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1833Patriarchal Picnics
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
Frances Eliot reminisces in this essay of summer days in Northeast Harbor with Charles Eliot, President of Harvard Univ. (her father-in-law). She was the wife of Rev. Samuel Eliot.
  • Frances Hopkinson Eliot
  • 1940-1950
  • pages 55-56
  • magazine
Patriarchal Picnics
Item:
  • 1833   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Frances Hopkinson Eliot
Date:
  • 1940-1950
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0346
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Pages:
  • pages 55-56
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Frances Eliot reminisces in this essay of summer days in Northeast Harbor with Charles Eliot, President of Harvard Univ. (her father-in-law). She was the wife of Rev. Samuel Eliot.
1739Library Gift to California
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
Description of Beatrix Farrand's gift to the University of California at Berkeley of the vast collection of books on landscape design.
  • H. L. Vaughn
  • 1956
  • pages 298-300
  • photocopy
Library Gift to California
Item:
  • 1739   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • H. L. Vaughn
Date:
  • 1956
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0252
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 298-300
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Description of Beatrix Farrand's gift to the University of California at Berkeley of the vast collection of books on landscape design.
1734An Attempted Evocation of a Personality
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Memorial article to Beatrix Farrand as one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Includes comments of Reef Point and Dumbarton Oaks.
  • Mildred B. Bliss
  • 1959
  • pages 218-224
  • photocopy
An Attempted Evocation of a Personality
Item:
  • 1734   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Mildred B. Bliss
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0247
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 218-224
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Memorial article to Beatrix Farrand as one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Includes comments of Reef Point and Dumbarton Oaks.
1738Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959); An appreciation of a landscape
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
Brief biography of Beatrix Farrand upon her death in 1959. She was the last of the charter members of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
  • Robert W. Patterson
  • 1959
  • pages 216-224
  • photocopy
Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959); An appreciation of a landscape
Item:
  • 1738   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Robert W. Patterson
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0251
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 216-224
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Brief biography of Beatrix Farrand upon her death in 1959. She was the last of the charter members of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
1736Heather Time at Reef Point
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Places, Garden
Brief descriptive tour of the Reef Point Gardens of Beatrix Farrand in Bar Harbor.
  • Daniel Foley
  • 1953
  • page 323
  • photocopy
Heather Time at Reef Point
Item:
  • 1736   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Daniel Foley
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0249
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • page 323
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Brief descriptive tour of the Reef Point Gardens of Beatrix Farrand in Bar Harbor.
7090Paths and Trails of Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor and Vicinity
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Town
Brochure published by the Trails Committees of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce and the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society.
  • 1954
  • 9
  • good
Paths and Trails of Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor and Vicinity
Item:
  • 7090   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1954
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0796
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 9
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Brochure published by the Trails Committees of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce and the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society.
7191Asticou Celebratory Menu 1604-1954
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Gala
  • Other, History
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Asticou Celebratory Menu, in French and English, in honor of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Island of Mount Desert by Samuel De Champlain, September 5, 1604. September 5, 1954
  • 1954
  • 8
  • 1 menu
  • good
Asticou Celebratory Menu 1604-1954
Item:
  • 7191   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
  • Other, History
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Date:
  • 1954
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0808
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • 1 menu
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Asticou Celebratory Menu, in French and English, in honor of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Island of Mount Desert by Samuel De Champlain, September 5, 1604. September 5, 1954
1485Story of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Places, Town
This collection contains Morison's handwritten speech and his edited typed copy of the talk on Mount Desert Island history he gave in 1959 to benefit island libraries. The speech and notes became his book by the same name. Presented by S. E. Morison, 1973.
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1959
  • 79
  • manuscript
Story of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1485   
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0002 SEM
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 79
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
This collection contains Morison's handwritten speech and his edited typed copy of the talk on Mount Desert Island history he gave in 1959 to benefit island libraries. The speech and notes became his book by the same name. Presented by S. E. Morison, 1973.
1568Monument to a Conservationist
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Park
Article about George B. Dorr and Acadia National Park.
  • J. R. Crane
  • 1957
  • 7
  • magazine article
Monument to a Conservationist
Item:
  • 1568   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • J. R. Crane
Date:
  • 1957
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0079
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • magazine article
Description:
Article about George B. Dorr and Acadia National Park.
1525History of Frenchboro, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
History of Frenchboro, Maine.
  • Vivian D. Lunt
  • 1956
  • 65
  • typescript
History of Frenchboro, Maine
Item:
  • 1525   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Vivian D. Lunt
Date:
  • 1956
Place:
  • Frenchboro
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0034 VDL
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 65
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
History of Frenchboro, Maine.
1700Movie schedule of Pastime Theater
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Theater Business
Weekly movie schedule of the Pastime Theater in Northeast Harbor.
  • 1950's ?
  • 4
  • newspaper
Movie schedule of Pastime Theater
Item:
  • 1700   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Businesses, Theater Business
Date:
  • 1950's ?
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0212
Location:
  • General Collection Box 6
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Weekly movie schedule of the Pastime Theater in Northeast Harbor.
2187150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Commemorative issue of the Bar Harbor Times with many articles of Seal Harbor's historic places, early settlers and summer residents.
  • 8/20/1959
  • 4
  • newspaper
150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
Item:
  • 2187   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 8/20/1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0701
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Commemorative issue of the Bar Harbor Times with many articles of Seal Harbor's historic places, early settlers and summer residents.
2129Chants noirs
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Music
French translation of negro spirituals published in the French journal "Mercure de France", June 1952.
  • Marguerite Yourcenar
  • 1952
  • 377
  • 1 book
Chants noirs
Item:
  • 2129   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Music
Creator:
  • Marguerite Yourcenar
Date:
  • 1952
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0642 a
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 377
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
French translation of negro spirituals published in the French journal "Mercure de France", June 1952.
2085The Life of Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • Document, Memorabilia
  • People
Biography of Belle S. Knowles by her granddaughter Kathryn as part of her Gould Academy senior thesis.
  • Kathryn F. Knowles
  • 1952
  • 34
  • bound typescript (photocopy)
The Life of Belle Smallidge Knowles
Item:
  • 2085   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Kathryn F. Knowles
Date:
  • 1952
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0599
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 34
Medium:
  • bound typescript (photocopy)
Description:
Biography of Belle S. Knowles by her granddaughter Kathryn as part of her Gould Academy senior thesis.
1523Notes Added in 1951, on 20 Years' Change
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Notes added to the Birds of Northeast Harbor from 1931.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1951
  • 3 pages manuscript, 3 pages photograph copy
  • typescript, photograph copy
Notes Added in 1951, on 20 Years' Change
Item:
  • 1523   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Creator:
  • Samuel A. Eliot
Date:
  • 1951
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0032 SAE
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 3 pages manuscript, 3 pages photograph copy
Medium:
  • typescript, photograph copy
Description:
Notes added to the Birds of Northeast Harbor from 1931.
1791Pre-World War I Idea Becomes a Business
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
Article about Luther Phillips of Bangor and the development of his aerial view post card and map business in 1947. Photograph. Also, a Photograph, unknown source, of Phillips with the U.S. Navy in Constantinople in 1919.
  • 1951
  • 3
  • photocopy
Pre-World War I Idea Becomes a Business
Item:
  • 1791   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1951
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0302
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Article about Luther Phillips of Bangor and the development of his aerial view post card and map business in 1947. Photograph. Also, a Photograph, unknown source, of Phillips with the U.S. Navy in Constantinople in 1919.
2088Fact Manual for Industry
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
Report on advantages on Mount Desert Island for economic and industrial development. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
  • Mount Desert Development Corporation
  • 1956
  • 23
  • 1 book
Fact Manual for Industry
Item:
  • 2088   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Development Corporation
Date:
  • 1956
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0602
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 23
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Report on advantages on Mount Desert Island for economic and industrial development. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
1524Birds - Mount Desert
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
June 10-24, 1959 Notes added to the Birds of Mount Desert.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1959
  • 2 pages manuscript, 2 pages photograph copy
  • typescript, photograph copy
Birds - Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1524   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Creator:
  • Samuel A. Eliot
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0033 SAE
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 2 pages manuscript, 2 pages photograph copy
Medium:
  • typescript, photograph copy
Description:
June 10-24, 1959 Notes added to the Birds of Mount Desert.
1947The National Red Cross Building Deed
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Institutional, Health Facility
The deed transferring the Red Cross Building in Northeast Harbor to Mount Desert Public Health Nursing Association.
  • Fred A. Winfrey
  • 4/14/1950
  • 2
  • photocopy
The National Red Cross Building Deed
Item:
  • 1947   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Institutional, Health Facility
Creator:
  • Fred A. Winfrey
Date:
  • 4/14/1950
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0460
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
The deed transferring the Red Cross Building in Northeast Harbor to Mount Desert Public Health Nursing Association.
2090Letter to Kathryn Knowles from Belle S. Knowles
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Letter from Belle S. Knowles to her granddaughter about Daniel Coit Gilman.
  • 1951
  • 2
  • photocopy
Letter to Kathryn Knowles from Belle S. Knowles
Item:
  • 2090   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1951
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0604
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Letter from Belle S. Knowles to her granddaughter about Daniel Coit Gilman.
2268Modern Deer Management Methods Needed in Maine
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Nature, Animals
  • Places, Island
  • Lawrie Holmes
  • 12/12/1952
  • 2
  • typescript
Modern Deer Management Methods Needed in Maine
Item:
  • 2268   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Lawrie Holmes
Date:
  • 12/12/1952
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0772
Location:
  • General Collection Box 24
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript
1781Parker Fennelly, Maine born Actor, Never Tells His Age
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
Articles about Northeast-Harbor-born actor, Parker Fennelly, as he celebrates his 40th anniversary in show business.
  • Earl Wilson
  • 1955
  • 2
  • photocopy
Parker Fennelly, Maine born Actor, Never Tells His Age
Item:
  • 1781   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Earl Wilson
Date:
  • 1955
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0293
Location:
  • General Collection Box 8
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Articles about Northeast-Harbor-born actor, Parker Fennelly, as he celebrates his 40th anniversary in show business.
1797Letter from Samuel Eliot Morison to Gertrude Fay
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
About material for the library collection. Signature of Samuel Morison.
  • 1959
  • 2
  • typescript
Letter from Samuel Eliot Morison to Gertrude Fay
Item:
  • 1797   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0308
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
About material for the library collection. Signature of Samuel Morison.
2189Parish of St. Mary's and St. Jude's is Observing its 75th Anniversary
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Organizations, Religious
Full page article published in the Bar Harbor Times, entitled " Sunday in the Parish", featuring clergy and parishioners to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the parish. Several b/w photographs.
  • 5/23/1957
  • 2
  • newspaper
Parish of St. Mary's and St. Jude's is Observing its 75th Anniversary
Item:
  • 2189   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Organizations, Religious
Date:
  • 5/23/1957
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0703
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Full page article published in the Bar Harbor Times, entitled " Sunday in the Parish", featuring clergy and parishioners to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the parish. Several b/w photographs.
1500Early History of Seal Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Typescript about the history of Seal Harbor, Maine.
  • Lyda B. Carter
  • 1959
  • 19
  • typescript
Early History of Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 1500   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Lyda B. Carter
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0015 LBC
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 19
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Typescript about the history of Seal Harbor, Maine.