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| The Redbook Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Redbook Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: BOX 1 (record carton box) The Redbooks, 1912-2020 (missing 1913, 1917, 1918, 1948). Now called The Redbook--originally called Directory and Hand Book--these social registers list residents and their contact information, cottage locations and owners, businesses, various transportation schedules, tide charts, advertisements, and important phone numbers. The first book published in 1912 by Stella L. Hill was green, all the rest are red. The Redbook celebrated its 100 anniversary in 2012 and is still produced to this day. [show more] | |||
| Bulfinch Anatomy of Antique China & Silver Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Bulfinch Anatomy of Antique China & Silver Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: An introduction to "the silver and ceramic tablewares that have been used at the western dining table since the 16th century and to show the features that help identify their style, date, manufacturer, and country of origin." | ||
| Kovel’s Dictionary of Marks: Pottery & Porcelain 1650 - 1850 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Kovel’s Dictionary of Marks: Pottery & Porcelain 1650 - 1850 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: An identification guide to American, English, and European porcelain arranged by factory marks according to their shapes, e.g., letters or words or by shapes such as animals, circles, etc. | ||
| Marian Lawrence Peabody Diary, May 30 to Aug 16, 1901 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Marian Lawrence Peabody Diary, May 30 to Aug 16, 1901 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Marian Lawrence Peabody Diary May 30 to Aug 16, 1901 in Boston., Took the train to BH , July 2 According to Mass Historical Society which has a collection of papers, (1875-1974) she was the daughter of Bishop William Lawrence (1850-1941) and Julia Cunningham Lawrence (1853-1927). Known to her family as "Maisie," Spent summer with her family in Nahant, MA and Bar Harbor ME | |||
| Marian Lawrence Peabody diary Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Marian Lawrence Peabody diary Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Marian Lawrence Peabody diary, Aug 22 1904 , p. 149 to Sep 23, 1904 p. 170 She missed going to a meeting with Booker Washington, p. 157 Tennis at the Pinchots court, p. 159 Went to the Unitarian church and Sam Eliot preached Went to the Democratic Rally with the Morris' and Pinchot. "Pinchot is a fierce Republican..." | |||
| Bar Harbor: The Hotel Era 1868-1880 Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Bar Harbor: The Hotel Era 1868-1880 Jesup Memorial Library | |||
| Newport House and Cottages Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Newport House and Cottages Jesup Memorial Library | |||
| Churches Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Churches Jesup Memorial Library | |||
| Northeast Harbor Sewerage System - Town of Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Northeast Harbor Sewerage System - Town of Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library Description: Information for bidders, contract and specifications for sewer construction. March 1914. | |
| The Bar Harbor Directory Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Bar Harbor Directory Northeast Harbor Library Description: Cottage directory. Scan: Cover, first pages only. | |
| Laura Damon Cross Collection - Publications Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Laura Damon Cross Collection - Publications Northeast Harbor Library Description: Official Journal and Yearbook of the 71st Session of the East Maine Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1918 (100 pp.) Apollo: An illustrated manual of the History of Art throughout the ages, 1908 (351 pp.) Scans: covers, fist pages only | |||
| Carriage Road Bridges Rehabilitation Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Carriage Road Bridges Rehabilitation Northeast Harbor Library Description: Environmental assessment for the National Park Service's proposed rehabilitation of the carriage road bridges in Acadia National Park. | ||
| Sutton Island Maine: Its Houses, People, Animals, Weather Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Sutton Island Maine: Its Houses, People, Animals, Weather Northeast Harbor Library Description: Developmental history of Sutton Island which includes information on land owners and families, including John Gilley, Mary Cabot Wheelwright, and Rachel Field. | |
| "The House That Anne Built" - book by Thomas Coleman, age 8 c. Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  "The House That Anne Built" - book by Thomas Coleman, age 8 c. Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Written by Thomas Coleman - 8 Years Old. John was John Coleman David was David Coleman Dady was Doug Coleman Thomas was born in 1961. This item combines SWHPL items 9979, 9980, 9981, and 9982. | |
| One Man's Museum Northeast Harbor Library |
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| A Pageant of the State of Maine Northeast Harbor Library |
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| A Pageant of the State of Maine Northeast Harbor Library Description: In celebration of the official dedication of the Carlton Bridge in Bath, Maine. Acted and sung and danced by citizens of Bath, Brunswick, Woolwich and Wiscasset. June 30 and July 2, 3, 4, 1928 | ||
| Document "Wood House" Spurling/Bunker History Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Document "Wood House" Spurling/Bunker History Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document, from Phil & Karin Whitney to Winnie Smart dated 4/25/2010. Subject: "Wood House History". Item 1589a is the 2nd page of this document. The house was built in 1844 on land which had been in the Spurling/Bunker family since the island was first settled in 1762. Joseph Stanley Spurling married Matilda Young in 1844. I believe they were the builders of the house and the first occupants of it. His son, Joseph William Spurling, married Julia Bunker in 1870. They were the next occupants of the house. They had five children, Warren Adelbert "Bert" (1871-1965), Arthur Milton "Chummy" (1873-1975), Alta Irva (1877-1969), Ernest Wilbur (1880-1935), Joseph Elwood (1882-1960), Joseph William Spurling died suddenly in 1887. Julia Bunker Spurling's mother, Sidney C. Hamor, came to live with her. Sidney died in 1918 (She stood up suddenly, said "now ain't that queer?" and fell down dead. Julia died in 1919. Phil Whitney states, "my grandfather , Joseph "Elwood" Spurling, became the executor of the property and sold it out of the family in the early 1920's. Between 1844 and 1919, the property was essentially a farm. Prior to 1900, the main road curved and ran in front of what is now David Bunker's house and the Wood House before curving back to its present day (2010) path. (One can still find traces of this road near the intersection of Dog Point Road. There was a large barn between the Wood house and the Heath, which housed horses, oxen and cows. The farm well is still visible near there. When the road was straightened (date unknown) the house, barn and well were separated by the road. Phil Whitney states, "the barn was used by my grandfather between 1920-1960." All the land on the opposite side of the road, including the barn, remained in the family, primarily to store and repair lobster traps. After Joseph "Elwood" Spurling's death in 1960, it became derelict and was intentionally burned down in the early 1970's. Julia Bunker Spurling, also known as "Nanny", ran a small store in one room of the house during the late 19th-early 20th century to help make ends meet after her husband's death. The room has an alcove and faces David Bunker's house. At one time (date unknown), there was an extra wing on the house, where the garage is now, which was constructed at a right angle to the main house and led towards David Bunker's house. The house was always referred to as "Nanny's House" when I (Phil Whitnery) was growing up. (Much information in these paragraphs was related to me (Phil Whitney) by my grandmother, Ella Bates Spurling, and my mother, Dorothy Spurling Whitney). Phil Whitney believes the purchaser of the house in the 1920's was Blanche Atkinson. She owned it until the early 1950's. It wasn't used much and as I (Phil Whitney) understand it , the house became rather rundown. Louise Strandberg's family (Saltonstall/Lobkowicz) owned it in the 1950's-early 1960's using it primarily in the summer months. It was then sold to Burton Jones and his wife. He was the Arts Editor for the Boston Globe in the mid-1960's. They owned it until approximately 1978. (Note; the dates are not exact). Robert and Sarah Bloom then purchased the property from the Joneses. Bob Bloom built the existing garage on the end of the main building during the early 1980's. Bloom died in the late 1980's or early 1990's. Sarah (Salley) Bloom held onto the house until 2007, before selling it to Cameron and Nancy Wood of Virginia, the current owners (2010). Sally lived year-round one year in the house around 2002, before moving away permanently and renting the house seasonally. Around 2004-2005, Sally was in the process of selling the house to a wealthy art dealer from Rhode Island. The individual spent part of one summer living in the house. There were several burglaries of artworks from summer cottages toward the end of the season. An island resident spotted him breaking into a residence. This individual was convicted of the thefts. The sale of the house was never finalized. This house is especially noteworthy, not only because of its age (1844) and beautiful location (outstanding views of the Pool andthe Mt. Desert mountains) but that many of the children born in the house went on to have interesting lives or produce many other well-known island offspring. Bert Spurling moved to Islesford in 1919 and during his long life founded the old Woodlawn Hotel. One son was Elmer Spurling who took over the dock business for many years. One daughter, Elva, married Harvard Beal who founded Beal Fish Wharf in Southwest Harbor which is still in operation today. Chummy Spurling also moved to Islesford and became locally famous for his craftmanship in building skiffs. (He dropped dead saying good-bye to his friends after the completion of his 102nd birthday party). Alta married Henry Bunker and around 1920 moved into the house across the street currently (2010) owned by Louise Strandberg. Her children included, Raymond Bunker (famous boatbuilder), Lyndon "Tud" Bunker (famous Cranberry Island icon) and Wilfred Bunker (co-founder of Beal & Bunker). Ernest Spurling committed suicide in 1935 (found in a vehicle on Cooksey Drive, Northeast Harbor). Elwood Spurling , lived in three separate houses during his lifetime on Great Cranberry, all with 200 feet of each other. At various times in his life, he was a farmer, lobsterman, operated herring weirs, summer charter boat captaing, was Road Commissioner for 30 years, owned and sold much land on Cranberry. Phil ends this email by saying, "Whew! That's probably too much information for this publication, but should be saved for our archives." [show more] | |||
| Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Mount Desert has been one of America's favorite tourist destinations for over 150 years. As early as the 1840s, the lush landscape of this island on the Maine coast attracted artists and writers, who soon made Mount Desert's beauty famous with their paintings and publications. The stream of tourists that began traveling to the island after the Civil War prompted a building boom of cottages, hotels, and various buildings in Bar Harbor and other towns in the vicinity. Fred Savage (1861–1924) was the most influential architect in the development of Mount Desert and northeastern Maine, designing over three hundred buildings. Richly illustrated with archival drawings, photographs, and newly commissioned color photography, Maine Cottages presents all of Savage's most important works while placing the life and career of this architect in the larger context of Mount Desert Island. [show more] | ||
| Edgecliff - Summer Residence of Samuel Morse and Annie Sawyer Downs - Details - 1186 Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Edgecliff - Summer Residence of Samuel Morse and Annie Sawyer Downs - Details - 1186 Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "Cottage Costing about $3,000. Stone foundation, shingled sides and roof. Designed as a Summer House by W.A. Bates." Page from "The House and Home - A Practical Book" by Dr. Lyman Abbott and others. Chapter XIV, House Building by Helen Churchill Candee, p. 66 - 1896 |