and NHLA the Northeast Haileon Library Archives - 10-5 M-F went 7-9 Wed 10- / SAT / NORTHEAST a - HARBOR LIBRARY ROBERT R. PYLE, Librarian JOY ROAD NORTHEAST HARBOR MAINE 04662-0288 1892 (207)276-3333 8/08 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW The original Northeast Harbor Library and Reading Room evolved from an "exchange shelf" of the 1880's in the summer residence of Johns Hopkins president Daniel Coit Gilman on the western shore of Northeast Harbor near Clifton Dock. The library opened in 1892 as a seasonal subscription library - designed by Fred L. Savage - on South Shore Drive. The founders (most of them summer residents) developed an outstanding collection for that era. Charles W. Eliot's "five foot shelf of books" reflected his commitment to the collection. In 1905 the need for a winter library was met when the Neighborhood House opened with a single large room (today's Parady Room) as a winter library called the Northeast Harbor Village Library. This was a free library for the community and its collection was expanded each fall when books were brought from the summer library. The village library also served Gilman High School. By the mid-1930's, the old Reading Room and Village Library were proving inadequate. A practical test was proposed to see if the people of the town would actually use and support a full-time library. Through the influence of William Draper Lewis a storefront was rented on Main Street, Lillis Joy was hired as Librarian, and a full-time year-around library operated through the years of World War Two; it served the Town of Mount Desert. It was in 1949 that Lawrie and Mary Holmes provided property at the intersection of Joy and Summit roads for a town library. The old Reading Room was disbanded; its assets transferred to the new Northeast Harbor Library Corporation, which was chartered as a privately held library for the Town of Mount Desert. Roger Griswold designed the building as a classic four-bay cape cod style house with a large carriage shed -intended primarily for seasonal use - and, all constructed over a concrete slab. It opened in 1951, a decision having been made that the library would also serve the new Mount Desert High School across the street. The new library was, in effect, a free public library for the school and the year-around population, but a subscription library for seasonal residents. The physical plant was too small from the beginning. The Milliken family added a small wing to house Maine books. In 1966 Mrs. Flagler Harris donated a wing to serve as the school library. In 1980 Mrs. Astor gave the Astor Room for children: The Board of Trustees expanded the Patterson Room in the same year. Each of these additions was outgrown almost as soon as it was completed. Matthew Mellon's gift in 1985 of the Mellon Room addition provided breathing space for the collection and services that is only now becoming overcrowded. And, in 1990 the Trustees raised the funds necessary to combine the various roofing, heating and electrical systems into an integrated system. The building now houses some 40,000 books and 8,000 archives. Annual loan transactions average 44,000 per year and are increasing at about 4% per year. A decision to boost the library's operating endowment in the 1990's also led to a study of the library building's long range suitability and accessibility. The main building on an uninsulated slab was deteriorating from the sills upward and could not be modified for accessibility. The decision, therefore, was taken to replace all but the 1985 Mellon Room while planning a structure that would accommodate a rate of collection growth of 3% per year for fifteen years out. The current building, fully handicapped accessible, provides 14,000 square feet of space in a structure designed by architects Stuart Brecher and Samuel Woodward. It opened in 2007. We currently serve as three libraries using a single collection of about 50,000 items: A 2000 Courtesy B. Pyle 1/28/11 privately funded library for seasonal residents, a "free" library for the towns' inhabitants, and a school library for Mount Desert Elementary School. We also work cooperatively with other libraries on Mount Desert Island, providing services to residents of other towns who are in good standing with their hometown libraries. Funding is largely private. Less than 10% of annual operating funds are derived from public monies; 90% is from endowment income and annual giving. Any patron residing anywhere who registers to borrow is given the opportunity to support the library. The library is currently staffed by two full-time and six half-time people. Only two Librarians have managed the current operation, Lillis Joy from 1951 to 1975 and Robert Pyle since 1975. The overall collection contains books, periodicals, multi-media resources such as videos, audiobooks e- books, and public access computers. Special collections include 4,000 works of Maine non- fiction as well as between 10 and 12,000 archives in several formats. The collection services the writing of up to nine publications in the average year. Among the Northeast Harbor Library's unique offerings is a scholarship program for students from the towns of Mount Desert and Cranberry Isles who, having graduated from Mount Desert Island High School, are continuing their educations at the post-secondary level. R.R. Pyle July 11, 2000 Updated 1/29/2011 History of the Knowles Company; Bar Harbor, Maine Page 1 of 1 The KNOWLES Over 100 Years of COMPANY Professional Real Estate Service HOME REGISTER CONTACT US REAL ESTATE FOR SALE History LIXURY PROPERTIES The Knowles Company Then VACATION RENTALS It was the summer of 1898. The newspapers PROPERTY MANAGEMENT were filled with accounts of Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders' charge up San Juan Hill. REALTY RESOURCES A new breakfast food called Corn Flakes had AFY PORTFOLIO been introduced by William Kellogg, and summer residents of Northeast Harbor were ABOUT KNOWLES enjoying the novelty of sending picture post Privacy Policy cards, newly authorized by the United States Contact Us Post Office. Brokers and Agents Newsletter The summer of 1898 was an eventful summer for Belle Smallidge, too. A Sense of Community As Northeast Harbor's town librarian, she met a vacationing couple in Public Services the market for a summer rental. She offered to assist them, and before History-now she knew it, she was working full time finding rental properties for other History visitors to Northeast Harbor. Thus was launched Mount Desert Island's oldest and most successful real estate firm. A SENSE OF PLACE Even after marrying Jerome Henry Knowles, a young Northeast Harbor attorney, Belle worked and saw her real estate business flourish. It was quite a feat for a married lady in 1903 to be both wife and career woman. She and Jerome had a son, Jerome Knowles, Jr., who in 1933 joined his mother in the business. Nine years later Jerome, Jr.'s wife, Evelyn, came on board as a real estate broker. In 1949 the business incorporated as The Knowles Company. It expanded to include statewide appraisal services in 1950. The family tradition continued when Jerome Jr. and Evelyn's daughter Kathryn began working summers in the real estate office doing photography for her father's appraisals. Kathryn's husband, Bob Suminsby, joined The Knowles Company in 1958 as a broker. In 1972, Bob and Kathy purchased The Knowles Company from Kathy's parents and subsequently opened a branch in Southwest Harbor. Within fifteen years, they had opened a third branch in Ellsworth, and their son, Jerome, had II joined the business. Active in real estate long into her life, at the age of 70 Belle traveled to New Orleans to attend Tulane University, where she received a Member of Appraisal Institute degree. She was the first person in Maine and the third woman in the United States to receive such a distinction. The Knowles Company One Summit Road PO Box 367 Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Ph: 207-276-3322 Fax: 207-276-4114 Copyright 2007 All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy Website Development by flyte new media. design by Garfield Group http://www.knowlesco.com/about-knowles/history 12/26/2010 MDIs bender 1/3/2019 ROBERT PYLE breaking heart surgery in ing the Northeast Harbor Li- achievement" daughter Lou- 1968, he started work at the brary's Don Coates Award and ise (Ouisa) Clare Pyle and her Northeast Harbor Library in Acadia National Park's W.O. husband, Christopher Ross- 1971 and began the process by Sawtelle Award. In his time Gill; a brother Nathaniel Cho- which the state of Maine then in Northeast Harbor, Bob was P ate, a sister Beth Sherlock, and certified librarians: a combina- a pillar in many community a cherished array of nieces, tion of courses, projects and organizations, including the nephews, cousins and acquired work experiences that cul- volunteer fire and ambulance 2 family members. He was pre- minated in his status as "Li- departments and the Police deceased by his parents; god- brarian VI" (on a scale of 5, Reserve. He also filled roles on mother Lydia Lyman; three he would joke with a wink), many committees and boards. brothers, Edward Carlile, Wil- a Ph.D. equivalent. When he Bob loved history and liter- liam Sawtelle, and David Mar- retired in 2011, he was the last ature, classical music and ora- shall Choate, a sister, Louise NORTHEAST HARBOR and longest serving of that ap- torio. In retirement he enjoyed Godfrey Choate; and treasured Robert Richard Pyle died prenticeship system. In 1973, several years as a "living ex- friend, Gunnar Hansen. S Dec. 25, 2018, after a wonder- he met and married the love of hibit" at the Isleford Historical A service will be held at ful life. He was born on Oct. his life, his first wife, Miriam Museum, which was founded the Neighborhood House in V 22, 1945, in Phoenixville, Pa., Louise Mahon. by his grandfather. Bob was Northeast Harbor at 11 a.m. a the son of Louise Kaler Saw- Bob became director in known for his irrepressible Saturday, Jan. 5. Graveside V telle and James Wesley Pyle. 1975 and enjoyed serving 40 sense of humor and incorrigi- committal services will take a Brought as an infant to Se- years at his beloved Northeast ble punning. He loved the vil- place in the spring. In lieu of arsport, where he attended Harbor Library, overseeing lage of Northeast Harbor, and flowers, remembrance dona- grammar school, he began his seven renovations and ulti- the town of Mount Desert, and tions would be welcomed by summer life as a child in his mately, in 2008, opening the all the personalities who form the Northeast Harbor Library, grandparents' seaside cottage new facility. Committed to it. Telling stories of village life P.O. Box 279, Northeast Har- on Islesford, an island link his tenet of "The library is not and history was his specialty bor, ME 04662, or the Mount he idealized and maintained about books; it's about people and he shared with enthusi- Desert Ambulance Service, throughout his life. He was a and information," he guided a asm. With similar energy he P.O. Box 122, Northeast Har- 1963 graduate of Mount Des- doubling of the collection, pro- indulged his other great pas- bor, ME 04662. ert High School (Northeast moted acquisition of extensive sion, music, and sang with the Arrangements by Jordan- Harbor) and a history and lit- archives and saw in the com- Acadia Choral Society for de- Fernald, 1139 Main St., Mount erature graduate of Ricker Col- puter/internet era. During his cades. Desert. Condolences may be lege (Houlton) in 1970. career he was honored by nu- Bob is survived by his wife expressed at www.jordanfer- Having survived ground- merous organizations includ- of 45 years, Miriam; his "best nald.com. Paper read by Mrs. Lincoln Cromwell at the Cranberry Club, July 31, 1950. A Glimpse of Northeast Harbor In the Nineties. 11/07 I begin with an old felt hat, by sun and storm turned to a marvellous orange rust color, for in our first summer here we saw that hat more than anything else silhouetted against the sky, because we were sailing day after day with Captain Walls. Among the "rusticators" he found material for real sailors and to them he loved to teach the tricks of the tide and wind. The names of some other Captains here were Captain Hadlock, Captain Stanley, Captain Spurling and Captain Hamor who always wore big gold earrings. His wife was caretaker of our Club. She was a strong character and looked fearlessly at life with poise and humor. The Harbor was full of rowboats, canoes and sailboats, for every cottage had a dock and we communicated with each other al- most entirely by water. Our days were spent on the water except when we climbed mountains or took excursions on a buckboard for nine with Blackie and Gold Dust as our steeds. To reach Northeast Harbor was a veritable pilgrimage. We boarded an impressive night boat at Boston but were aroused the next morning at 5:30 by an insistant stewardess who saw that we left the boat promptly at Rockland. There the small steamer Mt. Desert awaited us and we continued that wait for our depart- ure would only come when the freight was transferred. Page 2. We watched the hand trucks being swung down the gang- plank, in great Vedder Swirls, and we rather liked it, but the morning mist was cold and we had to wait for breakfast till long after the boat started because the cook and steward had boarded the freight. The voyage begun, we would enjoy the excitement of seeing the pilot find the buoys perfectly in the mist, or if in sun- shine it was enchanting sailing between the Islands in the "Thoroughfare", and coming finally to beautiful Mount Desert. Arrived at Southwest Harbor we changed to a flat bottomed sailboat, our luggage piled in the centre. At the old Clifton House dock we were ordered out, our trunks left on the dock, and we took a hand at rowing to the head of the Harbor, from which place we walked a quarter mile up the dusty road to the Roberts House to our immaculate rooms. According to custom we were not met, for, as Captain Roberts said, "You never know about boats". And SO the journey from Boston was big steamboat, small steamboat, row boat and walk. Many personalities came to join the summer colony. Among them I remember our first President Miss Miriam Reynolds, Mrs. Gardiner, Mrs. Wesson, Miss Agnes Irwin, Mrs. Caspar Wister, Miss Blodgett, Mrs. Wheelwright, Miss Schuyler, and young Mrs. George Pepper. I especially remember Mrs. Henry Parkman - Firstly with a houseful of happy children. She was constantly with them Page 3. out on the water, driving about, or climbing the mountains, and in every activity of the place she was a leader, very charming and gracious. We came to regard her as the Queen of Northeast Harbor and she was President of the Cranberry Club for years. Among the men in our community were President Eliot of Harvard, President Gilman of Johns Hopkins, Professor Fisher of Yale, Reverend Dr. Francis Peabody of Cambridge. From New York, Rev. Dr. William Huntington, and my father Rev. Dr. Cornelius Smith, but dominant among us all was Bishop Doane. (I found his photograph carefully preserved in the very feminine annals of the Cranberry Club.) Bishop Doane was High Church in Albany but very simple here and a father to us all. He constantly visited England and had adopted the English bishop's dress. His wife looked English, and she and her sister might have come out of Barchester Towers. Every Sunday Mrs. Doane's grand children followed her into the long front pew of our little log church dressed in the amusing dressy English clothes she had brought them, and they sang and prayed under the eye of the governess at the end of the pew. My mother, Mrs. Cornelius Smith, had a lovely voice and she and Bishop Doane led the singing, for the Bishop was never tired. He preferred to carry the service alone, and those sermons of his were markedly generous in length but Page 4. we crowded the building to hear them although his thoughts were often obscured by glittering adjectives and parenthesis. The Bishop and his friends founded a library here and talked and advised with the permanent residents in matters civil and religious. They planned a village street away from the sea SO that summer cottages could skirt the shore. They cleverly found the most central dry spot for tennis, and chose a protected cove for a swimming pool though it required con- quering a determined brook. They snatched a delightful golf course from a hillside forest. But best of all they cared for the requirements of each sport in its own place and forbid a casino. Miss Blodgett was one of the prime movers in building the Neighborhood House. She came to our village as a child and was daily seen driving alone in her pony cart. One day Captain Whitmore (wearing light wig week days, brown wig Sundays), stopped her, saying, "Aint ye lonely driving 'round? I thought yer might be, SO I brought this for you to Chaw on!" He produced a piece of cod fish, hard and smooth as ivory. To Bishop Doane's appreciation of his cactus plant flowers, the Captain said, "oh! that aint nothin' to the flow's she have out last year. If I'd like to quote some things said here from time to time: Old Mr. Gilpatrick said of Dr. Cornelius Smith, - "He took the toughest text in the Bible for bis sermon and he explained it fine. I'd rather hear Dr. Smith preach than see a congressman. " Page 5. Another resident said, "There's Mrs. Sargent. She's a fine woman, but she'll have to learn that a Maine man wont be druv." Captain Hamor the philosopher always saidif he lost something overboard, "There goes nawthing." The wife of a Minister to Russia wanted to buy some land here and approached the owner on the subject. In an- swer she heard, "Who are you anyway?" "My husband was Minister to Russia". "Well! I dont think much of a lot of ministers, and Bishop Doane he's mighty particular what people he allows to come." Our first President, Miss Reynolds, was perturbed by the fright of some of the members at a so-called "bull" on the Club property. It turned out to be a COW, and was ordered tethered. Dr. Huntington, regarding it, said, "you should not fear the tossing of the tied." Many people wonder just what it is that makes this place unique and creates the devotion of SO many people. It may be partly explained, First, by the beauty of the Island. Second; by the cool weather and many sports with simple, appropriate equipment. Third, by our Sundays containing church services, swimming, family dinner, climbs or sails, and Sunset Services. We should often thank Bishop Doane for being "mighty particular about what people he allowed to come," for here we enjoy friendships to the full, and surely to a superlative degree in our Cranberry Club. Me hel P Lecture by Ronald H. Epp "Writing About Conservation Giants." Northeast Harbor Public Library.Aug.3, 2016 BIB[AND(fred savage[1,1017,2,3,4,6,3,3,5,100]AMC[1,5080,4,2])]( (5-1) Page 1 of 1 Records 5 through 5 of 5 returned. Author: Shettleworth, Earle G., interviewee. Title: Oral history interview, [198-] Notes: Interview conducted by library staff and volunteers. Architectural historian, Maine Historic Preservation Commission; b. Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., , 1948. Interview on Fred L. Savage, architect, of Northeast Harbor and Bar Harbor, Me. Includes discussion on various local dwellings designed by Savage as well as other buildings. input 20040224 vm50 nucmc record Subjects: Historians -- Maine. lcsh Interviews. lcsh Architects - - Maine -- Northeast Harbor. Architects -- Maine -- Bar Harbor. Architecture -- Maine -- Northeast Harbor. Architecture -- Maine -- Bar Harbor. Architecture, Domestic - - Maine. Dwellings -- Maine. Northeast Harbor (Me.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. Bar Harbor (Me.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. Savage, Fred L., 1861-1924. Other authors: Northeast Harbor Library. Location: Northeast Harbor Library (Northeast Harbor, Me. ) (86930; M Oral Hst C042). . Control No. : DCLV04-A598 Tagged display | Previous Record | Brief Record Display | New Search This display was generated by the CNIDR Web-Z39.50 gateway, version 1.08, with Library of Congress Modifications. http://www.loc.gov/cgi-bin/zgate?present+6975548+Default+5+1+F+1.2.840.10003.5.10+7+/cgi-... 8/31/2005 Maine Folklife Center Page 1 of 2 1865 THE UNIVERSITY OF Calendar Campus Map Search: Go MAINE About UMaine I Student Resources I Prospective Students Faculty & Staff I Alumni I Arts News Parents Research Maine Folklife Maine Folklife Center Center Links Note: See M.F.e. Collections Home for additional Archives MF 043 Northeast Harbor Library Collection res ourees from Staff N.H.L.A. Directions Number of Interviews: 11 Courses Dates when interviews were conducted: circa 1970-1980 Exhibits Time period covered: late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Principal interviewers: varied Events Finding Aides: transcripts) Publications Access Restrictions: yes Research Supporting MFC Description: These accessions were brought to the Northeast Archives by Useful Links Pamela Dean. They are copies of tape-recorded interviews about the history of Northeast Harbor, Maine, and are from the Northeast Harbor Library's oral history collection. They provided part of the source material for Dean's M.A. Thesis, Us and Them: An Oral History of Life on the Quicklinks Summer Estates in Coastal Hancock County, Maine. (University of Maine, 1984.) See also MF 119 "Us and Them" Summer Estates Collection. Folklore 1724 Northeast Harbor Library. 1973. Maine: Northeast Harbor. 5 pp. Tape: 1/4 hr. w/ edited trans. Interview with Samuel Eliot Morison about Courses for summer life on the Maine coast. T1843 Spring 2009 1788 Northeast Harbor Library. Maine: Northeast Harbor. 5 pp. Tape: 1/4 hr. w/ cat. Copy of Northeast Harbor Library interview (Tape C-9) with INT 410 Natalie Pierrepont about childhood summers in Bar Harbor; buying and Introduction to restoring homes in Northeast Harbor. RESTRICTED. T1875 Linguistics (online) Taught by 1789 Northeast Harbor Library. 1984. Maine: Northeast Harbor. 3 pp. Pauleena Tape: 1/4 hr. w/ brief cat. Copy of Northeast Harbor Library interview (Tape C-9) with Georgiana (Harper) Sibley about her childhood MacDougall summers in Bar Harbor. RESTRICTED. T1876 ANT 425 1790 Dean, Pamela. Spring 1984. Maine: Northeast Harbor. 4 pp. Tape: Oral History and 1/2 hr. w/ brief cat. Copy of Northeast Harbor Library interview (Tape C-3) Folklore: with Julia Fairchild, Elizabeth Gardner, and Mary Peabody about summer social life; houses and shops in Northeast Harbor at the turn of Fieldwork (online) the century. RESTRICTED. T1877 Taught by Pamela Dean 1791 Dean, Pamela. Spring 1984. Maine: Northeast Harbor. 5 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ partial cat. Copy of Northeast Harbor Library interview (Tape C- 10) with Virginia Fitch, about early Northeast Harbor residents; history of the summer colony; St. Mary's Church; stories about Bishop Doane, Nathan Fennelly and Josephine Ober. RESTRICTED. T1878 1792 Dean, Pamela. Spring 1984. Maine: Northeast Harbor. 14 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ partial cat. Copy of Northeast Harbor Library interview (Tape C- 16) with Elizabeth Gardner, granddaughter of Bishop Doane, founding member of the Northeast Harbor summer colony, discussing her childhood summers in Northeast Harbor. RESTRICTED. T1879 1793 Dean, Pamela. Spring 1984. Maine: Northeast Harbor. 2 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. No cat, or trans. Copy of Northeast Harbor Library interview (Tape C-17) with Malcolm Graves (also known as Joe Green) in 1977 about his http://www.umaine.edu/folklife/mf043.htm 6/19/2009 FirstSearch: Detailed Record Page 1 of 1 Detailed Record Terms & Conditions OC © 1992-2002 OCLC LC Click on a checkbox to mark a record to be e-mailed or printed in Marked Records. ? WorldCat results for: kw: northeast and kw: harbor Subjects Libraries E-mail Print Export Help and kw: village and kw: improvement and kw: society. Record 1 of 1 1 Prev Next Annual report of the Northeast Harbor Village Improvement Society. Northeast Harbor Village Improvement Society. 1898- English Serial Publication : Annual V. ; 18 cm. Bar Harbor, Me. : The Society, Mark: Database: WorldCat Ownership: Check the catalogs in your library. Libraries that Own Item: 1 Title: Annual report of the Northeast Harbor Village Improvement Society. Corp Author(s): Northeast Harbor Village Improvement Society. Publication: Bar Harbor, Me. : The Society, Year: 1898- Description: Annual; V. ;; 18 cm. Language: English SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Civic improvement -- Maine -- Northeast Harbor. Named Corp: Northeast Harbor Village Improvement Society. Document Type: Serial Entry: 19890814 Update: 19980828 Accession No: OCLC: 20176080 T mi ? WorldCat results for: kw: northeast and kw: harbor Subjects Libraries E-mail Print Export Help and kw: village and kw: improvement and kw: society. Record 1 of 1 http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/FSFETCH?fetchtype=fullrecord:sessionid=sp04sw01-63272-d...:numrecs= 5/28/2002 Page 1 of 1 Epp, Ronald From: Robert R. Pyle [rpyle@acadia.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 3:23 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: Query from Ron Epp Ron, Sorry to be SO damn busy I've all but dropped out of sight. Between you and me, fiscal prostitution is arduous labor. I think Laura Cross was referring to a new book by John Bryan on Fred L. Savage (Princeton Architectural Press, 2005 ink still wet). Joseph Henry Curtis planned Asticou Hill as a development. We have the blueprint. John noted it in his book. Now, then - the carved gates were designed by Charles K. Savage and executed by Augustus Phillips. Fred Savage, Charles Savage, and Gus Phillips were ALL related to Laura Cross. Ain't incest grand? Have a look at http://www.nehlibrary.org/pages/researchedbooks.html There do be John Bryan. At 10:54 AM 7/12/05, you wrote: Dear Bob, Sorrty to have missed you during my last visit the week before the 4th. I'll be back twice in early August and perhaps we can get together. Perhaps you can help me track down a resource. My wife and I were at Thuya last week and were admiring the carved garden entrance gates when a women came up to us and said she was a relative of their designer, calling herself Laura Cross of Joy Rd. We talked a bit and she mentioned a book that had been authored describing the land division of Eliot Mountain and other large tracts referring to it by the tiotle "27." She was off in a few minutes and I've been unable to track down this title through OCLC's World Cat and thought you might know what she talking about. Any suggestions? By the way, will your library have an exhibit this summer of Eliot Family memorabilia? If so, when will it run? Wish I was on MDI Ron 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) Robert Richard Pyle Northeast Harbor Library (207) 276-3333 rpyle@acadia.net 7/12/2005 Page 1 of 1 Epp, Ronald From: Robert R. Pyle [rpyle@acadia.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 3:42 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: Access to NEHL Archives Ron, Thou has't it. We'll be here at 9 and I'll see that you can get down there immediately. Thnaks for the comments about my grandfather's papers. Brooke has done much to see that his scholarship (and my mother's work) isn't forgotten, and I'm grateful: I bristle every now and then when someone else follows the same track he followed in the 1920's and re-dicovers the same information he published before WWII. Ah, well At 12:51 PM 1/5/05, you wrote: Bob, I hope the New Year finds you well. Recently I've been knee deep in the Eliot family history and would like to reexamine Eliot and Parkman family douments in your archives. Ive got a rather frantic schedule on MDI for the 10th and 11th but wondered whether I could be given permission to use your archives first thing Tuesday morning, the 11th? P.S. I've recently examined the Sawtelle Scrapbooks that are now available at the Sawtelle Research Center. It gave me a new appreciation for his scholarship-- and filled in some significant gaps in the historical record for the first two decades of the 20th century. 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 Robert Richard Pyle, Director Northeast Harbor Library (207) 276-3333 rpyle@acadia.net 1/6/2005 1/11/05 NEHarbor Library:- Notes Accordea Archeval tolders - Vertical File. Vlh Art Artists file Vlb Azadia N.P. Folder BHT 8/9/98 "Etched in Bronze" aticle a Charles + Urrying Folwards work a pash memorial plaques. BHT 7/15/82 UDI's Granite Heritage" 5pp. by Victor Layton, Downearl. list. Vla "G" Garden File "Estate Garden Uneceed h Public", Ellswort Ameun, 8/16/84. Seet.III, P8- 8. Related addition Author: Connee Jellison. in E.A., 6/19/86. Gade Club of Mort Desect to B. 7amad. Gardening on clast Dune Island," Eleanor Dwight CCA Solletin August, 1991. Pp. 1-7. Open Garde Day, 8/4/84, 8/2/86, 8/6/88, 7/28/90. Green Mt. Roit ug while 2 La Rue Spinee BHT 10/3/63. 2 Velb B. Farred "The Redoubtable Lady of Reef Pout", Anne Raver. Dourcat / 183-92. Alc. Horticulture, Feb. 1985. Pp. 32-45. Also R BHT March 8,1985, Patterson on Farret "To the Editor" 2 Alco. of 1929 Farrand garden, 1 llr. Lamonts to Pack Ave. (4 Paving Ple fn C.M. Hillben " " As Asticou and the War." 3 George L. Street Mont Desert: A History. Bot, 1905. 1st-ed. the William Otil Santille, Banger, 9/13/05. gen Errand Street pio PP. 1 x - xvi. Notes. Pp. 347-360. " J-seph Allen Jr. "The Steamer J.T. llorse; Rpt. for Old - Time New Enforced th. fulletion of the Soc. for the Present of New English Anti quitize. 1937. 1-39. Catalogue of fo Davis Bar Harbor Buckboard Co. History Fereal v.l (1998): Logo is Chebacco Boat Anne Mazloch "A Research decture- the Tracy Log Book of 1955. 33-47 Pg. 38 on Dor. Jesup v. llorgaherry copies. A Call. Papers of Charls W.Elid II - Typesept of S.A Eliot's "A heaf lecord HCTPR" 7 pp. # 3076 - CBD to S.A. sliot / 1/11/24, 11/13/24. #3077 1 ANP, Aug 1969 - July 1987 - i Boundy Issues. 50 + pp. # 3078 Mildred Gilley Files 1987. Acc. # 3061 Hemool of Charplain 1904. Epp, Ronald From: NEH Library Administration [admin.nehl@prexar.com] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:50 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: FW: George Dorr Research Update Dear Mr. Epp, I will be expecting your call. The 18th would be a better for us as we are better staffed that day but we could also accommodate you on the 19th. See you then. Anna Carr At 11:36 AM 3/11/2004 -0500, you wrote: > >Dear Ms. Carr, > >Bob responded to my inquiry below. Regarding scheduling of my use of >the archives, I >Wanted to let you know that I would phone in advance on the 18th or >19th to determine whether a particular time was mutually convenient. > >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: Robert R. Pyle [mailto: :rpyle@acadia.net >Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:38 AM >To: Epp, Ronald >Cct admin.nehl@prexar.com; nehlibrary@prexar.com >Subject: Re: George Dorr Research Update > > >Dear Ron > I'm sorry I won't be able to see you. I'll be on vacation. Tina is >here in the mornings, and, if you can make plans with her or with Anna Carr > I am comfortable giving you the run of the archives once one of them >has gotten you started. have no At 04:30 PM 3/9/04 -0500, you wrote: >> Dear Bob, Hello again! I've been Northeast Harbor Library facilities >>developments in the local papers and reading once again your essays >>in >>Hansen's Mount Desert. My work on Mr. Dorr's biography has progressed >>significantly since we last spoke. Hoping to see you >>late next week! Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. >>Director of Shapiro Library >> Southern New Hampshire University >Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 >> fax acis > >Robert R. Pyle, Director >Northeast Harbor Library (207) 276-3333 1 Page 1 of 4 Ronald Epp From: "Ronald Epp" To: "Robert R. Pyle" Cc: Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 4:08 PM Subject: Re: Access Query From Ron Epp Bob, In scheduling my appointments Friday p.m. will work best for me. I'm unsure of the exact hour at this time. Will this work for you and your staff? Hope to see you. Ron Epp Original Message From: "Robert R. Pyle" To: "Ronald Epp" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 12:35 PM Subject: Re: Access Query From Ron Epp > Dear Ron, > Sounds good. I may not have much time, personally, because of other > commitments that week. Let me know what your timing might be and we can > try to set aside some time to try to help you. I'm giving this to Anna > Carr and Tina Hawes, my Associate and my assistant. > > At 11:26 AM 5/6/03 -0400, you wrote: > >Dear Bob, > > > >I plan to visit MDI next week and would like to continue exploring your > >archives for documents relevant to my research on George B. Dorr. >> > >Do you advise that I make an appointment in advance? I'll arrive on the 14th > >and am arranging meetings now for the 15th and 16th. Perhaps you'll be > >available and we'll have some time to talk. > Air > >Cordially, >> > >Ron Epp >> > > Original Message > >From: "Robert R. Pyle" 5/12/2003 / C.W. ELIOT. II Papers. 2/21/03 Assessionally, 3076 HANCOCK CTY TRUSTEES- by S.A.Elist + R,H Times None 1937 3/04 3076 (copy) for use lettersto SAETist 3077 Dept. of the Interior Nov. 1/24 & Nools from GeorgeB Dorr. 3072 (copy) for use Chas. W. Eliot 2nd 3078 Acadia Nationd / Park - correspondence of literature 3/7/18 3079 Curtis Memorial at Asticon Terraces - illustrated folder 3080 Books of Papers at Asticou Big House 1987 3080 (copy) 3081 300th Anniversary of Discovery & Naming of MDI - Union C.NEH Sept.4,Reg 3082 Champlain Monument mok to ky Hill - July 25, 1941 3083 Union Church of NEH - programs, schedules, publications 3084 50 YEARS - - services in honor of S.A.Elist's Ministry-Noo.12493 30 85 "Three Honored at Asticon "- - P.Favour, A. Coants, Chas. Savage- - Augusts 3086 Summer Airline Schedule BH TIMES clipping June 1/50 3087 "Automobiles- - MDI Town Meeting - (copy)HhairSmith 3088 Path Guide of MD / Maine - VIS - 1915 3089 Walks OA M / Maine - Peabody, Grandgent - 1928 3090 Reports of Hancock County Trustees of P.Peserv. - 1946-49 3091 Steamer J.T, Morse Joseph Allen Sr. 1937 3092 Letter to Chash Eliot from Car Hon MeGown - 27,88(') (contractor) [3093 1895- Record book for NEH Volunteer Fire Dept. - to 1905] 3094 Maine license for perf. marriages-S.A.Eliot 1893 3095 1920 Page 1 of 1 Ronald Epp From: "Robert R. Pyle" To: "Ronald Epp" Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 2:47 PM : Subject: Re: Appointment: 20 February Quite a few of our older archives are cataloged in hard copy only in the archive area of the collection. That which we have that you did not see will probably be found there, including Charles Eliot & Parkman materials. We have the VIS annual reports into the 1930's. They are cataloged as indicated above. Of other local cultural resources there is a variety, also cataloged in the archives in hard copy only. We do not have the Mount Desert Herald on microfilm. I don't think it exists on film. Wedo have a few random copies. At 01:03 PM 2/3/03 -0500, you wrote: > Dear Mr. Pyle, look forward to seeing you at 10:00 on February >20th. Should you need to reach me after the 18th, I can be reached at the >Atlantic Oakes By-the-Sea in Bar Harbor. In my letter of November 20th >to you I indicated my interest in: the uncataloged Charles Eliot papers > Savage's Memories of a Lifetime Mrs. Henry Parkman's Glimpse of >Northeast Harbor in the 90's (that Judith Goldstein claims are in your >holdings) the following: Mount Desert Herald microfiche ). >Bates, Rand, Jacques 1896 Path Map of eastern half of MDI I >look forward to meeting you. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. >& Gertrude Shapiro Library >Southern New Hampshire University >2500 North River Road > 03106-1045 >603-668-2211, ext. 2164 >603-645-9685 (fax) >603-424-6149 (home) Robert R. Pyle, Director Northeast Harbor Library (207) 276-3333 rpyle@acadia.net 2/3/2003 Page 1 of 1 Ronald Epp From: "Ronald Epp" To: Cc: Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 12:12 PM Subject: Collection Inquiry for Mr. Pyle Dear Mr. Pyle: I am trying to locate the annual reports of the Northeast Harbor Village Improvement Society (1898- ) as part of a larger project to relate the MDI improvement societies with the actvities of George B. Dorr, the subject of a biography that I am working on. A search on OCLC reveals only one library with holdings, the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Recognizing that there are holdings that are not entered into OCLC, I was hopeful that you might have such documents or know of another source not quite so distant. Thanks for your assistance. 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) 11/14/02 Archwes i Savage, Charlo: Ladscape Archutects of MDI 6/10/2002 SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY 18 November 2002 Robert Pyle Northeast Harbor Library 1 Joy Road Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Dear Mr. Pyle: It was my misfortune to miss meeting you Thursday (November 14th) when I was assisted by your staff in tracking down some resources relevant to the biography that I am preparing on George Dorr. I hope to visit again late winter and will do the preparatory legwork SO that we can meet. In the interim, would you be SO kind as to write or email me on the following matters that I could not resolve with your staff: 3/04 Judith Goldstein's Crossing Lines refers to a work in your collection (Mrs. Henry Parkman's 'Glimpse of Northeast Harbor in the 90's') that your staff was unable to locate. Is it available for examination? NPS Olmsted Center landscape architect Margie Coffin (in her Historic Hiking Trail System cites "uncataloged papers of Charles Eliot" at your library. If this is accurate, can you indicate the character of these holdings? Several MDI librarians/archivists have referred me to documents in your possession relative to Charles Savage and his family. If this is correct, could you characterize these resources. I am curious about this as well as the A.C. Savage Memories of a Lifetime which your staff were unable to locate in the Milliken Room. I have been researching the MDI Village Improvement Societies and Associations. OCLC lists only the Wisconsin Historical Society as a holder of the Northeast Harbor VIS reports. Could there be a local source not in OCLC? I would appreciate any collegial assistance that you can provide in clarifying these matters. Cordially, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Shapiro Library Director New Hampshire College is now Southern New Hampshire University Harry A. B. & Gertrude C. Shapiro Library 2500 North River Road Manchester, NH 03106-1045 603-645-9605 Fax 603-645-9685 letters 11/16/02 Letter 20 Nov. 1. Tom Falt, northeest Harbon, ME 0 4662 207-276-9896. Marla Major - N.E.Harbor UIS collection. 2. Michael P. Mc Kernav, Education Confurnes Director, MDI prological Laboratory, P-O. Box 35, old Bar Herber Rd. Salishury,Care ME 046 72 207-288-3605 2very @ archual materials. X3. Robert Pyle, Northeast Harba Library. 1 day Joy Road northeart Harbor, ME 04662. 207-276-3333 Assistance from Tina Haas & - Unable to locate mis Henry Parkman's glenpsi of Nackead Hasbor in the 905, uferrial to go Judith Goldstsindi Goring Lines. it magre Coffer's Hishric Hiking Trail System cites a I uneatologist paper of Charles Elist at you Cobran, - addit and details @ Great Itachor Collution referred to by Ann Rochefeller Robects. Montine focus -Know of you who has microfiche of Mount Desert Heraed fun 1880's - a C. Sovage's Memories ofa Lifetimes supposed was IN Milliken Room but unable to locate. I Ast email to gn a 6/10/02, no response re NE Harbor VID (1898- ) with OCLC listing ong me cgf at the 31 Wisconsin State Histrail societ. Doya hanf local copies? University ofHartford Director of Libraries 200 Bloomfield Avenue William H. Mortensen Library West Hartford, CT 06117-1599 Phone 860.768.4268 Fax 860.768.4274 Email repp@mail.hartford.edu 4 August 2000 Ms. Anna Carr Northeast Harbor Library Joy Road PO Box 288 Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Dear Ms. Carr: I would appreciate your assistance regarding research into the personal and professional documents relative to George B. Dorr. Over the past few years, I've researched much of the available published materials that I could secure in regional research libraries and through ILL. I am aware of the Dorr documentation in other Mt. Desert Island public libraries, the ANP Office of the Superintendent, the Library of Congress, the Harvard Archives, and the Rockefeller Archival Center. However, I would like to examine distinctive archival material that is part of the Northeast Harbor Library. I plan to visit Bar Harbor for the ANP Historic Trails Conference in mid-October Would it be possible for us to meet at that time, enabling me to at least get an overview of the relevant materials? The dates I had in mind were October 16th, 19th, or 20th. It would be helpful if you could provide some indication of the scope (perhaps in the common measurements of linear feet) of your holdings relative to Dorr, the Dorr family, his relationship to J.D. Rockefeller, Jr., Dorr's role in the creation and administration of what would become Acadia National Park, and the development of the historic trails and carriage roads. Is some material only available in non-print formats? As a librarian, I fully realize that such a brief visit might require many visits to mine the resources available in your facility and elsewhere on Mt. Desert Island. I do appreciate any assistance that you might be able to offer a colleague. I look forward to hearing from you. Most Sincerely, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Libraries