Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Scholarship : curriculum Vita 1 RONALD HARRY EPP 7 Peachtree Terrace Farmington, CT 06032 717-272-0801 603-491-1760 Dorr1853@gmail.com Professional Experience University of Hartford. Harrison Libraries. W.H. Mortensen Library. Research Associate. 2017-2021. Presidents' College Fellow. 2017-2019. Southern New Hampshire University. University Library Director & Associate Professor of Philosophy. 2001-2006. Retired. University of Hartford. Director of Libraries & Learning Resources. 1993-2001. University of Hartford. Hillyer College. Humanities Department. Associate Professor of Philosophy. 1989-93. College of Arts & Sciences. Philosophy Department. Adjunct Professor of Philosophy. 1991-95. American Library Association. The Association of College and Research Libraries. Managing Editor. Choice Magazine. 1985-89. University of Memphis. College of Arts & Sciences. Department of Philosophy. Tenured Associate Professor. 1971-85, Department of Library Sciences. Adjunct Instructor. 1984. United States Naval Academy. Department of History, Literature, & Government. Assistant Professor. 1969-71. State University of New York at Buffalo. Graduate Instructor. Department of Philosophy. 1967-69. Education: Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo, 1971. Dissertation: "Katharsis in the Early Platonic Dialogues and its Cultural Antecedents." M.A. State University of New York at Buffalo, 1968. With Distinction in Philosophy. M.L.S. University of Memphis, 1985. B.S. University of Rochester, 1965. Awards and Distinctions: Friends of Acadia. Development Committee. 2021 - Jesup Memorial Library. Next Chapter Capital Campaign Honorary Committee member. Bar Harbor. 2017- Acadia Preservation Award. Inaugural award given at Annual Meeting of Friends of Acadia. Bar Harbor Club. July 12, 2017. Oldfarm Virtual Tour. National Park Service. Narrative. Marie Yarborough provided technical execution of this digital interpretative trail. March, 2018. Massachusetts Trustees of Reservations. Discoverer of the Charles Eliot Manuscript. The Charles Eliot Scrapbook Research Guide. The Trustees Archives and Research Center. 2018. Acadia National Park. National Park Service. Consulting Historian. Bar Harbor, ME 2010-present. Acadia National Park. Draft language for plaque commemorating gifts of land from the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Cadillac Mountain Blue Hill Overlook. September 7, 2016. Harvard Magazine. "George Bucknam Dorr," by Steven Pavlos Holmes. Essay based on Creating Acadia 1 2 National Park. Vol. 119, #1 (September-October 2016). WERU-Radio "Talk of the Towns," an hour-long Creating Acadia National Park interview. East Orland, ME. April 22, 2016. "Who is George Dorr? Discovering the Father of Acadia. Aislinn Sarnacki review. Bangor Daily News. April 8, 2016. WABI-TV author interview regarding Creating Acadia National Park. Bangor, ME. April 6, 2016. "Life of a Quiet Giant: Dorr Biography Illuminates a Life of Service." Earl Brechlin review. Mount Desert Islander. March 31, 2016. "Dorr Biography Debuts at Jesup," Mount Desert Islander, March 24, 2016. "Special Person: Ron Epp: Honoring the Father of Acadia." Profile by Aimee Beal Church. Friends of Acadia Journal 19, #3 (Winter 2014). Massachusetts Trustees of Reservations. Historic Resources Committee. 2007-2013. New England Library and Information Network (NELINET). Annual Meeting Program Planning. 2005-2006. Spirit of Acadia. Co-chair of volunteer organization formed to renew public awareness of the legacy of the the Founders of Acadia National Park. 2004-2007. New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation. Author of $35,000 Grant to the New Hampshire College and University Council for "Managing Knowledge in the Digital Era." May 2004. New Hampshire College and University Council. Library Committee. Chairman, 2003-2004; Vice Chair, 2002- 2003. NHCUC Managing Knowledge in the Digital Era Workshops Planning Committee (2004-2006 Council of Independent Colleges. $ 1,500 Grant for "Transforming the College Library." December 2003. New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Accreditation Visiting Team. 2002, 2003. Association of College and Research Libraries. College Library Section. Continuing Education Committee. 2003-2005. New England Consortium Coalition Organization: Co-authorship with Artemis Kirk and Helen Schuster of the NECCO Principles, commissioned by the New England Library Information Network Council of Connecticut Academic Library Directors, Chairman (1995-98), Vice-Chair (1994-95). Program Committee Chair (1997-99); Grants Committee, Chair (1995-96); Executive Committee (1994-98). Certificate awarded to Dr. Epp by CCALD for his leadership. 12/4/1998. Connecticut Library Association. College & University Libraries Section Board Member (1998-2001). Connecticut State Library. Advisory Council on Library Planning and Development. Board of Directors (1995-99). Capitol Region Library Council. Board of Directors (1995-97). Personnel Committee (1995-97). State of Connecticut Library Representative to the U.S. Department of Commerce (Bureau of Census) and the U. S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. IPEDS Academic Library Survey (1996, 1998, 2000). Adirondack Mountain Club (1998-2000). Archival Consultant. Hartford Consortium for Higher Education Grant (1993) for "Networking Skills for Humanities Faculty". William and Alice Mortensen Foundation Grants (1991) $25,000; (1992) $27,000; and (1993) $24,980. University of Hartford Research Grant (1991, 1992). National Endowment for the Humanities Grant. Research Conference Division Grant (1985). "Recovering the Stoics: New Approaches and Research Goals," an International Conference at the University of Memphis (1984). $ 19,470. Distinguished Teaching Service Award Nominee. University of Memphis (1984). 2 3 Publications: "The History Trust and Historians." The History Trust blog. historytrust.org/the-history-trust-and-historians/ March 4, 2021. "Mary Gray Ward Dorr," Friends of Acadia website, friendsofacadia.org/acadia-moms-2020/ May 10, 2020. " The 'Other Side' of George B. Dorr," Friends of Acadia Journal 24, #2 (Summer 2019). " Beatrix Farrand & George B. Dorr: The Inevitable Connection." Beatrix Farrand Society News. 2019. The Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations: An Historical Sketch and a Record of the Holdings of the Trustees. 2nd ed. (Ellsworth, ME: HCTPR), 2016. Creating Acadia National Park: The Biography of George Bucknam Dorr. Bar Harbor, ME: Friends of Acadia, 2016. "A Sense of Immensity," Friends of Acadia Journal 21, #1 (Spring 2016). "Eliot Vision for Acadia," Mount Desert Islander, October 15, 2015. "Fitting Tribute," Mount Desert Islander, August 28, 2015. "A Peripatetic Education: Mr. Dorr's Island 'Wanderings," Friends of Acadia Journal 20, #2 (Summer 2015). friendsofacadia.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/15_1266_Web.pd "The Bowl, the Beehive, and a Secular Epiphany," Friends of Acadia Journal 19, #2 (Winter 2014). www.friendsofacadia.org/journal/w2014/w2014.pdf "Superintendent Dorr and the Mountain Naming Controversy," Chebacco XV (2014). "Wild Gardens and Pathways at The Mount: George B. Dorr and the Mount Desert Island Influence," Edith Wharton and the American Garden. Lenox: The Mount Press, 2009. 75-87. "Acadia's Birth," Mount Desert Islander, February 28, 2009. "George B. Dorr on Mount Desert," Beatrix Farrand Society News. (Winter 2009). "Lasting Legacy," Mount Desert Islander, May 1, 2008. "A Cut Above: the 75th Anniversary of the Cadillac Mountain Summit Road," Mount Desert Islander. July 19, 2007. "The Mountain Naming Controversy and the Mission of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations," Woodlawn Museum Newsletter 2, #3 (Summer 2005). "George Bucknam Dorr," Friends of Acadia Benefit Gala Catalog, August 13, 2005. "George Bucknam Dorr," Mount Desert Islander, August 4, 2005. "George Dorr's Vision for 'Garden Approaches' to Acadia National Park," Chebacco: The Magazine of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society VI (2004). "The George Bucknam Dorr Papers: Guide," Bar Harbor Historical Society Museum Collections (2004). "An Interview with President Paul LeBlanc," Southern New Hampshire University Journal 21 (2004). "Establishing Dr. Abbe's Museum in Mr. Dorr's Park," Mount Desert Island History Journal 5 (2003). "From Monument to Park: Voices of the Advocates, Friends of Acadia Journal_7, #5 (Winter 2002). www.friendsofacadia.org/journal/w2002/w2002.pdf "Acadia's Founder," Friends of Acadia Journal 6, #2 (Summer 2001). www.friendsofacadia.org/journal/sum2001/sum2001.pdf "Celebrating the Bicentennial of our National Library," Resources 7, #1 (Winter 2000). Library of Congress Bicentennial. 2000. Editor. URL: www.hartford.edu/llr/LIBOFCON/bicenten.html Academic Library Newsletters in the United States. An Online Directory. 1999-2007. Creator/Editor. Exlibris.colgate.edu/ALiNUS/Alinus.asp "Strengthening Teaching and Learning," Resources 6, #1 (Fall 1998). "Revolution in the Library?" Resources 5, #1 (Winter 1998). "Celebrating Achievements and Forging New Directions," Resources 4, #2 (Spring 1997). "Accessing Resources," Resources_4, #1 (Winter 1997). 3 4 "Standards and Guidelines for Web Documents at the University of Hartford," (1996). www.hartford.edu/guidelines.html "Strategic Planning, Resources 3, #1 (Fall 1995). "Fee-based Information Services", co-authored with Elizabeth A. McDaniel, Cause/Effect 18, #2 (Summer 1995). "What is an Academic Library?" Resources 2, #1 (Spring 1995). "An Information Revolution," Resources_1 #1 (Spring 1994). "Report on the "Faculty Use Survey," The University of Hartford Collection Assessment Project. West Hartford, CT. Collection Development in College Libraries. Eds. Joanne Hill, William Hannaford Jr., and Ronald H. Epp. Chicago: American Library Association, 1991. "College Faculty, Scholarly Communication, and the Future of Library Services," in Collection Development in College Libraries. ed. by Hill, Hannaford, and Epp. Chicago: American Library Association, 1991. "A Primer for Small Journal Editors," Small Press 7, #6 (December 1989). "Periodicals: 1988," Choice 26 (1989). "Ethics and the Nuclear Age," College and Research Libraries News 49 (1988). "Bibliographic Essays," Choice 25 (1988). "Reviewing Periodicals," Choice 25 (1988). "Reviewer Recruitment," Choice 24 (1987). "The ACLS Survey and Academic Library Service," co-authored with JoAn S. Segal, College and Research Libraries News 48 (1987). "Critical Reviews," Choice 23 (1987). "Classical Studies in Choice," Choice 23 (1986). Recovering the Stoics. Editor. Memphis, TN: The Southern Journal of Philosophy. 1985. Bibliography of Stoic Philosophy," in Recovering the Stoics, ed. by R. H. Epp, 1985. "An Approach to the Teaching of Philosophy," Understanding Human Values by Milton Rokeach. Free Press, 1979. Also rpt. in Philosophy Now, ed. by T. W. Bynum & R. Reisberg. National Information and Research Center for the Teaching of Philosophy, 1976. Originally published in Metaphilosophy_5 (1974). "Death Isn't a Four-Letter Word," The Columns: University of Memphis 11, #2 (Nov. 1977). "Katharsis and the Platonic Reconstruction of Mystical Terminology," Philosophia_4 (1974). "Peirce and Tychism," Darshana International Quarterly 13 (1974). "Philosophical Speculation and Biomedical Innovation," Southern Journal of Philosophy 11 (1973). "Plato's Quest for Purification," Platon 24 (1972). "Some Observations on the Platonic Concept of Katharsis in the Phaedo, "Kinesis_1 (1969). Recent Presentations "Park Building Creativity on Mount Desert," Millbrook of Farmington," CT. September 9, 2019. "A Common Landscape: Farrand and Dorr on Mount Desert Island." The Beatrix Farrand Society 2019 Seminar Tour. Garland Farm & Oldfarm. Bar Harbor, ME August 4, 2019. "Lenox Rusticators on the Maine Coast." Co-Presenter Cornelia Gilder. Ventfort Hall Museum, Lenox, MA July 16, 2019. "Picturing the Creation of Acadia National Park." Avon Free Public Library, Avon, CT June 17, 2019. "This Land is Your Land: The Roaring Twenties." The University of Hartford Presidents' College. Hoffman Summer Wood Retirement Community. West Hartford, CT Dec. 4, 2018. "This Land is Your Land: Conservation in the Roaring Twenties." The University of Hartford Presidents' 4 5 College. McAuley Retirement Community. West Hartford, CT Nov. 2, 2018 "Berkshire Cottagers and the Father of Acadia National Park." Lenox Library Association Distinguished Lecture Series. Lenox Public Library. Lenox, MA October 21, 2018 "Saving God's Creation II: The Distinctively New England Roots of Land Conservation." Jesup Memorial Library. Bar Harbor, ME June 19, 2018 "Common Lands, Uncommon People. Land Conservation Out West." The University of Hartford Presidents' College Duncaster Retirement Community. Bloomfield, CT April 3, 2018 "Acadia National Park: Its New England Roots." Armchair Traveler Series. Simsbury Public Library, Simsbury, CT. March 20, 2018. "Saving God's Creation: The Distinctively New England Roots of Land Conservation." The University of Hartford. Presidents' College. Duncaster Retirement Community. Bloomfield, CT Dec. 5, 2017. "Saving God's Creation." The University of Hartford. Presidents' College. The McAuley Retirement Community. West Hartford, CT Dec. 1, 2017. "From Jamaica Pond to Commonwealth Avenue: George B. Dorr, his family and friends on his Birthplace." Jamaica Plain Historical Society & Harvard University Arnold Arboretum. Jamaica Plain, MA October 8, 2017. "A Mature Biographical Pursuit." Novel Teas Literary Club. Cornwall Manor. Cornwall, PA Sept. 21, 2017 "Bookshelved between America's Greatest Conservation Presidents: George Bucknam Dorr's Achievement." Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston, MA April 10, 2017 " Designing Acadia," Maine Historical Society. Portland, ME October 26, 2016 "Theodore Roosevelt and the Mount Desert Triumvirate." Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site. Buffalo, NY. Sept. 27, 2016 "The Making of a National Park." The Amberleigh. Williamsville, NY. Sept. 26, 2016 "The Evolution of an Acadian Biography." Southbury Public Library. Southbury, CT. Sept. 22, 2016 "Researching the 'Triumvirate.' Parker Ridge Retirement Community. Blue Hill, ME. August 29, 2016 "Centennial of the First Celebration of Acadia: G.B. Dorr's Address." Saint Saviour Episcopal Church, Bar Harbor, ME August 22, 2016 "Seal Harbor's Contributions to the Formation of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations." Abby Rockefeller Chapel, Seal Harbor, ME August 19, 2016 "My Two Decades of Writing About Acadia's Founder." Blue Hill Public Library, Blue Hill, ME August 18, 2016 "Creating Acadia National Park: Seminal Contributions to American Environmentalism." Camden Public Library. Camden, ME August 16, 2016 "Surprising Revelations: Intimacies in the Letters Between Dr. Eliot, George B. Dorr, and JDR Jr." Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor, ME August 10, 2016 "Writing About Conservation Giants." Northeast Harbor Public Library. Northeast Harbor, ME August 3, 2016 "Ellsworth's John A. Peters, Esq. and the Father of Acadia." Ellsworth Public Library, Ellsworth, ME July 28, 2016. "Creating Acadia National Park." Acadian Author's Night. College of the Atlantic. Bar Harbor, ME July 19, 2016. "Writing about Conservation Giants," Ocean City Free Public Library," Ocean City, NJ. May 12, 2016. "Lessons from the Archives," University Libraries Board of Visitors, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT. April 28, 2016. "Writing About Conservation Giants," Griffin Free Public Library, Auburn, NH. April 27, 2016. "Acadia and the Historical Research Process," Jesup Memorial Library. Bar Harbor, ME. April 7, 2016. "Conservation Comes Out of the Woods." Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Bar Harbor, ME 5 6 January 26, 2015 "Becoming Acadia National Park," Parker Ridge Retirement Community. Blue Hill, ME April 3, 2014. "George B. Dorr & the Establishment of the Jesup Memorial Library," A Library Centennial Presentation, Jesup Memorial Library. Bar Harbor, ME. May 20, 2011. "George Dorr Ranger Lore," Acadia National Park Ranger staff, Acadia National Park HQ, Bar Harbor, ME May 18, 2011 "My Thoughts Turn Forward: The 90th Anniversary Celebration of the Establishment of the Sieur de Monts National Monument," Sieur de Monts Springhouse, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME August 22, 2006. "The Wild Gardening of George B. Dorr and Edith Wharton," 2006 International Garden Conference at The Mount: Edith Wharton and the American Garden, Lenox, MA May 18-21, 2006. "Nourishing Consortial Development," Association of Vermont Independent Colleges, First Academic Library Summit, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT November 11, 2005 "A Preliminary Evaluation of the Book Collection of the New London Historical Society," New London Historical Society Collection Committee, New London, NH September 1, 2005. "George B. Dorr and the Early Development of Mount Desert Island Scientific and Cultural Institutions," Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, ME August 15, 2005 "The Spirit of Acadia," First Founders Day Celebration, Village Green, Bar Harbor, ME, August 13, 2005. "The Mission of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations and the Mountain Naming Controversy," Woodlawn Museum, Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations Member Reception, Ellsworth, August 3, 2005. "George Bucknam Dorr: Father of Acadia National Park," College of the Atlantic, Champlain Society Annual Lecture, Bar Harbor, ME June 30, 2005 "Copyright and Plagiarism in Higher Education," Legal Issues in Higher Education, Ninth Annual Conference, New Hampshire College and University Council, Concord, NH December 10, 2004 "Acadia Discovered: Researching the Life & Times of the Park Founder," Port in a Storm Bookstore, Somesville, ME September 16, 2004 "Beyond the Box: Academic Library External Affairs," Library Staff Professional Development Seminar, New Hampshire College and University Council, Concord, NH May 24, 2004 "From Harvard to Bar Harbor: Researching the Origins of Acadia." School of Liberal Arts New Directions Seminar. Southern New Hampshire University. January 16, 2004 "Establishing Dr. Abbe's Museum in Mr. Dorr's Park," The Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, ME. September 14, 2003 Related Experience: Consultant. National Park Service. Acadia National Park. Content and editorial evaluation of the "Storm Beach Cottage Historic Structure Report," Commissioned by Cultural Resources Program Manager Gail Gladstone. April, 2021. Consultant. The Trustees of Reservations. Discovered The Charles Eliot Scrapbook & assisted with the Charles Eliot Research Guide and Finding Aid. ARC. Sharon, MA September 2018. Consulting archivist. Cressman Library. Cedar Crest College. Allentown, PA 2014-16 Consulting archivist. Harrell Medical Library. Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Hershey, PA 2014-2016 Vice-president. Residents Association. Cornwall Manor CCRC. Cornwall, PA 2014-16 Transcription. Charles Hazen Dorr Family Correspondence with the Family of the Ninth Earl of Carlisle. Forty-seven letters transcribed and annotated. 1876-1912. Castle Howard Archives. York, UK 2010. 6 7 Consultant. Massachusetts Trustees of Reservations. Archive and Research Center. 2007. Consultant. New Hampshire Audubon. Research Library. State Headquarters, Silk Road, Concord, NH 2006 Consultant. Finding aid processing for the Roland Wells Robbins and Conover-Mills Publications Records of the Custodianship of the Robbins-Mills Collection of Herbert Wendell Gleason Photographic Negatives 1900-1988. Concord Free Public Library. Special Collections. Concord, MA 2006-2007. Consultant. MacDowell Colony. Library. Peterborough, NH 2006. Consultant. National Geographic Magazine. 2005. Consultant. Hellenic American University, Athens, Greece. Evaluative report on library and IT services in preparation for NEASC candidacy; on site visit by William Hannaford Jr. 2005. Consultant. New London Historical Society. New London, NH 2005. Consultant. Florentine Films. Ken Burns Productions." America's Best Idea: the National Parks." 2003-2008. Editor. Resources: News from Libraries and Learning Resources. 1994-2001. Co-Author (with Barbara Vizoyan) of "Signpost Scholarship: Reforming Library Search Strategies, " a grant proposal from the Council of Connecticut Academic Library Directors to the National Science Foundation. 1996. Editorial Advisory Board. Multicultural Review. Orange Ball Corp. 1991-1996. NEH Grant Proposal Evaluator. 1984-87. Consultant. Prentice-Hall; Wadsworth; West; and Holt Rinehart & Winston. 1979-1992. Council for Philosophical Studies. Institute on Moral Problems in Medicine. 1974. Haverford College. University Service: Southern New Hampshire University Academic Council. 2001-2006. Committee of Academic Programs. 2001-2006. Board of Trustees. Academic Affairs Committee. 2001-2005. Copyright Committee. Chairman. 2002-2004. Web Governance Committee. 2001-2003. SNHU Journal. Editorial Board. 2002-2006.. Shapiro Library Renovation and Expansion Task Force. Chairman. 2002-2003. Shapiro Library Strategic Planning Committee. Chairman. 2001-2003. Education Division Search Committee. 2003. School of Liberal Arts Philosophy Search Committee. 2001-2002. Technology Council. 2004-2005. Laptop Implementation Committee. 2004-2006. University of Hartford. Extended Council of Deans. 1995-2001. University Strategic Planning Technology Committee. 1996-99. University Search Committee for the Director of Information Technology Services. 1999-2000. University Technologies Planning Committee. 1999-2001. University Web Communications Committee. 1996-98. WWW Pages Editorial Task Force. 1995-96. Technology & Learning Roundtable. 1997-2001. Pew Higher Education Roundtable. 1994-95. Teaching, Learning, and Information Technologies Committee. 1992-95. 7 8 University Library Committee. 1989-present (Chairman 1990-93). New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Standard Seven Steering Committee. 1990, 2000. All-University Computer Access Committee. 1990-92. University Libraries Board of Visitors. 1993-2001. University of Memphis. Academic Senate. 1974-76, 1978-79. College Tenure and Promotion Committee. 1977 (Chairman 1978, 1981). Department Director of Graduate Studies. 1979-81, 1985. Graduate School College Council. 1979-80. College Curriculum Committee. 1982-1985. References Ms. Rebecca Cole-Will. Resource Management Division Chief. Acadia National Park. Bar Harbor, ME (207) 288-8728 Rebecca Cole-Will@nps.gov Ms. Maureen Fournier. Park Ranger. Acadia National Park. (207) 244-9987 mgfournier76@gmail.com Dr. William Hannaford Jr. Winchester, VA (505) 270-7069 cbhannafor@yahoo.com Mr. Ralph Holibaugh. Waterbury, VT (802) 730-7407 rwh051009@gmail.com William Horner. M.D. Bar Harbor, ME (207) 288-3543 hpywndr@gmail.com Dr. William Nelson. Avon, CT (860) 676-1408 tallwoodhollow@snet.net Mr. Jack Russell. Mount Desert, ME (207) 244-5394 jackrussell.ret@gmail.com 8