Description: A DVD that contains the finished film, "Dancing at the Mill: Two Centuries of Life on Mount Desert Island". This DVD is the film version that was sold to the public. This is an MDIHS library copy of the final film.
Description: A film compilation about the fire of 1947 from the Collections of Northeast Historic Film. Included is: October Fury 1947, Maine's Forect Fire Disasters, A Look Back at the Infamous Fires 50 Years Later, a retrospective produced by the Maine Forest Service. There are other cuts and film included without attribution of sources. On DVD.
Description: Collection of images from MDI Historical Society and other sources for talk given by Roc Caivano, architect, for Acadia Senior College group at Sips, April 5, 2013.
Description: Article and photos of the summer of 1917 when actress Annette Kellerman and over 100 actors and actresses came to Bar Harbor to film Queen of the Sea. Article written by Gladys O'Neil.
Description: Article along with photos by Victor J. Layton of the stoneworks of Acadia National Park including Duck Brook Bridge and the gatehouses of Brown Mountain and Jordan Pond.
Description: Article by Norah Deakin Davis along with old photos of the Turrets at College of the Atlantic and how it survived and was useful to students, faculty and administrators during the campus fire of 1983.
Description: 1) Article with photos by Cynthia Bourgeault on Swan's Island residents and the pros and cons of real estate development there. 2) Article with photos by John N. Cole on the Claremont Hotel's annual croquet tournament (Southwest Harbor).
Description: Article with Photos in a travel magazine by Jessica Maxwell on visiting the sites in Bar Harbor, Bass Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Jordan Pond and Acadia National Park.
Description: This is a booklet of perspectives designed by COA dated 1980 of the Somesville Museum. It is seven pages and the drawings were done by various people, possibly students of COA. For example, Herb Foote; Ron Johnson; heidi Dexter; Katie Van pine; Abigail Goodyear; Ellen Sullivan; and Dwight Lampher. The pages measure 18 by 24 inches. These designs depict the museum with a porch and a second story.
Description: This is an 18 by 24 inch detail drawing of the Somesville Museum. It shows the grade line, coarse gravel fill, treated outer layer coming into contact with the ground, rigid foam insulation, sill plate, plywood, sill and ram set, etc.
Description: This is a 6 page booklet of architectural drawings on the museum building in Somesville for the Historical Society. Page 1 is the title page and general conditions; page 2 is the floor plan; page 3 is the section; page 4 is the south elevation; and page 5 actually encompasses two pages dedicated to the elevations. The booklet measures 18 by 24 inches.
Description: This is a single page measuring 16 by 20 inches of the Somesville Museum Plan. Exhibit areas and an area for administration and Museum sales are marked on the plan.
Description: This booklet contains the specifications of a stable for Mr. John Kane of Bar Harbor. With the index , it is 20 typewritten pages. There is evidence of water damage around the edges of the documents. The name of Mr. John Kane's home in Bar Harbor is "Breakwater" so this file has been places with the rest of those materials. Kane's home in Bar Harbor was called "Breakwater".