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2037Company "B" 20th Regiment Maine Volunteers
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Brochure of Company B, 20th Regiment of Maine volunteers in the Civil with short history and listing of battle engagements.
  • 1989
  • 1
Description:
Brochure of Company B, 20th Regiment of Maine volunteers in the Civil with short history and listing of battle engagements.
1651Letter from Charles W. Eliot to John Kauffmann
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Organizations
  • Places, Park
Copy of check with letter regarding donation to Friends of Acadia
  • 7/27/1987
  • 1
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy of check with letter regarding donation to Friends of Acadia
1652Acadia Meeting with Charles Hauffman and Mantenelle
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Park
  • 5/18/1987
  • 1
  • photocopy
1742Letter to Editor re Max and Beatrix Farrand
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Brief letter about the Reef Point Garden of Beatrix and Max Farrand.
  • Robert W. Patterson
  • 1985
  • 1
  • photocopy
Description:
Brief letter about the Reef Point Garden of Beatrix and Max Farrand.
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
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.
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
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).
1611Favorite Holiday Recipes
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Other, Other Texts
Holiday recipes compiled by members of the Northeast Harbor Woman's Club.
  • 1984
  • 10
  • typescript
Description:
Holiday recipes compiled by members of the Northeast Harbor Woman's Club.
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
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.
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
Description:
Historical Checklist of landscape architects in Maine.
1968Mt. Desert Island Growth as a Summer Colony
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
Notes from an oral presentation given by Mr. Pyle. Introduction by Jeanne C. Ott and Pauline Sala
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 5/6/1980
  • 14
  • typescript
Description:
Notes from an oral presentation given by Mr. Pyle. Introduction by Jeanne C. Ott and Pauline Sala
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
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
1567Beatrix Farrand
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
Article about Beatrix Farrand, landscaper. Has an accompanying Photograph copy of a letter to the editor from the March 8, 1985 Bar Harbor Times about the article.
  • Anne Raver
  • 1985
  • 16
  • photograph copy
Description:
Article about Beatrix Farrand, landscaper. Has an accompanying Photograph copy of a letter to the editor from the March 8, 1985 Bar Harbor Times about the article.
1588Crafting the Model: Maine Lobster boat Building as a Design Tradition
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
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.
  • Richard Lunt
  • 1985
  • 17
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.
2142S. S. Rangeley
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Copies of a brochure loaned by Miriam Pyle about the steamboat S. S. Rangeley, launched in 1913 and first serving the towns on Mt. Desert Island. Brief summary of steam boats in general. Publ. by Rangeley Foundation - Peter Bell.
  • Granger Tripp
  • 1985
  • 18
  • photocopy
Description:
Copies of a brochure loaned by Miriam Pyle about the steamboat S. S. Rangeley, launched in 1913 and first serving the towns on Mt. Desert Island. Brief summary of steam boats in general. Publ. by Rangeley Foundation - Peter Bell.
1886Yanks Meet Reds
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
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.
  • Mark Scott, Semyon Krasilshchik
  • 1988
  • 19
  • photocopy
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.
1809Ruth Jordan
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
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.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 1988
  • 2
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.
1813Interview with Robert Lindsay Smallidge
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
  • Places, Island
Copied, transcribed notes of unknown author of an interview with Lindsey Smallidge of Northeast Harbor. He spoke of jobs as a young child and influence of summer residents on the community families.
  • 1981
  • 2
Description:
Copied, transcribed notes of unknown author of an interview with Lindsey Smallidge of Northeast Harbor. He spoke of jobs as a young child and influence of summer residents on the community families.
7218Why are some Lighthouses ...
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Article detailing the nature of lighthouses, their structure and appearance.
  • 1983
  • 2
Description:
Article detailing the nature of lighthouses, their structure and appearance.
7224Neighborhood House Letter of Appeal
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
Letter of appeal for fundraising sent by Frederick F. Brown, president of the Neighborhood House, in order to raise $25,000 to meet a challenge gift of $100,000 to renovate the building. Included is a brochure.
  • Frederick F. Brown
  • 1986
  • 2
  • 1 letter, 1 brochure
Description:
Letter of appeal for fundraising sent by Frederick F. Brown, president of the Neighborhood House, in order to raise $25,000 to meet a challenge gift of $100,000 to renovate the building. Included is a brochure.
1540Bibliography of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • Places, Island
Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs.
  • Donald W. Norton
  • 1985
  • 2 copies
  • typescript
Description:
Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs.
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.