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Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Special Millennium Edition, The Bar Harbor Times
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events
  • Other
  • Places, Town
  • The Bar Harbor Times
  • 12/28/2000
Description:
...In December 2000, The Bar Harbor Times published this "Special Millennium Edition" in 2 sections: A (cover-8) and B (9-19)...
Bicentennial Souvenir Section Commemorates 200th Anniversary
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Other
  • Places, Town
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1961
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Description:
...Special Edition of Bar Harbor Times covering 200 years in articles and photographs. August 1961...
"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • Horace H. Leavitt
  • 1940
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Description:
...Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940...
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other
  • Places
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1907
Description:
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)


File Attachment:
SCB 974.1 POP.pdf
…And of St, George's " I would boldly affirme it to be the most rich, River he says, beautiful, large, and secure harboring River that the world affordeth …and welcoming spaces and sunny skies invite The wandering world at last into ways of gladness and right And lo the portal is freedom, which knows not bar …George's harbor, the Pento the American coast. tecost harbor of Waymouth's anchorage in 1605, was doubtless the place of rendezvous agreed upon by Challons …From the fact that the Popham colonists, on their arrival on the coast in 1607, proceeded at once, after the two vessels came together in Pentecost harbor
The Horse Show at Robin Hood Park
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Places
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
The Horse Show at Robin Hood Park
Southwest Harbor Public Library
The Fire of '47; Remembering - 40 years later
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Diana F. Abrell
  • 1987
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
...Supplement to the Bar Harbor Times about the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire, with numerous articles and photographs...
Entire Island Menaced by Fire
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Island
  • 1967
  • Bar Harbor
Entire Island Menaced by Fire
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
...Special edition of the 20th anniversary of the 1947 Bar Harbor fire with numerous articles and photographs. 2 copies...
Fire, Obliteration, Mission 66, and Park Trails Program, 1943-2003
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Brown - Margaret Coffin Brown
  • Vekasi - Jim Vekasi
  • 2006
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Excerpt from Pathmakers: Cultural Landscape Report for the Historic Hiking Trail System of Mount Desert Island, pgs. 149-156


File Attachment:
Effects_of_the_1947_Fire.pdf
…However, as recorded in Bar Harbor or maintenance of the trails. …Norton had also been a member of the towards Hulls Cove and Bar Harbor and south over CCC trails crew at the Great [Long] Pond Camp. …For several years, Norm Walls and his crew divided their time between the NPS and the Bar Harbor VIA. …Path in Bar Harbor, a challenging task as the area was often hard-hit by winter storms.
Mount Desert Island's Worst Disaster
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Island
  • 1964
  • Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island's Worst Disaster
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Summary of the 1947 Fire on Mount Desert Island. Photograph of Clarence Cook Little and post-fire Jackson Lab. 2 copies.
The Boiler, Great Cranberry Island
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Object, Other Object
  • Places, Shore
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
The Boiler, Great Cranberry Island
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
...The huge 11 ton boulder the local fishermen called “The Boiler” had been lodged in the mud just off Fish Point at the entrance to the Pool or harbor on...The Pool, a good sheltered harbor for schooners, is shallow with a 2-foot draft at low tide, rising to an 8 to 10 foot draft when the tide is in...The Bar Harbor Record, February 23, 1900 - Cranberry Island...
Brief Record of Origin and Activities of Hancock County Trustees of Public Preserves
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Organizations
  • Places
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 11/11/1937
  • Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park
Description:
...Newspaper article from Bar Harbor Times and copy of manuscript written by Samuel Eliot about the origin and activities of the Hancock County Trustees leading...
Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154
Eagle Lake Camp
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
  • Bar Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154
Eagle Lake Camp
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
...The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar Harbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service...


File Attachment:
CCC – Company 154 – BH - T.pdf
…History CCC Company 154 BH Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154 Eagle Lake Camp Address: 22 McFarland Hill Drive (Eagle Lake Road) City: Bar …Company 158 Great Pond [Long Pond] Camp ME SWH Long Pond Road - 059 The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at BarHarbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service from May 1934 to June 1942. …In June 1933, Company 158 (NP-2) established a work camp on Great [Long] Pond near Southwest Harbor.
Program of the Garden Club of Mt. Desert
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Program
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Garden
  • 1934
  • Mount Desert
Description:
...Description of the annual summer garden tour in Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor and Bar Harbor with many of the gardens the work of Beatrix Farrand...
Great Pond Camp, Company 158 - Civilian Conservation Corp
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Description:
...The Great Pond Camp in Southwest Harbor operated from 1933-1941...“The Southwest Harbor camp was opened about May, 1933 with enrollees erecting and living in tents while construction of the roll roofing covered barracks...The camp was located at the height of ground on the west side of the road leading from Southwest Harbor village to the south end of Great Pond [Long Pond...


File Attachment:
CCC – Company 158 - SWH - T.pdf
…Camp Date Founded: 1932 Date Built: 1933 Other locations: CCC Company 154 BH Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154 Eagle Lake Camp ME BarHarbor McFarland Hill Drive - 022 In 1932 Franklin D. …In June 1933, Company 158 (NP-2) established a work camp on Great [Long] Pond near Southwest Harbor. …Coffin Brown, Olmstead Center for Landscape Preservation, p. 122137, 2006 The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar
Annual Report of the Town Officers of Mount Desert
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
  • Town Officers of Mount Desert
  • 1922
  • Mount Desert
Description:
Annual Report of the Town Officers of Mount Desert, State of Maine, for the Municipal Year ending January 31, 1922
Letter to Citizens of Town of Eden
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
  • Thomas Searles
  • 1913
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
Letter to Citizens of Town of Eden
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Letter from T. Searles for the Eden Board of Selectmen to the residents of the Town of Eden denying that M. C. Morrison, selectman, was intoxicated at an Automobile Hearing before the judiciary committee in Augusta.
Bar Harbor Quadrangle
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other
  • Places, Island
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • 1904
  • Maine
Bar Harbor Quadrangle
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
...Topographical map, 16.5x21.5", of eastern MDI (Bar Harbor), Winter Harbor, and Gouldsboro...
Bar Harbor Blue Book Directory, 1941
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Publication, Directory
  • Other
  • Places, Park
  • Butler, Belle F.
  • Coffin, Eleanor K.
  • 1941
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Bar Harbor Blue Book Directory, 1941
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
...The Blue Book Directory for Bar Harbor, Maine...The directory contains listings for Bar Harbor businesses and organizations and information for tourists...
Section of The Field to Shore path
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Bar Harbor
Section of The Field to Shore path
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Map showing properties on "the Field" between Main Street and the shore path. Shows estates "Ullikana", "Yellow Cottage", "Birch Point", and properties of Weld, Minot, Higgins, and Roberts.
Cars along roadway overlooking lake
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Automobiles
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • H.L. Bradley
  • 1920c.
Cars along roadway overlooking lake
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
...Bradley, Bar Harbor, Me.” H.L...
Green Mountain Railway
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Bradley, Bryant [W.H. Ballard Collection]
  • 1885c.
  • Cadillac Mountain, Bar Harbor, Maine
Green Mountain Railway
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Green Mountain Railway train descending, or ascending the Mountain. Photo taken from pier on Eagle Lake. Large shed with verticle siding to the left. Tracks run through train shed in middle. Third building to the right of train shed. Shack to far right near lake. Lumber scattered throughout scene, perhaps used for steam engine. Bryant Bradley was born about 1840. His wife’s name was Ellen. She was born about1847. Their son Harry born around 1876 became a photographer also. His father died by 1900 and Harry had taken over the studio. Mounted on cardboard. [show more]
The Future of Mount Desert Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Other, Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Other, History - Bar Harbor
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1928
The Future of Mount Desert Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
...A Cream colored booklet: A report to the Plan Committee Bar Harbor Improvement Association from Architect, Charles W. Eliot, the 2nd. 1928...
Green Mountain Railway
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Transportation - Land
  • Places, Landscape
  • W.H. Ballard
  • 1885c.
  • Cadillac Mountain, Bar Harbor, Maine
Green Mountain Railway
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
...Ballard Collection Southwest Harbor, Maine. 8x10 Two sepia-toned copies behind sleeve. (a&b)...
Green Mountain Railway
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Transportation - Land
  • Places, Landscape
  • Spiker, La Rue
  • Cadillac Mountai, Bar Harbor, Maine
Green Mountain Railway
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Green Mountain Railway. Steam engine pushing are up Cadillac Mountain. Letters on side of coal car read G.M. Ry. Letters on side of engine read Mt. Desert. One man in coal car another leaning out window of engine. Five men and one women ride car. Stumps in foreground. Marked Spiker on back.2 copies (a&b)
Bar Harbor Lobster Boat, Winter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Transportation - Water
  • Places, Landscape
  • George Daniell
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Bar Harbor Lobster Boat, Winter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
...9.25 X 13.75 black and white photograph of lobster boat on mooring off Bar Island. Several traps stacked on stern of boat...