Description: Kimball House, Northeast Harbor, Maine. Cards picked up by Alfred T. Coulombe when he (age about 14) came to Northeast Harbor one summer with his father and uncles to build some houses the 1920 (about). They came by schooner which they lived in -probably anchored in the Sound or Northeast Harbor.
Acadia National Park, Sieur de Monts National Monument
Description: Sieur de Monts Publications I. Announcement by the Government of the creation of the Sieur de Monts National Monument by proclamation, on July 8, 1916 (2 copies) II. Addresses at Meeting held at Bar Harbor on August 22, 1916, to commemorate the establishment of the Sieur de Monts National Monument (1 copy) III. The Sieur de Monts National Monument as a Bird Sanctuary (1 copy) IV. The Coastal Setting, Rocks and Woods of the Sieur de Monts National Monument (2 copies) V. An Acadian Plant Sanctuary (2 copies) VI. Wild Life and Nature Conservation in the Eastern States (3 copies) VII. Man and Nature. Our Duty to the Future (3 copies) VIII. The Acadian Forest (3 copies) IX. The Sieur de Monts National Monument as commemorating Acadia and early French influences of Race and Settlement in the United States (1 copy) X. Acadia: the Closing Scene (none) XI. Purchas translation of de Monts' Commission. De Monts: an Appreciation (3 copies) XII. The de Monts Ancestry in France (none) XIII. The District of Maine and the Character of the People of Boston at the end of the 18th century (none) XIV. Two National Monuments: the Desert and the Ocean Front (1 copy) XV. Natural Bird Gardens on Mount Desert Island (2 copies) XVI. The Blueberry and other characteristic plants of the Acadian Region (none) XVII. The Sieur de Monts National Monument and its Historical Associations. Garden = Approaches to the National Monument. The White Mountain National Forest. Crawford Notch in 1797 (2 copies) XVIII. An Old Account of Mt. Washington. A Word upon its Insect Life. A Word on Mt. Katahdin (1 copy) XIX. National Parks and Monuments (1 copy) XX. Early Cod and Haddock Fishery in Acadian Waters (none) XXI. The Birds of Oldfarm: an intimate study of an Acadian Bird Sanctuary (none) XXII. The Sieur de Monts National Monument and The Wild Gardens of Acadia (1 copy) XXIII. The Sieur de Monts National Monument as a Huguenot Memorial (none) Other Publications Relating to Sieur de Monts Sieur de Monts Spring. The Ancient Record of a Vision (2 copies) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. The Bath of Lintoun in China (1 copy) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. Damascus and the Spring-fed Stream to which it Owes its Life (2 copies) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. The Springs of Bath (1 copy) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. The King of the Golden River (1 copy) Sieur de Monts National Monument, 1918, group of letters (1 copy) Compiled 11/14/2012 by H. Stevens [show more]
Description: Garden, Kimball House, Northeast Harbor, Maine. Cards picked up by Alfred T. Coulombe when he (age about 14) came to Northeast Harbor one summer with his father and uncles to build some houses the 1920 (about). They came by schooner which they lived in - probably anchored in the Sound or Northeast Harbor.
Description: Thuya Lodge was constructed from 1912-1916 by Boston architect Joseph H. Curtis. The Asticou Terraces were designed by Curtis as a series of paths and shelters from Peabody Drive up to the Lodge. The Garden was constructed and designed in 1956-1961 by Charles K. Savage, trustee of the property upon Curtis' death. Curtis was a summer resident of Northeast Harbor, ME and chose to give Asticou Terraces, Thuya Lodge, and Thuya Garden to the public. A memorial to Curtis is now found on the grounds. Pictorial map of the Asticou Terraces and the Thuya Lodge and Garden showing the grounds as well as the placement and type of trees. Buildings and animals are also drawn on the map. People Mentioned: Joseph H. Curtis, Paul G. Favour Jr. 1 in. = 20 ft. [show more]
Description: Collection of fourteen Reef Point Garden Bulletins (several items of each bulletin): August 1946, November 1947, September 1948, August 1949, July 1950, August 1950, August 1951, June 1952, January 1953, June 1953, June 1954, July 1954, August 1954.
Reef Point Gardens and Max Farrand Memorial Corporation
Date:
1963
Description: Book containing a collection of seventeen Reef Point Garden Bulletins: August 1946, November 1947, September 1948, August 1949, July 1950, August 1950, August 1951, June 1952, January 1953, June 1953, June 1954, July 1954, August 1954, August 1955, June 1956 (No. 15), June 1956 (No. 16), Vol. 1 No. 17.
Description: Article with photographs of several formal gardens, public and private, on Mount Desert Island. Beatrix Jones Farrand, renowned landscape architect, designed as many as 40 gardens on the island. Published in Connoisseur, August 1984.
Description: Tour guide printed for the first annual Home, Art, and Garden Tour opened to the public sponsored by the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society.