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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.
2139Story of Esmeralda and Montpelier
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Small story booklet written and illustrated by Melissa Merkling, age 12, a guest of the Rosenthal family on Sutton Island. The book was presented to Mrs. Rodman Fay, Chairman of the Library.
  • Melissa Merkling
  • ca. 1960
  • 1 handmade book
Story of Esmeralda and Montpelier
Item:
  • 2139   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Creator:
  • Melissa Merkling
Date:
  • ca. 1960
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0652
Location:
  • General Collection Box 22
Medium:
  • 1 handmade book
Description:
Small story booklet written and illustrated by Melissa Merkling, age 12, a guest of the Rosenthal family on Sutton Island. The book was presented to Mrs. Rodman Fay, Chairman of the Library.
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.
1714Verses by Bill Ayles
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
  • Other, Poetry
  • People
Copies of verses by Bill Ayles, a laborer who worked at odd jobs in & around Northeast Harbor. Poem copies were provided by R. Haynes & E. Smallidge.
  • Bill Ayles
  • 14 pages
  • 1 original, 1 copy
Verses by Bill Ayles
Item:
  • 1714   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
  • People
Creator:
  • Bill Ayles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0226
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 14 pages
Medium:
  • 1 original, 1 copy
Description:
Copies of verses by Bill Ayles, a laborer who worked at odd jobs in & around Northeast Harbor. Poem copies were provided by R. Haynes & E. Smallidge.
1727Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine
  • Document, List
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
  • Other, History
  • People
Historical Checklist of landscape architects in Maine.
  • Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.
  • 1987
  • 12
  • 1 original, 1 photocopy
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine
Item:
  • 1727   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
  • Other, History
  • People
Creator:
  • Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.
Date:
  • 1987
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0240
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 12
Medium:
  • 1 original, 1 photocopy
Description:
Historical Checklist of landscape architects in Maine.
1934Asticou: History of Inn and an Era
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
A booklet containing the history of the Asticou Inn. It is dedicated to The Savage Family, Builders and Caring Innkeepers Through Three Generations.
  • Katherine Barr
  • 1999
  • 20
  • 2 books
Asticou: History of Inn and an Era
Item:
  • 1934   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Creator:
  • Katherine Barr
Date:
  • 1999
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0447
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 20
Medium:
  • 2 books
Description:
A booklet containing the history of the Asticou Inn. It is dedicated to The Savage Family, Builders and Caring Innkeepers Through Three Generations.
1989Three Hundredth Anniversary of Discovery and Naming of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Booklet of the 300th Anniversary Service of the discovery and naming of Mount Desert Island by Samuel De Champlain held at the Union Church of Northeast Harbor.
  • 9/4/1904
  • 2 books
Three Hundredth Anniversary of Discovery and Naming of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1989   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 9/4/1904
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0502
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Medium:
  • 2 books
Description:
Booklet of the 300th Anniversary Service of the discovery and naming of Mount Desert Island by Samuel De Champlain held at the Union Church of Northeast Harbor.
2093Autograph Albums
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Autographs and poems of friends of Cora L. Gilpatrick.
  • 1886
  • 2 books
Autograph Albums
Item:
  • 2093   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Date:
  • 1886
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0607
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Medium:
  • 2 books
Description:
Autographs and poems of friends of Cora L. Gilpatrick.
7127Genealogy of the Gamble Family
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • Other, History
  • People
Two publications regarding the genealogy of the Gamble Family: 1. Knox County Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1895. 2. Excerpt of "The Mount Desert Widow - Genealogy of the Gamble Family", by Greenleaf and Jonathan P. Cilley
  • 1895
  • 2 clippings
  • fair
Genealogy of the Gamble Family
Item:
  • 7127   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
Date:
  • 1895
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0801
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Medium:
  • 2 clippings
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Two publications regarding the genealogy of the Gamble Family: 1. Knox County Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1895. 2. Excerpt of "The Mount Desert Widow - Genealogy of the Gamble Family", by Greenleaf and Jonathan P. Cilley
6962Edsel Ford's Bright Idea - Mount Desert joins the War effort
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Down East Magazine article about Edsel Fords's plan to keep an army of Mainers employed during World War II. Published June 1995.
  • Letitia Baldwin
  • 1995
  • page 52
  • magazine
Edsel Ford's Bright Idea - Mount Desert joins the War effort
Item:
  • 6962   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Letitia Baldwin
Date:
  • 1995
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0792
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • page 52
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Down East Magazine article about Edsel Fords's plan to keep an army of Mainers employed during World War II. Published June 1995.
1892Prescott The American Thucydides
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Review of Morison's book about William Hickling Prescott of Boston, noted author and historian.
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • pages 165-172
  • magazine
Prescott The American Thucydides
Item:
  • 1892   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Creator:
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0405
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 165-172
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Review of Morison's book about William Hickling Prescott of Boston, noted author and historian.
1893Cabot, the mysterious sailor who gave England rights to North American
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Excerpts from Morison's book, The European Discovery of America (1971), about Cabot's voyages to North America beginning in 1497.
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1971
  • pages 12-21
  • magazine
Cabot, the mysterious sailor who gave England rights to North American
Item:
  • 1893   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Creator:
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
Date:
  • 1971
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0406
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 12-21
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Excerpts from Morison's book, The European Discovery of America (1971), about Cabot's voyages to North America beginning in 1497.
2009Maine's Little-Known 'Immortal"
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Short article about French Academy writer Marguerite Yourcenar's quiet life in Northeast Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1982.
  • Jordan Pecile
  • 1982
  • pages 36-54
  • magazine
Maine's Little-Known 'Immortal"
Item:
  • 2009   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Creator:
  • Jordan Pecile
Date:
  • 1982
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0521
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 36-54
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Short article about French Academy writer Marguerite Yourcenar's quiet life in Northeast Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1982.
1793Approximately My Idea of Heaven
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Poetry
  • People
Carl Little presents a brief biography of Elizabeth Bishop, poetess and summer resident of North Haven, with excerpts of her poems and letters. Published in "Island Journal", Volume Twenty, 2003
  • Carl Little
  • 2003
  • pages 54-55
  • magazine
Approximately My Idea of Heaven
Item:
  • 1793   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
  • People
Creator:
  • Carl Little
Date:
  • 2003
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0304
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Pages:
  • pages 54-55
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Carl Little presents a brief biography of Elizabeth Bishop, poetess and summer resident of North Haven, with excerpts of her poems and letters. Published in "Island Journal", Volume Twenty, 2003
7260Marguerite Yourcenar: After 300 years, a woman writer (from Maine, "Mon Dieu"), joins "The Immortals" of France
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Article about writer Marguerite Yourcenar's acceptance as first woman into the Académie Française. Published in People Magazine, May 5, 1980.
  • Magda Palacci Bleier
  • 1980
  • pages 44-45
  • magazine
Marguerite Yourcenar: After 300 years, a woman writer (from Maine, "Mon Dieu"), joins "The Immortals" of France
Item:
  • 7260   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Creator:
  • Magda Palacci Bleier
Date:
  • 1980
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0835
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • pages 44-45
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Article about writer Marguerite Yourcenar's acceptance as first woman into the Académie Française. Published in People Magazine, May 5, 1980.
1840Harry Clark letters
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Letter from Mrs. Ralph Ross, mother of Lt. Ralph Ross Jr. who was friend and co-pilot on aircraft of which Mrs. Clark's son, Hoyt, was a gunner during WWII. When pilot of aircraft on which Hoyt Clark was a gunner. Lt. Ross died when the plane crashed (after end of war); Hoyt was not on the flight.
  • Mrs. Ralph Ross
  • 1945
  • 1
  • manuscript
Harry Clark letters
Item:
  • 1840   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Mrs. Ralph Ross
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0353
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Letter from Mrs. Ralph Ross, mother of Lt. Ralph Ross Jr. who was friend and co-pilot on aircraft of which Mrs. Clark's son, Hoyt, was a gunner during WWII. When pilot of aircraft on which Hoyt Clark was a gunner. Lt. Ross died when the plane crashed (after end of war); Hoyt was not on the flight.
1986List of Civil War Soldiers from the town of Mount Desert
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Original, elongated, list of men furnished by the town of Mt. Desert by the selectmen for military service in the Civil War. The list represents several calls to duty from 1862 to 1869.
  • Jonathan Hamor
  • 1-2-1869
  • 1
  • manuscript (original and 2 photocopies)
List of Civil War Soldiers from the town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1986   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Jonathan Hamor
Date:
  • 1-2-1869
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0499
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript (original and 2 photocopies)
Description:
Original, elongated, list of men furnished by the town of Mt. Desert by the selectmen for military service in the Civil War. The list represents several calls to duty from 1862 to 1869.
1904Re-enacting
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Copy of an article about Civil War Reenactments by Joseph Smith, teacher at Mt. Desert Elementary School in early 1980's. Mr. Smith was actively involved with the Maine Civil War Company reenactment group.
  • Joseph Smith
  • 1983
  • pages 56-59
  • newspaper
Re-enacting
Item:
  • 1904   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Joseph Smith
Date:
  • 1983
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0417
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 56-59
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Copy of an article about Civil War Reenactments by Joseph Smith, teacher at Mt. Desert Elementary School in early 1980's. Mr. Smith was actively involved with the Maine Civil War Company reenactment group.
2159Youth's Companion
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, Periodicals
Two copies: No. 18, September 14, 1939, and No. 31, December 13, 1939, of the Youth's Companion. Vol. XIII. Published weekly at the Office of the Boston Recorder.
  • Nathaniel Willis
  • 1839
  • 4
  • newspaper
  • fair
Youth's Companion
Item:
  • 2159   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, Periodicals
Creator:
  • Nathaniel Willis
Date:
  • 1839
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0672
Location:
  • General Collection Box 23
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Two copies: No. 18, September 14, 1939, and No. 31, December 13, 1939, of the Youth's Companion. Vol. XIII. Published weekly at the Office of the Boston Recorder.
2195Island Herald
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, Periodicals
Weekly newspaper published once a week in summer months. Features news of individuals and events in southern towns on MDI.
  • 6/17/1904
  • newspaper
Island Herald
Item:
  • 2195   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, Periodicals
Date:
  • 6/17/1904
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0709
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Weekly newspaper published once a week in summer months. Features news of individuals and events in southern towns on MDI.
2198Island Breeze
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, Periodicals
Weekly newspaper, devoted to the interests of the southern towns on MDI, publ. in summer months.
  • 7-21-1897
  • newspaper
Island Breeze
Item:
  • 2198   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, Periodicals
Date:
  • 7-21-1897
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0712
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Weekly newspaper, devoted to the interests of the southern towns on MDI, publ. in summer months.
2199Island Herald
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, Periodicals
Weekly newspaper published on Fridays in summer months featuring local news about residents, events, and general national and international articles. This edition has an article about the dedication of the Union Church in Otter Creek
  • 9/2/1904
  • newspaper
Island Herald
Item:
  • 2199   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, Periodicals
Date:
  • 9/2/1904
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0713
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Weekly newspaper published on Fridays in summer months featuring local news about residents, events, and general national and international articles. This edition has an article about the dedication of the Union Church in Otter Creek
2200Island Herald
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, Periodicals
Weekly paper published in the summer months; contains news of people and events in NE Harbor, SW Harbor, and Seal Harbor. This edition contains an article about visit and talk of Booker T. Washington in Seal Harbor.
  • 8/26/1904
  • newspaper
Island Herald
Item:
  • 2200   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, Periodicals
Date:
  • 8/26/1904
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0714
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Weekly paper published in the summer months; contains news of people and events in NE Harbor, SW Harbor, and Seal Harbor. This edition contains an article about visit and talk of Booker T. Washington in Seal Harbor.
2201Island Herald
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, Periodicals
Weekly paper, published every Friday during the summer; contains community and individual news of Northeast Harbor and general national events and stories.
  • 8/19/1904
  • newspaper
Island Herald
Item:
  • 2201   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, Periodicals
Date:
  • 8/19/1904
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0715
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Weekly paper, published every Friday during the summer; contains community and individual news of Northeast Harbor and general national events and stories.
2204Island Herald
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, Periodicals
Weekly local newspaper published every Friday during the summer months. Contains articles of general interest, personal and group activities, and ads of local businesses.
  • 9/6/1904
  • newspaper
Island Herald
Item:
  • 2204   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, Periodicals
Date:
  • 9/6/1904
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0718
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Weekly local newspaper published every Friday during the summer months. Contains articles of general interest, personal and group activities, and ads of local businesses.