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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
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...
  • 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...
1722Mount Desert Island Facts
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...General facts, statistics, historical and political information of Mount Desert Island...
  • 4
Mount Desert Island Facts
Item:
  • 1722   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0234
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 4
Description:
...General facts, statistics, historical and political information of Mount Desert Island...
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
Bibliography of Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 1540   
Type:
  • Document, List, Bibliography
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Donald W. Norton
Date:
  • 1985
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0051 DN
Location:
  • General Collection Box 2
Pages:
  • 2 copies
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs...
2264Preliminary Timeline Mount Desert History
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...An historical timeline of Mount Desert from 1590 to 2001. See also Item 1971...
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 26 typed sheets
  • paper
  • good
Preliminary Timeline Mount Desert History
Item:
  • 2264   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0788
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 26 typed sheets
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...An historical timeline of Mount Desert from 1590 to 2001. See also Item 1971...
2080History of Town of Mount Desert via 1881 Colby & Stuart Map
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
...History of the town of Mount Desert using colored scans of negatives of the 1881 Colby and Stuart map...Several maps show all the island's towns...
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2003
  • 21
History of Town of Mount Desert via 1881 Colby & Stuart Map
Item:
  • 2080   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 2003
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0594
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 21
Description:
...History of the town of Mount Desert using colored scans of negatives of the 1881 Colby and Stuart map...Several maps show all the island's towns...
6181Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
...Stapled excerpt from SECOND ANNUAL REPORT UPON THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF MAINE (in this collection), plus indexes & reading lists...
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 6181   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • People
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 15
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
...Stapled excerpt from SECOND ANNUAL REPORT UPON THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF MAINE (in this collection), plus indexes & reading lists...
2276Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
Collection of information about the geology of MDI compiled by Vernon Gray in 1976.
  • Vernon Gray
  • 2 boxes
  • paper
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 2276   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Vernon Gray
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Geology of Mount Desert Island
Object ID:
  • GMDI
Location:
  • 4B3
Pages:
  • 2 boxes
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Collection of information about the geology of MDI compiled by Vernon Gray in 1976.

File Attachments:
Geology of Mount Desert Island.pdf
…Nount Desert Geology. No.39 1953 Chapsan,Carleton A, Cauldron substance at Nount Desert Island,im . . 4fl ,v ].i in p!. …Desert!Island! Available!at!Jesup!Library!in!Bar!Harbor!! 1880H82! ! ! ! ! Crosby,!W.!O.! Geology!of!Frenchman s!Bay!Just!East!of!Mount!Desert! …Mount!Desert!Island! Geological!Society!of!America!v.56,!p.1152! 1929! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Brown,!Charles!W.! Correlation!of!Cambrian!Sediments!at!Nahat! …Mount!Desert!Island! NOT!INCLUDED! ! ! ! 1977! ! ! ! ! ! Butcher,!Russell! Field!Guide!to!Acadia! Readers!Digest!Press!p.28H37! 1968! ! Toogood,!
1584A Study of the Folklore of Mount Desert Island and the Surrounding Islands
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • Places, Island
...Desert Island and surrounding islands by Ms. McFarland done as a high school term paper...
  • Maureen McFarland
  • 1981
  • 34
  • typescript
A Study of the Folklore of Mount Desert Island and the Surrounding Islands
Item:
  • 1584   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Maureen McFarland
Date:
  • 1981
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0096
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 34
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Desert Island and surrounding islands by Ms. McFarland done as a high school term paper...
6189MDI History
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
...Mount Desert Island, from "Traditions and Records", Nellie C. Thornton 4. Excerpts of "The European Discovery of America", S. E. Morison 5...Morison "The Story of Mount Desert Island" 14. "The European Discovery", excerpted from S. E...Morison "The Story of Mount Desert Island" 15. unspecified 16...Records of the First Church of Mount Desert, 1792-1867 21. Valuation Notes 1831-1880 22. Meeting notes, West Eden May 7, 189? 23...
MDI History
Item:
  • 6189   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 23
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
...Mount Desert Island, from "Traditions and Records", Nellie C. Thornton 4. Excerpts of "The European Discovery of America", S. E. Morison 5...Morison "The Story of Mount Desert Island" 14. "The European Discovery", excerpted from S. E...Morison "The Story of Mount Desert Island" 15. unspecified 16...Records of the First Church of Mount Desert, 1792-1867 21. Valuation Notes 1831-1880 22. Meeting notes, West Eden May 7, 189? 23...
1509Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine...
  • George L. Stebbins
  • Aug-38
  • 11
  • typescript
Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 1509   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • George L. Stebbins
Date:
  • Aug-38
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0021 GLS
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 11
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine...
1944Public and Private Realms on Mount Desert.
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
...Goldstein at the Claremont Hotel 8/10/2000, to share some thoughts about the history of Mount Desert and the interaction of Tourists and Residents...
  • Judith S. Goldstein
  • 2000
  • 16
  • typescript
Public and Private Realms on Mount Desert.
Item:
  • 1944   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Judith S. Goldstein
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0457
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 16
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Goldstein at the Claremont Hotel 8/10/2000, to share some thoughts about the history of Mount Desert and the interaction of Tourists and Residents...
6444Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
Attributed to Ezra A. Dodge. Downloaded from archive.org. NEHL has a spiral bound photocopy of poor quality
  • N. K. Sawyer
  • 1871
Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles
Item:
  • 6444   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • N. K. Sawyer
Date:
  • 1871
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 59
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
Attributed to Ezra A. Dodge. Downloaded from archive.org. NEHL has a spiral bound photocopy of poor quality

File Attachment:
6444.pdf
…Desert." SITUATION AND CONNECTION OF THE ISLAND. Mt. Desert Island is situated on the eastern coast of Maine, in Lat. 44deg. 15 min. …HISTORY OF MT. …Mount It is evident the Des-ert. …MODERN HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES. The "Modern History" of Mt.
6453Snapshot, (1840)
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
...History of Census of Mount Desert Island. Maps, Valuations in the town of Mount Desert, Shipping...
Snapshot, (1840)
Item:
  • 6453   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 68
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
...History of Census of Mount Desert Island. Maps, Valuations in the town of Mount Desert, Shipping...
6372Smallidge, Robert
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
...Early History of Mount Desert & Some Early Families...
Smallidge, Robert
Item:
  • 6372   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 267
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Surname File
Description:
...Early History of Mount Desert & Some Early Families...

File Attachment:
6372.pdf
…Note;In Streets History of It Desert,he says,"The malitia were screened behind natural brest works-this enabled them to rest their guns, pick their men …DESERT (83) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Samuel Champlain,first saw the hills of Mt Desert in 1604,and named it Island of Desert Mountains. …-=- The early social and political history of the Island,is not too d=fr 1. erent f4om the rest of the area,except there was more emphasis on Far ming …title history as complicating as it is interesting.
2715Madeira Parcels in Tremont, 1907
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
...Early History of Mount Desert Island Parcels sold by Benjamin B. Reed for late Stephen B. Dow...
  • Louis C. Madeira Jr.
  • 1907
Madeira Parcels in Tremont, 1907
Item:
  • 2715   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Creator:
  • Louis C. Madeira Jr.
Date:
  • 1907
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 127
Location:
  • III
Description:
...Early History of Mount Desert Island Parcels sold by Benjamin B. Reed for late Stephen B. Dow...
6200Sawtelle notes
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • Organizations, Religious
  • People
...Notes from a history of the Baptists in Maine as related to Mount Desert Island and Cranberry Isles...
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 7
Sawtelle notes
Item:
  • 6200   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • People
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 29
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Pages:
  • 7
Description:
...Notes from a history of the Baptists in Maine as related to Mount Desert Island and Cranberry Isles...
2049Manchester and Branscom Family History
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Vessels, Steamboat
...Contents of Curtis Phelps Collection: CD1: - Main Street: 5 B/W images of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - 13 images of Northeast Harbor and Mount...Desert area: 1...Steamer Mount Desert...
  • 17 pages, 2 CDs
Manchester and Branscom Family History
Item:
  • 2049   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0563
Location:
  • CD Box 1, General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 17 pages, 2 CDs
Description:
...Contents of Curtis Phelps Collection: CD1: - Main Street: 5 B/W images of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - 13 images of Northeast Harbor and Mount...Desert area: 1...Steamer Mount Desert...
3953Gordon H. Falt
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
  • People
...Trails and paths of Mount Desert Island...
  • Gordon H. Falt
  • 1 cassette, 1 disc, 1 digital file
Gordon H. Falt
Item:
  • 3953   
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Gordon H. Falt
Collection:
  • Oral History
Object ID:
  • Oral History 0013
Location:
  • Cassette Box 1, CD Box 1, 4D4
Medium:
  • 1 cassette, 1 disc, 1 digital file
Description:
...Trails and paths of Mount Desert Island...
3954Edith Favour Falt
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
  • People
...Early Families of Mount Desert Island 1775-76...
  • Edith Favour Falt
  • 1 cassette, 1 disc, 2 digital files (47:52, 32:59)
Edith Favour Falt
Item:
  • 3954   
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Edith Favour Falt
Collection:
  • Oral History
Object ID:
  • Oral History 0014
Location:
  • Cassette Box 1, CD Box 1, 4D4
Medium:
  • 1 cassette, 1 disc, 2 digital files (47:52, 32:59)
Description:
...Early Families of Mount Desert Island 1775-76...
1971Town of Mount Desert Listing of Historical Events
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
See also Item 2264
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2010
  • 13
  • typescript
Town of Mount Desert Listing of Historical Events
Item:
  • 1971   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 2010
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0484
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 13
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
See also Item 2264
6194Salisbury genealogy
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
...Photocopies of the Mount Desert Island Salisbury families. Taken from the Salisbury family records. Available at Jesup Library...
  • Robert Perry Salisbury
Salisbury genealogy
Item:
  • 6194   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Robert Perry Salisbury
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 28
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Surname File
Description:
...Photocopies of the Mount Desert Island Salisbury families. Taken from the Salisbury family records. Available at Jesup Library...

File Attachments:
6194 a.pdf
…The two daughter's married and remained at Sackville, while Ebenezer and his three sons removed to Mount Desert Island 1764. …He was the first Salsbury that settled on this Island of Mount Desert. "Old Uncle Ebenezer Salsbury" died about 1786. …Reuben Salsbury (1750-1816) married Abigail Bunker, they lived at MDI, were for a time on Ironbound Island, and died at Lamoine; they had 7 children.

6194 b.pdf
…Desert Island, ME, about 1772. Changed spelling of his surname to Salsbury. 0330 Joseph. b. 17 Jan 1705/6 at Rehoboth, MA. m. …Desert Island, ME, about 1772. d. 12 Feb 1816. m. Abigail, dau of Benjamin, Sr., & Abigail (Adams) Bunker, on 30 Jun 1777 at Mt. Desert, ME. …NOTE: From "VITAL RECORDS OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND .... 1776-1820" May ye 31st 1777 X Ebenezer Salsburys Cattles marks a hole in ye right ear May ye 31st …Ebenezer's daughters, Suzannah and Bathsheba both married other settlers and remained behind when the family relocated to Mount Desert It Island, Maine
2052American Civil War at Mount Desert
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • Places, Island
Copy of Memorial Day address of Robert R. Pyle, Library Director, at the annual ceremony at the Joseph Musetti Park. The address was a remembrance on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 5/30/2011
  • 4
  • typescript, 2 copies
American Civil War at Mount Desert
Item:
  • 2052   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 5/30/2011
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0566
Location:
  • General Collection Box 18
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript, 2 copies
Description:
Copy of Memorial Day address of Robert R. Pyle, Library Director, at the annual ceremony at the Joseph Musetti Park. The address was a remembrance on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
3839Eighth Grade Research Papers on Maine Topics
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, School Institution
...Students of Jan Church in MDES 8th grade research history topics at NEHL: 1. The Gilley Family 2. Glooskap - Indian Legend 3...The Early History of Mount Desert Island 5. Fred L. Savage & Wallace K. Harrison, 2 architects in Northeast Harbor 6. Maine's harbor seals 7...
  • 1988
Eighth Grade Research Papers on Maine Topics
Item:
  • 3839   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Date:
  • 1988
Collection:
  • Mount Desert Elementary School Collection
Object ID:
  • MDES 0005
Location:
  • Shelf 4C4
Description:
...Students of Jan Church in MDES 8th grade research history topics at NEHL: 1. The Gilley Family 2. Glooskap - Indian Legend 3...The Early History of Mount Desert Island 5. Fred L. Savage & Wallace K. Harrison, 2 architects in Northeast Harbor 6. Maine's harbor seals 7...
6185Eben M. Hamor Manuscript - Books 1 & 2
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
...From Raymond Strout collection. records of the Plantation and Town of Mount Desert and Bar Harbor to 1825. Typescript...
  • Eben M. Hamor
Eben M. Hamor Manuscript - Books 1 & 2
Item:
  • 6185   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Eben M. Hamor
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 19
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
...From Raymond Strout collection. records of the Plantation and Town of Mount Desert and Bar Harbor to 1825. Typescript...

File Attachments:
6185 bk. 1.pdf
…reeholdera and othe1'1 inhabitants .or the Island of Mount Desert and ths Oranberry and Placentia Islands, to assemble and meet together at the House …s Island and Doech Island together with the Inhabitants thereof be and they are hereby Inoorpor.ated into a Town by the name or Mount Desert, and Whereas …Aonsier and Madame De Gregoire all auch parts and parcels of the Island of Mount Desert, and tho other Islands and tracts of land particularly descri …Kittridge 1Ls the only Physician on the Island of Mount Desert.

6185 bk. 2.pdf
…When I commenced looking up the history or Uount Desert and den, I found this Old Record Book in tho /Mount Desert Clerk's office in bad condition, …some othera, early residents or the Island of Mount Desert. …Mount Desert as follows. …incorporated into the tow of Ede the island of Mount Desert lying mentioned Bar Island, Green Islands, Black Island, Thompson's Isl hd and Sheep Porcupine
6280Nathaniel and Mary Hadlock
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
..."History of the Hadlocks", by Sawtelle, William Otis...NOTE: The last document is a scan of the first pages of "The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society", Volume 1, 1998, containing...
Nathaniel and Mary Hadlock
Item:
  • 6280   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 174
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Surname File
Description:
..."History of the Hadlocks", by Sawtelle, William Otis...NOTE: The last document is a scan of the first pages of "The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society", Volume 1, 1998, containing...