Description: 1881 photograph of the outlet to Lower Hadlock Pond. Back reads "This is probably in the outlet to Lower Hadlock, near Wasgatt Cove where there was once a mill."
Description: Photograph of Champlain Society studying in camp, 1881. Marshall P. Slade photograph picturing John L. Wakefield, Henry Spelman, Samuel A. Eliot, Charles Eliot, and Edward L. Rand.
Description: Photograph of Roach Pond, August 1884. In photograph: Mrs. A.C. Freland, W.H.D. (William Dunbar), C. Batchelder, R.W. Williams, A.C.D., ? Freland, Mrs. M., L. Hobart, Dr. ?.A. Dunbar.
Description: Photograph of the Champlain Society, June 1881. In the photograph: George Dunbar, Heyliqar Windt, Roland Thatcher, Samuel A. Eliot, Henry Spelman, Charles Townsend, William Davis, Charles Eliot, Edward L. Rand, Marshall Slade, Ernest Lovering, William Dunbar, John Wakefield.
Description: Sepia photograph of Somes Sound, 1880. Background is Dog Mountain, Robinson's Mountain, and the yacht Sunshine. S.A. Eliot, William Dunbar, George Dunbar in photograph.
Description: Photograph of Champlain Society camp, July 1880. Pictured: S.A. Eliot, George Dunbar, John Wakefield Charles Eliot, William Dunbar, Ernest Lovering,
Description: Envelope containing appeal letter, brochure, response envelope, and solicitation for support for the sound schoolhouse restoration project
Description: Three page document outlining the rationale for the schoolhouse restoration, the beneficiaries of the restoration, and the outline of the restoration campaign.
Description: Records of the Somesville Sewing Circle 1881-1931. Ledger type book containing both narrative records and minutes as well as financial entries.
Description: Meeting minutes and ledger entries for the Somesville Sewing Circle, 1932-42. Intermixed narrative text and monetary accounting for the Circle.
Description: Audio cassette tape containing oral histories provided by Danny Kane, Addie Smith (Mrs. Fred Smith), Cora Fernald, and Morris Somes. 1973-74.
Description: Photograph of Sarah Corson wearning the shawl won in a raffle held to support the Women's History project of the Southwest Harbor Library, March 2010.
Description: Undated photograph of unknown woman browsing the library book shelves. Phoograph found in album containing pictures of MDIHS events c.2000-2010.
Description: Picture of island women hiking (probably Katadin). Patricia Fox, Patty Tierney, Heidi Walsh, Lois Winter, and Cindy Robbins. Photograph found in album containing pictures of MDIHS activities, 2000-2010.
Description: Picture of unknown man with child. Photograph found in picture album of MDI Historical Society events dating 2000-2010. Same subjects as 023.FIC.56 and 023.FIC.57
Description: Photograph of unknown man and child. Photo found in album of MDI Historical Society events, 2000-2010. Same subjects as 023.FIC.55 and 023.FIC.57
Description: Photograph of unknown man and child. Photo found in album containing photographs of MDI Historical Society events 2000-2010. Subjects same as objects 023.FIC.55 and 023.FIC.56
Description: Undated photographic postcard of Sieur de Monts National Park. Must date from between the establishment of the park in 1916 and the renaming of the park in 1919. Published by W.H. Sherman of Bar Harbor
Description: Leonard Leo protest poster by Annlinn Kruger. Depicts commentary on religious extremism and hypocracy surrounding tax payments and community relations.
Description: Leonard Leo protest sign by Annlinn Kruger. Depicts commentary on Leo's involvement in obstructing Merrick Garland's nomination to the supreme court.
Description: Leonard Leo protest poster by Annlinn Kruger. Depicts link between Leo and corrupt courts as well as the link between the protests and first amendment protections.
Description: 1 Spanish real, minted 1774. Most likely in royal mint in Mexico City. Engraving reads "Carlos III, by the Grace of God King of Spain and the Indies." Sillhouette of Carlos III on front, royal coat of arms on back. Found in Hayward's garden, Beech Hill MDI in 1943.
Description: Memorial stained glass window for Virginia Stuart Mackay Smith, St. Jude Church Seal Harbor. Photograph from MDI Historical Society 2008 historical churches tour.
Description: Letter from Anne Mazlich to Nancy Long of the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum on the use of a photograph of "My Family in Somesville". See 023.FIC.43-44
Description: Two letters from Anne Mazlich concerning the Tracy diary (1855). First is to Charles Pierce of the Peirpont-Morgan Library of New York City, second is to "Augie"; reply from Augie to Mazlich included. Letters discuss the possiblity of publishing the Tracy diary in the society's collection.
Description: Two copies of a letter from Anne Mazlich to the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art on the subject of Louis C. Tiffany's painting "My Family in Somesville." The society is requesting a photographic copy of the painting and permission to publish the photograph. See reply dated 10 May 023.FIC.44 and further correspondence 023.FIC.45
Description: Reply from Nancy Long of the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art to Anne Mazlich concerning the Louis Tiffany painting "My Family in Somesville." See 023.FIC.43
Description: Letter dated 6 April 1919 recognising Sergeant Richard Allen's service in the American Expeditionary Force. Form letter. Form letter from Headquarters, American Expeditionary Force thanking soldiers for their service. Copied signature by General John J. Pershing, general officer commanding the AEF.
Description: Newsletter for those who harvest clams published by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service. The newsletter contains information on harvesting, clam breeding, licensing, reseeding clams.
Description: Newspaper clippings on a variety of topics: Bar Harbor Times April 25, 1985- Article titled Pretty Marsh Endeavors to Maintain Rural Traditions Bar Harbor Times March 10, 1994- Mazie E. Smallidge obituary. Unknown Newspaper- Editorial on landing rights to the boat launching area. Bar Harbor Times October 20.2005-Obituary for David E. McGiffert a summer resident of Pretty Marsh. Bar Harbor Times October 1, 1987- Photo and caption by Nan Lincoln of Alyssa Jones. Bar Harbor Tmes December 22, 1988- Article on Pretty Marsh Christmas. [show more]
Description: Two yellow pieces of paper five inches long, one inch wide announcing: "Community Center will be open for you to donate Sale items DAILY 8:30am-5:30pm from Sunday June 30-Friday July 5. TO VOLUNTEER AS HELPER CALL PAT (244-3543). Thanks!!"
Description: Letters to members of the Pretty Marsh Association on a variety of topics. Letter to Dave from Linda about using the community house for her equine emergency class. Letter to Sue from Joanne requesting copy of treasurers report for the next meeting. Letter to Sue from Joanne a thank you for your help and note that she turned over newsletter materials to the new association president. Letter to Charlie from Sam about donation to the Lisa Harper Scholarship fund. Letter to the mayor of Pretty Marsh from Geard Mouniere of Connecticut about how nice the town is. Postcard to Karen from Joanne request for addresses so Joanne can send out the next newsletter. Letter to Charles Pugh from Edna Hysom thanking the Association for her 99th birthday gifts. Letter to Sue from JoAnne telling her she is staying on as newsletter editor and that she will be speaking at the next meeting. Letter to Chalie from JoAnne with check in memorial of Elisabeth McGiffert. Letter to Charlie from Sam with a check in memorial of Elisabeth McGiffert. Letter to Sue from Paulie about the use of the old school house for private events along with a membership check. Letter to the Association from Martha Rankin with a check in memorial of Elisabeth McGiffert. Letter to Joanne Fuerst from the Pretty Marsh Association anger over her creating an honor roll in the latest directory. They request she return newsletter postage, mailing addresses ect. The mailing also incluse a letter to all those in Pretty Marsh from JoAnne Fuerest rebuttal letter to the one she received from the Pretty Marsh Association. Letter from Benjamin Welles along with a check in memorial for Prex Flanders. Letter to Charlie from Sam along with check in memorial for Prex Flanders. Letter to Chalie from Jim Willis with a check donation. Letter to Charlie from Edna Hysom with a check in memorial for Reginald Flanders. Letter from Josephine Smith with check in memorial of Elisabeth McGiffert. Letter about donation to Elisabeth McGiffert from Robert Blum. Letter to the Association from Jill and Michael Sayer as a thank you for letting them use the school house for the wedding reception. Letter to the Assocation from the Bass Harbor Garden Club about their donation to the planned planting. Letter of donation in memorial to Reg Flanders from Freda and Bob Lycette. Letter from H.W. Goodall III about his membership and address. Letter to Sac from Frank Lewis requesting calendars be mailed to him in Pennsylvania. Letter to Karen from Paulie Johnson about Karen's roll as secretary and the boxes Paulie left at Karen's house. Letter from Phoebe Barnes about her donation to the Association. Letter to Sue from Thelus Nason sent along with his donation. Letter to Charlie from Edna sent along with her donation in memory of Elsabeth McGiffert. Letter to the Association from Jennifer Barron sent along with her donation in memory of Elsabeth McGiffert. Letter to Sue from Kate about her new neighbors' interest in Association events. [show more]
Description: Four envelopes containing reciepts for printing and mailing newsletters over different years. One envelope also contains unused 29 cent stamps. Bill from Walter Capbell for chimney work.
Description: Meeting minutes and administrative papers assorted dates 1960-1980. Bulk of the papers are from 1970. Newsletters, meeting notes, building inspections, Declaration of Trust.
Description: Letter about incomplete application for tax exempt status. Pretty Marsh Association tax documents for the federal tax exempt status. State of Maine 1991 Biennial Report
Description: Report to the Town of Mount Desert from the Pretty Marsh Association members on proposed planns to change/ammend the land use ordinences in the Town of Mount Desert. Enclosure 2 is a marked up copy of the draft of ordinance changes proposed by the Town of Mount Desert. This document is 53 typed pages.
Description: Letters to various members of the Pretty Marsh Community Corporation on a variety of topics from donations to infromation presented in the last newsletter, nominations for committee members, save the date cards,
Description: Newspaper article from unknown paper and unknown date about the proposed building of a recycling center at the town grange site in Pretty Marsh, Maine.
Description: Seven page typed timeline of a brief history of Pretty Marsh. The document has page number citations next to some of the entries but it is unclear what book or document the page numbers refrence.
Description: Probate of Donald E. Smith's will. He left a sum of $5,000.00 dollars in his will to the Pretty Marsh Community Corporation. the documents include letters from his lawer and the Pretty Marsh Community Corporation.
Description: Two large off white envelopes containing bills and receipts for services rendered to the Pretty Marsh Community Corporation. Dates on the outside of the envelopes are 1937-8, 1968-1972, 1938-44, 1989-1990
Description: History of the Someville Sewing Circle. Two typed pages and ten small pieces of scrap paper with notes on the Circle's history written or typed on them. Four handwritten list of money made on Sales, Fairs and Suppers held by the Sewing Circle starting in1855-1987. This is not a complete list there are a number of years listed with no figures or events listed. Three typed pages of the minutes of the first Circle's meeting back in 1880. [show more]
Description: Application and associated documents for the Sewing Circle applying for tax exempt status. Application to the Internal Revenue Service Bill from the law office of Fenton, Chapman, Smith and Kane P.A. for assistance in preparing IRS application. Tax exempt status approval letter from the Internal Revenue Service. Letter from Robert Patterson to Leslie Dryden at the Internal Revenue Service responding to her questions posed by the taxexempt application filed by the Sewing Circle dated July 22, 1987. Two copies. Letter from Louis Ramos, of the IRS, to the Sewing Circle requesting more information to process their taxempt application. Letter from Leslie Adryden to the Sewing Circle for requesting more information to process their taxexempt status application. Application for taxempt status to the State of Maine Revenue Service. Application date stamp October 26, 1987. [show more]
Description: Two typed pages which have been copied from the first volume of records of the Somesville Sewing Circle. These pages outline how the Circle will hold meetings, how they will create items for sale by the Circle, how many officers there will be, how to become a member of the Circle. One copy of the Constitution has been submitted for their tax exempt status paperwork. This is dated May 4, 1987.
Description: Federal tax return documents for the Someville Sewing Circle. Seven First National Bank 1099-INT forms for years; 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000. IRS Form 8109- Federal Tax Deposit Coupon Book. Information about if your organization needs to file Form 990. IRS Form 941 dated Jan 1, 1998, June 9, 1988, June 17, 1988, September 16, 1988
Description: Treasurer's Annual Report from 1956-2003 showing the income made by the Sewing Circle and the amounts of money donated to various organizations that year.
Description: Apple head doll pattern torn out of the Country Handcrafts magazine. The pattern from the magazine has been copied onto tin tissue paper but has not been cut out.
Description: Hand drawn and hand colored 8.5x11 inch posters announcing Somesville Sewing Circle events such as Baked Bean Supper, craft sale, Christmas craft fair. There are no years listed on these flyers.
Description: 13 color and black and white photos of various events of the Somesville Sewing Circle. Some photographs are annotated with the date and the event others are not.
Description: Draft of either a speech or an article written for the Somesville Sweing Circle annual meeting on October 8, 1965. Two hand written pages in blue ink.
Description: Somesville Sewing Circle list of donations to a variety of charities on Mount Desert Island. One one list has a date written on it October 1, 1959. Others have either a month and day or no date at all.
Description: Somesville Sewing Circle meeting minutes written on notebook paper in blue pen. 6 pages covering meetings held from Mar 17, 1966-October 20, 1966
Description: Somesville Sewing Circle meeting minutes written on 6x4 inch notepad paper. These are written in pencil and have a month and day noted on them but no year.
Description: Somesville Sewing Circle meeting minutes written on the back of a Boston Globe advertisement envelope. The year is possibly 1956 based on the date on the Boston Globe advertisement.
Description: 8 6x9 inch pieces of paper with meeting notes from an unknown year. The notes start with October 15 and go through Sept 25. They are written in blue pen.
Description: Hand written list of potential meeting dates for the years of 1994 & 1995. The back of the sheet has a list of names. Written in blue ink on 8.5x 5 inch sheet of paper.
Description: One page hand wirtten minutes of the Somesville Sewing Circle meeting on January 6, 1959. Wirtten in blue pen on 8.5x11 inch unlined paper.
Description: One page hand wirtten minutes of the first meeting of the Somesvill Sewing Circle. It is undated and lists the people in attendance and the various chapters they are from. It is unlear if this is a copy or an origional.
Description: Draft of the a request for hankerchiefts on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper titled The Somesville Sewing Circle Greetings. This may have been something copied from another source. Date to send in your hankerchiefs is August 1, 1904.
Description: Draft of the booklet Object Id number 019.12.34. This is handwritten in pencil on small scraps of paper that have been taped together to make a 8.5x11 inch sheet of paper.
Description: Somesville Sewing Club inventory/price list of items for sale. List has no date. The list is two pages long and written in blue ink on 8.5x11 inch white notebook paper.
Description: Somesville Sewing Club inventory/price list of items for sale. List is dated November 11, 1989. The list is two pages long and written in black ink on 8.5x11 inch white notebook paper.
Description: Somesville Sewing Club inventory/price list of items for sale. List is dated July 30,992. The list is two pages long and written in black ink on 8.5x11 inch white spriral bound notbook paper that has been ripped out of the notebook.
Description: Somesville Sewing Club inventory/price list of items for sale. List is dated 1987. The list is three pages long and written in black ink on 8x6 inch white paper.
Description: Somesville Sewing Club inventory/price list of items for sale. There is no date written on the cards. The list is written on nine 5x7 inch peach colored index cards in black pen.
Description: Somesville Sewing Club meeting munites photocopied and stapled together. These pages also contain inventory lists of items made by Circle members which are available for sale. Notes cover March-October 1974
Description: Small 5x7 hand made book with photocopy pages for the Somesville Sewing Circle. The pages show the months of the year and the three meetings they hold each month with a blank space next to each where the infomation on which member's house the meeting will take place at.
Description: Three geneological charts of Francis W. Foster. Once chart shows his relationship to Robert Sprout and Elizabeth Sampson. Two charts shows his relationship to Thomas Eames and Rebecca Harine.
Description: Hand written partial family tree of Donal H. Kenney printed on pink paper. There are five pink pages in total only the first one is filled in.
Description: Letter to Connie and Carol from Rose discussing her presentation on A.C.'s letters. She sends along a hand drawn map of the James River 1864 for Connie and Carol to put with their copies of the letters.
Description: One page copy of the chronology of the Civil War from 1861-1865. Hand written notation on the page reads Book of Knowledge 1966 Vol 3 Pg 328
Description: Eight page printout showing books and documents available for order. These documents cover history and geneology of persons arriving on the Mayflower.
Description: Map of Plymouth County Massasschusetts which contains three areas which have asterics in them. One in Brocton, MA. One in Rockland, MA. One in Plymouth, MA.
Description: Four page document discussing the history and founding of the Union Church in Northeast Harbor. The document lists the names and amount of money pledged by different persons to fund the construction of the church.
Description: Photocopies of photographs. Some photographs are labled with names and page numbers. Theres is no refrence to the book the page numbers refer to.
Description: Photocopies of photographs of the USS Deleware circa 1861. The photographs are acompanied by a letter from Chase talking about how the model in his office is made.
Description: Photocopy of a hand drawn geneology map of the 7th-9th generations. Last names mentioned on the map are: Moon, Southerd, Dolliver, Kenney, Perry, Philips, Lukens, Dana, Damon, Weagle, Mayo.
Description: Two page computer typed copy of a letter written by ACS to his wife dated September 29, 1864. He writes to his wife to let her know he is well and of the battles fought near by. He also pledges to send her more money after he has a chance to buy some replacement clothes. Talks of Captain H.H. Savage who thinks they maybe related. Hopes his wife is well and sends his love.