From collection Creating Acadia National Park: The George B. Dorr Research Archive of Ronald H. Epp
[Series I] 1939-1940
| Page | Type | Title | Date | Source | Other notes |
| 1 | File Folder | File Contents. Timeline. 1939: GBD to Isabella Story (NPS Ed) re Story ms content: Mrs. Oakes, SMM; Mather & Albright,1904 Sequoia visit, Great Smoky Mts, visit with Gifford/Vanderbilt; Letter to Cammerer re death of Ranger Jacobson & complaints with ANP management; Jr. proposes to Cammerer gift of Jordan Pond House + roads to NPS; Mrs. Jacobson writes to Jr. re death of ther Ranger husband at hands of pachers, faulting lax NPS/ANP administration as contributory; Secy ickes controversy with Homans House Rental; GBD affiliation with Soc.for Psychical Research ends; Cammerer to jr. on Dorr's "Ultimate disposition of his properties" + Acadia Corp; unsigned memo on Park Concessions re GBD/Cammerer/Hadley, also letters to Jr/Rodick; Cammerer's heart attack in letter from Albright to Jr., also letter thanking Jr. for $ to defay med exp; nasty memo for R. Hale re GBD; Jr. memo of Acad. Corp concessions with Cammerer, Dorr, + Hadley; NYT article on ANP falsely locates AT within Park; GBD to mt. Auburn Cemetery re family plots; GBD death plans; GBD to Cammerer re Oldfarm's construction costs; GBD to Jr. offers clock to Jr. to Nelson, talks of his own clock. 1940. Oldfarm offer to Pres. Roosevelt; Oldfarm visit by Horace Albright; GBD letter giving Jr. preliminary review of Oldfarm plans; Olfarm floor plan; Seasonal goodbye to JDR Jr.; Newton Drury succeeds A. Cammerer, Dir. NPS, Cammerer becomes Regional Director; ANP entrance gateways of park boundaries fixed/roads complete; Dav Morris letter to Jr re annual HCTPR meeting when he is elected President + GBD "Honorary Pres;" talks about moribund HCTPR; Master list of Jr gifts to U.S. ; Albright visits ANP; letter to Jr. from David Morris re HCTPR, Dorr is Honorary Pres. asking for Jr's help; Jr to Atterbury re donation of Jordan Pond House property + Gatehouse; Jr to Rodick re planning for new entrance to Park road at Hulls Cove, clims that it is GBD;s respons. to make sure it will happen; H. Albright to Jr.regarding park road entrance and care not to offend Dorr by creating impression he is excluded; also lengthy 2nd letter to Jr. re Town warrant with new entrance; Rodick letter to Jr. re Town warrant and Dorr's letter to Cammerer; Dorr to Cammerer re New Eagle Lake Rd; Jordan Pond House given by Jr. to Park; David Rodick letter with Acadia Corp projects; Chadwick to Jr. re $ for his geological survey of MDI | 08/06/2008 | Timeline and notes compiled by Ronald Epp | - |
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