Description: Draft of an article for an unknown publication by LaRue Spiker. No Date. Early French in Maine: In 1605 a group of Frenchmen settled on St. Croix Island and later moved to Port Royal Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.21
Description: Draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No Date. Cormorants: Boat trip to Ship Island to see cormorants, gulls; 6 pps. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.23
Description: Draft of an article for an unknown publication by LaRue Spiker. No Date. Child Psychiatrist in Machias: Dr. Enid Melville Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.24
Description: draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. Burnham Tavern: Machias historical landmark. Appears to be captions for photos, not an essay. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.25
Description: Draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No date. Bird Sanctuary in Seal Cove: Run by Lisa von Borowsky Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.26
Description: Draft of a story for an unknown publication by LaRue Spiker. No Date. Bed for Rocky: fictional story about boy and foster home. 11pages Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.27
Description: Fictional story written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. I was a Smuggler of Love 17-page short story Previously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.30
Description: Draft of a fiction story written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No date. I Made a Thief of my Husband: 16-page short story Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.31
Description: A collection of handwritten notes showing pages and quotations. Some of the group are pages ripped out of books relating to the Castin family. 26 pages
Description: 5 typed pages. Manuscript of information on the flora and soil type of Mount Desert Island. There is also mention of the benefit to vitiators of leaving a section of the Island unchanged so that it may contain all of the original plants and animals and allow visitors to nature unchanged. Notation on top of page reads: Not Included in Second Edition. Offers information on Lafayette National Park and how preserving the landscape will inform and inspire visitors. Notation on top of page reads: See pg 211 revised edition. [show more]
Description: 1 handwritten page Letter from Eben M. Hannors to Rev. George E. Street offering to send genealogies of some of the early families of Mount Desert. These will not include the Abraham and John Somes' families. He will also furnish, if needed, a biographical sketch of himself along with a photograph.
Description: 3 handwritten pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages concern the visit of Henry Hudson to the Island.
Description: 3 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages concern Robert Juet's diary of the 3rd voyage of Henry Hudson to Mount Desert.
Description: 3 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages document twelve lots of 100 acres each of various people in the town of Bar Harbor.
Description: 3 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages document a petition on behalf of John Benard to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to obtain another copy of the deed to his land and to confirm ownership of said lands after they were stolen from him.
Description: 7 hand written pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages are for inclusion in chapter five and contain notes about early families of Mount Desert Island.
Description: 2 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages document the arrival of Joseph Mayo, Jesse Higgins, and David Higgins to Mount Desert Island after the Revolutionary War.
Description: 11 handwritten pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages are notes on a variety of topics: town of Eden back in 1798, the voyage of an unknown vessel, the death of a sailor.
Description: 1 typed page Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages talk about Captain Argall's taking of a French ship and settlement in northern Virginia and brining the loot back to Jamestown.
Description: 2 typed page Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages recount the attack on a French settlement by the English as told from the French perspective.
Description: 2 typed page Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages recount the attack on St. Sauveur.
Description: 1 typed page Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These are corrections to be made to certain pages and lines of text. Page is yellowed and brittle.