Description: 008.103.3a - Map of Pretty Marsh area showing owners of plots (1 of 3 copies) 008.103.3b - Aerial photograph of Pretty Marsh, Bartlett's Landing area. 008.103.3c - Plan (April 1958) showing property of John D. Rockefeller Jr. et. als. 008.103.3d - Topographic map, 1:24,000, Acadia National Park & Vicinity (1956) 008.103.3e - Mount Desert Zoning map, 1964 008.103.3f - Mount Desert Zoning map, 1964 008.103.3g - Map of Pretty Marsh area showing owners of plots (1 of three copies) 008.103.3h - Map of Pretty Marsh area showing owners of plots (1 of three copies) [show more]
Description: Three unknown men removing trees between Old Somesville Firehouse and Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen's Building Dec 8, 1960
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 ,
Description: Small blue booklet, souvenir program from meetings of Odd Fellows in Lincoln, Maine, sponsored by the Lincoln Encampment. Watson C. Robbins, Grand Patriarch.
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.
Description: Plans for a camp for Mrs. Vincent Astor, Indian Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, west elevation,1963, copy of blue print and pencil on paper, (2 copies)
Description: Record book kept by the secretary of the Past Noble Grands Club containing meeting minutes and a list of past noble grands. Last entry made 1/16/1968.
Description: Name tag and ribbon from the International Convention of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs held in Minneapolis, Sept. 21-25, 1964. Program for Annual Sessions of Grand Lodge I.O.F. of Maine, Grand Encampment I.O.O.F. Of Maine, Rebekah Assembly I.O.O.F. of Maine
Description: Magazine containing article by LaRue Spiker, titled "The Tundra Meets the Temperate Zone". About the geological formation and modern appearance of Mount Desert.
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.
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.
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.
Description: Oil painting of Surf at Seawall, by Howe D. Higgins. Inscription on the back: "Surf at Seawall, Mount Desert Island, Me, Painted by Howe D. Higgins, 1963, At Harborside Studio, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Description: This map show roads, boundaries, woods, fields, and land ownership by name (Richardson, Vollmer, Russell, Grant, Pray, Harkins. The state highway is given as "258" Size: Approx. 30" X 20" Needs folder.
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]