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| Wild Gardens of Acadia Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Wild Gardens of Acadia Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed and annotated in pencil drafts of article written by LaRue Spiker unknown date and publication. Title Wild Gardens of Acadia. Preiously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.2 | ||||
| Code of the Sea Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Code of the Sea Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No Date. Code of the Sea: 20-page fiction about lobstermen helping each other, cowardice, and redemption. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.22 | ||||
| Armadillos, Alligators, and Squirrels Who Spell Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Armadillos, Alligators, and Squirrels Who Spell Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article submitted to Trailer Life by LaRue Spiker. Armadillos, Alligators, and Squirrels...: Ocala [Florida] National Forest, Juniper Springs Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.28 | |||
| Scottish Highland Cattle Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Scottish Highland Cattle Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed draft of article written by LaRue Spiker unknown date and publication. Scottish Highland Cattle, an account of Roy Barrett of Brooklin and his cattle. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.7 | ||||
| Prairie Song, Ponds & Their Life Cycle, Politicians in Pig Tails Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Prairie Song, Ponds & Their Life Cycle, Politicians in Pig Tails Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Three manuscripts: Prairie Song-- a poem, written in Illinois Ponds & their Life Cycle--includes difference between lakes and ponds and descriptions of the plants and animals that live in ponds Politicians in Pig Tails--15-pages; story about a deer and children | ||||
| Paradise for Parakeets, Petit Manan Point, Opening of Cadillac Road, Perry Sesquicentennial Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Paradise for Parakeets, Petit Manan Point, Opening of Cadillac Road, Perry Sesquicentennial Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Five manuscripts: Paradise for Parakeets--Parakeet Sanctuary near Largo, Florida Petit Manan Point (1968)--description and history Opening of Cadillac Road--includes names of notable people who attended ceremony (Dorr, Deasy, Cleaves, Damrosch, Adams, Wescott Perry Sesquicentennial (1968)--town pride in downeast Naming of Tunk Lake--story behind "tunk" | ||||
| Machias..., Lucky Beaver, Littlest Planet, Red Paint PeopleI Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Machias..., Lucky Beaver, Littlest Planet, Red Paint PeopleI Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Machias: Cradle of the American Navy (historical fiction set in Revolutionary time) Lucky Beaver: Beaver damming Duck Brook, threatening water supply to Bar Harbor Littlest Planet (written in Kentucky): fiction The Red Paint People: Indians on Union River, near Ellsworth, possibly pre-archaic; plummets' evidence | ||||
| Mike Connor of Connor Point, MDI Biome, "Bitterness...", Oceanarium Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Mike Connor of Connor Point, MDI Biome, "Bitterness...", Oceanarium Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Mike Connor: d., 1930 MDI Biome: variety of plants on MDI "My Bitterness Threatened the Life of My Daughter" (fiction, 20 pps.) Oceanarium: Dream of David Mills; names mentioned include Ted Spurling, Elmer Beal, Ralph Phippen. | ||||
| Jesuits of Mount Desert, John Black Mansion, Know Your Island, Like a Pelican in the Wilderness Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Jesuits of Mount Desert, John Black Mansion, Know Your Island, Like a Pelican in the Wilderness Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Jesuits of Mount Desert: Account of battle between French and English in Somes Sound. Mentions ship "Jonas" and "Treasurer", Father Biard. John Black Mansion: Brief history of John Black and the house he built in Ellsworth Know Your Island: Brief history of Mount Desert Island Like a Pelican in the Wilderness: fictional story | ||||
| Industrial Park at Trenton, In Every Cry, Ignorance is the Enemy, Long Runs the Tide Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Industrial Park at Trenton, In Every Cry, Ignorance is the Enemy, Long Runs the Tide Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Industrial Park at Trenton (1969): Downeast independence and entrepreneurship vs. government assistance as evident in discussions about proposed industrial park in Trenton finance by industrial revenue bonds. In Every Cry: Fictional story about cruelty to animals, love and justice. Ignorance is the Enemy (written in Florida): Wildlife research and conservation at Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, including study of pesticides on woodcocks Long Runs the Tide: Farnsworths (father and son) of Hulls Cove--and other ship builders along the coast of Mane. Also mentioned: Beal's Island, Jonesport [show more] | ||||
| Effect of New Road on Salt Marsh in Washington County, I Was a Smuggler of Love, I Rode the Lonesome Train Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Effect of New Road on Salt Marsh in Washington County, I Was a Smuggler of Love, I Rode the Lonesome Train Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: New Road: Maine Dept. of Transportation to build salt marsh to replace marshland destroyed by causeway. Smuggler: 17-page fiction story Rode the Lonesome Train: 28-page fiction story No dates on any of these manuscripts. | ||||
| I Made a Thief of My Husband, [Visitors'] Effect on Acadia Trails, Halfway Land Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| I Made a Thief of My Husband, [Visitors'] Effect on Acadia Trails, Halfway Land Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Thief of Husband: 16-page fiction Visitors' Effect: Brief essay on effect of visitors on Acadia Trails Halfway Land: Bass Harbor Marsh No dates on any of these manuscripts. |