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| Item | Title | Type | Subject | Description | Creator | Date | Property Name | Street | Pages | Medium | Condition | |
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| 7188 | Peabody Women - 3 Generations |
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| 4 articles about three generations of Peabody Women: Frances Fitzgerald, her mother Maretta Tree and her grandmother, Mary Parkman Peabody. 1. "Genteel dissension among 3 generations of Peabody women"Submarine Heroes Return: Crew of USS Tirante recalls WWII Action" 2. "Naughy Marietta", Newsweek, May 14, 1979 3. "'American Women, a film by a Peabody", Washington Star, April 26, 1979 4. "Those Peabody Women...'The Female Line'", Boston Herald American, April 28, 1979 |
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Description: 4 articles about three generations of Peabody Women: Frances Fitzgerald, her mother Maretta Tree and her grandmother, Mary Parkman Peabody. 1. "Genteel dissension among 3 generations of Peabody women"Submarine Heroes Return: Crew of USS Tirante recalls WWII Action" 2. "Naughy Marietta", Newsweek, May 14, 1979 3. "'American Women, a film by a Peabody", Washington Star, April 26, 1979 4. "Those Peabody Women...'The Female Line'", Boston Herald American, April 28, 1979 [show more] | ||||
| 7136 | Portrait bust of Emily Marshall Otis |
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| Photograph and caption from an article published in "The Magazine Antiques", June 1973, by Walter Muir Whitehill, director and librarian emeritus: "Portrait busts in the library of the Boston Athenaeum". The bust of Emily Marshall was carved from a death mask in Florence in 1839 by Horatio Greenough and given to the Athenaeum in 1956 by her great-grandson, Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison. |
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Description: Photograph and caption from an article published in "The Magazine Antiques", June 1973, by Walter Muir Whitehill, director and librarian emeritus: "Portrait busts in the library of the Boston Athenaeum". The bust of Emily Marshall was carved from a death mask in Florence in 1839 by Horatio Greenough and given to the Athenaeum in 1956 by her great-grandson, Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison. | |||
| 1893 | Cabot, the mysterious sailor who gave England rights to North American |
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| Excerpts from Morison's book, The European Discovery of America (1971), about Cabot's voyages to North America beginning in 1497. |
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Description: Excerpts from Morison's book, The European Discovery of America (1971), about Cabot's voyages to North America beginning in 1497. | |||
| 1956 | Filming the Japanese Gods |
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| Shinto: Nature, Gods, and Man in Japan, is a 16mm color film, produced by the Japan Society, the crew included David Westphal from Northeast Harbor (see Photograph). |
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Description: Shinto: Nature, Gods, and Man in Japan, is a 16mm color film, produced by the Japan Society, the crew included David Westphal from Northeast Harbor (see Photograph). | |||
| 2018 | Castles for Sale |
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| Brief article about the sale of "Anchorage" brokered by Sotheby Parke Bernet Galleries, summer home of Nelson and Happy Rockefeller until 1979. Photographs of the Rockefellers relaxing at home. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1978. |
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Description: Brief article about the sale of "Anchorage" brokered by Sotheby Parke Bernet Galleries, summer home of Nelson and Happy Rockefeller until 1979. Photographs of the Rockefellers relaxing at home. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1978. | |||
| 2020 | Maine's Seacoast Mission |
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| Reprint about the Maine Sea Coast Missionary Soc. founded in 1905 by Alexander and Angus MacDonald. Stories of the mission's service to the islands. Photographs of founders and other directors, in addition the society's boats, esp. "Sunbeam"(s). |
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Description: Reprint about the Maine Sea Coast Missionary Soc. founded in 1905 by Alexander and Angus MacDonald. Stories of the mission's service to the islands. Photographs of founders and other directors, in addition the society's boats, esp. "Sunbeam"(s). | |||
| 2022 | From Champlain to Tomorrow |
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| Article about the inception of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust largely inspired by Peggy Rockefeller to protect, conserve private lands along the Maine coast. Published in Down East Magazine, 1974. |
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Description: Article about the inception of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust largely inspired by Peggy Rockefeller to protect, conserve private lands along the Maine coast. Published in Down East Magazine, 1974. | |||
| 2096 | Is the One Nurse Public Health Agency a Victim of Progress? |
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| Paper about healthcare in Maine, especially Mount Desert. |
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Description: Paper about healthcare in Maine, especially Mount Desert. | |||
| 2099 | Hands across the Equator |
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| A page from the Boston Globe newspaper, describing Mrs. George Shattock personal involvement in organizing The Pan American Society, and many other accomplishments. |
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Description: A page from the Boston Globe newspaper, describing Mrs. George Shattock personal involvement in organizing The Pan American Society, and many other accomplishments. | |||
| 2136 | Authors in Maine Author Collection at the Maine State Library |
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| List of Maine authors in the Maine author collection at the Maine State Library 1978. |
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Description: List of Maine authors in the Maine author collection at the Maine State Library 1978. | ||||
| 2141 | Summary of Land Use Study Report Lower Hadlock, Ripple Pond, Little Round Pond |
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| Summary report of Campbell, Aldrich and Nulty, Architects of Land Use for Mt. Desert areas: Lower Hadlock Pond, Ripple Pond, and Little Round Pond |
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Description: Summary report of Campbell, Aldrich and Nulty, Architects of Land Use for Mt. Desert areas: Lower Hadlock Pond, Ripple Pond, and Little Round Pond | ||||
| 2175 | Murdered Girl Identified As Leslie Spellman |
| Identification of murder victim identified as Leslie Spellman of Hingham, Ma. |
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Description: Identification of murder victim identified as Leslie Spellman of Hingham, Ma. | ||||||
| 2176 | Police Believe Murdered Girl May Have Been On MDI 8 Hours |
| Newspaper: lead article--Police investigation ongoing--Leslie Spellman murder |
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Description: Newspaper: lead article--Police investigation ongoing--Leslie Spellman murder | ||||||
| 2210 | Mount Desert Island Was A Breathless Discovery |
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| 2261 | Frank Scalfone, musician, reel-to-reel recording |
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| Frank Scalfone was the son of Dominic Scalfone. He was a folk musician and played at many island venues. CD available in Dropbox. |
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Description: Frank Scalfone was the son of Dominic Scalfone. He was a folk musician and played at many island venues. CD available in Dropbox. | |||||
| 2267 | Biographies in Music, Mrs. August Belmont |
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| Biographical sketch about Eleanor Belmont. |
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Description: Biographical sketch about Eleanor Belmont. | |||||
| 1498 | No One Knows How Deep the Hall Quarry Granite Is |
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| November 24, 1977 Article about Hall Quarry. |
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Description: November 24, 1977 Article about Hall Quarry. | |||
| 1514 | Historical Notes on Mount Desert Island |
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| 1543 | Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian |
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| Soft-cover publication of the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe, a profile of the museum's purpose and objectives preserving the culture of the Navaho people. Among Exhibit includes the sand painting textiles of Hosteen Klah. |
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Description: Soft-cover publication of the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe, a profile of the museum's purpose and objectives preserving the culture of the Navaho people. Among Exhibit includes the sand painting textiles of Hosteen Klah. | ||||||
| 1578 | Prohibition Liquor Seizure Recalled |
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| Copy of a 1932 story by Lewis Hersey about the raid on a Lamoine farm where barrels and cases of illegal liquor were seized by revenue officers. |
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Description: Copy of a 1932 story by Lewis Hersey about the raid on a Lamoine farm where barrels and cases of illegal liquor were seized by revenue officers. | |||||
| 1653 | Letter from Charles W. Eliot to Sarah M. Bates |
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| Letter regarding the selection of parcels. |
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Description: Letter regarding the selection of parcels. | ||||
| 1656 | The Pink Granite of Somes Sound |
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| Hall Quarry granite industry beginning with Cyrus J. Hall's development of the Standard Granite Co. 1870's through small operations in the 1950's. The establishment of Hall Quarry as a town. |
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Description: Hall Quarry granite industry beginning with Cyrus J. Hall's development of the Standard Granite Co. 1870's through small operations in the 1950's. The establishment of Hall Quarry as a town. | |||
| 1705 | Metropolitan Opera Guild |
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| A red booklet from the Metropolitan Opera Guild, The Thirty-ninth Annual Luncheon. This was given in honor of Mrs. August Belmont, a summer resident of Northeast Harbor. |
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Description: A red booklet from the Metropolitan Opera Guild, The Thirty-ninth Annual Luncheon. This was given in honor of Mrs. August Belmont, a summer resident of Northeast Harbor. | |||||
| 1745 | Beatrix Jones Farrand - Pioneer in Gilt-Edged Gardens |
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| Description with photographs and diagrams of Beatrix Farrand's designs of the gardens at Dunbarton Oaks. Published in "Landscape Architecture" in January 1977. |
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Description: Description with photographs and diagrams of Beatrix Farrand's designs of the gardens at Dunbarton Oaks. Published in "Landscape Architecture" in January 1977. | |||
| 1766 | Samuel Eliot Morison |
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| Brief biographical account of S. E. Morison, "the admiral of the vast seas of history", by a student-assistant at Harvard University. |
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Description: Brief biographical account of S. E. Morison, "the admiral of the vast seas of history", by a student-assistant at Harvard University. |
