H.C.T.P. R.Archines correspondance Page 1 of 4 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 3:26 PM To: 'Deborah Dyer' Cc: Epp, Ronald; "jtorrance1@hotmail.com Subject: Bar Harbor Female Rusticators Dear Debbie, Following up on our phone conversation last week, I've carefully reviewed the list of donors of Hancock County Trustee of Public Reservations land from 1901-1949 and cumulatively women contributed nearly one-third of all parcels (excluding donations from corporate entities). Frankly, I was surprised! To be sure, some were donating land purchased by a spouse or male relative yet the impressive involvement of women in the shaping of what would become Acadía National Park appears to be an untold story. I've extracted a list of names from the 1939 HCTPR History and I wonder whether you might have documentation on any of them that might help shape an exhibit. Some resided in other MDI communities. Janet Innis Aldrich Lavina Barry Esther P. Benedict Anna B. Bliss Alice B. Bowler Flora M. Clatworthy Mary Lynde Cochrane Eunice Cooksey Linda Dows Cooksey Linda E. Cousins Mabel S. Cromwell Lottie Fordney Jane Bowler Gilman Mabel S. Hayward Mary F. Henderson Eliza L. Homans Helen A. Homans Katherine A. Homans Marian J. Homans Elizabeth Nicholson Hopkins Ruth Moore Lee Louise Hartshorn Leeds Faith Moore Matilda C. Markoe Alice R. Murray Mary Parkhurst Noyes Mary E. Ogden Caroline Pryor Pine Sybil Priestly Evelyn G. Priestly Edith Pryor Carrie E. Sheperd Helen Sullivan Alice Cox Yarnall Would it not be wonderful if one could use the new software available to gather biographical information from the Bar Harbor Record and Times for instances where each of these names appear, akin to what I can now do with The New York Times. 4/6/2005 RE: HCTPR & Ron Epp - Inbox - Verizon Yahoo! Mail Page 1 of 1 Verizon Yahoo Mail Venzon Central Yahoo' Search: Welcome, eppster2@verizon.. Mail Home All-New Mail Tutorials Help YAHOO! [Sign Out, Member Center verizon MAIL Classic Mail Contacts Calendar Notepad What's New? Mobile Mail Options Check Mail Compose Search Hail Search the Web Previous I Next I Back to Messages Mark as Unread I Print Folders [Add Edit] Delete Reply Forward Spam Move,.. Inbox (11) Drafts (6) RE: HCTPR & Ron Epp Thursday, September 4, 2008 9:09 AM Sent From: "Joshua Torrance Spam [Empty] To: eppster2@verizon.net Trash [Empty] My Folders [Hide] Hi Ron: DorrBio2008 (33) You might want a bit of extra time at Woodlawn. I have discovered and gone through John Peters records and found a file titled "park roads." There is Eliz messages (6) other information and perhaps you might want to go see the rest of the material (which is not at Woodlawn) to see what else there might be. It is an Horseshoe Pond amazing collection that needs serious attention. Member Informa Here is a listing of the HCTPR presidents: Ron Archives (31) Presidents Search Shortcuts Charles W. Elliot- 1901-1926 My Photos Lure B. Deasy- 1926-1940 My Attachments Dave Morris- 1940-1943 George Stebbins-1944-1950 Ernst T. Paine-1950-1955 Phillip Lovell- 1955-1960 John Whitcomb-1960-1966 John Raymond- 1966-1970 Haskell Cleaves- 1970-1978 Ruth Foster- 1978-1983 Sylvia Whitcomb- 1983-1987 Roger Willey-1987-1988 Phillip C. Hurley- 1988-1992 John P Lynch- 1992-1996 Stephen C. Shea- 1996-2005 Lowell S. Thomas, Jr. 2005-present More later! JCT Joshua Campbell Torrance Executive Director Woodlawn Museum Ellsworth, ME 04605 207/667-8671 www.woodlawnmuseum.org Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:49:27-0700 From: eppster2@verizon.net Subject: HCTPR & Ron Epp To: director@woodlawnmuseum.com Dear Josh, I'm headed your way on September 8th and hope to see you sometime that week, perhaps not until the 12th when I head south. Will you be about? Can you check on a factual matter for me brfore then? I'm trying to determine the date range for George Stebbinms Presidency of the HCTPR. I think it becan with the death of Judge Deasy in 1940 and continued for at least five years or more. Much to tell about the Dom bio--later Ron Epp Delete Reply Forward Spam Move.. Previous Next I Back to Messages Select Message Encoding Full Headers Check Mail Compose Search Mail Search the Web Copyright a 2006 Yahoo: Inc. All rights reserved. I Copyright/IP Policy Terms of Service Send Feedback Help NOTICE: We collect personal information on this site. To learn more about how we use your information, see our Privacy Policy. verbon YOUROOF Verizon Yahoo! Mail - eppster2@verizon.net Page 2 of 3 Joshua Campbell Torrance Executive Director Woodlawn Museum Ellsworth, ME 04605 207/667-8671 www.woodlawnmuseum.org Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:55:27 -0700 From: eppster2@verizon.net Subject: Black House and Mr. Rockefeller To: director@woodlawnmuseum.com Dear Josh & Roz, I trust you have weathered this most severe winter in somewhat good spirits. Following my departure last December my clutch showed signs of failure as I headed south on I-95 forcing me to drive most hesitantly at 50 miles an hour until I reached Merrimack over seven hours later. With prohibitive costs for its repair, I purchased a new Subaru just as my back began to spasm with terrible pains that after steroids and two weeks on my back was diagnosed as an arthritic narrowing in my C5-C7 vertebrae. Physical therapy for six weeks has been very helpful. Enough about my woes. I write to ask whether you recall in the HCTPR archives a letter dated September 2, 1930 from Mr. Rockefeller to Mr. Hale. I have a copy from the Rockefeller Archive Center but bring this to your attention because it speaks to the visit by Rockefeller and his wife to the House, his offer to donate $5,000 to its restoration, and then goes on to suggest a property swap in some detail. I'm under RAC copyright restrictions and cannot send this letter off to you should you be interested, but I'm confident that RAC archivist Michele Hiltzik would positively consider your request for a copy (Source: RG III.2.I. B. 79. f. 795) should you want to pursue this (hiltzim@mail.rockefeller.edu or 914-366-6342) One could build from this an interesting article for the Woodlawn newsletter. I also want to bring to your attention that I've uncovered several sets of HCTPR Minutes that are not in your archive. Whether copyright restrictions apply here I've yet to investigate, but if you are interested in adding them to your holdings let me know. I plan on visiting MDI April 14-16 and may be able to stop by when exiting the island. Work on the Dorr biography progresses. I'm now approaching the final decade of his life and have written a publisher prospectus which I'll send off to an interested party this weekend. http://us.f842.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=8338_2134789_7695_719_2857_0_ 4/9/2008 Verizon Yahoo! Mail - eppster2@verizon.net Page 1 of 2 Verizon Yahoo! Mail Verizon Central Yahoo! Search: Web Search Welcome, eppster2@verizon Mail Home All-New Mail Tutorials Help verizon [Sign Out, Member Center 1 MAIL Classic Mail Contacts Calendar Notepad Mail For Mobile - Options Check Mail Compose Search Mail Search the Web Folders Previous Next I Back to Messages [Add Edit] Inbox (16) Delete Reply Forward Spam Move.. Draft This message is not flagged. [ Flag Message - Mark as Unread Printable View Sent Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:44:49 -0400 Bulk [Empty] From: "Joshua Torrance" Add Mobile Alert Trash [Empty] Subject: RE: Black House and Mr. Rockefeller My Folders [Hide] To: "ELIZABETH and RONALD EPP" Eliz messages (3) Horseshoe Pond Hi Ron: Member Information I am aware of a letter similar, if not, this letter. If you would bring a copy with Ron Archives (26) you in April, I would love to see it to confirm. And I would also love to have the HCTPR meeting minutes. Search Shortcuts We are very busy here, but that is nothing new. My Photos Please stop in during your next visit. My Attachments Joshua Joshua Campbell Torrance Executive Director Woodlawn Museum Ellsworth, ME 04605 207/667-8671 www.woodlawnmuseum.org Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:55:27 -0700 From: eppster2@verizon.net Subject: Black House and Mr. Rockefeller To: director@woodlawnmuseum.com Dear Josh & Roz, I trust you have weathered this most severe winter in somewhat good spirits. Following my departure last December my clutch showed signs of failure as I headed south on I-95 forcing me to drive most hesitantly at 50 miles an hour until I reached Merrimack over seven hours later. With prohibitive costs for its repair, I purchased a new Subaru just as my back began to http://us.f842.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=4408_3286966_98686_2127_2355..3/17/2008 Verizon Yahoo! Mail -eppster2@verizon.net Page 2 of 2 spasm with terrible pains that after steroids and two weeks on my back was diagnosed as an arthritic narrowing in my C5-C7 vertebrae. Physical therapy for six weeks has been very helpful. Enough about my woes. I write to ask whether you recall in the HCTPR archives a letter dated September 2, 1930 from Mr. Rockefeller to Mr. Hale. I have a copy from the Rockefeller Archive Center but bring this to your attention because it speaks to the visit by Rockefeller and his wife to the House, his offer to donate $5,000 to its restoration, and then goes on to suggest a property swap in some detail. I'm under RAC copyright restrictions and cannot send this letter off to you should you be interested, but I'm confident that RAC archivist Michele Hiltzik would positively consider your request for a copy (Source: RG III.2.I. B. 79. f. 795) should you want to pursue this (hiltzim@mail.rockefeller.edu or 914-366-6342) One could build from this an interesting article for the Woodlawn newsletter. I also want to bring to your attention that I've uncovered several sets of HCTPR Minutes that are not in your archive. Whether copyright restrictions apply here I've yet to investigate, but if you are interested in adding them to your holdings let me know. I plan on visiting MDI April 14-16 and may be able to stop by when exiting the island. Work on the Dorr biography progresses. I'm now approaching the final decade of his life and have written a publisher prospectus which I'll send off to an interested party this weekend. Best to you and Roz, Ron Epp Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 47 Pond View Drive Merrimack, NH 03054 (603) 424-6149 eppster2@verizon.net Delete Reply Forward Spam Move Previous Next Back to Messages Save Message Text Full Headers Check Mail Compose Search Mail Search the Web Copyright © 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. I Copyright/IP Policy I Terms of Service Send Feedback Help NOTICE: We collect personal information on this site. To learn more about how we use your information, see our Privacy Policy. @ http://us.f842.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=4408_3286966_98686_2127_2355. 3/17/2008 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 11:20 AM To: 'Joshua Torrance' Subject: RE: Ron Epp's newsletter essay Josh, Received your mailing on Thursday and will work on the content and apply it accordingly to my newsletter piece which I'll send off first of the week. I was touched by your frustration in learning more about Ernest T. Paine. I used some of our proprietary databases and came up with the following. I checked the online "Boston Globe" and "New York Times" (NYT coverage from 1851-2002) and found nothing on him. A search of JSTOR which is a retrospective database of content of hundreds of long standing and celebrated journals from their inception, revealed that a Ernest Trowbridge Paine wrote a dissertation on "Emile Durkheim's Social Theory of Religion" in 1919 (which appears to fit the timeframe) and then went on to teach as an Instructor in Philosophy at the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University where I have him listed in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Association, December 30, 1934. It is most odd that he did not advance professionally to an assistant or associate professor level in all those years but that might be explained by the absence of a bibliographic record.I couldn't fin any additional information at the Sage School website or within the Cornell U. libraries online catalog. IF this is your Ernest Paine, it would be useful to have some corroborative data about his later life, place of residence, family relationships, etc., but this is about as far as I can go with the information I have at hand. Also, I tried to "Google" him and was only led to the Woodlawn website. Have a wonderful holiday weekend! Ron Original Message From: Joshua Torrance [mailto:jtorrance1@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 4:49 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: RE: Ron Epp's newsletter essay Hi Ron: Thank you SO much for writing the article- I am very anxious to read it! I have done some research in the Hale series and found some interesting things. I think you had reviewed these files as it appears that we copied some things for you. Never the less, I took the liberty to copy a bunch of correspondence for you from those files. It is in today mail. Best wishes, Joshua Joshua Campbell Torrance Executive Director Woodlawn Museum/The Black House Ellsworth, ME 04605 207/667-8671 Are you a Member of Woodlawn Museum? We could use your support. Visit http://www.woodlawnmuseum.com/form2.html and learn how you can help make a 1 difference in our community. From: "Epp, Ronald" To: Subject: Ron Epp's newsletter essay Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 15:05:25 -0400 Josh, I wanted to let you and Roz know prior to the 20th deadline that I'm still slimming down the draft. Word count is now at 1,200 but I'm hopeful that I can shave off another two hundred words. But beyond that I don 't think it will be the article that you'll want to publish. But that will be your call once you see what I've sent in on Monday. I need my most severe critic to edit it this weekend--namely my wife! On the matter of my earlier email concerning the announcement I sent in for the Bar Harbor Chamber web page. I felt uncomfortable putting the name of the Trustees center stage and so sent to Alice Long a revision that removed the name of the Trustees and fopcused attention on the Spirit of Acadia Committee and the Founders. I hope this better meets with your approval. Frankly, I've been SO invested in the Trustees the last couple of days that when it came time to write the Chamber promo I couldn't disengage- not to mention that ouside my office a group of library guests were behaving as if it were New Years eve--quite distracting. Have a grand weekend. Ron P.S. Please forward to me Roz's email address. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of University Library & Associate Professor of Philosophy Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211 ext. 2164 603-645-9685 (fax) 2 Epp, Ronald From: Joshua Torrance [jtorrance1@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 4:31 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: RE: FW: George B. Dorr Celebration Planning Hi Ron: I am delighted that you will consider writing a piece. The 10th of Jan. would work just fine. What time will you looking to do your research? Joshua From: "Epp, Ronald" To: "Joshua Torrance" Subject: RE: FW: George B. Dorr Celebration Planning Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:02:40 -0500 Dear Joshua, Thanks for the opportunity to put together a piece of the Dorr/Hale connection for the summer 2005 newsletter. Before I commit, I need to examine my files to determine whether I have a sufficient amount of information to offer an interpretation of their relationship. Regardless of what I discover I believe that I will need to spend several hours in your archives determining if there are documents that I missed on this issue during my earlier visits. Would it be possible for me to reserve some time in your archives on the 10th of January, the day before our next Dorr-o-phile group meeting? Best wishes for the holiday season!!! Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax Original Message From: Joshua Torrance [mailto:jtorrance1@hotmail.com Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:01 AM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: RE: FW: George B. Dorr Celebration Planning Hi Ron: I am writing to see if you would write an article about Dorr and his connection to Richard Hale (and thus Woodlawn) for our summer 2005 newsletter. it could also touch upon the formation of the HCTPR. We would like an article about 4-5 pages, single space, in length (gives us room to edit). We would have a June 1 deadlne for a early-July release. We would be very appreciative of your effort, and I think this is a nice way to connect Woodalwn to the celebrations of George B Dorr this summer. Let me know what you think. I look forward to hearing from and best wishes for a wonderful holiday season! 1 Epp, Ronald From: Joshua Torrance [jtorrance1@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 5:58 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: RE: HCTPR Archives & Abbe Hi Ron: Thanks for the information on the Abbe's glass lantern slides. We are aware of them and have hopes of getting either them or copies soon. We have not had time to begin the photocopying of requested, but have it on the agenda for next week. With luck, you will have them next Friday or earlier! Sorry for the delay, it got very busy around here fast. i do not know when our Dorr subcommittee next meets. As soon as I find anything out I will let you know! Hope all is well with you! Joshua From: "Epp, Ronald" r.epp@snhu.edu> To: "Joshua Torrance" Subject: RE: HCTPR Archives & Abbe Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:10:36 -0500 Joshua, Were you aware that the Abbe Museum has a collection of glass lantern slides and that about 30 of them are of images and documents relative to the Black House that may - or may not--duplicate resources in your archive? Contact Julia if you wish to follow through on this. I can't recall if I earlier emailed you about progress on photocopying the documents that I identified during my January 10th visit. Hope you are faring well. Do you have a date and time and location for your next Dorr Subcommittee meeting? Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685i232 fax Original Message From: Joshua Torrance [mailto:jtorrance1@hotmail.com Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 1:32 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: RE: HCTPR Archives & R. Epp Yes- in fact you were already on the calendar! HOW about at 8:45? Joshua 1 From: "Epp, Ronald" To: Subject: HCTPR Archives & R. Epp Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 11:55:25 -0500 Josh, Could I access the HCTPR Arcvies next Monday (the 10th) shortly after you open? What time would be convenient? Best wihes for the New Year! Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax Joshua Campbell Torrance Executive Director Woodlawn Museum/The Black House Ellsworth, ME 04605 207/667-8671 Are you a Member of Woodlawn Museum? We could use your support. Visit http://www.woodlawnmuseum.com/member.htmland learn how you can help make a difference in our community. Joshua Campbell Torrance Executive Director Woodlawn Museum/The Black House Ellsworth, ME 04605 207/667-8671 Are you a Member of Woodlawn Museum? We could use your support. Visit http://www.woodlawnmuseum.com/member.htmland learn how you can help make a difference in our community. 2 Epp, Ronald From: Joshua Torrance [jtorrance1@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 4:24 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: RE: HCTPR & Mr. Dorr Hi Ron: It was great hearing from you and I am excited to hear about your research. Roz has my thesis a bit wrong. Actually, I am cataloguing and arranging the records of the HCTPR that we have hear at Woodlawn. These records primarily involve the HCTPR's governance of Woodlawn and the bulk of the material originates from Richard W. Hale and Ernst T. Paine, both of whom were at different times chair of the Black House Committee. The rest is the files of all the presidents at Woodlawn and few other key figures. In addition to developing the finding aid/cataloguing these records, I am writing a very brief administrative history of Woodlawn as a historic house museum. It is a good project, but admittedly a project to get my thesis finished. These records have not been microfilmed (although the papers the Black Family have because Japan been). I will make sure to send you the completed finding aid, and would be interested in the Dorr papers finding aid. I have contacted Hale and Dorr and spoke to John D. Hamilton, Jr. (Chairman) . He sent me a chapter from a book on Hall and Dorr that is about Richard Hale. I would be happy to copy it and send it along to you. Hale's Dorr And father was principle in the firm Hale and Fiske. Judge Peters was executor of George Nixon Black, Jr.'s will and his nephew. We have a good amount of his correspondence here. Little, if any deal directly with ANP, but some of it deals with HCTPR. I believe it was his involvement with the HCTPR that led GNB to give the property to the HCTPR. According to Herb Silsby, if any of his papers survive they would be at Bowdoin College. Herb also has a file on Peters, but he says there is not much to it. I would be delighted to see you in mid-September and share notes. By then my finding aid will be complete and you may want to plan on doing some research. Probably not much you have seen here already, but it is much more accessible now. I look forward to seeing and hearing from, Joshua Joshua Campbell Torrance Executive Director Woodlawn Museum/The Black House Ellsworth, ME 04605 207/667-8671 Are you a Member of Woodlawn Museum? We could use your support. Visit www.woodlawnmuseum.com/member and learn how you can help make a difference in our community. From: "Epp, Ronald" To: Subject: HCTPR & Mr. Dorr 1 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 3:52 PM To: 'Joshua Torrance' Subject: RE: HCTPR & Mr. Dorr W DORRPapers0704.d OC (118 KB) Joshua, I've been reviewing the portion of the HCTPR Finding Aid that you provided me several weeeks ago when Elizabeth and I visited. A couple of matters need to be brought to your attention: 1. On page 8 ("Scope of the Collection") final sentence, you should mention that additional records can be found at the Rockefeller Archive Center. 2. On page 12 (Sub-Series C: Buildings/Grounds) you may wish to draw attention to the newly formed Beatrix Farrand Society collections which are housed at Garland Farms on MDI and administered by Patrick Chasse, the President of the BFS. If the two of you have not yet met, I would suggest that you give him a call because he may have documents relative to Ms. Farrand's role in landscaping Woodlawn; Chasse (207-288-5671) gave us the grand tour of Garland Farms following our visit with you. 3. On your list of Names and Companies (pp. 17 ff.) the name of Serenus Rodick (from page 19) is omitted. Otherwise, a remarkable piece of organization. Bravo! I would like to look at several files that may contacin documents that escaped my attention before you developed this finding aid (by the way, my Dorr finding aid is attached if I haven't yet sent it). I'd caution you that I was not permitted by the Deb Dyer at the Bar Harbor Historical Society to arrange the Dorr Papers following standard archival practice--hence their disorderliness You may get a call from a Someville gentleman by the name of Henry Raup who was at my Port in the Storm booktalk on Mr. Dorr on September 16th and has considerable interest in the naming of the MDI mountains ( Series I, B2, Sub-Series C, f. 1) since I recently phoned him to suggest that you might have documents of interest to him. Finally, I was approached by Alice Long, a Bar Harbor resident who is a member of the Acadia National Park Advistory Commision, who is interested in putting together a committee to work on a park sponsored event to celebrate in 2005 the life of Mr. Dorr. I will work with her on this yet ill-defined project. Your appreciation for Mr. Dorr and his role in the HCTPR would be most helpful if you could spare some time for participating in an initial meeting in a month or SO to brainstorm possible venues for increasing public awareness of Mr. Dorr's contributions to Hancock County and the National Park Service's conservation efforts. Interested? With best wishes, Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax 1 Message Page 1 of 2 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 9:58 AM To: "jtorrance1@hotmail.com" Subject: HCTPR & Mr. Dorr Dear Joshua, I talked with Rosamond at the MDIHS last week when I was on MDI and learned that you are engaged in graduate work and developing a thesis on the history of the HCTPR. Have I got it right? My own research has progressed since we last met and I am almost done (after four years) with the work necessary for Mr. Dorr's biography. Right now I'm tracking down family ancestry and scattered details regarding his life prior to the establishment of the Trustees. I've uncovered some documentation regarding the Trustees that I did not see in your archival files. And by the way, I have read that your archives have been microfilmed. If this is accurate, are copies available? Is there a archival finding aid? I've just completed a 15 page finding aid to the Dorr Papers--now available at Jesup Library, Park HQ, and the BHHS-- which I can send you as an attachment ifg you are interested. One loose end concerns the Hale family. You once suggested that I contact Hale and Dorr in Boston. Have you done so? I need to do so in order to flesh out Mr. Dorr's father's professional life. If you hjave a contact person that would be very helpful. I hope your 75th anniversary celebrations are going well. My wife and I will be vacationing on MDI in mid- September and I hope we can stop by and say hello--and walk the property trails as well. With warm regards, Ron Epp P.S. I've been trying unsuccessfully to locate any surviuving papers for Ellsworth's Judge John A. Peters who was so instrumental in the park formation. No success and even my recent letter of inquiry to Herbert Silsby has gone unanswered. Any suggestions? Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax 8/24/2004 Page 1 of 3 Ronald Epp From: "Joshua Torrance" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:13 PM Subject: Re: HCTPR Archives Hi Ronald: Early on the morning of the 21st is okay. I usually am at work between 8:30-9:00 AM. So if you would like to meet me then, that is fine. Joshua NotE: Asked J. Torrance i h he had documentation for the several thousand dollars that Joshua Campbell Torrance Executive Director the HCTPR Received G. 1947 in Woodlawn Museum/The Black House as part of the WILL of B.DORR. Ellsworth, ME 04605 207/667-8671 Response? lot known! Are you a Member of Woodlawn Museum? We could use your support. Visit www.woodlawnmuseum.com/member and learn how you can help make a difference in our community. Original Message Follows From: "Ronald Epp" To: "Joshua Torrance" Subject: Re: HCTPR Archives Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 09:28:26-0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from cerberus.nhc.ed ([4.21.177.135]) by mc7-f12.law1.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Tue, 11 Feb 2003 06:29:16-0800 Received: from SNHUQQ17IF2Y2T ([198.114.206.114])by cerberus.nhc.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id JAA11992for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 09:29:34-0500 X-Message-Info: dHZMQeBBv44IPE7o4B5bAg== Message-ID: : References: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Return-Path: r.epp@snhu.edu X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Feb 2003 14:29:16.0832 (UTC) 2/11/2003 Page 1 of 1 Ronald Epp From: "Ronald Epp" To: Cc: ; Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 11:49 AM Subject: HCTPR Archives & Mr. Dorr Dear Josh and Rosamond, I will be journeying to Ellsworth shortly (November 13 & 14) and wondered whether I could see either of you to discuss the images that are part of the HCTPR/Woodlawn archives. My work on Mr. Dorr has greatly intensified in recent months and I would like to be confident that I have not missed any document or images residing at Woodlawn. I ran across at least one image in the HCTPR Centennial publication in the Ellsworth American that was credited to your facility and it peaked my interest regarding what else you might have relative to the first 1901-1945 era. I'd also briefly like to reexamine some of the early archival material relative to some "secondary" figures (e.g., L.B. Deasy, George L. Stebbin, etc.) that I may have overlooked on the first inspection. Would it be possible to meet with one of you on either of these days in the a.m.? Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of the Harry & Gertrude Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University 2500 North River Road Manchester, NH 03106-1045 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 (fax) 11/1/2002 To: "Joshua Torrance" Subject: George Dorr & HCTPR Research Date sent: Mon, 14 May 2001 17:00:20 Joshua, Thank you for the time and attention given to me this past week by you and your staff. You asked me to remind you to have the early histry of the HCTPR photocopied and sent to my home address : 137 Salem Drive Cromwell, CT 06416 Will you also include HCTPR membership information. I would like to join and advance the goals of Mr. Eliot and Mr. Dorr. When I return my membership fee Ill add on an appropriate amount for photocopying and mailing the aforementioned history. With your permission, I would like to return later in the year and get a bit deeper into the archival materials that your researcher (Mrs. Grazy??) was kind enough to walk me through. Finally, will there be any special celebration of the 100th anniversary of the HCTPR in August? With best wishes, Ronald Epp -- 1 -- -- Mon, 14 May 2001 17:00:20 To: "Joshua Torrance" Subject: Re: HCTPR Research Date sent: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 12:00:03 Dear Mr. Torrance, Thank you for responding at length to my inqury regarding the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. I will follow your lead and again contact Bob Pyle at the Northeast Harbor Public Library relative to his Charles Eliot holdings. Several weeks go when I was doing research at the ANP Archives, the curator alluded to the possibility of a NPS/HCTPR exhibit and I would appreciate being kept abreast of that project. It may interest you to know how difficult it has been to locate you and to find any historic or current information on the HCTPR. Even my contacts at the Maine State Library could not determine whether your organization existed! Efforts to track down publications about HCTPR at both the Library of Congress and in the authoritative database--of 40 million items--used by the librarian/archival community were fruitless. Your notation that a HCTPR history exists, sent my heart soaring-- but again, there is no bibliographic record. I would gladly pay to have a copy reproduced and mailed to me, if that is permissable. As an alternative, I am planning a trip to Ellsworth and MDI in late February or March, could we arrange to meet and discuss matters of mutual interest? -- 1 -- - Wed, 24 Jan 2001 12:00:03 From: "Joshua Torrance" To: epp@mail.hartford.edu Subject: HCTPR Research Date sent: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 09:01:22 -0500 Dr. Epp, My name is Joshua Torrance and I am the Executive Director here at the Woodlawn Museum, which is owned by the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. We do not have a lot material documenting our formation. We do have a history of the HCTPR (1901-1938) published in Bar Harbor in 1939. We might have other material but I am not sure (I just came on board here as the E.D. in September). I will do some investigating and get in touch with you. The Northeast Harbor Library has material on Elliot. Try contacting Bob Pyle, librarian, at 207-276-3333 for the details. We might be doing an exhibit on HCPR with the National Park Service. I would be more than happy to share any research with you and would appreciate anything you uncover. We defiantly like to support and encourage research such as yours as much as we can. I look forward to hearing more about your research and will be back in touch soon. Cordially, Josh Torrance Joshua Campbell Torrance Executive Director Woodlawn Museum, The Black House Ellsworth, ME 04605 207/667-8671 Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com - 1 -- Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:41:06