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| GXS Collection - Ephemera Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  GXS Collection - Ephemera Northeast Harbor Library Description: Folder 26 Mount Desert Island Real Estate Co., share certificate for Geo. C. Ming dated August 23, 1888 for fifteen shares in capital stock. Folder 27 Maine a Place to Live, unidentified magazine cover, color image of a church. Folder 28 Picturesque Maine, an illustrated lecture, Edward C. Sweet, December 16, 1895, pamphlet with illustrations and images. Folder 34 Stereoview Bar Harbor, photographed and published by B. Bradley. Folder 35 Wall Street Journal article by John Wilmerding on American Art. Folder 36 Cover of "Town of Winter Harbor Maine Annual Report 1988". Folder 37 Maine Times article on "Maine Summer Colonies". August 2nd, 1985. Folder 38 "Maine Chapter of the American Institute of Architects" 1991 Design award competition. Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island. Folder 42 Invitation card showing a reproduction of watercolor “Mark and Andrew’s Island from Deer Isle, Maine, 1920” by John Marin (1870-1953). The invitation is to the artist's opening on June 24th, 1998 at the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville and is sent by the President and Trustees of Colby College and the Museum’s Board of Governors. Folder 44 Several Through Bills of Landing belonging to H. G. Eaton and A. M. Carter: - Portland, Mt. Desert & Machias Steamboat Co., Dr. to Little Dear Isle (1899, 1900, 1901) - Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Co., Dr. (1990) - Islesboro, Castine & Belfast Steamboat Co., Dr. (1902). Folder 48 1 Invoice: “James A. Robinson & Son. Manufacturers, Sellers & Retail Clothiers” Bangor, Maine 5/12/1897. Items sold to E. J. Russel 1 Receipt: Bar Harbor, 8/10/1885 for Mr. Lee for the amount of $6.00, signed by Mr. Ash. Folder 60 Front page clipping of the Boston Sunday Globe of August 15, 1971 "Maine Island imports children - Imported children bring youth to craggy Maine Island" by Diane White. The island in question is Frenchboro. [show more] | ||||
| Agricultural heritage of the Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Agricultural heritage of the Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Research, Jessica Duma, 2014-2016 while an Island Institute Fellow at GCIHS which produced an exhibition, presentations, video, and oral history recordings. Historical and modern day materials pertaining to Duma's Agricultural Heritage of the Cranberry Isles fellowship focusing on farming, agriculture, apples, the Island Ecology project, farm stand, and more in the Town of Cranberry Isles from 19th century to present. Duma worked with mentor Todd Little-Siebold (College of the Atlantic) and used GCIHS and other local historical collections to produce an exhibition, gather oral histories, and record videos of her experiences and research while residing on Great Cranberry Island as a two-year fellow and then served as part-time manager of GCIHS and part-time manager for the CIRT (affordable housing) program for the last year. Documents in box. Digital materials located at NAS/ Catalogue/2017.399.2175_Duma. A. Exhibit materials (museum) and: NAS\Exhibits\Exhibits2015\Farming_JessiAndJillPiekutExhibitWork. B. Interviews: NAS\video\Jessi Duma Interviews 2014-20: Video by Duma and Jenny Matthews of "Chuddy" Alley in his home on April 2015. Audio of Colleen Bunker interview December 10, 2015, via telephone. Video of interview with Eva Bracy Galyean on November 22, 2015 in her GCI home with transcript. Audio of Gaile Colby interview January 15, 2015, by Duma and Sarah McCracken, partial transcript. Audio of music and singing with Arvard Savage 2015 or 2016. Video (with separate audio) of Phil Whitney in his GCI home January and February 2016. Video of Duma and Anne Gruhlich on a walkabout with Michael Macfarlan on his property discussing evidence of past farming and other occupations still visible on his historic Preble Cove property. Use of these interviews requires permission of the interviewee or their descendants. Questions: contact jessiduma@gmail.com. C. Video “A Taste of Great Cranberry Island: Agriculture Past and Present” - Duma explores agriculture on Great Cranberry Island through interviews with past and current residents. Directed, filmed, and edited by Jessica Duma. Featuring: Gaile Colby, Ben Sumner, Hallie Sumner, Kariah Sumner, Phil Whitney, Kayla Gagnon, Genny Mathews, Sarah McCracken, Colleen Bunker, Page Hill, Wendy Rackliff. Music by Jason Shaw: Serenity, Mountain Sun, Hoedown, Acoustic Meditation, Solo Acoustic Guitar. Special thanks to: GCIHS, Anne Grulich, Island Institute, Scott Sell, College of the Atlantic, Todd Little-Siebold. On YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKbktzbCqlw [Presently awaiting permissions to use the background music per Jessi 9/2017. Jessi will provide DVD copy after permissions granted.] [show more] | ||
| GXS Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  GXS Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: This collection is an assortment of ephemera relating to coastal Maine, Maine history, and inns, motels, hotels and homes on Mount Desert Island and in Hancock County. The collection is divided into 7 series: Books and Souvenir Booklets, Maps and Blueprints, Acadia National Park, Hotels/Inns/Schools/Homes/Buildings, Ephemera, Photos and Postcards. | ||||
| Ice Harvesting on Cranberry Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ice Harvesting on Cranberry Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Exhibit. Previously used museum display about Ice Harvesting on Cranberry Island. Included in the publication "A Day on an Ice-Field" by Alvaro Adsitt. | |||
| "Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles 'Chuck' Liebow Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  "Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles 'Chuck' Liebow Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Boats. Looseleaf Binder, "Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles Liebow. Contains maps 1607-1881, "List of Vessels From Notes made by Chuck Liebow (Typed & some notes added by Hugh Dwelley 11/1994" (also on cranberryisles.com website), 1912 petition to establish boundaries of roads, census data 1839-1860, the cranberry register 1909-1910, boat building, Liebow's notes on books and articles, miscellaneous, photos, houses showing owners then and now, families, deeds. [show more] | |||
| Early Hadlock papers group 5 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Early Hadlock papers group 5 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of documents pertaining to Samuel and George Hadlock, their stores, schooners Hadlock and Minerva, and other topics. In 2018, Rosie Silvers discoverd this collection of early Hadlock papers at Wikhegan Books in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Several generous islanders from Great Cranberry and Little Cranberry (Islesford) purchased this collection which now resides at GCIHS, catalogued as 2018.419.2285 through 2289. All documents except the advertisements and bill heads referred to in 2018.419.2288 have been scanned. (Descriptions for this collection were provided by Joanne Fuerst, Wikhegan Books. GCIHS welcomes your transcriptions or comments on individual documents: info@gcihs.org.) [show more] | |||
| Early Hadlock papers group 4 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Early Hadlock papers group 4 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of documents pertaining to Samuel and George Hadlock, their stores, schooners Hadlock and Minerva, and other topics. In 2018, Rosie Silvers discoverd this collection of early Hadlock papers at Wikhegan Books in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Several generous islanders from Great Cranberry and Little Cranberry (Islesford) purchased this collection which now resides at GCIHS, catalogued as 2018.419.2285 through 2289. All documents except the advertisements and bill heads referred to in 2018.419.2288 have been scanned. (Descriptions for this collection were provided by Joanne Fuerst, Wikhegan Books. GCIHS welcomes your transcriptions or comments on individual documents: info@gcihs.org.) [show more] | |||
| Early Hadlock papers group 3 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Early Hadlock papers group 3 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of documents pertaining to Samuel and George Hadlock, their stores, schooners Hadlock and Minerva, and other topics. In 2018, Rosie Silvers discoverd this collection of early Hadlock papers at Wikhegan Books in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Several generous islanders from Great Cranberry and Little Cranberry (Islesford) purchased this collection which now resides at GCIHS, catalogued as 2018.419.2285 through 2289. All documents except the advertisements and bill heads referred to in 2018.419.2288 have been scanned. (Descriptions for this collection were provided by Joanne Fuerst, Wikhegan Books. GCIHS welcomes your transcriptions or comments on individual documents: info@gcihs.org.) [show more] | |||
| Early Hadlock papers group 2 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Early Hadlock papers group 2 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of documents pertaining to Samuel and George Hadlock, their stores, schooners Hadlock and Minerva, and other topics. In 2018, Rosie Silvers discoverd this collection of early Hadlock papers at Wikhegan Books in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Several generous islanders from Great Cranberry and Little Cranberry (Islesford) purchased this collection which now resides at GCIHS, catalogued as 2018.419.2285 through 2289. All documents except the advertisements and bill heads referred to in 2018.419.2288 have been scanned. (Descriptions for this collection were provided by Joanne Fuerst, Wikhegan Books. GCIHS welcomes your transcriptions or comments on individual documents: info@gcihs.org.) [show more] | |||
| Early Hadlock papers group 1 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Early Hadlock papers group 1 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of documents pertaining to Samuel and George Hadlock, their stores, schooners Hadlock and Minerva, and other topics. In 2018, Rosie Silvers discoverd this collection of early Hadlock papers at Wikhegan Books in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Several generous islanders from Great Cranberry and Little Cranberry (Islesford) purchased this collection which now resides at GCIHS, catalogued as 2018.419.2285 through 2289. All documents except the advertisements and bill heads referred to in 2018.419.2288 have been scanned. (Descriptions for this collection were provided by Joanne Fuerst, Wikhegan Books. GCIHS welcomes your transcriptions or comments on individual documents: info@gcihs.org.) [show more] | |||
| Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace, Southwest Harbor Records and Index Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace, Southwest Harbor Records and Index Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: This index was kept by Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace. Included are records of marriages, weddings, and other town records from Southwest Harbor, Maine from approximately 1878 to 1907. | |
| Abstract of Title: Lawrence Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Lawrence Lot Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of Lawrence Lot, from William G Thompson and Joseph W Courtney to Edsel B Ford. 66 pages. | |||
| Abstract of Title: Veltin Sprague Smith Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Veltin Sprague Smith Lot Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of lots from Louise Veltin to Edsel B Ford, and from Isabelle Dwight Sprague Smith to Edsel B Ford. 55 pages. | |||
| Abstract of Title: Hoe-Dakin Lot to Edsel B Ford Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Hoe-Dakin Lot to Edsel B Ford Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of lot from Richard M Hoe and Susan Dows Herter Dakin to Edsel B Ford. Two files, 71 pages. | |||
| Abstract of Title: Griswold Lot to Edsel B Ford Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Griswold Lot to Edsel B Ford Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of Griswold lot, estate of Anne Merill Griswold. Includes sale of lot from Griswold, Locke, and Fletcher to Edsel B Ford. Map on page three. 73 pages | ||
| Abstract of Title: Tower Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Tower Lot Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of Tower Lot. Includes sale of lot from Seal Harbor Realty Company to Edsel B Ford in 1922. 66 pages. | ||
| Abstract of Title: Seal Harbor Realty Company Half Acre Lot to Edsel B Ford Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Seal Harbor Realty Company Half Acre Lot to Edsel B Ford Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of lot from Seal Harbor Realty Company to Edsel B Ford. 35 pages. | ||
| Abstract of Title: Cooksey Realty Company to Henrietta N Tower Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Cooksey Realty Company to Henrietta N Tower Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of lot from Cooksey Realty Company to Henrietta N Tower. 14 pages. | ||
| Supplementary Abstract of Title: Clement to Veltin Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Supplementary Abstract of Title: Clement to Veltin Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of lot in Seal Harbor owned by Louise Veltin and Isabelle Dwight Sprague Smith. 19 pages | |||
| Abstract of Title: Clement to Henrietta N Tower, Cooksey Realty Company to Henrietta N Tower Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Clement to Henrietta N Tower, Cooksey Realty Company to Henrietta N Tower Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of lot, from James & Amos Clement to Henrietta N Tower. Includes handwritten notes and financial information. 17 pages. | ||
| Index Running of Tower Lot, West of Lot 81 Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Index Running of Tower Lot, West of Lot 81 Jesup Memorial Library Description: Handwritten index of Tower Lot. 11 pages | ||
| Index Running of Seal Harbor Realty Company Half Acre Lot, also Hoe-Dakin Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Index Running of Seal Harbor Realty Company Half Acre Lot, also Hoe-Dakin Lot Jesup Memorial Library Description: Handwritten index of Seal Harbor Realty Company Half Acre Lot, includes notes on Hoe- Dakin Lot. 8 pages. | ||
| Index Running of Lawrence Lot and C H Clement Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Index Running of Lawrence Lot and C H Clement Lot Jesup Memorial Library Description: Handwritten index of Lawrence Lot, Ox Hill Lot, and C H Clement Lot. 6 pages. | |||
| Index Running of Ox Hill Lot, Smallidge Lot, and Tower Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Index Running of Ox Hill Lot, Smallidge Lot, and Tower Lot Jesup Memorial Library Description: Handwritten index of Ox Hill Lot and Smallidge Lot, additional notes for Tower lot. 22 pages. | |||
| Memorandum Ford Property Lawrence Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Memorandum Ford Property Lawrence Lot Jesup Memorial Library Description: Description of different lots including Lawrence Lot, Seal Harbor Realty Company Half Acre Lot, Tower Lot, Smith-Veltin Lot. Includes handwritten notes. 2 pages. |