Description: Per introduction by Robert Pyle: "Written in the 1930's and scanned from a copy preserved by Elmer H. Cousins and supplies by his nephew Dana R. Haynes in 2012." Refers to numerous people and places.
Description: Notes (5 versions)about the club, giving names of members, items sewed, plans to raise money to buy hearse, organ, build sidewalk, fence around Brookside Cemetery. Library, church parish house, Somesville School House also mentioned.
Description: Collection of 13 plays; titles are: A Case for Sherlock Holmes by Gladys Ruth Bridgham Caste by T.W. Robertson Cousin Faithful by Julie M. Lippmann A Scrap of Paper, Comic Drama in three acts by J. Palgrave Simpson His Heroine by Margaret Louise Holbrook The Snowball, a Farce-Comedy in three acts, by Sydney Grundy Betsy Baker by J. Maddison Morton The Trouble at Satterlee's by Louise Latham Wilson The White Silhouette and other acting monologues, by Evangeline M. Lent The Blundering Mr. Brown, a comedy in three acts, by Harold Hale If I Had A Thousand A Year, by J.M. Morton The Brixton Burglary, by Frederick W. Sidney Billy's Bungalow, by Eleanor Maud Crane A Kettle of Fish (adapted from the German), by Franz von Schonthan Parted by Patience, by Bessie Blair Smith [show more]
Description: Scrapbook filled with miscellaneous newsclippings related to Mount Desert Island, the surrounding area, items of cultural interest, WWII and the Smith, Somes and Stanley families.
Description: Diary and other narrative material written by Marian Lawrence Peabody. Includes description of summer life on MDI, social life in Boston, wartime experiences and events, travels to California, Paris and other locations, and the Claremont Hotel. Black binder has been included in the collection. There is substantial duplication between the material in folders and in the black binder (which was marked "May to Dec 1917"). Much of the material was incorporated in the book "To be Young was Very Heaven," with Mrs. Harold Peabody listed as the author. Also included are letters from Craig Wylie of Houghton Mifflin and Anne Ford about difficulty finding copies of the book in stores. THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GIVEN ONLY THE ACCESSION NUMBER, AS OF DECEMBER 12, 2007. Individual items have not been numbered or catalogued. [show more]
Description: All by Adelma Somes Joy: “Somes Sound must have been one beautiful place." Recalls arrival of Abraham Somes, the oak trees on oak hill, Ebenezer Sutton, and Denning’s Pond. "Years ago when we had the telegraph..." Recalls advances in technology, balloons, and flight. Northeast Harbor Women's Literary Club talk , Jan. 30, 1920. Plans to travel abroad, give clothing to naked Africans, open beauty parlor. "That Old Reed House." Mrs. Reed was her grandfather's sister; house near Jim's Cove. "My first recollections of life..." Recalls her grandparents' house in 1838. Also separate essay, "Grandfather's House." Reminiscences of Somesville #6. Recalls naming of Somesville, old roads, school house, industry, and tanning pits. Two Letters from Adelma Somes Joy to Harriet Somes Sanderson, Aug. 10, 1929. recalls Col. Black House in Ellsworth, Episcopal Church at Seal Cove, Bp. Manning, church sales, other historical notes. "Memories" of her father. History of Somes and Richardson families. [show more]
Description: Advertisement for Bay View House in Pretty Marsh. W.H. Freeman, proprietor. "THE SCENERY IS GRAND AND UNSURPASSED, THE SAILING, FISHING AND BATHING FACILITIES ARE UNEXCELLED IN MAINE. HOUSE ONLY FIFTEEN RODS FROM SHORE BEACH." Mentions local farm suppliers of meat and vegetables.
Description: Copy of advertisement for Freeman House in Pretty Marsh. "Chicken and Shore Dinners at SHORT NOTICE"; "TEAMS TO LET"; "Dancing Pavilion annex"
Description: Collection of poems and thoughts by friends of Emma's in autograph book form. Emma Somes was the sister of Thaddeus Somes. She died age 22.