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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 Identifier: mdihs-4458 Type: Document, Minutes Subject: Other, Bicentennial Committee Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society Other, Somesville Creator: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee Date: 1961 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 Identifier: mdihs-2978 Type: Document, Note Subject: Other, Bicentennial Committee Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society Other, Somesville Creator: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee Date: 1961 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 Identifier: mdihs-2977 Type: Document, Note Subject: Other, Bicentennial Committee Other, Historic buildings Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society Other, Somesville Creator: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee Date: 1961 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 Identifier: mdihs-3766 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record Subject: Other, Bicentennial Committee Other, Expense accounts Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society Other, Somesville Creator: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee Date: 1961 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 Identifier: mdihs-3756 Type: Document, Minutes Subject: Other, Donation Other, Houses Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society Other, Museums Creator: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1968 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 Identifier: mdihs-14776 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Donation Other, Houses Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society Other, Museums Creator: Virginia Somes Sanderson Date: 1967 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 Identifier: mdihs-3754 Type: Document, Note Subject: Other, Donation Other, Houses Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society Creator: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1968 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 Identifier: mdihs-3753 Type: Document, Minutes Subject: Other, Donation Other, Houses Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society Other, Museums Creator: MDI Historical Society Committee on V. Sanderson Gift Date: 1968 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 Identifier: mdihs-3752 Type: Document, Report, Administrative Report Subject: Other, Donation Other, Houses Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society Other, Museums Creator: MDI Historical Society Committee on V. Sanderson Gift Date: 1968 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 Identifier: mdihs-3751 Type: Document, Agenda Subject: Other, Donation Other, Houses Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society Creator: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1968 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 Identifier: mdihs-1501 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Bar Harbor Times Other, Gott's Island Date: 1962 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 Identifier: mdihs-9365 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Conservation of natural resources Other, magazine article Date: 1961 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
Information about Louis Agassiz Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence	Other, Green Mountain Railway		1960	Information about Louis Agassiz Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9364 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Green Mountain Railway Date: 1960 Description: Letter from Mrs. W. H. Ballard, Ruth Ballard who has knowledge of location of pictures, furnishings of Louis Agassiz . Also letter (not scanned by E. Sohier Welch who enjoyed article by LaRue Spiker and tells LaRue that he helped put the iron bars supporting a wood structure there (Greeen Mt Railroad?) Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.023.18, 1310, 1311
Credit for pics Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence	Other, magazine article		1961	Credit for pics Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9363 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, magazine article Date: 1961 Description: Spiker is going to use pictures from Fish and Wildlife for her article in Frontiers Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.023.19, **1313
Letter to Coast and Geodetic Survey Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other, Coast Guard Other, Geodetic survey		1961	Letter to Coast and Geodetic Survey Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9359 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Coast Guard Other, Geodetic survey Date: 1961 Description: Letter requesting to spend time with a geodetic survey crew to create an article Previously archived as 012.FIC.023.22, **1314,
Bibles in the School Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other, Bibles		1963?	Bibles in the School Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9355 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Bibles Date: 1963? Description: Letter from Mary Ellen Chase who worked at Smith College protesting loss of reading of the Bible in the public schools. Perhaps Spiker supported the Supreme Court decision eliminating reading Bible in school. Previously archived as 012.FIC.042.02
Letter from Hobart Reed Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other, Bar Harbor Times		1963	Letter from Hobart Reed Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9354 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Bar Harbor Times Date: 1963 Description: Letter praising Spiker's work (scanned) and response (not scanned) of Spiker thanking him for praising her work. Reed is native, former resident of Tremont. He suggests a column hobartreed.pdf Previously archived as 012.FIC.042.03, **1324
Weiss letter Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other, Freelance writing Other, Writing		1964	Weiss letter Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9353 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Freelance writing Other, Writing Date: 1964 Description: Letter to Marvin Weiss. LaRue Spiker's inquiry to do freelance work relating to MDI area. Part of the typed letter is illegible Weissp2.pdf Previously archieved as 012.FIC.042.04, **1323
Letters sorry Spiker is resigning Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other, Bar Harbor Times Other, Editor Other, Resignation from office		1964	Letters sorry Spiker is resigning Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9352 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Bar Harbor Times Other, Editor Other, Resignation from office Date: 1964 Description: Two letters expressing regret that Spiker is resigning as editor of Bar Harbor Times 1 letter of 2 scanned Previously archived as 012.FIC.042.05, **1330
Enjoyed Spiker's writing Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other, Bar Harbor Times Other, Writing		1964	Enjoyed Spiker's writing Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9351 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Bar Harbor Times Other, Writing Date: 1964 Description: 2 letters expressing praise for LaRue Spiker's writing, photographs, book reviews. One suggests some errors in book review Previously archived as 012.FIC.042.06, 1333, 1329
Stories to be published in newspapers Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence	Other, Freelance writing Other, Writing		1965	Stories to be published in newspapers Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9350 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Freelance writing Other, Writing Date: 1965 Description: Spiker suggesting possible stories to newspapers and magazine, Portland Press Telegram (stories related to MDI, park, 80 year old woman who works in fish factory, Robert Patteson, Ellsworth, Blue Hill) Pays 30 cents and in for features, $3. a picture, $5 sunday picture; Living Wilderness magazine ("Halfway Land"), Kiwanis Magazine (lobster industry), New Republic (story on Rep Dickey-disrespectful behavior by Congress, reverse side of copy, writes to Sen Hathaway) Only 1 page scanned wantstories.pdf Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.042.07, 1335, 1336, 1337, 1338, 1339, 1340 [show more]
Women's Suffrage in Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence	Other, Automobiles, antique Other, Cars, antique Other, Clam digger Other, Jonesport Other, League of Women Voters Other, Maine Association Opposed to Suffrage of Women Other, Maine Digest Other, Rockland Other, Suffrage Other, Voting Other, Woman Suffrage Association Other, Women's rights		1969	Women's Suffrage in Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9347 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Automobiles, antique Other, Cars, antique Other, Clam digger Other, Jonesport Other, League of Women Voters Other, Maine Association Opposed to Suffrage of Women Other, Maine Digest Other, Rockland Other, Suffrage Other, Voting Other, Woman Suffrage Association Other, Women's rights Date: 1969 Description: Correspondence with Tim Wetterlow of the Maine Digest. One appears to be a letter regarding writing pieces on a Jonesport clam digger, William Alley; Phillips Lord; Dick Payne. The other letter is regarding her manuscript that is attached on women's suffrage. Correspondence indicates she is looking for relevant pictures. Manuscript uses Maine Woman Suffrage Association. Should it be Women's. Discusses key figures in suffrage movement but no mention of individuals on MDI Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.042.10, **1343 [show more]
Letter from Phil in support of Spiker re communism Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other Other, Vietnam		1969	Letter from Phil in support of Spiker re communism Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9346 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other Other, Vietnam Date: 1969 Description: Hand written letter, 18 Jul 1969. Supports Spiker as writing the facts in articles that have been labeled as helping Communists . Identifies a letter to the editor (?) "Spiker's Letter Would Just Help the Commies." Identifies Hyten and Higginbotham as being against her opinions, facts. Writer was in Vietnam in the Army. States he? had an article in the Bar Harbor Times (anti-Vietnam?) Mentions an article in Times by Robert Ho. Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.042.11, **1344 [show more]
The Tree and the Prairie Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Manuscript	Other, Illinois	Spiker, LaRue	1961	The Tree and the Prairie Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9270 Type: Document, Manuscript Subject: Other, Illinois Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1961 Description: handwritten note indicates "pub. McDan Co Derm May, 1960" (?) 11 p. Appears tape had been on p. 11 2 lines illegible on scan read "where vaccination might have saved. The burying grounds were filled with." 3rd to last line "other hand, hopefully, the old tree" By LaRue Spiker Story about first settler, Matthew B. Robinson, to Bushnell Township, Prairie City Township, Illinois. On last page it says Macomb Journal June 21?, 1960 Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.065.03, **1393 [show more]
Conservation Bulletin Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Newsletter	Other, Aluminum industry Other, Natural Resources Council of Maine Other, TEPCO	Natural Resources Council of Maine	12/ 1968	Conservation Bulletin Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9222 Type: Publication, Newsletter Subject: Other, Aluminum industry Other, Natural Resources Council of Maine Other, TEPCO Creator: Natural Resources Council of Maine Date: 12/ 1968 Description: Six page newsletter of the Natural Resources Council of Maine which includes an article on p.3 regarding proposed aluminum smelter on the Maine coast near Ellsworth. This proposal eventually became associated with the company TEPCO. Previously archived as 012.FIC.055.9

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