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| Past in Photos: Scenes of SW Harbor, Tremont, and Mt. Desert Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Past in Photos: Scenes of SW Harbor, Tremont, and Mt. Desert Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection and description of photos or old Southwest Harbor, Tremont, and Mt. Desert. | |||
| Lobstering and The Maine Coast Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Lobstering and The Maine Coast Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Community life and everyday aspects of coastal Maine, especially lobstering, the "regional maritime culture." | ||
| The Rediscovery of America’s Maritime Heritage Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Rediscovery of America’s Maritime Heritage Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Descriptions, photographs of maritime paintings of the 19th C.; author is a "foremost marine artist." | ||
| Taking Care of Business Down East: the History of the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company 1887-1987 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Taking Care of Business Down East: the History of the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company 1887-1987 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Growth of Bar Harbor banking services to include communities farther "down east". Gives history of banking in Maine and relationship to Boston banking, beginning in 1887. | ||
| The Conservation Easement Handbook: Managing Land Conservation and Historic Preservation Easement Programs Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Conservation Easement Handbook: Managing Land Conservation and Historic Preservation Easement Programs Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Gives guidelines for managing an easement program, developing criteria, marketing, and more. Includes list of useful contacts. | ||
| Eliots and Asticou Foreside, Northeast Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Eliots and Asticou Foreside, Northeast Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Description and comments about family homes in Northeast Harbor, visitors to the homes, and summer activities. | ||
| On the Art of Teaching Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  On the Art of Teaching Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A facsimile of the classic 184o book which described the qualifications for those who teach. | ||
| Native Birds of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Native Birds of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Almost 150 native species of birds reside on Mount Desert and surrounding Islands; this book is a guide to those birds here from June to August of the year. It indicates good places to view these birds | ||
| Early American School Books Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Early American School Books Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Contains selected pages from schoolbooks from 1785 to 1880. Examples are from spelling and geography books, among others. | |||
| The Interiors Handbook for Historic Buildings Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Interiors Handbook for Historic Buildings Mount Desert Island Historical Society | ||
| Maine Families in 1790 Vol. 1 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Maine Families in 1790 Vol. 1 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Gives information about the more than 400 families living in Maine in 1790, according to that year's census. At that time the District of Maine had just five counties and was part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Members of the various Indian tribes were not inclded in this census. | ||
| History of Barlett’s Island, Mount Desert Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  History of Barlett’s Island, Mount Desert Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 164-page history of Bartlett's Island; with an introduction by Peggy Rockefeller. Copy #2 was donated by Gail Reiber. | ||
| Cumulative Impact of Development on Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Cumulative Impact of Development on Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: The Cumulative Impact of Development on Mount Desert Island, Maine published by the League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island (1988). Includes interviews with Harry Owen, George Lawson, Kay Meserve and Merrill E. Stanley, Jr. | |||
| League of Women Voters County Government Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  League of Women Voters County Government Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Pamphlet on County Government in Maine | |||
| Bond Issues and Maine Yankee Power Plant Referendum vote Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bond Issues and Maine Yankee Power Plant Referendum vote Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Referendum vote called initated bill to determine if citizens want to have Maine Yankee continue to run after July 4, 1988 | ||||
| Saving the Ozone Layer Newsletter Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Saving the Ozone Layer Newsletter Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Saving the Ozone Layer: A citizen Action Guide Natural Resources Defense Council Collected by League of Women Voters | ||||
| Risk and Opportunity Health & Security in the Nuclear Age Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Risk and Opportunity Health & Security in the Nuclear Age Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Pamphlet by Physicians for Social Responsibility | ||||
| The Living Past: Being the Story of Somesville Mount Desert, Maine and Its Relationships with Other Areas of the Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Living Past: Being the Story of Somesville Mount Desert, Maine and Its Relationships with Other Areas of the Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: As the author says in the preamble, " This is the story...of the first permanent settlement on Mount Desert Island..." ?At one time Somesville had seven mills, five shipyards, four blacksmith shops, two stores, and ...serv[ed] the entire area and outlying islands." | ||
| Champagne and a Gardener: A Little Maine Murder Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Champagne and a Gardener: A Little Maine Murder Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: According to the dust jacket, this is a "novel of manners and ...mystery" centering around a Boston family who summers on the "backside" of Mount Desert Island. (The author bought the Criterion Theater in Bar Harbor in 1969.) | ||
| Museum Bridge, Somesville, Maine, Drawings by Caivano & Hyman, August 8, 1981 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Museum Bridge, Somesville, Maine, Drawings by Caivano & Hyman, August 8, 1981 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: This is a booklet of architectural drawings for the Somesville Museum Bridge dated 8-28-1981. There are four pages. The booklet measures 17 by 24 inches. It was prepared by Roc Caivano & Harris Hyman, Box 254, Southwest Harbor,Maine. Page 1 is entitled Specifications and includes conditions. Stapled to this page is a typed letter from Ralph Stanley and Chad Gilpatric to Brian Hamor. Page 2 depicts the North Elevation. Page 3 are the Details. Page 4 are more Details. [show more] | ||||
| Quitclaim Deed from Emily F. Grindle to MDI Historical Society (April 23, 1981) Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Quitclaim Deed from Emily F. Grindle to MDI Historical Society (April 23, 1981) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Quitclaim Deed from Emily F. Grindle to MDI Historical Society (April 23, 1981). Pertains to approximately .08 acre transfer. | |||
| Needlecraft for Today (June 1980) Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Needlecraft for Today (June 1980) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Needlecraft for Today (June 1980) | ||||
| Peddlers of Long Ago Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Peddlers of Long Ago Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Article by Doris Grant in New England Sampler: Peddlers of Long Ago, peddlers who came to Hall Quarry and other MDI villages. Mentions Charles and Ralph Sawyer, who began as peddlers, then opened a store in Southwest Harbor. | |||
| John Gilley One of the Forgotten Millions Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| John Gilley One of the Forgotten Millions Mount Desert Island Historical Society | |||
| The DownEast Guide to the Lakes and Ponds of Mt. Desert Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The DownEast Guide to the Lakes and Ponds of Mt. Desert Mount Desert Island Historical Society |