 |
frontispiece watercolor by Lou Mucci
Friends of Baxter State Park is pleased to present for public use and scholarship this vast collection of original sources and personal notes that conveys Governor Baxter’s intent and vision for Baxter State Park, his superb gift to the people of Maine. For the first time, this compilation gathers in one source the Deeds of Trust, legislative interpretations, Opinions of the Attorney General, appellate court decisions, and the many Baxter speeches and correspondence. It is a valuable resource for all who wish to research Baxter’s vision of wilderness.
A limited number of copies of this four-volume, 1400-page, hard-bound collection have been printed and were presented to the people of Maine on May 31, 2005 at a ceremony at the State House. Click here for photos of the event
The project coordinator and annotator was Dr. Howard Whitcomb, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Lehigh University, who now lives in Georgetown, Maine. A frequent Baxter State Park visitor, Dr. Whitcomb has spent three years compiling this work.
Thanks to the generosity of the Davis Conservation Foundation and other contributors, copies of this limited edition are now located in the Office of Maine’s Attorney General, Maine State Library, Maine State Law Library, Cleaves Law Library (Cumberland County), Maine Historical Society, Baxter State Park Headquarters, and the Portland, Bangor, and Presque Isle public libraries.
Friends of Baxter State Park is pleased to make this contribution to the long-term preservation of the wilderness values of this very special park.
| |
