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7098Guide book for Mount Desert
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places, Island
...Loring, Short & Harmon's illustrated guide book for Mount Desert Island (before Acadia National Park). With 5 mounted photographs...
  • Clara Barnes Martin
  • 1879
  • 95
  • 2 books
  • fragile
Guide book for Mount Desert
Item:
  • 7098   
Type:
  • Publication, Guidebook
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Clara Barnes Martin
Date:
  • 1879
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917 MAR
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 95
Medium:
  • 2 books
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
...Loring, Short & Harmon's illustrated guide book for Mount Desert Island (before Acadia National Park). With 5 mounted photographs...

File Attachment:
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612212 Walks on Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Hiking Trail
...Pocket guide to several hiking trails on Mount Desert Island; maps included...
  • Earl Brechlin
  • 1980
  • 30
  • 1 book
12 Walks on Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 6122   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Hiking Trail
Creator:
  • Earl Brechlin
Date:
  • 1980
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917 BRECHLIN
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 30
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
...Pocket guide to several hiking trails on Mount Desert Island; maps included...
6148Right Development of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
...Eliot's thoughts about the development of Mount Desert as a pleasure and health resort with regards to environment, marine activity (sailing and fishing...
  • Charles W. Eliot
  • 1904
  • 14
  • 1 book
Right Development of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6148   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Charles W. Eliot
Date:
  • 1904
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 ELI
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 14
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
...Eliot's thoughts about the development of Mount Desert as a pleasure and health resort with regards to environment, marine activity (sailing and fishing...
1937Mount Desert
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr. Pyle & a copy of "The New Iliad".
  • E. Chardon
  • February 1877
  • photocopy
  • poor
Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1937   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • E. Chardon
Date:
  • February 1877
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0450
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Medium:
  • photocopy
Condition:
  • poor
Description:
History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr. Pyle & a copy of "The New Iliad".
1989Three Hundredth Anniversary of Discovery and Naming of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Booklet of the 300th Anniversary Service of the discovery and naming of Mount Desert Island by Samuel De Champlain held at the Union Church of Northeast...
  • 9/4/1904
  • 2 books
Three Hundredth Anniversary of Discovery and Naming of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1989   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 9/4/1904
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0502
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Medium:
  • 2 books
Description:
...Booklet of the 300th Anniversary Service of the discovery and naming of Mount Desert Island by Samuel De Champlain held at the Union Church of Northeast...
1999An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath...
  • Henry T. Reath
  • 2000
  • 6
  • typescript
An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1999   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Henry T. Reath
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0511
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 6
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath...
1873Adventures on Mount Desert
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
Buckboards and down-home cooking were the chief creature comforts for island visitors in the decade before the great hotels and cottages began to crowd the scene. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1995
  • John Cole
  • Jul-95
  • pages 74-75, 88-92
  • photocopy
Adventures on Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1873   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • John Cole
Date:
  • Jul-95
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0387
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 74-75, 88-92
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Buckboards and down-home cooking were the chief creature comforts for island visitors in the decade before the great hotels and cottages began to crowd the scene. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1995
1527Remembrances of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Typewritten diary of Mrs. Charles Hamlin covers years between 1880's and early 1900's. Much information about Rev. William Doane; other families covered: Gardiner, Corning, Eliot. Social perspective of Northeast Harbor. Info re St. Mary's.
  • Charles S. Hamlin
  • 1934-1935
  • 41
  • typescript (2 copies)
Remembrances of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1527   
Type:
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Charles S. Hamlin
Date:
  • 1934-1935
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0036 CSH
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 41
Medium:
  • typescript (2 copies)
Description:
Typewritten diary of Mrs. Charles Hamlin covers years between 1880's and early 1900's. Much information about Rev. William Doane; other families covered: Gardiner, Corning, Eliot. Social perspective of Northeast Harbor. Info re St. Mary's.
2210Mount Desert Island Was A Breathless Discovery
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 8/12/1976
  • 4
  • newspaper
Mount Desert Island Was A Breathless Discovery
Item:
  • 2210   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Date:
  • 8/12/1976
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0724
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • newspaper
6046The Economic Structure of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
Soft blue binder pertaining to the economic structure of MDI. This was prepared in response to the state's call for comprehensive planning. Reports address current conditions.
  • Theresa O. Stellpflug
  • 1989
  • 143
  • ring bound book
  • good
The Economic Structure of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 6046   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Theresa O. Stellpflug
Date:
  • 1989
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 330 STE
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 143
Medium:
  • ring bound book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Soft blue binder pertaining to the economic structure of MDI. This was prepared in response to the state's call for comprehensive planning. Reports address current conditions.
6103Memorial of Champlain Discoverer of Mt. Desert, 1604-1904
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...Grey booklet about the memorial to Samuel de Champlain, discoverer of Mount Desert Island...
  • 1906
  • 1 book
Memorial of Champlain Discoverer of Mt. Desert, 1604-1904
Item:
  • 6103   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1906
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 719 MEMORIAL
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 1 book
Description:
...Grey booklet about the memorial to Samuel de Champlain, discoverer of Mount Desert Island...
3141A Path Guide of Mount Desert Island, 1915
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Park
  • Bates, Waldron, Edward L. Rand, Herbert Jacques
  • 1915
  • 51
  • booklet
A Path Guide of Mount Desert Island, 1915
Item:
  • 3141   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • Bates, Waldron, Edward L. Rand, Herbert Jacques
Date:
  • 1915
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 510
Location:
  • X
Pages:
  • 51
Medium:
  • booklet
6145Sir Francis Bernard and his Grant of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Land
  • People
  • Places
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.
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 1922
  • 65
  • 1 book
Sir Francis Bernard and his Grant of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6145   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Date:
  • 1922
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 973.2 SAW
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 65
Medium:
  • 1 book
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.
22181999...Looking Back
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Looking back on past 100 years on Mount Desert Island...
  • 12/30/1999
  • newspaper
1999...Looking Back
Item:
  • 2218   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 12/30/1999
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0732
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Looking back on past 100 years on Mount Desert Island...
1897It Could Have Been Mount Mansell Island!
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
...Desert Island in a lottery...
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 2002
  • pages 7-9
  • newspaper
It Could Have Been Mount Mansell Island!
Item:
  • 1897   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Date:
  • 2002
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0410
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 7-9
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Desert Island in a lottery...
1987Ellsworth American Newspaper Index
  • Publication, Directory
  • Places, Town
...Notes about Mount Desert Island towns taken from the Ellsworth American newspaper from 1901 to 1910.newspapers...
  • 105
  • typescript
Ellsworth American Newspaper Index
Item:
  • 1987   
Type:
  • Publication, Directory
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0500
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 105
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Notes about Mount Desert Island towns taken from the Ellsworth American newspaper from 1901 to 1910.newspapers...
21932009 Overview; An In-Depth Look at Hancock County Business
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Places, Island
...Supplement to the Mount Desert Island focusing on businesses, economic development, population statistics, and government in the county's towns...
  • 2/19/2009
  • newspaper
2009 Overview; An In-Depth Look at Hancock County Business
Item:
  • 2193   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 2/19/2009
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0707
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Supplement to the Mount Desert Island focusing on businesses, economic development, population statistics, and government in the county's towns...
7069The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Places
...Of special interest is the first article: "The Physiography of Mount Desert" by F. Bascom (p. 117-130)...Attached is a detailed map of Mount Desert Island by William H. Munroe (Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., Boston). See also item 6084...
  • 1919
  • 33
  • 1 booklet, 1 map
  • fair
The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia
Item:
  • 7069   
Type:
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1919
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917.41 GSP
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 33
Medium:
  • 1 booklet, 1 map
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Of special interest is the first article: "The Physiography of Mount Desert" by F. Bascom (p. 117-130)...Attached is a detailed map of Mount Desert Island by William H. Munroe (Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., Boston). See also item 6084...
2158MDI Tomorrow: a source book and a workbook on the preferred future of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Places, Island
Consists of a profile of MDI, a description of what the island may come to be, based on current trends, and a preferred future, based on conversations with a cross-section of MDI residents and their leaders.
  • 10/30/1989
  • 35
  • photocopy
MDI Tomorrow: a source book and a workbook on the preferred future of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 2158   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 10/30/1989
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0671
Location:
  • General Collection Box 23
Pages:
  • 35
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Consists of a profile of MDI, a description of what the island may come to be, based on current trends, and a preferred future, based on conversations with a cross-section of MDI residents and their leaders.
1997A Playground Contested; Bar Harbor Natives versus Rusticators, 1875-1925
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...Manion submitted for publication in Island History Journal contrasting the economic and social life of summer and year-round residents of Mount Desert...
  • Lynne Nelson Manion
  • 2001
  • 18
  • typescript
A Playground Contested; Bar Harbor Natives versus Rusticators, 1875-1925
Item:
  • 1997   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Lynne Nelson Manion
Date:
  • 2001
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0509
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 18
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Manion submitted for publication in Island History Journal contrasting the economic and social life of summer and year-round residents of Mount Desert...
2229Gardens by the Sea
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Garden
  • Places, Island
...Article with photographs of several formal gardens, public and private, on Mount Desert Island...
  • Ogden Tanner
  • 1984
  • pages 104-108
  • magazine
Gardens by the Sea
Item:
  • 2229   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Ogden Tanner
Date:
  • 1984
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0743
Location:
  • General Collection Box 23
Pages:
  • pages 104-108
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
...Article with photographs of several formal gardens, public and private, on Mount Desert Island...
2031Lure of the Maine Coast
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
...Short biography of Fitz Hugh Lane and an excerpt from William Witherle's diary of a sailing trip with Lane and 4 other men from Castine to Mount Desert...
  • William Witherle
  • Oct-88
  • 5
  • magazine
Lure of the Maine Coast
Item:
  • 2031   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • William Witherle
Date:
  • Oct-88
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0543
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
...Short biography of Fitz Hugh Lane and an excerpt from William Witherle's diary of a sailing trip with Lane and 4 other men from Castine to Mount Desert...
2184Special Millennium Edition, The Bar Harbor Times
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
...Some of the events covered are "The Timeline of Maine History" (4) and other special events pertaining to the history of Mount Desert Island...
  • The Bar Harbor Times
  • 12/28/2000
  • newspaper
Special Millennium Edition, The Bar Harbor Times
Item:
  • 2184   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • The Bar Harbor Times
Date:
  • 12/28/2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0698
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Some of the events covered are "The Timeline of Maine History" (4) and other special events pertaining to the history of Mount Desert Island...
6090Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the Protection of the Woods from Fire
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Fire
  • Places
...East Harbor Association for the protection of the woods from fire, upon the forest fires on the Island of Mount Desert, Me., in the year 1883, with a brief...
  • Northeast Harbor Association for the protection of the Woods from Fire
  • 1884
  • 8
  • pamphlet
  • good
Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the Protection of the Woods from Fire
Item:
  • 6090   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places
Creator:
  • Northeast Harbor Association for the protection of the Woods from Fire
Date:
  • 1884
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 634.9 REPORT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • pamphlet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...East Harbor Association for the protection of the woods from fire, upon the forest fires on the Island of Mount Desert, Me., in the year 1883, with a brief...
6157Sprague's journal of Maine history
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
...Sawtelle (p.192-193) 1920 Vol. 8 No. 1 1922 Vol. 10 No. 4 – Father Pierre Biard, Superior of the Mount Desert Jesuit Mission of Saint Sauveur by William...Desert by William O...Stevens – The Island of Mount Desert by William O. Sawtelle (p.127-144) – 2 copies – Antoinette de Pons by William O...Hennessy – Mount Desert: Champlain to Bernard by William O. Sawtelle (p.131-186) – Historical Thanksgiving at Southwest Harbor (p.27)...
Sprague's journal of Maine history
Item:
  • 6157   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 SPRAGUE'S
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Description:
...Sawtelle (p.192-193) 1920 Vol. 8 No. 1 1922 Vol. 10 No. 4 – Father Pierre Biard, Superior of the Mount Desert Jesuit Mission of Saint Sauveur by William...Desert by William O...Stevens – The Island of Mount Desert by William O. Sawtelle (p.127-144) – 2 copies – Antoinette de Pons by William O...Hennessy – Mount Desert: Champlain to Bernard by William O. Sawtelle (p.131-186) – Historical Thanksgiving at Southwest Harbor (p.27)...