In his book Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality, historian Leigh Eric Schmidt comments on the impact of Green Acre on public discourse in the early twentieth century: "The Green Acre gatherings thrived for more than two decades; the World's Parliament lasted all of seventeen days." [BWNS 1172]

Sarah Farmer put Green Acre at the disposal of the Bahá'ís after her pilgrimage to `Akká in 1900. [BFA2:144–5; GPB261]
• After 1900 Green Acre effectively became the site of the first Bahá'í summer school in the world, although it was not officially so until 1929. [BBRSM:104; BW5:29–30; SBBH1:125]

`Abdu'l-Bahá journeyed to Green Acre by car, arriving the same day. [239D:123; AB240]
• Talk at Green Acre, Eliot, Maine. [PUP253]
• For `Abdu'l-Bahá's activities while in Green Acre see AB240–51.
• For the story of Fred Mortensen see 239D:126–9, DJT359 and AB247–51.
• See also Green Acre on the Piscataqua.

Talk at Green Acre, Eliot, Maine. [PUP261]
• Talk at Green Acre, Eliot, Maine. [PUP263]
• Talk at Green Acre, Eliot, Maine. [PUP264]
• Talk at Green Acre, Eliot, Maine. [PUP270]
• See a photo of Eirenion Hall, built in 1897, where 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a number of talks. It was lost in a fire in 1924

Green Acre came under the direct supervision of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada. [GAP118]
• Canadian Bahá'is played a significant role in redeeming the debts of Green Acre to prepare for its transference to trustees for the benefit of the National Spiritual Assembly. It became the first Bahá'í School to be legally placed under Bahá'í administrative authority in North America. [CBN 82 November, 1956 p2]

The passing of Elizabeth Roemer Greenleaf (b. 1863) in Eliot Maine. She was buried at the Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum. [BW9p608]
• She and her husband became active in the Chicago Bahá'í community after completing Kheiralla's class on the 5th of October, 1897.
• She had a dream in which Kheiralla was represented as a white ram behaving destructively. After he returned from pilgrimage and began sowing seeds of discontent she and her husband were able to understand the meaning of the dream. [FMH50]
• She served as secretary of the Chicago Bahá'í women's organization in 1905. After the passing of her husband she began to travel extensively to lecture about the Bahá'í Faith. She also moved to various cities that needed Bahá'ís, remaining there until the community was strong enough for her to move again. In 1924 she was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada for one year. She went on pilgrimage in 1926, meeting Shoghi Effendi. He eulogized her as a "veteran and outstanding teacher" and described her qualities of "deep knowledge of the teachings, profound human sympathy, a heart which mirrored the Master's love, and a winning sweetness and friendliness." [The Greenleafs: An Eternal Reunion by Emeric Sala published in Bahá'í News, 510, pages 8-9, 23 1973-09]

Louis Gregory, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Eliot, Maine, near Green Acre. [CoF163; BW12:666; TMW310, LOF98; SYH236; BN No 247 September 1951 p1]
• A national memorial service was held for him at the Temple in Wilmette on the 24th of November 1951. [SYH236]
• Soon after his passing he was designated by Shoghi Effendi the first Hand of the Cause of his race. (On 5 August, 1951) [BBD91; BW12:666, MoCxxii]
• Louis Gregory was the first person of his race to be elected to any administrative body in the United States. [-from talk by Louis Venters 2min 13sec]
• See TG114, 117-8 for a description of his passing .
• For his obituary see BW12:666–70.
• See a list of his publications.
• For biographical information on Hand of the Cause Louis Gregory see Gayle Morrison, To Move the World: Louis G. Gregory and the Advancement of Racial Unity in America (Wilmette, IL, USA Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982, 1999 printing).
• For short biographical information see Bahá'í Encyclopedia]
• Louis Gregory kept a journal of his visit to 'Abdu'l-Baha in 1911 including statements of 'Abdu'l-Baha, stories of the believers in the Holy Land and his experiences at the Shrines. It includes a selection of tablets 'Abdu'l-Baha addressed to him. A Heavenly Vista: The Pilgrimage of Louis G. Gregory".
• See Louis Gregory, the Oneness of Humanity, and Highlights in the Development of the African-American Lawyer a presentation by Anthony Vance.

Louisa Mathew Gregory, (b. 1 February 1866 in Penge, Kent, England) whose wedding to Hand of the Cause of God Louis Gregory in 1912 was the first interracial western Bahá'í marriage, passed away in Eliot, Maine. [BW13:878; SYH19, 239]
• She had been introduced to the Faith by Edith Sanderson in Paris in about December of 1909. Edith had been taught by May Maxwell in 1902. [SYH5, 206]
• For her obituary see BW13:376–8. Error in this article
  • There was no Bahá'í Congress in Prague in 1928
  • She did not attend Cambridge but rather the examination for her credentials were administered by Cambridge.
  • 'Abdu'l-Bahá did not attend her marriage on the 27 September 1912. He was in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. [SYHvii-viii; 28]
• Her biography, A Seed in Your Heart - The Life of Louise Mathew Gregory by Janet Fleming Rose was published by George Ronald in 2018.
• See a brief biography in The Bahá'í Community of the British Isles 1844-1963 p462-464 and for the story of his learning of the Faith, p453-454

See Marian Crist Lippitt: Short Biographical Monograph by Peter Terry.

She compiled Reality, Soul, and the Worlds of God in 1968 but it was never published. In 2003 J. Michael Kafes updated and revised it with all the latest translations of the Writings that were available at that time.

She also devoted considerable study of The Diving Art of Living by Mabel Hyde. In 1950 she published A Study of the Diving Art of Living in Seven Discussion Periods, in 1956 and again in 1972, Round Table Discussions Based on The Divine Art of Living, and in 1977 The Diving Art of Living; Seven Round Table Discussions. [Collins 7.1407-7.1410 p98]

Around 1952-1953, Mrs. Gene Crist (Marian's mother) was appointed to head a team charged with preparing two indexes to the Bible and Bahá'í Writings, one organized by subject, and the other by Biblical verse. Due to illness, Mrs. Crist was not able to continue as director of this project, so Marian took over for her. These indexes were completed in 1955, and an incomplete version of the verse index was typed, duplicated and found its way into various Bahá'í libraries and the Western pilgrim house in Haifa. Both indexes were entered into a data base in 1995-1996 and then updated and corrected by volunteers. The Bible-Bahá'í Index is available as an Excel file.

The passing of Florence Evaline (Lorol) Schopflocher (b.1886 in Montreal. QC) in the Green Acre area. She was buried at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Eliot, Maine [Find a grave]
• Wife of Hand of the Cause of God Siegfried Schopflocher. For his "In Memoriam" see BW7p664.
• She circled the globe nine times on travel teaching tours and visited some 86 countries, many of them multiple times. She travelled to Iran twice visiting parts not previously visited by Western Bahá'ís.
• She visited the Guardian 11 times.
• She had several audiences with King Feisal in Iraq and discussed the question of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád with him.
• Favourite themes for her public talks were the World Order letters of Shoghi Effendi and the emancipation and education of women.
• A radiant star went from the West to the East. [BW15p488-489]
• See Bahá'í Chronicles.