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Agnes Yarnall LePage Collection
Northeast Harbor Library
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Agnes Yarnall LePage Collection
Northeast Harbor Library
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Hundreds of 3" x 5" photographs of sculptures, drawings and paintings by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. Renowned as a sculptor, she commissioned portrayals of contemporary celebrities. Her sculpted works are organized in groups such as: "Clowns" (7377), "Circus" (7378), "Mosaics" (7379), "Bas-relief" (7382). She is also known for her "Paintings" (7380), "Charcoal drawings" (7381) and "Pencil drawings" (7383). This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996. [show more]
Asa Smallidge Knowles (1909-1990)
Northeast Harbor Library
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Asa Smallidge Knowles (1909-1990)
Northeast Harbor Library
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Asa S. Knowles, 3rd. president of Northeastern University in Boston. He was born in Northeast Harbor on January 8, l909
Roy Salisbury Collection
Northeast Harbor Library
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Roy Salisbury Collection
Northeast Harbor Library
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Photographs: Stetson School (item 6997) Gilman High School (item 6998) Ballard Hill School (item 6999) Mount Desert High School (item 7000) Clifton Dock area (item 7001) Who's who - People (item 7002) Northeast Harbor (1) (item 7005) Northeast Harbor (2) (item 7006) Miscellaneous (item 7004) Documents and Manuscripts: Parker Fennelly's diploma from Leland Powers School (item 7003) Nathan Fennelly invoices (item 7284) Parker Fennelly scrapbook (item 7283) Parker Fennelly discharge papers (item 7285) Parker Family writings Parker Family plays and writings Cottages for Rent, 1929 (item 7286) Letter from Northeast Harbor Water Co., 1904 Future of Mount Desert Island by Charles W. Eliot (see also item 6127) Mount Desert High School and Mount Desert Elementary School specifications, letters from architects & contractors, additions, building notes Objects (see items 7288, 7289) WWII ration books, tokens, service ID, Red Cross Volunteer Pin, V pin [show more]
Parker W. Fennelly
Northeast Harbor Library
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Parker W. Fennelly
Northeast Harbor Library
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Parker W. Fennelly (October 22, 1891 – January 22, 1988). Son of Nathan Fennelly and Estelle Dolliver Fennelly, he was born and raised in Northeast Harbor and studied classical acting in Boston. He was a member of Boston's Toy Theater company and participated in Chautauqua readings. He studied under performing arts educator Leland T. Powers. He later became a character actor and appeared in ten films, numerous television episodes and hundreds of radio programs. (Text source: Wikipedia) [show more]
Andrew C. Wheelwright
Northeast Harbor Library
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Andrew C. Wheelwright
Northeast Harbor Library
Sarah Cabot Wheelwright
Northeast Harbor Library
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Sarah Cabot Wheelwright
Northeast Harbor Library
Anna Lewis Kneedler
Northeast Harbor Library
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Anna Lewis Kneedler
Northeast Harbor Library
Augustus D. Phillips
Northeast Harbor Library
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Augustus D. Phillips
Northeast Harbor Library
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Renowned mapmaker and postcard publisher, together with his brother Luther S. Phillips.
Luther S. Phillips
Northeast Harbor Library
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Luther S. Phillips
Northeast Harbor Library
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Mapmaker and postcard publisher, together with his brother Augustus D. Phillips.
Beatrix Farrand
Northeast Harbor Library
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Beatrix Farrand
Northeast Harbor Library
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Beatrix Cadwalader Farrand (née Jones; June 19, 1872 – February 28, 1959) was an American landscape gardener and landscape architect. Her career included commissions to design about 110 gardens for private residences, estates and country homes, public parks, botanic gardens, college campuses, and the White House. Farrand was one of the founding eleven members, and the only woman, of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Beatrix Farrand is one of the most accomplished persons, and women, recognized in both the first decades of the landscape architecture profession and the centuries of landscape garden design arts and accomplishment. (Source: Wikipedia) [show more]
Robert (Bob) R. Pyle
Northeast Harbor Library
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Robert (Bob) R. Pyle
Northeast Harbor Library
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Robert (Bob) Richard Pyle was born on October 22, 1945 in Phoenixville, PA, the son of Louise Kaler Sawtelle and James Wesley Pyle. Brought as an infant to Searsport where he attended grammar school, he began his summer life as a child in his grandparents’ seaside cottage on Islesford, an island link he idealized and maintained throughout his life. He started work at the Northeast Harbor Library in 1971. In 1973 he met and married his wife of 45 years, Miriam Louise Mahon. Bob became Director in 1975 and enjoyed serving 40 years at his beloved Northeast Harbor Library, overseeing seven renovations and ultimately, in 2008, opening the new facility. During his career he was honored by numerous organizations including the Northeast Harbor Library’s Don Coates Award, and the Acadia National Park’s W.O. Sawtelle award. In his time in Northeast Harbor Bob was a pillar in many community organizations, including the Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Departments, and the Police Reserve. He also filled roles on many committees and boards. Bob Pyle died on December 25, 2018. [show more]
Charles W. Eliot
Northeast Harbor Library
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Charles W. Eliot
Northeast Harbor Library
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Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard and one of Acadia National Park's founders.
Laura Damon Cross Collection
Northeast Harbor Library
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Laura Damon Cross Collection
Northeast Harbor Library
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Box 1 - Folder 1: Letter from Aunt May [Savage] to Cora Mae [Phillips Perry], February 23, 1924 Letter from Ernestine Savage to Cora May [Perry], March 9, 1950 - Folder 2: Photograph album with 14 photographs of Harbourside Inn, Journey's End, and Grey Rock Harbourside Inn menus, 1 handwritten and 1 typed, August 1971 Newsletter, Knowles News, Spring 2005 - Folder 3: Photograph, Lewellyn and Dot Damon, ca. 1950 Photograph, Laura Damon Cross, Bruce Damon, Carol Damon Dana, ca. 1950 - Scrapbook, poetry clippings - Scrapbook, Emily N. Phillips Reynolds, 1897, diplomas from Maud Trask and greeting cards - Publications: Official Journal and Yearbook of the 71st Session of the East Maine Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1918 Apollo: An illustrated manual of the History of Art throughout the ages, 1908 [show more]
Philomena Manchester Photograph Album
Northeast Harbor Library
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Box 1 Manchester Family Photograph album Box 2 Manchester Family Photographs, loose
Dr. George Shattuck
Northeast Harbor Library
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Dr. George Shattuck
Northeast Harbor Library
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Boston physician who owned a house in Northeast Harbor. Professor of tropical medicine at Harvard Medical School and a pioneer in the field of tropical medicine.
George L. Stebbins
Northeast Harbor Library
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George L. Stebbins
Northeast Harbor Library
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George Ledyard Stebbins was a wealthy real estate financier who developed Seal Harbor, Maine and helped to establish Acadia National Park (Wikipedia).
John Snow, Passamaquoddy
Northeast Harbor Library
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John Snow, Passamaquoddy
Northeast Harbor Library
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Passamaquoddy Chief John Snow.
Miss Aimee Lamb
Northeast Harbor Library
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Miss Aimee Lamb
Northeast Harbor Library
Mrs. Brooke Astor
Northeast Harbor Library
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Mrs. Brooke Astor
Northeast Harbor Library
Marguerite Yourcenar
Northeast Harbor Library
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Marguerite Yourcenar
Northeast Harbor Library
Betsy Flagg Melcher
Northeast Harbor Library
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Betsy Flagg Melcher
Northeast Harbor Library
Samuel A. Eliot
Northeast Harbor Library
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Samuel A. Eliot
Northeast Harbor Library
James Terry Gardiner
Northeast Harbor Library
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James Terry Gardiner
Northeast Harbor Library
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Engineer-geologist. Contributed to the founding of the Water Co. the laying of Sargeant Drive and Cooksey Drive. Gave freely of his knowledge and his time to the place he loved so dearly. This is a record of his contribution to the development of Northeast Harbor.
William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Northeast Harbor Library
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William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Northeast Harbor Library
Mary Cabot Wheelwright
Northeast Harbor Library
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Mary Cabot Wheelwright
Northeast Harbor Library
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Mary Cabot Wheelwright (1878-1958) was an American anthropologist and museum founder. She established the museum which is now called Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, in 1937 along with Hosteen Klah. (Wikipedia) She spent summers on the coast of Maine.