Description: Leases, agreement of sale and purchase, warranty deeds, mortgage deeds, cancellation of lease for the Northeast HarborTennis Club and the swimming pool.
Description: A compilation of articles on the development of the Mount Desert Island area which appeared in the Bar Harbor Times between July 23 and August 27, 1987 (2 copies).
Description: In December 2000, The Bar Harbor Times published this "Special Millennium Edition" in 2 sections: A (cover-8) and B (9-19). Some of the events covered are "The Timeline of Maine History" (4) and other special events pertaining to the history of Mount Desert Island.
Description: A newspaper description of how the Bicentennial of the nation & the organization of local government in Hancock County & many of its towns occur at the same time.
Description: Loring, Short & Harmon's illustrated guide book for Mount Desert Island (before Acadia National Park). With 5 mounted photographs. Fourth edition (1879). Sixth edition (1885).
Description: This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. Section H: 1969-1984 Building on past
Description: This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. Section G: 1946-1968 Prosperous peace
Description: This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. Section F: 1932-1945 The lean years
Description: This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. Section E: 1912-1931 Out of the ashes
Description: This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. Section D: 1896-1911 A new century
Description: This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. Section C: 1873-1895 Turning the tide
Description: This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. Section B: 1842-1872 Boom Town
Description: This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. Section A: 1834-1841 Out of the woods
Description: WLC Programs, years 1908 - 2000 1. Programs 1908 2. Program 1908-1909 3. Program 1909-1910 4. Programs 1910-1911 5. Programs 1911-1912 6. Program 1912-1913 7. Program 1913-1914 8. Program 1914-1915 9. Program 1915-1916 10. Program 1916-1917 11. Program 1917-1918 12. Program 1918-1919 13 Program 1919-1920 14. Program 1920-1921 15. Program 1921-1922 16. Program 1922-1923 17. Program 1923-1924 18. Program 1924-1925 19. Program 1925-1926 20. Program 1926-1927 21. Program 1927-1928 22. Program 1928-1929 23. Program 1930-1931 24. Program 1929-1930 25. Program 1931-1932 26. Program 1932-1933 27. Program 1933-1934 28. Program 1934-1935 29. Programs 1935-1936 30. Program 1936-1937 31. Program 1937-1938 32. Program 1938-1939 33. Program 1939-1940 34. Program 1940-1941 35. Program 1941-1942 36. Program 1942-1943 37. Program 1943-1944 38. Program 1944-1945 39. Program 1945-1946 40. Program 1946-1947 41. Program 1947-1948 42. Program 1948-1949 43. Program 1949-1950 44. Program 1950-1951 45. Program 1951-1952 46. Program 1952-1953 47. Program 1953-1954 48. Program 1954-1955 49. Program 1955-1956 50. Program 1956-1957 51. Program 1908-1958 Golden Jubilee 52. Program 1958-1959 53. Program 1959-1960 54. Program 1960-1961 55. Program 1961-1962 56. Program 1962-1963 57. Program 1963-1964 58. Program 1964-1965 59. Program 1965-1966 60. Program 1966-1967 61. Program 1967-1968 62. Program 1968-1969 63. Program 1969-1970 64. Program 1970-1971 65. Program 1971-1972 66. Program 1972-1973 67. Program 1973-1974 68. Program 1974-1975 69. Program 1975-1976 70. Program 1976-1977 71. Program 1977-1978 72. Program 1978-1979 73. Program 1979-1980 74. Program 1980-1981 75. Program 1981-1982 76. Program 1982-1983 77. Program 1983-1984 78. Program 1984-1985 79. Program 1985-1986 80. Program 1986-1987 81. Program 1987-1988 82. Program 1988-1989 83. Program 1989-1990 84. Program 1990-1991 85. Program 1991-1992 86. Program 1992-1993 87. Program 1993-1994 88. Program 1994-1995 89. Program 1995-1996 90. Program 1996-1997 91. Program 1997-1998 92. Program 1998-1999 93. Program 1999-2000 These items belong to the Woman's Literary Club Collection, Box 9 (Item 7334). [show more]
Description: Author Unknown - Appreciation of the Fine Arts - History of Mount Desert Island - History of Mount Desert Island with notes and drafts - The Manchester Ancestry - Mythology - Thanksgiving B - Local Organizations, by Edith H. Burr - Northeast Harbor Water Company, by Edith H. Burr C - Popper, by Joan Columbe F - Poltergeist? (1986), by Billie Favour - The Easter of My Life, by Edith Favour - The First Americans and the Men from Outer Space, 1974, by Edith Favour - The Herring Gull, by Edith Favour - Mount Desert Families in 1775-76 (1975), by Edith Favour - The Record-maker (1985), by Edith Favour - Robins are singing in the rain, by Edith Favour - September Song (1990), by Edith Favour - Wabanaki Artisans (1980), by Edith Favour - Biography of Jane Addams, by Mildred Fennelly - Biography of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, by Mildred Fennelly - Biography of Diego Velasquez, by Mildred Fennelly - Book Review of Captain Ellsburg and His Books, by Mildred Fennelly - Book Review of "A House Without a Roof", by Mildred Fennelly - Book Review of "The Pilgrim Prince", by Mildred Fennelly - Book Review of "Take Heed of Loving Me", by Mildred Fennelly - Children's Literature, by Mildred Fennelly - Education, by Mildred Fennelly - Madagascar, by Mildred Fennelly - Passamaquoddy, by Mildred Fennelly - Recount WLC Year 1932-33, by Mildred Fennelly - Recount Trip to New York, by Mildred Fennelly - Sandwich Islands, by Mildred Fennelly - Travel, by Mildred Fennelly - Williamsburg, VA, by Mildred Fennelly G - Come to Maine (1941), by Edith S. Gilley - Crab Apple Jelly Made in a Floor Pail (1953), by Edith S. Gilley - Easter, 1953, by Edith S. Gilley - God Bless the Wilkies (1940), by Edith S. Gilley - The Hinkley Tomstone (1940), by Edith S. Gilley - Re*Papers on Local History (1940), by Edith S. Gilley - Written for Stella L. Hill (1941), by Edith S. Gilley - Red Cross History, by Winifred Graves [show more]
Description: H - A review of New York Poetry Week (1940), by Stella L. Hill - Address at Southwest Harbor Neighborhood House to the Mount Desert Island Federation of Women’s Clubs, by Stella L. Hill - Address [to Club by first President] (1908), by Stella L. Hill - Bartletts Island w/ notes, by Stella L. Hill - Bartletts Island and Pretty Marsh (1933), by Stella L. Hill - Building a Home Library, by Stella L. Hill - Echoes of Long Ago, by Stella L. Hill - Hall Quarry w/ notes and photographs (see item 7336), by Stella L. Hill - History of the Northeast Harbor Post Office, by Stella L. Hill - Library w/ notes, by Stella L. Hill - The Yesterday and Today of Sutton Island, by Stella L. Hill - The Mount Desert Island Historical Society at Somesville (1932), by Mrs. L. Elrie Holmes (Mary Holmes) - The Neighborhood House, by Mrs. L. Elrie Holmes (Mary Holmes) - Fine Arts, by Mary Holmes K - Books in Review, by Beatrice Carroll Kelley - Swimming Pool—Tennis Club & Golf Club (1933), by Beatrice Carroll Kelley - Biography of Daniel Coit Gilman, by Beatrice Carroll Kelley - History of Northeast Harbor, by Beatrice Carroll Kelley - A Challenge to the Woman’s Literary Club, by Belle Smallidge Knowles - Doctor Florence Rena Sabin, by Belle Smallidge Knowles - Early History, by Belle Smallidge Knowles - Prima Donna—Albani, by Belle Smallidge Knowles M - World War Radio Stations at Otter Cliffs and Sea Wall (1933), by Dorothy Maddocks - Greening’s Island (1933), by Charlotte Manchester - The Sunday Evening Club (1932), by Charlotte Manchester - The Manchester Family, by A. L. Manchester (Ida I. Manchester) [show more]
Description: 1. WLC Meeting Notes, 1908-1912 2. WLC Meeting Notes, 1912-1919 3. WLC Meeting Notes, 1919-1928 a 4. WLC Meeting Notes, 1919-1928 b 5. WLC Meeting Notes, 1928-1938 a 6. WLC Meeting Notes, 1928-1938 b 7. WLC Meeting Notes, 1938-1950 a 8. WLC Meeting Notes, 1938-1950 b 9. WLC Meeting Notes, 1950-1956 a 10. WLC Meeting Notes, 1950-1956 b 11. WLC Meeting Notes, 1956-1968 a 12. WLC Meeting Notes, 1956-1968 b 13. WLC Meeting Notes, 1968-1979 a 14. WLC Meeting Notes, 1968-1979 b 15. WLC Meeting Notes 1979-1984 16. WLC Meeting Notes, 1984-1989 17. WLC Meeting Notes, 1990-1995 18. WLC Meeting Notes, 1999-2000 19. Patterson Committee Notes, 1928-1999 The Trail of the Maine Pioneer by Maine Club Women (book - pdf available on request) Maine in History and Romance by Maine Club Women (book - pdf available on request) [show more]
Description: Blueprint, 36 1/2x23 3/4, showing proposed division of the Mary Wheelwright property on Peabody Drive. Also shows Shattuck and Barnes properties. See also Item 2649
Description: Blueprint, 34x28", of Mary N. Crofoot property at Harbor Brook, conveyed from Wheelwright in 1937 and 1944. Other properties shown are Robinson and Shattuck. See also Item 2656
Description: Parchment drawings of interior floor plans of the Geyelin House, "Copper Beeches." This was labeled previously as the Gilley house. See also Item 2514
Description: Parchment drawing, 72x44", of basement and three upper level floor plans of house ("The Birches") on Sargeant Drive listed first as Yarnall, second as Kent. It is now called "Gulls Way". See also Item 2313
Description: - Edith Falt Favour Materials - Julia Manchester Materials - Edith S. Gilley Materials - Agreement btwn WLC & Bar Harbor Banking and Trust re: scholarship, 1951 - Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs Newsletters, 1980-1982 - General Federation of Women’s Clubs –Letter of Inclusion and Awards - General Federation of Women’s Clubs papers - General Federation of Women’s Clubs Community Improvement Program - Correspondence btwn Stella L. Hill and Clarice re: paper - Correspondence btwn Stella L. Hill and Edith re: Soldier Pond - Correspondence btwn Belle Smallidge Knowles and the Washington Highway and The Lincoln Highway, 1915 - Correspondence btwn Jackson Reynolds and Wilma Eaton, 1987 re: scholarship - Correspondence from Ina S. Ober to Mrs. Hill, 1957 - Meeting Notes re: Bishop Doane, Susan Coolidge, et all - List of Subjects of Papers on Local History Written by WLC Members - Stella L. Hill Ephemera of Trip to Pennsylvania - Memoirs of a Lifetime, by A. C. Savage - Today is Mine: poems from the Heart of Maine, by Mabel Demers Hinckley - In Memory of Jennie L. Burr, by Belle Smallidge Knowles - Science Challenges the Educator (Honoring Daniel Coit Gilman), 1959 by Asa S. Knowles - Remarks on the Occasion (Honoring Belle Smallidge Knowles) by Asa Knowles - Memory of Belle Smallidge Knowles - 30th Anniversary of Woman’s Literary Club, 1938 by L. A. Wilson - Newspaper Clippings and Telegrams re: 50th Anniversary - WLC 75th Anniversary Booklet, 1916-1991 - From Versus Composed and Read by Prof. C. H. Foy at 100th Anniversary of Seal Harbor - Outstanding Lecture and Exhibit at the Northeast Harbor Library, 1953 - A Challenge to the Woman’s Literary Club, by Belle Smallidge Knowles (book) - Facsimile of Scrapbook by Belle Smallidge Knowles [show more]
Description: Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd seated in foreground (where visitor's center is now) marching band on bridge. Radio tower in background.
Description: Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd standing watching unknown man give speech. Photograph looking east from Thompson's Island. (MAN 18)
Description: Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd standing on Thompson's island. Barn and farmhouse where Visitor's Center now is. (MAN 17)
Description: Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd standing near shore, looking west toward Bayside in Trenton. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Description: Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd seated in foreground (where visitor's center is now) marching band on bridge. Radio tower in background. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Description: M - Address to WLC , by Julia Manchester - Appointment of Pioneer Club Women (1940), by Julia Manchester - The Azores and the Canary Islands, by Julia Manchester - Banking, by Julia Manchester - Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company, by Julia Manchester - Churches - Old and New, by Julia Manchester - History of Mount Desert Island (1949), by Julia Manchester - Norman Rockwell, by Julia Manchester - Maine Summer Resorts, by Julia Manchester - The Northeast Harbor Library (1933), by Julia Manchester - Wills, by Julia Manchester - Milling and Shipping Industries of Mount Desert, by Julia Manchester - Islesford Museum (1932), by Julia Manchester - The White Plague (1969), by Julia Manchester P - Flowers for Maxine, by Virginia Phelps - Report of Fall Conference of Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs, by Virginia Phelps - Early History and Person Recollections of Northeast Harbor (1919), by Cora Savage Phillips R - The Duck Islands, by Emily Reynolds S - Untitled, by E. Savage - Titian and Hans Holbein the Younger, by Mabelle S. Savage - Willa Cather, by Mabelle S. Savage - Lighthouses off Mount Desert (1933), by Emma F. Spurling W - Early Yachting Days at Northeast Harbor, by Mary Cabot Wheelwright - Dr. Henry van Dyke, by Mabel Whittaker - Rev. S. S. Drury and St. Paul’s School, by Mabel Whittaker - Admiral Byrd’s Summer House at West Tremont (1932), by Lina MacLean Wilson - Artists, Poets and Authors Who Have Summered at Mount Desert, by Lina MacLean Wilson [show more]
Description: Initially called "The Rudder" in 1914, then "The Rostrum" in the 1920's, it was later known as "Gilmanac". Scanned copies: 1914 1922 1923 1924 1925 1927 1940 1941 1943 (see Item 2281) 1944 1945 (see Item 7203) 1946 1947 (see Item 7204) 1948 (see Item 7373) 1949 1950 Included is an Official Program for the 16th annual Maine Interscholastic Track and Field Championship (1949). Missing: 1915-1921, 1926, 1939, 1942 [show more]
Description: Folder 26 Mount Desert Island Real Estate Co., share certificate for Geo. C. Ming dated August 23, 1888 for fifteen shares in capital stock. Folder 27 Maine a Place to Live, unidentified magazine cover, color image of a church. Folder 28 Picturesque Maine, an illustrated lecture, Edward C. Sweet, December 16, 1895, pamphlet with illustrations and images. Folder 34 Stereoview Bar Harbor, photographed and published by B. Bradley. Folder 35 Wall Street Journal article by John Wilmerding on American Art. Folder 36 Cover of "Town of Winter Harbor Maine Annual Report 1988". Folder 37 Maine Times article on "Maine Summer Colonies". August 2nd, 1985. Folder 38 "Maine Chapter of the American Institute of Architects" 1991 Design award competition. Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island. Folder 42 Invitation card showing a reproduction of watercolor “Mark and Andrew’s Island from Deer Isle, Maine, 1920” by John Marin (1870-1953). The invitation is to the artist's opening on June 24th, 1998 at the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville and is sent by the President and Trustees of Colby College and the Museum’s Board of Governors. Folder 44 Several Through Bills of Landing belonging to H. G. Eaton and A. M. Carter: - Portland, Mt. Desert & Machias Steamboat Co., Dr. to Little Dear Isle (1899, 1900, 1901) - Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Co., Dr. (1990) - Islesboro, Castine & Belfast Steamboat Co., Dr. (1902). Folder 48 1 Invoice: “James A. Robinson & Son. Manufacturers, Sellers & Retail Clothiers” Bangor, Maine 5/12/1897. Items sold to E. J. Russel 1 Receipt: Bar Harbor, 8/10/1885 for Mr. Lee for the amount of $6.00, signed by Mr. Ash. Folder 60 Front page clipping of the Boston Sunday Globe of August 15, 1971 "Maine Island imports children - Imported children bring youth to craggy Maine Island" by Diane White. The island in question is Frenchboro. [show more]
Description: Folder 1 Glimpses of Camden, Maine, 1904, J. R. Prescott, 116 pages. Glimpses of Camden On the Coast of Maine, 1916, John R. Prescott, 1 volume (unpaged): all illustrations. Folder 2 A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, Maine, 190?, W. H. Sherman, 68 pages : chiefly illustrations. Folder 3 (not yet scanned) Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, 1888, William Berry Lapham, 72 pages: illustrations. Folder 4 Unidentified book about Maine homes and churches in the early days, commentary about home design, coastal living, farming, and general livelihood. 32 pages missing covers. Folder 5 The Summer State of Maine, Holman D. Waldron and Harry D. Young, ca. 1893, Tourist booklet in the shape of the state of Maine; cover illustration is map of Maine, 24 pages. Folder 30 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, by W. B. Lapham, 1887. Folder 31 Looking at Katahdin, the artists' inspiration, booklet about exhibit at L.C. Bates Museum, 1999. Folder 32 (scan from digitalmaine.com) Maine, the sesquicentennial of statehood, exhibition in the Library of Congress, 1970-1971, booklet. Folder 33 The Maine I Remember by Sidney Urquhast, article from Vogue Magazine, August 2000. Includes a photo of Walter Damrosch (Sidney's grandfather). Folder 43 Penzance in Maine: In Old Acadia, by F. W. Shumaker, 1927. Illustrations by S. Garnett Goesle and Herbet R. Roese. Folder 47 Northeast Harbor Port Directory, 1993. Folder 50 There is only one Bar Harbor - A few of its beautiful spots, by Ernest Emery, 1902. Folder 51 Mount Desert on the coast of Maine, by Mrs. Clara Barnes Martin, 1870 (very fragile) [show more]
Description: 2 colored postcards: - Greetings from Bangor, Maine (probably 1938) - Autumn in Asticou (date unknown) These postcards belong to the Woman's Literary Club Collection, Box 7 (Item 7332).
Description: Several brochures: - "School improvement League of Maine - Library and Art Exchange" (1898) - "The Kalends of the Williams & Wilkins Company", Volume XII, Number 10 (1933) - "The Origin of the Names of the City and Towns in Hancock County Maine", by Ava H. Chadbourne (reprinted from the Ellsworth American) (1951) - Christmas Carols (1967) (2 copies) - "State of Maine Song" - Words and Music by Roger Vinton Snow - "The Colby Alumnus, Summer 1972" These items belong to the Woman's Literary Club Collection, Box 7 (Item 7332). [show more]
Description: Connections: Knowles, Thomas, Thompson, Hinckley, Richards. The Winthrop Fleet of 1630, by Banks, Charles Edward. Richards Genealogy, by Swett, David L. & Wescott, Elizabeth C.
Description: Connections: Eddy, Nutter, Hoyt. Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight & Hight Families, by Hoyt, David W. Genealogical Researcher, by Kincaid, Peter A.
Description: 1. WLC Notes for Publication in Bar Harbor Times, 1997 2. Misc. Notes, Clippings, Writings, Postcards (Item 7349), Brochures (Item 7350) 3. Scrapbook—Memoranda by Antoinette de Coursey Patterson 4. Patterson Room at the Northeast Harbor Library—dedication, furnishings, photographs (see also item 5544 for individual photographs of the Pattersons) 5. Patterson Room at the Northeast Harbor Library—furnishing list book, case for photographs 6./7. Newspaper Clippings (ca. 1909-1973) Other Items: - Patterson Fund materials (not scanned) - Postcards: see item 7349 - Photographs: see items 7348 and 5544 - Brochures: see item 7350 [show more]
Description: 2 scrapbooks of the Woman's Literary Club of Northeast Harbor: - Green with flowers in a vase, 1930's-1950's - Red with crowns, 1950s-1960s Contain news clippings, photographs.
Description: Scrapbook in commemoration of the 80th year of the Woman's Club of Northeast Harbor. Contains manuscripts, typescripts, news clippings, photographs, programs.
Description: Box 2 1909-1949 Gilman High School Scrapbook: 1 ledger book -- compiled by Carl E. Kelley, principal of Gilman High School from 1920-1950 -- record of all graduates -- includes index -- donated by heirs of Elmer Cousins
Description: Scrapbook of the Woman's Club of Northeast Harbor. Contains manuscripts, typescripts, news clippings, photographs, programs. November 1983 through December 1987.
Description: The Seaside Inn reunion booklet prepared for the first reunion of employees and guests. Although the buildings are gone the memories remain.
Description: Built in 1900 by Fred Savage for George Savage as rental. Renamed Fiddler's Green by Clement McGillicuddy. It is now called Summerhouse. See also Item 2478
Description: Knowles Co. drawing of one of the Harborside cottages for sale or rent. It was built for George A. Savage (brother of Fred Savage). It used to be "Fiddler's Green", now it is called "Summerhouse". See also Item 4755
Description: Storefronts on Main Street in Northeast Harbor, Maine. The Street Façade drawing by architect Perry Benson represents the commercial life of Northeast Harbor on the west side of Main Street at the end of the 1988 season. See attachment No. 1 for more details.
Description: Northeast Harbor Folder 12 The Rock End Hotel, booklet published by C. B. Webster & Co., Boston. undated, 16 pages, illustrations and descriptions of MDI and the hotel. Seal Harbor Folder 13 The Glen Cove, Seal Harbor, brochure about the house and surrounding area, includes map of the island, undated. Folder 14 Seaside Inn, Seal Harbor, brochure, ca. 1952; Seaside Inn, Seal Harbor, brochure, undated Folder 15 Seaside Inn Menus, 1895 Bar Harbor Folder 16 Edenbrook Motel, Bar Harbor, brochure, ca. 1962. Folder 17 Wonderview Motor Lodge, Bar Harbor, brochure, ca. 1965. Folder 18 Hotel Bar Harbor, brochure, ca. 1952. Folder 19 The Van Doren Cottage at Hulls Cove, Bar Harbor, sale brochure, undated (1914, courtesy of J. B. Dyer). Folder 20 Redwood, Bar Harbor, sketch by John Calvin Stevens, brochure, 1992. Folder 21 Lawrence House, Bar Harbor, printed copy of sketch, September 17, 1883 Mainland Maine. Folder 54 Inn at Canoe Point, brochure, 1987 Southwest Harbor Folder 55 The Island House, bed & breakfast inn on Mount Desert Island, brochure Isle au Haut Folder 56 Union Congregational Church of Isle au Haut, Maine, 1857-1957, booklet, 20 pages. Mainland Maine Folder 22 Grindstone Inn, Winter Harbor. 2 brochures: the first ca. early 1900's, the second 1952. Folder 23 Woodlawn/Black House in Ellsworth: Maine's most interesting mansion, an example of Georgian architecture preserved with original furnishings. 5 brochures. Folder 24 Gouldsboro land improvement company's Grindstone inn and lands, Winter Harbor, 1891, 38 unnumbered pages illustrations. Folder 25 Washington Normal School at Machias Maine Fred L. Savage Architect, printed copy of sketch. Folder 49 “Old Wiscasset”, booklet. Historical data compiled by William Davis Patterson, August 1931. Printed by “The Times Co.”, Bath, Maine. Folder 57 Stanwood Homestead Museum, Ellsworth, Maine. Established 1960. A living memorial to Cordelia J. Stanwood. Brochure with map of Birdsacre Sanctuary. Folder 58 Historic Lewiston: A self-guided tour of our history, architecture and culture, brochure of historic buildings and sites with map, 2001. Folder 59 It must be Maine Architectural Trail, booklet about the architecture of Maine's small towns and villages, 16 pages. [show more]
Description: Blueprints, 22x17", of one exterior view and three level floor plans of an unidentified house in Northeast Harbor. Scale 1/8" = 1'-0". See also Item 1032
Description: Original card painted by Margaret Herrison Doane ("Daisy") for her aunt Mary Spring Perkins, Christmas 1881 from which the window in St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, Northeast Harbor, was done.
Description: B/W winter photograph of Main Street, Northeast Harbor shops: Mount Desert Tweeds (now Sam Shaw's Jewelers) and the Western Union Building (originally Elrie Holmes store, now the Romantic Room).
Description: This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. It is divided in 8 sections: A: 1834-1841 Out of the woods (Item 7413) B: 1842-1872 Boom town (Item 7414) C: 1873-1895 Turning the tide (Item 7415) D: 1896-1911 A new century (Item 7416) E: 1912-1931 Out of the ashes (Item 7417) F: 1932-1945 The lean years (Item 7418) G:1946-1968 Prosperous peace (Item 7419) H: 1969-1984 Building on past (Item 7420) [show more]
Description: This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. It is divided in 8 sections: 1834-1841 Out of the woods 1842-1872 Boom town 1873-1895 Turning the tide 1896-1911 A new century 1912-1931 Out of the ashes 1932-1945 The lean years 1946-1968 Prosperous peace 1969-1984 Building on past
Description: Collection of "Prayer Shawl Ministry" brochures, knitting patterns and photographs of prayer shawls, lists of beneficiaries and members emails. Meetings held at Saint Mary's by-the-Sea.
Description: A weekly newspaper covering the events of the communities on MDI, the schools, births, deaths, marriages and other important news or items of interest that occur.
Description: BOX 1 (record carton box) The Redbooks, 1912-2020 (missing 1913, 1917, 1918, 1948). Now called The Redbook--originally called Directory and Hand Book--these social registers list residents and their contact information, cottage locations and owners, businesses, various transportation schedules, tide charts, advertisements, and important phone numbers. The first book published in 1912 by Stella L. Hill was green, all the rest are red. The Redbook celebrated its 100 anniversary in 2012 and is still produced to this day. [show more]
Description: Series of articles about the Iranian hostages, including Moorhead Kennedy, and events surrounding their release in January 1981. Louisa Kennedy became spokeswoman for hostage families in attempts to gain release.
Description: Full page article published in the Bar Harbor Times, entitled " Sunday in the Parish", featuring clergy and parishioners to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the parish. Several b/w photographs.
Description: Insert in the Bar Harbor Times announcing the opening of the new Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company in Northeast Harbor. Featured articles include Julia Manchester, manager of the bank for many years. Photographs included.
Description: One letter from William Huntington estate trustees to J. H. Knowles 4 copies of same letter with various signatures regarding petition for Schuyler Road.
Description: Letter written by George A. Zinn, Lieutenant Colonel, Corps of Engineers to George A. Savage regarding the improvement of the harbor for navigation.
Description: Several magazine articles featuring architect Roc R. Caivano's work. Cover: House & Garden Building, Summer 1978 (excerpt) 1. At Home in the Sun: An Open-House tour of solar homes in the United States (Norah Deakin Davis and Linda Lindsey), 1979 2. L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, Juin 1980 3. Process: Architecture No. 21 - "Solar and Underground Houses" - 1981 4. Down East Magazine, October 1988 (article by Norah Deakin Davis about the Wendell Gilley Museum) 5. Down East Magazine, July 2001 (article by Paul Doiron) 6. Maine Boats & Harbors, Autumn 2002 (article by Edgar Allen Beem) 7. Custom Home, November/December 2002 8. Fine Homebuilding, Houses Annual Issue, Summer 2003 (article by Roc Caivano) 9. Down East Magazine, March 2004 (article by James Schwartz) 10. Down East Magazine, September 2007 (article by Kim Ridley) 11. Fine Homebuilding, Houses Annual Issue, Summer 2008 (article by Roc Caivano) 12. Down East Magazine, Home & Garden Issue, April 2011 (article by Edgar Allen Beem) 13. The Somesville Bridge (Roc Caivano), 2017. Published in Chebacco, The Magazine of the Mount Desert Historical Society, Volume XVIII, 2017 [show more]
Description: Advertising booklet of the Rock End Hotel and its cottages. Several exterior photographs of the hotel, the surrounding areas and the island are included, as well as floor plans of the buildings.
Description: Asticou Inn and Cottages, Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Advertising booklet of the Asticou Inn and its cottages. Several exterior and interior photographs of the inn, the surrounding buildings and areas and of the island are included.
Description: Cover: History of Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 F. & A. M. Northeast Harbor, Maine. From November 3, 1903 to December 31, 1954 Compiled and written by William S. Holmes, Post Master & Secretary 1. Short history of Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 (typescript) 2. Petition Form 3. Application for Degrees 4. Notices 5. Vouchers 6. Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 room 7. L-R: Ed Walsh and Dave Stanley, receiving the "Horace E. Bucklin" award 8. L-R: Ed Walsh and Dave Stanley 9. Dave Stanley, Secretary, Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 [show more]
Description: Cover: Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of Order of Ocean Lodge No. 140 - Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Northeast Harbor, Maine (1904) 1. By-Laws of Ocean Lodge, I.O.O.F. No. 140, Northeast Harbor, Maine 2. One letter to repeal certain sections of the By-Laws (dated April 20, 1931) and two blank letterheads 3. Notices 4. Masonic-Homes Block, Northeast Harbor, 1954 5. Masonic-Homes Block, Northeast Harbor, 1998 6-7 Odd Fellows, Ocean Lodge No. 140, Northeast Harbor (at Masonic Block, 3rd floor) 8. L-R (3 middle men): Joseph W. Small, I. T. Moore, George E. Turner (July 31, 1955) 9-10 L-R: Joseph W. Small, I. T. Moore, George E. Turner, only surviving original petitioners for Masonic Lodge in Northeast Harbor (July 31, 1955) [show more]
Description: History of Mount Desert Lodge No. 140 - Free and Accepted Masons at Mount Desert, Maine. 2 booklets: Cover: From February 14, 1871 to February 14, 1892 (1892) 1. From February 14, 1892 to February 14, 1910 (1910)
Description: In this biography of David, Duke of Windsor, aka Edward VIII, Mrs. Dillon adds details of her encounters with the Duke, now Governor of the Bahamas, when she and her 1st husband, Ted Bassett, spent several months there in 1941. Many photographs. Missing pages: 38, 40, 42. Scan: cover, first pages only