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7078Uses of Birch-Bark in the Northeast
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Published by the Robert Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine. Second printing, 1974
  • Eva L. Butler, Wendell S. Hadlock
  • 1957
  • 66
  • 1 book
  • great
Uses of Birch-Bark in the Northeast
Item:
  • 7078   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • Eva L. Butler, Wendell S. Hadlock
Date:
  • 1957
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.1 BUT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 66
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • great
Description:
Published by the Robert Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine. Second printing, 1974
4421Shotgun and birds
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Recreation, Hunting
Single bore shot gun and quail or partridge.
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
Shotgun and birds
Item:
  • 4421   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Recreation, Hunting
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0472 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Single bore shot gun and quail or partridge.
1739Library Gift to California
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
Description of Beatrix Farrand's gift to the University of California at Berkeley of the vast collection of books on landscape design.
  • H. L. Vaughn
  • 1956
  • pages 298-300
  • photocopy
Library Gift to California
Item:
  • 1739   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • H. L. Vaughn
Date:
  • 1956
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0252
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 298-300
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Description of Beatrix Farrand's gift to the University of California at Berkeley of the vast collection of books on landscape design.
1594Northeast Harbor Alarm Call Card
  • Document, List
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Town
Manila card, compliments of Haynes Garage, sent to community residents and businesses with the fire alarm location signals.
  • 1950's
  • 1
Northeast Harbor Alarm Call Card
Item:
  • 1594   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1950's
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0106
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1
Description:
Manila card, compliments of Haynes Garage, sent to community residents and businesses with the fire alarm location signals.
6699Tax List 1956 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government, Tax Roll
  • People
Includes the "Collector's Warrant" listing total amount due for local, state, county, school and support of the poor and other current expenses. Taxpayers listed in alphabetical order; residents followed by non-residents. Includes date of payment and check number. Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, two sets of alphabetical index tabs
  • 1956
Tax List 1956 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6699   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Tax Roll
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1956
Collection:
  • Town Records
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • 1B1
Description:
Includes the "Collector's Warrant" listing total amount due for local, state, county, school and support of the poor and other current expenses. Taxpayers listed in alphabetical order; residents followed by non-residents. Includes date of payment and check number. Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, two sets of alphabetical index tabs
7110The Great Star Chant
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
The Myth and Prayers of the Great Star Chant and the Myth of the Coyote Chant. Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. With 22 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb and others. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. IV.
  • Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 1956
  • 190
  • 2 copies
  • good
The Great Star Chant
Item:
  • 7110   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
Creator:
  • Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Date:
  • 1956
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.3 WHE
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 190
Medium:
  • 2 copies
Condition:
  • good
Description:
The Myth and Prayers of the Great Star Chant and the Myth of the Coyote Chant. Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. With 22 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb and others. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. IV.
7108A Study of Navajo Symbolism
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
Published as part of the Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. XXXII, No. 3. Line drawings by Lloyd Moylan.
  • Franc Johnson Newcomb, Stanley Fishler, Mary C. Wheelwright
  • 1956
  • 100
  • 3 copies
  • good
A Study of Navajo Symbolism
Item:
  • 7108   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
Creator:
  • Franc Johnson Newcomb, Stanley Fishler, Mary C. Wheelwright
Date:
  • 1956
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.3 WHE
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 100
Medium:
  • 3 copies
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Published as part of the Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. XXXII, No. 3. Line drawings by Lloyd Moylan.
5314William Draper Lewis
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
B/W photograph of a painting of William Draper Lewis (in robes) by Cameron Burnside.
  • Cameron Burnside
  • 1950
William Draper Lewis
Item:
  • 5314   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Cameron Burnside
Date:
  • 1950
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1734
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W photograph of a painting of William Draper Lewis (in robes) by Cameron Burnside.
1947The National Red Cross Building Deed
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Institutional, Health Facility
The deed transferring the Red Cross Building in Northeast Harbor to Mount Desert Public Health Nursing Association.
  • Fred A. Winfrey
  • 4/14/1950
  • 2
  • photocopy
The National Red Cross Building Deed
Item:
  • 1947   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Institutional, Health Facility
Creator:
  • Fred A. Winfrey
Date:
  • 4/14/1950
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0460
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
The deed transferring the Red Cross Building in Northeast Harbor to Mount Desert Public Health Nursing Association.
2129Chants noirs
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Music
French translation of negro spirituals published in the French journal "Mercure de France", June 1952.
  • Marguerite Yourcenar
  • 1952
  • 377
  • 1 book
Chants noirs
Item:
  • 2129   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Music
Creator:
  • Marguerite Yourcenar
Date:
  • 1952
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0642 a
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 377
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
French translation of negro spirituals published in the French journal "Mercure de France", June 1952.
7122The Saturday Evening Post
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Periodicals
The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 223, No. 37, March 10, 1951. In this issue: 4 short stories, 1 novelette, 7 articles, 2 serials, other features (letters, editorials, post scripts, verse, keeping posted). Of special interest is the following article: "The cities of America: Bangor, Maine", by George Sessions Perry, pag. 24.
  • Ben Hibbs, editor
  • 1951
  • 144
  • 1 magazine
  • fair
The Saturday Evening Post
Item:
  • 7122   
Type:
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Subject:
  • Other, Periodicals
Creator:
  • Ben Hibbs, editor
Date:
  • 1951
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0797
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 1
Pages:
  • 144
Medium:
  • 1 magazine
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 223, No. 37, March 10, 1951. In this issue: 4 short stories, 1 novelette, 7 articles, 2 serials, other features (letters, editorials, post scripts, verse, keeping posted). Of special interest is the following article: "The cities of America: Bangor, Maine", by George Sessions Perry, pag. 24.
5322Mary Cabot Wheelwright
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Dogs
  • People
Mary Cabot Wheelwright seated with dog in lap.
  • 1950's
Mary Cabot Wheelwright
Item:
  • 5322   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Dogs
  • People
Date:
  • 1950's
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1741 a
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Mary Cabot Wheelwright seated with dog in lap.
2268Modern Deer Management Methods Needed in Maine
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Nature, Animals
  • Places, Island
  • Lawrie Holmes
  • 12/12/1952
  • 2
  • typescript
Modern Deer Management Methods Needed in Maine
Item:
  • 2268   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Lawrie Holmes
Date:
  • 12/12/1952
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0772
Location:
  • General Collection Box 24
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript
1520Science Challenges the Educator
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
President-elect of Northeastern University, Asa S. Knowles typescript of the dedication of the Science Laboratories at Mount Desert High School in 1959.
  • Asa Smallidge Knowles (1909-1990)
  • 1959
  • 17 pages (2 copies)
  • typescript
Science Challenges the Educator
Item:
  • 1520   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
Creator:
  • Asa Smallidge Knowles (1909-1990)
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0029 ASK
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 17 pages (2 copies)
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
President-elect of Northeastern University, Asa S. Knowles typescript of the dedication of the Science Laboratories at Mount Desert High School in 1959.
5785Rusty Salisbury's 8th Birthday Party
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • People
Roy Salisbury Collection Left to Right Back Row: Kenny Savage, Mimi Salisbury, Paul Salisbury, Bobby Davis, Bucky Sullivan Front Row: Rusty Salisbury, Wayne Stanley, Dickie Hill, Johnny Adams, Tommy Henckler, Billy Nicholson, Carl Beyler
  • 3/4/1952
  • 1 photograph
Rusty Salisbury's 8th Birthday Party
Item:
  • 5785   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • People
Date:
  • 3/4/1952
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2171 RS
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Roy Salisbury Collection Left to Right Back Row: Kenny Savage, Mimi Salisbury, Paul Salisbury, Bobby Davis, Bucky Sullivan Front Row: Rusty Salisbury, Wayne Stanley, Dickie Hill, Johnny Adams, Tommy Henckler, Billy Nicholson, Carl Beyler
4412Horse-drawn "Pung"
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Carriage
Winter farming. Horse-drawn "Pung".
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
Horse-drawn "Pung"
Item:
  • 4412   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Carriage
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0463 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Winter farming. Horse-drawn "Pung".
7093Opportunities on Maine Farms
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Organizations, Civic
With a personal message from Fred J. Nutter, Commissioner of Agriculture, State of Maine. Contains articles, photographs and detailed production maps for beef and sheep, dairy, poultry, gardens and fruit, food processing plants, apples and blueberries.
  • State of Maine
  • 1952
  • 22
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Opportunities on Maine Farms
Item:
  • 7093   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Creator:
  • State of Maine
Date:
  • 1952
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 631 M
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 22
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
With a personal message from Fred J. Nutter, Commissioner of Agriculture, State of Maine. Contains articles, photographs and detailed production maps for beef and sheep, dairy, poultry, gardens and fruit, food processing plants, apples and blueberries.
3595Moosehead Lake in Maine
  • Map
  • Places, Lake
Shows relief by hachures, includes key points of interest in Rockwood and Greenville, Maine. Revision of map done by Luther S. Phillips in 1953.
  • Augustus D. Phillips
  • 1971, 1953
  • 2
  • MAP
Moosehead Lake in Maine
Item:
  • 3595   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
Creator:
  • Augustus D. Phillips
Date:
  • 1971, 1953
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0041 ADP
Location:
  • Shelf 5E4
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Shows relief by hachures, includes key points of interest in Rockwood and Greenville, Maine. Revision of map done by Luther S. Phillips in 1953.
2250Woman's Literary Club Meeting Notes 1950's
  • Document, Report
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
Handwritten notes from club meetings during the 1950's.
  • 1950's
  • manuscript
Woman's Literary Club Meeting Notes 1950's
Item:
  • 2250   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
Date:
  • 1950's
Street:
  • manuscript
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0764
Location:
  • General Collection Box 24
Description:
Handwritten notes from club meetings during the 1950's.
2090Letter to Kathryn Knowles from Belle S. Knowles
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Letter from Belle S. Knowles to her granddaughter about Daniel Coit Gilman.
  • 1951
  • 2
  • photocopy
Letter to Kathryn Knowles from Belle S. Knowles
Item:
  • 2090   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1951
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0604
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Letter from Belle S. Knowles to her granddaughter about Daniel Coit Gilman.
1833Patriarchal Picnics
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
Frances Eliot reminisces in this essay of summer days in Northeast Harbor with Charles Eliot, President of Harvard Univ. (her father-in-law). She was the wife of Rev. Samuel Eliot.
  • Frances Hopkinson Eliot
  • 1940-1950
  • pages 55-56
  • magazine
Patriarchal Picnics
Item:
  • 1833   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Frances Hopkinson Eliot
Date:
  • 1940-1950
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0346
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Pages:
  • pages 55-56
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Frances Eliot reminisces in this essay of summer days in Northeast Harbor with Charles Eliot, President of Harvard Univ. (her father-in-law). She was the wife of Rev. Samuel Eliot.
1797Letter from Samuel Eliot Morison to Gertrude Fay
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
About material for the library collection. Signature of Samuel Morison.
  • 1959
  • 2
  • typescript
Letter from Samuel Eliot Morison to Gertrude Fay
Item:
  • 1797   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0308
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
About material for the library collection. Signature of Samuel Morison.
1791Pre-World War I Idea Becomes a Business
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
Article about Luther Phillips of Bangor and the development of his aerial view post card and map business in 1947. Photograph. Also, a Photograph, unknown source, of Phillips with the U.S. Navy in Constantinople in 1919.
  • 1951
  • 3
  • photocopy
Pre-World War I Idea Becomes a Business
Item:
  • 1791   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1951
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0302
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Article about Luther Phillips of Bangor and the development of his aerial view post card and map business in 1947. Photograph. Also, a Photograph, unknown source, of Phillips with the U.S. Navy in Constantinople in 1919.
1781Parker Fennelly, Maine born Actor, Never Tells His Age
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
Articles about Northeast-Harbor-born actor, Parker Fennelly, as he celebrates his 40th anniversary in show business.
  • Earl Wilson
  • 1955
  • 2
  • photocopy
Parker Fennelly, Maine born Actor, Never Tells His Age
Item:
  • 1781   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Earl Wilson
Date:
  • 1955
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0293
Location:
  • General Collection Box 8
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Articles about Northeast-Harbor-born actor, Parker Fennelly, as he celebrates his 40th anniversary in show business.
5605Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Sailing. Willis H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, ME
  • Willis H. Ballard
  • 1950
  • 10 photographs
Northeast Harbor Fleet
Item:
  • 5605   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Willis H. Ballard
Date:
  • 1950
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1994 WHB
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 10 photographs
Description:
Sailing. Willis H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, ME