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Various documents relating to the history of Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Articles, newspapers, and various other material mostly relating to Southwest Harbor.
Photographs and a brochure from Ralph Stanley
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • In Copyright
Photographs and a brochure from Ralph Stanley
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
See index file for a description of each item
John Williams and Lyford Stanley
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • In Copyright
John Williams and Lyford Stanley
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Photos of John “Jock” Williams and his partner Lyford Stanley. Also includes photos of lobster boats they built and an aerial view of the boatyard.
Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace, Southwest Harbor Records and Index
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • 1878 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
This index was kept by Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace. Included are records of marriages, weddings, and other town records from Southwest Harbor, Maine from approximately 1878 to 1907.
Launching Friendship Sloop Freedom Built for Richard Beebe Dudman
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • 1977
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Left to Right: Dudman - Richard Beebe Dudman (1918-) Sloane - Helen R. (Sloane) Dudman (1918-) Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Two unknown workmen
The Howe D. Higgins Collection of Documents
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Set
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
The Howe D. Higgins Collection of Documents
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
The Howe D. Higgins Collection contains Howe's collection of documents from his time spent as a customs officer on Mount Desert Island from 1921 to 1930, with some other documents spanning into the 1930s. The collection is sorted into several sets of documents including: letters and correspondence with Howe D. Higgins pertaining to information about rum running and bootleggers on the island; reports of seizures and related search warrants; documents containing information about rum runners in the area; Howe D. Higgins' Work Logs as customs officer from 1921 to 1922 and 1928 to 1930; and newspaper clippings pertaining to prohibition and rum running on Mount Desert Island. [show more]
Crew at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • Transportation, Cycle, Bicycle
  • 1914
  • Southwest Harbor
  • No Known Copyright
Description:
The young man at the right of the photograph is probably holding a c. 1914 Sears & Roebuck Peerless bicycle with pneumatic tires.
Howe D. Higgins' Report of Mounted Inspector to Collector of Customs
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Report
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974)
  • 1921 c.
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Description:
This collection of documents contains Howe Dwain Higgins’ collection of work logs spanning from November 14, 1921 through July 7, 1922. The index includes the documents’ file number, dates, and people or vessels of interest mentioned in the documents.
Howe D. Higgins' Work Logs as Customs Officer
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Report
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974)
  • 1928 c.
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Howe D. Higgins' Work Logs as Customs Officer
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
This collection of documents contains Howe Dwain Higgins’ collection of work logs spanning from October 1, 1928 through June 30, 1930. This covers nearly the last two years of his employment as a customs officer. The documents include more detailed information on Howe’s daily movements on the back sides of the documents. The index includes the documents’ file number, dates, and people or vessels of interest mentioned in the documents.
Howe D. Higgins' Documents Containing Information on Rum Running
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Description:
This collection of documents contains letters and information about rum running, bootleggers, and their vessels, sent to and from Howe D. Higgins during his time as a customs officer. These documents have been indexed with their dates and the vessels or people they reference.
Howe D. Higgins' Reports of Seizures and Related Documents
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Description:
This collection of documents contains Howe D. Higgins' reports of seizures as collector of customs, as well as the related documents for those seizures, including search warrants and documents containing information about liquor smuggling.
Correspondence with Howe D. Higgins as Customs Officer
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Description:
This collection contains letters sent to and from Howe D. Higgins between 1921 and 1933 pertaining to information about prohibition and rum runners on Mount Desert Island. These letters have been indexed with their dates and the vessels or people they reference.
Harvesting Ice at Chris's Pond
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Harvesting Ice at Chris's Pond
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Harvesting Ice at Chris's Pond
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Harvesting Ice at Chris's Pond
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Lawler Ice Business, Harvesting Ice at Chris's Pond
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Howe D. Higgins in His Workshop at Harborside Industries
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Ingalls
  • 1951-07-29
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
D. Marino & Co's. Store, Hall Quarry, Me.
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
  • Copyright Undetermined
D. Marino & Co's. Store, Hall Quarry, Me.
Southwest Harbor Public Library
The Underwood Canning Factory Crew at McKinley
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
The Underwood Canning Factory Crew at McKinley
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Drying Fish at J.L. Stanley & Sons, Manset, Maine
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward in Front of Ward's Lunch
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
  • 1948 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Lyle Newman’s 1948 Pontiac in background.
Capt. William Bill Horace Herrick Leading John Whitmore's Fast Speed Horse To Be Shot
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Written on the back of the photograph: "Old Horse J. Sargent" One of the trees on the front lawn of the library and the library wall can just be seen over the back of the horse. The building visible beyond the library property is the Freeman J. Lurvey building.
Edwin L. Higgins at his Blacksmith Shop with Simeon Holden Mayo
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
  • People
  • 1880 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • No Copyright - United States
Fred Sidney Mayo on Steps of Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Fred Mayo holding a wooden ice cream bucket. The building at the far right is the James A. Freeman House (the Inn at Southwest Harbor as of 2016).
Newman's legacy, and his boats, will sail on
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Hinckley - Sarah Hinckley
  • 2019-09-11
  • In Copyright
Newman's legacy, and his boats, will sail on
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Article about legendary boatbuilder Jarvis Newman.
Women Packing Sardine Cans in Maine - Probably Bass Harbor or Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Note the scissors hanging on the wall - typical in the old canning factories. The location of this photograph is unknown, but it was in a collection of pictures taken on Mount Desert and could very well have been taken in Bass Harbor, Southwest Harbor or Manset.