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You searched for: Date: 1950sType: Publication
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Inquiry into the Salem Witch Trials
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Massachusetts
  • Other, Witchcraft trials
  • Starkey, Marion L.
  • 1950
The Book of American Clocks
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Clocks & watches
  • Palmer, Brooks
  • 1950
The Book of American Clocks
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Gives background of clock and watch making in America; illustrates types of clocks and watches; gives list of makers and information about them. Also gives a brief history of American timekeeping.
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Glassware
  • McKearin, Helen and George S.
  • 1950
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Gives the history of blown glassmaking from colonial days to othe modern period; covers tableware, flasks, molded glass, and more.
New England Clocks at Old Sturbridge Village
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Clocks & watches
  • Fennelly, Catherine
  • (1955).
New England Clocks at Old Sturbridge Village
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Florida Hideaway from All Florida Magazine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Writers
  • 7/29/1958
Florida Hideaway from All Florida Magazine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article titled Florida HIdeaway from the All Florida Magazine 7/29/1958 Previously accessioned as **1958, object id **1958
Spiker, LaRue defense of peace petition
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Other, Politics
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 7/21/1950
Spiker, LaRue defense of peace petition
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article signed by LaRue Spiker and Iola Klaas in defense of her peace petition which demanded the outlawing of atomic weapons. Explains her concern about being questioned by police while circulating her petition and loss of her job as a child welfare worker. 2 pages.
Bar Harbor Tourism
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Acadia National Forest
  • Other, Bluenose Ferry
  • Other, Camping
  • Other, Motels
  • 1956
Bar Harbor Tourism
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article about revival of tourism since the fire. Role of Bluenose Ferry Previously archived as 011.FIC.54.3
New Signs in Acadia National Park
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • 1959
New Signs in Acadia National Park
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
LaRue Spiker article on new signage in the park
Summertime Sailors Take Over Maine Coastal Towns
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Northeast Harbor
  • Other, Sailing
  • 1955
Summertime Sailors Take Over Maine Coastal Towns
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Full page article in Bangor News entitled Summer Sailor Take Over Maine Coastal Towns. Focus is NEH. many photographs Previously accessioned as 007.120
40 Hayseeders And 700 Guests Prepare for 60th Annual Ball 1954
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Hayseeders Ball
  • Other, Way Back Ball
  • Other, Waybackers
  • 2/21/1954
Description:
Newspaper article describing the plans for the 1954 Hayseed Ball (Feb. 21, 1954). The Hayseeders were originally organized as the Waybackers, according to the article. This event was held at the Bar Harbor Casino and was the 60th such event. Photocopy Another photocopy of newspaper article of 84th event. "Annual Hayseeders Ball to feature the yesterdays." Another Photocopy of newspaper article, It's time to Swing 'Em at the Way Back Ball. the 75th event. [show more]
Bar Harbor Times 5/31/1956
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Bluenose Ferry
  • Other, High Schools
  • Other, Masons
  • 1956
Bar Harbor Times 5/31/1956
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Articles on Bluenose, SWH Masonic Lodge 100th anniversary, editorial on need to build HS. 553 students in 3 Island high schools
The Courier-Journal Magazine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Ecology
  • People
  • 1957
The Courier-Journal Magazine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
An article titled "The Vanishing Herb Gatherer" by LaRue Spiker, and also a small piece about LaRue herself. Her article is about the work of Sim Brackett, one of the few remaining people in 1957 who still gathered herbs in the local area, to sell. 3 copies of the newspaper.
Comeback of a Shabby City
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Writers
  • 12/5/1959
Comeback of a Shabby City
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Torn out pages of Saturday Evening Post. Article by Roul Tunley about the refurbishment of Philadelphia. Research for an article by LaRue Spiker. Previously accessioned as **1934, object Id 2001.1934
McKinley Minstrel Cast
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Structures, Civic, Entertainment
  • 3/2/1950
McKinley Minstrel Cast
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Listing of the members of the cast of a benefit Minstrel Show presented by the Willing Workers of the McKinley church.
The Skipper
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Yearbook
  • Other, History - Mount Desert
  • Other, History - Northeast Harbor
  • Other, Schools
  • 1957
The Skipper
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1957 Yearbook from Mount Desert High School, Northeast Harbor, Blue Cover, black and white photographs
Jeb Ellis of Candlemas Bay
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Moore, Ruth
  • 1952
Jeb Ellis of Candlemas Bay
Tremont Historical Society
Description:
Juvenile or Young Adult version of the novel Candlemas Bay. Version written by the author Ruth Moore.
A Fair Wind Home
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine - Fiction
  • Moore, Ruth
  • 1953
A Fair Wind Home
Tremont Historical Society
Description:
The adventures of the Ellis family in eighteenth-century Boston...including the real story of Ringgold the Pirate
A Fair Wind Home
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine Fiction
  • Moore, Ruth
  • 1953
A Fair Wind Home
Tremont Historical Society
Description:
The adventures of the Ellis family in eighteenth-century Boston...including the real story of Ringgold the Pirate
John Saltonstall, 77, kills attacking shark
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • 1955
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
John Saltonstall, 77, kills attacking shark
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Newspaper clipping, Boston Globe, 5 Aug 1955, "John Saltonstall, 77, kills attacking shark", with photo of John Saltonstall, also with envelope that held the clippings
Candlemas Bay
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine - Fiction
  • Moore, Ruth
  • 1950
Candlemas Bay
Tremont Historical Society
Cold as a Dog and the Wind Northeast
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Poets, American- Maine
  • Moore, Ruth
  • 1958
Cold as a Dog and the Wind Northeast
Tremont Historical Society
Description:
The Ballad of the Night Charley Tended Weir The Ballad of Long-Gone Jones The Ballad of Willy The Ballad of The Three Green Waves The Ballad of Tryphosa's Husband The Ballad of The Mermaid
Speak to the Winds
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine - Fiction
  • Moore, Ruth
  • 1956
Speak to the Winds
Tremont Historical Society
Speak to the Winds
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine - Fiction
  • Moore, Ruth
  • 1956
Speak to the Winds
Tremont Historical Society