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Saved by A Great White Elephant Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Saved by A Great White Elephant Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Article about the Turrets, on College of the Atlantic campus, from Oct. 1985 Down East magazine. | |||
Blue Lobsters, Old Ghosts: A Visit to Bar Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Blue Lobsters, Old Ghosts: A Visit to Bar Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Overview of Bar Harbor and surroundings in Islands magazine. | |||
Marguerite Yourcenar: After 300 years, a woman writer (from Maine, "Mon Dieu"), joins "The Immortals" of France Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Marguerite Yourcenar: After 300 years, a woman writer (from Maine, "Mon Dieu"), joins "The Immortals" of France Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about writer Marguerite Yourcenar's acceptance as first woman into the Académie Française. Published in People Magazine, May 5, 1980. | ||
Bowdoin remembers: Marguerite Yourcenar 1903-1987 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Bowdoin remembers: Marguerite Yourcenar 1903-1987 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Short article remembering French Academy writer Marguerite Yourcenar. "For 40 years, one of the most respected French writers of the century lived in a small resort town in Maine - and from time to time visited Bowdoin." Published in Bowdoin magazine, Spring 1988. Vol. 61, No. 3 - An issue devoted to writers. | ||
Maine's Little-Known 'Immortal" Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Maine's Little-Known 'Immortal" Northeast Harbor Library Description: Short article about French Academy writer Marguerite Yourcenar's quiet life in Northeast Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1982. | ||
Four Special Summer Places: 1 Northeast Harbor, Maine's snuggest harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Four Special Summer Places: 1 Northeast Harbor, Maine's snuggest harbor Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about many Northeast Harbor summer and year-round families (Mellon, Milliken, Peabody, Strawbridge), organizations (Cranberry Club) and places in town. Published in Town & Country, July 1985. | |
Bass Harbor Head Light Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Bass Harbor Head Light Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about Bass Harbor Lighthouse published in "The Islander Magazine", July 1982 Item also contains a chronology of Bass Harbor Head Light (photocopy). | |
Shore Village Museum, Rockland, Maine Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Shore Village Museum, Rockland, Maine Northeast Harbor Library Description: Several publications regarding the Shore Village Museum in Rockland, Maine: - "Lighthouse Keeper's Lament", by Ken Black, May 7, 1981 - "The Pilot Psalm", by Ken Black - "Rockland Museum displays Petit Manan Light lens", by Ken Black, March 6, 1983 - "Maine's Lighthouse Museum", by Bill Caldwell, Portland Press Herald, April 3, 1983 - "Lighthouse postcard collection 'mushrooming', says museum here", by Ivy W. Dodd, The Courier Gazette, September 3, 1983 [show more] | |
The Redoubtable Lady of Reef Point Northeast Harbor Library |
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| The Redoubtable Lady of Reef Point Northeast Harbor Library Description: Biography of Beatrix Farrand with focus on the development Reef Point gardens, her summer home in Bar Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine in July 1985. | |
The Redoubtable Lady of Reef Point Northeast Harbor Library |
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| The Redoubtable Lady of Reef Point Northeast Harbor Library Description: Short biography of Beatrix Farrand - her family background, her education, her focus on her Reef Point Gardens in Bar Harbor, and her landscape projects, including the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller garden in Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1985. | |
Maine's Rockbound Classic Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Maine's Rockbound Classic Northeast Harbor Library Description: Description, with photographs, of the Walter Harrison designed house "Anchorage" built in 1939 for Nelson Rockefeller in Seal Harbor. Owned by Dodie Ford in l979. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1989. | |
Allied Whale Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Allied Whale Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about the development and research of the cetacean program "Allied Whale" with its field station on Mount Desert Rock, run by Ann Rivers and Steve Mullane. | |
Venturing up Somes Sound Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Venturing up Somes Sound Northeast Harbor Library Description: A sailing tour up Somes Sound, the only true fjord on the Atlantic Coast, noting geographical and historic landmarks such geographical landmarks and historic places such as the village of Somesville, Hall Quarry, and Valley Cove. Published in Down East Magazine, June 1980. | |
Gardens by the Sea Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Gardens by the Sea Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article with photographs of several formal gardens, public and private, on Mount Desert Island. Beatrix Jones Farrand, renowned landscape architect, designed as many as 40 gardens on the island. Published in Connoisseur, August 1984. | ||
Reaping the Sea Breezes Off the Coast of Maine Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Reaping the Sea Breezes Off the Coast of Maine Northeast Harbor Library Description: Northeast Harbor Fleet host International One Design (IOD) races. Colored photographs by Brundage and Litchfield. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1983. | ||
Mitchell Of Maine Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Mitchell Of Maine Northeast Harbor Library Description: Short biography of Senator George Mitchell, Maine native and summer resident of Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, November 1988. | ||
Who Killed Captain Rumill? Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Who Killed Captain Rumill? Northeast Harbor Library Description: Edna Hysom of Pretty Marsh recalls the story of the disappearance of Capt. Edwin Rumill of Pretty Marsh from the schooner Rumill from the schooner "Harry A. Berwind" off the North Carolina coast in 1905. Published in Down East Magazine, September 1989. | ||
Keeping Up A Great American Tradition Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Keeping Up A Great American Tradition Northeast Harbor Library Description: Biographical sketch of Susan Mary Alsop and detail of interior design of her Georgetown home developed by Mrs. John Pierrepont. | ||
Beatrix Farrand Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Beatrix Farrand Northeast Harbor Library Description: Biography of Beatrix Jones Farrand including her landscape philosophy, her education, and descriptions of several of her designs (Dunbarton Oaks; The Aerie). Published in "Horticulture" February 1985. | ||
The Contours of the Past Northeast Harbor Library |
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| The Contours of the Past Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article with Photographs and diagrams of the gardens of Thomas and Mary Hall on Peabody Drive, Northeast Harbor. | ||
God's Tugboat Northeast Harbor Library |
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| God's Tugboat Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about the origins and purpose of the Maine Seacoast Mission's boat, Sunbeam, which visits outlying islands providing spiritual services. | ||
Beatrix Farrand Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Beatrix Farrand Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about Beatrix Farrand, landscaper. Has an accompanying Photograph copy of a letter to the editor from the March 8, 1985 Bar Harbor Times about the article. |