History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr. Pyle & a copy of "The New Iliad".
Description: History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr. Pyle & a copy of "The New Iliad".
Description: A photocopy of the Red Cross House, from Lydia Vandenbergh's files. This building now occupied by the Mount Desert Nursing Association. October 1931.
B/W copy of photograph appearing in Bar Harbor Times showing winter scene of the Western Union Office and the Tweed Shop on Main Street, Northeast Harbor. See also item 5265 (photo 1679)
Description: B/W copy of photograph appearing in Bar Harbor Times showing winter scene of the Western Union Office and the Tweed Shop on Main Street, Northeast Harbor. See also item 5265 (photo 1679)
Copy of B/W photograph looking south on Main Street after the big snowstorm of 1923. Half way down street on left is the fire house before enlargement.
Description: Copy of B/W photograph looking south on Main Street after the big snowstorm of 1923. Half way down street on left is the fire house before enlargement.
Description: Agnes Milliken's notes for a speech at library trustee's meeting on the retirement of Mrs. Belmont and succession of Mrs. Fay as Trustee Chairman.
For this article, Anna Carr is interviewed about the recent opening of the new Northeast Harbor Library which was primarily funded by private donations. Description of some rooms and services. Photograph of Elisa Hurley, Children's Librarian, with students. Published in "Bangor Metro", August 2008
Description: For this article, Anna Carr is interviewed about the recent opening of the new Northeast Harbor Library which was primarily funded by private donations. Description of some rooms and services. Photograph of Elisa Hurley, Children's Librarian, with students. Published in "Bangor Metro", August 2008
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.
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.
Four scanned photographs of members of the MacKenzie family and the residence at "Wildwood" in Seal Harbor (aka Dane estate). Material loaned to R. Pyle comes from Nancy Keating of Harpswell, ME.
Description: Four scanned photographs of members of the MacKenzie family and the residence at "Wildwood" in Seal Harbor (aka Dane estate). Material loaned to R. Pyle comes from Nancy Keating of Harpswell, ME.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
Description: Fourteen generations of Gotts in The United States, beginning with the immigrant ancestor, Charles Gott (b. 1598) from Cambridge, England.