Document, Government, Marriage Record, Marriage Certificate
Date:
June 25, c. 1870
Description: Certificate of Marriage for Capt. Joseph S. King of Tremont and Miss Addie V. Gilley of Tremont June 25, 187_ (last number of year is missing).
Document, Government, Marriage Record, Marriage Certificate
Date:
1884
Description: Marriage Certificate: Captain Lester E. Pray of Eden and Kate L. Heath of Mount Desert, Tremont, February 2, 1884. Lester (1859-1927) and Katherine (Kate) (1862-1941) were the parents of Lucie Pray and residents of Somesville. Certificate is framed in brown wood frame; glass is touching certificate; wooden back board.; should be removed and reframed.
Description: Certificate of incorporation of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, showing filing date of December 18, 1931, in Hancock County Registry of Deeds.
Description: Internal Revenue Service certificate showing employer identification number for MDI Historical Society (August 21, 1975) with letter of transmission from attorney Nathaniel Fenton
Description: Records of the Mount Desert Bridge Coporation (1845-1911). Leather ledger with marbled paper cover. Minutes of meetings. List of payments and expenses. Record of leases of Bridge to K.K. Thompson and C. Thompson.
Description: This is a typical ledger, measuring 8 x 10 and 1/4 inches. It has a black cover with a faded red binding and matching red corners. The title of the ledger is written on a white label with red borders in cursive writing. It reads, "Union Meeting House Society Records". The first entry is the text of the application made to the state of Maine to become an incorporated parish and religious society under the provisions of chapter 16 of the Revised Statutes of Maine. There are the transcribed notes of the first meeting and the signers of the bylaws. The records appear to span 1914-1931. There are additional minutes of meetings and what appear records of contributions. [show more]
Description: Champlain Society records camp log with photos 1881 Includes: * a photograph of Camp Pemetic with captions identifying individual tents and Flying Mountain across Somes Sound. * entries from Sunday July 3 through Sunday August 14, 1881 * ledger of payments and expenses
Description: “Femo” baking clay imprint mold from Sound School House Bell Maker’s markings 1893.Bell in center of a rectangle with Trade written on one side, Mark on the other with signature centerflat and white in color .
Description: “Femo” baking clay imprint mold from Sound School House bell. Bell Maker’s markings 1893. Bell in center of a rectangle with Trade written on one side, Mark on the other with signature center.slightly yellow in color.curvature of bell visible
Description: A DVD that contains a 5.36 minutes long MP4 file that has information about the Lewis H. Story chebacco boat and the project of MDIHS to sail this vessel from Essex to Mount Desert Island in 2013 to commemorate the voyage of Abraham Somes in 1762 that brought Somes and his family to Mount Desert Island. This video was prepared by Cape Ann TV and focused on the rebuilding and care of the boat by the Essex Museum. Several copies of this DVD are in the archives. [show more]
Description: A video taken of the January, 2014 MDI Historical Society Bean Supper held in the cafeteria of Mount Desert Island High School. Shows participants of the Dog Mountain Band, attendees at the supper, talk by society president, William Horner.
Description: A film in videotape format that records the restoration of the Somes Sound School House, completed in 1998. This video needs to be watched and then further information about its contents recorded in this record. Was this created to be for sale by MDIHS? If so, what is the price? Four copies are located in the research room library.
Description: A video of the history of the Maine Seacoast Mission. This film was created in 2005 by Jeff Dobbs Productions, Bar Harbor, Maine The film is in the library in two formats: DVD and VCR
Description: An audio recording of sounds heard in a working granite quarry. This CD was created to accompany an exhibit of quarrying information that was housed at the Sound School House Museum, 2001.