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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
6149John D. Rockefeller Jr.: Godfather to Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
A gray soft covered booklet, describing the vision of the richest man in the United States of America for Mount Desert Island. His foresight, patience, perseverance and action saved MDI.
  • Alice Stewart Eno
  • 52
  • 1 booklet
John D. Rockefeller Jr.: Godfather to Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 6149   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • Alice Stewart Eno
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 ENO
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 52
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Description:
A gray soft covered booklet, describing the vision of the richest man in the United States of America for Mount Desert Island. His foresight, patience, perseverance and action saved MDI.
1754Recollections of Summers Spent: Northeast Harbor, Maine.
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Places, Island
A collection of 1930 and 1940 boyhood memories of time at "Rockend Dock" including stories of Captains Lou Stanley, Bert Spurling and Bill Black. 2 copies.
  • Henry T. Reath
  • 8
  • 2 copies
Recollections of Summers Spent: Northeast Harbor, Maine.
Item:
  • 1754   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Henry T. Reath
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0266
Location:
  • General Collection Box 8
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • 2 copies
Description:
A collection of 1930 and 1940 boyhood memories of time at "Rockend Dock" including stories of Captains Lou Stanley, Bert Spurling and Bill Black. 2 copies.
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).
2247Finding Aid for Islesford Wharf Collection
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Places, Island
Personal and business correspondence, receipts, ledgers of Islesford Wharf Co., annual reports to Maine Public Utilities Commission, and other documents relating to the creation of the Islesford Wharf Co. and the Islesford Historical Committee which would insure public access to Little Cranberry Island and provide a historical museum and repository for local public records, other documents, and historical items.
  • Jim J. Karle
  • booklet
Finding Aid for Islesford Wharf Collection
Item:
  • 2247   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Jim J. Karle
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0761
Location:
  • General Collection Box 24
Medium:
  • booklet
Description:
Personal and business correspondence, receipts, ledgers of Islesford Wharf Co., annual reports to Maine Public Utilities Commission, and other documents relating to the creation of the Islesford Wharf Co. and the Islesford Historical Committee which would insure public access to Little Cranberry Island and provide a historical museum and repository for local public records, other documents, and historical items.
2031Lure of the Maine Coast
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
Short biography of Fitz Hugh Lane and an excerpt from William Witherle's diary of a sailing trip with Lane and 4 other men from Castine to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1988.
  • William Witherle
  • Oct-88
  • 5
  • magazine
Lure of the Maine Coast
Item:
  • 2031   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • William Witherle
Date:
  • Oct-88
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0543
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Short biography of Fitz Hugh Lane and an excerpt from William Witherle's diary of a sailing trip with Lane and 4 other men from Castine to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1988.
3719Hiker's Map of Bartlett Island
  • Map
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Island
Updated in Fall of 1997 by R. Rockefeller
  • 2
  • MAP
Hiker's Map of Bartlett Island
Item:
  • 3719   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Bartletts Island
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0173
Location:
  • Map Box 1
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Updated in Fall of 1997 by R. Rockefeller
3740Town of Mount Desert on Mount Desert Island
  • Map
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
Map of Mount Desert Island on one side and information and photographs of and about the Town of Mount Desert in the heart of Acadia National Park.
  • 1
  • MAP
Town of Mount Desert on Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 3740   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0194
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Map of Mount Desert Island on one side and information and photographs of and about the Town of Mount Desert in the heart of Acadia National Park.
2369Kendall Property
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Pencil sketch on parchment of Kendall property on southeast end of Sutton Island.
  • 2
  • MAP
Kendall Property
Item:
  • 2369   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 172
Location:
  • GHC Box 5
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Pencil sketch on parchment of Kendall property on southeast end of Sutton Island.
2370Map of Sutton and Cranberry Islands
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Ink sketched drawing on parchment of properties on Sutton, Little Cranberry and Great Cranberry Islands.
  • 2
  • MAP
Map of Sutton and Cranberry Islands
Item:
  • 2370   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 173
Location:
  • GHC Box 5
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Ink sketched drawing on parchment of properties on Sutton, Little Cranberry and Great Cranberry Islands.
2373Property of Joseph Spurling
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Roughly sketched lot map, 28x24", showing property of Joseph Spurling & heirs on Cranberry Island. Brooks property adjoins.
  • 1
  • MAP
Property of Joseph Spurling
Item:
  • 2373   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 176
Location:
  • GHC Box 5
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Roughly sketched lot map, 28x24", showing property of Joseph Spurling & heirs on Cranberry Island. Brooks property adjoins.
2406Salem Town Map - Western part of MDI
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Copy of the Salem Town map of the western part of MDI showing property lots.
  • 2
  • MAP
  • very fragile, damaged
Salem Town Map - Western part of MDI
Item:
  • 2406   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Tremont
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 206
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • very fragile, damaged
Description:
Copy of the Salem Town map of the western part of MDI showing property lots.
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 group), encompassing 3500 acres on land now part of Seal Harbor and Acadia National Park. Shows cottage lots near Wildwood Farms, the Triad, Turtle Lake (Bubble Pond today). Also shows proposed elevated railroad from Northeast Harbor to Jordan Pond, Eagle Lake, and beyond.
  • 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 group), encompassing 3500 acres on land now part of Seal Harbor and Acadia National Park. Shows cottage lots near Wildwood Farms, the Triad, Turtle Lake (Bubble Pond today). Also shows proposed elevated railroad from Northeast Harbor to Jordan Pond, Eagle Lake, and beyond.
3727Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Map
  • Places, Island
Geology of Mount Desert Island study done on a Topological Map of Acadia National Park and Vicinity, 1942 edition.
  • Carlton A. Chapman
  • 1
  • MAP (framed)
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 3727   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Carlton A. Chapman
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0181 CAC
Location:
  • On display in the library
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP (framed)
Description:
Geology of Mount Desert Island study done on a Topological Map of Acadia National Park and Vicinity, 1942 edition.
3573Isle au Haut
  • Map
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Island
Shows roads, trails, coves, and ponds.
  • Richard L. Bowditch
  • 1
  • paper
Isle au Haut
Item:
  • 3573   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Richard L. Bowditch
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Isle au Haut
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0019 RLB
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Shows roads, trails, coves, and ponds.
3587Mount Desert and Adjacent Islands embracing the towns of Eden, Mount Desert, Tremont and Cranberry Isles
  • Map
  • Places
  • Places, Island
Relief shown by hachures. Shows residences and landownership. 3/4 of the map shows the towns of Mount Desert Island, Eden, Tremont, and Cranberry Isles1/4 of the map shows coastline from Biddeford to Scarborough.
  • 1
  • paper
  • double-sided, but 3/4 of the map has been adhered to paperboard. 1/4 visible shows part of Casco Bay.
Mount Desert and Adjacent Islands embracing the towns of Eden, Mount Desert, Tremont and Cranberry Isles
Item:
  • 3587   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0034
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • double-sided, but 3/4 of the map has been adhered to paperboard. 1/4 visible shows part of Casco Bay.
Description:
Relief shown by hachures. Shows residences and landownership. 3/4 of the map shows the towns of Mount Desert Island, Eden, Tremont, and Cranberry Isles1/4 of the map shows coastline from Biddeford to Scarborough.
2264Preliminary Timeline Mount Desert History
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
An historical timeline of Mount Desert from 1590 to 2001. See also Item 1971
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 26 typed sheets
  • paper
  • good
Preliminary Timeline Mount Desert History
Item:
  • 2264   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0788
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 26 typed sheets
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
An historical timeline of Mount Desert from 1590 to 2001. See also Item 1971
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.
3805Little Cranberry Island
  • Map
  • Places, Island
Map of Little Cranberry Island and text of an Islesford Chantey.
  • 2
  • photocopy
Little Cranberry Island
Item:
  • 3805   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0261
Location:
  • Map Box 1
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Map of Little Cranberry Island and text of an Islesford Chantey.
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
1907The Last WASP Enclave
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
On MDI, off the coast of Maine, our man observes the Rockefellers at rest and decides to go native. The description of Island & customs are great. Published on GQ, September 1991
  • John Sedgwick
  • Sep-91
  • pages 163-179
  • photocopy
The Last WASP Enclave
Item:
  • 1907   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • John Sedgwick
Date:
  • Sep-91
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0420
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • pages 163-179
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
On MDI, off the coast of Maine, our man observes the Rockefellers at rest and decides to go native. The description of Island & customs are great. Published on GQ, September 1991
2073Martha's Maine
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Copy of article of John Gordon's interview with Martha Stewart about living in Maine, what she likes to do, places she likes to go, and her love of her home, "Skylands", in Seal Harbor.
  • John Golden
  • Nov-11
  • 8
  • photocopy
Martha's Maine
Item:
  • 2073   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • John Golden
Date:
  • Nov-11
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0587
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy of article of John Gordon's interview with Martha Stewart about living in Maine, what she likes to do, places she likes to go, and her love of her home, "Skylands", in Seal Harbor.
2109Sea Birds on Sutton Island
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Places, Island
Hand drawn map of seaboard locations
  • 2
  • photocopy
Sea Birds on Sutton Island
Item:
  • 2109   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0623
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Hand drawn map of seaboard locations
1579Life on an Island:
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
Lesson Plan #l6. A study program dealing with the lives and livelihoods of Cranberry Isle residents.
  • Laurie Hobbs-Olson
  • photocopy
Life on an Island:
Item:
  • 1579   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Laurie Hobbs-Olson
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0091
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Lesson Plan #l6. A study program dealing with the lives and livelihoods of Cranberry Isle residents.
1655Park Service Capitulates Isle Au Haut Giveaway
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Article about Isle au Haut in relation to National Park.
  • Dec-77
  • 1
  • photocopy
Park Service Capitulates Isle Au Haut Giveaway
Item:
  • 1655   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Date:
  • Dec-77
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Isle au Haut
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0167
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Article about Isle au Haut in relation to National Park.
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.