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| Rum Running Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Rum Running Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Essay by Ralph Stanley on rum running on MDI. Undated. | ||||
| Preservation of the Art of Traditional Wooden Boat Building Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Preservation of the Art of Traditional Wooden Boat Building Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Essay by Ralph Stanley on the preservation of wooden boat building. Undated. | ||||
| Creation of a trail by Mr. Stebbins Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Creation of a trail by Mr. Stebbins Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Essay about the beauty of Seal Harbor and the creation of an unnamed trail which was created by Mr. Stebbins. | |||||
| An Auto-less Summer Resort Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| An Auto-less Summer Resort Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. This is a letter of sorts addressed to the "Voters, Cottagers, and Hotel Guests in the Town of Mount Desert, Present and to Come" giving those who read it a rational for the decision to ban cars. The letter is signed by: Jospeh H. Curtis Charles W. Eliot Charles H. Frazier David Greer Richard H. Harte Jerome H. Knowles William Draper Lewis John S Melcher Frank R. Ober Henry Parkman Alvah L. Reed L.A. Wilson Amos Clement Ernest B. Dane Edward K. Dunham F.H. Macomber James Ford Rhodes John D. Rockefeller William T. Sedgwick Henry Van Dyke W. H. Whitmore George F. Armold R. L. Grindle [show more] | |||||
| Geography Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Geography Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Hand-written in pencil: "The earth is one of nine planets which move with great velocity..." No name or date given. | |||||
| "One Summer in Seal Harbor" - a magazine article Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| "One Summer in Seal Harbor" - a magazine article Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: "One Summer in Seal Harbor" -- an article from the Johns Hopkins Magazine, June 1995, recounting the relationship between artist, painter, Thomas Eakins and physicist, photographer, Henry Rowland. Describes Eakins' painting of a portrait of Rowland, discusses Rowland's career and describes the construction of "Craigstone", the Rowland cottage in Seal Harbor. Includes biographical information on both Rowland and Eakins. [show more] | |||
| Seal Harbor Celebrates 100th Anniversary Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Seal Harbor Celebrates 100th Anniversary Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Recounting of the events that marked Seal Harbor's 100th anniversary back in September of 1909. | |||||
| The Town of the Five Islands: A Thumbnail Sketch of Cranberry Isles, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Town of the Five Islands: A Thumbnail Sketch of Cranberry Isles, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Essays on the settlement, history and way of life on Great Cranberry, Little Cranberry, Sutton, Baker and Green Islands. Graphics by Rose Russo Crooker. Lists early settler families. Describes the visit of the Russian vessel Cimbria in 1878. | |||
| A Bright Boy Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| A Bright Boy Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Story about boy counting chickens and fooling Father. No date or author given. |