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Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, Jordan Pond House
  • Other, Otter Cliff Radio Station
  • Other, Ships
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Three typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) German ship Kronprinzessin Cecilie in Bar Harbor, 2)Otter Cliff Radio Station, 3) Jordan Pond House, and 4)churches of Bar Harbor.
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Bluenose Ferry
  • Other, Medical personnel
  • Other, Veterinary medicine
  • MDI Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) Daniel Somes, 2) John Somes, MV Bluenose ferry, 3) Dr. L. Sherman Cleaves, veterinarian, and 4) Madame "Grannie" Milliken.
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Battle of Norwood's Cove
  • Other, Land grants
  • MDI Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) DeGregoire's, 2) Battle of Norwood's Cove, and 3) Mt. Desert Island land grants.
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Atlas
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Bass Harbor Head Light
  • MDI Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two page typewritten Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) Colby's Atlas of Hancock County,Maine, 2) Bass Harbor Head Light, 3) Schooner Head and 4) 1900 visit of British ship HMS Quail to Bar Harbor.
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Cadillac Mountain
  • Other, Gardens
  • Other, Peddlers
  • Other, Ships
  • MDI Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) peddlers visiting Mt. Desert Island, 2) formal gardens on Mt. Desert Island, 3) Russian steamship Cimbria, 4) Davies yacht, Sea Cloud, and 5) buildng cost of Cadillac Mountain Road.
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Fife and Drum Corps
  • Other, Horticulture
  • MDI Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
One typewritten page of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) Horticultural Society and 2) Boys Fife and Drum Corps of Ellsworth.
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Green Mountain House
  • Other, Green Mountain Railway
  • Other, Spies
  • Other, Summit House
  • Other, Town Hill
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Three pages of typewritten notes pertaining to 1) German spies on Mt. Desert Island during WW II, 2) village of Town Hill, 3) development of buildings on Green [later Cadillac] Mountain, 4)Green Mountain Railway and connecting steamship, Wauwinnet.
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Boat building
  • Other, Hay
  • Other, Seal Cove Auto Museum
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Three typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) Somesville Bicentennial, 2) haying of Bass Harbor Marsh hay, and 3) boatbuilding on Mt. Desert Island.
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Mountains
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) mountains of Mt. Desert Island and 2) the Eben M. Hamor Manuscript, an historical document dealing with Mt. Desert Island history.
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Harbors
  • Other, Home remedies
  • Other, Hotels
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Three typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) hotels of Bar Harbor during the Golden Era and 2) construction of the breakwater off Bald Porcupine Island and 3) home remedies.
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Bar Harbor Fire Department
  • Other, Scrapbooks
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes (third page missing) pertaining to 1) Bar Harbor Fire Department, 2) Mount Desert Island Historical Society scrapbooks information.
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Baymeath Estate
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Three typwritten pages of Bicentennial Notes entitled Baymeath Part II. These notes include testimony as to how an affluent household operated on Mount Desert Island and the ownership historically of the Baymeath estate.
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Egg Rock
  • Other, Military defenses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Four typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) the status of Mount Desert Island in 1871, 2) Sargent Drive, 3) Egg Rock gun emplacements.
Bicentennial Committee Meeting Minutes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Minutes
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Committee Meeting Minutes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Twenty-eight pages of handwritten and typewritten notes pertaining to the planning of the Somesville Bicentennial Celebration of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society.
Bicentennial Celebration Suggestions
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Celebration Suggestions
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Ten pages of handwritten and typewritten notes of the Bicentennial Committee pertaining to the planning of programs and activities for the celebration of the Somesville Bicentennial.
Bicentennial Programs and Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Historic buildings
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Programs and Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Six pages of typewritten and handwritten Somesville Bicentennial Programs and Notes including an Oak Tree Planting and a house tour.
Bicentennial Committee Program Expense Accounting
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Expense accounts
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Committee Program Expense Accounting
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Expense accounting with copies for two Somesville Bicentennial programs, "Among the Breakers", and the Barn Dance.
Meeting Notes Regarding Sanderson House Donation
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Minutes
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1968
Meeting Notes Regarding Sanderson House Donation
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Seven handwritten pages of meeting notes pertaining to proposed donation of Virginia Somes Sanderson's historical Somesville house to the MDI Historical Society for use as a museum.
Letter from Sanderson to the MDI Historical Society
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • 1967
Letter from Sanderson to the MDI Historical Society
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter and draft from Sanderson offering to donate her Somesville home to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society for use as a museum.
Details of Virginia Somes Sanderson's House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1968
Details of Virginia Somes Sanderson's House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Notes created by the MDI Historical Society regarding the Virginia Somes Sanderson house, which Sanderson proposed to donate to the Society for use as a museum. Sanderson's own notes are appended to the original.
Meeting Notes of the Committee
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Minutes
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • MDI Historical Society Committee on V. Sanderson Gift
  • 1968
Meeting Notes of the Committee
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Typewritten notes of two meetings of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Committee on the V. Sanderson Gift.
Committee Report
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Report, Administrative Report
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • MDI Historical Society Committee on V. Sanderson Gift
  • 1968
Committee Report
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Typewritten draft and final report of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Committee on the V. Sanderson proposed gift of her home to the Society. Committee proposed acceptance of the gift with modifications to conditions.
Board of Director's Meeting Agenda and Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Agenda
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1968
Board of Director's Meeting Agenda and Notes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Typewritten agenda and handwritten notes of the Board of Directors of the MDI Historical Society meeting. Consideration of refusal of the proposed gift of the Virginia Somes Sanderson house and discussion of the future of the Society.
Congratulations to Spiker
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Bar Harbor Times
  • Other, Gott's Island
  • 1962
Congratulations to Spiker
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
5 handwritten letters of congratulations on taking over editorship Letter frorm Nancy Greenough (Mrs. Alfred) congratulating on Bar Harbor Times Previously archived as 012.FIC.023.4, **1317, **1319, **1320, **1321, **1322, **1323
Spiker letter to Drinker
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Conservation of natural resources
  • Other, magazine article
  • 1961
Spiker letter to Drinker
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Spiker is sending pictures to Miss Mary Drinker, Editor of Frontiers related to her article on Patuxent Previously archived as 012.FIC.023.17