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Boat Building on MDI: Can it survive?, July 22, 2009
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Miller, Kathy
Boat Building on MDI: Can it survive?, July 22, 2009
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
A video recording of a panel discussion and program, sponsored by the MDI Historical Society, July 22, 2009. Moderated by Kathy Miller, Board president. With panelists Ralph Stanley, Phil Bennett (Hinckley), Jock Williams (Williams Yacht Yard), Lee Wilbur (Wilbur Yachts), Cuyler Morris (Morris Yachts) and Alan Sprague, co-host of Boat Talk on WERU Radio. Video can not be uploaded to Past Perfect database with current technology. DVD is only record. [show more]
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Where were you on November 22, 1963
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Other, Assassinations
  • Other, Oral history
  • Other, Presidents
  • Dobbs, Jeffrey
  • 2013
Description:
A film of oral histories given by thirteen people who currently reside on Mount Desert Island, on November 22, 2013, College of the Atlantic Gates Auditorium, of their personal recollections of the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. The presentation was hosted by the MDIHistorical Society and Nathaniel Fenton was the moderator and interviewer. Individuals with recorded oral histories: Robert Shea, Sheldon Goldthwait, Deborah Dyer, Sherwood Carr, Mary Mitchell, Merdith Rich Hutchins, Joan Carey, Marian Smith, Karen Craig, Fred Benson, Jack Gibbons, Sandy McFarland, and Nat Fenton. [show more]
Memories of Mt. Desert Island by residents
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Other, Candlemaking
  • Other, Dance parties
  • Other, Ice industry
  • Other, Motion picture theaters
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Sunday schools
  • Other, Tanning
Memories of Mt. Desert Island by residents
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Somesville family reminiscences, singing school, debating clubs, Sunday School, candle-making, tanning mill, entertainment, ice-houses, moving picture theatre; Biography of Thaddeus S. Somes; Dr Grindle's recollections re organization of Somesville Congregational Church; will of George A. Somes giving $1,000.00 to Church (Mary B. Somes Fund); "Cling Clang" by Chief Stanwood; Interview with Emilie Clarissa Somes (1918); Bartlett's Sail Loft in Southwest Harbor for dancing (c. 1850); Otmar Franz Karban (b. 1909) and Echo Vista, his home & restaurant; Transcript of interview with Tryphena Smith and others (n.d.); also transcript of interview about the 1947 fire. [show more]
Excerpt from account of shipping, c. 1863
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Other, Schooners
  • Other, Shipping
  • 1863
Excerpt from account of shipping, c. 1863
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Handwritten page, apparently from larger work, about the Schooner "Barbour'" and others' trips and goods, noting that the south did not appear to present a threat to Maine mariners.
Accounts of vessels, people
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Other, Cargo ships
  • Other, Shipwrecks
Accounts of vessels, people
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Copy of handwritten accounts of vessels, people by Ralph Stanley(?).
Schooner Harry A. Berwind Baptized
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Other, Schooners
  • 1895
Schooner Harry A. Berwind Baptized
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Copy of handwritten account of launching of schooner, "Harry A. Berwind," at Millbridge christened by a Miss Sawyer with sea water, not champagne. Built by Sawyer Bros. yard.
Reminiscence of Somesville by Adelma Somes Joy
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Other, Education
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Schools
Reminiscence of Somesville by Adelma Somes Joy
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Reminiscence of Somesville. Adelma Somes Joy recalls Somesville’s schools. Includes private schools, school terms and names of scholars.
Jessica Getchell
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • 1994
Jessica Getchell
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Audio recording of Interview of Jessica Getchell, 5--17-94 Interviewed at the Southwest Harbor Library as part of the colleciton of oral histories located at the Library. Copy of the interview made for the MDI Historical Society archives with permission of the SWH Library.
Irma Jo Gott
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • 4/19/94
Irma Jo Gott
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Audio recording of interview with Irma Gott 4-19-94, conducted by the Southwest Harbor Oral History Society at the Library in 1994. An additional copy of this interview is in the Southwest Harbor Library collections.
Basketball on MDI: Hoops Around the Island, a panel discussion, April 16,, 2009, Somesville Firehouse, Somesville, Maine.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Object, Basketball Gear, Basketball
  • Recreation, Sports
  • Miller, Kathy
  • 04/16/2009
Description:
A History evening, sponsored by MDI Historical Society, Basketball on MDI:Hoops Around the Island, held on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at the Somesville Firehouse.
Caretakers and Cooks: A panel discussion, April, 2003
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • 2003
Caretakers and Cooks: A panel discussion, April, 2003
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Caretakers and Cooks 2 discs. April 2003 This is an audio recording of a speech or panel discussion probably held at the Southwest Harbor Library or the MDI Historical Society. Ralph Stanley is involved in some way. This recording is very faint.
Early Remembrances of Somesville by T. Smith, an oral history conducted by Pamela Dean, date unknown
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Other, Somesville
Description:
Audior recording of an interview with T.Smith about her Early Remembrances of Somesville. No date or interviewer mentioned on the recording. Interview sounds like one conducted by Pamela Dean
Essay on Sammy Sanford's Cabin
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cabin
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Essay on Sammy Sanford's Cabin
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Essay, "Cabin in the woods" by Wini Smart, July 2000, about Sammy Sanford's house
Cranberry Club memories
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Events
  • Places, Club
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Cranberry Club memories
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, photocopy, 7 sheets, "50th. Anniversary of the Cranberry Club", by Eufrasia A.W. Tucker
Cranberry Club 50th Anniversary
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Cranberry Club 50th Anniversary
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, photocopy, 2 typewritten pages, "The Cranberry Club 50th. Anniversary", by Mary Huntington Thompson
Memories of the Cranberry Club 1985
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Organizations, Civic
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Memories of the Cranberry Club 1985
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, 2 typewritten pages, "Some Memories of the Cranberry Club", by Elinor M. Parker, Sep 1985
Remembrances of Mount Desert
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Places, Town
  • 1943
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Remembrances of Mount Desert
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, "Remembrances of Mount Desert", by Mrs. Charles Hamlin, 1943, Bruce Komusin's transcription of original (item 151)
"Cranberry Isles Benediction"
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Organizations, Religious
  • People
  • 1982
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
"Cranberry Isles Benediction"
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, 1982 (distributed on Forrester's retirement as summer minister) (2 copies)
Remembrances of Mount Desert
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Places
  • 1943
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Remembrances of Mount Desert
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, "Remembrances of Mount Desert", by Mrs. Charles Hamlin, 1943 (original)