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Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Path Map of Mount Desert Island, 1896
A map showing walking paths on the eastern half of Mount Desert Island. The map is adapted from an 1896 map of Mount Desert Island compiled by Waldron Bates, Edward L. Rand, and Herbert Jaques.
Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, February 28, 1927 (1)
A letter from Arno Cammerer, the assistant director of the National Parks Service, informing George Dorr that John D. Rockefeller Jr. has proposed to fund a project to create new roads in Lafayette National Park. Cammerer requests that Dor…
M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 2)
A letter from Harold Peabody to the director of the National Park Service, Stephen T. Mather. Peabody believes that he and Mather share a similar desire to see wild places conserved and that Mather will see that the natural character of Mo…
George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody Letter, March 8, 1924
A letter from Senator George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody. Senator Pepper includes a copy of the text from a letter he wrote to Loren Kimball, outlining his position on the construction of roads in Lafayette National Park. Pepper tells…
Fred C. Lynam to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 11, 1924
A letter from Fred C. Lynam to the secretary of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, Frank B. Rowell. Lynam disagrees with Senator George Wharton Pepper's objection to the proposed road construction project in Lafayette National…
Arno B. Cammerer to Gist Blair Letter, August 6, 1927
A letter from Arno Cammerer, the acting director of the National Park Service, to Gist Blair of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, regarding the arrival of a government landscape architect. Cammerer assures Blair that, despite…
Barrington Moore to Harold Peabody Letter, March 14, 1924
A letter from Barrington Moore suggesting arguments to Harold Peabody for advancing his campaign against the further construction of roads in Lafayette National Park. Moore argues that while roads are necessary for the park to fulfill its …
Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922
A letter from the acting director of the National Park Service, Arno B. Cammerer, to the Lafayette National Park custodian, George B. Dorr. Cammerer informs Dorr that a proposed road project in Lafayette National Park has been approved. Ca…
Charles W. Eliot to Gist Blair Letter, July 11, 1927
Charles W. Eliot writes to the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association president, Gist Blair, regarding the delay of the arrival of the National Park Service's landscape architect at Lafayette National Park. Eliot was to work with the g…
