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Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Genealogy of the Somes family in Canada
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Genealogy
  • W.F.S
  • 1/28/1987
Genealogy of the Somes family in Canada
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photocopy of 2 p. genealogical chart beginning with Richard Somes, born in 1788, and ending with descendants born in the 1970's.
Death Record for Jacob Richard Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Death Record
  • Other, Death
  • Office of the Registrar General, Ontario, Canada
  • 7/31/1981
Death Record for Jacob Richard Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Record of death in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada, of Jacob Richard Somes on Februaru 15, 1913.
Comment on the Canadian Somes and Discussion of Variant Spelling of Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Names
  • W.F. Somes
  • 1/28/1987
Description:
Photocopy of handwritten document discussing the genealogy of the Somes who emigrated to Canada and particularly the question of whether people with the surnames Somes and Solmes are of the same family.
Biographical Notes on Somes of Colonial Massachusetts
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Religion
  • Other, Witchcraft
  • 1984
Biographical Notes on Somes of Colonial Massachusetts
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photocopy (2pp.) of handwritten notes pertaining to various members of the Somes family in colonial Mass. Notes were taken from the source: "Commerce and Culture, The Maritime Communities of Colonial Massachusetts, 1690-1750" by Christine Leigh Heyrman publ. by W.W. Norton Co., New York, 1984.
Letter Pertaining to Somes Genealogy
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Genealogy
  • William F. Somes
  • 1/28/1987
Letter Pertaining to Somes Genealogy
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photocopy of letter to Virginia Somes Sanderson discussing Somes family genealogical research. Letter also describes attachments which are cataloged separately in this Somes folder.
Letter Describing her Family Connection to Somesville, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Lenora Hicks Frewin
  • 1981
Description:
Photocopy of 1p. letter to Ms. Sanderson discussing family connection with Somesville, Maine.
Genealogical Timelines
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Margaret J. Bailey
  • 1981
Genealogical Timelines
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two genealogical timelines: 1)Ancestors of Abraham Somes and Hannah Herrick and 2)Somes, Bailey, Herrick, Haskell, and Babson timeline.
Dow Family Biographical Information
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Manset Methodist Church
  • Irene Dow Purdie
  • 1985
Dow Family Biographical Information
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two typewritten pages by Irene Dow Purdie regarding her ancestors John Ware Dow and John Wesley Dow. Both Dows had a connection to Mount Desert Island.
Who"s Who: Two John Dows of Cornville, Somerset Co.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Ruth E. Dow
  • 1980
Who"s Who: Two John Dows of Cornville, Somerset Co.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two photocopied pages taken from "Downeast Ancestry", Vol. 4, No. 3, October 1980. They present biographical information on Dow families.
Letter from Sanderson to President of the MDI Historical Society
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • 1981
Description:
Typewritten letter from Sanderson concerning details of her proposed donation of money to fund construction of a bridge to connect old and new MDI Historical Society buildings in Somesville.
Letter from Stanley to Virginia Somes Sanderson
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Ralph Stanley, President of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1981
Letter from Stanley to Virginia Somes Sanderson
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Handwritten letter from the MDI Historical Society thanking Virginia Somes Sanderson for her donation of funds for construction of a bridge over Somes Brook in Somesville between two MDI Historical Society buildings. Details of the bridge construction are noted in the letter.
Letter from the MDI Historical Society to Virginia Somes Sanderson
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Emma Richards, Secretary, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1982
Description:
Letter from the MDI Historical Society to Virginia Somes Sanderson thanking Sanderson for her gift of funds for construction of an arched footbridge between two buildings of the Historical Society in Somesville.. A resolution of the Society commending Dr. Sanderson and her book, "The Living Past" is also discussed in the letter.
Letter from Sanderson pertaining to the Footbridge donation
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • 1982
Description:
Handwritten letter of appreciation from Sanderson to the Secretary of the MDI Historical Society.
Official Documents pertaining to Footbridge Construction in Somesville
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Permission, Permit
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1981
Description:
Building and land use permit applications and building permit for construction of footbridge between two MDI Historical Society buildings in Somesville.
Drawing for New Museum Building, Somesville, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Building Committee
  • 1981
Drawing for New Museum Building, Somesville, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Six pages of architectural drawings for planned MDI Historical Society building at State Route 102 and Oak Hill Rd, Somesville, Maine. Drawings include Title Page with General Conditions, Floor Plan, Section, South Elevation and Elevations.
Purpose and Requirements of New Museum Building
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Report, Administrative Report
  • Other, Mount Desert Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • MDI Historical Society Board of Directors
  • 1980
Purpose and Requirements of New Museum Building
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photocopy of three page typewritten report from the MDI Historical Society Board of Directors to the Building Committee describing the purpose, physical requirements and cost factors associated with construction of a new museum building.
Letter from McGiffert to Nelson ? Regarding New Museum Building
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • McGiffert, Cushman
  • 1981
Description:
Two page typewrittten letter discussing display requirements for a new musuem building to be build in Somesville.
Bids on Construction of New Museum Building for MDI Historical Society
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Specification
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Construction
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Various Constractors
  • 1981
Description:
Six sheets containing five bids by various contractors for construction of new museum building in Somesville for the MDI Historical Society.
Building and Land Use Permits
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Permission, Permit
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Other, Permits
  • Town of Mount Desert, Maine
  • 1981
Building and Land Use Permits
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Building Permit (one page) and Land Use Permit (one page) issued by the Town of Mount Desert, Maine, to the MDI Historical Society for construction of a new museum building in Somesville, ME.
Letters to Bidding Contractors on New Museum Building
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Construction
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1981
Letters to Bidding Contractors on New Museum Building
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two double sided typewritten sheets containing carbon copies of letters to bidding contractors on new museum building for MDI Historical Society. Letters inform contractors that a contractor had been chosen.
Deed Conveying Land from Emily Grindle to the MDI Historical Society
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Land transfer
  • Other, Mount Desert Historical Society
  • Frederick Burrill, Attorney
  • 1981
Description:
Deed 1975 and letters of conveyance documenting the sale of land in Somesville, ME, from Emily Grindle to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society on April 23, 1981.
Southern environmental reporting trip1
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Bar Harbor Times
  • Other, Cajuns
  • Other, Reporting
  • Other, Writing
  • 1985 ?
Southern environmental reporting trip1
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Undated letter to ? Starts letters Dear_ Appears to be in or just been in Kountze, Texas at Big Thicket National Preserve. Discusses Cajun Country. Needs to write a column for the Bar Harbor Times. Going to Rockport, Texas handwrittennote.jpg (2 p) Previously archived as 012.FIC.042.14, **1351
Trip narration letter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Environment
  • Other, National Wildlife Refuges
  • 1985
Trip narration letter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
This is possibly the beginning letter, 12/4/1985 of her environmental trip from Smithville, NY Discusses going throuhg Mass, NY, Delaware ,VA. Mentions lumbering practices. Going to Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Suffolk, Virginia. had been to other national wildlife reguges. Discusses treatment of brown skins and black skins. Mentions a letter from Sam waiting for her, not attached. Previously archived as 012.FIC.042.16, **1350 [show more]
Environmental Narration Letter -Tivoli, TX
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Environment
  • Other, Mexico
  • Other, National Wildlife Refuges
  • 1986?
Environmental Narration Letter -Tivoli, TX
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
In a trailer park by the Guadalupe.Went to Mexico. Got stopped to be searched Drugs. Returning to Big Thicket Previously archived as 012.FIC.042.17, **1351
Environmental narration-Port Isabel, Tx
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Environment
  • 1986
Environmental narration-Port Isabel, Tx
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
On the gulf. Discussed going to Arnasas National Wildlife Refuge. Wants to go to Mexico Previously Archived as Object id 012.FIC.042.18, **1352