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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1453Patterson Room Dedication
  • Object, Sign
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Hand-written in calligraphy. Patterson Room dedication sign. The room located in the Northeast Harbor Library was dedicated to Antoinette de Coursey Patterson and Thomas H. Hoge Patterson.
  • 1950
  • 1 drawing
  • paper
Patterson Room Dedication
Item:
  • 1453   
Type:
  • Object, Sign
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Date:
  • 1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Art Collection
Object ID:
  • ART 0002
Location:
  • Art OS Box 1, 4E6
Pages:
  • 1 drawing
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Hand-written in calligraphy. Patterson Room dedication sign. The room located in the Northeast Harbor Library was dedicated to Antoinette de Coursey Patterson and Thomas H. Hoge Patterson.
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.
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.
1504Tribute Paid to Miss Mary Wheelwright
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
August 10, 1958 Collection of articles about Mary Wheelwright.
  • 1958
  • newspaper adhered to board
Tribute Paid to Miss Mary Wheelwright
Item:
  • 1504   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1958
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0018 MW
Location:
  • 4A TOP
Medium:
  • newspaper adhered to board
Description:
August 10, 1958 Collection of articles about Mary Wheelwright.
1520Science Challenges the Educator
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
President-elect of Northeastern University, Asa S. Knowles typescript of the dedication of the Science Laboratories at Mount Desert High School in 1959.
  • Asa Smallidge Knowles (1909-1990)
  • 1959
  • 17 pages (2 copies)
  • typescript
Science Challenges the Educator
Item:
  • 1520   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
Creator:
  • Asa Smallidge Knowles (1909-1990)
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0029 ASK
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 17 pages (2 copies)
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
President-elect of Northeastern University, Asa S. Knowles typescript of the dedication of the Science Laboratories at Mount Desert High School in 1959.
1521Dedication of the Gilman Plaque
  • Document, Program
  • Events, Civic
  • Object, Sign
April 26, 1959 Program from the dedication of the Gilman Plaque honoring Daniel Coit Gilman at the Mount Desert High School in Northeast Harbor, Maine.
  • Daniel Coit Gilman
  • 1959
  • 18
  • typescript
Dedication of the Gilman Plaque
Item:
  • 1521   
Type:
  • Document, Program
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Object, Sign
Creator:
  • Daniel Coit Gilman
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0030
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 18
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
April 26, 1959 Program from the dedication of the Gilman Plaque honoring Daniel Coit Gilman at the Mount Desert High School in Northeast Harbor, Maine.
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.
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.
1557150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Places, Town
August 20, 1959 Commemorative Issue.
  • 1959
  • 16
  • photograph copy
150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
Item:
  • 1557   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0068
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 16
Medium:
  • photograph copy
Description:
August 20, 1959 Commemorative Issue.
1564Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
August 6, 1959 A poem written by professor H. W. Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert Island.
  • 1959
  • 1 article, 2 photograph copies
  • newspaper, photograph copy
Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting
Item:
  • 1564   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0075
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1 article, 2 photograph copies
Medium:
  • newspaper, photograph copy
Description:
August 6, 1959 A poem written by professor H. W. Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert Island.
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.
1575Economic Survey of Mt. Desert Island
  • Document, Report
  • Places, Island
This paper is to add to the summary report released by the Joint Island Industrial Development Committee released a year ago.
  • Stacy May
  • 1950
Economic Survey of Mt. Desert Island
Item:
  • 1575   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Stacy May
Date:
  • 1950
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0087
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Description:
This paper is to add to the summary report released by the Joint Island Industrial Development Committee released a year ago.
1594Northeast Harbor Alarm Call Card
  • Document, List
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Town
Manila card, compliments of Haynes Garage, sent to community residents and businesses with the fire alarm location signals.
  • 1950's
  • 1
Northeast Harbor Alarm Call Card
Item:
  • 1594   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1950's
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0106
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1
Description:
Manila card, compliments of Haynes Garage, sent to community residents and businesses with the fire alarm location signals.
1684Edsel B. Ford Mount Desert Island Estate
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Developed by Lynam Realtors for the sale of the Edsel Ford estate in Seal Harbor, brochure has many photographs and drawings. Following Ford, owners of "Skylands" have been Skylands have included Edward Leed and Martha Stewart.
  • Fred C. Lynam Co.
  • ca. 1950
  • 12
  • 1 book
Edsel B. Ford Mount Desert Island Estate
Item:
  • 1684   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Fred C. Lynam Co.
Date:
  • ca. 1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0196
Location:
  • General Collection Box 6
Pages:
  • 12
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Developed by Lynam Realtors for the sale of the Edsel Ford estate in Seal Harbor, brochure has many photographs and drawings. Following Ford, owners of "Skylands" have been Skylands have included Edward Leed and Martha Stewart.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1919Copies of minutes of Otter Creek Fire Co.
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Copies of 1st book of minutes of Otter Creek Fire Co. & copies of minutes of regular meetings
  • Thomas G. Richardson
  • 3-12-1942 to 1-5-1955
  • 152
  • photocopy
Copies of minutes of Otter Creek Fire Co.
Item:
  • 1919   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Creator:
  • Thomas G. Richardson
Date:
  • 3-12-1942 to 1-5-1955
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0432
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • 152
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copies of 1st book of minutes of Otter Creek Fire Co. & copies of minutes of regular meetings
1931Regionalism Sets Style for New Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Architect Roger Griswold had his own conception of what a library in a Maine landscape should appear. From a Reading Room, the new library in Northeast Harbor was created.
  • 11/12/1950
  • newspaper
Regionalism Sets Style for New Northeast Harbor Library
Item:
  • 1931   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Date:
  • 11/12/1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0444
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Architect Roger Griswold had his own conception of what a library in a Maine landscape should appear. From a Reading Room, the new library in Northeast Harbor was created.