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You searched for: Date: 1940sType: Document
Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
2040Red Cross History
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic
Paper presented at a Woman's Literary Club meeting by Winifred Graves about the history of the Red Cross in Mount Desert, specifically Northeast Harbor, before the organization became the Mt. Desert Public Nursing Association.
  • Winifred Graves
  • ca. 1940
  • 4
  • photocopy
Description:
Paper presented at a Woman's Literary Club meeting by Winifred Graves about the history of the Red Cross in Mount Desert, specifically Northeast Harbor, before the organization became the Mt. Desert Public Nursing Association.
1592Proposed New England Super-Highway
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Road
Proposed New England Super-Highway, connecting New York and the three Northern New England States of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. There are many scenic Photographs.
  • H. A. Manning, editor
  • 1940
  • 21
Description:
Proposed New England Super-Highway, connecting New York and the three Northern New England States of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. There are many scenic Photographs.
3931Northeast Harbor Library Correspondence and Financial documents
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Box of miscellaneous correspondence and financial documents of Northeast Harbor Library
  • 1940's
  • paper
  • fair
Description:
Box of miscellaneous correspondence and financial documents of Northeast Harbor Library
2079Collection of Mt. Desert residents' obituaries
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • People
Green bound date book labeled Year Book 1939 in which Belle Smallidge Knowles attached clippings of obituaries of Northeast Harbor residents et al.
  • 1939-1940
  • 1 book
Description:
Green bound date book labeled Year Book 1939 in which Belle Smallidge Knowles attached clippings of obituaries of Northeast Harbor residents et al.
7105The Pine Cone - A Panorama of Maine
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places
Vol. 5. No. 2, Summer 1949. Published quarterly by the State of Maine Publicity Bureau, 3 St. John St., Portland, Maine. (Printed in Maine on Maine-made paper) In this issue: - Maine Summer Events, 1949 - Rockland inherits a million; Farnsworth fortune builds museum, by James Brown III - I worked in a summer hotel; memories of a resort employee, by Calvin E. Eells - So you think you know Maine? Quiz questions with answers, by Stanley B. Attwood - Hamon Hall; remedial teaching at York Harbor, by Victor A. Schlich - The Maine Coast; sketches of familiar scenes, by Edwin O. Nielsen - Industrial Clinic; applied research at University of Maine, by Don Gross - Made in Maine; new industrial area in Aroostook, by William A. Hatch - Minstrelsy of Maine, edited by Sheldon Christian - Famous Maine Recipes, by June L. Maxfield - Harbor Town, by George S. Graffam (photograph)
  • State of Maine Publicity Bureau
  • 1949
  • 44
  • 1 brochure
  • good
Description:
Vol. 5. No. 2, Summer 1949. Published quarterly by the State of Maine Publicity Bureau, 3 St. John St., Portland, Maine. (Printed in Maine on Maine-made paper) In this issue: - Maine Summer Events, 1949 - Rockland inherits a million; Farnsworth fortune builds museum, by James Brown III - I worked in a summer hotel; memories of a resort employee, by Calvin E. Eells - So you think you know Maine? Quiz questions with answers, by Stanley B. Attwood - Hamon Hall; remedial teaching at York Harbor, by Victor A. Schlich - The Maine Coast; sketches of familiar scenes, by Edwin O. Nielsen - Industrial Clinic; applied research at University of Maine, by Don Gross - Made in Maine; new industrial area in Aroostook, by William A. Hatch - Minstrelsy of Maine, edited by Sheldon Christian - Famous Maine Recipes, by June L. Maxfield - Harbor Town, by George S. Graffam (photograph) [show more]
2076Fire Control Plan
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Park
Written policy governing fire prevention, pre-suppression and suppression activities in ANP. Prepared by the senior foreman (forester) and Asst. Park Fire Chief (Park Ranger)
  • William E. Parsons, Paul G. Favour Jr.
  • 1941
  • 40
  • typescript
Description:
Written policy governing fire prevention, pre-suppression and suppression activities in ANP. Prepared by the senior foreman (forester) and Asst. Park Fire Chief (Park Ranger)
1703Invitation to 25 Waybackers' Annual Ball New Year's Eve
  • Document, Request, Invitation
  • Events, Gala
Blue invitation of Mrs. Eugene Ashley to the Waybackers' Ball held at the Neighborhood House on New Year's Eve.
  • 1940's ?
  • 1
Description:
Blue invitation of Mrs. Eugene Ashley to the Waybackers' Ball held at the Neighborhood House on New Year's Eve.
1927Asticou Report on Fire Damage: Fire of 1947
  • Document, Report
  • Events, Fire
It contains description of damage to various areas so people visiting MDI will know what to expect.
  • 1947
  • 2
  • typescript
Description:
It contains description of damage to various areas so people visiting MDI will know what to expect.
1828Letters to Rosamond & Aimee Lamb from Rachel Field
  • Document, Correspondence
  • People
  • Places, Island
Copies of Rachel Field's letters to Rosamond Lamb - one included Aimee Lamb - her Sutton Island friends from Milton, MA. Sent from Maine & California, the letters are about her marriage to Authur Pederson, her writing, the involvement with movie studios, etc. Introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
  • 1935-1940
Description:
Copies of Rachel Field's letters to Rosamond Lamb - one included Aimee Lamb - her Sutton Island friends from Milton, MA. Sent from Maine & California, the letters are about her marriage to Authur Pederson, her writing, the involvement with movie studios, etc. Introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
1702Neighborhood House Event Tickets
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Gala
  • Object, Ticket
3 tickets 39th Annual Firemen's Ball, August 21, 1947 (2 copies) Sophomore Barn Dance, October 26, 1948
  • 1947-1948
  • 3 tickets
Description:
3 tickets 39th Annual Firemen's Ball, August 21, 1947 (2 copies) Sophomore Barn Dance, October 26, 1948
1532Fannie H. Eckstorm and Mary C. Wheelwright Letters
  • Document, Correspondence
  • People
2 bound typescripts: one original with photographs, handwritten letters, and other visual materials and the other the carbon copy of the typescript. Leather bound books. Brown with gold leaf and red with gold leaf. Title in gold leaf on spines.
  • 1930, 1937-1946
  • 2 books
  • bound typescripts
Description:
2 bound typescripts: one original with photographs, handwritten letters, and other visual materials and the other the carbon copy of the typescript. Leather bound books. Brown with gold leaf and red with gold leaf. Title in gold leaf on spines.
1607The One Hundredth Anniversary
  • Document, Program
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Program from services commemorating the organization of the Congregational Society of Mount Desert
  • Congregational Society of Mount Desert
  • 7/21/1940
  • 1 pamphlet
Description:
Program from services commemorating the organization of the Congregational Society of Mount Desert
1585Three Shell Heaps on Frenchman's Bay
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Fish
Copy from an original owned by the Peabody family regarding three significant shell heaps found in Frenchman's Bay.
  • Wendell S. Hadlock
  • 1941
  • 22
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy from an original owned by the Peabody family regarding three significant shell heaps found in Frenchman's Bay.
1546Sermon from Holy Scripture
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, Other Texts
July 14, 1940 Text of sermon delivered by Rev. Richard Emrich at St. Mary's-by-the-sea in Northeast Harbor.
  • Rev. Richard S. M. Emrich
  • 1940
  • 5
Description:
July 14, 1940 Text of sermon delivered by Rev. Richard Emrich at St. Mary's-by-the-sea in Northeast Harbor.
1496Notes on the History of Folly Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
July 20, 1945 Notes taken down by Gano Dunn at the dictation of Captain Alfred H. Butler, 81 years old who was born on Bartlett Island and worked on Folly Island as a boy and later in life.
  • Gano Dunn
  • 1945
  • 5
  • typescript
Description:
July 20, 1945 Notes taken down by Gano Dunn at the dictation of Captain Alfred H. Butler, 81 years old who was born on Bartlett Island and worked on Folly Island as a boy and later in life.
6749Untitled
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Ledger book containing all town accounts 1940-1949 post bound; green cloth cover; paper label on front cover lists years 1940-1946, but ledger includes up through 1949
  • 1940-1949
Description:
Ledger book containing all town accounts 1940-1949 post bound; green cloth cover; paper label on front cover lists years 1940-1946, but ledger includes up through 1949
6770INSANE
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Complaints and orders for judicial hearings; Physician's certificates; Commitments to Hospitals Black cloth with red leather spine and reinforced corners
  • 1906-1940
Description:
Complaints and orders for judicial hearings; Physician's certificates; Commitments to Hospitals Black cloth with red leather spine and reinforced corners
67951940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946
  • Document, Government
  • Places
DISTRIBUTION BOOK- Ledger book containing all town accounts 19.25 x 13 x 6 Post Bound ledger; grey/green cloth cover
  • 1940-1946
Description:
DISTRIBUTION BOOK- Ledger book containing all town accounts 19.25 x 13 x 6 Post Bound ledger; grey/green cloth cover
6818Dunham School Stetson School, MD High School
  • Document, Government
  • Places
rolled blue print plans for Dunham School, Stetson School, MD High School
  • 1930, 1931, 1948
Description:
rolled blue print plans for Dunham School, Stetson School, MD High School
6589Valuation Resident 1940 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1940
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6590Valuation Non-Resident 1940 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1940
Description:
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6591Valuation Resident 1941 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1941
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6592Valuation Non-Resident 1941 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1941
Description:
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6593Valuation Resident 1942 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded blue/green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1942
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded blue/green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6594Valuation Non-Resident 1942 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included Faded blue/green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1942
Description:
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included Faded blue/green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs