MemoRIAL TO GeorgeB.Dorr 1947. wir wd Original SHM [8/5/1909] f 1/25/1976] ARCHIVAL COPY HISTORIAN Continued from Page 1 BH HISTORIAN ard Walden Hale and Mary New- bold Hale, was born in Boston in 1909, He graduated from Milton na cum laude in 1930, Cambridge University in 1932. At Harvaro he was Pht Deta Kappa, at Cam- bridge he held, like Canon Hub- bard, the Fiske Scholarship from Roxbury Latin School, the oldest private school in America. He is the author GI Democratic France, the Third Republic from Sedan to Vichy," and of the "Tercentenary History of the Roxbury Latin School, 1645-1945," as well as an unpublished doctoral dissertation on the English Civil Service, the Foundation of the Permanent Poor Law Commission, 1830- 1836. Before going to the Rox- RICHARD W. HALE, JRt bury School the taught at Prince- ton University and was on the Re- Richard Walden Hale, Jr., the search Staff of the Newberry Li- Town of Bar Harbor historian, is brary at Chicago. engaged in writing the definitive history of Bar Harbor x that is to appear in the winter of 1948-49. Beginning with a general descrip- tive article published this week, he will publish a series of articlés in the TIMES, entitled "Informa- tion, Please" and dealing with T moot quéstions in the history of the town. These articles have a double purpose- both to tell the town what is going on, and to en- list help in gathering information. Mr. Hale, son of the late Rich- Historian Continued on Page 12 Hon tonn A. retery papers. worn Correspondance. STRAWBERRY HILL POST OFFICE ADDRESS, R. F. D. NO. 1. NEEDHAM, MASS. 1946. R. R. STATION, NEEDHAM JUNCTION, N. Y., N. H. H.R.R. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH. DOVER NO. I u account of IW: Gulfiu's health. Ms of yrs Gildins sisters hives in Dover Dear healer Peters. and Thank first got hisaddrep from ler. His It is a relief to my mind th Broadmoor. Know that at long last you receis Colorado Frings. that deed. Iposted it myself in Box Colorado. the day after hiels and 7 signed it. the have Method the learnest thow to many things are lost in the for a Storm of all. most disemraqiug 20 this time of year that 7feared it would nevertures up , early in the winter, the Gilfiers writer m Colorado, [Note: See DORR Hemorial" file as well] hope Perenus Todiels will hurryus happing in the new Year, how that Have finished with Succerely yurs, if B.D's papers Jaw eagert close mary Newbold Hale- 4 the estats. All that remains for with do is to lued to Bar Harbor the deposited in the memorial 700m at the Library Inch lapers is refer k old Farus - the Parbrete Mith every good wish to mer 5th January, 1946. Dear George:- I have not heard from you for some time, but it is rumored that you are going strong. I hope the boy is back from Europe and in good shape and that you are all well. I didn't go to Boston as usual this fall, as our Judicial Conference was put off until early spring. It is just as well, as the traveling and hotel conditions are very poor. I hope to come down in the spring and stay several days. I am on a committee to establish a tablet in memory of my old friend George B. Dorr, such tablet to be put on the side of the mountain in Bar Harbor. I remember that I saw, a few months ago, the wording of a similar tablet in memory of Mr. Storrow. I think it was put up on the Charles River esplanade. I was struck by the graceful wording, and I would like very much to have that to read again in prepar- ing what I suppose will be a permanent memorial to Mr. Dorr. I don't want to make the same mistake that President Elliott (sic) did, and which is handed down to posterity, on the bronze tablet in memory of Champlain on the south side of Mount Desert Ialand. I believe it reads "A soldier, sailor, exporer. or course that isn't exactly ungrammatical, but it is sloppy grammar. Either the "A" should be left off or a similar article put in front of the other two descript- ions. We are located here for the winter as usual and glad of a warm place to stay. The food isn't very good, and it is very expensive, but we cannot complain in view of the conditions everywhere. With best wishes for the coming year, I am, Very truly yours, George P. Drury, Esq., Room 1015, Pemberton Bldg., A.Peters] Boston, 8, Massachusetts. 12th January, 1946. Dear George:- Thank you very much for your prompt reply to my letter. I should be very glad to have those wordings on the tablets and I want to be particular about this permanent memorial for Mr. Dorr. [1945] I cannot find a memorandum I made last summer of an inscription which I thought was placed somewhere near the Charles River, but it may have been somewhere else, in memory of Mr. Storrow. I am almost sure it was Storrow, and it was such a graceful grouping of words that I thought I would keep it and consider it later in connection with Mr. Dorr. Now I can't find it. Of course I do not care particularly where the tablet is, 1f I can find that wording. Don't go to too much trouble, but I would like to get what information I can. I have just received a request from Judge Magruder to sit in the Circuit Court of Appeals beginning February fifth. I shall be there a few days, nearly the rest of the week, and while there I want to get in touch with you. We will RF- range for an evening later. Very truly yours, George P. Drury, Esq., Room 1015 Pemberton Building, Boston, 8, Massachusetts. 15th January, 1946. Dear Mr. Rockefeller:- At the annual meeting of the Hancock County Trust- ees of Public Reservations held at Bar Harbor last summer [1945] a resolution was passed favoring a change of name from Dry Mountain to Dorr Mountain and deciding tb put up a tablet in memory of Mr. Dorr at a spot known to be his favorite on Dry Mountain. I was put on a committee to see about this matter and am writing the National Geographic Society for some information concerning the details of a possible change of name. I do not know whether anybody communicated with you about this or not. As I remember it, you were not present at the meeting. All the people there who were familiar with Park matters, including Hadley, were strong for this prop- osition, and I think 1t would meet approval at Bar Harbor, but I would rather not take it up actively as a member of the com- mittee unless I can say that you, who have done so much for the Park, also approve. Perhaps you also tell me how this change of name of a mountain is brought about. Of course, this name of Dry Mountain is an ancient name there, but it has no distinctive meaning and there are many Dry Mountains around Maine I imagine. I have not heard a word from David Rodick for some time. I wrote him last week about Acadia matters but have 25 yet received no reply. He may be ill OE he may be over- busy. In either case it emphasizes my belief that the Acadia Corporation should turn over to the Park people the operation of the other concessions there, if the Park people will de- velop and operate them as we think they should. I made that suggestion to Rodick and Charles Savage but have heard nothing from either as yet. Your suggestion that the Park people might take over and operate these things was the cause of my writing to Rodick and Savage. I had been thinking for some time that we should find someone to take over these thing but didn't know until 1 received your letter that the Park people might do so. Very truly yours, Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, 20, N.Y. JOHN A. PETERS. GEORGE P. DRURY COUNSELLOR AT LAW PEMBERTON BLDG., BOSTON 8 ROOM 1015 TEL. CAPITOL 1460 Jan 19, 1946. Dear John.- apparently the metropolitan district police are not as familiar with the Esplanade as we have a right to expect fn I had to ask instead the Boston Chamber of Commerce, who obsamedfrom mr. Storiow, Jr., the information that the inscription about which you were inquiring is on the Esplanade near the foot of Gloucester Street . It is a circular bronge tablet set horizontally in a large circular granite base in the margin of which are cut the navores of the cities and towns surrounding the Basin Themscription reads as follows: IN MEMORY OF JAMES JACKSON STORROW HIS VISION AND ENERGY HELPED TO MAKE THE BASIN A PLACE OF BEAUTY AVAILABLE TO ALL 2N I went downthere myself on the way home last might and copied the inscription by rather distant electric light. I am sure that the above is correct for my memory is fresh and clear. Evelyn. Phie and I are looking forward with much pleasure to reingoon while you are in town beginning February 5th. I scribbled on the inside of a Christmas card the fact that he is back with us but evidently it escaped your attention. Hee shows no ill effects of his long siege in the hospital, where they extracted from his anatomy from time to time prices of shrapnel and of the house where he and several others were eating when it was hit the returns to Haward in February . J shall probably be in Washington February 5th, intexpect to be back late in the evening of the 6th or not later than the afternoon of the 7th so herhait's we had better make atentative engagement for you to have dinner with us at the Parkes House the evening of the 7th In the unlikely event that I am detained beyond the 7th, or that you finish your business earlier, Evely and Phil would like very much to meet you without me. Uncle George Black's framed photograph is still in my office and I would like to give it to you, if you are still willing 3. GEORGE P. DRURY COUNSELLOR AT LAW PEMBERTON BLDG., BOSTON 8 ROOM 1015 TEL. CAPITOL 1460 Our telephone number at home is Kirkland 6559. I know how to get in touch with you in the day time, and will instruct Evelyn. Set me know where you are going To stay. sothes wecan also get in touch with you in the evening if necessary. Bames is a great fillow. I was able to help him a little on some Labor referendum bills in which he is interested, and we won a case in the mass. Supreme Judicial count, which I briefed and he argued. the intertained his staff at dinier on the first anniversary of his taking office and gave us a very kindly personal talk Sincerely yours, George 22nd Janusry, 1946. Dear Mrs. Hale:- You will recall that you and I and Albert Cunningham, with Gerard Austin and Hadley, are on a COMMITTEE to prepare the memorial tablet for Mr. Dorr. I have written the National Geographic people in Wash- ington to see about what steps are necessary in order to change the name of Dry Mountain to Dorr Mountain, in accordance with the vote of the Hancock Trustees but as yet have heard nothing. The idea of Hadley and Serenus Rodick, who were very familiar with Mr. Dorr's attitude, is to affix the tablet to a certain spot they had in mind, a favorite one of Mr. Dorr's on Dry Mount- ain. The tablet, of course. should be of bronze, which is permanent, and firmly affixed. Tentatively I have drawn off a proposed inscription which I enclose. I have no particular pride of authorship and should be glad of any suggestion or criticism. Mr. Dorr's modesty was such that I think we should avoid any fulsome expressions, and I have tri ed to stick to nothing but the truth. I am sending this to the others, too, and also to George Stepbins and Mr. Rockefeller, as I think they both should be consulted. I should be glad if you would consult with others in your vicinity who were friends of Mr. Dorr and who would have the same desire as we have to inscribe something appropriate to his memory. There is no hurry about this. We have time enough to talk with various people and get something satisfactory to all. Very truly yours, Mrs. Richard W. Hale, Strawberry Hill, [John A. Peters] Needham, Massachusetts. Enclosure. Twenty-second January, 1945 6. Dear Albert:- You may recall that you, with Mrs. Hale, Austin, Hadley and I, were appointed a committee by the Hancock County Trustees last summer to arrange for a memorial tablet for Mr. Dorr. The proposition is to affix it to Dry Mountain at a spot which Hadley and Serenus Rodick have in mind. I have drawn a tentative inscription which I enclose. I have tried to make it modest because that was Mr. Dorr's nature. Will you be good enough to caucus with Austin and Hadley and give me any suggestions you have? I have sent a copy to Mrs. Hale, one to Mr. Rockefeller and one to Mr. Stebbins. Very truly yours, JOHN A. PETERS. Albert H. Cunningham, Esq., c/o Bar Harbor Trust Co., Bar Harbor, Maine. Enclosure. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WOODLAWN BLACK HOUSE COMMITTEE George L. Stebbins, President BEQUEST OF GEORGE NIXON BLACK Ernest T. Paine, Chairman Gerard L. Austin, Secretary Richard W. Hale, Jr., Vice-Chairman Albert H. Cunningham. Treasurer IN CHARGE OF Professor Augustin Derby Rev. Samuel A. Eliot HANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF Mrs. Philip Lovell First Vice-President PUBLIC RESERVATIONS R. Amory Thorndike Mrs. Jacques Cornelis Second Vice-President Mrs. John C. Spring John A. Peters Harold A. Pitman ELLSWORTH, MAINE Ernest T. Paine Charles K. Savage January Twenty-eight 1946. Hon. John A. Peters, c/o United States Court, Judges Chambers, Portland, Maine. Dear Judge Peters: This is to acknowledge your letter of January 22 enclosing a copy of the proposed inscription be affixed to Dry Mountain as a memorial to Mr. Dorr. May I advise you that I have shown this copy to Mr. Austin and Mr Hadley and that we all heartily approve. Very DRUIN yours, AHC/j1 A.H. Cumingham Assistant Treasurer. C o P Y 29th January, 1946. Dear Mr. Rockefeller:- It may be desirable to change the language in the final paragraph of the proposed inscription on the tabbet for Mr. Dorr that I sent you. I enclose an- other one. I sum # little uncertain about the use of the word "helped" because it may mean a little help or a lot of help, and of course Mr. Dorr was greatly helpful, but I do not like to use adjectives in a thing like this. How- ever, the last sentence applies to the whole Island, and therefore I thought that the word "helped" could be used. These are only suggestions for your con- sideration. I think we should be very careful about this, because it is likely to stay on the side of that mountain a long time. I don't know whether I have ever commented on this to you, but I have always felt that the inscription that I suppose President Elliot composed for Champlain, down near Seal Harbor, was very sloppy grammar. He has there "A Soldier - Sailor - Explorer." It seems to me it should be either "Soldier - Sailor - Explorer", or "A Soldier - A Sailor - and Explorer". We don't want to have future generations criticizing the tablet for Mr. Dorr. I would rather have an error on Chapplain's than on his. He certainly would be more pasticular himself than Champlain would have been. Please take your time and give me your views when you are ready. Very truly yours, JOHN A. PETERS. Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N.Y. BGN January 30, 1946 Hon. John A. Peters, United States Courts, Portland, Maine. My dear Judge Peters: I have your letter of January 26 relative to changing the name of the mountain in Mt. Desert Island to Dorr Mountain. This chance was formally approved several months age A copy of the list of decisions which includes this name is enclosed. Sincerely yours, Morodith F. Burrill, Director. Enclosure MFB:LSM CC: Case (Dorr Mt.) Reading TELEPHONE CABLE ADDRESS DISTRICT 3330 NATGEOSOC.WASHINGTON National Geographic Sariety WASHINGTON 6, D. C. GILBERT GROSVENOR, PRESIDENT JOHN OLIVER LA GORCE, VICE-PRESIDENT ROBERT V. FLEMING, TREASURER THOMAS W. MCKNEW, SECRETARY RECEIVED JAN 30 1946 REWITH 1 a - January 28, 1946. Dr. Meredith F. Burrill, Director, Board on Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington 25, D. C. Dear Dr. Burrill: Enclosed is a letter from Judge John A. Peters which was doubtlessly intended for you. I am advising Judge Peters that his letter is being forwarded to you. Very truly yours, James MDarley James M. Darley, no Enclosure Chief Cartographer. BGN RECEIVED United States Courts JAN 30 1946 main Judge's Chambers Fortland, Maine CHAMBERS OF JOHN A. PETERS DISTRICT JUDGE 26th January, 1946. Dear Sir:- I am a member of a committee appointed by the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations to bring about, if possible, a change in the name of a mountain at Bar Harbor from "Dry Mountain" to "Dorr Mountain and I write you as the result of correspondence with Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. who, as you know, is greatly in- terested in the National Park at Bar Harbor in which Dry Mountain is situated, and who, I assume from my corresp- ondence, is in favor of the change I refer to. I enclose a certified copy of the resolution passed at the annual meeting of the Hancock County Trustees last summer at Bar Harbor. I assume that you are familiar with the great work of Mr. Dorr in connection with the National Park and I hope that you will agree with me and others interested in this matter that it is wholly appro- priate that Mr. Dorr's name be given to one of these mount- ains. I understand that the name of this mountain was changed a few years ago, probably at the instigation of Mr. Dorr himself, from Dry Mountain to Flying Squadron. I live twenty-one miles from Bar Harbor and I had forgotten that the name had been changed. The mountain has always been known in that vicinity as Dry Mountain, a name of course which really means nothing and has no significance locally. I am sure I am safe in saying that the whole community, both resident and non-resident, on Mount Desert Island would favor the change referred to. When the matter was taken up last summer it was supposed that the name could be changed through the co- operation of the National Geographic Society, but I have since learned our error and that the matter should be taken up with you. Will you be good enough to inform me what steps should now be taken to bring about the change referred to? We are prepared to produce any evidences of public opin- ion that are necessary, if any such are desired beyond the vote of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, which, as you know probably, is an organization established I think at the instigation of President Elliot and Mr. Dorr, No probably with the cooperation of Mr. Rockefeller who lives on Mount Desert Island in the summer, for the purpose of preserving for the public places of scenic interest on Mount BGN JAP-MB. 2 Desert Island. I think, if you want any information about the history of this mountain, that Mr. Horace M. Albright, a former Director of the Park Service, could give you as much or more than anyone else. I should be glad to know what further steps are necessary. Record Verw truly yours, JOHN A. PETERS. Mr. Meredith Burrill, Director, U. S Board on Geographic Names, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. United States Courts M. thinking Judge's Chambers Fortland, Maine CHAMBERS OF JOHN A. PETERS DISTRICT JUDGE 15 January, 1946. Dear Sirs:- I want to get in touch with some representative of your Society to consider the details of a possible change of name of a mountain in Bar Harbor. I am one of the executors and trustees of the estate of the late George B. Dorr, of Boston and Bar Harbor, who died at the age of ninety-one in 1944, having resided at Bar Harbor for many years. He, with the late President Eliott of Harvard, were the founders of the organization called "Hancock County Trustees of Public Res- servations" located at Bar Harbor, and Mr. Dorr was the father of Acadia National Park located on Mount Desert Island. At a meeting of the Trustees of Public Reservations last summer at Bar Harbor a resolution was passed favoring changing the name of one of the mountains on Mount Desert Island from Dry Mountain to Dorr Mountain. The Trustees also, with the co- operation of the Secretary of the Interior, propose to put up a tablet in memory of Mr. Dorr on this mountain. I understand such changes of names are brought about through your Society. If not too much trouble I would like information about this matter of changing the name of a mountain and the details of bringing it about. I will then try to comply with any re- quirements to that end, reserving until then more detailed reasons which the people of Bar Harbor have for desiring this change. If you will be good enough to give me such information as will help me under the circumstances I shall be much obliged. Very truly yours, JOHN A. PETERS National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. B.G.N. Excerpt from the Record of the Annual Meeting of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations held at the Young Men's Christian Association Building in Bar Harbor, Maine, August 14, 1944 at 10.30 in the morning. "Judge John A. Peters then addressed the meeting asking that consideration be given to the proposition that Dry Mountain be renamed "Dore Mountain" due to Mr. Dorr's intense interest in this particular mountain. This proposal met with enthusiasm and was unanimously approved, whereupon it was suggested that the reneming of this mountain could possibly be brought about through the cooperation of the National Geographic Society and it was further suggested and recommended that if the change of name be accomplished en appropriate tablet be set on this mountain in memory of Mr. Dorr." I, the H. Cunningham, Assistant Secretary of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations hereby certify this to be & true copy as shown by the records of the corporation. Assistant Secretary. 2nd February, 1946. Dear Mrs. Hale:- I have yours of January thirty-first. I had the same trouble with the word "helped" that you did, but you will observe that I first gave Mr. Dorr credit for being the "father" of the National Park; then, when I speak of the result of his vision and energy, I refer to the beauties of the whole Island, - "the beauties of this Island". I realize that the word "help" is indefinite. It may be a little help or a lot of help, but I cannot find any word that means a great deal of help without using what amounts to a descriptive adjective, and I think adjectives should be aw ided. ( I think this plainly indicates that we re- garded Mr. Dorr as the originator and promoter of the Park and as a fine citizen who was very influential in making the beauties of theisland available to the public. If we say that Mr. Dorr made the beauties available, it indicates that he was the only one, whereas Mr. RockegeAler, for instance, has given hundreds of thousands of dollars and much other assistance in promoting the Park. I hope you will get my point on that. It rests on the difference between the Park itself, - of which Mr. Dorr was the real instigator, - and the whole Island, the beauties of which he helped to make available to all. Very truly yours, Mrs. Richard W. Hale, Streeberry Hill, Needham, Massachusetts. Dow United States Courts Judge's Chambers Fortland, Maine CHAMBERS OF JOHN A. PETERS DISTRICT JUDGE 4th February, 1946. Dear Serenus:- I have started some active correspondence with the National Geographic People and with the Interior Depart- ment looking toward getting the name of Dry Mountain changed to Dorr Mountain, which finally resulted in my receiving a letter this morning from the Board on Geographical Names at Washington, saying that the name had already been changed and approved some months ago. We must have sent them, or someone must have sent them, a copy of our resolution last summer. However, as long as it is brought about, so much the better, but I had never seen it mentioned in the paper. I enclose you their circular and I think it would be wise to have you put an extract from this in the local paper and say it was at the instigation of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations in memory of Mr. Dorr. Will you please send this back to me when you are through with it. I am having an active correspondence with Mr. Stebbins, Mr. Rockefeller and Mrs. Hale in relation to the proposed inscription for Mr. Dorr. Mr; Stebbins is very enthusiastic over the one I wrote and SO is Mrs. Hale. Mr. Rockefeller is thinking it over. I have a slight change I may propose later. I have also made arrangements to consult the Professor of English at Bowdoin, as we want to have this as near right as possible. As soon as we agree on the inscription I think we had better get at the business of having the bronze tablet cast, as they are always slow about those things. How are you getting along with the deed to Mr. Rockefeller? Very truly yours, Serenus B. Rodick, Esq., Bar Harbor, Maine. Enclosure. February, 1946. Dear Mrs. Hale:- I don't think I have written you that I started a campaign to change the name of Dry Mountain to Dorr Mountain and after I communicated with the Park people in Washington I was informed by them that the name had already been changed. I was surprised at that, because it wasn't publicly known. They sent me a circular that they have issued. I sent it to the Bar Harbor prople sug- gesting that they make it public so people would know about it. Naturally we shall have to do nothing about that, and I am very glad it is settled. Now in regard to the inscription on the tablet for Mr. Dorr, you and your son and Mr. Stebbins all approve of my original draft beginning "Steadfast in his zeal" etc. That was also approved by the other members of the Committee who were Cunningham, Austin and Hadley in Bar Harbor. I rather think we had better let it go that way. I had it submitted to Professor Brown at Bowdoin and to my surprise he wanted to spoil it by adding unnecessary words. He suggested, as an amendment to my last draft, "Whose vision and energy helped to make the beauties of this island forever available to all the people." Note the annecessary words, being "forever" and the words "the people". I was surprised. of course "to all means all the people; and of course the meaning inherent is avail- able always or forever. So I am all through with brother Brown. It happens that I am on the Examining Committee of the Trustees of Bowdoin covering the qualifications of these professors, and it may be that he has made an error. Also, the word "Whose" would refer to the National Park if the National Park was a person, but I think it adds a little uncertainty to the meaning; so I am inclined to go back to the original version which you thought well of. Do you think of anyone else we should consult about it? If Arthur Train were living I should write him. Have you any information, derived from your contact with the cemetery people or otherwise, as to who makes these bronze tablets, one of which we will have to have cast to affix to the mountain? Very truly yours, Mrs. Richard Hale, [John A. Peters] Strawberry Hill, Needham, Massachusetts. Rockefeller Center New York 20 Room 5600 30 Rockefeller Plaza February 6, 1946 Dear Judge Peters: I write in reply to your letters of January 22nd and 29th, both with reference to an inscription on Dry Mountain in memory of Mr. Dorr if the efforts which are now on foot to change the name to Dorr Mountain are successful. I think either one of your inscriptions is admir- able. I am not sure but what the final sentence in the one accompanying the letter of January 22nd seems to me a little smoother, simpler and better. By mentioning "vision and energy", one seems to limit the forces that were employed in making the beauties of the Island available to all. "Steadfast in his zeal" puts the emphasis on the accomplishment of the end and the persistence of the effort put forth to attain it. In short, I like both the phrasings, think either would be admirable, per- sonally prefer "steadfast in his zeal", if, indeed, there is any preference between the two. Very sincerely, The Hon. John A. Peters Judge's Chambers Portland, Maine Wr. mr Albar the 55 C 0 P Y 6th February, 1946. Dear Ben:- Everybody seems to be satisfied with this draft of the inscription which I have prepared. Mr. Stebbins is very enthusiastic about it. I have not heard from Mr. Rockefeller but I assume no news is good news. I have also heard, somewhat to my surprise, that the name of the mountain has already been changed from Dry Mount- ain to Dorr Mountain. I found this out when I wrote the Park people about the change of the name. I sent the memorandum they sent me to Serenus suggesting that it be published in the local paper there so that people would know about this change of name. I think we should get this tablet put up early next summer in the place that you and Serenus have in mind. Apparently nothing remains now but to get the bronze people to cast the tablet, unless it is to get permission from the Park people in Washington to put it up. Will you take care of that last item? Perhaps your permission is enough. I don't know. In case they want a copy of the inscription I enclose you another one. You can tell then that is what we propose to put up. When convenient, let me know what further should be done in regard to this from your point of view. Very truly yours, JOHN A. PETERS. B. L. Hadley, Esq., Bar Harbor, Maine. Copy to Serenus B. Rodick, Esq., Bar Harbor, Maine. 6th February, 1946. Dear Mrs. Sylvia:- The Hancock County Trustees of Public Res- ervations last summer appointed a committee con- sisting of Mrs. Hale, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Austin, Mr. Hadley and myself to carry out the idea of put- ting up a tablet to Mr. Dorr on what is called Dry Mountain. The name is now changed, it seems, to Morr Mountain. I have prepared a proposed inscript- ion and sent it around to various people including the committee and Mr. Stebbins and Mr. Rockefeller. I also showed it to several people here and I think Mrs. Hale did the same in Boston. There seems to be an agreement that this inscription is all right, but I should like your idea also. It is going to be a perm- anent thing and we want to have it about right. I think I have the dates right. I want you to check up on that if you will. I have not yet heard from Serenus about that deed to Mr. Rockefeller. There are likely to be another year's taxes come around before we get that, I fear. Very truly yours, [J.A.Peters, Mrs. Phyllis S. Sylvia, Bar Harbor, Maine. Enclosure. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Acadia National Park Bar Harbor, Maine February 6, 1946. Hon. John A. Peters, Judges' Chambers, United States Courts, Portland, Maine. Dear Judge Peters: Serenus showed me your letter telling of the approval of the recommendation made to the Board of Geographical Names by the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations that the name of Flying Squadron Mountain be changed to Dorr Mountain. It is gratifying that the Board has taken favorable action on the recom- times mendation. Serenus suggested that I compose something in the way of an announcement of the change to be published in the Bar Harbor Times. This I have done and a copy is enclosed. I showed it to Serenus and he thought it was all right. Will you please review it and feel free to make any changes in it that may occur to you or even rewrite it entirely. When I get it back from you in a form which you approve I will give it to the paper. Very truly yours, B. L. Hadley, Superintendent. Enclosure Rockefeller Center New York 20 Wam numb No. Her February 6, 1946 Unar Judge Potors: L write in reply to your letters of January 22nd and 29th, both with reference to an inscription on Dry Mountain in memory of Mr. Dorr if the efforts which are now on foot to change the name to Dorr Mountain are successful. I think either one of your inscriptions is admir- able. I ELID not sure but what the final sentence in the one accompanying the letter of January 22nd seems to me a little smoother, simpler and better. By mentioning "vision and energy", one Beems to limit the forces that were employed in making the beauties of the Island available to all. "Steadfast in his zeal" puts the emphasis on the accomplishment of the end and the persistence of the effort put forth to attain it. In short, I like both the phrasings, think either would be admirable, per- sonally prefer "steadfast in his zeal", if, indeed, there is any preference between the two. Very sincerely, John D. Cockifieling shall The Hon. John A. Peters Judge's Chambers (of Portland, Maine missing you Ulear 5 5 Woodlawn Uuseum A-61 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Acadia National Park Bar Harbor, Maine February 7, 1946. Hon. John A. Peters, Judges' Chambers, United States Courts, Portland, Maine. Dear Judge Peters: In writing to you yesterday I neglected to say that the concluding paragraph in my proposed statement for the paper was based on the assumption that the tablet would be put on the rocky crag on the Emery Path just above Sieur de Monts Spring. This was the location which I suggested when the matter was dis- cussed at the meeting of the Hancock County Trustees last summer. Should you have a different location in mind that last paragraph would have to be materially changed. Very truly yours, B. L. Hadley, BRH Superintendent. 8th February, 1946. Dear Ben:- In regard to the location of the Dorr tablet, I have left that entirely to and Serenus. You were both positive, as I remember, that there was one place which was very appropriate, and I don't know of any people better able to judge that than you and Serenus. I haven't any particular location in mind and I should defer to the opinion of you fellows on that; so go ahead. Very truly yours, B. L. Hadley, Esq., Bar Harbor, Maine. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Acadia National Park Bar Harbor, Maine February 11, 1946. Hon. John A. Peters, Judge's Chambers, United States Courts, Portland, Maine. Dear Judge Peters: This will acknowledge your letter of February 8 saying that you have heard from Mr. Rockefeller and that the proposed inscription meets with his approval. It looks now as though the text has been finally settled upon. With respect to the approval of the National Park Service to place the tablet, there are certain formalities to go through. They are: (1) To have a rough sketch of the tablet made and submit it to you for circulation to all concerned, together with an estimate of the cost. I have taken the liberty of asking Robert Patterson of Bar Harbor, who designed a similar tablet to the memory of Allessandro Fabbri which was subsequently secured and placed on a boulder in the park at Otter Creek, to make a sketch for me to send to you. He is going to write to the concern in Cambridge, Mass., which cast the Fabbri tablet and get an estimate for the one which we have in mind. As soon as this has been done and he gives me the sketch and estimate I will send them to you. (2) After an agreement has been reached among those interested the next step is to prepare a detailed drawing of the tablet and send it in to the Director of the Na- tional Park Service for approval, giving him all the particulars concerning it. I anticipate that there will be no question concerning his approval. (3) After these approvals have been had the final step remains to order the tablet and have it put in place. There will be some expense connected with Patterson's work if the moves which I have outlined are followed. I have made no agreement with him beyond that of asking him to make me a rough sketch and get an estimate on the cost of the tablet. If from that point on you think someone else should be employed to make the detailed drawing there will be nothing to be undone. Patterson is a good man at this work. He worked in the park organization for several years before embarking on his own professional career as a landscape architect. He has worked up a good bit of busi- ness here in town and has established a good reputation. I gave the text for the newspaper announcement to Asa Wasgatt this morning and it will appear in this week's Bar Harbor Times. Very truly yours, B. L. Hadley, Superintendent. Door United States Courts Judge's Chambers Fortland, Allaine 25th February, 1946. Dear Serenus:- I enclose letters from Mrs. Hale. You can see that I wrote her in regard to the casting of a bronze tablet for Mr. Dorr. I thought she could get some in formation there at the Mount Auburn Cemetery place where such things are done. It may be that we are fortunate in getting in contact with her friend the architect and get- ting the information which you will find in this letter. Will you get hold of Ben Hadley and caucus with him on the matter and then give me your views? Apparently we are to tell them what the exposure is of this proposed site, what kind, of rock it is, etc. Evidently this man Sturgis knows his business and he will help us without any expense. In regard to Mrs. Hale's suggestion of the word "this". I don't think much of it. I think the inscription should now read as we first had it. "This Island" means Mount Desert Island, and the tablet is affixed to it. "The Island' night mean that to us. who think there is only one Mount Desert Island, but to people from away it would be am- biguous. Please send Mrs. Hale's letters back with your suggestions. Very truly yours, Serenus B. Rodick, Esq., M J OHN A. PETERS. Bar Harbor, Maine. Enclosure. any nuws I.R.R. Muller March 13, 1946. MEMORANDUM for Serenus: I have talked with Bob Patterson this afternoon and I suggest that you answer the Judge somewhat as follows: The location chosen for the Dorr Memorial tablet is a relatively smooth cliff face with a generally eastern exposure. The site will east subject the tablet to full force of storms coming from the north and south. It is a bold granite outthrust on the side of the mountain with the complete absence of vegetation of any Kind I haven't at hand a photograph which shows it. Mr. Patterson is entirely agreeable to the proposal which Mrs. Hale makes and will do nothing further in the matter. If you decide her to accept Hale+ S proposal to have the tablet designed by Mr. Sturgis and executed by Mr. Qualdi nothing that Mr. Patterson has done will stand in the way. He tells me, however, that a hand carved slate will cost substantially more than a cast bronze. [Ben Hadley?] 140n-town H.Teterskapers Dorr Carrispurdence. STRAWBERRY HILL POST OFFICE ADDRESS, R.F. D. NO. 1, NEEDHAM, MASS. R. R. STATION, NEEDHAM JUNCTION, N. Y. N, H. & H. R. R. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH, DOVER NO. 1. 13.III 1946. duly received Mr. which Fount M a month aso wear Fudges Peters. about the tablet proposed as Mr. Dorr's memorial W. Sturgin A few dag ago Toawt has heen one of the leading Hate tablet at Parls y Freueon architeals in the U. .P.A. and Streets, and was greatts impre his advice & help are valuable briti durablits. when reft you The is now retired but very in Bostonplease look aT lt. H active minded at the Corus of the Common, funcerels yners, Mary newbold Hake_ directly in front of the Parls Are side ofthe church. Thope that up 16th March, 1946. Dear Mrs. Halel- Your letter of the thirteenth reached me this morn+ ing at the same time that I received an answer from Serenus Rodick to a letter I wrote him immediately upon receipt of yours to me of February twenty-third enclosing a letter from Mr. Sturgis. I asked Serenus to get hold of Hadley and con- sider the matter from their point of View. You remember they are on the Committee. I enclose his letter just received. Incidentally, I enclose another one speaking of the Rockefeller sale. Mr. Rockefeller employs Serenus to look up his titles etc. It has taken him a terribly long time on this, as you know. It seens, from what Serenus says, that the exposure of the proposed tablet for Mr. Dorr will be rough on the material, so we want to get the most durable obtainable. I don't think the matter of expense enters into it at all. As Mr. Stebbins wrote me, we can pass the hat and get the money in no time. As for the location of the tablet, the boys know the exact place which Mr. Dorr would have picked out, as they tell me, and I think they must be correct. of course, we will both see it when we get to Bar Harbor. Meanwhile, if you would pursue the matter with Mr. Sturgis I think it would be desir- able. You will notice that Rodick and Hadley approve the words "this island rather than "the island". As Mr. Stebbins and Mr. Rockefeller and all the others have approved it with the word "this", had we not better let it go that way? of course I will look at the afbiet st Park Street when I go to Boston, but I am quite satisfied with your judgment. I notice Mr. Sturgis's recommendation in regard to a carver. It might be well for you to find out how much it would cost, and I suppose we should have the lettering designed beforehand and should send it around to the Committee for ap- proval. Then we could submit it to the car per. The exposure etc. you can learn from this letter from Rodick. That is all we can tell about it now. but it probably will be sufficient for Mr. Sturgis. Anyhow, If slate with carving on it is the most durable thing to be obtained, that is what we want, no matter where it is placed. will you be good enough to send back these Rodick let- ters to me after you have considered the matter and, perhaps, Hon. John A. refers Hapers Dorr Solate Courespondence STRAWBERRY HILL POST OFFICE ADDRESS, R. F. D. NO. 1, NEEDHAM, MASS. R. R. STATION, NEEDHAM JUNCTION, N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. 19.III. 1946. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH, DOVER NO. 1. used as a book Mate, and Me to be help here. Also-mill Tru Dear Inder Peters. able Ben Hadley to letushave Have written to Mr. Ltur measure ments for the proposed that the Com the - on the G.B D. tablel, 20 that I can get an memorial tablet gratefutty estimale from Lualdi for the his advice and afsistance fries of the tablet. Thaveathed hill fru please and me the Wr Sturgis to get from his copies of yes inscription ? nephew his pries for designing for Mr. Sturgis, and one & the lettering. use if you hill rountet to 2 dounto about 1854 when, as and interesting development has appeared from this hiaps of young woman thedied of hiberculosis hard letters which Tseutlast more Perkins feelthalthes & Incumer to hrs Sudicott. the be frinted, lither for friva CR litters of martha hard / hou circulation of published, Dorr's lister, G.B. D's aunt are which case the estate we of great Charm and local to looks them over - but if WL benefit. than not at had interest, and also give delight. Wresting development in oils ful licture of life in Boston disaffortment which Geo from the 300 of the lastectury own Effollectinutory maryi 21st March, 1946. Dear Mrs. Hale:- I have your letter of the nineteenth and I have written Hadley for the measurements you refer to. I don't know just what you have in mind, whether the size that he thinks the tab- let should be or the size of the place where it is to be at- tached. I assume that on the side of the Mountain there is room for any size tablet, but of course we wouldn't want to have anything but the appropriate size. Wouldn't the arch- itect be the one to decide that? I am enclosing copy in triplicate, as you suggest. About this slate; is it dark-colored, and are the letters slate-colored on a slate background? I was wonder- ing how it would look under those circumstances; whether it would be sufficiently prominent. of course the permanance is of prime importance, and we also want to have something that is easily read and also observable by anyone in the vicinity. I am interested in what you say about the letters of Martha Ward. It does seem as if their interest and value should somehow be better known, and I agree with you that (we should follow that up and see what should be done about it. I suppose the architect will submit his drawing of the inscription to us for criticism. I think he should, and that we should all see it. I am especially desirous that he shouldn't put in any punctuation by way of commas and periods. We don't want anyne criticizing thisoformany good reason after we get it up. In my correspondence with Mr. Stebbins this winter I learn that his wife has been very ill. She entered the hospital in California for pneumonia in December and WAS only permitted to leave a few days ago, and is still very fragile I believe. I hope they will be able to get to Seal Harbor, but Mrs. Stebbins 18 in very frail health. I understand that one of their sons, however, with his family, is coming down to Seal Harbor, which will be a great help to them if they can get there. It looks like a pretty full season on this coast. Mrs. Richard W. Hale, Very truly yours, Strawberry Hill, Needham, Nassachusetts. [J.Apeters] Hon John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Correspondence. 25:III. 1946 STRAWBERRY HILL POST OFFICE ADDRESS, R.F.D.NO. 1, NEEDHAM, MASS. R. R. STATION, NEEDHAM JUNCTION, N. Y. N, H. & H.R.R. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH, DOVER NO. 1. A Happosit is some for of aint, but a well cut inscription Dear and qc Peters. ll eudure indefinitity, as is The measurement thad in ionn by the inscription one any aucient tould Hones mind was that of the place wher 1 Thave Dent a copy to wr the tablet is to be put. urgis- and exfect soon to hear the state is darks greey-the letters on him, and Ithall takre one incised & filled in with gold, on the tablet at Parks Street thank by to our printer to have l ools Date made - Jaw very thirls that in au exposed posite the gold would quickres hear and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ACADIA NATIONAL PARK Bar Harbor, Maine March 28, 1946. Hon. John A. Peters, Judges' Chambers, U. S. District Court, Portland, Maine. Dear Judge Peters: I have dust returned from a trip onto Dorr Mountain to look at the site for the memorial tablet. There is ample room to put up a tablet which will not exceed in size 3' X 3'. . Those measure- ments are, of course, way beyond any which the tablet will reach. As a matter of information, I measured the Fabbri tablet at Otter Point and found it to be 19" X 30", and it carries a considerably greater number of words than the Dorr tablet will carry. It has just occurred to me that perhaps Mr. Sturgis should design the Dorr tablet with letters of such size that the smallest ones can be easily read with the tablet so that its lower edge will be slightly above the level of sight of a person of ordinary height. I suggest that the tablet be placed at about such a height on the ground as a measure of protection against marking with stones, jack- knives, pencils or other implements. The tablet will be in the lo- cation where it will not be under more than occasional scrutiny by responsible officials and the public, especially young folks, are Donr prone to deface tablets and signs by scratching and writing upon them. The location lends itself well to making such defacement a assumed. matter of some effort on the part of the defacer. I am sending you a copy of this letter which you can send along to Mrs. Hale, thereby saving you the trouble of repeating it in a letter of your own. Very truly yours, B. L. Hadley, Superintendent. In duplicate 28th March, 1946. Dear Mrs. Hale:- I am quite sure that the base of the mountain or ledge which Hadley and Rodick had in mind for the Dorr tablet is large. Any ordinary sized tablet could be placed there. Just what measurements do you want? I assume that the tablet would not be of heroic size. I assume that it would be approx- imately not more than three or four feet by two. will you not obtain from the architect his idea of the size of the tab- let? In regard to the question of slate as against bronze, I understand that the architect considers slate more durable. That being so, how about its appearance against the gray color of the mountain? I presume the gilded lettering cut in the slate will stand out and be prominent. I also assume that it will also wash out and wear away in the course of time. However, that can be renewed, of course. Wouldn't it be a good idea for you to talk with the people at Mount Auburn in connection with slate versus bronze, as regards the durability and looks against the mountain? Does the architect prepare the lettering to be placed on the tablet beforehand so that we can see it and approve It? If so, can you not get him sharted at it? If we didn't see how the lettering was going to look we might be dis- appointed. I can hardly imagine it in this case, but it is pos- sible that an architect might let his imagine work and put of something that we didn a like. I think we should know before- hand just what it 1$ going to look like, and the shole consittee approve it. This is really an important matter, and one little slip might cause regret later on. I expect to come to Boston May 13th, but am not positive. I am considerably tied up here but hope to get to Bar Harbor for a few hours around the early part of April and at that time will try to go a visit the place that the boys have in mind for the tablet. Very truly yours, Mrs. Richard Hale, [John A. Peters] Strawberry Hill, Needham, Massachusetts. Woodlawn Museum. A-l. 11th April, 1946. Dear Mrs. Hale:- I returned from Bar Harbor and Ellsworth this morning to find yours of the ninth. I went to Bar Harbor partly to go down and examine the proposed site for the Dorr tablet. I had arrangements all made to take the rest of the Committee down there, but when I arrived Tuesday, at about two o'clock, a young blizzard had just started. Hadley said it would take about twenty-five minutes to climb up the mountain and it would be in- practicable and dangerous under the existing conditions. So I had that trip for nothing, so far as the tablet was concerned. However, Hadley told me that he had taken photographs and would send some to you and some to me. of course then I knew nothing about this two-foot scale matter. I am sorry we hadn't known about that before. I will write Hadley, but I think perhaps we had better wait until we get the photographs, which should be shorthy, and then we can see if it is still necessary to take more. The exposure at the proposed site is not north, but more easterly, which I understand is advantageous. Since writing the above I have your other letter en- closing copy of the proposed inscription. In the first place, the date 1904 should be 1944. We must be very careful about that. My thought was that the lettering would run the long way of the tablet so as to have the words "Gentleman - Scholar - Lover of Nature" on one line. To break those words up looks rather awkward to me. We don't want any punctuation marks, but there should be something to show a break, like a dash, between the words above mentioned. of course the name of Mr. Dorr should be on one line and the words "In Memory of" on one line, and the words "National Park" should be in capitals and in one line. Also, Mr. Dorr's name should he in capitals. In order to have those words "Gentleman - Scholar - Lover of Nature" emphatic and the meaning plain, it seems to me they should be on one line with that break between them. OR this sketch that you have sent me it is awkward the way those words are placed and the meaning isn't clear. Also those little marks that he has added to show a break should not be too fancy, of course. This thing should be plain and simple and understandable at the first glance. Won't you ask Mr. Sturgis if the tablet can't go the other way, narrower than it is long, and the words I refer to put in one line? It seems to me they should not be broken up. They don't lend themselves to being broken up, the same as the last sentence on the tablet itself does. Won't you see what STRAWBERRY HILL morlas evening POBY OFFICE ADDRESS R.P.O.NO C NEEDHAM MASH R.R. STATION, NEEDHAM JUNCTION H Y TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH. COVER NO 1. April 15th thele, a thed it directly Son, as 1946 > am going to new Forts towarrow was Judge Delirs . to be gone for ten days. Botts thave mitter to W. Aurqis W Phoreist Tools for the other shape- - with length. that you had issualized the tablet Intafter all the site Chosen hill as having its thing eth horiental, be the decidius factor. to that the words Geutleman tele Then yu come to Borton next should come on one line. and month perhaps you and W have astred him to make another ftur Eist I could meet, and "Icribble" ashe callsit, of that Woodlawn Museum. A -61. have a talls about it. Hs laggests # has Cruel that the bliepsed some simple oriament between spoked yur trip up this mountain the lines, Heis a man of great thope IN: Hadley an get a Mioto 11 taste & vast experience and grapt Hope why the I footrus i was a greatfriend of g B.D important for it bears on the do that his offer to design the proportion of the tutirs picture. tablet is most opportune. Piscirely yours, my address in new You'r is Mary newbold Hale- The Colour Club 564 Parls Abenus- new York 21- 17 April, 1946. Dear Mr. Hadley:- I am having some correspondence with Mrs. Hale about our tablet for Mr. Dorr. She is working with a Mr. Sturgis who she says is "a man of great taste and vast experience and was a great friend of G.B.D. so his offer to design the tablet is most opportune". They have sent me a sort of sketch of the inscription for the tablet. They got the dates wrong, but that is easily corrected. Their idea was to have the long way of the tablet run up and down. My idea was to have it run horizontal so that the words descriptive of Mr. Dorr, "Gentleman - Scholar - Lover of Nature, - would all be on one line. It looked very awkward to me to break that up into two lines and I still think so, but Mrs. Hale says that she and Mr. Sturgis vote for that way of doing it. It may depend somewhat upon the location for the tablet. Mr. Sturgis is anxious to have a photograph of the proposed place with a two-foot rule in the photograph. Do you suppose you could accomplish that? Mrs. Hale is going to New York for ten days. I suppose Mr. Stebbins will be back about the first of June. As these things are better accomplished by conference than by correspondence, it may be that we would better wait until early summer when we can all get together, especially if there is going to be a difference of opinion about some details. I was sorry not to see the proposed location last week when I was down. I didn't realize that we were having a blis- 2ard until going home about seven o'clock, on Ireson HIII, my car suddenly turned around and headed the other way and brought up in the ditch. I never was more surprised in my life. I had to get a wrecker to be pulled out. I got to Ellsworth about nine '' clock. had to go around the hill in a woods road because the top of the hill was so slippery at that part- icular time. It wouldn't have been so good on the mountain, but next time I come down we will try to see it. I guess this matter had better remain as it is until we can all get together. Very truly yours, Hadley 18th April, 1946. Dear Mr. Sturgist- I have your letter of the sixteenth in regard to the proposed tablet in memory of our mutual friend Mr. Dorr. It seemed to me to be rather awkward to break up the line in the proposed inscription read- ing "Gentleman - Scholar - Lover of Nature". While we don't want any commas or periods, there has got to be some mark, like 2 dash or something of the kind, between those words, and it seemx to me very awkward to break it up into two lines. I have written Mr. Hadley, Super- intendent of the National Park, asking him to get a photograph of the proposed location and to include a two-foot rule. I have also written him, a member of the Committee, that as it is now getting so late and is so near the summer season that I think we had better not try to and the matter until we can all get together at Bar Harbor. Mr. George L. Stebbins, President of the Hancock County Trustees, which organization has this matter in charge, is in California, but will return to Bar Harbor about the first of June. Mrs. Hale also gets there, I believe, about that time. I am not informed as to whether you spend your summers in that locality or not. I hope you do, so we can meet. Meanwhile I will supply you with all the information you require and we can work the thing along to what I am sure will be a satisfactory conclusion. Very truly yours, JOHN A. PETERS. Mr. R. Clipston Sturgis, The Martine Cottage, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 20th April, 1946 Dear Mrs. Hale:- I have received a bill from George W. Sands & Sons. 457 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, for the stone, $60.00, the setting at $17.85, and the amount advanced for perpetual care $25.00, and I have written them that I have asked you to inspect the work and told them that upon your favorable report I will send a check. When you return to Boston would it be convenient to look at this stone and see 1f it is all right, set properly etc., and everything perfect, whereupon I will send a check as stated. In regard to the tablet, I have asked Mr. Hadley to get a photograph with a two-foot rule in it, and I have written him that in view of all the circum- stances and the fact that the summer season is so near we could hardly expect to have this finished until we could all get together at Bar Harbor. This, I think, we could easily do by the first of June, as I assume you will be there then and Mr. Stebbins will also be at Seal Harbor. Mr. Sturgis has written me that he thinks this course is wisest, also, and as you will be away for some few days yet it seems wiser on the whole to defer settling all the details until early in June. ry truly yours, Mrs. Richard W. Hale, The Colony Club, 564 Park Avenue, New York, 21, N.Y. 20th April, 1946. Dear Mrs. Sylvia:- I enclose letter and bill from Sands & Sons for the stone for Mr. Dorr's grave. will you be good enough to make out a check to them for the amount and send to me with this bill? Meanwhile I have written to Mrs. Hale asking her to inspect the work and see if it is all right. Upon receipt of her favorable report I will for- ward the check. Mrs. Hale is in New York at present for a few days. Very truly yours, JOHN A. PETERS. Mrs. Phyllis S. Sylvia, Bar Harbor, Maine. Enclosures (2). Woodlown Museum A-61. 20th April, 1.946. Dear Sirs:- I have your letter of the eighteenth with bill for the memorial stone at the grave of the late George B. Dorr. Mrs. Richard W. Hale, one of the Trustees of the estate, is just now in New York. She will return in a fer days and I will ask her to in- spect the stone, whereupon, upon her favorable report, we will send you a check at once. Very truly yours, JOHN A. PETERS. George R. Sands & Sons, 457 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. TAVERN CLUB, 4 BOYLSTON PLACE. 29. ape 46 Dear molly dualdi correct the Vermont green ( same as Boster tablet) as a better stone for cutting , The price 70.6 BarHartor & including alau s fee LS 4 275.00. you will still have the cost of setting which, of the Inason has a pneumatic drill, would be green, us. $50.00 - depends on how hard 9 how cocu The franke is. If you went out for $400.00 you shd, be more than safe The weres lige is 30 inches by 44" either verhecal or housential as Ever - cup UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Acadia National Park Bar Harbor, Maine April 29, 1946. Hon. John A. Peters, United States Courts, Judge's Chambers, Portland, Maine. Dear Judge Peters: I enclose five photographs of the general location on Dorr Mountain on which we propose to place the memorial tablet. Numbers 1 and 1-A show the location which has the southerly exposure. Numbers 2 and 2-A show the location which has the easterly exposure. The unnumbered photograph shows me seated on the stone steps on the trail. The location pictured in numbers 1 and 1-A is to my left and above my head as I sit on the steps: the location shown in numbers 2 and 2-A is to the rear and to the right of the place where I am sitting. If Mr. Sturgis wants the tablet at eye level, the number 2 location is by far the better location. There is a good platform on which to stand to view the tablet with ample space to put a stone bench if that feature seems desirable. This location also brings the tablet into the eyes of a person ascending the trail, whereas the number 1 location would be 90° to the right of one ascending the trail and might easily be overlooked. I am sorry I did not get your letter soon enough to have a two-foot rule shown in the photograph. I agree with you that the tablet should be made with the lettering in the horizontal plane. I think it would be much better in every respect. I also think your suggestion about waiting until summer when we can get all hands together and discuss it is good. Then if we reach a face to face agreement, there can be no later recriminations Very truly yours, B. L. Hadley, BL Handy Superintendent. Enclosures. 9/21/21, 1:53 PM DSCN9327.jpg 1073 30. IV, 46, S STRAWBERRY HILL POST OFFICE ADDRESS, R. F. p. NO. 1. NEEDHAM. MASS. R. R. STATION, NEEDHAM JUNCTION. N. .Y.N. H. &H. R. R. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH. DOVER NO. 1. Dear mds, Peters. on Thursday. thas 2 - thans au affointment with the Lands peofle to gots mt Aubusa todes the stone there. that a Datis factory talls with No. fturges about the tablet He wanted, for sentiments sale to we this mamerlats, but as ttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/O/#inbox/KtbxLrjKVRWfZSnmSLnHPZHZDKSRZdmRDB?projector=1&messagePartld=0.1 1/1 9/21/21, 1:54 PM DSCN9328.jpg 2013 Luakdi advrees the bermout state he had betterns that of astred mr Phargis to setus an extivate, which Jecelose- "Atamiful 4 is Alau Sturqives fee for designing the letterius. W Sturgis say the photografts of the litshill determine the thaps of the tablet He is most interested pleased to watre https://mail.google.com/mail/u/O/#inbox/KtbxLrjKVRWfZSnmSLnHPZHZDKSRZdmRDB?projector=1&messagePartld=0.3 1/1 9/21/21, 1:54 PM DSCN9329.jpg 3 of : 3 this contribution to his oldfriends memorial, you can Reshow the ex= lecses , Furll write Ju promettly after my fincerely yners, mary newbold Hale- https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/KtbxLrjKVRWfZSnmSLnHPZHZDKSRZdmRDB?projector=1&messagePartld=0.2 1/1 1st May, 1946. Dear Mr. Sturgis: In regard to the tablet for Mr. Dorr, I enclose a letter I have received from Mr. B.L. Hadley, the Nation- al Park Superintendent, with some pictures he took. From the pictures it looks to me as if the ledge they have picked out would not be there more than a few years, whereas I was planning to have this tablet remain there several hundred years. I am glad we have decided to delay action on this matter until we can get to Bar Harbor and look over the pro- posed location. We could probably then give you more def- inite information. If you are not coming to Bar Harbor perhaps we had better want for more photographs and until some of us can see the proposed site and then, if pictures are taken, have the two-foot rule included. Will you be good enough to return to me this letter from Hadley? I do not need the photographs. In regard to the matter of slate for the tablet, as against bronza, I understand from Mrs. Hale that you think slate the more durable and for other reasons to be preferred. I have been wondering about that. What is the difference in the life of the two substances? How will the slate look against the gray rock? Wouldn't the slate be likely to be marked up by boys using it like a blackboard? Will the lettering show as well on the slate as it would on the bronze? Could the slate be chipped off on the edges or otherwise dam- aged more easily than bronze? I think we can afford to be pretty careful about this matter, because I hope that we are arranging something for a good many generations to see. Very truly yours, Mr. R. Clipston Sturgis, The Martine Cottage, JOHN A. PETERS. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Enclosures. 6th May, 1946. Dear Ben:- I sent your photographs and also your letter of April twenty-eighth to Mr. Sturgis, who lives at Portsmouth, N.H., and I enclose you his reply. I wrote him particularly about the slate as against bronze. I had always supposed that bronze was the stuff that lasted the longest and was the best thing for such use. He says otherwise, as you see. Please return his letter to me. Mr. Sturgis, I understand, is an eminent architect of long experience and an old friend of Mr. Dorr. He is giving us his views gratis and of course we much appreciate it, and I suppose if he says slate is the thing that we should acquiesce. I only thought that it looked like the color of the ledge and could be easily marked up by boys, and I didn't suppose lasted any longer than bronze. Anyhow, the thing to do is to wait until we can all get together. Mrs. Hale will be down to Bar Harbor this summer, I suppose eaply, and we will have a good chance to caucus on this thing. Very truly yours [John A Peters] B. L. Hadley, Esq. Bar Harbor, Manne. Enclosure. STRAWBERRY HILL 2.V.46. POST OFFICE ADDRESS. R. F. D. NO. 1. NEEDHAM. MASS. R. R. STATION, NEEDHAM JUNCTION, N. Y. N, H. & H. R.R. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH, DOVER NO. 1. Dear Fudge Peters. today Twenth int.Auturu and nitt M Lands the younger inspected the stone in memory of G.B D. it in all that it should be, areproduction in lige and in the inscription of the stones that marks his parents graves Sweers mers, mary newbold Hale [See also DORR MEMORIAL file for additional RK2pp connesp] 5/27/2021 20210510_110948.jpg Dup. June I'd SCHOONER HEAD BAH HARROR MAINE 1941 Dear Budge Peters Au old frilled of Mr. Dorr's hashit ma dea suggestion to he about flu mumorial Tablet whi th the tom the - mag encus his worthy of consideration Histhat the tablet Hould deplaced at thitch of Green nowcalled Cadillae - where alltourists & issitors would Reict to few people Wieths faths now that the world in queer stinould not know of its existe ucp of itu test on the lite which my all feel to be appropriate because it was a favours opot with Mr, bors 7 simply halp on the sugges tion without Comment. fincards nurs, Mary newbold Hale- Woodlaion Museum A-61. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGkXSfrCdRWplrfPffZiztvlGzl?projector=1&messagePartld=0. 1 [20 June 1946] R. CLIPSTON STURGIS THE MARTINE COTTAGE 20 fre PORTSMOUTH N. H Dear molls us little Ltd have been answered more promitty but I was m Town for The String quar hille at T.C. no one ean da better Gronge casting than me Gann but the Custing is rof the important part which is designing The littering It you are planning a brange tablet to so out of doors simply because that LES The usual material, let me wage you it hour the tablet done in State Bronge will oxedise & stam The Woodlown Huseum A-61. and when w - w white the dan the Januage a - - - / it an tet the - premises whether J at w in a boulder does jack of a his an in all on - the free of a ledge; that for we time the respect in preparate hat is s . me in wate Miar reath of what the income diate of the pr good A Servet, and Surrounding, are a photo- time dustan is the best one to fresh would serve to show Rich no that - rons for the decision the Boston Common Tibret on the discription. L would lose (hear Part St) is an et angle to as that, as my contribution of in and cription cut in Make to the memorial. but I am not (which I discredit but The lettering tex notch on attending It you of which Nus done be my fest man Nant the best possible work- now paralysed3 Mer werce Then is to manany you snowled get atain Sherry you to do it: In any use state, to geta photo OF there is cerimen and the the - then get alan Los determine the use of The State the character design of the lettering with Inuah love cly VOP. MASNACHSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1144 BOYISTON STREET BOSTON 15 THE DIRECTOR July 12, 1946 Mrs. Richard W. Hale Strawberry Hill Needham 98, Masaachusetts Dear Mrs. Hale: I have only now found it possible to get down to the Boston Athenaeum to get the manuscripts that you originally turned over to Mr. Howe and subsequently, at his suggestion, presented to the Society. I am very happy that things have turned out this way, because the contents of these addi- tional letters are a significant supplement to the material on Webster contained in the larger collec- tion of Ward papers that you had given us previously. Sincerely yours, Alyn R. Forber Allyn B. Forbes A-61. ABF:EB tuned" SCHOONER HEAD BAR HARBOR, MAINE 1946. Dear Mudge Peters. Au old friend of Mr. Dorrs suggestion to he about the memorial Tablet whi ch the Com the - mag consider worthy of consideration Huthal the tablet should he placed at the top of Freen nowcalled Caddlac - where all tourists & islitors would Reict to faths now that the world in queer of would not know of its existence if itis put on the lite which he all feel tube appropriate because it was a favourt Apot with Mr. Dors- - 7 simply lafs on the sugges tion without Comment. fincards murs, Mary newbold Hale- ¥ 13.VIII.46 THE BELMONT HOTEL BAR HARBOR, MAINE Dear Judge Peters. Thave written to W. Keegie telling him of the decision of this lite for the memorial tablet, and athing him for the dimensions. Huppose the Rijo of the boulder will decide f the length of the tablet is to be perpen dieulas be loriental and when that is settled the lettering of the Woodlawn Mureum. A-61. this contribution to his oldfreed memorial, you can Reshow much il-diminisher the ex= = leave. Fuillhrite yu promittly after my init-to Puicerels yners, mary newbold that 14 August, 1946 Dear Mrs. Hale: I have yours of yesterday. I sup- pose our next step will have to be to make a report to the Trustees at the annual meet- ing, August 20, and when they appro ve our re- port, I think we had better make a trip with the whole committee to the spot and agree upon the exact location of the boulder and arrange with Hadley to move one there. I understand he will do it at the expense of the Go vernment and that he has done so before and so is familiar with the procedure. Also, I believe be has to do it after the ground is frozen, which will further neces- serily postpone the completion of the matter, but it is better to have a little delay than to hurry it at the expense of a good result. When we get together for the purpose of locating the spot (assuming that the annual meeting will approve our recommendation) we can decide about the other details. Yours very truly, John A. Peters Mrs. Richard W. Hale Hotel Belmont Bar Harbor, Maine 15. VIII 46 TELERISHE loon LYER KCCLES. MANAGER BELMONT HOTEL MT. DESERT STREET BAR HARBOR. MAINE Dear Fudge Peters . Here is YN: Sturgis reflex they last litter. The had better preserve this copy of the hiscription. Fuill be reader togo to the hieus des Month Hering with you any das, of Inc can giveme twenty four hours notice. Field that Have RD many engagements that Theust disentanglo regself. faicering nurs, Mary newbold Male- Woodlawn Uuseum A-61- nn Tion John A. Peters papers. Dar Estate Correspondence. STRAWBERRY HILL 4.X.46. POST OFFICE ADDRESS, R.F.D.NO. 1, NEEDHAM, MASS. R. R. STATION, NEEDHAM JUNCTION, N. Y. N, H. & H. R.R. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH, DOVER NO. 1. can tatre me no, and of you can Dear Judge Peters. meet mothere. fg Foonld 90 to these enclosed letters Ellsworth for a das, of that record the disposal of the last more conveinent for you papers of G R.Di. thanks Heaven Jam greatly distriped to my tasts is ended. learn of Daird Rodietri Him long shall you be alellswritti serionsilluef Forly heard of I could 90 to Bas Hasbor on uturdar, when MrsAdam Tuesday #48 The for a fewdags. owskri came up from as Have some matters to looks and that d n1 l about it 7 into, and of Mrs Brownue telephoned Florence last evening Inch short hotils. & the said that David really is Sincerely Mors, better + the is hopeful. Hounded mary newbold Hale- very bad to me. 7f yrs hill hire me mreecift of this Team are angs togo to Bar Harbon early next weeks- or not, as suits four convenium and Jaces sorry togive you ton. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Correspondence. 10,x.46. POINTE D'ACADIE BAR HARBOR MAINE thursdayt and one third to the Abbe museum the profosed giving half of the wear mudge Peters. belower to each of those two thad a most latiffeel institutions. pleading that of B.D. talls with has Lifira this more Idaid Head of nee had more than was deeply interested in the Abbi the agreed with as as to the Mr # 20.000 00 up bould wauth que of the funds in G B. Dr estate. his Twas making the Calcula the amount in the Have proportion, on the bases of having 20.000 to which the agreed- disside tprohosed giving 1200 New Rylira then Hobre of to the Library t two thirds of balance to the Farroud Artoreli 2 was the second volume of the Parls the expenses Propor History which is the amounts the moneys should be 20 beston lotties writer. the has estimates theather an be recorded as tets. believes it will not cortuure G. B D. memorial. alltrous team VolT. Preferred her to you - income archingfrom then wrs Cylina agrees with me be used for general purposes that it hill be wellto distributs gift tied down to one definition ourproposed giftstoward the end is really no Dift 790 home on Paturdas morries of the writer to that the fineerels, mrs, hill havitheuse of they thoward Mary newbold Hale in like STRAWBERRY HILL POST OFFICE ADDRESS, R.F.D. NO. 1, NEEDHAM, MASS. R. R. STATION, NEEDHAM JUNCTION, N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Mr. Dorr's trusties of whom Jane one_ TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH, DOVER NO. 1 If atang time you wanth all them litne know and Finill arrange Dear M. Jolson. with the Librarian for yus insit. Your letter of Dee 19th came The. Austrustees, have giver to me today. to the Peabody missius at All no. George R. Dorrs papers'c. faleus such papers as concerned lating to the Acadia national the ward family. of whom No. Dorris Park Thane placed with Three mother was a member - and you memorial Library athar Hask can Res theus there at any time, where you mag tools them over at Janey, They are frincifally anytime. this are the property of NARA. CP. R679. CCF, 1933-48. Acadia. B,791. thep's logs- diaries, tite, and happy to aid mill any was. are not concerned with the Dare family. Yet other mard Lapers Luccerely yrrs, by have given to the mass Historical mary newbold Hale. society. Thas chosenle W Dorr yes Richard holden Hali to talse charge of allhis papers of a personal nature. H Feau be of any further afsistance togen Tshal? be oury Han John A-reters rapers. Dorr Estate Companience STRAWBERRY HILL POST OFFICE ADDRESS, R. F. D. NO. 1, NEEDHAM, MASS. R. R. STATION, NEEDHAM JUNCTION, N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH, DOVER NO. 1 27.1.47 no. hill bring the matter of G B. D's estate to a Dear hidge Peters. Conclusion it are dieur ms Your letter of the 24th cameto to have it hanging on when you and me todas. You have dealt with the J and very one concerned have lituation mith wisdom tael and done our there of the work promptts. Kindeep. Lereuus Modietries a Tregret that Tuerretirement born procrasticator, and Dair robs the Government of your death has removed from that valuable services but Numon office the our needful thaten hell the feeling of commission him on. thops that Mrs letter all the md ofthe road. Faustryingto not Keeping copieson my files- resign from the Maptis General Suicerely yours, Hospital after fortythree years of Mary newbord Hale - active service. tdo Greethatthe winter has not been too heavy for you and for more Peters. Toften thinks of yns and your anxiety for her. freturn the ecorrespondence as You resersta at under Hon. John A. Peters Papers. Dorr Estate Correspondence. STRAWBERRY HILL POST OFFICE ADDRESS, R.F.D. NO. 1, NEEDHAM, MASS. 6.V.47 R.R. STATION, NEEDHAM JUNCTION, N. Y. N. H. & H.R.R. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH, DOVER NO. 1. Ishall write tosm about it fically Pirenues Rodie's is Dear Fudge Peters. msupportable ! Could MP oddle, through the day that Areatent tabs the matter out ofhis I received V. letter IW. Phurgis lauds ? has have all worked called MI up to ask met come steadiles to close up the warr estate to his office and Ill the activities the is the mley person lettering of g B.D who is holdingballs. and it is tablet which 7 chall do on really unbearable, audhe thurs das, the 8th after which Hon- JohnA. Peters Paper Dorr Estate Correspondence STRAWBERRY HILL POST OFFICE ADDRESS, R.F.D.NO. 1. NEEDHAM, MASS. 1947. R. R. STATION, NEEDHAM JUNCTION, N. Y1 N, H. & H. R. R. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH, DOVER NO. 1 why the Parls is not sharing the distribution of his noney- Dear Judge Peters. 7 esfecially affloud themas in which you have brought Like every thingthat you that in write yes letter to the officers of Jaw Reefins the copy which the Library, tate, is perfect you Dust this to additionapile- By all meaus haveit printed Purconly yners, in the Bar Harbor Times for Mary newbold Hale- the towns people should Kum what W. Dorr's trustees are doine for their benefitical 26.11.47 STRAWBERNY HILL high valuation one of this ** MORT OFFICE ADDRESS UND NEEDHAM, MEANS MITTION, NERDHAM JUNCTION N. 1 TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH GOVER NO. 1 Barbiros school, Thinks- Has it been sold? was Fudge Peters. Do write to hrs Browning while Iquitenudes= about this. the mill, Ifear. apree with his that we have no stand pms feeling about the room forthe pictures. disposal of G .B D's lictures finecrely yurs, Jaw sure that the Library Mary Canuol accept them, because MY have 10 of a eithereto hang them there was one on which W. Carrol Type M puta Unveiled Tablet TABLET Continued from Page 1 Friday In Honor Of ory of George Bucknam Dorr, 1853-1944. Gentleman; Scholar, Lover of Nature, Father of This George B. Dorr National Park. Steadfast in his At the Sieur de Monts Spring, zeal to make the beauties of this at (four o' clock, on Friday, August Island available to all." 29. n tablet was unveiled to the It was prepared by a committee memory of George Bucknam Dorr, consisting of Judge Peters, chair- which had been erected by the Hancock County Trustees of Pub- man, Mrs. Richard Hale, George lic Reservation. Stebbins, Albert Cunningham and George Stebbins, president of Gerard Austin. The lettering of the trustees, in a brief, warm the tablet was designed by R. speech, told how that body had been/founded by President Eliot Cliptson Sturgis, a college friend and Mr. Dorr, among others; how of Mr. Dorr's. that body was, in a sense, the grandfather of the Park; and how Mr. Dorr's efforts saved the moun- tains from the gasoline saw and the logger, in one case by a matter of hours. Then Judge John A. Peters con- tinued the genealogy of the Park, and recounted how first as a State Representative at Augusta, then as a Congressman at Washington he had watched Mr. Dorr's efforts to save the beauties of the. Island. He paid eloquent tribute. to the force and unusual form of the arguments with which Mr. Dorr se- cured the foundation first of the National Monument, then of the National Park. After a few words from the Rev. Samuel Eliet, also reminis- cent of Mr. Dorr's work; the tablet was then unveiled by the Park Rangers. Its inscription reads: "In Mem. Tablet Continued on Page 10 BHT 9/4/47. HANGOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATIONS 8/29/47 DEDICATION the DORR MEMORIAL Note: FOREWORD This bulletin commemorates the dedication of the Dorr Memorial on August 29, 1947. Unfortunately, after only two months, the Memorial was destroyed in the disastrous fire which swept over part of Mount Desert Island. A replica of the monument is being erected on the original site. IN MEMORY OF GEORGE BUCKNAM DORR DEDICATION 1853 / 1944 Mr. George L. Stebbins, President of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, had charge of the exercises. Gentleman Scholar Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, First Vice-President of the Trustees, spoke briefly in reminiscent vein. The dedicatory address was Lover of nature delivered by Hon. John A. Peters, who also wrote the inscrip- tion for the Memorial. Judge Peters was a long-time friend of Father of this Mr. Dorr and one of the executors of his will. It is appropriate to record here, with grateful appreciation, the fact that Mr. NATIONAL PARK Dorr made a bequest to the Trustees amounting to one-fourth of his estate. Steadfast in his zeal to make the beauties of this Island available to all REMARKS BY PRESIDENT STEBBINS Ladies and Gentlemen: We are met to honor the memory of a man whose foresight and devoted energy, spanning many years, did more to pre- serve the natural beauties of this Island than was contributed by any other source. This is a meeting of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, which undertook the establishment of the Dorr Memorial, and appointed a committee consisting of Judge John A. Peters, Mrs. Richard Hale, Benjamin L. Hadley, Gerard L. Austin, and Albert H. Cunningham to carry out the project. Hence a brief account of the organization and objectives of the Trustees may be of interest. The Trustees were constituted September 14th, 1901, at the instance of President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University, who was a member of a similar organization in Massachusetts. They were empowered to hold lands for public uses free from taxation. The members of the first Executive Committee were Charles W. Eliot, President; George B. Dorr, First Vice-President; Professor Edward S. Dana, Second Vice-President; Lea M. Luquer, Secretary; George L. Stebbins, Treasurer; Luere B. Deasy and Edward B. Mears, Members at Large. I am the only member of that group now living and that is probably why I am President. It only shows that in order to be President you simply have to hold on. At that time the wild lands of Mount Desert Island were in private ownership and the deep woods were safe because it cost too much to transport the logs to the saw mills and the price of lumber was low. But soon after the beginning of this century the portable gasoline saw mill came into general use, and that, together with a great increase in the price of lumber, made it profitable to cut any of the soft wood growths on the Island. This was foreseen by President Eliot, Mr. Dorr, and their ADDRESS BY JUDGE PETERS associates, but no notable tracts were acquired until 1909 and 1910. Then through a series of fortuitous circumstances some Ladies and Gentlemen: 5000 acres were acquired by gift, comprising all the moun- tains on the east side of the Island and the valleys between. Of the 30,000 visitors who come to this beautiful spot every year for recreation and refreshment, only a small fraction We (I speak for the Trustees) were just one jump ahead of know to whom they are indebted for the opportunity, or have the lumbermen. Sometimes it was only a matter of hours. any appreciation of the time and labor involved in the creation One morning Mr. Dorr telephoned me that he had an option of such a privilege. on 70 acres comprising the carry between Jordan Pond and Our Government, which acquired this unique and pic- Eagle Lake, expiring at 12 o'clock, after which a lumberman turesque section of our historic Island some years ago,-and was ready to buy the tract. Speaking for the Northeast Har- now maintains it in perpetuity for the enjoyment of the bor and Seal Harbor group I asked Mr. Dorr to make the people,-did not do SO of its own motion. It had to be power- purchase. fully stimulated to take such action. The governmental iner- This is only one of many instances. tia which clogs initiative in such matters had to be overcome by personal energy and intelligent persistence. The names of those who contributed toward the purchase of these tracts are too numerous to mention here, but among the It is safe to say that there would be no National Park on this leaders at that time were Mr. John S. Kennedy of Bar Harbor, Island today if George Bucknam Dorr had not lived and been President Charles W. Eliot of Northeast Harbor, and Dr. the public-spirited citizen of enormous energy and enthusiasm Edward K. Dunham of Seal Harbor. that he was. We have with us one who knew Mr. Dorr for nearly half a But the Government cannot be counted on, of its own mo- century, who was closely associated with him in the establish- tion, to make avowal of that fact, or to express the appreci- ment of Acadia National Park, and whose family traditions in ation and gratitude of its citizens for such altruistic effort,- Hancock County go back a hundred and fifty years. I take no matter how great the labor involved or how important the pleasure in introducing my friend of over half a century, result. It remains for those who were in touch with Mr. Dorr's Judge John A. Peters. labors over a period of 40 years, and those who are still near enough thereto in time to realize their extraordinary nature The address then made by Judge Peters is given in the and inestimable value, to make sure that there shall be some sequel. simple but permanent record of the fact,-sufficient at least to The extemporaneous remarks of Rev. Samuel A. Eliot on advise posterity of the name of their benefactor and the boun- this occasion were not recorded and cannot be reproduced. daries of his life. He would not desire more, and should have no less. It is natural and fitting that the burden of this matter aroused lion in defense of its cub. I was at Augusta at the time should be assumed by the Hancock County Trustees of Public as a member of the House and witnessed the battle, which Reservations. That, as you know, is an eleemosynary corpora- turned out to be one-sided. There was no resisting Mr. Dorr tion chartered by the legislature of Maine for the purpose of when fighting for the public welfare. preserving points of scenic value in this section. It is the titular ancestor,--the grandfather, SO to speak, of this Park. Title to In his contact with the membership of the Legislature he this spot with the adjacent mountain tops and other lands was resourceful, indefatigable and irresistible. A modest forming the nucleus of what is now a Park of national im- scholarly gentleman, a philosopher, a scientist, a man dealing portance, was first acquired by the Trustees of Public Reserva- in ideas,--supposed to be somewhat impractical in business tions 40 years ago. The lands which the Trustees had acquired affairs,-Mr. Dorr seemingly turned into a shrewd, hard- passed into Federal control as a National Monument, SO called, boiled, effective master-lobbyist. Like an astute politician he which in turn was succeeded by the present National Park cre- appeared to know the strings that control men's actions and ated by an Act of Congress in 1919. how to pull them. The ordinary run-of-the-log lobbyists, at- tending the legislative session, observing his operations, were awe-struck. When he got through, not a single member would The bare recital of those successive ownerships,-each for venture a word in favor of the bill to abolish the Trustees. the benefit of the public, although in a different way,-sounds The man who sponsored the measure said he would vote unimpressive and rather simple; but they represent 20 years against it and apologized for introducing it. The enemy was of devoted and strenuous labor by Mr. Dorr, followed by an- triumphantly routed. other 20 years of constant effort in building the Park to its present magnificent perfection,-the finest possible memorial However, that experience frightened Mr. Dorr. He had be- to its originator and builder, and the only one desired. come shy of state legislatures, and all their works. He deter- mined to offer his child to the Federal Government for adop- The first 12 years of Mr. Dorr's labors were tranquil, and tion. To bring that about meant a long and gruelling cam- uneventful, but fruitful. Plans were laid and lands acquired paign in Washington; but his appetite for that sort of thing at strategic points through the generosity of public spirited had been whetted in Augusta. It so happened that I also wit- benefactors. Progress was rapid and peaceful. But in 1913 a nessed the Washington fight, as I then had the honor of repre- small cloud appeared upon the horizon. A bill was introduced senting this District in Congress. The campaign lasted three in the Maine Legislature to revoke the charter of the Hancock years and was strenuous. It became necessary to fight jealousy County Trustees of Public Reservations,-presumably because as well as ignorance and the usual governmental inertia. It its property was by law withdrawn from taxation. It did not developed that the Department of Agriculture looked with a matter that the commercial value of its lands was small and the somewhat jaundiced eye upon the proposed handling of public scenic value immense. Some people could not see beyond their land by any other agency of the government. But Mr. Dorr own noses. Mr. Dorr's life work was in danger of being was armed with tact as well as vigor and overcame all opposi- wrecked. He descended upon the Maine Legislature like an tion. At last I went with him to the White House to get Presi- dent Wilson to sign the proclamation which would make this The inscription will give information to future generations area a National Monument, so called,-which is one step re- of visitors to this Park as to the name of their benefactor and moved from a full National Park. The signing occurred in will serve to show, in some degree, the esteem in which he was 1916 and ended that particular campaign. held by his contemporaries. At a time when we suffer from the failure that men have Again Mr. Dorr was not content. He was ambitious to have this then extensive area given the status of a National Park in made in dealing with each other, it is good to recall the success which the people would have not only the privilege but the of one man who gave a life-time of labor that the people right, under suitable restrictions, to enjoy its beauties and its should have a sanctuary where Nature is supreme, unvexed by wonders forever. the bickerings of men. That was later brought about by the almost single-handed efforts of Mr. Dorr, and the necessary legislation was passed by Congress and signed by the President in February, 1919. For the next 20 years Mr. Dorr gave his time and expert knowl- edge to the Park, acting as Superintendent at a nominal salary. He lived to see his dream come true. Other public-spirited citizens,-long-time summer resi- dents of this section,-realizing the value of this Park to the public,-have been more than generous with their influence and their money. The Park owes much to them; but more to Mr. Dorr than to all others, because he gave all he had. This memorial, which you are about to see, represents, I be- lieve, the maximum of public acclaim which this unassuming gentleman would sanction. Your committee has sought to place here, at the heart of his great accomplishment, a memorial as simple, as dignified, as staunch as he himself. This stone, by which he has often stood, is a fragment from the top of the mountain which he named Cadillac. The tablet is of material as lasting as any part of the earth itself. FOREWORD This bulletin commemorates the dedication of the Dorr Memorial on August 29, 1947. Unfortunately, after only two months, the Memorial was destroyed in the disastrous fire which swept over part of Mount Desert Island. A replica of the monument is being erected on the original site. 2 IN MEMORY Ol GEORGE BUCKNAM DORR DEDICATION 1853 L 1944 Mr. George L. Stebbins, President of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, had charge of the exercises. Gentleman Scholar Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, First Vice-President of the Trustees, spoke briefly in reminiscent vein. The dedicatory address was Lover of nature delivered by Hon. John A. Peters, who also wrote the inscrip- tion for the Memorial. Judge Peters was a long-time friend of Father of this Mr. Dorr and one of the executors of his will. It is appropriate to record here, with grateful appreciation, the fact that Mr. NATIONAL PARK Dorr made a bequest to the Trustees amounting to one-fourth of his estate. Steadfast in his zeal to make the beauties of this Island available to all 3 REMARKS BY PRESIDENT STEBBINS Ladies and Gentlemen: We are met to honor the memory of a man whose foresight and devoted energy, spanning many years, did more to pre- serve the natural beauties of this Island than was contributed by any other source. This is a meeting of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, which undertook the establishment of the Dorr Memorial, and appointed a committee consisting of Judge John A. Peters, Mrs. Richard Hale, Benjamin L. Hadley, Gerard L. Austin, and Albert H. Cunningham to carry out the project. Hence a brief account of the organization and objectives of the Trustees may be of interest. The Trustees were constituted September 14th, 1901, at the instance of President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University, who was a member of a similar organization in Massachusetts. They were empowered to hold lands for public uses free from taxation. The members of the first Executive Committee were Charles W. Eliot, President; George B. Dorr, First Vice-President; Professor Edward S. Dana, Second Vice-President; Lea M. Luquer, Secretary; George L. Stebbins, Treasurer; Luere B. Deasy and Edward B. Mears, Members at Large. I am the only member of that group now living and that is probably why I am President. It only shows that in order to be President you simply have to hold on. At that time the wild lands of Mount Desert Island were in private ownership and the deep woods were safe because it cost too much to transport the logs to the saw mills and the price of lumber was low. But soon after the beginning of this century the portable gasoline saw mill came into general use, and that, together with a great increase in the price of lumber, made it profitable to cut any of the soft wood growths on the Island. 4 This was foreseen by President Eliot, Mr. Dorr, and their ADDRESS BY JUDGE PETERS associates, but no notable tracts were acquired until 1909 and 1910. Then through a series of fortuitous circumstances some Ladies and Gentlemen: 5000 acres were acquired by gift, comprising all the moun- tains on the east side of the Island and the valleys between. Of the 30,000 visitors who come to this beautiful spot every year for recreation and refreshment, only a small fraction We (I speak for the Trustees) were just one jump ahead of know to whom they are indebted for the opportunity, or have the lumbermen. Sometimes it was only a matter of hours. any appreciation of the time and labor involved in the creation of such a privilege. One morning Mr. Dorr telephoned me that he had an option on 70 acres comprising the carry between Jordan Pond and Our Government, which acquired this unique and pic- Eagle Lake, expiring at 12 o'clock, after which a lumberman turesque section, of our historic Island some years ago,-and was ready to buy the tract. Speaking for the Northeast Har- now maintains it in perpetuity for the enjoyment of the bor and Seal Harbor group I asked Mr. Dorr to make the people,-did not do SO of its own motion. It had to be power- purchase. fully stimulated to take such action. The governmental iner- This is only one of many instances. tia which clogs initiative in such matters had to be overcome by personal energy and intelligent persistence. The names of those who contributed toward the purchase of these tracts are too numerous to mention here, but among the It is safe to say that there would be no National Park on this leaders at that time were Mr. John S. Kennedy of Bar Harbor, Island today if George Bucknam Dorr had not lived and been President Charles W. Eliot of Northeast Harbor, and Dr. the public-spirited citizen of enormous energy and enthusiasm Edward K. Dunham of Seal Harbor. that he was. We have with us one who knew Mr. Dorr for nearly half a But the Government cannot be counted on, of its own mo- century, who was closely associated with him in the establish- tion, to make avowal of that fact, or to express the appreci- ment of Acadia National Park, and whose family traditions in ation and gratitude of its citizens for such altruistic effort,- Hancock County go back a hundred and fifty years. I take no matter how great the labor involved or how important the pleasure in introducing my friend of over half a century, result. It remains for those who were in touch with Mr. Dorr's Judge John A. Peters. labors over a period of 40 years, and those who are still near enough thereto in time to realize their extraordinary nature The address then made by Judge Peters is given in the and inestimable value, to make sure that there shall be some sequel. simple but permanent record of the fact,-sufficient at least to The extemporaneous remarks of Rev. Samuel A. Eliot on advise posterity of the name of their benefactor and the boun- this occasion were not recorded and cannot be reproduced. daries of his life. He would not desire more, and should have no less, 5 It is natural and fitting that the burden of this matter aroused lion in defense of its cub. I was at Augusta at the time should be assumed by the Hancock County Trustees of Public as a member of the House and witnessed the battle, which Reservations. That, as you know, is an eleemosynary corpora- turned out to be one-sided. There was no resisting Mr. Dorr tion chartered by the legislature of Maine for the purpose of when fighting for the public welfare. preserving points of scenic value in this section. It is the titular ancestor,-- grandfather, so to speak, of this Park. Title to In his contact with the membership of the Legislature he this spot with the adjacent mountain tops and other lands was resourceful, indefatigable and irresistible. A modest forming the nucleus of what is now a Park of national im- scholarly gentleman, a philosopher, a scientist, a man dealing portance, was first acquired by the Trustees of Public Reserva- in ideas,-supposed to be somewhat impractical in business tions 40 years ago. The lands which the Trustees had acquired affairs,-Mr. Dorr seemingly turned into a shrewd, hard- passed into Federal control as a National Monument, so called, boiled, effective master-lobbyist. Like an astute politician he which in turn was succeeded by the present National Park cre- appeared to know the strings that control men's actions and ated by an Act of Congress in 1919. how to pull them. The ordinary run-of-the-log lobbyists, at- tending the legislative session, observing his operations, were awe-struck. When he got through, not a single member would The bare recital of those successive ownerships,--ach for venture a word in favor of the bill to abolish the Trustees. the benefit of the public, although in a different way,-sounds The man who sponsored the measure said he would vote unimpressive and rather simple; but they represent 20 years against it and apologized for introducing it. The enemy was of devoted and strenuous labor by Mr. Dorr, followed by an- triumphantly routed. other 20 years of constant effort in building the Park to its present magnificent perfection,-the finest possible memorial However, that experience frightened Mr. Dorr. He had be- to its originator and builder, and the only one desired. come shy of state legislatures, and all their works. He deter- mined to offer his child to the Federal Government for adop- The first 12 years of Mr. Dorr's labors were tranquil, and tion. To bring that about meant a long and gruelling cam- uneventful, but fruitful. Plans were laid and lands acquired paign in Washington; but his appetite for that sort of thing at strategic points through the generosity of public spirited had been whetted in Augusta. It so happened that I also wit- benefactors. Progress was rapid and peaceful. But in 1913 a nessed the Washington fight, as I then had the honor of repre- small cloud appeared upon the horizon. A bill was introduced senting this District in Congress. The campaign lasted three in the Maine Legislature to revoke the charter of the Hancock years and was strenuous. It became necessary to fight jealousy County Trustees of Public Reservations,presumably because as well as ignorance and the usual governmental inertia. It its property was by law withdrawn from taxation. It did not developed that the Department of Agriculture looked with a matter that the commercial value of its lands was small and the somewhat jaundiced eye upon the proposed handling of public scenic value immense. Some people could not see beyond their land by any other agency of the government. But Mr. Dorr own noses. Mr. Dorr's life work was in danger of being was armed with tact as well as vigor and overcame all opposi- wrecked. He descended upon the Maine Legislature like an tion. At last I went with him to the White House to get Presi- 6 dent Wilson to sign the proclamation which would make this The inscription will give information to future generations area a National Monument, so called,-which is one step re- of visitors to this Park as to the name of their benefactor and moved from a full National Park. The signing occurred in will serve to show, in some degree, the esteem in which he was 1916 and ended that particular campaign. held by his contemporaries. Again Mr. Dorr was not content. He was ambitious to have At a time when we suffer from the failure that men have this then extensive area given the status of a National Park in made in dealing with each other, it is good to recall the success which the people would have not only the privilege but the of one man who gave a life-time of labor that the people right, under suitable restrictions, to enjoy its beauties and its should have a sanctuary where Nature is supreme, unvexed by wonders forever. the bickerings of men. That was later brought about by the almost single-handed efforts of Mr. Dorr, and the necessary legislation was passed by Congress and signed by the President in February, 1919. For the next 20 years Mr. Dorr gave his time and expert knowl- edge to the Park, acting as Superintendent at a nominal salary. He lived to see his dream come true. Other public-spirited citizens,-long-time summer resi- dents of this section,-realizing the value of this Park to the public,-have been more than generous with their influence and their money. The Park owes much to them; but more to Mr. Dorr than to all others, because he gave all he had. This memorial, which you are about to see, represents, I be- lieve, the maximum of public acclaim which this unassuming gentleman would sanction. Your committee has sought to place here, at the heart of his great accomplishment, a memorial as simple, as dignified, as staunch as he himself. This stone, by which he has often stood, is a fragment from the top of the mountain which he named Cadillac. The tablet is of material as lasting as any part of the earth itself. 9/11/47. Dorr Tablet Unveiled. INFORMATION Plean & Manage at Rodred WHole column Bcn Hadleys son (Fosh) hourence Chare Hadley letters of R. cliptson Sturgis, a.f Uame.) College fund of Mr.Dorr. Och 23. Entire Island teraced Thunder of aces burned no accoup. neees story och 30 it's Descit Made 9/4/47 Annount of HCTPR amind lug Worst Disaster w aug. Lofe at Black Have headline Josh: no meetin & Dorr - Publicity Chur Reviews. Frigging; and ( HANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATIONS BLACK HOUSE COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TRUSTEES OF George L. Stebbins, President Ernest T. Paine, Chairman WoodLawn in Ellsworth, Maine Richard W. Hale, Jr., Vice-Chairman Gerard L. Austin, Secretary Mrs. Jacques Cornelis Albert H. Cunningham, Treasurer Bequest-of GEORGE NIXON BLACK Mrs. Philip Lovell Samuel A. Eliot, First Vice-President Mrs. John C. Spring Thorndike, Second Vice-President OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Miss Adeline Wing Hon. John A. Peters Professor Augustin Derby BAR HARBOR, MAINE Col. H. B. Hayden Ernest T. Paine Harold A. Pitman September 5, 1947 Charles K. Savage To members of Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservat ons and others interested in the memorial to George B. Dorr recently erected near the Spring in the National Park at Bar Harbor. The Dbrr memorial, which we hope you have seen, or will see, has been completed except for the grading, and was unveiled with appropriate exercises the 29th. It seems to meet with general approval. The Trustees have no funds with which to pay for the memorial, but felts confident they Ecould count onefriends of Mr. Dorr and of the Park to make up the comparatively small sum necessary. The total expense is $550 Mr. Sturgis, the architect, a friend of Mr. Dorr gave his services. The Park people moved the stone from the of Cadillac to its present location. This appeal for-funds 1s sent to about 70 persons. Subscriptions which will be gratefully received should be sent to Mr. A. H Cunningham, Treasurer of the Trustees, Bar Harbor, who will receipt therefor. If theototal amount received should exceed the sum required, the excess will be placed In the treasury of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, an organ lization in which Mr. Dorr was deeply interested. Committee For the Committee John A. Peters George L. Stebbins, President Mary N. Hale Hancock County Trustees B. L. Hadley of Public Reservations Gerard Austin Albert Cunningham Hancock Taustee Shinis Castion m an 14 behead mars End. Edorn 17 121947 Wran m RockEfeller 7 Fasse the litienty of writing you in regard to the and To hay for the imemmase to Geer Don 1 came when you Tounhama me or out in 7 nari That 7 Thought a religination $50. would be rengh. as the ToTal was about & 550. and me sent out - about seven try litters - the die act and then $ 50 rubsanvron and ther wal 8 25. but were slins hanted 10 at 1001 c any dear not res hand at are yl mindia was 10 have fm any riths in weeks of smaller am aren's an a 9 am afraid 7 the not realize how many new heo we there were who the not know me were 2 what his head er one for the Treased 111 Is, of 19 c Peters Erric me That after having had time to tax an Zrung all who were written to we were 50, nhat which T has been real ced 25 24 a of citional subn in nichous from a yew of us - would you lisie 70in us to That cimcant ? No our are now at with arms rung you an at I hohe that you and my care well and having as beauti our wear her as me and having here is wear living very 1061 quiet life in ms 9000 for m s '41 an bean the leave John In Santa th Barbara NEVER Ru Each I ams 11 me in able clionate regards to of Zola / Ving sinceing nan George h stibs Jris HANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATIONS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BLACK HOUSE COMMITTEE TRUSTEES OF George L. Stebbins, President Ernest T. Paine, Chairman Woodlawn, in Ellsworth, Maine Richard W. Hale, Jr., Vice-Chairmang Gerard L. Austin, Secretary Mrs. Jacques Cornelis Albert H. Cunningham, Treasurer Bequest of GEORGE NIXON BLACK Mrs. Philip Lovell Rev.Samuel A. Eliot, First Vice-President Mrs. John C. Spring R. Amory Thorndike, Second Vice-President OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Miss Adeline Wing Hon. John A. Peters Professor Augustin Derby BAR HARBOR, MAINE Col. H. B. Hayden Ernest T. Paine Harold A, Pitman Mr. R September 5, 1947 Charles K. Savage To members of Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations and others interested im the memorial to George B. Dorr, recently erected near the Spring in the National Park at Bar Harbor. The Dorr memorial, which we hope you have seen, or will see, has been completed except for the grading, and was unveiled with appropriate exercises the 29th. It seems to meet with general approval. The Trustees have no Funds with which to pay for the memorial, but felt confident they could count on friends of Mr. Dori and of the Park to make up the comparativel small sum necessary. The total expense is 550. Mr. Sturgis the architect =a friend of Mr Darr gave his services. The Park people moved the stone from the top of Cadillac to its present location. "This appeal for funds Lis sent to about 70 persons. Subscriptions which will be gratefully received should be sent to Mr. A. H. Cunningham, Treasurer of the Trustees, BaruHarbor, who will receipt therefor If the total amount Deceived should5exceed the umPrequired, the excess will be placedcin the treasury of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, an organization in which Mr. Dorr was deeply interested. Committee For the Committee John A. Peters George L. Stebbins , President Mary N. Hale Hancock County Trustees B. L. Hadley of Public Reservations Gerard Austin Albert Cunningham Fels sH HANCOCK COUNTY ERUSTEES PUBLIC RESERVATION EXECUTIVE COMMETEE BLACK HOUSE COMMITTEE TRUSTEES OF George L. Stebbins, President Ernest T. Paine, Chairman Gerard L. Austin, Secretary Woodlawn, in Ellsworth, Maine Richard W. Hale, Jr., Vice-Chairman Mrs. Jacques Cornelis Albert H. Cunningham, Treasurer Bequest of GEORGE NIXON BLACK Mrs. Philip Lovell Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, First Vice-President Mrs. John C. Spring R. Amory Thorndike, Second Vice-President OFFICE OF THE TREASURER Miss Adeline Wing Hon. John A. Peters Professor Augustin Derby BAR HARBOR, MAINE Ernest T. Paine Col. H. B. Hayden Harold A. Pitman Charles K. Savage November Five 1947 Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, , N.Y Dear Mr. Rockefeller: In acknowledging your further contribution of $25.00 toward defraying the expense of the memorial recently erected to the late George Bucknam Dofr , may we express the appreciation of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations and particularly the committee which had the construction and erect: Fon of this memorial in charge Sincerely yours, AHC/vh A. H. Cunningham, Treasurer, Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. S H Hanco cty Extract and filed of Judge John A Peters' letter to Mr Jr dated November 8147 in S.H. 1947- Mt. Desert Island Fire env. I regret to say that the Dorr memorial is apparently ruined. 00 The heat from the burning spring house forty feet away cracked and splintered the stone and the tablet that we took so much pains with. The foundation must be all right however and we will start Sover again after I get a report from the mason. I assume that the spring house will be replaced in the same spot. The trees there do not seem so badly injured. Mr reply-Nov 20'47 I am sorry to hear that the Dorr Memorial- so simple but so beautiful and so wholly appropriate Swas destroyed. But like the boulder on which the tablet was erected, which neither fire nor frost will effect throughout the ages, stands the record written on the Island tsel Dorr S great life work Ellsworth, Maine 26 November, 1947 Dear Mrs. Hale: I wrote you this letter of November 17th enclosed and did not send it as I found a slight correction in the figures necessary and I was called to Portland Now my letter stands, with the following amendments: the gross amount in the hands of the trustees when the enclosed check is deposited, will be $27 7,085.53. I have a letter from President Sills waiving the right to any commission and agree- ing to the final disposition of the money, as we have talked, and as set forth in my letter of the 17th enclosed. Consequently the commis- sion of $1354.28 will be divided by four and not five. Cheeks are enclosed accordingly, including the check of the executors to the trustees for $21 085. 53 which should be en- dorsed by you and your son and mailed backs to me for deposit to the account of the trustees. I will endorse when I receive the check back from you, - which makes it safe to send the check by mail meanwhile. Will you and your son please sign the other checks on the face, as I have indicated on the check to the Library, and mail back to me with the account of the trustees. The checks shouldn't have been dated, but it is not important as the delivery is the point. I will sign and send them out when everything is ready, 1.e. in a few days after I deposit the $21,085.53 in the Bar Harbor Trust Co. will you and your son sign all the checks by the trustees and endorse the check to the trustees and sign the trustees' account. I have been to Bar Harbor and with Shea Cunningham and Austin examined the Dorr memorial. It is a wreck - both stone and tablet. The -2- foundation is all right, of course, and the trees around it not too much damaged. They were mostly hard wood trees. (I doubt if the stones would have been so much damaged - if at all - had not the whole thing been encased in a wood covering - all around it and probably quite heavy. This brought the fire, of course, right home to the stone and tablet. The cover- ing was Hadley's idea to protect the structure and I knew nothing about it - but would not have objected if I had, as I didn't dream of any fire hazard.) Hadley expects to rebuild the Park building in the same place and we agreed that the memorial should be replaced on the same spot as soon as feasible. Do you concur? If so, I will begin over again with the details and confer with you and the others about steps to be taken, writing the Sturgis people first. I wrote Mr. Rockefeller about some de- tails of the fire and have the enclosed let- ter from him. Will you kindly return it? He is by way of giving a large amount of help and rather likes (naturally) to know that it is appreciated. If there is anything in all this that is not clear please let me know. Yours very truly, John A. Peters Mrs. Richard W. Hale Needham, Mass. Hon John A. Peters Papers. Dar Estate Correspondence. trawbory two culturies exposure tothe 7.x11.47 weather (W. Sturgistells methat hear Indre Peters. after the Boxton fireme1812 grants buildings nerereduced quite agree that we to piles of and 20 my may thould begin atonce on replacing believe that the fierce firs at the memorial. Mr. Sturges is here, Bar Harber would is any case I Yaw interested toffeed that he have consumed theboulder) does not agree with his nephew Sincerely yours, about evering a Date tablelm mary newbold Hale. winter. our lees many Hate toub stones intact after RAC : III I II. 73. 756. United States Courts Judge & Chambers Bangor, Braine CHAMBERS OF Ellswoth JOHN A. PETERS DISTRICT JUDGE June 30, 1948 Mr. John D. Bockefeller Jr. Rockefeller Center New York City, New York Dear Mr. Rockefeller, I am sending you by this mail a little pamphlet published by the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations covering the exercises at the dedication of the Dorr Memorial last summer. It will interest you to know that we are about com- lining 48 pleting what amounts to a duplicate of the memorial and it will be erected, I hope, inside of a very few weeks. I trust you will semmer have an opportunity to look at it while you are here this summer. It was a matter of extreme regret to all persons interested 147 that you were not informed of the date of our exercises last Summissis, summer. Mr. Stebbins felt very badly indeed about it, thinking it was his fault, but it was not especially as I think everybody assumed that you got the notice as one of the trustees of Public Dorr Reservations, not realizing that you were not technically a member. No special invitations were given out we certainly would have given you one if we had grow did not understand about it. I trust that this second Dorr Memorial will have better fortune than the other. Your's very truly, J. A. PETER'S Aulon Hanzock ctry Trustees July 6, 1948 Dear Judge Peters Thank Memorial you for I the pamphlet rea am placed glad the about bronse the tablet Dorr is being re- about my of not Please having do been not give yourself any concern last notified of the summer. I have dedication of that no only have wondered why thought I was Bone not of there. you and gentlemen mentioned might it kind slightest Hoping that see you druing the summer, you are well and that I will am Very An Peterex Maine. LIST OF CLASSIFIED STRUCTURES (LCS) SINGLE ENTRY REPORT Identification IDLCS: 41154 Structure Number: MON19 Structure Name 1: GEORGE BUCKNAM DORR MEMORIAL PLAQUE Structure Name 2: DORR MEMORIAL PLAQUE Structure Name 3: Park Alpha Code: ACAD Name: ACADIA NATIONAL PARK ORGCODE: 1700 County: HANCOCK State: ME Regional Office: NORTH ATLANTIC Subunit ORGCODE: Name: Alpha Code: County: HANCOCK State: ME Number of UTM's: 0 Zone/Easting/Northing Significance NR Status: UNDETERMINED Date: / / Significance: NOT EVALUATED NHL: NO Date: / / Significance SLATE TABLET COMMEMORATES GEORGE BUCKNAM DORR, "GENTLEMAN, SCHOLAR, LOVER OF NATURE" AND "FATHER OF THIS NATIONAL PARK." A MAJOR BENEFACTOR WITH LEGENDARY POLITICAL POWERS, DORR LATER BECAME THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT OF ACADIA NP. Historical Information Period of Construction: HISTORIC Date: - ) Designer: ( ) Date: - ) Designer: ( ) Date: - ( ) Designer: ( ) Date: - ( ) Designer: ( ) Functions, Uses, Materials, Impacts, and Condition Historic Functions Current Uses MONUMENT (MARKER, PLAQUE) MONUMENT (MARKER, PLAQUE) Buildings Materials Structures Foundation: Sub-structure: GRANITE Framing: Walls: Roof: Super-structure: SLATE Other: METAL Volume: Description RECT. BLUESTONE PLAQUE (28"w X 41"h) SET FLUSH IN CUT VERT. FACE OF GRANITE BOULDER BEHIND SIEUR DE MONTS NATURE CTR. HAS INCISED LETTERING DIVIDED BY RECT. FLOWER, ACORN & PINE CONE INTAGLIO MOTIFS. EXPOSED ROSETTE BOLTS @ CORNERS. Impact Level: LOW Impact Types: WEATHER BIO. DEGRADATION (MOLD) Condition: FAIR VEGETATION page 1 of 2 10/6/88 Dear Bio. -Epilogue Dorr Married-Report Treasurer's HCTPR Report fo 1948-49 HETPE a Asource Stuggs Associate 35.00 such the wish Administration foreis Lualdi Ine. 380,00 III 4. Shea Brother 182.37 $ 567.37 On Dec. 12, 1947, Received $ 6,433. for Dorr Estate Records of all institutions do not think treveal have $ expended overtime 13 June 2021 Dear Becky, Enclosed you will find a packet of documents relative to the establishment of the Dorr Memorial in 1947. I have culled out of the 88-pages of Dorr Memorial documents in my possession those that are representative of the issues that were considered most pressing in the first half of 1946. These copies were secured from the Douglas Chapman Archive, the Woodlawn Museum Archive, and the John A. Peters Archive. As you know, Judge John A. Peters was not only the principal Executor of the George B. Dorr estate, he was also an "old friend" who had very precise standards about how to best foster the Dorr legacy. Extraordinary care and deliberation was given to achieve a "graceful wording" of the tablet. You will see that Ben Hadley's favorite site to erect the tablet is abandoned when its "footing" on the mountainside is found to be insecure. Most of the correspondence enclosed is between Peters and Ben Hadley, Mary (Molly) Newbold Hale (an executor), and R. Clipston Sturgis (architect). The larger file includes correspondence with John D. Rockefeller Jr. and George Stebbins. It also contains a 13-page Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations pamphlet: Dedication of the George Bucknam Dorr Memorial which appeared shortly after the August 29, 1947 ceremony at Sieur de Monts. Let me know if this is not available at the Sawtelle Research Center for I can provide a copy if needed. My book contains one of several photographs taken at that event which are in the Woodlawn Museum archives. Please keep me informed of progress on your end, especially regarding the issues I raised in paragraph three of my 12/9/20 email to you. Most Cordially, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 7 Peachtree Ter. Farmington, CT 06032 12/9/2020 Xfinity Connect Dorr Memorial Printout RONALD EPP 12/9/2020 4:22 PM Dorr Memorial To Rebecca Cole-Will Becky, I have pulled from my archive about three dozen documents relative to the Dorr Memorial. None are from Sawtelle or NARA where I was not able to locate anything relevant. Some are copies from the Douglas Chapman legal archive but the bulk are from the John A. Peters Archive in the Hale & Hamlin attorney offices in Ellsworth, They are of limited value for conservation efforts since the documents mostly concern timelines and how best to keep the various participants informed. It is most interesting to read of their preferences for the monument location, whether to use slate or another medium for inscription, to track the historical precedents that Peters used in crafting monument language, and to read Peters' repeated references to insuring that the final monument design conforms to Dorr's character. I am sufficiently fascinated with these documents to consider preparation of a historical- contextual essay that could accompany the re-commemoration of the memorial. Selected representative documents could be included as representative. The basic story line concludes Creating Acadia National Park. The two of us might bring this out as a collaborative editing project. Perhaps The Friends of Acadia could help with design & publication. Give it some thought. After the holiday shopping density declines I can stop by Staples and make copies for you. If this is agreeable where should these be sent? Park office? Have a cozy Christmas. I think I might go on Facebook during this season and watch the video that the Jesup Memorial Library made of my book launch talk there in 2016, which I have yet to see. Stay safe. Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 7 Peachtree Terrace Farmington, CT 06032 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net https://connect.xfinity.com/appsuite/v=7.10.3-14.20201117.063933/print.html?print_1607549250894 1/2 Notes: Reg. Dorr Hemard IF Arrongerts for Perpetul Care at Mt.hubrern ada Memorial Store at 4474 Reven Raven Path. 2. Demonstrates the involvention JDRYr. 1/29/46 Early lilk 1/22 and 2/6/46; 2/11/46 reference by B.Horley; 3 Peters - Hale Corresp. New findings. A. 3/19/46 request a for Pefers for Stugg's Capy for Ward Faxily file -blurred. Request from Rog Addition debails @ lettering input from Stugis' nephear Petres agrees in respons 3/21/216 B. Pebm to Hale (3/28/46): Combany discuss w@ tablet size and secondar that t kwell gilded lettering will wash out and wear away IH the course of hme" "However, that can hisereeved." Suggest Hale talle Mt.Aubum @ state vs. brongone "deratilly" C. April 15, Hale to Peters. Siturgis suggests "some simple overment between the lines He is arm of great taste and vast experience and which great fuel of g. B.D. So his offents design th tablet is # most upportune D. Peten to Mrs. Sylvia (4/20 [46.) Re payment for Mt.Aubern E. stargis (4/29/46) to Mary Hale (2) re costs of cutting and setting stagnanite stone in plan Source: Wadlawn Meeseum File A-61. Examined onsite 5/10/21. 2- F. Peters to Stages. (51/2/46) Proposed site location of Hadley will not work because sited on ledge subject to erosion. Peters want. site incharged so tablet will Davi Dop there for yours." (1) will looh at site possibilities Summar 46. Peters is "against" pronze. Ashs may question (20) statevy. broanze. Reiterates effort is for a good may generations to see." (1 ). G. Hale better to Peters, 30 IV 46. Page 2 oxotted. Rog. H. Hale to Peter (6/2/46). Oldful of Dorr Dup Suggests tablet be placed atop Gree it I. Hale to Peter (8/13/46). What to Stays @ site dection. Still increased honorable or varical. J. Stuggs to Molly Hale. Urger state because brong will oxidize a and stain" K. Hale to Peters (8/15/46) Aurograts for to visit e Return to Seee de elacts Spry. L. Hall to Peter (6/26/47). Desponse so earlei letter from Treke fally "abrut the desposel of g.Bipis pictures I an sure that the Lbrag cannot accept them, because they have N space these to hang then IE One was of the Barbizon School, Its it been sold ? Write to Mr. Browning @ this "We have no room for the prebures." 3 II (1899- Letter (12/17/47) fun Edward Brown ing Qra to Petersre Jerseytobray gift for Dair estate fee Day messrobilia. Tell Reath Browney was catton broker. Mt. Wesent Nurseria check for $140007 to 6BD (3/30/40). Undated appraisal Summay, undated Books $ 2929.00, not included SHOP 10th of boat fu Homan House Natural hastory leh. Small dong note Pach Schig Laby Dinny Room. Ciny D small dinny room Ding nor-, SBC Back hall First cellar star Coak hool. 1 21 Gmail - Peters Archive Update M Gmail Ronald Epp Peters Archive Update 1 message Ronald Epp Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 11:03 AM To: Rosamond Rea Hi Roz I have processed the documents I copied from your A-60 & A-61 files. Roughly 63% of those documents were content not previously derived from our 2008 exploration of the Peters Archive. Consequently, comparison with my files disclosed 37% as duplicates, a figure higher than I expected. Documents fell into two categories: the 1924 Road Hearings before Interior Secretary Hubert Work and 1945-1949 correspondence regarding the creation of the Dorr memorial that will have been position at Sieur de Monts Springs for 73 years; this information is very timely because Acadia National Park is undertaking the restoration of the weathered monument for its 75th anniversary. On this latter point, a public celebratory event seems likely and these documents would help shape its character. I referenced for my Dorr Archive your filing system (A-60 & A-61) for each new document. This removes the issue of your source for the content of each box. The principal finding of my research last month at Woodlawn is a much enlarged appreciation for the breadth and depth of John A. Peters commitment to both motor and carriage road development at Acadia National Park and the creation of a granite memorial that personified the character of his dear friend, George Bucknam Dorr. Despite my efforts on July 28, 2016 to celebrate "Ellsworth's John A. Peters, Esq. and the Father of Acadia" at the Ellsworth Public Library, much more needs to be done to greatly enlarge regional appreciation for his role as a conservation colleague of Dorr, C.W. Eliot, and John D. Rockefeller Jr. Finally, could you take a picture of a couple of pages of blurred documents from A-90&A-91 for me and send them to me as an attachment? Letter from 3/19/46 and letter from Hale to Peters, 30.IV.46. hhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ik=7c5f299744&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a%3Ar-345332459369522089&simpl=msg-a%3Ar-343679976152837961 1/2 2021 Gmail - Peters Archive Update Delighted to hear that a new Woodlawn Director has been appointed. Could we talk next week about possible future steps for the Peters holdings? Much appreciation for your assistance in bringing these files to my attention !!! Ronald H. Epp 717-272-0801 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ik=7c5f299744&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a%3Ar-345332459369522089&simpl=msg-a%3Ar-3436799761528379 2/2 7/5/2021 Gmail - RE: [EXTERNAL] Dorr Memorial Best, Ron [Quoted text hidden] DorrMwemorial621.docx 13K Ronald Epp Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 11:02 PM To: "Cole-Will, Rebecca J" Dorr Memorial Becky, Did you receive the packet of docs I sent on June 14th? Were they helpful? Any questions that I might be able to answer from the larger compilation of Dorr Memorial docs in my possession? Over the last two weeks I have processed series 1 of the Dorr Archives. that is, the 20,000 documents that needed to be placed in precise order from the decade preceding Dorr's birth to the decade after his death, de-stapled, purged of multiple copies and unreadable content, and right-sized for scanning after I deliver these to Pauline and she can create spreadsheets and tags. Now we are securing estimates for the scanning this pilot project that represents about one-sixth of the entire collection. Not my idea of summer fun!! Hope to see you sometime during the last two weeks of August. Am trying to write a paper for delivery at that time at the Jesup. When do you expect to be back in your office? All the Best, Ron , Forwarded message From: Ronald Epp Date: Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 12:35 PM Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Dorr Memorial To: Cole-Will, Rebecca J [Quoted text hidden] DorrMwemorial621.docx 13K Cole-Will, Rebecca J Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 5:56 AM To: Ronald Epp Hi Ron, https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ik=7c5f299744&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a%3Ar6192060327822223385&simpl=msg-f%3A1701014333... 3/4 7/5/2021 Gmail - RE: [EXTERNAL] Dorr Memorial Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. It has been a whirlwind since May. You may have seen where Sec. Haaland was here and we had a big event with Yo Yo Ma and the Abbe Museum. It was terrific but required a lot of planning. Sec. Haaland is an amazing woman and very deeply thoughtful leader and it was such an honor to meet her. I did receive the packet and enjoined it immensely. I was amused by the debates about proper grammar and language for the plaque. Is there any documentation as to why the plaque was not put up on the Emery path? Yes - Access Now that we know the plaque's material, Gary Stellpflug will clean it with very low pressure water wash and application of a safe fungicide called D-2. This is treatment approved by NPS conservators. Processing materials as you describe is a thankless job, but it is SO unique to actually have the person who created the records series be able to work on it to maintain the integrity. Many scholars in the future will thank you for your diligence! I am back in the office full time now. We still have many staffer who are teleworking and juggling family and work duties. Until children can be vaccinated, I expect that may be routine. Get Outlook for iOS From: Ronald Epp Sent: Sunday, July 4, 2021 11:02:41 PM To: Cole-Will, Rebecca J Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Dorr Memorial [Quoted text hidden] hhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ik=7c5f299744&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a%3Ar6192060327822223385&simpl=msg-f%3A1701014333 4/4 7/7/2021 Gmail - FW: Dorr Plaque -- photos of cleaning Gmail Ronald Epp FW: Dorr Plaque -- photos of cleaning 1 message Cole-Will, Rebecca J Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 10:19 AM To: Ronald Epp Hi Ron, Gary cleaned the plaque today and the results are excellent - all of the lichen growth removed nicely. We have put into an inquiry with the regional conservators to learn how best to remove the rust stains and prevent further. From: Pellett, Carrie B Sent: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 8:44 AM To: Cole-Will, Rebecca J Gladstone, Gail S Cc: Stellpflug, Gary J Subject: Dorr Plaque Question Hey so Gary and I cleaned the Dorr plaque at Seur de Monts this morning and it came out great but under the screws there's rust stains. If either of you knows a way to clean that without causing any problems please let us know. I'll attach the photos. Thanks. Carriebeth Pellett Trails Admin Acadia National Park https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ik=7c5f299744&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f%3A1704636000138850777&simpl=msg-f%3A17046360001. 1/3 7/7/2021 Gmail - FW: Dorr Plaque -- photos of cleaning w PO Box 177 20 McFarland Hill Drive Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 (207) 288-8768 5 attachments NATIONA 2021 After Close-Up.jpg 422K 2021 After Full.jpg 619K NATION 2021 Before Close-Up.jpg 422K 2021 Before Full.jpg htps://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ik=7c5f299744&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f%3A1704636000138850777&simpl=msg-f%3A17046360001 2/3 7/7/2021 Gmail - FW: Dorr Plaque -- photos of cleaning 545K PRE Stendfast in 14 make the beauties of titi Island call 2021 Before Rust Marks.jpg 530K https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ik=7c5f299744&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f%3A1704636000138850777&simpl=msg-f%3A17046360001... 3/3 9/20/21, 2:18 PM Gmail - Peters Archive Update M Gmail Ronald Epp Peters Archive Update 6 messages Ronald Epp Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 11:03 AM To: Rosamond Rea Hi Roz I have processed the documents I copied from your A-60 & A-61 files. Roughly 63% of those documents were content not previously derived from our 2008 exploration of the Peters Archive. Consequently, comparison with my files disclosed 37% as duplicates, a figure higher than I expected. Documents fell into two categories: the 1924 Road Hearings before Interior Secretary Hubert Work and 1945-1949 correspondence regarding the creation of the Dorr memorial that will have been position at Sieur de Monts Springs for 73 years; this information is very timely because Acadia National Park is undertaking the restoration of the weathered monument for its 75th anniversary. On this latter point, a public celebratory event seems likely and these documents would help shape its character. I referenced for my Dorr Archive your filing system (A-60 & A-61) for each new document. This removes the issue of your source for the content of each box. The principal finding of my research last month at Woodlawn is a much enlarged appreciation for the breadth and depth of John A. Peters commitment to both motor and carriage road development at Acadia National Park and the creation of a granite memorial that personified the character of his dear friend, George Bucknam Dorr. Despite my efforts on July 28, 2016 to celebrate "Ellsworth's John A. Peters, Esq. and the Father of Acadia" at the Ellsworth Public Library, much more needs to be done to greatly enlarge regional appreciation for his role as a conservation colleague of Dorr, C.W. Eliot, and John D. Rockefeller Jr. Finally, could you take a picture of a couple of pages of blurred documents from A-90&A-91 for me and send them to me as an attachment? Letter from 3/19/46 and letter from Hale to Peters, 30.IV.46. Secured both ! RE. 9/21/21. Delighted to hear that a new Woodlawn Director has been appointed. Could we talk next week about possible future steps for the Peters holdings? Much appreciation for your assistance in bringing these files to my attention !!! Ronald H. Epp 717-272-0801 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ik=7c5f299744&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a%3Ar-345332459369522089&simpl=msg-a%3Ar-343679976 1/5 9/20/21,2:18 PM Gmail - Peters Archive Update Ronald Epp Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 8:14 PM To: Rosamond Rea Update Hi Roz, First off, I hope you are not as hot as we are here in central Connecticut. I have received no response from to my above email. Was it received? I am most interested in whether you have any reservations about me referencing Peters documents from Woodlawn. I am now securing estimates for a pilot scanning study of 7,500 pages from the much larger Dorr Archive (150K). The new Woodlawn docs are not included in this pilot study but eventually it is my intention to scan them for the Jesup and the History Trust Digital Archive. Any reservations? I will be staying in Blue Hill for the last two weeks of August. I would like to take you to lunch in Ellsworth one of those days so that we can catch up. All the Best, Ron Epp [Quoted text hidden] Rosamond Rea Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 8:43 PM To: Ronald Epp Hi Ron, I did receive the June 11 email from you and apologize for not replying. It has been very busy getting our new director settled in and trying to launch the 2021 museum season (we open July 6th). Other impediments as well which I won't list, but I have kept your email in my inbox and not filed it away in the relevant folder. I will look forward to seeing you in August when I expect to have much more free time than I have now. Regarding any reservations about referencing Peters documents at Woodlawn, I think it would be very safe to say that Woodlawn was given access to the Peters papers and has copies of the documents for study purposes. That allows you to use them in any way as those statements are true. Does that make sense? https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ik=7c5f299744&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a%3Ar-345332459369522089&simpl=msg-a%3Ar-343679976... 2/5 9/20/21, 2:18 PM Gmail - Peters Archive Update We are expecting this hot weather to break in the next day or two. It was unbelievably humid last night and I was thankful for the heat pumps that we installed a few years ago. Stay well, Roz [Quoted text hidden] Rosamond Rea Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 9:42 PM To: Ronald Epp Hi Ron, Are you still planning on being in Blue Hill in August? I hope that you will be able to come by Woodlawn. I believe I still owe you some photos of documents that you took and found to be too blurry to use. I hope to get to that next week. The carriage exhibit installation should be finished tomorrow in time for an open house we are having for the community at the museum. A brief program including unveiling of the revised plans for the new building will be presented. Also, we are going to make an effort to contact descendents of the original HCTPR founders, but we need help creating a list of who those people might be. Would you have thoughts on that and be able to help us? Thanks, Roz [Quoted text hidden] Ronald Epp Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 4:04 PM To: Rosamond Rea Hi Roz, I had planned to vacation in Blue Hill August 16 to 30th but Covid issues and park visitation soaring stats forced me to delay my trip until the last two weeks of October. Hope to see you then. Good luck with the celebrations-sorry to miss! A HCTPR membership list with dates of original membership is printed in the first edition of Rev. Samuel Eliot's 1936 Historical Sketch of the HCTPR. Three generations later it will be difficult to track down relatives from afar--mostly Boston, NYC, and Philly. It is also interesting to look at the names of donors of the HCTPR property. One interesting fact I uncovered is that most donors were females! Tracking down descendants would be as difficult with this group. certainly some donors maintained an active --and participatory--relationship with the HCTPR over the decades, like the old curmudgeon attorney Hale. My gut reaction based on my experience with the archives is that members were not actively cultivated UNLESS they demonstrated--with Hale--a primary interest in the Black House and its history and future. I have spent the entire summer processing the Dorr Archive , the details I will relate when we next meet. Sixteen 27-inch deep file drawers and nearly every document has staples that need to be removed--for scanning--and then organized according to my own standards of https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ik=7c5f299744&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a%3Ar-345332459369522089&simpl=msg-a%3Ar-343679976 3/5 9/20/21, 2:18 PM Gmail - Peters Archive Update accessibility. I am down to the last two drawers. Once this is over and I have resurrected the entire archive, I will sleep soundly. Do stay in touch and thanks for remembering the images I requested. Send them along to me, please. All the Best, Ron [Quoted text hidden] Rosamond Rea Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 12:53 PM To: Ronald Epp Hi Ron, I am finally getting to the archives and searching for the two letters you want to have photographed. Attached are the 3 pages of the 30.IV.46 letter from Hale to Peters. On a first run through the folder I did not find a 3/19/46 letter. (As you know the letters are not in chronological order and I did go through the entire folder quickly SO I may just have missed it. Can you give me a hint as to whether that letter is typed, handwritten, on letterhead, a carbon copy, etc. That would help me as I look for it. Thanks! Roz [Quoted text hidden] 3 attachments So. AdgiPeters withoutay Max 2: dear with Paules DSCN9327.jpg Art thousand fir 2022K Thank while staff with 2. 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