Description: Manuscript by LaRue Spiker and edited in her hand titled Youth's Stake in the Wilderness Act. 3 typed pages Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.1
Description: Typed and annotated in pencil drafts of article written by LaRue Spiker unknown date and publication. Title Wetlands 8 pages Preiously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.2
Description: Typed and annotated in pencil drafts of article written by LaRue Spiker unknown date and publication. Title The Vapid Seasons, 9 typed pages Preiously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.2
Description: Typed and annotated manuscript. Seal Research, an incomplete manuscript outlining the views expressed by marine biologist David T. Richardson about MDI Bio. Lab. research on seals. A Richardson letter of concern is included as is an undated article about the 73rd annual meeting of the Bio. Lab. Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.6
Description: Typed and annotated manuscript. Stephen and the Thirsty Sparrows, an apparent fictionalized account of a 15th century Stepen Talivelli who put out water on his window ledge for the birds to drink. Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.6
Description: Typed and annotated draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker. A short biography of Thomas Brockman, internationally known pianist who will play at the Claremont Hotel. Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.4
Description: Typed and annotated draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker. Account of the financial affairs of Thomas Ruggles of Columbia Falls, the area's largest owner of timber lands. Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.4
Description: Typed and annotated drafts of articles written by LaRue Spiker unknown dates and publications. Swing for Survival: Written in Largo, Florida, an essay about Spanish moss. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.5
Description: Typed and annotated drafts of articles written by LaRue Spiker unknown dates and publications. Strawberry Stain: Written in Bushnell Illinois, an essay about spring and her observations. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.5
Description: Typed and annotated draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker. Rites of Spring, for the Maine digest dated 4/22/70, about skunk cabbage, fiddleheads, toads, alder catkins, apple blossoms, gull chicks, cormorants Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.8
Description: Tped and annotated draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker unknown date and publication. Richard Grossinger, brief biography about the writer written in 1970 for the Maine Times Previously archived as Object id 013.FIC.30.8
Description: Typed and annotated manuscript by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. Prussian Lady about Sam Hadlock and his wife.as also told in the Rachel Field book, God's Pocket. Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.9
Description: Typed and annotated draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for unknown publication and date. Maine a State of Four Season for the League of Women Voters concerning development decisions. Previously archived as Object id 013.FIC.30.9
Description: Annotated draft of and article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. Frenchboro & the Atlantic Charter Conference: Frenchboro residents view warships off the island in 1941 for conference off coast of Newfoundland between Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt. No dates. Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.19
Description: Annotated draftof an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. [Early Bar Harbor]: Title given by cataloger (AB); author did not have a title. Essay covers early days of Bar Harborand the foramation of Hancock Land Trust and Acadia Naitonal Park. No dates Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.19 and **1151
Description: Annotated draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. Equestrian Extravaganza at Bar Harbor essay covers early days of Bar Harbor including mention of summer residents, Horse Show and Fair. No dates for any of these papers. Previously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.19 and **1187
Description: Annotated draft of an article for an unknown publication by LaRue Spiker. End of Winter: brief essay No Date Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.20
Description: Annotated draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. Echo Lake Camp of Appalachian Mountain Club: brief essay. No Date Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.21
Description: Draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknwon publication. No Date. Detroit: Motors, Moguls, and Mincemeat Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.22
Description: Draft of article for unknown publication by LaRue Spiker. No Date. Clam Diggers Protest: Jonesport clam diggers protest against conservation measures; includes background research material. Previoulsy archived as 013.FIC.30.24
Description: Draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. Camping: Importance of children's books to enchance outdoor experience No Date Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.24
Description: Draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication No date. Bird That God Forgot: cormorants Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.25
Description: Draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No Date. Bluenose Ferry Terminal: second terminal in Bar Harbor? Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.25
Description: Draft of article by LaRue Spiker for unknown publication. No Date Lisa von Borowsky: First steps toward sanctuary on old James Flye property Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.26
Description: Draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No Date. Bird in the Hand: bird-banding in US, 3 pages Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.29
Description: Draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No Date Antique Music Boxes, 3 pages Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.28
Description: Draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown Publication. No Date Funny Side of Town Meeting (1911): Paper read at Current Events Club, Mar. 30 by W.G. Bunker Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.29
Description: Draft of an article for an unknown publication written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No date Acadia National Park...:This may be an account by George B. Dorr as his name is at the top of the manuscript and it is written in the first person in quotation marks. Previoulsy archived as object id 013.FIC.30.31
Description: Five page typed and annotated draft of an article on the Seal Cove Auto Museum written for an unknown publication and unknown date. Previously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.7
Description: Draft of an article for an unknown publication by LaRue Spiker for unknown publication. No Date. Closing Brooklin HS & Dirty Tidal Waters: Two essays that seem to be written back-to-back. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.23
Description: Draft of an article for an unknown publication by LaRue Spiker. No Date. Clark Fitz-Gerald: Artist, Sculptor: Short biography of him; lived in Castine; describes some of his work and where they are. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.23
Description: Draft of a fictional story written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No Date. I Rode the Lonesome Train. 28 Pages Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.30
Description: Draft of a fictional story written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No Date. My Bitterness Threatened the Life of My Daughter. 19 pages Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.30
Description: Color slides of a long needled pine tree with cone. One slide of the side of the pine cone with one seed removed. From box labeled: Summer 1975 Nature
Description: Color slides of a pond with lily pads and close up photographs of both white and yellow lily pad flowers. From box labeled: August 1975 Nature
Description: Color slide of of a white building on a pier with white lobster bouys net to it. Lobster boats in the distance out in the harbor. Ice on the water. Notes on slide read: #30 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Description: Color slide of MIll Cove. Pink flowers bloom in the fourground and the cove can be see beyond the trees and grass in the distance. Notes on slide read: Mill Cove, #26 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Description: Color slide of Salty Cove. There are dry grasses in forground and water with a small row boat in the distance. Notes on slide read: Salty Cove- Sp., #52 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Description: Color slide of a tidal inlet at low tide. Trees and grasses line either side of the shoreline. Larger body of water in the distance under a partly cloudy sky. Notes on slide read: Carrying place home, #113 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Description: Color slide of a tidal inlet at mid tide. Pine trees and grasses line either side of the shoreline. Notes on slide read: Dr. Creek, #114 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Description: Color slide of a large meadow with wild flowers in the forground and pine trees on the far side. Notes on slide read: NE. Meadow, #115 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Description: Color slide of dark water moving down a muddy slope through some grasses. Notes on slide read: NE. Scarboro (Parks), #102 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Description: Color slide of trash at the end of a road behind a decaying building. Notes on slide read: Garbage, #104 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Description: Color slide of trash sticking out of either dark water or mud next to a clump of grass. There is aerosol cans, cardboard box, small drum of some kind. Notes on slide read: Trash, #105 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Description: Color slide of low aerial view of an industrial refinery plant. Many large holding tanks connected by pipes with smoke stacks in the middle. Notes on slide read: Refinery, #106 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Description: Color slide of a sign for the Cape Elizabeth Sewage Treatment plant. Notes on slide read: Cape Elizabeth (Parks), #108 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Description: Color slide of a large field next to a road in the distance bordering a frozen body of water. The grass and ice on the water are covered with snow. Houses can be see on the far side of the body of water. Notes on slide read: Scarboro (Parks), #111 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds [show more]
Description: Color slide of a tial area with a manmade rock retaining wall bordering the road next to the water. Trees, Grass, and a building in the distance. Notes on slide read: P. M. Sp. Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Description: Color slide of a fall leaves against a backdrop of pine trees. The trees are along the edge of a road. From box labeled: Fall 1975, Nature
Description: Color slide of a milkweed seed pod cracked open with the seeds lined up in the inside, other versions showing the seeds spilling out of pod. From box labeled: Fall 1975, Nature
Description: Color slide of close up of a five petalled white flower, possibly cherry, in a cluster of white flowers on a branch. Two other slides of the tree. From box labeled: Spring 1976, Nature
Description: Color slide of a variety of different shots of blueberry bushes in bloom and close up shots of blueberry flowers. From box labeled: Spring 1976, Nature
Description: Color slide of close up of a cedar tree branch showing spent seed cones. Another slide of a cedar branch with a cluster of pine cones attached to it against a green background. From box labeled: Spring 1976, Nature
Description: Color slide of a variety of mushrooms growing on the forest floor. Brown mushroons, large yellow mushroom, red capped mushroom. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature
Description: Color slide of two pine cones against a green backdrop. Needles and the edge of the tree bark are also in the frame. From box labeled: Various Summer 1975, Nature
Description: Color slide of a variety of different spices of seeds, seed pods both dried and green, and individual seeds. From box labeled: Spring 1976, Nature
Description: Color slide of a tree brach with heart shaped leaves and tiny clusters of either forming fruits or forming seeds. From box labeled: Spring 1976, Nature
Description: Color slide of ice coating branches of a plant against a blue sky. There is a white post in the upper right corner of the frame. From box labeled: January 1976, Nature, Winter in Maine
Description: Color slide of a snow covered boat yard. A sail boat can be seen on the boat yard pier, buildings to the right of the fame, ocean water at low tide in the forground, boat yard rigging. From box labeled: January 1976, Nature, Winter in Maine
Description: Color slide of a five bay white wooden barn in the snow. The barn has a half circle window on the second story. From box labeled: January 1976, Nature, Winter in Maine
Description: Color slide of a blue wodden row boat sticking out of the snow. The bow of the boat is above the ground and the stern is sticking out from a slope of snow. There is a shrub or small tree behind it and a white wodden building. From box labeled: January 1976, Nature, Winter in Maine
Description: Color slide of two different scenes of a harbor in winter. Gray seas with small waves, trees, snow, boats. From box labeled: January 1976, Nature, Winter in Maine
Description: Color slide of a fuel dock in winter. There is a building on the pier with a Gulf fuel sign to the right, boats in the water in front of the dock, another dock to the left of the frame, and the tide is low. From box labeled: January 1976, Nature, Winter in Maine
Description: Color slide of a viny plant growing on a tree stump. This is slide is very hard to tell what it is a photograph of. From box labeled: January 1976, Nature, Winter in Maine
Description: Color slide of a green plant with large white flowers. The flowers have thin purple stripes coming from the center. It is hard to determine the size of the flower or plant with the way the photograph was taken. From box labeled: January 1976, Nature, Winter in Maine
Description: Color slide of a large evergreen tree at the Asticou Azalea Gardens in Northeast Harbor Maine. Photograph show all the other trees and plants without leaves. From box labeled: January 1976, Nature, Winter in Maine
Description: Color slide of a collection of lobster boats in a small harbor. There is a tree to the left of the frame and the lower branches of this tree frame the top part of the photograph. From box labeled: January 1976, Nature, Winter in Maine
Description: Color slide of a body of water with a large rock face covered in trees to the right, trees to the left, trees in the background. Utility lines are seen at the top of the photograph. From box labeled: January 1976, Nature, Winter in Maine
Description: Color slides of a variety of different species of seeds, seed pods, and individual seeds. From box labeled: January 1976, Nature, Winter in Maine
Description: Color slides of a variety of photographs of blueberries on a shrub in various stages of ripeness and blueberry flowers. From box labeled: Summer/Fall 1975, Apples and berries
Description: Color slides of a bud of a burdock flower getting ready to bloom, burdock seeds stuck to clothing, burdock seeds on plant. From box labeled: Summer/Fall 1975, Apples and berries
Description: Color slide of a variety of angles showing small red fruit hanging in between leaves. These fruits maybe crabapple. From box labeled: August 1975, Nature
Description: Color slide of a lake or pond at either sunrise or sunset. Emergent grasses above the water, trees to the right of the frame, trees on the opposite side of the water. From box labeled: August 1975, Nature
Description: Color slide of a variety of different species of seeds photographed against a light colored background. . From box labeled: August 1975, Nature
Description: Color slide of a variety of different photographs of emergent aquatic plants. Also a plant stem in cross section. From box labeled: August 1975, Nature
Description: Color slide of a variety of different photographs of harbor seals laying on rocky shoreline. These photographs are taken from a boat. From box labeled: 1975-1979, Nature
Description: Color slide of a variety of different photographs of granite rocks on the shoreline. These photographs are taken from a boat. From box labeled: 1975-1979, Nature
Description: Color slide of a some sort of plant just below the water. The plant sticks up just enough to create a slight dome on the water. There is not enough definition in this photograph to determine what it is. From box labeled: 1975-1979, Nature
Description: Color slide of a variety of different winter scenes. Some of a snow covered mountains, meadows, ocean, five door barn with rock wall. From box labeled: Weather, Spring 1976-77, Snow/Ocean/Nature
Description: Color slides of a fall leaves along the edge of a lake. There are large granite boulders sticking out of the water. From box labeled: Fall 1978, Foliage
Description: Color slides of a close up of small round spiky seeds with purple centers growing on the stem of a plant. From box labeled: Summer 1975, nature
Description: Color slides of a small white seed clusters on a slendar stalk. Possibly a species of thistle based on the leaf type. From box labeled: August1975, nature
Description: Color slides of birch tree growing out of the grass next to a body of water with pine trees on the other side of the water. From box labeled: August1975, nature
Description: Color slides of a study of cedar pine cones and seeds. These are photographed on branches and on top of a green background. From box labeled: Summer/Fall 1975, nature