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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1607The One Hundredth Anniversary
  • Document, Program
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Program from services commemorating the organization of the Congregational Society of Mount Desert
  • Congregational Society of Mount Desert
  • 7/21/1940
  • 1 pamphlet
The One Hundredth Anniversary
Item:
  • 1607   
Type:
  • Document, Program
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Creator:
  • Congregational Society of Mount Desert
Date:
  • 7/21/1940
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0119
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • 1 pamphlet
Description:
Program from services commemorating the organization of the Congregational Society of Mount Desert
1902Bar Harbor - Ellsworth Telephone Directory
  • Publication, Directory
  • Places, Town
July 1946 Directory for towns in Hancock County, ME. Scan: Cover only.
  • 1946
  • 72
  • 1 book
Bar Harbor - Ellsworth Telephone Directory
Item:
  • 1902   
Type:
  • Publication, Directory
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1946
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0415
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • 72
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
July 1946 Directory for towns in Hancock County, ME. Scan: Cover only.
2164Resort Town War-Minded
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
  • Places, Town
Several clipped articles about the 1943 war time activity in the Town of Mount Desert. Focus on residents: Wilma Clark Eaton, Herbert Thomas (town manager), servicemen Fred Ralph, James McElroy, Ray Young, and Charles Stover.
  • 1943
  • newspaper
  • fair
Resort Town War-Minded
Item:
  • 2164   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1943
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0677
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Several clipped articles about the 1943 war time activity in the Town of Mount Desert. Focus on residents: Wilma Clark Eaton, Herbert Thomas (town manager), servicemen Fred Ralph, James McElroy, Ray Young, and Charles Stover.
1592Proposed New England Super-Highway
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Road
Proposed New England Super-Highway, connecting New York and the three Northern New England States of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. There are many scenic Photographs.
  • H. A. Manning, editor
  • 1940
  • 21
Proposed New England Super-Highway
Item:
  • 1592   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Road
Creator:
  • H. A. Manning, editor
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0104
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 21
Description:
Proposed New England Super-Highway, connecting New York and the three Northern New England States of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. There are many scenic Photographs.
2076Fire Control Plan
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Park
Written policy governing fire prevention, pre-suppression and suppression activities in ANP. Prepared by the senior foreman (forester) and Asst. Park Fire Chief (Park Ranger)
  • William E. Parsons, Paul G. Favour Jr.
  • 1941
  • 40
  • typescript
Fire Control Plan
Item:
  • 2076   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • William E. Parsons, Paul G. Favour Jr.
Date:
  • 1941
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0590
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 40
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Written policy governing fire prevention, pre-suppression and suppression activities in ANP. Prepared by the senior foreman (forester) and Asst. Park Fire Chief (Park Ranger)
1496Notes on the History of Folly Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
July 20, 1945 Notes taken down by Gano Dunn at the dictation of Captain Alfred H. Butler, 81 years old who was born on Bartlett Island and worked on Folly Island as a boy and later in life.
  • Gano Dunn
  • 1945
  • 5
  • typescript
Notes on the History of Folly Island
Item:
  • 1496   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Gano Dunn
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0012 GD
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
July 20, 1945 Notes taken down by Gano Dunn at the dictation of Captain Alfred H. Butler, 81 years old who was born on Bartlett Island and worked on Folly Island as a boy and later in life.
7045Memorial Service for Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr.
  • Document, Program
  • Events, Memorial Service
  • People
Program of memorial service for Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. conducted by Dr. Robert J. McCracken. Address by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick. Riverside Church, Sunday May 23, 1948.
  • 1948
  • 1 program
  • good
Memorial Service for Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Item:
  • 7045   
Type:
  • Document, Program
Subject:
  • Events, Memorial Service
  • People
Date:
  • 1948
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0794
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Medium:
  • 1 program
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Program of memorial service for Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. conducted by Dr. Robert J. McCracken. Address by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick. Riverside Church, Sunday May 23, 1948.
2079Collection of Mt. Desert residents' obituaries
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • People
Green bound date book labeled Year Book 1939 in which Belle Smallidge Knowles attached clippings of obituaries of Northeast Harbor residents et al.
  • 1939-1940
  • 1 book
Collection of Mt. Desert residents' obituaries
Item:
  • 2079   
Type:
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1939-1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0593
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Green bound date book labeled Year Book 1939 in which Belle Smallidge Knowles attached clippings of obituaries of Northeast Harbor residents et al.
1532Fannie H. Eckstorm and Mary C. Wheelwright Letters
  • Document, Correspondence
  • People
2 bound typescripts: one original with photographs, handwritten letters, and other visual materials and the other the carbon copy of the typescript. Leather bound books. Brown with gold leaf and red with gold leaf. Title in gold leaf on spines.
  • 1930, 1937-1946
  • 2 books
  • bound typescripts
Fannie H. Eckstorm and Mary C. Wheelwright Letters
Item:
  • 1532   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1930, 1937-1946
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0041
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 2 books
Medium:
  • bound typescripts
Description:
2 bound typescripts: one original with photographs, handwritten letters, and other visual materials and the other the carbon copy of the typescript. Leather bound books. Brown with gold leaf and red with gold leaf. Title in gold leaf on spines.
1748A Memoir of Elizabeth Shaw Morison 1886-1945
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • People
Adm. Morison's reminiscence of his life with his wife "Bessie". missing
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1945
  • 63
  • photocopy
A Memoir of Elizabeth Shaw Morison 1886-1945
Item:
  • 1748   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0260 MOR
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 63
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Adm. Morison's reminiscence of his life with his wife "Bessie". missing
1828Letters to Rosamond & Aimee Lamb from Rachel Field
  • Document, Correspondence
  • People
  • Places, Island
Copies of Rachel Field's letters to Rosamond Lamb - one included Aimee Lamb - her Sutton Island friends from Milton, MA. Sent from Maine & California, the letters are about her marriage to Authur Pederson, her writing, the involvement with movie studios, etc. Introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
  • 1935-1940
Letters to Rosamond & Aimee Lamb from Rachel Field
Item:
  • 1828   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1935-1940
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0341
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Description:
Copies of Rachel Field's letters to Rosamond Lamb - one included Aimee Lamb - her Sutton Island friends from Milton, MA. Sent from Maine & California, the letters are about her marriage to Authur Pederson, her writing, the involvement with movie studios, etc. Introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
1838Letter to Harry Clark from Donald F. Graves
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Letter from Lt. Donald F. Graves based with U.S. Army Air Force in Clovis, NM to Harry Clark in Northeast Harbor about his experiences flying before being sent overseas during WW II.
  • 1943
  • 5
  • photocopy (2 copies)
Letter to Harry Clark from Donald F. Graves
Item:
  • 1838   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Date:
  • 1943
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0351
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • photocopy (2 copies)
Description:
Letter from Lt. Donald F. Graves based with U.S. Army Air Force in Clovis, NM to Harry Clark in Northeast Harbor about his experiences flying before being sent overseas during WW II.
1839Harry Clark letters
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Mrs. Ralph Ross sends copy of Rev. McKendry's letter to Mrs. Harry Clark following news of her son Ralph's death. Hoyt Clark, son of Harry Clark, was in the same unit as Ralph serving in the Pacific in WWII. Hoyt was not aboard the plane when it crashed.
  • Rev. McKendry
  • 1945
  • 1
  • typescript
Harry Clark letters
Item:
  • 1839   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Rev. McKendry
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0352
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Mrs. Ralph Ross sends copy of Rev. McKendry's letter to Mrs. Harry Clark following news of her son Ralph's death. Hoyt Clark, son of Harry Clark, was in the same unit as Ralph serving in the Pacific in WWII. Hoyt was not aboard the plane when it crashed.
1840Harry Clark letters
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Letter from Mrs. Ralph Ross, mother of Lt. Ralph Ross Jr. who was friend and co-pilot on aircraft of which Mrs. Clark's son, Hoyt, was a gunner during WWII. When pilot of aircraft on which Hoyt Clark was a gunner. Lt. Ross died when the plane crashed (after end of war); Hoyt was not on the flight.
  • Mrs. Ralph Ross
  • 1945
  • 1
  • manuscript
Harry Clark letters
Item:
  • 1840   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Mrs. Ralph Ross
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0353
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Letter from Mrs. Ralph Ross, mother of Lt. Ralph Ross Jr. who was friend and co-pilot on aircraft of which Mrs. Clark's son, Hoyt, was a gunner during WWII. When pilot of aircraft on which Hoyt Clark was a gunner. Lt. Ross died when the plane crashed (after end of war); Hoyt was not on the flight.
1841Personal letter at the end of WWII
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Personal letter, in diary format, from Hoyt Clark to his niece describing the sad news of the death of some of his crew members in a B29 plane crash just after WWII was declared over. Cover letter included.
  • Clark Hoyt
  • 1945
  • 4
  • typescript
Personal letter at the end of WWII
Item:
  • 1841   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Clark Hoyt
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0354
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Personal letter, in diary format, from Hoyt Clark to his niece describing the sad news of the death of some of his crew members in a B29 plane crash just after WWII was declared over. Cover letter included.
1846Translation of Samuel Hadlock Jr.'s Journal
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • People
Professor Sawtelle's translation (presumed) of Sam Hadlock Jr.'s journal of his European traveling show with Eskimo George Niagungitok and Mary ?. Includes a short biography of Hadlock's life on Cranberry Island. Sent to R. Pyle by Hugh Dwelley. biography of Sam Hadlock on Cranberry Island. Journal dates from 1822-1826.
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 1930's-1940's ?
  • 33
  • photocopy
Translation of Samuel Hadlock Jr.'s Journal
Item:
  • 1846   
Type:
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Date:
  • 1930's-1940's ?
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0359
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 33
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Professor Sawtelle's translation (presumed) of Sam Hadlock Jr.'s journal of his European traveling show with Eskimo George Niagungitok and Mary ?. Includes a short biography of Hadlock's life on Cranberry Island. Sent to R. Pyle by Hugh Dwelley. biography of Sam Hadlock on Cranberry Island. Journal dates from 1822-1826.
1546Sermon from Holy Scripture
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, Other Texts
July 14, 1940 Text of sermon delivered by Rev. Richard Emrich at St. Mary's-by-the-sea in Northeast Harbor.
  • Rev. Richard S. M. Emrich
  • 1940
  • 5
Sermon from Holy Scripture
Item:
  • 1546   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, Other Texts
Creator:
  • Rev. Richard S. M. Emrich
Date:
  • 1940
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0057 RSM
Location:
  • General Collection Box 2
Pages:
  • 5
Description:
July 14, 1940 Text of sermon delivered by Rev. Richard Emrich at St. Mary's-by-the-sea in Northeast Harbor.
2104Gilmanac 1947 Yearbook
  • Publication, Yearbook
  • Organizations, School Institution
Incomplete proof-pages of the 1947 Gilman High School Yearbook. Photographs include one of front view of building with the town WW I & II Honor Roll. Also included is a b/w glossy photograph of the graduating class. For the complete Yearbook 1947, see Item 7204
  • 1947
  • photocopy
Gilmanac 1947 Yearbook
Item:
  • 2104   
Type:
  • Publication, Yearbook
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Date:
  • 1947
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0618
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Incomplete proof-pages of the 1947 Gilman High School Yearbook. Photographs include one of front view of building with the town WW I & II Honor Roll. Also included is a b/w glossy photograph of the graduating class. For the complete Yearbook 1947, see Item 7204
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
History of the Northeast Harbor Water Company 1883 to 1945
Item:
  • 7228   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Maurice H. Burr
Date:
  • 1945
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0828
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • 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.
2040Red Cross History
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic
Paper presented at a Woman's Literary Club meeting by Winifred Graves about the history of the Red Cross in Mount Desert, specifically Northeast Harbor, before the organization became the Mt. Desert Public Nursing Association.
  • Winifred Graves
  • ca. 1940
  • 4
  • photocopy
Red Cross History
Item:
  • 2040   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Creator:
  • Winifred Graves
Date:
  • ca. 1940
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0554
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Paper presented at a Woman's Literary Club meeting by Winifred Graves about the history of the Red Cross in Mount Desert, specifically Northeast Harbor, before the organization became the Mt. Desert Public Nursing Association.
1677Meeting of the Members of the Champlain Fund
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Organizations, Civic
Copy of meeting notes of the Champlain Fund Committee which includes a motion to pay expenses for the movement of the Champlain Monument to a site near the top of Icy Hill in Seal Harbor.
  • 7/25/1941
  • 1
  • typescript
Meeting of the Members of the Champlain Fund
Item:
  • 1677   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Organizations, Civic
Date:
  • 7/25/1941
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0189
Location:
  • General Collection Box 6
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Copy of meeting notes of the Champlain Fund Committee which includes a motion to pay expenses for the movement of the Champlain Monument to a site near the top of Icy Hill in Seal Harbor.
1702Neighborhood House Event Tickets
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Gala
  • Object, Ticket
3 tickets 39th Annual Firemen's Ball, August 21, 1947 (2 copies) Sophomore Barn Dance, October 26, 1948
  • 1947-1948
  • 3 tickets
Neighborhood House Event Tickets
Item:
  • 1702   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
  • Object, Ticket
Date:
  • 1947-1948
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0214
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 3 tickets
Description:
3 tickets 39th Annual Firemen's Ball, August 21, 1947 (2 copies) Sophomore Barn Dance, October 26, 1948
1585Three Shell Heaps on Frenchman's Bay
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Fish
Copy from an original owned by the Peabody family regarding three significant shell heaps found in Frenchman's Bay.
  • Wendell S. Hadlock
  • 1941
  • 22
  • photocopy
Three Shell Heaps on Frenchman's Bay
Item:
  • 1585   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Fish
Creator:
  • Wendell S. Hadlock
Date:
  • 1941
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0097
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 22
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy from an original owned by the Peabody family regarding three significant shell heaps found in Frenchman's Bay.
2106Mutiny on the Mary Anne
  • Document, Program
  • Events, Performance
  • Organizations, School Institution
Program of a one-act operetta presented by students of Stetson Grammar School in Northeast Harbor at the Neighborhood House.
  • 6/9/1942
  • 1
  • program
Mutiny on the Mary Anne
Item:
  • 2106   
Type:
  • Document, Program
Subject:
  • Events, Performance
  • Organizations, School Institution
Date:
  • 6/9/1942
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0620
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • program
Description:
Program of a one-act operetta presented by students of Stetson Grammar School in Northeast Harbor at the Neighborhood House.
1697Annual Neighborhood House Vaudeville Shows
  • Document, Program
  • Events, Performance
Programs for the 15th, 16th, 20th, and 21st Annual Vaudeville Shows held at the Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor.
  • 1940's
Annual Neighborhood House Vaudeville Shows
Item:
  • 1697   
Type:
  • Document, Program
Subject:
  • Events, Performance
Date:
  • 1940's
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0209
Location:
  • General Collection Box 6
Description:
Programs for the 15th, 16th, 20th, and 21st Annual Vaudeville Shows held at the Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor.