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| 1904 | Re-enacting |
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| 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. |
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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. | |||
| 1731 | The Impeccable Gardener |
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| Biography of Beatrix Farrand including her landscape philosophy and b/w Photographs of many of her works. |
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Description: Biography of Beatrix Farrand including her landscape philosophy and b/w Photographs of many of her works. | |||
| 7215 | Shore Village Museum, Rockland, Maine |
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| Several publications regarding the Shore Village Museum in Rockland, Maine: - "Lighthouse Keeper's Lament", by Ken Black, May 7, 1981 - "The Pilot Psalm", by Ken Black - "Rockland Museum displays Petit Manan Light lens", by Ken Black, March 6, 1983 - "Maine's Lighthouse Museum", by Bill Caldwell, Portland Press Herald, April 3, 1983 - "Lighthouse postcard collection 'mushrooming', says museum here", by Ivy W. Dodd, The Courier Gazette, September 3, 1983 |
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Description: Several publications regarding the Shore Village Museum in Rockland, Maine: - "Lighthouse Keeper's Lament", by Ken Black, May 7, 1981 - "The Pilot Psalm", by Ken Black - "Rockland Museum displays Petit Manan Light lens", by Ken Black, March 6, 1983 - "Maine's Lighthouse Museum", by Bill Caldwell, Portland Press Herald, April 3, 1983 - "Lighthouse postcard collection 'mushrooming', says museum here", by Ivy W. Dodd, The Courier Gazette, September 3, 1983 [show more] | ||||
| 7214 | Bass Harbor Head Light |
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| Article about Bass Harbor Lighthouse published in "The Islander Magazine", July 1982 Item also contains a chronology of Bass Harbor Head Light (photocopy). |
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Description: Article about Bass Harbor Lighthouse published in "The Islander Magazine", July 1982 Item also contains a chronology of Bass Harbor Head Light (photocopy). | ||||
| 1660 | Robert W. Patterson List of Clients and Projects |
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| Letter to Mr. Pyle from Lee Patterson, containing Robert W. Patterson's Landscape architect designs. Lists of clients and projects from surviving account books. |
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Description: Letter to Mr. Pyle from Lee Patterson, containing Robert W. Patterson's Landscape architect designs. Lists of clients and projects from surviving account books. | |||
| 1864 | Four Special Summer Places: 1 Northeast Harbor, Maine's snuggest harbor |
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| Article about many Northeast Harbor summer and year-round families (Mellon, Milliken, Peabody, Strawbridge), organizations (Cranberry Club) and places in town. Published in Town & Country, July 1985. |
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Description: Article about many Northeast Harbor summer and year-round families (Mellon, Milliken, Peabody, Strawbridge), organizations (Cranberry Club) and places in town. Published in Town & Country, July 1985. | |||
| 2028 | Reaping the Sea Breezes Off the Coast of Maine |
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| Northeast Harbor Fleet host International One Design (IOD) races. Colored photographs by Brundage and Litchfield. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1983. |
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Description: Northeast Harbor Fleet host International One Design (IOD) races. Colored photographs by Brundage and Litchfield. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1983. | |||
| 7260 | Marguerite Yourcenar: After 300 years, a woman writer (from Maine, "Mon Dieu"), joins "The Immortals" of France |
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| Article about writer Marguerite Yourcenar's acceptance as first woman into the Académie Française. Published in People Magazine, May 5, 1980. |
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Description: Article about writer Marguerite Yourcenar's acceptance as first woman into the Académie Française. Published in People Magazine, May 5, 1980. | |||
| 2086 | Prominent Personalities in Maine Women's Clubs |
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| References to WLC members Lucy Smith (8), Elizabeth Manchester Johnson (92), Edith Favour (93), Virginia Somes Sanderson (93), and Katherine Savage (94) Scan: Cover, first pages only |
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Description: References to WLC members Lucy Smith (8), Elizabeth Manchester Johnson (92), Edith Favour (93), Virginia Somes Sanderson (93), and Katherine Savage (94) Scan: Cover, first pages only | |||
| 2050 | Drawings of some Northeast Harbor residences |
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| Copies of Photographs and drawings of several Northeast Harbor homes collected by Mark Cole for the Maine Historic Preservation Commission Historic Properties Survey conducted by T. Mark Cole in 1985. |
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Description: Copies of Photographs and drawings of several Northeast Harbor homes collected by Mark Cole for the Maine Historic Preservation Commission Historic Properties Survey conducted by T. Mark Cole in 1985. | |||||
| 1886 | Yanks Meet Reds |
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| Recollections of U.S. and Soviet Vets from the Linkup in World War II at the Mulde and Elbe Rivers on April 25, 1945. Given to library by Igor Belousovitch of Islesford who witnessed the meeting. Letter from Mr. Belousovitch to Bob Pyle with copies of accounts of the American Russian meeting at the Elbe River on April 25, l945. |
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Description: Recollections of U.S. and Soviet Vets from the Linkup in World War II at the Mulde and Elbe Rivers on April 25, 1945. Given to library by Igor Belousovitch of Islesford who witnessed the meeting. Letter from Mr. Belousovitch to Bob Pyle with copies of accounts of the American Russian meeting at the Elbe River on April 25, l945. | |||
| 1584 | A Study of the Folklore of Mount Desert Island and the Surrounding Islands |
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| January 20, 1981 A study of the folklore of Mt. Desert Island and surrounding islands by Ms. McFarland done as a high school term paper. |
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Description: January 20, 1981 A study of the folklore of Mt. Desert Island and surrounding islands by Ms. McFarland done as a high school term paper. | |||
| 1968 | Mt. Desert Island Growth as a Summer Colony |
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| Notes from an oral presentation given by Mr. Pyle. Introduction by Jeanne C. Ott and Pauline Sala |
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Description: Notes from an oral presentation given by Mr. Pyle. Introduction by Jeanne C. Ott and Pauline Sala | |||
| 2035 | Short Stories |
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| Bob Pyle's humorous stories about people & events in Northeast Harbor. "The Flagpole", "Report of Nymphs at Snowflake", "Margaret Kimball and the Fire truck", and "Julia Manchester and the Thermostat". Other material added. |
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Description: Bob Pyle's humorous stories about people & events in Northeast Harbor. "The Flagpole", "Report of Nymphs at Snowflake", "Margaret Kimball and the Fire truck", and "Julia Manchester and the Thermostat". Other material added. | |||
| 1809 | Ruth Jordan |
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| Short biographical sketch of Ruth Jordan (1900-1987) by Robert Pyle, Librarian. Miss Jordan was an active, committed member of the community for many years. With her passing, an MDIHS scholarship in her name has been established. |
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Description: Short biographical sketch of Ruth Jordan (1900-1987) by Robert Pyle, Librarian. Miss Jordan was an active, committed member of the community for many years. With her passing, an MDIHS scholarship in her name has been established. | ||||
| 2084 | Bicentennial Parade instructions |
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| Detail of the parade celebrating the Bicentennial of the Town of Mount Desert listing time, assembly area, map of parade route and the parade line-up. |
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Description: Detail of the parade celebrating the Bicentennial of the Town of Mount Desert listing time, assembly area, map of parade route and the parade line-up. | |||
| 2004 | Who Killed Captain Rumill? |
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| Edna Hysom of Pretty Marsh recalls the story of the disappearance of Capt. Edwin Rumill of Pretty Marsh from the schooner Rumill from the schooner "Harry A. Berwind" off the North Carolina coast in 1905. Published in Down East Magazine, September 1989. |
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Description: Edna Hysom of Pretty Marsh recalls the story of the disappearance of Capt. Edwin Rumill of Pretty Marsh from the schooner Rumill from the schooner "Harry A. Berwind" off the North Carolina coast in 1905. Published in Down East Magazine, September 1989. | |||
| 1978 | Keeping Up A Great American Tradition |
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| Biographical sketch of Susan Mary Alsop and detail of interior design of her Georgetown home developed by Mrs. John Pierrepont. |
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Description: Biographical sketch of Susan Mary Alsop and detail of interior design of her Georgetown home developed by Mrs. John Pierrepont. | |||
| 2229 | Gardens by the Sea |
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| Article with photographs of several formal gardens, public and private, on Mount Desert Island. Beatrix Jones Farrand, renowned landscape architect, designed as many as 40 gardens on the island. Published in Connoisseur, August 1984. |
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Description: Article with photographs of several formal gardens, public and private, on Mount Desert Island. Beatrix Jones Farrand, renowned landscape architect, designed as many as 40 gardens on the island. Published in Connoisseur, August 1984. | |||
| 1735 | A Dream Transplanted |
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| Detailed account of the move of the Reef Point Garden of Beatrix Farrand to the Thuya Garden in Northeast Harbor, supervised by Charles Savage. Published in "Garden Design", Spring 1988 |
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Description: Detailed account of the move of the Reef Point Garden of Beatrix Farrand to the Thuya Garden in Northeast Harbor, supervised by Charles Savage. Published in "Garden Design", Spring 1988 | ||||
| 1573 | God's Tugboat |
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| Article about the origins and purpose of the Maine Seacoast Mission's boat, Sunbeam, which visits outlying islands providing spiritual services. |
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Description: Article about the origins and purpose of the Maine Seacoast Mission's boat, Sunbeam, which visits outlying islands providing spiritual services. | |||||
| 1588 | Crafting the Model: Maine Lobster boat Building as a Design Tradition |
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| Copy of R. Lunt article appearing in book "By Land and By Sea; Studies in the Folk-lore of Work and Leisure. ( R. D Abrahams, ed.) Dedicated to Horace Beck on his 65th birthday. |
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Description: Copy of R. Lunt article appearing in book "By Land and By Sea; Studies in the Folk-lore of Work and Leisure. ( R. D Abrahams, ed.) Dedicated to Horace Beck on his 65th birthday. | ||||
| 2231 | The Bar Harbor Times |
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| This is a weekly newspaper produced since 1914. It is MDI's hometown newspaper. Each issue contains local town news. This copy has great interview with Sen. Mitchell. |
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Description: This is a weekly newspaper produced since 1914. It is MDI's hometown newspaper. Each issue contains local town news. This copy has great interview with Sen. Mitchell. | ||||
| 1938 | Bicentennial Speech by Robert Suminsby, August 5, 1989 |
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| A blue pamphlet containing a bicentennial speech written and delivered by Robert Suminsby. It contains some history of the town and a great deal of "colorful" notes of folks. |
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Description: A blue pamphlet containing a bicentennial speech written and delivered by Robert Suminsby. It contains some history of the town and a great deal of "colorful" notes of folks. | |||
| 1742 | Letter to Editor re Max and Beatrix Farrand |
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| Brief letter about the Reef Point Garden of Beatrix and Max Farrand. |
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Description: Brief letter about the Reef Point Garden of Beatrix and Max Farrand. |
