Description: Bright yellow envelope To Mrs. Mary Newman, East Eden from Miss Reliance, Biddeford? Sept 11 "To let her know how poor Jane is.." "She is so dour? in her face" She wants you to come visit
Description: To Mary Newman, Oct 12, 1870, Belfast from Nellie M. Pierce We (presumably George Pierce) and Nellie arrived in Belfast bound for Bangor She was over to Jane's when she was home. "She was real Smart. So that she had been down to the harbor that day that I was there....that thing that she has got there was gone and mother if I had her to live with I would clear her out in no time time for she hasn't so good as ? eat....She thought that she could get along along (probably alone)" [show more]
Description: To George Newman from daughter, Charlotte Newman Charlotte is disturbed about lies. "To think that I was so foolish to believe them." "to think taht if I had a man as that I would live with him no not if he was made of gold. I have had enough to make me ?.. he dose (sic) not drink nor play the hore (sic) ses that I know of and that is more than some of them. Can't tell whether she is referring to the liar. ("I heard that cad sade that (Unidentified) she wanted me to come up She had a lot of old clothes to give her. "She had better keep them." Edwin wrote her. " I do not want any better man to me than I have got." [show more]
Description: Genealogy of the Freeman Family of Pretty Marsh, donated by Gail Reiber. Much of the material had been compiled by Alice M. Smith. Also correspondence between Edna Hysom and Hazel Hammond, her cousin. Pages not numbered or counted at time of cataloging.
Description: Genealogy of the Bartlett and Young families of Pretty Marsh and Bartletts Island. Largely compiled by Edna Hysom and donated by her daughter Gail Reiber. Extensive information on Bartletts Island. Valuable material! Pages not numbered or counted at time of cataloging.
Description: Background notes for LaRue Spiker Article (Somesville) Genealogy of Richardson Family, Jane Montgomery beginning with James Richardson 1730 and Rachel Gott 1730, Ezra Dodge joined First Maine Heavy Artillery, correspondent for the Herald Previously archived as 012.FIC.005.1
Description: Type written notes which are background information for an article LaRue Spiker was writting. Appears to be oral history by EMH wh was the mail carrier (postman) from the Narrows (head of the Mount Desert Island to Southwest Harbor) from 1836 to 1837; discusses other post offices p. 11 Dodge Poem regarding Ship's Harbor by Col. James Crockett, Rockland Account by Viola Mace about her Grandmother Robinson account of meeting an Indian named, Big Wolf.Account is from Ansel Mace in 1970, Southwest Harbor Genealogy of Daniel Gott and Rachel Littlefield Genealogy of William Lawler as written by Mrs. Eugene Theriault Discussion of Battle of Norwood Cove, 1812 Interview with John Carroll (1960) Discussion of Estelle Benson Stanley to get funding for the educatin of lighthouse keepers children, called the Superintendent of light house children and Work among Light House Station Superintendent (appears to be a department of Maine government) Previously archived as 012.FIC.005.2 [show more]
Description: Type written documents. Appears to be excerpt from book by John Muir; excerpt form book by Herbert Edgar Holmes; excerpt form the Jounal of Henry Edward Napier, Lieutenant on the Nymph, 1814; newspaper article from the Bar Harbor Tourist, 1880 about a boat excursion around the island Excerpt about Rachel Field Previously archived as # 012.FIC.005.4
Description: Typewritten Docs on the Rodick family for an essay LaRue Spiker was writing. Excerpt from Story of Bar Harbor, 1949; 50 years ago Bar Harbor Record excerpt (nd); genealogy of Rodicks; 4 pp; 9pp on the Rodick House Previously archived as #012.FIC.005.6
Description: Typewritten docs Excerpt from To Be Young... by Marian Lawrence Peabody, 5 pp. Green Mountain Railway schedule Previously archived as #012.FIC.005.5
Description: Alphabetical list of Mount Desert Island Odd Fellow and Rebekah officers from 1921-1988, compiled by Bill Skocpol based on Constance Robbins' collection of proceedings.
Description: Somesville Village Improvement Society taken out. 1st page can see some writing on the page. Treasurers account begins on p. 64 Begins with July 3 1914 meeting to establish the Somesville Village Improvement Society By-laws F.F. Dresser chosen as chairwoman. M.L. Allen as secretary
Description: Somesville Village Improvement Society taken out. 1st page can see some writing on the page. Treasurers account begins on p. 64 Begins with July 3 1914 meeting to establish the Somesville Village Improvement Society By-laws F.F. Dresser chosen as chairwoman. M.L. Allen as secretary