Description: The introduction to this part is dated March 1, 1966. Barbara Ellen Joy states that the purpose of these notes is to capture the stories which have been passed down in families and to record local lore which might be of interest to future generations. Marked on folder as Part I a
Description: The introduction to this part is dated March 1, 1974. Barbara Ellen Joy states that the purpose of these notes is to capture the stories which have been passed down in families and to record local lore which might be of interest to future generations. The cover page has the quote, "This shall be written for those who come after." Psalm 102, Verse 18. The table of contents and list of covered events, places and people can be viewed by checking on the 8 scanned images. Marked on folder as Part IIa. [show more]
Description: This installment of the 9 part portfolio volumes of notes is dated May 1, 1975. This quote from Wisdom of Solomon, Chapter 2, is written on the cover page: "For our time is a very shadow that passeth away; and after our end there is no returning". Check out the three scanned images for the table of contents and an itemized list of what is included in Part III. Marked on folder as Part III a.
Description: This portfolio is a continuation of Part II, Vol. 1 which is cataloged under the #010.030.2. For a complete list of what is included check out the 8 scanned images under the the # for Part II, Vol. 1. The scanned image is of the first page in the second volume. Marked on folder as Part II b.
Description: This installment of the 9 part portfolio volumes of notes is a continuation of Part III, Vol. I, dated May 1, 1975. Check out the three scanned images for the table of contents and an itemized list of what is included in Part III by going to accession # 010.030.4. The scanned image for this number indicates where Vol. II begins. Marked on folder as Part III b.
Description: This installment of the 9 part series of notes is dated July 1, 1976. Check out the three scanned images for the Table of Contents and a list of People, Places, and Events in Part IV volumes. Marked on folder as Part IV a.
Description: This installment of the 9 part series of notes is a continuation of accession # 010.030.6 which has a series of images that display the contents for volumes 1 and 2. The scanned image for this part indicates at what point volume 1 is continued. Marked on folder as Part IV b.
Description: This installment of the 9 part series of notes is dated May 30, 1977. The three scanned images show the Table of Contents and list of People, Events, Places, etc. for Part V, Volumes 1 and 2. Marked on folder as Part V a.
Description: This is the final installment in the 9 part series of historical notes. For details of the contents, refer to Part V, Vol. 1 images under # 010.030.8. Part V, Volume II begins on page 63 and continues on. Marked on folder as Part V b.
Description: Tally of number of visitors summer 2011 to the Museum. Past Perfect Report of items located in Museum. Legends for interpretive signage. Old inventory. List of Toys & Games Collection. June-Aug. calendars with names of volunteers/docents. Accession tags for objects in Museum and Selectmen's Bldg. Plaque for Tiffany print
Object, Water Transporation, Life Preserver, Life Jacket
Date:
11/28/2016
Description: An adult white life jacket. Cloth somewhat worn and dirty; some stains and holes. Dated March 6, 1930, "C.H.S." on jacket with worn words and STEAM VESSELS, NEW YORK, N.Y." Additional wording, "ADULTS, ATLANTIC-PACIFIC MFG. CORP. 124-128 ATLANTIC AVE. BROOKLYN N.Y"
Description: Report created by Ronald Forse for Robert Gardner (golf professional of the NEHGC) with recommendations and evaluations of the Northeast Harbor Golf Course, August 17th, 2011.
Description: A description of the James M. Parker Post, one of two national Civil War Union Veterans' organizations formed after the close of the war in 1865. The Mount Desert chapter received its national charter on April 4, 1884.
Description: Article in Mount Desert Island Living, Mount Desert Islander, Dec. 16, 2010, about collaborative effort to form Friends of [Mount Desert] Island History. Mentions Bill Horner, Ruth Eveland, Don Lenahan, Jack Russell. Emily Beck, Rebecca Cole-Will, Muriel Davisson, Deborah Dyer, Candy Emlen, Anne Funderburk, Tim Garrity, Meredith Hutchins, Charlotte Morrill, Robert Pyle, Paul Richardson. Photos, including "Steamship Norumbega" hard aground in Southwest Harbor. [show more]
Description: Eight-page supplement that contains articles on Haynes Garage (Northeast Harbor), and other businesses in Maine. Date is Friday, January 13, 2012.
Description: This collection consists of 8 individual photos, and two large scrapbook type albums of photos, all black and white, probably taken late 1800's-1960's. The photographs most likely belonged to Charlotte Turner Sawyer, wife of Harvey M. Sawyer. Lila may be a cousin of Harvey Sawyer's. They lived next to Knowles Chiropractic center, the next house down the hill. They had two sons, Harvey E. "buddy" Sawyer, and Randal S. Sawyer. [show more]
Description: First Day Cover of Mount Desert Rock Light. Fourth in a series of envelopes of Maine's Lighthouses issued by Union River Stamp Club, Ellsworth, Maine, July 19, 1992. Envelope with photograph of the lighthouse with cancelled stamp of First Voyage of Christopher Columbus Crossing the Atlantic. 3.5" x 6.5"
Description: First Day Cover of West Quoddy Head Light. Second in a series of envelopes of Maine's Lighthouses issued by Union River Stamp Club, Ellsworth, Maine, July 22, 1990. Envelope with photograph of the lighthouse with cancelled stamp of West Quoddy. 3.5" x 6.5"