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In Wildness is the Preservation of the World
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Porter, Eliot
  • 1962
In Wildness is the Preservation of the World
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Porter's photographs set side-by-side with selected Thoreau writings...
The Indian Heritage of America.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Indians of North America
  • Josephy, Alvin M. Jr.
  • 1968
The Indian Heritage of America.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Addresses stereotypes and diversities, early man in America, and Native American tribes, as well as native people in Central and South America, and Canada.
An Investigation of the Granite Quarry Industry in Hancock County, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Hancock County
  • Other, Quarries
  • Domingos, Frank Eugene
  • 1967
Description:
Study of granite industry in Hancock Co., Maine, after Civil War to locate major quarry sites, ownership of quarries, types of granite products, characteristics of granite centers, and causes for the decline of the industry.
The Right People: The Social Establishment in America
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Social classes
  • Birmingham, Stephen
  • 1968.
The Right People: The Social Establishment in America
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
A witty account of Society and Real Society in America; Northeast Harbor, the Pot and Kettle Club, prep schools, debutante traditions, Junior League, are among the institutions mentioned.
A Study of Summer Visitors' Facilities in the Town of Mount Desert, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Sewall, James W. Company
  • 1964
Description:
Prepared for the Summer-Year Round Resident Planning Committee of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce. Includes land use maps of Otter Creek, Seal Harbor, Bracy Cove, Northeast Harbor, Somesville, Pretty Marsh. The overall objective was to find ways and means to guide the coourse of change while maintaining the basic character of the community; find ways to achieve growth of the permament summer community. Includes study of hotel/inn and restaurant facilities to see if they are adequate. Among the findings: lengthening season, more older permanent summer residents; need for basic recreational facilities, expansion and modernization of Bar Harbor airport; light housekeeping rental cottages;better shopping and marine services on Sea St. in Northeast Harbor [show more]
Friendly Village
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Reading
  • Other, Textbook
  • O'Donnell, Mabel
  • 1963
Friendly Village
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Reading textbook ( no local relevence found)
Know Your Antiques
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Kovel, Rolph and Terry
  • 1967
Know Your Antiques
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
How to recognize and evaluate any antique--large or small--like an expert. This is a general guide covering paper, glass, furniture, pottery and porcelain, clocks, and more.
A Museum of Early American Tools
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Sloane, Eric
  • 1964
A Museum of Early American Tools
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Describes and illustrates early tools.
Scrapbook
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Clarke Point
  • Other, Dance parties
  • Other, Southwest Harbor
  • 1966
Scrapbook
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
A scrapbook of recipes and household tips pasted in a book. Note in book indicates these are recipes of Corinthia Bassett Earl (Dad's Grandmother) d. 1897 in her 70's, buried in Derby, Conn. Had been a printer in Cleveland.
Poems For Sutton Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Hortense Flexner
  • 1969
Poems For Sutton Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Story of Mount Desert Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1960
Story of Mount Desert Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Copy of Samuel Eliot Morison's book The Story of Mount Desert Island. (Little, Brown and Co., 1960)
Harper Lees's To Kill a Mockingbird
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Christopher Sergel
  • 1960
Harper Lees's To Kill a Mockingbird
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Copy of Christopher Sergel play. Stamped "property of MDIHS, No 9, purchased 71" on inside front cover.