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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1688Brooke Astor's Cove End, Summers on Mount Desert in Maine
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
An article about Brooke Astor's summer home. Interior Design by Mark Hampton, & Nancy Pierrepont. Landscape Architecture by Morgan Wheelock. Photography by B. Brink.
  • Susan Mary Alsop
  • Jul-96
  • Cove End
  • page 80
  • magazine
Description:
An article about Brooke Astor's summer home. Interior Design by Mark Hampton, & Nancy Pierrepont. Landscape Architecture by Morgan Wheelock. Photography by B. Brink.
6940Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • Document, Program
  • Events, Memorial Service
  • People
Program of the Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle at the Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor, January 5, 2019. Robert R. Pyle October 22nd 1945 - December 25th, 2018
  • 1-5-2019
  • 6
Description:
Program of the Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle at the Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor, January 5, 2019. Robert R. Pyle October 22nd 1945 - December 25th, 2018
6961New in the Neighborhood
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Down East Magazine article with photographs about Mr. and Mrs. Anthony's cottage in Northeast Harbor, designed by architect Roc Caivano.
  • Kim Ridley, Randy O'Rourke
  • 2007
  • pages 74 & 77
  • magazine
Description:
Down East Magazine article with photographs about Mr. and Mrs. Anthony's cottage in Northeast Harbor, designed by architect Roc Caivano.
6962Edsel Ford's Bright Idea - Mount Desert joins the War effort
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Down East Magazine article about Edsel Fords's plan to keep an army of Mainers employed during World War II. Published June 1995.
  • Letitia Baldwin
  • 1995
  • page 52
  • magazine
Description:
Down East Magazine article about Edsel Fords's plan to keep an army of Mainers employed during World War II. Published June 1995.
6973First Class Mail
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Article about Little Cranberry Isle post office and postmaster Joy Sprague, who built a big business for this tiny post office with cream puffs and a personal touch. Published in Down East Magazine, December 1994.
  • Letitia Baldwin
  • 1994
  • magazine
Description:
Article about Little Cranberry Isle post office and postmaster Joy Sprague, who built a big business for this tiny post office with cream puffs and a personal touch. Published in Down East Magazine, December 1994.
6978Deed of Land for Cottage
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Structures, Dwellings
Deed of Land for Cottage in Northeast Harbor by the Registry of Deeds, November 2, 1892.
  • 1892
  • 2
  • typescript
Description:
Deed of Land for Cottage in Northeast Harbor by the Registry of Deeds, November 2, 1892.
6996Mrs. Brooke Astor
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
Article about Mrs. Brooke Astor: her home in Northeast Harbor and her role in the Vincent Astor Foundation. Shows 1 photograph of Mrs. Astor as a young woman and 1 photograph of Mrs. Astor serving tea in Northeast Harbor. Published in "Property from the Estate of Brooke Astor" by Sotheby's, 2012.
  • photocopy
Description:
Article about Mrs. Brooke Astor: her home in Northeast Harbor and her role in the Vincent Astor Foundation. Shows 1 photograph of Mrs. Astor as a young woman and 1 photograph of Mrs. Astor serving tea in Northeast Harbor. Published in "Property from the Estate of Brooke Astor" by Sotheby's, 2012.
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
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.
7074Maine in the Civil War
  • Publication, Catalog
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
A list of material in the Maine State Library
  • Maine State Library
  • 1961
  • 13
  • typescript
  • good
Description:
A list of material in the Maine State Library
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.
7372Mrs. Brooke Astor's 90th Birthday Celebration
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
Several newspaper clippings from the New York Times (March/April 1992) about Brooke Astor's 90th birthday celebrated in Manhattan. Included is a personal recollection of the birthday celebration written by a Northeast Harbor friend of Mrs. Brooke Astor.
  • 1992
  • 5 clippings, 1 article
Description:
Several newspaper clippings from the New York Times (March/April 1992) about Brooke Astor's 90th birthday celebrated in Manhattan. Included is a personal recollection of the birthday celebration written by a Northeast Harbor friend of Mrs. Brooke Astor.
1863Brown family
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Letter seeking information on the Brown family - John Sr. and Jr. from Northeast Harbor included with ties to Cranberry Island beginning with the War of 1812
  • Austin Hill Brown
  • 6
  • photocopy
Description:
Letter seeking information on the Brown family - John Sr. and Jr. from Northeast Harbor included with ties to Cranberry Island beginning with the War of 1812
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.
1865Corning Family
  • Document, Correspondence
  • People
E-mail responses of Mr. Hermanson and the library regarding a phone question about the Corning Family, formerly summer residents of Northeast Harbor. Mr. Hermanson is researching Leland Stanford; found reference to the Corning family in Northeast Harbor.
  • Gary Hermanson
  • 2006
  • 2
Description:
E-mail responses of Mr. Hermanson and the library regarding a phone question about the Corning Family, formerly summer residents of Northeast Harbor. Mr. Hermanson is researching Leland Stanford; found reference to the Corning family in Northeast Harbor.
1866Mothers and Daughters tell their Stories
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
Student paper of Story Parker regarding maternal interactions of her mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and herself with comparisons to American Indian culture. Rev. Ann Smith (Mrs. Kaighn Smith) is "Nini", the grandmother.
  • Story Parker
  • 2005
  • 18
  • photocopy
Description:
Student paper of Story Parker regarding maternal interactions of her mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and herself with comparisons to American Indian culture. Rev. Ann Smith (Mrs. Kaighn Smith) is "Nini", the grandmother.
1867Cemetery Savage Family
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
  • Places, Cemetery
List of some Savage family names, including Elemena Savage, inscribed on grave stones of the family stones at 153 Peabody Drive. Mr. A. Y. Goriansky recorded the names many years ago since the lettering was eroding rapidly.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2008
  • 1
Description:
List of some Savage family names, including Elemena Savage, inscribed on grave stones of the family stones at 153 Peabody Drive. Mr. A. Y. Goriansky recorded the names many years ago since the lettering was eroding rapidly.
1869Letter to Luther Phillips from Thankful Fairfield and Lydia Gilpatrick
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Letter to Luther Phillips of Orland, Maine from his mother (Thankful Fairfield) and sister (Lydia Phillips) shortly after the death of his 2nd son Andrew of yellow fever in March 1847. Given to Library by Connie Seavey.
  • 1847
  • 1
  • blueprint paper with pen and ink
Description:
Letter to Luther Phillips of Orland, Maine from his mother (Thankful Fairfield) and sister (Lydia Phillips) shortly after the death of his 2nd son Andrew of yellow fever in March 1847. Given to Library by Connie Seavey.
1870Lilacs, Cellar Holes, and the Courthouse:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
Norwood and Kelley families
  • Kimberly R. Sebold
  • 31
Description:
Norwood and Kelley families
1871The Sketch of the life of Nicholas Thomas of Eden
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • People
Copied from the original by Leonard J. Thomas, only surviving son, September 10, 1885. This contains a narrative of the life of Nicholas Thomas, 78 years old.
  • 8-6-1831
  • 23
  • photocopy
Description:
Copied from the original by Leonard J. Thomas, only surviving son, September 10, 1885. This contains a narrative of the life of Nicholas Thomas, 78 years old.
1872Roll of Simeon Milliken's company of Militia
  • Document, List
  • Events
  • People
List of soldiers in Colonel John Black's regiment mustered in Ellsworth for the defense of Mount Desert 7 to 9 days in March and April 1813.
  • 1813
  • 3
  • photocopy
Description:
List of soldiers in Colonel John Black's regiment mustered in Ellsworth for the defense of Mount Desert 7 to 9 days in March and April 1813.
1873Adventures on Mount Desert
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
Buckboards and down-home cooking were the chief creature comforts for island visitors in the decade before the great hotels and cottages began to crowd the scene. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1995
  • John Cole
  • Jul-95
  • pages 74-75, 88-92
  • photocopy
Description:
Buckboards and down-home cooking were the chief creature comforts for island visitors in the decade before the great hotels and cottages began to crowd the scene. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1995
1874The Stanleys of the Cranberry Islands
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
Islesford Historical Society Transcription of the genealogical notes of William Otis Sawtelle in 4 volumes. These are photocopies of the manuscripts bound in 4 folders: Volume 1: Little Cranberry Island Volume 2: Great Cranberry Island Volume 3: Mount Desert Island Volume 4: Swans Island
  • William Otis Sawtelle
  • 1996
  • 4 folders
Description:
Islesford Historical Society Transcription of the genealogical notes of William Otis Sawtelle in 4 volumes. These are photocopies of the manuscripts bound in 4 folders: Volume 1: Little Cranberry Island Volume 2: Great Cranberry Island Volume 3: Mount Desert Island Volume 4: Swans Island
1875Tracy Family Genealogy
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
A manila folder labeled "Tracy Family Genealogy". Shows the "The Arms of Tracy" (The Sudley Arms). Tracy Lineage 57 generations from Woden to Marcella Louise Boyd.
Description:
A manila folder labeled "Tracy Family Genealogy". Shows the "The Arms of Tracy" (The Sudley Arms). Tracy Lineage 57 generations from Woden to Marcella Louise Boyd.
1876Ancestors & Descendants of An Ohio Gott Family 1628-1972
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
Fourteen generations of Gotts in The United States, beginning with the immigrant ancestor, Charles Gott (b. 1598) from Cambridge, England.
  • Ernestine Hudson Gott
  • 15
  • photocopy
Description:
Fourteen generations of Gotts in The United States, beginning with the immigrant ancestor, Charles Gott (b. 1598) from Cambridge, England.
1877Ancestral Charts of Sawtelles
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
Genealogical charts of William Otis Sawtelle and Laura Burpee Sawtelle.
  • 29
  • photocopy
Description:
Genealogical charts of William Otis Sawtelle and Laura Burpee Sawtelle.