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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1712The Revival of a Classic
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Luder-16 racing on MDI makes a comeback after 30 years. Owners include Alec Goriansky, Jane Zirnkilton, and Alan McIlhenny. The boats were built in the 1930's by Luders Marine Construction Co. in CT.
  • Sturgis Haskins, Lawrence Demilner
  • 2008
  • pages 64-68
  • photocopy
Description:
Luder-16 racing on MDI makes a comeback after 30 years. Owners include Alec Goriansky, Jane Zirnkilton, and Alan McIlhenny. The boats were built in the 1930's by Luders Marine Construction Co. in CT.
1771Will of Samuel Hadlock of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Legal, Will
  • People
Description of wills in general and the will of Samuel Hadlock in specific. Includes a copy of the hand written will.
  • Ralph Hamilton Long
  • Aug-90
  • pages 63-66
  • magazine
Description:
Description of wills in general and the will of Samuel Hadlock in specific. Includes a copy of the hand written will.
2007A Boat Named Freedom
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Richard Dudman writes of his sailing adventures with his first Friendship sloop built by Ralph Stanley.
  • Richard Dudman
  • 2007
  • pages 38-42
  • photocopy
Description:
Richard Dudman writes of his sailing adventures with his first Friendship sloop built by Ralph Stanley.
1732Program of the Garden Club of Mt. Desert
  • Document, Program
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Places, Garden
Description of the annual summer garden tour in Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor and Bar Harbor with many of the gardens the work of Beatrix Farrand.
  • 1934
  • pages 34-47
  • photocopy
Description:
Description of the annual summer garden tour in Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor and Bar Harbor with many of the gardens the work of Beatrix Farrand.
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
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.
1606Charles W. Eliot
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
Article about Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard and one of Acadia Park's founders, and his son Charles Eliot, landscapist. Brief biography of Eliot and development of the park. Photograph of summer home "Ancestral" which was torn down in August 2007.
  • Lisa Horsch
  • Fall 2007
  • pages 14-15
Description:
Article about Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard and one of Acadia Park's founders, and his son Charles Eliot, landscapist. Brief biography of Eliot and development of the park. Photograph of summer home "Ancestral" which was torn down in August 2007.
1881Obituary of Maurice Schumann
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • People
Maurice Schumann, a French aide to General de Gaulle in London during World War II who made broadcasts to France & became Foreign Minister, son married Steph Heckscher and they spent summers at High Loft Press in Seal Harbor.
  • Eric Pace
  • 2/11/1998
  • newspaper clipping
Description:
Maurice Schumann, a French aide to General de Gaulle in London during World War II who made broadcasts to France & became Foreign Minister, son married Steph Heckscher and they spent summers at High Loft Press in Seal Harbor.
1699Pastime Theater Programs
  • Document, Program
  • Businesses, Theater Business
Weekly program cards from the Pastime Theater in Northeast Harbor which was located on Main Street from 1913 to 1966. Photocopy of Pastime Theater chapter from Down Memory Lane. 1919--Week of June 21 1919--Week of June 28 1919--Week of July 12 1920--Week of June 13 1920--Week of July 11 1920--Week of July 4 (3 copies) 1920--Week of August 8
  • 9 cards
Description:
Weekly program cards from the Pastime Theater in Northeast Harbor which was located on Main Street from 1913 to 1966. Photocopy of Pastime Theater chapter from Down Memory Lane. 1919--Week of June 21 1919--Week of June 28 1919--Week of July 12 1920--Week of June 13 1920--Week of July 11 1920--Week of July 4 (3 copies) 1920--Week of August 8
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
Description:
Brochure published by the Trails Committees of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce and the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society.
2125Northeast Harbor Population Designations
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
  • Places, Town
Humorous social account of the residents of Northeast Harbor, e. g. definitions of "native", permanent resident, summer resident, transients etc.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 1978, 2001
  • 9
Description:
Humorous social account of the residents of Northeast Harbor, e. g. definitions of "native", permanent resident, summer resident, transients etc.
1511Steamship Cimbria at Southwest Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Collection of dispatches in regard to Russian Transport Cimbria which arrived at Southwest Harbor in 1878.
  • 1878
  • 9
  • typescript
Description:
Collection of dispatches in regard to Russian Transport Cimbria which arrived at Southwest Harbor in 1878.
1617The Heart of Acadia
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
  • Places, Carriage Road
  • Places, Park
John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s move to Seal Harbor, his intentions in the development of the his carriage roads, and his role in the creation of Acadia National Park working with George Dorr.
  • Andrew Vietze
  • 2010
  • 9
  • photocopy
Description:
John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s move to Seal Harbor, his intentions in the development of the his carriage roads, and his role in the creation of Acadia National Park working with George Dorr.
1632Letter from Charles W. Eliot to John M. Good
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
Acadia National Park
  • 8/4/1969
  • 9
  • photocopy
Description:
Acadia National Park
1660Robert W. Patterson List of Clients and Projects
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
  • People
Letter to Mr. Pyle from Lee Patterson, containing Robert W. Patterson's Landscape architect designs. Lists of clients and projects from surviving account books.
  • Lee Patterson
  • 1985
  • 9
  • photocopy
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.
1737Sermon on "The Mount": Edith Wharton's Influence on Farrand
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
Social and literary influence of Edith Wharton on her niece Beatrix Jones Farrand. Farrand's work on Wharton's Mass. home "The Mount."
  • Diane Kostial McGuire
  • 1991
  • 9
  • photocopy
Description:
Social and literary influence of Edith Wharton on her niece Beatrix Jones Farrand. Farrand's work on Wharton's Mass. home "The Mount."
1860Transcription of Letters from Stephen Manchester to Comfort Manchester Stanley
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Letters written 1878-1884 to author's sister in Northeast Harbor. Transcribed by Robert E. Suminsby.
  • October 1995 (1884)
  • 9
  • typescript
Description:
Letters written 1878-1884 to author's sister in Northeast Harbor. Transcribed by Robert E. Suminsby.
7202Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic
A brief record of their origins and activities. Typed by Samuel A. Eliot from a manuscript belonging to Chad Kilpatrick given to Bob Pyle by Eleanor H. Kinney in 1988.
  • 1936
  • 9
  • typescript
Description:
A brief record of their origins and activities. Typed by Samuel A. Eliot from a manuscript belonging to Chad Kilpatrick given to Bob Pyle by Eleanor H. Kinney in 1988.
7228History of the Northeast Harbor Water Company 1883 to 1945
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Other, History
Bound typescript on the history of the Northeast Harbor Water Company, written by Maurice H. Burr, Superintendent. Includes a 1988 handwritten introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
  • Maurice H. Burr
  • 1945
  • 9
  • typescript
Description:
Bound typescript on the history of the Northeast Harbor Water Company, written by Maurice H. Burr, Superintendent. Includes a 1988 handwritten introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
186211-Sep-01
  • Document, Report
  • Events
A detailed account of the horror of September 11, 2001 as observed by Mrs. Dillon and her household on television. She lived at 960 Fifth Ave. in New York City. Robert Pyle's letter in response included.
  • Susan Sage Dillon
  • 9
  • typescript
Description:
A detailed account of the horror of September 11, 2001 as observed by Mrs. Dillon and her household on television. She lived at 960 Fifth Ave. in New York City. Robert Pyle's letter in response included.
2000Savage Family Civil War Letters
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Copy of a manuscripted collection of letters exchanged by members of the Savage family between 1864 and l865. There are a few photographs of Savage descendants.
  • 1854-1865
  • 88
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy of a manuscripted collection of letters exchanged by members of the Savage family between 1864 and l865. There are a few photographs of Savage descendants.
1545Manuscript for book "Richard Estes"
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
Edited manuscript for John Wilmerding's forthcoming book on the artist, Richard Estes of NY and Northeast Harbor. Mr. Wilmerding is a summer resident of Northeast Harbor and professor of American Art at Princeton University.
  • John Wilmerding
  • 2006
  • 88
Description:
Edited manuscript for John Wilmerding's forthcoming book on the artist, Richard Estes of NY and Northeast Harbor. Mr. Wilmerding is a summer resident of Northeast Harbor and professor of American Art at Princeton University.
1522Birds of Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Notes of birds seen by Samuel A. Eliot Jr. in the "last fortnight of June 1931."
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • June 1931
  • 8 pages typescript, 8 pages photograph copy
  • typescript, photograph copy
Description:
Notes of birds seen by Samuel A. Eliot Jr. in the "last fortnight of June 1931."
1801Louisa Livingston Kennedy
  • Document, Program
  • Events, Memorial Service
  • People
Program of the Memorial Service for Louisa L. Kennedy at St. Mary's Church, Northeast Harbor, August 25, 2007. Includes Photographs. Also, a copy of the New York Times obituary of August 29, 2007.
  • Aug-07
  • 8 + 3
Description:
Program of the Memorial Service for Louisa L. Kennedy at St. Mary's Church, Northeast Harbor, August 25, 2007. Includes Photographs. Also, a copy of the New York Times obituary of August 29, 2007.
1930Excerpts From The Log of The Hobo
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, Military, World War I
110 foot U.S. Navy submarine chaser No. 265, World War 1917-18. During World War 1, Northeast Harbor Summer resident John Melcher's yacht HOBO, used by the navy & manned by Cranberry Isles crew.
  • Hugh L. Dwelley
  • 8
  • photocopy
Description:
110 foot U.S. Navy submarine chaser No. 265, World War 1917-18. During World War 1, Northeast Harbor Summer resident John Melcher's yacht HOBO, used by the navy & manned by Cranberry Isles crew.
2035Short Stories
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, Literature
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.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 1970's-1980's
  • 8
  • typescript
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.