Trustees of Reservations Correspondence 9/30/2020 (12) LinkedIn Susan Hill Dolan at The Trustees are aware of. Best, Ron TODAY Susan Hill Dolan . 5:21 PM Ron, Thank you very much for your generosity, both to The Trustees and to me, offering to send your book. Please know I am very grateful for both. And yes, I fully agree that more recognition of the ARC work is overdue. Alison and Sarah do a terrific job there. And it is all SO critical. Messaging Congratulations on our book, I actually bought a copy of it when I was at Acadia a couple of summers ago, but I gave it to a friend who loves Acadia, so I would love a copy for me! We have a family a Search messages 11 house in Deer Isle that we go to each summer but I have not made Filtered to Spam X it back to Acadia. My address is: 56 Newmarch St., Ipswich, MA 01938. Many thanks, Ron. Your kindness is much appreciated. All the best to you and yours, and I hope we can connect again sometime at Castle Hill. Warm regards, Susan Thanks Thanks, Susan No results found Write a message ^° 1 GIF l' https://www.linkedin.com/feed/?msgControlName=reply_to_sender&msgConversationld=6716481717856673792&msgOverlay=true, 3/3 9/16/2020 Xfinity Connect Re Thank you Materials received Printout RONALD EPP 9/16/2020 3:55 PM Re: Thank you! Materials received To Alison Bassett Alison, Last night I read the Summer 2020 about the ARC. learning more about the Kendall family and the history of the Norfolk Charitable Trust donation of its building. I had a flashback to my years on the Trustees Historic Resources Committee and in that file I found a Dec. 10, 2000 introductory letter to Susan Hill Dolan thanking her for researching the relationship between Dorr and Charles Eliot. She then invited me to come to Long Hill where the first volumes of the Standing Committee were housed. Twenty years ago Did the big move go smoothly, as you hoped? Best, Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 7 Peachtree Terrace Farmington, CT 06032 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net On 09/15/2020 12:27 PM Alison Bassett wrote: Dear Ron - A longer thank you will be forthcoming after tomorrow's BIG move to create the Maps & Plans Center on our property in the nearby stone building. But I did receive your packet of goodies and I do agree that all these Eliot family & land trust connections are fabulous. I hope to pass on info about these new acquisitions to an Eliot family member too. https://connect.xfinity.com/appsuite/v=7.10.3-6.20200916.142957/print.html?print_1600286203418 1/3 9/16/2020 Xfinity Connect Re_ Thank you_ Materials received Printout - Again thank you for making the ARC be a part of your estate planning. It looks like beautiful weather for tomorrow so hoping everything goes smoothly. Take care. For now, warm regards, Alison Alison Bassett Manager trustees The Trustees I The Archives & Research Center P.O. Box 364 I Sharon, MA 02067 abassett@thetrustees.org 781-784-8200 thefrustees.org Visit our online collections - where history grows. www.thetrustees.org/collections https://connect.xfinity.com/appsuite/v=7.10.3-6.20200916.142957/print.html?print_1600286203418 2/3 2/17/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size Re: The Trustees: First 30 Years From : Ronald Epp Wed, Feb 17, 2016 09:47 AM Subject : Re: The Trustees: First 30 Years 2 attachments To : Alison Bassett Dear Alison, First let me apologize for suggesting that no historical content was planned for the 125th b-day of The Trustees. I assumed that there would have been content on the Internet and paper publications already forecasted, and not seeing any I jumped to the wrong conclusion. But from what you report below I'm heartened and look forward to seeing what the ARC will contribute, especially the bio content and the commemorative booklet. The BPL exhibit sounds most interesting though I won't be able to attend the opening since my book launch party takes place on the 7th in Bar Harbor. By the way, I think I mentioned during my last visit that I have a typescript copy of "Eliots and Asticou Foreside, Northeast Harbor, Notes" by Charles W. Eliot, 2nd. 45 pp. It describes the Eliot compound on Mount Desert Island with detailed descriptions of the property and family residents spanning three generations; it contains names and dates of Ellot family members from 1880-1980. When I last visited you mentioned that possessing these family connections might help with developing relationships in the here and now. I can bring it along for you to copy when I am next in Massachusetts, early April, if you like. Again thank you for all the interesting items contained in your most recent email. It appears that your emphasis on the continuing conservation engagement of the Eliot family in Massachusetts parallels the strong emphasis I will give to their influence kin Downeast Maine, and have given in Creating Acadia National Park. All the Best, Ronald Epp From: "Alison Bassett" To: "Ronald Epp" Cc: "Cindy Brockway" , "Wayne Wilkins" Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 3:18:34 PM Subject: RE: The Trustees: First 30 Years Good morning Ron - My early morning ruminations usually occur when I am out walking the dog and then I come to work with a list of ideas! It drives everyone wild! I've been meaning to reach out to you and connect so I am so glad you wrote! We have been doing a lot of work this past year in laying the ground work for the 125th anniversary. We now have bios of chairmen, presidents, and founders. We have chased down some rabbit holes like church connections but have not examined the Harvard connection. The two aspects we have explored are: The Porcellian Club @ Harvard - The Appletons were very active in this club and you may recall the ARC's incoming room is surrounded by the club photos including one with Teddy Roosevelt. The other aspect that may be of interest is how Charles Eliot and Gov. William Eustis Russell went to college together- see pages 335, 355, 356 in Charles W. Eliot's bio about his son - 1902 edition. "The personal quality of the officers & members of the corporation created with the title Trustees of Reservations as remarkable." o Esp. p. 355: "It was not yet nineteen months since Charles made his first assault on a public https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=354559&tz=America/New_York&xim= 1/4 2/15/2016 From the Sea to the Mountains: The Trustees 125th Anniversary I The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center From the Sea to the Mountains: The Trustees 125th Anniversary April 2 through August 28, 2016 In 1891 landscape architect Charles Eliot asserted the bold idea to form an organization that would "preserve, for public use and enjoyment, properties of exceptional scenic, historic, and ecological value in Massachusetts." At a time when land conservation and being green' was not widely discussed, his vision was forward thinking. Today, the organization he founded, The Trustees of Reservations (http://www.thetrustees.org/) , oversees more than 26,000 acres of preserved places from the Atlantic Coast to the Berkshire Mountains. In celebration of their 125th anniversary, the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library is partnering with The Trustees on a 40-item exhibition, featuring maps, photographs, and historical items from both collections. Visitors will be introduced to Trustees' properties, become familiar with a number of distinctive map formats, learn about natural landforms and geologic terms, and cultivate an appreciation for the natural, historical, and cultural treasures of Massachusetts. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center (http://maps.bpl.org) http://maps.bpl.org/content/sea-mountains-trustees-125th-anniversary#tour 1/1 2/15/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net Font Size = RE: The Trustees: First 30 Years From : Alison Bassett Mon, Feb 15, 2016 03:18 PM Subject : RE: The Trustees: First 30 Years 5 attachments To : 'Ronald Epp' Cc : Cindy Brockway , Wayne Wilkins Good morning Ron - My early morning ruminations usually occur when I am out walking the dog and then I come to work with a list of ideas! It drives everyone wild! I've been meaning to reach out to you and connect so I am so glad you wrote! We have been doing a lot of work this past year in laying the ground work for the 125th anniversary. We now have bios of chairmen, presidents, and founders. We have chased down some rabbit holes like church connections but have not examined the Harvard connection. The two aspects we have explored are: The Porcellian Club @ Harvard - The Appletons were very active in this club and you may recall the ARC's incoming room is surrounded by the club photos including one with Teddy Roosevelt. The other aspect that may be of interest is how Charles Eliot and Gov. William Eustis Russell went to college together- see pages 335, 355, 356 in Charles W. Eliot's bio about his son - 1902 edition. "The personal quality of the officers & members of the corporation created with the title Trustees of Reservations as remarkable." o Esp. p. 355: "It was not yet nineteen months since Charles made his first assault on a public official in favor of legislative action to procure a scheme for a metropolitan system of public reservations. Governor William E. Russell was a fellow-townsman of Charles, and both had grown up as boys in Cambridge, and been educated at Harvard College. It was by reason of this long acquaintance, and of friendly relations between the two families that Charles ventured to write Gov. Russell the following letter: see p, 356. (BTW MA Historical Society - has this exchange of letters).see attached FYI: The Trustees will be having an exhibition at the Boston Public Library - April 2nd August 26nd. I hope you can come to the opening on April 6th http://maps.bpl.org/content/sea-mountains-trustees-125th- anniversary#tour We are also in the midst of creating a commemorative booklet with some of the following elements that may be of use to you: Eliot: o Obits from TTOR annual reports & from Appalachian Mountain Club - written by George C. Mann o Articles written by Eliot including the last article that he wrote 1 "The Boston Metropolitan Reservations." New England Magazine, v.15, p.117-122. Sept 1896. 2_The Need of Parks. Providence: Advance Club, 1891 3_A Report Upon the Opportunities for Public Open Spaces in the Metropolitan District of Boston, Massachusetts, Made to the Metropolitan Park Commission. Vegetation and Scenery in the Metropolitan Reservations of Boston: A Forestry Report. Boston: Lamson, Wolffe, and Company, 1898. https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=354240&tz=America/New_York&xim 1/4 2/15/2016 XFINITY Connect Last article. Arnoldia article - Keith Morgan's bio of Eliot Eliot-Thoreau Connection Eliot Marriage & Bio (of note - when he could afford a horse & buggy!) o Eliot timeline of life Founders backgrounds Presidents for Conf. Room Boston - these contain the bios & photos: 1st paragraph contains achievements Trustees History Compilation: A Timeline & Beyond the timeline o So beyond the timeline we gave you, these materials give you some historical perspective and highlight prepared by Cindy o PowerPoint presentation prepared by Rob Warren using Arc materials Read me is the list of photos found in Annual Reports that have been scanned Index of Special Places - will help if you need to know about past stories of volunteers, employees, places Thoreau quote from Annual Report Let's hope for a warming up! Take care. alison trustees Alison Bassett Archives & Research Center Manager Trustees I Archives & Research Center 27 Everett St. I Sharon, MA 02067 MAILING ADDRESS: 396 Moose Hill Street Sharon, MA 02067 abassett@ttor.org I 781.784-8200 (phone) From: Ronald Epp [mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 7:45 AM To: Alison Bassett Subject: The Trustees: First 30 Years Good Morning, I hope the New Year finds you well and professionally engaged. https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=354240&tz=America/New_York&xim= 2/4 2/15/2016 XFINITY Connect I've been reviewing my TTOR files for content relevant to my second edition of An Historical Sketch and Record of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Written and compiled in 1939 by Rev. Samuel Atkins Eliot, the Maine trustees have asked me to overlay a new Introduction focused heavily on your Trustees which gave birth to it. This will be published--like my biography of George B. Dorr--as part of the NPS Centennial. I came across an interesting note in the Harvard Alumni Bulletin (v. 24, 9.29.21) where it was stated that "all of the officers for 1921 of the [Harvard College] corporation and the Standing Committee of the Trustees of Public Reservations in Massachusetts are Harvard men." I knew of the overlap--but not the extent--and I wondered whether anyone since then had researched the influence of Harvard on the origin and development of The Trustees, especially during its formative first few decades. I don't recall Abbott's Saving Special Places assigning significance to this influence. Unfortunately, as the Trustees celebrate their 125th historically significant issues are really not being disseminated to Trustees members, with exception of "The Eliot Scrapbook" project. And so it goes Just the musings of someone who awoke too early and needs now to get back to the larger project. If Nicole is able to uncover anything related to this overlap issue, I'd appreciate being informed. All the Best, Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=354240&tz=America/New_York&xim= 3/4 2/15/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size = RE: The Trustees: First 30 Years From : Alison Bassett Mon, Feb 15, 2016 03:18 PM Subject : RE: The Trustees: First 30 Years 5 attachments To : 'Ronald Epp' Cc : Cindy Brockway , Wayne Wilkins Good morning Ron - My early morning ruminations usually occur when I am out walking the dog and then I come to work with a list of ideas! It drives everyone wild! I've been meaning to reach out to you and connect so I am so glad you wrote! We have been doing a lot of work this past year in laying the ground work for the 125th anniversary. We now have bios of chairmen, presidents, and founders. We have chased down some rabbit holes like church connections but have not examined the Harvard connection. The two aspects we have explored are: The Porcellian Club @ Harvard - The Appletons were very active in this club and you may recall the ARC's incoming room is surrounded by the club photos including one with Teddy Roosevelt. The other aspect that may be of interest is how Charles Eliot and Gov. William Eustis Russell went to college together- see pages 335, 355, 356 in Charles W. Eliot's bio about his son - 1902 edition. "The personal quality of the officers & members of the corporation created with the title Trustees of Reservations as remarkable." o Esp. p. 355: "It was not yet nineteen months since Charles made his first assault on a public official in favor of legislative action to procure a scheme for a metropolitan system of public reservations. Governor William E. Russell was a fellow-townsman of Charles, and both had grown up as boys in Cambridge, and been educated at Harvard College. It was by reason of this long acquaintance, and of friendly relations between the two families that Charles ventured to write Gov. Russell the following letter: see p, 356. (BTW MA Historical Society - has this exchange of letters). see attached FYI: The Trustees will be having an exhibition at the Boston Public Library - April 2nd - August 26nd. I hope you can come to the opening on April 6th http://maps.bpl.org/content/sea-mountains-trustees-125th- anniversary#tour We are also in the midst of creating a commemorative booklet with some of the following elements that may be of use to you: Eliot: o Obits from TTOR annual reports & from Appalachian Mountain Club - written by George C. Mann o Articles written by Eliot including the last article that he wrote 1_ "The Boston Metropolitan Reservations." New England Magazine, v.15, p.117-122. Sept 1896. 2 The Need of Parks. Providence: Advance Club, 1891 3 A Report Upon the Opportunities for Public Open Spaces in the Metropolitan District of Boston, Massachusetts, Made to the Metropolitan Park Commission. 4_ Vegetation and Scenery in the Metropolitan Reservations of Boston: A Forestry Report. Boston: Lamson, Wolffe, and Company, 1898. https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=354240&z=America/New_York&xim=1 1/4 2/15/2016 XFINITY Connect Last article. o Arnoldia article - Keith Morgan's bio of Eliot Eliot-Thoreau Connection Eliot Marriage & Bio (of note - when he could afford a horse & buggy!) o Eliot timeline of life Founders backgrounds Presidents for Conf. Room Boston - these contain the bios & photos: 1st paragraph contains achievements Trustees History Compilation: A Timeline & Beyond the timeline o So beyond the timeline we gave you, these materials give you some historical perspective and highlight prepared by Cindy o PowerPoint presentation prepared by Rob Warren using Arc materials Read me is the list of photos found in Annual Reports that have been scanned Index of Special Places - will help if you need to know about past stories of volunteers, employees, places Thoreau quote from Annual Report Let's hope for a warming up! Take care. alison trustees Alison Bassett Archives & Research Center Manager Trustees I Archives & Research Center 27 Everett St. I Sharon, MA 02067 MAILING ADDRESS: 396 Moose Hill Street Sharon, MA 02067 abassett@ttor.org I 781.784-8200 (phone) thetrustees.org From: Ronald Epp [mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 7:45 AM To: Alison Bassett Subject: The Trustees: First 30 Years Good Morning, I hope the New Year finds you well and professionally engaged. https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=354240&tz=America/New_York&xim= 2/4 2/15/2016 XFINITY Connect I've been reviewing my TTOR files for content relevant to my second edition of An Historical Sketch and Record of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Written and compiled in 1939 by Rev. Samuel Atkins Eliot, the Maine trustees have asked me to overlay a new Introduction focused heavily on your Trustees which gave birth to it. This will be published--like my biography of George B. Dorr--as part of the NPS Centennial. I came across an interesting note in the Harvard Alumni Bulletin (v. 24, 9.29.21) where it was stated that "all of the officers for 1921 of the [Harvard College] corporation and the Standing Committee of the Trustees of Public Reservations in Massachusetts are Harvard men." I knew of the overlap--but not the extent--and I wondered whether anyone since then had researched the influence of Harvard on the origin and development of The Trustees, especially during its formative first few decades. I don't recall Abbott's Saving Special Places assigning significance to this influence. Unfortunately, as the Trustees celebrate their 125th historically significant issues are really not being disseminated to Trustees members, with exception of "The Eliot Scrapbook" project. And so it goes Just the musings of someone who awoke too early and needs now to get back to the larger project. If Nicole is able to uncover anything related to this overlap issue, I'd appreciate being informed. All the Best, Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=354240&tz=America/New_York&xim= 3/4 XFINITY Connect Page 1 of 3 XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.ne + Font Size RE: Of Farm & family From Susan Hill Dolan Wed, Mar 12, 2014 02:10 PM Subject RE: Of Farm & family 1 attachment To 'Ronald & Elizabeth Epp' Dear Ron, My sincere thanks for taking the time to send such a lovely note. I was delighted to read that the biographical essays I wrote for the Appleton exhibition met with your enthusiastic approval - it means a lot to hear that! I very much enjoyed "getting to know" the Appleton family with the research for that exhibition, and I now have even greater appreciation for all that they did and contributed to the farm, each in his or her own time. We were able to hang the show in the Old House, and it was very special to install SO many family portraits in the house where they all lived or summered. It will be up until June 1st, just in case you are anywhere nearby in the coming months. I also thank you for your note of appreciation my and Susan Edwards's efforts on behalf of TTOR. It was indeed my great pleasure to help you with this endeavor, and I am SO pleased that it truly was of great help to you and your research. Warm congratulations on the news about the publication of the biography of George Dorr, and in conjunction with the anniversary. We will look forward to your book coming out, and it is very kind of you to offer to share the sections about TTOR being a model for the trustee organization at Mount Desert. I would love to see that, as I am sure Alison Bassett would, too. Thank you again for your thoughtful correspondence, and I will look forward to seeing your writings in the near future. We do miss having you join us at our Historic Resources Committee meetings, but I will share with that group your good news about the book. Until then, take good care. All best regards, Susan the trustees of reservations FIND YOUR PLACE Susan Hill Dolan Cultural Resources Specialist I Northeast Regional Curator The Trustees of Reservations I Castle Hill 290 Argilla Road I Ipswich, MA 01938 shilldolan@ttor.org 978.356.435 L x4012 tel 978.356.2143 fax http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=189765&tz=America/New_York&... 3/12/2014 XFINITY Connect Page 2 of 3 Web: thetrustees.org I Facebook: facebook.com/thetrustees I Twitter: twitter.com/thetrustees From: Ronald & Elizabeth Epp [mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 6:19 PM To: Susan Hill Dolan Subject: Of Farm & family Dear Susan, Thanks to Alison Bassett, I recently learned about your "Of Farm and Family" exhibit available on the web. I examined the biographical essays most carefully. Wonderfully executed! It transported me back some six years ago when Susan Edwards and you gave me such liberal access to the TTOR attic archives at the Great House of the Crane Estate. I recall not only my discovery of Charles Eliot's Scrapbook documenting the founding of the Trustees but also that Francis Randall Appleton, Sr. was in the Harvard class one year behind George B. Dorr. From the most meticulous records kept by FRA, Sr., I was able to extrapolate to the life and times of Dorr, whose personal information about those years is minimal. Then to find that the two of them were allies in the effort during the first decade of the 20th-century to extend the Harvard Yard down to the Charles River, a project Appleton championed with the Harvard Riverside Associates, Sorry for the rambling, but I wanted to give you a sense of my indebtedness to you and other TTOR staff for after such a long time I can now report that The Making of Acadia National Park: A Biography of George B. Dorr will be published by The Friends of Acadia as part of the 2016 centennial of the National Park Service and Acadia National Park as well. We are now in the copyediting stage and much in the manuscript concerns the Eliot family, and especially the founding of TTOR as the model for the trustee organization on Mount Desert Island. If you'd like a sample, I can forward it to you. I hope we get to meet once again now that I'm further removed from Massachusetts. If I can ever be of help to you in serevice to TTOR, do let me know. All the Best, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net image001.png 1 KB http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=189765&tz=America/New_York&. 3/12/2014 XFINITY Connect Page 1 of 2 XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.ne Font Size RE: Charles Eliot From : Barbara Erickson Mon, Jan 06, 2014 10:02 AM Subject : RE: Charles Eliot 1 attachment To : 'Ronald & Elizabeth Epp' Cc : Miriam Spectre , Cindy Brockway , Kelly M. Clark , Matt Montgomery Dear Ronald, Thank you for your email and happy new year. I am a big fan of TTOR history and I greatly enjoy reading about Charles Eliot's drive and ambition. We are fortunate to have had such a force as our founder. We have been talking about this anniversary and are planning to have a sequence of events and communications to celebrate his contribution to conservation and open space and acknowledge how far the movement has come in the 125 years since. We look forward to your being a part of it and as we get into 2014 will keep your name top of mind for help and ideas. Thank you for reaching out and for your commitment to our work. Warmly, Barbara the trustees of reservations FIND YOUR PLACE Barbara Erickson President & CEO The Trustees of Reservations berickson@ttor.org 617.694.4638 cell Web: thetrustees.org Facebook: facebook.com/thetrustees I Twitter: twitter.com/thetrustees From: Ronald & Elizabeth Epp [mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 10:32 PM To: Barbara Erickson Cc: Miriam Spectre Subject: Charles Eliot Dear Ms. Erickson: As a former member of the Trustees Historic Resources Committee and a colleague of ARC archivist Miriam Spectre, I offer a suggestion for your consideration. 2015 will be the 125th anniversary of the seminal Charles Eliot letter published in Garden and Forest (February 19, 1890) proposing the exportation of the Massachusetts land trust concept, which would become the law of the Commonwealth fifteen months later. Where? To coastal Maine where his father, Charles W. Eliot, and George B. Dorr would champion many of the TTOR principles to develop the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Donated land secured by the HCTPR over more than a decade led http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=173701&tz=America/New_York&xi... 1/6/2014 XFINITY Connect Page 2 of 2 to the establishment in 1916 of what is now Acadia National Park. I have researched the archives at Long Hill and the Crane Estate before their relocation to the ARC, tracing the evolution of the Trustee pioneers with their counterparts on the coast of Maine. This work on The Making of Acadia National Park will be published in 2016 by The Friends of Acadia. At that time Americans will celebrate the centennial of the National Park Service and the establishment America's first national park east of the Mississippi. The Trustees of Reservations may already have plans to link their endeavors with this national celebration. If not, I write to suggest that consideration be given to the philanthropic legacy of Massachusetts residents--like the Eliot and Dorr family--in the American land trust movement. If I can be of assistance please let me know. Sincerely, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net image001.png the trustees 1 KB of FIND YOUR PLACE http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=173701&tz=America/New_York&xi... 1/6/2014 Page 1 of 2 RE: Trustees of Reservations: HRC Committee From "Mark Wilson" To "eppster2@myfairpoint.net" Date 06/01/2011 02:21:15 PM Hello Ron, I am sad to be receiving this news. I have enjoyed working with you on the scrapbook project, at committee meetings and around the ARC. Meeting Keith Morgan, through your introduction, was a great day around here. Thank you for all that you have done. I wish you all the best. Keep us updated on your research and good luck with the move. Mark From: eppster2@myfairpoint.net [mailto:eppster2@myfairpoint.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 11:21 AM To: Mark Wilson Subject: Trustees of Reservations: HRC Committee Dear Mark, It is with much regret that I inform you of my resignation from the Historic Resources Committee. Elizabeth and I will be moving this summer to a retirement community (Cornwall Manor) in central Pennsylvania, a few miles from Hershey. Illness and travel have far too frequently prevented me from participating in HRC activities to the degree that I expected of myself--and that the Trustees rightly expect of their committee participants. I have greatly valued the opportunities that committee membership has afforded me. Quarterly visits to Trustee properties have enlightened my sense of place and brought me in contact with individuals with shared conservation values. I especially value the opportunity to research the Trustee archives when they were located in the upper floor of the Crane Estate Great House. Discovering the previously unknown Charles Eliot scrapbook tracing the first decade of the Trustees was of immense personal value. And I wish the ARC great success in preserving physically and digitally its historic treasures. https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/hwebmail/mail/message.php?index=9706 6/1/2011 Page 2 of 2 We will continue our Trustee membership. My research on the Eliot family and the Trustees has found a central place in the manuscript that I have recently completed, The Making of Acadia National Park. We look forward to visiting in the years ahead the few Trustee properties that we have not yet visited. I wish you continued success with your efforts to educate the public regarding Trustee land stewardship and historic preservation. Most Cordially, Ronald H. 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[ Flag Message Mark as Unread Printable View Sent Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:32:38 -0500 Bulk [Empty] From: "Susan Edwards" Add Mobile Alert Trash [Empty] Subject: Tomorrow at Castle Hill My Folders [Hide] To: "ELIZABETH and RONALD EPP" Eliz messages (2) Horseshoe Pond Hi Ron, Member Information Castle Hill is crawling with film crews so we are not using the front door right now. If Ron Archives (26) you can park in the Reservoir Lot instead of the Forecourt that would be helpful. It is to your right as you get to the top of the hill. You will see other cars parked there. I will meet you in the courtyard that leads to the basement entrance and we can go Search Shortcuts up the backstairs to the 3rd floor. I plan to be there by about 11:45. Sharon will be My Photos available to help you as needed throughout the afternoon. I will need to leave about 12:30 as I have a U Penn graduate student arriving at Long Hill at 1 p.m. to use the My Attachments Standing Committee minutes for research on his graduate thesis. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Best, Susan Susan C.S. Edwards Director of Historic Resources The Trustees of Reservations Long Hill, 572 Essex Street Beverly, MA 01915 tel: 978-921-1944 x1896 fax: 978-921-1948 Delete Reply Forward Spam Move Previous Next Back to Messages Save Message Text Full Headers Check Mail Compose Search Mail Search the Web Copyright © 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. I Copyright/IP Policy I Terms of Service I Send Feedback I Help NOTICE: We collect personal information on this site. To learn more about how we use your information, see our Privacy Policy. verizon YAHOO! http://us.f842.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=151_13130257_72798_1980_1246 2/26/2008 To: Susan Hill Dolan < shd@ttor.org > Subject: Re: Charles Eliot documents & G.B. Dorr Date sent: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:34:20 Dear Susan, Thank you for being SO thorough in researching the issues that I raised relativeto Charles Eliot and his relationships with George B. Dorr. I suspected that TTOR might have little primary or secondary material but I am appreciative of the contact with Gordon Abbott. I will contact him at a later time but for the time being I would appreciate a copy of Saving Special Places. Regarding Keith Morgan, I did identify his research into Eliot several months ago and he too I will contact now that you've given me his institututional affiliation. I am also aware of the Charles Eliot: Landscape Architect work aassembled by Eliot's dad which is an excellent resource, as you noted. I was not aware of the MDC connection which I will pursue. As I begin to assemble some narrative regarding this relationship, I will follow your suggestion and re-establish contact with you. It may well be that through more concentrated archival research that some new insights into the TTOR founder emerge that might interest other members besides those of us who are historically inclined. Please pass along to Wes Ward my appreciation for his helpful suggestions. If you have not had contact with Margie Coffin at the Olmsted Center regarding her research into Eliot, let me know and I'll provide you with her address and phone number should you want to pursue this. Publications currently in draft from the Olmsted Center appear to contain historical information about Eliot that I have not yet found elsewhere. 1 -- Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:34:20 With best wishes, Ronald Epp, Ph.D. Director of Libraries University of Hartford West Hartford, CT 06117 860-768-4268 On 9 Nov 2000, at 11:10, Susan Hill Dolan wrote: Dear Mr. Epp, I spoke this morning with our Director of Land Conservation, Wes Ward, who was very helpful and gave me a number of sources which might prove helpful to you. - Unfortunately, we have very little in terms of primary or secondary source materials, and it is mainly secondary institutional archives material about The Trustees. However, former Trustees of Reservations Director Gordon Abbott did search all our files for his book, Saving Special Places, a history of The Trustees of Reservations, published 4 or 5 years ago. If you do not have a copy of that, please let me know and I can send you one. He currently lives at 3 Tucks Point Road, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA,01944, and his phone number is 978/526-4436. Wes thought that he would be happy to help you. - There is a professor at Boston University who did a short monograph on Eliot about 3 years ago. His name is Keith Morgan. (He also did a book about Charles Platt). Wes also thought that Keith had a graduate student doing a project on Eliot now. Keith has been helpful to us here at The Trustees and Castle Hill, and I am sure he would be glad to speak with you. - You may also try the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) in Boston, where Eliot worked as a consultant for a number of years. - Another helpful book would be Charles Eliot: Landscape Architect, assembled by his father, Charles W. Eliot. You are probably well aware of -- 2 -- Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:34:20 this book , as the director of libraries, but, if not, it is an excellent collection of materials (probably the most salient materials) and was put out by the University of Massachusetts Press in cooperation with the American Library of Landscape History in Amherst. (Robin Karson, the director at that library, has done some work for The Trustees and may be helpful to you as well). I hope that this information provides some assistance to you. Please feel free to call me with any questions. I, in turn, would be interested to learning about any relationship or correspondance between Eliot and Dorr. Please let me know if you find anything or let me know when you publish your research project. Our organization is always interested in learning about these pioneering founders. Best of luck to you in your research. Sincerely, Susan Hill Dolan Northeast Regional Historic Resources Manager The Trustees of Reservations 978-412-2563 email: shd@ttor.org Original Message From: repp@MAIL.HARTFORD. EDU To: shd@ttor.org Date: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 10:14 AM Subject: Charles Eliot documents & G.B. Dorr Dear Susan, Thank you for returning my call. I appreciate your efforts to identify any TTOR primary documents relative to Charles Eliot that might -- 3 -- Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:34:20 shed some light on his relationship with George B. Dorr. If such documents are held by TTOR, I would appreciate an opportunity to examine them. I am aware of the Eliot papers at Harvard and am planning a research trip later this winter after I develop some lines of inquiry with National Park Service historians and landscape architects at the Olmsted Center in Brookline. I look forward to earing from you. Ronald Epp, Ph.D. Director of Libraries University of Hartford West Hartford, CT 06117 860-768-4268 -- 4 -- Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:34:20