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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
3923A Book of Gifts
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Catalog of library gifts
  • Charles K. Savage
  • 1968
  • Antique pink textured book
A Book of Gifts
Item:
  • 3923   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Charles K. Savage
Date:
  • 1968
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0054
Location:
  • Shelf 4A2
Medium:
  • Antique pink textured book
Description:
Catalog of library gifts
7296A History of Bartlett's Island, Mount Desert, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
  • Other, History
Dedicated to Christopher Bartlett and his wife, Freelove Razee Bartlett, and to the spirits of their descendants who lived and worked on Bartlett's Island.
  • Esther Binnewies and Murial Davisson
  • 1981
  • 164
  • 1 book
  • fair
A History of Bartlett's Island, Mount Desert, Maine
Item:
  • 7296   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Esther Binnewies and Murial Davisson
Date:
  • 1981
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Bartletts Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 BIN
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 164
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Dedicated to Christopher Bartlett and his wife, Freelove Razee Bartlett, and to the spirits of their descendants who lived and worked on Bartlett's Island.
7604A Plan of the French Grant on Mt. Desert, 1807
  • Map
A plan of the French grant on Mount Desert, the shore to the Old Sett'lers lots from a plan taken by John Peters, Esq. The Remainder of the Survey Taken by Me, James Peters, Blue Hill, November, 1807 Location of original is unknown.
  • Peters, James
  • 1807
  • Good
A Plan of the French Grant on Mt. Desert, 1807
Item:
  • 7604   
Type:
  • Map
Creator:
  • Peters, James
Date:
  • 1807
Collection:
  • L&GP Island History Photos Collection
Condition:
  • Good
Description:
A plan of the French grant on Mount Desert, the shore to the Old Sett'lers lots from a plan taken by John Peters, Esq. The Remainder of the Survey Taken by Me, James Peters, Blue Hill, November, 1807 Location of original is unknown.
1997A Playground Contested; Bar Harbor Natives versus Rusticators, 1875-1925
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
  • People
  • Other, History
Copy of article by L. Manion submitted for publication in Island History Journal contrasting the economic and social life of summer and year-round residents of Mount Desert Island.
  • Lynne Nelson Manion
  • 2001
  • 18
  • typescript
A Playground Contested; Bar Harbor Natives versus Rusticators, 1875-1925
Item:
  • 1997   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • People
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Lynne Nelson Manion
Date:
  • 2001
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0509
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 18
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Copy of article by L. Manion submitted for publication in Island History Journal contrasting the economic and social life of summer and year-round residents of Mount Desert Island.
1584A Study of the Folklore of Mount Desert Island and the Surrounding Islands
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Other, Mythology
  • Other, History
January 20, 1981 A study of the folklore of Mt. Desert Island and surrounding islands by Ms. McFarland done as a high school term paper.
  • Maureen McFarland
  • 1981
  • 34
  • typescript
A Study of the Folklore of Mount Desert Island and the Surrounding Islands
Item:
  • 1584   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Other, Mythology
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Maureen McFarland
Date:
  • 1981
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0096
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 34
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
January 20, 1981 A study of the folklore of Mt. Desert Island and surrounding islands by Ms. McFarland done as a high school term paper.
6990A Visit Among Islanders - Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
  • Events, Performance
  • Other, Literature
Program of recitations presented under the Library's Public Performance Program, organized by Judith Blank. Jeff McKeen, host Ted Spurling Sr. (Islesford) Elizabeth Carlson (Swan's Island) Bob Quinn (Eagle Island) Includes old favorites by: Robert W. Service, Ruth Moore, Holman Day (by Jeff McKeen) Rachel Field, poems from childhood (by Ted Spurling) Original poems from Swan's Island (by Betty Carlson) Several other original poems of Eagle Island (written in the 1930's by Bonney Quinn, read from the original manuscript by his nephew, Bob Quinn). Recorded in the Mellon Room, Northeast Harbor Library.
  • 11.20.1999
A Visit Among Islanders - Northeast Harbor Library
Item:
  • 6990   
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
Subject:
  • Events, Performance
  • Other, Literature
Date:
  • 11.20.1999
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Oral History
Object ID:
  • Oral History 0069
Location:
  • CD Box 1
Description:
Program of recitations presented under the Library's Public Performance Program, organized by Judith Blank. Jeff McKeen, host Ted Spurling Sr. (Islesford) Elizabeth Carlson (Swan's Island) Bob Quinn (Eagle Island) Includes old favorites by: Robert W. Service, Ruth Moore, Holman Day (by Jeff McKeen) Rachel Field, poems from childhood (by Ted Spurling) Original poems from Swan's Island (by Betty Carlson) Several other original poems of Eagle Island (written in the 1930's by Bonney Quinn, read from the original manuscript by his nephew, Bob Quinn). Recorded in the Mellon Room, Northeast Harbor Library. [show more]
1999An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Places, Island
  • Other, History
Small booklet summarizing sections of the book "Mt. 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:
  • Places, Island
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Henry T. Reath
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0511
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 6
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Small booklet summarizing sections of the book "Mt. Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath.
7191Asticou Celebratory Menu 1604-1954
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
  • Events, Gala
  • Other, History
Asticou Celebratory Menu, in French and English, in honor of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Island of Mount Desert by Samuel De Champlain, September 5, 1604. September 5, 1954
  • 1954
  • 8
  • 1 menu
  • good
Asticou Celebratory Menu 1604-1954
Item:
  • 7191   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
  • Events, Gala
  • Other, History
Date:
  • 1954
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0808
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • 1 menu
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Asticou Celebratory Menu, in French and English, in honor of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Island of Mount Desert by Samuel De Champlain, September 5, 1604. September 5, 1954
5716Bar Harbor Maine's Great Coast Resort Gateway to Lafayette National Park
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places, Town
  • Places, Park
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Book with views Bar Harbor, the history and photographs of town and park. 1. Our beautiful Athletic Field 2. Looking North from Great Head 3. On the Kebo Links 4. Sand Beach from Beehive Mountain 5. Kebo Valley Gulf Clubhouse and Links 6. The Tarn, Lafayette National Park 7. Anemone Cave on the Ocean Drive 8. Malverne Cottages, Kebo Street 9. Beehive Mountain 10. / 11 . Panoramic views of Bar Harbor 12. Upper Harbor at sunset 13. Pulpit Rock on the Shore Path 14. Post Office, Cottage Street 15. St. Sauveru Hotel 16. Main Street, Bar Harbor 17. Summer Homes as seen from Bar Island 18. The Gorge Road 19. Pleasure boats, Jackies Landing from a Warship 20. Balance rock on the Shore Path 21. / 22. On the Sea Cliff Drive 23. General View showing Robinhood Park 24. Harbor view 25. Sieur de Monts Spring 26. The Ovens, showing Profile Rock 27. Belmont Hotel 28. Birch Point, first summer cottage, built in 1868 29. Golf Links 30. Swimming pool 31. Dorr's Pond, Champlain Mountain in the distance 32. Dr. Eliot, President Emeritus of Harvard College, at Jordan Pond 33. Our rock bound coast 34. Echo Lake from Beech Hill 35. The Bowl on Champlain Moutain 36. Falls at New Mill Meadow 37. Cromwell Harbor and cottages 38. Seal Harbor 39. The Lorraine Hotel 40. Surf view on the Shore Path 41. The Meadow in the Gorge 42. Church of the Holy Redeemer, Mount Desert Street 43. Newport House 44. DeGregoire Hotel 45. View of Somes Sound 46. St. Saviour's Episcopal Church, Mount Desert Street 47. The Ovens on the Bay Shore 48. Eagle Lake, source of Bar Harbor's water supply 49. The Building of Arts, Music Center of Bar Harbor 50. Somes Sound and St. Sauveur Mountain from Sargeant Drive 51. Maine Central Ferry Boat going around the hills 52. Champlain Mountain from the Emery Path 53. View from Kebo Mountain: Golf Course and Building of Arts in foreground 54. Lone Pine on Flying Squadron Mountain 55. South from Acadia Mountain 56. Peonies in bloom at the Mount Desert nurseries
  • 1 book
  • started to deteriorate
Bar Harbor Maine's Great Coast Resort Gateway to Lafayette National Park
Item:
  • 5716   
Type:
  • Publication, Guidebook
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Places, Park
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2102
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • started to deteriorate
Description:
Book with views Bar Harbor, the history and photographs of town and park. 1. Our beautiful Athletic Field 2. Looking North from Great Head 3. On the Kebo Links 4. Sand Beach from Beehive Mountain 5. Kebo Valley Gulf Clubhouse and Links 6. The Tarn, Lafayette National Park 7. Anemone Cave on the Ocean Drive 8. Malverne Cottages, Kebo Street 9. Beehive Mountain 10. / 11 . Panoramic views of Bar Harbor 12. Upper Harbor at sunset 13. Pulpit Rock on the Shore Path 14. Post Office, Cottage Street 15. St. Sauveru Hotel 16. Main Street, Bar Harbor 17. Summer Homes as seen from Bar Island 18. The Gorge Road 19. Pleasure boats, Jackies Landing from a Warship 20. Balance rock on the Shore Path 21. / 22. On the Sea Cliff Drive 23. General View showing Robinhood Park 24. Harbor view 25. Sieur de Monts Spring 26. The Ovens, showing Profile Rock 27. Belmont Hotel 28. Birch Point, first summer cottage, built in 1868 29. Golf Links 30. Swimming pool 31. Dorr's Pond, Champlain Mountain in the distance 32. Dr. Eliot, President Emeritus of Harvard College, at Jordan Pond 33. Our rock bound coast 34. Echo Lake from Beech Hill 35. The Bowl on Champlain Moutain 36. Falls at New Mill Meadow 37. Cromwell Harbor and cottages 38. Seal Harbor 39. The Lorraine Hotel 40. Surf view on the Shore Path 41. The Meadow in the Gorge 42. Church of the Holy Redeemer, Mount Desert Street 43. Newport House 44. DeGregoire Hotel 45. View of Somes Sound 46. St. Saviour's Episcopal Church, Mount Desert Street 47. The Ovens on the Bay Shore 48. Eagle Lake, source of Bar Harbor's water supply 49. The Building of Arts, Music Center of Bar Harbor 50. Somes Sound and St. Sauveur Mountain from Sargeant Drive 51. Maine Central Ferry Boat going around the hills 52. Champlain Mountain from the Emery Path 53. View from Kebo Mountain: Golf Course and Building of Arts in foreground 54. Lone Pine on Flying Squadron Mountain 55. South from Acadia Mountain 56. Peonies in bloom at the Mount Desert nurseries [show more]
5409Bart Dyer on defense cannon at Schooner Head
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • Other, History
B/W photograph of Bart Dyer sitting on a coastal defense cannon at Schooner Head. The cannon, and another on Egg Rock, were in place during WWI.
  • Fred Pervear
  • 1938
Bart Dyer on defense cannon at Schooner Head
Item:
  • 5409   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Fred Pervear
Date:
  • 1938
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1817
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W photograph of Bart Dyer sitting on a coastal defense cannon at Schooner Head. The cannon, and another on Egg Rock, were in place during WWI.
7182Benjamin Graves Record Books
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Building Business
Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 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. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out.
  • 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:
Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 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. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out. [show more]
6228Bunker's Genealogy
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
"Bunker Genealogy: Descendants of James Bunker of Dover, N. H.", by Moran Jr. Edward Carleton Moran Jr. Bunker, from Sawtelle Records. Archive copy: phocopied by Louise Pyle, original owned by Robert Pyle. Uploaded copy: from archive.org
Bunker's Genealogy
Item:
  • 6228   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 122
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Surname File
Description:
"Bunker Genealogy: Descendants of James Bunker of Dover, N. H.", by Moran Jr. Edward Carleton Moran Jr. Bunker, from Sawtelle Records. Archive copy: phocopied by Louise Pyle, original owned by Robert Pyle. Uploaded copy: from archive.org
6026Catalog of Woodcarvings and other designs by Charles Savage 1918-1970
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Object, Art, Sculpture
Photographs and descriptions of the carvings of Charles K. Savage.
  • 1970
  • book with slipcase
Catalog of Woodcarvings and other designs by Charles Savage 1918-1970
Item:
  • 6026   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture
Date:
  • 1970
Collection:
  • Scrapbook
Object ID:
  • Scrapbook 2 CS
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Medium:
  • book with slipcase
Description:
Photographs and descriptions of the carvings of Charles K. Savage.
6185Eben M. Hamor Manuscript - Books 1 & 2
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
From Raymond Strout collection. records of the Plantation and Town of Mount Desert and Bar Harbor to 1825. Typescript
  • Eben M. Hamor
Eben M. Hamor Manuscript - Books 1 & 2
Item:
  • 6185   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Eben M. Hamor
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 19
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
From Raymond Strout collection. records of the Plantation and Town of Mount Desert and Bar Harbor to 1825. Typescript
3954Edith Favour Falt
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
  • People
Early Families of Mount Desert Island 1775-76
  • Edith Favour Falt
  • 1 cassette, 1 disc, 2 digital files (47:52, 32:59)
Edith Favour Falt
Item:
  • 3954   
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Edith Favour Falt
Collection:
  • Oral History
Object ID:
  • Oral History 0014
Location:
  • Cassette Box 1, CD Box 1, 4D4
Medium:
  • 1 cassette, 1 disc, 2 digital files (47:52, 32:59)
Description:
Early Families of Mount Desert Island 1775-76
3839Eighth Grade Research Papers on Maine Topics
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, School Institution
Students of Jan Church in MDES 8th grade research history topics at NEHL: 1. The Gilley Family 2. Glooskap - Indian Legend 3. General Joshua Chamberlain 4. The Early History of Mount Desert Island 5. Fred L. Savage & Wallace K. Harrison, 2 architects in Northeast Harbor 6. Maine's harbor seals 7. The Great Fire of Bar Harbor in 1947 8. Religious and superstitious beliefs of Maine Indians 9. Isle au Haut
  • 1988
Eighth Grade Research Papers on Maine Topics
Item:
  • 3839   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Date:
  • 1988
Collection:
  • Mount Desert Elementary School Collection
Object ID:
  • MDES 0005
Location:
  • Shelf 4C4
Description:
Students of Jan Church in MDES 8th grade research history topics at NEHL: 1. The Gilley Family 2. Glooskap - Indian Legend 3. General Joshua Chamberlain 4. The Early History of Mount Desert Island 5. Fred L. Savage & Wallace K. Harrison, 2 architects in Northeast Harbor 6. Maine's harbor seals 7. The Great Fire of Bar Harbor in 1947 8. Religious and superstitious beliefs of Maine Indians 9. Isle au Haut
2246Finding Aid for Cranberry Isles Collection 1596-1982
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Places, Island
Collection documents the settlement and genealogical history of the Town of Cranberry Isles, Me., consisting of five islands located in the Gulf of Maine east of Mount Desert Island: Baker, Bear, Sutton, Great Cranberry, and Little Cranberry (Islesford).
  • Jim J. Karle
  • booklet
Finding Aid for Cranberry Isles Collection 1596-1982
Item:
  • 2246   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Jim J. Karle
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0760
Location:
  • General Collection Box 24
Medium:
  • booklet
Description:
Collection documents the settlement and genealogical history of the Town of Cranberry Isles, Me., consisting of five islands located in the Gulf of Maine east of Mount Desert Island: Baker, Bear, Sutton, Great Cranberry, and Little Cranberry (Islesford).
2276Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
Collection of information about the geology of MDI compiled by Vernon Gray in 1976.
  • Vernon Gray
  • 2 boxes
  • paper
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 2276   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Vernon Gray
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Geology of Mount Desert Island
Object ID:
  • GMDI
Location:
  • 4B3
Pages:
  • 2 boxes
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Collection of information about the geology of MDI compiled by Vernon Gray in 1976.
6181Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
Stapled excerpt from SECOND ANNUAL REPORT UPON THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF MAINE (in this collection), plus indexes & reading lists.
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 6181   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • People
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 15
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
Stapled excerpt from SECOND ANNUAL REPORT UPON THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF MAINE (in this collection), plus indexes & reading lists.
3953Gordon H. Falt
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
  • People
Trails and paths of Mount Desert Island
  • Gordon H. Falt
  • 1 cassette, 1 disc, 1 digital file
Gordon H. Falt
Item:
  • 3953   
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Gordon H. Falt
Collection:
  • Oral History
Object ID:
  • Oral History 0013
Location:
  • Cassette Box 1, CD Box 1, 4D4
Medium:
  • 1 cassette, 1 disc, 1 digital file
Description:
Trails and paths 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. Fourth edition (1879). Sixth edition (1885).
  • 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. Fourth edition (1879). Sixth edition (1885).
3577Guide Map to Acadia National Park
  • Map
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Other, History
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes Vicinity Map. On the back of the map is text concerning the history of the Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.
  • 1952
  • 1
  • paper
Guide Map to Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 3577   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Other, History
Date:
  • 1952
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0024
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes Vicinity Map. On the back of the map is text concerning the history of the Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.
2674GXS Collection
  • Collection
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
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 Hancock County. The collection is divided into 7 series: Books and Souvenir Booklets, Maps and Blueprints, Acadia National Park, Hotels/Inns/Schools/Homes/Buildings, Ephemera, Photos and Postcards.
GXS Collection
Item:
  • 2674   
Type:
  • Collection
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
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 Hancock County. The collection is divided into 7 series: Books and Souvenir Booklets, Maps and Blueprints, Acadia National Park, Hotels/Inns/Schools/Homes/Buildings, Ephemera, Photos and Postcards.
6982GXS Collection - Books and Souvenir Booklets
  • Collection
  • Places, Mountain
  • Structures, Dwellings
  • Places, Town
Folder 1 Glimpses of Camden, Maine, 1904, J. R. Prescott, 116 pages. Glimpses of Camden On the Coast of Maine, 1916, John R. Prescott, 1 volume (unpaged): all illustrations. 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 4 Unidentified book about Maine homes and churches in the early days, commentary about home design, coastal living, farming, and general livelihood. 32 pages missing covers. Folder 5 The Summer State of Maine, Holman D. Waldron and Harry D. Young, ca. 1893, Tourist booklet in the shape of the state of Maine; cover illustration is map of Maine, 24 pages. Folder 30 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, by W. B. Lapham, 1887. Folder 31 Looking at Katahdin, the artists' inspiration, booklet about exhibit at L.C. Bates Museum, 1999. Folder 32 (scan from digitalmaine.com) Maine, the sesquicentennial of statehood, exhibition in the Library of Congress, 1970-1971, booklet. Folder 33 The Maine I Remember by Sidney Urquhast, article from Vogue Magazine, August 2000. Includes a photo of Walter Damrosch (Sidney's grandfather). Folder 43 Penzance in Maine: In Old Acadia, by F. W. Shumaker, 1927. Illustrations by S. Garnett Goesle and Herbet R. Roese. Folder 47 Northeast Harbor Port Directory, 1993. Folder 50 There is only one Bar Harbor - A few of its beautiful spots, by Ernest Emery, 1902. 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
  • Structures, Dwellings
  • Places, Town
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
Folder 1 Glimpses of Camden, Maine, 1904, J. R. Prescott, 116 pages. Glimpses of Camden On the Coast of Maine, 1916, John R. Prescott, 1 volume (unpaged): all illustrations. 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 4 Unidentified book about Maine homes and churches in the early days, commentary about home design, coastal living, farming, and general livelihood. 32 pages missing covers. Folder 5 The Summer State of Maine, Holman D. Waldron and Harry D. Young, ca. 1893, Tourist booklet in the shape of the state of Maine; cover illustration is map of Maine, 24 pages. Folder 30 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, by W. B. Lapham, 1887. Folder 31 Looking at Katahdin, the artists' inspiration, booklet about exhibit at L.C. Bates Museum, 1999. Folder 32 (scan from digitalmaine.com) Maine, the sesquicentennial of statehood, exhibition in the Library of Congress, 1970-1971, booklet. Folder 33 The Maine I Remember by Sidney Urquhast, article from Vogue Magazine, August 2000. Includes a photo of Walter Damrosch (Sidney's grandfather). Folder 43 Penzance in Maine: In Old Acadia, by F. W. Shumaker, 1927. Illustrations by S. Garnett Goesle and Herbet R. Roese. Folder 47 Northeast Harbor Port Directory, 1993. Folder 50 There is only one Bar Harbor - A few of its beautiful spots, by Ernest Emery, 1902. Folder 51 Mount Desert on the coast of Maine, by Mrs. Clara Barnes Martin, 1870 (very fragile) [show more]
6981GXS Collection - Ephemera
  • Collection
  • Places, Island
  • People
  • Businesses, Store Business
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 27 Maine a Place to Live, unidentified magazine cover, color image of a church. Folder 28 Picturesque Maine, an illustrated lecture, Edward C. Sweet, December 16, 1895, pamphlet with illustrations and images. Folder 34 Stereoview Bar Harbor, photographed and published by B. Bradley. Folder 35 Wall Street Journal article by John Wilmerding on American Art. Folder 36 Cover of "Town of Winter Harbor Maine Annual Report 1988". Folder 37 Maine Times article on "Maine Summer Colonies". August 2nd, 1985. Folder 38 "Maine Chapter of the American Institute of Architects" 1991 Design award competition. Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island. Folder 42 Invitation card showing a reproduction of watercolor “Mark and Andrew’s Island from Deer Isle, Maine, 1920” by John Marin (1870-1953). The invitation is to the artist's opening on June 24th, 1998 at the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville and is sent by the President and Trustees of Colby College and the Museum’s Board of Governors. Folder 44 Several Through Bills of Landing belonging to H. G. Eaton and A. M. Carter: - Portland, Mt. Desert & Machias Steamboat Co., Dr. to Little Dear Isle (1899, 1900, 1901) - Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Co., Dr. (1990) - Islesboro, Castine & Belfast Steamboat Co., Dr. (1902). Folder 48 1 Invoice: “James A. Robinson & Son. Manufacturers, Sellers & Retail Clothiers” Bangor, Maine 5/12/1897. Items sold to E. J. Russel 1 Receipt: Bar Harbor, 8/10/1885 for Mr. Lee for the amount of $6.00, signed by Mr. Ash. Folder 60 Front page clipping of the Boston Sunday Globe of August 15, 1971 "Maine Island imports children - Imported children bring youth to craggy Maine Island" by Diane White. The island in question is Frenchboro.
GXS Collection - Ephemera
Item:
  • 6981   
Type:
  • Collection
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • People
  • Businesses, Store Business
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 27 Maine a Place to Live, unidentified magazine cover, color image of a church. Folder 28 Picturesque Maine, an illustrated lecture, Edward C. Sweet, December 16, 1895, pamphlet with illustrations and images. Folder 34 Stereoview Bar Harbor, photographed and published by B. Bradley. Folder 35 Wall Street Journal article by John Wilmerding on American Art. Folder 36 Cover of "Town of Winter Harbor Maine Annual Report 1988". Folder 37 Maine Times article on "Maine Summer Colonies". August 2nd, 1985. Folder 38 "Maine Chapter of the American Institute of Architects" 1991 Design award competition. Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island. Folder 42 Invitation card showing a reproduction of watercolor “Mark and Andrew’s Island from Deer Isle, Maine, 1920” by John Marin (1870-1953). The invitation is to the artist's opening on June 24th, 1998 at the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville and is sent by the President and Trustees of Colby College and the Museum’s Board of Governors. Folder 44 Several Through Bills of Landing belonging to H. G. Eaton and A. M. Carter: - Portland, Mt. Desert & Machias Steamboat Co., Dr. to Little Dear Isle (1899, 1900, 1901) - Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Co., Dr. (1990) - Islesboro, Castine & Belfast Steamboat Co., Dr. (1902). Folder 48 1 Invoice: “James A. Robinson & Son. Manufacturers, Sellers & Retail Clothiers” Bangor, Maine 5/12/1897. Items sold to E. J. Russel 1 Receipt: Bar Harbor, 8/10/1885 for Mr. Lee for the amount of $6.00, signed by Mr. Ash. Folder 60 Front page clipping of the Boston Sunday Globe of August 15, 1971 "Maine Island imports children - Imported children bring youth to craggy Maine Island" by Diane White. The island in question is Frenchboro. [show more]