Chapman Archivz : Notes, Permissions, Correspondence / July 2, 2015 To Whom it May Concern: Re: Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Access to client files and supportive documentation pertinent to the publication of Creating Acadia National Park: a Biography of George B. Dorr has been made available to Ronald Epp. His scholarly work will be published in April 2016 by the not-for-profit Friends of Acadia. I understand that all royalties from the sale of this publication have been gifted to the publisher. If instances arise where the use of said file content might reflect adversely on this firm, approvals from the firm must be secured in each instance prior to publication. Permission is granted to reference client documents held by this firm relative to the growth and development of Acadia National Park covering the period 1884-1944. Very truly yours, RBh Douglas B. Chapman DBC:rb ROCKEFELLER ARCHIVE CENTER September 10, 2015 Ms. Ruth A. Eveland Director Jesup Memorial Library 34 Mt. Desert Street Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 Dear Ms. Eveland, I am writing on behalf of the Rockefeller Archive Center to say that we understand that Douglas Chapman will be transferring ownership of the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. archive of the Chapman law firm to the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor, Maine. The Rockefeller Archive Center is entirely supportive of this transfer and will make no claim of ownership on the papers involved. We are, in fact, very pleased that these papers have made their way into a public archive in Maine and that they will be available for research use. If we can be of any assistance as you work to arrange and describe these papers, please feel free to let us know. With best wishes, Jack Meyers President cc: Peter Johnson 15 Dayton Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 T (914) 366-6300 F (914) 631-6017 www.rockarch.org Final. 4/16/1E DEASY/LYNAM LEGAL WITNESS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF BAR HARBOR AND ACADIA NATIONAL PARK After a decade of research into the origin and development of Acadia National Park, by 2009 I had not uncovered evidence that the professional and personal correspondence between Bar Harbor attorney A.H. Lynam and park founder George Bucknam Dorr, was extant. In 2009 I had the good fortune to be introduced to William Horner, M.D., the great grandson of attorney Luere B. Deasy, who opened in 1884 the first law practice in Bar Harbor-and six years later combined his office with Albert Harry Lynam into Deasy & Lynam. Dr. Horner invited me to meet Bar Harbor attorney Douglas Chapman, Esq., the senior partner in the firm that was the successor to Deasy & Lynam. Since September 2009, attorney Chapman has permitted me, Bill Horner, and several other vetted individuals to repeatedly examine the Deasy/Lynam archive. We honored his wishes to keep these investigations confidential. Our findings convinced me that these non-catalogued resources are highly significant--and need to be digitized-so that scholars may access them on a global scale. Both Deasy and Lynam would document by their own hand the 1901 establishment and development of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, the land trust established by Harvard University president Charles William Eliot, the president of the HCTPR until his death in 1926. Fellow Harvard alum G.B. Dorr was first vice-president and Deasy and Lynam provided legal counsel to the HCTPR. As the landscape architect son of Harvard's president. Charles Eliot not only was a partner of Frederick Law Olmsted but established in 1891 the first land trust in the world, The Trustees of Reservations. Following the death of the young landscape architect from meningitis in 1897, his father embraced the conservation aspirations of his son-bringing a more expansive vision of the land trust to Mount Desert Island where the family spent their summers. Shortly after the incorporation of the HCTPR, John D. Rockefeller Jr. purchased property on the island and unfolded his own conservation agenda. Traveling from Manchester NH during the first decade of the twenty-first century, I researched relevant special collections on MDI, the Sawtelle Research Center at Acadia National Park, the Archives and Special Collections at Harvard University, the National Archives, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Massachusetts Trustees of Reservations, the Rockefeller Archive Center, the Bowdoin College Library, the Maine Historical Society Research Library, the Sawtelle Research Center at Acadia National Park, and the New England Historic Genealogical Society. It was clear that the philanthropic interests of three dynamic individuals (Dorr, Eliot, and JDR Jr.) were intertwined with the legal counsel entrusted to the Deasy & Lynam firm. As an alternative to the banking institutions of the day, clients used the Deasy &Lynam firm to preserve valued items: correspondence, policy drafts, telegrams, ledgers, membership lists, personal memoirs, wills, property transfers, maps, news clippings, architectural renderings, ground and aerial photographs, lantern slides, photographic negatives, and other graphic materials. These are not merely bits and pieces that modify the nuances of history. Instead, they constitute the bricks and mortar for a rewriting of Mount Desert Island history and its influence beyond the coastal Maine shoreline. On July 17, 2010 I reported to attorney Chapman that I had sampled in the time available two of twelve boxes bearing the initials JDR Jr. Arranged alphabetically, the folders commonly included documents unrelated to the subject at hand; misfiled documents (e.g., the annual tax assessments for G.B. Dorr located in the JDR Jr. files) frequently were signed by the Secretary of the Interior Department and the most senior NPS officials: directors Stephen Mather, Horace Albright, and Arno Cammerer. Here were documents that I had not discovered during my research at the National Archives in College Park, MD. Representatives of the RAC have supported the initial highly positive findings regarding the importance 1 of original documents and the necessity to catalogue these holdings using software that will be consistent with the authority records utilized at the RAC and other sites. In my judgment establishing authority records and a priority ranking for digitization is of the first-order. The Deasy/Lynam archive of scrolled and drawer maps exceeds by ten-fold its Seal Harbor counterpart in the Rockefeller Archive Center. Nearly six hundred maps are in varied states of usefulness, many hand- drawn. The signatures or initials of Mr. Dorr and JDR Jr. are fairly common though the provenance of most is not self-evident. Many maps were too fragile to permit careful inspection. A substantial number related to the evolution of carriage and motor roads, adding substantially to what Ann Rockefeller Roberts had available for her two editions of Mr. Rockefeller's Roads (2012). This 12 by 8 foot basement enclosed area also contains many resources not found in the firm card index. Dr. Horner reported via e- mail on May 9, 2011 that he located a box labeled "A.H. Lynam" which contained correspondence from Mr. Dorr to attorney Lynam and official memoranda from the NPS. Oddly, included in this mix was an 1825 letter and portrait from the Marquis de Lafayette. This may be the Lafayette letter that was earlier kept in Mr. Dorr's safe. The timeframe for historically significant resources thus precedes the establishment of the firm by a half-century. The map room also contains manuscripts by Augustin Derby, a Harvard College trained attorney who published several editions of criminal law. Derby's unpublished memoirs recall at great length his service as clerk to Oliver Wendell Holmes (selections published in 1935) as well as another volume with rich narration characterizing the physical and cultural developments that unfolded in Bar Harbor beginning in 1869. Yet another package contains a two volume typescript titled "The Max Farrand Memorial Fund," a surprising discovery that could dramatically alter the scholarship attached to Beatrix Farrand, the first female member of the Society of American landscape Architects and the horticultural authority enlisted by JDR Jr. for his Seal Harbor residence and the fifty-seven mile carriage road system. After her husband's death in 1945, Beatrix established the MFMF to honor the former Yale constitutional historian and Huntington Library Director. These two volumes are a full account of the establishment of this organization, its mission, membership, projects, and minutes that led to the publication of The Bulletins of the Reef Point Gardens. Later consultations with garden historians and archivists at the University of California (Berkeley) suggests that this unique unpublished document may be Farrand's final representation of her personal legacy. What will draw scholars to these resources? To indicate a few examples where the breadth, depth, and uniqueness of the Deasy/Lynam archive will arouse interest, let me begin with varied social scientists who will want to tabulate, compare, and contrast this new information against the earlier historical record. The cultural significance of this late 19th-century resort for the privileged will be weighed against these newly uncovered documents that speak to the inevitable confrontations between the local population and both the federal government and Mr. Rockefeller. Economists will be attracted to the statistical data about Mount Desert Island-where historical property records are frequently incomplete. New evidence will spur historians to reinterpret the seasonal and year round interactions of families spanning several generations. And quite obviously, horticultural historians, landscape architects, and environmental historians will find additional documents regarding the origins of citizen-inspired land conservation and its development. The extensive Rockefeller files provide new evidence for the philanthropist's conviction that the pre-industrial past possessed superior attributes to the present day (e.g., consider the Williamsburg restoration). Similarly, cartographers will delight in the details contained in the several hundred maps spanning more than a hundred and fifty years of Maine history. Scientists and historians of science will find suggestive documents in the Deasy/Lynam archive relating to Mr. Dorr's establishment of two contemporary world- 2 class MDI research centers: the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory and the Jackson Laboratories, both established on land gifted by Mr. Dorr. Park historians will be delighted with files containing drafts of park history, policies, and correspondence, a discovery all the more important given disposal of truckloads of Dorr's files by the NPS following the death of the park superintendent in 1944. Public policy specialists will find bountiful documentation relating to the establishment in 1916 of the National Park Service, its experiment with Acadia as the first national park east of the Mississippi, and the use of Acadia as an example of "best practices" for the establishment of other national parks both at the national and international scale. In summation, the Jesup Memorial Library that Mr. Dorr helped establish more than a century ago could well become at the very least a national resource for such research. The preserved Deasy/Lynam archive was deliberately kept intact for one hundred and thirty years, "hidden" by virtue of the protective statutes of the law itself. Yet there is another history "hidden" in this collection which will be realized in its fullness only through scholarly scrutiny and public attentiveness. It is my expectation that the client and administrative content is more than the best capsule of island history. More importantly, these special collections offer the public an unrivaled record of the American land trust pioneers that elevated Acadia to international prominence. Respectfully Submitted, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D., 532 Sassafras Dr., Lebanon, PA 17042. 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net Professor of Philosophy, U.S. Naval Academy, University of Memphis, and the University of Hartford Managing Editor, Choice, The Association of College and Research Libraries (1985-1989) Co-edited, Collection Development in College Libraries (Chicago: American Library Association, 1991) University Librarian. University of Hartford (1993-2001), Southern New Hampshire University (2001-retirement in 2006) Creating Acadia National Park: the Biography of George B. Dorr (Bar Harbor: Friends of Acadia, 2016) CLIR. April2015 3 F NOTES 7/25/17 1A1 Track 108-15 Jackson Polig data (PD) 12/2/87 13014482 Exchange of property Chuon. 9/30/40 re Anne Archbald (Saudderson is chain of title dead dated 11/8/02 died record 11 6/21/1888 11/5/1886 Notes. Cleftstone Rd. stone post Re Charles T How deed to Lucy J. Wheelse dated 10/8/1886 re "a right of was over a private drive way known a 'Acadia have extending from Eder Street to Feachwa Bag. No ferrice to UPPS press to 12/2/87 date Royse 100+ pages. Meach deplication H LAW, thack 01- 103 DavidLivingstone to USA B. 493 Crain P. 1). Woodman +V.N McMaster Charles S. Livingstone Philip B Livings Love Paird Liningstone. Datedays 1948-1999 Location: St. Croik River, Calais F. Pettigrove is deeds dated 1896-1897. St. Croxx Is N.P. @ 13 acres T need a alpla list of donors from HCTPR. 100%493 ANP Boundary llap file 8/22/89 letter for C.L.Kitwan Chief, had Resource Div. to Doug Chapter Re N.P.Fandatus owns there track of land with ANP (128-01,128-04, 128-14). NPF want to family 17c transfer Note: ANP Boundary Hup May 186 Shan pack propert Baker, hotte crasberry ad Sutton Swans Little Gitt, Black, Drum, Green can't always Dishing NPS vs. Earnents Also East Black Is., opeches, Ship Trumpet, Pond, Lump, lease, Hardwood, Ironhound, Egg, Rolling, Schoolie Island, Jordan Long Percupine Bar, Bold Percupies Tremman Bean, Pupla's Bill, Burnt, Isle AV Hunt, Speen, Cooreburry Spruce, Saddleback, Hog hittle Bebson, Butter, Vinyl haven t North Haver hittle Dear, t unner lestarts, B495, f 26a.ru (107-16) Horace F Liscomb to USA Yes, this is the Lipcomb tract just W. of Eagle Lake Rd on Liscorb Rd. size 124 X 352, largest of 4 lots B. 496, f. 20 AMC Track at Echo Lakey 13 acres. Deed From GBD to Anc dated 10/24/34, rec. Registry B.647, pg. 25.K For $1,00 releases on 9/26/40 a right of way for highway of two pareals of land on NW Side of Rt.LOZ, of 0.32 and 0.10 acres, Stranged Conditions: A, Use by AMC for recreational camp "fer club member t greating B. No building or other structure "s ball be sected, without or improvents made," without the appures of the sup. of ANP so that improvests "s shall be in harmony with th policies YANP; P No use that will impair either of the beach Cliff View or by noise and otherwise the pleasure of people resorting to beech Cliff ! Page: 2 If granter shall fail to use it for th aforesaid purposes over 3 consecutive your, then the Estate "shall utterly casse, determine and come to an end, and the quartor property shall revert to to grantor, has heirsprassigns. 10/24/34, Dorr personally appeared Dorn is the start of th chaw of evidence, Before Ance acquired they held a "lease on locus "from WGA dated 7/6/26, GBD treasurer. Book 619, Pg. 305 Registry of Deads L.B Deas t A.H Lyna were also directors of WGA. On 12/13/27 ta ANC manfred conformed lease. B.498 ALL 18. (130-11) Pres. + Fellow of Hawad / 6 corge L.Paine to USA Will of 6h Parne Transier 1/31/1999. Subject to an like estate of Kate L. Paine Easent from dead from Mary J. Cittey to G.L. Paine 4/25/1901, plue andth casent from Sugar Homenway. Abstract of will of G.L. Paine Map. Survey it property to be leased by Pres Fellory of Hawad Calley 8 Thomas A. Cox. Suttan Island, 7/27/1995. 10.8 acres ? See also plan entited "survey of = Pame Lot for 1 Harvard Real Estate,Inci by Herrick and Sals bury, Inc. dated 6/19/1985 and recorded in the Hancoch Conety for file 22 # 56, Previous she her in abstract dated 12/15/69, Registry B 1090. PS. 188. Note: hests prepared s Alexandra. Carrier, Musum Teduccion Henry have Eno, # 7092 Box 502, Foldeer 3 [see also 502, folder 5 file 6916 9:00 Isle AU Haut I as Ronning report Investment profile of Treasts of H.L. Eno, le 7th Triennial Accounts of Treestee, refer tw named persons: AMOS Eno Amas Stewart Eno Peter La Bouisse Eno Jonathan Eno Treastr estalled for: 1/ Mrs Flora M.T. Mitford Censua SWIT. 2/ Juliet Napier Melitcoff London, ENG. S Alexandra (7/12/50) 2 house (8/29/52) 3. June Napier Mundy Oast House, Five Asks Sussex, Eng. { Simon (8/11/54) Justin (10/7/60) 4. Talbot Hainault, ESq. London, Eng 5 Henry David (12/9/63) 2 Anne- Marie (1/7/66) 5. Amos Eno Princeton, NJ. children of Anney Srs. Ames Stewart (1/26/50) Peter he Baulisse (12/21/51) Jonatha (4/9/54) # R.H.Epp Diagno Officies 9/9/09 File 1826 Dorr Foundation. (OF) Serences Roduch appt. Doris Langer 7/1/35 9/10/41 unsigned letter (Serences Rodick) to Harold H. Murches, Att. w C Dorr's sole of land to NPS. plus add - of Dan fould had t overcellip of facilities in house that Don Selly to govt. Need to feb families out of fadotr + bank B Dort's overlop 300+ Paper brow fallen HeTPR registry copy of Deeds 1928. Also. 129 lots seemary of doxors File 2063 HCTPR Elects Future of ut. De Idal, BHU ID, II 1928. Bollz of content (300+pp)coreces E 4950 CWE II estaies 1826 Dors Fordat Purpose akin to WGA, way idehcal. except "conestant a meseun" at be an arderie for "permel propet letter t component" 2 555 G...3. Dour to U-S.A. Rock Cerser & for field file 2/25/32 letter 6BD to A. Kebo ltt.Rd. 7/29/32 11 Kebs Net Rs. 8/25/36. Thoma C. Vint to Dorr. u " 1,1, Refer to suway wah fa Blackwoods Eapgard x Draft u Ton meef 3/4/1936 Dorr's edit. gift N.E. corrent leaders to Hard for fed. 16-17 acres, one -fefte of whole readow, whit there of read that Richfellow acquired for Dorr for his "mountain - to - shore road [1905] His woh for Gent years before the were ay taghe f the NP, on 25 you go. (c. 1905?) Intent in presency paths (Jessep, etc.) to S. Mr. Spry. Summer of Deeds give y Don to Kebo A or Toan for 8/18/1911 Theye near 5th see [1916] 12/2/1916 9th fricey + green ? Rock Carver Tife etc. Total: 10 transactions. 1937 additioal correpor If Derr deeds. 9/3/1936 GBO > NPS- Hade Ford propt 3 Mop. Proposed Torn Way at BH. 1915. Don orwerlip of much y Dorr propert when new road used Permal B.H. besett gift? Sale? Selection Role/ Conflict of interest.? Hade For ded altar Reech Rd. Deeds, Deeds, Deeds completed Unboxed Documbtion B.H.T. 3/19/24. "People of nae Overwhelaph for Four of Lafeyette n.P. Development, say Governor baxter." 5/20/15 MASTER JOR Le. Box /- - #135-151. Old Letter CBD begins DI after 147, then 02, D3, etc. File 142 Wild gardens Ineaporation Doctest. 12/2/1916 GBD is Treasurer. Pile D3 - Bruther of th arts Bar Starber Ass occation of arts, 1905.- File D5 - Mt Dent Thank Cos. 6/8/1987 $5,000 investment See Story of Apple grade issue + electrifretion or reason for abouting project. File 06 - finearns in n.P. from Office of Solictor, John M. Elvards, falts to Sec of tolum 11/3/1923 File P8 Seen dollart Spez Co. Trade thak hopisator 8/21/17 Patent Request 5/2/1919 Trade MR. approved 4/26/17. stop. D's. Chaproom All: #148 JOR Le 5/22/15 Checked D18: Hadurille lette to Alt. Legan conclude c P.S. "Dochave had our final hearing on change the Agreement to Pack, before the Han Public hand Committee and obtand a foreiable report We have the next, before the Seate Countries next leadredge. C" 6BD. 6/8/1918 6/1/15 024 Willia Droper Lears carries to GBD chipper (Oct. 1916) is western lands. Ech take, Roberson ltt. full IN D27: Dan Memorial Event (1919) it matilda P31 : A Markae negotiation re property line and world development. Dand B. Didden analysis 9/24/ 1907. Regardy Markoer Dora nursely of land between turkness Bay ad the Schoone Head Rs. "Then land are partf abatton A for a tract capable of development + wheel they have jirriff developed so that the property a now in shapen for immediate sale: Tpg. Report Also. 9 page Dar-Marbor hand" note by GBD. D 35! Eduard h. Rack + Jacque despute (august 1911 ii Sherman's information on then integrity integut or thesi maps, eachly Shouccreate on maps selectively leavers fu then path Neeps. 039 Negativation c Eugens Hale al Hennibal E. Handlin Kebo Ellounth (3/19/1918) re HCTPR ad rally Club (Re Lynde-Sullinan Kabo Lot) 3 5/23/15 Chepma W6 8- wild Garders - general + host of Deeds to WGA 1915-23. C 27 1007 pp. of umutes, budets, travoach ons, much of it after C BD's death. morba/sales buy Cave. W6 9 1 abstract J Title of hand at feal Haibor, m D, man. Cham of tikle for the Bengham Estate to ourership of R.R. - Thoms' The Clement Parcel Req of Deeh V. 66, ps. 315. April 15, 1837, Recorded 4/25/39. Henry Alexander Baring Joseph R. Angersall' Wm. Meller Cpt. J.Clement Z by there attoing John Black, regard (WG 15) - One hundred Estate of Wm. spages Bingham of JDRP. Corresp. 1920-22 @ a Jorda Pond !! JDRIr 135-157 Old Litters GBD. D1 Road t Buddle Path Etc JDRJr. 12/24/20 letter WGBD u anthony pucher Pitrusive HGBD Ba Hauber Budle Raths, pp. 4- 2 pg 6BD ID JOR 2. A date 3/20/1921 10 -page GBD JORF. 1/2/20. re signate to creat bould LNP " boad for use of 2 horse or refeet 9 all mater dur which excluded NPS" Borday JDR. R. prefer "the fewer works 2 the / more chapicuous the prodibation, the more upt are the signs H he heeled 3/17/20. various workings considered 4/7/21. Mu-Millin involvent in Beeech/Hill landscopy Apert 3 7,1921 3/28/21 FBRLL. re $1,500. centulate of to "th proposed budle paths when B.H. shuldgi # Geind pochet loose valuest 3/7/1912 J.A Petees receipt N Pair. 3/7/1912 Union Tuesl Co., of -13,500. note des Peter is Premist of UTCo 2 Doug@fentenlowstimm.com. 5/22/1920 77/1/1910 Tes notes followy E Underhell re green Moretan land the walt to dispiae of 9/5/1911 - Cancelled Note for Uner Teach Co. Mt. Wesent Nuseves letter 1908/1918/ Clarence Dow correfp 1918. Millin Leogusts letter. 2/29/12. 2/12/18 To DBD from Harret E.Sordan. are B-H. Womans Literay club study of our natin parkot noments. J. B.Headersm 7/31/16 letter to Don. is be loped laboratory m uD I. 12/11/ 13. mag Ed. Country Life in Amence 7 GBD. ne georg R. Kings photo of Mr. Kenneys place atBH Dor's Men H self photos at NPS. HQ , 2/19/19. of Yellowston N.P. Response from Daniel Smiley 1/8/18 at Rake Mohank llt. House invitate for GBD to vent B.H. Quite to Redland in CA. Subosupta list for Buildy of the Acts demporation of Will gerder f Seadon, Dcc 2, 1916. Followlip 12/16/16. 6/25/18 Chapwa #296 while - #193 Don DOgden File S.O.R. It. Box 1-92, Box 1. , Wild Gorden Schooder lad to Govt. for H GBD Front 6" - fels 1-10. Dan Tax Info, file 25 TO a Jr. File 92-134 File 104 - "Pach History" typed legal wistor of each of properties File 105 1 "Pash History lopse legf note ANP. Undated Boopp. 2 metal link holder or add properties. c nafatia I when courped to GB Dorr 200ppt 200pp. 3rd cop (150/p.) File 115 - abstrock f Tike of Proposed External to NP. 2 vols Aped Cc 1924) JDR Jr. File 134-151 more Dan property transactions Famelield Aerial Sorreys, Inc NYC. Huders of Plustor commission d 3 JD RFL December 1947. (Bole) HCTPR 1901 llap E top of gree Jacque elt. marked (1901) by pen - as pen acquiretion llap noile by Althyra [1989] per greatt Resewart 12/16/1909-00 alust achieved. Also. Dorr to Lyn (2/10/1909)re call attention to [properties oured ] ad help us in obtaing other in the future." [1910] Eliot letter to llam Legislatu 11/30/1910 requesty event domain "to protect land on UDI" water shed 1911 ] Dorr to Dear 3/26,1911.12 " lake - protection bril" re legislation scleace Anoth 1/16/1911; 1/19/1911 HCTPR 1/18/1911 editorial state Boat of Health support Pega as House Bill It 62, th # 392, 95th degratative Legna to Eliot, 1/30/1911 Strikes out Hadlode Chapma Accident Ho [1924] march 8, 1924. Job Patus fetter to G.W. Pepper 4 pp Show great fare liorety. Did Doer draft this ? Properly Severy Gropp. XIV, XV XXIII abstract [1916] Dorr gift of there to LOGA, 6/6/1916 They appears to be the jump stact gift to WGA. Reference to Mary Dorrs Will (*377-167), p.10 of audated Dorr propers list (5pp) Deed 12/27/1900 Vol. 1.357, P. 331. J.S. Kenney DBD, Edgen Seatt, C.B. Newhold, +llong Scott Newbold Dead for land, ways, +shore know as Dove Field. Abstrack well of m.6-worr Usl. 377, p. 167 5/28/1902 Recorded 5/28/1902. well doled 4/20/1897. Typescupt. Fourteer coverents (i) [1906] Vol. 435, P. 363 12/8/1906 Recorded at meet f Presit Fellon of Housed 11/12/14 Cony to GBD. "a strip across college lad ." Voc. 435, p. 357 12/8/1906 Car to 600 "a certain tract of lad adjoing property forney of Pierrepout Luquer t GBD ile 9-10 -09 Chapma Archius: Notes Unbaxed - Lafeyette n.P. clipping - Weekly day reports f Corphell (Rayer ?) [1924] A. 9/17/24-9/24 "West to Mr. Deris cove = boat, took Don to Winter Harbor & back (12-3:30) "Well to Sprz c Me.Dour & took photo of huge like construction. " Breast peacer Hoose. 9/23 " At 3 P.A. tock Dor to write Itaeboy rehind at 6:30." B. 9/11/24 "Ulert to IV Sept.Dou + asst. seept. Lynan." 9/11 "Tooh Doer + Mr.Dow HLP Eajer Lake." 9/12 I Dor to De abbe's casted home in plestgupf colechar for preseen C. 8/21/24 Hadloch Carry, publete Pound Mator lood survey all day E Supt. Dars + Mr. Lincoln Cemiral of NEH. D. 8/20/24 Halley Spet while day = Don assisty E Anneral Report. E. 8/15/24 act to N.Y. Yadt Club Roce c Dorr for nore to feel Staybor. 2-9-10 Unhoved 8/19/24. Took Dore - Dr-Litter up Eagle Lohe by boat + th to Southeast Carry by foot. 3/19/24 B.H.T. Photo of Dr. Sleat stady in Jeseut Field 10 cross behand her on mt. top. Buth of material on food Builday Program Specific belthers of support for for taxter ad others, dated Mooch 1924. Letter to Suc Wrh. Letter for Judge Peters. 3/20/24. ufer to Dars involvent. [1924] Letter for Arthur M. allen to Lynam, 3/13/24, re " the interests t urshe of the summer understands who spect handred I Handwrite thousands of dollars to develop Month Deset of pafes of make it beautiful for summer homes shave Love he of the first consideration opposed LNP Motor roots as "greatly destruction to th return beautifes of the Pach & its Registrate use." attachee, Provideree, RI By cay april he is in fever of plan dee to new information man Delegation : Sex. Frederich Hale t Bert M. Fernal Rep Canall h. Beedy Walloce Runete p John E. Nelson, 2 tea G. Hersey. 3 9-10 [1924] march 8, 1924. Job Patus fetter to G.W. Pepper 4 pp. Show great fan literety. Did Dour draft this? Properly Survey Cropy. XIV, XV XXIII abstracts. [1916] Dorr gift of there paredsculad to LOGA, 6/6/1916. The appears to be the jump start get to WGA. Reference to Mary Dorr's Will (*377-167), p.10 of audated Dor propert list. (5 pp.) Deed 12/27/1900 61. 357, P. 331. J.S. Kenney D.BD, Edgan Seatt, C.B. Newhold, Mary Scott Newbold. Deed for lord, ways, shore knew as Dove Field. Abstract furl M.M.6-Worr Usl. 377, p.167 5/28/1902 Recorded 5/28/1902. well doled 4/20/1897. Typeocupt. Fourteer coverents ($) [1906] Vol. 435, P. 363 12/8/1906 X Decorded at meal f Presix Fellon of Hound 11/12/1901 Cony to GBD. "a strip acron college lad." Voc. 435, p. 357 12/8/1906 Car to 690 "a certain tract of lad adjoing property forney of Pierreport Luquer t GBD Covery to Harvad cuter rights over he land laid between 2 Schwer Hour Here Rd 4 9-10-09 Undated Properly first (4pp.) story acresop + value - lebef for toy purposes. TO H fan ] north overof Dard ogda, S.E. g L.M. Luguer, matilda c.Markee + others of the Sea; w. g lad of MD Nuseries +th Schoole Has Rd. 19.04 acre $33,320 Catty theron old For 12,000 State 1500 for Hour 508 Burss Cottge 200 Dayfer 225 see Hour 100 Shed 25 Souther portion of lot included granite quarry 111 acre Q. 8,880 Quary frellys. rad House on Newput llt. Rx 250 70. Stable Follow an buildaps + lots. Totally $99,365., (nd. / cow. / ford, funnotion, Cash (15K) len the 300 ocres plces Old Four. 5 HCTPR Letter of occeptan is HETPR File # 2063 tre. transfer docutat dated Feb. 28, 1935 [1935] transfer aday additional lones not contained in to 2/26/1919 established fLNP or amended 5/19/1929 Oct of Congress Signity Leure B. Jeosy, HeTPR President. [1929] attach al 8/20/1929 vote s HETPR to transfer all land except a strep (150') along vancer lake & family 1120 + except Chaplan Marut lat. Ma the 100 pp of correspondan for trusts of land [1908] Reference to Dorr buy bedridden 8/25/1908 for a recent "surgical operation He with 15 in no danger whatever, but is not incondition to do business. "Quart for uns. good letter of Treester to CWE. a Homans gift. to Lynam frelide car. is JOR Ls. (8/9/27), tand to Darr (5/17/27) minute of Tustics - haluratten 8/20/27 Rench @ CWE'S fanif bey apposed to roodwork won a be fovered it, a unch y refers the me Elect + Uncle, CWE. 9-11-09 Chapman Darr received tax statements - JORIr. state, county, t town for Box 1-92. / Sneen de Houts Spug Co. 1926 1/88 - - #25 2 Wdd Garden of Acadia 1926 347 [1926] 3 GBD 1926 4,576 Also similar Receipts for 1923 Still career martgay in 1923 (in Puncetor [1923] apparely Don losaid $ for Mr. Heare Ers for 1523 to meet his experse for Olaya Help now centry oldfor (Door to Eno, 10/27/23) When "the outer ho bee beautiful by nd works here, continues Indian seeman e no heavy frost as yet and but a single storm. The fallage (is) still) glorious. + the sunher nellow." gift of fract of lod for Mrs.John Innes Kave of ny for inclusive in ZNP. 12/20/23 [1923] Dan spends Xmar 1223 1 B-Day at Someone Club, Dorr's tox hill increases due to her interindia states in hold JORI . lands 2 See Derr to Lyon (12/28/23). Boat Old for "fer short stg "early Jan. 1524. A 399 Partial Abstract of Title of had of Groze B.Dorr [1938] Know a 'Old Farm Bor know 24 pp. 12/26/1933 Authoritis Wohnown Typiscript Traces dear our to CHD t one to GBD covery oldfor + Coupon Hota Proper now owed y MD Nurseries 63 First deed of old7a dated tol 1875. Begius i Vol. 143, p 81. 6/15/ 1872 Mahave fad to CHD. 50 + acres. being at cabble store beach on N. side of Deanthiggins Core. Also Thank dothrop to CHD. Vsl. 153, p. 268 11/12/1875. Our helfor of Zacheus Higgins lot. Henry e-Sproul to GBD. V2.167, p 281. 10/9/1879. 6.5 acre paicel. Zeno Brewer to CHD U.I. 168,1.409 2/7/80 16.5 acres adjoct to OF +5 More CHD acquisitions in 1880-81. 3 A-17 of Title of Peoped of GBD + MGWD. : properties. A- 768 150 pp- compilate of Deeds of GBD being 1894 was lan at corner if Stephen have + than St non-coupledly 1st Nat. Bah for ten year hgur 11/1/1997 fn dounton MD Nuren fearus shop ? Vsl. 318, p-449. YMC A- - Dorr, Kenady, Scheeffelin, Jesup, Dessy, + 2 other. for School + let Desert SR Dove Field. 12/27/1900. U01-357, P 331. Many B. Fd. Derby to Kemug, GBD, E.Seatt Newbold, j Clever B. Neubold pp-10-17 Manys Will. 4/20/1897. Etc. etc. - C.B Don # 169, Hamor Mt.Lot, Etc. Much 30015 1947 Photos Include JDRFr. holding (Jordan Pond etc) Box / " Islaford collection instract of Titles a Seal Hubn Her Co Shares 1988. specimen a = Ledgershorts (0) 2/2/1917 have in 1917, CWE appts, Deasy Dorr, t P.J.D. Phillipst to protect pow as to lake "not now probleme. rube f legistation ROCKEFELLER ARCHIVE CENTER September 10, 2015 Ms. Ruth A. Eveland Director Jesup Memorial Library 34 Mt. Desert Street Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 Dear Ms. Eveland, I am writing on behalf of the Rockefeller Archive Center to say that we understand that Douglas Chapman will be transferring ownership of the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. archive of the Chapman law firm to the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor, Maine. The Rockefeller Archive Center is entirely supportive of this transfer and will make no claim of ownership on the papers involved. We are, in fact, very pleased that these papers have made their way into a public archive in Maine and that they will be available for research use. If we can be of any assistance as you work to arrange and describe these papers, please feel free to:let us know. With best wishes, Jack Meyers President cc: Peter Johnson 15 Dayton Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 T (914) 366-6300 | F (914) 631-6017 www.rockarch.org Rockefeller Archive Center Memo To: Bill Horner CC: Jack Meyers Peter Johnson From: Margaret Hogan Lead Archivist Date: 3/12/2016 2011 Re: Appraisal of JDR, Jr. records in Bar Harbor, Maine Visit Overview This past week I conducted an appraisal of records at the law firm of Fenton, Chapman, Wheatley & Kane, PA located in Bar Harbor, Maine. The firm was first founded in 1880 by Luere Deasy who, along with his associates worked as legal counsel for the Rockefeller family on Mount Desert Island. Amongst the records located at the firm were 12 boxes (11 trans-file and 1 record carton) labeled as John D. Rockefeller, Jr.-related files. Overall, the files contained in these boxes related to land purchases made by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. of property which later became a part of Acadia National Park as well as related files regarding work on the carriage road. The files in these boxes were arranged by a file number which corresponded with a series of alphabetically arranged index cards. The cards were a name/subject index related to the names of the landowners, plots of land, or key figures in the history of the park (John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Albert Harry Lynam, and George B. Dorr). Each card had a name and a corresponding file number; some cards additionally containing notes regarding the contents of the files. Upon examination of the records it was found that overall, the numbers and subjects of the index cards corresponded. The files were in a mix of both file folders and envelopes most of which were in good condition, though some appeared to have suffered water damage at some point (which was also evident on the boxes themselves). There does not appear to be any mold issues with the documents, however, some items within those folders did receive water damage and, where possible, I would make the recommendation that, in the future, they receive some level of preservation photocopying to prevent any further damage. There are also a number of rusted staples and paperclips caused by both age and water damage that would also need to be removed upon processing of the collection. A brief survey of these records was conducted and during that survey it was noticed that there are a number of file numbers missing from the collection. Some of these numbers were able to be matched up to the index cards while others cannot be found either on the cards or 1 on the files. I was able to make a brief list of these missing folders for the first 6 boxes which is attached to this memo. In certain instances there were also empty file folders in the boxes. Most of the time these related to files referring to taxes which more than likely had been destroyed or removed at an earlier time. Additionally, there appeared to be one or two folders relating to the family of Albert Harry Lynam-some were empty others were not. In both of these instances, should the contents remain, I would recommend that the files still be closed to research even if the rest of the collection was accessible. The tax files should be closed for legal reasons and, as for the files relating to Lynam family-they do include sensitive family information that does not need to be made available to researchers and which has nothing to do with the contents of the rest of the collection. General Collection Impression Based on my initial survey of these records, I would say that they are certainly of historical value. Though some of the information, such as the land deeds, can be found elsewhere, what is unique about this collection is that it includes some of the "behind the scenes" correspondence about the purchases. This includes discussions between Rockefeller, Lynam, and Dorr about which properties to purchase as well as some of the back and forth between the law firm and the individuals selling the land. These files would add a new perspective to the story of the creation of Acadia National Park and those who were key players in that process. I also believe these records have a value for genealogical research. Not only does the correspondence discuss those who sold the land to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., but there also appear to have been a few files that related to the transfer of the land titles from the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations to the federal government for inclusion as a national park. Amongst these files was a history of the individual land titles showing the transfer of ownership back until the 19th century, or in some cases even back to the earliest land grants of the 17th and 18th centuries. For those families that can trace their history back to the island as either year-round residents or even summer visitors, these records could provide a useful resource in determining whether or not their families owned property on the island and sometimes where those properties were located. Recommendations Because of their content regarding the history of Mount Desert Island and the creation of Acadia National Park, these records have strong research value. However, before they can be open for research some basic steps would need to be taken to ensure long-term preservation and ease of access to the records. Regardless of when these records would be made accessible, my first recommendation would be the immediate re-housing of the records. These files are currently stored in large trans-file size boxes which, in addition to being difficult to maneuver, also appeared to have suffered water damage. My concern is that if the files remain in these boxes there is the potential for additional damage to the records. In some instances, it appears that the bottoms of the boxes are coming apart and my fear is that while in the process of moving them, there is the potential that the files will fall out and the documents could be disorganized at best or damaged at worst. Page 2 Following the re-housing of the records, there are also other potential steps that can be taken to ease access to the records. The first step I would suggest would be to compare the records in the individual folders with the notes on the index card to ensure that the information contained in the various folders does indeed thoroughly correspond. In some instances, the label on the folder is not the same as what is listed on the card, but the contents are the same (for example, the card may say the name of the owner of a tract of land but the file will be listed as the location of the land). After a thorough check of the records is completed, a simple box and folder list could be created. Each box could be given a number and then a list would be derived of which file numbers and names are in each box thereby giving an accurate representation of each box's contents. Should it be decided that researchers would have access to this collection; the ideal would be to have the records permanently re-housed in acid-free boxes and folders and stored in a location with basic temperature and humidity controls as well as work space for researcher access. As part of this process it would also be valuable to use the file list as the basis for the creation of a more complete finding aid. In addition to the file list, this finding aid would include a brief organizational history of the law firm, a general overview of the collection contents, the size of the collection, date range, key subjects, and mention of any restrictions placed on the collection. These aspects would help enhance researcher accessibility to the records. Addendums In addition to the records I examined, the law firm also has a number of other types of records that could also be considered to be of historical value. These include the additional files of the law firm that were not Rockefeller-related, a small collection of bound volumes and other ephemera relating to other Mount Desert Island (MDI) organizations, and a sizable collection of maps and blueprints. These other files also add to the story of the history of MDI in different ways. In the instance of the other files of the law firm, they add to some of the individual stories about the island's residents and businesses. As the law firm was, for a number of years, the only firm on the island, they appear to have dealt with the range of island residents and this can be reflected in the nature of the records. Before these records could be open, there would need to be some review of their contents for sensitive information that should not be made accessible, it appears that the bulk of the records appear to be of the type that would be accessible. Also included in the files of the law firm are a collection of bound books and other items relating to a number of different organizations that existed at one time or another on the island. These include records of meeting minutes for the Bar Harbor Club and the Seal Harbor Neighborhood Association. Records such as these showcase a different aspect of life on the island and included not just the meeting minutes but also information about other events of the clubs and organizations such as plays, lectures, and celebrations that could prove to be beneficial in different types of sociological histories of MDI and its residents. However, it does appear that a number of these volumes received significant water damage (perhaps at the same time as the Rockefeller boxes?) which has led to varying degrees of mold growth on some of these items. Because of potential contamination to the surrounding records, I would recommend that they be immediately segregated from the other records. As a start, this could just by putting the individual volumes into a series of black plastic garbage bags just to contain the mold growth. From there, depending on their eventual disposition (whether or not they would go to an archive/library) and how much time and money is to be used for its preservation there are different steps that can be take including everything from Page 3 basic preservation photocopying of the entire albums (and then disposing of the originals) to sending it out to a conservation firm. I am in touch with members of the RAC staff who work more in the preservation aspect of the field about possible suggestions. I will pass on any information I receive once I receive it. Finally, the law firm has a sizable collection of maps and blueprints. These include everything from what appears to be copies of early maps to the island to maps of individual plots of land as well as larger swaths of land given to the park, to blueprints for more recently built hotels and other structures. Some of these maps appeared to have been numbered and there is a list that seems to correspond with these numbers. However, there are also a number of the maps that are not listed. Like the other records mentioned above, the maps have a historical value to members of the Island community and those doing research on the history of the island and/or its residents. If possible, I would recommend that an inventory be done of the maps, first of those that are numbered to see if they correspond to the list, and then of those that are currently unidentified. This would allow the firm to get intellectual control over the contents of the maps so that they know what they have and also if there are any duplicates that could possibly be removed from the collection. Also, while doing the inventory, notes could be taken as to whether there are any preservation concerns with the maps that may affect later access such as extensive tears or other damage. If there are plans to make these maps more permanently accessible, I would recommend flattening those maps that are currently rolled. Doing this will not only make it easier for researchers to use, but it will help in the long term preservation of the maps/blueprints because there won't be the additional damage of constantly rolling and unrolling the items. The ideal would be to keep the Rockefeller-related records examined during this visit with the larger collection of the firm's records so as to maintain their original provenance and context. However, if this is not feasible, it may be worth considering making the Rockefeller-related records accessible first especially in light of the upcoming centennial of Acadia National Park and the possible interest that these records may hold for people researching the history of the park for that event. Page 4 XFINITY Connect Page 1 of 1 XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.ne + Font Size = Fwd: SUMMARY OF FILE SYSTEM FINDINGS From : Bill Horner Thu, Nov 08, 2012 12:41 PM Subject : Fwd: SUMMARY OF FILE SYSTEM FINDINGS 2 attachments To : Ronald & Elizabeth Epp Cc : Bill Horner Dear Ron, We haven't communicated in a while and I thought you would be interested in this recent submission to Doug Chapman. Before commenting further, let me say that Cookie and I send our very best wishes and concerns to you and Elizabeth. This must be a challenging time for both of you. We do have some understanding of the medical situation and earnestly hope that her nutritional state is improving, that treatment side effects are subsiding and that the therapy has proved effective. Here, we are slowly moving forward with the Jesup Library project, I serving a facilitator's role given my obligations to the MDI Historical Society. That said, Ruth and I hope to meet with David Jr next month as a means of engaging a number of 4th generation R's who share MDI bonds and interest. Peter Johnson continues to be supportive. Wish us luck! Jack is, naturally, über-engaged in progressive politics and given the election results, is over the top. Friends of Island History is plugging away. The newspaper digitization project is nearly completed, save the usual tweaks and corrections. We held an "unveiling" at Jesup a couple of weeks ago, primarily for our donors. When it is fully operational we will make a substantial announcement. You can access the project at islandhistory@newspaperarchive.com for your own sneak preview. Another FOIH project, phase I of an island cultural and historical resources survey, is nearing completion. We hired a recent COA graduate to survey some 25 island and outer island institutions. The survey is pretty comprehensive and once processed we plan additional phases to aid in indexing, cataloging and defining conditions of sharing these extensive resources. That is a brief picture of our fall season. We wish both of you well. Bill Forwarded message From: Bill Horner Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Subject: SUMMARY OF FILE SYSTEM FINDINGS To: "Chapman, Doug" Cc: "Eveland, Ruth" , "Russell, , "Horner, Bill" Doug: I think this paints an accurate picture for you. Let me know if the spreadsheet comes over as unintelligible. Bill SUMMARY LETTER DOUG NOV 2012.doc 29 KB ROCKEFELLER-GENERAL ABSTRACTS AND FILES AT LAW FIRM number.xlsx 57 KB http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=92780&tz=America/New_York&xi... 11/8/2012 November 07, 2012 Dear Doug, I have completed my survey of the historically relevant files at the firm. Thank you again for allowing access to this unique resource. I value your trust. Although I have produced two rather lengthy spreadsheets in this effort, which I will share with you, I think the following summary will be more immediately useful. These comments pertain primarily to: A. An examination of the John D Rockefeller, Jr file box B. An examination of the general files, using a list of 188 historically relevant names- exclusive of Rockefeller-- submitted to me by Dr. Ronald Epp, archivist, historian and George B Dorr scholar/author. The Rockefeller file box refers to a total of 587 file folders that are contained in 12 cardboard boxes. They occupy about 25 linear feet of space. The general file survey yielded 396 folders and are scattered throughout the firm's file storage. The total number of folders, 983, may be reduced slightly by cross references in the firm's card system. Nevertheless, the amount of material is very significant. During my general file survey I found many indexed references to abstracts, 74 of them pertaining to the historically relevant names. I did not investigate Rockefeller-related abstracts. I sense that at the appropriate time, these very comprehensive documents will become a vital addition to the historical value of the collection. Again, in the general file survey I found many cards labeled as "Eden Street", "Main Street", "Mount Desert Street" and so on. Of great interest to me, these serve as independent references to folders and files not found under specific personages. For example, "Eden Street" references 37 abstracts and 95 folders. "Main Street", 45 abstracts and 97 folders; "West Street", 16 abstracts and 43 folders. Again, there will be cross references, but this may constitute one of the most valuable indicators of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island growth. Otherwise, I found a nearly complete set of Bar Harbor Annual Reports, starting in 1896. A brief perusal showed remarkably detailed documentation of Bar Harbor's early and growing infrastructure including the school system; expenditures on roads, sewers, water supply and support of the poor; names of laborers, teamsters and professionals who supplied services to the town. I found Deasy and Lynam's law library, dating back to 1820. And, of course, the map room speaks for itself. All of this, and items yet undiscovered, constitute a remarkable gift to the Jesup Memorial Library, thereby to the Mount Desert Island community and the common benefit of all who seek to access it. Page 1 of 1 From: "Bill Horner" Subject: FIRST REPORT Sent date: 06/12/2011 11:17:36 AM To: "Epp, Ron" P Attachments: ROCKEFELLER-GENERAL ABSTRACTS AND FILES AT LAW FIRM.xlsx 13 KB Dear Ron: I made my initial assault on the law firm files on Friday and have attached the first entries to what will be a very large spreadsheet. Starting on the general files I discovered that names were interspersed with subjects, such as "Banking Statement, JP Morgan". So, rather than confining the search to the name lists you submitted, I will plod through the entire alphabet, looking for irresistible tidbits such as the one just mentioned. The Rockefeller abstracts and files, separately numbered, are extensive and equally inclusive of both names and subjects. I will complete this task first, as Peter Johnson has asked for "a number" regarding the size of the Rockefeller collection. I included the "Epps Lot" for your benefit. It is a pleuralized name, unfortunately. I was hoping you could lay claim to part of this rock we live on. Note that the attachment includes sheets 1 and 2. I have taken some liberties by including some personally interesting files on the general list, such as Bar Harbor Property Owners' Association. It was their efforts that staved off the automobile for several years and, yes, LBD did represent them. Best, Bill https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/mail/message.php?index=9866&mailbox=bWJveA%3D%. 6/12/2011 6/12/11 ROCKEFELLER ABSTRACTS/FILES AT DEASY LYNAM CHAPMAN LAW FIRM COMMENTS RECORDS OF MEETINGS 1/1/1932-1933 "AHL, SBR, STENOGRAPHER" GENERAL FROM 1936 TO 1941 12 FILE CARDS PERTAINING TO REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL SUBJECTS: "OLD LETTERS", "PAT RE. TITLE PERSONAL RE. DIVORCE 18 FILE CARDS ON TRANSFER FROM JDR, JR PERSONAL--OLD CORRESPONDENCE INSURANCE LEICA CAMERA MONTHLY BANK STATEMENTS AUTOMOBILE LICENSES SALARY FROM NEW YORK BEGINNING 1/1/1932 MEMO RE SIEUR DE MONTS SPRING LIST OF BONDS AS OF 10/15/1930 1920 CORRESPONDENCE 1922 CORRESPONDENCE 1926 CORRESPONDENCE THERE ARE 20 FILE CARDS IN THIS GROUP 1927 CORRESPONDENCE 1928 CORRESPONDENCE PHOTOS OF PARK RE. GEORGE R KING MENTIONS JR ANGELL AND CROWNINSHIELD POINT NUMBER NAME 497 ACADIA NATIONAL PARK 2203 ACADIA NATIONAL PARK 4864 ACADIA NATIONAL PARK 1580 ACADIA NATIONAL PARK 479 ACADIA NATIONAL PARK 198 AMORY, ROBERT 1454 AUSTIN, LA 1369 BANKING STATEMENT 1678 BAR EXAM AND NOTES 840 BH ASSOCIATION OF ARTS 1140 BH HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 21 BH HOSPITAL 1153 BH PROPERTY OWNERS ASSN 3859 BH PROPERTY OWNERS ASSN 1648 BH TIMES PUBLISHING CO 35 BH VILLAGE LIBRARY 1308 BH VILLAGE LIBRARY GENERAL FILES AT DEASY LYNAM CHAPMAN LAW FIRM COMMENTS MEMORIAL PASSED BY US SENATE/HOUSE 12/16/1933 "MR LYNAM'S FILES" TAX INFORMATION JDR, JR ABSTRACTS OPENING OF MOUNTAIN ROAD (1931) OLD AUGUSTA FILE PROBATE AND TITLE PROBATE JP MORGAN DO RODICK RE. INCORPORATION "HL ENO" INCORPORATION, 1933 ASSOCIATION AND TITLE ABSTRACT ASSOCIATION AND TITLE ABSTRACT NUMBER NAME 315 COMMITTEE 435 COMPENSATION 612 CORRESPONDENCE 148 DORR, GB 30 EPPS LOT 331 FRITSCH, MARIE LYNAM 93 TO 609 GOVERNMENT 122 LYNAM, AH 282 LYNAM, AH 283 LYNAM, AH 301 LYNAM, AH 304 LYNAM, AH 435 LYNAM, AH 351 LYNAM, AH 386 LYNAM, LENA/MARIE 151 ROCKEFELLER, JD JR 157 ROCKEFELLER, JD JR 165 ROCKEFELLER, JD JR 185 ROCKEFELLER, JD JR 198 ROCKEFELLER, JD JR 172 ROCKEFELLER, JD JR 341 ROCKEFELLER, JD JR XFINITY Connect Page 1 of 1 XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.ne + Font Size Fwd: CHAPMAN FIRM MAP COLLECTION From : eppster2@myfairpoint.net Fri, Sep 09, 2011 08:04 PM Subject : Fwd: CHAPMAN FIRM MAP COLLECTION 3 attachments To : eppster2@comcast.net Forwarded message from Bill Horner Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:12:51 -0400 From: Bill Horner Reply-To: Bill Horner Subject: CHAPMAN FIRM MAP COLLECTION To: "Johnson, Peter" Dear Peter: I have attached a pdf version of a fairly accurate index to the extensive collection of maps at the firm. Please forward to Jack Meyers if you think it helpful. I am also re-attaching my completed plunge into the Rockefeller file card system. The map collection is impressive and very much in need of conservation. Not only does it reflect JDR, Jr's influence; some of the oldest items recapitulate much of the broader history of the island. There are some beautiful and I suspect valuable hidden gems in those pigeon holes! Also, I found some 12 large wooden file boxes of deed and title abstracts, and many of the transactions I could recognize from my file card-inventory. While plodding through some 200 years of title transfers may sound more than tedious, the history contained therein is amazing. I suspect that the lion's share of this work resulted from the brain and hand of Albert Harry Lynam; I tremble in admiration. I have also discovered an interesting character in Serenus Rodick, who inherited the mantle from AHL, I believe--at least until he died suddenly while fishing in Grand Lake Stream. That is not a bad place to go, by the way. Serenus and his brother David were the 2 Rodicks of Deasy, Lynam, Rodick and Rodick. Our Friends group met again yesterday and we are looking forward to a meeting with you in the latter part of August. Best regards, Bill End forwarded message Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Cornwall Manor 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net Unknown 2 KB ROCKEFELLER-GENERAL ABSTRACTS AND FILES AT LAW FIRM number.xlsx 38 KB MAPS INDEX.pdf 8 MB http://sz0122.wc.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=4041&tz=America/New_Yor... 1/27/2012 Page 1 of 2 Doug Chapman Archive From To " Date 05/08/2011 07:46:27 PM Attachments RAC Cardfiles0511.doc 25.00 KB Hi Bill, It is exciting to know that Peter J. Johnson will be present Tuesday to get a sense of what is contained in the J.D. Rockefeller, Jr. files in Doug Chapman's archive. His extensive publication record on the Rockefeller family and familiarity with the policies and procedures of the Rockefeller Archive Center precludes me from stating what is obvious to a seasoned researcher of his standing. Nonetheless, I think we should contextualize his visit by your drawing attention to certain historical facts. 1. I'm sure he is well aware of Chapman's restrictions regarding the necessity of keeping the collection on MDI. But if he identifies documents of interest to Rockefeller family scholars is Doug open to having documents of a certain character photocopied or digitized? 2. Since Jack and the two of us have found useful unique resources elsewhere in the Chapman archive, it is reasonable to assume that there will be historical materials in the JDR Jr. files documenting the development of policies relating to the activities of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations in their efforts to develop with park superintendent George B. Dorr the Sieur de Monts National Monument and Lafayette National Park. As of 1929 the park was renamed Acadia National Park and the three of us would profit from reviewing at our earliest convenience Mr. Rockefeller's increasing reliance on Asst. Superintendent Benjamin Hadley who had assumed management of park activities. 3. The timeframe spans four decades (1910-1950) and is broadly conceived to include correspondence, policy statements, telegrams, news clippings, personal memoirs, photographs, architectural renderings, and other graphic materials--not to mention legal documents. We also are concerned with documents related to the governance of the Island, the construction of roads and bridges on future park land, and references to key figures in the history of MDI during the first half of the 20th century. 4. The Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) contains a correspondence file for the following key figures of interest to you and me and Jack. I wonder how many of these prominent figures are in the Chapman archive (See the attachment!). 5. Map room content needs to be compared as well against the RAC holdings, especially since it has far more depth than the RAC. Their senior archivist, Michele Hiltzik repeatedly has said that their MDI map collection has never been digitized or received conservation treatment because of a lack of funding and the greater importance of other RAC collections. Perhaps Mr. Johnson can effect some change in this state of affairs. Also, I could not determine whether Chapman's map room list is accurate since the fragility of the holdings prevented close examination. 6. The development of a finding aid for Mr. Rockefeller's files would almost certainly require piecemeal temporary relocation of Chapman holdings to the RAC of some other facility off island. It is timely to undertake such an effort with the Centennial of the NPS in 2016 (and the establishment of the Sieur de Monts National Monument that same year) and the NPS completion this month of the draft of the first finding aid for the ANP historic records, enabling researchers to utilize the park holdings in an efficient and reliable manner for the first time-- and hopefully relate these findings one day to what is contained in the Chapman archive. I hope your time spent with Mr. Johnson is profitable for both of you--and Doug! I'm anxious to hear how the event unfolds. A most promising opportunity presents itself!! All my Best, Ron https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/hwebmail/mail/message.php?index=1999 5/8/2011 Rockefeller Archive Center Card file list correspondence between John D. Rockefeller, Jr. & prominent individuals who shaped the development of Acadia National Park: Albright, Horace M. Cammerer, Arno Clement, A.B. Deasy, L.B. Dorr, George B. Drury, Newton B. Dunham, Edward Eliot, Charles W. Farrand, Beatrix Hadley, Benjamin Kennedy, John S. Little, C.C. Lynam, A.H. Mather, Stephen T. Morris, David H. Olmsted, F.L. Jr. Palmer, Potter Pinchot, Gifford Rodick, David O. Rodick, Serenus Sattterlee, Herbert L Simpson, Charles Simpson, Paul D. Stebbins, George L. Yard, Robert S. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. May 8, 2011 Eppster2@myfairpoint.net Page 1 of 3 Re: Doug Chapman Archive From "Bill Horner" To Cc "Russell, Jack" Date 05/12/2011 08:12:37 AM Attachments FOIH draftmay.doc 46.50 KB ] Dear Ron: The Tuesday meeting went beyond all expectations! Peter Johnson couldn't be a nicer gentleman, down to earth, easy to engage and he "gets" what we are trying to do. He completely supports the notion of keeping the collection on the island, seeing it as a unique record of a series of events which had implications far beyond MDI. He thinks that the Rockefeller material is a potential "gold mine", because of its great detail, and sees very little if any conflict with confidentiality concerns. The plan is to send Jack Meyers and Michelle Hiltzik up with a team and do an intermediate level inspection of the material in June or July, as I understand it. Meanwhile, he will advocate for a repository--possibly a new structure--with DR,Sr. I gave him material pertaining to our nascent Friends group, see attached, and he would like to arrange a meeting our our stakeholders during the visit. I am looking forward to your visit and talk. We should have time to flesh out further details and visit the mysterious AHL box at the firm. Best regards to you and Elizabeth, Bill On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 7:55 PM, wrote: Hi Bill, What an interesting archival report! Especially provocative is your discovery of a "tantalizing box" labeled AH Lynam--do you suppose you could arrange a site visit for me on the 19th? Though you found it odd to find an 1825 letter and portrait from Lafayette, it is my recollection that in a list of special documents that Dorr kept in his Oldfarm Estate were these two items. No one has been able to trace their whereabouts! All I can suppose is in the aftermath of his death, that these resources found their way into the the hands of Serenus Rodick and were misplaced in the Rockefeller files. Other items in Dorr's safe may be there as well for all we know! ! I'll try and lay my hands on my copy the safe contents document which I believe I found at the park archives. Congratulations on your discovery! I'll be inetersted in hearing more about your map room impressions. See you soon. We'll be staying at the Atlantic Eyrie Lodge as of next Tuesday. Ron Quoting Bill Horner : Thanks so much, Ron. I have just returned from 3 dusty hours in the law firm basement, organizing the 12 boxes of files and vacuuming a whole lot of dust and dirt! I spent much time in the "map room", trying to correlate the indexes with the drawer contents. There is a lot in there! I found a tantalizing box labeled "AH Lynam" in which was much correspondence re Lafayette NM/NP primarily from GBD in Washington, DC as well as proclamations from the NPS. I found an 1825 letter and portrait from Lafayette himself! Why, do you suppose? https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/hwebmail/mail/message.php?index=9402 5/12/2011 Page 1 of 2 Re: Chapman Archive & Max Farrand From "Bill Horner" To "eppster2@myfairpoint.net" Date 05/25/2011 05:25:33 PM Ron, Doug should absolutely know about the Farrand file. It greatly reinforces the idea of breadth and uniqueness in his archive. Thanks for your work on the letter. Bill On Wednesday, May 25, 2011, wrote: > > > > Hi Bill, > > Just thought you might want to know more about the three > unwrapped multi-volume sets we uncovered last week in the Chapman map > room. > > I've done research and find that none of them have been published. The > two works by Augustin Derby appear not to have been copyrighted; one of > his works should become a part of the repository envisioned by the FOIH. > > As far as I can determine the Max Farrand Memorial Fund "Scrapbooks" > are completely unknown to Farrand scholars. Even the massive Farrand > collections given to the University of California at Berkeley design > library make no mention of the existence of the artfully designed > Foundation administrative record that Beatrix Farrand created (perhaps > with her own hand) to carry forth her work after her husbands death. > I've been very careful not to query to my friend, Judith Tankard, whose > definitive work on Ms. Farrand was published last year; and I've also > not approached Garland Farm archivist Marti Harmon (who was at the > Jesup lecture last week). Yet I've been sorely tempted!! > > How shall we deal with this? Bring the matter to Doug's attention? In > my judgment this is a major discovery of a unique historical document > regarding the evolution of American landscape design, the fate of the > Reef Point gardens, and the inability of Bar Harbor town officials to > find common ground with Mrs., Farrand's effort to create an educational > center at Reef Point. It is ironic that more than fifty years after her > lack of success, the three of us are engaged in a similar effort to > create an educational/archival center in Seal Harbor. > > Best to you and Cookie, > > Ron > > P.S. Two errors on the Chapman letter: I twice misnamed the acronym > FOIH as FOIS. > > > > Quoting eppster2@myfairpoint.net: >> Hi Bill, >> >> Please take a look at the attached response to Doug's request for my >> thoughts. >> What have I omitted? What have I poorly expressed? have I over-stepped our >> boundaries? >> >> Any revisions would be appreciated before I send it out by Wednesday >> or Thursday >> at the very latest. https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/hwebmail/mail/message.php?index=9605 5/25/2011 Page 1 of 2 Re: Doug Chapman Archive From "Bill Horner" To Date 05/09/2011 03:00:00 PM Thanks so much, Ron. I have just returned from 3 dusty hours in the law firm basement, organizing the 12 boxes of files and vacuuming a whole lot of dust and dirt! I spent much time in the "map room", trying to correlate the indexes with the drawer contents. There is a lot in there! I found a tantalizing box labeled "AH Lynam" in which was much correspondence re Lafayette NM/NP primarily from GBD in Washington, DC as well as proclamations from the NPS. I found an 1825 letter and portrait from Lafayette himself! Why, do you suppose? I'll be in touch. Best, Bill On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:46 PM, wrote: Hi Bill, It is exciting to know that Peter J. Johnson will be present Tuesday to get a sense of what is contained in the J.D. Rockefeller, Jr. files in Doug Chapman's archive. His extensive publication record on the Rockefeller family and familiarity with the policies and procedures of the Rockefeller Archive Center precludes me from stating what is obvious to a seasoned researcher of his standing. Nonetheless, I think we should contextualize his visit by your drawing attention to certain historical facts. 1. I'm sure he is well aware of Chapman's restrictions regarding the necessity of keeping the collection on MDI. But if he identifies documents of interest to Rockefeller family scholars is Doug open to having documents of a certain character photocopied or digitized? 2. Since Jack and the two of us have found useful unique resources elsewhere in the Chapman archive, it is reasonable to assume that there will be historical materials in the JDR Jr. files documenting the development of policies relating to the activities of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations in their efforts to develop with park superintendent George B. Dorr the Sieur de Monts National Monument and Lafayette National Park. As of 1929 the park was renamed Acadia National Park and the three of us would profit from reviewing at our earliest convenience Mr. Rockefeller's increasing reliance on Asst. Superintendent Benjamin Hadley who had assumed management of park activities. 3. The timeframe spans four decades (1910-1950) and is broadly conceived to include correspondence, policy statements, telegrams, news clippings, personal memoirs, photographs, architectural renderings, and other graphic materials--not to mention legal documents. We also are concerned with documents related to the governance of the Island, the construction of roads and bridges on future park land, and references to key figures in the history of MDI during the first half of the 20th century. 4. The Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) contains a correspondence file for the following key figures of interest to you and me and Jack. I wonder how many of these prominent figures are in the Chapman archive (See the attachment!). 5. Map room content needs to be compared as well against the RAC holdings, especially since it has far more depth than the RAC. Their senior archivist, Michele Hiltzik repeatedly has said that their MDI map collection has never been digitized or received conservation treatment because of a lack of funding and the greater importance of other RAC collections. Perhaps Mr. Johnson can effect some change in this state of affairs. Also, I could not determine whether Chapman's map room list is accurate since the fragility of the holdings prevented close examination. 6. The development of a finding aid for Mr. Rockefeller's files would almost certainly require piecemeal temporary relocation of Chapman holdings to the RAC of some other facility off island. It https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/mail/message.php?index=9355 5/9/2011 Page 2 of 2 is timely to undertake such an effort with the Centennial of the NPS in 2016 (and the establishment of the Sieur de Monts National Monument that same year) and the NPS completion this month of the draft of the first finding aid for the ANP historic records, enabling researchers to utilize the park holdings in an efficient and reliable manner for the first time--and hopefully relate these findings one day to what is contained in the Chapman archive. I hope your time spent with Mr. Johnson is profitable for both of you--and Doug! I'm anxious to hear how the event unfolds. A most promising opportunity presents itself!! All my Best, Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 47 Pondview Drive Merrimack, NH 03054 (603) 424-6149 eppster2@myfairpoint.net End forwarded message Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 47 Pondview Drive Merrimack, NH 03054 (603) 424-6149 eppster2@myfairpoint.net ps://webmail.myfairpoint.net/mail/message.php?index=9355 5/9/2011 September 17, 2010 David Rockefeller, Jr Room 5600 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10112 Dear David: Thanks for listening to my concerns regarding Rockefeller family material located in the basement of the Fenton-Chapman law firm in Bar Harbor. To briefly recapitulate, the firm was founded in 1884 by my great grandfather, Luere Babson Deasy. Shortly later, he was joined by Albert Harry Lynam. Both men figured prominently in the activities of the Hancock County Trustees for Public Reservations and its subsequent acquisition of private lands for inclusion in what has become Acadia National Park. Harry Lynam was also closely associated with George B. Dorr and your grandfather as legal counsel. This past winter, Doug Chapman allowed me access to files pertaining to both Deasy and Lynam as part of my research for an essay published this summer in Chebacco, the annual periodical of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. These and many other files are located in the rather musty basement of the law firm. While searching, I noted that there were at least five large boxes labeled "JDR, Jr". The boxes containing the Deasy and Lynam files were of aged cardboard and quite fragile. The Rockefeller boxes had the same external appearance. I am therefore very concerned that the firm's storage capability is marginal at best and that potentially important historical material is at risk. And SO my primary concern is for the security of the resource. Secondly, despite my having satisfactorily researched the life of Judge Deasy and in the process discovered some historical gems, his younger associate, Harry Lynam, remains to my efforts enigmatic and just out of reach. He was an important man and I would like to do additional research on him this winter. Given his close association with your grandfather, I suspect there may be some important material within the JDR, Jr files. Here, of course, we come to the critically important issue of domain, which is to my understanding that separation between legitimate publicly accessible archive and the privacy of confidentiality. Would it be possible, as you suggested, to engage one of your archival people to sort this out? [BHaraes] Page 1 of 2 Re: Chebacco Article From "Bill Horner" To Date 06/04/2010 11:09:50 AM Ron: I just got off the phone with Doug Chapman and he is fine with a visit on June 23. I will accompany you. We spoke at some length about the value of the archive and the need to preserve those elements of historic value. The obvious problem is that of confidentiality. He is comfortable with my prowling around down there, but that is based on trust, sealed lips and a long time friendship. You and Jack fall under the same aegis. But opening the basement collection up to, say, an independent archivist would require some careful definition of parameters. He is quite willing to pursue the matter and I am going to press forward within the bounds of his tolerance. There must be precedent for this, the issue of drawing the line between sensitive material and that of purely historical value. Would freedom of information or some concept such as that provide some help, for example? We look forward to seeing you and Elizabeth! This year's Brass Week promises to be a good one. Best regards, Bill On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:20 PM, wrote: Hi Bill, Several days ago I received the most recent issue of Chebacco and was delighted to re-read "Deasy: A Maine Man." Your original research is a significant contribution to Island history as it rightly positions for the first time one of the few largely forgotten founders of Island culture. I suspect that the archive that Doug Chapman preserved contains additional documentation about Deasy's legacy. I remain most concerned about the preservation of the Deasy and Lynam archive in the years ahead. On the preservation theme, nearly three dozen Dorr family letters have been uncovered in recent weeks at Castle Howard, the estate of the 9th earl of Carlisle that was so prominently featured in the PBS dramatization of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited. I worked with their curator for the last several weeks transcribing these letters and just two days ago learned that another two dozen had been uncovered, awaiting transcription and analysis. Still not too late to incorporate into the Dorr biography. Elizabeth and I will be arriving in BH--and staying for six days at the Atlantic Eyrie--on June 21st to enjoy Brass Week and the natural blessings of the Island. I look forward to seeing you and Cookie--and perhaps spending a morning in the Chapman archive. I'd like to access the collection for a couple of hours on June 23rd. Would you determine whether this is feasible? By the way, I just learned from Alice Long about the death of her son. What a shock! I had visited Alice at the Potter home in nearby Bedford and he had counseled me on the risks of various prostate cancer therapies. Alice told me that you responded to the news in a most compassionate way--no surprise there! See you shortly. Ron Epp Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 47 Pondview Drive Merrimack, NH 03054 (603) 424-6149 eppster2@myfairpoint.net https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/hwebmail/mail/message.php?index=3677 6/14/2010 Page 1 of 10 Re: L.B. Deasy Essay From "Bill Horner" To Cc "Russell, Jack" Date 12/19/2009 08:53:03 AM Dear Ron: Thanks for your comments on the essay. There have been a few editing and content tweaks since that version, to which I have added your Abbe suggestion. I chose the word "rambling" to describe my reaction to Mr Dorr's 3 page draft to Deasy. I hope that assessment is not unfair. The exchange between them is interesting to follow and includes Dorr's draft and cover note, Deasy's handwritten first draft with corrections, and the final version with his cover letter to Dorr. This original material should probably be archived (conserved, certainly) in some way, in so far as it provides one example of a visionary's broad thoughts being translated into concise workable prose: language clearly understood by local stakeholders and a necessary link in the chain of events leading to National Park designation. Brass Week 2010 begins on June 21. This will be our 10 year celebration and a number of new events and performances are being introduced. We hope that you and your Cookie can be here. With best regards and holiday wishes, Bill On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 7:46 PM, wrote: Dear Bill, Just a year ago, I was lamenting the paucity of information that I had uncovered regarding three men who were Mr. Dorr's friends but also his allies in their collective effort to establish and develop Acadia National Park. If course, I'm speaking of Harry Lynam, John A. Peters, and Leure B. Deasy. After Woodlawn's curator discovered the presumed lost Peters Archive in Ellsworth last fall, you and Jack stepped forward last Spring, offering me access to Doug Chapmans phenomenal holdings of attorneys Deasy and Lynam. Could any author be so fortunate as to have such a bounty of relevant documents fall into their hands on the eve of the completion of a biography? The intellectual stimulation and companionship you two offered provided me with a much needed boost to integrate into my manuscript the content revealed in these archives-- and complete the biography. You too, Bill, took the resources on your grandfather and convincingly cobbled together "Deasy: A Maine Man" which I understand will be soon published in Chebacco. After reading it, I have a deepened appreciation for Bar Harbor's first attorney and his key role as one of the Park founders, a role that has been historically underappreciated--to say the least. I was tickled by your reference to Mr. Dorr's "rambling first draft" of the public announcement of the Trustees securing the 1911 eminent domain provision. Dorr wavers between blunt succinctness and rambling discursiveness--but I think the case could be made that he repeatedly found in Deasy's directness and precision the kind of clarity that eluded him. All in all, the critical roles played by these three attorneys in MDI's conservation history deserves attention from the next generation of passionate residents with a scholarly bent. One small matter should be brought to your attention. You refer to the 1928 dedication of the new museum at Sieur de Monts Spring. From the work I have done in the Robert Abbe Archives, I'll quote a passage from my essay that the Mount Desert Island Historical Society published in 2003: "The August 14, 1928 dedication of the Museum was a commemoration of the life of Dr. Abbe, though it would be another nine years before the museum formally adopted his name" [emphasis mine]. https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/hwebmail/mail/message.php?index=2190 12/19/2009 Page 2 of 10 Finally, Elizabeth asks whether you know the dates for Brass Week, 2010? We'd like to make plans to attend and though I most fervently hope that she will be retired long before next summer, she does have to request vacation time within the next month. Our very best holiday wishes to you and a happiest of birthday wishes to Cookie (which oddly enough was one of Elizabeth's nicknames in years gone by). Ron Epp Quoting Bill Horner : Forwarded message From: Bill Horner Date: Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:18 PM Subject: Re: L.B. Deasy & SMNM Addresses To: Jack Russell Hi, Ron: Jack beat me to the punch, not an uncommon phenomenon. I am happy for you to have a copy and wish you the most joyous of holidays. We eagerly await your magnum opus! Best, Bill On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Jack Russell wrote: Bretheren, I am confident Bill will join me in affirming what a pleasure it is to have Ron in the room -- and giving us amateurs some attention even while he is confined and in labor! Thank you, sir. I did not realize that my message might seem a mild criticism of Mr. Dorr. Not knowing the provenance of SANP as Ron does, I was guessing at what pressures for concision there may have been. In context, and having read the other printed addresses, I give GBD high marks for how much of LBD he included. My Jihad to affirm local contributions to ANP drives my advocacy for the first full paragraph of the famous 130 added words. (And I think by 1942 Mr. Dorr was both nearly 90 and totally blind -- right? We should all do so good!) On the path from Monument to Park, I find it fascinating that Wilson (or his drafting staff) referenced "park"-- lower case -- in his brief note. i missed that on first reading. (I am not a ww fan -- sanctimonious southern prig!). I suppose some of the context here is to what extent there was an understood possible path from Monument to Park in 1916. The Monuments Act was a decade old, but the NPS just created. Were other https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/hwebmail/mail/message.php?index=2190 12/19/2009 Page 3 of 10 established monuments seeking and making the migration? I do not want to puff up LBD inappropriately (Bill would never allow that) but if he had a strategic intent in his frequent use of the "P" word in his address, Bravo for him! Ron, I will act with confidence on Bill's behalf. (This is always an intense week for him.) Attached please find the draft of Bill's essay as it stands now. I have only one remaining criticism: the very last sentence on page 15 is far too generous. Enjoy. Fraternally, Jack On Dec 16, 2009, at 2:01 PM, eppster2@myfairpoint.net wrote: Hi Jack and Bill, The enthusiasm that rings through your discovery of the Sieur de Monts Publication made me recall my feelings eight years ago as I tracked down 20 of the 23 extant titles in this series. I would have told you of the "Addresses" but assumed that you two were aware of it. Sorry. A careful comparison of The Story of Acadia National Park with the the content of the Addresses does indeed reveal two versions. You'll recall that the SANP is actually a compilation of Dorr's 1942 publication, Acadia National Park which was combined with a collection of notes that his Estate Trustees cobbled together to form part two, editing the content as they saw fit. On the issue at hand, I cannot account for Dorr's deletion of Deasy's meaningful content--and frankly, the short 1942 version would be better if it had been left in as Jack clearly implies. In a letter to President Eliot dated two days after the celebration Dorr states in the first sentence: "I have Deasy's and Dr. Mayer's addresses and my own I will write out from memory as soon as I find time. If you can send yours--and all your words and introductions--over, in form for printing, together with what your stenographers were able to get down from Bishop Lawrence's, I will see what can be done to print the whole in some simple form for distribution to the summer residents [illegible word] the Island who may care for it as a memento of the Park's creation." (Records of the President of Harvard University. Charles W. Eliot. B. 95. Harvard University Arcfhives). Note: Dorr also omitted from https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/hwebmail/mail/message.php?index=2190 12/19/2009 Page 1 of 1 Re: Judge Deasy's Memorial Obits From "Bill Horner" To Date 09/19/2009 06:11:41 AM Ron: Cookie and I are just back from the Allagash, preparations for which did not allow me to come in to the firm on Friday. Sorry to have missed you. I will try to reference the Deasy memorial material. It was sent to me by a Judge Silsby in Ellsworth several years ago and I presume it came from some legal periodical. By the way, I never did get to see your Lynam files. Can email work for us? I very much enjoyed our joint efforts and look forward to future collaborations. Sorry to hear about your diverticular flareup. They can be nasty, although this episode sounds to have been brief. I hope you are getting good management advice. Best, Bill On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 3:20 PM, wrote: Dear Bill & Jack, Bill, I've just finished reading the memorial essays published after Deasy's death which you secured from some unidentified legal publication. I'd like to cite it but have no information on its source? Do you? If not, I can always credit it to the William Horner Collection, and bypass the issue. Doug stopped by and chatted for a few minutes. I think it is important to him that we show continuing interest in his archive and report back periodically--in narrative or text--what we are uncovering. Bill, I finished off the HCTPR files on your desk as well as the eminent domain water authority dicumentation that you were most recently reviewing. I'll send him a check for the photocopying I've done thus far. And while I didn't find anything thus far that was revolutionary, I did find some resources that corroborated what I've uncovered elsewhere--and filled in some gaps in the historical record. Well worth the effort ! One of you may wish to check the names on the HCTPR Incorporation papers against the card file. We also might want to see whether there are any card entries on Bar Harbor cultural institutions: Building of the Arts, Jesup Memorial Library, YMCA, JAX, MDIBL. I was at the Chapman firm, Bill and Jack, for three hours of Friday morning before I headed back to New Hampshire whereupon I got hit by a flare up of diverticulosis for a couple of days. I'm o.k., once again. There is more work to be done at the Chapman Archive so I'm trying to figure out when I can again make the drive North. Right now I've got to get back in the writing mode. Dinner at the Russells was truly memorable. I hope you both found Judy of interest! All the Best, Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 47 Pondview Drive Merrimack, NH 03054 (603) 424-6149 eppster2@myfairpoint.net https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/mail/message.php?index=1628 9/20/2009 Page 1 of 2 Re: Ron Epp Visit to Chapman Office & A.H. Lynam From "Bill Horner" To Cc "Jack Russell" Date 08/16/2009 07:40:20 AM Ron: Wonderful to hear from you. Chapter finalization must be an exciting moment in a writer's life! I received the Brinkley tome from my book collector brother in law last week and am digging in as time in a busy August allows. I'm actually looking forward to the more relaxed albeit shorter days of fall. A letter to Doug is a good idea, I think. His fundamental attitude is very positive, by my reading, and I think he will allow anything that does not cross confidentiality boundaries. To date, I haven't pressed him on details of the existing indexing system. However, he did allow me access to it on a couple of occasions and from my perspective it is a pretty basic array of file cards arranged alphabetically by case. Not much help to the historian. My first three days at the firm consisted of "grunt work", ie going through the AHL and HCTPR folders recording each piece of paper by date and rough content. Unfortunately, I can't find this document despite multiple searches. I will keep trying. Will you be staying beyond Wednesday, September 9th? My calendar conflicts should resolve by then and I obviously want to contribute what I can to the mining project at the firm. Thanks for your thoughtful commentary on my manuscript. I am really intrigued by the two issues of philosophical/political progressivism and sociological/cultural class relationships, both then and now. These are big issues, far afield from my modest writing attempt and ability, but in my mind important and repetitive. TR continues to intrigue and even thrill me as a truly revolutionary conservationist, especially as portrayed by Brinkley. I think of him as an environmental Beethoven: iconoclastic, brilliant, original, and not afraid to destroy a piano forte or two with his lambasting, I So Declare It, style. See you soon. Best, Bill On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:12 PM, wrote: Dear Bill, I've just finalized another chapter of the Dorr biography that is now ready for a read by my editor. In clearing off my desk I happily recovered the Deasy-Lynam manuscript you sent me a month ago. It has been very helpful to me in filling in details and in relating Lynam's relationship to Deasy--let alone his mentorship with John Peters that was a most pleasant surprise. You also had at hand information on the professional lives of individuals whom I had cited but could not identify through my biographical; resources (e.g. Lea Mcl. Luquer). Your discovery of the incorporation document broadened my appreciation for the initial intent of the Trustees (e.g., "the laying out and building roads and paths and making other improvements thereon") which was not specified in the documents that were available to me--and not in the HCTPR archives at Woodlawn! I also better understand your "obsession" with "the progressive idea that seized their passion and intellect. The Dorr biography will not address several issues that I find most interesting in your manuscript. What comes to mind is the extent to which Progressive philosophy influenced the Incorporators intents. I simply gave up on this one due to the spar city of primary resources--and on this matter I chose not to speculate. Not that I ignored the Roosevelt conservation legacy. By the way, have you seen the new book by Douglas Brinkley on Roosevelt's conservation philosophy and policies? Wilderness Warrior I believe it is called, a massive 900-page tome that is being very well received despite its length. I'm most interested in what you are able to uncover-- or what might be in the Chapman Archive that bears on this point. Your discussion of the two class (local vs. summer residents) system is quite timely since I've been involved in an email exchange with a small group of COA students who were enrolled in a https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/hwebmail/mail/message.php?index=1430 8/19/2009 Page 1 of 1 Law firm sortie From "Bill Horner" To "Epp, Ron" Date Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:30:26 -0400 Ron: I have just spoken with Doug Chapman. The document was delivered last Thursday and his initial response is positive. He made two wording corrections, "confidentialities" for "covenants". Regarding the post Labor Day office visit and Jack's and my conflicts, he had absolutely no problem with your coming on your own. Meanwhile, I will work with my situation so that we can maximize as much time together as possible. I hope these sunny and less humid days contribute to your writing efforts. I am looking forward to seeing you. Best, Bill https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/hwebmail/mail/message.php?index=1363 8/6/2009 7/27/2009 Douglas B. Chapman, Esq. Fenton, Chapman, Wheatley & Kane 109 Main Street Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 Dear Doug: Thank you again for the courtesies and good counsel that you have extended to us as we have each begun to pursue our historian's interests within the records of the Fenton/Chapman firm. We trust you have sensed our excitement and hope we have properly expressed our gratitude for your trust, the gracious assistance of your staff, and especially for your lively discussions with us. We know you share our passion for the history of this community and region, a history your firm has helped to shape over 123 years and to which you have contributed as a leader for more than four decades. This letter offers our best effort to deliver on the spirit of the commitment we made to you in our discussion at the firm late last month - and to provide a text from which you may wish to draw for timely communications with interested parties whom only you can approach. We believe that our good discussion was inspired by a shared conviction: that the records of the oldest law firm on Mount Desert Island are an important historical resource. Three initial sources of documentation suggest the historical value to be unearthed. The leading founder of the firm, Luere Babson Deasy, was a civic anchor for a half- century. Mr. Deasy was a charter member of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, an officer on its Executive Committee for nearly forty years, and following the death of Charles W. Eliot became its President for the final fifteen years of his life. The firm was general counsel to the Trustees. Harry Lynam, Deasy's junior partner, performed much of the research on deeds and conveyances essential to the mission of the Trustees. For more than a decade he served as Assistant Superintendent of the new national park and became a close friend of George B. Dorr. Both men worked closely with Ellsworth attorney John A. Peters in shaping cultural institutions on Mount Desert Island. The Deasy & Lynam firm was clearly important in the provenance of what became Acadia National Park. The firm has long served the Rockefeller family in their extraordinary contributions to Acadia National Park and the surrounding communities - a commitment sustained over many decades and four generations. The records of the firm contain more than a dozen boxes labeled "JDR2" which hold at least sixty linear feet of files. A cursory probe suggests these files contain the records--and perhaps much more-- of the future park land assembled through the collaborative efforts of Rockefeller, Dorr, and Lynam. For these three reasons and more the firm was clearly important in the establishment of what became Acadia National Park. Our initial probes identified previously unknown documents relevant not only to the origin of the national park but its development as well. Fenton/Chapman, lead by you, was central in the long, challenging effort to establish the permanent boundaries of the park, consummated in 1986. The firm records are certainly an essential resource documenting important legal and social dimensions of this process. Sharing this conviction, we began a discussion with you of what might be done to help realize the full historical value of the firm records, consistent with the ongoing needs of the firm and appropriate legal covenants. We agreed to provide you with a text that would summarize our thoughts and perhaps sketch a way forward. Subsequent sober communications among the three of us have focused on the near-term work we believe is needed to assess prospects and further shape what might become a proposal to interested parties. Only you can know the appropriate timing and requirements for such discussions. Our goal here is to offer our best thinking on next steps and, within the limits of our talent and time, to indicate how we hope to be of service to your vision. In this spirit, we propose three closely linked near-term steps: 1. Clarify for us the current system for finding materials in the records. We assume that the firm has a case-file system, the logical approach for your interrogation of the records. It would be most helpful if we could learn the essentials of your system so that, with appropriate oversight by firm personnel, we could pursue a somewhat more systematic and variegated assessment of the historical record the files contain. We trust you understand that the legal documentation is not our primary interest. We are drawn to the supportive narrative documentation that fleshes out the historical bones. We would, of course, scrupulously remove and replace unaltered all documentation in the precise order in which it was found, thereby respecting the integrity of the firm's holdings. If the firm records were to become an historical archive, an alternative and parallel system of documenting and retrieving materials would be necessary. Ron, an experienced professional archivist and a veteran user of many archives in his work on Dorr, is well positioned to make the first rough estimate of the work required to build an additional, parallel finding system; 2. Make a less anecdotal assessment of the archival content of the records. Some of the files in the basement of 109 Main Street, while important to your practice of law over time, are not documents of historical value. Such is life and the law. To move from seductive anecdote to somewhat more systematic assessment of the historical value of the files, we need a reasonably disciplined program of research at various points in time in pursuit of distinct historical interests. For better or worse, we three may be the best parties currently at hand to make such investigation. Bill is focused on firm founder Luere B. Deasy in a quest to understand his contributions to the community and development of the park over his 54 years on island. Ron is completing the first biography of George B. Dorr. The quality of his biography would be improved through acknowledged documentation on Deasy & Lynam's support for Dorr's Park and community activities. Having examined the relevant documentation at the Rockefeller Archive Center, he is interested in determining what correspondence, maps, and documentation with the National Park Service is unique to the holdings of your firm. Jack is eager to support the inquiries of his colleagues. Better understanding of and access to the firm files would serve his purposes two or three years from now when he hopes to write essays about the development of MDI and the park in the 19th and 20th centuries and, at a later date, about the towns and park in the half-century following the 1947 fire. If acceptable to you, we propose that during a period of days soon after Labor Day we three work in the room you have graciously provided at the firm to conduct multiple probes with the goals of assessing in a somewhat more systematic way the archival value of the firm records for multiple subjects and many distinct decades. It seems to us that any serious first discussion of a future archival facility and the investment required to establish and sustain it would require at least this level of assessment. We would come to you as a team having worked our a program of questions and needs we hope to probe, devote initial time to learning your finding system and, with appropriate supervision, examine and document files from several decades that may bear on the range of themes we intend to explore. Needless-to-say, your permission to photocopy some key documents at our expense would be deeply appreciated, but we understand each instance would need to clear any legal covenants. 3. Produce a brief text to suggest the historical importance of the firm's records, with special attention to the provenance and development of the park and the development of the MDI community. The timing, scope and approach of this writing would be framed in a discussion among the four of us so that we do our best to serve your goals and fairly represent our capabilities. The three of us need to coordinate our own schedules for our linked projects and will petition your time at the firm once we have. We are eager to hear your thinking on the larger project we envisioned in our last talk, which may have further developed through communication with others and would be delighted to serve as a sounding board for your vision. We hope what we propose and offer meets with your favor and thank you again to the opportunities already provided With Respect, Bill Horner Ron Epp Jack Russell Page 1 of 2 Ron Epp Visit to Chapman Office & A.H. Lynam From To "Bill Horner" Date 08/14/2009 03:12:25PM Dear Bill, I've just finalized another chapter of the Dorr biography that is now ready for a read by my editor. In clearing off my desk I happily recovered the Deasy-Lynam manuscript you sent me a month ago. It has been very helpful to me in filling in details and in relating Lynam's relationship to Deasy--let alone his mentorship with John Peters that was a most pleasant surprise. You also had at hand information on the professional lives of individuals whom I had cited but could not identify through my biographical; resources (e.g. Lea Mcl. Luquer). Your discovery of the incorporation document broadened my appreciation for the initial intent of the Trustees (e.g., "the laying out and building roads and paths and making other improvements thereon") which was not specified in the documents that were available to me--and not in the HCTPR archives at Woodlawn! I also better understand your "obsession" with "the progressive idea that seized their passion and intellect." The Dorr biography will not address several issues that I find most interesting in your manuscript. What comes to mind is the extent to which Progressive philosophy influenced the Incorporators intents. I simply gave up on this one due to the spar city of primary resources--and on this matter I chose not to speculate. Not that I ignored the Roosevelt conservation legacy. By the way, have you seen the new book by Douglas Brinkley on Roosevelt's conservation philosophy and policies? Wilderness Warrior I believe it is called, a massive 900- page tome that is being very well received despite its length. I'm most interested in what you are able to uncover--or what might be in the Chapman Archive that bears on this point. Your discussion of the two class (local vs. summer residents) system is quite timely since I've been involved in an email exchange with a small group of COA students who were enrolled in a class on "Our Public Lands" with a faculty member named Ken Cline. One cohort was engaged in historical research on this two class issue with a special interest in who were the agents that advocated the revocation of the HCTPR charter in roughly 1913 that led to Dorr and Eliot trying to secure federal protection. I'm afraid I wasn't very helpful to them but knowing what I know now I could have directed them to you! I see that you have not developed the section on John A. Peters. At some point you should take a look at my notes. I'm going to put a courtesy letter in the mail to Doug Chapman in the next few days merely to alert him to the dates when I expect to visit his offices to begin the process of examining documentation. If you think this is unwise or unnecessary do let me know. I'm also most curious whether he provided any feedback on their internal finding tool to locate by name, date, subject, client or whatever materials in their historical collection. Did you get any feedback from him about this matter? I do hope that you and Jack are available while I am there. I've reserved a room for a three days at the Cromwell Harbor Motel (9-6 to 9-8) and can be reached there. I'm planning on driving up on Sunday and then spend the holiday walking the new Schoooner Head Trail, and Tuesday attending the FOA George B. Dorr Society gathering at Wilkdwood Stables where I hope to spend time talking with Ann Rockefeller Roberts who has tentatively agreed to write the Foreword to the Dorr biography. Wenesday and beyond at the Chapman Archive. I don't know whether I'll have to extend my stay--it all depends on what I uncover. Do keep me informed of your plans and those of Jack as well. All the Best to You and Yours, Ron Epp Quoting Bill Horner : https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/hwebmail/mail/message.php?index=498 8/14/2009 August 21, 2009 Douglas B. Chapman, Esq. Fenton, Chapman, Wheatley & Kane 109 Main Street Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 Dear Attorney Chapman: I appreciated the opportunity to meet with you in late June when Bill Horner and Jack Russell and I discussed our shared historical interest in the records of the Fenton/Chapman firm with you. My own interest is in documentation relating to the establishment of Acadia National Park involving the founder of the firm and Deasy's junior partner, Harry Lynam. I've made arrangements to visit Bar Harbor for several days after Labor Day. I hope that Bill and Jack can clear their schedules for collaborative work in the work area you've SO generously set aside for us. I wanted to write in advance to make sure that it is agreeable for me to use that research location on September 9th and 10th. Of course I would fully respect the confidentiality of those files and return them to their original location in exactly the condition that I found them. If photocopying is agreeable, there may be some documents that I may wish to copy at my expense on your copiers. If you have the time, I can certainly update you daily on my findings. Whom shall I contact the week before my arrival to make certain that this arrangement is agreeable? I can be reached in New Hampshire by phone (603-424-6149) or by email (eppster2@myfairpoint.net). Most Cordially, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 47 Pond View Dr. Merrimack, NH 03054 71-09 Chapran Darr received tax statements - TORIS. state, county, x town for Box 1-92. / Sieen de Spry Co. 1926 1/48 - - #25 2 Wild Garden of Acadia 1926 347 1926] 3 GBD 1526 4,576 Inflation? Also similar Receipts for 1923 Still career martgay in 1923 (in Pune ceta [923] apparely Dom lossed # for Mr. Henry Ers to 1523 to meet his expers for Oltaga He's now rentz oldfor (Dour to Eno, 10/27/23) when the outer has bee beautiful befond works here, continues India seemed e no heavy frost as yet and but a single storm. The fallage (c), still) glorious + the grushes nellow." gift of fract flood for Mis John fries Kane of ny for inclusive in ZNP. 12/20/23 1923] Dan spends Xmar 1923 1 B - Day at Someone Club, L Chapman Bickier: Notes. 555 G.3 Dour to U.S.A. Rocky Cerser tong field file 2/25/32 lette 6BD to A. Commer Kebo llt. Rd 7/29/320. 11 Kebs Net Rs. 8/25/36. Then C. Vint to Dorr. I " " 1, Refer to survey wah for Blackwoods Cappard Draft ue Ton meef 3/4/1836 Dorr's edit. gift N.E. corrent Deardove to Hard for Red. 16-17 acres, one -fefte of whole readow, what than of read that Richfellon asyound for Dorr for his "mountain - to - shore road. [1905] His woh for Gent Made life years before the was ay thight fth N.P, on 25 you go. (c. 1905?) Intent in presency paths (Jessep, etc.) to S.nr. Spry. Summer of Deeds que y Dou to Kebs or Toan for [1916] 8/18/1911 There near 5th seen 12/2/1916 9th feeling x green ? Rody Carves Tife atc. Total: 10 transactions. 1937 additioal correpor If Derr deads. 9/3/1936 GBO NPS- Hade For d propt 10 -09 Chapmen archer Chapma archive: Noted enbaxed - Lafeythe n.P. clipping - Weekly day reports of Corphell (Ranger ?) 1924 (1924] A 9/17/24-9/24 "West to Mr Deris cove = boat, took Don to Winter Harbor & back (12-3:30) Well to Sprz c Me.Dour & took photos of brege with castruation. it Present peacer House. 9/23 " At 3 P.A. back Does to wife Stacbor, return at 6:30." B. 9/11/24 habeard 10 Sept.Dou + asst. sept. Lynan." 9/11 "Tooh Dour + Mr. Dow up Eager Lake." 9/12 I Dor to Deable's addst home in pleatroup calechae for C. 8/21/24 Hadloch Carry, pubble Pound i Maton hood survey all day L Sept. Dars + Mr. Lincoln Cemarl of NEH. D. 8/20/24 Hadley Spet whole day = Dow posisty i Anneal Report. E. 8/15/24 to N.4. Yadt Club Roce c Downfer race to feel Haybor