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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
7227History of the original Northeast Harbor Fire Company
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Other, History
Photocopy of a document written by Alvah L. Reed on the history of the original Northeast Harbor Fire Company.
  • Alvah L. Reed
  • 3
  • typescript
History of the original Northeast Harbor Fire Company
Item:
  • 7227   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Alvah L. Reed
Date:
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0827
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Photocopy of a document written by Alvah L. Reed on the history of the original Northeast Harbor Fire Company.
7234Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging
  • Places, Landscape
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
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging
  • Places, Landscape
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.
7316Unidentified Portraits
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
9 unidentified portraits found in the Northeast Harbor Library basement: Cover. Unidentified young child. Large gilded frame, very ornate (12x14) 1. Unidentified young woman with elegant vest and necklace. Simple wooden black frame (8x10) 2. Unidentified older woman with fur collar coat and hat. Simple wooden black frame (5.5x7.5) 3. Unidentified young woman in long elegant dress standing by high-backed chair. Wooden brown frame (7x11) 4. Unidentified young woman in wedding dress with veil holding white lilies. Carved wooden frame (9x12) 5. Unidentified middle aged woman, sitting in elegant white dress. Portrait from photograph. Damaged frame and glass (13x11.5) 6/7. Unidentified young woman posing in elegant light dress, standing by a pedestal. Photograph is a bit faded. Carved brown wooden frame, lightly gilded (9.5x15) 8. Unidentified older man with mustache, in suit jacket and tie. Simple black wooden frame, damaged (8x10) 9. Unidentified older man in outdoor setting, hat in hand. Light wooden frame, partly gilded (5x7) Any information on any of these portraits is welcome.
  • fair
Unidentified Portraits
Item:
  • 7316   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Shelf 5F7
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
9 unidentified portraits found in the Northeast Harbor Library basement: Cover. Unidentified young child. Large gilded frame, very ornate (12x14) 1. Unidentified young woman with elegant vest and necklace. Simple wooden black frame (8x10) 2. Unidentified older woman with fur collar coat and hat. Simple wooden black frame (5.5x7.5) 3. Unidentified young woman in long elegant dress standing by high-backed chair. Wooden brown frame (7x11) 4. Unidentified young woman in wedding dress with veil holding white lilies. Carved wooden frame (9x12) 5. Unidentified middle aged woman, sitting in elegant white dress. Portrait from photograph. Damaged frame and glass (13x11.5) 6/7. Unidentified young woman posing in elegant light dress, standing by a pedestal. Photograph is a bit faded. Carved brown wooden frame, lightly gilded (9.5x15) 8. Unidentified older man with mustache, in suit jacket and tie. Simple black wooden frame, damaged (8x10) 9. Unidentified older man in outdoor setting, hat in hand. Light wooden frame, partly gilded (5x7) Any information on any of these portraits is welcome. [show more]
5242Asticou Inn
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Asticou Inn taken from Harbor Hill.
  • Alan Knox
  • 1937
Asticou Inn
Item:
  • 5242   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • 1937
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1656
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Asticou Inn taken from Harbor Hill.
7228History of the Northeast Harbor Water Company 1883 to 1945
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Other, History
Bound typescript on the history of the Northeast Harbor Water Company, written by Maurice H. Burr, Superintendent. Includes a 1988 handwritten introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
  • Maurice H. Burr
  • 1945
  • 9
  • typescript
History of the Northeast Harbor Water Company 1883 to 1945
Item:
  • 7228   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Maurice H. Burr
Date:
  • 1945
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0828
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Bound typescript on the history of the Northeast Harbor Water Company, written by Maurice H. Burr, Superintendent. Includes a 1988 handwritten introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
2357Map of Settler's Lots
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Other, History
Parchment drawing of settler's land parcels in the Town of Mt. Desert (Northeast Harbor to Harbor & Somesville.) Some properties are identified by owner; others numbered
  • ? (old!)
  • 1
  • MAP
  • very fragile, damaged
Map of Settler's Lots
Item:
  • 2357   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Other, History
Date:
  • ? (old!)
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 161
Location:
  • GHC Box 5
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • very fragile, damaged
Description:
Parchment drawing of settler's land parcels in the Town of Mt. Desert (Northeast Harbor to Harbor & Somesville.) Some properties are identified by owner; others numbered
5518Burr Kimball
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Sepia photograph of young girl wearing dress and lace bonnet.
  • .
Burr Kimball
Item:
  • 5518   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • .
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1897
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Sepia photograph of young girl wearing dress and lace bonnet.
7338Roc Caivano
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
  • People
Elly Andrews interviews 4 of Roc Caivano's close friends from his Yale years: Bob Knight, Peter Woerner, Tom Carey, and Ron Filson. Roc received his BA from Dartmouth College and a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University. He and and wife Helen arrived on MDI in 1974 where he was hired to start a program in Environmental Design at the College of the Atlantic. While at COA, Roc, Barbara Sassaman and Harris Hyman established an office in Southwest Harbor where they were involved in the renovation of the Turrets, a granite shorefront “cottage” designed by Bruce Price and originally built in 1895. They also created the Wendell Gilley Museum, the Somesville bridge and a number of single family residences. For over 45 years Roc Caivano Architects prepared the master plan for Acadia National Park, the renovation and conversion of the Schoodic Navel Station in to the Schoodic National Park Education Center, Acadia’s Fee Station and the Island Explorer Bus Shelter System, the Mary Dow and MDI Hospital Oncology Centers and other medical and educational facilities.
  • 07.10.2021
Roc Caivano
Item:
  • 7338   
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 07.10.2021
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Oral History
Object ID:
  • Oral History 0071
Location:
  • CD Box 1
Description:
Elly Andrews interviews 4 of Roc Caivano's close friends from his Yale years: Bob Knight, Peter Woerner, Tom Carey, and Ron Filson. Roc received his BA from Dartmouth College and a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University. He and and wife Helen arrived on MDI in 1974 where he was hired to start a program in Environmental Design at the College of the Atlantic. While at COA, Roc, Barbara Sassaman and Harris Hyman established an office in Southwest Harbor where they were involved in the renovation of the Turrets, a granite shorefront “cottage” designed by Bruce Price and originally built in 1895. They also created the Wendell Gilley Museum, the Somesville bridge and a number of single family residences. For over 45 years Roc Caivano Architects prepared the master plan for Acadia National Park, the renovation and conversion of the Schoodic Navel Station in to the Schoodic National Park Education Center, Acadia’s Fee Station and the Island Explorer Bus Shelter System, the Mary Dow and MDI Hospital Oncology Centers and other medical and educational facilities. [show more]
698910th Annual Islesford Literary Evening
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
  • Events
Recording of presentations by Genia Gould Jack Merrill III Paul Breslin Kathleen Lake Harry Spurling Ashley Bryan Produced by Sarah (Lord) Corson. Audio not very good on original tape.
  • 08.25.1988
10th Annual Islesford Literary Evening
Item:
  • 6989   
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
Subject:
  • Events
Date:
  • 08.25.1988
Collection:
  • Oral History
Object ID:
  • Oral History 0068
Location:
  • CD Box 1
Description:
Recording of presentations by Genia Gould Jack Merrill III Paul Breslin Kathleen Lake Harry Spurling Ashley Bryan Produced by Sarah (Lord) Corson. Audio not very good on original tape.
6988Second Centennial Service, The Union Church of Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Events, Civic
The Union Church was dedicated on July 17, 1889. The Rev. William McPherson Bigelow, pastror. The Rev. Carl Scovil, guest preacher. Nathalie Raimondi, organist. Louisa Pyle, composer and special organist. The recording begins with celebrations and concerns about a quarter of the way into the service. Special music: The hymn "Union", composed by Louisa C. Pyle in honor of the Centennial of the Union Church of Northeast Harbor. Sermon: "God is in this place", given by the Reverend Carl Scovil, pastor of King's Chapel in Boston, Mass. Guest preacher for the first Centennial Service of the Union Church was the Rev. Dr. Peter Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Ethics at Harvard University.
  • 09.10.1989
Second Centennial Service, The Union Church of Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 6988   
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Events, Civic
Date:
  • 09.10.1989
Collection:
  • Oral History
Object ID:
  • Oral History 0067
Location:
  • CD Box 1
Description:
The Union Church was dedicated on July 17, 1889. The Rev. William McPherson Bigelow, pastror. The Rev. Carl Scovil, guest preacher. Nathalie Raimondi, organist. Louisa Pyle, composer and special organist. The recording begins with celebrations and concerns about a quarter of the way into the service. Special music: The hymn "Union", composed by Louisa C. Pyle in honor of the Centennial of the Union Church of Northeast Harbor. Sermon: "God is in this place", given by the Reverend Carl Scovil, pastor of King's Chapel in Boston, Mass. Guest preacher for the first Centennial Service of the Union Church was the Rev. Dr. Peter Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Ethics at Harvard University. [show more]
1982Petition to set apart Cranberry Isles as separate town.
  • Document, Request, Petition
  • Places, Island
A petition from the inhabitants of Cranberry Isles requesting that the islands be set apart from the town of Mount Desert as a separate town. James Kelley, constable of Mount Desert
  • James Kelley
  • 1-1-1830
  • 1
  • 3 copies
Petition to set apart Cranberry Isles as separate town.
Item:
  • 1982   
Type:
  • Document, Request, Petition
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • James Kelley
Date:
  • 1-1-1830
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0495
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • 3 copies
Description:
A petition from the inhabitants of Cranberry Isles requesting that the islands be set apart from the town of Mount Desert as a separate town. James Kelley, constable of Mount Desert
1986List of Civil War Soldiers from the town of Mount Desert
  • Document, List
  • People
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • Other, History
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:
  • People
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • Other, History
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.
2097Letter from Department of the Interior Pension Office to Harrison G. Smith
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • 1-30-1868
  • 2
  • manuscript
Letter from Department of the Interior Pension Office to Harrison G. Smith
Item:
  • 2097   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Date:
  • 1-30-1868
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0611
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • manuscript
6940Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • Document, Program
  • People
  • Events, Memorial Service
Program of the Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle at the Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor, January 5, 2019. Robert R. Pyle October 22nd 1945 - December 25th, 2018
  • 1-5-2019
  • 6
Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Item:
  • 6940   
Type:
  • Document, Program
Subject:
  • People
  • Events, Memorial Service
Date:
  • 1-5-2019
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0790
Location:
  • General Collection, Box 25
Pages:
  • 6
Description:
Program of the Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle at the Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor, January 5, 2019. Robert R. Pyle October 22nd 1945 - December 25th, 2018
6045A compilation of the Laws pertaining to Elections in the State of Maine incorporating the Amendments of 1917 and 1919
  • Publication, Book
  • Events, Civic
Election Law.
  • Secretary of State
  • 1/1/1920
  • 43
  • 1 book
  • good
A compilation of the Laws pertaining to Elections in the State of Maine incorporating the Amendments of 1917 and 1919
Item:
  • 6045   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
Creator:
  • Secretary of State
Date:
  • 1/1/1920
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 324.4 SEC
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 43
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Election Law.
6064Report of the Town Planning Committee to the Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Report
  • Places, Town
  • Organizations, Civic
Municipal Year ending January 1, 1930
  • 1/1/1930
  • 14
  • Report
Report of the Town Planning Committee to the Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6064   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Organizations, Civic
Date:
  • 1/1/1930
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 352 REPORT 1930
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 14
Medium:
  • Report
Description:
Municipal Year ending January 1, 1930
2209Happy 2000!
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events
World celebrates arrival of new millennium with pageants and fireworks. Article includes the best photographs of 1999. Bangor Daily News, January 1-3, 2000.
  • Ted Anthony
  • 1/1/2000
Happy 2000!
Item:
  • 2209   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events
Creator:
  • Ted Anthony
Date:
  • 1/1/2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0723
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Description:
World celebrates arrival of new millennium with pageants and fireworks. Article includes the best photographs of 1999. Bangor Daily News, January 1-3, 2000.
1633Letter from Dave at Covington & Burling to Charles W. Eliot
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
Acadia National Park
  • 1/13/1970
  • 2
  • photocopy
Letter from Dave at Covington & Burling to Charles W. Eliot
Item:
  • 1633   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Places, Park
Date:
  • 1/13/1970
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0145
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Acadia National Park
1705Metropolitan Opera Guild
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Gala
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.
  • Francis Robinson
  • 1/15/1974
Metropolitan Opera Guild
Item:
  • 1705   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Creator:
  • Francis Robinson
Date:
  • 1/15/1974
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0217
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
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.
2165The Big Freeze
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Weather Event
Special section of the Ellsworth American with articles about the devastating ice storm in 1998 and its effect on Hancock and Washington counties.
  • Jeff Tuttle
  • 1/15/1998
  • newspaper
The Big Freeze
Item:
  • 2165   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Weather Event
Creator:
  • Jeff Tuttle
Date:
  • 1/15/1998
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0678
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Special section of the Ellsworth American with articles about the devastating ice storm in 1998 and its effect on Hancock and Washington counties.
5618Wayback Ball, Seal Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • People
Hollis and Wilma Easton, Girland and Vinnie Robinson, Gene and Velma Ashley
  • Stephen Ashley
  • 1/16/1950
  • 1 photograph
Wayback Ball, Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 5618   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
  • People
Creator:
  • Stephen Ashley
Date:
  • 1/16/1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2007
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Hollis and Wilma Easton, Girland and Vinnie Robinson, Gene and Velma Ashley
1807Letter from Ted Spurling Sr. to Judith Blank
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Ted Spurling Sr. recounts sailing tales of Capt. Melitiah and Caroline (Stanley) Richardson of Great Cranberry Island. Son Peter continued sailing after his father's death. Cranberry Isles woman made a quilt for Caroline, now owned by Bobby Gray.
  • Ted Spurling Sr.
  • 1/16/1996
  • 4
  • manuscript
Letter from Ted Spurling Sr. to Judith Blank
Item:
  • 1807   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ted Spurling Sr.
Date:
  • 1/16/1996
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0320
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Ted Spurling Sr. recounts sailing tales of Capt. Melitiah and Caroline (Stanley) Richardson of Great Cranberry Island. Son Peter continued sailing after his father's death. Cranberry Isles woman made a quilt for Caroline, now owned by Bobby Gray.
3945Anne Smallidge
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
  • People
Anne Walls Smallidge of Seal Harbor born in 1929. Interviewed by Anne Haynes
  • Anne Smallidge
  • 1/23/2004
  • 1 cassette, 1 digital file
Anne Smallidge
Item:
  • 3945   
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Anne Smallidge
Date:
  • 1/23/2004
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Oral History
Object ID:
  • Oral History 0005
Location:
  • Cassette Box 1, CD Box 1, 4D4
Medium:
  • 1 cassette, 1 digital file
Description:
Anne Walls Smallidge of Seal Harbor born in 1929. Interviewed by Anne Haynes
1648Acadia Telephone Talk with Charles Clapper
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Park
Acadia National Park master plan Schedule and Procedures Master Plan Revisions of Maps Alternative 3 Revisions of Text Isle au Haut Schedule re Proposed Legislation
  • 1/4/1978
  • 2
  • manuscript
Acadia Telephone Talk with Charles Clapper
Item:
  • 1648   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Park
Date:
  • 1/4/1978
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0160
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Acadia National Park master plan Schedule and Procedures Master Plan Revisions of Maps Alternative 3 Revisions of Text Isle au Haut Schedule re Proposed Legislation
1649Letter from Charles W. Eliot to Charles Clapper
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
Acadia National Park master plan
  • 1/5/1978
  • 1
  • photocopy
Letter from Charles W. Eliot to Charles Clapper
Item:
  • 1649   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Places, Park
Date:
  • 1/5/1978
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0161
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Acadia National Park master plan