N.P.S. Harpers Ferry Center Historical Collection Harpers Ferry Center: A Brief History Page 1 of 3 National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Harpers Ferry Center Interpretive Media for the National Park Servic Home Resource Projects Departments STREET Staff Home > A Brief History Previous Page A Brief History of Harpers Ferry Center Left: Harpers Ferry Center staff in 1975. "With vision and leadership, Bill Everhart developed this center to foster interchange of creative ideas and bring to park visitors, through interpretive media, a fuller understanding and appreciation of their natural and cultural heritage." - From a Harpers Ferry Center placard The idea for Harpers Ferry Center dates back to the early years of George Hartzog's tenure as director of the National Park Service. Hartzog became director in January 1964 and one month later named Bill Everhart chief of a new Division of Interpretation and Visitor Services. The new division's job was to bring together the various interpretive functions-audiovisual, publications, museums - and coordinate their activities. Everhart immediately realized that he faced a number of problems. On paper he had all media-related offices in the National Park Service under his control. But in reality, they were dispersed across the country. The Museum Branch, which enjoyed a long and distinguished history, was led by Ralph Lewis, a respected museum professional. The branch was split between the Eastern Museum Laboratory in an old temporary building on the Mall in Washington, D.C., and the Western Museum Laboratory in the Old Mint Building in San Francisco. Everhart decided to separate the design and production aspects from the preservation and curatorial side of the museum activity. Lewis retained the curatorial end and Russ Hendrickson, at the time the chief of Exhibit Production for the Department of Agriculture was given the task of upgrading exhibit design. A small publications office had space in the Interior Building in Washington, but regional publications officers prepared material in the field and sent the work into Washington for production. The audiovisual staff was in its infancy, consisting of sometimes two, sometimes three, staff members. Curatorial and research functions were equally small. Creating a Center for Interpretive Media Everhart reasoned that if the National Park Service were going to http://www.nps.gov/hfc/history.htm 3/18/2003 Harpers Ferry Center: A Brief History Page 2 of 3 bring its interpretive programs up to measure with all the construction work of Mission 66 that was then nearing completion, something had to change. In his own words: "It seemed to me that the newly established Office of Interpretation had two essential objectives right from the beginning. One was to bring in some really professional talents, both to head up and to staff the branches of publications, museums, and AV; the other was to bring all of the people together under one roof." Slowly this idea grew. Everhart was aided in pushing this concept with Director Hartzog by Vincent Gleason, then chief of the Division of Publications. Gleason, in fact, received a $500 cash award for suggesting that all media-related personnel be brought together into one office. Everhart was able to persuade Hartzog of the Center's viability and the initial funds were requested in the FY67 budget. The cost for the Center was estimated to be between $1,000,000 and $1,250,000. The first funds, $600,000, were appropriated July 1, 1966. A Site is Chosen Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was chosen because the Mather Training Center was just getting started as an interpretive training center. Everhart believed that "a site on this campus would provide for excellent communications between the people who were producing interpretive programs in the new design center and the interpreters for whom these programs were being produced who would be taking courses at Mather." It was hoped as well that both West Virginia senators, Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd, would support the proposal. Randolph had been instrumental in establishing the original Harpers Ferry National Monument and in purchasing the old Storer College as the site for Mather Training Center. Byrd held an important spot on the Senate Appropriations Committee. After interviewing a number of architectural firms, the National Park Service settled on Ulrich Franzen of New York City. Franzen talked in Washington with the people who would be working in the new building, and pulled together ideas of the personal and production needs. From traveling to Harpers Ferry he became convinced that by using brick he could tie his contemporary building to the historic structures of the town, and that by employing arches on the river front he would echo those found in the Armory and John Brown's Fort. The working drawings were sent out for bids in early 1967. They were opened later in the year, and construction began in April 1968. In December 1969 the work ended, having cost a total of $905,000, a relatively inexpensive building even for that time. On March 2, 1970, Harpers Ferry Center quietly opened its doors for business, and in June of that year, an open house was held at the Center, which served as its official launching. HFC Grows Up The building was originally designed to contain offices, studios, and workshops for 80 staff members. Today, more than 100 people call this building their workplace. But the Center has expanded beyond its walls, and more than 60 HFC personnel are located in several other buildings in Harpers Ferry and Charles Town, West Virginia, and Denver, Colorado. Much has changed beyond just the numbers of people who work here. In the early years, motion pictures, sound/slide programs, audio http://www.nps.gov/hfc/history.htm 3/18/2003 Harpers Ferry Center: A Brief History Page 3 of 3 messages, museuilli eximinis, and other publications, interpretive plans, and participation on Master Planning Teams were HFC's products. Many of these same items are still produced, but new ones have been added and all look different, for the past 30 years have seen a veritable revolution in media presentations. As if that weren't enough, constantly increasing numbers of visitors (1970: 172 million; 1993: 273 million) to the parks as well as the growth in the number of parks (1970: 284; 1998: 376) have placed tremendous demands on the staff to adequately fulfill these needs. Not the least of the forces for change in these years was the celebration of the national bicentennial. The Center experienced a great burst of growth in its first five years in response to the rapid development of these plans. A number of visitor centers were constructed or refitted and filled with new exhibits, films, publications. Waysides pointed out the site of pivotal events, and historic furnishings research facilitated the accurate presentation of a great number of interiors. And interpretive plans suggested how the story of creating a new country be told. The workload was intense and the Center hummed with activity. By 1977 everyone was able to assess the impact and make use of the lessons learned in the future. One major change was the reluctant but necessary closure of the in- house exhibit fabrication shop, once the number one attraction on the HFC tour. All exhibits are now constructed by outside firms. The Mission in the New Millennium Throughout the years everyone has tried to hold true to the philosophy behind this Center: that by employing appropriate media, professionals can interpret the park story for the visiting public in a fashion that is immediate and understandable and a complement to the efforts in the park itself. The women and men of the Center have had some great successes since the beginnings of HFC and look forward to even more in the years to come as they and the National Park Service prepare to move into the 21st century. - By Robert Grogg and David Nathanson Home I Top of Page I Previous Page I Contact Us http://www.nps.gov/hfc/history.htm 3/18/2003 NPS History Collection Inventories Page 1 of 3 National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Find a Park Discover History Explore Nature Working with Communities Get Involved Teachers Kids About Us Harpers Ferry Cente Explore HFC NPS History Collection Inventories Home About Us Record Groups Media Products The following links provide a sampling of some of the record groups in the Programs & NPS History Collection (NPSHC) at Harpers Ferry Center. If you have Services questions or would like more information, please call(304) 535-6139. Accessibility The Ronald F. Lee Papers, 1947-1972 (RG 1) - The office papers, home Art, Graphics & files, and personal memorabilia of Ronald Freeman Lee, who held the Library Services positions of Chief Historian, Assistant Director, Regional Director in the HFC Commissioned Art National Park Service from 1933 to 1966, was a founder of the National Collection Trust for Historic Preservation, and served as a consultant to the National NPS History Park Service until his death in 1972. Collection Inventories HFC Library Databases The Harold L. Peterson Papers, 1963-1977 (RG 2) - The home and office NPS Library Program files of Harold L. Peterson, Chief Curator of the National Park Service and world-renown authority on arms and armor, and military art and science until Artifact Conservation his death January 1, 1978. Illustration of a bighorn sheep Education Technology at NPS in acrylic by John Dawson. The The Harold P. Fabian Advisory Board Collection (1961-1973) (RG 3) image appears in the Sequoia Interpretive Planning Materials collected by Harold P. Fabian during the course of his work on the & Kings Canyon handbook and Media Evaluation & Visitor Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments Yosemite handbook. Research throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Media Inventory Database (MIDS) Civilian Conservation Corps (RG 4) - This record group inventory gathers together all books, manuscripts, museum objects, etc. in the HFC Library and NPSHC related to the history of NPS Graphic Identity the CCC, 1933-1941. Contractor Information Jesse L. Nusbaum Papers, 1921-1958 (RG 5) - Papers and correspondence of Jesse Nusbaum, NPS Maps of National Parks archeologist. It is largely due to Nusbaum's efforts that the NPS is so closely tied to Southwest archeology. Historic Photos World Conferences Collection (RG This material was produced and collected by National Park Service Collection personnel for the various international parks conferences in which the Service participated, from the First World Conference (1962) to the First World Conference on Cultural Parks (1984). HFC Site Tools National Park Conferences (RG 8) - This record group inventory describes the holdings in the collection that Contact Us relate to National Park conferences from 1911 to the present. 304-535-5050 The National Parks Centennial (RG 13) - The papers and files of several NPS individuals involved with the Directions NPS Centennial celebration in 1972. Includes copies of the meeting proceedings and reports of the National Parks Centennial Office, generated and collected during the course of its mission focusing on the Centennial Year 1972. Also includes copies of periodical articles from various publications concerning the NPS Centennial. NPS Museum Function (RG 14) - This record group inventory gathers together all materials in the NPSHC that relate to the museum and curatorial functions within NPS from the beginnings of the Service to the present. http://www.nps.gov/hfc/services/library/library.cfm 6/7/2015 NPS History Collection Inventories Page 2 of 3 Materials on Yellowstone National Park (RG 17) - This finding aid gathers together in one document a listing of materials on Yellowstone National Park that are present in the National Park Service History Collection, and the NPS Library at Harpers Ferry Center. The Bicentennial Celebration (RG 18) - This record group inventory gathers together all materials in the NPSHC that relate to the various activities involving the preparations for and the programs of the American Revolution Bicentennial, 1972-1976, in the NPS. Interpretation in the National Park Service (RG 19) - This record group inventory gathers together material in NPSHC relating to the history and practice of interpretation in the Service from the very beginnings to the present. National Park Women (RG 21) - This record group inventory describes the holdings in the collection that relate to the history of the National Park Women organization. National Park Service Administrative Manuals (RG 22) - This record group inventory describes the holdings in the collection of administrative and policy manuals issued predominantly by NPS from the 1930s to the Director's Orders of the present. Also included is a collection of ranger manuals from various parks. Mission 66, 1955-1966 (RG 23) - This record group inventory includes documents and information about the Mission 66 program, which was a milestone in National Park Service history. The program aimed at bringing the whole infrastructure of the system - housing, visitor centers, interpretation, etc. up-to-date by 1966. It was launched in 1956 and was closed out in 1964 after over $900,000,000 had been spent and much good work accomplished. Hartzog Directorate Collection (RG 30) - Files and Notebooks dealing with Programs and Proposals during the middle period of the Hartzog Directorate Made up mostly of Hartzog's office files and Theodore Swem's files. Alaska Research Materials in the NPSHC (RG 36) - This record group consists of general NPSHC materials on Alaska, as well as several collections that were formed on Alaska areas. National Park Service History (RG - A collection of items, published and unpublished, that were written as interpretation or explanation of some aspect of National Park Service administrative or operational history. Ranger Activities (RG 39) - Miscellaneous material on ranger activities from the beginnings of the NPS to 1986. Includes a listing of some of the ranger manuals used in parks in the 1920s - 1950s. Also includes U.S. Forest Service materials which were used by NPS rangers in the field before NPS produced its own materials. Proposed Areas Collection (RG 51) - Material dealing with policy about the selection of proposed areas and the areas themselves ranging from 1924 to 1988, but mostly from 1955-1970. Camping History in the NPSHC (RG 52) - This collection contains published and unpublished material on the administration of camping in national and state parks and the management of campgrounds. The Ernest A. Connally Collection (RG 53) - A container listing of the office collection of Ernest A. Connally who was director of the Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation of the NPS. Abolished Areas (RG 55) - This record group inventory describes the holdings in the collection that relate to former NPS areas. Washington Memoranda to All, 1935-1940 (RG 56) - A collection of memoranda issued by the Washington Office to all field offices for the period 1935 through 1940. This finding aid is a copy of the indexes for each year 1935 to 1940. Pitcaithley Reconstruction Files (RG 63) - Research files compiled by Dwight Pitcaithley on the subject of historical reconstruction. Other Documents Abner Doubleday Collection - This is a collection of military records and journals of Civil War General Abner Doubleday (1819-1893). Artillery for the Land Service of the United States - by Alfred Mordecai. A Comparison of the Plates from Two NPS Copies (located at Harpers Ferry Center Library and Springfield Armory National Historic Site. The HFC copy includes plates beyond the original 1848-49 edition, up to about 1861. The Springfield Armory copy includes plates added until approximately 1873.) and the National Archives microfilm copy. Also listed is: Drawings and Tables of Dimensions of the Ordnance for the Land Service of the United States (1841). http://www.nps.gov/hfc/services/library/library.cfm 6/7/2015 NPS History Collection Inventories Page 3 of 3 Chronology of NPS Regional Structure - This document shows the changes in NPS regional structure that have taken place since the first regionalization of the Service in 1937. National Park Service News I - Stephen T. Mather's NPS newsletter, 1919-1920. They give a good picture of the Service and the parks of the time. Publishing History of the Courier - The Courier was the news magazine of the National Park Service from 1956-1999. Relative Sizes of NPS Areas and U.S. States - This document compares the gross acreage of U.S. states to that of NPS areas which are at least 700,000 acres in size. The NPS Arrowhead : A History is - An excerpt from Badges and Insignia, 1894-1991 by R. Bryce Workman, published in 1991 by the National Park Service History Collection at Harpers Ferry Center. HFC Center for Media Services Programs and Services Art, Graphics & Library Services NPS History Collection Inventories Frequently Asked Questions Facebook YouTube Website Policies Twitter iTunes Contact Us http://www.nps.gov/hfc/services/library/library.cfm 6/7/2015 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONFERENCES Page 1 of 16 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONFERENCES National Park Service History Collection RG 8 Preliminary inventory A. Provenance This material came from many different sources and occasions. Conferences were held before the establishment of the National Park Service and are a continuing function of the organization. Material will continue to come in. An extremely small amount of material is from "outside" conferences attended by National Park Service personnel, but most is a result of in-house activity. Some of the material was pre-conference in nature produced for study and information while the remainder resulted from the conferences themselves. Most of this material remained in the hands of the conferees, parks, offices that used it and for whom it was intended. Consequently, most of the material came to NPSHC from individuals and parks. B. History As more parks become established, the need for more uniformity and better communication among parks and their management personnel became apparent. To help meet this goal the first National Park Conference was held in Yellowstone in September, 1911. A second followed in 1912 at Yosemite, and a third several years later at the National Park Education Center in Berkeley, Calif. By the time of the establishment of the National Park Service in 1916, a biennial pattern had emerged. With some exceptions, notably the World War II period, this pattern of a biennial meeting of superintendents continued until 1965. Since then, regional meetings have taken place and there have been only two Servicewide meetings - in 1977 and 1988. Meetings will probably continue in one form or another. Meetings of this type are often significant as the scene of development and/or announcement of new National Park Service policies, procedures, thrusts, etc. As the National Park System and Service grew and became more complicated, personnel other than superintendents also discovered a need for a meeting of the minds and a sharing of information at conferences. Interpreters have met since 1929 and the first National Park Service Women's Conference took place in 1979. There have also been many meetings at levels below Servicewide. The National Park Service has also participated in worldwide conferences, some held under NPS auspices. The materials from these world conferences are included in RG 9. C. Summary There are (1986) 15 document boxes, several volumes, and loose material pertaining to NPS conferences. The bulk of the material, 10 document boxes, is in Series Biennial Superintendents' Conferences. There is one folder from the special meeting with Director Mott which is included with Document Box R in Series II - Regional Conferences and Special Meetings. A smaller amount, 3 boxes, pertain to Series III - Interpreters' Conferences. Several volumes pertain to Series IV - Resource Management and Scientific Conferences. D. Dispersal The NPS Historic Photograph Collection contains several photos of the various conferences, including panoramas of participants. E. Folder List Series I - Biennial Superintendents' Conferences Box 1 - Conferences, 1911-1925 Proceedings First National Park Conference, Yellowstone, September 11-12, 1911 Proceedings Second National Park Conference, Yosemite, October 14-16, 1912 http://www.nps.gov/hfc/library/conf.htm 10/10/2002 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONFERENCES Page 2 of 16 Proceedings - Third National Park Conference, Berkeley, California, March 11-13, 1915 Program - Fourth National Park Conference, Washington, D. C., January 2-6, 1917 Proceedings - National Park Conference, Washington, D. C., January 2-6, 1917 birth Summary Notes - Fifth National Park Conference, Denver, November 18, 1919 Lpp. H.F.C.L. Program - Sixth National Park Conference, Yosemite, November 12-13, 1922 5 pp Minutes Seventh National Park Conference, Yellowstone, October 22-28, 1923 Don attends ? No. - plays, Minutes - Eighth National Park Conference, Mesa Verde, October 1-5, 1925 Photo of Dorri ? Dorr attends. the Correspondence - Jesse Nusbaum, Superintendents' Conference, 1928-1942 Box 2 - Conferences, 1926-1939 Program - Ninth National Park Conference, Washington, D. C., November 15-20, 1926 Dorr attents Minutes - Ninth National Park Conference, Washington, D. C., November 15-20, 1926 Program - National - Park Conference, San Francisco, California, February 15-21, 1928 Dorr not attend ! Program - Superintendents' Conference, Yellowstone, September 17-24, 1929 No listing of attendee. Desummer :- 1930 Proceedings - First Park Naturalists' Conference, Berkeley, California, November 11-30, 1929 Not Dorr. Extracts for Conclusions of Park Superintendents' Conference, Washington, D.C., November 17-December 15, 1932 cafeune F Hot Spungo? Program Dinner for 1934 Conference Program - National Park Conference, Washington, D. C., January 23-24, 1936 4 Extracts from Recommendation of National Park Superintendents' Conference, January 2, 1936 Program - Superintendent," Conference, Washington, D. C., January 17-22, 1938 Minutes - NPS Superintendents' Conference, Washington, D. C., January 5-13, 1939 Proceedings - Conference on Camp Planning, Camp Edith Macy, Briar Cliff Manor, New York, May 20-23, 1936 Box 3 - Conference, 1934 Proceedings of Joint Conference National Park Operators and Superintendents, Grand Canyon, May 1-5, 1934 Resume of Events - Superintendents' and Park Operators' Conference, Washington, D. C., November 18-22, 1934 Extracts from Recommendations of Conference of Superintendents and Field Operators, Washington, D. C., November 19-23, 1934 Conference of Superintendents and Field Operators, Washington, D.C., November 19-23, 1934, Vol. 1, pages 1-199, Sessions of November 19 and 20 Conference of Superintendents and Field Operators, Washington, D.C., November 19-23, 1934, Vol. 2, pages 200- http://www.nps.gov/hfc/library/conf.htm 10/10/2002 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONFERENCES Page 3 of 16 322, Sessions of November 21 Conference of Superintendents and Field Operators, Washington, D.C., November 19-23, 1934, Vol. 3, pages 323- 379, Morning Session of November 22 - Joint Meeting with Park Operators Conference of Superintendents and Field Operators, Washington, D.C., November 19-23, 1934, Vol. 4, pages 300- 535, Afternoon Session of November 22 - Group Conference of Historical and Archeological Superintendents, of Friday morning, November 23 and Final Afternoon Session of November 23 Box 4 - Conferences, 1940-1949 Report of Meeting of Custodians' Southwest National Monuments at Headquarters, SWNM, Coolidge, Arizona, February 14-16, 1940 Report on Custodians' Meeting at Headquarters, SWNM, February 19-21, 1941 List of Field Officials Invited to NPS Conference, January 20-29, 1941 Memo - NPS Standing Committees from 1939 to December 1940 Remarks of Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, before NPS Conference, January 21, 1941 Memo - Summary of Recommendations from NPS Conference, January 1941 Recommendations of NPS Conference, Washington, D.C., January 21-29, 1941 Conference Program - March 6-8, 1945, NPS Region I, Richmond, Virginia Remarks by Director Drury at Region I Superintendents' Conference, March 6, 1945 Minutes of Conference on Use of Resources in Historical Areas Administered by NPS, Colonial NHP, March 6-7, 1946 Report of Proceedings - NPS Conference, Mammoth Cave, October 8-11, 1946 Summary of the April National Park Conference (1947) Address List - NPS Conference, Grand Canyon, October 4-7, 1948 Discussion Program - NPS Conference, Grand Canyon, October 4-7,1948 C. P. Russell's notes made during NPS Conference, Grand Canyon, October 4-7, 1948 Report of Proceedings of NPS Conference, Grand Canyon, October 4-8, 1948 Notes by Session Summarizers - NPS Conference, Grand Canyon. October 4-8. 1948 Welcome from Region 4 plus Agenda - NPS Conference, Yosemite, October 16-21, 1950 Monthly Narrative, October 1950 - Fort Pulaski giving impressions of trip to NPS Conference, Yosemite Welcome to NPS Conference by Carl P. Russell, Superintendent, Yosemite, October 16, 1950 Agenda - 20th NPS Conference, Yosemite, October 16-20, 1950 Agenda - 21st Meeting NPS "Area Operations," Glacier, September 4-10, 1952 Program Booklet - Public Services, Great Smoky Mountains, September 19-24, 1955 http://www.nps.gov/hfc/library/conf.htm 10/10/2002 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONFERENCES Page 15 of 16 - Dual Career Correspondence folder - WASO/HFC Mini Conference Correspondence folder - Regional Women's Mini-Conferences Information - Report on Women and Minority Employment - RMR/DSC - Task Force on Women's Regional Mini-Conference - Conference Program Agenda - MARO Program - Flyer - Women in Action - Yosemite Women's Conference, August 25-27, 1982 APPENDIX Major NPS Superintendents' Conferences 1911-1988 First 1911 Yellowstone NP Second 1912 Yosemite NP Third 1915 Berkeley, CA Fourth 1917 Washington, DC Fifth 1919 Denver, CO Sixth 1922 Yosemite NP Seventh 1923 Yellowstone NP Eighth 1925 Mesa Verde NP Ninth 1926 Washington, DC Tenth 1928 San Francisco, CA Eleventh 1929 Yellowstone NP Twelfth 1932 Hot Springs NP Thirteenth 1934 Washington, DC Fourteenth 1936 Washington, DC Fifteenth 1938 Washington, DC Sixteenth 1939 Santa Fe, NM Seventeenth 1941 Washington. DC http://www.nps.gov/hfc/library/conf.htm 10/10/2002 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONFERENCES Page 16 of 16 Eighteenth 1946 Mammoth Cave NP Nineteenth 1948 Grand Canyon NP Twentieth 1950 Yosemite NP Twenty-first 1952 Glacier NP Public Services 1955 Great Smoky Mountains NP Park Development 1957 Yellowstone/Grand Teton NPs Visitor services 1959 Colonial Williamsburg, VA Mission 66 Frontiers 1961 Grand Canyon NP Conference of Challenges 1963 Yosemite NP Park Management 1965 Great Smoky Mountains NP Conference 1977 Rocky Mountain NP Conference 1979 (never held) Conference 1988 Yellowstone NP Compiled April 15, 1986, Revised September 24, 1998, Revised October 3, 2000 http://www.nps.gov/hfc/library/conf.htm 10/10/2002 HFLC HC Peoperly of Ho M.Albng MINUTES OF THE NINTH NATIONAL PARK CONFERENCE HELD IN WASHINGTON, D. C. NOVEMBER 15, TO 20, 1926, INC IUSIVE The ninth conference of the field representatives of the National Park Service, called for November 15 to 20, 1926, met in the Board Room of the National Fine Arts Commission, Interior Department Building, Washingto D. C., and was opened at 9.30 A. M., November 15, 1926 by Honorable Stephen T. Mather, Director of the National Park Service. History of National Park Conferences National Park Conferences, including the present Washington, D. C. conference, have been held as follows: First: - Yellowstone National Park, September 11 and 12, 1911, Secretary of Interior Walter L. Fisher presiding. Second:- Yosemite National Park, October 14 and 15, 1912, Secretary of Interior Walter L. Fisher presiding. Third: - Borkeley, California and San Francisco, Cali- fornia, March 11 to 13, 1915, inclusive, Assistant Secre- tary of the Interior Stephen T. Mather presiding. Fourth: - Washington, D. C., January 3) to 6, 1917, in- clusive, Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane and Assistant Socrotary of the Interior Stephon T. Mather pre- siding. C Fifth: - Denver, Colorado, and Rocky Mountain National Park, November 13 to 16, 1919, inclusive, Director of the National Park Service Stephan T. Mather presiding. 0 Sixth: - Yosemite National Park, November 13 to 17, 1922, inclusive, Assistant Director of the National Park Service Arno B. Cammerer presiding. Seventh: - Yellowstone National Park, October 21 to 28, 1923, inclusivo, Assistant Director of the National Park Service Arno B. Cammorer presiding. Eighth: - Mosa Vordo National Park, Colorado, October 1 to 5, 1925, inclusive, Director of the National Park Ser- vice Stophen T. Mather prosiding. Ninth: - Washington, D. C., November 15 to 20, 1926, inclusive, Director of the National Park Servico Stephen T. Mathor presiding. Tho Membership of the Conference The following field roprosentativos of tho National Park Sor- vice were present: Harpers Ferry Center: NPS Historic Photo Collection Page 1 of 2 National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Harpers Ferry Center Interpretive Media for the National Park Servic Home Resources Projects Departments Solitizations Staff Directions Resources > NPS Photos > Search Form > Search Results Previous Page NPS Historic Photo Collection Search Results Photos 1 - 8 of 33 total photos Click on an IMAGE THUMBNAIL or CATALOG NUMBER to view a larger version of each photograph. These thumbnails have been cropped to download quickly. Catalog Number: HPC-000026; Photographer: Rinehart, Allan; Year: 1934; Description: Three well dressed children at a (rustic tent) campsite. August 1934. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-000073; Photographer: Harris, W.J.; Year: 1890; Description: The Road to Yesterday - Mr. Jorden's Party ? Visitors in two horse drawn wagons. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-000202; Photographer: Gleason, Herbert W.; Year: 1923; Description: Director Mather (with companion) at the Beaver Pond, foot of Green Mountain. (H.W. Gleason, along with Cowling, was paid by Mather to make images of parks prior to the hiring of George A. Grant. The other individual in the photo may be Secretary Lane). Parksite: Acadia National Park. Dorr Catalog Number: HPC-000332; Photographer: Boucher, Jack E.; Year: 1961; Description: Lucky fisherman brings home the "bacon" to his campsite in Black Woods Campground. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-000333; Photographer: Boucher, Jack E.; Year: 1961; Description: An amateur artist paints a canvas from his perch high on the Otter Cliffs, showing the Beehive, Sand Beach and Great Head. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-000334; Photographer: Smithe, Richard G.; Year: 1958; Description: Trailer camping and having meal in Black Woods Campground. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-000335; Photographer: Fawcett, Arthur F.; Year: 1950; Description: Heavy surf in Thunder Hole. Parksite: Acadia National Park. http://165.83.219.72/hafe/hfc/npsphoto3.cfm 4/29/2002 Harpers Ferry Center: NPS Historic Photo Collection Page 2 of 2 Catalog Number: HPC-000336; Photographer: Cammerer, Arno B.; Year: 1927; Description: Details of home and ground of Superintendent George B. Dorr. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Next 8 Photos I New Search Home I Top of Page I Previous Page I Contact Us http://165.83.219.72/hafe/hfc/npsphoto3.cfm 4/29/2002 Harpers Ferry Center: NPS Historic Photo Collection Page 1 of 2 National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Harpers Ferry Center Interpretive Media for the National Park Servic Home Resources Project: Departments Solitiations Staff Directions Resources > NPS Photos > Search Form > Search Results Previous Page NPS Historic Photo Collection Search Results Photos 9 - 16 of 33 total photos Click on an IMAGE THUMBNAIL or CATALOG NUMBER to view a larger version of each photograph. These thumbnails have been cropped to download quickly. Catalog Number: HPC-000337; Photographer: Rinehart, Allan; Year: 1935; Description: Scene at the Sand Beach. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-000338; Photographer: Rinehart, Allan; Year: 1934; Description: Nature guide party and pine trees. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-000339; Photographer: Rinehart, Allan; Year: 1935; Description: Interior view -- Isleford Historical Museum, Little Cranberry Island. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001003; Photographer: Rinehart, Allan; Year: 1934; Description: Diving board built by CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps). Echo Lake. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001026; Photographer: Boucher, Jack E.; Year: 1961; Description: Park naturalist in Acadia NP shows two park visitors species of sea life found in the park. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001159; Photographer: Cammerer, Arno B.; Year: 1927; Description: Motor road through cut where it is planned to span for a horse bridge. September 1927. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001160; Photographer: Cammerer, Arno B.; Year: 1927; Description: Along new motor road in Acadia Park showing type of railing and surfacing. September 1927. Parksite: Acadia National Park. .../npsphoto3.cfm?StartRow=1&Year=&Photographer=&Theme=AllThemes&Alpha=ACAD&Collection=AllCol14/29/2002 Harpers Ferry Center: NPS Historic Photo Collection Page 2 of 2 Catalog Number: HPC-001161; Photographer: Cammerer, Arno B.; Year: 1927; Description: Detail of Eagle Lake Bridge. September 1927. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Next 8 Photos I New Search Home I Top of Page I Previous Page I Contact Us /npsphoto3.cfm?StartRow=1&Year=&Photographer=&Theme=AllThemes&Alpha=ACAD&Collection=AllCol4/29/2002 Harpers Ferry Center: NPS Historic Photo Collection Page 1 of 2 National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Harpers Ferry Center Interpretive Media for the National Park Servic Home Resources Projects Departments Soliditations Staff Directions Resources > NPS Photos > Search Form > Search Results Previous Page NPS Historic Photo Collection Search Results Photos 17 - 24 of 33 total photos Click on an IMAGE THUMBNAIL or CATALOG NUMBER to view a larger version of each photograph. These thumbnails have been cropped to download quickly. Catalog Number: HPC-001162; Photographer: Cammerer, Arno B.; Year: 1927; Description: Park scenes. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001163; Photographer: Cammerer, Arno B.; Year: 1927; Description: Detail of home and grounds of Supt. George B. Dorr. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001263; Photographer: Gray, Thomas C.; Year: 1996; Description: Visitors enjoying the view on Cadillac Mt. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001283; Photographer: Gray, Thomas C.; Year: 1996; Description: Northeast Harbor. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001284; Photographer: Gray, Thomas C.; Year: 1996; Description: View of the exhibits in the Islesford Museum, Little Cranberry Island. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001285; Photographer: Gray, Thomas C.; Year: 1996; Description: Schoodic Point. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001286; Photographer: Gray, Thomas C.; Year: 1996; Description: Sand Beach. Parksite: Acadia National Park. hpsphoto3.cfm?StartRow=9&Year=&Photographer=&Theme=AllThemes&Alpha=ACAD&Collection=AllCol14/29/200 Harpers Ferry Center: NPS Historic Photo Collection Page 2 of 2 Catalog Number: HPC-001287; Photographer: Gray, Thomas C.; Year: 1996; Description: Parksite: Acadia National Park. Next 8 Photos I New Search Home I Top of Page I Previous Page I Contact Us (npsphoto3.cfm?StartRow=9&Year=&Photographer=&Theme=AllThemes&Alpha=ACAD&Collection=AllCol 4/29/2002 Harpers Ferry Center: NPS Historic Photo Collection Page 1 of 2 National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Harpers Ferry Center Interpretive Media for the National Park Servic Home Resources Projects Departments Solidations Staff Directions Resources > NPS Photos > Search Form > Search Results Previous Page NPS Historic Photo Collection Search Results Photos 25 - 32 of 33 total photos Click on an IMAGE THUMBNAIL or CATALOG NUMBER to view a larger version of each photograph. These thumbnails have been cropped to download quickly. Catalog Number: HPC-001288; Photographer: Gray, Thomas C.; Year: 1996; Description: Frog. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001289; Photographer: Gray, Thomas C.; Year: 1996; Description: Mushroom. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001290; Photographer: Gray, Thomas C.; Year: 1996; Description: Flower? Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001291; Photographer: Gray, Thomas C.; Year: 1996; Description: Frog. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001292; Photographer: Gray, Thomas C.; Year: 1996; Description: Sunrise or Sunset? Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001293; Photographer: Gray, Thomas C.; Year: 1996; Description: View of Harbor(?) and vessels. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Catalog Number: HPC-001535; Photographer: ; Year: 1930s; Description: Thunder Hole. (Ranger with visitors) Parksite: Acadia National Park. .../npsphoto3.cfm?StartRow=17&Year=&Photographer=&Theme=AllThemes&Alpha=ACAD&Collection=AllCo4/29/2002 Harpers Ferry Center: NPS Historic Photo Collection Page 2 of 2 Catalog Number: HPC-001536; Photographer: ; Year: 1930s; Description: Sailboat Party on Grea Duck Island. Parksite: Acadia National Park. Next Set of Photos I New Search Home I Top of Page I Previous Page I Contact Us apsphoto3.cfm?StartRow=17&Year=&Photographer=&Theme=AllThemes&Alpha=ACAD&Collection=AllCo4/29/2002 Harpersterry Center, NPS Dol. ACADIA NATIONAL PARK ANNUAL REPORTS 1972 1973 1974 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1990 1991 1993 2000 ARTICLES The Abbe Museum of stone age antiquities by no author, no magazine, no date Acadia by Robert A. Hellmann, National Parks Magazine, vol. 32:133, April-June 1958, page 58 Acadia, gentle and rough, National Park a unique by Naomi Linnea Hunt, Maine Life, Jun. 1980 Acadia National Park by The President of the United States, National Parks, Jul 8, 1916 Acadia National Park: a geological summary by no author, no magazine, no date Acadia National Park: the living things by no author, no magazine, no date Acadia National Park on Maine's rocky coast by W. H. Spindler, The Highway Magazine, Feb. 1947 Acadia National Park: Random notes on the significance of the name by William Otis Sawtelle, The Bar Harbor Times, Apr. 1929 Acadia National Park: A seacoast possession of by George B. Dorr, Nature Magazine, May 1929 Acadia: public & private preservation by Robert O Binnewies and Gary Baese, National Parks & Conservation Magazine, vol. 49, April 1975, pages 4-9 Amazing of a warship's wonders of "Indian, The Illustrated London News, Jul. 8, 1933 An analysis of Lafayette National Park by Robert Sterling Yard, The National Parks Association, Feb. 1924 - 2 copies Anemone Cave by no author, no magazine, no date The Bar Harbor Fire by Sargent Collier, Mount Desert the Most Beautiful Island in the World, no date ARITCLES CONTINUED Bays-of-Maine igneous complex by Carleton A. Chapman, Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 73, July-December 1962, pages 883-887 Beauty under siege by Thatcher Freund, New England Monthly, Jul/Aug 1990 A Bibliography of travel in Maine, 1783-1861 by Richard G. Wood, The New England Quarterly, vol. 6:2, June 1933, pages 426-439 Bobinchock wins top park award by Polly Saltonstall, The Bar Harbor Times, May 30, 1991 The Carriage paths by no author, no magazine, no date The Elisha Gilley House by no author, no magazine, no date First National Park east of the Miss. River, National Geographic Magazine, Jan. 1917 The Geology of Acadia National Park, Maine by Carleton A Chapman, University of Illinois, Apr. 12, 1968 Geolog y of Mount Desert Island, Maine by George H. Chadwick, American Journal of Science, vol. 237, 1939, pages 355-363 Has nature performed a miracle in Acadia National Park? By Huston Thompson, National Parks Magazine, vol. 29:122, July-September 1955, pages 115-119 History of highseas by Arthur & Isabelle Stover and Kathryne Mittelberger, no magazine, August 1974 The Isleford collection of maps and charts, Sept. 1957 Islesfor Historical Museum by no author, no magazine, no date John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Acadia National Park, no date The Jones Cove Shell-heap at by Walter B. Smith, Bar Harbor, 1929 Little Cranberry Island by no author, no magazine, no date, 1 sheet The Lost red paint people of Maine by Walter Brown Smith, Bar Harbor, 1930 Maine Bookmarks by Marion French, Bangor Daily News, Jul. 19, 1965 Man and Nature by George B. Dorr, The Wild Gardens of Acadia, 1913 Monday marks the 50th anniversary by LaRue Spiker, Bar Harbor Times, Jul. 7, 1966 Mount Desert: Where the forest meets the sea by John T. Starr, American Forests, Nov. 1963 The 1947 forest fire record by L. F. Cook, National Parks Magazine, Jan.-Mar. 1948 Oil threatens Acadia by Farrell Davisson, National Parks & Conservation Magazine, Dec. 1970 Otters, Fires, and the Ocean: An by Leslie J. Dubuc, Ray B. Owen, Jr., William B. Krohn, and Carroll J. Schell, Park Science, Win. 1989 Our seacoast National Park by George B. Dorr, Appalachia, Aug. 1921 Owners battle Park Service over. by Grady Holloway, The Washington Post, Oct. 31, 1976 Park competes for Federal funds by Earl Brechlin, The Ellsworth American, Sept. 19, 1991 Park Naturalist's report: Acadia National Park by Arthur Stupka, National Park Service, Sept 1933-Dec. 1934 Park Official sees new era for Mt. Desert, Bangor Daily Commercial, Jan. 17, 1973 Park Service Bulletin, Nov. 1937 ARTICLES CONTINUED The Scenery of Mt. Desert Island: its origin and development by Erwin J. Raisz, Annuals New York Academy of Sciences, vol. XXXI, September 18, 1929, pages 121-186 Schodic Peninsula by no author, no magazine, no date Section of Geology and Mineralogy* by Dc. George H. Chadwick, Transactions of The New York Academy of Sciences, Mar. 6, 1944 Ski Touring Acadia by Russell D. Butcher, The Environmental Journal, October 1978, pages 13-15 Spargue's journal of Maine History: Vol. XIII, #3, Jul.-Sept. 1925 Straight up from sea level by Geoffrey Childs, Yankee, May 1977, Pages 152-156 Synar ready to let Clinton reform concessions policy, Federal Parks & Recreation, Jun. 3, 1993 Talking with Fire Island's main man, Fire Island Tide, May 31, 1991 The unique island of Mount Desert by George B. Dorr, Ernest Howe Forbush, and M. ) Fernald, Hamilton Watch, July 1914 Up-to-date glimpse at National Parks, National Parks Magazine, Feb. 1961 What you always wanted to know about Acadia but were afraid to aks by no author, no magazine, no date The White mountain National Forest by Franklin K. Lane, National Park Service, 1917 The White Mountain National Forest MCMXVII, 1917 BOOKS Acadia National Park by Freeman Tildea, 1957 Acadia National Park by George B. Dorr, 1942 Acadia National Park by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Jun. 1941 Acadia National Park by Raymond S. Price, Wayside Exhibits, Mar. 14, 1979 Acadia National Park: History, no date Acadia National Park-Journal of A. Stupka, 1932-34 The Acadian Forest by George B. Dorr, no date Bar Harbor, no date Birds of Mt. Desert Island by Carroll Tyson and James Bond, 1941 The Gilley Family of Mt. Desert by William Otis Sawtelle, 1921 The Handicrafts of the modern Indians of Maine by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, 1932 John Gilley of Baker's Island, May 1966 National Parks and Monuments by Franklin K. Lane, National Park Service, no date The New England* Acadian Shoreline by Douglas Johnson, no date Sir Francis Bernard and his grant of mount desert by William Otis Sawtelle, 1922 Time of Decision, 1967 CIRCULARS Circular of General information regarding ACAD and Lafayett : 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES October 30, 1987 November 30, 1987 January 25, 1988 November 14, 1988 May 23, 1991 May 21, 1992 August 19, 1992 August 6, 1993 October 8, 1993 March 7, 1994 April 11, 1994 June 8, 1994 August 19, 1994 November 2, 1994 November 22, 1994 March 14, 1995 April 24, 1995 July 14, 1995 March 19, 1996 April 22, 1996 July 9, 1996 July 25, 1996 February 3, 1997 GENERAL INFORMATION Acadia fact sheet Acadia Fire, 1947 Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island Coloring book, no date Acadia National Park: General Area Information, 1963 At Mount Desert, from Arthur H. Norton, no date Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1979 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island: Your Passbook for 1966 Camping areas near Acadia National Park Cadillac Mountain road, Acadia National Park-Maine, no date Combined index and nature notes from Acadia, 1939 Congregational Church, Jul. 15, 19?? Details of home & grounds of George B. Dorr, 1930 Driver' instructions for Acadia National Park Fees at Blackwoods and Seawall Campgrounds, 1969 Films available for loan from Acadia National Park Free information & literature available thru Acadia National Park Isle Au Haut Co. Passengers and freight between Stonington and Isle Au Haut, 1980 In Catalog of Abbe Museum, Acadia National Park Jan. 19, 1937: Library Miscellaneous Plummets Gouges Celts, Adzes, Grooveless axes, Grooved axe and iron axes Leader's Narrative Maine's great coast resort Bar Harbor and Lafayette National Park, no date Maine's magnificent new scenic highway: The Cadillac mountain road, no date Mount Desert Island Christmas, Jan. 5, 1967 Mount Desert Island: Your Passport, 1962 Naturalist Program: Acadia National Park, Jun. 28-Sept. 5, 1964 Naturalist Program: Acadia National Park 1962 1963 1964 1966 1967 1968 1980 Naturalist Program for Acadia National Park 1977 Naturalist Program for Acadia National Park On Wild life and landscape as essential elements in human environment, no date Post cards to Mr. & Mrs. Stupka, Sept. 1970 & 1972 Publications available through Easter National Park & Monument Association Summary of 1941 spring and fall drives, no date Water Cruises, 1940 GENERAL INFORMATION CONTINUED Welcome to Acadia National Park, 1935 Welcome to Acadia National Park, 1976 Welcome to Backwoods Campgroung, no date Where to stay in Bar Harbor, Maine, 1966 Wintertime activities Acadia National Park, Maine GUIDES Acadia's Beaver Log: Visitor guide, Aug, 1983 Acadia Beaver Log: Visitor guide, July 1991 Acadia National Park and the nearby Coast of Maine: A golden regional guide Acadia: Official Map and Guide, no date Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, Maine Bicycle guide to Acadia National Park, no date Complete pictorial guide: Acadia National Park, 1978 Free Nature-Guide Service The Jordan Pond Path: A self-guided tour, no date A Monthly resume of attendance at the various nature-guide activities, 1934? Picture-taking at Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island, 1969 Ship Harbor Nature Trail: Man, Nature and Disaster (Acadia National Park), no date Ship Harbor Trail Guide, 2nd draft, Dec. 6, 1968 Visitor's guide & map: Mount Desert Island, Maine(Acadia National Park), no date What to do and see in Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, 1966 HEARINGS Hearings before the subcommittee on public lands, reserved water and resource conservation of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: United States Senate, 99th Congress, 1st Session on S.720 & S1208, Jul. 12, 1985 Hearing before the subcommittee on public lands and reserved water of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: United States Senate, 97th Congress, 2nd Session on S.1777, S.1872, and S.2218 LETTERS AND MEMORANDUM Inter-office communication on U.S. Dept. of Interior-John Gilley of Baker's Island, no date Memo to Regional Director on trip report-Acadia National Park- Sept. 19, 1922 Memo for the director, Oct. 19, 1940 Memo to Regional Director on Sharpe Wildflower guide manuscript-Acadia, Nov. 23, 1962 Letter to George A. Palmer from Dennis C. Kurjack, Jan. 21, 1963 LETTERS AND MEMORANDUM Memo to Regional Director on reprint of booklet "John Gilley of Baker's Island" Apr. 24, 1969 Memo to Superintendent, Acadia on reprinting arrangements for John Gilley booklet, May 19, 1969 Letter to Andrew Dirga from O. F. Barnett, May 27, 1969 Memo to Superintendent, Acadia on reprint of John Gilley of Baker's Island, Mar. 9, 1970 Memo to Park Naturalist, Acadia on reprint of booklet "John Gilley of Baker's Island, Feb. 16, 1970 Memo to Atlantic Regional Advisory Committee on Acadia National Park, Dec. 3, 1975 MAPS Acadia National Park Headquarters Visitor Center and Paradise Hill Overlook, no date Acadia National Park Trail Map, no date Correction Map, 1987 Geological map of Mt. Desert Island, no date A map of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, Maine, no date Map of Bar Harbor showing area devastated by fire, 1947 A map of Mount desert island, no date A Map of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park, Maine, 1941 Path and Road Maps of Mount Desert Island, revised 1941 Path of Maps of Mount Desert Island, revised 1932 Preliminary geologic map of Maine, 1933 Road and Trail Map of Mount Desert Island, 1964 Topographic map of Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine, 1931 Trails of Acadia: A map showing park trails on the west and east sides of Mt. Desert Island, no date Where the mountains meet the sea Acadia National Park, no date NATURE NOTES Nature Notes form Acadia, 1-4, 1932-35 Nature notes from Acadia, Vol. 3, 1934 Nature notes from Acadia, Vol. 4, 1934 NEWS RELEASES January 11, 1942 July 5, 1953 July 13, 1962 June 30, 1963 January 5, 1967 June 23, 1999 PAMPHLETS Acadia National Park, Maine, 1940 Acadia National Park, Maine, 1942 Acadia National Park, Maine, 1947 Acadia National Park, Maine, 1950 Acadia National Park, Maine, 1956 Acadia National Park, Maine, 1962 Acadia, 1965 Acadia National Park, Maine, 1980 Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, no date Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, 1969 Bar Harbor: a Senic wonderland of Ocean, Lakes, and Mountains, no date Bay-Meadow motor court, no date Cassette-tape tour of Acadia National Park, no date Isle Au Haut: Acadia National Parks, no date The Islesford Historic Museum & The Blue Duck Ships' Store, 1988 Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1956 National Park Service Pamphlets, 1940 to present Snowmobile: Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park, no date PERIODICALS Beaver Log Winter August 1983 July 1991 July/August 2001 June 2001 September/October 2001 PHOTOGRAPHS 4 photographs? Photographs by A. Seidenkranz, Oct. 28, 1977 1. Van Meir (Mower) House 2. Arcola Mill Site High bridge in front of the Van Meir Hou Photos copied from print record from Acadia National Park, Nov. 25, 1974 POST CARDS Higgins Holiday Motel The Islesford Museum REPORTS Acadia National Park, Isleford Exhibit Plan, Jul. 1960 Acadia National Park Master Plan, Feb. 1971 Headquarters Visitor Center Exhibit Plan, 1964 Interpretive Prospectus for Acadia National Park by Mark Sagan, Paul Favour, and Merdith B. Ingham, Jr., National Park Service, Aug. 11, 1964 Master plan brief for Acadia National Park, 1964 Master plan for the preservation and use of ACAD, Mission 66 Edition, Jun. 1961 Mission 66 for Acadia National Park by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, no date Museum Story for Acadia National Park, 1937 Operations Review by David Karraker, Acadia National Park, Aug. 6-10, 1979 Park Naturalist's Report on ACAD by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1935 Part II of the Acadia Museum Plan, Oct. 15, 1937 Photographs and location plan of the "Isleford Collection Inc." by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, no date Pilot study, visitor services and interpretive methods: Acadia National Park by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Jan. 21, 1955 Ranger-Naturalist's report on ACAD by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1933 Report on Mt. Katahdin, Maine by Arthur Stupka, Great Smoky Mountains National, Nov. 12, 1937 Report on the Sawtelle Collection, by Roy E. Appleman and J. Paul Hudson, Sept. 15, 1948 Research report review, Jun. 1, 1971 Special report on the 1940 spring deer census by Paul G. Favour, Jr., Acadia National Park, Sept 6, 1940 The Sieur de Monts National Monument by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1916 Wayside Exhibit Plan, 1979 RULES AND REGULATION 1921 1925 1926 1927 1940 1942 1947 revised Last update May 29, 2002 ACADIA NATIONAL PARK Park Library & Research Room THE LIBRARY OF HARPERS FERRY NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK CONTAINS approximately 3,000 volumes that primarily pertain to the park's six themes: John Brown, Civil War, African- American History, Industry, Transportation, and Natural Heritage. The Research Room houses the park's collection of historic photographs, historic maps, architectural drawings, archeological reports, historic building reports, armory records, Storer College records, John Brown records, and much more. Many of the records in the Research Room are on microfilm, and microfilm readers are available. The Park Library and Research Room are available to qualified researchers by appointment only. We can best serve you if you are able to provide an explanation of your research objectives. Please contact Nancy Hatcher at 304-535-6163 or send e-mail to: Nancy_Hatcher@nps.gov (reads Nancy_Hatcher@nps.gov) People looking for in-depth information on Harpers Ferry or doing research on park-related themes may use the following bibliography. Many of these titles are available in the Park Library, at your local library, or at your local bookstore. Several titles are also available for sale in the Harpers Ferry Park Bookshop. The Abbe Museum of stone age antiquities Acadia by Robert A. Hellmann, National Parks Magazine, April-June 1958, vol. 32:133, page 58 Acadia, gentle and rough, National Park a unique by Naomi Linnea Hunt, Maine Life, June 1980 Acadia National Park by The President of the United States, National Parks, July 1916 Acadia National Park: a geological summary Acadia National Park: the living things Acadia National Park on Maine's rocky coast by W. H. Spindler, The Highway Magazine, February 1947 Acadia National Park: Random notes on the significance of the name by William Otis Sawtelle, The Bar Harbor Times, April 1929 Acadia National Park: A seacoast possession of by George B. Dorr, Nature Magazine, May 1929 Acadia: public & private preservation by Robert o Binnewies and Gary Baese, National Parks & Conservation Magazine, April 1975vol. 49, pages 4-9 Amazing of a warship's wonders of "Indian, The Illustrated London News, July 1933 An analysis of Lafayette National Park by Robert Sterling Yard, The National Parks Association, February 1924 - 2 copies Anemone Cave The Bar Harbor Fire by Sargent Collier, Mount Desert the Most Beautiful Island in the World ARITCLES CONTINUED Bays-of-Maine igneous complex by Carleton A. Chapman, Geological Society of America Bulletin, July-December 1962, vol. 73, pages 883-887 Beauty under siege by Thatcher Freund, New England Monthly, July-August 1990 A Bibliography of travel in Maine, 1783-1861 by Richard G. Wood, The New England Quarterly, June 1933, vol. 6:2, pages 426-439 Bobinchock wins top park award by Polly Saltonstall, The Bar Harbor Times, May 30, 1991 The Carriage paths The Elisha Gilley House First National Park east of the Miss. River, National Geographic Magazine, January 1917 The Geology of Acadia National Park, Maine by Carleton A Chapman, University of Illinois, April 1968 Geolog y of Mount Desert Island, Maine by George H. Chadwick, American Journal of Science, 1939, vol. 237, pages 355-363 Has nature performed a miracle in Acadia National Park? By Huston Thompson, National Parks Magazine, July-September 1955, vol. 29:122, pages 115-119 History of highseas by Arthur & Isabelle Stover and Kathryne Mittelberger, August 1974 The Isleford collection of maps and charts, September 1957 Islesfor Historical Museum John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Acadia National Park The Jones Cove Shell-heap at by Walter B. Smith, Bar Harbor, 1929 Little Cranberry Island - 1 sheet The Lost red paint people of Maine by Walter Brown Smith, Bar Harbor, 1930 Maine Bookmarks by Marion French, Bangor Daily News, July 1965 Man and Nature by George B. Dorr, The Wild Gardens of Acadia, 1913 Monday marks the 50th anniversary by LaRue Spiker, Bar Harbor Times, July 1966 Mount Desert: Where the forest meets the sea by John T. Starr, American Forests, November 1963 The 1947 forest fire record by L. F. Cook, National Parks Magazine, January-March 1948 Oil threatens Acadia by Farrell Davisson, National Parks & Conservation Magazine, December 1970 Otters, Fires, and the Ocean: An by Leslie J. Dubuc, Ray B. Owen, Jr., William B. Krohn, and Carroll J. Schell, Park Science, Win. 1989 Our seacoast National Park by George B. Dorr, Appalachia, August 1921 Owners battle Park Service over by Grady Holloway, The Washington Post, October 1976 Park competes for Federal funds by Earl Brechlin, The Ellsworth American, September 1991 Park Naturalist's report: Acadia National Park by Arthur Stupka, National Park Service, September 1933-December 1934 Park Official sees new era for Mt. Desert, Bangor Daily Commercial, January 1973 3. ARTICLES CONTINUED Park Service Bulletin, November 1937 The Scenery of Mt. Desert Island: its origin and development by Erwin J. Raisz, Annuals New York Academy of Sciences, September 18, 1929, vol. XXXI, pages 121-186 Schodic Peninsula Section of Geology and Mineralogy* by Dc. George H. Chadwick, Transactions of The New York Academy of Sciences, March 1944 Ski Touring Acadia by Russell D. Butcher, The Environmental Journal, October 1978, pages 13-15 Spargue's journal of Maine History, July-September 1925, vol. XIII, no. 3, Straight up from sea level by Geoffrey Childs, Yankee, May 1977, pages 152-156 Synar ready to let Clinton reform concessions policy, Federal Parks & Recreation, June 1993 Talking with Fire Island's main man, Fire Island Tide, May 31, 1991 The unique island of Mount Desert by George B. Dorr, Ernest Howe Forbush, and M.L. Fernald, Hamilton Watch, July 1914 Up-to-date glimpse at National Parks, National Parks Magazine, February 1961 What you always wanted to know about Acadia but were afraid to aks The White mountain National Forest by Franklin K. Lane, National Park Service, 1917 The White Mountain National Forest MCMXVII, 1917 BOOKS Acadia National Park by Freeman Tildea, 1957 Acadia National Park by George B. Dorr, 1942 Acadia National Park by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, June 1941 Acadia National Park by Raymond S. Price, Wayside Exhibits, March 1979 Acadia National Park: History Acadia National Park-Journal of A. Stupka, 1932-34 The Acadian Forest by George B. Dorr Bar Harbor Birds of Mt. Desert Island by Carroll Tyson and James Bond, 1941 The Gilley Family of Mt. Desert by William Otis Sawtelle, 1921 The Handicrafts of the modern Indians of Maine by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, 1932 John Gilley of Baker's Island, May 1966 National Parks and Monuments by Franklin K. Lane, National Park Service The New England* Acadian Shoreline by Douglas Johnson Sir Francis Bernard and his grant of mount desert by William Otis Sawtelle, 1922 Time of Decision, 1967 A GENERAL INFORMATION Acadia fact sheet Acadia Fire, 1947 Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island Coloring book Acadia National Park: General Area Information, 1963 At Mount Desert, from Arthur H. Norton Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1979 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island: Your Passbook for 1966 Camping areas near Acadia National Park Cadillac Mountain road, Acadia National Park-Maine Combined index and nature notes from Acadia, 1939 Congregational Church, July 19?? Details of home & grounds of George B. Dorr, 1930 Driver' instructions for Acadia National Park Fees at Blackwoods and Seawall Campgrounds, 1969 Films available for loan from Acadia National Park Free information & literature available thru Acadia National Park Isle Au Haut Co. Passengers and freight between Stonington and Isle Au Haut, 1980 In Catalog of Abbe Museum, Acadia National Park, January 1937: Library Miscellaneous Plummets Gouges Celts, Adzes, Grooveless axes, Grooved axe and iron axes Leader's Narrative Maine's great coast resort Bar Harbor and Lafayette National Park Maine's magnificent new scenic highway: The Cadillac mountain road Mount Desert Island Christmas, January 1967 Mount Desert Island: Your Passport, 1962 Naturalist Program: Acadia National Park, June-September 1964 Naturalist Program: Acadia National Park 1962 1963 1964 1966 1967 1968 1980 Naturalist Program for Acadia National Park 1977 Naturalist Program for Acadia National Park On Wild life and landscape as essential elements in human environment, no date Post cards to Mr. & Mrs. Stupka, September 1970 & 1972 Publications available through Easter National Park & Monument Association Summary of 1941 spring and fall drives 5 GENERAL INFORMATION CONTINUED Water Cruises, 1940 Welcome to Acadia National Park, 1935 Welcome to Acadia National Park, 1976 Welcome to Backwoods Campground Where to stay in Bar Harbor, Maine, 1966 Wintertime activities Acadia National Park, Maine GUIDES Acadia's Beaver Log: Visitor guide, August 1983 Acadia Beaver Log: Visitor guide, July 1991 Acadia National Park and the nearby Coast of Maine: A golden regional guide Acadia: Official Map and Guide Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, Maine Bicycle guide to Acadia National Park Complete pictorial guide: Acadia National Park, 1978 Free Nature-Guide Service The Jordan Pond Path: A self-guided tour A Monthly resume of attendance at the various nature-guide activities, 1934? Picture-taking at Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island, 1969 Ship Harbor Nature Trail: Man, Nature and Disaster (Acadia National Park) Ship Harbor Trail Guide, 2nd draft, December 1968 Visitor's guide & map: Mount Desert Island, Maine (Acadia National Park) What to do and see in Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, 1966 HEARINGS Hearings before the subcommittee on public lands, reserved water and resource conservation of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: United States Senate, 99th Congress, 1st Session on S.720 & S1208, July 1985 Hearing before the subcommittee on public lands and reserved water of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: United States Senate, 97th Congress, 2nd Session on S.1777, S.1872, and S.2218 LETTERS AND MEMORANDA Inter-office communication on U.S. Dept. of Interior-John Gilley of Baker's Island, no date Memo to Regional Director on trip report-Acadia National Park, September 1922 Memo for the director, October 1940 Memo to Regional Director on Sharpe Wildflower guide manuscript-Acadia, November 1962 6 LETTERS AND MEMORANDA Letter to George A. Palmer from Dennis C. Kurjack, January 1963 Memo to Regional Director on reprint of booklet "John Gilley of Baker's Island" April 1969 Memo to Superintendent, Acadia on reprinting arrangements for John Gilley booklet, May 1969 Letter to Andrew Dirga from O. F. Barnett, May 1969 Memo to Superintendent, Acadia on reprint of John Gilley of Baker's Island, March 1970 Memo to Park Naturalist, Acadia on reprint of booklet "John Gilley of Baker's Island, February 1970 Memo to Atlantic Regional Advisory Committee on Acadia National Park, December 1975 MAPS Acadia National Park Headquarters Visitor Center and Paradise Hill Overlook Acadia National Park Trail Map Correction Map, 1987 Geological map of Mt. Desert Island A map of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, Maine Map of Bar Harbor showing area devastated by fire, 1947 A map of Mount desert island A Map of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park, Maine, 1941 Path and Road Maps of Mount Desert Island, revised 1941 Path of Maps of Mount Desert Island, revised 1932 Preliminary geologic map of Maine, 1933 Road and Trail Map of Mount Desert Island, 1964 Topographic map of Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine, 1931 Trails of Acadia: A map showing park trails on the west and east sides of Mt. Desert Island Where the mountains meet the sea Acadia National Park NATURE NOTES Nature Notes form Acadia, 1932-35, pages 1-4, Nature notes from Acadia, 1934, vol. 3, Nature notes from Acadia, 1934, vol. 4, NEWS RELEASES January 11, 1942 July 5, 1953 July 13, 1962 June 30, 1963 January 5, 1967 June 23, 1999 PAMPHLETS Acadia National Park, Maine, 1940 Acadia National Park, Maine, 1942 Acadia National Park, Maine, 1947 Acadia National Park, Maine, 1950 Acadia National Park, Maine, 1956 Acadia National Park, Maine, 1962 Acadia, 1965 Acadia National Park, Maine, 1980 Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, 1969 Bar Harbor: a Scenic wonderland of Ocean, Lakes, and Mountains Bay-Meadow motor court Cassette-tape tour of Acadia National Park Isle Au Haut: Acadia National Parks The Islesford Historic Museum & The Blue Duck Ships' Store, 1988 Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1956 National Park Service Pamphlets, 1940 to present Snowmobile: Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park PERIODICALS Beaver Log Winter August 1983 July 1991 July-August 2001 June 2001 September-October 2001 PHOTOGRAPHS 8 4 photographs? Photographs by A. Seidenkranz, October 1977 1. Van Meir (Mower) House 2. Arcola Mill Site High bridge in front of the Van Meir Hou Photos copied from print record from Acadia National Park, November 1974 POST CARDS Higgins Holiday Motel The Islesford Museum REPORTS Acadia National Park, Islesford Exhibit Plan, July 1960 Acadia National Park Master Plan, February 1971 Headquarters Visitor Center Exhibit Plan, 1964 Interpretive Prospectus for Acadia National Park by Mark Sagan, Paul Favour, and Merdith B. Ingham, Jr., National Park Service, August 1964 Master plan brief for Acadia National Park, 1964 Master plan for the preservation and use of ACAD, Mission 66 Edition, June 1961 Mission 66 for Acadia National Park by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Story for Acadia National Park, 1937 Operations Review by David Karraker, Acadia National Park, August 1979 Park Naturalist's Report on ACAD by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1935 Part II of the Acadia Museum Plan, October 1937 Photographs and location plan of the "Islesford Collection Inc." by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior Pilot study, visitor services and interpretive methods: Acadia National Park by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, January 1955 Ranger-Naturalist's report on ACAD by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1933 Report on Mt. Katahdin, Maine by Arthur Stupka, Great Smoky Mountains National, November, 1937 Report on the Sawtelle Collection, by Roy E. Appleman and J. Paul Hudson, September 1948 Research report review, June 1971 Special report on the 1940 spring deer census by Paul G. Favour, Jr., Acadia National Park, September 1940 The Sieur de Monts National Monument by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1916 Acadia National Park Page 1 of 1 National Park Service Digital Image Archives Acadia National Park (Maine) Click on the THUMBNAIL IMAGE to view or download the JPEG image. Click on the FILE NAME to download the high quality Photo CD file. NOTE: High quality Photo CD images require a suitable graphics software application to access the file. ACAD0224.PCD ACAD0225.PCD ACAD0232.PCD ACAD0290.PCD ACAD0294.PCD ACAD0308.PCD ACAD0311.PCD ACAD0304.PCD ACAD0866.PCD ACAD0867.PCD ACAD0892.PCD ACAD0888.PCD ACAD1090.PCD ACAD1348.PCD ACAD0894.PCD Return to Main Index http://photo.itc.nps.gov/storage/images/acad/acad-Thumb.00001.html 8/10/2005 C.2 . 1915 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Acadia National Park From the time that John D. Rockefeller, Jr. first bought property on Mt. Desert Island in acquiring the Eyrie at Seal Marbor in 1910*, until his death in 1960, Mr. Rockcfeller maintained a most onthusiastic and activo interest in the island and in the developments that led to the formation of Acadia National Park. His first small gift of $100 in 1911, to help purchase land as public reservation, led to gifts of land totalling more than 11,300 acros at a cost of more then $1,000,000. He built some 51 milos of beautifully constructed carriage roads for the Park cost* ing roughly $2,000,000. He contributed substantially to the Park system of motor roads; and for buildings, bridges, forestry and planting gave at least another $1,000,000. After the dicastrous fire of 1947, be gave $500,000 for cleanup and reconstruction. Mr. Rockofeller's interest was a very strong personal one. "I think I have always had an eye for nature," he wrote; "because I was brought up in the woods I have always loved the trees, the rocks, the hills and the valleys." He believe that National Parks should offer the public "arcas of such outstanding interest in them- selves that they tell their own story if only they are made reasonable accessible." Mr. Rockefeller himself actually developed the general plan for the present Park as it is today. As a summer resident of Mt. Decert Island, Mr. Rockcfeller came to know every part of the island intimately, all of its physical geography and natural beauty. As he wrote, it is "one of the greatest views in the world." In a letter to Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior in 1935, he outlined the essence of his vision for the ioland and its Park: "When Acadia National Park was established, it consisted only of mountain tops of Mount Desert Island (the Monts Deserts mentioned by Champlain when he saw them in 1604 giving the island its name). Thus the Park area at the outset was not access- ible to any highway and was traversed only by foot trails. Believing that it should ultimately extend to the ocean on one side and to Frenchman's Bay on the other, and that access to it would be desirable not only for pedestrians but, in carefully chosen areas for lovers of horses as well as automobiles, I bagan years ago buying lands on the Island having in mind to make possiblo the rounding out of Park bound- aries and its extencions and developments as above outlined." The actual start toward Acadia National Park began before Mr. Rockefeller's arrival as a landowner, In 1901 a small group of long time summer residents of the island met to form a corporation to acquire and 'hold reservations at points of interest on this Island, for the perpetual uso of the public." In 1903 this group, The Haneock County Trustees of Public Reservations, received its charter from the Maine Legislature (President-Charles W. Eliot, Vico Prosident=Goorge B. Dorr, Secretary- L. B. Deasy, Treasurer-Goorge L. Stobbins.) In 1914 the Hancock Trustees offered their lands to the Federal Government under the National Monuments Act. Though they had acquired over 5,000 acros they were not ablo to meet Government legal requirements for acceptance, However, on July 8, 1916, *Mr. Rockefeller first took his family to Maine in 1908 for the summer. renting the Scars Cottage in Weymouth Lane in Bar Harbor. 1 President Wilson created the Siour do Monts National Monunent, with George Dorr as Custodian. The Nonumont, in 1919, became Lafayette National Park, the first nation- al park in the country east of the Mississippi River and the first to be acquired by the gift of land to the government. Finally, in 1929, a Congressional Bill changed the name of the Park to Acadia and authorized the Secretary of the Interior to accept gifts of land beyond Mt. Desert Island on the mainland. The active personal participation by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. may be dated from 1915. In that year the executive connittee of the Hancock Trustees passed a resol- ution authorizing Mr. Rockofeller to begin constructing roads on their lands. In 1915 and 1916 Mr. Rockofoller made his first substantial contribution, in two pledges, which enabled the Trustees to complete the Resorvation's tract for accept- ance by the Government as a National Monument, a total payment made to George Dorr of $34,500. From the Federal Government's acceptance in 1916 Mr. Rockofellor bogan to play an important role in almost every aspect of Acadia National Park's development. His procedure was to buy property personally, which he then deeded to the government. His land acquisition was pointed toward definite objectivos=a workable unit at a time in which the boundaries were studied from the viewpoint that the need for land was to be established and then acquisition carried out to nect the objectivo. His general practice was to obtain, through the Park supcrintendont an expression of the decirability of these lands as additions to the Park, thus cooporating with the Park Service in its objectives for land acquisition, Ho also had very definito plans of his own for the Park, and in certain cases bought lands to further a specific project and then offered them to the Park as a package with his plan for their develop- ment. By 1935 Mr. Rockofeller's gifts to the Park totalled something over 2.700 aeros of land that cost over $250,000. The Park boundarios on Mt. Desert at that time extended to Frenchments Bay on the north and to the Atlantie on the south, By 1946 the total given by Mr, Rockefeller had risen to approximately 5,950 acros, and by his death in 1960 the total given, according to a report from Acadia National Park, October 18, 1968, 9,599.08 acres, In his will Mr. Rockefeller boqueathed an additional 701.80 acros to Acadia, making a grand total of 11,300 acros, to which should be added a dozon small parcels willed to the Park the acreage of which have not been detere mined. Taken all in all, this represents a gift of some 35% of today's total park, more than given by any other person or group, and probably more than all others taken together. A letter of April 26, 1955 from Thomas C. Vint, Chief, Division of Design and Con- struction, National Park Service, to Morace M Albright gives a very cloar picture of Mr. Rockefeller's relationship to the Park, from one who know him well VINT "April 25, 1955 Letter "Some notes concerning what Mr. Rockefeller had to do about the making of Acadia National Park: the bought and gave to the park more land than any other person or group, It is 2 probably saíc to say noro land than all others togother--cortainly a greater total in value. "He built and maintained a carriage road system (notors prohibited) that give one who travels over it, or one of the loops that make up the system, a great experience -- an experience that gives the traveler cll that Acadia Park has to offer -- its woods -- its lakes -- the grand views, the intinate views, the ocean, the mountains, etc., etc. Unfortunately, the public has responded to these much as it has the trial systems in other parks and usos then much loss then anticipated. This is a motor ago which, when it settles down and the autonobilo loss of c novelty to the general pop- ulation, the other means of travel will como back to a reasonable proportion in the scheme of things. The carriage roads in Loadia National Park will one day get the recognition they deserve -- through uso by the public, - if not by carriages, by saddle horse, bicycle, or by afoot. They will be much used and not by automobile. "He had much to do about the Park motor road system, which is separated by overpasses from the carriage roads and the Town roads. He built part of the Cadillac Mountain road and parts of the main park loop road. He employed an ongineering firm and Frederick Law Olnsted for the noted landscape architect to make surveys and plans for the motor road loop. In short ho planned the road system, started construction and Inter made an agreement with the Government that he would acquire and donate certain lands to the park if the Government would complete the road system. "The above facts are well know in connection with these certain points concerning Mr. Rockefeller's relationship and are of special interest: "There is a lot of himoli in what he did for Acadia National Park. It was no ordinary contribution for the public good. "He knows intinately the physical geography and the beauties of Mt. Desert Island, Its hills its shoreline its streams its woods where the fino views are where autunn colors are best, etc. etc. Few people know the lay of the land and its interesting details as well as he. He likes to build roads, Mo has a fine senso of location, fitting a road into the landscape. He made use of construction methods that reduced scars, many of which by example were used in other national parkas The road construction, which began as nontioned in 1915, was of the greatest interest to Mr. Rockefeller, He approached this building as both an art and a science, study- ing every nile himself to give the naxinum osthotic experience and the maximum com- fort. He hincelf fitted the roado into the landscape to cause the loast possible scar to the torrain. Mile surveys were made at his request, ho worked cut each unit on paper hincolf and oversaw the actual construction, The grades, the curves, and the fine views for hin a personal creation. In 1932, lir. Rockefoller made an agreement with Secretary of the Interior Wilbur to clarify the conditions of land deeded to the Government: "For a period of at least twenty five years from the data of gift, the horse roads in existence or later constructed will be open only for the uso of horses, horse drawn vehicles and pedestrians and not for motor traffic, except by consent of the 3 grantor at the request of the National Park Service, and except for maintenance, fire fighting, etc." Mr. Rockofeller resisted the pressure to open the island roads to notors, and was one of those who opposed their admission to the last. Yet, when cars were admitted, he did much for the motor road program. In short, he planned the road system, started its construction, and later made an agreement with the Government that he would ac- quire and donate certain lands to the Park if the Government would complete the road system. More specifically, Mr. Rockefeller built the Jordan Pond - Eagle Lake Road from which the present road up Cadillac Mountain makes its ascent, the Government paying for the rost. In 1934, he finished the construction of Ocean Drive to Sand Beach. North of this point, he worked with the Government and offered certain lando to make extension possible. In the area of forestry, Mr. Rockefeller made an additional important contribution. Vhile earlier the deep woods had been safe from lumber companies because transport- ation costs were too high, the use of the now gasolino sawcill soon made it profit- ablo to cut any of the island's soft wood growths. Mr. Rockefoller receued large tracts of land from the sawnill. It was little known except to those immediately involved that these acquisitions were made just in time to save the forests from devastation -- in some cases only a few hours ahead of the lunbernen and speculators. Further, Mr. Rockefeller followed a continuous policy of reforestation along his roads. He cut down dead trees, replaced or added to existing planting, brought in or transferred top coil where further planting accound desirable, and sooded bare banks 'in order to more completely restore the natural condition." The fifty-one niles of carriage roads put in with such care and devotion by Mr. Rockefeller - now all on Park land proved invaluable during the tragic lit. Desert Fire in 1947. Not only did the open spaces provided help check the advance of the fire itself, but the horse roads made it possible for the fire fighters to move through the mountains quickly. Without then, the non and equipment could not have reached Seal Harbor and Northeast Earbor, and they would have burned just as did so much of Bar Marbor. of the total Park area at that time, some 30,000 acres, at least one-third was burned over, Consulting with forestry tochnicians, Mr. Rockefoller drow up a plan for cleanup work, and John II, Eisinger was hired to do the job under a contract with the National Park Service. All responsibility for the work was undertaken by Mr. Rockefoller since there were no Park funds at the time to meet the energency. Fire damage crews worked the year round, and by 1952 expenditures wore close to $500,000. Until his death in 1960, Mr. Rockefeller continued to contribute to further cleanup, and his widow, Martha Baird Rockefoller, made additional gifts for this work through 1963. In addition to the fifty-one niles of carriage roads now within the Park, to which Mr. Rockefellor gave so much tine and onthusiasm, there are another sixtoon niles of such roads on the 2,000 aeros still owned by the Rockefollor family on Mt, Desert. These interconnect with the Park roads, and are all open to the public, making a unique system of scenic drives SOLIC sixty-soven milos in all. 4 There was, in fact, almost no area in connection with Acadia National Park that Mr. Rockefeller did not touch. He was much interested in Park architecture, and in 1929 sponsored and financed a survey by the Now York architect, Grosvonor Atterbury, of landscape and architectural problems for the Park Service. He wished to develop a type of architecture appropriate for Acadia. "I fool, 08 he wrote, "that neither brick nor stucco would be appropriate. It seens, therefore, as though nativo stone and wood were the only other materials available. There are many ways in which these materials can be used." In 1931, Mr. Rockefeller had the Brown Mountain and Jordan Pond Gate Houses built for a cost of about $80,000 -- stone and wood structures reflecting Hornan architecture. The Brown Mountain House was given to the Park in 1932, the Jordan house in 1940. Also, in 1923, Mr. Rockefollor purchased the Jordan Pond Toa House for $40,000. Ho leased it back to the owners who operated it until 1945. In 1940, Mr. Rockofeller gave both the house and the surrounding land to the Park. Last of all, foreseeing the future, in 1034 Mr. Rockefeller became a stockholder, and subsequently a Director of the Acadia Corporation, organized to take concessions from the Government for business opportunities in Acadin, and to operato thom. Hio main interest in those concessions was their architectural detail, their suitability of location, and attractivonooo of structure. Ho kept in constant touch with the Corporation architecto, and submitted plans, revisions and suggestions for several of the concession buildings. Taken all in all, the contributions of Mr. John D. Rockofellor, Jr. to Acadia National Park, spread over half a century, were an extraordinary expression of his devotion to preserving the great natural beauties still to be soon today in Mount Docert Island. 5 NPS Creeration Center, IN Charleslown, w VA revision of consecuation, 3/12/03 50 304-535-6707 H.W. Gleam Photo Tom Dushart, Archirst tom durant @ prospigov ca 1075 sled on carrieg road, ANP Mother Callection H.W.Geesson. On the Road to Paradis Valley CQ 917 S.T. Mather 1923 Ca 893 Meoa Verde Cafen 1925. G.Dorr N.O. 73. . Glimper of seep. at Car. a Cammerer Oct.'25 Center of small group, all in unyoun except 6BD. HPC 1098 CQ 892 9th N.P.A. Sap. Caf G.BD on for left beside Mother aorh. D.C. Nov. 15, 1926 Beside Exec. OFFICE BLD & HPC 841 485 Fifth Confer Denver, 11/13-16,1919. Do lost of attendees. Dr not see EBD. Possible (0th Loom left. 2 3-12-03 2 CQ -894 Eighth N.P. Sup. Gf. mesa Verde. GBD is back row, 2ad for right. with runs in' background. Spruce Tree House. HPC 835 CQ - 893 . Eighth N.P. sup eaf. men Verde. GBO bende lodder with Sup. x family meaber posed in Means HPC 000050 CQ -896 Musa Verde Canf. Oct. '25. Photograph Jas. V. Lloyd Teerid GBD on secultion, right to left of tree, to right of ladder. HPC. .0000896. Also A.N.P Plat Fule c Gleann Image 0 30 8x II" Sepia 0 1920's. handscape. lt. views. Check c David andrews. NPS Archocologiff WASO 202-354-2127 Ethnicist Ed. of Common Greend Tourangeau, Boston offor UPS. Image if Lane ad Ethan Allen Sep-if Rana 617-242-5667 3 Jan Sup. Coof Wash. n 1939 Image 2F X 12" image, Hadle , top now 4th from right Dept of Int. tolds Sup. Coul. Wash. For 1938 Img 28 X 12" Imai Hadley, 1st row, 2nd fun right. Part Leare pulletin / and fours Bulletin Felm 38 Dept of Int. Bldg. Sup.Comf Wash ( Nov. 134, Inge 28x12. Dept of Int. Bldg. Don't she GBD or B.H. Check in OCLC Herbert W. Georg Ca. Grout Cowling Produced reproduction g Decom images c. 192 27 NPS / AND other altan Pinehart c.1935 arno B. Commerer w.g. Harris c. 1890 chuch NDS Conseration Center Check Common ground publication. M. Q: Where are House albright's Papers ?? " L Stepha T. Mother Papers ?? a a ano B. Commerer Papers ?? WebVoyage Record View 1 Page 1 of 1 LIBRARY National Park Service NPS VOYAGER LIBRARY CATALOG HEADINGS TITLES . NEW SEARCH . HISTORY . HELP . EXIT back next >> SHORT VIEW LONG VIEW MARC VIEW "A talk with Horace Albright." RELEVANCE: MAIN AUTHOR: Gendlin, Frances TITLE: "A talk with Horace Albright. " LOCATION: Harpers Ferry Center-NPSHC CALL NUMBER: NPSHC m CAHN-ALBRIGHT COLLECTION FORMAT: Book PUBLISHER: Sierra Sept/Oct., 1979 SUBJECT(S): ALBRIGHT, HORACE MARDEN, 1890-1987 National Park Service (U.S.) - COMMENTARY National Park Service (U.S.) - DIRECTORS National Park Service (U.S.) - HISTORY