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Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Colby’s Atlas of Hancock County Maine 1881
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Atlas
  • Other, Hancock County
  • Colby, George N., ed.
  • 1881.
Colby’s Atlas of Hancock County Maine 1881
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Colby's Atlas of Hancock County Maine
Mount Desert Herald, Julne 21, 1883
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • 1883
Mount Desert Herald, Julne 21, 1883
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Single issue for June; contains local news as well as advertisements and summaries of national news.
Ladies Home Companion
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • 1887
Ladies Home Companion
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Only 16 pps., probably not entire issue. Contains articles about poultry raising, painting on china, making honey, remedy for moths, practical housekeeping, summer millinery, fancy work, and advertisement for baking powder, rug machine, magic lantern, razor-steel knife, and more.
New England Fireside
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • 1888
New England Fireside
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Christmas edition. Includes advertisements for stamping patterns, paper hangings, tooth powder, liniment, and more. Also Illustrations and stories.
Face To Face, Trifet's Monthly Galaxy of Music
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Musical Composition, Sheet Music
  • 1887ca.
Face To Face, Trifet's Monthly Galaxy of Music
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Sheet music for listed titles; also "The World's Method for Cornet and Sax-horn". "Face to Face" is by Herbert Johnson
Copy of West Point Park, Mount Desert, 1888
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, History - Mount Desert
  • Other, Maps
  • 1888
Copy of West Point Park, Mount Desert, 1888
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Print of plan of house lots and streets on the estate of Ephraim W. Freeman at West Point Park, Mount Desert, Maine, 1888. Drawn by James E. Stone, Civil Engineer, Boston, Mass. Shows: West Point Avenue, Mt. Desert Avenue, Freeman Street, Forest Park Avenue, Liber Street, Glenn Street, Dale Street, Eden Street; indicates Blue Hill Bay. Even though it is a print, the print may be from the early 1900s. Scale: 1 inch=80 feet There are two (2) copies of this map. [show more]
Receipt for Items purchased in Store
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Higgins Brothers [store]
  • 1887 (?)
Receipt for Items purchased in Store
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Receipt for boots, hat, shoes, peas, corn, tea, and more issues by Higging Brothers, dealers in Dry Goods and Groceries, Flour and Corn, Paints and Oils, Ready-made Clothing, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes. Store apparently was in Bar Harbor.
1880 Champlain Society. | Report of the Meteorolical. Department by Samuel A. Eliot | Cambridge | 1881.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Eliot, Samuel A.
  • 1881
Description:
Three pages cut off the back of the notebook.
Meservey’s Book-Keeping,
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Business & finance
  • Meservey, A.B.
  • Brown and Company, 1882.
Meservey’s Book-Keeping,
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
The Summer School of Philosophy at Mt Desert.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Early tourism
  • Mitchell, J. A.
  • 1881
The Summer School of Philosophy at Mt Desert.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Illustrations with some text on Mount Desert.
National Archives Reproductions
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • 1880
National Archives Reproductions
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
A CD disc that contains four photographs from the National Archives of Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse and shoreline, Swans Island, Maine. This CD was purchased by John Bryan, author, and donated to MDIHS along with an article about the lighthouse written for Chebacco, Vol VIII, 2006-2007. Images are not owned by MDIHS. But, images from the National Archives may be used if provenance noted. These images are in tif format and high resolution, suitable for reproduction. [show more]
The Complete Arithmetic, Oral and Written
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Mathematics
  • Greenleaf, Benjamin
  • 1881
The Complete Arithmetic, Oral and Written
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The Complete Arithmetic, Oral and Written
Map of Mount Desert Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • Colby & Stuart
  • 1887 (image)
Map of Mount Desert Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black line print of existing map. Size: 15" by 20"
Glimpses of Three Coasts.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, California
  • Other, England
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Miss Mary Somes signature
  • Other, Norway,Denmark, Germany
  • Other, Oregon
  • Other, Scotland
  • Jackson, Helen
  • 1886.
Glimpses of Three Coasts.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Miss Mary Somes's signature is on front page and date. Book is about other coasts, not Maine. From the Somes House.
Kings of the Battlefield
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Military history
  • Ramey, W. Sanford
  • 1883
Kings of the Battlefield
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Stories of warriors.
A Practical English Grammar...
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Grammar
  • Raub, Albert N.
  • 1880.
A Practical English Grammar...
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Grammar rules with exercises. written on back page: We went down by about half past three, there was a gray headed man with him. I did not know who it was untill he spoke. I was out side of the road picking flowers, as I did not have anything else to do. I got all ready to go to S. School. Why didn't you go. Because is would not change my dress again. Mother said it was going to rain and I could not ware (sic) my gray dress.
A Graded Spelling Book
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Spelling
  • Other, Textbook
  • Harrington, H.F.
  • 1883
A Graded Spelling Book
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
"Being a Complete Course in Spelling for Primary and Grammar Schools."
McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Reading
  • Other, Schools
  • 1881
McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Incorporates phonic, word, and alphabet methods; includes exercises in writing in script letters and in reading same.
Gospel Hymns No. 4
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Hymn Books
  • Sankey, Ira D., James McGranahan, & Geo. C. Stebbins
  • 1881
Gospel Hymns No. 4
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Stated on cover: "As Used by Them in Gospel Meetings." Publ. by John Church & Co, Cincinnati. Contains title and first line index.
Gospel Hymns No. 5
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Hymn Books
  • Sankey, Ira D., James McGranahan and George C. Stebbins
  • 1887
Gospel Hymns No. 5
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Stated on cover: "For use in Gospel Meetings and other Religious Services; with standard selections." Publ. by Biglow & Main, NY. Contains title, first line and topical indexes. Handwritten inside cover: "Mrs. _.A. Rumill, Pretty Marsh, Maine, July 26, 1890"
Letter to Eugene Stanley re account of his father
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Bain Russell & Co.
  • 1887
Letter to Eugene Stanley re account of his father
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter to Mr. Stanley indicating "unsettled accounts for a number of years" for a total of $59.35. Bain Russell & Co. are Ship Stores and Ship Chandlery in Portland, Maine; Mr. Stanley's father had recently died, apparently at sea, for mention is made in the letter of recovering the body.
The Home Library of Useful Knowledge.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Business
  • Other, Etiquette
  • Other, Handbook
  • Peale, R.S., ed.
  • 1883.
The Home Library of Useful Knowledge.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
A Complete Cyclopedia of Reference. Bound into the front is a Home Library Association Certificate of Membership, No.293316, certifying Mr. L. Allen as a member. Certificate dated Aug. 17, 1889.
Book of Common Prayer.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Prayer
  • Other, Religion
  • 1883.
Book of Common Prayer.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
"And Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America." Marked on back cover: St. Mary by the Sea.
The Normal Fourth Reader
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Readers
  • Other, Reading
  • Raub, Albert N.
  • 1884.
The Normal Fourth Reader
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Inscribed in front: Carrie K. Wiggins, West Eden, Maine
A Geneaolgy and Historical Notices of the Family of Plimpton or Plympton in America and of Plumpton in England.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Plimpton family
  • Chase, Levi B.
  • 1884
Description:
Handwritten notes by Virginia Somes Sanderson in front.