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You searched for: 'bar harbor'Subject: PlacesSubject: IslandType: Publication
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Bar Harbor, Celebrating 200 Years in Eden
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Events
  • Other
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
  • Mark Condon
  • 2001
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
..."It is a special tribute to the town of Bar Harbor, a diverse community surrounded by extraordinary scenery that inspired the original name, Eden...Boating to Bar Harbor 4. Bar Harbor's First Settlers 5. An island on fire 6. An education in ecology 7. Searching for a rustic life 8...Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives...
"The Bar Harbor Blue Book and Mount Desert Guide"
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Publication, Directory, Business Directory
  • Places, Island
  • Bee - Albet Wilson Bee II (1854 - 1949)
  • 1881
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
Description:
...Book with blue cover and in gilded text: "The Bar Harbor Blue Book and Mount Desert Guide 1881"...
The Bar Harbor Auto War
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Richard A. Savage
  • 1975
  • Mount Desert Island
The Bar Harbor Auto War
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975.
A Playground Contested; Bar Harbor Natives versus Rusticators, 1875-1925
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Lynne Nelson Manion
  • 2001
Description:
Copy of article by L. Manion submitted for publication in Island History Journal contrasting the economic and social life of summer and year-round residents of Mount Desert Island.
Entire Island Menaced by Fire
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Island
  • 1967
  • Bar Harbor
Entire Island Menaced by Fire
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
...Special edition of the 20th anniversary of the 1947 Bar Harbor fire with numerous articles and photographs. 2 copies...
Mount Desert Island Visitor
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Nature
  • Places, Island
  • The Bar Harbor Times
  • 1970
  • Acadia National Park
Mount Desert Island Visitor
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
...Newspaper supplement published by the Bar Harbor Times covering sightseeing and activities on and around Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park...
Islander Magazine
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Places, Island
  • 1981
Islander Magazine
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
...Small booklet, printed by the National Park Service, with info about trails, roads, restaurants, etc. in Bar Harbor and surrounding towns...
Frenchboro: Preserved
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Nature
  • Places, Island
  • Jim Valette
  • 2000
  • Frenchboro
Frenchboro: Preserved
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
...Published in the "Bar Harbor Times" on October 12, 2000...
Development, Shaping the future of our communities
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • David Outerbridge
  • 8/23/1987
  • Mount Desert Island
Description:
...A compilation of articles on the development of the Mount Desert Island area which appeared in the Bar Harbor Times between July 23 and August 27, 1987...
Western Way properties for sale
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Places, Island
  • 1993
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Western Way properties for sale
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
...(A) Six oceanfront lots for sale by Marr family along the Western Way (southwest coast) on Great Cranberry, July 2, 1970 Bar Harbor Times...
The Stanleys of Cranberry Isles…and Other Colorful Characters.
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021)
  • 2017-07-09
  • In Copyright
Description:
...Ralph bears many titles and awards, but for the Southwest Harbor Public Library he is, most of all, a friend...To purchase the print version of this book please contact the Southwest Harbor Public Library at archivist@swhplibrary.org or (207) 244-7065...


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2021_The_Stanleys_of_Cranberry_Isles_2021-03-25.pdf
…The Bar Harbor Record reports that on June 21st, 1883, Capt. E. J. …The nearest stores were in Bar Harbor or Ellsworth. …Harbor Record Newspaper - microfilm at the Jesup Library, Bar Harbor, Maine Bar Harbor Times Newspaper - microfilm at the Jesup Library, Bar Harbor …Papers, Jesup Library, Bar Harbor, Maine Grondahl, Paul.
Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Places, Island
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
...An Expert Leads the Forces and Guarantees to Drive the Pests Out or No Pay; By Karl Schriftgiesser, Northeast Harbor, Me...Summer residents of the islands and nearby harbors, the Cranberry Club, and other organizations have helped considerably."...


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2014.292.2047.txt
…Desert Island, between Sewall and McKinley back of Southwest Harbor, there is one of the worst breeding places east of the Lynn marshes. …large and very active, long-range mosquitos are born to wing their way across the waters to resting places on the islands and even as far away as BarHarbor. …Summer residents of the islands and nearby harbors, the Cranberry Club, and other organizations have helped considerably.
Guide book for Mount Desert
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places, Island
  • Clara Barnes Martin
  • 1879
Guide book for Mount Desert
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Loring, Short & Harmon's illustrated guide book for Mount Desert Island (before Acadia National Park). With 5 mounted photographs. Fourth edition (1879). Sixth edition (1885).


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SCB 917 MAR.pdf
…The road from Bar Harbor to Ottef Creek runs through it. …Beneath my window, the harbor-bar lay moaning. …I [ I EXCURSIONS FROM BAR HARBOR. I I I I I I ' ! …From the height of the Island the village of Bar Harbor shows to the best advantage.
The Future of Mount Desert Island
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
  • Charles W. Eliot II
  • 1928
  • Mount Desert Island
The Future of Mount Desert Island
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Charles Eliot's report to the Plan Committee of the B. H. Village Improvement Society addressing the future of Lafayette National Park and of the villages on MDI via the park service or the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Maps included. (Scanned copy in part from University of Maine)


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SCB 917.41 ELI.pdf
…is divided into four townships-Bar Harbor, Mt. …One such opportunity and necessity is abetter land approach to the Park from Bar Harbor Village. …To bring the park into Bar Harbor and to approach the park from Bar Harbor through the valley of Cromwell Harbor Brook is the great opportunity of the …The Golf Clubs at Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor, and Southwest Harbor, the Tennis and Swimming Club at Seal Harbor are illustrative.
Mount Desert Island, and the Cranberry Isles.
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Dodge - Ezra Herrick Dodge III (1848-1882)
  • 1871
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Mount Desert Island, and the Cranberry Isles.
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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DODGE_-_SAWYERS_-_MT._DESERT_ISLAND_-_1871_B.pdf
…Salsbury; Bar Harbor, l\[i-;s Reynold;;. The Steamer Lewiston, Ca11t. …Reynold.-; , Bar Harbor, East Eden. Teachers. Gideon 1\fa, o, Edgar W. iiiggins. …Desert) for Bar Harbor and South West Harbor. Freight Taken at Reasonable Rates. …SAUVEUR, , I BAR HARBOR, - - - - - - EAST EDEN. 1t1aine.
Gotts Island Maine - Its People 1880-1992
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Johnson - Rita (Johnson) Kenway (1931-2011)
  • 1993
  • Tremont, Great Gott Island
  • In Copyright
Gotts Island Maine - Its People 1880-1992
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
An account of the summer visitors and native population on Gotts Island starting in the 1890's, the book describes the island experience, the families, and changes that took place over the next 100 years.


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Gotts Island Maine - Kenway.pdf
…Reportedly, one of his guests was President Taft who had come to Bar Harbor to play golf. The mansion burned during the Bar Harbor fire in 1947. …Bar Harbor showed little change. July 4. …On Aug. 19, they look an auto to Southwest Harbor and the train boat to Bar Harbor. …Only a duffel bag was found off Egg Rock , Bar Harbor.
Mount Desert Island's Worst Disaster
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Island
  • 1964
  • Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island's Worst Disaster
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Summary of the 1947 Fire on Mount Desert Island. Photograph of Clarence Cook Little and post-fire Jackson Lab. 2 copies.