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MacDuffie School for Girls Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, School Institution Structures, Institutional, School	New England	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	MacDuffie School for Girls Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12962 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, School Institution Structures, Institutional, School Place: New England Description: In 1890 Abby and John MacDuffie took over the Misses Howard’s school and founded the MacDuffie School for Girls in Springfield, Massachusetts, serving together as principals of the school for over forty years.
Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154 Eagle Lake Camp Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic Places, Camp	Bar Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154 Eagle Lake Camp Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15918 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Places, Camp Place: Bar Harbor Description: The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar Harbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service from May 1934 to June 1942. Its primary function was forest culture (roads, trails, recreation).
Pemetic High School Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, School Institution	Southwest Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Pemetic High School Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13141 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, School Institution Place: Southwest Harbor
The Country Strummers Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	The Country Strummers Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15874 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations Description: "The Country Strummers began their musical career back in 1964. Ralph Stanley and Fred Black were invited to join a group of musicians and singers that were entertaining at the [Knights of Pythias] Lodge Hall in Bernard. This was a program sponsored by the lodge that included dancing, singing and an all round evening of good local talent. This inspired Fred and Ralph to stick with their music and they began a schedule of practice each week, their practice sessions were held on Saturday night. In 1966 Floyd Farley joined Ralph and Fred. Floyd being very talented with any string instrument soon became a real asset to the group. These three musicians kept quite busy playing for local functions, traveling to many of our nursing homes, senior citizens homes and many wedding and anniversary parties. [show more]
Vesta E. (Spear) McRae House and Original Bass Harbor Library Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic, Public Library Structures, Civic, Library Structures, Dwellings, House	Tremont, Bernard	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Vesta E. (Spear) McRae House and Original Bass Harbor Library Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13420 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Structures, Civic, Library Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Tremont, Bernard
Great Pond Camp, Company 158 - Civilian Conservation Corp Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic Places, Camp	Southwest Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Great Pond Camp, Company 158 - Civilian Conservation Corp Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-3715 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Places, Camp Place: Southwest Harbor Description: One of the thousands of camps set up by President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corp program during the great depression. The Great Pond Camp in Southwest Harbor operated from 1933-1941. The men who worked at the camp were integral to the early development of the trail system in Acadia National Park. “The Southwest Harbor camp was opened about May, 1933 with enrollees erecting and living in tents while construction of the roll roofing covered barracks continued. An aerial photo dated September 5, 1933 shows four barracks buildings and four service buildings in place. Officers quarters, dispensary and living quarters for the commanding officer were added later. The last two were of log construction. The camp was located at the height of ground on the west side of the road leading from Southwest Harbor village to the south end of Great Pond [Long Pond]. This was near Acadia National Park lands where most of the work-projects took place. This park being one of the National Park System came under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Consequently the Department of the Interior controlled the employees and type of work projects carried out on the ground. This was a typical 200 man camp. All enrollees were Maine residents. Familial relationships were scarce but for most living conditions were a great improvement over depression years living conditions at home. Living conditions, discipline and in-camp activities were the concern of the U.S. Army…” – Fred E. Holt, former forest commissioner - “In the Public Interest: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Maine (1933-1942) - A Pictorial History” by Jon A. Schlenker, Norman A. Wetherington and Austin H. Wilkins, published by the University of Maine at Augusta Press, 1988, p. 67-70 [show more]
First Congregational Church Bangor, ME Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Religious Structures, Ceremonial, Church	Maine	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	First Congregational Church Bangor, ME Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12908 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Religious Structures, Ceremonial, Church Place: Maine
St. Columba's Episcopal Chapel Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Religious Structures, Ceremonial, Church	Tremont, Great Gott Island	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	St. Columba's Episcopal Chapel Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14118 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Religious Structures, Ceremonial, Church Place: Tremont, Great Gott Island Description: Founded at the insistence of Elizabeth S. Peterson. The chapel was built by Miss Peterson in 1916 and consecrated in 1917. It remained in regular use until 1925. It fell largely into disuse and disrepair and after a few intermittent services in the 1940s it was largely abandoned until it was demolished in 1966.
Eastern State Normal School Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, School Institution	Maine	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Eastern State Normal School Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13586 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, School Institution Place: Maine
Maine Central Institute Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, School Institution Structures, Institutional, School	Maine	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Maine Central Institute Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12966 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, School Institution Structures, Institutional, School Place: Maine
Cranberry Isles Life Saving Station Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations Structures, Other Structures	Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Cranberry Isles Life Saving Station Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13228 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations Structures, Other Structures Place: Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford Description: "The first Coast Guard presence in the Mt. Desert Island area was a Life Saving Station located on Little Cranberry Island, established by an act of congress on June 18th, 1878. In 1937, the Southwest Harbor complex was created and used as a lighthouse depot by the U.S. Light House Service. By 1945, the Coast Guard Station on Little Cranberry Island was moved to the facility in Southwest Harbor.” - “Sector Field Office (SFO) Southwest Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Maine – History,” United States Coast Guard site, 06/28/13, Accessed online 07/20/10; http://www.uscg.mil/d1/sfoSouthwestHarbor/history.asp. [show more]
US Life-Saving Service Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	US Life-Saving Service Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15048 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations Description: In 1878 the network of life saving stations were formally organized as a separate agency of the Treasury Department and was named the Life-Saving Service. The US Life-Saving Service grew out of a network of coast watching stations established to provide assistance and shore rescue to disabled ships in the mid-19th century, but did not become formally established until 1871, when it came under the direction of Sumner Increase Kimball (1834-1923) of Lebanon, Maine. Kimball reorganized the service, built many new stations with up-to-date equipment, established rigorous training and certification programs for stationmasters and surfmen, and set high standards for the Life-Saving Service. He continued to serve as the Director of the U.S. Life-Saving Service until it was absorbed by the U.S. Coast Guard in 1915. [show more]
Gotts Island Methodist Church Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Religious Structures, Ceremonial, Church	Tremont, Great Gott Island	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Gotts Island Methodist Church Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14915 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Religious Structures, Ceremonial, Church Place: Tremont, Great Gott Island
West Tremont School Cornerstone Baptist Church Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Religious Organizations, School Institution Structures, Ceremonial, Church Structures, Institutional, School	Tremont, West Tremont	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	West Tremont School Cornerstone Baptist Church Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14920 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Religious Organizations, School Institution Structures, Ceremonial, Church Structures, Institutional, School Place: Tremont, West Tremont Description: The Cornerstone Baptist Church was founded on March 16, 1952 in a farmhouse across from Seal Cove Pond that later became Seal Cove Farm, with ten members. The pastor was Rev. George Wood. In 1953 the little congregation paid $16,000 to buy the old West Tremont Schoolhouse. They added a Sunday school wing in the 1960s.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	The Works Progress Administration (WPA) Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14852 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. In much smaller but more famous projects the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. [show more]
Southwest Harbor Police Department Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic	Southwest Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Southwest Harbor Police Department Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14687 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Place: Southwest Harbor
Old Marsh School Head of the Harbor School Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, School Institution		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Old Marsh School Head of the Harbor School Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14620 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, School Institution Description: The “Old Marsh School,” officially known as the “District 6” school, and was discontinued many years before it was torn down in 1936.
Order of the Eastern Star Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Order of the Eastern Star Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14624 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: A fraternal order open to both men and women related to Freemasonry. There appear to have been chapter in Tremont and Portland
Somesville School Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, School Institution	Mount Desert, Somesville	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Somesville School Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14628 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, School Institution Place: Mount Desert, Somesville Description: In 2017, the school building was occupied by condos.
Somesville Library Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic, Public Library	Mount Desert, Somesville	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Somesville Library Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14630 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Place: Mount Desert, Somesville Description: "The public library stands on the site where a building owned by A. C Fernald and used as an undertaker's shop and for the post-office was burned by lightning in 1891 with considerable loss in money as well as property. The land is owned by Mrs. George A. Somes and is leased to the library association, who built the present library in 1895-6." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 265. [show more]
Methodist Church - Northeast Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Religious	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Methodist Church - Northeast Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14631 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Religious Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Harvard University Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, School Institution	New England	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Harvard University Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14150 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, School Institution Place: New England
Hall Quarry School Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, School Institution	Mount Desert, Hall Quarry	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Hall Quarry School Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13955 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, School Institution Place: Mount Desert, Hall Quarry Description: The Hall Quarry School was on the north corner of Hall Quarry Road and Musetti Drive, now [2017] a vacant lot.
A Talk About the Southwest Harbor Public Library (1905-2005) Southwest Harbor Public Library	Document, Oral History	Organizations, Civic, Public Library		Copyright Not Evaluated	A Talk About the Southwest Harbor Public Library (1905-2005) Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13796 Type: Document, Oral History Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Description: This is a transcription of a talk given by Meredith Hutchins as a Southwest Harbor Public Library evening program in 2005. Meredith describes the history of the library from 1884 through 2005 and recalls the people and events that shaped the library.
Southwest Harbor High School Athletic Teams Southwest Harbor Public Library	Set	Organizations, School Institution	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Southwest Harbor High School Athletic Teams Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13698 Type: Set Subject: Organizations, School Institution Place: Southwest Harbor

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