Creating acadea n.P. - Correspondence FOA Editor, Gimee Beal caurch 2013-17 6 July 2013 Mr. David R. MacDonald Friends of Acadia 43 Cottage Street P.O. Box 45 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Dear David MacDonald: As a long-standing friend of Acadia, I encourage your consideration of a collaborative project to publish a seminal biography of the "Father of Acadia," George Bucknam Dorr. Beginning with my first visit to Mount Desert more than a quarter century ago, I have passionately desired to understand what motivated and sustained Mr. Dorr and his colleagues to create, develop, and situate privately donated property within the federal government. Through repeated visits to Mount Desert I discovered that the picturesque landscapes, salt air, trails, villages, and rocky shoreline and summits--so imbued with the culture and history of Maine-- awakened in me a need to understand how and why this preserved landscape became the first national park east of the Mississippi. As a professor of philosophy I asked residents historical questions about the park that more often than not went unanswered. With rare exceptions, I found it most striking that little was known-or thought worthy of knowing--about the first four decades of Dorr's life before the establishment of the Hancock County Trustees. Drawing upon my experience as scholarly journal managing editor and academic library administrator, I spent years researching primary sources contained in the NPS historical collections in the National Archives, state and local historical society collections, and the vast collections at Harvard University, Mr. Dorr's alma mater. Information from dozens of interviews were also integrated in a dozen published articles and presentations that resulted from these investigations. Friendships with Jack Russell, Bill Horner, park and FOA staff nourished the lengthy process of writing The Making of Acadia National Park. The manuscript has been read and edited by several hands and is ready for the pre-publication process. My central argument is that in developing Acadia, Mr. Dorr pioneered and embodied essential characteristics of the New England land conservation movement: an emphasis on self- determination, innovation, leadership by example, civic engagement, and an ethical commitment to land stewardship (an outline of this case is contained in the attached Table of Contents). Mount Desert became the setting wherein Dorr and Harvard president Charles W. Eliot applied both the accomplishments of landscape architect Charles Eliot, president Eliot's late son, and the practical lessons of the best of Boston Brahmin philanthropy. I have benefited from dialogue with the university presses that I approached about publishing my manuscript. In recent months I've come to realize, however, that since the Friends of Acadia clearly share my passion for and commitment to the Acadian legacy, a publishing arrangement with you would provided the best fit. Clearly, The Making of Acadia supports the pillars of the FOA strategic mission, helping your organization to realize its mission and provide the scholarly underpinnings for the history of land conservation that Friends of Acadia extends into the 21st century. I am prepared to make a significant financial contribution to the realization of this goal. These funds would underwrite the selection, digitization, and placement of appropriate illustrations; composition and design of content, scholarly apparatus, illustrations, and cover. Given my experience as an editorial officer with the Association of College and Research Libraries, I would outsource at my expense page proofing and indexing responsibilities to a Massachusetts editorial agency. Because of the relationships I've developed during my research, I will secure the necessary permissions. To that end, I have contacted my attorney about developing a disclaimer freeing FOA of any infringement concerns. I would forego royalties, making all income a gift to Friends of Acadia. As for marketing and distribution of the publication, I would suggest offering it on Amazon.com and the FOA web pages. I am also prepared to strongly assist with the cost of the physical production of the book. An initial print run of one thousand-preferably in more affordable paperback--would find a receptive audience at the park concession outlets at the visitor center and Jordan Pond, not to mention island bookstores and their outlets. I would also suggest that several dozen gratis copies be directed to the media. Personal invitations to review the publication might yield endorsements in regional print and online newspaper and serial publications (e.g., Downeast, Yankee Magazine,). Acquisition by Maine public libraries, academic libraries (collecting in environmental conservation, philanthropy, biography, and American public policy), and the public would likely follow. Securing placement on the shelves of the L.L. Bean anchor store in Freeport would likely be a boon to sales. As a longstanding friend of Acadia please be assured that I will continue to be sensitive to the mission of FOA and the diverse responsibilities of FOA staff. I am excited at the opportunity that Jack Russell has put before you. But in the weeks ahead I will be limited in my ability to keep to my customary schedules since I am having my right knee replaced on July 26th. I do hope to travel to Mount Desert, however, before the first snow flies. From the early stages of my investigations, I have been driven by the desire to tell the fascinating story of Mr. Dorr and other park founders, relate them to the broader conservation movement, and publish a work worthy of being placed on the shelves of libraries, bookstores, historical societies, and private residences where the American conservation movement is represented. Acadia National Park is a living memorial to the vision and persistence of a man whose full life has yet to be told. I hope that we can partner in the telling this story. Most cordially, Ronald H. Epp, P.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 Eppster2@comcast.net XFINITY Connect Page 1 of 7 XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size RE: The Making of Acadia From david@friendsofacadia.org Mon, Oct 07, 2013 05:35 PM Subject : RE: The Making of Acadia To : Ronald & Elizabeth Epp Cc Jack Russell Ron: Thank you for this update - you are clearly a very careful planner and most generous in your dedication to Acadia National Park, FOA and this project. Thank you! I don't see any difficulties to the course you outline below, but I will touch base with our Development Director, Lisa Horsch Clark, whom you know well, to see if she has any follow up questions. Thanks for your feedback on the piece about Mrs. Davis - I was lucky enough to work with her and spend some time with her over my twenty years at Maine Coast Heritage Trust, and she was truly an inspiration to many of us working in this field. Will look forward to our call on 10/15. Many thanks, David Original Message From: "Ronald & Elizabeth Epp" Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2013 5:06pm To: "David MacDonald" Cc: "Jack Russell" Subject: The Making of Acadia Dear David, I am highly pleased to learn from you that we are moving forward with the Dorr manuscript. I will expect a phone call from you on the 15th at 2:30 p.m. There is a new development that I believe you will view favorably. Despite my robust publication intentions, the recent death of my wife makes it tragically clear to me that calamities occur. I want to protect the Friends of Acadia against a medical misfortune that would prevent me from fulfilling my agreed upon pre-publication responsibilities (e.g., page proofs, indexing, permissions, etc.). That is, I want to ensure that funds are available for the FOA to complete the publication of the biography. So I have begun the process of changing the beneficiary on one of my paid in full life insurance policies to the Friends of Acadia. Quite obviously, it is my expectation that this will be a moot point. Establishing this contingency fund, however, will improve my confidence that the story of Mr. Dorr will be shared and preserved. Do you foresee any difficulties with this course of action? David, your memorial essay on Kathryn Davis was very well done. About a dozen of us met at her home about three years ago when Superintendent Steele, Wildwood Stables promoter Ed Winterberg, and other NPS officials presented to Mrs. Davis a plan to recreate the historic character of Wildwood as it existed in the era of JDR Jr. As you said, she had a "remarkable curiosity and hunger" to learn about the conservation of Acadia. Have an enjoyable weekend. I'll keep you informed. Most Cordially, http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=154980&tz=America/New_York&. 10/7/2013 XFINITY Connect Page 3 of 4 From: "David MacDonald" To: "Ronald & Elizabeth Epp" Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 3:19:53 PM Subject: RE: Ronald Epp & Friends of Acadia Ron: Thanks for your note and your patience. I am thrilled to hear of your steady recovery, thanks to physical therapy - which I know is very hard work (my mother just had a hip replacement). I had a meeting this morning with Aimee Beal Church, FOA's Communications Coordinator, at which we were discussing and strategizing on your book proposal and preparing for a subsequent meeting I have next Monday 9/23 with our board chair, Ed Samek. Aimee and I are recommending to Ed that we incorporate your project into the 2014 FOA budget that we will begin preparing next month for review and approval by our board in November. So I hope to have more news for you next week. Again, from the staff level, Aimee and I are both enthusiastic about a partnership with you, and I am trying to frame this in the appropriate organizational context to foster board support as well. It is another beautiful September day here at Acadia - I certainly hope that you are able to plan a trip here before Thanksgiving. I will plan to give you a call next week with an update. Many thanks, David David MacDonald, President Friends of Acadia P.O. Box 45 43 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 (207) 288-3340 david@friendsofacadia.org www.friendsofacadia.org From: Ronald & Elizabeth Epp [mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 5:07 PM To: David MacDonald Subject: Re: Ronald Epp & Friends of Acadia Dear David, I would appreciate an update on the status of my proposal concerning The Making of Acadia National Park manuscript. Rigorous physical therapy has taken me from wheelchair, to walker, to cane, and to walking unaided at a natural gait. I'm still committed to four more weeks of therapy. Since Labor Day, however, I've accepted an offer from the MDIHS to write an article on Dorr's controversial role in re-naming many of the mountains on Mount Desert. Several other projects vie for my attention. And whether I can fit in a visit MDI before Thanksgiving depends on the success of my therapy in the weeks ahead. I look forward to hearing from you. With Best Wishes, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net From: "David MacDonald" To: "Ronald & Elizabeth Epp" Cc: "Jack Russell" Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 8:58:26 AM Subject: RE: Ronald Epp & Friends of Acadia Ron: I appreciate the update and am particularly pleased to hear that you are back home after successful surgery! I have had good discussions with the staff management team here at FOA regarding your book proposal; the next step is to brief my board chair and Executive Committee - this has had to wait until the very busy slate of summer activities is behind FOA, so expect an update after Labor Day. Thanks for your patience and I look forward to keeping in touch. Best, David David MacDonald, President Friends of Acadia P.O. Box 45 http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=153780&tz=America/New_York&... 9/30/2013 XFINITY Connect Page 4 of 4 43 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 (207) 288-3340 david@friendsofacadia.org www.friendsofacadia.org From: Ronald & Elizabeth Epp [mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 3:15 PM To: david@friendsofacadia.org Cc: Jack Russell Subject: Ronald Epp & Friends of Acadia Dear David, Attached to this email is a proposed "Release and Indemnification Agreement" for The Making of Acadia National Park manuscript. Please let me know whether it contains the claims that adequately protect the Friends of Acadia. The document was prepared by Magdalene C. Zeppos, Esq. of the firm of Reilly, Wolfson, Sheffey, Schrum & Lundberg, LLP, 1601 Cornwall Road, Lebanon, PA 17042. Should you wish to contact her directly, she can be reached at 717-273-3733 or at mzeppos@rwssl.com. I hope that you have progressed in reading my manuscript. I have progressed physically. My knee replacement surgery took place on July 25 and after twelve days of hospitalization, I am now home and involved in out-patient physical therapy. I look forward to hearing from you. Most Cordially, Ronald Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=153780&tz=America/New_York&...9/30/2013 XFINITY Connect Page 1 of 3 XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.ne + Font Size = Re: Ron Epp's Dorr Book From : Ronald & Elizabeth Epp Wed, Dec 11, 2013 09:51 PM Subject : Re: Ron Epp's Dorr Book To : aimee@friendsofacadia.org Cc : David R. MacDonald Dear David & Aimee, Aimee, I appreciate receiving your detailed timetable. I am comfortable with it pending David's reaction to my earlier emails concerning the Spring 2016 publication date and the draft memorandum of understanding. All the Best, Ronald Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net From: aimee@friendsofacadia.org To: "Ronald & Elizabeth Epp" Cc: "David R. MacDonald" , "Aimee Church" Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:42:57 AM Subject: Re: Ron Epp's Dorr Book Dear Ron and David, I thought we had talked about July 2016, but of course I was not there when you both met at discussed details. My timeline can easily be revised for a winter/spring 2016 publication date. We certainly can aim to complete editorial work by the end of 2014. Here are my estimates for timing for each major step following the finalization of the text: Design & layout: 3 months Proofreading & indexing: 1 month Printing: 3 months Image permissions: would begin well before the finalization of text, but would need to be completed approximately 2 months into design. These are generous estimates so I'm confident we would not need to go into design before September 2015; but given that I will not be able to give this project attention in late spring/summer months, a March 2015 date would make more sense as a final text deadline. I welcome your thoughts. All best, Aimee http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=167922&tz=America/New_York... 12/11/2013 XFINITY Connect Page 2 of 3 Original Message From: "Ronald & Elizabeth Epp" Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 1:44pm To: aimee@friendsofacadia.org Cc: "David R. MacDonald" Subject: Re: Ron Epp's Dorr Book Dear David & Aimee, I think that Aimee has well summarized the spirit and content of our conversation this morning. An email has been sent to Last Look Editorial Services requesting an opportunity to bring Wendy up to date by phone with our plans. My singular concern about the plans is the projected publication date. In our meetings, David, I recall us discussing this matter. In my draft of the Memorandum of Understanding I did not specify a publication date though I did refer to all "publication processes prior to the print run should be completed by December 31, 2014." That date can be extended should you wish in light of Aimee's responsibilities that fall. But the publication date was agreed upon as Spring 2016. This earlier date is important to me to allow for distribution, scheduled signings, and the time lag required for reviews to appear in print before the full force of the centennial celebrations are felt. Late winter would be even better. Please let me know your current thoughts on this matter. Most Cordially, Ronald Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net From: aimee@friendsofacadia.org To: "David MacDonald" Cc: "Aimee Church" "Ronald & Elizabeth Epp" Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 11:09:19 AM Subject: Ron Epp's Dorr Book Hi David, I wanted to update you on a phone conversation I just had with Ron. We had a nice talk and cleared up some important questions about the book project. First, we talked about the editorial process for the book. It sounds like Ron had a positive meeting with Wendy at Last Look Editorial (the MA firm he's identified) and he feels good about working with her. What Ron & I outlined is this: I plan to read through the manuscript over the next two weeks (I realized this is a perfect opportunity for me to do so), and make broad-spectrum notes about 1) any holes in the information that need to be filled for readers to know what's going on and 2) thoughts about what direction I would hope Wendy's editing would take. I plan to talk to Wendy in the next week or so, after I've read at least most of the MS, just to touch base. Ron wants to take the next couple of months to do some revision based on comments he's received from various readers over the last 2 years, and he can also work to fill in any holes I identify. Sometime around March, he will send the MS to Wendy, who will copyedit it end to end, following any guidelines we've established. She will be able to send it back to Ron and he will have until the end of summer 2014 to respond to her suggestions, click "accept all," or whatever feels right to him. He would then send the MS to me sometime in fall 2014. I will do a "final" copyedit that winter. Meanwhile, I will take this winter to do an initial go-through of Ron's collection of images, aiming to pick out a first group of photos by spring so as to start the process of securing permissions. We imagine that, once the text starts to take its final form, we will see gaps in the images and be able to add additional pictures later. Our final goal is 25-50 images for the book. http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=167922&tz=America/New_York... 12/11/2013 XFINITY Connect Page 1 of 2 XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.ne + Font Size Dorr Book Contact Info From Ronald & Elizabeth Epp Sun, Dec 15, 2013 11:45 AM Subject Dorr Book Contact Info To : Wendy Catalano Dear Wendy, Good to speak with you yesterday. The email from Aimee outlines what you and I discussed. The only timetable issue still up in the air is the publication date--I am pressing a date no later than Winter 2015-1016. As you can see Aimee uses "copyedit" at times when she really means page proofing. Regarding contact information, the home landline for Friends of Acadia editor, Aimee Beal Church, is 207-374-2378; cell is 207-812-8385 Her office number is below the email she most recently sent to me and the FOA president, David MacDonald. All the Best, Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net From: aimee@friendsofacadia.org To: "David MacDonald" Cc: "Aimee Church" , "Ronald & Elizabeth Epp" Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 11:09:19 A Subject: Ron Epp's Dorr Book Hi David, I wanted to update you on a phone conversation I just had with Ron. We had a nice talk and cleared up some important questions about the book project. First, we talked about the editorial process for the book. It sounds like Ron had a positive meeting with Wendy at Last Look Editorial (the MA firm he's identified) and he feels good about working with her. What Ron & I outlined is this: I plan to read through the manuscript over the next two weeks (I realized this is a perfect opportunity for me to do so), and make broad-spectrum notes about 1) any holes in the information that need to be filled for readers to know what's going on and 2) thoughts about what direction I would hope Wendy's editing would take. I plan to talk to Wendy in the next week or so, after I've read at least most of the MS, just to touch base. Ron wants to take the next couple of months to do some revision based on comments he's received from various readers over the last 2 years, and he can also work to fill in any holes I identify. Sometime around March, he will send the MS to Wendy, who will copyedit it end to end, following any guidelines we've established. She will be able to send itbacktoRon andhewillhaveuntil theend of summer 2014to respond to her suggestions, click "accept all," or whatever feels right to him. He would then send the MS to me sometime in fall 2014. I will do a "final" copyedit that winter. http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=168842&tz=America/New_York... 12/15/2013 XFINITY Connect Page 2 of 2 Meanwhile, I will take this winter to do an initial go-through of Ron's collection of images, aiming to pick out a first group of photos by spring so as to start the process of securing permissions. We imagine that, once the text starts to take its final form, we will see gaps in the images and be able to add additional pictures later. Our final goal is 25-50 images for the book. Ultimately, we would aim to go into design in late fall 2015, so that we can hire Wendy to do a final proofread and indexing in winter 2016. All permissions and images should be in place by then, so that we can go to the printer in spring 2016, for a July 2016 publication date. Ron expressed that he felt good about this two-stage use of Wendy's editorial assistance. Let me know if you have any questions. I'm cc'ing Ron on this message, as well, so that he can review my timeline--Ron, let me know if you see anything that needs clarification. It was lovely to speak with you. Now I'm looking forward to a good read! All best, Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications and Outreach Coordinator Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal Friends of Acadia 43 Cottage Street, P.O. Box 45 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207-288-3340 www.friendsofacadia.org http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=168842&tz=America/New_York.. 12/15/2013 XFINITY Connect Page 1 of 3 XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.ne Font Size RE: Making of Acadia: Epp rev.1-3.1.26.14 (Inc.Intro) From : Aimee Beal-Church Mon, Jan 27, 2014 12:11 PM Subject : RE: Making of Acadia: Epp rev.1-3.1.26.14 (Inc.Intro) To : Ronald Epp call Dear Ron, I've received both messages with their attachments (intro and ch 1-6). Thank you! I will touch base with Wendy, and will work out a plan for responding to your questions. Also, David shared with me your thoughts about the draft of the MOU. By way of clarification: my understanding and intent is that I will copyedit the ms during the winter of 2014-2015, and work with you to agree on a final version by April 31, 2015. The "proofreading" that I had indicated to be done by Last Look (along with indexing) would be done after the book has been laid out by the designer (in fall 2015). This different than copyediting: it is a final check for typos plus any errors resulting from the design process. To my mind, it is very important to have a final look by a set of eyes other than the editor most recently involved with copyediting. You and I will be too close to the text at that point to be effective proofreaders. It could be done by someone other than Last Look, if that were your preference, but it should be a professional proofreader paid to perform that task. I wasn't sure whether your concern was the expense of hiring Last Look for that final proofreading, or if it was wanting to be sure that I intend to do a round of copyediting, too. Let me know your thoughts- feel free to call if any of this needs clarification-and we'll work toward finalizing the MOU. All best, Aimee One last thought: we might think about not specifying Last Look for the final proofreading/indexing, or at least add "or another mutually-agreed-upon editorial professional" just in case 18 months from now there's some reason we both feel we want to hire another firm. But I'm fine with writing it either way-let me know. Aimee Beal Church Communications and Outreach Coordinator Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal www.friendsofacadia.org http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=178368&tz=America/New_York&.. 1/27/2014 XFINITY Connect Page 1 of 2 XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.ne Font Size RE: Making of Acadia:Ch. 7-9. From : Aimee Beal-Church Tue, Feb 18, 2014 02:44 PM Subject RE: Making of Acadia:Ch. 7-9. To 'Ronald & Elizabeth Epp' Dear Ron, Received both emails-thank you! It seems like all this snow is giving you pleasant occasion to hunker down with the ms. Yes, it's fine for Don Lenahan to have access to your notebooks. I'm hesitant to let them leave the FOA office (I feel I've been entrusted with a great treasure, plus I am still working through them myself) but he is welcome to use an extra desk here at any time during normal office hours. He can contact me (email is best) to give a heads up when he plans to come. I do think that I will be prepared to look at the photos with you when you come at the end of March-I will look forward to it. I also received your question about references to Rockefeller Jr. and Sr. Anne Rockefeller Roberts uses "JDR Jr." and "JDR Sr." throughout her Mr. Rockefeller's Roads, and I like the clarity and consistency of this approach. That seems to be what you're already leaning toward, so perhaps it's a good choice? (Though I imagine that Peter J. Johnson's standard would have the blessing of the Rockefeller family, for consistency's sake I'd hesitate to include the "Jr." at some times but not others; and "Junior" alone strikes me as perhaps too familiar.) I will also run this question by David. We also hadn't yet answered the question of islandvs Island. After wrestling with my conscience a bit, I will recommend that "the island" notbe capitalized except, of course, as part of the whole name Mount Desert Island. I have wavered on this question ever since coming on staff at FOA, and this feels like a final decision-so I thank you for providing the impetus for that! I have passed along your greetings to David. Regarding Terry: if you email her FOA address, terry@friendsofacadia.org it will get forwarded to her. Best, Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications and Outreach Coordinator Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=184023&tz=America/New_York&... 2/18/2014 6/30/2014 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size - RE: Making of Acadia Update From David MacDonald Mon, Jun 30, 2014 12:36 PM Subject RE: Making of Acadia Update To 'Ronald & Elizabeth Epp' Cc: 'Aimee Beal Church' Ron: Great to hear from you, and thank you so much for the update. Summer is officially in full swing here on MDI, with warm sunny days and the park roads and parking lots quickly filling up. I just got back from a short celebration of the 5 millionth rider on the Island Explorer bus system very exciting! Yes, all is well here at FOA, and we look forward to the possibility of seeing you this summer. believe that Lisa just mailed invitations to the George B. Dorr Society event, but here is the quick summary: it will be held on Monday, July 28, from 11 AM to 1 PM, and the format will be a picnic lunch at the historic home, Edgecliff, owned by FOA-board member and GBD Society member Jack Kelly in Southwest Harbor. We hope you can make it should be a fun and interesting day. The benefit auction, meanwhile, will be held as usual on the second Saturday in August which means Aug 9 this year. We anticipate a big turnout as we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of this event. Tickets ($300) are going fast, so let me know if you'd like us to reserve one for you. Glad to know that your work with Wendy is going well on the manuscript. Look forward to seeing you before too long! Best, David David MacDonald, President Friends of Acadia P.O. Box 45 43 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 (207) 288-3340 david@friendsofacadia.org www.friendsofacadia.org From: Ronald & Elizabeth Epp [mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 9:55 AM To: David R. MacDonald Cc: Aimee Beal Church Subject: Making of Acadia Update Dear David & Aimee, I amjust back from a most pleasant vacation at Colonial Williamsburg. It had been four decades since I last visited butt this time around I had Mr. Rockefeller on my mind. I had a behind the scenes tour of the conservation, preservation, and library facilities. And afterwards I contacted the Director of Archives and Records at Colonial Williamsburg and my dear friend Michele Hiltzik Beckerman at the Rockefeller Archive Center. A question has lingered in my mind.. Was there transference of JDR's experience in Maine to Virginia? Were his colonial Williamsburg judgments completely divorced from the lessons learned at Acadia over the preceding decade? In Acadia there was a liberality to where he could direct his carriage, motor, and bridge construction but in Williamsburg he was constrained by the historic and archaeological evidence. I intend to pursue this matter since I suspect it will be raised after The Making of Acadia appears. Aimee, I discovered in Williamsburg a striking photograph of the entire Rockefeller family at their Seal Harbor estate in 1921 that I want to use in the book. I've checked with the RAC and they have approved the use of a copy. Wendy Catalano and I have been busy with editorial work on the ms. We will meet the September 1st deadline for returning a copyedited version to you. Wendy's contributions have exceeded my expectations! I hope all is well with the FOA. I toying with the idea of a summer visit to MDI for the auction or the Dorr Society gathering. Can you provide me with the dates of each and the plans for the Dorr Society event? http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=216320&tz=America/New_York&xim= 1/2 8/13/2014 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size = RE: Making of Acadia Update From : Aimee Beal-Church Tue, Jul 01, 2014 11:01 AM Subject : RE: Making of Acadia Update To : 'David MacDonald' , Ronald Epp Dear Ron, That's great news about the Rockefeller family photo. And I'm delighted to hear that work with Wendy is going so well! I look forward to seeing the new draft in the fall. I very much enjoyed your piece on the Acadia mountain names in the MDI Historical Society's recent magazine. I think we should think about an article for the FOA Journal-perhaps an excerpt from the book once the text is more final-to begin to raise awareness of and excitement for the book's publication. Not something that need be acted on now, but something to tuck away in our minds for later. All the best, Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications and Outreach Coordinator Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal www.friendsofacadia.org From: David MacDonald (mailto:david@friendsofacadia.org] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 12:36 PM To: 'Ronald & Elizabeth Epp' Cc: 'Aimee Beal Church' Subject: RE: Making of Acadia Update Ron: Great to hear from you, and thank you so much for the update. Summer is officially in full swing here on MDI, with warm sunny days and the park roads and parking lots quickly filling up. I just got back from a short celebration of the 5 millionth rider on the Island Explorer bus system - very exciting! Yes, all is well here at FOA, and we look forward to the possibility of seeing you this summer. I believe that Lisa just mailed invitations to the George B. Dorr Society event, but here is the quick summary: it will be held on Monday, July 28, from 11 AM to 1 PM, and the format will be a picnic lunch at the historic home, Edgecliff, owned by FOA-board member and GBD Society member Jack Kelly in Southwest Harbor. We hope you can make it - should be a fun and interesting day. The benefit auction, meanwhile, will be held as usual on the second Saturday in August - which means Aug 9 this year. We anticipate a big turnout as we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of this event. Tickets ($300) are going fast, so let me know if you'd like us to reserve one for you. Glad to know that your work with Wendy is going well on the manuscript. Look forward to seeing you before too long! Best, David http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=216560&tz=America/New_York&xim= 1/3 8/13/2014 XFINITY Connect David MacDonald, President Friends of Acadia P.O. Box 45 43 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 (207) 288-3340 david@friendsofacadia.org www.friendsofacadia.org From: Ronald & Elizabeth Epp [mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 9:55 AM To: David R. MacDonald Cc: Aimee Beal Church Subject: Making of Acadia Update Dear David & Aimee, I am just back from a most pleasant vacation at Colonial Williamsburg. It had been four decades since I last visited butt this time around I had Mr. Rockefeller on my mind. I had a behind the scenes tour of the conservation, preservation, and library facilities. And afterwards I contacted the Director of Archives and Records at Colonial Williamsburg and my dear friend Michele Hiltzik Beckerman at the Rockefeller Archive Center. A question has lingered in my mind.. Was there transference of JDR's experience in Maine to Virginia? Were his colonial Williamsburg judgments completely divorced from the lessons learned at Acadia over the preceding decade? In Acadia there was a liberality to where he could direct his carriage, motor, and bridge construction but in Williamsburg he was constrained by the historic and archaeological evidence. I intend to pursue this matter since I suspect it will be raised after The Making of Acadia appears. Aimee, I discovered in Williamsburg a striking photograph of the entire Rockefeller family at their Seal Harbor estate in 1921 that I want to use in the book. I've checked with the RAC and they have approved the use of a copy. Wendy Catalano and I have been busy with editorial work on the ms. We will meet the September 1st deadline for returning a copyedited version to you. Wendy's contributions have exceeded my expectations! I hope all is well with the FOA. I am toying with the idea of a summer visit to MDI for the auction or the Dorr Society gathering. Can you provide me with the dates of each and the plans for the http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=216560&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 2/3 8/4/2014 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size = RE: FOA Style Question: Making of Acadia National Park From : Aimee Beal-Church Mon, Aug 04, 2014 11:05 AM Subject : RE: FOA Style Question: Making of Acadia National Park To : 'Ronald & Elizabeth Epp' Cc : wendy@lastlookeditorial.com Dear Ron and Wendy, I can understand the pull to capitalize these two words, given the centrality of "the Island" and "the Park" to your story and, indeed, our (Ron's and my) personal experience. However, unless we imagine that readers of this book will be limited to those whose park connection is primarily to the MDI district of Acadia National Park, then capitalizing these two words risks coming across as somewhat parochial. Acadia encompasses several islands (both through outright ownership and through other forms of connection such as easements), and I have no doubt that people who live on Isle au Haut think of it as "the Island." As do those who live on Little Cranberry think of their home as "the Island." Likewise, many visitors to Acadia also have connections to other parks, both national and otherwise, and I feel that capitalizing "the Park" suggests that we don't remember there are many other parks out there. Since we generally follow the "down" style favored by the Chicago Manual and the rule is quite clear that words of this type would not be capitalized when removed from their proper name, I feel very aware of the message we'd send by granting exception to these two words. Let me know if you have further thoughts-I'm sympathetic to the dilemma but my editorial preference remains the same. All the best, Aimee PS: I'm not worried about confusion over where to "park in the park" as readers of English handle such challenges all the time, generally easily. Aimee Beal Church Communications and Outreach Coordinator Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal www.friendsofacadia.org From: Ronald & Elizabeth Epp [mailto:eppster2@comcast.net) Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 9:36 AM To: Aimee Beal Church Subject: FOA Style Question: Making of Acadia National Park Dear Aimee, Would you resolve the stylistic matter in my email with Wendy? Ron Epp http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=224840&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 1/3 9/30/2014 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size = RE: Making of Acadia From : Aimee Beal-Church Tue, Sep 30, 2014 11:41 AM Subject RE: Making of Acadia To : Ronald Epp Hi Ron, Thank you for thinking about the Journal-indeed, I would very much like to include excerpts in several issues between now and the book's publication. I think that a series of excerpts that, as you suggest, "deal with different aspects of the sweep of the entire manuscript" will develop readers' curiosity and fix the upcoming event (the publication, that is!) in their minds. I've always heard that you need to hear something three times before you remember it whether that's true or not, I think that three excerpts seems about right. In fact, I'd like to include installment #1 in the upcoming winter issue. I don't have a fixed opinion as to what section that should be-I'm very open to your ideas. The challenge will be for it to be sufficiently free-standing that readers don't feel they've missed some important information. One bit that jumped out at me is in chapter 11, starting with "In May 1908, President Eliot received a deed from Mrs. Eliza Homans. I think that story isn't very well known, and quite interesting. I also like your suggestion from chapter 7. What other sections were you thinking of? The upcoming issue of the Journal is actually coming out on a tight timetable, so I hope to select an excerpt for it in the next week or so. It would be nice to also have an idea of other excerpts we wish to feature in future issues, but I don't think we should let that hold us up. Accordingly, I have been very focused on the Journal (both the fall issue, just out, and the winter issue, forthcoming) so I have not yet had a chance to dig in to your manuscript beyond some initial browsing. But I'm impressed so far with what I see-1 look forward to more focused time with it in the coming weeks and months. I have some questions for you before I start digging in, but I'll save those for another email. I hope you are feeling well as you await the test results, and I look forward to seeing you whenever that may happen. All best, Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications and Outreach Coordinator Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal www.friendsofacadia.org From: Ronald & Elizabeth Epp [mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 2:41 PM To: Church, Aimee Cc: MacDonald, David Subject: Making of Acadia Hi Aimee & David,, http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=241360&tz=America/New_York&xim= 1/3 9/30/2014 XFINITY Connect Since we were going to meet today, I thought instead I'd follow up on your suggestion for a topic for a future issue of the FOA Journal. Aimee, how far have you progressed through the copy edited manuscript? It occurred to me that several important centennial events will unfold in 2015 leading up to the park centennial the following year. Some of these are traced in the chapter titled "Mr. Dorr Goes to Washington." Now that the copy editing is completed, I could rework that chapter, scale back its diverse content, and give several themes greater focus-- all while adhering to your word limits (which are?). To coincide with historical events, it should appear no later than the Summer 2015 issue of the Journal An alternative strategy for creating reader interest in the forthcoming publication would be to publish a series of three brief articles that would not be chronological linked but instead deal with different aspects of the sweep of the entire manuscript. For example, I think the content of chapter seven that deals with the distinctive acadian landscape (paragraphs one through ten) would resonate well with readers. I have other themes in mind as you likely have by this time. Do you have other Journal plans in the works that you intended to discuss with me this week? It will be another two weeks until my medical test results can be compared and allow me to rethink a visit to MDI. Until then I will be starting the process of securing publisher permissions. Please let me know how I can be of help until these health issues are clarified. All My Best, Ronald From: "Church, Aimee" To: "Epp, Elizabeth" Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 9:10:05 AM Subject: RE: Ron Epp Visit Dear Ron, I'm very sorry to hear of this no doubt troubling experience. I send you warm thoughts for a quick resolution, and hope that we will see you here soon. All best wishes, http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=241360&tz=America/New_York&xim= 2/3 2015 2/6/2015 XFINITY Connect From: "Aimee Beal-Church" To: "Ronald Epp" Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 3:15:13 PM Subject: Intro edits Hi Ron, I'm sorry we did not connect during your trip. I do hope you got my phone calls yesterday, but I can understand that the snow just complicated everything. I hope you weathered the storm! I'm attaching a copy of the introduction with my edits in markup mode. There were a couple of areas I had hoped to look at together, but I'm sure we can manage remotely. The first is the question of the book title: I'm suggesting Creating Acadia National Park: The Biography of George Bucknam Dorr as title and subtitle. I like the verb creating as opposed to making because it suggests not only that Acadia was made from scratch, but that it was a new, original thing when it was made. A new invention, as it were, not from an existing model. Using the "ing" form allows us to delete two words that don't add content. Let me know your thoughts on this title-I'm fully open to further discussion over the coming months. The second area I wanted to discuss is the first three paragraphs. As I indicate in one comment, I find the logical progression here hard to follow, mostly because the time reference points seem to shift, or are unclear. Especially being the very beginning of the book, I'd like to see this reworked. Would you like to take a stab at it, or would you prefer I try? If you're not sure how to go about it, we might try a phone call so I can get it clear in my own mind before offering a suggestion. Overall, I'm getting well in to the ms; should have a few more chapters to you as soon as I transfer my edits into the Word version. Let me reiterate how pleased I am with the work that you and Wendy did. My marks mostly fit into two categories: small, inconsequential tweaks (these will continue to rear their heads throughout the editing and design process, no matter how carefully we look...); and larger questions mostly around time progression and repetition. Because you're not following a strictly chronological timeline in the book-instead moving back and forth in order to pull together thematic points-the time sometimes gets confusing. And information is sometimes repeated unnecessarily-a description of Samuel Eliot, including birth and death dates, comes to mind-which I can imagine would easily happen if different sections were written at different times. In all these cases I simply make suggestions for how to resolve it, but am always open to alternate solutions. When I'm not sure how to resolve it, I'll put a query mark and perhaps a phone call from time to time will help. One small detail: I'd like to maintain the distinction between Mount Desert Island (the landmass) and Mount Desert (the town). I know this means saying "Island" more often than one might, but I think it's important that readers recognize the difference. Please confirm. All the best, Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications and Outreach Coordinator Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal hhttp://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=270613&tz=America/New_York&xim= 2/3 5/26/2015 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size Chapter 12 and a radical idea From Aimee Beal Church Fri, May 22, 2015 11:31 AM 2 attachments Subject Chapter 12 and a radical idea To Ronald Epp (eppster2@comcast.net) Hi Ron, It was so good to see you this week. I am very pleased with our selection of photographs for the book, and relieved that there are relatively few that need permissions, etc. I am planning to spend some time on Cadillac in the next few weeks, seeking that spot where Dorr and Lane were standing! Wish me luck. Attached is chapter 12 in both edited and clean format. I am still collecting a list of all people named in the book, to rationalize when birth/death dates are given and check that people who have already been "introduced" are not re-introduced in later chapters. It may just be because I'm paying such close attention to those dates, but I'm finding them unwieldy-and it's a potential source of confusion as to why some people get them and some don't. I'm wondering if you might consider taking ALL of those dates out of the text, and instead put them into the index where all of those people will, I presume, be listed. Then there'd be no reason not to give someone's dates-i if they're not important enough to have dates, they're not important enough to be in the index. We could keep GBD's dates in the introduction. Give this some thought. I will happily give my list to Wendy, for her to refer to when building the index. And one more thought, speaking of Wendy: as I work on our budget for the production of the book, I wonder if you would tell me the amount you paid to Wendy for her editing services. I feel we should have a record of that, as part of your total contribution to the book's costs. Of course the value of your time in researching and writing the book will never be calculated, but at least we can know the production costs. Going forward, I think any similar invoices should be paid by FOA to be sure that you get any tax benefits from your contributions. I hope that today's event at Little Long Pond is wonderful! All best, Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications and Outreach Coordinator Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal Friends of Acadia 43 Cottage Street, P.O. Box 45 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207.288.3340 (T) 207.812.8385(C) www.friendsofacadia.org Friends of Acadia preserves, protects, and promotes stewardship of the outstanding natural beauty, ecological vitality, and distinctive cultural resources of Acadia National Park and surrounding communities for the inspiration and enjoyment of current and future generations. https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=292640&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 1/2 7/29/2015 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size RE: CANP ch 18 From : Aimee Beal Church Wed, Jul 29, 2015 01:38 PM 1 attachment Subject RE: CANP ch 18 To : Ronald Epp Hi Ron, I've received chapter 18; thanks! Back to you now is chapter 2 in a finalized version. However, before we consider it completely finalized please read over the first three paragraphs to check the changes I made for "temporal clarity." It still may seem a mystery to curious readers how exactly Eliot goes from teaching at MIT to president of Harvard but perhaps they'll need to seek out an Eliot biography to clear that up. While I was doing that, I had a fancy to indicate the origin of the term "Downeast" for any readers unfamiliar with it. Since we had a sailor heading from Boston to MDI, it presented a perfect object-lesson. That's in the first paragraph-please keep or remove per your preference. Now, with the intro and first two chapters in hand, you're equipped to approach potential blurbers. My memory is that we thought the Table of Contents, Intro, and first two chapters would be the best materials to include when you first reach out. If their interest is sufficiently piqued, you can then send them the complete text, clearly marked as an "unrevised copy." That unrevised copy can just be the latest version available, with all changes "accepted" and comments deleted-a clean version, that is. Ideally, this would also be in one single document rather than 22 separate documents. I believe that copying and pasting each document in turn into a fresh Word file will do it. There shouldn't be any danger of "losing" anything as you'd keep the file you're copying from. Do you feel up to producing this document? Let me know, when you have a chance, which potential blurbers you are currently considering. I know we've discussed this a few times, but there were a couple still in question. I do think the original query should come from you; I'd suggest emailing your query with the intro and two chapters, but let them know you will mail them a hard copy of the whole thing if they're willing to read further. I can print the hard copies and mail them from FOA-just let me know when we get to that point. I'll be off email tomorrow, but Chapter 19 will come on Friday Finally, yes: we did definitively choose the peace tree planting photo, with the two kids. You can go ahead and finalize with the Abbe. Best, Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications and Outreach Coordinator Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal www.friendsofacadia.org hhttps://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=310100&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 1/3 9/3/2015 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size epilogue From : Aimee Beal Church Thu, Sep 03, 2015 04:09 PM 5 attachments Subject : epilogue To : Ronald Epp (eppster2@comcast.net) Hi Ron, Here is the Epilogue in both marked up and clean versions. Bask in the glow of that milestone for a moment! Also attached is the new wayside exhibit at Compass Harbor. I mention in the text that you might touch on some of what is being done by the NPS at that site, in addition to what hasn't been done. This wayside might be of interest in that context. As we think ahead to preparing the interior for design, here's a list of components and their status: Title pages - easy to complete Copyright page - Aimee will draft and get ISBN and CIP data. Acy, Table of Contents - complete Text - in process Endnotes - in process Index - will be completed after 1st page proofs Images - work still to be done Aimee: write up list of selected images; Ron will revise and approve Ron: write captions and credits Chill Ron: send to Aimee any e-files he has acquired Aimee: get e-files from ANP Acknowledgements: Ron needs to draft and send to Aimee About Friends of Acadia: Aimee will draft Author bio: Here's what we've used in the Journal; Ron should revise and send to Aimee. I don't know that we need to mention your FOA membership in this context. RONALD H. EPP, Ph.D. has worked in university teaching, scholarly publishing, and academic library administration, and is the retired director of Shapiro Library at Southern New Hampshire University. His longtime research into Acadia's early history and personages has led to published articles in the magazines and newsletters of many Acadia- area organizations. Ron and his wife Elizabeth, who passed away in 2013, first joined Friends of Acadia in 1995, Cover: Photo(s): in process (are you still thinking of the shot of Dorr and Lane atop Cadillac?) We can use the author photo of you from the Winter 2014 Journal if you like. Or ? Blurbs: in process Author bio: as above Ok, what am I forgetting? Please review this very carefully and be sure that everything is accounted for. Thanks! Best, Aimee https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=318009&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 1/2 10/19/2015 XFINITY Connect Subject: George B. Dorr & Ronald Epp Dear Margie, Since you last emailed me in March of 2014, I have brought the Dorr manuscript to near completion, with publication by the Friends of Acadia scheduled for March 2016. My mind still vividly recalls our first meeting at the Preserving Historic Trails Conference. It was a small note in the FOA Journal that prompted my drive from Connecticut to hear about the past, present, and future of the trails system. That event when coupled with my experiences within the park over the preceding decade set me on this project that too often seemed endless. The manuscript is now out of my hands, and is quite indebted to your Pathmakers and other encouragements. I write now to ask for one additional contribution. Aimee Beal Church and I would be pleased and honored if you would be willing to write a cover "blurb" for the book. I am attaching an annotated Table of Contents, the Introduction, and the first two chapters, so that you might decide whether this is something you can and would like to do for the book. Will you please let me know by September 29th whether you are able to contribute to the cover. Aimee would then send you the full manuscript (in hard copy or electronically, as you prefer) to review. We would then ask for the blurb by October 30; however, please let me know if another deadline would make a difference in your ability to do this. Our hope is that your blurb will be 50 to 100 words in length, touching on the strengths and significance of the book. With thanks, Ronald H. Epp & Aimee Beal Church. aimee@friendsofacadia.org 207-288-3340 eppster2@comcast.net 717-272-0801 https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=329229&tz=America/New_York&xim= 3/3 10/19/2015 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size = George B. Dorr biopgraphy by Ron Epp From : Aimee Beal Church Mon, Oct 19, 2015 05:16 PM 2 attachments Subject : George B. Dorr biopgraphy by Ron Epp To : margie coffin brown Cc : Ronald Epp (eppster2@comcast.net) Dear Margie, Ron Epp let me know of your willingness to write a cover blurb for his Dorr biography-thank you! I greatly appreciate your enthusiasm for the project. A printed copy of the manuscript will reach you tomorrow via FedEx. One important note: I had to send you a version of the manuscript that predates the edits from Bill Clendaniel that Ron mentioned because they have not yet been fully incorporated. Those changes are quite minor relative to the entirety of the manuscript, but I wanted to let you know that your printed version is not 100% final. Please let me know if you have any questions about the manuscript. Thanks again, Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications and Outreach Coordinator Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal Friends of Acadia 43 Cottage Street, P.O. Box 45 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207.288.3340 (T) 207.812.8385(C) www.friendsofacadia.org Friends of Acadia preserves, protects, and promotes stewardship of the outstanding natural beauty, ecological vitality, and distinctive cultural resources of Acadia National Park and surrounding communities for the inspiration and enjoyment of current and future generations. OUR ACADE Acadia is turning 100! Help celebrate the Acadia Centennial at 1916 2016 www.acadiacentennial2016.org CENTENNIAL ACAD 1916 2016 image001.jpg 32 KB image002.jpg https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=329331&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 1/2 Z STUDIO GRAPHIC DESIGN 207 288 4133 zstudio@zzzinc.com October 15, 2015 Sample pages for book design Within the two pdfs are multiple variations Creating Acadia National Park, The Biography of George Bucknam Dorr by Ronald Epp Bembo, Minion and Open Sans are the three classic typefaces we worked with. SAMPLE 1: Minion throughout Running heads at bottom, centered End notes 10/11 Text width 4.25 font size leading variations p 1-2: 12/18, 30 lpp, 262 words easy to read, wasteful of space p 3: 11/16, 34 lpp, 314 words: a good mix of legibility and economy of space 2 p 4: 10/14, 38 lpp, 417 words Tight and dense, most word on page p 5: 10/16, 34 lpp, 392 words: a good mix of legibility and economy of space SAMPLE 2: Bembo with Open Sans in headers Running heads at top, outside End notes 10/11 Text width 4.25 font size leading variations p 1: 11/16, 34 llp, 319 words pp p 2: 11/15, 36 lpp, 338 pp words: visually as legible as page 1, with a few more words per page. p 3: 10/14, 38 lpp, 404 words clear and easy to read, a bit small for some eyes 11/5/2015 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size proofreading From : Aimee Beal Church Thu, Nov 05, 2015 04:12 PM 2 attachments Subject : proofreading To : Ronald Epp (eppster2@comcast.net) Hi Ron, I cc'ed you on my scheduling note to Wendy, so you know that I expect to have page proofs on November 20. (Exciting!) I just wanted to touch base on what I hope from you regarding those proofs. I plan to send you a PDF and full printout for your review. I will have already looked through them for any big problems-missing or transposed chapters, sections of notes duplicated, strange formatting, etc. I don't expect to find much in that department -Karen Zimmerman is very good!-but if there is anything big, it should be resolved before you see the proof. That means that you can spend your time reading through the book as closely as you can manage. This will be your final opportunity to look for any last errors or omissions. You should also look for the above sort of problem on a smaller scale-missing or transposed paragraphs, individual notes duplicated, strange formatting, etc. Hopefully there won't be any problems, but one should always look... In addition to whatever other proofreading techniques you favor, try to set aside a couple of days and simply read it though with a fresh and open mind. Of course we will also have Jane Crosen proofreading, but this is your "baby" and I do suggest you give it as thorough an investigation as you can muster. If you can take three weeks for this and have your comments/corrections to me by December 14, that will give me a few days to look through them before I get a marked copy from Jane. I know you're also working on photos, captions, and credits, but I wanted you to be able to approach proofreading with a firm schedule in mind. Let me know if you have any questions about it. Best, Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications and Outreach Coordinator Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal Friends of Acadia 43 Cottage Street, P.O. Box 45 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207.288.3340 (T) 207.812.8385(C) www.friendsofacadia.org Friends of Acadia preserves, protects, and promotes stewardship of the outstanding natural beauty, ecological https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=333509&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 1/2 12/15/2015 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size RE: CANP Proofs, Images & Captions Edit From : Aimee Beal Church Tue, Dec 15, 2015 11:34 AM 3 attachments Subject RE: CANP Proofs, Images & Captions Edit To : Ronald Epp Hi Ron, Again, I am sorry to have caused you undue concern. I'll review the image selections again. I agree that the core collection is well covered. Marie and I talked about the John Peter image, and the 99.9% likelihood is that the scanned halftone print we have is the best available version. The file is large enough for printing, and though it will show signs of its previous life as a newspaper article, it's really not bad at all. I think we should definitely still include it! I think we should include mention of its source (a supplement to the Bar Harbor Times, plus perhaps the whole original caption) in the caption. Such as: The Honorable John A. Peters, in front of the Sieur de Monts springhouse. This photo originally appeared in a 1920 supplement to the Bar Harbor Times titled "Lafayette National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine," in which the photo caption noted that "Mr. Peters, influential Member of Congress from this district, has been active in securing for his native state the first National Park east of the Mississippi and the first in the country bordering upon the sea." Marie found other photo I had asked about, "9879-Park Staff" attached. We were considering both this one and "ANP - 465" also attached. I do like the idea of a photo including the ANP sign above the door, but the more informal one with the kids is pretty wonderful. Your thoughts-include one or both? The Dorr tree planting crop I sent to Z Studio is attached. As I mentioned in a previous message, the problem with my idea of a historic photo "inserted" into a modern landscape is that, in order for the landscape to be meaningful, the historic image must be so small as to lose any impact. Since the cover is the primary marketing took for a book, we need to consider impact first. Karen, like all of us, preferred this image over the others I had shown you fact, Dorr is looking straight at the camera, which is a significant plus. She is working on ideas for a design around this image, and we'll see what she comes up with. Changing topics: I'm just starting to dig in to the proofs provided by both you and Jane. Great work! I'm going to try to reconcile the two, so as to provide just one copy to Z Studio. If I have any questions, I'll reach out to you. One quick one: is there a reason some pages are paper-clipped together? Just wanted to be sure before I undo those sections. I'm also hoping to pull together the copy for the back cover of the book today. Normally I'd plan to include a 1- paragraph book description and pre-publication blurbs. (Your bio would be on the final interior page of the book, or the inside back cover.) In this case, the blurbs are so comprehensive and strong (and long!) that I can imagine just a 2-line description then four blurbs. Is this approach acceptable to you? If so, I'll send a draft in a bit. https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=342480&tz=America/New_York&xim= 1/3 2016 1/4/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net Font Size = RE: CANP. Corrections for Galleys From Aimee Beal Church Mon, Jan 04, 2016 05:16 PM Subject : RE: CANP. Corrections for Galleys 2 attachments To : Ronald Epp Happy New Year to you, as well! I hope you've been able to celebrate it properly, with the Index review accomplished. I am working from the road the next two days, and am printing a copy to bring with me and look over. I have much to catch up on with you, following my restful vacation. I'll cover what I can in this message! I'm numbering them for easier reference. 1. I have a running list of additional changes that need to be made to the first proof-the two items below are now included. 2. need to go through my lists to put my hands on that paragraph for chapter 1 let me find it then I'll follow up. on.1 3. Index: I'm good with including dates for some personal names while others remain undated. However, perhaps we can make a little headway on finding dates for some in the next couple of weeks (we can ask the designer to insert them in the second proof). For example, I believe we can find dates for Theodore Roosevelt! 4. Yes, we can certainly update Julia Clark Gray's name in the Acknowledgements. I can check with her about how she'd prefer it to be written at the same time I follow up on the scans of Dorr's handwriting. 5. Speaking of that: I like elements of both letters that she scanned for us. The birthday note is easier to read. Other than that-recognizing we can only include one of them, which would be your preference? I might lean Yes toward the one on Lafayette NP stationary if we can provide a translation in the caption! Can you decipher it? 6. And speaking of changes in the Acknowledgements: my title has been changed to Communications Director, and I'd like to update that if you're ok with it. Yes 7. A slip was caught by Jane Crosen, our proofreader. On page 4 (in the Introduction) there is this sentence: "Nearly fifty species of mammals crossed this channel from the mainland to populate the island, and the offspring of most survived into the present era, including seasonal Native Americans, the Wabanaki." In spite of the tongue-in-cheek tone, this would likely be read as offensive to some. I suggest changing to: Nearly fifty species of mammals crossed this channel from the mainland to populate the island, and the Yes! descendants of most survived into the present era. So too did seasonal Native Americans, the Wabanaki. I find myself wanting to elaborate slightly on what the Wabanaki did on MDI, but the right words are proving elusive. Maybe, "So too did the Native Wabanaki peoples, who came seasonally to partake of plentiful food and other resources." Argh any thoughts? 8. The image of John Peters at Sieur de Monts (attached) is the best version in existence. We'll go with it. Ok, that'll do for today! My goal for this week is to finalize the image captions and get the image files to the designer by Friday. I have the chronological draft of the captions you sent (attached here with all changes The https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=345394&tz=America/New_York&xim 1/3 1/14/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size = Draft 3 From : Aimee Beal Church Thu, Jan 14, 2016 05:26 PM Subject : Draft 3 1 attachment To : Ronald Epp (eppster2@comcast.net) Hi Ron, I've just come from Z Studio, where I have almost but not quite finished making corrections marked by both you and Jane Crosen. However, I wanted to send you the attached draft-thus-far so that you can begin to see where we are. Here is what has not been done: I don't know why there are empty pages at the very beginning There is a little ornament on the title page that didn't come through correctly-it looks like a "V" Globally, we still need to remove the small-caps from initial line of each sub-section; then, those initial lines and the initial line of each chapter should not be indented (which is the norm in book design). The front matter roman numerals should be in lower case, not upper case. The footer in Chapter 11 needs to be corrected (Trustee First Steps) We need to add a footer line in the notes, indicating which text pages each notes page refers to. I will wait to do that until the next draft, to be sure that the text pages and note numbers are completely finalized. Finally, I still need to enter corrections from Jane Crosen in the notes. I have finished all of the corrections you sent me. I do have some questions for you regarding changes that were marked; I'll either write those up tomorrow to wait till I finish all the corrections next week. I think I've corrected all the note numbers, both in the text and in the notes-but please give that an extra-careful look. How do you feel about proofreading at this point? Would you like to give it a complete last look? Or just a last read-through? Would you like me to send back the proofs you marked so that you can compare? Know that I plan to give it a last fresh look, and I welcome your eye again but I know this has reached the grueling point. Let me know how you're feeling. Regarding the cover: I have given Karen the close-up photo of Dorr at the tree planting ceremony to produce some cover ideas. When we last talked about the cover, I believed that you were feeling good about that choice. I think she is planning to start working on that next week; if you have additional cover image ideas, please do send them along over the weekend. She is considering putting a scenic photo of the park on the back cover, so that we get that idea of Acadia itself being a character in the book-but that is not set in stone. The blurbs are so long it might be challenging. Have a good evening! Aimee https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=347678&tz=America/New_York&xim= 1/2 2/1/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size = proofs, etc. From : Aimee Beal Church Mon, Feb 01, 2016 12:53 PM Subject : proofs, etc. 4 attachments To : Ronald Epp (eppster2@comcast.net) Hi Ron, Happy February! I've attached a couple of exciting things for you to look at: draft book covers and the photo pages. For the photo pages, please proofread the captions carefully and double-check that nothing is missing (I'll do the same). Also please check the order of the images-it may be that Karen has slightly re-ordered them for design reasons (which I told her was acceptable), but let me know if there are any significant problems with the order. I have the caption for the R. Abbe birthday note: The distinctive handwriting of George B. Dorr is evident in his February 16, 1921 letter to Robert Abbe, congratulating the physician on his seventieth birthday and a life "that is rare, beautiful and fine." Courtesy of the Abbe Museum collections, Bar Harbor, Maine. For the cover designs: Take and look and let me know your thoughts! Know that there are some pieces of these that I prefer to others (for example, the book title in some cases runs over the photo of Dorr)-we can "mix & match" elements like that. In particular, in the first three designs (with similar layout) I prefer the map at the bottom to the photo- but I included all three designs because they use different background images behind the book title and I'm curious how you react to those. In the last option, I'm mulling over the idea of digitally removing some or all of the Jackson Lab from the picture thoughts? All that said, just let me know your overall reactions and preferences. I think we're going to have a terrific cover-am very excited about it. Last: I've received your last set of marked proof pages and will be working at Z Studio today to make corrections. Best, Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications Director Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal Friends of Acadia 43 Cottage Street, P.O. Box 45 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207.288.3340 (T) 207.812.8385(C) www.friendsofacadia.org https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=350841&tz=America/New_York&xim: 1/2 XFINITY Connect Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size = RE: Image Permssion Credits & Carole Beal From : Aimee Beal Church Thu, Feb 04, 2016 02:08 PM Subject : RE: Image Permssion Credits & Carole Beal To : Ronald Epp Hi Ron, Thank you! With these, I think we have everything correct. I was behind in giving Carole your mailing address so that she can send you details. I have done so, and you can also reach her by email at carolebeal@gmail.com She has reserved April 4 - 9 for you. Regarding the April 7 event: although the event will be open to anybody, we will send invitations to those whom we 1) particularly hope will come or 2) were important to the book. We will mail these around March 11 and I hope you will send list from you of people you would like to receive one. With addresses, if you have them! I can also send you some blank invitations, if you'd like to mail some directly with a personal note. Just let me know how many and who you will send them to (so we don't send them a duplicate invitation). In addition, we would like to host a celebratory dinner for you the night before the event (Wednesday, April 6), with at minimum you and the key players from FOA and the Jesup. Will you be available that evening, and is there a guest or two you would like to include? Regarding the centennial logo on the book: I would like to be able to place a sticker on the book cover. I think that both working designs will allow space for that. There is an existing centennial product sticker that we can use, or we can look into printing larger stickers with the entire logo-I'm inclined to do the latter if not too expensive. Regarding the Jeff Dobbs film: Thank you for letting me know-you should feel free to do just what you are comfortable with. FOA has no connection to this project. Very interesting news about the HCTPR memorial on Cadillac! I had not heard about that-thank you for sharing the news with me. We will be sure in include Josh on the invitation list for the launch party. I hope that you are feeling better after Tuesday! Best, Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications Director Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal www.friendsofacadia.org From: Ronald Epp [mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 5:48 PM To: Aimee Beal Church https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=351664&tz=America/New_York&xim= 1/3 2/3/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size Re: next Journal article/excerpt From Ronald Epp Wed, Feb 03, 2016 10:35 AM 1 attachment Subject : Re: next Journal article/excerpt To : Aimee Church Dear Aimee, I've been away from the final FOA Journal installment but will catch up by this weekend. Yes, please reconnect with Debbie Taylor and provide contact information, to me as well. Will she influence the placement of this title in other Sherman's bookstores? I am interested as well in signings elsewhere on the mid-Maine coast. Unable to sleep because of my surgery I laid in bed from 3:30-6:00 a.m. "brainstorming" about forthcoming CANP issues. I'll send along a list of questions where our interests likely overlap and I'll defer to your expertise but I have on my list issues where I need some guidance in the weeks ahead. More to follow in the next day or two. Lastly, regarding my preferences for the Jesup "kick off" event, here are a couple of items: 1. I'm concerned that some key players in the development of the book might not hear about the Jesup event and so I wondered whether you and others there had considered sending out--by email or snail mail--a personal invite from either you, or me, or we? Or perhaps David if there is an effort to reach FOA Board members? 2. You asked about light food at the event. I first tried to think about Dorr's food preferences and quickly realized that other than his favorite ale that I mentioned in the conclusion to one of the chapters, the only other strong preference seems to be for the grapes and pears grown at the T.W. Ward estate in Canton, MA ** In Maine is celebrates local apples. If you desire information on his favorite flowers, his was the same as that of Elizabeth, lilies-of-the-valley. ** if you would like to display or serve vastly superior pears, they could be shipped from "Harry & David" in Medford Oregon or I could pick them up enroute in Connecticut. As another aside, you may recall that Charles Dorr's enthusiasm for Stilton cheese prompted poet James Russell Lowell to craft for him a lengthy poem on its blessings, held by the Houghton Library, and subsequently published (it is an acquired taste, though). I know that wine is oft associated with such events, and that is fine. Since all wines give me headaches, I would abstain in preference to a variety of different juices or teas. Finger food like crackers, dips, and small deserts work well but have no historical connection to Dorr personally though I'm sure they were standard hospitality fare for Mary Dorr. Is this what you were looking for? If not, please amplify. Best, Ron From: "Aimee Beal Church" To: "Ronald Epp (eppster2@comcast.net)" Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:11:16 PM Subject: next Journal article/excerpt Hi Ron, These might be of interest as you start thinking about your next excerpt for the Journal: http://slowertraffic.bangordailynews.com/2015/09/19/home/are-national-parks-and-cars-compatible https://aeon.co/essays/busy-and-degraded-america-s-national-parks-are-in-decline https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=351319&tz=America/New_York&xim= 1/2 3/9/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size RE: Dorr Book: Sales From : Aimee Beal Church Wed, Mar 09, 2016 09:40 AM Subject : RE: Dorr Book: Sales To : Lisa Horsch Clark , Ronald Epp (eppster2@comcast.net) Cc : Carol Potter Hi Ron, I agree that it doesn't make sense for you to handle book sales-for the reason of sales tax plus other issues you mention. If the library/venue is not willing to act as a point-of-sale (which is understandable, as they'd need to be set up to handle sales tax, too) then there are three options. Option 1: arrange for a local bookstore to come in and offer book sales. This is in fact what will happen on April 7 at the Jesup: Sherman's will be there and will sell books. All you need to do is be available to sign them for purchasers-we might even arrange for you to sign a bunch of copies in advance (though some people will want them personalized, too, I imagine). For other events, either you or the host venue would need to reach out to a local bookstore. As above, the bookstore would purchase the books at wholesale and come in to handle the sales completely. It may well be that a bookstore will not want to participate in this way-it's a lot of staff time that may not pay for itself. So I wouldn't expect this to be a likely solution. However, if they're interested they should be directed to https://friendsofacadia.org/news-publications/george-dorr-biography/where they will find wholesale ordering information. Option 2: FOA can produce and send to you a stack of information cards with book details and suggestions on where people might purchase the book. FYI, Sherman's bookstore will do online orders and ship, so anyone can order from them just like any other online sale. Amazon will also be a possibility (though FOA makes much less $$ on each sale). Option 3: This is a hybrid of the two above options. If a local bookstore (local to the event) would be willing to stock the book in advance, we could include their name and info on the informational cards that you'll have at the event. The only small downside to this option is that if they order many more than they end up selling, they will return them to us-but that's normal to the industry so we just have to be fine with it. We would need an order from them a couple of weeks in advance, at least, in order to include them on the card. As above, they can go to https://friendsofacadia.org/news-publications/george-dorr-biography/ for wholesale ordering information. The challenge will be arranging for someone to approach a bookstore-easy in situations where you or I live (for example, here in Blue Hill), but more challenging if you're traveling to a venue. I suggest that when you are arranging an event, first ask the venue/library if they're willing to handle sales. If not, ask if they're willing to reach out to a local bookstore and offer option 1 or option 3. If they're not (or if the bookstore isn't interested) then you can just bring the standard info cards that I'll be sure you have on hand. Make sense? https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=357960&tz=America/New_York&xim=: 1/4 4/11/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size - Re: Home run! From : Ruth Eveland Thu, Apr 07, 2016 10:03 PM Sender : ruth eveland Subject : Re: Home run! To : Ronald Beard Cc : David MacDonald , Ronald Epp Much appreciation, Ron. Staff was exceedingly pleased with the evening in all ways. We know that everyone's level of knowledge increased, and also their appreciation and respect for George. I'm listening to the wind and rain pound on my window (and the big window is leaking again, but the plastic is up) and the library itself is still vibrating with excitement. Thanks, Ruth Ruth A. Eveland Director Jesup Memorial Library 34 Mt. Desert Street Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 207/288-4245 (library); 207/610-2355 (cell) reveland@jesuplibrary.org www.jesuplibrary.org Jesup Memorial Library: "Anchor to the Past; Chart to the Future" On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 9:47 PM, Ronald Beard wrote: Though I am not the biggest of baseball fans, I recognize a home run when I see one. What an wonderful evening a fascinating story behind the story of George Dorr, with insights into the role of a historian, bringing to light lessons we so need in our lives today. Brilliant, and so responsive to the range of thoughtful questions, including the last one! Thank you, Ron. And I know how many hands worked together, staff and volunteers from both organizations, to make the evening a success. Please convey my deepest appreciation to all for the attention to details and seamless sense of collaboration. Maria and George would have been proud! Ron Ronald E. Beard Emeritus Extension Professor University of Maine Cooperative Extension https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=363346&tz=America/New_York&xim 1/2 4/15/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size = RE: Dorr Biography & Sherman's From : Aimee Beal Church Fri, Apr 15, 2016 09:15 AM Subject : RE: Dorr Biography & Sherman's 1 attachment To : Ronald Epp Dear Ron, Attached is the cover image; I also have a larger file saved to Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dyqacva84ciy7is/AADbTPQqIhNHMtJGCWd8NMOXa?dl=0.You're welcome to give that link out if someone needs a very large cover image. Also in there are PDFs for the book; I was just asked by an Antiques columnist at the NY Times for a review copy in PDF-which I was happy to provide. Yes, I just became aware that Sherman's online ordering system isn't working. I wish that had been clear when Deb and I spoke about it a couple of months ago. They have an upgrade already in the works; I hope this will spur her to complete the upgrade quickly. As I mentioned, I've also initiated things with Amazon-but that's not an immediate solution. It's frustrating, but this is the downside to being a "micro-press." On a tangential subject: I was remembering that, when I worked for Alice James Books, our authors would sometimes purchase copies of their own book at their discount, to have on hand to sell at events, to friends, etc. I don't believe they ever collected sales tax. I just went searching to find out if that was legal; it appears to fall under the category of "casual" or "isolated" sales. See http://publishing.about.com/od/BookAuthorBasics/a/Sales-Tax-Facts-For-Authors.htmand in Pennsylvania, ,http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/061/chapter32/s32.4.html It's not completely clear -would depend on how many times you sell books in any particular state-but if you want to have this as an option, I think you would be fine. You could either purchase and re-sell (and keep the profit for your trouble), or we can give you books to have on hand and act as an "agent" for FOA. Any sales in the state of Maine would then need to include sales tax because we collect it here. You can mull that over-but if in the meantime you want to sell a friend or two a copy, it looks perfectly legal to me. Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications Director Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal www.friendsofacadia.org From: Ronald Epp [mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:09 PM To: Lisa Horsch Clark Cc: Aimee Beal Church Subject: Fwd: Dorr Biography & Sherman's Lisa & Aimee, https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=364852&tz=America/New_York&xim= 1/5 9/18/2016 XFINITY Connect From: "Aimee Beal Church" To: "Ronald Epp (eppster2@comcast.net)" Cc: "David MacDonald" Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 12:43:46 PM Subject: Author discount and other details Hi Ron, I've finally had a chance to sit down with David and talk about some of the thoughts you raised when we met at the end of August. I wanted to let you know what ideas we had, and invite you to share any additional thoughts you have at this point. I want to note that FOA's three overarching goals in solving these questions (and really, in everything to do with this book) are: to maximize the reach of this book and its important message; to continue our strong working relationship with you in appreciation for your generosity around the project; and to minimize bookkeeping challenges for our administrative staff in light of the fact that our accounts are not set up to accommodate publishing activities. Author Discount: It is publishing industry standard for authors to receive a discount on any copies of their book that they purchase. Going forward, we'd like to propose that you may purchase copies at 45% discount, or $11 per copy, equal to the maximum retailer discount we offer. You should feel free to do whatever you wish with copies purchased-sel them, give them away, or even sell to event venues for re-sale. (In that last example, it would be fine to sell to a venue at whatever price you arrange with them.) Although you started the project with the admirable and generous idea that FOA should receive all profits from the book, we can see that this is problematic for both of us. You have no income from the book to balance possible tax deductions, and we have the accounting challenges of trying to resolve dollars and copies that are in your hands. I think that this solution-which follows industry standards as well-will help us both. Your thoughts? To aid bookkeeping, we prefer not to change the transactions that have already been done. However, we should recall that David and I had originally offered to give you additional free copies at any point. That offer is still open! Perhaps 40 additional copies would be a good target? Royalties: David and I agreed that any future reprinting of Creating Acadia National Park would be a good opportunity to revisit the question of author royalties. It is very much our wish that the book be kept in print for the long term, so a reprint seems likely at some point. We're happy to consider any reasonable royalty agreement, with one of our primary concerns being minimizing the bookkeeping effort the arrangement requires. Accounting Updates: Sarah is out of the office for much of this week; she and I have talked about a sales/accounting update for you and she will complete it when she returns next week. Going forward, David and I propose that FOA send you an accounting update quarterly for the next four quarters (say, December 2016, March 2017, June 2017, and September 2017-around the 20th of each month?), after which period we'll revisit the question. It's again a question of bookkeeping time: because our accounts are not set up for FOA-as-publisher, it takes Sarah quite a lot of time to put the numbers into a format that is meaningful for this situation. I believe that a semi-annual schedule is more common in publishing for royalty payments and similar reporting https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=389367&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 2/3 9/18/2016 XFINITY Connect (although I must admit that the publisher I used to work for only once had an author agreement that included royalties while I was there, so my experience is limited-we rarely sent more than occasional sales figures). However, we think that a quarterly schedule is manageable for now. Please let me know your thoughts on all of this, and also let me know if I've neglected anything we talked about last month. Ron, I'm grateful that you raised these concerns and look forward to an open conversation until we're all happy with the solutions. David and I both thank you for your huge generosity around this project-it is a one-of-a-kind gift to Acadia and all of us who care about the park. With appreciation, Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications Director Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal Friends of Acadia 43 Cottage Street, P.O. Box 45 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207.288.3340 (T) 207.812.8385(C) www.friendsofacadia.org Friends of Acadia preserves, protects, and promotes stewardship of the outstanding natural beauty, ecological vitality, and distinctive cultural resources of Acadia National Park and surrounding communities for the inspiration and enjoyment of current and future generations. image Acadia is turning 100! Help celebrate the Acadia Centennial at www.acadiacentennial2016.org https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=389367&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 3/3 10/7/2016 XFINITY Connect XEINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net Font Size Re: Author discount and other details From : Ronald Epp Fri, Oct 07, 2016 03:34 PM Subject : Re: Author discount and other details 1 attachment To : Aimee Church Dear Aimee, Since my return from Buffalo I have been scratching off delayed email responses. So it is now that I return to yours of September 23rd. In general I am pleased with the document you sent. Please see the comments that I have added below in bold. Enjoy the holiday weekend! Ronald From: "Aimee Beal Church" To: "Ronald Epp (eppster2@comcast.net)" Cc: "David MacDonald" Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 12:43:46 PM Subject: Author discount and other details Hi Ron, I've finally had a chance to sit down with David and talk about some of the thoughts you raised when we met at the end of August. I wanted to let you know what ideas we had, and invite you to share any additional thoughts you have at this point. I want to note that FOA's three overarching goals in solving these questions (and really, in everything to do with this book) are: to maximize the reach of this book and its important message; to continue our strong working relationship with you in appreciation for your generosity around the project; and to minimize bookkeeping challenges for our administrative staff in light of the fact that our accounts are not set up to accommodate publishing activities. Author Discount: It is publishing industry standard for authors to receive a discount on any copies of their book that they purchase. Going forward, we'd like to propose that you may purchase copies at 45% discount, or $11 per copy, equal to the maximum retailer discount we offer. You should feel free to do whatever you wish with copies purchased-sell them, give them away, or even sell to event venues for re-sale. (In that last example, it would be fine to sell to a venue at whatever price you arrange with them.) I agree with this discount. After six months of being a salesperson, I would like to direct all further inquiries to Sherman's but experience has shown me that those attending my talks are likely to make purchases as a result of author-reader interaction than otherwise. htps://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=392027&tz=America/New_York&xim= 1/3 10/7/2016 XFINITY Connect Although you started the project with the admirable and generous idea that FOA should receive all profits from the book, we can see that this is problematic for both of us. You have no income from the book to balance possible tax deductions, and we have the accounting challenges of trying to resolve dollars and copies that are in your hands. I think that this solution-which follows industry standards as well-will help us both. Your thoughts? I will post a check for the last shipment including postage over the weekend. If there are any other copies assigned to me as outstanding, let me know and I will reconcile. To aid bookkeeping, we prefer not to change the transactions that have already been done. However, we should recall that David and I had originally offered to give you additional free copies at any point. That offer is still open! Perhaps 40 additional copies would be a good target? Presently I have a half dozen copies. Let us approach this offer of additional copies incrementally. Send me an additional ten before the holidays and I'll reimburse you for postage. Then additional copies up to 40 as the need requires. Royalties: David and I agreed that any future reprinting of Creating Acadia National Park would be a good opportunity to revisit the question of author royalties. It is very much our wish that the book be kept in print for the long term, so a reprint seems likely at some point. We're happy to consider any reasonable royalty agreement, with one of our primary concerns being minimizing the bookkeeping effort the arrangement requires. Agreed! When we both have current distribution and sales figures, let us talk then in detail about a reprint that incorporates corrections for the errors discovered in the first printing. I am confident that we can arrive at a satisfactory royalty rate. Accounting Updates: Sarah is out of the office for much of this week; she and I have talked about a sales/accounting update for you and she will complete it when she returns next week. Going forward, David and I propose that FOA send you an accounting update quarterly for the next four quarters (say, December 2016, March 2017, June 2017, and September 2017-around the 20th of each month?), after which period we'll revisit the question. I assume that after this promised October accounting report, the remaining four will come according to the proposed schedule. Acceptable. It's again a question of bookkeeping time: because our accounts are not set up for FOA-as-publisher, it takes Sarah quite a lot of time to put the numbers into a format that is meaningful for this situation. I believe that a semi-annual schedule is more common in publishing for royalty payments and similar reporting (although I must admit that the publisher I used to work for only once had an author agreement that included royalties while I was there, so my experience is limited-we rarely sent more than occasional sales figures). However, we think that a quarterly schedule is manageable for now. Please let me know your thoughts on all of this, and also let me know if I've neglected anything we talked about last month. Regarding a neglected item, I would merely affirm the interest that I find shared by FOA members and Board members with whom I have discussed the issue of a strengthened role for FOA publishing. This is not to imply in any way that the current situation is lacking but that the publishing successes of 2016 should be a springboard for planning, expanding, and executing FOA publishing initiatives in the years ahead. I am available to discuss this more fully. Ron, I'm grateful that you raised these concerns and look forward to an open conversation until we're all happy with the solutions. David and I both thank you for your huge generosity around this project-it is a one-of-a-kind gift to Acadia and all of us who care about the park. With appreciation, https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=392027&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 2/3 11/1/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size Maine Historical Society From : Ronald Epp Tue, Nov 01, 2016 10:32 PM Subject : Maine Historical Society To : Aimee Church Hi Aimee, How are you faring these days? I returned home Friday from my final talk of 2016 at the MHS. The "Designing Acadia" exhibit curator, Kate O"Brien, treated me very well. At noon I garnered a paid audience of about twenty and talked about the impact of the loss of wilderness on the design of Acadia. When the Q&A opportunity arose, for the first time none of the audience comments directly related to my talk (why oh why did I spend so much time writing it?). Instead, most of the audience appeared to have read CANP and had questions and critical comments about such matters as whether Dorr really had a friendship with Governor Baxter, whether Dorr ever wrote about the Hudson River School painters, whether Dorr ever had a romantic liaison, whether I had any plans to contribute to another Dorr bio written and illustrated for a juvenile audience, and so on. By the way, the exhibit contained these striking 24 by 36 inch colored panels representing maps of the trail system digitally downloaded from park architect master planning documents that were supplied to Kate by Marie Y. When I expressed passion for them, Kate gave me a duplicate of the trails on the western half of the island. They might be useful for the FOAJ. The MHS bookstore sold out the available copies and bought four more from the stash I had brought with me. Would you send me another six copies at your convenience? The many trips throughout New England this past year convinced me that I needed to find--at the vert least-- a place to stay in the Farmington Valley of Connecticut (just northwest of Hartford) for roughly half the year, beginning in 2017. Perhaps even permanently. The reasons are complex but compelling nonetheless, especially since I feel like I'm living in the present when I am there and that I'm living with past loss when I'm here. What are your thoughts about a book tour for 2017 pivoting off the Massachusetts Historical Society talk in April 2017? I'm presently outlining a larger essay on Charles W. Eliot's conservation philosophy containing some fresh thoughts not in CANP. Would a segment of this be of interest to you for the FOA Journal? Best to you and yours, Ronald https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=395825&tz=America/New_York&xim= 1/2 11/27/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net Font Size = Dorr Biography & other matters From : Ronald Epp Sun, Nov 27, 2016 09:34 PM Subject : Dorr Biography & other matters 1 attachment To : Aimee Church Dear Aimee, It has been nearly a month since I last heard from you, and then from a hospital bed. How are you? Did you have a pleasant Thanksgiving? To briefly update you on a couple of personal items, I am trying to rent an apartment in the Farmington Valley of Connecticut, in a town called Simsbury (where the Henry Lane Eno family had roots), just a few miles northwest of Hartford. Google "Mill Commons & Simsbury" if you are interested. It is an experiment to see if I want to relocate there permanently. Relocation brings me back to where Lizzie and I lived from 1985-2001, closer to friends and to MDI. All this travel throughout New England this summer convinced me that I felt most alive and in the moment when there--correspondingly when I returned to PA I was lulled back into the past and my loss of Elizabeth. After four years I haven't been able to shake it so time for action now on the heels of an exciting 2016. I'll keep you abreast of my plans. I've contacted Rebecca and Marie at ANP last week about arrangements that I worked out more than a decade ago with Sheridan to donate a sizable portion of my CANP documentation to Sawtelle. Part of the downsizing I am carrying out here. We are still sitting on pins and needles awaiting the disposition of Doug Chapman's estate. Bill Horner, Ruth Eveland, and Pauline Angione have toured the historic archive with his widow and she appears to be aligned with most of our preservation initiatives. I may need to make a trip to MDI this winter to lend a hand with this and our application to for digitizing funding from the Council of Library and Information Resources. I've finished successive edits of the 2nd edition of the HCTPR "Historical Sketch," and Josh expects it will be published by the end of the year. I'll see that you get a copy, perhaps it will prove worthy of review in the FOA Journal. I was about to suggest that you consider for review Ericka Duym's Cultural Landscape Inventory and Assessment for Oldfarm which I've just completed, but FOA's support for this project may raise questions of self-interest for any prospective reviewer. On yet another bookish matter, would you please send me another eight copies of CANP? I've sold off all but three of my stock and would like to gift several as holiday presents. Any additional thoughts on a second printing? I think that an arrangement with Amazon. com would also promote sales and readers. Would you also check and see whether DownEast was sent a review copy? Finally, do you have any thoughts on 2017 promotion of CANP? Either a new direction of arrangements with New England libraries and historical societies to offer talks before the book starts to be viewed as not a new publication. Best, Ronald From: "Aimee Beal 11/27/2016 XFINITY Connect Aimee Beal Church Communications Director Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal Friends of Acadia 43 Cottage Street, P.O. Box 45 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207.288.3340 (T) 207.812.8385(C) www.friendsofacadia.org Friends of Acadia preserves, protects, and promotes stewardship of the outstanding natural beauty, ecological vitality, and distinctive cultural resources of Acadia National Park and surrounding communities for the inspiration and enjoyment of current and future generations. AOA Ph Acadia is turning 100! Help celebrate the Acadia Centennial at www.acadiacentennial2016.ord 1918 2016 CENTENNIAL From: Ronald Epp mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 10:33 PM To: Aimee Beal Church Subject: Maine Historical Society Hi Aimee, How are you faring these days? I returned home Friday from my final talk of 2016 at the MHS. The "Designing Acadia" exhibit curator, Kate O"Brien, treated me very well. At noon I garnered a paid audience of about twenty and talked about the impact of the loss of wilderness on the design of Acadia. When the Q&A opportunity arose, for the first time none of the audience comments directly related to my talk (why oh why did I spend so much time writing it?). Instead, most of the audience appeared to have read CANP and had questions and critical comments about such matters as whether Dorr really had a friendship with Governor Baxter, whether Dorr ever wrote about the Hudson River School painters, whether Dorr ever had a romantic liaison, whether I had any plans to contribute to another Dorr bio written and illustrated for a juvenile audience, and so on. By the way, the exhibit contained these striking 24 by 36 inch colored panels representing maps of the trail system digitally downloaded from park architect master planning documents that were supplied to Kate by Marie Y. When I expressed passion for them, Kate gave me a duplicate of the trails on the western half of the island. They might be useful for the FOAJ. 11/27/2016 XFINITY Connect since I feel like I'm living in the present when I am there and that I'm living with past loss when I'm here. What are your thoughts about a book tour for 2017 pivoting off the Massachusetts Historical Society talk in April 2017? I'm presently outlining a larger essay on Charles W. Eliot's conservation philosophy containing some fresh thoughts not in CANP. Would a segment of this be of interest to you for the FOA Journal? Best to you and yours, Ronald Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net SOAD 1916 image003.jpg 4 KB 11/29/2016 XFINITY Connect ACAD Acadia is turning 100! Help celebrate the Acadia Centennial at www.acadiacentennial2016.org 1916 2016 CENTENNIAL From: Ronald Epp [mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 9:35 PM To: Aimee Beal Church Subject: Dorr Biography & other matters Dear Aimee, It has been nearly a month since I last heard from you, and then from a hospital bed. How are you? Did you have a pleasant Thanksgiving? To briefly update you on a couple of personal items, I am trying to rent an apartment in the Farmington Valley of Connecticut, in a town called Simsbury (where the Henry Lane Eno family had roots), just a few miles northwest of Hartford. Google "Mill Commons & Simsbury" if you are interested. It is an experiment to see if I want to relocate there permanently. Relocation brings me back to where Lizzie and I lived from 1985-2001, closer to friends and to MDI. All this travel throughout New England this summer convinced me that I felt most alive and in the moment when there--correspondingly when I returned to PA I was lulled back into the past and my loss of Elizabeth. After four years I haven't been able to shake it so time for action now on the heels of an exciting 2016. I'll keep you abreast of my plans. I've contacted Rebecca and Marie at ANP last week about arrangements that I worked out more than a decade ago with Sheridan to donate a sizable portion of my CANP documentation to Sawtelle. Part of the downsizing I am carrying out here. We are still sitting on pins and needles awaiting the disposition of Doug Chapman's estate. Bill Horner, Ruth Eveland, and Pauline Angione have toured the historic archive with his widow and she appears to be aligned with most of our preservation initiatives. I may need to make a trip to MDI this winter to lend a hand with this and our application to for digitizing funding from the Council of Library and Information Resources. I've finished successive edits of the 2nd edition of the HCTPR "Historical 11/29/2016 XFINITY Connect my stock and would like to gift several as holiday presents. Any additional thoughts on a second printing? I think that an arrangement with Amazon.com would also promote sales and readers. Would you also check and see whether DownEast was sent a review copy? Finally, do you have any thoughts on 2017 promotion of CANP? Either a new direction of arrangements with New England libraries and historical societies to offer talks before the book starts to be viewed as not a new publication. Best, Ronald From: "Aimee Beal Church" To: "Ronald Epp" Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 11:51:29 AM Subject: RE: Maine Historical Society Hi Ron, Thanks for all of the good updates! I'm faring well (thank you for wondering), but am actually working from the hospital right now and getting a medication that's about to make me fall asleep! C Trying to email the people I care most about before I'm out of commission for a few days. Talk to you later! All the best, Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications Director Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal Friends of Acadia 43 Cottage Street, P.O. Box 45 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207.288.3340 (T) 207.812.8385(C) www.friendsofacadia.org Friends of Acadia preserves, protects, and promotes stewardship of the outstanding natural beauty, ecological vitality, and distinctive cultural resources of Acadia National Park and surrounding communities for the inspiration and enjoyment of current and future generations. ACADI Acadia is turning 100! Help celebrate the Acadia Centennial at www.acadiacentennial2016.org 1916 CENTENNIAL From: Ronald Epp [mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] 11/29/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net Font Size RE: Dorr Biography & other matters From : Aimee Beal Church Tue, Nov 29, 2016 12:01 PM Subject : RE: Dorr Biography & other matters 3 attachments To : Ronald Epp Dear Ron, I'm not sure where the past month has gone! Thank you for the sweet Thanksgiving e-card, with words from Louisa May Alcott, whom I always enjoy. I hope you had good people to enjoy Thanksgiving with. It sounds like you're in the process of making some hard but positive changes-but "closer to friends and MDI" certainly seem like a good thing. I would love to read and perhaps review the new edition of the HCTPR Historical Sketch. And I'm actually mulling over how we can feature the Oldfarm CLI, not in a review but in some sort of feature article. It's an exciting document, and we've just been waiting to finalize some acknowledgement details before sharing it more broadly. I believe that it will be made available online for anyone to read, and will certainly be completed before the next (spring) Journal comes out. You had also mentioned a possible Journal piece about Charles W. Eliot's conservation philosophy. I'm intrigued. I don't think there's a hurry on the topic-we've had a lot of historical focus in recent issues, and I usually like to include history in the fall/winter issue. Do you think next fall, for a possible December publication, would make sense on your end? On a related topic, you'll see the piece that Charlie Jacobi wrote about parallels between Dorr and Percival Baxter in the next issue, being mailed this Friday (he mentions you as a resource for it). It repeats some information that you've included in previous Journal articles about Dorr, but doesn't belabor it-I think he did a nice job. Hope you agree! Down East Magazine: yes, they received two review copies, and featured the book in their Acadia issue. I don't expect they will do anything more than that. Looking ahead into 2017: The best market for CANP long-term will be the Acadia region. I expect that Sherman's and Eastern National will sell it well this coming year, and hopefully for many years hence. Nonetheless, a goal I have for early 2017 is to get the book more easily available online-whether Amazon, Eastern National, or both. An extended book tour is truly up to you- know that you expended many resources (both financial and physical) to do an amazing job of promoting CANP this past year. On the other hand, I know that you did appearances/talks even prior to the book, so I understand this may be just something that you enjoy doing as part of your "retirement career" as Dorr/ANP historian. FOA will continue to support your efforts in this area by supplying publicity materials to venues, posting events on our site, and facilitating book sales with the venue. I do encourage you to think about asking venues for an honorarium or help with travel expenses as appropriate-it's not unreasonable. We're continuing to be mindful of remaining inventory and a reprint isn't imminent-but I've budgeted for it in 2017. It might even make sense to go ahead with correcting errata in January, so that it's ready to go when the time arrives. We'll also want to revisit the royalties question in advance of the reprint. If you're on MDI this winter, I hope you'll save some time for FOA. An in-person conversation with me and David together would be the easiest way to finalize things like that. Plus it will be nice to see you! All the best, Aimee PS: Just to put your mind at ease, my last email was from a hospital chair, but not a bed! I'm still "status quo" in the medical department. I always work while I'm getting chemo infusions; it's a comfortable, quiet place and my work is far interesting than the back of Ladies' Home Journal they have available. 11/29/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size = RE: Time Capsule Submission From : Aimee Beal Church Tue, Nov 29, 2016 12:32 PM Subject : RE: Time Capsule Submission 2 attachments To : Jack Russell , Ron Epp Cc : Julia Walker-Thomas Hi Jack, I have the full PDF version of Ron's book, which I think will be the best representation for the time capsule. I have it currently in two separate files (cover and interior) and would like to combine them before it goes into our time capsule folder. I will do that before the end of the week. Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications Director Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal Friends of Acadia 43 Cottage Street, P.O. Box 45 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207.288.3340 (T) 207.812.8385(C) www.friendsofacadia.org Friends of Acadia preserves, protects, and promotes stewardship of the outstanding natural beauty, ecological vitality, and distinctive cultural resources of Acadia National Park and surrounding communities for the inspiration and enjoyment of current and future generations. ACADE Acadia is turning 100! Help celebrate the Acadia Centennial at www.acadiacentennial2016.org 1916 2016 CENTENNIAL From: Jack Russell [mailto:jackrussell.ret@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 9:47 AM To: Ron Epp Cc: Aimee Beal Church; Julia Walker-Thomas Subject: Re: Time Capsule Submission Thanks, Ron. We are going the digital route with several other offerings - Tom Blagden, Carl Little, Catherine Schmitt (I think). Physical objects are space eaters and chemical unknowns. Onward, Jack PS Aimee is back tomorrow 11/29 On Nov 28, 2016, at 9:43 AM, Ronald Epp wrote: Aimee, I submitted a proposal for CANP to be included in the Time Capsule. Are there any obstacles to 12/2/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size = Re: Dorr Biography & other matters From Ronald Epp Fri, Dec 02, 2016 11:09 AM Subject Re: Dorr Biography & other matters 2 attachments To : Aimee Church Hi Aimee, Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I've inserted a couple of comments below and only add at this time a reminder to invoice and ship eight copies of CANP to me at the $11.00 plus shipping rate as soon as possible since I'd like some of these to be Christmas gifts. Enjoy your weekend. See below. All the Best, Ron From: "Aimee Beal Church" To: "Ronald Epp" Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 12:01:13 PM Subject: RE: Dorr Biography & other matters Dear Ron, I'm not sure where the past month has gone! Thank you for the sweet Thanksgiving e-card, with words from Louisa May Alcott, whom I always enjoy. I hope you had good people to enjoy Thanksgiving with. It sounds like you're in the process of making some hard but positive changes-but "closer to friends and MDI" certainly seem like a good thing. I would love to read and perhaps review the new edition of the HCTPR Historical Sketch. And I'm actually mulling over how we can feature the Oldfarm CLI, not in a review but in some sort of feature article. It's an exciting document, and we've just been waiting to finalize some acknowledgement details before sharing it more broadly. I believe that it will be made available online for anyone to read, and will certainly be completed before the next (spring) Journal comes out. I'll see that Joshua sends you a copy of the 2nd edition of the HCTPR "sketch" as soon as they are published. You had also mentioned a possible Journal piece about Charles W. Eliot's conservation philosophy. I'm intrigued. I don't think there's a hurry on the topic-we've had a lot of historical focus in recent issues, and I usually like to include history in the fall/winter issue. Do you think next fall, for a possible December publication, would make sense on your end? On a related topic, you'll see the piece that Charlie Jacobi wrote about parallels between Dorr and Percival Baxter in the next issue, being mailed this Friday (he mentions you as a resource for it). It repeats some information that you've included in previous Journal articles about Dorr, but doesn't belabor it-I think he did a nice job. Hope you agree! I do. I'll need to spend some time in the Harvard Archives researching some files that I didn't fully explore before I can wrap my head around Eliot's views. Down East Magazine: yes, they received two review copies, and featured the book in their Acadia issue. I don't expect they will do anything more than that. Looking ahead into 2017: The best market for CANP long-term will be the Acadia region. I expect that Sherman's and Eastern National will sell it well this coming year, and hopefully for many years hence. Nonetheless, a goal I have for early 2017 is to get the book more easily available online-whether Amazon, Eastern National, or both. I fully 12/2/2016 XFINITY Connect We're continuing to be mindful of remaining inventory and a reprint isn't imminent-but I've budgeted for it in 2017. It might even make sense to go ahead with correcting errata in January, so that it's ready to go when the time arrives. We'll also want to revisit the royalties question in advance of the reprint. If you're on MDI this winter, I hope you'll save some time for FOA. An in-person conversation with me and David together would be the easiest way to finalize things like that. Plus it will be nice to see you! Very glad to hear that you have budgeted for a second printing! I've sent off some emails and over the weekend will complete a compilation of the errata that I and others have discovered, fewer than two dozen. I'll send this along next week and you can compare it with errata lists that you have at hand. All the best, Aimee PS: Just to put your mind at ease, my last email was from a hospital chair, but not a bed! I'm still "status quo" in the medical department. I always work while I'm getting chemo infusions; it's a comfortable, quiet place and my work is far more interesting than the back issues of Ladies' Home Journal they have available. Aimee Beal Church Communications Director Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal Friends of Acadia 43 Cottage Street, P.O. Box 45 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207.288.3340 (T) 207.812.8385(C) www.friendsofacadia.org Friends of Acadia preserves, protects, and promotes stewardship of the outstanding natural beauty, ecological vitality, and distinctive cultural resources of Acadia National Park and surrounding communities for the inspiration and enjoyment of current and future generations. Acadia is turning 100! Help celebrate the Acadia Centennial at www.acadiacentennial2016.org 1916 CENTENNIAL From: Ronald Epp (mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 9:35 PM To: Aimee Beal Church Subject: Dorr Biography & other matters Dear Aimee, It has been nearly a month since I last heard from you, and then from a hospital bed. How are you? Did you have a pleasant Thanksgiving? To briefly update you on a couple of personal items, I am trying to rent an apartment in the Farmington Valley of Connecticut, in a town called Simsbury (where the Henry Lane Eno family had roots), just a few miles northwest of Hartford. Google "Mill Commons & Simsbury" if you are interested. It is an experiment to see if I want to relocate there permanently. Relocation brings me back to where Lizzie and I lived from 1985-2001, closer to friends and to MDI. All this travel throughout New 2012 XFINITY Connect Sent Page 1 of 4 Aimee Update Ronald Epp 1:57 PM To Maureen Fournier Hi Maureen, Thanks again for sharing your time with me last week. A couple of items since I returned to PA on Saturday. Back to CT on the 4th of June: 1. Marie and I had a two hour discussion at the HQ picnic table. She gave me a CD of a new finding aid that might interest you for it concerns National Archives RG79 on Acadia. I have not yet opened it but it was put together after my book was written. She can give you access info. 2. I have been pursuing information about the acquisition of federal property on the adjacent islands. Initially it looked as if ANP historically dropped the ball on this but Horner and I remembered a full file cabinet of ANP property acquisitions. Marie and the Chapman assistant who is trying to place records with clients are beginning to work together. 3. I spent two hours with Deirdre Fleming, a Portland Herald reporter, being interviewed regarding Eliza Homans and the early park history. In several weeks there should be some published content. 4. I spent an hour at the Massachusetts Trustees Archive and Research Center in Sharon. They have made great progress with the Charles Eliot scrapbook that I discovered at the Crane Estate in 2007, documenting the preliminaries leading up to the 1891 formation of the Trustees. It contains hundreds of news clippings from which he synthesized a conservation strategy for Massachusetts. The ARC finally secured funding to have it conserved by the NECC, and bound permanently, and for the last year archivists have extracted from it phenomenally detailed information and metadata, opening up new areas of research that SHOULD be related to content at the MDIHS. I presented them with a copy of the Dorr bio and also a 2nd edition of the HCTPR historical sketch. https://connect.xfinity.com/appsuite/ 5/22/2017 XFINITY Connect Sent Page 3 of 4 Original Message From: Aimee Beal Church To: Ronald Epp Date: May 22, 2017 at 1:12 PM Subject: RE: Meeting with Ron Ron, Thank you for the love and good wishes. These are the best gifts I can receive these days! I am managing current symptoms well, and still hope to take the family trip to France (southern coast) that has been planned since January. Good wishes help with all of that. (-) Horrors about the new development on the Building of the Arts site! I'm helping David and Lisa gather information about print run pricing, and otherwise leaving decisions in their very capable hands (though answering any questions they have along the way, of course). As I've said many times, working with you on your book is one of my proudest achievements in my professional life, and I thank you for sharing the experience with me. With love, Aimee Aimee Beal Church Communications Director Editor, Friends of Acadia Journal Friends of Acadia 43 Cottage Street, P.O. Box 45 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207.288.3340 (T) 207.812.8385 ( (C) www.friendsofacadia.org (http://www.friendsofacadia.org/) Friends of Acadia preserves, protects, and promotes stewardship of the outstanding natural beauty, ecological vitality, and distinctive cultural resources of Acadia National Park and surrounding communities for the inspiration and enjoyment of current and future generations https://connect.xfinity.com/appsuite/ 5/22/2017 6/19/2017 XFINITY Connect Sent Re: Aimee's book Ronald Epp 11:37 PM To Maureen Fournier Maureen, Thank you for your kind words. Yes, I have a copy of that final email from Aimee to which you refer. It is dated May 22 and concludes with the expression "With love" which she had never used before. It is strange how I so very often wanted to end my earlier emails to her similarly but foolishly restrained myself out of concern that it might be misinterpreted by others. Her letter I will have framed to hang here in my study. With love, Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net On June 19, 2017 at 8:53 PM Maureen Fournier wrote: Beautiful. I remember one of last emails to you, Ron, which stated how working with you on your book was one of the most wonderful experiences of her professional life and how honored she was to work with you and to be involved with this long overdue accomplishment. Feeling blessed to know you both, Maureen On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 8:24 PM, Ronald Epp wrote: Maureen, Cookie Honer contacted me last week to inform me that Julia is putting together a book with a wide array of contributors to honor Aimee, and you may be one of them. It was to be given to her on her return from France but now will be given to the family. I drafted mine as though she would be reading it. See attachment. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net 6/19/2017 XFINITY Connect Aimee Printout Maureen Fournier 6/19/2017 6:17 PM Aimee To Ronald & Elizabeth Epp Dear Ron: I am so sad to pass this news along to you. No words Dear Friends of Aimee- Aimee passed away on June 15th in Cassis, France. Before she died she asked her husband, Jim, to send her love to all of you. She passed away peacefully in his loving arms. Everyone is invited to a memorial service celebrating her life at 1:30 pm on Sunday, July 2nd at the Bay School, 17 Bay School Drive in Blue Hill, Maine. It will be under the care of Acadia Friends Quaker Meeting and will be followed by an informal reception. With unspeakable sadness, Maureen 6/18/2017 XFINITY Connect Sad News Printout Jack Russell 6/15/2017 11:26 AM Sad News To Ron Epp Brother Ron, With a heavy heart I share the sad news that Aimee died last night - in the south of France, where she had gone with family, probably expecting the end. She was a fine woman and an inspiring and generous colleague whom we can honor in memory and our own best work on themes she valued. Onward! Jack 6/18/2017 XFINITY Connect Re: Aimee Jack Russell 4:19 PM To Ron Epp 1 attachment View Open in browser Download Aimee-617A.docx (17.8 KB) Thank you for this fine work, Ron. I am grateful to know the ways that you and Aimee worked together and hear you appreciation. Lovely. It is sad that she never heard these precise words but I am sure she knew the depth of your gratitude. I believe a time will come when Maia will read your message and know another dimension of her mother. Thank You. Jack On Jun 18, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Ronald Epp wrote: Jack, Attached is a draft of the piece that Cookie Horner asked me to write for the book that Julia is compiling. I've just returned to PA and found the inspiration to write this in my study where so much of my interaction with Aimee took place. Cookie asked me to write this in the present tense to conform to the expectation that this would be delivered to her in person. Sadly, that was not to be the case. Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net 6/18/2017 XFINITY Connect Fwd: Friends of Acadia - Aimee Beal Church Pauline Angione 6/15/2017 8:49 PM To Ron Epp Ron, Thought you would want to know. Bill Z got this since he is on the FOA Board. Forwarded message From: David MacDonald Date: Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 5:18 PM Subject: Friends of Acadia - Aimee Beal Church Dear FOA board members: It is with a heavy heart that I share the sad news that our dear friend and colleague Aimee Beal Church passed away peacefully last night after her courageous battle with cancer. Aimee was working for FOA from home right through last week before she and her family departed for a long-planned trip to southern France. Aimee has been FOA's Communications Director for over six years and elevated every aspect of our work, from the Journal to the website, social media to the two centennial books she helped edit and/or publish last year. She was beloved by everyone within FOA and beyond for her warmth, grace, talent, commitment, and eternal optimism. Her husband Jim let us know that her ability to contribute at FOA right up until the end was enormously important to her. Contact with the family has been limited, as they are still overseas, but I will certainly share more information as I get it about any memorial service and how we can help celebrate Aimee's life and her many contributions to FOA, Acadia, and our communities. Her impact at our organization will certainly be felt for a very long time. For those of you wishing to express condolences to Aimee's husband Jim and daughter Maia, their address is: 63 Bobolink Lane, Blue Hill, ME 04616. David MacDonald, President & CEO Friends of Acadia P.O. Box 45 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207-288-3340 www.friendsofacadia.org 6/10/2018 Aimee Elizabeth Beal Church - Mount Desert Islander 1 of 3 (Printed from url=https://www.mdislander.com/obituary/aimee-elizabeth-beal-church) Aimee Elizabeth Beal Church June 21, 2017 y P in BLUE HILL Aimee Elizabeth Beal Church, 45, of Blue Hill passed away on June 15, 2017, held in love by family and friends, while on holiday in France. The daughter of Carole Beal and Elmer Beal, Aimee spent her early years on their family farm in Blue Hill and at their Bar Harbor home next to Connors-Emerson Elementary School, which she attended. Growing up, Aimee was especially close to her sister Kristina. With endless talk and laughter, and a love for wordplay and joking, they spent countless hours in imaginary play, reading on their backs outdoors, singing "Pirates of Penzance" and swimming and walking. More fond memories for Aimee came from a lifetime of MDI Beal family gatherings with many beloved cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles. From ages II-14, Aimee had a paper route in Bar Harbor. She loved the early morning quiet. She was a voracious reader, which was a lifelong joy, and a gifted musician, playing piano, violin, and French horn. She attended Mount Desert Island High School, where she excelled academically and played in the band, orchestra and jazz band, as well as singing in musicals and writing poetry for the literary magazine. University as a piano major, switching after two years to creative writing. After graduating in 1994, she volunteered for the Peace Corps and taught English to high school students in Guinea, West Africa. Her return journey included travel through Southern France, an experience that led her to bring her family there most recently. Upon returning to the States, Aimee attended the University of Pittsburgh and earned an MFA in poetry. This led to a job as managing editor at Alice James Books, a poetry press associated with the University of Maine in Farmington, where she enjoyed five wonderful years. During this period she became what she called an "adult-onset athlete," enjoying early morning lake swimming, cycling and triathlons. On her first day in Farmington, Aimee met the love of her life, Jim Church, and they married two years later. They moved to Blue Hill and, with their four hands and many books, built their home on the land she'd lived on as a child. She was a great cook, and appreciated the quality and bounty of food grown and raised on the peninsula. Aimee's and Jim's beloved daughter Maia was born in July 2007, and was almost ready to walk when they moved into their new home. Aimee loved to read to Maia and Maia loved to snuggle close and listen, and they spent many rapt hours reading together. The two shared a love of singing, and this spring sang together with the Misty Mountain Singers. They also found great joy in swimming together. Loving and raising Maia, and time spent with Maia and Jim, was Aimee's greatest joy. In 2010, Aimee joined Friends of Acadia as communications director, where she felt very grateful to do meaningful work in a place she loved She created, designed, edited, took photographs and wrote essays for the Friends of Acadia Journal and managed media relations and the website. Highlights of her career were editing Ron Epp's book, "Creating Acadia National Park," and developing the Acadia National Park Centennial website. https://www.mdislander.com/obituary/aimee-elizabeth-beal-church, 2/3 2 of3 writing. After graduating in 1994, she volunteered for the Peace Corps and taught English to high school students in Guinea, West Africa. Her return journey included travel through Southern France, an experience that led her to bring her family there most recently. Upon returning to the States, Aimee attended the University of Pittsburgh and earned an MFA in poetry. This led to a job as managing editor at Alice James Books, a poetry press associated with the University of Maine in Farmington, where she enjoyed five wonderful years. During this period she became what she called an "adult-onset athlete," enjoying early morning lake swimming, cycling and triathlons. On her first day in Farmington, Aimee met the love of her life, Jim Church, and they married two years later. They moved to Blue Hill and, with their four hands and many books, built their home on the land she'd lived on as a child. She was a great cook, and appreciated the quality and bounty of food grown and raised on the peninsula. Aimee's and Jim's beloved daughter Maia was born in July 2007, and was almost ready to walk when they moved into their new home. Aimee loved to read to Maia and Maia loved to snuggle close and listen, and they spent many rapt hours reading together. The two shared a love of singing, and this spring sang together with the Misty Mountain Singers. They also found great joy in swimming together. Loving and raising Maia, and time spent with Maia and Jim, was Aimee's greatest joy. In 2010, Aimee joined Friends of Acadia as communications director, where she felt very grateful to do meaningful work in a place she loved. She created, designed, edited, took photographs and wrote essays for the Friends of Acadia Journal and managed media relations and the website. Highlights of her career were editing Ron Epp's book, "Creating Acadia National Park," and developing the Acadia National Park Centennial website. https://www.mdislander.com/obituary/aimee-elizabeth-beal-church 2/3 6/10/2018 Aimee Elizabeth Beal Church - Mount Desert Islander 3 of 3 In 2011, Aimee was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer. She handled the hardships of treatment with tremendous strength and grace, and appreciated great support from her devoted, ever-loving mother Carole, family, friends and work colleagues. She continued to work until a week before her passing. Her kindness, thoughtfulness, good humor and acceptance of people as they are was remarkable, and will be a lasting inspiration for those close to her. Aimee's greatest sadness was in leaving behind a close and loving family (who will miss her always): beloved husband, Jim, beloved daughter, Maia; parents Carole Beal of Blue Hill and Elmer Beal of Otter Creek; two extraordinary sisters, Kristina Beal of Ellsworth and Addie Beal of Otter Creek; Allison Martin of Otter Creek; mother-in- law Jan Church of Southwest Harbor; brothers-in-law Tom Beal, Paul Kaup, Jeff Church and Ethan Cole; sisters-in-law Suzanne Church and Stephanie Church; niece and nephews Eva, Augie, Lindsey, Ewan and Rhys; and many beloved cousins, aunts, uncles and in-laws. A service celebrating the life of Aimee will be held at Emlen Hall at The Bay School in Blue Hill on Sunday, July 2, 2017, at I:30 p.m. The service will be under the care of Acadia Friends Quaker Meeting. Gifts in Aimee's memory may be made to Friends of Acadia, P.O. Box 45, Bar Harbor, ME 04609; and to The Bay School, P.O. Box 950, Blue Hill, ME 04614. She loved, and was loved. Note: Aimee was my partner in the publication of C.A.N.P. For more than 3 years we collaborated in a project that gave both of as more joy than sorrow. Her criticisms were objective and based on her extensive editorial experience and historical breadth. This file contains a small selection of the hundreds of emails- not to mention phone calls exchanged while she battled a disease that would claim her life shortly after publication. 'Love' is inadequate to describe what I felt for her. R.H.Epp Aimee You will recall, that with the encouragement of Jack Russell I drafted a proposal in July 2013 to David MacDonald. That proposal resulted in a partnership with Friends of Acadia to prepare a biography of George Bucknam Dorr for publication during the park centennial. To this day, I am not clear about the specifics of the plan that you and David contrived. All that I know is the following; that you were always immediately responsive to my queries, that your editorial abilities stylistically elevated my narrative by leaps and bounds, and that your attentiveness to the smallest detail made me repeatedly wonder where you found the energy to fulfill your other professional-and personal-- responsibilities. During the three and one-half years of our partnership we exchanges thousands of emails, sometimes a half dozen in a single day. Not to mention the frequent phone calls when we would untangle the logic of a particular paragraph, compare illustrations for inclusion, or discuss strategies for marketing the title. But what resonates most in my mind is your persistence in challenging the manuscript content, again and again. You do recall, I am sure, how you would ask not only for the source of a given claim but also where it was corroborated. You routinely forced me to return to my files for proof, and through that process I began to see at times the limits of my earlier research methodologies. Now in the year since publication, I am returning to many of these scholarly gaps and delving into the primary literature anew. Aimee, you have given the Dorr biography and me a future that I could never have anticipated! As an author I have been so very pleased at the inclusiveness that Friends of Acadia provided. From copyediting, to design, to book jacket selection, to indexing-- you sought my input. The photograph you took from a plane over Bar Harbor with Dorr's image from the 1919 peace tree planting ceremony superimposed, is a brilliant piece of design. Your photography adorns so many FOA publications; the cover of the 2014 Annual Report is my favorite. And let me not forget to thank you for promoting the Dorr biography by allocating FOA Journal space for three articles adapted from the book, working behind the scenes to deliver information to dozens of venues where I gave presentations. All in all, words must fail to reflect my gratitude for your vision, leadership, and humanity. Six months before our relationship began I lost my wife to cancer, and so I was in a unique position to assess the courage which leads you to face events day by day. It is but one of the many virtues that your friends so admire in you. Ronald H. Epp In Tribute REMEMBERING OUR FRIEND AIMEE By Julia Walker Thomus Aimee, Jim, and Maia walking the path around the field behind their home in Blue Hill O un friend, colleague, mentor. and role- ementary School, which she attended. She grants and advertising campaigns. model Aimee Beal Church passed spent much of her formative years playing Many of the photos that appear on our away peacefully on June 15, 2017 after a and exploring on MDI, before her studies, website and in our print materials were long and courageous journey with cancer. Peace Corps work, and early career in writ- taken by Aimee, who had a keen sense for Aimee was the communications director at ing and publishing took her to Pittsburgh. composition and light. Mornings before Friends of Acadia for over seven years and West Africa, and Farmington. Maine. work she could be found taking photos of elevated every aspect of our work. from In 2010, Aimee joined the staff of Friends something that caught her eye during her the Journal to the website, social media to of Acadia. As communications director, drive in from Blue Hill. Aimee especially the two centennial books she helped edit she created, designed, edited, took photo- loved to photograph Northeast Creek and and publish last year. She was beloved by graphs, and wrote essays for the Friends its dramatic changes throughout the sea- everyone within FOA and beyond for her of Acadia Journal and managed media re- sons. She was in the park on weekends, warmth, grace, talent, and eternal opti- lations and the website. Most recently she exploring hiking trails, cross-country ski- mism. edited Ron Epp's book, Creating Acadia Na- ing, skating, and observing nature with her Having grown up in the Acadia region, tional Park, and played an integral role in daughter, Maia, husband, Jim, and other Aimee was truly connected to this place. the planning and development of the Aca- close friends and family-all the while with She spent her early years on her family's dia National Park Centennial Celebration: camera in hand. farm in Blue Hill and at their Bar Harbor building and running the centennial web- If anyone embodied the spirit of Friends home next to the Connors-Emerson El- site, mentoring two interns, and managing of Acadia, it was Aimee. Her voice lent itself 18 Summer 2017 Friends of Acadia Journal Aimee on an aerial photography flight over Aca- dia, during which she took the iconic photo of Sand Beach, Great Head, and the Beehive that became the "image* of the Acadia Centennial. beautifully to our publications and online presence, and her breadth of knowledge of our area's history both natural and human was remarkable. Any time that one of us on the FOA staff had trouble identifying a plant or animal, or figuring out the location of a photo from the park, Aimee was our go-to. She knew and loved this place as if it were a part of her. We often find ourselves asking, "What would Aimee do?" when wondering how to respond to a difficult question. Aimee had extraordinary skills as a communica- tor. Those of us lucky enough to be within earshot would often sit in wonder while lis- tening to her handle differences of opinion. with respect, calmness, and strength. For us, Aimee was more than just a tal- ented professional and important asset to FOA; she was a warm smile at the start of the day, a dry sense of humor with quick wit, calm amidst the chaos, and a beauti- ful soprano that smoothed out our other- wise rocky renditions of "Happy Birthday to You" at lunchtime birthday celebrations. Aimee balanced her health, family, and work with incredible grace despite difficult and frustrating circumstances. The inten- tionality in which she chose to live her life was admirable and inspiring. Her many contributions to FOA, Acadia National Park, our communities, and ourselves will always remain. We will miss her. * Friends of Acadia Journal