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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
2099Hands across the Equator
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
A page from the Boston Globe newspaper, describing Mrs. George Shattock personal involvement in organizing The Pan American Society, and many other accomplishments.
  • William A. Henry III
  • 10/18/1975
  • 1
  • photocopy
Hands across the Equator
Item:
  • 2099   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • William A. Henry III
Date:
  • 10/18/1975
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0613
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
A page from the Boston Globe newspaper, describing Mrs. George Shattock personal involvement in organizing The Pan American Society, and many other accomplishments.
7136Portrait bust of Emily Marshall Otis
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
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.
  • Walter Muir Whitehill
  • 1973
  • 1 clipping
  • good
Portrait bust of Emily Marshall Otis
Item:
  • 7136   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Walter Muir Whitehill
Date:
  • 1973
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0802
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Medium:
  • 1 clipping
Condition:
  • good
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.
7309Mount Desert Island Visitor
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Nature
  • Places, Island
Newspaper supplement published by the Bar Harbor Times covering sightseeing and activities on and around Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. Volume 3, No. 3. Published on July 17, 1970.
  • The Bar Harbor Times
  • 1970
  • 1 supplement
  • good
Mount Desert Island Visitor
Item:
  • 7309   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Nature
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • The Bar Harbor Times
Date:
  • 1970
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0841
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 1
Medium:
  • 1 supplement
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Newspaper supplement published by the Bar Harbor Times covering sightseeing and activities on and around Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. Volume 3, No. 3. Published on July 17, 1970.
2096Is the One Nurse Public Health Agency a Victim of Progress?
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations
Paper about healthcare in Maine, especially Mount Desert.
  • Susan O'Neill
  • 1978
  • 6
  • photocopy
Is the One Nurse Public Health Agency a Victim of Progress?
Item:
  • 2096   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations
Creator:
  • Susan O'Neill
Date:
  • 1978
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0610
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 6
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Paper about healthcare in Maine, especially Mount Desert.
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.
2022From Champlain to Tomorrow
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Organizations
  • People
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.
  • Robert O. Binnewies
  • 1974
  • pages 61-63
  • photocopy
From Champlain to Tomorrow
Item:
  • 2022   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • People
Creator:
  • Robert O. Binnewies
Date:
  • 1974
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0534
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 61-63
Medium:
  • photocopy
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.
1784Oral History Transcript with Paul H. Nitze
  • Document, Oral History
  • People
Transcript of tape-recorded interview with Paul Nitze for the Harry Truman Library about Mr. Nitze's work with the U.S. Government beginning about 1940.
  • Richard D. McKinzie
  • 1975
  • 52
Oral History Transcript with Paul H. Nitze
Item:
  • 1784   
Type:
  • Document, Oral History
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Richard D. McKinzie
Date:
  • 1975
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0296
Location:
  • General Collection Box 8
Pages:
  • 52
Description:
Transcript of tape-recorded interview with Paul Nitze for the Harry Truman Library about Mr. Nitze's work with the U.S. Government beginning about 1940.
2023The Bar Harbor Auto War
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Automobile
Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975.
  • Richard A. Savage
  • 1975
  • pages 66-87
  • magazine
The Bar Harbor Auto War
Item:
  • 2023   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Richard A. Savage
Date:
  • 1975
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0535
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 66-87
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975.
1956Filming the Japanese Gods
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Other, Filmmaking
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).
  • Peter Grilli
  • 1976
  • 4
  • photocopy
Filming the Japanese Gods
Item:
  • 1956   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Other, Filmmaking
Creator:
  • Peter Grilli
Date:
  • 1976
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0468
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • photocopy
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).
1766Samuel Eliot Morison
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
Brief biographical account of S. E. Morison, "the admiral of the vast seas of history", by a student-assistant at Harvard University.
  • Page Smith
  • 1971
  • 2
  • magazine
Samuel Eliot Morison
Item:
  • 1766   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Page Smith
Date:
  • 1971
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0278
Location:
  • General Collection Box 8
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Brief biographical account of S. E. Morison, "the admiral of the vast seas of history", by a student-assistant at Harvard University.
2081Letter of application for employment to Mrs. Rodman Fay
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Letter from Robert Pyle to Mrs. Rodman Fay for consideration for employment at the Northeast Harbor Library. He lists courses of college studies and plans of continuing education
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 1971
  • 1
  • typescript
Letter of application for employment to Mrs. Rodman Fay
Item:
  • 2081   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 1971
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0595
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Letter from Robert Pyle to Mrs. Rodman Fay for consideration for employment at the Northeast Harbor Library. He lists courses of college studies and plans of continuing education
2113Northeast Harbor 1870-80
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Town
Hand sketched map, "Before the summer people came", of Northeast Harbor made by Robert Pyle showing locations of several family homes.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 1976
Northeast Harbor 1870-80
Item:
  • 2113   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0627
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Description:
Hand sketched map, "Before the summer people came", of Northeast Harbor made by Robert Pyle showing locations of several family homes.
7194Regional Authors of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, List
  • Other, Literature
  • People
List of regional authors of Mount Desert Island compiled on April 11, 1978 by Robert R. Pyle for the Northeast Harbor Library.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 1978
  • 5
  • good
Regional Authors of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 7194   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 1978
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0811
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 5
Condition:
  • good
Description:
List of regional authors of Mount Desert Island compiled on April 11, 1978 by Robert R. Pyle for the Northeast Harbor Library.
1745Beatrix Jones Farrand - Pioneer in Gilt-Edged Gardens
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Garden
Description with photographs and diagrams of Beatrix Farrand's designs of the gardens at Dunbarton Oaks. Published in "Landscape Architecture" in January 1977.
  • Marlene Salon
  • 1977
  • pages 69-77
  • photocopy
Beatrix Jones Farrand - Pioneer in Gilt-Edged Gardens
Item:
  • 1745   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Marlene Salon
Date:
  • 1977
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0258
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 69-77
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Description with photographs and diagrams of Beatrix Farrand's designs of the gardens at Dunbarton Oaks. Published in "Landscape Architecture" in January 1977.
1580Down East in Maine, The Cranberry Club Is for Brahmins Only
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
Description and membership list of The "unique" Cranberry Club located on Great Cranberry Island. It was said to be the ladies' version of the Pot & Kettle Club in Bar Harbor.
  • Liz Roman Gallese
  • 1975
  • photocopy
Down East in Maine, The Cranberry Club Is for Brahmins Only
Item:
  • 1580   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
Creator:
  • Liz Roman Gallese
Date:
  • 1975
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Street:
  • photocopy
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0092
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Description:
Description and membership list of The "unique" Cranberry Club located on Great Cranberry Island. It was said to be the ladies' version of the Pot & Kettle Club in Bar Harbor.
1578Prohibition Liquor Seizure Recalled
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
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.
  • Lewis Hersey
  • 1976
Prohibition Liquor Seizure Recalled
Item:
  • 1578   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events
Creator:
  • Lewis Hersey
Date:
  • 1976
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0090
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
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.
2226Woodlawn Ellsworth's Famous Black Mansion
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
Article about Woodlawn in Ellsworth. Ellsworth American, August 31, 1978
  • Lewis A. Wexler
  • 1978
  • newspaper
Woodlawn Ellsworth's Famous Black Mansion
Item:
  • 2226   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
Creator:
  • Lewis A. Wexler
Date:
  • 1978
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0740
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Article about Woodlawn in Ellsworth. Ellsworth American, August 31, 1978
2020Maine's Seacoast Mission
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Organizations
  • Vessels, Ship
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).
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1974
  • pages 40-66
  • magazine, photocopy
Maine's Seacoast Mission
Item:
  • 2020   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • Vessels, Ship
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Date:
  • 1974
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0532
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 40-66
Medium:
  • magazine, photocopy
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).
2210Mount Desert Island Was A Breathless Discovery
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 8/12/1976
  • 4
  • newspaper
Mount Desert Island Was A Breathless Discovery
Item:
  • 2210   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Date:
  • 8/12/1976
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0724
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • newspaper
1498No One Knows How Deep the Hall Quarry Granite Is
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
November 24, 1977 Article about Hall Quarry.
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1977
  • 1 article
  • newspaper
No One Knows How Deep the Hall Quarry Granite Is
Item:
  • 1498   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Date:
  • 1977
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0013 LS
Location:
  • News Box 1
Pages:
  • 1 article
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
November 24, 1977 Article about Hall Quarry.
7125Southwest Harbor man gave up family business to become "Whittling" artist
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
Article published in the Bar Harbor Times (date unknown) about Wendell Gilley and his bird carvings.
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1970's
  • 1
  • newspaper
  • fair
Southwest Harbor man gave up family business to become "Whittling" artist
Item:
  • 7125   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Date:
  • 1970's
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0800
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Article published in the Bar Harbor Times (date unknown) about Wendell Gilley and his bird carvings.
7207Jordan Pond House Fund
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
Letter of appeal for fundraising sent by the Jordan Pond House Fund in order to raise funds for the new Jordan Pond House following the fire of 1979. Committee for the Fund: Mrs. Vincent Astor Frederick T. Brown William C. Elliott, Jr. Mrs. Allison F. Fleitas Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Mrs. Raymond F. Hawtin Thomas B. McCabe Carlo Ninfi David Rockefeller Mrs. Charles K. Savage Mrs. R. Amory Thorndike Robert W. Patterson, chairman
  • Jordan Pond House Fund
  • September 1979
  • 1
Jordan Pond House Fund
Item:
  • 7207   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
Creator:
  • Jordan Pond House Fund
Date:
  • September 1979
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0814
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 1
Description:
Letter of appeal for fundraising sent by the Jordan Pond House Fund in order to raise funds for the new Jordan Pond House following the fire of 1979. Committee for the Fund: Mrs. Vincent Astor Frederick T. Brown William C. Elliott, Jr. Mrs. Allison F. Fleitas Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Mrs. Raymond F. Hawtin Thomas B. McCabe Carlo Ninfi David Rockefeller Mrs. Charles K. Savage Mrs. R. Amory Thorndike Robert W. Patterson, chairman
2025Deserting the Rock
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Historical sketch of the lighthouse on Mount Desert Rock as it becomes automated. Published in Down East Magazine, March 1978.
  • John M. March
  • March 1978
  • pages 42-57
  • magazine
Deserting the Rock
Item:
  • 2025   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • John M. March
Date:
  • March 1978
Place:
  • Mount Desert Rock
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0537
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 42-57
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Historical sketch of the lighthouse on Mount Desert Rock as it becomes automated. Published in Down East Magazine, March 1978.
1519Reminiscences of Life in Northeast Harbor
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
22-Nov-74
  • Jarvis Cromwell
  • 1974
  • 27
  • typescript
Reminiscences of Life in Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 1519   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Jarvis Cromwell
Date:
  • 1974
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0028 JC
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 27
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
22-Nov-74
2013Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
Short biography of Rachel Field's life on Sutton Island and nearby Cranberry Islands and how her environment influenced her writing. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1971.
  • Herbert Edwards
  • 1971
  • pages 70-123
  • magazine
Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles
Item:
  • 2013   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Herbert Edwards
Date:
  • 1971
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0525
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 70-123
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Short biography of Rachel Field's life on Sutton Island and nearby Cranberry Islands and how her environment influenced her writing. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1971.