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6062Report on the Safe Guiding of Public Welfare
  • Document, Report
  • Places, Town
Alfred Mullikin, C. E. An engineering report to the Building Ordinances Committee of the town of Mount Desert on the character and location of buildings
  • Alfred Mullikin
  • 1927
  • 7
  • good
Report on the Safe Guiding of Public Welfare
Item:
  • 6062   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Alfred Mullikin
Date:
  • 1927
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 352 MULLIKIN 1927
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 7
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Alfred Mullikin, C. E. An engineering report to the Building Ordinances Committee of the town of Mount Desert on the character and location of buildings
6063Annual Report on 1929 Work of Town Engineer to the Board of Selectmen
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Places, Town
Town of Mount Desert Island, January 1930
  • 1930
  • 40
Annual Report on 1929 Work of Town Engineer to the Board of Selectmen
Item:
  • 6063   
Type:
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1930
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 352 MULLIKIN 1930
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 40
Description:
Town of Mount Desert Island, January 1930
6125Maine The Summer Playground of the Nation
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Places
Pamphlet of the Maine State Information Bureau of the geography, physical, social, and climatic characteristics of Maine with Mount Desert Island included. Many b/w photographs.
  • 1920's
  • 66
  • 1 brochure
  • good
Maine The Summer Playground of the Nation
Item:
  • 6125   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1920's
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917.4 INFO
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 66
Medium:
  • 1 brochure
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Pamphlet of the Maine State Information Bureau of the geography, physical, social, and climatic characteristics of Maine with Mount Desert Island included. Many b/w photographs.
6145Sir Francis Bernard and his Grant of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Land
  • People
  • Places
About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor.
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 1922
  • 65
  • 1 book
Sir Francis Bernard and his Grant of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6145   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Date:
  • 1922
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 973.2 SAW
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 65
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor.
7374Map of Maine & Quebec
  • Map
  • Places
Scale 1:1250000
  • Asher & Adams
  • 1871
  • MAP (framed)
  • excellent
Map of Maine & Quebec
Item:
  • 7374   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Asher & Adams
Date:
  • 1871
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0330
Location:
  • Basement Hallway
Medium:
  • MAP (framed)
Condition:
  • excellent
Description:
Scale 1:1250000
6102Sieur De Monts National Monument - The White Mountain National Forest
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Park
Development of what is now Acadia National Park. Article provides history and descriptions of the area covered under the U.S. Monuments Act of 1906. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • George B. Dorr
  • 1917
  • 64
  • good
Sieur De Monts National Monument - The White Mountain National Forest
Item:
  • 6102   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • George B. Dorr
Date:
  • 1917
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Sieur de Monts National Monument
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 719 DORR
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 64
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Development of what is now Acadia National Park. Article provides history and descriptions of the area covered under the U.S. Monuments Act of 1906. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
5517Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
Scanned photographs used for "A Walking Tour of Northeast Harbor Main Street" led by Bob Pyle, Library Director, and Willie Granston, Curator of the Great Harbor Museum, in July and August 2011. 1. Early Northeast Harbor 2. Looking down Summit to Main Street 3. Kindergarten at the school before Gilman 4. Gilman School 5. Main Street, 1918 6. South on Main Street 7. Fire Barn and Jail 8. Red Cross House 9. Herrick Boarding House 10. Herrick's Livery, 1910 11. Geo Brown Garage 12. Pastime Theatre 13. Bain Building 14. Hillcrest Market 15. Scrubby Ober's 16. Haynes Express 17. Herrick's Stable, 1910 18. Brown's 19. Paper-Hanging shop & Pool Hall 20. Northeast Plumbing Hamor Stanley 21. Masonic/Holmes Building 22. Mrs. Flye's Sandwiches 23. Barber Shop 24. Fish Market 25. Manchester House 26. Manchester Bros. Garage 27. Pine Tree Market 28. Drug Store 29. Fire House [30. Merritt Ober Meats - See Item 4969 (Photo 1359)] 31. Flower Shop 32. Joseph H. Curtis House 33. Paint Shop 34. P. P. Hill Jewelry & Antiques 35. Carry-on Shop 36. L. Elrie Holmes Building 37. Winter Industries & Western Union 38. Red Front A & P during Bar Harbor Bank era 39. Post Office 40. Joy Building 41. Colonel's & V. R. Smith Dry-goods 42. J. D. Phillips Drug Store 43. Eri Bunker House 44. I. E. Ralph 45. Fish Iveney's 46. Neighborhood House
  • 2011
Main Street, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5517   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 2011
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1896
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Scanned photographs used for "A Walking Tour of Northeast Harbor Main Street" led by Bob Pyle, Library Director, and Willie Granston, Curator of the Great Harbor Museum, in July and August 2011. 1. Early Northeast Harbor 2. Looking down Summit to Main Street 3. Kindergarten at the school before Gilman 4. Gilman School 5. Main Street, 1918 6. South on Main Street 7. Fire Barn and Jail 8. Red Cross House 9. Herrick Boarding House 10. Herrick's Livery, 1910 11. Geo Brown Garage 12. Pastime Theatre 13. Bain Building 14. Hillcrest Market 15. Scrubby Ober's 16. Haynes Express 17. Herrick's Stable, 1910 18. Brown's 19. Paper-Hanging shop & Pool Hall 20. Northeast Plumbing Hamor Stanley 21. Masonic/Holmes Building 22. Mrs. Flye's Sandwiches 23. Barber Shop 24. Fish Market 25. Manchester House 26. Manchester Bros. Garage 27. Pine Tree Market 28. Drug Store 29. Fire House [30. Merritt Ober Meats - See Item 4969 (Photo 1359)] 31. Flower Shop 32. Joseph H. Curtis House 33. Paint Shop 34. P. P. Hill Jewelry & Antiques 35. Carry-on Shop 36. L. Elrie Holmes Building 37. Winter Industries & Western Union 38. Red Front A & P during Bar Harbor Bank era 39. Post Office 40. Joy Building 41. Colonel's & V. R. Smith Dry-goods 42. J. D. Phillips Drug Store 43. Eri Bunker House 44. I. E. Ralph 45. Fish Iveney's 46. Neighborhood House [show more]
3626Plan Showing Property Owners Around Gilpatrick Cove
  • Map
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Shore
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1953
  • Gilpatrick Cove, Northeast Harbor
  • 1
  • copy
  • fair
Plan Showing Property Owners Around Gilpatrick Cove
Item:
  • 3626   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Maurice Burr
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • Gilpatrick Cove, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0073 WHB
Location:
  • 5C3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • copy
Condition:
  • fair
6084Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
Summary of geological details of Mount Desert Island. Several b/w pictures. Two reprints, same article, entitled "Geology of Mount Desert Island". Rocks and minerals. Revised and reprinted from the "Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. XVII, No. 4, October 1919). See also item 7069.
  • F. Bascom
  • 1919
  • 14
  • 1 book
  • good
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 6084   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • F. Bascom
Date:
  • 1919
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 550 BASCOM
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 14
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Summary of geological details of Mount Desert Island. Several b/w pictures. Two reprints, same article, entitled "Geology of Mount Desert Island". Rocks and minerals. Revised and reprinted from the "Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. XVII, No. 4, October 1919). See also item 7069.
3627Path & Landscape Layout for Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Map
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall, Clubhouse
  • Anna D. Thompson
  • 8/25/1979
  • Gilpatrick Cove, Northeast Harbor
  • 1
  • copy
Path & Landscape Layout for Northeast Harbor Fleet
Item:
  • 3627   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall, Clubhouse
Creator:
  • Anna D. Thompson
Date:
  • 8/25/1979
Street:
  • Gilpatrick Cove, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0074 ADT
Location:
  • 5C3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • copy
6113Paths and Trails of Northeast Harbor and Vicinity
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Hiking Trail
Description of Paths & Trails of Northeast Harbor
  • Village Improvement Society
  • 8/10/1914
  • 8
  • 2 books
Paths and Trails of Northeast Harbor and Vicinity
Item:
  • 6113   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Hiking Trail
Creator:
  • Village Improvement Society
Date:
  • 8/10/1914
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 796.5 PATHS
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • 2 books
Description:
Description of Paths & Trails of Northeast Harbor
6124America, Her Grandeur and Her Beauty
  • Publication, Book
  • Places
12" x 13.5" book. Chapter "The Coast of Maine" from the Book "America, her grandeur and her beauty." Inscribed on inside cover "To Aunt Fran and nostalgia with love, Wendy"
  • 1905
  • book
America, Her Grandeur and Her Beauty
Item:
  • 6124   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1905
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917.4 AME
Location:
  • Shelf 6A1
Medium:
  • book
Description:
12" x 13.5" book. Chapter "The Coast of Maine" from the Book "America, her grandeur and her beauty." Inscribed on inside cover "To Aunt Fran and nostalgia with love, Wendy"
7065In Fair Aroostook
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places
  • Places, Landscape
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.
  • Clarence Pullen
  • 1902
  • 94
  • 1 book
  • good
In Fair Aroostook
Item:
  • 7065   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Clarence Pullen
Date:
  • 1902
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917.41 PUL
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 94
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
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.
6160Mount Desert Scrapbook
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Places, Island
Articles about MDI pasted into scrapbook. "Mount Desert on the Coast of Maine" (by Clara Barnes Martin), "A Week on Mt. Desert" parts 1-4, poetry, "Mount Desert", "Mount Desert and its Scenery."
  • ca. 1867
  • Light brown notebook with articles pasted to pages
  • fair
Mount Desert Scrapbook
Item:
  • 6160   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • ca. 1867
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.14 MOUNT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Medium:
  • Light brown notebook with articles pasted to pages
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Articles about MDI pasted into scrapbook. "Mount Desert on the Coast of Maine" (by Clara Barnes Martin), "A Week on Mt. Desert" parts 1-4, poetry, "Mount Desert", "Mount Desert and its Scenery."
7063History of Vinalhaven
  • Publication, Book
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
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.
  • Albra Josephine Vinal
  • 1900
  • 84
  • 1 book
  • fair
History of Vinalhaven
Item:
  • 7063   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Albra Josephine Vinal
Date:
  • 1900
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 VIN
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 84
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
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.
7051Waymouth Tercentenary
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
An account of the celebration of the landing of George Waymouth on the coast of Maine. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • 53
  • 1 book
  • fair
Waymouth Tercentenary
Item:
  • 7051   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 WAY
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 53
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
An account of the celebration of the landing of George Waymouth on the coast of Maine. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
7052Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1907
  • 58
  • 1 book
  • fragile
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
Item:
  • 7052   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Maine Historical Society
Date:
  • 1907
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 POP
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 58
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
7047Maine: Her place in history
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations
  • Places
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)
  • 1877
  • 131
  • 1 book
  • fair
Maine: Her place in history
Item:
  • 7047   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • Places
Date:
  • 1877
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 CH
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 131
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
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)
7066Historical Sketches of Blue Hill, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Written by R. G. F. Candage, Brookline, Mass. Printed for the Blue Hill Historical Society (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • R. G. F. Candage
  • 1905
  • 83
  • 1 book
  • fair
Historical Sketches of Blue Hill, Maine
Item:
  • 7066   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • R. G. F. Candage
Date:
  • 1905
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 CAN
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 83
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Written by R. G. F. Candage, Brookline, Mass. Printed for the Blue Hill Historical Society (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
7050George Folsom, John A. Poor and a Century of Historical Research with reference to Early Colonial Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine.
  • Henry S. Burrage
  • 1926
  • 62
  • 1 book
  • good
George Folsom, John A. Poor and a Century of Historical Research with reference to Early Colonial Maine
Item:
  • 7050   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Henry S. Burrage
Date:
  • 1926
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 BUR
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 62
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine.
7060Kingfield Register - 1902
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
  • H. E. Mitchell
  • 1902
  • 30
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Kingfield Register - 1902
Item:
  • 7060   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • H. E. Mitchell
Date:
  • 1902
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 KIN
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 30
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
7059New Vineyard and Strong Register - 1902
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
  • H. E. Mitchell, E. K. Woodard
  • 1902
  • 47
  • 1 booklet
  • good
New Vineyard and Strong Register - 1902
Item:
  • 7059   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • H. E. Mitchell, E. K. Woodard
Date:
  • 1902
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 NVS
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 47
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
7061New Portland Register - 1902
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
  • H. E. Mitchell
  • 1902
  • 33
  • 1 booklet
  • good
New Portland Register - 1902
Item:
  • 7061   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • H. E. Mitchell
Date:
  • 1902
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 NPR
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 33
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
7053New England Old and New 1620-1920
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1920
  • 63
  • 1 book
  • good
New England Old and New 1620-1920
Item:
  • 7053   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • Maine Historical Society
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 PLY
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 63
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
7062Roque Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
A paper given before the Colonial Society of Massachusetts on December 22, 1955.
  • John Peabody Monks
  • 1955
  • 11
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Roque Island
Item:
  • 7062   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • John Peabody Monks
Date:
  • 1955
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 MON
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 11
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
A paper given before the Colonial Society of Massachusetts on December 22, 1955.