The original Northeast Harbor Library building was designed by Fred L. Savage. Chairman was Mr. Louis McLane. The library was seasonal until replaced in 1951.
Description: The original Northeast Harbor Library building was designed by Fred L. Savage. Chairman was Mr. Louis McLane. The library was seasonal until replaced in 1951.
Description: The drawing and cover letter are framed together. Miss Gilman attributes the drawing to Hopkinson Smith. The logo continues in use a century later.
Standing in line with sign "Site of Northeast Harbor Free Public Library". L to R: William S. Holmes, Mrs. Gerrish H. Milliken, Sr., Gordon H. Falt, Matthew T. Mellon, Eliot Wadsworth, Mrs. Vance C. McCormick, Charles K. Savage Not present: Mr. S. Edwin Tracy, Mrs. August Belmont and Mrs. George Manchester
Description: Standing in line with sign "Site of Northeast Harbor Free Public Library". L to R: William S. Holmes, Mrs. Gerrish H. Milliken, Sr., Gordon H. Falt, Matthew T. Mellon, Eliot Wadsworth, Mrs. Vance C. McCormick, Charles K. Savage Not present: Mr. S. Edwin Tracy, Mrs. August Belmont and Mrs. George Manchester
Description: Framed, B/W, 9.5x8" photograph showing student telling stories to elementary school class in front of fireplace of now-replaced old library.
Framed, B/W, 9.5x8" photograph of student storytellers at the library. Names listed on back include Standing: Steve Coffin, John Grant, Sitting: Elaine Higgens, Esther Jordan Floor: Dick Smith, Jr. and Dick Lunt
Description: Framed, B/W, 9.5x8" photograph of student storytellers at the library. Names listed on back include Standing: Steve Coffin, John Grant, Sitting: Elaine Higgens, Esther Jordan Floor: Dick Smith, Jr. and Dick Lunt
Description: First Chairman of the new Northeast Harbor Library. Photograph of a painting by Betsy Flagg Melcher. Mrs. Belmont served from 1949 through 1952.
Presented by Jerome Knowles. Known as the Northeast Harbor Village Library. This facility was used after the old library and reading room would close for the winter.
Description: Presented by Jerome Knowles. Known as the Northeast Harbor Village Library. This facility was used after the old library and reading room would close for the winter.
B/W Photograph of the circulation desk area at the Northeast Harbor Library (older building). This photograph is also a postcard dated September 25, 1982.
Description: B/W Photograph of the circulation desk area at the Northeast Harbor Library (older building). This photograph is also a postcard dated September 25, 1982.