A.N.P. Sawtelle Corresp-1. Epp, Ronald From: Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 8:19 AM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: ANP Archives & R. Epp 125/her Thaine St. breas Met. Good Morning Ron: It's nice to hear that we were helpful with your research. P.O. Mother 2/1-9 9/30 Sun, As to your questions. Ties 10-6 We don't have them in the park archives. I have always heard that they were at the Rockefeller Archives. But you should try the Great Harbor Maritime Museum in Northeast Harbor. Sydney Rockefeller is the curator and I believe she mentioned once that they had Simpson materials there. If not she may know how to contact the family. Margie should also know where these papers are. She is the one that conducted the research and located them in the first place. I think Margie is talking about the research study conducted by the Maine Folklife Center. This study is in draft form. We do have CD's of images that they scanned from the National Archives. You are welcome to look at them. ccc Let me know if the 25th is firm SO that I can block out time for you. Brooke 10 Mu. "Epp, Ronald" To: CC: "Epp, Ronald" 08/14/2003 03:42 Subject: ANP Archives & R. Epp PM AST Dear Brooke, I want to thank you for the assistance you've recently provided for my biography of George Dorr and the Abbe Museum celebration on September 14th. Eric has been enormously helpful in locating information and images. Tim provided me with an inventory of file photos which has been quite useful. Margie Coffin Brown recently suggested that I contact you regarding two matters where she thought you had relevant information. (1) I am trying to track down additional information and images that arte credited in various publications to the Simpson Family Personal Papers; are these in your possession or can you direct me to any Simpson relatives? I've exhausted the information on the Simpson's at the Rockefeller Archive Center. (2) Margie informs me that there is now an electronic version of the CCC activity with the NPS; Eric was unable to verify this lead. 1 Epp, Ronald From: Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 9:47 AM To: Epp, Ronald Cc: Tim_Karle@nps.gov Subject: Re: Ron Epp Appt: URGENT Quin0404a.htm (10 KB) Hi Ron: Sorry I haven't responded to. your message yet. I've been bogged down with the Islesford exhibit. Our phone numbers changed mid-summer last year. We each have our own number. Mine is 207-288-8729. Tim's is 207-288-8730. I will not be here on June 11th. My parents will be visiting so I'm on vacation. Tim will be in the office, as well as our volunteers. Please send him an e-mail confirming the date and time and let him know what materials you would like access to. As for Richard Quin's material, it is in the public domain but subject to restrictions if the material was copied from other institutions (i.e Rockefeller Archives). You would need to get permission to use the information from those institutions. I personally have not gone through Richard's material to see where he acquired it from. If any of it is from a National Park Site such as Olmsted Landscaping or from the National Archives--then it is in the public domain. Hope this helps. I'll brief Tim on the copyright procedures in case you have any questions. Brooke "Epp, Ronald" To: CC: 05/26/2004 04:39 Subject: Ron Epp Appt: URGENT PM AST Brooke, I tried to call you today (207-288-5463) and was told that this number was no longer in service. Will you provide me with your current phone number, please. 1 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 4:26 PM To: Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov' Cc: Epp, Ronald Subject: RE: ANP & Quin's HABS/HAER Study Dear Brooke, Just a note to let you know that I have not run off with your Dorr Papers microfilm. I actually did not finalize the Finding Aid until last week. I'm more confortable returning the microfilm in person when I visit next on the 19th and 20th. I'll also have a copy for you of the Guide to the Dorr Papers. I'm reviewing my files to determine whether I need to engage in additional research at that time. I seem to recall a Sawtelle Scrapbook that Tim showed me that might be woirthy of some attention. Does this description ring a bell? Enroute to Bar Harbor I'm stopping off at Gardiner to talk with the archivist of the Henry and Laura Richard papers recently deposited at the Maine Historical Society--of course you'll recall that Richards was the architect of Old Farm. Earle Shettleworth will also show me some of the images he has gathered over the years before I head north from Augusta late on the 18th. If you need to contact me I'll be staying at the Cadillac Motor Inn. Finally, regarding the HABS/HAER study of the motor roads, I'll try to bring along a couple of the Quinn studies in order to persuade you that references -if not the documentation itself--shoul be in your archives. I'm trying to track down historian Neil Maher who assisted Quinn in this work since Quinn is unresponsive. See you soon. Ron P.S. Do yopu have any historical documentation regarding the Bar Harbor Garden Club regarding its management of the Sieur de Monts Wild Gardens of Acadia? Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax --Original Message From: Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov mailto:Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:42 PM TO: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: ANP & Quin's HABS/HAER Study Ron: Thank you for the information on Richard's report. A copy of the report was not submitted by Richard or HABS/HAER to the park for deposit in the collections or use by park staff. Richard only deposited his notes. 1 Brooke "Epp, Ronald" To: CC: "Epp, Ronald" 06/29/2004 10:34 Subject: ANP & Quin's HABS/HAEP Study AM AST Dear Booke, I was surprised to hear that the park appears to be unaware of Richard Quin's HABS/HAER exhaustive study from the mid 1990's. The more than 400 pages of this study are available (nearly comprehensively) on the Library of Congress web pages and I would most strongly encourage you to make a reference to this study a permanent part of your record keeping. Both Peter Bachelder and I have examined it in great detail and we can't speak more emphatically about its merits for anyone doing historical work on ANP development. I've just sent the following access information to Florentine Films Associate Producer Susan Shumaker and knew that you would want it for your own purposes. Quin's study is part of the "Built in America" project undertaken by the NPS as part of their Historic American Buildings Survey/ Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) . You can locate it on the Library of Congress web pages in the American Memory Project (memory.loc.gov/ammem/). When you see the project list, scroll to "Architecture & Engineering", click, and then when you see the "Built in America" screen, click on keyword search and enter "Acadia." You should get 48 records which trace in both document and images the ANP road and bridge construction, wrapped in a rich context of historical detail. I've printed off the entire series but it is rather bulky at more than 400 pages. For a good introduction scrolldown to "Acadia National Park Motor Roads, Bar Harbor vicinity, Hancock County, ME and click (or click on the more voluminous "carriage roads" project) and then click on the text and images available. If you have any trouble accessing this let me know. Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft- com:office:office" /> 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax 2 Message Page 1 of 2 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 3:13 PM To: "Brooke_hildrey@nps.gov" Cc: Epp, Ronald Subject: Dorr Finding Aid Brooke, Hope you and your parents had a delightful time together. Weather weas ideal and when I wasn't indoors I hiked Champlain Mountain, the Bowl, and the Bee-Hive. Tim Karle helped me with locating the Quin materials that you had designated. It was entirely material relative to bridge and road design from the 90's. No historical material whatsoever. This is all that he left behind, correct? Big news!. An associate producer (Susan Shumaker) from Florentine Films finally responded to my December 2003 email to the Ken Burns production facility in Walpole NH. We have begun what looks like a most mutually productive relationship relative to their two hour program on ANP, scheduled for 2009. I'll keep you posted. Tim will alert you to the fact that I made copies and gave him cash. He promised to have you send me a receipt. Finally, I did not return the Dorr Papers microfilm. I had not completed the Finding Aid and actually spent another five hours on it this past Sunday following my return from MDI. I should have it completed in another two weeks and will ship both the finding aid and the film back toi you, unless you'd rather have me return it personally when I revisit later this summer. To complete the finding aid I need to make some remarks about the provenance of the originals. I talked with Deb Dyer at the museum last week when I was comparing the finding aid against the originals. She says that she doesn't know how the BHHS acquired them and I was hoping you might know--as well as when they were acquired. Can you help out with this? Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax 6/15/2004 Epp, Ronald From: Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:42 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: ANP & Quin's HABS/HAER Study Ron: Thank you for the information on Richard's report. A copy of the report was not submitted by Richard or HABS/HAER to the park for deposit in the collections or use by park staff. Richard only deposited his notes. Brooke "Epp, Ronald" To: CC: "Epp, Ronald" kr.epp@snhu.edu> 06/29/2004 10:34 Subject: ANP & Quin's HABS/HAER Study AM AST Dear Booke, I was surprised to hear that the park appears to be unaware of Richard Quin's HABS/HAER exhaustive study from the mid 1990's. The more than 400 pages of this study are available (nearly comprehensively) on the Library of Congress web pages and I would most strongly encourage you to make a reference to this study a permanent part of your record keeping. Both Peter Bachelder and I have examined it in great detail and we can't speak more emphatically about its merits for anyone doing historical work on ANP development. I've just sent the following access information to Florentine Films Associate Producer Susan Shumaker and knew that you would want it for your own purposes. Quin's study is part of the "Built in America" project undertaken by the NPS as part of their Historic American Buildings Survey/ Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) You can locate it on the Library of Congress web pages in the American Memory Project (memory.loc.gov/ammem/). When you see the project list, scroll to "Architecture & Engineering", click, and then when you see the "Built in America" screen, click on keyword search and enter "Acadia." You should get 48 records which trace in both document and images the ANP road and bridge construction, wrapped in a rich context of historical detail. I've printed off the entire series but it is rather bulky at more than 400 pages. For a good introduction scrolldown to "Acadia National Park Motor Roads, Bar Harbor vicinity, Hancock County, ME and click (or click on the more voluminous "carriage roads" project) and then click on the text and images available. If you have any trouble accessing this let me know. 1 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 4:30 PM To: 'Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov' Cc: Epp, Ronald Subject: R. Epp & Richard Quin Brooke, I received the legislative information. Thanks so very much. I had selected portions of this history but now I can review each piece sequentially with an eye to administrative development. I'll send you the check tomorrow. And speaking of administrative histories, I contacted a colleague of Richard Quin at the National Capital Region office inquiring about Quin's whereabouts. See her response below. I will write to him and let you know what I hear since I've been unable to locate him in any of the email directories. Lastly, in your April 22nd email to me you mentioned that I was "welcome to borrow the park's working copy" of the Dorr Papers microfilm. If that means that you will entrust it to me via the US Mail then please send it to me and I will return it when I next visit later this spring or beforehand if you wish. Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax ---Original Message From: Kay Fanning@nps.gov [mailto: Kay yFanning@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. 1 Epp, Ronald From: Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 9:32 AM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: R. Quinn & HABS/HEAR Survey Ron: I don't know if I have a copy of the HABS/HAER document written by Richard Quinn but I will check. I am in the middle of designing an exhibit for Islesford, so I may not get back to you with an answer for a few days. The microfilm for the Dorr papers can not be purchased. The original and a copy are housed at the park. A copy is also available at the Bar Harbor Historical Society. The vendor (Maine State Archives) did not make a copy for their files because the original microfilm is stored in the archives at the park. You are welcome to borrow the park's working copy. Brooke "Epp, Ronald" To: CC: "Epp, Ronald" 04/19/2004 10:42 Subject: R. Quinn & HABS/HEAR Survey AM AST Brooke, I'm trying to determine whether you have a complete copy of the Historic American Buildings/Historic American Engineering Record site study that Richard Quinn undertook in ANP in 1994-96. I've read the nearly the whole of it from a print copy that I made of the online version available through the American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress. However, one section has yet to be digitized: Cadillac Mountain Road, Between Park Loop Road and Cadillac Mountain Summit. For the past two years LC has promised completion of digitization yet it has not been done. I'd like to review this and so I ask whether you have a print copy? Finally, I've been trying to purchase a microfilm copy of the Dorr Papers. I've been returning again and again to the Jesup Library that it seemed sensible to secure my own copy. I assumed that the vendor made a copy when it was original transposed into a different format, the customary practice; however, this was not done. This past Friday I talked with Deb Dyer who believes that there are only three extant copies: hers, Jesup's, and one in the ANP archives. Can you confirm that you have a microfilm copy? With best wishes, 1 Epp, Ronald From: Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:01 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: RE: Park Legislation Hi Ron: hope you are staying dry. Don't beat yourself up. It's in the inventory, but even I can't find it. The copies that I have on my desk I found in Interpretation. The copies in the archives came in when Paul Haertel retired. They used to reside in his office. I'll have one of my volunteers copy them for you tomorrow. There is about 150 pages. So roughly $30.00. I'll send you a bill for collections for the actual cost. Sorry I can't except credit cards. It'll have to be a check made out to the National Park Service. Brooke ie "Epp, Ronald" To: Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov> CC: "Epp, Ronald" 04/14/2004 03:38 Subject: RE: Park Legislation PM AST Dear Brooke, Thanks for the clarification. Would it be possible to have the park legislation material photocopied for me? Since I can't arrange another visit in the immediate future and have a need for legislative documentation from 1918-1944 (only), could this be photocopied, sent to me at my home address with an invoice for the photocopying and handling charges (presuming that this is fewer than 100 pages). . I'll sewnd you a check. I believe that creditcard payment is not available. Right? I keep asking myself how I missed this material since I went through the inventory repeatedly that you provided me when we began this research activity nearly four years ago. Was it not listed? Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 Home Address: 47 Pond View Dr. Merrimack, NH 03054 1 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:38 PM To: 'Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov' Cc: Epp, Ronald Subject: RE: Park Legislation Dear Brooke, Thanks for the clarification. Would it be possible to have the park legislation material photocopied for me? Since I can't arrange another visit in the immediate future and have a need for legislative documentation from 1918-1944 (only), could this be photocopied, sent to me at my home address with an invoice for the photocopying and handling charges (presuming that this is fewer than 100 pages). I'll sewnd you a check. I believe that creditcard payment is not available. Right? I keep asking myself how I missed this material since I went through the inventory repeatedly that you provided/yme when we began this research activity nearly four years ago. Was it not listed? Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 Home Address: 47 Pond View Dr. Merrimack, NH 03054 603-424-6149 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax Original Message From:tBrooke Childrey@nps.gov [mailto: :Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:18 AM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Park Legislation Hi Ron: S 720 is the legislation for the establishment of a permanent boundary at Acadia National Park. I have 2 binders of legislation relating to the park. These are copies of all of the bills. The rare book section in interpretation houses natural history books that are locked up. I thought the 2 legislation binders were filed in with the natural history books, but they were not. They were filed under planning documents. Brooke 1 "Epp, Ronald" To: Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov> CC: 04/13/2004 09:48 Subject: RE: George Dorr AM AST Brooke, Thanks for this effort. You tax my curiosity when you refer to the information "probably being in the rare books for interpretation.' What is this? Some other treasure trove that I've missed thus far. A brief explanation, please! Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax Original Message From: Brooke Childrey@nps.gov [mailto:Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 4:47 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: George Dorr Hi Ron: I'll look up Bill S 720. I believe that we have the documentation for Lafayette & Acadia. If I don't have it in the collections, then it is probably in the rare books for interpretation. I'll check both places and get back to you. Give me until the end of the week. Brooke "Epp, Ronald" To: CC: "Epp, Ronald" 04/12/2004 01:00 Subject: George Dorr PM AST 2 Brooke, I hope that spring has arrived on MDI. The firts robins appeared over the weekend and the bulbs are sprouting. I've been reviewing materials that I recently secured from your archives. I've come across a reference in the history of park records inventory that is unclear to me--I'd appreciate it if you could retrieve this document and let me know what it is. Source: Box 7, folder 15. "Bill S 720". I believe it is a U.S. Senate Bill authorizing some aspect of park development but with no name or date attached I am left in the dark. While I have unearthed in your archives the authorization for establishing the Sieur de Monts Monument, I have been unable to locate the authorizing legislation for Lafayette N.P. (1919) or its renaming to ANP in 1929. I'll try to track this down in the Congressional Record when I next visit the Bowdoin College Library unless you can tell me that these documents are in your possession. Do keep in touch. Thanks! Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax 3 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 10:00 AM To: 'Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov' Cc: Epp, Ronald Subject: Dorr Papers & C. Eliot Dear Brooke, First off, I want to thank you again for your assistance during my last research visit. Over the weekend I will begin to examine closely the copies of the documents that I brought back. Regarding the researcher interested in President Eliot, I took a close look at the Charles W. Eliot - George Dorr correspondence in the Dorr Paper microfiche at the Jesup. There are no letter from Dorr to Eliot. However, there are roughly 25 letters from 1901-1924, the bulk being between 1909 and 1916; the actual number may be loswer because there are many duplicates. The letters are brief and usually relate to one issue. They are all in one folder so use should be relatively easy. I hope this information is helpful to the researcher who ocntacted you. If he/she is working on Charles Eliot please let him know of my interest and pass along my name; I'd appreciate knowing if he/she doesn't mind being contacted by me. Let me know whether you like "Frankie's Place." Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax --Original Message From: Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov [mailto:Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:54 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: Ron Epp Visit Hi Ron, 18th hat 99:15 if fine. I'll see you then. Brooke "Epp, Ronald" To: CC: 03/11/2004 09:26 Subject: Ron Epp Visit AM EST 1 Message Page 1 of 1 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 2:46 PM To: Sheridan_Steele@nps.gov" Cc: "Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov"; Epp, Ronald Subject: George Dorr & Acadia National Park Anniversary Dear Superintendent Steele, I thought I would use this date--the 85th anniversary of the establishment of Lafayette National Park--as an opportunity to introduce myself. For the past four years I've been working with the Friends of Acadia, Brooke Childrey, and other NPS managers, historians, and landscape architects on a biography of Mr. Dorr. Unlike previous accounts of Mr. Dorr that were largely anecdotal in nature and concerned with his life following the 1901 establishment of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Researcations, my research has been archive-based--and attentive to the first half century of Mr. Dorr's life. Your new colleagues at ANP headquarters have been very supportive of my inquiries even if they must wonder at times why I am so intense about the fascinating origins and early decades of the park. Rarely does a month pass when I am not on MDI. My next appointment with Brooke is scheduled for the 18th of March. Perhaps circumstances will allow us to meet at that time or during a later visit. Most Sincerely, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax City 2/26/2004 Epp, Ronald From: Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 9:17 AM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: Ron Epp Visitl Good Morning Ron: Other than being extremely cold, all of us here have faired well. Received your Abbe-Dorr packet last week. Looks really good. I have scheduled you for the 18th. Please get back to me with an arrival time. Ken has finished his scanning project. He only scanned those images that we have made archival negatives & copy prints for. The other images will be scanned as negatives and copies are made. There are approximately 464 images in Ken's database. He has begun copying the CCC photos that Jamie had scanned at the National Archives. This project will probably not be finished by the time Ken goes back to work (paid position), but he will have made a good dent in it. No one knows where Richard is. We've been trying to track him down too. The images that he left with me can't be used until we find him because he didn't list his sources. I recognize some of them as the parks. But the rest could have come from Rockefeller archives, National Archives, and historical societies. Until we know, we can't even use them. Brooke at "Epp, Ronald" To: CC: "Epp, Ronald" 02/22/2004 08:33 Subject: Ron Epp Visitl AM EST Dear Brooke, I hope you have been faring well these past few months. It has been extremely busy here with a new President on board and his desire to change nearly every aspect of the institution immediately. I've been reviewing the resources I've collected during my last visit with you. I need to follow through with James Moreira at the Maine Folklife Center on a couple of promising threads that I uncovered in his documentation of the CCC in ANP. The old Farm files that I reviewed from your office were very helpful. Would it be possible for me to schedule a visit for March 18th? Could you update me on whether Ken Coulter is nearing completion on the Gleason imaging project. 1 I trust you received last week the Abbe-Dorr packet that I sent you. Finally, Richard Quinn was very helpful at the beginnings of my research with accessing and interpreting resources at the National Archives. Over the last two years I've repeatedly tried to contact him about overlap areas and my emails and phone calls have gone unanswered. Have you been in touch with him? Has he placed access restrictions on the files, that you said he had left with you? Looking forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax --Original Message From: Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov [mailto:Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:46 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: FW: Returned mail S, KIN Hi Ron: Got your message. I did talk to JIm about the sled. He knows nothing. He did suggest I speak with a couple of our maintenance guys who have worked here a long time. So I 11 follow up with them. Brooke "Epp, Ronald" To: CC: 01/21/2004 03:30 Subject: FW: Returned mail PM EST Brooke, 2 Hi Ron: Glad to hear that you made it back before the "Blizzard." We also had only ten inches. Jim's e-mail is : JimVekasi@nps.gov I didn't realize that Storm Beach was coming up on 125 years. An article in the FOA journal would be great. Ken is scanning all of the images in the notebook's, so by the time you get here next "Spring" we will only have to copy them onto a disc for you. Please keep me informed on your sled research. I am thinking that at some point I should pull together an exhibit on George Dorr's life. The park has a six foot model of Old Farm that can be used, plus other artifacts from our collection and Bar Harbor Historical Society. With your research, I think it will make a great exhibit. Would need to be displayed at park headquarters because it's the only place we have at the moment, but I think people will come to see it. Take care and have a wonderful holiday season. Brooke "Epp, Ronald" To: CC: "Epp, Ronald" 12/08/2003 04:19 Subject: Ron Epp's Recent Visit PM EST Dear Brooke, Once again let me thank you profusely for your help during this last visit! I did make it home by 9:30 Friday and the severe weather didn't materialize for another 18 hours. We got a mere 10 inches of snow. A "couple of loose ends. Can you send me Jim Vikasi's email address so that I can contact him about whether floor drawings are available for Storm Beach Cottage. That visit was most helpful ! Did you realize that Storm Beach Cottage will celebrate its 125th year and was built the same year as Old Farm. I think I'll ask Marla Major if she is interested in a piece on OF/SBC for the Journal to celebrate the anniversary date next year. I'm trying to identify the sled recovered from Mr. Dorr's garage. Will keep you informed. Is it possible for or Ken prepare another compilation of images for me as he did when I was preparing the Abbe Museum presentation? I'd gladly reimburse you for the cost or make the burn the images myself at my next visit ( in late February or March). What I'd like to have are the following images from the four or five notebooks identified as the NPS Copy Print Image Finder: 2 8,18,19,28-30, 37, 43, 154-157, - 187, 302, 304, 313-320, 341, 372, 383, 411, 443. I'll contact Ken Burns organization in the next few days and see what might develop. Thanks again!!! Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax 3 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 12:20 PM To: "Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov Cc: Epp, Ronald Subject: RE: Dorr's Sled Brooke, Thanks for the update. I think your Dorr exhibit idea is superb! Not only is Storm Cottage celebrating in 2004 its 125th anniversary but so too for Old Farm. Other significant dates to keep in mind is that this December 29th will be the 150th anniversary of Dorr's birth. And on a larger scale next year will be the 400th anniversary of the Champlain/Sieur de Monts arrival on MDI. An exhibit couldn't be more timely! While Park headquarters may be the "only place we have at the moment" for an exhibit, might there not be alternatives? The BHHS is far too cramped (aside from other issues) and the only public space in Jesup Library is the uninviting basement site occupied formerly by the BBHS. The ANP Visitor Center might be an option but the issue of security is probl emmatic. Have you considered the downtown Abbe Museum? Since they have recently sponsored my talk drawing attention to the historic role played by Dr. Abbe in the evolution of the Park, they might be receptive to a follow up exhibit since they do have the kind of attractive and secure space unavailable elsewhere on the island--and there also is the issue of location, location, location. I'd be willing to explore this with them if you like once we get a better idea of timeframe, length of exhibit, space requirements, etc. This is an exciting idea, don't you think? Regarding my efforts to track the sled we found in the Storm Beach Cottage garage, it is clear to me that this is a historic sled that was not likely used for recreational purposes. So most of the sled sites I've found on the Internet are useless. I am making the assumptiuon that it was Mr. Dorr's sled and likely used for conveying wood, supplies, gardening equipment, etc. both on site and perhaps within the park. Does this seem reasonable to you? To help my research could you have someone get some additional details for me: measurements, indication of a logo/manufacturer, and a digital photo that could be sent to me for making comparisons with some images of similar sleds that I've found on web sites. If this is troublesome, I can do this on my next winter visit to MDI. Have a fine weekend and do keep me informed about your developing thoughts on a Dorr exhibit. I'll contact Marla and see what she thinks about an article on Old Farm. With Best Wishes Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax Original Message From: Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov [mailto:Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 8:48 AM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Dorr's Sled 1 Epp, Ronald From: Sent: Tuesday, November 2003 0.54 AM Brooke Childrey@pgs.gov NEW HAMPSHIRE To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: R. Epp & ANP Archives UNIVERSITY Hi Ron: We are doing well. Looking forward to the holidays. December 4th and 5th is fine. See my answers below to your questions. Let me know what time to expect you on the 4th & 5th keeping in mind that we close for lunch. Brooke "Epp, Ronald" To: CC: "Epp, Ronald" 11/21/2003 01:38 Subject: R. Epp & ANP Archives PM EST Brooke, Hope matters have been faring well for you. I'm trying to determine whether I can get away to MDI on December 4 & 5. Is there " room at the inn" for research on either of these mornings? 1. I'd like to look at the CD's of images tht the Maine Folklife Center scanned from the National Archives which you refer to in your 8/15/03 email to me. Do you have a computer with a CD drive? Yes. I'll make sure that I have burned backup copies of the data. Do you have a copy of the draft study that you also refer to? No. They haven't submitted it yet. I'll let the project coordinator know that you are coming. Maybe he will be able to get something from the researcher for you. 2. I took a look in August at the Herbert Gleason images that were available at that time. Have more been returned (from Waltham? Augusta). Everything is starting to mesh together in my brain, but I do believe that the 5x7 gleasons came back in September. I've reviewed the list of nearly 1,400 images and have an inventory of many items that I have not yet seen. I know, many are "corrupted" and will not be processed. If more images are now available, is Tim available for some additionally scanning following my departure? Tim is not available, but I have volunteers who can do the scanning or you are to scan them while you are here. 3. Also, when I was there in August you had the most recent (June 2003) draft copy of Margie's Historic Trails study. Has that progressed through the review process into a final version that you have available? No, probably will not see a final version until next summer at the earliest. The document has to be reviewed by us, boston, washington then rewritten. Harry A. B. & Gertrude C. Shapiro Library 2500 North River Road Manchester, NH 03106-1045 603-645-9605 Fax 603-645-9685 4. I'm also putting some more energy into research on Old Farm. I'd like to have a look at the Old Farm files you showed me in your desk drawer. O.K.? Sounds good. 5. Finally, and most importantly, you mentioned that Storm Cottage would likely be unoccupied later in the fall and that I should be able to gain access for research purposes. Who has authority to give me access? I'll make the arrangements. Quite list of questions, isn't it! But the answeers will help me assess what I can accomplish on this trip. I look forward to hearing from you. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax 2 Message Page 1 of 1 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 1:39 PM To: "Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov" Cc: Epp, Ronald Subject: R. Epp & ANP Archives Brooke, Hope matters have been faring well for you. I'm trying to determine whether I can get away to MDI on December 4 & 5. Is there room at the inn" for research on either of these mornings? 1. I'd like to look at the the CD's of images tht the Maine Folklife Center scanned from the National Archives which you refer to in your 8/15/03 email to me. Do you have a computer with a CD drive? Do you have a copy of the draft study that you also refer to? 2. I took a look in August at the Herbert Gleason images that were available at that time. Have more been returned (from Waltham?). I've reviewed the list of nearly 1,400 images and have an inventory of many items that I have not yet seen. I know, many are "corrupted" and will not be processed. If more images are now available, is Tim available for some additionally scanning following my departure? 3. Also, when I was there in August you had the most recent (June 2003) draft copy of Margie's Historic Trails study. Has that progressed through the review process into a final version that you have available? 4. I'm also putting some more energy into research on Old Farm. I'd like to have a look at the Old Farm files you showed me in your desk drawer. O.K.? 5. Finally, and most importantly, you mentioned that Storm Cottage would likely be unoccupied later in the fall and that I should be able to gain access for research purposes. Who has authority to give me access? Quite list of questions, isn't it! But the answeers will help me assess what I can accomplish on this trip. I look forward to hearing from you. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax 11/21/2003 Message Page 1 of 2 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 10:33 AM To: "Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov" Cc: Epp, Ronald Subject: Mr. Dorr & Dr. Abbe Brooke, By now you have inferred that I was unable to make it to your archives while I vacationed in Bar Harbor through the 18th. After making so many trips to MDI without my wife over the last year, I didn't want this vacation to be yet another research trip. The presentation at the Abbe Museum on the 14th went well. In retrospect I neglected to emphasize many important points but the museum has asked me for a copy of the images for their archives and a reconstructed script of my narration. On a similar line, I'm finishing off much of the same material for the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Journal with a September 30th deadline. They too have requested a couple of images to accompany the text. Two of these that I am considering are scanned Gleason images that Tim and Eric provided. Might I use them? Marie Curcio asked me whether ] welcoomed the slide show being videotaped by someone from ANP. I was delighted and have assumed that this was initiated by you-- I much appreciate the interest and involvement. It occured to me, however, that you might also have an interest in the CD with the eighty images that I used as well as the script I referred to above. If so, let me know. I have gone over the list of Gleason images and have found scores that I would like to examine on my next trip to MDI, in addition to the Old Farm office files that you showed me. Hopefully a November trip will be possible. Lastly, My wife and I went on John Toolen's extremely well done "Passion and Persistence" tour of Old Farm. He attended the slide show and invted us and it was very useful to see the NPS view of the history of this property. With best wishes, Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax 9/23/2003 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 2:03 PM To: "Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov' Cc: Epp, Ronald Subject: RE: Old Farm Dear Brooke, I was about to email you with my thanks for your generous allocation of time to my interests this past Tuesday. I especially appreciate your willingness to take me into "the vault" to see the Old Farm and Storm Cottage furnishings. I was also very intersted in the desk file on Old Farm in your office. I'd like to examine that more closely--and any Gleason photos that I haven't seen--when I return the week of September 14th. If you are free on that date, come to the Abbe Museuim at 3 p.m. to hear my slide show on the Dorr/Abbe relationship! A great holiday weekend to you too! Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax ++Original Message FromteBrooke_Childrey@nps.gov [mailto:Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov) Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 1:32 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subj ect: Old Farm Hi Ron: Hope your trip back was pleasant. John Toolen, the ranger who gives the Old Farm tour, said that the park removed the house in 1951. Have a great labor day weekend. Brooke 1 Page 1 of 2 Ronald Epp From: To: "Ronald Epp" Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 7:46 AM Subject: Re: George Dorr/ANP images Hi Ron: The images are being cataloged, not digitized. Return date was suppose to be October but that has been pushed back and they probably will not be back until the spring of 2003. We do have some copies of the Gleason images that are nitrate negatives which you are welcome to look at and duplicate. We also have the nitrate negatives here. They did not go down to Boston. The photographs are not in a finding aid, SO I am unsure as to the reference to B14, folder 9. These images are located in approximately 20 boxes and we have no where near 1084 negatives. More like 200. Many of the negatives are copies of the glass plate negatives. The reference may include negatives at other parks and centers in the park service. The images that I have copies of will cost approximately $10.00 a piece to copy the shipping/handling. The negatives that have not been duplicated will cost approximately $52.00 a piece. This includes making the archival negative, archival copy print, your copy print, and shipping/handling. The photographers prices went up over the spring. Let me know when you'd like to see the copy prints and nitrate negatives that we have physically at the park. I'm out of the office until mid-September and plan on being out for a week or SO in October and again in November. Brooke "Ronald Epp" To: "Brooke Childrey" Brooke_Childrey@nps.gov> cc: 08/16/2002 12:17 Subject: George Dorr/ANP images PM AST 8/19/2002 Page 2 of 2 Dear Brooke, I've been quite busy with research on George Dorr at the National Archives and the Rockefeller Archive Center since my December 2001 visit to the ANP Archives. At that time you mentioned that a sizable numbers of plates and negatives were temporarily removed from your archives, I believe for a digitization process. What I had in mind (from the finding aid B14, folder 9, I believe) were the 1084 H.W. Gleason negatives from the summer of 1922, the 203 Gleason 8x10 inch negatives, and 108 original plates and negatives from 1905- When do you anticipate that these will be returned since I have hopes that some of these images can form a part of the publication that will result from my research? If there was a digitization process under way (at Harper's Ferry?) is there someone I might contact to get a status report or information about when this digital image collection will be publically accessible. I hope to put in a request to use the ANP archives during a visit later this fall. Best wishes for what remains of the summer months. 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) 8/19/2002 Page 1 of 4 Ronald Epp From: "Ronald Epp" To: Cc: Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 12:51 PM Subject: Old Farm images Brooke, About ten days ago I responded to your message below only to learn that our campus email system had crashed and was inoperative until early this week. Thus, I don't know whether you received my message or whether you responded. I called ANP this morning and left a similar message indicating my interest in these images and asking whether my use of the Archives on November 13, 14, or 15th was convenient for you. Let me know SO that I can make travel arrangements as soon as possible. I've just completed another article on Mr. Dorr for Marla at the Friends of Acadia (see the attachment for my draft). In the opening sentence I acknowledge the National Archives as the source for the Congressional Report ( Bill to Establish Mount Desert National Park, H.R. 11935, May 30, 1918) and it occurred to me that you might have a copy in the Archives--and if so, I would like to acknowledge you as a repository as well. I can check on this when I arrive in November but it may be too late to introduce changes for the Winter FOA Journal Winter issue. Can you determine whether you have a copy of not? Finally, over the past two years I've assembled a bibliography of several hundred primary and secondary resources on Mr. Dorr and the evolution of the park from the Hancock Trustees of Public Reservations charter through Mr. Dorr's death in 1944. If you would like an electronic or paper version for the Archives let me know. With best wishes, 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) 10/2/2002 Page 2 of 4 Original Message From: To: Cc: Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 12:09 PM Subject: Re: George Dorr/Old Farm images > > Hi Ron: > > Have you seen the pictures of old farm that were reproduced this summer? > There are some good images of Old Farm and I want to say Dorr. These > images were found in the attic of the Visitor Center and have been stored > in a freezer to keep them from deteriorating. We just started looking at > them this past spring and had about 40 of them duplicated. There are > probably about 250 images in this set. > > Brooke > > > > > > Jim Vekasi > To: Brooke Childrey/ACAD/NPS@NPS > 08/26/2002 01:41 CC: r.epp@snhu.edu > PM EDT Subject: Re: George Dorr/Old Farm images(Document link: Brooke Childrey) > A > > > > 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. > > Jim Vekasi > Chief of Maintenance, Acadia National Park > > > > "Ronald Epp" > To: Jim_Vekasi@nps.gov> 10/2/2002 Page 3 of 4 > 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 o--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, > > > 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) > > > 10/2/2002 To: R H Quin@nps.gov (R H Quin) Subject: Re: Re[2]: Dorr source materials Date sent: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:22:36 Richard, Thanks for the itemized list of where the relevant Dorr materials are located. I am sure you are pleased to finally receive your relocation directive. Without giving it much thought and working within the timeframe you suggested, would either December 13 , 14, or 15 work for you and Brooke? I may be able to swing a day before she departs on vacation but it is unlikely given my accreditation report deadline of the 5th. As an aside, do you know whether the Seal Harbor Library referred to in numerous documents is extant? If so, do you have an address and phone number? My American Library Directory shows no listing for this facility. Looking forward to hearing from you. I will be working at home this Monday from 11 to 8 should you want to discuss the aforementioned arrangements. Ron Epp 860-635-6130 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 -- 1 -- Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:22:1 around those dates. If you suggest a date, I can check it with Brooke and see about an appointment. 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" --2-- Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:22:36 2:30 3:30 11 BOX 14 Thurs. Tamine "party" More Sieur de Monts publications 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 x BOX 32 Various Lafayette and Sieur de Monts pamphets BOX 38 Correspondence re: road and trail construction Dorr correspondence re: First Day Issue stamp x 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 -- 3 -- Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:22:36 Copy University ofHartford Director of Libraries 200 Bloomfield Avenue William H. Mortensen Library West Hartford, CT 06117-1599 Phone 860.768.4268 Fax 860.768.4274 Email repp@mail.hartford.edu 11 August 2000 Superintendent Paul Haertel Park Headquarters Acadia National Park Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Dear Superintendent Haertel, I would appreciate your assistance regarding my scholarly research into the origins of Acadia National Park, concentrating on personal and professional documents relative to George B. Dorr. Over the past few years, I've researched much of the available published materials that I could secure in regional research libraries and through interlibrary transfers. I am aware of the Dorr documentation in Mt. Desert Island public libraries, the Library of Congress, the Harvard Archives, and the Rockefeller Archival Center. I am writing now to inquire into relevant archival material that is part of the William Otis Sawtelle Center. I plan to visit Bar Harbor for the ANP Historic Trails Conference in mid-October. Would it be possible for me to access during that week (October 16, 19th, or 20th) materials in the Sawtelle Center that initially appear relevant to my objectives? Service hours? As a librarian and Friends of Acadia member, I fully realize that such a brief visit might require many visits to mine the G.B. Dorr-related resources available on Mt. Desert Island. I do appreciate any assistance that you might be able to offer. I look forward to hearing from you and meeting you at the October conference. Most Sincerely, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Libraries