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Acadia National Park: It's Growth and Development by George B Dorr
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Dorr - George Bucknam Dorr (1853 - 1944)
  • 1948
  • Acadia National Park
  • Copyright Undetermined
Description:
Hard cover book, green cover embossed with gold lettering. Written by George B Dorr.
Acadia National Park: It's Origin and Background by George B Dorr
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Dorr - George Bucknam Dorr (1853 - 1944)
  • 1948
  • Acadia National Park
  • Copyright Undetermined
Description:
Hard cover book, green cover embossed with gold lettering. Written by George B Dorr.
Turn Home
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine village life - Fiction
  • Mayo, Eleanor
  • 1945
Turn Home
Tremont Historical Society
Description:
Bub Dolliver returned home to stay in Minot Harbor, Maine. A former town terror, he hoped to erase his past from the long memory of the villagers and make them accept him as a responsible, hard working member of the community. Book was made into a film noir, Tarnished, by Republic Pictures 1950. Originally published by William Morrow & Co. 1945
The Last Resorts
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Recreation
  • Amory, Cleveland
  • 1948.
The Last Resorts
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Describes how the great resorts have fallen
Birds of Mt. Desert Island Acadia National Park.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Natural History
  • Tyson, Carroll S. and James Bond.
  • 1941.
Birds of Mt. Desert Island Acadia National Park.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Baymeath
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Cottages
  • Bowen, Louise deKoven
  • 1945
Baymeath
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Written when author was 85 years old, an account of her family's times at "Baymeath" in Bar Harbor. Preface is written to her grandson, Capt. Wm. McCormick Blair, Jr., who was serving during WWII in India.
The Social Service Review
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book, Journal
  • Other, Miscellaneous
  • 1941
The Social Service Review
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Volume XV of the Social Service Review, in which LaRue Spiker has written an article titled "Rural Housing Conditions in an Illinois Township".
Handicrafts of New England
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Handicrafts
  • Other, New England
  • Eaton, Allen H.
  • 1949
Handicrafts of New England
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Includes background of pilgrim and arts and craft handicrafts as well as woodworking, spinning, weaving, knitting, dying, pottery, carving, needlework, silversmithing, and more.
Summer Yesterdays in Maine: Memories of Boyhood Vacation Days
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine
  • Recreation
  • Sperry, Willard L.
  • 1941
Description:
A reminiscence by the author of his vacation days beginning in 1885 and continuing for about 40 years in York Co., Maine. He pays special tribute to the illustrator, Charles H. Woodbury
More Vacation Days in Maine. Signed by the author.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine
  • Recreation
  • Hasenfus, Nathaniel J.
  • 1949
More Vacation Days in Maine. Signed by the author.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Sequel to We Summer in Maine by same author, but exploring further to such places as Boston, Bar Harbor, Bangor, Harpswell, Camden, Pemaquid, Mohegan [sic] and Moosehead Lake.
Windswept
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Fiction
  • Other, Maine
  • Chase, Mary Ellen
  • 1941
Windswept
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
This is a work of fiction by Maine writer Mary Ellen Chase. It is Inscribed “Harriet S. Sanderson, January 1942” on title page and appears to be a first edition. A review by Bess Jones from an unidentified source is pasted inside the back cover.
Early American Decoration
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Art
  • Other, Antiques
  • Brazer, Esther Stevens
  • 1947
Early American Decoration
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Gives information about the techniques of decorating early American furniture, walls, tinware, etc. and also gives instructions about how to do that oneself. Covers stenciling, applying gold leaf, japanning, oil-painted boxes and chests Envelope inside front cover contains cut stencils.
Land of Enchantment: The Penobscot Bay - Mount Desert Region of Maine.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Penobscot Bay
  • Stiles, Dan
  • 1946
Description:
A brief history of the region with special attention to Belfast, Camden, Rockland, Castine, Deer Isle and Stonington, Mount Desert and Bar Harbor, Vinalhaven and North Haven, and smaller islands (Isle au Haut, Swan's, and others). Map of area inside front and back covers. Virginia Somes Sanderson's bookplate inside front cover
The Flower Guide: A Pocket Manual of the Wild Flowers East of the Rockies.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Flowers
  • Reed, Chester A.
  • 1940
Let’s Look Around
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Fiction
  • Other, Reading
  • Arthur I Gates & Jean Ayer
  • 1940
Let’s Look Around
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
short stories for teaching reading, pronouncing dictionary.
John D. Rockefeller 1839-1937 Industrial Pioneer and Man
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • People
  • 1948
John D. Rockefeller 1839-1937 Industrial Pioneer and Man
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
A Biography of John D. Rockefeller 32 pages for the Newcomen Society of England in North America by W. Trevor Holliday
Maine Province and Court Records Vol. 3
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Law & legal affairs
  • Other, Maine
  • Moody, Robert E., ed.
  • 1947
Maine Province and Court Records Vol. 3
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Reprint of the first three volumes of six that were published by the Maine Historical Society between 1928 and 1975. Vol. III contains the Province of Maine Records 1680-1692.
The Story of Bar Harbor: an Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, History
  • Hale, Richard Walden Jr.
  • 1949
Description:
History of Bar Harbor from approximately 1800-1950 According to the introduction, this book was written to "find out what had made it [Bar Harbor] what it was". The book was written at the time of the Bar Harbor fire and covers early explorers and claimants, settlers, town of Eden, artists, cottagers, summer colony, and more.
Rumford Complete Cook Book
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Wallace, Lily Hayworth
  • 1945
Rumford Complete Cook Book
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Reprint of earlier (1908 cookbook); inscribed "Eva Bordeaux Oct. 25, 1946". Preface indicates that Rumford was the first "to issue booklets and folders on better cooking" 85 years before this edition
Bo, The Cave Boy
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Wilber Fiske
  • 1944
Bo, The Cave Boy
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1 copy of Bo, The Cave Boy, by Wilber Fiske. Stamped Seal Harbor School Library on inside cover.
Loom of the Land
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Mayo, Eleanor R.
  • 1946
Loom of the Land
Tremont Historical Society
The Weir
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine - Fiction
  • Moore, Ruth
  • 1943
The Weir
Tremont Historical Society
Harriet Hinton diary
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • 1/1/1943
Harriet Hinton diary
Tremont Historical Society
Description:
Harriet Hinton diary 1943 forward Very brief entries of no more than 3-4 lines. Often mentioning the weather, or endless chores of the household. Not much glimpse of feelings or emotions. Amongst the items found with her diary is a small paper with 6 “rules to live by”? 1. When asked for an opinion, find out what the asker prefers, and agree. 2. When asked questions about anybody, answer “I don't know”. 3. Don't bore people with your own plans and affairs. Keep quiet. Listen to them and agree. 4. Ask no favors of anyone unless absolutely necessary. 5. Don't borrow or lend, you'll lose a friend. 6. Never offer any information or suggestions. Entertainment and interaction seemed to come from visits with neighbors or women's “club” meetings, as well as frequent and regular visits to McKinley or Southwest Harbor to see movies, often with Paul. Harriet was a devoted mother, centering much of her life around Paul and his activities. She also spent much time with and leaned on her parents. When she was not feeling well, her mother often filled in for her at the post office. During the especially busy Christmas season when mail bags were very heavy, both her mother and Paul would come in to the post office to help. During the summer season, mail deliveries came twice daily, but the rest of the year, it was once a day, and then often hours late, due to weather. The otherwise quiet winter weeks were marked by the arrival of the Sears and the Montgomery Ward catalogs. In September of 1943, there was a gas shortage. Harriet and Paul made trips to Ellsworth in hopes of filling their gas tank. The water supply for the family came from a cistern. During cold weather, when many months would go by with no rain, the cistern would get low or dry up altogether. In February of 1944, Harriet wrote that the cistern ran out and Paul and his grandfather carried water from the McDuffie's well. During this month, Harriet mentions that Paul went roller skating in Trenton. 1944 brought an outbreak of Scarlet Fever to the community. In July, Harriet recorded that a blimp came down in the water off Mount Desert. In December, she notes that there was talk about a boat torpedoed at Mount Desert Rock, with many dead. [show more]
Elizabeth Harkins' address book, c. 1943
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book, Address Book
  • Other, addresses
  • 1943
Description:
Elizabeth Harkins' address book, c. 1943
Navigational and Nautical Astronomy
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Dutton, Commander Benjamin
  • 1942
Navigational and Nautical Astronomy
Tremont Historical Society
Description:
A textbook on navigation and nautical astronomy , 7th Edition Prepared or the instruction of medshipmen at the United States Naval Academy First Edition was 1926