maps Maps of Acadia National Park Page 1 of 6 Mapping the National Parks Home Page Acadia Grand Canyon Great Smoky Mountains Yellowstone Maps of Acadia National Park Early European Maps I British Maps | Nineteenth Century Nautical Charts | Mount Desert Island USGS Maps National Park Service Maps of Acadia | Acadia Bibliography Acadia, established in 1919, was the first national park east of the Mississippi River. It was also the first national park on a coast, and the first to be donated to the federal government by private individuals who gave land that they had previously owned as well as land specifically purchased, in order to preserve it for the use of the public. The park is located along the coast of Maine and is easily recognized from the sea by a row of barren hills of pink granite shaped by glaciers. Its highest point, Cadillac Mountain, is more than 1500 feet above sea level. Today the park includes these mountains, wooded areas and the rugged sea coast of parts of Mount Desert Island and the Schoodic Peninsula across Frenchman Bay to the east, and a portion of Isle au Haut, an island to the southwest. Although three different Native American cultures lived on or visited Mount Desert Island before its exploration by Europeans, none of them created maps that have survived to the present. Map of the Recorded history and mapmaking of the area that was eventually incorporated into the park began Discovery of the during the Age of Discovery, when Europeans started to explore the Americas. It is believed, East Coast of the United States, however, that the French used information obtained from Native Americans about the interior 1856. lands and waterways of the North American continent on the earliest maps that they produced. Early European Maps (Top) Some of the early maps of the area were made by European explorers whose routes are indicated in color on a composite map drawn by Johann Georg Kohl, a German geographer, in 1856. His Map of the Discovery of the East Coast of the United States names many of the explorers who sailed along specific stretches of the coast, indicating the dates and approximate areas of their voyages. Kohl shows the route taken by Giovanni da Verrazano, an Italian in the service of France, who was one of the first Europeans to see Mount Desert Island in 1524. He made a permanent contribution to place names in the area, for he is credited with giving the name "Acadia" to the entire region that now includes Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Another significant explorer and excellent mapmaker, Samuel de Champlain, first visited the coast of Maine in 1604. Champlain accompanied Sieur de Monts, whose grant from King Henry IV of France included the area between Philadelphia and Montreal. Champlain's primary legacy is the detailed journals describing his travels, which were later published. To accompany his accounts, he drew beautiful and highly accurate maps of the North American coastline. His earliest manuscript map, dated 1607, is in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress. It was Champlain who named the large island where Acadia National Park is situated "l'Isle des Monts-deserts," meaning "the island of bare mountains." He also named Isle au Haut, and both of these landmarks are shown on his 1607 map. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/nphtml/acadhome.html 12/3/2002 Maps of Acadia National Park Page 2 of 6 Map of the northeast coast of North America, 1607, drawn by Samuel de Champlain. The published version of Champlain's manuscript map appeared in 1612. By the mid 1620s, and for 150 years thereafter, most of the great cartographers showed Mount Desert Island by name on their maps, whatever the scale of the map or their own nationality. Many of them also identified Isle au Haut, although none showed either island to scale, primarily because most of the maps were drawn to a scale so small that it would ordinarily have precluded showing and labeling these areas. Their placement on early European maps served to identify these locations as landmarks that helped sailors navigate the dangerous waters off the coast of Maine. British Maps of North America (Top) Although the earliest exploration of the north Atlantic coast was undertaken by the French, the English also claimed the area from the Carolinas to Nova Scotia. One of the most accurate early English maps was published by Thomas Bowen in 1747. Maps were produced in part to substantiate the claims of various European powers to the lands of North America. The matter was not definitively settled until 1763, when the British defeated the French to end the Seven Years' French and Indian War. The peace treaty provided that the territory of Maine become part of the British Empire under the administration of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. French influence in the region is still visible today, however, in place names such as Cadillac Mountain, named for the French explorer Antoine Laumet, Sieur de Cadillac, and the name of the park itself. By the second half of the 18th century, in response to the need for better information about her North American colonies, Britain began producing more detailed, larger-scale maps of the North American continent. The John Mitchell map, first published in 1755, is an example of the highly accurate and beautifully engraved maps of that era. One of the most famous maps in American history, it provided the cartographic information used in negotiating the Treaty of Paris that concluded the American Revolutionary War and established the United States. Although the area included in Acadia National Park was shown on the Mitchell map, it wasn't until Thomas Jefferys made his map of New England in 1775 and published it the next year that a mapmaker noted that the island was not drawn to scale and that it appeared as though it were being seen from a distance of fifteen leagues, about forty-five miles offshore. British military engineers began to survey the coastline of North America during the 1770s, and detailed coastal charts based on these surveys were published. Samuel Holland, the Surveyor General for the Northern District, was responsible for the compilation of many of the maps and charts drawn from original surveys of the northern coast. The first large- scale map of Mount Desert Island was produced under his direction. Two additional charts included the waters in the vicinity of Acadia National Park. These charts became part of a large collection of maps and charts used by the British Navy during the American Revolution. They were engraved and compiled by Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres under the collective title of The Atlantic Neptune. Large volumes of these highly detailed nautical charts, some with views of prominent landforms and harbors, were individually compiled for sea captains sailing to America. No two volumes appear to be the same and each contains a variety of printings or editions of the charts. The later charts contain more detail and include information such as soundings showing the depths of coastal waters, specific locations of hazards such as rocks and shallow areas, hachures indicating the topography of the land with its elevated areas, and cultural geographic features such as roads, cultivated and wooded areas, and man-made structures. Later editions of the Mount Desert Island plate clearly show settlements in the areas of Somesville, Southwest and Northeast Harbors, Hulls Cove, Bar Harbor, and Bass Harbor. It would be another century before more detailed maps of the area were produced. Nineteenth-Century Nautical Charts (Top) Because the area's economy and transportation system were sea based, requiring detailed navigational charts. The Atlantic Neptune charts continued to be used well into the nineteenth century. In the interim between the production of eighteenth-century British nautical charts and those made by the United States government during the second half of the nineteenth century, only a few privately produced charts were published. Captain Seward Porter's Chart of the Coast of Maine, dated 1837, was such a chart. The sheets of this sailing chart http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/nphtml/acadhome.html 12/3/2002 Maps of Acadia National Park Page 3 of 6 show only information about the waters off of the coast; sheets 4 and 5 pertain to the area now included in the park. So important was the need for scientifically based, detailed, and accurate charts that the U.S. government soon became the major producer of charts of coastal areas including the areas around Mount Desert Island. These nautical charts were compiled by the United Maine, Bar Harbor, 1885 States Coast Survey, later renamed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. They included extensive information about the land, which later formed the basis for topographic maps of land areas, including those produced by the U.S. Geological Survey. Privately Produced Maps of Mount Desert Island (Top) Before the Civil War, artists began visiting Mount Desert Island. In addition to having a cool climate with opportunities for outdoor recreation both on land and sea. The island's popularity as a scenic summer resort was increasingly publicized by the work of visiting artists who sketched and painted the area's natural beauty. Several kinds of maps were published in the latter part of the nineteenth and in the early twentieth centuries, many of which used the U.S Coast and Geodetic Survey maps as their base. The county landownership map--a popular cartographic product during this period--usually superimposed landowners' names and property lines on a base map. These maps frequently included advertisements for local businesses and were often financed through subscription. George N. Colby and J. H. Stuart made a landownership map for Hancock County, Maine which shows all of Mount Desert Island, in 1887, the same year that they published a similar map for the town of Bar Harbor. SEAL Co Transportation to the coast of Maine from the urban northeast was initially by ship, followed by the railroad. Seal Cove To promote tourism. railroad companies often published maps showing access by rail to Mount Desert Island, as well as other national parks including Grand Canyon. With the expansion of major urban areas, scenic and sparsely settled places increasingly came to be valued for recreational purposes. In 1893 Edward Rand, who studied the flora of Mount Desert Island, created the first of several maps for visitors interested in the natural history of the area. Detail of Map of Mount Desert Island, 1887. Other individuals and groups, including the Summer Residents Association of Bar Harbor, also made maps that were primarily designed for tourists. As these were revised over time and as land began to be set aside for parks, park areas were shown in green and labeled "reservations." Some of these maps focused on hiking trails and came to be known as "path maps." In addition to park lands and paths, the maps also depicted changing town boundaries. roads. cleared and wooded areas, and the topography and hydrography of Mount Desert Island. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Maps of Acadia National Park (Top) The story of the creation of Acadia National Park can be traced through the maps produced by the U.S. Geological http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/nphtml/acadhome.htm 12/3/2002 Maps of Acadia National Park Page 4 of 6 Survey (USGS) and later, the National Park Service. A group of civic-minded citizens, primarily summer residents who visited Mount Desert Island during the warmer months of the year and built summer homes referred to as "cottages," regardless of their size, had a strong interest in preserving the natural areas surrounding the towns of Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor, and other villages on the island. In 1903, the Maine legislature allowed the group to establish a corporation whose purpose was to acquire and maintain lands in Hancock County for public use. The corporation, known as the Trustees of Public Reservations, acquired land through donations and purchase over a period of many years. Through the efforts of Charles W. Eliot, its president, and George B. Dorr, its vice president, who later came to be known as the "father" of Acadia National Park, the Trustees gradually obtained scenic areas and outlooks, streams and springs, and other areas suitable for hiking and outdoor sports. Although there was some local opposition to the Trustees' mission, great School persistence and even greater generosity on the part of many individuals enabled the group to offer the reservation lands to the federal government for a park in 1914. The American Antiquities Act of 1906, proved to be an appropriate vehicle for donating approximately 5000 acres to the federal government as a national monument. In 1916, President Wilson signed the proclamation creating Sieur de Monts National Monument. named for the leader of the French expedition to the New World that was documented by Champlain. The Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations recognized that what they had achieved was only a beginning. They continued to obtain land that included points of historic interest or natural beauty, such as forest tracts sheltering wildlife, meadows and woodlands filled with wildflowers, and pools and ponds that would contribute to making the area a sanctuary for plant and animal life. The Trustees also recognized the area's value as a setting for the scientific study of natural history and geology. as well as a Sieur de Monts National Monument, place where urban dwellers could directly experience the peace and beauty of Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1916. coastal Maine. By 1919, the national park system was well established, and through the efforts of George Dorr, Sieur de Monts National Monument was renamed Lafayette National Park, in honor of France's role in securing American independence. The name also recognized the close relationship between French and American efforts during World War I. In 1922, USGS created a new map of the national park that reflected its new name, its status as a national park, and the expansion of its boundaries through additional land acquisition. New legislation, passed in 1929, authorized the government to accept additional gifts of land beyond the limits of Mount Desert Island. Almost immediately. the park was enlarged to include parts of the Schoodic Peninsula and was renamed Acadia National Park at the request of the donor of the Schoodic land. USGS created a new topographic map in 1931 that included, in addition to the Schoodic gift, several newly acquired tracts on the western side of the island, and shoreline property, including frontage on Somes Sound. It is the first USGS map to include Cadillac Mountain's summit within the park's boundaries. Although newly compiled in 1931, it was based on surveys made in 1901-2, illustrating the cumulative nature of cartographic information. Subsequent editions of the USGS topographic map, some showing elevation by contours, others by shaded relief, continued to document the growth and development of the park. The 1942 edition of the map was drawn to a larger scale and reflected additional lands added to the park, including a large gift from the Rockefeller family in the southeastern part of Mount Desert Island. The family also donated a tract of spectacular ocean frontage and proposed extending scenic Ocean Drive for the use of automobiles. U.S. National Park Service (NPS) Maps of Acadia National Park (Top) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/nphtml/acadhome.html 12/3/2002 Maps of Acadia National Park Page 5 of 6 The National Park Service began publishing guides to Acadia National Park and its vicinity to aid visitors in exploring the roads, trails, and coastal areas of the park with information that was either unavailable or was difficult to see on the USGS maps. Initially the visitor guides were published as brochures with very basic maps, their purpose being primarily to show routes to various points of interest. The earliest separate map of the national park appeared in 1949, with much of the earlier information from the brochure printed on the verso. This and subsequent maps produced by the National Park Service enabled visitors to use the trails and carriage paths throughout the park. Most of the recently published commercial and thematic maps of Acadia are based on the USGS and NPS maps. In 1952, portions of Isle au Haut and a small tract on Little Cranberry Island were added to the park and are reflected in the 1956 edition of the map. Other newly acquired land shown on that edition of the map includes Bald Porcupine Island, the site of the Baker Island lighthouse, and large tracts of land between Eagle Lake and Hulls Cove. The August 1995 edition of the National Park Service Detail of National Wetlands Inventory, [Maine], 1979. map of Acadia National Park shows not only the park boundaries but also the conservation easement held by the Park Service. The purpose of easements surrounding national parks is to protect their fragile ecosystems from damage through inappropriate use of adjacent land and water. Growing awareness of the value of wetlands and their role in the environment led to a national survey of the classification of wetlands by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service during the 1970s. The Bar Harbor sheet shows an area far larger than the name suggests, including islands that are part of the park as well as some not within the park's boundaries. The map was made though aerial and infrared photography. In addition to showing the classifications of wetlands and water habitats, the inap also shows vegetation and manmade structures. Among the historical features of Acadia National Park are the beautifully designed and constructed carriage roads which are primarily restricted to pedestrian and equestrian use. In 1913, John D. Rockefeller Jr. began building the first carriage road on his Seal Harbor estate. He initiated this project in response to the arrival on the island of the automobile, which had previously been banned. and his desire to preserve roads exclusively for the use of horses and carriages. Through his efforts, an extensive system of carriage roads was eventually built. Originally the paths were built solely on his own property, but they became so popular not only with horsemen, but also with hikers and bicyclists, that upon his death the system of more than 50 miles was donated to the park by the Rockefeller family. The entire project was documented in 1989 in a National Park Service study that included a map of both the carriage and motor vehicle roads in the park. Acadia is one of the most frequently visited and beloved of our national parks. It is a monument to the foresight of its founders and the generosity of the many private donors who contributed their property and labor to create it for present and future generations. Patricia Molen van Ee Specialist in American Cartography Geography and Map Division Library of Congress Acadia Bibliography Mapping the National Parks Home Page Acadia Grand Canyon Great Smoky Mountains Yellowstone http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/nphtml/acadhome.html 12/3/2002 AFINITY Connect Page 1 or 1 XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.ne + Font Size CHAPMAN FIRM MAP COLLECTION From : Bill Horner Thu, Jul 28, 2011 12:12 PM Subject : CHAPMAN FIRM MAP COLLECTION 2 attachments To : Peter Johnson Cc : Doug Chapman , Ron Epp , Jack Russell , Emily Beck Dear Peter: I have attached a pdf version of a fairly accurate index to the extensive collection of maps at the firm. Please forward to Jack Meyers if you think it helpful. I am also re-attaching my completed plunge into the Rockefeller file card system. The map collection is impressive and very much in need of conservation. Not only does it reflect JDR, Jr's influence; some of the oldest items recapitulate much of the broader history of the island. There are some beautiful and I suspect valuable hidden gems in those pigeon holes! Also, I found some 12 large wooden file boxes of deed and title abstracts, and many of the transactions I could recognize from my file card inventory. While plodding through some 200 years of title transfers may sound more than tedious, the history contained therein is amazing. I suspect that the lion's share of this work resulted from the brain and hand of Albert Harry Lynam; I tremble in admiration. I have also discovered an interesting character in Serenus Rodick, who inherited the mantle from AHL, I believe--at least until he died suddenly while fishing in Grand Lake Stream. That is not a bad place to go, by the way. Serenus and his brother David were the 2 Rodicks of Deasy, Lynam, Rodick and Rodick. Our Friends group met again yesterday and we are looking forward to a meeting with you in the latter part of August. Best regards, Bill ROCKEFELLER-GENERAL ABSTRACTS AND FILES AT LAW FIRM number.xlsx 38 KB MAPS INDEX.pdf 8 MB http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=2037&tz=America/New_York&xi.. 8/29/2013 INSTRUCTIONS Each slot has a number. The maps in each slot may not pertain to the same area, etc. There may be one for Acadia National Park, one for Mount Desert Island and one for Hulls Cove. It was done this way because of the number of maps to be taken care of and the lack of space. The same map may also be in three different slots because the map room was in such a disaray. There were just too many maps and trying to put them all together was nearly impossible. There is a box of unidentified maps under the table. If you use one and can identify it, please let it be known SO it can be put on the list. There is another map list which contains all the maps located in the metal cabinet underneath the table. There is a drawer labeled Rockefeller maps. Most of Rockefeller's maps are in that drawer, however, some are scattered throughout the main map list SO you should look in both places. There is also a large cloth roll which has numerous maps pasted to it. This will be indexed at a later date and added to the main map list. Going down through the list is one way of finding what you are looking for. A faster way is to use the FIND button on the word processor. Thank you! 2A PARTIAL BREAKDOWN (To be used with main map list) ACADIA NATIONAL PARK - #12, 17, 22, 233, 237, 246, 248, 249 BRUNNOW PROPERTY - #21, 40, 52 DUCK BROOK - #15, 23, 30, 96, 210, NORTHEAST HARBOR - #9, -47, 49, 55, 67, 68, 71, 77, 90, 91, 92, 102, 202, 205, 207, 211, 235 OTTER CREEK - #4, 44, 77, 94, 97, 201, 202, 211, 213, 218 SEAL HARBOR - #4, 25, 51, 53, 54, 204, 205, 214, 217, WINTER HARBOR - #8, 66, 72, 86, 217 (To be used with metal cabinet) ACADIA NATIONAL PARK - #155, 161.1, 172, 206, 208, 209, 212, 213, 507, 513, 520.1, 531, 545, 558, 560, 406, 407, 408.1, 408.2, 412, 432, 436 DUCK BROOK - #521 NORTHEAST HARBOR - #180, 180.1, 216, 509, 561, 563, 604, 607, 613 OTTER CREEK - #185, 215, 505, 512.41, 514, 558, 413, 413.1, 429 430, 430.1, 434, 702 SEAL HARBOR - #115, 177, 177.1, 181, 182, 183, 190, 192, 194, 198 200, 201, 536, 538, 551, 555, 562, 701, 702, 714 SOUTHWEST HARBOR - #168, 711, 713, 801, 802, 805, 806.1, 806.11, 807 WINTER HARBOR - #159, 162, 602 [G.BDorr. See 512,518,525, Drawer 2 400 J. D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. 2B See 507-Park, NE Portion, Master Plan 1940, highly enlarged # 709-Colored plan of Park Rd. system, B. H. to Great Headow to Mountain Rd. - roll in closet. 401 Park Office to Great Meadow, Bar Harbor, Dec. 145 (Joy lots 402 Land Ownership, Park Office to Great Meadow, Bar Harbor Sheet I (tracing) probably from 412? Jan. 2 '41, See File #594 402.1 Detail of 402 403 Land ownership, Park Office to Great Meadow, Bar Harbor Sheet II (tracing) probably from 412? - Jan. 141 See File 594 403.1 Detail of 402 or 403 404 Dorr estate land near Echo Lake - Gread Pond, SWH, Jan. 14€ 405 Rockefeller Lots - showing Park area E East part of island ce copy) cloth backed maps 06 Rockefeller Lots - showing Park area is East part of island copy) Maps (1935) (cloth backed) 06.1 Rockefeller Lots, showing Park area & West part of island No date - NOTE: extra copies of basic map of 405 & 406.1 are on roll in closet. 06.2 Basic map - Fast part without roads - several copies on roll in closet 06.3 Same, West Part 06.4 Whole Island containing basic 405 & 406.1, showing roads (extra copies on roll in closet.) 07 Park - Map of Island showing parcels deeded to Park by numbers, No date 400 J. D. ROCKEFELLER (cont.) ) 3. IL 08 Boundary line of Park, proposed, Hunter's beach Head Jordan Pond, 3 sheets, sheet 1, Blueprint 1935 08.1 Boundary line of Park, proposed, Hunter's Beach, 3 sheets, sheet 2, 1935 08.2 Boundary line of Park, proposed, Hunter's Beach, 3 sheets, sheet 3, 1935 409 NcFarland-Newman line - West of Eagle Lake 1937 410 East Side of Island - JDR's bounds (outsize outline map, old, no date.) 410.1 Deed references to all park property (JDR?) no date 411 Acquisitions of Park, shown on blueprint of Island, with typed list (about 1928) (Govt. Map") Same as 214, where we have 8 copies. 412 Park St. - Great Meadow, Bar Harbor, "Proposed entrance to Park" 1934 412.1 Tracing of 412, with some changes 412.2 Park St. south, covering about half 412 area, with changes 1941 413 Numbered lots west & north of Otter Creck - for proposed road - no date 413.1 Enlargement OI 413, parts near Creek ( seo also 514) 400 J. D. e e 218 - Lots near Western, Robinson & DOE Mts. - west side of also 803 - Lots at Ship Harbor, Southwest Harbor 4st island, Pre-Park map, no date. JDR - Dane land exchange, Wildwood Farm 1948 (3 copies) 4 15 Detail "proposed motor road" - Ocean Dr. - showing roads Pond & property lines & lot nos., Hunter's Cove - Jordan 15.1 Same, but without proposed road, less detail Seal Hbr. Realty Co. to JDR - Tract 1 1936- County Rd. 16 Sea Cliff Drive-Hunter's }{ead-Shows Champlain Monument 16.1 Detail of 416 - portion sold to USA by JDR 17 S. Hbr, Realty Co. to JDR - Tract 2-1936=Rowland & Upland Ra 18 S. H. Realty Co. to JDR -Tract 3-1936-Upland Rd.-west side 19 S. H. Realty Co. to JDR-Tract 4-1936-Upland Rd.-east side (JDR 236) 420 S. H. Realty Co. to JDR-Tract 5-1936-Sea Cliff Dr.& Acadia Pier Rds. 2 copies 421 S. H. Realty Co. to JDR-Tract 6 & 6A-1936-near S.H. Library 2 copies 422 S. H. Realty Co. to JDR-Tract 7- Aubrey Allen & County Rd. 423 S. H. Realty Co. to JDR-Tract 8-County Rd & Dunbar Rd. (JDR 239) 424 S. H. Realty Co. to JDR-Tract 9-Upper Dunbar Rd. (JDR 240) 425 S. H. Realty Co. to JDR-showing Restrictions on use of lands 426 National Park, original map 1916 400 J. D. ROCKEFFELLER JR. (cont. ) 5. 427 Map of whole island, cloth back, showing Serial Deed # is of Covt. lands - has 1939 entries 28 Great Meadow Hill Area - properties 1948-Jackson Lab. to Ledgelawn Ave. Ext. 29 Otter Creek - Lots - North of Creek 30 11 " ii West of Creek (Wellington-Lothrop) If " If 430.1 tracing of 430 w/data re descriptions 431 Lots between Sound & Seal Cove Pond - J.DR, Park & heservatio No date. 432 Lot, ownership, Youngs Mtn. Area, North of Eagle Lake 1940, on Park trail map of east part of Island. 433 Property map of Island - land of USA, JDR, etc.-JDR lot numbers (about 1935) 434 Sketch of lot lines in area from Jordan Pond & J. P. Rd. to Otter Creek, between Bubble Pond is County Rd. (9 lots east of Wildwood Farm) 435 1920 map of Island on parchment paper, JDR & Park lots colored in - no date. 436 JDR- Park official Map. used for negotiations 1935-1936 re donations to park and location of roads. 437 Park purchase area, west side part of Island, showing original lots. Same as Map 216.2. 6 500 BAR HARBOR 401 Park Office to Great Meadow (Joy lots) 402, 403 Land Ownership, Park Office to Great Headow BH-2 sheets 409 McFarland-Newman Line - West of Eagle Lake 705 Jordan East Line is Brewer Line, south of Bubble Pond 215 Enlarged print, topographical, incl. BH (no date-LaFayette Nat'l. Park) See, also, 215.1, to the south. also bound Atlas of Bar Harbor (1903) Tax Assessors Maps (same, bu values inserted) extra copies of all plates in Atlas in pkg. in vault. Bar Harbor 1895 - Edward B. Mears. (file 664) Showing real estate 01.1 Later printing of 501 01.2 Similar Hap-redone, 1896 (cloth) and Jordan 02 South of Bubble Ponds, BH - Mt. Desert - Detail of lots. 03 Bar Harbor Water Co. - pumping station - Now Mills Meadow & Luck Brook 1939 03.1 Same with pencil showing of gates & drains 04 Tarn to Eagle Lake - Lots 04.1 Tracing of 504 05 Lots at head of Otter Creek - BH - Mt. Desert 06 Satterlee property, Great Head - old shore road 06.1 Same, blueprint, proposed road & parking lot 07 Park, NE portion, Master Plan 1940, highly enlarged (topog. & roads, etc.) 500 BAR HARBOR (cont. ) 7 508 Extra sheets of all plates in package in vault - 1903 Bar Harbor survey (see Atlas) 509 Land on School House Hill, owned by S.S. Lynde "Thirlstar 1882 510 Eagle Lake Rd. - Cromwell Harbor Rd. settlement, detail set of prints - numerous copies, filed together 510.1 Eagle Lake Rd. - Forest St. settlement, detail, showing sewer - set of prints - numerous copies, filed together. 510.2 Central (Prospect) Ave. - Oak St. area, showing sewer - set of prints - numerous copies, filed together. 511 Proposed Zoning Districts 512 George B.Dorr Property (east of Main St. , south of BH) no date - 4 copies 512.1 George B. Dorr Prop. (east of Main St., south of BH) added information - date 1938 512.2 Geo. B. Dorr Prop. (512.1 marked to show lit. Desert Nursery transactions 38-39) 512.3 Ceo. B. Dorr Prop.-512.1 marked pre Mt. Desert Nursery transactions 512.31 Goo. B. Dorr Prop. - 512.1 marked to show numerous Dorr transactions 512.4 N. Portion of property shown in 512 - Dorr transactions (Dorr Foundation) 512.41 Tracing of GBD property 512.1, re transfer to lt. Deser Nursery, U. S. A. et al. 512.5 fracing-lots excepted from Dorr Foundation (incl. wild Gardens BH loi) 500 BAR HARBOR (cont.) 8 See 413, 413.1 lots wost & north of Otter Creek (JDR) see 1939 Park Master Plan - 19 maps rolled together in closet. See 452 Lots in Young's Mtn. area, north of Eagle Lake- 1940 Survey of County Rd., Sand Beach to the Bridge, in shreds, (pkg, closet) Thirlstane Ranch properties, see 164. 512.6 Plot plan of Reservation for Life Estate of G. B. Dorr-194 512.7 Plot Plan, Reservation from Gift of GBD to USA, 1941 (west of Schooner Head Rd.) 513 Lands of wild Gardens, Dorr Found'n. & Dorr Pers,, south O: by Park st., no date 514 otter Creek - Lots west side of Creek. See also 413, 413 515 Bar Harbor Plan-Fred C. Lynam, no date with cottage index 13 copies) 515.1 Bar Harbor Plan-showing correction in red, no Cate 515.2 Bar Harbor Plan-printed with corrections made (4 copies) 516 Bar Harbor - C & GS Chart of harbor 1911 (3 copies) 517 BH Water Co.-strip of land condemned in or before 1894 - near New Mill Meadow to Woodbury Park 518 G. B. Dorr strip of land west of Ledgelaw Ave. Extensio to Harden Farm Rd. - "Near Rock Crusher" 518.1 Another Map OI same property 519 B. H. Water Co. strip condenned around 1895-Woodbury Park- Eagle Lake RG. 520 Lots North of Eagle Lake, 1939 "Paradise Hill Project' 520.1 Tracing of same, with new Park approach road drawn in. 521. Lots, mouth of Duck Brook-division of land below high W No date. 9. 500 BAR HARBOR (cont. ) 522 Detail, driveway Lyon & Lea properties, west side Eden S No date 523 Eden St., alignment at Duck Brook, proposed change 1942 524 Kebo Valley Club - "Proposed Golf Links" 1916 525 Line, Mary E. Ugden-G. 3. Dorr, east of Main St. BH 1920 526 Land on Ocean Drive, near Bliss Farm, 1915 Pot and Kettle Club Property-blueprint framed, in vault 527 Properties North of Bagle Lake to Ocean, between Breakne Rd. & Duck Brook, Large Scale, no date 528 Ledgelawn Ave. - Shannon Estate - Sections B E: C. & A. + F Colored plan of Park Road system, Bar Harbor to Great Meadow to Mountain Rd. - roll in closet 529 Hulls Cove - Roy damor Lot - plan 530 Schooner Head properties, 1879 (1900 edition) 530.1 Same, covering more area, 1906 - Map falling apart - in envelope in closet. 531 Park Master Plan, Bar Harbor area, showing new entrance road. 1940 (one complete set of Master Plan 1939 is bound on roll, closet) (3 copies) 10 500 BAR HARBOR (cont.) Lots, corner State Highway & Beaver Dam Rd., , Hulls Cove See Ansel Smith provate file 532 Lee Estate, H: lls Cove - subdivision of lot 16 (Gurnee) 533 Lee Estate, Hulls Cove,- subdivision of lot 17 Eden 534 Land of Eden Agrie Itural vociety, Salisbury Cove (later Hamilton Station) 1938 (Thirlstane Ranch) Eden 535 Thirlstane Ranch properties west of road Saliebury Cove (later Hamilton Station) 536 Contour map of Thirlstane Ranch properties, South of Eagl Lako Rd., 1937 (2 copies) 537 Property on Ledgelawn Ave. Extension - Nathan Ash lot-1907 539 Engineers Street Plan, Park Rd. to Cromwell Hbr. Brook between Ledgelawn, Ave. and School St. 540 Hawkes property, Schooner Head Road 1925 (part now U. 541 Cliftstone Road- Steepway Area EW Hill plan 1920 541.1 part of same area, photo print El Lord plan 1905 541.2 Detail of 541 - Hoyt lot, "Westover" (pencil) 541.3 Detail 4541 - Silver Birches" and vicinity (pencil) 541.4 Silver Bisches"- Blue Print E W Hill 1920 541.5 "Westover"- Blue Print, showing landscaping - E. 1. Lord 1915 542 cleftstone Road - Archbold, Rowell, Matthews places -plan, no d 542.1 " is parcel from Rowell place to Batestduplication do 542.2 " " + Bloomfield Rd- Matthews property E.I. Lord, no dat 543 " " 544 - Kragman (Beale) property - EWHill, 1921 Bloomfield - New Eagle Lake Rds-Salisbany lot + nearly lots peu E.I. Lord - no date. 11. 500 BAR HARBOR (cont.) 545 Jackson Laboratory Area .546 Mount Desert Island Map (V.I.A.) 12 Drawer 2 ROCKEFELLER MAPS Bar Harbor (1960) JDR, Jr. 147 Bar Harbor, Land of JDR, Jr., , USA, Dorr & Wild Gardens 148 Mount Desert Island (1960) JDR, Jr. 149 Bar Harbor (1958) JDR, Jr. (Lots Nos. 330, 331, 332) 150 Mount Desert Island (1955) JDR, Jr. 151 Mount Desert Island (1959) JDR, Jr. (Lots Nos. 342, 343, 344) 158 Bar Harbor (1960) JDR, Jr. (Lots Nos. 317, 327, 328, 329) 160 Long Pond, Southwest Harbor (1958) JDR, Jr. (Lots Nos. 261, 262, 262-1, 262-A-1) 168 Seal Harbor Property (1961) (2) 177 Seal Harbor Property (1960) (4) 177.1 Mount Desert Island (1960) JDR, Jr. 178 Bar Harbor (1959) JDR, Jr. (Lots Nos. 323, 333, 325, 326) 179 Northeast Harbor (1954) (3) JDR, Jr. 180 Northeast Harbor (1954) JDR, Jr. (Lots Nos. 214, 292, 292-2, 292-3, 292-1-X, 292-2-X, 292-3-X 308, 312, 313, 318) 180.1 Seal Harbor (1959) - Nelson A. Rockefeller from Drummond 181 Seal Harbor (1958) (2) JDR, Jr., , Nelson & David 182 Seal Harbor (1961) (3) Estate of JDR, Jr. 183 Bar Harbor, Lower Ledgelawn Avenue Extension (1953) 184 Otter Creek (1956) JDR, Jr. & USA (Lots Nos. 97, 98-1, 98-2) 185 -6- 13. Mount Desert Island (1955) JDR, Jr. 186 Legend of Park Boundaries of Rockefeller Lands (2) 187 Mount Desert Island-1958 JDR, Jr. (Lots 334, 340, 345) 188 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island (1958) JDR, Jr. 189 Seal Harbor Realty Co. Lands Transferred to JDR, Jr. (1936), Tract No. 5 190 Echo Lake, Long Pond - South End, Land of JDR, Jr. , Dorr, USA and Wild Gardens 191 Seal Harbor (1961), Nelson A. & David R. 192 Mount Desert Island - Property Key Map (1956) JDR, Jr. 193 Seal Harbor (1959) (4) Nelson A. Rockefeller 194 Mount Desert Island (1959) (3) JDR, Jr. 195 Sargeant Point, Mount Desert Island (1959) JDR, Jr. (Lot No. 302) 196 Eagle Lake, Bar Harbor - North End, JDR, Jr. to USA 197 Seal Harbor (1958) Van Dyke to Nelson A. 198 Mount Desert Island, Western Mount Area (1961) JDR, Jr. Estate and USA 199 Seal Harbor (1957) NAR 200 Seal Harbor (1960) David Rockefeller 7.34 Acres 201 Salisbury Cove, JDR, Jr. & Wild Gardens 205 Bar Harbor (1959) JDR, Jr. 210 Mount Desert Island (1956) JDR, Jr. 211 Northeast Harbor, Asticou, (Lots Nos. 292-2, 292-1-X, 292-2-X, 299, 300, 301-2, 301-3, 301-1-X, 306, 307, 307A) 216 Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island (1958) JDR, Jr. (Lots Nos. 175, 346, 347) 218 Mount Desert Island (1959) JDR, Jr. (Lots Nos. 341-1, 341-2, 341-3) 2191 -7- 14. Drawer 3 Bar Harbor - 1906 by Edward Mears 501 Bar Harbor - 1895 by Edward Mears 501.1 Bar Harbor By Edward Mears 501.2 Bar Harbor - 1896 by Edward Mears 501.2A Land South of Bubble Pond & East of Jordan Pond 502 Bar Harbor Water Company Pumping Station, New Mills Meadow - 1939 by Richardson 503 Lots off Eagle Lake 504 Otter Creek Road, Town Line 505 Line of Approximate High Water by Roberts 506 Satteree Property 506.1 Bar Harbor, Part of Master Plan for Acadia National Park - 1940 507 Bar Harbor, Plate 8, 5 - 1903 508 Bar Harbor, Plate 8, 5 - 1903 508.1 Bar Harbor, Plate 8, 5 - 1903 508.2 Northeast Harbor, Knowles Company 509 Cromwell Harbor Road, Bar Harbor (11) 510 tz Woodbury Road (11) 510.1 Centrál Avenue (10) 510.2 Bar Harbor, Districts of Proposed Zones 511 Dorr, George B. (Near Jackson Lab) 512 Dorr, George B. , Bar Harbor 512.4 Ledgelawn Avenue and Ash Street 512.5 Dorr, George B. , Plot of Land of Reservation of Life Estate - 1941 512.6 -8- 15. Dorr, George B. - Land of Reservation of Gift of George B. Dorr to U. S. Government - 1941 512.7 Dorr, George B. - 1938 512.31 Dorr, George B. to USA - Old Farm, Otter Creek 512.41 Lands of Wild Gardens of Acadia National Park 513 Otter Creek 514 Bar Harbor, Lynam Maps 515 Bar Harbor, Lynam Maps 515.1 Bar Harbor, Lynam Maps 515.2 Bar Harbor - 1911 (3) 516 Strip of Land Taken and Condemned by Bar Harbor Water Company from New Mill Meadow to Bloomfield Rd 517 West of Ledgelawn Avenue 518 West of Ledgelawn Avenue 518.1 Mount Desert Island, Hills Realty Co. - 1968 519 Proposed Paradise Hill Project - 1939 520 Sketch of proposed Paridise Hill Project for Adadia National Park - 1939 520.1 Duck Brook, Mrs. Smith's Property 521 tiz Eden Street, West of 522 Eden Street - Proposed Change in Alignment 523 Bar Harbor, Proposed Golf Links, by Edgar Lord 524 Division and Restriction Lines of Mary E. Ogden and George B. Dorr, Bar Harbor 525 Ocean Drive Land by Edgar Lord 526 Mount Desert Island Zoning Map - 1957 527 Shannon Estate, Spring Street and Cromwell Road 528 Shannon Estate, Section B & C, July 1953 528.1 -9- 16. Shannon Estate, Section A (Ledgelawn Avenue) 528 Hulls Cove Lot, Roy Hamor 529 Schooner Head, July 1819, Rev. 1900 530 Acadia National Park - 1936 (3) 531 531.1 WHAT Lzz Lee Estate, Lot 16, Hulls Cove - 1936 532 188 Lee Estate, Lot 17, Hulls Cove - 1936 533 Salisbury Cove Property, Eden Agricultural Society - 1938 (2) 534 Thirlstance Road 535 Seal Harbor, Merle-Smith Pyle, Dorothy Prop. - 1957 536 Ledgelawn Avenue - 1907 by Edgar Lord 537 Seal Harbor, Subdivision for Hills Realty Co. - 1965 538 Ash, Spring, School, Ledgelawn, Cromwell, Harbor Road 539 Hawkes, Morris (Mrs) Property - 1925 540 Plan of Steepways - 1920 541 Plan of Steepways - 1906 541.1 Eden Street 541.4 Hoyt, Carmelia B. Property, Plan of Westoner, - 1915 541.5 Cleftstone Road 542 Cleftstone Road 542.1 Cleftstone Road 542.2 Beale, William Property, Plan of Kragmyr, - 1921 543 Eden Street, Highbrook Road 544 Acadia National Park (Near Ledgelawn), Great Meadow Hill Area 545 Mount Desert Island, Building Zoning Map (1939) 546 -10- 17. Land of Indian Point - 1952 547 Colby & Stuart - 1887 548 Index Map of Bar Harbor & Vacinity - 1903 549 Bar Harbor School District - 1951 550 Seal Harbor, Wallace Harrison Property (1961) 551 Bar Harbor, Fred Lynam 552 Topographic Plan of Town of Bar Harbor - Ground Floor 553.1 Topographic Plan of Town of Bar Harbor - 1966 553.2 Shore Property Subdivision, Vacinity of Indian Point, Bar Harbor - 1962 (5) 554 Seal Harbor, Harbor Club Cottages - 1955 555 Floor Plan Elevations Interior Elevations Kitchen & Bath Plans & Elevations Wall Details-Door & Sill Details Laundry Building Cottage No. 1 Plan of Land Ownership of Park Office to Great Meadow, Bar Harbor, Sheet No. 1 - 1941 556 Mount Desert Island, Sanders and Scott Property & Environs, U. S. Chart No. 307 - 1938 557 Otter Creek Boundary Survey, Acadia National Park 558 in Mount Desert Island and Adjacent Islands Embracing Towns of Eden, Mount Desert Island, Tremont and Cranberry Islands - 1880 559 Index to Exposures, Project No. 8740, Topographic Map of Acadia National Park and Vacinity 560 Northeast Harbor, Asticou - 1955 561 Seal Harbor, Stephen R. Petschek Lot - 1963 562 Northeast Harbor, H.C. Rivers Property - 1965 563 -11- 18. Drawer 4 Lots Between Park Office and Great Meadow - 1945 401 Long Pond Lots - 1956 402 Mount Desert Island, Building Zoning Map - 1955 403 Bar Harbor, Eden Apartments (5) - 1980-1981 404 Belmont Estates, Bar Harbor (Addition) - 1436 (6) Planting Schedule 405 Acadia National Park - 1941 406 JDR Outline Map West Part of Island 406.1 Park Office to Great Meadow 406.2 Mount Desert Island Property Map - 1935 (Same as at Rodick's Office) 406.4 Acadia National Park & Vacinity - 1935 407 Proposed Boundary Line of Acadia National Park from Hunters Beach Head 408.1 Proposed Boundary Line of Acadia National Park from Hunters Beach Head 408.2 McFarland's Subdivision Line - 1937 409 Western Part of the Island to Somes Sound 410 Western Part of the Island to Somes Sound A 410.1 Mount Desert Island 411 Proposed Entrance to Acadia National Park from Bar Harbor, via Ledgelawn Avenue Extension - 1954 412 Kebo Valley Club 412.1 Proposed Alignment-Park Headquarters 412.2 Between Otter Creek and Ocean Drive 413 Otter Creek, Both Sides 413.1 Proposed Park Motor Road 414 -12- 19. Approximate Location of Proposed Property Line Near Hunter's Cove 415 Approximate Location of Proposed Property Line Near Hunter's Cove 415.1 Seal Harbor Realty Company, Transferred to JDR 1-36 416.1 Seal Harbor Realty Company, Transferred to JDR 2-36 (Track #3) 418 Seal Harbor Realty Company, Transferred to JDR (Track #4) 419 Seal Harbor Realty Company, Transferred to JDR (Track #5) 420 Seal Harbor Realty Company, Transferred to JDR (Track #6) 421 Seal Harbor Realty Company, Transferred to JDR (Track #7) 422 Seal Harbor Realty Company, Transferred to JDR (Track #8) 423 Seal Harbor Realty Company, Transferred to JDR (Track #9) 424 Plan Showing Sewer Rights and Building Restrictions on Properties Formerly of Seal Harbor Realty Co. 425 Map Sieur de Monts National Monument - 1916 426 Mount Desert Island - 1935 427 the Great Meadow Hill Area, Acadia National Park and Adjoining Property 11-48 428 Otter Creek 429 Wellington-Lothrup - Otter Creek 430 Otter Creek, Tracing of Lots West 430.1 Somes Sound to Seal Cove Pond 431 Acadia National Park - Trail System 1939 432 Mount Desert Island 433 West of Otter Creek from Kelly Lot to Bubble Pond 434 -13- 9/2015 Box 555 QBD. to D.S.A Rochy Course to Love Field. MAPS Killy club Links golf, map - 1928 hay 3' x 2 1/2' Ledfillion ave Eitsen 12x24 for Field Area Land Dealedly 6BD. 1936 28x20 Adj. to Kebs Valley Harden Farm area Blue 20x24 to date Plan of Map of Horased Joy. 1908. as. Ledgelown Cemetery Kebovele golf Club thip 2. 1916. Lg 3/2x27 Tissue 1908 30x 16. Plan f had Deaded 2 GBD to U.S.A. July 1936 Harden Villy Club. Blue 16x12 Part of Proposed Road Septem. Goat bleadow Harder Ext. 30 x 14. GBD netation no Date. Pupped Townway at BH 1915 40x 15 Survey Map c detail marking Harden CBD Holdange 200-300 pages (aliza 1936) ulatal to road developmet in the Rebo Tally area Much c asst Du G.A Maskey, GPS, and landscape archetect Hint ad Deaz Lynen, Roduch & Rodich, Eg. loseen related to Park Motor Road Entrance from Hailer Past Farm Rd. July 1936 T. Vint to GBD, Dcc 22,1936 in path project fee Long Field to Secorde Most spiny & frails to Tare. UPPER HADLOCK POND Map 23 charlton Yaruall residence at Sance J.A. Murray Diston Word East Harber N.E. Harbor clamps . w.id goll Grounds Leyh b W. S/miller Sisteen W.J. Turney * In Harborsic OFFICE Club J. linis , Jeson b Linon G W. Pipper Rechard Hart Tennis C Crowwell A c.e Club Gano Wann Prest N.E. 9 Harbor v.da P.O Prof brancer He Perbady be The TH. Carte Swiming Mishine a Samush Elist Pool Rockyn House Cliftony Hitel Kimped House Dr Dropy House day Henry Parkmen Deam os milliken w. Elest x Um Vaughan W. Fraser @ Coming PATHMAKERS CULTURAL LANDSCAPE REPORT FOR THE HISTORIC HIKING TRAIL SYSTEM OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND Acadia National Park, Maine History, Existing Conditions, & Analysis Prepared by Margaret Coffin Brown Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation Project Manager Jim Vekasi, Acadia National Park Contributors Karen Anderson Laura Hayes Christine Arato David Goodrich Sarah Baldyga Charlie Jacobi Christian Barter Keith Johnston Don Beal Lauren Meier Brooke Childrey J. Tracy Stakely Peter Colman Gary Stellpflug Mark Davison Stacie Van Wyk Paul Weinbaum Funding provided by National Park Service Cultural Resources Preservation Program National Park Service Fee Demonstration Program Friends of Acadia Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation National Park Service, Boston, Massachusetts, 2006 2006 PRR The Bar Island Sheep Porcupine Sunset HIII Youngs Baid Great Hill BAR Poroupine HARBOR Dan Brewers McFarlanMt. Mt. Youn iDistrict Ogden Pt. 1 Strawberry Great Pond Kebo II Hill Mt. Aunt Here Pond Hardwood Hill The White Cap The Thrumpcap - Valley Sou 2 Sargent District Mt. Ricket Mt. Green Mt. Schooner Head Little Gilmore Berg Pk. Browns Pk. The Mt. Mt. otter Bald Half week Mt. Jordan Sand Iscac Great Head Valley sorhand.Nt. Schoothouse The Bluffs Hill The Triad Otter Creek Browns Ceder Swamp Hadlock Mt. Upper-Pond Southand Bear Hill off OtterCliffs Otter Hallow Faint Hill Day; Mt. LoverPond The Black Woods Redfield Him Otter CreekPt. Pond Hill Asticou Harbor Hill BAR HARBOR Bill Asucon VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION Barr Hill PATH MAP Schoolhouse Ox Hill Ledge Seal Harbor OF THE EASTERN PART OF theas Harbon Hunters Beach Head MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, MAINE. Savages Pt. East Pt. Capariable 1896 8 Waldrens Bater Marbert Javanc note One of many MDI maps printed in Pathmakers. Y-FIVE years Digital Sanborn Maps CHADWYCK-HEALEY 1867-1970 1973-1998 AN ESSENTIAL RECORD OF U.S. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT / D 3 7 9 4 FERRY 5 MOUND (GRAVOIS >2 WAVE (WARE) FRANCISCO 1883 0 1890 1913 1930 HOME OF THE HUMANITIES ON THE WEB http://www.chadwyck.com Table of Contents Fire Insurance Maps 13/03 Their History and Applications Preface By Diane L. Oswald Part One The History Chapter 1. Old World Heritage 7 Copyright © 1997 by Diane L. Oswald All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in Chapter 2. An American Industry is Born 13 any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, Chapter 3. The Cartographers 19 recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without prior written permission from the author. Chapter 4. The Making of a Map 35 Fire Insurance Maps, Their History and Applications is not sponsored or Part Two endorsed in any manner by the companies or organizations mentioned in this The Experience book. The development, preparation and publication of this work has been Chapter 5. Trotter's Tales 47 undertaken with great care. However, the author, publisher and editors of Lacewing Press are not responsible for any errors contained herein or for Chapter 6. Back Stage Pass 61 consequences that may ensue from use of materials or information contained in this work. Part Three The Applications Editors: Alma Maxwell and Linda Barclay Chapter 7. Ebb and Flow 75 Printed and bound by Newman Printing, Bryan, Texas Chapter 8. Maps for the Environment 83 To order additional copies of this book contact: Lacewing Press Chapter 9. Maps for Architects and Others 89 15889 Woodlake Drive College Station, Texas 77845 Part Four In Conclusion Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Sources 96 Oswald, Diane L. Appendix A Milestones in Mapping 97 Fire Insurance Maps, Their History and Applications Diane Oswald. - First Edition Appendix B Selected Vendors 99 Bibliography: p. Includes Index Appendix C Illustration Index 100 1. Cartography 2. Business History 3. United States History Index 101 ISBN 0-9659698-0-0 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 97-94262 GEOSTAT: History of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Page 1 of 3 g CATALOGS. INTERACTIVE REFERENCE CLASS USER STAFF & COLLECTIONS DATA RESOURCES ESOURCES PROJECTS SERVICES (OSTAT: GEOSPATIAL & STATISTICAL DATA CENTER UNIVERSITY OF VIRGIN ALIBRARY Home I 1920 Maps I Microfilm I Symbols I History I Bibliography Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps By Chris Nehls, Geostat Center and Department of History, University of Virginia A Brief History: Although the craft of creating maps for fire insurance purposes has existed for two centuries, the American insurance industry spurred the growth of insurance map companies on an unprecedented scale in the last half of the nineteenth century. D. A. Sanborn created the most successful of these companies in 1867, founding the Sanborn National Insurance Diagram Bureau in New York City, after successfully surveying Boston for fire insurance purposes. Despite Sanborn's death in 1883, the company expanded and purchased other mapping companies as it grew throughout the rest of the nineteenth century, emerging as simply the Sanborn Map Company in 1902. Sanborn systematized and added aesthetic appeal to an industry already a century old in the late 1800s. The creation of maps for insurance purposes originated in fire-prone London in the late eighteenth century, as insurers attempted to gain accurate information about insured buildings. This practice came to the United States shortly after independence, and a fledgling industry of producing maps for insurance purposes developed in cities across the country. By the middle of the 1800s, most cities in the East and Midwest supported mapping companies. The company employed surveyors in each state and systematized the map-producing process, introducing a system of standards for accuracy and design that the company published in 1905. While the New York suburb of Pelham served as the company's headquarters, it maintained regional offices in San Francisco and Chicago. Sanborn employed such a large number of surveyors so that its clients could "incur [sic] large financial risks without making personal examinations of the properties," as its employees' manual stated in 1905. Its most famous surveyor was Daniel Carter Beard, who joined the Sanborn Company in 1872 and later founded the Boy Scouts of America. Most Sanborn maps were drawn at a scale of 50 feet to an inch on 21-by-25 sheets of paper until after World War II. They detailed the location and material composition of all buildings within a city or town, noted the strength of fire departments, location of water and gas mains, and labeled most public buildings by name, including churches and companies. Buildings were color-coded according to their composition. The work of coloring maps often fell to individual artists, who painted on lithographs (often themselves hand-drawn) as printing often proved uneconomical for small orders. Maps were sold primarily to national or regional underwriting associations. Standardization helped make Sanborn a virtual monopoly by 1920, and by the late 1930s the company had surveyed 13,000 towns. Fire insurance maps, therefore, are commonly referred to simply as Sanborn maps. They commonly cost $12 to $200 in the 1930s. The Sanborn Company served its clients vigorously, often resurveying immediately after disasters to note buildings that had survived and those that had been lost. When the Chicago stockyards burned in a fire that broke out on a Saturday in 1934, the Sanborn prepared an updated map of the damaged area the following Monday. More gradual changes, noted by yearly company surveys, were made by pasting small stickers or http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/sanborn/about.html 3/21/2003 GEOSTAT: History of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Page 2 of 3 patches on existing maps. The post-World War II era held diminishing needs for new fire insurance maps, as insurance companies either found other means of recording data or created their own engineering divisions. The Sanborn Company nevertheless continues to revise existing maps for 150 cities. The Sanborn Company is currently a division of Environmental Data Resources, Inc. (EDR) of Southport, CT. Map Uses for Scholars: Today, Sanborn Maps provide invaluable detail to historians, genealogists, urban planners, architectural historians, environmentalists, economists, and many other specialists and scholars. Because of the maps' labeling of the type, use, building material used in construction, flammable material on site, and even name of specific buildings in towns and cities they have become increasingly popular primary sources. The town of Staunton, Virginia employed Sanborn maps from the late 1800s to assist its historic preservation efforts. "Sanborn maps gave us very detailed information about when buildings were constructed for many sections of town and alterations beginning in the 1880s," William Frazier, director of Historic Staunton told Historic Preservation in 1993. "When we began our façade-improvement plan, we again consulted the information from the Sanborn maps to determine an accurate appearance for a building at a specific date." Collections: The Library of Congress holds the most extensive collection of Sanborn Maps, with over 700,000 maps in its collection, which were deposited in accordance with copyright law. This collection is not complete, however. EDR and the Library of Congress are currently pursuing a project that will digitize these maps for distribution over the Internet. Alderman Library contains a sizeable collection of facsimile Sanborn Maps from cities and towns within Virginia on microfilm. Most cities and towns were first surveyed in the 1880s. The Government Information Department of Alderman Library houses 29 reels of Sanborn Maps on microfilm. This collection contains microfilm produced by Chadwick-Healey, which reproduced Sanborn maps from the Library of Congress collection, and from University Publications, which reproduced more recent sheets from other archives, primarily those of the Sanborn Company. Special Collections at Alderman Library holds the actual map sheets for Charlottesville from 1907 and 1920. Sources: Fortune. "Map Monopoly." Feb. 1937. 41-42. Keister, Kim. "Charts of Change." Historic Preservation, vol. 45 no. 3. May/June, 1993. Ristow, Walter W. Fire Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress. Washington, D. C: Library of Congress, 1981. Sanborn Map Company. Description and Utilization of the Sanborn Map. New York. 1953. http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/sanborn/about.html 3/21/2003 12/17/2016 Mapmaker Jane Crosen - About the artist Jane Crosen, Mapmaker Meet the Mapmaker I discovered the world of maps while working at HOME DeLorme Publishing in Yarmouth, Maine, in 1979-81. During my time there we published several Maine map & guides (Baxter, Moosehead, Allagash), fishing and field guides, and an all-new edition of the Maine Atlas & Gazetteer. To do my job as in-house editor and girl Friday, I had to gather information about interesting places and pinpoint their locations on maps and atlas pages. For someone with a flair for editing and an explorer's curiosity about my home state, it was a perfect job. I learned a lot about researching and compiling, exploring, publishing, editing, and-by osmosis THE ARTIST -mapmaking. ORDERING DeLorme was moving into digital mapping, and with my projects finished I saw my CONTACT way pointing Downeast, beckoned by old friends and family roots-plus all those alluring places I had read about compiling the Gazetteer! I moved to the Blue Hill Peninsula and a part-time job at WoodenBoat magazine. To round out my income I did some freelance editing for Canoe magazine, which also needed an artist who could draw maps of canoe routes. I'd always been good at art and hand lettering, had learned a bit about maps and graphic design, and in doing map illustrations for both magazines I figured out how to produce simple camera-ready map layouts. Then I got an idea: Why not make a map of the Blue Hill Peninsula, which had lots of special places-and countless ways to get turned around? My original intent was a poster-size map, but a friend at WoodenBoat suggested, "While you're at it, print the map as a postcard too, large enough for giving directions." The artwork took me months of after-hours mapmaking. Though I based the map's lines on topos and Hockamenk Hand nautical charts, I wanted it to be as accurate and detailed as only a "local" could make it, SO I drove around field-checking scenic views and boat launches, asking local input. Then, finally, the thrill of getting the map printed and into stores! Now I faced a new challenge, marketing but with courage and perseverance, came success. People loved the map-and would I make maps of other Maine regions? Suddenly I was a mapmaker and publisher, as well as an editor. Since 1983 and that first map, I've worked my way around Maine's coastal and lake regions, making "map portraits" of special places-which, for me, by definition involve lots of water. My stippling and "watercolor" shading styles have evolved to highlight the beautiful intricacy of Maine's coast and lakeshores, islands and peninsulas. I design everything-borders, symbols, graphic decorations-myself, by hand. The artwork for my two-color posters is large, labor-intensive, and fragile. Glide-Rule, X-Acto knife, light box, and proportional scale are my tools of the trade. Fine brush and black ink for coastlines, crowquill for ledges, forked brush for double-line roads, calligraphy pen for place names that are reduced, waxed, and painstakingly 12/17/2016 Mapmaker Jane Crosen - About the artist Along with my own product line, I occasionally do custom maps for authors and publishers, land conservation and civic groups. Although I've made a couple of whimsical maps for fun (the parody charts), I take accuracy seriously. While making each new map, I research the region exhaustively, by reading, comparing other maps of the same place (you'd be amazed how they differ!), field-checking (road rally with a friend), and enlisting knowledgeable locals as map proofers before going to press. Once in a while a place name gets changed between reprints, but I try my utmost for accuracy and completeness, without clutter. There are many moments of truth, deciding what to leave off. An inevitable result of working with maps is a growing curiosity about place names and their origins, the geological and human history of a place, and the history of Maine mapmaking. Talking to school groups about mapmaking, I was looking for a way to make map presentations more fun and educational, and thought of a scavenger hunt. For me, gathering information to make a true and accurate "map portrait" is a kind of scavenger hunt, drawing on maps, books, and all kinds of resources, and putting it all together, and I wanted to convey that explorer's curiosity-introduce explorers of all ages to the skill of map-reading and get them to flex their deductive-reasoning muscles. This developed into a unique adventure called "Map Sleuthing Downeast," where teammates scrutinize topos, nautical charts, and other maps and guides and put two and two together to learn about local place names, history, Native American canoe routes, watersheds, contour lines, navigation, and geology. More recently, we've been exploring Downeast Maine through map close-ups and landscape photos correlated in slides. The goal of the workshops, and of my maps, after all, is to inspire a sense of place and appreciation of our natural resources. It's a magic moment when you see the real landscape in the map, and then take what you learned from the map to see much more in the landscape. When not mapmaking and editing, you'll find me hiking and paddling, snowshoeing and benchmark hunting, exploring the woods, streams, and ponds around Penobscot and Orland Enjoy my maps, and happy exploring! Jane Crosen, Mapmaker Jane Crosen, Mapmaker, 110 McCaslin Road, Penobscot, ME 04476 email Jane © 2016 Site Map HOLLIS FULL CATALOG - List of Records Page 1 of 2 7 Help RI Full Catalog Journals Reserves Digital Resources Your Account TAS Comments HOLLIS CATALOG Search Expanded Search Command Search Start Over HARVARD UNIVERSITY Previous searches Results list Display options RESULTS LIST: FULL CATALOG Records 1 - 20 of 25 Select All I Deselect All Print/Save/Send Create Subset Add to List View List Last Browse Modify Search Previous Mount Desert Island (Me.) -- In art -- Exhibitions. Subject Current Mount Desert Island (Me.) - Maps. Next Mount Desert Island (Me.) -- Maps, Topographic. Results for Mount Desert Island (Me.) - Maps.; Sorted by: Year, then Author To change sort order, click on column heading. Jump to # Previous Page Next Page # Author Title Year Format 1 Garland, Larry. Acadia National Park & Mt. 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Map of Mount Desert Island Maine. 1911 MP 13 Bates, Waldron. Path map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island Maine. 1906 MP 14 Bates, Waldron. Path Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island Maine. 1903 MP 15 Bates, Waldron. Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine. 1901 MP http://lms01.harvard.edu/F/PEI7PF3X7PL46L7I4LD7DFHEXAY7X3TE4NHH2PXBE25IGXC3S... 3/3/2005 HOLLIS FULL CATALOG - List of Records Page 2 of 2 16 Bates, Waldron. Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine / 1896 MP 17 Bates, Waldron. Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine / 1896 MP 18 Munroe, William H. Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine : compiled for The flora of Mt. Desert 1893 MP Island by Edward L. 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Subject Current Mount Desert Island (Me.) -- Maps. Next Mount Desert Island (Me.) -- Maps, Topographic. Results for Mount Desert Island (Me.) - Maps.; Sorted by: Year, then Author To change sort order, click on column heading. Jump to # Previous Page Next Page w # Author Title Year Format 21 Boston and Bangor Map of Boston & Bangor Steamship Co. showing approaches to Mount 1886 MP Steamship Company. Desert. 22 Eastern Railroad Map of Mount Desert Island and the coast of Maine : from Rockland to 1885 MP Company. Passenger Gouldsborough / Dept. 23 Eastern Railroad Mt. Desert Island, Maine : from U.S. Coast Survey / 1880 MP Company. Passenger Dept. 24 Eastern Railroad Mt. Desert Island, Maine : from U.S. Coast Survey / 1880 MP Company. Passenger Dept. 25 United States Coast Mt. Desert Island, Maine / 1875 MP Survey. Previous Page Next Page 1 Select All I Deselect All Print/Save/Send Create Subset Add to List View List Last Browse Modify Search SEARCH: FULL CATALOG Browse an Alphabetical List: Browse for: Author (last name first) Browse Clear Keywords from: Search for: Keywords anywhere Search Clear http://lms01.harvard.edu/F/PEI7PF3X7PL46L7I4LD7DFHEXAY7X3TE4NHH2PXBE25IGXC3S 3/3/2005 MAP Parker Pl. OF THE EASTERN PART OF gape Levi MOUNT DESERT ISLAND Showing Within Shaded Areas the Lands Within ACADIA NATIONAL PARK bokout Pt. This map based upon the path map of the Eastern part of Mount Desert Island- compiled by Waldron Bates, Edward L. Rand and Herbert Jaques, and published with Hulls Cove the consent of the joint Path Committee of the Mount Desert Island Village Improvement Societies. S Cove Cove Scale 1: 29.000 Sanoe Pt. 1/4 Mdes Kilometers Pond Paradise MIN Bar Island Porcupine Bar Harbor Sunset HII McDesert Half Moun Ponu Abbies ROCK Duck M. Retroat Newshir Wood) Kiry Breakner Madow Ponds dound Great Hill BAR Island alhouse HARBOR Brewers Road Mt. 462 Valley Harbor ogden Pt. 200 Eagle Compass Harbor Luke Str wberry (ill Norr P1. Great Pont Great Bear Brook Meadow Hill Hill irook 275 LC Zoom Viewer - Map of Bar Harbor, Maine, 1904. Page 1 of 1 Map of Bar Harbor, Maine, 1904. To change view, select desired zoom level and window size from the options below the Zoom View window and then click on the image. The display will be centered where you click. To move up, down, left, or right within a zoom level, click near the edge of the image in the Zoom View or select an area in the Navigator View. The red box on the Navigator View indicates the area of the image being viewed in the Zoom View. Zoom View Navigator View Zoom In . Zoom Out Full Image Window size 256 X 256 0 400 X 400 600 X 400 640 X 480 O Initial (758 x 418) This imagery was compressed with the MrSID Publisher. View more information about the MrSID compression technology Download MrSID image (6298 kilobytes) | Bibliographic Information | Map Collections Home Page http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.p 9/18/2008 LC Zoom Viewer - Map of Bar Harbor, Maine, 1904. Page 1 of 1 Map of Bar Harbor, Maine, 1904. To change view, select desired zoom level and window size from the options below the Zoom View window and then click on the image. The display will be centered where you click. To move up, down, left, or right within a zoom level, click near the edge of the image in the Zoom View or select an area in the Navigator View. The red box on the Navigator View indicates the area of the image being viewed in the Zoom View. Zoom View Navigator View Dean Higgins Cove Dorr P Gardiner Zoom In Zoom Out Full Image Window size 256 X 256 400 X 400 600 x 400 640 X 480 Initial (758 x 418) This imagery was compressed with the MrSID Publisher. View more information about the MrSID compression technology. Download MrSID image (6298 kilobytes) I Bibliographic Information | Map Collections Home Page http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.p) 9/18/2008 LC Zoom Viewer - Map of Bar Harbor, Maine, 1904. Page 1 of 1 Map of Bar Harbor, Maine, 1904. To change view, select desired zoom level and window size from the options below the Zoom View window and then click on the image. The display will be centered where you click. To move up, down, left, or right within a zoom level, click near the edge of the image in the Zoom View or select an area in the Navigator View. The red box on the Navigator View indicates the area of the image being viewed in the Zoom View. Zoom View Navigator View x Zoom In Zoom Out Full Image Window size 256 X 256 400 X 400 600 x 400 640 x 480 C Initial (758 x 418) This imagery was compressed with the MrSID Publisher. View more information about the MrSID compression technology. Download MrSID image (6298 kilobytes) | Bibliographic Information I Map Collections Home Page http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.p) 9/18/2008 LC Zoom Viewer - Map of Bar Harbor, Maine, 1904. Page 1 of 1 Map of Bar Harbor, Maine, 1904. To change view, select desired zoom level and window size from the options below the Zoom View window and then click on the image. The display will be centered where you click. To move up, down, left, or right within a zoom level, click near the edge of the image in the Zoom View or select an area in the Navigator View. The red box on the Navigator View indicates the area of the image being viewed in the Zoom View. Zoom View Navigator View 240 Francis be 251 a Francis Mrs. Bea Map of Shore FROM BEAR BROOK TO SCHOONER HEAD Zoom In Zoom Out Full Image Window size 256 X 256 400 x 400 600 x 400 640 x 480 O Initial (758 x 418) This imagery was compressed with the MrSID Publisher. View more information about the MrSID compression technology. 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I To get MrSID viewer Download MrSID image (6298 kilobytes) I Bibliographic Information | Map Collections Home Page http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl 2/4/2003 MrSID Viewer - Map of Bar Harbor, Maine, 1904. Page 1 of 1 Map of Bar Harbor, Maine, 1904. To change view, select desired zoom level and window size from the options below the Zoom View window and then click on the image. The display will be centered where you click. To move up, down, left, or right within a zoom level, click near the edge of the image in the Zoom View or select an area in the Navigator View. The red box on the Navigator View indicates the area of the image being viewed in the Zoom View. Zoom View Navigator View 241 Dair Zoom In Zoom Out Full Image Window size 256 X 256 O 400 X 400 O 600 X 400 O 640 X 480 Initial (758 X 418) This imagery was compressed with MrSID Publisher, used under license and available for commercial license exclusively from LIZARDTECH, Inc., 1520 Bellevue Ave., Second Floor, Seattle, WA 98122. | To get MrSID viewer Download MrSID image (6298 kilobytes) I Bibliographic Information | Map Collections Home Page http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl 2/4/2003 FIASHBACK Peculiar Work Why this man took a thousand walks with AMC By LARRY ANDERSON ll this lifetime of peculiar nock, a book MacKaye owned and often der, then, his frustration if he wasn't able A work will be lost when I am consulted, used one of Chamberlain's to carry out his work: On one AMC trip gone," Edward C. Cham- maps to support the conclusion that to Moosilauke in 1890, "it rained every berlain lamented in Ap- Monadnock offered that sweeping re- day, and I saw nothing. Others went palachia in 1922, "for no gional glance. The book, written by Mas- for a good time and had a good time, one else understands just how to use it sachusetts conservationist and long-time rain or shine. To me it was a dead loss." or would have patience to do it." AMC leader Allen Chamberlain (a friend, On a successful outing, Chamberlain An AMC member and self-trained submitted his observations to three tests: surveyor who died in 1935 at the age of "Is the angle correct? Is the description 90, Chamberlain's "peculiar work" was correct? Is there any similar object near- compiling and drawing meticulous ly in line that might be mistaken for it?" panoramas from some of New England's He usually repeated this creed in the terse best-known elevations-from Boston's articles in Appalachia that accompanied State House to the summit of Mount his maps, which were drawn in an ex- Washington. His aim over the course of acting and distinctive pen-and-ink style. more than 50 years of careful, solitary, Four horizontal panels, stacked one atop and unpaid work was to chart accurate- the other, depict the full 360 degrees of ly the hills, mountains, large buildings, the horizon, with outlines of dozens of and other prominent features visible features sketched in. His panoramas, he from dozens of observation points observed, "are not based on photographs, throughout the region. and, intentionally, are not even accurate In Chamberlain's orderly mind's eye, sketches of the views. They are intended the landscape of New England was COV- as guides to views, and are purposely dis- ered with a spider web of sightlines. Over torted in order to better enable visitors to the years he filled 200 field notebooks identify the points shown." with 10,000 angles from 200 lookout These panoramas represented only one points in the six New England states. By aspect of his cartographic interests. Dur- the time of his death, he had completed "No one else ing his more than half-century with 52 panoramic maps and gathered the AMC, he compiled more than 850 de- measurements for 18 more. Some of the understands tailed maps of the estimated 1,000 club panoramas were published in Appalachia; walks in which he participated, mostly the rest are filed in the AMC library. just how to use this in the greater Boston area. To most, he Chamberlain's work recently came to was known as "the active and silent el- mind when I gave a talk about Benton work, or would have derly man who accompanied many of MacKaye, who first proposed the Ap- the walking parties, mapping in detail palachian Trail. A member of the audi- patience to do it." the routes of the excursions as he went ence asked whether Maine's Katahdin along," Allen Chamberlain wrote in Ap- could be seen from the summit of New but no relation), confirmed that the vis- palachia when his friend died. "Those Hampshire's Mount Monadnock, well ible point in Maine was not Katahdin, who enjoyed his intimacy knew him to be over 200 miles distant. My interrogator but the modest, and much more south- a genial companion and a wittily enter- cited a 1949 article by MacKaye as the ern, 692-foot Mount Agamenticus. taining talker." And knew that his maps, source of this assertion. "Many a case of mistaken identity has representing the amateur spirit in its es- In fact, MacKaye had made no such been rectified through his careful obser- sential form, were truly a labor of love. claim, but had written that points in each vations," wrote one admirer of Edward -Larry Anderson is a writer and AMC of the six New England states were visible Chamberlain's labors. Before venturing member whose biography of Benton from Monadnock. And I suspect he may out, the mapmaker would spend days MacKaye will be published this year by have relied, at least indirectly, on Cham- computing angles, making sketches, and Johns Hopkins University Press. berlain's scrupulous work to support his studying photographs and even ads pub- (To view Chamberlain's maps, call the statement: Annals of the Grand Monad- lished by hotels and railroads. No won- AMC library: 617-523-0655 ext. 329.) 18 AMC OUTDOORS MAGAZINE MAY 2002 Harpers Ferry Center: Eminent NPS Photographers Page 1 of 1 National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Harpers Ferry Center NPS Photos > Search the Collection > Photo Record Detail > Eminent Photographer Eminent National Park Service Photographers George A. Grant (1929-1954) George A. Grant was the first Chief Photographer for the NPS. He was hired by Horace M. Albright in 1929 to create a documentary file of images for use by the Service in reports, interpretive projects, education, and public information. Grant, until his retirement in 1954, created approximately 30,000- 40,000 images of NPS areas. These images include - - but are not limited to -- the following: events, George Alexander Grant. personnel, architecture, archaeology, stamps, and Native Americans. Because of their significance to NPS history, these images have been included in the National Park Service Historic Photograph Collection. About Eminent NPS Photographers The term "Eminent Photographer" is used to credit the individuals who have created a large body of work that documents our National Parks, the National Park Service, and the Cultural and Natural Resources found throughout the National Park System. Although their photographs have been used in books, papers, and movies for over 70 years, the photographers of the National Park Service are often overlooked when credit is due. Most often credit lines appear as "National Park Service Photograph", "Courtesy of the National Park Service", or simply "NPS Photo." These eminent photographers span the history of the National Park Service since the first Chief Photographer, George A. Grant, was hired in 1929 to the present day. Author: Harpers Ferry Center Date: 02/18/2010 http://home.nps.gov/applications/hafe/hfc/eminent.cfm?Photo_code=gran 2/18/2010 Page 1 of 2 Re: Dorr, of course From To Date Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:01:44 -0400 Attachments 324.jpg [ 1.36 MB] Hi Ron, Thanks for the heads up about the COA report. I emailed the professor to see if I can get a copy. We have the following maps in which you may be interested: -Colby/Stuart Atlas (1881 &1884)- Sawtelle Box 107 -Map: Part of Bar Harbor, 1903 by the Bar Harbor Summer Residents Association (MC-1, Dr 7, F4) -MAP OF BAR HARBOR, MAINE - A. STROUD RODICK, BAR HARBOR COTTAGES FOR RENT, 1907 by the Bar Harbor Summer Residents Association (MC 1, D7, F5) -MAP OF BAR HARBOR, MAINE, FRED C. LYNAM & CO. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE no date (MC 1, D7, F5) -MAP OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO MRS. JOHN MABKOE, GEO. B. DORR AND OTHERS, BAR HARBOR, HANCOCK CO, 1907, (MC 1, D7, F5) Checked. Use as illustration 1907+1906 We also have some historic park maps that are not listed in my spreadsheet, We can look at these quickly to see if they are helpful. In the meantime, I've attached a map of Bar Harbor to whet your appetitive. (See attached file: 324.jpg) John McDade Museum Technician Acadia National Park P.O. Box 177 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 (207)288-8729 eppster2@myfairpo int.net To 06/15/2009 03:54 PM CC Subject Re: Dorr, of course Hi John, I'm currently in the waiting mode regarding a meeting that is to be scheduled in downtown B.H. or else I'd suggest a particular date and time to meet with you. But I thought I'd indicate a couple of points of interest that you https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/hwebmail/mail/message.php?index=1070 6/16/2009 Page 2 of 2 could pursue prior to my arrival: 1. Hancock County Atlas, circa 1881 or earlier. This may be the atlas by George N. Colby & Co., published by Halfpenny & Stuart oif Ellsworth. I'm trying to identify the extent of the Dorr property originally purchased in 1868 and later enlarged prior to the completion of Oldfarm in 1880. Any other maps from the 1874-1889 of the eastern half of the Island, perhaps undertaken by the U.S. Geological Survey? 2. I have a reference to a 1904 and 1927 map of Bar Harbor developed by the Bar Harbor Summer Residents Association. Is this in your database? I've just read a paper completed by several COA students wherein you are quoted as a resource. The study of local attitudes toward the purchase and segregation of conservation lands on MDI is very well done and should be considered as an addition to your archive. See you soon. Ron Epp Quoting John_McDade@nps.gov: > > Ron, > > I'm back up at Acadia. I hope you are doing well. > > We shipped several boxes from the archives down to Boston last week. While > processing things before they left an archivist came across a business card > for a mentalist (or some type of fortune-teller, I don't remember the exact > title). It looked to be from the Dorr era, and I would bet it was his. > Had you seen this? > > I told Liz to flag it in case you are interested. > > -John > > John McDade > Museum Technician > Acadia National Park > P.O. Box 177 > Bar Harbor, ME 04609 > (207)288-8729 > Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 47 Pondview Drive Merrimack, NH 03054 (603) 424-6149 eppster2@myfairpoint.net https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/hwebmail/mail/message.php?index=1070 6/16/2009 s GROUNDS map shoung charlton Yariall residence at JA. Murray Disston Word East Harber N.E. Harbot 927 came Gall Grounds W-W Lewh W. Smiler W. J. Turner Distican @ D Inn Greens Harborsic J. Club C lunis g Camell Linoln G W. Pepper Termon ON Rethand Harth Cromwell Tennis 0 B w Club @ c Gano wann Prest N.E. 9 P.O 0 H. Perbany Harbor Swiming Neighbor J.H. 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