine-based resources while I am there, do let me know in the next couple of weeks. About two hours after you departed, I came across a packet of 13 b&w 8x11" undated prints of Oldfarm, external and internal shots sandwiched between cardboard with the name Inman scribbled in pencil. They were among a set of files on removal of the Otter Cliffs Radio Station. Have you seen them? I have not seen the likes of them anywhere else--a joyous end to a ten hour day at Archives II. Finally, we should probably share a listing of the resources that we are consulting SO that we do not unknowingly cover the same ground. Please confirm receipt of this email. Ron Epp 9 Mar 2001, at 10:03, Richard Quin wrote: Hi, Please contact me at the numbers I provided, as I do not wish to disturb your host. I will await hearing from you during your visit. -- 3 -- Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:23:12 To: Richard Quin@nps.gov Subject: Dorr & Bar Harbor Visit Date sent: Mon, 14 May 2001 10:49:45 Dear Richard, I've just returned from five days in Bar Harbor and thought you might be interested in my contacts: A. Spent an hour with Deb Wade and secured some useful leads, primarily regarding Old Farm. Do you have a copy of the future plans for Old Farm put together in the early 50's at the NPS Technical Information Center? If not, do you have any idea who might I contact there to secure a copy? There is also supposed to be a copy at NARA, RG79, entry 7, class 604, box 800. Confidentially, she acted quite protective of her documents and neither of us mentioned the funding or guest lecturer opprtunities that you alluded to in your earlier email to me. B. My paths twice overlapped with Margie Coffin-Brown who was in town for a few days and was interested in both your and my work on Dorr. C. Accessed the first 17 years of the Bar Harbor VIS reports at Jesup Library. Useful trail development information and evidence of Mrs. Charles Dorr and Beatrix (Jones) Farrand's intensive work with this group. D. Accessed the Seal Harbor VIS reports for the first ten years of its existence to determine overla with the BHVIS players. E. Visited the MDI Historical Society to access the Champlain Society papers (1880-86) of landscape architect Charles Eliot. Little relevance. F. Spent two hours at the Sawtelle Archive following up on some of the leads you gave me last December. G. Reviewd the MDI Photograph Collection at the Southwest Harbor Public Library. Found of a couple of useful historic shots that could be part of an image database for our work. Nothing specific to ANP. -- 1 -- Mon, 14 May 2001 10:49:45 Now I've got to read through and assimilate all that I photocopied and jotted down in my notes. Hope you are making some progress on your administrative history. Are you moving ahead with it? I need to get back to NARA soon. Please confirm receipt of this email. Ron Epp P.S. I also spent a morning at the Woodlawn in Ellsworth, the home of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations (to celebrate its 100th anniversary this August). Much uncollated archival material that requires another visit but some useful historical information in letters from Charles W. Eliot and his grandson, especially regarding JDRJr. And, I dropped off for Marla Major a very rough draft of an article on Dorr for the FOA Journal. -- 2 -- Mon, 14 May 2001 10:49:45 Emails / boulet @ swharbor. lib. me. as Rich Boulet SW Harbor Photo Call G.P. Neal - background is images 2. Richard - Quin@ nps. gov. A Hour c Deb wade A Do you have copy of OldFam future plans Area the NPS Technical Info Cuter, or who to catach then fried Report a old form Also, Nat Arch RG 79, Enbry 7 , Class 604 , Box 800 B. Report (70khnlp) in Philadelphia tepin 5. re Richefeller involventin instruction mernal to Dorr (9/27/54letter) C. no drizunia of funding thing serve for pak staff. Thank you to D. Wade, check address D Visit Descenna c Mayue Cafen-from E. BHUIS - 1st 17th yes G MDIHS 1 Chapla found Papeer F. SH UIS - hack velap of player H. AND Archives 1 add data I. Notlonb Hafo-Part 1 MDIPhato collectn F. FOA - - article draft K. HCTPR - unullated Page 1 of 2 Ronald Epp From: To: "Ronald Epp" Cc: Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 8:52 AM Subject: Re: George Dorr Follow-Up Sorry for the delay in replying, but have been out in the field this week. I will prepare the CD of photographs in a few weeks, as soon as I can reconnect my home computer, now dismantled due to the remodeling. I enjoyed seeing you and hope your work is going well. BTW, my contact at Rockefeller Archives Center is Thomas Rosenbaum; he knows the MDI papers (Rockefeller Family Archives/Homes/Seal Harbor) well. Richard Quin "Ronald Epp" To: CC: 03/19/02 01:37 Subject: George Dorr Follow- Up EST Richard, Thank you SO very much for being SO generous with your time last Tuesday when you journeyed to College Park to meet with me. Your insights and experience with both the documents and Mr. Dorr were very useful to my research. Joe Schwarz did meet with me later in the afternoon and was most helpful. I've contacted the Rockefeller Archival Center and shortly expect a response regarding the use of their facility in mid-April and later. 3/22/2002 Page 2 of 2 I'm looking forward to receiving the image files and other resources that you indicated you would forward to me. Did you see the Summer 2001 issue of Friends of Acadia Journal which contained an article I wrote on Mr. Dorr and another on the HCTPR? If not, let me know and I'll send it off to you with an updated bibliography of the resources that I've consulted. Finally, you offered the name of a contact at the Harper's Ferry facility that might be useful to my inquiries. Can you provide it again? With much appreciation, I remain Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of the Harry & Gertrude Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University 2500 North River Road Manchester, NH 03106-1045 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 (fax) 3/22/2002 Page 1 of 1 Ronald Epp From: "Ronald Epp" To: Cc: Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 3:58 PM Subject: George Dorr Richard, It has been a month since we met at Archives II and I wanted to update you and ask a couple of questions. I just photocopied "A Vicious Circle: automobiles and the national parks," and wondered if you might have published other articles relevant to my interests. Have you a current bibliography that you could share? I've scheduled an appointment with an archivist at the Rockefeller Archive Center on April 16th to get a lay of the land. At your suggestion I contacted Mr. Rosenbaum but he is on an extended leave and unavailable. I have already been provided with photocopies of all the note cards kept by the Rockefeller family regarding correspondance with Mr. Dorr. Could you provide me with your Washington NPS address. All I have at this point is your phone and email address and I wanted to mail you an article I published on Mr. Dorr. I've discovered a more details regarding Dorr's involvement in the establishment of the Jackson Laboratories thanks to an insightful recent article in the MDI History Journal by Ms. Harmon, a former archivist at JAX. I know you intend to send off to me some image files as soon as you get connected at home, but I wondered whether you've identified an moving images of Mr. Dorr or any audio clips. I've yet to check these separate collections at the National Archives. Finally, in recent weeks I've been making more steady progress with the initial reading and note taking of the archival resources. I'm planning another quick trip to ANP in early May. I'll keep you updated. Enjoy the cherry blossoms!!! Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of the Harry & Gertrude Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University 2500 North River Road Manchester, NH 03106-1045 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 (fax) 4/9/2002 Page 1 of 4 Ronald Epp From: To: "Ronald Epp" Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 8:18 AM Subject: Re: Mr. Dorr & Old Farm Hi there, hope all is well. I am familiar with the 1924 road hearing and have been through all the letters and other materials collected from the hearing. This was largely in response to Senator Pepper's criticism of the Rockefeller road work, and once again, Mr. Dorr was at his best, arranging a massive show of support for the road plan by organizing bundles of letters of support, even chartering a special train to carry supporters to the hearing. I have a whole section on this controversy in my carriage road overview history, a copy of which is in Brooke's domain. You can view it online at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/hhquery.html Type "Acadia" in the search box, and look for the report, "Rockefeller Carriage Roads." Once there, click on the icon at the top for "data pages." Unfortunately, you just end up with images of each page, resizeable and readable, but a pain to go through a 140 page document this way. There are twenty of SO other reports I did that will show up in the same search. Again, it will be easier to retrieve (well, to read) these through the Acadia archives. I will need to send you information on how Mr. Dorr secured Beatrix Jones' (later Farrand) first commission, to redo the large meadow east of Champlain Mountain for the Blisses. She overspent the budget and was released from the commission. Still managed to make something of herself. Richard "Ronald Epp" To: Richard_Quin@nps.gov> cc: 05/28/02 04:36 PM Subject: Re: Mr. Dorr & Old Farm 5/29/2002 Page 1 of 1 Ronald Epp From: "Ronald Epp" To: Phone: 202-619-7089 Cc: Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 8:55 AM Subject: Mr. Dorr & Superintendent's Conferences Good Morning Richard, Hope the approach of summer finds you well. A brief query: in re-reading my notes from research at Archives II, I find a refernce to Mr. Dorr having attendeda "Superintendent's Conference in Hot Springs" in 1931. Could you direct me to additional information about these NPS conferences? Do you know whether they were annual gatherings? What was their format? Timeframe? Is primary documentation available?If information about them is available online it has eleuded my grasp. I've notified Marla Major at FOA thatl'm delaying my (our?) article about Old Farm until the February 2003 deadline. Too much going on right now in renovation and expansion of my library for me to make much headway on this task. However, I am spending about 2 hours daily on Mr. Dorr. Best wishes, Ron What was their time frame? Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of the Harry & Gertrude Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University 2500 North River Road Manchester, NH 03106-1045 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 (fax) 6/19/2002 Page 2 of 4 AST Richard, I came across an interesting issue regarding park road construction over the weekend and would be interested to know whether you were aware of it as well. A Congressional hearing was held in early 1924 to determine whether the park plan that Dorr had put together in 1922 would proceed in light of criticism about the introduction of roads into wilderness areas. I photocopied more than 50 pages of testimony at Archives II in March primarily to get insight into the personalities of those key MDI figures giving testimony. Secretary Work followed this hearing with a letter reaffirming the park plan but with a slight slap to Mr. Dorr's wrists. What I found SO interesting is the fact that Ann Rockefeller Roberts passes over this hearing in five rather abrupt sentences. On closer inspection it became clear that Rockefeller's Roads made no use of NPS archival material, relying exclusively on public library microfilm and the RAC easily accessible to her. Her neglect in examining primary documentation makes the kind of work we are doing all the more important. In recent days I've been looking more closely at the landscaping efforts of Beatrix Farrand. Given Dorr's family involvement in commercial and private gardening, I need to become more familiar with their relationship, professional and personal. Hope you are faring well. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of the Harry & Gertrude Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University 2500 North River Road Manchester, NH 03106-1045 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 (fax) Original Message From: To: "Ronald Epp" 5/29/2002 Page 3 of 4 Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:20 AM Subject: Re: Mr. Dorr & Old Farm > > I think I can help with this. I have some material on the builder and the > construction, and the information on the disposition of Old Farm. > > As for images, I have a few that I will make available. The good news is > that park Chief of Maintenance Jim Vekasi has a copy of the same > disposition file with lots of excellent interior and exterior images. I am > sure he will make those available, but he won't likely want Brooke > involved. > > My Acadia histories are the histories of the park roads, the park carriage > roads, and the park bridges. There are several boxes in the park archives. > This may be listed as the Acadia Roads and Bridges Recording Project by the > Historic American Engineering Record. > > Send me a proposed rough outline of your proposed article, and I will reply > with what parts I think I can flesh out. It will be a pleasure. > > I have not forgotten that CD; house is still incomplete, but soon. > > Best, > > Richard > > > > > > > "Ronald Epp" > To: > CC: > 05/22/02 03:33 PM Subject: Mr. Dorr & Old Farm > AST > > > > 5/29/2002 Page 1 of 3 Ronald Epp From: To: "Ronald Epp" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 3:56 PM Subject: Re: George Dorr Dear Dr. Epp, Sorry for the delay in responding but I have been in the field for weeks, and will go on leave tomorrow for some time, but should be back in the office in late May. To answer your questions: I do not have a bibliography of my work. I know there is another article of mine on autombiles in the parks at http://www.nbm.org/blueprints/summer97/page2/page2.htm My book on industrial sites is not relevant to Acadia. Most of my other research is internally published. I take it Brooke let you at my Acadia histories Sorry Mr. Rosenbaum was not available at RAC. Michelle Hiltzik, the landscape architect there, is also familiar with Acadia, though probably not with Mr. Dorr. I know of no audio or video clips featuring Mr. Dorr. Sorry for the brevity of the response, but I have another 170 messages to answer! I will still make your photo CD from home once that remodeling is complete. Best, Richard Richard Quin, Architectural Historian National Capital Support Office National Park Service 1100 Ohio Drive, SW Washington, DC 20242 202 619-7089 202 401-0017 fascimile www.nps.gov 5/7/2002 Page 2 of 3 The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American people SO that all might enjoy our heritage. Experience your America "Ronald Epp" To: cc: 04/09/02 03:58 PM Subject: George Dorr AST Richard, It has been a month since we met at Archives II and I wanted to update you and ask a couple of questions. I just photocopied "A Vicious Circle: automobiles and the national parks," and wondered if you might have published other articles relevant to my interests. Have you a current bibliography that you could share? I've scheduled an appointment with an archivist at the Rockefeller Archive Center on April 16th to get a lay of the land. At your suggestion I contacted Mr. Rosenbaum but he is on an extended leave and unavailable. I have already been provided with photocopies of all the note cards kept by the Rockefeller family regarding correspondance with Mr. Dorr. Could you provide me with your Washington NPS address. All I have at this point is your phone and email address and I wanted to mail you an article I published on Mr. Dorr. I've discovered a more details regarding Dorr's involvement in the establishment of the Jackson Laboratories thanks to an insightful recent article in the MDI History Journal by Ms. Harmon, a former archivist at JAX. I know you intend to send off to me some image files as soon as you get connected at home, but I wondered whether you've identified an moving images of Mr. Dorr or any audio clips. I've yet to check these separate collections at the National Archives. 5/7/2002 Page 3 of 3 Finally, in recent weeks I've been making more steady progress with the initial reading and note taking of the archival resources. I'm planning another quick trip to ANP in early May. I'll keep you updated. Enjoy the cherry blossoms!!! Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of the Harry & Gertrude Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University 2500 North River Road Manchester, NH 03106-1045 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 (fax) 5/7/2002 Page 1 of 4 Ronald Epp From: To: "Ronald Epp" Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 8:18 AM Subject: Re: Mr. Dorr & Old Farm Hi there, hope all is well. I am familiar with the 1924 road hearing and have been through all the letters and other materials collected from the hearing. This was largely in response to Senator Pepper's criticism of the Rockefeller road work, and once again, Mr. Dorr was at his best, arranging a massive show of support for the road plan by organizing bundles of letters of support, even chartering a special train to carry supporters to the hearing. I have a whole section on this controversy in my carriage road overview history, a copy of which is in Brooke's domain. You can view it online at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/hhquery.html Type "Acadia" in the search box, and look for the report, "Rockefeller Carriage Roads." Once there, click on the icon at the top for "data pages." Unfortunately, you just end up with images of each page, resizeable and readable, but a pain to go through a 140 page document this way. There are twenty of SO other reports I did that will show up in the same search. Again, it will be easier to retrieve (well, to read) these through the Acadia archives. I will need to send you information on how Mr. Dorr secured Beatrix Jones' (later Farrand) first commission, to redo the large meadow east of Champlain Mountain for the Blisses. She overspent the budget and was released from the commission. Still managed to make something of herself. Richard "Ronald Epp" CC: > I think I can help with this. I have some material on the builder and the > construction, and the information on the disposition of Old Farm. > > As for images, I have a few that I will make available. The good news is > that park Chief of Maintenance Jim Vekasi has a copy of the same > disposition file with lots of excellent interior and exterior images. I am > sure he will make those available, but he won't likely want Brooke > involved. > > My Acadia histories are the histories of the park roads, the park carriage > roads, and the park bridges. There are several boxes in the park archives. > This may be listed as the Acadia Roads and Bridges Recording Project by the > Historic American Engineering Record. > > Send me a proposed rough outline of your proposed article, and I will reply > with what parts I think I can flesh out. It will be a pleasure. > > I have not forgotten that CD; house is still incomplete, but soon. > > Best, > > Richard > > > > > > > "Ronald Epp" > To: richard_quin@nps.gov> > CC: > 05/22/02 03:33 PM Subject: Mr. Dorr & Old Farm > AST > > > > 5/29/2002 Page 4 of 4 > > > Richard, > > Good to receive your email on May 1st. Thanks for addressing SO many of my > concerns. I'm still reading through archival material at a good clip--about > two hours per day--and organizing its content. > > In your message you mentioned that you take it that "Brooke let you (i.e., > me) at my Acadia histories 11 This is the first I am hearing about this. > Can you explain SO I can approach Brooke about this matter? > > Marla Major has asked me to write a piece on Old Farm for the Friends of > Acadia Journal with a September deadline. Care to collaborate and share > authorship? > > Since Brooke informed me that all the archival images were sent our to be > catalogued (and digitized?) and will not be available for up to three > years, I wondered whether you have any Old Farm images that you could > share. Or, failing that, have you investigated whether the National > Archives will reproduce images in the NPS files. > > Hope you are faring well... > > > > Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. > Director of the Harry & Gertrude Shapiro Library > Southern New Hampshire University > 2500 North River Road > Manchester, NH 03106-1045 > 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 > 603-645-9685 (fax) > > > > 5/29/2002 Page 1 of 3 Ronald Epp From: "Ronald Epp" To: Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 10:28 AM Subject: George Dorr and RAC Dear Richard, I've just returned from my third trip to the Rockefeller Archive Center. I've been working with archivist Michele Hiltzik who is very familiar with the Homes resources and has encouraged me to apply for a Grant-in-Aid application, which I intend to do in a few weeks. Would you be willing to write me a letter of recommendation by 15 October supporting my application? I'm started working my way throughthe HABS/HAER historic surveys that you and your colleague completed at ANP. What a impressive effort!!! I'd love to talk with you sometime about this project, its origins and aftermath. I hope to be in Washington on October 17th. If you are available, perhaps I could take you to lunch and we could catch up. Any progress on preparing the CD of Dorr/ANP photographs for me or is the remodeling still underway? I continue to come up cold in my efforts to locate audio or visual documentation of Mr. Dorr. Recently I've also spent a great deal of time with administrative issues involving Mather, Lane Albright, and Cammerer. Have you had time for your ANP work? Please keep in touch and enjoy your summer!!! Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of the Harry & Gertrude Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University 2500 North River Road Manchester, NH 03106-1045 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 (fax) Original Message From: To: "Ronald Epp" Cc: Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 9:52 AM Subject: Re: George Dorr Follow-Up 8/8/2002 Page 1 of 3 Ronald Epp From: "Ronald Epp" To: Cc: Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 3:46 PM Subject: URGENT: George Dorr/Old Farm images Richard, I followed your May 23, 2002 email suggestion and contacted Jim Vekasi at ANP. You said that he "has a copy of the same disposition file [that you have] with lots of excellent interior and exterior images" of Old Farm. He redirected me to Brooke as you can see from his response below. Copuld he have forgotten his disposition file? Complicating matters is that Brooke has just informed me that the images that I am seeking are being catalogued and won't be returned for months if not years. Can you offer any guidance? Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of the Harry & Gertrude Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University 2500 North River Road Manchester, NH 03106-1045 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 (fax) Original Message From: To: Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov> Cc: Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 1:41 PM Subject: Re: George Dorr/Old Farm images > > I am referring this inquiry to our museum curator, Brooke Childrey. She has > custody of the park archives including our photographs. > > That said, I do have at least one good photo of Old Farm in the park > building files. 8/26/2002 Page 2 of 3 > > Jim Vekasi > Chief of Maintenance, Acadia National Park > > > > "Ronald Epp" > To: > CC: > 08/26/2002 01:10 Subject: George Dorr/Old Farm images > PM AST > > > > Dear Jim, > > Nearly two years ago we met at the Historic Trails Conference that Margie > Coffin and Marla Major coordinated. > > At that time I was at the early stages of research the primary resources on > George Dorr as part of a long-range plan to have published a biography of > Acadia's Founder, one that is a significant departure from the > popularizations since this work will be based on manuscripts and > administrative documents. After exhausting the ANP Archives I've moved on > to the NPS resources at the National Archives and extensive primary > documents at the Rockefeller Archive Center. > > I'm writing at the suggestion of NPS historian(Richard Quin who believes > that you may have--and have access to--photographic images of the > administrative period of Mr. Dorr (1916-44). I've proposed to Marla Major a > brief article on Old Farm for the Winter 2002-2003 Friends of Acadia > Journal and would like to see what resources are available that do not > duplicate what I've seen at the Bar Harbor Historical Society and the Jesup > Library. > > I hope to visit MDI again in early November. Perhaps I could meet with you > at that time. > > With best wishes, > > 8/26/2002 April 27, 2004 Dear Richard, [Quin] Thanks to my contacting Kay Fanning, I've been able to locate you after a lapse of too much time. I'm curious about how you are faring in your new environment and I thought that you would be interested in an update on my biography of George Dorr. I'd also very much like to know whether you are still pursuing your work on an administrative history of Acadia National Park. First, a question. Do you have a paper or digital copy of the HABS/HAER study of ANP that you completed in the mid-90's? I've downloaded all that is available from the American Memory Project on the Library of Congress web pages but a critical piece had not been digitized after more than two years. That is, the Cadillac Loop and Summit Road study. Could you provide me with just this piece of your larger study? If not, do you know who might have a copy? I've asked Brooke at the ANP archives whether she has a print copy and she expressed doubt that it was there in its entirety. My research on Dorr has been a daily devotion that is nearing its completion after more than four years. I've created a bibliography of more than 600 non-primary resources, published a piece on the Dorr-Abbe relationship-derivative of a talk I gave at the Abbe Museum last September--in the Mount Desert Island Journal (enclosed), and have conducted many interviews with island residents from Ann Rockefeller Roberts to the granddaughter of Seal Harbor real estate magnate G.L. Stebbins. I've spent much time these last eighteen months on the first fifty years of Mr. Dorr's life, an area where the popularly published record is almost totally silent. There are some very interesting themes here regarding Dorr's education, travels, involvements with the philosophical community at Harvard, work with William James and others involved with psychical research, and other dimensions of his life that shape decisions that impact on the development of the park. However, I continue to be frustrated by the lack of non-textual documentation. No audio record survives of his voice; the moving images record is almost as bleak--only one 90 second non-audio film clip of the 1934 opening of the Cadillac Mountain Summit road survives. Within the next year I'll likely retire and get down to the serious business of sustained writing. I very much appreciate your early enthusiasm for my project and your invaluable assistance at the National Archives. If you are interested in collaborating on any aspect of my biography or your own work on the Park do let me know. Having lived in Memphis for nearly sixteen years, I do hope you are prospering in your new environment. Please email, call, or drop me a line. With best wishes, Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 r.epp@snhu.edu 603-424-6149 (home) Epp, Ronald From: Kay_Fanning@nps.gov Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 3:05 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: Richard Quin Dear Mr. Epp: Richard left the National Park Service in November of 2002 and moved to Tennessee. I have not been in touch with him since then, but Maureen Joseph, Regional Historical Landscape Architect for the National Capital Region, has spoken with him occasionally. Her latest address information dates from over a year ago, but this may help you: Richard Quin 5933 Windtrace La. Knoxville TN 37914 home phone: 865-806-1556 cell: 865-524-5812 Good luck, and if you reach him, please tell him hello from me. Yours truly, Kay Fanning "Epp, Ronald" To: CC: "Epp, Ronald" 04/28/04 09:55 AM Subject: Richard Quin AST Dear Ms. Fanning: I am trying to determine whether Richard Quin is still employed by the NPS in order to re- establish contact with him. Efforts to reach him via email elicit a response that he is unavailable and he is no longer listed on the NPS Diurectory of Park Service Historians. Richard assisted me in my research on a biography of George B. Dorr, the founder of Acadia National Park where Quin's HABS/HAER studies are regarded as definative. Brooke Childrey, Curator of the ANP archives, has also received been frustrated by his unresponsiveness. If personal or professional reasons have closed the dorr (forgive the pun) on our relationships with him, that knowledge of his permanent inaccessibility will allow us to move on with our inquiries. Thank you for considering this matter and I hope it does not put you collegially in an awkward position. 1