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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
2415Mount Desert Quadrangle
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
...Topographical map showing MDI areas of Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont, Surry, Eden, Trenton, and Lamoine...
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • 1910
  • 1
  • MAP
Mount Desert Quadrangle
Item:
  • 2415   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • U.S. Geological Survey
Date:
  • 1910
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 214
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
...Topographical map showing MDI areas of Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont, Surry, Eden, Trenton, and Lamoine...
7234Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging
...Photocopy of a guidebook to Mount Desert Island containing a few historical notes and images of landscapes and buildings...
  • 56
  • photocopy
Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 7234   
Type:
  • Publication, Guidebook
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging
Date:
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0830
Location:
  • Rivers Clippings filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 56
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...Photocopy of a guidebook to Mount Desert Island containing a few historical notes and images of landscapes and buildings...
5814Mount Desert Island from Islesford
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Landscape
...View of Mount Desert Island from Islesford, Little Cranberry Island. Black and white...
  • Charles A. Townsend
  • 1 postcard
Mount Desert Island from Islesford
Item:
  • 5814   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Charles A. Townsend
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0007 CAT
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
...View of Mount Desert Island from Islesford, Little Cranberry Island. Black and white...
5815Mount Desert Island from Islesford
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Landscape
...View of Mount Desert Island from Islesford, Little Cranberry Island. Black and white...
  • Charles A. Townsend
  • 1 postcard
Mount Desert Island from Islesford
Item:
  • 5815   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Charles A. Townsend
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0008 CAT
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
...View of Mount Desert Island from Islesford, Little Cranberry Island. Black and white...
6058This Is Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Places, Island
...Booklet prepared and published as a community service by the League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island...
  • League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island, ME
  • 1971
  • 23
This Is Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 6058   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island, ME
Date:
  • 1971
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 351 LEAGUE
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 23
Description:
...Booklet prepared and published as a community service by the League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island...
3742Mount Desert Island Maine
  • Map
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
...Folded title: Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. Relief shown by shading. Text and col. illus. on verso...
  • 1981
  • 1
  • MAP
Mount Desert Island Maine
Item:
  • 3742   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Date:
  • 1981
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0196
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
...Folded title: Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. Relief shown by shading. Text and col. illus. on verso...
7422Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park
  • Map
  • Places, Island
...The Appalachian Mountain Club map of Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park...
  • The Appalachian Mountain Club
  • 1976
  • 1
  • very fragile, damaged
Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 7422   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • The Appalachian Mountain Club
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0001 AMC
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Condition:
  • very fragile, damaged
Description:
...The Appalachian Mountain Club map of Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park...
6084Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
...Summary of geological details of Mount Desert Island. Several b/w pictures. Two reprints, same article, entitled "Geology of Mount Desert Island"...
  • F. Bascom
  • 1919
  • 14
  • 1 book
  • good
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 6084   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • F. Bascom
Date:
  • 1919
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 550 BASCOM
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 14
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...Summary of geological details of Mount Desert Island. Several b/w pictures. Two reprints, same article, entitled "Geology of Mount Desert Island"...
3727Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Map
  • Places, Island
...Geology of Mount Desert Island study done on a Topological Map of Acadia National Park and Vicinity, 1942 edition...
  • Carlton A. Chapman
  • 1
  • MAP (framed)
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 3727   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Carlton A. Chapman
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0181 CAC
Location:
  • On display in the library
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP (framed)
Description:
...Geology of Mount Desert Island study done on a Topological Map of Acadia National Park and Vicinity, 1942 edition...
7225Aerial Views of Mount Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Sound
...Several B/W aerial views of Mount Desert Island, showing Northeast Harbor, the Sound, Echo Lake, Greening Island, and the Cranberry Isles...
  • Highlander, Mount Desert
  • 13
  • good
Aerial Views of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 7225   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Highlander, Mount Desert
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2193
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 13
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...Several B/W aerial views of Mount Desert Island, showing Northeast Harbor, the Sound, Echo Lake, Greening Island, and the Cranberry Isles...
3741Island of Mount Desert Maine
  • Map
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
...Folded title: Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. Includes "The area of Acadia National Park."...
  • Tom Culverwell
  • 1969
  • 1
  • MAP
Island of Mount Desert Maine
Item:
  • 3741   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • Tom Culverwell
Date:
  • 1969
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0195 TC
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
...Folded title: Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. Includes "The area of Acadia National Park."...
5932Mount Desert from Sutton Island, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
...B/W Photograph (1891 E) of the hills of Mount Desert as seen from Sutton Island looking toward Seal Harbor...
Mount Desert from Sutton Island, Maine
Item:
  • 5932   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0125
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Description:
...B/W Photograph (1891 E) of the hills of Mount Desert as seen from Sutton Island looking toward Seal Harbor...
2434Topography of Mount Desert Island and Islands to the Southward
  • Map
  • Places, Island
...Large topographical map of Mount Desert Island and off shore islands...
  • J. Hilgard, Superintendent
  • 1882
  • 1
  • MAP
  • fair
Topography of Mount Desert Island and Islands to the Southward
Item:
  • 2434   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • J. Hilgard, Superintendent
Date:
  • 1882
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 231
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Large topographical map of Mount Desert Island and off shore islands...
2418Road and Path Map of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Road
...Topographical map, 28x24", showing the roads and hiking paths and trails on Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles...
  • W. G. Bunker
  • 2 copies
  • MAP
  • fragile, damaged
Road and Path Map of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 2418   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Road
Creator:
  • W. G. Bunker
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 217
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 2 copies
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • fragile, damaged
Description:
...Topographical map, 28x24", showing the roads and hiking paths and trails on Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles...
7390Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Carriage
...In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island...Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude."...
  • 1888
  • 60
  • 1 book with 36 photographs
  • very fragile
Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party
Item:
  • 7390   
Type:
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Carriage
Date:
  • 1888
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0846
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 1, 5A5
Pages:
  • 60
Medium:
  • 1 book with 36 photographs
Condition:
  • very fragile
Description:
...In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island...Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude."...
2055Richard Rothe and Mount Desert Island Maine
  • Publication, Catalog
  • People
  • Places, Island
...In 1906 he became superintendent of Mount Desert Nurseries on Nursery Lane, Northeast Harbor...
  • Robert Torchia
  • 2011
Richard Rothe and Mount Desert Island Maine
Item:
  • 2055   
Type:
  • Publication, Catalog
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Robert Torchia
Date:
  • 2011
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0569
Location:
  • General Collection Box 18
Description:
...In 1906 he became superintendent of Mount Desert Nurseries on Nursery Lane, Northeast Harbor...
3587Mount Desert and Adjacent Islands embracing the towns of Eden, Mount Desert, Tremont and Cranberry Isles
  • Map
  • Places
  • Places, Island
...Shows residences and landownership. 3/4 of the map shows the towns of Mount Desert Island, Eden, Tremont, and Cranberry Isles1/4 of the map shows coastline...
  • 1
  • paper
  • double-sided, but 3/4 of the map has been adhered to paperboard. 1/4 visible shows part of Casco Bay.
Mount Desert and Adjacent Islands embracing the towns of Eden, Mount Desert, Tremont and Cranberry Isles
Item:
  • 3587   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0034
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • double-sided, but 3/4 of the map has been adhered to paperboard. 1/4 visible shows part of Casco Bay.
Description:
...Shows residences and landownership. 3/4 of the map shows the towns of Mount Desert Island, Eden, Tremont, and Cranberry Isles1/4 of the map shows coastline...
5715Album of Mount Desert
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • Places, Carriage Road
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Railroad
...It contains drawings of various places on Mount Desert Island and a map of Bar Harbor village. 1. Photo 2101 a: Bar Harbor from Bar Island 2...Photo 2101 r: Mount Desert as seen from M.C.R.R. Station 19. Photo 2101 s: Eagle Lake 20. Photo 2101 t: The Grand Central 21...
  • 1 red hard cover book
Album of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 5715   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
  • Places, Carriage Road
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Railroad
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2101
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Medium:
  • 1 red hard cover book
Description:
...It contains drawings of various places on Mount Desert Island and a map of Bar Harbor village. 1. Photo 2101 a: Bar Harbor from Bar Island 2...Photo 2101 r: Mount Desert as seen from M.C.R.R. Station 19. Photo 2101 s: Eagle Lake 20. Photo 2101 t: The Grand Central 21...
1973Mount Desert and Acadia National Park
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Places, Park
...Desert...
  • Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce
  • 1960's
  • 1
Mount Desert and Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 1973   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce
Date:
  • 1960's
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0486
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Description:
...Desert...
3585The Island of Mount Desert, Maine
  • Map
  • Places, Island
...Typed not taped to back of map states: "1969 Mount Desert Island by Thomas Culverwell...
  • Tom Culverwell
  • 1966, 1969
  • 2
  • good
The Island of Mount Desert, Maine
Item:
  • 3585   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Tom Culverwell
Date:
  • 1966, 1969
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0032 TC
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 2
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...Typed not taped to back of map states: "1969 Mount Desert Island by Thomas Culverwell...
5819Surf, Mt. Desert, ME
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
...View of surf crashing on rocks, Mount Desert. Black and white...
  • Charles A. Townsend
  • 1 postcard
Surf, Mt. Desert, ME
Item:
  • 5819   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Charles A. Townsend
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0012 CAT
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
...View of surf crashing on rocks, Mount Desert. Black and white...
3824Topographic map, Mount Desert Island & Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine
  • Map
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
...Topographic map, Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine...
  • DeLorme Publishing Company; Geological Survey (U.S.)
  • 1996
  • 1 map : color ; 110 x 97 cm, folded to 28 x 15 cm
Topographic map, Mount Desert Island & Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine
Item:
  • 3824   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • DeLorme Publishing Company; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Date:
  • 1996
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0280
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1 map : color ; 110 x 97 cm, folded to 28 x 15 cm
Description:
...Topographic map, Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine...
2276Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
Collection of information about the geology of MDI compiled by Vernon Gray in 1976.
  • Vernon Gray
  • 2 boxes
  • paper
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 2276   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Vernon Gray
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Geology of Mount Desert Island
Object ID:
  • GMDI
Location:
  • 4B3
Pages:
  • 2 boxes
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Collection of information about the geology of MDI compiled by Vernon Gray in 1976.

File Attachments:
Geology of Mount Desert Island.pdf
…NORTHEAST HARBOR LIBRARY NORTHEAST HARBOR MAINE 04662 No.19 1927 No.20 1928 1oore,Barririgton arid Norman Ty]or. it.s Vegetator of Mount Desert, is …Desert isI grid ,Naiie(abstract) Mount Geology of ological Society ..mericn bulletin O(p.1OG)1929. No.21 p. No.22 1929 Risz,Erwim J. …Desert!Island! Available!at!Jesup!Library!in!Bar!Harbor!! 1880H82! ! ! ! ! Crosby,!W.!O.! Geology!of!Frenchman s!Bay!Just!East!of!Mount!Desert! …Mount!Desert!(Maine)!Batholith! Geological!Society!of!America!p.73! 1921! ! ! ! Perkins,!Edward!H.! Ancient!Shorelines!and!Earth!Movements!in!
4409Mount Desert Island Shoreline
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
  • 4 photographs
Mount Desert Island Shoreline
Item:
  • 4409   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0459 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 4 photographs
6127The Future of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
Charles Eliot's report to the Plan Committee of the B. H. Village Improvement Society addressing the future of Lafayette National Park and of the villages on MDI via the park service or the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Maps included. (Scanned copy in part from University of Maine)
  • Charles W. Eliot II
  • 1928
  • 32
  • 2 copies
The Future of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 6127   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Charles W. Eliot II
Date:
  • 1928
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917.41 ELI
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 32
Medium:
  • 2 copies
Description:
Charles Eliot's report to the Plan Committee of the B. H. Village Improvement Society addressing the future of Lafayette National Park and of the villages on MDI via the park service or the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Maps included. (Scanned copy in part from University of Maine)

File Attachment:
SCB 917.41 ELI.pdf
…Desert," by E. L. Rand. …Dorr in 1916 to carryon and perpetuate the work which had resulted in the first acceptance by the United States of lands for Park purpose on Mount Desert …"The habits of the Mount Desert road-makers were formed when the roads had to be made and repaired at the least possible cost. …If there are those who suppose that walking at Mount Desert is a thing of the past, I can testify to the contrary.