In July, Doane's Dr. Kimberly Jarvis gave a series of talks in New Hampshire's White Mountain region about her book Franconia Notch and the Women Who Saved It (University of New Hampshire Press, 2007). 
During the five-day book tour, arranged by David Govatski of the Weeks State Park Association, Jarvis spoke to audiences at the Upper Pemigewasset Historical Society in Lincoln, N.H., at Weeks State Park in Lancaster, N.H., at the Appalachian Mountain Club's Highland Center in Crawford Notch, and at the AMC's Joe Dodge Lodge at Pinkham Notch. Jarvis and Govatski also led a cultural and natural history tour of Franconia Notch State Park that included a tram ride to the summit of Cannon Mountain.
In addition, Jarvis was one of the speakers at Rediscover Franconia Notch Day on July 19, an event sponsored by the state of New Hampshire which celebrated a variety of anniversaries, including the 80th anniversary of the creation of the park. During a brief ceremony at Cannon Mountain's Aerial Tramway, Jarvis presented a copy of her book to New Hampshire governor John Lynch.
Franconia Notch and the Women Who Saved It focuses on the influences and eve
nts that led to the creation of Franconia Notch State Park (formerly known as Franconia Notch State Forest Reservation and Memorial) in 1928. The success of the 1920s conservation campaign that saved Franconia Notch and its forests from being purchased by timber companies occurred because of the cooperation between the state of New Hampshire and private conservation and women's groups as well as the image of Franconia Notch, whose centerpiece is the granite profile known as the Old Man of the Mountain, a place of unique beauty and historic importance.
Jarvis is an assistant professor of history.