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| Newspaper Clippings Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Newspaper Clippings Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper clippings on a variety of topics: Bar Harbor Times April 25, 1985- Article titled Pretty Marsh Endeavors to Maintain Rural Traditions Bar Harbor Times March 10, 1994- Mazie E. Smallidge obituary. Unknown Newspaper- Editorial on landing rights to the boat launching area. Bar Harbor Times October 20.2005-Obituary for David E. McGiffert a summer resident of Pretty Marsh. Bar Harbor Times October 1, 1987- Photo and caption by Nan Lincoln of Alyssa Jones. Bar Harbor Tmes December 22, 1988- Article on Pretty Marsh Christmas. [show more] | ||||
| Newspaper article on recycling center Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Newspaper article on recycling center Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper article from unknown paper and unknown date about the proposed building of a recycling center at the town grange site in Pretty Marsh, Maine. | ||||
| Elizabeth Peterson Meets Death in Burning Cottage Tremont Historical Society |
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| Elizabeth Peterson Meets Death in Burning Cottage Tremont Historical Society Description: Elizabeth Peterson came from Pennsylvania to become first a summer residetn and later year round resident of Gotts Island, Tremont, Hancock, Maine. | ||||
| Newspaper clipings about Arcady Music Festival Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Newspaper clipings about Arcady Music Festival Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: File containing copies of various newspaper clippings about concert presented by the Arcady Music Festival. | |||||
| Newspaper clippings of concerts Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Newspaper clippings of concerts Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: File containing newspaper clippings from a variety of newspapers on concerts and artists preforming at the Arcady Music Festival. | |||||
| Summer Cottage Eastholm Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Summer Cottage Eastholm Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Part of an article on summer cottage Eastholm. Article covers the early history of the Hoe family and thier building of the house. The sale of the house to the Greggs of St. Louis. Shows the list price of the home, number of rooms, number of bedrooms. [show more] | |||||
| Seal Harbor Library Fundraiser Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Seal Harbor Library Fundraiser Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Photograph from a variety of newspapers showing events during the the Seal Harbor Library summer fundraiser fair. One cliping is from the Bar Harbor Times Aug 9, 2007, Mount Desert Islander no date, Mount Desert Islander Sugust 14, 2008. There are also three loose color photos of of the fair as well. [show more] | |||||
| Union Congregational Church Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Union Congregational Church Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Photograph showing a number of adults and children which made up choirs from a number of area churches all standing in front of the stone arch of the Seal Harbor Stone Church in 1932. There's a request for help from the public in identifying others in the photograph. The caption lists the names of those who are already known. [show more] | |||||
| Phyllis and Florence Sawyer Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Phyllis and Florence Sawyer Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper clipping from unknown paper titled Double Birthday Party showing the children in attendance at Phyllis Sawyer and Florence Sawyer | ||||
| Tremont Town Meeting year unknown Tremont Historical Society |
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| Newsclipping: Bar Harbor Times “One of MDI’s Oldest Roads Fading from Sight and Memory” July 21, 1962. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Newsclipping: Bar Harbor Times “One of MDI’s Oldest Roads Fading from Sight and Memory” July 21, 1962. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Newsclipping: Bar Harbor Times “One of MDI’s Oldest Roads Fading from Sight and Memory” July 21, 1962. Two copies of this article are in Box 9 Previousluy accessioned as 012.FIC.07.01 | ||||
| Rich Farmers on Relief Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Rich Farmers on Relief Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection of articles and notes on environmental topics used by journalist LaRue Spiker. Clipping titled Rich Farmers on Relief about Federal Farm substities to California. Previously archived as 012.FIC.061.1 | |||
| Meadomak River Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Meadomak River Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection of articles and notes on environmental topics used by journalist LaRue Spiker. Newspaper clipping entitled "Latest from Medomak" adressing the possible building of a new sewage treatment plant and the discharge of pollutants into the Meadomak River. Previously archived as 012.FIC.061.1 | |||
| Social Consequences of Economic Development are Spotlighted Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Social Consequences of Economic Development are Spotlighted Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection of articles and notes on environmental topics used by journalist LaRue Spiker. Newspaper clipping from "Ellsworth American", 3/3/1988, entitled "Social Consequences of Economic Development are Spotlighted" about the League of Women Voters report about the development trends over the last ten years and the social and economic changes that have resulted. How economic growth has effected Mount Desert Island; young people moving away, older residents being unable to afford their homes, tax increses, environmental impacts, economic boom does not equal higher salary for workers. Previously archived as 012.FIC.061.1 [show more] | |||
| Bar Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bar Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 1.The Davis Bar Harbor Buckboard Company (c. 1889),copy of news paper article. “The Davis Bar Harbor Buckboard Company - First Manufacturing Concern in Bar Harbor - W.H. Davis, L.B. Decey (Deasy?), C.E. Marcyes”. Company on School Street in Bar Harbor. Circa 1889. 2 "Memories of old Bar Harbor..." Down East Magazine, July 1976, by Cathleen Sherman Clayton. (Author's parents were native to Bar Harbor, who established a hardware business in 1892.) Illustrated with photos. 3. Map, Village of Bar Harbor, Bar Harbor, Town of Eden, Mount Desert, c.1881. 4."The Fire," typwritten ms. by Horace H. Leavitt, Pres,. V.I.A., Nov. 2, 1947. Report on various aspects of fighting the fire with total community support. [show more] | ||||
| Newspaper article retrospectives of 1947 Fire Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Newspaper article retrospectives of 1947 Fire Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 1967 and 1972 articles from Bar Harbor Times and Ellsworth American on Fire of 1947 | ||||
| Personal accounts of Bar Harbor Fire, 1947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Personal accounts of Bar Harbor Fire, 1947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 3 short pieces of perspectives on the Fire; role of the Navy in the fire, Perspective of Jim Butler Bar Harbor Times ,10/13/1983, written by Dotty Cooke. A first hand account of the 1947 Bar Harbor fire as told by Dotty Cooke. Ellsworth American account LaRue Spiker of 1942 fire 25 years ago 1967 account of 1947 fire supplement in Bar Harbor Times | |||
| Children of Zacheus Higgins, III and Martha Stanwood Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Children of Zacheus Higgins, III and Martha Stanwood Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Single photocopied page listing the names and some death dates of Zacheus Higgins III and his wife, Martha Stanwood Higgins. | ||||
| Multiple Newspaper Clippings on Industrial Topics Colllected by LaRue Spiker Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Multiple Newspaper Clippings on Industrial Topics Colllected by LaRue Spiker Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Multiple newspaper clippings collected by LaRue Spiker on various topics pertaining to industry in Maine. Clippings were likely collected in preparation for articles to be written by Spiker. Titles : Bridgton Firm Gets Oil Cooler Contracts Ferry Decision Likely This Week NERC Votes $500,000 for Machiasport Will Portland Be Ferry Site? This Week May Tell DED Hopes to Interest Big Buisness: 7 Areas Picked for 'New Towns' NEA Reports Net Loss Less Than Last Year NE Airlines Show Loss in October Airline Subsidies Lowest Since 1955, Says CAB Bath Industries Reports 166 P. C. Income Increase Bath Industries May Merge Its Two Subsidiaries After 37 Years Ways of B.W.I Hold No Ships Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.058.1 [show more] | |||
| Subdivisions blossom in Bar Harbor, 84-Acre Subdivision Approved for Mt. Desert Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Subdivisions blossom in Bar Harbor, 84-Acre Subdivision Approved for Mt. Desert Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection of articles and notes on environmental topics used by journalist LaRue Spiker. Newspaper clipping from "Bar Harbor Times", 3/24/88, entitled "Subdivisions blossom in Bar Harbor" and "84-acre Subdivision Approved for Mt. Desert" talks about proposed subdivions under discussion by the planning commision, lot restrictions, developers. Previously archived as 012.FIC.061.1 | |||
| Photograph of Bushnell High School Class of 1928 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Photograph of Bushnell High School Class of 1928 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Long format newspaper reprint photograph of Bushnell (Illinois) High School Class of 1928. The class photograph includes student LaRue Spiker. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously accessioned as **1859, Object Id **1859, 012.FIC.067.7 | ||||
| Rose L. Dresser obituary Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Rose L. Dresser obituary Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Obituary about Actress Rose L. Dresser, 82, written by Nan Lincoln. Date of the article is unknown as is which newspaper it was clipped from | |||||
| MDI Snowfall for 1970-1971 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| MDI Snowfall for 1970-1971 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Article on snowfall totals for the winter of 1970-1971 on Mount Desert Island. December 52 inches, 7 storms, January 18.9 inches 2 storms, February 32.6 inches 7 storms, total 103.5 inches | |||||
| Mount Desert Dramatic Company Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Mount Desert Dramatic Company Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper clipping from the Bar Harbor Times about the upcoming presentation of the Mount Desert Dramatic Company. Presentation will be Nick of the Woods. This is a reprint of the add which appeared back in 1880 along with a short article about dramatic socities on Mount Desert Island. | ||||
| Newspaper Artile: Cargo Drops 6.6% Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Newspaper Artile: Cargo Drops 6.6% Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper article from the Evening Bulletin, Tuesday Tuesday Nov, 10, 959. About the decline of the use of the Port of Philladelphia. Previously accessioned as **1932, object Id 2001.1932 |