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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
6190Mount Desert Shipping
  • Document, Administrative Records
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Vessels, Ship
...Lists of ships, tonnages and owners in Mount Desert 10 pages stapled or taped with 2 loose sheets...
Mount Desert Shipping
Item:
  • 6190   
Type:
  • Document, Administrative Records
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Vessels, Ship
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 24
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
...Lists of ships, tonnages and owners in Mount Desert 10 pages stapled or taped with 2 loose sheets...
7309Mount Desert Island Visitor
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Nature
  • Places, Island
...Newspaper supplement published by the Bar Harbor Times covering sightseeing and activities on and around Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park...
  • The Bar Harbor Times
  • 1970
  • 1 supplement
  • good
Mount Desert Island Visitor
Item:
  • 7309   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Nature
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • The Bar Harbor Times
Date:
  • 1970
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0841
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 1
Medium:
  • 1 supplement
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...Newspaper supplement published by the Bar Harbor Times covering sightseeing and activities on and around Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park...
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...
6014Mount Desert Granite Co., Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
...Desert Granite Company Quarry Showing work houses and drilling equipment. James Grant Photographs...
  • 1890's
  • 1 postcard
Mount Desert Granite Co., Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 6014   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
Date:
  • 1890's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0206
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
...Desert Granite Company Quarry Showing work houses and drilling equipment. James Grant Photographs...
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
2044Shipbuilding on Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902. Several photographs of the boats were added by R. Pyle at the Northeast Harbor library.
  • Ralph Stanley
  • 2010
  • 94
  • typescript
Shipbuilding on Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 2044   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Ralph Stanley
Date:
  • 2010
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0558
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 94
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902. Several photographs of the boats were added by R. Pyle at the Northeast Harbor library.
7337Hall Quarry
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Places, Town
...The settlement of Hall Quarry in located in the town of Mount Desert on Mount Desert Island and was home to a granite quarry...
Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 7337   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Description:
...The settlement of Hall Quarry in located in the town of Mount Desert on Mount Desert Island and was home to a granite quarry...
6109Architectural Drawings & Early Sketches of Fred L. Savage
  • Publication, Book
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
  • People
...Catalog of Fred Savage exhibit held at the Mount Desert Island Historical Society...
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 2012
  • 25
Architectural Drawings & Early Sketches of Fred L. Savage
Item:
  • 6109   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Date:
  • 2012
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 728.7 MDIHS
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 25
Description:
...Catalog of Fred Savage exhibit held at the Mount Desert Island Historical Society...
5025Otter Creek fishing shacks
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Places, Shore
...Photograph loaned for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
  • 1900-1920
Otter Creek fishing shacks
Item:
  • 5025   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Places, Shore
Date:
  • 1900-1920
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1417
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...Photograph loaned for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
2674GXS Collection
  • Collection
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
...This collection is an assortment of ephemera relating to coastal Maine, Maine history, and inns, motels, hotels and homes on Mount Desert Island and in...
GXS Collection
Item:
  • 2674   
Type:
  • Collection
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
...This collection is an assortment of ephemera relating to coastal Maine, Maine history, and inns, motels, hotels and homes on Mount Desert Island and in...

File Attachment:
GXS Collection Finding Aid-August 2023.pdf
…, Mount Desert and Southwest Harbor, 1950. …Steamer Norumbega from Mount Desert Ferry to Manset, ME 80. (a+b) Islehurst, Mount Desert Bridge 81. Great Head, Bar Harbor, Maine 82. …Desert, Maine 83. Atlantic Comber, Mount Desert Island, Maine 84. Boat Shop at Bass Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine 85. …Jordan Pond, Mount Desert, Maine (Chas. A. Townsend) 108. Stereoview Schooner Head 109. Stereoview Green Mt. House, Mount Desert 110.
1509Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine.
  • George L. Stebbins
  • Aug-38
  • 11
  • typescript
Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 1509   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • George L. Stebbins
Date:
  • Aug-38
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0021 GLS
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 11
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine.
7182Benjamin Graves Record Books
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Building Business
...Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount...Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951...
  • 1897-1951
  • 1 box - 8 ledgers
  • ledger books
Benjamin Graves Record Books
Item:
  • 7182   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Date:
  • 1897-1951
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Benjamin Graves - Rae Graves Masonry History on MDI
Object ID:
  • BGRB 0001
Location:
  • Shelf 7 TOP
Pages:
  • 1 box - 8 ledgers
Medium:
  • ledger books
Description:
...Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount...Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951...

File Attachment:
Graves Ledger Index.pdf
…J.G. 32 1900 Trask, Charles 32 1900 Mount Desert Nurseries 33 1900 Manchester, Mr. D.J. 33 1900 Corning, Parker 33 1900 Howe, Mrs. …Morris 178 1932 Mount Desert, Town of 179 1931 Hill, P.P. 182 1931 Mount Desert, Town of 182 1932 Nelson, Otto Co. 183 1931 Malcolm, Judson 183 1932 Small …Ethel 279 1933 Mount Desert, Town of 283 1932 Mount Desert, Town of 287 1934 LEDGER # E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E …Desert, Town of 416 1934 Mount Desert, Town of 418 1934 Morris, Samuel 425 1933 Kimball, Elliott 429 1930 Crowe, Mrs.
1964Cottages in Northeast Harbor
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Businesses, Building Business
...Desert Island; Somesville, SW, and NEH"...
  • Lydia Vandenberg
  • 2000
  • 23
  • typescript
Cottages in Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 1964   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Creator:
  • Lydia Vandenberg
Date:
  • 2000
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0477
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 23
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Desert Island; Somesville, SW, and NEH"...
6981GXS Collection - Ephemera
  • Collection
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • Places, Island
...Folder 26 Mount Desert Island Real Estate Co., share certificate for Geo. C. Ming dated August 23, 1888 for fifteen shares in capital stock...Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island...Desert & Machias Steamboat Co., Dr. to Little Dear Isle (1899, 1900, 1901) - Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Co., Dr. (1990) - Islesboro, Castine & Belfast...
GXS Collection - Ephemera
Item:
  • 6981   
Type:
  • Collection
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • Places, Island
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
...Folder 26 Mount Desert Island Real Estate Co., share certificate for Geo. C. Ming dated August 23, 1888 for fifteen shares in capital stock...Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island...Desert & Machias Steamboat Co., Dr. to Little Dear Isle (1899, 1900, 1901) - Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Co., Dr. (1990) - Islesboro, Castine & Belfast...
7388Roc Caivano: Clippings featuring his work
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
...Published in Chebacco, The Magazine of the Mount Desert Historical Society, Volume XVIII, 2017...
  • 1978-2017
Roc Caivano: Clippings featuring his work
Item:
  • 7388   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
Date:
  • 1978-2017
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ROC Clippings
Location:
  • Roc Caivano Filing Cabinet
Description:
...Published in Chebacco, The Magazine of the Mount Desert Historical Society, Volume XVIII, 2017...
7263Roc Caivano Architectural Drawings Finding Aid
  • Document, List
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
  • 14
  • list
Roc Caivano Architectural Drawings Finding Aid
Item:
  • 7263   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
Object ID:
  • ADC 0001 ROC
Location:
  • Roc Caivano Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 14
Medium:
  • list
File Attachment:
ADC 0001 ROC.pdf
…Waterfront Concert Pavilion July 15, 1994 Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Renovations ADC 0209 ROC FF D-3 June and July 1992 Proposed YMCA Facility for Mount …Desert Island Community ADC 0210 ROC FF B-33 2005 Barn on Bartlett Island ADC 0211 ROC FF B-33 2005 House on Bartlett Island ADC 0212 ROC FF …Cabin ADC 0270 ROC FF D-24 Pazzi Chapel in Florence Italy Sketch ADC 0271 ROC FF D-24 Peter Grace Carriage House ADC 0272 ROC FF B-38 and B-39 Mount …George Pepper Residence - Renovations ADC 0405 ROC FF E-18 2009-2010 New Oncology Suite for Mount Desert Island Hospital ADC 0406 ROC FF F-1 2010
3048License to maintain bowling, pool and billiards
  • Document, Permission, License
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Mount Desert Municipal Officers
  • 1916
  • 1
  • license
License to maintain bowling, pool and billiards
Item:
  • 3048   
Type:
  • Document, Permission, License
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Municipal Officers
Date:
  • 1916
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 427
Location:
  • VIII
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • license
5713Helen H. Lippincott Photographs
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
  • Places, Island
Helen H. Lippincott (Mrs. Walker H.), photographer. People in the early 1980's whom she enjoyed interacting with. a. Northeast Harbor b. Charlie and Ada Rice d. Wilfred Bunker e. Ruth Jordan e. Joe Green (aka Malcolm Graves) f. Mr. Stanley g. Mr. Burden's gardener h. i. Jordan Pond House, September 8, 1981 j. Islesford restaurant and chef k. Islesford
  • Helen Lippincott
  • 1980's
  • 1 photograph album
  • Marbled paper covers with photographs written in silver script. Black paper pages with photo corners holding in photographs.
Helen H. Lippincott Photographs
Item:
  • 5713   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Helen Lippincott
Date:
  • 1980's
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2099 HHL
Location:
  • Photograph Box 1, 4E2
Pages:
  • 1 photograph album
Medium:
  • Marbled paper covers with photographs written in silver script. Black paper pages with photo corners holding in photographs.
Description:
Helen H. Lippincott (Mrs. Walker H.), photographer. People in the early 1980's whom she enjoyed interacting with. a. Northeast Harbor b. Charlie and Ada Rice d. Wilfred Bunker e. Ruth Jordan e. Joe Green (aka Malcolm Graves) f. Mr. Stanley g. Mr. Burden's gardener h. i. Jordan Pond House, September 8, 1981 j. Islesford restaurant and chef k. Islesford
5381Shipyard and Mill at Somesville
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Structures, Factory, Sawmill Building
B/W stereoview of a saw mill and shipyard (with schooner being built) in Somesville Harbor. Parker Farm is left center behind schooner.
  • Heywood
  • ca. 1900
Shipyard and Mill at Somesville
Item:
  • 5381   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Structures, Factory, Sawmill Building
Creator:
  • Heywood
Date:
  • ca. 1900
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1790 j
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W stereoview of a saw mill and shipyard (with schooner being built) in Somesville Harbor. Parker Farm is left center behind schooner.
2202Island Herald
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Local newspaper published every Friday in summer months. Features individual and community events in Southwest Harbor, Northeast Harbor, and Seal Harbor. This issue includes the history of Jordan Pond House.
  • 8/12/1904
  • newspaper
Island Herald
Item:
  • 2202   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Date:
  • 8/12/1904
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0716
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Local newspaper published every Friday in summer months. Features individual and community events in Southwest Harbor, Northeast Harbor, and Seal Harbor. This issue includes the history of Jordan Pond House.
2912Claim: Merritt Ober versus Al Pinkham and Edwin Dodge, 1908
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Market Business
Included is a note from Al Pinkham.
  • Merritt T. Ober
  • 1908
  • Claim
Claim: Merritt Ober versus Al Pinkham and Edwin Dodge, 1908
Item:
  • 2912   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Market Business
Creator:
  • Merritt T. Ober
Date:
  • 1908
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 304
Location:
  • VIII
Medium:
  • Claim
Description:
Included is a note from Al Pinkham.
2917Summons: Bertha E. Moore, 1913
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • D. G. Hall
  • 1913
  • Summons
Summons: Bertha E. Moore, 1913
Item:
  • 2917   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Creator:
  • D. G. Hall
Date:
  • 1913
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 309
Location:
  • VIII
Medium:
  • Summons
2922Claim: Hillcrest Market versus Alexander Moore
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Hillcrest market
  • 1912
  • Claim
Claim: Hillcrest Market versus Alexander Moore
Item:
  • 2922   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Business Shop
Creator:
  • Hillcrest market
Date:
  • 1912
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 313
Location:
  • VIII
Medium:
  • Claim
2939Contract: Leonard Lawson and Rudolph F. Hodgkins
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Leonard Lawson
  • 1923
  • Contract
Contract: Leonard Lawson and Rudolph F. Hodgkins
Item:
  • 2939   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
Creator:
  • Leonard Lawson
Date:
  • 1923
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 329
Location:
  • VIII
Medium:
  • Contract
4969Ober's Market, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Market Business
Owners and workers in front of Ober's Market, Main Street, Northeast Harbor. Building also has signs for N. E. Harbor Bakery and Dr. G. W. Anderson, dentist.
  • ca. 1890
  • 1 photograph
Ober's Market, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4969   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Market Business
Date:
  • ca. 1890
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1359
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Owners and workers in front of Ober's Market, Main Street, Northeast Harbor. Building also has signs for N. E. Harbor Bakery and Dr. G. W. Anderson, dentist.