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You searched for: 'mount desert'✖Subject: Places✖Type: Publication✖
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...
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...
7098Guide book for Mount Desert
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places, Island
...Loring, Short & Harmon's illustrated guide book for Mount Desert Island (before Acadia National Park). With 5 mounted photographs...
  • Clara Barnes Martin
  • 1879
  • 95
  • 2 books
  • fragile
Guide book for Mount Desert
Item:
  • 7098   
Type:
  • Publication, Guidebook
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Clara Barnes Martin
Date:
  • 1879
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917 MAR
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 95
Medium:
  • 2 books
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
...Loring, Short & Harmon's illustrated guide book for Mount Desert Island (before Acadia National Park). With 5 mounted photographs...

File Attachment:
SCB 917 MAR.pdf
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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...
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...
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...
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...
1613Mount Desert Quarterly
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Places, Town
...Desert Summer Residents Association about school funding formula, jet skis, Steve Smith's ownership of take-out restaurant in Seal Harbor...
  • Spring 1999
  • 4
  • pamphlet
Mount Desert Quarterly
Item:
  • 1613   
Type:
  • Publication, Newsletter
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • Spring 1999
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0125
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • pamphlet
Description:
...Desert Summer Residents Association about school funding formula, jet skis, Steve Smith's ownership of take-out restaurant in Seal Harbor...
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."...
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...
1937Mount Desert
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr. Pyle & a copy of "The New Iliad".
  • E. Chardon
  • February 1877
  • photocopy
  • poor
Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1937   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • E. Chardon
Date:
  • February 1877
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0450
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Medium:
  • photocopy
Condition:
  • poor
Description:
History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr. Pyle & a copy of "The New Iliad".
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...
1999An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath...
  • Henry T. Reath
  • 2000
  • 6
  • typescript
An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1999   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Henry T. Reath
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0511
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 6
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath...
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
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.
6123Hiking Guide to Acadia National Park and Mt. Desert Island
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Park
...Selected hikes and walks on Mount Desert Island with maps...
  • Robert Moran
  • 1988
  • 24
  • 1 book
Hiking Guide to Acadia National Park and Mt. Desert Island
Item:
  • 6123   
Type:
  • Publication, Guidebook
Subject:
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • Robert Moran
Date:
  • 1988
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917 MORAN
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 24
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
...Selected hikes and walks on Mount Desert Island with maps...
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.
7410Mount Desert - The Story of Saint Sauveur
  • Publication, Booklet
  • People
  • Places, Island
Printed for private circulation in 1921.
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 1921
  • 26
  • 1 booklet
Mount Desert - The Story of Saint Sauveur
Item:
  • 7410   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Date:
  • 1921
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 947.14 SAW
Location:
  • Maine Books
Pages:
  • 26
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Description:
Printed for private circulation in 1921.
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
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...