Description: A historical account of St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, a gothic church in Northeast Harbor. Begins with preface written by the Reverend Douglas M. Morrill and in the main text covers the history of the church beginning in 1879 and continuing through to 1981. The book also includes an appendix with sections listing gifts to the church and St. Jude's Church, visiting clergy, memorial windows, gifts, and plaques, the vestry, and centennial committee. [show more]
Description: Mount Desert Island League of Women Voters Bulleting with President's Message, Financial Report Nominating Committee Report, 1987/88 agenda. Patty Letcher President. Major local issue impact of development, pollution monitoring
Description: Audio recording of oral history interview with Gladys Butler. Interview with Alice Long, at the home of Gladys Butler, head of Somes Sound, Butler Road. 1989 Interview originally conducted as part of the Southwest Harbor Library oral history collection.
Description: Audio recording of Interview with Elizabeth and Stanwood King.at the home of Mr. King, Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor. Conducted by Esther Rodick, Southwest Harbor Oral History Society, August 14, 1989
Description: "Old Yellow Building" more recently known as the Higgins Store, anitiques store (as of 2011). History of the building, handwritten by unknown person. original copies of newspaper story.
Description: Contents On the Lamb by Peter Ralston What is a Conservation Easement? by Davis Hartwell Maine's Islands of Life by Kent Womack God's Tugboat by Rev. Stanley Haskell Oh, Buoy: Saved by the Bell Fishermen's Sons by Mike Brown Trap Limits: The Bottom Line on Swan's Island Stirring Up the Waters Radio Waves: News from Offshore Before Us by Art Spiess On Islanders by George Putz Profile: Ernest Maloney Wall Street East: Island Technology by Lance Lee Seguin: The Small & Shining Object by John Garber Windjamming by Capt. Jim Sharp Schooner Ear by Peter Drury Arch Island Boats Getting There, Being There by Henry Taft Puffin Redux by Philip Conkling Peregrine Hacking Eagle Scouting Allied Whale Fellow Competition Lights Lost by Stephen G. Perrin Light Lived by Delia Mae Farris [show more]
Description: Contents Criehaven by George Putz Profile: Grand Dames of Criehaven Schools on Islands A Special Kind of Childhood by Jane Radcliffe Casco Bay: Islands on the Urban Edge by Jeffery Clark The Stone Coast by Philip Conkling Profile: Everett Baum, Paving Cutter by John Van Sorosin Summer Ma'ams by Mike Brown Airmail by Peter Ralston Steamboating by Clayton Gross The Evolution of the Jonesport Lobster boat by Michael Crowley & John Carter Toy Boats by George Putz Coastal Kayaking by David R. Getchell Jr. To Catch a Herring by George Putz Island Aquaculture: Notes on Growing Your Own by Edward Myers A Gulf Divided by Michael Crowley Danny Ames, Lobsterman: A New Generation Gets Down to Business by Jane Day Gulls vs. Terns by Philip Conkling Whale Ashore by Steven Katona Avian Cholera by Elizabeth Cary Pierson Gunning Rocks by David R. Getchell Sr. Radio Waves: News from Offshore Saved! History of the Life Saving Service in Maine by Wick York Damariscove Station by Douglas Alvord [show more]