Description: scrapbook filled with newsclippings related to WWII, Mount Desert Island and the Smith , Somes and Stanley families. Several references to Hollis Smith, believed to be the owner of the scrapbook and who was the postmaster for more than 25 years at the Mt. Desert PO in Somesville. Articles of interest: (1961) Senator Muskie speaking at the bicentennial celebration honoring Abraham Somes with a stone monument at the site where Somes landed in 1761. (1943) The Boston collier Suffolk went down presumably in a gale with its captain and all 43 crew members. Another article (unknown date) talks about a Bar Harbor man who was aboard the Battleship Maine when it was torpedoed in Havava Harbor. He survived, but that event sparked America's involvement in the war with Spain. [show more]
Description: scrapbook filled with miscellaneous newsclippings related to Mount Desert Island, the surrounding area, items of cultural interest and the Smith Somes and Stanley families.
Description: Brown Binder: Copies of Military Records 1812; Cattle and Sheep Marks 1826-83;Roads in Pretty Marsh 1864-1885; Perambulation of Town Line between Eden and Mount Desert 1871; Heads of Families at the first Census, Maine 1790; Reader Corrects Data from 1820 Census of Mt. Desert and Eden;Hazel Hammond Notebooks 1790-
Description: Scrapbook filled with miscellaneous newsclippings related to Mount Desert Island, the surrounding area, items of cultural interest, WWII and the Smith, Somes and Stanley families.
Description: Collection of poems and thoughts by friends of Emma's in autograph book form. Emma Somes was the sister of Thaddeus Somes. She died age 22.
Description: 10" x 12" x 2" red and black scrapbook; pages are pre-numbered. Contains hand-written journal entries reflecting on the War and her personal and professional life, including number of eggs gathered each day. On each page are pasted newspaper articles (some undated) about the War and maps showing allied positions and movements; many of these obscure the journal entries and some have come loose and are in a separate folder (014.FIC.007.2). Ration stamps and ration books are also pasted in the scrapbook. On p. 42 is a (wedding?) photo. of Marion and Dick Cobb, 1942 [show more]
Description: Scrapbook of information from Eden Maine (now Salisbury Cove) with genealogies and reproductions of newsclippings, obituaries, letters and other documents. Letter asking not to divide town of Eden. Names include: Bunker, McFarland, Lurvey, Richardson, Somes, Heath, Boynton Haynes Cemetery in West Trenton Obituary Mrs Charles Pettingill, 1907 Dates of events recorded by Nicholas Thomas, Salisbury Cove 1837-1844 Appears to be photocopies of documents [show more]