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Harbor in Winter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Other, Boats
  • Other, Harbors
  • Spiker, LaRue
Harbor in Winter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
harbor in winter snow and overturned skiff or rowboat Origional accession number 007.80
Shoreside
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Spiker, LaRue
Shoreside
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Cars, wooden lobster traps, shacks by rocky shore, with hills in background. Origional Accession number 007.80
Frenchboro Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Other, Frenchboro
  • Other, Harbors
  • Spiker, LaRue
Frenchboro Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo., 5x7, possibly Frenchboro, showing houses, docks, wooden lobster traps. Origional accession number 007.80
Harbor view, Bass Harbor Light
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Spiker, LaRue
Harbor view, Bass Harbor Light
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo., 5x7, showing Bass Harbor Light (from east), dock and shed, lobster boat. Origional accession number 007.80
Harbor, Southwest Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Spiker, LaRue
Harbor, Southwest Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo. view of harbor including wooden lobster traps and lobster boats, Southwest Harbor. Origional Accession number 007.80
Down East Magazine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Nature, Animals
  • Recreation
  • 9/1/1982
Down East Magazine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mount Desert Island article p.52 “Making it in Maine” Horseman of Acadia: Article about William Tapley and his work with Wildwood Stable of Seal Harbor in Acadia National Park
Nelson, A.L. to Spiker, LaRue
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature, Animals
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Environment
  • 7/16/1959
Nelson, A.L. to Spiker, LaRue
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter to LaRue Spiker from A.L. Nelson, director of the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge in reference to Spiker’s article on the Refuge.
Dale, Fred H. to Spiker, LaRue
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature, Animals
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Environment
  • 6/24/1959
Dale, Fred H. to Spiker, LaRue
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter to LaRue Spiker from Fred H. Dale in reference to his approval of her article on Patuxent Wildlife Reefuge. With Spiker’s letter to Dr. John L. Buckley in refernece to article on Patuxent Wildlife Refuge.
Working the Sea
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Other, Fishing industry
  • Seavey, Wendell
  • 2005
Working the Sea
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Birds of Mt. Desert Island Acadia National Park.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Natural History
  • Tyson, Carroll S. and James Bond.
  • 1941.
Birds of Mt. Desert Island Acadia National Park.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Oral History Interview of John Kief
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Transcript
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Farms
  • People
  • 3/20/2002
Oral History Interview of John Kief
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Transcript of interview with John Kief born 8/29/1911 of Eden regarding the dairy industry and farming on Mount Desert Island
Somesville Blacksmith Journal
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book, Journal
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Industry
Somesville Blacksmith Journal
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Small Blacksmith journal 1837-1845
Oral History Interview of John Fernald
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Transcript
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Farms
  • People
  • 2/25/2002
Oral History Interview of John Fernald
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Transcript of interview with John Fernald, born 11/25/1932 on Mount Desert, regarding the dairy industry and farming on Mount Desert Island. See also CD-R, located in Archival Box #68, accession number 010.001.001.
Native Birds of Mount Desert Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Natural History
  • Bond, James
  • 1969
Native Birds of Mount Desert Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Indicate the habitats of all the birds that breed on or near MDI during the past fifty years. Ian Fleming named his James Bond after the well known ornithologist who summered in Pretty Marsh. (description added by AC 2011)
Apgar’s Plant Analysis.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Plants
  • Other, Biology
  • Other, Botany
  • Other, Education
  • Apgar, E.A. and A.C.
  • 1874
Apgar’s Plant Analysis.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Student's record book. Donated by A.C. Thom
Bird Stories for Little People
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Children
  • Other, Fiction
  • N/A
Bird Stories for Little People
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Stories and poems with many illustrations Edward C. Remick written on 1st page
Mout Desert Deer Past and Present
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Conservation
  • Other, Mount Desert Deer
  • 1944
Mout Desert Deer Past and Present
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mount Desert Deer Past and Present, 1944. By Lawrie Holmes of the American Wildlife Institute. 36 pages, including “sources of information”. Previously archived as 016.FIC.001.24
Lobstering and The Maine Coast
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Other, Fishing
  • Martin, Kenneth R. and Nathan R. Lipfert
  • 1985
Lobstering and The Maine Coast
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Community life and everyday aspects of coastal Maine, especially lobstering, the "regional maritime culture."
The Seasons of New England
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Seasons
  • Other, New England
  • Owen, Robert Emmett
  • 2000
The Seasons of New England
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Spanierman Gallery catalog of 1998 exhibit of Robert Emmett Owen's paintings. Owen dedicated his career to painting the New England landscape
Maine Lobsterboats: Builders and Lobstermen Speak of Their Craft
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Other, Boat & ship industry
  • Thorndike, Virginia L.
  • 1998
Description:
Describes construction and features of lobsterboats and give profiles of those who built them.
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...
Living on the Edge: A Guide to Plants of the seaside and salt marsh and animals and algae of tide pools
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Grierson, Ruth Gortner and Thomas F. Vining
  • 2003
Description:
Describes the habitats (sand, cobbles, salt marsh, tide pools) of the plants and animals found by the sea; includes photographs, Latin names, and descriptions of the plants, algae, and animals.
Native Birds of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Long, Ralph H.
  • 1987
Description:
Almost 150 native species of birds reside on Mount Desert and surrounding Islands; this book is a guide to those birds here from June to August of the year. It indicates good places to view these birds
Horse Hair
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Memorabilia, Souvenir
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Military History
Horse Hair
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
“Hair of old Whitney ___ Taylor’s war horse of Mexican War.” Ring of horse hair tied with a blue bow and mounted on a piece of paper.
Snowshoe
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Transportation, Snowshoe
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Other, leather
  • Other, shoes
  • Transportation, Snowshoe
  • 06/14/2011
Snowshoe
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wooden frame with woven rawhide strips. Leather moccasin partially intact. Ropes to tie around feet.