Description: Copy of Photograph of Northeast Harbor Garage, on the corner of Neighborhood and Rockend Road with two men shoveling snow following the blizzard of 1937. Scanned from Facebook.
Description: Article about the Morris Yacht Company, expanded to Northeast Harbor, as it celebrates its 35th year. Brief biography of Tom Morris, owner and designer. Issue 96. See also item 1710
Description: Copy of an article by John Snyder tracing the development and building of Morris Yachts on and around MDI. Started by Thomas D. C. Morris in Southwest Harbor, the company is co-managed by son Cuyler of SWH. Photographs included. See also item 1593
Description: Article from Down East Magazine about Robert "Bob Lincoln's small boat building business, RKL Boatworks. He started with the Rangeley Guide Boat and is developing a row boat, now using the less expensive fiberglass.
Description: Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902. Several photographs of the boats were added by R. Pyle at the Northeast Harbor library.
Description: Lydia Vandenbergh's notes on building development in Northeast Harbor from 1889 to 1910 for her book with E. Shuttleworth "Mt. Desert Island; Somesville, SW, and NEH".
Description: Handwritten report listing residences & buildings attributed to B. W. Candage & Sons, contractor/builders/masons beginning 1881. Samuel & Arthur became partners as carpenters/masons in 1890.
Description: Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out. [show more]
Description: Documentary film of the Hancock County 4-H Dairy Club developing dairy stock in conjunction with the University of Maine Extension Service & Hancock County Farm Bureau.
Description: Appearing in Down East Magazine, short story by Northeast Harbor resident and author Gunnar Hansen about the author the perils of a clam digger venturing to an off shore island in winter.