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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
7081Cherokee-Iroquois Little People
  • Publication, Booklet
  • People
  • Other, History
Reprinted from "Journal of American Folklore", October-December 1946.
  • John Witthoft, Wendell S. Hadlock
  • 1946
  • 9
  • 1 booklet
  • fair
Cherokee-Iroquois Little People
Item:
  • 7081   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • People
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • John Witthoft, Wendell S. Hadlock
Date:
  • 1946
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.3 WIT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Reprinted from "Journal of American Folklore", October-December 1946.
7106Collection of Navajo Myths and Chants
  • Publication, Booklet
  • People
  • Nature
  • Other, Mythology
  • Other, History
Collection of 11 bulletins published by the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art from 1938 to 1958, and by The House of Navajo Religion, 1962. Stories/Chants are told by Hasteen Klah, Yohe Hatrale, Hasteen Gahni, Yuinth-Nezi, Yoh Hatrali, Hasteen de Johly, Estsan Hatrali B'yash, and retold in shorter form by Mary C. Wheelwright. 1. Tleji or Yehbechai Myth, bulletin No. 1, 1938 2. Wind Chant and Feather Chant, bulletin No. 4, 1946 (2) 3. Astah or Eagle Catching Myth and Yohe or Bead Myth, bulletin No. 3, 1949 4. Myth of Mountain Chant and Beauty Chant, bulletin No. 5, 1951 (2) 5. Navajo Creation Myth, bulletin No. 6, 1953 6. Myths of the Sontso and Ma-ih (Big Star and Coyote Chants), bulletin No. 2, 1957 (2) 7. Red Ant Myth (Willa Chee) and Shooting Chant, bulletin No. 7, 1958 8. Eagle Catching Myth and Bead Myth (told by Beyal Begay). Published by The House of Navajo Religion, 1962
  • Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 1938-1962
  • 11 booklets
  • good
Collection of Navajo Myths and Chants
Item:
  • 7106   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • People
  • Nature
  • Other, Mythology
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Date:
  • 1938-1962
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.3 MYTHS
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Medium:
  • 11 booklets
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Collection of 11 bulletins published by the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art from 1938 to 1958, and by The House of Navajo Religion, 1962. Stories/Chants are told by Hasteen Klah, Yohe Hatrale, Hasteen Gahni, Yuinth-Nezi, Yoh Hatrali, Hasteen de Johly, Estsan Hatrali B'yash, and retold in shorter form by Mary C. Wheelwright. 1. Tleji or Yehbechai Myth, bulletin No. 1, 1938 2. Wind Chant and Feather Chant, bulletin No. 4, 1946 (2) 3. Astah or Eagle Catching Myth and Yohe or Bead Myth, bulletin No. 3, 1949 4. Myth of Mountain Chant and Beauty Chant, bulletin No. 5, 1951 (2) 5. Navajo Creation Myth, bulletin No. 6, 1953 6. Myths of the Sontso and Ma-ih (Big Star and Coyote Chants), bulletin No. 2, 1957 (2) 7. Red Ant Myth (Willa Chee) and Shooting Chant, bulletin No. 7, 1958 8. Eagle Catching Myth and Bead Myth (told by Beyal Begay). Published by The House of Navajo Religion, 1962 [show more]
6136Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent 1745-1827
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Other, History
Cover-title. Printed for private circulation. Note, p. [4], signed: Winthrop Sargent.
  • Winthrop Sargent
  • 1920
  • 46
  • pamphlet
  • fair
Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent 1745-1827
Item:
  • 6136   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • People
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Winthrop Sargent
Date:
  • 1920
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 92 SARGENT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 46
Medium:
  • pamphlet
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Cover-title. Printed for private circulation. Note, p. [4], signed: Winthrop Sargent.
1910Comparison of 1900 Northeast Harbor with 1982 Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Town
  • Other, History
Includes a few original photographs and some photocopies.
  • David Renault
  • 1982
  • typescript
Comparison of 1900 Northeast Harbor with 1982 Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 1910   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • David Renault
Date:
  • 1982
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0423
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Includes a few original photographs and some photocopies.
1988Correspondence about George E. Street's 1905 book Mount Desert, a history
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Literature
  • People
  • Other, History
Copies of correspondence about the editing and reissuing of George Street's 1905 book "Mount Desert a History" by Rev. Samuel A. Eliot in 1926. Contents include letters of Helen Ranney, George H. Street, and William Sawtelle.
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1924-1926
  • 21
  • photocopy
Correspondence about George E. Street's 1905 book Mount Desert, a history
Item:
  • 1988   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
  • People
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
Date:
  • 1924-1926
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0501
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 21
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copies of correspondence about the editing and reissuing of George Street's 1905 book "Mount Desert a History" by Rev. Samuel A. Eliot in 1926. Contents include letters of Helen Ranney, George H. Street, and William Sawtelle.
2033Cranberry Chronicle
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Island
  • Other, History
News of Cranberry House and the GCI Historical Society. President: Phil Whitney
  • GCI Historical Society
  • Nov-09
  • 4
  • typescript
Cranberry Chronicle
Item:
  • 2033   
Type:
  • Publication, Newsletter
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Island
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • GCI Historical Society
Date:
  • Nov-09
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0545
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
News of Cranberry House and the GCI Historical Society. President: Phil Whitney
2057Dancing at the Mill: Celebrating Two Centuries on Mt. Desert Island
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Events, Civic
  • Places, Island
  • Other, Filmmaking
  • Other, History
Ad & ticket for the screening of the historic documentary of MDI, beginning with Abraham Somes in 1700's. The film is written by Gunnar Hansen, produced by Dobbs Productions with Photographs and documents of Rick, Ken, and Tom Savage.
  • 8/8/2011
  • 3
Dancing at the Mill: Celebrating Two Centuries on Mt. Desert Island
Item:
  • 2057   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Places, Island
  • Other, Filmmaking
  • Other, History
Date:
  • 8/8/2011
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0571
Location:
  • General Collection Box 18
Pages:
  • 3
Description:
Ad & ticket for the screening of the historic documentary of MDI, beginning with Abraham Somes in 1700's. The film is written by Gunnar Hansen, produced by Dobbs Productions with Photographs and documents of Rick, Ken, and Tom Savage.
7788Death notice of Charles Upham, uncle of Joseph Henry Curtis, March 10, 1880
  • Newspaper
  • Genealogy
  • History
A newspaper page with a death notice of the March 10, 1880 death of Charles Upham, uncle of Joseph Henry Curtis From The Framingham Gazette, March 19, 1880
  • Unknown
  • 1986
  • Good
Death notice of Charles Upham, uncle of Joseph Henry Curtis, March 10, 1880
Item:
  • 7788   
Type:
  • Newspaper
Subject:
  • Genealogy
  • History
Creator:
  • Unknown
Date:
  • 1986
Collection:
  • L&GP Thuya Garden and Lodge Collection
Condition:
  • Good
Description:
A newspaper page with a death notice of the March 10, 1880 death of Charles Upham, uncle of Joseph Henry Curtis From The Framingham Gazette, March 19, 1880
6470Dummer, Richard of Newbury
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
  • Other, History
Newbury's Birth, Marriages Sewall children in Colonial New England. Family History of the Dummers.
  • Joseph Lemuel Chester
Dummer, Richard of Newbury
Item:
  • 6470   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Joseph Lemuel Chester
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 85
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Surname File
Description:
Newbury's Birth, Marriages Sewall children in Colonial New England. Family History of the Dummers.
1494Early History and Personal Recollections of Northeast Harbor
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Places, Town
  • People
  • Other, History
Cora Phillips Savage writes about the history of Northeast Harbor. GEN 0011 b: "Let's take a walk" by Emily Phillips Reynolds, 1975 (18 pages)
  • Cora Phillips Savage
  • 9
  • typescript
Early History and Personal Recollections of Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 1494   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • People
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Cora Phillips Savage
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0011 CSP
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Cora Phillips Savage writes about the history of Northeast Harbor. GEN 0011 b: "Let's take a walk" by Emily Phillips Reynolds, 1975 (18 pages)
6421Early History of Mt. Desert and Some Early Families
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
  • Other, History
1 Comb bound book. Missing
  • R. L. Smallidge
Early History of Mt. Desert and Some Early Families
Item:
  • 6421   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • R. L. Smallidge
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 37
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
1 Comb bound book. Missing
1500Early History of Seal Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Town
  • Other, History
Typescript about the history of Seal Harbor, Maine.
  • Lyda B. Carter
  • 1959
  • 19
  • typescript
Early History of Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 1500   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Lyda B. Carter
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0015 LBC
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 19
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Typescript about the history of Seal Harbor, Maine.
1508Early Years of the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
  • Other, History
Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine.
  • Edward K. Dunham
  • 4
  • typescript
Early Years of the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society
Item:
  • 1508   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Edward K. Dunham
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0020 EKD
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine.
7082Eastern Algonkian Block-Stamp decoration: A New World original or an acculturated art
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Other, Mythology
  • Other, History
Research Series No. 1. Published by the Archeological Society of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey, June 1947. With an addendum: "Some early Indian basket makers of southern New England", by Eva L. Butler.
  • Frank G. Speck
  • 1947
  • 62
  • 1 book
  • good
Eastern Algonkian Block-Stamp decoration: A New World original or an acculturated art
Item:
  • 7082   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • People
  • Other, Mythology
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Frank G. Speck
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.1 SPE
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 62
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Research Series No. 1. Published by the Archeological Society of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey, June 1947. With an addendum: "Some early Indian basket makers of southern New England", by Eva L. Butler.
6432Eastport & Passamaquoddy
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
  • Places
  • Other, History
A Collection of Historical & Biographical Sketches.
  • William Henry Kilby
  • 1888
  • 34
Eastport & Passamaquoddy
Item:
  • 6432   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
  • Places
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • William Henry Kilby
Date:
  • 1888
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 47
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Pages:
  • 34
Description:
A Collection of Historical & Biographical Sketches.
6142Eleazer Higgins 1768 (?)-1840 Thomas Kelley 1745(?)-1813
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Other, History
Booklet complied by a member of Mayflower Society of Maine, Daughters of the American Revolution & a member of the Bangor Historical Society. Other families mentioned: Beal, Hilton, Mayo, Ames and Watts.
  • Mrs. Edward W. Ames
  • 1958
  • 24
  • 1 book
Eleazer Higgins 1768 (?)-1840 Thomas Kelley 1745(?)-1813
Item:
  • 6142   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • People
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Mrs. Edward W. Ames
Date:
  • 1958
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 929 AMES
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 24
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Booklet complied by a member of Mayflower Society of Maine, Daughters of the American Revolution & a member of the Bangor Historical Society. Other families mentioned: Beal, Hilton, Mayo, Ames and Watts.
7111Emergence Myth
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Other, Mythology
  • Nature
  • Other, History
According to the Hanelthnayhe or Upward-reaching rite. Recorded by Father Berard Haile, O. F. M. Rewritten by Mary C. Wheelwright. With 13 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb, Mrs. John Wetherell and Mrs. Laura A. Armer. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. III.
  • Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 1949
  • 186
  • 2 copies
  • good
Emergence Myth
Item:
  • 7111   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • People
  • Other, Mythology
  • Nature
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Date:
  • 1949
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.3 WHE
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 186
Medium:
  • 2 copies
Condition:
  • good
Description:
According to the Hanelthnayhe or Upward-reaching rite. Recorded by Father Berard Haile, O. F. M. Rewritten by Mary C. Wheelwright. With 13 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb, Mrs. John Wetherell and Mrs. Laura A. Armer. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. III.
1936Ensign Ben Bunker, Mount Desert, and The Cranberry Isles
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Places, Island
  • People
  • Other, History
This is a second in a series of Occasional Papers to be published under the auspices of the Islesford Historical Society. It was given to Anne Haynes who gave it to the Northeast Harbor Library.
  • Theodore Spurling Sr.
  • Aug-91
  • 19
  • typescript
Ensign Ben Bunker, Mount Desert, and The Cranberry Isles
Item:
  • 1936   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • People
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Theodore Spurling Sr.
Date:
  • Aug-91
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0449
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 19
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
This is a second in a series of Occasional Papers to be published under the auspices of the Islesford Historical Society. It was given to Anne Haynes who gave it to the Northeast Harbor Library.
7095Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Events
  • Other, History
The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell and his encounters with the Indians; including a particular account of the Pequauket Battle, with a history of that Tribe; and a reprint of Rev. Thomas Symmes Sermon.
  • Frederic Kidder
  • 1865
  • 138
  • 1 book
  • good
Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell
Item:
  • 7095   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • People
  • Events
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Frederic Kidder
Date:
  • 1865
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974 KID
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 138
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell and his encounters with the Indians; including a particular account of the Pequauket Battle, with a history of that Tribe; and a reprint of Rev. Thomas Symmes Sermon.
6434Family Files, Jesup Library, N to Z
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
  • Other, History
A number of family's genealogy and history and records.
Family Files, Jesup Library, N to Z
Item:
  • 6434   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
  • Other, History
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 49
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
A number of family's genealogy and history and records.
6433Family Files, Jesup Library,- A to M
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
  • Other, History
A number of family's genealogical history and records.
Family Files, Jesup Library,- A to M
Item:
  • 6433   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
  • Other, History
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 48
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
A number of family's genealogical history and records.
6435First Settlers of Eastham, Mass. Vol. VI
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
  • Places
  • Other, History
History of the first settlers and their records.
  • New England Historic Genealogical Society
  • 1852
First Settlers of Eastham, Mass. Vol. VI
Item:
  • 6435   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
  • Places
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • New England Historic Genealogical Society
Date:
  • 1852
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 50
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
History of the first settlers and their records.
1534Frances H. Eliot - "Her Book and Heart" (1871-1954)
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • People
  • Other, History
Collection of essays by Frances H. Eliot spanning the years 1871-1954: - Education - Early days at Northeast Harbor - Being a minister’s wife in Denver - An American family at breakfast in the early nineteen hundreds - Borrowed daughters - Leisure - 1941 Inauguration - Golden wedding of S. A. E. and F. H. E. (October 22, 1889-1939) - The glory that is Cambridge - The romance of street names in Cambridge - Patriarchal picnics - I remember Mount Desert
  • Frances H. Eliot
  • bound typescript
Frances H. Eliot - "Her Book and Heart" (1871-1954)
Item:
  • 1534   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • People
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Frances H. Eliot
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0043 FHE
Location:
  • General Collection Box 2
Medium:
  • bound typescript
Description:
Collection of essays by Frances H. Eliot spanning the years 1871-1954: - Education - Early days at Northeast Harbor - Being a minister’s wife in Denver - An American family at breakfast in the early nineteen hundreds - Borrowed daughters - Leisure - 1941 Inauguration - Golden wedding of S. A. E. and F. H. E. (October 22, 1889-1939) - The glory that is Cambridge - The romance of street names in Cambridge - Patriarchal picnics - I remember Mount Desert [show more]
7793Genealogical research, Joseph Henry Curtis
  • Manuscript
  • History
  • Genealogy
A summary of genealogical research on Joseph Henry Curtis Sources: Who's Who in New England (1916 Edition)Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841 - (Original Certificates) Unknown author? Perhaps compiled by genealogical research service? Copy only -- original location unknown 3 pages, typewritten
  • Unknown
  • Unknown
  • Good
Genealogical research, Joseph Henry Curtis
Item:
  • 7793   
Type:
  • Manuscript
Subject:
  • History
  • Genealogy
Creator:
  • Unknown
Date:
  • Unknown
Collection:
  • L&GP Thuya Garden and Lodge Collection
Condition:
  • Good
Description:
A summary of genealogical research on Joseph Henry Curtis Sources: Who's Who in New England (1916 Edition)Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841 - (Original Certificates) Unknown author? Perhaps compiled by genealogical research service? Copy only -- original location unknown 3 pages, typewritten
7127Genealogy of the Gamble Family
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
  • Other, History
Two publications regarding the genealogy of the Gamble Family: 1. Knox County Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1895. 2. Excerpt of "The Mount Desert Widow - Genealogy of the Gamble Family", by Greenleaf and Jonathan P. Cilley
  • 1895
  • 2 clippings
  • fair
Genealogy of the Gamble Family
Item:
  • 7127   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
  • Other, History
Date:
  • 1895
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0801
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Medium:
  • 2 clippings
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Two publications regarding the genealogy of the Gamble Family: 1. Knox County Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1895. 2. Excerpt of "The Mount Desert Widow - Genealogy of the Gamble Family", by Greenleaf and Jonathan P. Cilley