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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
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...
5014Smith Cottage, Mount Desert
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
...Desert: an Informal History"...
Smith Cottage, Mount Desert
Item:
  • 5014   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1406
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...Desert: an Informal History"...
2410Plan of Mount Desert Eastern Shore Ld., Co.
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
...Rough copy of development plans, 13x18" tracing cloth, of part of Mount Desert Island showing property of Mount Desert Eastern Shore Land Company (a development...
  • 1
  • MAP
Plan of Mount Desert Eastern Shore Ld., Co.
Item:
  • 2410   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 21
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
...Rough copy of development plans, 13x18" tracing cloth, of part of Mount Desert Island showing property of Mount Desert Eastern Shore Land Company (a development...
6870Insurance Survey - Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Financial, Insurance Record
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Institutional, School
...A black soft covered notebook, containing insurance costs, analysis of present coverage & comments on fire prevention of the schools of Mount Desert: Stetson...
  • Alvah L. Reed
  • 6/29/1939
  • 1 typescript, 1 pamphlet
Insurance Survey - Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6870   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Insurance Record
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Creator:
  • Alvah L. Reed
Date:
  • 6/29/1939
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Town Records
Object ID:
  • TMD 0012
Location:
  • Shelf 2G1
Medium:
  • 1 typescript, 1 pamphlet
Description:
...A black soft covered notebook, containing insurance costs, analysis of present coverage & comments on fire prevention of the schools of Mount Desert: Stetson...
5616Accommodations Town of Mount Desert, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging
Brochure with image of sailboats and information about lodging in Northeast Harbor, Somesville, Seal Harbor, and Otter Creek.
Accommodations Town of Mount Desert, Maine
Item:
  • 5616   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2005 MDCC
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Brochure with image of sailboats and information about lodging in Northeast Harbor, Somesville, Seal Harbor, and Otter Creek.
5940Echo Lake Camps, Mount Desert, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Lake
  • Structures, Dwelling, Camp House
Postcard of small dock on Echo Lake with several small boats. Advertisement for "Echo Lake Camps", E. T. Richardson, proprietor, on back.
  • 1 postcard
Echo Lake Camps, Mount Desert, Maine
Item:
  • 5940   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
  • Structures, Dwelling, Camp House
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0132
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
Postcard of small dock on Echo Lake with several small boats. Advertisement for "Echo Lake Camps", E. T. Richardson, proprietor, on back.
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.
7321Sewer Cost Study Committee (SCSC) - Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Report
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Utility Structure, Sewer
Meeting Agenda for 28 May 2003
  • Sewer Cost Study Committee (SCSC)
  • 2003
  • bound typescript
  • good
Sewer Cost Study Committee (SCSC) - Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 7321   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Utility Structure, Sewer
Creator:
  • Sewer Cost Study Committee (SCSC)
Date:
  • 2003
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Town Records
Object ID:
  • 7321
Location:
  • Shelf 2G1
Medium:
  • bound typescript
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Meeting Agenda for 28 May 2003
5863Seal Harbor, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Black and white postcard shows harbor view from the area of "Skylands", the Edsel Ford estate. One large yacht in middle ground. Presented by Don Hagberg.
  • ca. 1920
Seal Harbor, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 5863   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • ca. 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0056
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Description:
Black and white postcard shows harbor view from the area of "Skylands", the Edsel Ford estate. One large yacht in middle ground. Presented by Don Hagberg.
5965Bear Island and Lighthouse, Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • 1 postcard
Bear Island and Lighthouse, Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert, Maine
Item:
  • 5965   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0156
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
5841Asticou Inn from Clifton Dock
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
...Northeast Harbor (back of card: Mount Desert, ME)...
Asticou Inn from Clifton Dock
Item:
  • 5841   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0034
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Description:
...Northeast Harbor (back of card: Mount Desert, ME)...
5850Seaside Inn and Beach, Seal Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Eastern Illustrating and Publishing, Inc., Belfast, ME
Seaside Inn and Beach, Seal Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 5850   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Creator:
  • Eastern Illustrating and Publishing, Inc., Belfast, ME
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0043 RG
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
7314Cottage Map and Directory Courtesy of Train Properties
  • Map
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
...Train Properties Cottage map and directory for the villages of Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor in the Town of Mount Desert...
  • Train Properties
  • 1994
  • 1
  • MAP
Cottage Map and Directory Courtesy of Train Properties
Item:
  • 7314   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Train Properties
Date:
  • 1994
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0329
Location:
  • Shelf 5E2
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
...Train Properties Cottage map and directory for the villages of Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor in the Town of Mount Desert...
2386Belmont Hotel
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings
...Drawing on parchment of buildings on Mount Desert Street between Kebo Street and Roberts Avenue, focusing on the Belmont Hotel...
  • 1
  • MAP
Belmont Hotel
Item:
  • 2386   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Dwellings
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 188
Location:
  • GHC Box 5
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
...Drawing on parchment of buildings on Mount Desert Street between Kebo Street and Roberts Avenue, focusing on the Belmont Hotel...
4087Fernald Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
...It is 3rd oldest house on Mount Desert - 1774 (R. R. Pyle)...
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1976
Fernald Point
Item:
  • 4087   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0076 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...It is 3rd oldest house on Mount Desert - 1774 (R. R. Pyle)...
5481The Bluffs and Eastern Steamship Wharf at Hancock Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Steamboat Landing
...Area was called Mount Desert Ferry...
The Bluffs and Eastern Steamship Wharf at Hancock Point
Item:
  • 5481   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Steamboat Landing
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1861
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...Area was called Mount Desert Ferry...
1612Allied Whale
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Nature, Animals, Marine Mammals
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
...Article about the development and research of the cetacean program "Allied Whale" with its field station on Mount Desert Rock, run by Ann Rivers and Steve...
  • Ann Rivers, Steven Mullane
  • 1984
  • 3
  • photocopy
Allied Whale
Item:
  • 1612   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Marine Mammals
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Ann Rivers, Steven Mullane
Date:
  • 1984
Place:
  • Mount Desert Rock
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0124
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...Article about the development and research of the cetacean program "Allied Whale" with its field station on Mount Desert Rock, run by Ann Rivers and Steve...
6979GXS Collection - Maps and Blueprints
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
...Folder 6 A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Mt. Desert Chamber of Commerce, 1938. Illustrations and descriptive text on verso...Folder 6a A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Bar Harbor, Mount Desert and Southwest Harbor, 1950...
GXS Collection - Maps and Blueprints
Item:
  • 6979   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
...Folder 6 A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Mt. Desert Chamber of Commerce, 1938. Illustrations and descriptive text on verso...Folder 6a A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Bar Harbor, Mount Desert and Southwest Harbor, 1950...
5018Otter Creek in late 1800's
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • Structures, Dwellings
...Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
  • late 1800's
  • 1 photograph, 1 duplicate
Otter Creek in late 1800's
Item:
  • 5018   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
  • Structures, Dwellings
Date:
  • late 1800's
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1410
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph, 1 duplicate
Description:
...Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
6969GXS Collection - Postcards 61-112
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Vessels, Ship
...Surf at Seal Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine 70. Mount Desert from Islesford, ME (1952) 71...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...
GXS Collection - Postcards 61-112
Item:
  • 6969   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Vessels, Ship
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
...Surf at Seal Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine 70. Mount Desert from Islesford, ME (1952) 71...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...
5300Manset Dock and Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
...Steamboat "Mount Desert" is at Manset dock...
  • early 1900's
Manset Dock and Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5300   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Date:
  • early 1900's
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1719
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...Steamboat "Mount Desert" is at Manset dock...
5927Seal Harbor, Acadia National Park...
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Sound
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Sports Structure, Swimming Pool
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
...6 postcards adhered to mount with stand. Handwritten captions under each postcard. 1: Seal Harbor, Acadia Nation Park, Mt...Desert Island, Maine 2: Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, Maine 3: Northeast Harbor, Maine 4: Bear Island 5: Somes Sound, Mt...Desert Island, Maine, Acadia National Park 6: Swimming Pool, Northeast Harbor, Maine Missing...
Seal Harbor, Acadia National Park...
Item:
  • 5927   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Sound
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Sports Structure, Swimming Pool
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0120
Location:
  • Shelf 4E4
Description:
...6 postcards adhered to mount with stand. Handwritten captions under each postcard. 1: Seal Harbor, Acadia Nation Park, Mt...Desert Island, Maine 2: Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, Maine 3: Northeast Harbor, Maine 4: Bear Island 5: Somes Sound, Mt...Desert Island, Maine, Acadia National Park 6: Swimming Pool, Northeast Harbor, Maine Missing...
6982GXS Collection - Books and Souvenir Booklets
  • Collection
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings
...Folder 2 A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, Maine, 190?, W. H. Sherman, 68 pages : chiefly illustrations...Folder 3 (not yet scanned) Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, 1888, William Berry Lapham, 72 pages: illustrations...Folder 30 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, by W. B. Lapham, 1887...Folder 51 Mount Desert on the coast of Maine, by Mrs. Clara Barnes Martin, 1870 (very fragile)...
GXS Collection - Books and Souvenir Booklets
Item:
  • 6982   
Type:
  • Collection
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
...Folder 2 A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, Maine, 190?, W. H. Sherman, 68 pages : chiefly illustrations...Folder 3 (not yet scanned) Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, 1888, William Berry Lapham, 72 pages: illustrations...Folder 30 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, by W. B. Lapham, 1887...Folder 51 Mount Desert on the coast of Maine, by Mrs. Clara Barnes Martin, 1870 (very fragile)...

File Attachments:
GXS Books Folder 32.pdf
…Among the islands named by him are Matinicus (Orsenes Isles), Isle au Haut, Mount Desert Island, Petit Manan (Menanan), and, farther east, Great Wass Island …DESERT ISLAND Clara B. Martin. Mount Desert, on the Coast of Maine. Portland, 1874. G 67 Descriptive booklets such as Mrs. …G The light station on Mount Desert Rock, about 20 miles from the mainland, was built in 1830. …P., 116 Morton, Oliver P., 54 Moulton, Louise Chandler, 99 Mount Desert Island, 1, 71, 114-117, 122 Mount Desert Rock Light, 123 Mowat, Henry, 26, 27 Munjoy
5175The Somesville Bicentennial Calendar
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
...photo by Hylander June: Nathan Salisbury House, circa 1850; photo by MacDonald July: William Weir Thom House, circa 1780; photo by MacDonald August: Mount...Desert Museum, once used as a Town Office, a shoemaker shop and a private school, circa 1820; photo by Hylander September: Joel Emery Homestead, circa...by MacDonald October: Ephraim Pray-Daniel Smith House, circa 1778; photo by Emory November: Aerial View of Somesville; photo by Hylander December: Mount...Desert House, first hotel on the Island, circa 1830; photo by MacDonald...
  • 1976
  • 12
The Somesville Bicentennial Calendar
Item:
  • 5175   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1597
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 12
Description:
...photo by Hylander June: Nathan Salisbury House, circa 1850; photo by MacDonald July: William Weir Thom House, circa 1780; photo by MacDonald August: Mount...Desert Museum, once used as a Town Office, a shoemaker shop and a private school, circa 1820; photo by Hylander September: Joel Emery Homestead, circa...by MacDonald October: Ephraim Pray-Daniel Smith House, circa 1778; photo by Emory November: Aerial View of Somesville; photo by Hylander December: Mount...Desert House, first hotel on the Island, circa 1830; photo by MacDonald...
2234Discovering Maine's Lighthouses and Harbors
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
...Mount Desert area 10. Downeast coast 11. Bold coast Newspaper available in the Archives...
  • Summer 2007
  • newspaper
Discovering Maine's Lighthouses and Harbors
Item:
  • 2234   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Date:
  • Summer 2007
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0748
Location:
  • General Collection Box 23
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Mount Desert area 10. Downeast coast 11. Bold coast Newspaper available in the Archives...