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  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
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House, Garage, Boat House, Planting Plans, and Projects for Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, Seal Harbor, ME, 1987
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
  • 1987
Description:
Sketchplan, sketch for boathouse, Projects for Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, Seal Harbor, ME, 1987
House, Garage, Boat House, Planting Plans, and Projects for Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, Seal Harbor, ME, 1987
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
  • 1987
Description:
Sketchplan, revised sketch of boathouse, section, Projects for Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, Seal Harbor, ME, 1987
House, Garage, Boat House, Planting Plans, and Projects for Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, Seal Harbor, ME, 1987
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
  • 1987
Description:
Sketchplan, revised sketch of boathouse, Projects for Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, Seal Harbor, ME, 1987
House, Garage, Boat House, Planting Plans, and Projects for Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, Seal Harbor, ME, 1982
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
  • 1982
Description:
Copy, letter from Robert Patterson to David Rockefeller, September 23, 1982, re: recommendations for mitigating problems with the garden wall, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden, two pages, Projects for Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, Seal Harbor, ME, 1982
Cumulative Impact of Development on Mount Desert Island, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Cost of living
  • Other, Employment
  • Other, Environment
  • Other, Jobs
  • Other, Real estate development
  • Other, Taxes
  • 1987
Description:
Working Draft Manuscript by the League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island, 1987 1 extra page 11 in the back Discusses growth, taxes, real estate, environment, jobs , towns, suggestions
Boatbuilder
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Boat & ship industry
  • Other, Stanley, Ralph W.
  • Wurmfeld, Hope Herman
  • 1988
Boatbuilder
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Account of Ralph Stanley building first Stanley 19.
Making It in Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • 1982
Making It in Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Horsemen of Acadia: article in Sept. 1982 Down East magazine about William Tapley of Wildwood Stable, Seal Harbor.
Mt. Desert Island's Granite Heritage
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Layton, Victor J.
  • 1982
Mt. Desert Island's Granite Heritage
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article from June 1982 Down East magazine about stoneworks of Acadia National Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and financed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
When Hollywood Came to Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • O'Neil, Gladys
  • 1981
When Hollywood Came to Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article about 1917 filming of Fox Film Company's "Queen of the Sea" on Sand Beach and along Ocean Drive, from Sept. 1981 issue of Down East magazine
The Vertical World of Mt. Desert
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Koch, Daniel
  • 1981
The Vertical World of Mt. Desert
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article from June 1981 Down East magazine about rock climbers on Mt. Desert Island.
A Summer Full of Flowers
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Lamb, Jane
  • 1983
A Summer Full of Flowers
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article from July 1983 Down East magazine about garden of Mary Louise Jenkins on Mount Desert Island.
Croquet, Anyone?
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Cole, John N.
  • 1984
Croquet, Anyone?
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article fromAugust 1984 Down East magazine about croquet at the Claremont Hotle, Southwest Harbor.
Saved by A Great White Elephant
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Davis, Norah Deakin
  • 1985
Saved by A Great White Elephant
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article about the Turrets, on College of the Atlantic campus, from Oct. 1985 Down East magazine.
Blue Lobsters, Old Ghosts: A Visit to Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Maxwell, Jessica
  • 1986
Blue Lobsters, Old Ghosts: A Visit to Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Overview of Bar Harbor and surroundings in Islands magazine.
Traditions and Records: Southwest Harbor, and Somesville -- Mount Desert Island, Maine.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Southwest Harbor
  • Thornton, Mrs. Seth
  • 1988
The House at Lobster Cove
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Photographic, Videotape
  • Other, Architects
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Other, Architectural photographs
  • Holden, Wheaton Arnold
  • 1980
The House at Lobster Cove
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
This videotape is a history of the home "Cragsyde", aka Kragsyde, a design of Robert Swain Peabody. The video includes historic photographs and commentary, by Wheaton Arnold Holden. This home was built at Manchester-by-the Sea, Massachusetts in 1884 for George Nixon Black, the same owner of Woodlawn House, Ellsworth, Maine. The house was torn down in 1929. The house was also reproduced during the years 2005-6, using original plans, by a family on Swans Island. Other house in video is "La Tourelle", built ca 1930, destroyed 1947. See Roz Rea for more information about this home and tape - 01/30/2013 [show more]
Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Tourism
  • 1/1/1981
Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1981 Map of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park includes Scenic and points of interest, directory of Island Business and services, and business sponsor advertisements, color
U.S. Geological Survey map of Salsbury Cove, ME (1981)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • 1981
U.S. Geological Survey map of Salsbury Cove, ME (1981)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
U.S. Geological Survey map of Salsbury Cove, ME (1981) DMA 7372 IV, Series V811
Champlain's Map of the Coast of New France, drawn by him in 1607 [copy]
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • 1985
Description:
Map in color showing Mount Desert Island, Schoodic Peninsula, Islands in Western Bay, from Les Voyages duSieur De Champlain with annotation in French. A reprint of a 1932 map. Size 22.5" x 28"
Ancestral Roll and Chapter Roster, Maine State Organization
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Bois, Betty Kragelund
  • 1987
Description:
Compiled by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to "aid those in search of that often elusive ancestor."
Carroll Farm, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • Cliver, E. Blaine and D. Hall
  • 1983
Carroll Farm, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Hand-drawn plan of the Carroll Farm showing boundaries, pasture-land, road, house, barn ruins, meadow, fence, ledge, logging area. 8.5" X 9.5"
Bar Harbor Times
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, History - Tremont
  • 1988
Bar Harbor Times
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bar Harbor Times, “Selects” section. “Historic Houses on View” in Tremont for sesquicentennial. Houses include Bass Harbor LIghthouse Keeper''s Cottage, "Goose Gables," owned by Sam Hamill, and other homes in the Tremont area.
Letter to Mrs. Charles Lanpher (Juanita Lanpher)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Lucie D. Smallidge
  • 1988
Letter to Mrs. Charles Lanpher (Juanita Lanpher)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Four-page handwritten letter and envelope with return address, written by Lucie Smallidge (daughter of Laura Richardson) to Mrs. Charles Lanpher (Juanita) and dated September 21, 1988; mentions going to school in Northeast Harbor and values of people in NEH when she was growing up. Mentions effort to see "Goldie"; Lucie's brothers Curley and Galen, sisters Leola and "Skoot," who was married to Don McEachern; and her grandparents Olin and Luch Richardson; her mother, Laura, and Laura's sister Lucretia. Her uncle Olin Richardson had the gas station and store in Town Hill for many years; she had another uncle named Bide Richardson. Describes Lucie's love of music and work with the elderly in nursing homes [show more]
MDI Historical Society Newsletter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • 1983
MDI Historical Society Newsletter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Newsletter for Volume VI, September 1, 1983, No. 1. Describes decision to keep museum open in Sept., painting of bridge by Girl Scouts, fundraising efforts, gifts to Society.
Maine: The Coast and Islands
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Islands
  • Other, Maine
  • Ledbetter, Jack
  • 1989
Maine: The Coast and Islands
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
A brief history of the coastof Maine and many, many color photographs.