From collection Creating Acadia National Park: The George B. Dorr Research Archive of Ronald H. Epp
[Series I] 1943-1944
| Page | Type | Title | Date | Source | Other notes |
| 1 | File Folder | File Contents. Timeline. 1943: Undated codicil to Will. 1944: Drury to Jr. providing assurances that work in Acadia will resume; Jr. To Drury hopeful that following war work on roads + bridges will be started; Stebbins letter re: GBD's "pathetic"condition; Hadley's monthly rpt account of Dorr's life and death; Tolson announcement of Dorr's death; Hadley's account of GBD's death, furneral services ++ cremation; Site at Oldfarm; Hadley advocates naming Dorr Mt., fears GBD;s name will be forgotten; NPS Press Release on death of GBD; Hadley on Dorr's death; Notices of Dorr's death incl. Western Union; Hadley report on Storm Beach Cottage, making ready for new Superintendent; Hadley letter to Demaray re visit of Sec'y Ickes and including Dorr's will; Hadley letter to Demaray re Storm Beach Cottage as Super residence; Agents for Dorr estate; Appointment of Hadley as Super; Hadley letter to Demaray re furnishings needed for Oldfarm and Homans House: GBD Death 8/5/44; Int. Ickes rental of NPS Home (Homans?); Hadley's Dec 44 resp to JDR Jr; Jr's query to Hadley about continuance of Dorr's policy; Corr with Jr. re Dorr's condition & care; JDR Jr corr with GBD on 90th birthday; Drury letter to GBD (last contact with GBD) delaying visit to ANP: death of Mrs. Oakes; Demaray on Dorr's death; GBD to Drury asking for Drury to visit him to go over his papers, admits blindness: Tolson memor re filling Super position with Hadley, leaving Asst. position, vacant for 2 years; Dorr's salary; Reg. Dir. Allen's highly critical attitude toward Hadley, reduction + reporting to NPS; Demaray letter to Hadley referring to Sec'y Ickes visit, renaming Dorr Mt. and Hadley's use of Storm Cottage; Drury letter re Hadley's Superintendent (oppose), Homan's House, deer reduction; Demaray letter to Drury re Hadley's appt., Jr's disinclination and Ickes partiality to Hadley; Allen letter to Drury recommending Hadley; NPS Publicity release/tribute to GBD re Park size; Stebbins letter to Jr re Champlain Mt Memorial; also, describes Dorr's condition | - | Timeline compiled by Ronald Epp | - |
| 2 | File Folder | File Contents. Timeline. 1944: Hadley's obit in Appalachia; Hadley's obit for GBD; Jr. to Stebbins on land dev; Summary of donation of land by Jr. + GBD; Stegner's Interp Plan for ANP, focused on Oldfarm; Hadley to Jr. re landscaping horse roads; Hadley responds to Jr. re promotion to park Sup; contents of safe in cellar; BHT obit of GBD; Ellsworth American obit of GBD; Interpretation in NP origins; Jr. to Albright on Dorr's death; Jr. on death of Dave Morris; Jr. on MDI 1st weeks of August, time of GBD's death, at Seaside Inn; Hadley to Albright on Dorr's death, health, funeral, cremation + legacy; G. Oakes letter to Jr. on Dorr's health and daily routine, reply from Jr. | - | Timeline compiled by Ronald Epp | - |
| 3 | Letter | Letter to Mr. Dorr from Joseph N. Welch re: death of Richard W. Hale, and firm's responsibility to examine Mr. Dorr's will, requiring more careful study of tax issues | 05/15/1943 | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 4 | Letter | Letter to Mr. Welch from John A. Peters re: offer to take care of Mr. Dorr's will | 05/26/1943 | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 5-6 | Letter | Letter to Judge Peters from Joseph N. Welch re: review of Mr. Dorr's will and tax implications following Mr. Dorr's death | 06/01/1943 | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 7-9 | Report | Preliminary Report on Isle au Haut, and Bowditch heirs' offer of 2700 acres of land | 1943 | ANPA. B.JV.f.22 | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 10-11 | Letter | Letter to Mr. Dorr from John A. Peters re: recommendations to change specific clauses in Mr. Dorr's will to avoid tax burden | 06/14/1943 | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | - |
| 12 | Letter | Letter to Judge Peters from George B. Dorr re: accepting Judge Peters' recommendation for changes to his will; additional gifts to be added to the will include the golf repeater watch to Serenus Rodick, and table/furniture to Mrs. Phyllis Sylvia | 06/17/1943 | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 13-14 | Letter | Letter to Mr. Welch from John A. Peters re: changes to Mr. Dorr's will | 06/18/1943 | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | - |
| 15 | Letter | Letter to Mr. Dorr from John A. Peters re: draft of resolutions to be presented to the Trustees of Public Reservations | 08/12/1943 | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 16 | Letter | Letter to Mr. Welch from John A. Peters re: visit with Mr. Dorr to discuss the will | 08/12/1943 | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | - |
| 17 | Date Page | 1944.0 | - | Ronald Epp | - |
| 18 | Letter | Letter to Miss Oakes from M.N. Hale re: confidential information she provided on Oldfarm and Mr. Dorr, being passed on to Judge Peters | April 8th, 1944 | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 19-20 | Letter | Handwritten letter to Judge Peters from Mary Hale re: enclosed letter from Miss Oakes in which she reveals situation at Oldfarm, relationship between Mrs. Sylvia and Miss Oakes | April 8th, 1944 | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 21-22 | Letter | Handwritten letter to Judge Peters from Mary Hale re: Mr. Dorr's will drafted by Richard Hale, role as "literary executor" of Mr. Dorr's papers, and issues with Mrs. Sylvia | April 17th, 1944 | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 23 | Letter | Letter to Dr. Drury from Fletcher Wood re: collaboration between the Abbe Museum and Acadia National Park | 04/12/1944 | Abbe Museum Archives. IV.2 | - |
| 24-25 | Letter | Letter to Mrs. Hale from John A. Peters re: concern for Mr. Dorr's personal situation and dismissing those comments as "groundless" by Mrs. Oakes | 21st April, 1944 | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 26 | Letter | Letter to Mr. Wood from Newton Drury acknowledging with "deep appreciation " the generous proposal" to add the Abbe Museum to Acadia National Park; addresses the appointment of Mr. Hadlock to manage the museum | 04/29/1944 | Abbe Museum Archives. AMA.III.9 | - |
| 27 | Letter | Letter to Director Drury from George B. Dorr re: the death of Miss Grace Oakes | 07/12/1944 | NARA, CP,RG79,CCF, Acadia.Miscellaneous Reports | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 28-31 | Correspondence | Letter marked "private and confidential" between John D.Rockefeller Jr. and Newton Drury; includes Memorandum re: Mr. Rockefeller's donations | July 17-28, 1944 | NPS.Acadia. Rockefeller Correspondence. File #2.10 | - |
| 32 | Letter | Letter to Mr. Dorr from Newton Drury re: invitation to visit Oldfarm but reluctantly cannot visit until the Fall; condolences for Miss Oakes | 07/20/1944 | NARA, CP,RG79,CCF, Acadia. Box 741. File 201 | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 33 | Memorandum | Memorandum from B.L. Hadley to the Director of the NPS re: estimate for cost of the carriage road construction | 07/28/1944 | ANPA. Box HJ f.10 | duplicate copy of Item #20 |
| 34 | Letter | "Day Letter" expressing condolences of the passing of Mr. Dorr from Hillory Tolson, Acting Director of the NPS | 08/05/1944 | NARA/CP/RG79, CCF, 1933-49/Acadia. Box 795 | - |
| 35 | Letter | "Day Letter" expressing condolences of the passing of Mr. Dorr from Hillory Tolson, Acting Director of the NPS | 08/05/1944 | NARA/CP/RG79, CCF, 1933-49/Acadia. Box 795 | Duplicate copy of Item #23 |
| 36-38 | Email Correspondence on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of death of George B. Dorr; includes tribute to George B. Dorr from Benjamin L. Hadley | 06/06/2019 | Personal correspondence of Ronald Epp | Note: See September 9, 1944 NPS Monthly Report for copy of original in this file [RE] | |
| 39-40 | Press Release | Press Release issued by the National Park Service re: the death of George B. Dorr | 08/09/1944 | No source | - |
| 41-42 | List | List of Safe Contents in Oldfarm Cellar, including original letters, inventory of furniture | 08/05/1944 | ANPA 1.f.7 | - |
| 42 | Newspaper article | "G.B.Dorr, 91, Botanist, Dies" | No date | NARA/CP/RG79, CCF, 1933-49/Acadia. Box 795 | - |
| 44 | Newspaper article | Newspaper clippings on the Death of George B. Dorr | No date | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | - |
| 45 | Telegram | Telegram to the Director of the NPS from B.L. Hadley re: funeral services for George B. Dorr | 08/06/1944 | NARA/CP/RG79/CCF, 1933-49/Acadia. Box 795 | - |
| 46 | Telegram | Telegram to the Director of the NPS from B.L. Hadley re: funeral services for George B. Dorr | 08/10/1944 | NARA/CP/RG79,CCF,1933-49. Acadia. Box 795 | - |
| 47-48 | Letter | Handwritten letter to Mr. Demaray from Ben Hadley re: personal feelings and managing Oldfarm contents following Mr. Dorr's death | 08/07/1944 | NARA/CP/RG79/CCF, 1933-49/Acadia. Box 791 | - |
| 49 | Memorandum | Memorandum from B.L. Hadley to the Director of the NPS re: details in connection with Mr. Dorr's passing.; his remains witll be taken to Boston for cremation, the ashes will be returned to Bar Harbor for disposition | 08/07/1944 | NARA/CP/RG79/CCF, 1933-49/Acadia. Box 795 | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 50 | Memorandum | Memorandum from A.E. Demaray re: visit of Acting Secretary of Interior to Bar Harbor; request to stay at Homans House and to be informed of Mr. Dorr's personal property | 08/07/1944 | RG 79/150/33/8/5-6, Entry 2: Central Class. Files, Acadia, Box 791, File 201-006 Superintendnt | - |
| 51 | Probate Document | Document registered with the Probate Court: Death of George B. Dorr and list of his heirs/next of kin | 08/08/1944 | Hancock County Registry of Probate. Ellsworth, ME | - |
| 52 | Letter | Letter to Mrs. Grover O'Neill Pomfret from Newton Drury offering condolences at Mr. Dorr's passing; Memorandum designating Benjamin L. Hadley as Acting Superintendent | August 7, 8, 1944 | NARA/CP/RG79/CCF, 1933-49, Acadia. Box 795 | - |
| 53 | Letters | Letters to Mrs. Endicott and Mrs. Charles Perkins from Newton Drury offering condolences at Mr. Dorr's passing | 08/08/1944 | NARA/CP/RG79, NPS Central Class. File, 1933-1949. Acadia-General. Box 795 | - |
| 54 | Memorandum | Memorandum marked "Confidential" to Thomas J. Allen, Regional Director, from Hillory Tolson, Acting Director re: recommendaton designating B.L. Hadley as Superintendent | 08/09/1944 | NARA, CP, RG79,CCF. Acadia. Misc. Rpts | - |
| 55 | Memorandum | Memorandum announcing an attached press release sent to eight Chicago papers | 08/09/1944 | NARA/CP/RG79/CCF, 1933-49. Acadia. Box 791 | - |
| 56 | Letter | Letter marked "confidential" to Benjamin L. Hadley from Newton Drury re: his regret of not being able to visit Mr. Dorr before his passing | 08/09/1944 | NARA/CP/RG79/CCF, 1933-34. Acadia. B.791 | - |
| 57 | Cemetery Record | Mt. Auburn Cemetery record of George B. Dorr with cause of death listed as "myocarditis arteriosclerosis" and date of incineration | 08/08/1944 | Mount Auburn Cemetery Historical Collections | - |
| 58 | Newspaper article | "Our Debt to G.B. Dorr" | 08/15/1944 | Boston Herald. Chapman Archive. JDR Jr. Papers. B.13.f.05 | - |
| 59 | Newspaper article | "George B. Dorr 'Father of Park' Died Saturday | 08/19/1944 | Bar Harbor Times | - |
| 60 | Letter | Letter to Mr. Albright from B.L. Hadley re: Mr. Dorr's passing and spreading of ashes | 08/14/1944 | ANPA. Box 218.f.10 | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 61 | Newspaper article | "Deaths and Funerals 'George Bucknam Dorr'"and "Our Debt to G. B. Dorr" | 08/15/1944 | Boston Herald. Chapman Archive. JDR Jr. Papers. B.13.f.05 | Duplicate of Item #42 |
| 62 | Letter | Letter to Mrs. Hale from John A. Peters re: assessed value of the lots that Mr. Rockefeller would like to have for the Park out of the Dorr estate | August 15th, 1945 | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | Letter dated 1945. Move to 1945 folder? |
| 63 | Memorandum | Memorandum to the Associate Regional Director from the Acting Superintendent, Acadia National Park, re: list of Acadia National Park Superintendents from 1919 to 1983 | 07/22/1983 | ANPA B14,F5, | - |
| 64-66 | Letters | Correspondence between B.L. Hadley, Horace Albright, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Selenus Rodick re: security measures needed at the site of the former Seawall radio station, possible encroachment concerns of Mr. Rockefeller | August 14-17 | NPS. Acadia. Rockefeller Correspondence. File # 2.10 | Letter to Mr. Albright from B.L. Hadley is duplicate of Item #44 |
| 67-68 | Memorandum | Memorandum marked "Confidential"to the Director of the NPS from Thomas Allen re: recommendation of B.L. Hadley as Superintendent, and names of potential candidates for the Assistant Superintendent position | 08/15/1944 | NARA, CP, RG79,CCF. Acadia. Misc. Rpts | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 69 | Meeting minutes | Minutes of the annual meeting of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association; no mention of Dorr's death | 08/17/1944 | BHVIA | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 70-71 | Email Correspondence with Mount Auburn Cemetery staff re: final arrangements for the cremated remains of Mr. Dorr | 06/05/2008 | Personal correspondence of Ronald Epp | - | |
| 72 | Memorandum | Memorandum issued by B.L. Hadley re: burial place of George B. Dorr, and "ashes scattered near Beaver Dam Pool at the northwestern foot of Champlain Mountain" | 08/17/1951 | B2,F1.1 | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 73-74 | Memorandum | Memorandum for the Regional Director, Region One (Mr. Allen) re: reservations concerning the appointment of B.L.Hadley as Superintendent | 08/22/1944 | NARA, CP, RG79,CCF. Acadia. Misc. Rpts | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 75-76 | Letter | Letter to Mr. Demaray from B.L. Hadley re: Mr. Dorr's will, use of the Homan House (part of the Dorr estate) during the visit of Secretary Ickes | 08/19/1944 | NARA/CP/RG79/CCF, 1933-49/Acadia, Box 791 | - |
| 77-85 | Last Will | Last will and testament of George B. Dorr | 08/01/1943 | NARA/CP/RG79/CCF, 1933-49/Acadia, Box 791 | - |
| 86 | Letter | Letter to Mr. Albright from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. re: passing of Mr. Dorr and receipt of last will copy | 08/24/1944 | Ed. J.W. Ernst. Worthwhile Places. The Bronx: Fordham U. Press, 1991 | - |
| 87-88 | Letters | Correspondence between B.L. Hadley and Mr. Rockefeller re: continued landscape work along the horse roads | 08/28/1944 | N.P.S. Acadia. Rockefeller Correspondence. File #2.10 | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 89 | Newspaper article | "Trustees Public Reservations Met Mon.Aug.14: and tribute to George B. Dorr | 08/31/1944 | Bar Harbor Times | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 90 | Notes | Handwritten notes by Ronald Epp re: letter between Beatrix Farrand and Newton Drury mentioning Dorr memorial | 09/02/1944 | NARA, RG79, CCF, Acadia. Box 791 | - |
| 91 | Receipt | Receipt for the George B. Dorr Genealogical Collection at the New England Historic Genealogical Society | 11/02/1944 | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | - |
| 92-94 | Monthly Report | Monthly report of Acadia National Park for August 1994, includes tribute to George B. Dorr and his passing. "He died as he lived, quietly and with great expectations for the future." [B.L.Hadley] | 09/09/1944 | NARA/CP/RG79/CCF, 1933-49/Acadia. Box 794 | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 95 | Memorandum | Memorandum for Acting Superintendent Hadley from A.E. Demaray[?] re: Secretary Ickes visit and recommendation to rename Flying Squadron Mountain to Dorr Mountain, the Superintendent occupying Storm Beach Cottage | 09/11/1944 | NARA,CP, RG79, CCF, Acadia. Misc. Repts. | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 96-97 | Memorandum | Memorandum for the Director from Thomas J. Allen; Memorandum for Mr. Drury from Hillory A. Tolson re: disappointment in Superintendent Hadley's handling of the deer reduction issue; notes " Acadia worked a little too independently of the rest of the Service and failed to keep us informed or keep us in touch with what was going on and what they were thinking" | September 19-22, 1944 | NARA, CP, RG79,CCF. Acadia. Misc. Rpts | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 98-99 | Memorandum | Memorandum issued to the Regional Director, Region One, by B.L. Hadley re: renaming Flying Squadron Mountain to Dorr Mountain | 09/20/1944 | B.G.N. | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
| 100 | Email correspondence between Ronald Epp and Judith Goldstein re: Oldfarm value to Acadia National Park | 09/08/2011 | Personal correspondence of Ronald Epp | - | |
| 101 | Memorandum | Memorandum from Hillory A. Tolson announcing the appointment of B.L.Hadley as Superintendent of Acadia National Park | 12/15/1944 | NARA/CP/RG79/CCF, 1933-49/Acadia, Box 791 | - |
| 102 | Memorandum | Memorandum for the Secreatry from the Associate Director announcing the agent for the Dorr estate is A.G. Goodrich, except real estate | 12/16/1944 | NARA/CP/RG79/CCF, 1933-49/Acadia. Box 791 | - |
| 103 | Journal excerpt | In Memoriam for George Bucknam Dor, 1853-1944 | 1944-45 | Appalachia. V. XXV (1944-45) | - |
| 104 | Letter | Letter to Serenus Rodick from Archibald Murray re: resignation as a member of the Hancock County Trustees, and calling for a tribute to Mr. Dorr and some "fitting recognition paid to his life long work of establishing the Park;" suggests memorial on Cadillac Mountain | 10/04/1944 | No source | - |
| 105-106 | Email correspondence between Ronald Epp and Donald Lenahan re: disposition of Mr. Dorr's ashes | 08/05/2010 | Personal correspondence of Ronald Epp | - | |
| 107-111 | Property List | Estate of George B. Dorr: Miscellaneous Personal Property list, including updated inventory of Dorr furniture and storage locations | 10/27/1944 | Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Corr. | Annotated notes by Ronald Epp |
| 112 | Letter | Letter to Mr. Hadley from John D. Rockefeller Jr re: notification of Mr. Hadley's appointment to position of Superintendent | 12/20/1944 | N.P.S. Acadia. Rockefeller Correspondence. File #2.10 | - |
| 113 | Memorandum | Memorandum for the Associate Director from B.L. Hadley re: condition of Storm Beach Cottage and work to be done | 12/22/1944 | NARA/CP/RG79/CCF, 1933-49/Acadia Box 791 | - |
| 114 | Letter | Letter to Mr. Rockefeller from B.L. Hadley re: future projects | 12/28/1944 | No source | - |
| 115 | Memorandum | Memorandum for the Associate Director from B.L. Hadley re: condition of Storm Beach Cottage and work to be done | Decemer 22, 1944 | NARA/CP/RG79/CCF, 1933-49/Acadia Box 791 | duplicate copy of Item #73 |
| 116-125 | Report | Report on the Conditions of Storm Beach Cottage and Associated Buildings, Acadia National Park, and estimates for work | Decemer 22, 1944 | NARA/CP/RG79/CCF, 1933-49/Acadia, Box 791 | Annotated by Ronald Epp |
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