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GXS Collection - Ephemera
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • Places, Island
GXS Collection - Ephemera
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Folder 26 Mount Desert Island Real Estate Co., share certificate for Geo. C. Ming dated August 23, 1888 for fifteen shares in capital stock. Folder 27 Maine a Place to Live, unidentified magazine cover, color image of a church. Folder 28 Picturesque Maine, an illustrated lecture, Edward C. Sweet, December 16, 1895, pamphlet with illustrations and images. Folder 34 Stereoview Bar Harbor, photographed and published by B. Bradley. Folder 35 Wall Street Journal article by John Wilmerding on American Art. Folder 36 Cover of "Town of Winter Harbor Maine Annual Report 1988". Folder 37 Maine Times article on "Maine Summer Colonies". August 2nd, 1985. Folder 38 "Maine Chapter of the American Institute of Architects" 1991 Design award competition. Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island. Folder 42 Invitation card showing a reproduction of watercolor “Mark and Andrew’s Island from Deer Isle, Maine, 1920” by John Marin (1870-1953). The invitation is to the artist's opening on June 24th, 1998 at the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville and is sent by the President and Trustees of Colby College and the Museum’s Board of Governors. Folder 44 Several Through Bills of Landing belonging to H. G. Eaton and A. M. Carter: - Portland, Mt. Desert & Machias Steamboat Co., Dr. to Little Dear Isle (1899, 1900, 1901) - Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Co., Dr. (1990) - Islesboro, Castine & Belfast Steamboat Co., Dr. (1902). Folder 48 1 Invoice: “James A. Robinson & Son. Manufacturers, Sellers & Retail Clothiers” Bangor, Maine 5/12/1897. Items sold to E. J. Russel 1 Receipt: Bar Harbor, 8/10/1885 for Mr. Lee for the amount of $6.00, signed by Mr. Ash. Folder 60 Front page clipping of the Boston Sunday Globe of August 15, 1971 "Maine Island imports children - Imported children bring youth to craggy Maine Island" by Diane White. The island in question is Frenchboro. [show more]
GXS Collection
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
GXS Collection
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
This collection is an assortment of ephemera relating to coastal Maine, Maine history, and inns, motels, hotels and homes on Mount Desert Island and in Hancock County. The collection is divided into 7 series: Books and Souvenir Booklets, Maps and Blueprints, Acadia National Park, Hotels/Inns/Schools/Homes/Buildings, Ephemera, Photos and Postcards.
Lifesaving Service collection
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Island
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Lifesaving Service collection
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Collection of items from Alice White from 1955, included are postcards from Gott's Island from 1912 and several receipts. One book: Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Lifesaving Service for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1879. Book stamped with "Custom House Portland ME Sep. 27, 1880" and has inscription on the first page "Alice White 1955". Includes services rendered by various crews 1879.
Seven Ages of Sutton Island, Maine, 1604-1906
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • George L. Paine
  • 1966
  • Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island
Description:
Ecological and demographical notes in the development of Sutton Island; families include Lancaster, Wheelwright, Burnham, King, Gilley, Moore, Hawtin, & Stimson.
"Great Cranberry Island (Marr Property.)"
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - United States
"Great Cranberry Island (Marr Property.)"
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A map of the Marr Property on Great Cranberry Island. This shows Cranberry Cove, Spruce Haven, Rockledge, Pebble Cove, Western Way, Roberts/Long Point. This also shows Seal Harbor, Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Manset, Seawall, and Bass Harbor. Lastly, there is a drawing of GCI and LCI, marking the Marr Property on GCI.
A Study of the Folklore of Mount Desert Island and the Surrounding Islands
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other
  • Places, Island
  • Maureen McFarland
  • 1981
Description:
January 20, 1981 A study of the folklore of Mt. Desert Island and surrounding islands by Ms. McFarland done as a high school term paper.
Information about properties along the GCI road
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Information about properties along the GCI road
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Documents. Information about properties along the GCI road "I-95". Handwritten loose leaf pages. Descriptions of lots for I-95 (local name), written copies of deeds. According to Bruce Komusin, they had to arrange rights-of-way for the road along each property. Uncertain author(s) – probably Louise Marr or Dot McSorley (sisters). Three groups of handwritten notes, and one typewritten letter from Malcolm S. Stevenson, Blaisdell & Blaisdell, Counsellors at Law, Ellsworth, ME, October 23, 1973 to Mrs. Mary Chamberlin, 31 Red Coat Road, Westport, Conn, two typewritten pages re: Blanche Atkinson Cranberry Isles property. [show more]
GCIHS's Home and Garden Tour miscellanea
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
GCIHS's Home and Garden Tour miscellanea
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Collection of GCIHS's Home and Garden Tour, 1099a-f. (a) Brochure handed out to Home, Art, and Garden Tour visitors. (b) Photo of Ticket selling station set up in Southwest Harbor. (c) Newspress release announcing the HAGT. (d) Thank you note posted by Phil Whitney after the event. (e) Laminated Poster of HAGT. (f) Save the date.
Fact Manual for Industry
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Mount Desert Development Corporation
  • 1956
  • Mount Desert Island
Fact Manual for Industry
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Report on advantages on Mount Desert Island for economic and industrial development. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Vernon Gray
  • Mount Desert Island
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Collection of information about the geology of MDI compiled by Vernon Gray in 1976.
Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other
  • Places, Island
  • George L. Stebbins
  • Aug-38
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Description:
Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine.
Ku Klux Klan on MDI
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2011
Ku Klux Klan on MDI
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Notes of Bob Pyle about the Klu Klux Klan on the island and the impact on local Northeast Harbor workers. His home on Summit Rd., once the Catholic Church rectory, is an example.
American Civil War at Mount Desert
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • Other
  • Places, Island
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 5/30/2011
American Civil War at Mount Desert
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Copy of Memorial Day address of Robert R. Pyle, Library Director, at the annual ceremony at the Joseph Musetti Park. The address was a remembrance on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
History of Town of Mount Desert via 1881 Colby & Stuart Map
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2003
Description:
History of the town of Mount Desert using colored scans of negatives of the 1881 Colby and Stuart map. Brief chronological list from 1789-1848 and a list of map's inaccuracies. Several maps show all the island's towns.
Town of Mount Desert Listing of Historical Events
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • Other
  • Places, Island
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2010
Description:
See also Item 2264
Preliminary Timeline Mount Desert History
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other
  • Places, Island
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Description:
An historical timeline of Mount Desert from 1590 to 2001. See also Item 1971
Historical Notes on Mount Desert Island
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other
  • Places, Island
  • Barbara Ellen Joy
  • 1966-1977
Life on an Island:
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Laurie Hobbs-Olson
  • Cranberry Isles
Life on an Island:
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Lesson Plan #l6. A study program dealing with the lives and livelihoods of Cranberry Isle residents.
The Duck Islands
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Emily Phillips Reynolds
  • Frenchboro, Great Duck Island
The Duck Islands
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
A paper about the Duck Islands (Great Duck and Little Duck) off the southern shore of Mount Desert Island. Written by Emily Phillip Reynolds for a presentation to the Woman's Literary Club in 1930.
Succession of the old houses on Sutton Island now standing
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings
  • Hattie Springer
  • 1935
  • Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island
Description:
Brief notes of Hattie Springer about several homes & properties on Sutton Island. Families names: Moore, Lamb, Bunker, Wheelwright, Gilley, Lancaster, & Black
Sutton Island, Maine
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings
  • George L. Paine, Hoyt C. Hottel
  • 1963
  • Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island
Sutton Island, Maine
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Lists properties on Sutton Island.
Public and Private Realms on Mount Desert.
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Judith S. Goldstein
  • 2000
Description:
A talk presented by Judith S. Goldstein at the Claremont Hotel 8/10/2000, to share some thoughts about the history of Mount Desert and the interaction of Tourists and Residents.
Interview with Robert Lindsay Smallidge
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • 1981
Description:
Copied, transcribed notes of unknown author of an interview with Lindsey Smallidge of Northeast Harbor. He spoke of jobs as a young child and influence of summer residents on the community families.
Mt. Desert Island Growth as a Summer Colony
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 5/6/1980
Description:
Notes from an oral presentation given by Mr. Pyle. Introduction by Jeanne C. Ott and Pauline Sala
Towns of Mount Desert Island
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Towns of Mount Desert Island
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Explaining formation of towns & dates these occurred. It also gives a more detailed description of the Town of Mount Desert & services offered.