Description: Ship's log, used as child's notebook by Emery Richardson, poor condition (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001). A child used it for practicing letters and drawing sailboats.
Description: This notebook is volume I of the 2005 records of the Mount Desert Island Croquet Club and the Woodlawn Croquet Club. Included are lists of players, photographs, emails, and assorted club memos and notes.
Description: This notebook is volume II of the 2005 records of the Mount Desert Island Croquet Club. Included are emails with croquet "puzzlers" # 1-15 by Larry Stettner, president of the club.
Description: In August of 2007, I began a project which I hope continues. Two of my students at Pemetic interviewed relatives working on MDI and wrote the information in a format which could be shared with anyone interested in how people earn their living on MDI. Their projects are in a white notebook in the library. One interview is of Deb O'Donnell who is an architectural project manager at the Jackson Laboratory in this period of rapid expansion at that facility. The other interview is of Peter Dolliver, a retired landscape gardener who ran a company called Deer Meadow in Southwest Harbor. The format the students used evolved out of what they thought would be of interest to someone seeking this information. The interview form, as well as, the release form are included in the book. [show more]
Description: This notebook is a directory of the resources in the School House Archives which would be helpful for teachers to access when studying topics like: the fire of '47; Ways to Make a Living; Settlement; and Exploration. The pages are filled with information which has been used in the various exhibits the Historical Society has had over the years, as well as, notes on stickies which were ideas Charlotte and I brainstormed in our many conversations regarding educational outreach. (ALW) [show more]
Description: In 2007, I worked in the Sound School House on educational outreach projects. A priority in this effort was to look at our school district's learning goals/performance standards in grades 3-6 and select topical information that could be enriched by using the MDI Historical Society's artifacts. Maine's economy and industries which have brought money to the state in times past are two examples of likely topics. This notebook contains copies of reference material which was shared with Charlotte Singleton and myself by Willard Colson, the last manager of the Addison Packing Company in Southwest Harbor. Other contributing resources are credited in the material on the Sardine Industry in Maine, such as John D. Gilman's books:Masts and Masters; and Canned. James Warren's book "Maine Sardine Industry History 1875-2000" proved to be invaluable too and is housed in the Schoolhouse's library as well. [show more]
Description: Drawings, arranged by groups; list of clients and projects from surviving account books, dated 1985. For complete catalog of Patterson holdings at the MDI Historical Society, search in Past Perfect. They are located in designated flat files in the archival storage area.
Description: Small notebook (4" x 6") with mottoes written in pencil, e.g., "We make our fortunes but we call them fate." Name on cover: Dora Hadley, Mount Desert, Maine. Cover has drawing of girl in hat, coat, boots, carrying a crutch and pulling a red wagon piled with furniture.
Description: Black binder containing background information about Somesville Homes for 2007 Walking Tour, Brochure, Historic District Status. Includes maps, descriptions of homes and owners (Richardson, Somes) and copy of newspaper article (no source or date) about razing Somesville Post Office.
Description: Binder containing information about Mount Desert Island gas stations, automobile dealerships, or automotive-related businesses; visitors were asked to add their own comments or information. Small pamphlet about exhibit inside pocket.
Description: Small black notebook listing deceased members by cemetery: 58 in Northeast Harbor, 3 in Kimball Cemetery, 18 Seal Harbor, 7 Somes Sound, 6 Somesville, 2 Oak Point, 4 Pretty Marsh, 1 Bartlett’s Island, 3 Southwest Harbor, 2 Town Hill, 1 Stonington,2 Surry, 3 Islesford, 2 Otter Creek, 1 East Sullivan, 2 Franklin, 1 North Ellsworth, Sedgwick, Ellsworth, Prospect Harbor, Brewer, Steuben, Farmington. Deceased members of the Ocean Lodge #140.
Description: Samuel de Champlain April 1882 - Information about Samuel de Champlain Compiled/Written 1882 A copy of whole paper on Champlain by C. Eliot for Nathan Price (in 11 pages)
Description: 8*6.5" notebook used for school work and then used for Friday Club minutes Says 1926 on outside. Inside cover lists subjects beginning with Physiology and ending with Rhetoric. Seems to have some grades As and Bs but others check marks. Next pages are geometry theoremsMinutes begin in 1924, possible spelling list, poetry, stanzas of Lord Ullin's Daughter written by a Scottish poet Thomas Campbell, heaven is not reached on a single bound by J.G. Holland Could be book of child of Maud Trask Mentions waiting list 1/28/27 minutes [show more]
Description: Arnold Krommenohl was a lifelong stamp collector, and in 1995 began gathering stamps, news articles, photos, and other memorabila about the history of the Post Offices of Mount Desert Island.
Description: This is a handwritten list of land sold on the island. There is multiple sections of this labeled. The first being "Land for big house sold to Samuel Spurling." 2nd being "Boiling Spring + Dolly Newman field to William Preble." The list continues like this to make sense of how this land was divided to make a lot for the school.
Description: A handwritten note about the marriages births and deaths that happened in the Preble family. It starts with the initial marriage of Esaias Preble of York Maine marrying Mary Bell of N. Castle N.H in 1807. These two had children, Lydia Preble 1807, William 1811, Mary 1812, Lucia ( NO DATE), Harriet 1817, Nancy 182?, George Bell 1822, Charles 1826, Andrew 1828, Eber 1829. Charles, Andrew and Eber were the only ones born on Cranberry Island after their family moved from York Maine. In the death section it only mentions a couple of the children and only one of the parents. [show more]
Description: A notebook dating back to 1929. This notebook could have belonged to Doris Marr. This notebook has all types of notes it, from college expenses to orders made in June. There was also newspaper clippings and announcements placed inside the notebook
Description: Notebook, "United States History", with blank pages for notes and partial maps for coloring and annotation, copyright 1903, belonging to and filled in by Alice Marion Bulger (found in Ruth Westphal's house)
Description: Ledger, School accounts, kept by Alice Bulger 1906-1907, found in Ruth Westphal's house. With note from donor: "This book keeping exercise book belonged to Alice Bulger (Stanley) at a time when there evidently was a high school here on Great Cranberry in 1906-1907. Alice married Richard Stanley and they moved into the then new in 1910 home which now is the Westphal home."
Description: Underwood canning notebook of process times for sardines, clams and fish. Includes "recipes" for sauces and codfish cakes. Leather bound book with dark red cover, approx. 4" x 6.75".