Description: 9 typed pages 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.
Description: 10 typed pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. This is information on early settlers on Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Islands. Page is yellowed and brittle.
Description: 1 typed page Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. This is information on the foramtion of what would become Lafayette National Park.
Description: 1 Typed page A note from author to reader discussing the appearance of the finished book, explanation of the darkness of certain text, the uneveness of the margins, an how to book was put together.
Description: 10 hand written scraps Scraps of paper with notes scribbled on them: -Fire Going on Western Mt been going for days -Miss Jean Rand, Mr Brewster at SWH Hop Sat Night -From Bar Harbor, Miss Rand, Miss Ballard, Miss Ridgeway, Miss Daisy Rand, Master Percy Rand, Edgan Crocker, Dr. Otis visits camp Fri July 25, 1984 -Pres Eliot arrives , Prof Gurney, CC Everett, Dyerly, Sasldon, Bo Pierce, Mae Vance, Beudelari, Harvard Faculty? July 24, 1984 -40 minutes to row from SW to NE Harbor two people - Charles Eliot's Log of the Sunshine 1880 -Log of the Sunshine 1877-1880 -Champlain Society 1881 Champlain Society Records of Membership -Champlain Society Records of Cambridge and Boston Meetings. -Champlain Society Camp Pemetic - Mt. Desert Champlain Society [show more]
Description: 4x6 piece of paper with hand written note detailing the Champlain Society members and their field of study back in 1880 while they were in Somes Sound.
Description: Three Hand witten pages Discussing Charles W. Eliot II's family and his association with Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park over the last 100 years. How people arrived on Mount Desert Island, begining of tourism on the island, and the need to protect the island.
Description: 14 Hand written pages S.A. Eliot's account of the geology on Mount Desert Island. A historical look at the various geologist who have made a visit to the island starting in 1837 and the various aspects of geology they studied during their time on the island.
Description: Draft of an article for an unknown publication by LaRue Spiker. Ellsworth Doll Museum: Mrs. Dickinson, owner and collector, of more than 500 dolls including chin and bisque dolls. no date Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.20
Description: Typed and annotated in pencil drafts of article written by LaRue Spiker unknown date and publication. Title Wild Gardens of Acadia. Preiously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.2
Description: Draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No Date. Code of the Sea: 20-page fiction about lobstermen helping each other, cowardice, and redemption. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.22
Description: Typed draft of article written by LaRue Spiker unknown date and publication. Scottish Highland Cattle, an account of Roy Barrett of Brooklin and his cattle. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.7
Description: Small 14 page pamphlet advertising “None Such New England” recipes and premiums that can be obtained Bisque Doll, thread case, knife, Recipes Mince Meat, German Coffee Bread. Printed in 1897 Hires' Root beer pamphlet. Stories, poems about the Hires company and uses ofi its product ND
Description: Mount Desert High School Graduation Programs 1907 Bernice Macomber, Julia Campbell, James Allen, Ethel Fernald, John Richardson, Millie Knox, Burton Fernald 1917 with Dance Card Maxine Brown, Katherine Fernald, Doris Grant, Josephine Gray, and Edwin Mills. 1918 1919 Hilda Pearle Brown, Winifred Evelyn Gray, Henrietta Somes Fernald, Mark Palmer Gray, and Lester Eric Smith, Jr. 1923 Robert Grendle Fernald, John Somer Fernald, Clarence A. Harkins, Rudolph Frederick Higgins, and Laura Hamilton Tracy. Includes a dance program. 1924 Edward N. Dempsey, William S. Gray, H. Arthur Gray, Lillian E. Giles, Elizabeth K. Fernald, and Carolyn F. Grant. 1957 Graduation Invitation for George Morton Merchant [show more]
Description: Small 4-page booklet in form of letter to new member of the Grand Lodge of Maine. The booklet title is The Accepted Candidate Booklet Number One No date On outside cover it has handwritten names Eugene ? and Raymond Farley
Description: “Ladies Calendar 1888, 1889, 1890 5.5 " * 3.5" booklet form 1888: Outside has a picture of a woman and three cherubs by a fountain and the title Ladies Calendar 1988 Compliments of E.W. Hoyt & Co., Proprietors of Hoyt’s German 1888 Inside is advertising for Hoyt's Cologne and Rubifoam tooth powder, Lowell, Mass.” and other side is the actual “Ladies Calendar” for the year 1888.
Description: Manual of the Somesville Congregational Church at Mount Desert, Maine. 16 pages. Prepared, printed and presented to the Somesville Congregational Church by, George Edward Kinney, Pastor, 1899-1904. Includes Articles of Faith, Roll of Members, an account of Pastoral Service, and Gifts to the Church.
Description: Heart shaped Valentine card with three bluebirds painted on it and a small, red, heart-shaped sticker with cupid on it. On the back, written in cursive, is, “From Charles, to Irene”.
Description: Sale by Ambrose A. Stanley to Mary H. Whitmore of lot in SW Harbor (1887); Sale by Mary Whitmore to Warren Whitmore, Joseph Whitmore, John Whitmore, and Emma Whitmore land in Town of Mt. Desert (1914); Sale by Ansel Manchester to Warren Whitmore in Northeast Harbor (Town of Mount Desert), 1887 Letter from A.H. Lyman to Sans S. Whitmore enclosing receipt for $5.00, which Sans's son paid to him; letter also states that the mortgage is enclosed. 1899 Includes 1915 receipt for $570.66 (based upon CPI equals 13636.68 in 2016) from Smalley, Hobbs & Hunter Marble and Granite Cemetery Works for curbing (?) and posts, marker and inscription; note from A.H. Lynam indicating enclosure of two deeds from the late Sans S. Whitmore, and brief undated newspaper clipping noting the death of Mary H. Whitmore in Seal Harbor. [show more]
Description: Six-page manuscript about the history of Seal Harbor, its hotels, summer residents, homes (cottages), workers, library and how the summer and year-round residents worked closely together. The author notes that this is the text of a talk she gave for an Acadia Senior College course on the history of MDI. No date is given for the manuscript or for the talk.