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| Cemeteries and Burial Sites in Trenton, Maine: A recording of the information found on the cemetery stones in Trenton, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Cemeteries and Burial Sites in Trenton, Maine: A recording of the information found on the cemetery stones in Trenton, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Includes map of Trenton indicating cemetery locations; lists cemeteries with names and dates of those buried in them. | ||
| List of Vessels Built: Mount Desert, Cranberry, Tinker’s, Thompson’s, and Long Island (Frenchboro) Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  List of Vessels Built: Mount Desert, Cranberry, Tinker’s, Thompson’s, and Long Island (Frenchboro) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Arranged chronologically; gives date, place built, name of vessel, description, and owners | ||
| A Day's Work: A Sampler of Historic Maine Photographs, 1860-1920, Part II Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  A Day's Work: A Sampler of Historic Maine Photographs, 1860-1920, Part II Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: This is the second volume of the series about economic activity, covering the period from the end of the Civil War to the end of World War I. | ||
| Important Maine Maps, Books, Prints and Ephemera Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Important Maine Maps, Books, Prints and Ephemera Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Catalogue Raisonne for Public Auction July 10, 2003 of property of Edward V. Thompson. Sections cover: Part 1: Maine History and law Part 2: Northeastern Boundary Controversy and "Aroostook War" Part 3: Maine Maps Part 4: Two Maine Pioneers Part 5: Maine Geology Part 6: Maine Steamboats and Railroads Part 7: Mount Desert Island Part 8: The Maine Woods Part 9: Maine Cities and Towns Insert shows estimated pre-sale prices | ||
| Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: In the words of the introduction, written by Robert R. Pyle, this book "preserves the memories relevant to understanding the roots of communities on Mount Desert Island." It includes sections on Savage's ancestors and the history artists, tourism, and recreation on the island; his education and training and photographs and descriptions of buildings designed by him in Northeast Harbor, Islesboro, and Bar Harbor. | ||
| The Seasons of New England Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Seasons of New England Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Spanierman Gallery catalog of 1998 exhibit of Robert Emmett Owen's paintings. Owen dedicated his career to painting the New England landscape | ||
| Steam to the Summit: The Green Mountain Railway, Bar Harbor’s Remarkable Cog Railway Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Steam to the Summit: The Green Mountain Railway, Bar Harbor’s Remarkable Cog Railway Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: From 1883 to 1890 a cog railway ran up the slopes of today's Cadillac Mountain; the railway was the inspiration of Francis (Frank) Clerque. | ||
| Summers With Percy Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Summers With Percy Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A biography of Percy Thompson Reed, who was born on Mount Desert Island in 1917, and was the caretaker for the author's wife's family in Northeast Harbor, Maine. | ||
| Registry of Maine Toolmakers
vol. IX Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Registry of Maine Toolmakers
vol. IX Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Included information on the Robert Merchant Wantage Rule, Berwick, Maine 1720 | ||
| Finding Aid for Islesford Wharf Collection, Islesford Collection Inc. Collection U.S. Lifesaving Station Collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Finding Aid for Islesford Wharf Collection, Islesford Collection Inc. Collection U.S. Lifesaving Station Collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Guide to the William Otis Sawtelle collection of documents for 1915-1935; these include receipts, correspondence, and ledgers. Related works are the Islesford Collection Inc. Collection and the U.S. Lifesaving Station Collection. | ||
| Finding Aid for Cranberry Isles Collection 1596-1982 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Finding Aid for Cranberry Isles Collection 1596-1982 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Describes materials collected from various sources by William Otis Sawtelle, who founded the Islesford Historical Museum on Little Cranberry Island. | ||
| A Building History of Northern New England Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  A Building History of Northern New England Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Guide to understanding old buildings, written especially for home-owners in northern New England. Discusses evolution of building technology from log buildings through framed houses, evolution of style, and evolution of key features. | ||
| Living on the Edge: A Guide to Plants of the seaside and salt marsh and animals and algae of tide pools Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Living on the Edge: A Guide to Plants of the seaside and salt marsh and animals and algae of tide pools Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Describes the habitats (sand, cobbles, salt marsh, tide pools) of the plants and animals found by the sea; includes photographs, Latin names, and descriptions of the plants, algae, and animals. | ||
| Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A comprehensive record of names and dates on gravestones in cemeteries of Bar Harbor, Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, and Tremont. The records are arranged by cemetery; an index refers to last names in each cemetery. | ||
| Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A comprehensive record of names and dates on gravestones in cemeteries of Bar Harbor, Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, and Tremont. The records are arranged by cemetery; an index refers to last names in each cemetery. | ||
| Descendants of Peter Stanley 1539-15-83, Ashford, Dent, England Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Descendants of Peter Stanley 1539-15-83, Ashford, Dent, England Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Extensive genealogy of the Stanley, Spurling, and Bunker families. | ||
| A History of Little Cranberry Island, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  A History of Little Cranberry Island, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: The author grew up on Little Cranberry (Islesford). Chapter titles include Pioneer Settler Families (Stanwoods, Stanleys, Gilleys, Bunkers, Spurlings, Hadlocks), Farming and Fishing, Arts and Entertainment, Summer Colony, Winter Living, Great War, World War II, as well as sections on schools, roads, churches, and more. | ||
| The Creation and Growth of Acadia National Park Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Creation and Growth of Acadia National Park Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Copy 1 (for the archives) of Paul Richardson's manuscript about Acadia National Park with particular emphasis on the carriage roads and bridges and their construction. Includes a map and pictures and an appendix with a description and technical information on all carriage road bridges. A bibliography and index are included. "A Gift from Paul S. and Dorothy L. Richardson to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society." Fifty copies were given to the Historical Society for distribution locally. [show more] | |||
| Asticou's Island Domain: Wabanaki Peoples at Mount Desert Island 1500-2000. Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Asticou's Island Domain: Wabanaki Peoples at Mount Desert Island 1500-2000. Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Acadia National Park Ethnographic Overview and Assessment Volume 1 and Volume 2 This two-volume historical-ethnographic overview of Acadia National Park spans almost 500 years and covers a wide coastal stretch between Penobscot and Gouldsboro Bays – and sometimes much beyond. Such breadth of coverage is necessary in order to take in the park’s center piece on Mount Desert Island, plus Isle au Haut and Schoodic Peninsula, along with various land holding arrangements (including easements) on numerous offshore sea-islands in this area.1 The study explores the shifting but ongoing relationship between this habitat and Wabanaki peoples – a group of northeastern Algonquianspeaking ethnic groups or tribal nations today distinguished as the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot. [show more] |
| Writing on stone : scenes from a Maine island life Tremont Historical Society |
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| Writing on stone : scenes from a Maine island life Tremont Historical Society Description: A moving personal account of how the life of an island, past and present, shapes and transforms the unexpected loss of a son | ||
| In Danger At Sea Tremont Historical Society |
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| In Danger At Sea Tremont Historical Society Description: Book on the adventures and life at sea of the author Capt. Samuel S. Cottle, who grew up in Rhode Island in a fishing family. | ||
| Against the machine : the hidden Luddite tradition in literature, art, and individual lives
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| Against the machine : the hidden Luddite tradition in literature, art, and individual lives
Tremont Historical Society Description: Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-388) and index | ||
| Working the sea : misadventures, ghost stories, and life lessons from a Maine lobsterfisherman Tremont Historical Society |
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| Working the sea : misadventures, ghost stories, and life lessons from a Maine lobsterfisherman Tremont Historical Society Description: "A first-person account of life in the fishing communities of coastal Maine"- | ||
| Memories of a Lifetime, a collection of observations and poetry Tremont Historical Society |
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| Memories of a Lifetime, a collection of observations and poetry Tremont Historical Society Description: This collection brings together his observations and poetry of racial strife and poverty he encountered in his travels, as well as his life on the coast of Maine. | ||
| Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the towns of Mount Desert Island : a record of dates on gravestones in cemeteries of Bar Harbor, Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, and Tremont Tremont Historical Society |
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