Description: William Kienbusch, a Retrospective Exhibition 1946-1979, published by Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland Maine, 1996, William Kienbusch first painted in Maine in 1934, eventually taking up residence on Great Cranberry Isle in 1962. Born in New York City, and a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Princeton University, he studied at the Art Students League in New York with Raphael Soyer and John. Kienbusch lived across from the tennis courts on GCI. He is Carl Little's uncle. [show more]
Description: (A) Six oceanfront lots for sale by Marr family along the Western Way (southwest coast) on Great Cranberry, July 2, 1970 Bar Harbor Times. (B) Map of lots for sale listing the lots as Cranberry Cove, Spruce Haven, Rockledge, Preble Cove, Western Way, and Roberts (on Long Point).
Description: (A) Deane Spurling Whitney 10/2/1994 obituary; (B) Ida M. Spurling obituary 4/5/1994; and (C) wedding announcement for Harold Spurling & mabel Ingersol of Lynn.
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. Essay taken from the Johns Hopkins Magazine titled One Summer in Seal Harbor by Stephen May. Page 52-58. Essay covers a brief history of both artist Thomas Eakins and Hopkins physicist Henry Rowland. The essay also covers the two men's freindship and their time in Seal Harbor. [show more]
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. Document bound in a plastic report cover titled The Seaside Inn Reunion, Seal Harbor, Maine August 22, 1996. Document covers a littl bit of the history of the Inn, shows photos of people who worked at the Inn, has copies of letters sent to the Inn by people who stayed there, Memories of the inn by those who worked there, articles from local papers about the Inn, addresses of those who attended the reunion. [show more]
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. Newspaper article from the Bangor Daily News Friday, August 30, 1996, Remembering Seaside: Foremer employees at Mount Desert inn gather to reminisce about summers shared at Seal Harbor. Article about the history of the Seaside Inn and the reunion of former employees. [show more]
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. History of the Steamer J. T. Morse written by Joseph Allen, Jr. 38 typed pages with a faded blue cover. Shows pictures of the vessel, tells of voyages, accidents, shows pictures of some of the crew, and a drawing of a warf in Rockland, Maine showing where various ships would tie up. Some pages are coming loose. [show more]
Description: Copy of the magazine article, from Journal of Light Construction-Eastern Edition June 1990, about the design and construction of the Somesville footbridge. The article was by Harris Hyman.
Description: Acadia National Park 75 Anniversary Newspaper. 40 pages with articles about the creation of Acadia National Park, current activities within the Park, significant dates in the history of the Park.
Description: Special supliment to the Bar Harbor Times Newspaper for the 200 anniversary of Mount Desert Island. Articles cover various parts of history over the years.
Description: The Redbook is a directory and handbook for Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor, Somesville, Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor and Adjacent Islands. This is dated 1999. The publisher and editor is Cheryl Caughey Chase. The price at that time was $6.50.
Description: Article from the Bar Harbor Times January 18, 1990 detailing the history of The Boston Post Oldest Citizen canes and the latest recipient Ruth Wiberg of Southwest Harbor
Description: Ellsworth American July 30, 1998 article is a reprint of an article written by Dr. Robert P. Grindle of Somesville, Maine about Surry, Maine back before the Civil War.
Description: Ellsworth American July 23, 1998 article is a biography of Dr. Robert L. Grindle. Talks of his time as a doctor in Somesville, Republican County Chair, early election process in Maine, fight to keep automobiles off of Mount Desert Island, Career as a sailor, description of his funeral.
Description: News article about Eleanor Murphy, the last postmaster in West Tremont retiring after 25 years of service. Bangor Daily News weekend edition, October 4-5, 1997. by News staff writer Catherine Ivey.