Inscription: A gift from: Cicely Saunders St. Christopher's Hospice Sydenham, London, England July 1970 To: Evelyn R. ... & Robert who had World Health Fellowship to do study, work and research at the Hospice for the terminally ill cancer patient
Description: Inscription: A gift from: Cicely Saunders St. Christopher's Hospice Sydenham, London, England July 1970 To: Evelyn R. ... & Robert who had World Health Fellowship to do study, work and research at the Hospice for the terminally ill cancer patient
A partnership of Maine Heritage Trust and several of its members earned the property with an $815,000 bid. This consisted of 125 acres of meadow, woodland and salt marsh.
Description: A partnership of Maine Heritage Trust and several of its members earned the property with an $815,000 bid. This consisted of 125 acres of meadow, woodland and salt marsh.
The recipient of this years award is DR. DOUGLAS COLEMAN. He is known internationally as a biochemist, physiologist, and conservationist. He was a researcher at Jackson Lab.
Description: The recipient of this years award is DR. DOUGLAS COLEMAN. He is known internationally as a biochemist, physiologist, and conservationist. He was a researcher at Jackson Lab.
A small newsletter representing MCHT, that is dedicated to protecting land essential to the character of Maine. "A Tribute to Bob Suminsby" of Northeast Harbor is in this copy.
Description: A small newsletter representing MCHT, that is dedicated to protecting land essential to the character of Maine. "A Tribute to Bob Suminsby" of Northeast Harbor is in this copy.
Description: Maine Coast Heritage Trust hold conservation easement on Schoolhouse Ledge in Northeast Harbor to prevent residential/commercial development.
The Northeast Harbor Fleet was formed in 1923 to vigorously promote recreational boating and sailboat racing off the coast of Mount Desert Island. They have two locations: The Fleet House at Gilpatrick Cove built in 1945, and Clifton Dock in Northeast Harbor, added in 1946 to provide additional moorings, dinghy tie-up, and fuel for boats. (Taken form the NEHF website)
Description: The Northeast Harbor Fleet was formed in 1923 to vigorously promote recreational boating and sailboat racing off the coast of Mount Desert Island. They have two locations: The Fleet House at Gilpatrick Cove built in 1945, and Clifton Dock in Northeast Harbor, added in 1946 to provide additional moorings, dinghy tie-up, and fuel for boats. (Taken form the NEHF website)
In 1880 Charles Eliot, son of Harvard president Charles W. Eliot, organized the Champlain Society, a group of Harvard undergraduates, to explore Mount Desert Island and study various topics of natural history: botany, ornithology, geology etc. (from Item 2114)
Description: In 1880 Charles Eliot, son of Harvard president Charles W. Eliot, organized the Champlain Society, a group of Harvard undergraduates, to explore Mount Desert Island and study various topics of natural history: botany, ornithology, geology etc. (from Item 2114)
Description: Frank Perkins, Levi Butler, Bill Knox, Amos Sinclair, Charlie Hardison, Frank Dorr, Nate Smallidge, Rod Sargent, Frank Eliot, Andrew Fennelly etc.
Description: Interior of the Red Cross House, Oct 1931 from Lydia Vandenbergh's files. This building is now the Mount Desert Nursing Association. October 1931.
B/W copy of photograph of Path Committee made up of all the Village Improvement Societies at the Jordan Pond. L-R: Joseph Allen, Walter Buell, Fred Weeks, C. H. Grandgent, William Turner, T. A. MacEntire, and George Dorr.
Description: B/W copy of photograph of Path Committee made up of all the Village Improvement Societies at the Jordan Pond. L-R: Joseph Allen, Walter Buell, Fred Weeks, C. H. Grandgent, William Turner, T. A. MacEntire, and George Dorr.
Catalog of reprints available through the Mt. Desert Historical Society of yacht races and other activities of the Northeast Harbor Fleet in 1930-1940. Compiled by Jaylene Roths and Sturgis Haskins. Yachts are identified. Photograph of 1st delivery of IOD's from Norway.
Description: Catalog of reprints available through the Mt. Desert Historical Society of yacht races and other activities of the Northeast Harbor Fleet in 1930-1940. Compiled by Jaylene Roths and Sturgis Haskins. Yachts are identified. Photograph of 1st delivery of IOD's from Norway.
1813 b - Photograph scans of Northeast Harbor Fleet's International One Designs (IOD's) and other boats/yachts done by Craig Milner. Most Photographs are by Ballard or Haskell.
Description: 1813 b - Photograph scans of Northeast Harbor Fleet's International One Designs (IOD's) and other boats/yachts done by Craig Milner. Most Photographs are by Ballard or Haskell.
Two B/W group photographs of the Galahad Society on stage at the Neighborhood House for performance of a play written by Parker Fennelly. See also Item 5318
Description: Two B/W group photographs of the Galahad Society on stage at the Neighborhood House for performance of a play written by Parker Fennelly. See also Item 5318
8 B/W and sepia photographs of the Northeast Harbor Fleet around the clubhouse and under sail. Photographs of IOD's Collection brought to the library in 1998 and are listed as coming from the fleet and Joe Grant. See also item 6966
Description: 8 B/W and sepia photographs of the Northeast Harbor Fleet around the clubhouse and under sail. Photographs of IOD's Collection brought to the library in 1998 and are listed as coming from the fleet and Joe Grant. See also item 6966
72 B/W and sepia photographs of the Northeast Harbor Fleet around the clubhouse and under sail. Photographs of IOD's Collection brought to the library in 1998 and are listed as coming from the fleet and Joe Grant. See also item 5458 2: Aquila NEH #2 on mainsail only 4: The "30 M" clearly IDs this boat as a 30 sq m, but the M3 probably denotes it as NEH #3, which is Herman Hessenbruch's Agile 8: Three 30 sq m beating into the wind. Agile NEH #2, in the foreground, tacking to starboard while the other hulls are going to port. The left-most boat looks like NEH #6. The wake behind #2 suggest it had just turned smartly. Also note #2's conspicuous large donut life ring on the stern deck 9: see also photo 1156 q 11/55: Flying Cloud 10/49: Vixen III 16: Sagamore 18/42: Vayu 19: Light air amid a pre-race pileup of yacht racing classes, including Aquila NEH #2, and Nordic II NEH #4 23: Sagamore 26: Aquila NEH #2, probably taken minutes after Photo 1852 NEHF 43. Shows the slight curvature of the upper mast, a characteristic of square meter boats 29/30/37: Niliraga 41: Thistle 43: Aquila NEH #2. The much larger boat in the background (white hull) is not a 30 sq. m. 45: Nancy, Agile. Hessenbruch's jib-less Agile NEH #3 being passed by light-hull NEH #6 51: 30 M #5, with a white hull, running and leading NEH #2 Aquila 53: Another view at the race start of Photo 1852 NEHF 55, showing the same boats in the same order left to right. This would be the start of the big boats racing over the same course. It looks like three other 30 sq. m. are racing given the bent upper masts 55: X 42, 4th from left, is a sail number designation (with an X) that was common for 30 sq. m. boats imported from Germany during the early 1930s. X 42 could be (?) the Gluckauf, the boat purchased and renamed as US3 Visitor by L. Francis Herreshoff. Also in the starting line is the 40 sq. m. NEH #2 Tsana III (holding the actual floating line) 56: Malcom N. Stanley's boat, winner class B, August series 57: Blue Hill, 1933 58: Nymph 59: Old Mack B, 1933 62: Class B yachts approaching finish line 67-71: Start of a Northeast Harbor race in the Summer of 1958
Description: 72 B/W and sepia photographs of the Northeast Harbor Fleet around the clubhouse and under sail. Photographs of IOD's Collection brought to the library in 1998 and are listed as coming from the fleet and Joe Grant. See also item 5458 2: Aquila NEH #2 on mainsail only 4: The "30 M" clearly IDs this boat as a 30 sq m, but the M3 probably denotes it as NEH #3, which is Herman Hessenbruch's Agile 8: Three 30 sq m beating into the wind. Agile NEH #2, in the foreground, tacking to starboard while the other hulls are going to port. The left-most boat looks like NEH #6. The wake behind #2 suggest it had just turned smartly. Also note #2's conspicuous large donut life ring on the stern deck 9: see also photo 1156 q 11/55: Flying Cloud 10/49: Vixen III 16: Sagamore 18/42: Vayu 19: Light air amid a pre-race pileup of yacht racing classes, including Aquila NEH #2, and Nordic II NEH #4 23: Sagamore 26: Aquila NEH #2, probably taken minutes after Photo 1852 NEHF 43. Shows the slight curvature of the upper mast, a characteristic of square meter boats 29/30/37: Niliraga 41: Thistle 43: Aquila NEH #2. The much larger boat in the background (white hull) is not a 30 sq. m. 45: Nancy, Agile. Hessenbruch's jib-less Agile NEH #3 being passed by light-hull NEH #6 51: 30 M #5, with a white hull, running and leading NEH #2 Aquila 53: Another view at the race start of Photo 1852 NEHF 55, showing the same boats in the same order left to right. This would be the start of the big boats racing over the same course. It looks like three other 30 sq. m. are racing given the bent upper masts 55: X 42, 4th from left, is a sail number designation (with an X) that was common for 30 sq. m. boats imported from Germany during the early 1930s. X 42 could be (?) the Gluckauf, the boat purchased and renamed as US3 Visitor by L. Francis Herreshoff. Also in the starting line is the 40 sq. m. NEH #2 Tsana III (holding the actual floating line) 56: Malcom N. Stanley's boat, winner class B, August series 57: Blue Hill, 1933 58: Nymph 59: Old Mack B, 1933 62: Class B yachts approaching finish line 67-71: Start of a Northeast Harbor race in the Summer of 1958 [show more]
Collection of 7 booklets of "Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society" for the following years: January 26, 1906 to November 22, 1906 February 27, 1907 to November 22, 1907 January 23, 1908 to December 10, 1908 January 13, 1909 to December 1, 1909 January 12, 1910 to December 14, 1910 January 12, 1911 to November 28, 1911 January 25, 1913 to June 26, 1914
Description: Collection of 7 booklets of "Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society" for the following years: January 26, 1906 to November 22, 1906 February 27, 1907 to November 22, 1907 January 23, 1908 to December 10, 1908 January 13, 1909 to December 1, 1909 January 12, 1910 to December 14, 1910 January 12, 1911 to November 28, 1911 January 25, 1913 to June 26, 1914