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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
2240Mount Desert Island's Worst Disaster
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Island
...Summary of the 1947 Fire on Mount Desert Island. Photograph of Clarence Cook Little and post-fire Jackson Lab. 2 copies...
  • 1964
  • 1
  • newspaper
  • fair
Mount Desert Island's Worst Disaster
Item:
  • 2240   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1964
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0754
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Summary of the 1947 Fire on Mount Desert Island. Photograph of Clarence Cook Little and post-fire Jackson Lab. 2 copies...
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...
2052American Civil War at Mount Desert
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • Places, Island
Copy of Memorial Day address of Robert R. Pyle, Library Director, at the annual ceremony at the Joseph Musetti Park. The address was a remembrance on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 5/30/2011
  • 4
  • typescript, 2 copies
American Civil War at Mount Desert
Item:
  • 2052   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 5/30/2011
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0566
Location:
  • General Collection Box 18
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript, 2 copies
Description:
Copy of Memorial Day address of Robert R. Pyle, Library Director, at the annual ceremony at the Joseph Musetti Park. The address was a remembrance on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
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
1971Town of Mount Desert Listing of Historical Events
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
See also Item 2264
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2010
  • 13
  • typescript
Town of Mount Desert Listing of Historical Events
Item:
  • 1971   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 2010
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0484
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 13
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
See also Item 2264
2164Resort Town War-Minded
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
  • Places, Town
...Several clipped articles about the 1943 war time activity in the Town of Mount Desert...
  • 1943
  • newspaper
  • fair
Resort Town War-Minded
Item:
  • 2164   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1943
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0677
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Several clipped articles about the 1943 war time activity in the Town of 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...
7184Rivers Clippings Collection Alphabetical Files
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • People
  • Places
...Mason Mount Desert Mount Desert Boys in WWII Mount Desert Festival of Chamber Music Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Public Health Murphy, Maitland...
  • 1 filing cabinet
  • folders with articles and clippings
Rivers Clippings Collection Alphabetical Files
Item:
  • 7184   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
  • Places
Collection:
  • Rivers Clippings Alphabetical Files
Object ID:
  • RCAF
Location:
  • Rivers Clippings filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 filing cabinet
Medium:
  • folders with articles and clippings
Description:
...Mason Mount Desert Mount Desert Boys in WWII Mount Desert Festival of Chamber Music Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Public Health Murphy, Maitland...

File Attachment:
Rivers Clippings Alphabetical Files b.pdf
…Desert: 200 years , The Bar Harbor Times, August 3, 1989 Mount Desert Boys in Mount Desert boys in action on all of the world s battle fronts …, WWII Bangor Daily News, March 9, 1943 Mount Desert Festival - Mount Desert Festival of Chamber Music opens 14th season at NEH of Chamber Music July …Desert Island Mount Desert Public Health - Mount Desert Island , scenes, buildings etc. …Desert child day care nursery center , March 12, 1975 - Mount Desert Elemn.
2143Disaster Declaration Approved for Northeast Harbor and Surrounding Towns.
  • Document, Announcement
  • Events, Fire
  • Organizations, Civic, Chamber of Commerce
  • Places, Town
...Desert businesses effected by the July 2008 fire on Main Street, Northeast Harbor...
  • John Lawrence, Bill Trotter
  • 12/10/2008
  • 3
  • photocopy
Disaster Declaration Approved for Northeast Harbor and Surrounding Towns.
Item:
  • 2143   
Type:
  • Document, Announcement
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Organizations, Civic, Chamber of Commerce
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • John Lawrence, Bill Trotter
Date:
  • 12/10/2008
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0656
Location:
  • General Collection Box 22
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...Desert businesses effected by the July 2008 fire on Main Street, Northeast Harbor...
1958Bar Harbor, Celebrating 200 Years in Eden
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
...Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives...
  • Mark Condon
  • 2001
  • 48
  • magazine
Bar Harbor, Celebrating 200 Years in Eden
Item:
  • 1958   
Type:
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Mark Condon
Date:
  • 2001
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0470
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 48
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
...Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives...
7183Rivers Clippings Collection Finding Aid
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • People
  • Places
1 filing cabinet containing folders with envelopes, loose articles and clippings about local people, families, organizations and events. Articles are not catalogued by year nor subject. Files have been extracted from FileMaker (expect some formatting inaccuracies).
  • 1937-2012
  • 1 filing cabinet
  • folders with articles and clippings
Rivers Clippings Collection Finding Aid
Item:
  • 7183   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
  • Places
Date:
  • 1937-2012
Collection:
  • Rivers Clippings
Object ID:
  • RCC
Location:
  • Rivers Clippings filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 filing cabinet
Medium:
  • folders with articles and clippings
Description:
1 filing cabinet containing folders with envelopes, loose articles and clippings about local people, families, organizations and events. Articles are not catalogued by year nor subject. Files have been extracted from FileMaker (expect some formatting inaccuracies).

File Attachments:
Rivers Clippings.pdf
…(bht) Desert Islander Mount Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert …Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount …Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander …Times Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert

Rivers Clippings b.pdf
…Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert …Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert …Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert …Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander Mount Desert Islander
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
2173Bar Harbor Times
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events
  • Places, Town
A weekly newspaper covering the events of the communities on MDI, the schools, births, deaths, marriages and other important news or items of interest that occur.
  • 10/4/1951
  • newspaper
Bar Harbor Times
Item:
  • 2173   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 10/4/1951
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0686
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
A weekly newspaper covering the events of the communities on MDI, the schools, births, deaths, marriages and other important news or items of interest that occur.
2222"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
  • Horace H. Leavitt
  • 1940
  • newspaper
"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
Item:
  • 2222   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Horace H. Leavitt
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0736
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
2223Bicentennial Souvenir Section Commemorates 200th Anniversary
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Special Edition of Bar Harbor Times covering 200 years in articles and photographs. August 1961.
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1961
  • newspaper
Bicentennial Souvenir Section Commemorates 200th Anniversary
Item:
  • 2223   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Date:
  • 1961
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0737
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Special Edition of Bar Harbor Times covering 200 years in articles and photographs. August 1961.
5125Main Street Fire, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
These document the loss of Colonel's Deli, the Wingspread Gallery, the Joy block, Smart Studio, the Kimball Shop and an apartment. Photographs available in Dropbox.
  • Jane Joseph
  • 7/29/2008
  • 2 discs with digital images
Main Street Fire, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5125   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Jane Joseph
Date:
  • 7/29/2008
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1539 JJ
Location:
  • CD Box 1
Medium:
  • 2 discs with digital images
Description:
These document the loss of Colonel's Deli, the Wingspread Gallery, the Joy block, Smart Studio, the Kimball Shop and an apartment. Photographs available in Dropbox.
5126Main Street Fire, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
These document the loss of Colonel's Deli. Photographs available in Dropbox
  • Mia Thompson Brown
  • 7/29/2008
  • 2 discs with digital images
Main Street Fire, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5126   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Mia Thompson Brown
Date:
  • 7/29/2008
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1540 MTB
Location:
  • CD Box 1
Medium:
  • 2 discs with digital images
Description:
These document the loss of Colonel's Deli. Photographs available in Dropbox
5143Main Street Fire, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
DVD recording of the Main Street Fire of 2008 - Colonel's Deli, Wingspread Gallery, Joy Building. The fire was fought by numerous area departments & emergency Services. Recording by Chris Marzolf. Images by Jane Joseph and Willie Granston.
  • Christopher Marzolf
  • 7/29/2009
  • 2 discs with video and images
Main Street Fire, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5143   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Christopher Marzolf
Date:
  • 7/29/2009
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1561 CM
Location:
  • CD Box 1
Medium:
  • 2 discs with video and images
Description:
DVD recording of the Main Street Fire of 2008 - Colonel's Deli, Wingspread Gallery, Joy Building. The fire was fought by numerous area departments & emergency Services. Recording by Chris Marzolf. Images by Jane Joseph and Willie Granston.
5163Harbor Reconstruction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Construction
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Land fill and reconstruction of Northeast Harbor's town dock and boat launch.
  • William D. Hocker
  • circa 1950
Harbor Reconstruction
Item:
  • 5163   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Construction
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Creator:
  • William D. Hocker
Date:
  • circa 1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1584
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Land fill and reconstruction of Northeast Harbor's town dock and boat launch.
52011966 Fire Scenes
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
1966 fire, Main Street, Northeast Harbor.
  • Alan Knox
  • 1966
1966 Fire Scenes
Item:
  • 5201   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • 1966
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1622 (a-d)
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
1966 fire, Main Street, Northeast Harbor.
5202Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Fire
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Fire at Augusta Smith's Dry Goods Store, Main Street, Northeast Harbor. Included is scan of 1941 newspaper article.
  • Alan Knox
  • 1941
  • 5 photographs, 1 article
Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Fire
Item:
  • 5202   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1623
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 5 photographs, 1 article
Description:
Fire at Augusta Smith's Dry Goods Store, Main Street, Northeast Harbor. Included is scan of 1941 newspaper article.
5211Main Street Fire 1966
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Fire on corner of Main St. and Summit Rd., Northeast Harbor.
  • Alan Knox
  • 12-15-1966
  • 2
Main Street Fire 1966
Item:
  • 5211   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • 12-15-1966
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1632
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 2
Description:
Fire on corner of Main St. and Summit Rd., Northeast Harbor.
5461Des Isles Building Fire
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Small B/W photograph of the Des Isles Building on Main Street, Northeast Harbor at the start of the fire which destroyed it in 1965. Photograph shows truck parked in front of building and adults and children (one with bike.)
  • Kimball
  • 1965
Des Isles Building Fire
Item:
  • 5461   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Creator:
  • Kimball
Date:
  • 1965
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1853
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Small B/W photograph of the Des Isles Building on Main Street, Northeast Harbor at the start of the fire which destroyed it in 1965. Photograph shows truck parked in front of building and adults and children (one with bike.)
5612Main Street Fire, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
This documentary shows the loss of Colonel's Deli, the Wingspread Gallery, the Joy block, Smart Studio, the Kimball Shop and an apartment.
  • Ferguson Peters
  • 7/29/2008
  • 2 discs with video
Main Street Fire, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5612   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Ferguson Peters
Date:
  • 7/29/2008
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2001 FP
Location:
  • CD Box 1
Medium:
  • 2 discs with video
Description:
This documentary shows the loss of Colonel's Deli, the Wingspread Gallery, the Joy block, Smart Studio, the Kimball Shop and an apartment.