Description: Leases, agreement of sale and purchase, warranty deeds, mortgage deeds, cancellation of lease for the Northeast HarborTennis Club and the swimming pool.
The Max Farrand Memorial Fund, Bar Harbor, Maine. Copyright, 1953, by Reef Point Gardens Corporation.
Date:
1953-06
Place:
Bar Harbor
Description: Pamphlet titled "Reef Point Gardens Bulletin" published by the Max Farrand Memorial Fund, Bar Harbor Maine in June 1953. Vol. I, No. 10. Has a black and white image of a flower in a vase titled "Hybrid Tea Rose Innocence". Photograph by Sewall Brown.
Structures, Civic, Cultural & Recreational Structures
Date:
1910-08
Place:
Bar Harbor
Description: Poster for the Bar Harbor Horse Show. Poster is a Charles W. Holmes Lithograph depicting a woman with a light blue bonnet holding a parasol and holding a horse's face to her own. The Horse is poking its head out of a circle in the blank background of the print. Text of the poster reads: "Bar Harbor Horse Show Aug. 23, 24, 25 1910" In the lower left hand corner is the phrase "When Thoroughbreds Meet" and above that, next to the parasol tip, is Holmes' signature "Chas. W. Holmes". [show more]
Description: Pencil drawing by Ralph Yardley from Stockholm Record. Represents George B Dorr with caption: "George B Dorr may be a bachelor but he's married to Lafayette Park".
Description: Addressed to Morris Franklin, Bar Harbor From George B. Dorr, Boston Expressing his support for a Marconi wireless station on Green (Cadillac) Mountain. See https://barharborhistorical.net/digitalarchive/items/show/16
Description: Addressed to Charles Pineo, Bar Harbor Board of Trade From Guglielmo Marconi, Ottawa Content of letter is Marconi declining invitation to establish a radio transmission station on Green (Cadillac) Mountain. See https://barharborhistorical.net/digitalarchive/items/show/17
Description: This PDF contains a sampling of student work from the Spring 2023 Introduction to Journalism class which was shared with the COA community.
Description: Author Unknown - Appreciation of the Fine Arts - History of Mount Desert Island - History of Mount Desert Island with notes and drafts - The Manchester Ancestry - Mythology - Thanksgiving B - Local Organizations, by Edith H. Burr - Northeast Harbor Water Company, by Edith H. Burr C - Popper, by Joan Columbe F - Poltergeist? (1986), by Billie Favour - The Easter of My Life, by Edith Favour - The First Americans and the Men from Outer Space, 1974, by Edith Favour - The Herring Gull, by Edith Favour - Mount Desert Families in 1775-76 (1975), by Edith Favour - The Record-maker (1985), by Edith Favour - Robins are singing in the rain, by Edith Favour - September Song (1990), by Edith Favour - Wabanaki Artisans (1980), by Edith Favour - Biography of Jane Addams, by Mildred Fennelly - Biography of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, by Mildred Fennelly - Biography of Diego Velasquez, by Mildred Fennelly - Book Review of Captain Ellsburg and His Books, by Mildred Fennelly - Book Review of "A House Without a Roof", by Mildred Fennelly - Book Review of "The Pilgrim Prince", by Mildred Fennelly - Book Review of "Take Heed of Loving Me", by Mildred Fennelly - Children's Literature, by Mildred Fennelly - Education, by Mildred Fennelly - Madagascar, by Mildred Fennelly - Passamaquoddy, by Mildred Fennelly - Recount WLC Year 1932-33, by Mildred Fennelly - Recount Trip to New York, by Mildred Fennelly - Sandwich Islands, by Mildred Fennelly - Travel, by Mildred Fennelly - Williamsburg, VA, by Mildred Fennelly G - Come to Maine (1941), by Edith S. Gilley - Crab Apple Jelly Made in a Floor Pail (1953), by Edith S. Gilley - Easter, 1953, by Edith S. Gilley - God Bless the Wilkies (1940), by Edith S. Gilley - The Hinkley Tomstone (1940), by Edith S. Gilley - Re*Papers on Local History (1940), by Edith S. Gilley - Written for Stella L. Hill (1941), by Edith S. Gilley - Red Cross History, by Winifred Graves [show more]
Description: H - A review of New York Poetry Week (1940), by Stella L. Hill - Address at Southwest Harbor Neighborhood House to the Mount Desert Island Federation of Women’s Clubs, by Stella L. Hill - Address [to Club by first President] (1908), by Stella L. Hill - Bartletts Island w/ notes, by Stella L. Hill - Bartletts Island and Pretty Marsh (1933), by Stella L. Hill - Building a Home Library, by Stella L. Hill - Echoes of Long Ago, by Stella L. Hill - Hall Quarry w/ notes and photographs (see item 7336), by Stella L. Hill - History of the Northeast Harbor Post Office, by Stella L. Hill - Library w/ notes, by Stella L. Hill - The Yesterday and Today of Sutton Island, by Stella L. Hill - The Mount Desert Island Historical Society at Somesville (1932), by Mrs. L. Elrie Holmes (Mary Holmes) - The Neighborhood House, by Mrs. L. Elrie Holmes (Mary Holmes) - Fine Arts, by Mary Holmes K - Books in Review, by Beatrice Carroll Kelley - Swimming Pool—Tennis Club & Golf Club (1933), by Beatrice Carroll Kelley - Biography of Daniel Coit Gilman, by Beatrice Carroll Kelley - History of Northeast Harbor, by Beatrice Carroll Kelley - A Challenge to the Woman’s Literary Club, by Belle Smallidge Knowles - Doctor Florence Rena Sabin, by Belle Smallidge Knowles - Early History, by Belle Smallidge Knowles - Prima Donna—Albani, by Belle Smallidge Knowles M - World War Radio Stations at Otter Cliffs and Sea Wall (1933), by Dorothy Maddocks - Greening’s Island (1933), by Charlotte Manchester - The Sunday Evening Club (1932), by Charlotte Manchester - The Manchester Family, by A. L. Manchester (Ida I. Manchester) [show more]
Description: 1. WLC Meeting Notes, 1908-1912 2. WLC Meeting Notes, 1912-1919 3. WLC Meeting Notes, 1919-1928 a 4. WLC Meeting Notes, 1919-1928 b 5. WLC Meeting Notes, 1928-1938 a 6. WLC Meeting Notes, 1928-1938 b 7. WLC Meeting Notes, 1938-1950 a 8. WLC Meeting Notes, 1938-1950 b 9. WLC Meeting Notes, 1950-1956 a 10. WLC Meeting Notes, 1950-1956 b 11. WLC Meeting Notes, 1956-1968 a 12. WLC Meeting Notes, 1956-1968 b 13. WLC Meeting Notes, 1968-1979 a 14. WLC Meeting Notes, 1968-1979 b 15. WLC Meeting Notes 1979-1984 16. WLC Meeting Notes, 1984-1989 17. WLC Meeting Notes, 1990-1995 18. WLC Meeting Notes, 1999-2000 19. Patterson Committee Notes, 1928-1999 The Trail of the Maine Pioneer by Maine Club Women (book - pdf available on request) Maine in History and Romance by Maine Club Women (book - pdf available on request) [show more]
Description: This consists of a single scrapbook of John Latty, a sailing captain from Tremont. There are photographs and newspaper clippings of John, his wife and son, and his wife's family, the family of Capt. Levi Rich, also from Tremont. John Latty was captain of the 4 masted sailing ship "Theoline" in the 1920's and 1930's. The scrapbook was loaned to us by Tim Harper, who is a great grandson of John Latty, and reproduced here. [show more]
Description: - Edith Falt Favour Materials - Julia Manchester Materials - Edith S. Gilley Materials - Agreement btwn WLC & Bar Harbor Banking and Trust re: scholarship, 1951 - Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs Newsletters, 1980-1982 - General Federation of Women’s Clubs –Letter of Inclusion and Awards - General Federation of Women’s Clubs papers - General Federation of Women’s Clubs Community Improvement Program - Correspondence btwn Stella L. Hill and Clarice re: paper - Correspondence btwn Stella L. Hill and Edith re: Soldier Pond - Correspondence btwn Belle Smallidge Knowles and the Washington Highway and The Lincoln Highway, 1915 - Correspondence btwn Jackson Reynolds and Wilma Eaton, 1987 re: scholarship - Correspondence from Ina S. Ober to Mrs. Hill, 1957 - Meeting Notes re: Bishop Doane, Susan Coolidge, et all - List of Subjects of Papers on Local History Written by WLC Members - Stella L. Hill Ephemera of Trip to Pennsylvania - Memoirs of a Lifetime, by A. C. Savage - Today is Mine: poems from the Heart of Maine, by Mabel Demers Hinckley - In Memory of Jennie L. Burr, by Belle Smallidge Knowles - Science Challenges the Educator (Honoring Daniel Coit Gilman), 1959 by Asa S. Knowles - Remarks on the Occasion (Honoring Belle Smallidge Knowles) by Asa Knowles - Memory of Belle Smallidge Knowles - 30th Anniversary of Woman’s Literary Club, 1938 by L. A. Wilson - Newspaper Clippings and Telegrams re: 50th Anniversary - WLC 75th Anniversary Booklet, 1916-1991 - From Versus Composed and Read by Prof. C. H. Foy at 100th Anniversary of Seal Harbor - Outstanding Lecture and Exhibit at the Northeast Harbor Library, 1953 - A Challenge to the Woman’s Literary Club, by Belle Smallidge Knowles (book) - Facsimile of Scrapbook by Belle Smallidge Knowles [show more]
Description: M - Address to WLC , by Julia Manchester - Appointment of Pioneer Club Women (1940), by Julia Manchester - The Azores and the Canary Islands, by Julia Manchester - Banking, by Julia Manchester - Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company, by Julia Manchester - Churches - Old and New, by Julia Manchester - History of Mount Desert Island (1949), by Julia Manchester - Norman Rockwell, by Julia Manchester - Maine Summer Resorts, by Julia Manchester - The Northeast Harbor Library (1933), by Julia Manchester - Wills, by Julia Manchester - Milling and Shipping Industries of Mount Desert, by Julia Manchester - Islesford Museum (1932), by Julia Manchester - The White Plague (1969), by Julia Manchester P - Flowers for Maxine, by Virginia Phelps - Report of Fall Conference of Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs, by Virginia Phelps - Early History and Person Recollections of Northeast Harbor (1919), by Cora Savage Phillips R - The Duck Islands, by Emily Reynolds S - Untitled, by E. Savage - Titian and Hans Holbein the Younger, by Mabelle S. Savage - Willa Cather, by Mabelle S. Savage - Lighthouses off Mount Desert (1933), by Emma F. Spurling W - Early Yachting Days at Northeast Harbor, by Mary Cabot Wheelwright - Dr. Henry van Dyke, by Mabel Whittaker - Rev. S. S. Drury and St. Paul’s School, by Mabel Whittaker - Admiral Byrd’s Summer House at West Tremont (1932), by Lina MacLean Wilson - Artists, Poets and Authors Who Have Summered at Mount Desert, by Lina MacLean Wilson [show more]