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2171Bangor Daily News, Bangor's Sesquicentennial
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Civic
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. It is divided in 8 sections: 1834-1841 Out of the woods 1842-1872 Boom town 1873-1895 Turning the tide 1896-1911 A new century 1912-1931 Out of the ashes 1932-1945 The lean years 1946-1968 Prosperous peace 1969-1984 Building on past
  • Cheryl Olson & Joan H. Smith (editors)
  • 6/28/1984
Description:
This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. It is divided in 8 sections: 1834-1841 Out of the woods 1842-1872 Boom town 1873-1895 Turning the tide 1896-1911 A new century 1912-1931 Out of the ashes 1932-1945 The lean years 1946-1968 Prosperous peace 1969-1984 Building on past
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.
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
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.
7260Marguerite Yourcenar: After 300 years, a woman writer (from Maine, "Mon Dieu"), joins "The Immortals" of France
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Article about writer Marguerite Yourcenar's acceptance as first woman into the Académie Française. Published in People Magazine, May 5, 1980.
  • Magda Palacci Bleier
  • 1980
  • pages 44-45
  • magazine
Description:
Article about writer Marguerite Yourcenar's acceptance as first woman into the Académie Française. Published in People Magazine, May 5, 1980.
7258Bowdoin remembers: Marguerite Yourcenar 1903-1987
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Short article remembering French Academy writer Marguerite Yourcenar. "For 40 years, one of the most respected French writers of the century lived in a small resort town in Maine - and from time to time visited Bowdoin." Published in Bowdoin magazine, Spring 1988. Vol. 61, No. 3 - An issue devoted to writers.
  • 1988
  • pages 16-17
  • magazine
Description:
Short article remembering French Academy writer Marguerite Yourcenar. "For 40 years, one of the most respected French writers of the century lived in a small resort town in Maine - and from time to time visited Bowdoin." Published in Bowdoin magazine, Spring 1988. Vol. 61, No. 3 - An issue devoted to writers.
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.
7257Memorial Service for Mme. Marguerite Yourcenar
  • Document, Program
  • Events, Memorial Service
  • People
Program of memorial service for Mme. Marguerite Yourcenar conducted at the Union Church, in Northeast Harbor, on January 16, 1988. Copy of Mme. Marguerite Yourcenar's eulogy given by Mr. Walter Kaiser (presented to the Northeast Harbor Library by Mr. Thomas S. Hall).
  • 1988
  • 1 program, 1 eulogy
  • good
Description:
Program of memorial service for Mme. Marguerite Yourcenar conducted at the Union Church, in Northeast Harbor, on January 16, 1988. Copy of Mme. Marguerite Yourcenar's eulogy given by Mr. Walter Kaiser (presented to the Northeast Harbor Library by Mr. Thomas S. Hall).
7240Memorial Service for Mr. David Scull
  • Document, Program
  • Events, Memorial Service
  • People
Program of memorial service for Mr. David Scull conducted by The Reverend Paul E. Gilbert at Saint Mary's by-the-Sea, in Northeast Harbor, on August 6, 1989. Music Director and Organist: Mr. George Emlen.
  • 1989
  • 1 program
  • good
Description:
Program of memorial service for Mr. David Scull conducted by The Reverend Paul E. Gilbert at Saint Mary's by-the-Sea, in Northeast Harbor, on August 6, 1989. Music Director and Organist: Mr. George Emlen.
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.
1584A Study of the Folklore of Mount Desert Island and the Surrounding Islands
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • Places, Island
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.
  • Maureen McFarland
  • 1981
  • 34
  • typescript
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.
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.
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.
7214Bass Harbor Head Light
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Article about Bass Harbor Lighthouse published in "The Islander Magazine", July 1982 Item also contains a chronology of Bass Harbor Head Light (photocopy).
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1982
  • 3
Description:
Article about Bass Harbor Lighthouse published in "The Islander Magazine", July 1982 Item also contains a chronology of Bass Harbor Head Light (photocopy).
7215Shore Village Museum, Rockland, Maine
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
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
  • Ken Black, Bill Caldwell, Ivy W. Dodd
  • 1981-83
  • 5
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]
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.
7213Lighthouses Guides
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
3 Lighthouses Guides: - "Lighthouses", Official Gannett Maine Guide, 1982 - "Lighthouses", Maine Geographic, 1983 - "The Portland Breakwater Lighthouse", Sites 10, 1983 Scans: covers, first pages only.
  • 1982-83
  • 3 booklets
Description:
3 Lighthouses Guides: - "Lighthouses", Official Gannett Maine Guide, 1982 - "Lighthouses", Maine Geographic, 1983 - "The Portland Breakwater Lighthouse", Sites 10, 1983 Scans: covers, first pages only.
7211Lighthouse Conference - October 1985
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Article published in "Maine Preservation News", Volume XI, No. 4, Winter 1986.
  • Christopher Glass
  • 1985
  • 8
Description:
Article published in "Maine Preservation News", Volume XI, No. 4, Winter 1986.
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
1910Comparison of 1900 Northeast Harbor with 1982 Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Includes a few original photographs and some photocopies.
  • David Renault
  • 1982
  • typescript
Description:
Includes a few original photographs and some photocopies.
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.
1735A Dream Transplanted
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Places, Garden
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
  • Patrick Chasse
  • 1988
  • pages 26-31, 74-75
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
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
2169Development, Shaping the future of our communities
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
A compilation of articles on the development of the Mt. Desert Island area which appeared in 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 Mt. Desert Island area which appeared in Bar Harbor Times between July 23 and August 27, 1987.(2 copies)
1744The Redoubtable Lady of Reef Point
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
Biography of Beatrix Farrand with focus on the development Reef Point gardens, her summer home in Bar Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine in July 1985.
  • Anne Raver
  • 1985
  • pages 83-92
  • photocopy
Description:
Biography of Beatrix Farrand with focus on the development Reef Point gardens, her summer home in Bar Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine in July 1985.