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Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Other
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Cammerer, Arno B.
  • 1922-07-26
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from the acting director of the National Park Service, Arno B. Cammerer, to the Lafayette National Park custodian, George B. Dorr. Cammerer informs Dorr that a proposed road project in Lafayette National Park has been approved. Cammerer believes the proposed plan will provide access to more of the park and states that the planning recognized the importance of keeping some areas remote from the development to maintain their wild character. People Mentioned: E. C. Finney, Frederick Hale, Bert Manfred Fernald, John Edward Nelson [show more]
Barrington Moore to Harold Peabody Letter, March 14, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Other
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Road
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Moore, Barrington
  • 1924-03-14
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Barrington Moore to Harold Peabody Letter, March 14, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from Barrington Moore suggesting arguments to Harold Peabody for advancing his campaign against the further construction of roads in Lafayette National Park. Moore argues that while roads are necessary for the park to fulfill its mission of providing access to the public, certain areas must be kept wild, not only for the enjoyment of those seeking solitude in nature but also to serve as natural laboratories for scientists. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr [show more]
M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 2)
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Other
  • Places, Park
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Peabody, Marian Lawrence
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 2)
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from Harold Peabody to the director of the National Park Service, Stephen T. Mather. Peabody believes that he and Mather share a similar desire to see wild places conserved and that Mather will see that the natural character of Mount Desert Island will be preserved by the National Park Service by not allowing further development of Lafayette National Park. People Mentioned: William C. Endicott
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Places, Island
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • 1970-06-04
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Letter describing O'Brien's sailing trip around Buckle Island, Swans Island and others and the eiders and ospreys he saw. This letter also mentions Gilley's idea for a museum.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Object, Other Object
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • 1971-08-05
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
O'Brien acknowledges receipt of a spotted sandpiper carving from Gilley and discusses a handle Gillely designed for an X-Acto blade as well as decoy designs.
A Preliminary List of the Summer Birds of Mount Desert Island Maine
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Document, List
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Mount Desert Island
Checklist of the Birds of Acadia National Park
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Document, List
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Mount Desert Island
Student Projects, Interviews of Locals on Various Topics
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Mount Desert Elementary School
  • Mount Desert Island
Description:
Mackenzie Miller -- Lobstermen Catherine Ding -- Lobstering Will Renault -- Lobstermen Duncan Hetzer -- Lobstering Eliza Schleif -- Lobstering Ella Pappas -- Lobstering Oliver King -- Lobstering Valeria Chiri -- Lobstering Jacob Legutko -- Lobstering Bonnie Snyder -- Lobstering Peter Jones -- Lobstering Desmond Reifsnyder -- Lobstering Samantha Jacobs -- Lobstering Sam Hoff -- Longboarding with Jon Ho Sage Cross -- Cooking in MDI with Jamie Cross Forest Watras -- Hiking on MDI with Earl Brechlin Kate St. Dennis -- Sailing Zeke Valleau -- Bird carving Camden Garland -- Basketball with Barry Stratton Dawson Burnette -- Drumming with Beau Lisy Chase McGee -- Architecture with Bill Hanley Katie King -- Acadia with Skippy Lane Isaac Philbrook -- Minigolf with Jim Perrish Brigette Olearcek -- Lobstering with Ricky Alley and Adam Okareek [show more]
Mount Desert Kennel Club Dog Show Poster, c. 1930s
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • Events
  • Nature, Animals, Dogs
  • 1930
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
The Mount Desert Kennel Club's first annual dog show took place in 1931. Poster advertising a dog show hosted by the Mount Desert Kennel Club at the athletic field in Bar Harbor, ME. People Mentioned: T. E. L. Kemp
Fred C. Lynam to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 11, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Other
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Lynam, Fred C.
  • 1924-03-11
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Fred C. Lynam to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 11, 1924
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from Fred C. Lynam to the secretary of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, Frank B. Rowell. Lynam disagrees with Senator George Wharton Pepper's objection to the proposed road construction project in Lafayette National Park. Lynam believes the road network is necessary for providing access to the park to those who cannot, or do not want, to hike. People Mentioned: George Wharton Pepper
George B. Dorr to Gist Blair Letter, April 10, 1925
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Places, Park
  • Dorr, George B.
  • 1925-04-10
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
George B. Dorr to Gist Blair Letter, April 10, 1925
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
Letter from George Dorr to Gist Blair regarding Blair's acceptance of the chairmanship of a committee. Dorr states he would like Blair's work to extend to the whole of conservation.
M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 1)
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature
  • Other
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Peabody, Marian Lawrence
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 1)
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A letter from Harold Peabody to the director of the National Park Service, Stephen T. Mather. Peabody believes that he and Mather share a similar desire to see wild places conserved and is confident that Mather will see that the natural character of Mount Desert Island will be preserved by the National Park Service by not allowing further development of Lafayette National Park. People Mentioned: William C. Endicott
Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from Isabel Thacher
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • People
  • Thacher - Isabel
  • 1991
Description:
This letter describes three birds (a bobwhite, a yellowlegs, and a gull) carved by Wendell Gilley and owned by the letter writer, Isabel Thacher.
Three Shell Heaps on Frenchman's Bay
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals
  • Wendell S. Hadlock
  • 1941
Three Shell Heaps on Frenchman's Bay
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Copy from an original owned by the Peabody family regarding three significant shell heaps found in Frenchman's Bay.
Birds - Mount Desert
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1959
Birds - Mount Desert
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
June 10-24, 1959 Notes added to the Birds of Mount Desert.
Notes Added in 1951, on 20 Years' Change
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1951
Description:
Notes added to the Birds of Northeast Harbor from 1931.
Birds of Northeast Harbor
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • June 1931
Birds of Northeast Harbor
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Notes of birds seen by Samuel A. Eliot Jr. in the "last fortnight of June 1931."