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. Journal written by the Society For The Preservation of New England Antiquities volume XXVII, No. 4. Jounal Table of Contents Houses of Two In-Laws of a Revelutionary Soldier The In-Laws of a Revolutionary Soldier-William Copeland, of Mansfield, MA by Jennie F. Copeland The Steamer J.T. Morse-Her History and Adventures by Joseph Allen, Jr. Northern View of Lenox, MA Notes on the Bulfinch Church at Lancaster, MA by John P. Brown Addresses of the Vice-President Boylston Adams Beal Report on the Museum The Librarian's Report 157 pages [show more]
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. Journal written by the Society For The Preservation of New England Antiquities volume XXVII, No. 3. Jounal Table of Contents The Steamer J.T. Morse In Boston Harbor May, 1904 The Steamer J.T. Morse- Her History and Adventures by Joseph Allen, Jr. An Historical Prospect of Harvard College by C.E. Walton William Claggett, of Newport, Rhode Island, Clockmaker by The Clock Club William Crowninsheild Endicott, 1860-1936 Notes and Gleanings 117 pages [show more]
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. Maine Highways Magazine from August 1932 contains three articles on the Cadilac Mountain Road in Acadia National Park.
Description: 5 hand witten pages Diary of events from March 31, 1880, May 6, 1880, July 26-29, 1884 Aug 1-23, 1884. Personal diary of unknown author detalining leaving Mount Desert Island and returning to Cambridge and then the return to Camp a few days later.
Description: This issue is entitled "Champlain to Bernard" and has a picture of Champlain on the cover. Other articles include: Genealogy of Hinckley Family, the King Monument at Scarborough, School, Department, Editorial Comment. Includes advertisements; 207 pps.
Description: Copybook of F.J. Phillips from the spring term 1874 from the Maine State Normal School (Castine). Combined diary and ledger style entries.
Description: Copybook of F.J. Phillips, spring 1873-75, with one section from 1926. Binder of looseleaf paper. Most likely a compilation of other notebooks. Combination of written diary and ledger style of entries.
Description: Marion Peabody diary? Jan 1917 to Dec 30 1917 Is she writing in the third person or is this someone else's diary. Writies, "MLP had a decision to make that was giving her qualms.." Mentions Pa, the endearment Marian L Peabody uses.12/15/2017 Events in diary 012.FIC.005.are longer so this may be a synopsis of what was happening. Uses quotes so is the author quoting Marian L. Peabody In 012.FIC.005. See Jun 2 for an exaple. [show more]
Description: Harriet Hinton diary 1943 forward Very brief entries of no more than 3-4 lines. Often mentioning the weather, or endless chores of the household. Not much glimpse of feelings or emotions. Amongst the items found with her diary is a small paper with 6 “rules to live by”? 1. When asked for an opinion, find out what the asker prefers, and agree. 2. When asked questions about anybody, answer “I don't know”. 3. Don't bore people with your own plans and affairs. Keep quiet. Listen to them and agree. 4. Ask no favors of anyone unless absolutely necessary. 5. Don't borrow or lend, you'll lose a friend. 6. Never offer any information or suggestions. Entertainment and interaction seemed to come from visits with neighbors or women's “club” meetings, as well as frequent and regular visits to McKinley or Southwest Harbor to see movies, often with Paul. Harriet was a devoted mother, centering much of her life around Paul and his activities. She also spent much time with and leaned on her parents. When she was not feeling well, her mother often filled in for her at the post office. During the especially busy Christmas season when mail bags were very heavy, both her mother and Paul would come in to the post office to help. During the summer season, mail deliveries came twice daily, but the rest of the year, it was once a day, and then often hours late, due to weather. The otherwise quiet winter weeks were marked by the arrival of the Sears and the Montgomery Ward catalogs. In September of 1943, there was a gas shortage. Harriet and Paul made trips to Ellsworth in hopes of filling their gas tank. The water supply for the family came from a cistern. During cold weather, when many months would go by with no rain, the cistern would get low or dry up altogether. In February of 1944, Harriet wrote that the cistern ran out and Paul and his grandfather carried water from the McDuffie's well. During this month, Harriet mentions that Paul went roller skating in Trenton. 1944 brought an outbreak of Scarlet Fever to the community. In July, Harriet recorded that a blimp came down in the water off Mount Desert. In December, she notes that there was talk about a boat torpedoed at Mount Desert Rock, with many dead. [show more]
Description: Journal of Gertrude Carroll of Southwest Harbor, who was epileptic, and died shortly after the last entry in the journal of an epileptic seizure.
Description: Journal of William K. Hinton, while in the US Navy, 3/31/1919-1923. William K. Hinton William was a certified boy scout scoutmaster with a term ending in 1932, and from all appearances, was a caring husband and father. William left the area and went back to Ohio around 1936 or 1937, where he had family. Paul would have been 9 or 10 at this time. He worked in Colombus in an electric shop doing radio service work. He later worked at the Curtis Wright plant making electrical connections between the engines and planes. They were not officially divorced? as on William's death certificate, Harriet is listed as surviving spouse. According to this document,William died in El Cajon, California. His occupation is listed as accountant for K.A.L. Industries, which was involved with auctions. As he was a radioman in his navy years, he gravitated to work with radio repair after leaving the area. In a 1971 letter written to Harriet and Paul, he describes his fondness for playing the “numbers", and how he sometimes heard a voice in his dreams that told him which numbers to play! [show more]
Description: Page 52 is an article called “Islesford’s Creative Economy – Island Artists Must Also Be Entrepreneurs” by Carl Little. Page 70 has a picture of Lil and Chuddy Alley.
Description: USS Chestnut Hill appears to have been an oiler caring a cargo of gasoline and diesel oil which it pumped from time to time into the fuel tanks of USNavy vessels It sailed-often a zig zag course, in "convoy consisting of SC's... also tug Uss Conestoga."