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.
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]
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: 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)
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.
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.
Publication of a paper presented by William Sawtelle to the Maine Historical Society in 1923 about Samuel Argall, merchant tailor, of Bristol, England, and the first Englishman recorded to have visited Mount Desert Island in 1613.
Description: Publication of a paper presented by William Sawtelle to the Maine Historical Society in 1923 about Samuel Argall, merchant tailor, of Bristol, England, and the first Englishman recorded to have visited Mount Desert Island in 1613.
About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor.
Description: About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor.
A blue booklet beginning with the first recorded meeting of the Seal Harbor Library Association. It describes the building of library, past librarians, special events etc.
Description: A blue booklet beginning with the first recorded meeting of the Seal Harbor Library Association. It describes the building of library, past librarians, special events etc.
Their Builders, Owners, and Captains. A glance at an interesting phase of the American Merchant Marine so far as it relates to Boston. With 30 black and white illustrations of ships. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
Description: Their Builders, Owners, and Captains. A glance at an interesting phase of the American Merchant Marine so far as it relates to Boston. With 30 black and white illustrations of ships. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
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.
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.
A biography of John Neal (August 25, 1793 – June 20, 1876), the first American writer to represent "The United States of North America" in the British Quarterlies.
Description: A biography of John Neal (August 25, 1793 – June 20, 1876), the first American writer to represent "The United States of North America" in the British Quarterlies.
Description: Biography of General Andrew B. Spurling and the Second Maine Cavalry. Civil War. Compiled from official, individual, newspaper, etc. reports.
Booklet containing reminiscences of the Vaughan Family esp. Benjamin Vaughan, LL.D. Read before the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, August 2, 1865.
Description: Booklet containing reminiscences of the Vaughan Family esp. Benjamin Vaughan, LL.D. Read before the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, August 2, 1865.
A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
Description: A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
Through the exhibition "History on Birchbark : The Art of Tomah Joseph, Passamaquoddy", the Haffenreffer Museum presents Native Americans with their cultural objects.
Description: Through the exhibition "History on Birchbark : The Art of Tomah Joseph, Passamaquoddy", the Haffenreffer Museum presents Native Americans with their cultural objects.
"Originally published in 1899 in The Century Magazine and in book form in 1904 by the American Unitarian Association under the title of: John Gilley, Maine farmer and fisherman."
Description: "Originally published in 1899 in The Century Magazine and in book form in 1904 by the American Unitarian Association under the title of: John Gilley, Maine farmer and fisherman."
References to WLC members Lucy Smith (8), Elizabeth Manchester Johnson (92), Edith Favour (93), Virginia Somes Sanderson (93), and Katherine Savage (94) Scan: Cover, first pages only
Description: References to WLC members Lucy Smith (8), Elizabeth Manchester Johnson (92), Edith Favour (93), Virginia Somes Sanderson (93), and Katherine Savage (94) Scan: Cover, first pages only
Collection of writings about the travels of Captain Samuel Hadlock of Cranberry Isles and George Niagungitok and Mary Coonunnak, the Eskimos who accompanied him.
Description: Collection of writings about the travels of Captain Samuel Hadlock of Cranberry Isles and George Niagungitok and Mary Coonunnak, the Eskimos who accompanied him.