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| The Cracker Barrel Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Cracker Barrel Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Illustrations and anecdotes dedicated to the general store | ||
| ABC Book of Early Americana Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ABC Book of Early Americana Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Illustrations of early American tools and articles | ||
| Forest Trees of Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Forest Trees of Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society | |||
| Historical Notes on Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Historical Notes on Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society | ||
| Edith Hamilton; An Intimate Portrait Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Edith Hamilton; An Intimate Portrait Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: This book describes Edith Hamilton's life and her work with Greek and Roman mythology and history. She summered in Seal Harbor for several years and loved Mount Desert Island so much that she bought a summer house in Seawall in 1917 where she spent a great deal of time, including the winter of 1926. | ||
| Jones Tracy, Tall Tale Teller from Mount Desert Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Jones Tracy, Tall Tale Teller from Mount Desert Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Vol X in Northeast Folklore Series, published in 1968. Tall tales and anecdotes about MDI families (Manring, Smallidge, Carroll, Holmes, Somes, Storer and Reed among them) and particularly about Jones Tracy (1856-1939). | |||
| The American Builder's Companion Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The American Builder's Companion Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: The American Builder's Companion | |||
| Edith Hamilton: an Intimate Portrait Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Edith Hamilton: an Intimate Portrait Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Biography of Edith Hamilton, who lived for awhile at Sea Wall. Inscribed Marion Holmes in front. | ||
| History of the Maine Woods. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| History of the Maine Woods. Mount Desert Island Historical Society | ||
| Green Grows Bar Harbor: reflections from Kebo Valley Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Green Grows Bar Harbor: reflections from Kebo Valley Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: History of Bar Harbor, with photographs by Sargent Collier. Includes chapters on Acadia National Park, social and club life, island laboratories, Bar Harbor-Yarmouth ferry, Fire of 1947, Kebo Valley Golf Club, Bar Harbor Club, Pot and Kettle Club, the Building of Arts, Great Automobile War. Mentions performances of the Boston Symphony at the Building of Arts. | ||
| "Childhood Memories" -- Emma Reed Richards Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| "Childhood Memories" -- Emma Reed Richards Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A 7-page handwritten memoir of Emma Richards' childhood in Bass Harbor. | ||
| Native Birds of Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Native Birds of Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Indicate the habitats of all the birds that breed on or near MDI during the past fifty years. Ian Fleming named his James Bond after the well known ornithologist who summered in Pretty Marsh. (description added by AC 2011) | ||
| Down Memory Lane Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Down Memory Lane Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Emily Phillips Reynolds memoir of her childhood and early days in 1900's. | ||
| Robert Swain Peabody of Peabody and Stearns in Boston the Early Years (1870-1886) Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Robert Swain Peabody of Peabody and Stearns in Boston the Early Years (1870-1886) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Doctoral thesis on Robert Swain Peaboy, design partner in prominent Boston architectural firm Photocopy only - probably a gift of author, Wheaton Arnold Holden | ||
| Life Magazine, Mar. 13, 1964 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Life Magazine, Mar. 13, 1964 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Issue contains Part I: The First World War. Cover photo of British wounded, Western Front, May 1917. | ||||
| Life Magazine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Life Magazine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: a-Life magazine for Nov. 29, 1963; photograph of President John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 on cover. Editorial: The President's Empty Chair Articles: Murder of the President; Lyndon Johnson, the 36th President; Intimate Memory of John Kennedy b- Life Magazing October 2, 1964, The Warren Report: How the Commission Pieced Together the Evidence , | ||||
| Record book for traveling crooks, Watson Robbins Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Record book for traveling crooks, Watson Robbins Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Small journal kept by Watson Robbins containing records of his traveling crooks including dates, locations, mileage, and new members. Last emtry 4/28/1964. | |||
| Frontiers - A Magazine of Natural History Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Frontiers - A Magazine of Natural History Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Magazine containing article by LaRue Spiker, titled "The Tundra Meets the Temperate Zone". About the geological formation and modern appearance of Mount Desert. | |||
| In Wildness is the Preservation of the World Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  In Wildness is the Preservation of the World Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Porter's photographs set side-by-side with selected Thoreau writings... | ||
| The Indian Heritage of America. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Indian Heritage of America. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Addresses stereotypes and diversities, early man in America, and Native American tribes, as well as native people in Central and South America, and Canada. | ||
| An Investigation of the Granite Quarry Industry in Hancock County, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| An Investigation of the Granite Quarry Industry in Hancock County, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Study of granite industry in Hancock Co., Maine, after Civil War to locate major quarry sites, ownership of quarries, types of granite products, characteristics of granite centers, and causes for the decline of the industry. | ||
| The Right People: The Social Establishment in America Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Right People: The Social Establishment in America Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A witty account of Society and Real Society in America; Northeast Harbor, the Pot and Kettle Club, prep schools, debutante traditions, Junior League, are among the institutions mentioned. | ||
| A Study of Summer Visitors' Facilities in the Town of Mount Desert, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  A Study of Summer Visitors' Facilities in the Town of Mount Desert, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Prepared for the Summer-Year Round Resident Planning Committee of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce. Includes land use maps of Otter Creek, Seal Harbor, Bracy Cove, Northeast Harbor, Somesville, Pretty Marsh. The overall objective was to find ways and means to guide the coourse of change while maintaining the basic character of the community; find ways to achieve growth of the permament summer community. Includes study of hotel/inn and restaurant facilities to see if they are adequate. Among the findings: lengthening season, more older permanent summer residents; need for basic recreational facilities, expansion and modernization of Bar Harbor airport; light housekeeping rental cottages;better shopping and marine services on Sea St. in Northeast Harbor [show more] | |||
| Friendly Village Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Friendly Village Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Reading textbook ( no local relevence found) | ||
| Know Your Antiques Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Know Your Antiques Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: How to recognize and evaluate any antique--large or small--like an expert. This is a general guide covering paper, glass, furniture, pottery and porcelain, clocks, and more. |