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| Biography of Willis H. Ballard, Notes and Background Information Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|  Biography of Willis H. Ballard, Notes and Background Information Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: This folder contains information sent to MDIHS in connection with an exhibit of W.H. Ballard photographs, held from 1998 through 2006. It includes: 1. Letter, to Diane Ballard Michael from Charlotte Singleton, 10-18-2006 2. Letter and Notes, to Ann Mazlish and Jaylene Roths, 6-4-1998, from Diane Ballard Michael. Includes biographical notes from Michael related to a future book on her father, W.H. Ballard. 3. Biography, W.H. Ballard, 5" x 7" card 4. Manuscript, "Captain Bert Gets His Coot", a story by W.H. Ballard, ca 1976 5. Notated manuscript, biographical information about W.H. Ballard, author unknown but probably Diane Ballard Michael 6. Exhibition notes, exhibit at University of Maine, January-February 1967, photographs of W.H. Ballard 7. Letter and manuscript, to Jaylene Roths from Diane B. Michael, 8-3-1999, includes "Brief Biography W.H. Ballard Mount Desert, Maine" by Diane B. Michael [show more] | |||||
| Early History of Seal Harbor, 1959, History Claremont Hotel Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Early History of Seal Harbor, 1959, History Claremont Hotel Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 12 page typewritten manuscript. early history of Seal Harbor, Jan 1959 with corrections Letter from Mrs. Roscoe C. Marshall (Elsie) to Dianne Ballard Michael correcting Claremont history. Elise's father was Dr. Joseph Phillips who owned the Claremont Michael re history of Claremont Hotel. says Elise Marshall is only daughter of Dr Phillips, owner on sticky note The Claremont Hotel-My Story, 1884-1964 (two copies) who wrote it? 1967 Menu inside of one of the typed booklets Poem about W.H. Ballard by Hilda G. Moe 1969 "Paper Talks," booklet; includes photos of Pemetic H.S. Eastern, Maine, champ. and cheerleaders, 1948. 1950 newspaper article re George William Dolliver: Has had his driver's license for 43 years, since 1908 and car. Letter to Ballard from K. Tracy 1947 postcard from Laurie and Mary Holmes Letter to W.H. Ballard from Don E. Smith, 1947, re Miss Gordon's letter about Bar Harbor fire. [show more] | |||
| The Old Standard Store and Hall Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Old Standard Store and Hall Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Manuscript written by Doris Grant, possibly in the 1980s, about the store and parties held there, musicals and contests, the "Medicine Show", Professor Ness and his trained animal show, Italian quarrymen, boarding house for workers, quarry workers' union, maids who were ferried from Northeast Harbor for parties in the old Standard Hall. | ||||
| Ed Pete Richardson Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Ed Pete Richardson Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Manuscript written by Doris Grant, possibly in the 1980s, about Ed Pete Richardson of Hall Quarry. Mentions entertainment in A.J. Whiting's Hall, including "Nick o' the Woods" ; picking up mail in Somesville and delivering it to C.J. Hall's store to be picked up; sharpening tools for the granite cutters; blueberry picking and sales, bears in Hall Quarry, the arrival of "Hell Wagons" (automobiles) on the island. [show more] | ||||
| Peddlers of Long Ago Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Peddlers of Long Ago Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Article by Doris Grant in New England Sampler: Peddlers of Long Ago, peddlers who came to Hall Quarry and other MDI villages. Mentions Charles and Ralph Sawyer, who began as peddlers, then opened a store in Southwest Harbor. | |||
| The Paving Cutter and His Trade Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Paving Cutter and His Trade Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Article in Maine Life by Doris Grant of Hall Quarry: The Paving Cutter and His Trade. (Part of photograph and article has been cut out.) Glossary of paving cutter's tools. | |||
| The Chapel at Hall Quarry Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Chapel at Hall Quarry Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Memories of the chapel at Hall Quarry, written by Doris Grant, possibly in the 1980s: 2 handwritten versions (They have not been compared to see if they are identical. Mentions its use as a school and community center as well as a religious building. References to Horace Leavitt, minister; Mandy Perkins, Sunday school superintendent, and Bill Grant, organist. Marked as copies a (5 pages) and b(4 pages). | ||||
| Somes Sound - Our Island Fjord - Its Place in Industry Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Somes Sound - Our Island Fjord - Its Place in Industry Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Manuscript written by Doris Grant , possibly in the 1980s, with memories of Somes Sound and the vessels and captains who sailed up the Sound, mainly to Hall Quarry. Stories of crossing the ice on Somes Sound in the winter and shipwrecks. Handwritten copy (a) and typewritten copy (b). Scene in movie the Modern Thelma filmed in Somes Sound The two copies have not been compared to determine if they are the same. As of 2018, only type written copy [show more] | ||||
| Bar Harbor Town Plan 1948 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Bar Harbor Town Plan 1948 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Print copy including maps of a contractor's report for the Bar Harbor Town Plan in July 1948 in wake of the 1947 fires. Copy of originals held by Rockefeller Archive Center. | |||||
| Old Gods Come to Somesville, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Old Gods Come to Somesville, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: This was published as a booklet in 2012 byt the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Not scanned because published as booklet. Published in Points East Narratives of New England by Rachel Field New York, 1980 | |||
| Prairie Song, Ponds & Their Life Cycle, Politicians in Pig Tails Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Prairie Song, Ponds & Their Life Cycle, Politicians in Pig Tails Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Three manuscripts: Prairie Song-- a poem, written in Illinois Ponds & their Life Cycle--includes difference between lakes and ponds and descriptions of the plants and animals that live in ponds Politicians in Pig Tails--15-pages; story about a deer and children | ||||
| Paradise for Parakeets, Petit Manan Point, Opening of Cadillac Road, Perry Sesquicentennial Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Paradise for Parakeets, Petit Manan Point, Opening of Cadillac Road, Perry Sesquicentennial Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Five manuscripts: Paradise for Parakeets--Parakeet Sanctuary near Largo, Florida Petit Manan Point (1968)--description and history Opening of Cadillac Road--includes names of notable people who attended ceremony (Dorr, Deasy, Cleaves, Damrosch, Adams, Wescott Perry Sesquicentennial (1968)--town pride in downeast Naming of Tunk Lake--story behind "tunk" | ||||
| Machias..., Lucky Beaver, Littlest Planet, Red Paint PeopleI Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Machias..., Lucky Beaver, Littlest Planet, Red Paint PeopleI Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Machias: Cradle of the American Navy (historical fiction set in Revolutionary time) Lucky Beaver: Beaver damming Duck Brook, threatening water supply to Bar Harbor Littlest Planet (written in Kentucky): fiction The Red Paint People: Indians on Union River, near Ellsworth, possibly pre-archaic; plummets' evidence | ||||
| Mike Connor of Connor Point, MDI Biome, "Bitterness...", Oceanarium Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Mike Connor of Connor Point, MDI Biome, "Bitterness...", Oceanarium Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Mike Connor: d., 1930 MDI Biome: variety of plants on MDI "My Bitterness Threatened the Life of My Daughter" (fiction, 20 pps.) Oceanarium: Dream of David Mills; names mentioned include Ted Spurling, Elmer Beal, Ralph Phippen. | ||||
| Jesuits of Mount Desert, John Black Mansion, Know Your Island, Like a Pelican in the Wilderness Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Jesuits of Mount Desert, John Black Mansion, Know Your Island, Like a Pelican in the Wilderness Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Jesuits of Mount Desert: Account of battle between French and English in Somes Sound. Mentions ship "Jonas" and "Treasurer", Father Biard. John Black Mansion: Brief history of John Black and the house he built in Ellsworth Know Your Island: Brief history of Mount Desert Island Like a Pelican in the Wilderness: fictional story | ||||
| Industrial Park at Trenton, In Every Cry, Ignorance is the Enemy, Long Runs the Tide Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Industrial Park at Trenton, In Every Cry, Ignorance is the Enemy, Long Runs the Tide Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Industrial Park at Trenton (1969): Downeast independence and entrepreneurship vs. government assistance as evident in discussions about proposed industrial park in Trenton finance by industrial revenue bonds. In Every Cry: Fictional story about cruelty to animals, love and justice. Ignorance is the Enemy (written in Florida): Wildlife research and conservation at Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, including study of pesticides on woodcocks Long Runs the Tide: Farnsworths (father and son) of Hulls Cove--and other ship builders along the coast of Mane. Also mentioned: Beal's Island, Jonesport [show more] | ||||
| Effect of New Road on Salt Marsh in Washington County, I Was a Smuggler of Love, I Rode the Lonesome Train Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Effect of New Road on Salt Marsh in Washington County, I Was a Smuggler of Love, I Rode the Lonesome Train Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: New Road: Maine Dept. of Transportation to build salt marsh to replace marshland destroyed by causeway. Smuggler: 17-page fiction story Rode the Lonesome Train: 28-page fiction story No dates on any of these manuscripts. | ||||
| I Made a Thief of My Husband, [Visitors'] Effect on Acadia Trails, Halfway Land Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| I Made a Thief of My Husband, [Visitors'] Effect on Acadia Trails, Halfway Land Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Thief of Husband: 16-page fiction Visitors' Effect: Brief essay on effect of visitors on Acadia Trails Halfway Land: Bass Harbor Marsh No dates on any of these manuscripts. | ||||
| Manuscript of Novel "The Mantle of Elijah" Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Manuscript of Novel "The Mantle of Elijah" Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Manuscript and revisions of novel, "The Mantle of Elijah" by Mt. Desert Island journalist and author LaRue Spiker. The novel's subject is Rev. Elijah Lovejoy. | |||
| Talking about Minnesota manuscript by LaRue Spiker Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Talking about Minnesota manuscript by LaRue Spiker Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Propaganda about the various features of Minnesota, such as lakes, fishing, resources etc. Previously accessioned as **1917, object Id 2001.1917 | ||||
| Trails to Rails: A Story of Transportation Progress in Illinois Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Trails to Rails: A Story of Transportation Progress in Illinois Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: LaRue Spiker has typed up extracts from a book by Carlton J. Corliss. 4 pages long. Previously accessioned as **1918, object Id 2001.1918 | ||||
| Article by LaRue Spiker, about the Coast and Geodetic Survey’s work on Mount Desert Island. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Article by LaRue Spiker, about the Coast and Geodetic Survey’s work on Mount Desert Island. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Article by LaRue Spiker, about the Coast and Geodetic Survey’s work on Mount Desert Island. Not final version - annotated and corrected in places. 7 pages. Previously accessioned as **2015, object Id 2001.2015 | ||||
| Hand-Written Poem Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Transcript of an interview woth Mrs. Hysom Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Transcript of an interview woth Mrs. Hysom Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Two-page typewritten ms. about interview with Mrs. Hysom re "Look Out," Pretty Marsh Inn, Bay View House, West Point Inn, church, and more. | ||
| Financial Records of Someville Sewing Circle Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Financial Records of Someville Sewing Circle Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Records and finacial records of the Somesville Sewing Circle, c.1855-2018. Collection donated by Thomas Lange from the estate of Phyllis Partridge. |