Description: Letter of recommendation and two menus from Seaside Inn, Seal Harbor, Maine. George Cookson, great great uncle of donor was the chef during that time period. The booklet includes a map of the southeastern part of Mount Desert Island and photos of the Jordan Pond Trail, surf at Seal Harbor, upper end of Long Pond, view from Sea Cliff Drive, Seaside Inn and cottages,
Description: Two excerpts from Chebacco: Hadlock Executed this Day, from the History Journal of the Mount Desert Historical Society, Vol. I, 1998 The Last Words and Dying Speech of Samuel L. Hadlock, from Chebacco, Vol. Vii, 2005.
Description: 21-page monograph presented by the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Story originally published from Rachel Field's collection Points East: Narratives of New England, 1933. Bruce Komusin of the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society brought the work to the attention of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Editor: Emily M. Beck
Description: 21-page monograph presented by the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Story originally published from Rachel Field's collection Points East: Narratives of New England, 1933. Bruce Komusin of the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society brought the work to the attention of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Editor: Emily M. Beck
Description: This single folder is labeled "E. H. Greely". Under this name the label continues with "Eagle Lake Lot, 1895". Credit is given to Savage & Lord, Civil Engineers. There is a single blueprint inside.
Description: There are two folders in drawer 1 marked Malvern Hotel, Bar Harbor. The first folder is labeled Trace & Linen. The second folder is labeled Trace.
Description: There are three folders marked Dark Harbor Islesboro Inn. The first two folders are noted to contain trace '. The third folder is marked to contain ' Blueprints.
Description: There are two folders labeled "Fred Savage, Comfort Station, Village Green, Bar Harbor". The first is marked as containing blueprints and the second as containing linens and kraft.
Description: There are two folders labeled "Fred Savage, Mrs. A.E. Platt Cottage, Bar Harbor". The first is dated "circa 1901-1905" and has kraft, trace, and linen. The second folder is dated 1901 and has 10 blueprints.
Description: There are 7 folders in all, stored in drawers 4 and 5 of Flat File #3. Five of the folders are in drawer 4. The first folder is labeled "Edgar T. Scott House, Bar Harbor'" and includes trace & linen. The second folder is labeled "Edgar T. Scott Stable, Bar Harbor" and has the following notation on the outside "wax paper ?". The third folder is labeled "Edgar T. Scott Stable & House (?), Bar Harbor and includes blueprints. The fourth folder is labeled "Chiltern, Bar Harbor (Edgar Scott)". This folder is marked "A. Longfellow, Architect, Boston" and contains Kraft. The fifth folder is labeled "Chiltern, Bar Harbor (Edgar T. Scott)" and contains blueprints of the house and boat pier. The next two folders are in drawer 5. Folder 6 is labeled "Chiltern, Bar Harbor (Edgar T. Scott Stable) and contains trace and linen. Folder 7 is Chiltern's Stable (Edgar T. Scott Stable), Bar Harbor. This last folder contains kraft and 5 photo copies. Kitchen table for house for Edgar Scott, Bar Harbor, Me. Boat House for Mr. Edgar Scott, Bar Harbor, Me. Boat Pier for Mr. Edgar Scott, Bar Harbor, Me. The last three drawings are wrapped up on the shelf opposite the Ansul panel. They have mold damage. 2012 exhibit text: Chiltern Stable for Edgar T. Scott Bar Harbor, ME, 1900 Pencil on tracing paper Savage was a builder and served as an architect's local representative. In many cases he was awarded the commission to design stables and alterations such as at Chiltern. The main house was designed by William Longfellow. This is a rare early sketch for the stable's elevation, less formal than other such early sketches. This building survives as a bed and breakfast. [show more]
Description: There are five folders in this drawer all dedicated to "Breakwater". John T. Kane is the owner and the location is noted as Bar Harbor. The first folder has Kraft. The second folder has linens. The third folder has several drawings on tissue-like paper of balconies, pillars/columns, etc. The fourth folder has mantels/details. The fifth folder has blueprints.
Description: This is one of six folders housed in drawer 9. It is labeled "A. Murray Young" and the notation identifies the contents as "1st floor plan".
Description: This is one of six folders in drawer 9. The single folder is labeled Mrs. Jones**, Reverie Cove and it contains blueprints. 2. Plan Ink on linen of primary floor.
Description: This is an exhibit poster of what we think is Fred Savage's Bar Harbor office. It sat on Fred Savage's desk in an exhibit the Historical Society had in the summer of 2008.