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| Waiting and watching for me? Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|  Waiting and watching for me? Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Waiting and watching for me? | |||||
| "By the quiet lake" nocturne. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| "By the quiet lake" nocturne. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: "By the quiet lake" nocturne. 2d Tenor. | ||||
| Softly over the rippling waters - Chorus / Over the cloud Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Softly over the rippling waters - Chorus / Over the cloud Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Softly over the rippling waters - Chorus Over the Cloud | |||||
| Oral History Interview of John Kief Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Oral History Interview of John Kief Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Transcript of interview with John Kief born 8/29/1911 of Eden regarding the dairy industry and farming on Mount Desert Island | |||
| Oral History Interview of John Fernald Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Oral History Interview of John Fernald Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Transcript of interview with John Fernald, born 11/25/1932 on Mount Desert, regarding the dairy industry and farming on Mount Desert Island. See also CD-R, located in Archival Box #68, accession number 010.001.001. | |||
| Transcript of Interview: John Sweet Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Transcript of Interview: John Sweet Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Transcript of Interview John Sweet, born 12/20/1923 of Bar Harbor. Regarding the Dairy Industry and Farming on Mount Desert Island. CD-R located in Archival Box #68 accession number 010.003.001 | |||||
| Interview Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Oral History Interview of Louise Sawtelle Libby Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Oral History Interview of Louise Sawtelle Libby Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Written transcript of interview with Louise Sawtelle Libby, born 1/20/1907 in Cambridge Mass., regarding the history of Islesford; Duck Island; and many stories about growing up in the mid 1900s and summering on the coast of MDI, Coast Guard, Bangor fire in 1911, small bit about MDI fire of 1947 | ||
| Hooked Rugs of the Grenfell Mission: Paula Laverty, September 2, 2009 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Hooked Rugs of the Grenfell Mission: Paula Laverty, September 2, 2009 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: An audio recording of Hooked Rugs of the Grenfell Mission: Paula Laverty, September 2, 2009, an audio recording of a presentation sponsored by the MDI Historical Society, Mellon Room Northeast Harbor Library. | ||
| Maine Court Records: Ancient Sources, Modern Access. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Maine Court Records: Ancient Sources, Modern Access. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Audiocassette tape of Maine Court Records: Ancient Sources, Modern Access. by James Henderson | |||
| Interpreting Probate Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Interpreting Probate Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Audiocassette tap of Interpreting Probate Records by Gloria Main | |||
| Using Surveying Records for Genealogical Research Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Using Surveying Records for Genealogical Research Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Audiocassette tape of Using Surveying Records for Genealogical Research by Edward Coffin | |||
| "Childhood Memories" -- Emma Reed Richards Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| "Childhood Memories" -- Emma Reed Richards Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A 7-page handwritten memoir of Emma Richards' childhood in Bass Harbor. | ||
| Face To Face, Trifet's Monthly Galaxy of Music Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Face To Face, Trifet's Monthly Galaxy of Music Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Sheet music for listed titles; also "The World's Method for Cornet and Sax-horn". "Face to Face" is by Herbert Johnson | ||||
| The Little Brown Jug Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Little Brown Jug Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Paperback copy of play; cover is disrepair. Advertisement for "Pearl Corset Shields" inserted between pages. | |||
| The Ladder of St. Augustine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Ladder of St. Augustine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Hand-written in pencil, 12 verses, "Mary" written in upper right. Poem written by Longfellow. | ||||
| The Mariner's Wife Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Mariner's Wife Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Poem by Sophronia Knapp, "Thoughts of the Mariner's Wife," copied by Clara S. Foster (?) and addressed to Mrs. Higgins with note: "Please accept the following lines which I take the liberty to copy for you [&} oblige, your sincere friend, Clara S. Foster. First lines of poem: "The night is dark, the tempest raves, Sleep from my pillow flies..." | ||||
| Geography Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
| Geography Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Hand-written in pencil: "The earth is one of nine planets which move with great velocity..." No name or date given. | |||||
| Summers at the Eyrie Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Summers at the Eyrie Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Summer home of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and his family. Describes family life, gardens, interior furnishings. House was demolished c. 1963. | |||
| A three-scene play about drunkeness and redemption Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| A three-scene play about drunkeness and redemption Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A play ("dialogue" is the word used by the author ) about drunkeness and redemption. Appears to have been written by Allen Somes. Three scenes, handwritten on 3 pages. A note on the back of the second page asks a Mr. Higgins to take one of the roles and to come to rehearsal on a Friday evening. If Higgins cannot take the role, he is asked to pass the script to Bloomfield. No date is given. | ||||
| Historical Address at the Somesville Union Meeting House Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Historical Address at the Somesville Union Meeting House Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Copy of a speech given entitled “Between the Hills’ and Its 100-year old Church” given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt, D.D. on July 14, 1940 13 pages | ||||
| Between the Hills and Its 100 - Year Old Church Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Between the Hills and Its 100 - Year Old Church Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 15 page Sermon / historical address given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt, D.D. on the history of the Somesville Union Meeting House, U.C.C. | |||
| "One Summer in Seal Harbor" - a magazine article Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| "One Summer in Seal Harbor" - a magazine article Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: "One Summer in Seal Harbor" -- an article from the Johns Hopkins Magazine, June 1995, recounting the relationship between artist, painter, Thomas Eakins and physicist, photographer, Henry Rowland. Describes Eakins' painting of a portrait of Rowland, discusses Rowland's career and describes the construction of "Craigstone", the Rowland cottage in Seal Harbor. Includes biographical information on both Rowland and Eakins. [show more] | |||
| 1931 E. S. Dana speech on Seal Harbor history to Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| 1931 E. S. Dana speech on Seal Harbor history to Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Envelope addressed to Mrs. A.C. Brown of Cleveland, Ohio, and an enclosed typewritten copy of a speech (6 pages) by E.S. Dana which was delivered at a meeting of the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society in 1931. Discusses the early history of the village and includes references to John Clement (first settler of the village in 1809), Charles Clement, Edward Dunham, George Stebbins, George Cooksey, Mr. Dane, Mr. Griswold, Glencove Hotel, John Rockefeller, Professor Rowland, Seaside Casino, Presidents Eliot and Gilman. Describes the development plans of and subsequent breakdown of George Cooksey; the efforts of George Stebbins to carry out Cooksey's plans. paths and roads of Seal Harbor, Jordan Pond House and Thomas MacIntire. [show more] | |||
| Samuel Atkins Eliot on improvements needed to Northeast Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Samuel Atkins Eliot on improvements needed to Northeast Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Photocopy of undated remarks by Samuel Atkins Eliot at a Northeast Harbor meeting in 1939. The remarks concern plans for improving the town and relating primarily to the harbor. Transcribed by Michael McGiffert. NEH Library has the original copy. 2 pages |