A brief historical sketch of the Town of Vinalhaven from its earliest known settlement. Prepared by order of the town on the occasion of its One Hundredth Anniversary.
Description: A brief historical sketch of the Town of Vinalhaven from its earliest known settlement. Prepared by order of the town on the occasion of its One Hundredth Anniversary.
Through the exhibition "History on Birchbark : The Art of Tomah Joseph, Passamaquoddy", the Haffenreffer Museum presents Native Americans with their cultural objects.
Description: Through the exhibition "History on Birchbark : The Art of Tomah Joseph, Passamaquoddy", the Haffenreffer Museum presents Native Americans with their cultural objects.
Holmes Family Bible. Includes family record. It was handed down from the Stanleys through their descendants the Rosebrook, Holmes and Carpenter families.
Description: Holmes Family Bible. Includes family record. It was handed down from the Stanleys through their descendants the Rosebrook, Holmes and Carpenter families.
A small gray soft covered booklet, containing the history of the author. It describes her parents, siblings, an account of various activities in their lives & much more.
Description: A small gray soft covered booklet, containing the history of the author. It describes her parents, siblings, an account of various activities in their lives & much more.
Where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty. Reprinted under the auspices of the Madawaska Historical Society, 1973.
Description: Where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty. Reprinted under the auspices of the Madawaska Historical Society, 1973.
Contents On the Lamb by Peter Ralston What is a Conservation Easement? by Davis Hartwell Maine's Islands of Life by Kent Womack God's Tugboat by Rev. Stanley Haskell Oh, Buoy: Saved by the Bell Fishermen's Sons by Mike Brown Trap Limits: The Bottom Line on Swan's Island Stirring Up the Waters Radio Waves: News from Offshore Before Us by Art Spiess On Islanders by George Putz Profile: Ernest Maloney Wall Street East: Island Technology by Lance Lee Seguin: The Small & Shining Object by John Garber Windjamming by Capt. Jim Sharp Schooner Ear by Peter Drury Arch Island Boats Getting There, Being There by Henry Taft Puffin Redux by Philip Conkling Peregrine Hacking Eagle Scouting Allied Whale Fellow Competition Lights Lost by Stephen G. Perrin Light Lived by Delia Mae Farris
Description: Contents On the Lamb by Peter Ralston What is a Conservation Easement? by Davis Hartwell Maine's Islands of Life by Kent Womack God's Tugboat by Rev. Stanley Haskell Oh, Buoy: Saved by the Bell Fishermen's Sons by Mike Brown Trap Limits: The Bottom Line on Swan's Island Stirring Up the Waters Radio Waves: News from Offshore Before Us by Art Spiess On Islanders by George Putz Profile: Ernest Maloney Wall Street East: Island Technology by Lance Lee Seguin: The Small & Shining Object by John Garber Windjamming by Capt. Jim Sharp Schooner Ear by Peter Drury Arch Island Boats Getting There, Being There by Henry Taft Puffin Redux by Philip Conkling Peregrine Hacking Eagle Scouting Allied Whale Fellow Competition Lights Lost by Stephen G. Perrin Light Lived by Delia Mae Farris [show more]
Contents Criehaven by George Putz Profile: Grand Dames of Criehaven Schools on Islands A Special Kind of Childhood by Jane Radcliffe Casco Bay: Islands on the Urban Edge by Jeffery Clark The Stone Coast by Philip Conkling Profile: Everett Baum, Paving Cutter by John Van Sorosin Summer Ma'ams by Mike Brown Airmail by Peter Ralston Steamboating by Clayton Gross The Evolution of the Jonesport Lobster boat by Michael Crowley & John Carter Toy Boats by George Putz Coastal Kayaking by David R. Getchell Jr. To Catch a Herring by George Putz Island Aquaculture: Notes on Growing Your Own by Edward Myers A Gulf Divided by Michael Crowley Danny Ames, Lobsterman: A New Generation Gets Down to Business by Jane Day Gulls vs. Terns by Philip Conkling Whale Ashore by Steven Katona Avian Cholera by Elizabeth Cary Pierson Gunning Rocks by David R. Getchell Sr. Radio Waves: News from Offshore Saved! History of the Life Saving Service in Maine by Wick York Damariscove Station by Douglas Alvord
Description: Contents Criehaven by George Putz Profile: Grand Dames of Criehaven Schools on Islands A Special Kind of Childhood by Jane Radcliffe Casco Bay: Islands on the Urban Edge by Jeffery Clark The Stone Coast by Philip Conkling Profile: Everett Baum, Paving Cutter by John Van Sorosin Summer Ma'ams by Mike Brown Airmail by Peter Ralston Steamboating by Clayton Gross The Evolution of the Jonesport Lobster boat by Michael Crowley & John Carter Toy Boats by George Putz Coastal Kayaking by David R. Getchell Jr. To Catch a Herring by George Putz Island Aquaculture: Notes on Growing Your Own by Edward Myers A Gulf Divided by Michael Crowley Danny Ames, Lobsterman: A New Generation Gets Down to Business by Jane Day Gulls vs. Terns by Philip Conkling Whale Ashore by Steven Katona Avian Cholera by Elizabeth Cary Pierson Gunning Rocks by David R. Getchell Sr. Radio Waves: News from Offshore Saved! History of the Life Saving Service in Maine by Wick York Damariscove Station by Douglas Alvord [show more]
Contents Lost Generation by Nancy Griffin Three Islands, Three Experiences by Deborah DuBrule "The Boat" by Jane Day Sea Transit: Retracing the voyage of Vitus Bering by Philip Conkling Where seabirds nest by Alan Hutchinson The Making of a conservationist by Steven May "The Edge of the Bottom" by David Conover Community Science by Jim Acheson Clams by Annette Naegel Herring by Scott Dickerson Shad by Steve Cartwright Lobsters by David Conover "An unpretentious exercise" by David D. Platt A Sea of Drugs by Edgar M. W. Boyd Dwight Blaney, Ironbound Artist by Carl Little Hitting bottom on the rock by Karen Roberts Jackson "For a New Year's Morning" by Patricia Ranzoni
Description: Contents Lost Generation by Nancy Griffin Three Islands, Three Experiences by Deborah DuBrule "The Boat" by Jane Day Sea Transit: Retracing the voyage of Vitus Bering by Philip Conkling Where seabirds nest by Alan Hutchinson The Making of a conservationist by Steven May "The Edge of the Bottom" by David Conover Community Science by Jim Acheson Clams by Annette Naegel Herring by Scott Dickerson Shad by Steve Cartwright Lobsters by David Conover "An unpretentious exercise" by David D. Platt A Sea of Drugs by Edgar M. W. Boyd Dwight Blaney, Ironbound Artist by Carl Little Hitting bottom on the rock by Karen Roberts Jackson "For a New Year's Morning" by Patricia Ranzoni [show more]
A gray soft covered booklet, describing the vision of the richest man in the United States of America for Mount Desert Island. His foresight, patience, perseverance and action saved MDI.
Description: A gray soft covered booklet, describing the vision of the richest man in the United States of America for Mount Desert Island. His foresight, patience, perseverance and action saved MDI.
"Originally published in 1899 in The Century Magazine and in book form in 1904 by the American Unitarian Association under the title of: John Gilley, Maine farmer and fisherman."
Description: "Originally published in 1899 in The Century Magazine and in book form in 1904 by the American Unitarian Association under the title of: John Gilley, Maine farmer and fisherman."
Structures, Other Structures, Architectural Features
Official Journal and Yearbook of the 71st Session of the East Maine Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1918 (100 pp.) Apollo: An illustrated manual of the History of Art throughout the ages, 1908 (351 pp.) Scans: covers, fist pages only
Structures, Other Structures, Architectural Features
Date:
early 1900's
Collection:
Laura Damon Cross Collection
Object ID:
LDC 006
Location:
Shelf 4B1
Medium:
2 books
Condition:
fair
Description: Official Journal and Yearbook of the 71st Session of the East Maine Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1918 (100 pp.) Apollo: An illustrated manual of the History of Art throughout the ages, 1908 (351 pp.) Scans: covers, fist pages only
Born in 1/1894 in Kharkov, Russia. There was five sons & one daughter in the family. He attended Art School, was in the Navy, during the Revolution he came to the USA. He painted on MDI.
Description: Born in 1/1894 in Kharkov, Russia. There was five sons & one daughter in the family. He attended Art School, was in the Navy, during the Revolution he came to the USA. He painted on MDI.
By E. Spencer Miller, member of the Newcomen Society, chairman of the board of the Maine Central Railroad Company, Portland, and president from 1952-1977. With a 1979 map of Maine Central Railroad Company.
Description: By E. Spencer Miller, member of the Newcomen Society, chairman of the board of the Maine Central Railroad Company, Portland, and president from 1952-1977. With a 1979 map of Maine Central Railroad Company.
Address delivered at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, November 4, 1876 and in convention of the Legislature of Maine, February 6, 1877, by Joshua L. Chamberlain; with a communication from the governor and the Report of the Centennial Commission. Published by order of the Legislature of Maine of February 7, 1877. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
Description: Address delivered at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, November 4, 1876 and in convention of the Legislature of Maine, February 6, 1877, by Joshua L. Chamberlain; with a communication from the governor and the Report of the Centennial Commission. Published by order of the Legislature of Maine of February 7, 1877. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
Fall 1992 The Maine Work of Beatrix Jones Farrand Planting Open Space Seeds Frederick Law Olmstead National Historic Site Summer 2001 The Early Courses 19th Century Courses 20th Century Developments Friends of Acadia at Work Library At Thuya Lodge The Frances W. Peabody Research Library A Baker's Dozen of the Century's Best Books on American Garden Spring 2003 The Last Garden of Beatrix Farrand Creating an Appropriate Landscape of the Donnell House A Garden for your Historic House Plants and Historic Landscapes Winter 2005 Philosophical Underpinnings of the National Park Idea Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. Protecting our Public Landscapes Maine is Pioneering the use of Conservation Easements
Description: Fall 1992 The Maine Work of Beatrix Jones Farrand Planting Open Space Seeds Frederick Law Olmstead National Historic Site Summer 2001 The Early Courses 19th Century Courses 20th Century Developments Friends of Acadia at Work Library At Thuya Lodge The Frances W. Peabody Research Library A Baker's Dozen of the Century's Best Books on American Garden Spring 2003 The Last Garden of Beatrix Farrand Creating an Appropriate Landscape of the Donnell House A Garden for your Historic House Plants and Historic Landscapes Winter 2005 Philosophical Underpinnings of the National Park Idea Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. Protecting our Public Landscapes Maine is Pioneering the use of Conservation Easements [show more]
Collection of pamphlets for the following places: Washington County and Hancock County (x2), Kennebec County and Somerset County, Lincoln & Waldo & Knox Counties, York County and Oxford County, Penobscot County, Franklin County and Androscoggin County, Cumberland County and Sagadahoc County, Piscataquis County and Aroostook County.
Description: Collection of pamphlets for the following places: Washington County and Hancock County (x2), Kennebec County and Somerset County, Lincoln & Waldo & Knox Counties, York County and Oxford County, Penobscot County, Franklin County and Androscoggin County, Cumberland County and Sagadahoc County, Piscataquis County and Aroostook County.