Description: Discusses Beech Hill Road by LaRue Carter. Mentions in passing John Carroll, Richardsons, Foy Wasgatt, Robert Carter, Atherton, Mason, Clark, Bavage, Mildred Masterman Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.063.03, **1379
Description: Compares Bar Harbor, the Queen of Summer Resorts, to Holman Day poem. Spiker suggests you might see J.P. Morgan's or Jacob Aster's yacht Previoulsy archived as object id 012.FIC.063.04
Description: “Few Phenomena of Civilization” by LaRue Spiker. 5 pages. History of Roads, cars on Mt. Desert Island Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.065.05
Description: Robert Lincoln, Eddie Davis, Davis Irvin, Daniel McLauhlin - Boat Builders” by LaRue Spiker. 6 pages. Wooden canoe building Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.065.07
Description: In pencil at top, says "They that Hear" John 6:25. Hand writing on side and edits of pages Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.065.08, **1400
Description: Publicity about great treatment tourists will receive in Bar Harbor, island; some history Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.065.10, **1395
Description: Eleven handwritten notes by journalist, LaRue Spiker. Notes pertain to proposed industrial development in Trenton by TEPCO. Proposed development was a nuclear power plant and an aluminum reduction plant. Previously archived as 012.FIC.055.8
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]
Description: Reports from government agencies and two clipped newspaper articles from unspecified newspapers. Items included: 1) 11th Annual Report, Fiscal - 1968 of the Maine Industrial Building Authority, 2) FAA Information Newsletter dated April 25, 1968, 3)MIRFAB (Maine Industrial and Recreational Finance Approval Board) 1967 Annual Report, 4) Newspaper clipping regarding financing sources for Maine economic development, and 5) Newspaper clipping regarding industrial loan guarantee for Vahlsing, Inc. Items likely collected in preparation for an article to be written by Spiker. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.058.4 and **1769 [show more]
Description: 43 page booklet with text and black and white photographs describing the Maine lobster industry. This booklet is unstapled. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.058.5
Various Newspapers and Publications and LaRue Spiker
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
Description: Three typewritten copies of the manuscript to accompany a slide show written by LaRue Spiker for the League of Women Voters. Manuscripts are hand notated with directions for delivery. Copies include one Reader's Copy, 10pp., second Reader's Copy, 11pp. and Projector's Copy, 11 pp. Slide show is archived in the Photo Collection Previously archived as 012.FIC.061.4
Description: Typewritten 2 pp. Environmental Committee report on the issue of land use, and 2 pp. Economic Development Committee report on activity of this committee. These League of Women Voter committees were considering issues of local development and governance. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.062.4
Town of Mt. Desert, US Bureau of Census, and LaRue Spiker
Description: Three documents relating to building and development on Mt. Desert Island. Documents include: 1) 1pp. typwritten document entitled "Increase of Year-round Residential Building in the Town of Mount Desert, By Place and Year 1970 Through 1976; 2) 2 pp. typewritten document entitled "Population Growth, Latest (Revised) 1975 U.S. Bureau of Census Population Estimates for Hancock County"; 3) Handwritten tables entitled "BH Bldg Permits" giving data for years 1970-1976, Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.062.5 [show more]