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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
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"...
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...
6096AMC Guide to Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
...Pocket trail guide with maps to Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island...
  • 1988
AMC Guide to Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 6096   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Date:
  • 1988
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 712 AMC
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Description:
...Pocket trail guide with maps to Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island...
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."...
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.
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.
6153Mount Desert Island Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • 1946
  • 72
  • booklet
Mount Desert Island Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 6153   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Date:
  • 1946
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 MOUNT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 72
Medium:
  • booklet
6128Mount Desert Island Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
Tour guide prepared by the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce describing the villages on the Island and Acadia National Park. There are recommended road trips Many Photographs including those as part of ads.
  • K. H. Mansfield, M. B. Mansfield, Editors
  • 1947
  • 88
  • 1 book
Mount Desert Island Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 6128   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • K. H. Mansfield, M. B. Mansfield, Editors
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917.41 MAN
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 88
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Tour guide prepared by the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce describing the villages on the Island and Acadia National Park. There are recommended road trips Many Photographs including those as part of ads.
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...
7296A History of Bartlett's Island, Mount Desert, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Dedicated to Christopher Bartlett and his wife, Freelove Razee Bartlett, and to the spirits of their descendants who lived and worked on Bartlett's Island.
  • Esther Binnewies and Murial Davisson
  • 1981
  • 164
  • 1 book
  • fair
A History of Bartlett's Island, Mount Desert, Maine
Item:
  • 7296   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Esther Binnewies and Murial Davisson
Date:
  • 1981
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Bartletts Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 BIN
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 164
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Dedicated to Christopher Bartlett and his wife, Freelove Razee Bartlett, and to the spirits of their descendants who lived and worked on Bartlett's Island.
6868Northeast Harbor Sewerage System - Town of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Utility Structure, Sewer
Information for bidders, contract and specifications for sewer construction. March 1914.
  • Metcalf & Eddy, Consulting Engineers
  • 1914
  • 81
  • 2 booklets
Northeast Harbor Sewerage System - Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6868   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Utility Structure, Sewer
Creator:
  • Metcalf & Eddy, Consulting Engineers
Date:
  • 1914
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Town Records
Object ID:
  • TMD 0010
Location:
  • 0
Pages:
  • 81
Medium:
  • 2 booklets
Description:
Information for bidders, contract and specifications for sewer construction. March 1914.
6108SALT Journal of New England Culture
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
...Special Features on Mount Desert Island...
  • Winter 1982
  • 80
  • magazine
SALT Journal of New England Culture
Item:
  • 6108   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • Winter 1982
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 725 SALT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 80
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
...Special Features on Mount Desert Island...
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.
1726Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
...Chapters 2 and 3 of Samuel Drake's book which deals with the history, geography, and ecology of Mount Desert Island. Many photographs included...
  • Samuel Adams Drake
  • 1875
  • 19
  • photocopy
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast
Item:
  • 1726   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Samuel Adams Drake
Date:
  • 1875
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0238
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 19
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...Chapters 2 and 3 of Samuel Drake's book which deals with the history, geography, and ecology of Mount Desert Island. Many photographs included...
6051Historic resource study for the carriage road system, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Carriage Road
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Park
Copy of intensive study of the ANP carriage road system involving transfer of land ownership, natural resources, trail and road planning & design, costs, labor
  • William Rieley and Roxanne Brouse
  • 1989
  • 2 volumes: illustrations, maps
Historic resource study for the carriage road system, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 6051   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Carriage Road
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • William Rieley and Roxanne Brouse
Date:
  • 1989
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 333.1 NPS
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 2 volumes: illustrations, maps
Description:
Copy of intensive study of the ANP carriage road system involving transfer of land ownership, natural resources, trail and road planning & design, costs, labor
6149John D. Rockefeller Jr.: Godfather to Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
...A gray soft covered booklet, describing the vision of the richest man in the United States of America for Mount Desert Island...
  • Alice Stewart Eno
  • 52
  • 1 booklet
John D. Rockefeller Jr.: Godfather to Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 6149   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • Alice Stewart Eno
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 ENO
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 52
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Description:
...A gray soft covered booklet, describing the vision of the richest man in the United States of America for Mount Desert Island...
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)...
6104Sieur de Monts Publications
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Places, Garden
  • Places, Park
...Two National Monuments: the Desert and the Ocean Front (1 copy) XV. Natural Bird Gardens on Mount Desert Island (2 copies) XVI...
Sieur de Monts Publications
Item:
  • 6104   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Places, Garden
  • Places, Park
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Sieur de Monts National Monument
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 719 SIEUR
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Description:
...Two National Monuments: the Desert and the Ocean Front (1 copy) XV. Natural Bird Gardens on Mount Desert Island (2 copies) XVI...
6102Sieur De Monts National Monument - The White Mountain National Forest
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Park
Development of what is now Acadia National Park. Article provides history and descriptions of the area covered under the U.S. Monuments Act of 1906. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • George B. Dorr
  • 1917
  • 64
  • good
Sieur De Monts National Monument - The White Mountain National Forest
Item:
  • 6102   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • George B. Dorr
Date:
  • 1917
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Sieur de Monts National Monument
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 719 DORR
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 64
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Development of what is now Acadia National Park. Article provides history and descriptions of the area covered under the U.S. Monuments Act of 1906. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)

File Attachment:
SCB 719 DORR.pdf
…the Champlain made his first landing within this on Mount Desert Island, close to Bar Harbor seaward side wherever he first found safe beaching …GARDEN APPROACHES TO THE NATIONAL MONUMENT Mount Desert remarkable for the vigor with which the hardy herbaceous plants that make the beauty and dehght …This land, from Compass Harbor Pond till the divide is reached, has formed part till now, when given for the path, of the Mount Desert Nurseries' hardy …Two National Monuments: the Desert and the Ocean Front. XV. Natural Bird Gardens on Mount Desert Island. XVI.
7047Maine: Her place in history
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations
  • Places
Address delivered at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, November 4, 1876 and in convention of the Legislature of Maine, February 6, 1877, by Joshua L. Chamberlain; with a communication from the governor and the Report of the Centennial Commission. Published by order of the Legislature of Maine of February 7, 1877. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • 1877
  • 131
  • 1 book
  • fair
Maine: Her place in history
Item:
  • 7047   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • Places
Date:
  • 1877
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 CH
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 131
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Address delivered at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, November 4, 1876 and in convention of the Legislature of Maine, February 6, 1877, by Joshua L. Chamberlain; with a communication from the governor and the Report of the Centennial Commission. Published by order of the Legislature of Maine of February 7, 1877. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)

File Attachment:
SCB 974.1 CH.pdf
…'* more, and there came things for goodly homes, a hundred in spirit all laid Cross-nose Mount of the This endeared the land and …above Mount Katahdiii and the city of Montreal. Champlain accompanied him on voyage. …Desert. Tiii-y named their station St. …Desert.
7052Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1907
  • 58
  • 1 book
  • fragile
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
Item:
  • 7052   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Maine Historical Society
Date:
  • 1907
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 POP
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 58
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)

File Attachment:
SCB 974.1 POP.pdf
…Captain John Smith until the arrival of reinforcements fi-om England but even then, only a year and eight months after spirit of ; the northern colony deserted …The " Fair English town " too " of fifty houses, with its church and fort mounted and entrenched " has dwindled to fifteen buildings of all kinds, the
7297The Harbor Club - A History
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Yacht Club
Preface by R. Anderson Pew
  • August Heckscher
  • 1995
  • 55
  • 1 book
  • good
The Harbor Club - A History
Item:
  • 7297   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Yacht Club
Creator:
  • August Heckscher
Date:
  • 1995
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 797.1 HEC
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 55
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Preface by R. Anderson Pew
6113Paths and Trails of Northeast Harbor and Vicinity
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Hiking Trail
Description of Paths & Trails of Northeast Harbor
  • Village Improvement Society
  • 8/10/1914
  • 8
  • 2 books
Paths and Trails of Northeast Harbor and Vicinity
Item:
  • 6113   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Hiking Trail
Creator:
  • Village Improvement Society
Date:
  • 8/10/1914
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 796.5 PATHS
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • 2 books
Description:
Description of Paths & Trails of Northeast Harbor