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1914Somesville Historic District - Survey and Inventory
  • Document, Report
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Structures, Dwellings
A survey and inventory of Somesville completed for the National Register of Historic Places; provided by the Maine Historic Preservation Committee and conducted by the U.S. Park Service.
  • mid 1980's
  • 11
  • photocopy
Description:
A survey and inventory of Somesville completed for the National Register of Historic Places; provided by the Maine Historic Preservation Committee and conducted by the U.S. Park Service.
2254Notes from the Azalea Garden
  • Document, Report
  • Places, Garden
June, 1986 September, 1986 April, 1987 October, 1987 April, 1988 November, 1988 December, 1989
  • 1980's
  • typescript, photocopies
Description:
June, 1986 September, 1986 April, 1987 October, 1987 April, 1988 November, 1988 December, 1989
2255Report to the Trustees of the Island Foundation
  • Document, Report
  • Organizations
  • Places, Garden
Annual meeting of the foundation's Garden Committee
  • 1989
  • 10 pages (2 copies)
  • typescript
Description:
Annual meeting of the foundation's Garden Committee
2050Drawings of some Northeast Harbor residences
  • Image, Art, Drawing
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings
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.
  • Mark Cole
  • 1985
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.
2253Jordan Pond House Amendment Plantings
  • Map
  • Places, Garden
Done for the Island Foundation
  • 12/21/1988
  • 1 landscape plan
  • paper
Description:
Done for the Island Foundation
2086Prominent Personalities in Maine Women's Clubs
  • Publication, Book
  • People
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
  • Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
  • 1988
  • 149
  • 1 book
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
2130The Cole Family of businesses, Serving ME. & N.E. for 72 years
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
A booklet containing an address, dealing with the history of Coles Express & A. J. Cole & sons, was delivered at a "1989 Maine meeting of the Newcomen Society held in Bangor". Scan: Cover, first pages only.
  • Galen L. Cole
  • 7/14/1989
  • 28
  • 1 booklet
  • excellent
Description:
A booklet containing an address, dealing with the history of Coles Express & A. J. Cole & sons, was delivered at a "1989 Maine meeting of the Newcomen Society held in Bangor". Scan: Cover, first pages only.
2158MDI Tomorrow: a source book and a workbook on the preferred future of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Places, Island
Consists of a profile of MDI, a description of what the island may come to be, based on current trends, and a preferred future, based on conversations with a cross-section of MDI residents and their leaders.
  • 10/30/1989
  • 35
  • photocopy
Description:
Consists of a profile of MDI, a description of what the island may come to be, based on current trends, and a preferred future, based on conversations with a cross-section of MDI residents and their leaders.
2265Collected Program Notes of Mount Desert Festival of Chamber Music
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Performance
Printed by the Bar Harbor Times in July 1980. See item 1698 (GEN 0210).
  • Jean Dane
  • 1975-1982
  • 1 string bound booklet
  • good
Description:
Printed by the Bar Harbor Times in July 1980. See item 1698 (GEN 0210).
1698Collected Program Notes 1975 To Present
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Performance
A soft covered grey booklet describing the programs presented at the Neighborhood House - Main St. Northeast Harbor, ME from 1975 to 1983 by Mt. Desert Festival of Chamber Music.
  • Jean Dane
  • July 1980
  • 1 booklet
Description:
A soft covered grey booklet describing the programs presented at the Neighborhood House - Main St. Northeast Harbor, ME from 1975 to 1983 by Mt. Desert Festival of Chamber Music.
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
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.
2231The Bar Harbor Times
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
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.
  • Richard Saltonstall Jr.
  • 12/25/1980
  • newspaper
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.
1513Eastern Maine's Finest Team Sixty Years Ago
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Organizations, School Institution, Athletic Team
Thursday April 12, 1984 Gilman High School basketball team from 1924
  • 1984
  • 1 photocopy of newspaper article
Description:
Thursday April 12, 1984 Gilman High School basketball team from 1924
1571The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Farming
  • Organizations
Members of the planning team and other interested MOFGA members visit educational farms in the Northeast, including the Coolidge Center for the Advancement of Agriculture (Topsfield, Mass.), Maine Audubon’s Gilsland Farm, The Rodale Organic Gardening and Farming Research Center, The Ark (on Prince Edward Island), the New Alchemy Institute and more. They write about these places for the Feb. 1981 issue of The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener.
  • February 1981
  • 1 newspaper
Description:
Members of the planning team and other interested MOFGA members visit educational farms in the Northeast, including the Coolidge Center for the Advancement of Agriculture (Topsfield, Mass.), Maine Audubon’s Gilsland Farm, The Rodale Organic Gardening and Farming Research Center, The Ark (on Prince Edward Island), the New Alchemy Institute and more. They write about these places for the Feb. 1981 issue of The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener.
1741Two Women's Legacy - Jekyll and Farrand
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
Professional friendship of landscape architects Gertrude Jeckyll and Beatrix Farrand and their inspirational designs in gardens in the United States and England.
  • Anne Kozak
  • 1989
  • photocopy
Description:
Professional friendship of landscape architects Gertrude Jeckyll and Beatrix Farrand and their inspirational designs in gardens in the United States and England.
7186Mary Parkman Peabody
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
3 articles published in 1981 commemorating Mary Peabody: 1. "Mary Peabody, 89, fighter for rights", The Boston Globe, Saturday, February 7, 1981 2. "Mary Peabody, jailed at 72 for rights protests, is dead", The Hartford Courant 3. "Claremont's Lisa Berdecki recalls Mary Parkman Peabody", Eagle Times, April 20, 1981
  • 1981
  • 3 clippings
  • fair
Description:
3 articles published in 1981 commemorating Mary Peabody: 1. "Mary Peabody, 89, fighter for rights", The Boston Globe, Saturday, February 7, 1981 2. "Mary Peabody, jailed at 72 for rights protests, is dead", The Hartford Courant 3. "Claremont's Lisa Berdecki recalls Mary Parkman Peabody", Eagle Times, April 20, 1981
2239The Fire of '47; Remembering - 40 years later
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Supplement to the Bar Harbor Times about the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire, with numerous articles and photographs. Editor: Diana Abrell Coordinator and writer: LaRue Spiker Research by Kristi Hempel
  • Diana F. Abrell
  • 1987
  • 15
  • newspaper
  • fair
Description:
Supplement to the Bar Harbor Times about the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire, with numerous articles and photographs. Editor: Diana Abrell Coordinator and writer: LaRue Spiker Research by Kristi Hempel
2188Iranian Hostage Crisis 1980-1981
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • People
Series of articles about the Iranian hostages, including Moorhead Kennedy, and events surrounding their release in January 1981. Louisa Kennedy became spokeswoman for hostage families in attempts to gain release.
  • 1980-1981
  • newspaper
Description:
Series of articles about the Iranian hostages, including Moorhead Kennedy, and events surrounding their release in January 1981. Louisa Kennedy became spokeswoman for hostage families in attempts to gain release.
2169Development, Shaping the future of our communities
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
A compilation of articles on the development of the Mount Desert Island area which appeared in the Bar Harbor Times between July 23 and August 27, 1987 (2 copies).
  • David Outerbridge
  • 8/23/1987
  • newspaper
Description:
A compilation of articles on the development of the Mount Desert Island area which appeared in the Bar Harbor Times between July 23 and August 27, 1987 (2 copies).
1864Four Special Summer Places: 1 Northeast Harbor, Maine's snuggest harbor
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Organizations
  • People
  • Places, Town
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.
  • Lorna Livingston
  • 1985
  • pages 105-115
  • magazine
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.
1978Keeping Up A Great American Tradition
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
Biographical sketch of Susan Mary Alsop and detail of interior design of her Georgetown home developed by Mrs. John Pierrepont.
  • Nancy Richardson
  • 1980
  • pages 148-153, 187-188
  • magazine
Description:
Biographical sketch of Susan Mary Alsop and detail of interior design of her Georgetown home developed by Mrs. John Pierrepont.
2004Who Killed Captain Rumill?
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Events
  • People
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.
  • Nan Lincoln
  • 1989
  • pages 62-88
  • magazine
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.
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
Description:
Short article about French Academy writer Marguerite Yourcenar's quiet life in Northeast Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1982.
2015The Redoubtable Lady of Reef Point
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Short biography of Beatrix Farrand - her family background, her education, her focus on her Reef Point Gardens in Bar Harbor, and her landscape projects, including the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller garden in Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1985.
  • Anne Raver
  • 1985
  • pages 81-92
  • magazine
Description:
Short biography of Beatrix Farrand - her family background, her education, her focus on her Reef Point Gardens in Bar Harbor, and her landscape projects, including the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller garden in Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1985.
2016Mitchell Of Maine
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
Short biography of Senator George Mitchell, Maine native and summer resident of Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, November 1988.
  • James P. Brown
  • 1988
  • pages 50-92
  • magazine
Description:
Short biography of Senator George Mitchell, Maine native and summer resident of Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, November 1988.