The author read the paper before the Chicago Historical Society. It is an imaginary account of an alleged lawsuit of Frederick Law Olmstead vs. the Astor family, involving Captain Kidd's treasure
Description: The author read the paper before the Chicago Historical Society. It is an imaginary account of an alleged lawsuit of Frederick Law Olmstead vs. the Astor family, involving Captain Kidd's treasure
Program of recitations presented under the Library's Public Performance Program, organized by Judith Blank. Jeff McKeen, host Ted Spurling Sr. (Islesford) Elizabeth Carlson (Swan's Island) Bob Quinn (Eagle Island) Includes old favorites by: Robert W. Service, Ruth Moore, Holman Day (by Jeff McKeen) Rachel Field, poems from childhood (by Ted Spurling) Original poems from Swan's Island (by Betty Carlson) Several other original poems of Eagle Island (written in the 1930's by Bonney Quinn, read from the original manuscript by his nephew, Bob Quinn). Recorded in the Mellon Room, Northeast Harbor Library.
Description: Program of recitations presented under the Library's Public Performance Program, organized by Judith Blank. Jeff McKeen, host Ted Spurling Sr. (Islesford) Elizabeth Carlson (Swan's Island) Bob Quinn (Eagle Island) Includes old favorites by: Robert W. Service, Ruth Moore, Holman Day (by Jeff McKeen) Rachel Field, poems from childhood (by Ted Spurling) Original poems from Swan's Island (by Betty Carlson) Several other original poems of Eagle Island (written in the 1930's by Bonney Quinn, read from the original manuscript by his nephew, Bob Quinn). Recorded in the Mellon Room, Northeast Harbor Library. [show more]
Box 1 MATERIALS DONATED BY AUGUST HECKSCHER Documents regarding donation of collection, list of presses and books printed, photocopies of newspaper clippings: 1 folder 1: Notes for a Great Grandchild by August Heckscher, privately printed 1966: 1 book 2: Memorial Day Address by August Heckscher, 1956, Rampant Lions Press printed 1957: 1 book 3: A Letter: from Thomas Bailey Aldrich to Bayard Taylor, 1865, Uphill Press printed 1967: 1 book 4:On Type Today by August Heckscher, Spiral Press printed 1966: 1 book 5: A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage by Jonathan Swift, 1727, Ashlar Press printed 1932: 1 book 6: L'Allegro and Il Penseroso by Milton, Ashlar Press printed 1932: 2 book set 7: The Fierce Wolf of Gubbio, Ashlar Press printed 1934: 1 book 8: A Christmas Sermon by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1888, High Loft Press printing undated: 1 book 9: After Reading Thoreau by Adin Ballou, High Loft Press printed 1976: 1 book 10: The Dampening of Hand-made Paper by Joseph Blumenthal, High Loft Press, 1978: 1 book 11: The Gift by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1978: 1 book 12: Christmas In The City by August Heckscher (cover only, High Loft Press printed 1979: 1 folio 13: Suite d'Estampes Pour Kou-Kou-Hai by Marguerite Yourcenar, High Loft Press printed 1980: 1 book 14: God's Wanderers by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1980: 2 books 15: The Book of Jonah by David H. C. Reed, 1966, High Loft Press printed 1980: 1 book 16: Stranger Walking by Anne Mazlish, High Loft Press printed 1981: 1 book 17: Notes on a Country Library by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1981: 1 book 18: Sonnets Translated from Les Regrets of Joachim du Bellay, 1553, High Loft Press printed 1982: 2 books 19: The Shyp of Fooles by Sebastian Brandt, High Loft Press printed 1982: 5 books 20: Dust of the Road by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, High Loft Press printed 1983: 1 book 21: In A City Bus by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1984: 1 book 22: A Journal of a Visit to St. Paul's School by Martha Eliot: MISSING MATERIALS DONATED BY LYDIA AND HENRY RIVERS Moments & Occasions by August Heckscher, Uphill Press printed 1976: 1 book' Letter from A Maine Island by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book God's Wanderers by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1980: 1 book Brief Note on Book Collecting by Philip Hofer, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book Letter from a Maine Island by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book Christmas in the City by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1979: 2 books Christmas cards and newsletters from High Loft Press sent to Henry and Lydia Rivers between 1980 and 1983: 1 folder MATERIAL UNKNOWN ACCESSION Memorial Exhibition, The Works of Charles K. Savage at the Northeast Harbor Library, High Loft Press: 1 folio and 1 envelope Hearing the Weather Fall by Anne Mazlish, High Loft Press printed 1979: 1 book White Thoughts: a Christmas essay by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1982: 1 book Night Watches: 1 slip case Letter from a Maine Island by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book Newsletter from High Loft Press to Robert Pyle, 1983: 1 folder
Description: Box 1 MATERIALS DONATED BY AUGUST HECKSCHER Documents regarding donation of collection, list of presses and books printed, photocopies of newspaper clippings: 1 folder 1: Notes for a Great Grandchild by August Heckscher, privately printed 1966: 1 book 2: Memorial Day Address by August Heckscher, 1956, Rampant Lions Press printed 1957: 1 book 3: A Letter: from Thomas Bailey Aldrich to Bayard Taylor, 1865, Uphill Press printed 1967: 1 book 4:On Type Today by August Heckscher, Spiral Press printed 1966: 1 book 5: A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage by Jonathan Swift, 1727, Ashlar Press printed 1932: 1 book 6: L'Allegro and Il Penseroso by Milton, Ashlar Press printed 1932: 2 book set 7: The Fierce Wolf of Gubbio, Ashlar Press printed 1934: 1 book 8: A Christmas Sermon by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1888, High Loft Press printing undated: 1 book 9: After Reading Thoreau by Adin Ballou, High Loft Press printed 1976: 1 book 10: The Dampening of Hand-made Paper by Joseph Blumenthal, High Loft Press, 1978: 1 book 11: The Gift by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1978: 1 book 12: Christmas In The City by August Heckscher (cover only, High Loft Press printed 1979: 1 folio 13: Suite d'Estampes Pour Kou-Kou-Hai by Marguerite Yourcenar, High Loft Press printed 1980: 1 book 14: God's Wanderers by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1980: 2 books 15: The Book of Jonah by David H. C. Reed, 1966, High Loft Press printed 1980: 1 book 16: Stranger Walking by Anne Mazlish, High Loft Press printed 1981: 1 book 17: Notes on a Country Library by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1981: 1 book 18: Sonnets Translated from Les Regrets of Joachim du Bellay, 1553, High Loft Press printed 1982: 2 books 19: The Shyp of Fooles by Sebastian Brandt, High Loft Press printed 1982: 5 books 20: Dust of the Road by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, High Loft Press printed 1983: 1 book 21: In A City Bus by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1984: 1 book 22: A Journal of a Visit to St. Paul's School by Martha Eliot: MISSING MATERIALS DONATED BY LYDIA AND HENRY RIVERS Moments & Occasions by August Heckscher, Uphill Press printed 1976: 1 book' Letter from A Maine Island by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book God's Wanderers by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1980: 1 book Brief Note on Book Collecting by Philip Hofer, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book Letter from a Maine Island by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book Christmas in the City by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1979: 2 books Christmas cards and newsletters from High Loft Press sent to Henry and Lydia Rivers between 1980 and 1983: 1 folder MATERIAL UNKNOWN ACCESSION Memorial Exhibition, The Works of Charles K. Savage at the Northeast Harbor Library, High Loft Press: 1 folio and 1 envelope Hearing the Weather Fall by Anne Mazlish, High Loft Press printed 1979: 1 book White Thoughts: a Christmas essay by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1982: 1 book Night Watches: 1 slip case Letter from a Maine Island by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book Newsletter from High Loft Press to Robert Pyle, 1983: 1 folder [show more]
Short article remembering French Academy writer Marguerite Yourcenar. "For 40 years, one of the most respected French writers of the century lived in a small resort town in Maine - and from time to time visited Bowdoin." Published in Bowdoin magazine, Spring 1988. Vol. 61, No. 3 - An issue devoted to writers.
Description: Short article remembering French Academy writer Marguerite Yourcenar. "For 40 years, one of the most respected French writers of the century lived in a small resort town in Maine - and from time to time visited Bowdoin." Published in Bowdoin magazine, Spring 1988. Vol. 61, No. 3 - An issue devoted to writers.
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).
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]
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.
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.
Script of a three-act play by Parker Fennelly of New York and Northeast Harbor. It was staged at the Morosco Theater in NY in October 1941 under direction of Antoinette Perry. 1st copyright title " Two Story House" 1941; Cuckoos on the Hearth 1942. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
Description: Script of a three-act play by Parker Fennelly of New York and Northeast Harbor. It was staged at the Morosco Theater in NY in October 1941 under direction of Antoinette Perry. 1st copyright title " Two Story House" 1941; Cuckoos on the Hearth 1942. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
Northeast Harbor author recounts daughter's torturous journey through drug abuse in a book entitled "Augusta Gone: A True Story" by Martha Dudman, Simon & Schuster, NY
Description: Northeast Harbor author recounts daughter's torturous journey through drug abuse in a book entitled "Augusta Gone: A True Story" by Martha Dudman, Simon & Schuster, NY
Fall 1992 The Maine Work of Beatrix Jones Farrand Planting Open Space Seeds Frederick Law Olmstead National Historic Site Summer 2001 The Early Courses 19th Century Courses 20th Century Developments Friends of Acadia at Work Library At Thuya Lodge The Frances W. Peabody Research Library A Baker's Dozen of the Century's Best Books on American Garden Spring 2003 The Last Garden of Beatrix Farrand Creating an Appropriate Landscape of the Donnell House A Garden for your Historic House Plants and Historic Landscapes Winter 2005 Philosophical Underpinnings of the National Park Idea Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. Protecting our Public Landscapes Maine is Pioneering the use of Conservation Easements
Description: Fall 1992 The Maine Work of Beatrix Jones Farrand Planting Open Space Seeds Frederick Law Olmstead National Historic Site Summer 2001 The Early Courses 19th Century Courses 20th Century Developments Friends of Acadia at Work Library At Thuya Lodge The Frances W. Peabody Research Library A Baker's Dozen of the Century's Best Books on American Garden Spring 2003 The Last Garden of Beatrix Farrand Creating an Appropriate Landscape of the Donnell House A Garden for your Historic House Plants and Historic Landscapes Winter 2005 Philosophical Underpinnings of the National Park Idea Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. Protecting our Public Landscapes Maine is Pioneering the use of Conservation Easements [show more]
Description: Short article about French Academy writer Marguerite Yourcenar's quiet life in Northeast Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1982.
Description: Article about writer Marguerite Yourcenar's acceptance as first woman into the Académie Française. Published in People Magazine, May 5, 1980.
Bob Pyle's humorous stories about people & events in Northeast Harbor. "The Flagpole", "Report of Nymphs at Snowflake", "Margaret Kimball and the Fire truck", and "Julia Manchester and the Thermostat". Other material added.
Description: Bob Pyle's humorous stories about people & events in Northeast Harbor. "The Flagpole", "Report of Nymphs at Snowflake", "Margaret Kimball and the Fire truck", and "Julia Manchester and the Thermostat". Other material added.
Small story booklet written and illustrated by Melissa Merkling, age 12, a guest of the Rosenthal family on Sutton Island. The book was presented to Mrs. Rodman Fay, Chairman of the Library.
Description: Small story booklet written and illustrated by Melissa Merkling, age 12, a guest of the Rosenthal family on Sutton Island. The book was presented to Mrs. Rodman Fay, Chairman of the Library.
Two biographical brochures from the Willa Cather Archives at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Also, a brief biographical sketch written by Robert Pyle at Northeast Harbor Library on Ms. Cather's residency in Northeast Harbor.
Description: Two biographical brochures from the Willa Cather Archives at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Also, a brief biographical sketch written by Robert Pyle at Northeast Harbor Library on Ms. Cather's residency in Northeast Harbor.