Description: Duard Garver, age 72 died March 1, 2000. he spent most of his life painting water tanks. He also worked as a varnisher, deckhand and rigger. He and his wife lived in Manset and during retirement he worked at the Somesville One Stop.
Description: Joan Staats, scientist and librarian, died at 78 on April 13, 2000. Joined the Jackson Laboratory as science technician in 1949 and became its librarian . She had to rebuild the library of resource materials after the fire of ‘47 and until her death was an invaluable resource of knowledge for the staff. She was active in AAUW, served on various community committees. The article is very detailed.
Description: Anna Flagg Johnston Wellington died on Feb. 29,2000 at her home in Southwest Harbor. She was active in sports, tennis and golf and served on the board of the SPCA shelter in Southwest Harbor.
Description: Anna Scott Kennedy, schoolteacher and MDI summer resident, died April 28, 2000. Lived at Lilac Hill in NE Harbor with her husband Morehead Kennedy. Article goes into detail about her life.
Description: Julia B. Smith, 86died March 25, 2000. Last surviving sibling of Samual and Effie Bryant. Began her working career as cook for Mrs. John Somes.
Description: Joseph Test, age 90. Well known restaurateur in Bar Harbor. The article describes his early life and how he came to Bar Harbor as well as current details.
Description: An audio recording of an oral History Interview with Emma Richards (Interviewed by Charlotte Singleton), February 5, 2007 Emma grew up in McKinley (Bass Harbor)
Description: Interview and discussion of boat building on the island with Lyford Stanley, Jock Williams, Roxanne Lewis, Janet Strong, Scott Swann. February 4, 2009 75 minutes The audio recording has been copied into this record in a "CDA" format because we were unable to convert the disc format into a MP3 file. Some media players are unable to play a CDA format file.
Description: Interview with Nat Fenton about the inauguration 2009. Interview conducted at the home of Nat Fenton in Lamoine, by Kathy Miller, President, MDI Historical Society. Part of a series of interviews of impressions on the inauguration of Barack Obama, President.
Description: Audio recording of oral history interview of Lovie Lunt Peck interviewed by Jaylene Roths ,2000. Date, place, and accurate name for interviewee not included in the audio tapes. Needs to be further verified for this record. Ms. Peck is called "Louine" in the interview. What is the accurate name and spelling?
Description: Written transcript of Caretakers and Cooks A panel discussion, April 2003 This is a written transcript of the panel discussion, probably held at the Southwest Harbor Public Library. Audio file is attached to 010.FIC.144.12 Transcript file is attached to this record. Printed transcript is located in archives, as noted on location tab.
Description: A videotape of Cannery Women, 3/24/06 SWH Library Video tape recording of a panel discussion and history night at the Southwest Harbor Library, March 24, 2006. Part of the March series of Women in History. Interviews were modertated by Charlotte Singleton, ED of MDI Historical Society. Taped by John Hewlett. Additional copy of the video is located at the Southwest Harbor Library. This video can be viewed from the original disc, located in the Sound Schoolhouse Archival Storage, Box #68 or through the multimedia links to the files provided within this record. There are three multimedia files which currently need to be played in succession. No "autoplay" connects the three separate media files. [show more]
Description: A viedotape of a program, "Corner with a Past: Roberts Corner" sponsored by the MDI Historical Society and the Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve, February 16, 2006, at the Sound Schoolhouse. Program about the tearing down of a house located at the intersection of Route 198 and Route 3, Asticou, and its history. Video available for viewing either in DVD format of through the multimedia link with this record.
Description: Audio recording of interview with Rick Savage, Sydney Roberts Rockefeller, Scott and Keating McFarland by Martha Dudman. Related to 2008 inauguration. Transcript is in Archival Box #44A, accession number 010.FIC.028.
Description: Audio recording of Pasture to Pantry presentation by John Clark and Bill Sweet, descendants of owners of extinct dairy farms on Mount Desert Island. Presentation at the Annual Meeting, 9/17/03, of the Mount Desert Historical Society.
Description: Audio recording of oral history interview with Sherwood (Sherdy) Carr. Interview conducted in the Somesville Schoolhouse by Janet Strong, March, 2007.
Description: CD-R containing 2002 oral history interview of Mount Desert dairy farmer John Fernald. Interviewer: Jaylene Roths. Transcript located in Box 44A, Folder 2, accession #002.094.2437.
Description: Interview of Mount Desert dairy famer John Kief. conducted on two dates: January 2, 2002 and March 20, 2002. Interviewer: Jaylene Roths. Interview conducted at Sonogee Care in Bar Harbor, Maine
Description: 2002 oral history interview of Hulls Cove dairy famer John Sweet Interviewer: Jaylene Roths. 2 disks. Transcript in Archival Box #44A, accession number 002.093.2450
Description: Interview of Louise Sawtelle Libby , 2001. Interviewed by Leza Colquohn as part ot the Southwest Harbor Public Library Oral History collection. There are four interviews conducted on: July 11, 200l; September 6, 2001, October 9, 2001, and March 14, 2002. Original tapes of these interviews are in the Southwest Harbor Public Library collection. Written transcripts of these interviews exists in the MDI Historical Society Archives.