Description: Chebacco: The Magazine of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society (continues The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society) Vol. VI, 2004 Godly Discipline and Charitable Walking: The Congregational Church of the Town of Mount Desert--the First Fifty Years by Michael MdGiffert Icy, Corkscrew and Whalesback: Discriptive Terms in The Placenames of Mount Desert Island by Henry A. Raup George Dorr's Vision for "Garden Approaches" to Acadia National Park by Ronald H. Epp Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959) by Patrick Chasse A Russian in Retrospect: Lev Vladimir Goriansky by Carl Little Local Color: Charmian Kittredge London by Ralph W. Stanley The Sketch of the Life of Nicholas Thomas of Eden--Written by himself August 6th 1857--Age 78 Review: A Transcription of Trenton's Cemeteries, So They Are Not Forgotten by Seth Singleton [show more]
Description: Chebacco: The Magazine of the Mount Desert Historical Society Vol. X, 2009 Two Voices, One Island: A Dialogue by John R. Gillis and Christina Marsden Gillis The Future of MDI's Natural World by Ruth Gortner Grierson The Cobbler's: A Somesville Home for the Generations by Thomas Dresser Island Poets and Poems: Nancy Dew Taylor, Anne Mazlish, Hellmut Juretschke, Christime Chronis, Carl Little The Memorials of Acadia National Park by Don Lenahan Nabobs of the Northeast by Jerry Miller Lyford Stanley: A Maine Boat Builder Remembered, Reminiscences of Friends and Family [show more]
Description: The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Vol. III, 2000 C.C. Little and the Founding of the Jackson Laboratory by Martha Harmon The Episcopal Church Comes to Mount Desert Island by The Rev. Edwin Atlee Garrett, III, Th. M. Making America Work: A Look at Chriatians and Jews on Mount Desert Island by Judith Goldstein Review--A History of Bartlett's Island, Mount Desert, Maine by Michael McGiffert
Description: The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Vol. V, 2003 Transcription of the Early Records of Mount Desert by Patti Leland-Hanson Boatbuilding During World War II: MDI, Ellsworth, Stonington & Blue Hill by Ralph W. Stanley Establishing Dr. Abbe's Museum in Mr. Dorr's Park by Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D The Green Mountain Railway: Bar Harbor's Remarkable Cog Railroad by Peter Dow Bachelder Preview--The Story of Mt. Desert Island and Acadia National Park by Anne Funderburk Review--Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert Island by Michael McGiffert [show more]
Description: The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Vol. IV, 2001-2002 LaRue Spiker and "America's Most Beautiful Island" by Elizabeth Redhear A Playground Contested: Bar Harbor Natives and Rusticators, 1875-1925 by Lynne Nelson Manion College of the Atlantic: The First Three Decades by William Carpenter Review--A History of Little Cranberry Island, Maine by Michael McGiffert Review--The Story of Mount Desert Island by Carl Little [show more]
Description: A home recorded videotape that includes video footage of a presentation by Ralph Stanley and Jaylene Roths at a public meeting, probably in 2000. Tape label indicates that the tape is the "Property of Mary Jones".
Description: Map of the Coast of Maine, Published by George H. Walker & Co. Boston, 1893. Shows counties and towns; Matinicus Isle, Monhegan, designated "plantation." "Chas. A. Cary, Bowdoin '10, 9 S. Appleton Hall," written on margins. Scale: 5" = 20 miles
Description: A reference book with genealogy and family stories of the ancestors and descendants of Augustus Charles Savage and Emily Manchester of Northeast Harbor, Maine
Description: Black binder containing background information about Somesville Homes for 2007 Walking Tour, Brochure, Historic District Status. Includes maps, descriptions of homes and owners (Richardson, Somes) and copy of newspaper article (no source or date) about razing Somesville Post Office.
Description: A CD that contains photos taken by Annette Carvagal, 2008. Photos on this disc were used in preparation and for display in an exhibit during late summer and Fall, 2008, at the Somesville Schoolhouse, "Get the Inside Story" 200 Years of Lifestyles and Homes on MDI". Photos are not individually catalogued. The disc is stored with information about the exhibit in a 3-ring binder located in the Research Library.
Description: Report prepared by Bill Skocpol regarding activities of the MDI Odd Fellows lodge during the middle of the 20th century. Report based on the Constance J. Robbins papers which he acquired at an auction in 1999. Report includes graphs of membership levels, photocopies of photographs, and summary narrative.
Description: A CD that contains 90 photographs in jpg format of one of more excursions, sponsored by MDIHS, to Placentia Island, August 24, 2005 and August 14, August 23, and September 17, 2006. Excursions were by boat, with Peter Blanchard as guide. People in photographs include Charlotte Singleton, Peter Blanchard, and other unidentified people. Images include wildflowers, fauna and flora, and buildings and landscapes on Placentia Island. These photos have not been copied to the storage drive or to the Past Perfect database. Images only exist on this CD. [show more]
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.
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
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.
Description: Spanierman Gallery catalog of 1998 exhibit of Robert Emmett Owen's paintings. Owen dedicated his career to painting the New England landscape