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Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
The Child’s First Reader
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Reading
  • Other, Schools
  • Town, Salen, LLD
  • 1977
The Child’s First Reader
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Facsimile of the 1848 ed. prepared for a living history program in Livermore, Maine
The Second Reader, consisting of easy and progressive lessons
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Reading
  • Other, Schools
  • Town, Salem, LLD
  • 1978
Description:
Reprint of 1848 edition prepared for the living history program in Livermore, Maine.
Old Time Tools and Toys of Needlework
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Art, Needlework
  • Other, Handicraft
  • Other, Textiles
  • Whiting, Gertrude
  • 1971
Old Time Tools and Toys of Needlework
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Illustrates and describes uses for beeswax, winders, reels, swifts, scissors, thimbles, pincushions, shuttles, and more.
Obituary notice L Francis Herreshoff
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • 1972
Obituary notice L Francis Herreshoff
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Time magazine obituary notice for L. Francis Herreschoff, Dec. 1972 Previously accessioned as 007.140
Biography of Walter Keith Shaw
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • W. K. Shaw, Jr.
  • 1970
Biography of Walter Keith Shaw
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Newsletter Volume 3 Number 1
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • January 1977
Newsletter Volume 3 Number 1
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Newsletter from the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, Volume 3, January 1977, No. 1. Contains sections and articles giving information about places on MDI and the work that the Historical Society is doing.
Newsletter Volume 3 Number 3
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 07/01/1977
Newsletter Volume 3 Number 3
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Third newsletter from the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, continuing topics and sections from the first of volume 1.
Newsletter Volume 4 Number 2
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • April 1978
Newsletter Volume 4 Number 2
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Newsletter from the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, Number 2 of Volume 4. Edited by Virginia Somes Sanderson.
Newsletter Volume 4 Number 4
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • October 1978
Newsletter Volume 4 Number 4
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Newsletter from the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, Number 4 of Volume 4. Edited by Virginia Somes Sanderson.
Newsletter Volume 2 Number 2
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • March 1976
Newsletter Volume 2 Number 2
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Newsletter of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, Number 2 of Volume 2.
Newsclipping: “An Old Time Sawmill Still Operates in Somesville” December 21, 1974
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Industry
  • 12/26/1974
Description:
Newsclipping: “An Old Time Sawmill Still Operates in Somesville” by LaRue Spiker December 26, 1974. Previously accessioned as #0707, Object Id 011.FIC.72.2
Newsclipping: “Frances J. Richardson” June 24, 1978.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Obituary
  • 1978
Newsclipping: “Frances J. Richardson” June 24, 1978.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Newsclipping: “Frances J. Richardson” June 24, 1978. Previously accessioned as **0736, Object Id 011.FIC.77.1
Newsclipping: “Somes honored on 50th Anniversary” January 19, 1978.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Obituary
  • 1978
Description:
Newsclipping: “Somes honored on 50th Anniversary” January 19, 1978. In reference to Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Somes. Previously accessioned as **0737, Object Id 011.FIC.77.3
Newsclipping - Downeast Enterprise “Steamship Sapph and Waukeage Ferry” 1978.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Transportation - water
  • 1978
Description:
Newsclipping - Downeast Enterprise “Steamship Sapph and Waukeage Ferry” 1978. Previously accessioned as **0759, Object Id 011.FIC.84.1
Ellsworth American “Computer and Tradition Meeting in Boatyard” April 28, 1977
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Technology
  • Other, Transportation - water
  • 1977
Description:
Ellsworth American “Computer and Tradition Meeting in Boatyard” April 28, 1977 by LaRue Spiker. John Williams boatyard. Previously accessioned as **0786, Object Id 012.FIC.022.3
Transcription of Eleanor Mayo's Interview of Emily Rich Trask (1884-1981)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Other, Business & finance
  • Other, Oral history
  • People
  • Eleanor Mayo
  • 1975
Description:
Transcription of Eleanor Mayo's Interview of Emily Rich Trask (1884-1981) . The interview took place on January 20, 1975. Emily Trask was the daughter of John M. and Charlotte Kelley Rich, and the sister of Lillian Rich Reed.
As Maine Goos [sic]
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Other, Miscellaneous
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 3/3/1970
As Maine Goos [sic]
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Draft of an article submitted to Nation on 3/3/70. As Maine Goos [sic] by LaRue Spiker. 6 pages. Previously accessioned as **1157, Object Id **1157 and 013.FIC.30.28
The Town of the Five Islands: A Thumbnail Sketch of Cranberry Isles, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Essay
  • Ted Spurling
  • 1979
Description:
Essays on the settlement, history and way of life on Great Cranberry, Little Cranberry, Sutton, Baker and Green Islands. Graphics by Rose Russo Crooker. Lists early settler families. Describes the visit of the Russian vessel Cimbria in 1878.
Growth: A Question of Balance, Voter, Vol. XXVII #4
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • League of Women Voters
  • 1978
Growth: A Question of Balance, Voter, Vol. XXVII #4
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
29-page booklet about effects of continued growth including discussion of poverty, unemployment, environment.
Pretty Marsh Subdivision Stirs Residents' Concern
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
  • 07/03/1975
Pretty Marsh Subdivision Stirs Residents' Concern
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Ellsworth American article describes controversy concerning proposed development by Herbert Mayer of NY.
"Automobile War" on MDI Was Long and Spirited
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Buckboards
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1978
"Automobile War" on MDI Was Long and Spirited
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Jan. 5, 1978 newspaper article from Ellsworth American recounting arrest of Sim Mayo for civil disobedience (driving automobile), banning of driving autos on certain roads; 2 photos: cars on road above Eagle Lake, buckboards in front of Bass Cottage, Bar Harbor.
Daniel Sullivan History
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, 74th Regiment
  • Other, Allegiance
  • Other, American Revolution
  • Other, Board of War
  • Other, Castine
  • Other, Economic & social conditions
  • Other, Economic aspects of war
  • Other, General Court
  • Other, Gouldsboro
  • Other, Lincoln County Militia
  • Other, Machias
  • Other, Militias
  • Other, Sullivan
  • 1976
Daniel Sullivan History
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lists Officers Noncommissed officers and Privates, Captain during American Revolution
Hall Quarry Granite
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Booth Bros. Company
  • Other, Hurricane Island Granite
  • Other, McMullen Construction
  • Other, Quarrying
  • Other, Standard Granite Company
  • 1977
Hall Quarry Granite
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article on Hall Quarry Granite Nov 1977 By LaRue Spiker Previously archived as 011.FIC.71.9
Wedding announcement of Mary Amelia Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Anniversaries
  • Other, Blacksmithing
  • Other, Retirements
  • 12/22/1977
Wedding announcement of Mary Amelia Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wedding announcement of Mary Amerlia Somes January 31, 1899. Previously archived as 011.FIC.77.4
Man Finally Deserts Mt. Desert Rock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Coast Guard
  • Other, Hurricanes
  • Other, Lighthouse keepers
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Mount Desert Rock
  • LaRue Spiker, writing for Ellsworth American
  • 11/17/1977
Man Finally Deserts Mt. Desert Rock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article discusses the automation of Mt. Desert Rock Lighthouse and the end of need to man the lighthouse. History of the lighthouse and its manning by the U.S. Coast Guard is discussed.