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The Dollar Social at Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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The Dollar Social at Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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...In 1892 the ladies of Southwest Harbor gathered together to raise money for land upon which to build a library building and then reported how they raised...their dollar..The Dollar Social was the first fundraising event held for the Southwest Harbor Public Library and the poem describing it was famous in...


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The Dollar Social at Southwest Harbor.pdf
…The Dollar Social At Southwest Harbor The Southwest Harbor Public library was founded in 1884. …Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 115. …"The Dollar Social At Southwest Harbor" describes how each woman earned her dollar. …Tracy, our Republican friend, took a bribe, I'm sorry to state, For her husband promised her a dollar if she would help him illuminate, So she sacrificed bar
Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154
Eagle Lake Camp
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
  • Bar Harbor
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Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154
Eagle Lake Camp
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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...The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar Harbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service...


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CCC – Company 154 – BH - T.pdf
…History CCC Company 154 BH Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154 Eagle Lake Camp Address: 22 McFarland Hill Drive (Eagle Lake Road) City: Bar …Company 158 Great Pond [Long Pond] Camp ME SWH Long Pond Road - 059 The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at BarHarbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service from May 1934 to June 1942. …In June 1933, Company 158 (NP-2) established a work camp on Great [Long] Pond near Southwest Harbor.
Vesta E. (Spear) McRae House and Original Bass Harbor Library
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Tremont, Bernard
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Vesta E. (Spear) McRae House and Original Bass Harbor Library.pdf
…Spear McRae (1842-1916) The first Bass Harbor Library was begun by Vesta E. (Spear) McRae, Mrs. …The new library and free reading room at Bass Harbor supplies a long-felt want in the community. Last autumn Mrs. G.M. …- The Bar Harbor Record, January 9, 1901. …In 1909 the Bass Harbor Library in Bernard, Mrs. V. E.
A Talk About the Southwest Harbor Public Library (1905-2005)
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Oral History
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
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...This is a transcription of a talk given by Meredith Hutchins as a Southwest Harbor Public Library evening program in 2005...


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The Southwest Harbor Public Library – 1905-2005 - MH.pdf
…The Southwest Harbor Public Library 1905-2005 by Meredith Hutchins A talk given as a Southwest Harbor Public Library evening program in 2005. …According to the Bar Harbor Record of Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1895 A large number of people from all parts of the town of Tremont gathered at Southwest Harbor …To return to the library dedication, after the presentation of the keys, the Bar Harbor Record says that the greater part of the assembly went to Tremont …She would leave in mid-May to operate her Mount Desert Bookstore in Bar Harbor, while a summer librarian filled in.
Cranberry Isles Life Saving Station
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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Cranberry Isles Life Saving Station
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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...In 1937, the Southwest Harbor complex was created and used as a lighthouse depot by the U.S. Light House Service...By 1945, the Coast Guard Station on Little Cranberry Island was moved to the facility in Southwest Harbor.” - “Sector Field Office (SFO) Southwest Harbor..., Southwest Harbor, Maine – History,” United States Coast Guard site, 06/28/13, Accessed online 07/20/10; http://www.uscg.mil/d1/sfoSouthwestHarbor/history.asp...


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US LIFE-SAVING - CRANBERRY ISLES.pdf
…In 1937, the Southwest Harbor complex was created and used as a lighthouse depot by the U.S. Light House Service. …By 1945, the Coast Guard Station on Little Cranberry Island was moved to the facility in Southwest Harbor. …Sector Field Office (SFO) Southwest Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Maine History, United States Coast Guard site, 06/28/13, Accessed online 07/20/10; …Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 284-285.
Great Pond Camp, Company 158 - Civilian Conservation Corp
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
  • Southwest Harbor
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...The Great Pond Camp in Southwest Harbor operated from 1933-1941...“The Southwest Harbor camp was opened about May, 1933 with enrollees erecting and living in tents while construction of the roll roofing covered barracks...The camp was located at the height of ground on the west side of the road leading from Southwest Harbor village to the south end of Great Pond [Long Pond...


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CCC – Company 158 - SWH - T.pdf
…Camp Date Founded: 1932 Date Built: 1933 Other locations: CCC Company 154 BH Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154 Eagle Lake Camp ME BarHarbor McFarland Hill Drive - 022 In 1932 Franklin D. …In June 1933, Company 158 (NP-2) established a work camp on Great [Long] Pond near Southwest Harbor. …Coffin Brown, Olmstead Center for Landscape Preservation, p. 122137, 2006 The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar
Maine Seacoast Mission
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Bar Harbor
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Maine Seacoast Mission
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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...The Society maintained a mission for three decades on Head Harbor Island (1910-1940) and another intermittently for some years on Crowley (Moose) Island...