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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
7227History of the original Northeast Harbor Fire Company
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Other, History
Photocopy of a document written by Alvah L. Reed on the history of the original Northeast Harbor Fire Company.
  • Alvah L. Reed
  • 3
  • typescript
History of the original Northeast Harbor Fire Company
Item:
  • 7227   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Alvah L. Reed
Date:
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0827
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Photocopy of a document written by Alvah L. Reed on the history of the original Northeast Harbor Fire Company.
2357Map of Settler's Lots
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, History
  • Other, Land
Parchment drawing of settler's land parcels in the Town of Mt. Desert (Northeast Harbor to Harbor & Somesville.) Some properties are identified by owner; others numbered
  • ? (old!)
  • 1
  • MAP
  • very fragile, damaged
Map of Settler's Lots
Item:
  • 2357   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Land
Date:
  • ? (old!)
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 161
Location:
  • GHC Box 5
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • very fragile, damaged
Description:
Parchment drawing of settler's land parcels in the Town of Mt. Desert (Northeast Harbor to Harbor & Somesville.) Some properties are identified by owner; others numbered
2217100 years in Maine (Part Four)
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • Places
..."Witnesses to History" is Part Four of a commemorative series celebrating: hundred years of Maine life...
  • Wayne E. Reilly
  • 11/2/1999
  • newspaper
100 years in Maine (Part Four)
Item:
  • 2217   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • Places
Creator:
  • Wayne E. Reilly
Date:
  • 11/2/1999
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0731
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
..."Witnesses to History" is Part Four of a commemorative series celebrating: hundred years of Maine life...
2215Maine Diary, A Time Line of History in the 20th Century
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, History
  • Places
...A Time Line of History in the Twentieth Century, 1950-1999 A Maine Diary...
  • Wayne E. Reilly, Project Editor
  • 12/14/1999
  • newspaper
Maine Diary, A Time Line of History in the 20th Century
Item:
  • 2215   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Wayne E. Reilly, Project Editor
Date:
  • 12/14/1999
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0729
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...A Time Line of History in the Twentieth Century, 1950-1999 A Maine Diary...
2214A Time Line of History in the Twentieth Century
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places
..."Maine Diary" is Part Five of a Commemorative Series Celebrating 100 Years of Maine Life, 1900-1909...
  • 12/14/1999
  • newspaper
A Time Line of History in the Twentieth Century
Item:
  • 2214   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places
Date:
  • 12/14/1999
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0728
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
..."Maine Diary" is Part Five of a Commemorative Series Celebrating 100 Years of Maine Life, 1900-1909...
1986List of Civil War Soldiers from the town of Mount Desert
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Original, elongated, list of men furnished by the town of Mt. Desert by the selectmen for military service in the Civil War. The list represents several calls to duty from 1862 to 1869.
  • Jonathan Hamor
  • 1-2-1869
  • 1
  • manuscript (original and 2 photocopies)
List of Civil War Soldiers from the town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1986   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Jonathan Hamor
Date:
  • 1-2-1869
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0499
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript (original and 2 photocopies)
Description:
Original, elongated, list of men furnished by the town of Mt. Desert by the selectmen for military service in the Civil War. The list represents several calls to duty from 1862 to 1869.
2184Special Millennium Edition, The Bar Harbor Times
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
...Some of the events covered are "The Timeline of Maine History" (4) and other special events pertaining to the history of Mount Desert Island...
  • The Bar Harbor Times
  • 12/28/2000
  • newspaper
Special Millennium Edition, The Bar Harbor Times
Item:
  • 2184   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • The Bar Harbor Times
Date:
  • 12/28/2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0698
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Some of the events covered are "The Timeline of Maine History" (4) and other special events pertaining to the history of Mount Desert Island...
2172The American Century
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, History
  • Places
...A history of the last 100 years from the pages of the "Ellsworth American", which is a weekly paper produced in Ellsworth, Maine...
  • 12/30/1999
  • newspaper
  • good
The American Century
Item:
  • 2172   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
Date:
  • 12/30/1999
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0685
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...A history of the last 100 years from the pages of the "Ellsworth American", which is a weekly paper produced in Ellsworth, Maine...

File Attachment:
GEN 0685.pdf
…The project, as tentatively proposed, is to tap the Mount Desert branch of the Maine Central at Ellsworth or Ellsworth falls, and follow a route up the …-EA, Nov. 16, 1949 MOUNT DESERT ISLAND 1/ISTORICAL SOCIETY Mount Desert Island High School Basketball Team, 1934-35. …Army helicopter finally landed four tanks on Mount Desert Rock on Saturday. …MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Steamer Mount Desert leaving Island House dock, Southwest Harbor, early in the century.
22181999...Looking Back
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Looking back on past 100 years on Mount Desert Island...
  • 12/30/1999
  • newspaper
1999...Looking Back
Item:
  • 2218   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 12/30/1999
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0732
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Looking back on past 100 years on Mount Desert Island...
1915A list of Settlers of part of MDI granted to John Bernard
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...A soft covered red notebook containing a copy from Maine State Archives listing (A21IR20:4-8 Box44) settlers on the part of MDI granted to John Bernard...
  • 1785
  • 3
  • photocopy
A list of Settlers of part of MDI granted to John Bernard
Item:
  • 1915   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1785
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0428
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...A soft covered red notebook containing a copy from Maine State Archives listing (A21IR20:4-8 Box44) settlers on the part of MDI granted to John Bernard...
7096History of the District of Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places
Illustrated by a new correct Map of the District.
  • James Sullivan
  • 1795
  • 421
  • 1 book
  • fair
History of the District of Maine
Item:
  • 7096   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • James Sullivan
Date:
  • 1795
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 SUL
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 421
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Illustrated by a new correct Map of the District.
3561Map of the District of Maine Massachusetts
  • Map
  • Other, History
  • Places
It is a copy of a large map, depicts only the lower left corner of the full map. Rips have been repaired with tape.
  • Osgood Carleton
  • 1802
  • portion of map
  • paper
Map of the District of Maine Massachusetts
Item:
  • 3561   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Osgood Carleton
Date:
  • 1802
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0007 OC
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • portion of map
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
It is a copy of a large map, depicts only the lower left corner of the full map. Rips have been repaired with tape.
5423Local Civil War Soldiers
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
...Scanned photographs of area Maine Militia and Civil War soldiers...
  • 1842-1860's
Local Civil War Soldiers
Item:
  • 5423   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Date:
  • 1842-1860's
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1829
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...Scanned photographs of area Maine Militia and Civil War soldiers...
1896Letters to Ada Emerson
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
...to his mother, Ada Emerson, in Indian River, ME describing his Civil War encampment with the Maine 10th Regiment at Camp Washburn, MD & Harper's Ferry,...
  • Henry Kelley
  • 1859-1864
  • photocopy
Letters to Ada Emerson
Item:
  • 1896   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Henry Kelley
Date:
  • 1859-1864
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0409
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...to his mother, Ada Emerson, in Indian River, ME describing his Civil War encampment with the Maine 10th Regiment at Camp Washburn, MD & Harper's Ferry,...
1952Stephen Smallidge Letter (kindness of Lucy H. Smith)
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
...Stephen Smallidge (May 30 1842-December 20 1908) of Northeast Harbor enlisted on March 11 1864 in the Maine Volunteer Regiment...
  • 1864
  • 6
  • photocopy
Stephen Smallidge Letter (kindness of Lucy H. Smith)
Item:
  • 1952   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Date:
  • 1864
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0465
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 6
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...Stephen Smallidge (May 30 1842-December 20 1908) of Northeast Harbor enlisted on March 11 1864 in the Maine Volunteer Regiment...
1923Civil War Military, School and Schooner Statistics
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
...Lists of MDI Civil War enlistment, school enrollments with names and ages of & ages of students in District 7 (Sandy Point; Northeast Harbor) and District...8 (Long Pond) and list of vessels owned in Mount Desert in 1868...
  • Robert Lindsay Smallidge
  • 1864-1872
  • 7
  • photocopy
Civil War Military, School and Schooner Statistics
Item:
  • 1923   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Robert Lindsay Smallidge
Date:
  • 1864-1872
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0436
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...Lists of MDI Civil War enlistment, school enrollments with names and ages of & ages of students in District 7 (Sandy Point; Northeast Harbor) and District...8 (Long Pond) and list of vessels owned in Mount Desert in 1868...
7095Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell and his encounters with the Indians; including a particular account of the Pequauket Battle, with a history of that Tribe; and a reprint of Rev. Thomas Symmes Sermon.
  • Frederic Kidder
  • 1865
  • 138
  • 1 book
  • good
Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell
Item:
  • 7095   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
Creator:
  • Frederic Kidder
Date:
  • 1865
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974 KID
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 138
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell and his encounters with the Indians; including a particular account of the Pequauket Battle, with a history of that Tribe; and a reprint of Rev. Thomas Symmes Sermon.

File Attachment:
SCB 974 KID.pdf
…And it came to pafs on the morrow, when the Philiflines came toflrip the Slain, that they found Saul and his three Sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. …at laft, upon mount Gilboa. …And we that tarry at home muft get into the Mount and Pray for 'em. …over fixteen years, in the various tribes, which is preferved in the "Maine Hiftorical Collections."
6463History of Brunswick, Topsham, & Harpswell, Maine
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Including the Ancient Territory known as Pejepscot.
  • George Augustus Wheeler, M.D., Henry Warren Wheeler
  • 1878
History of Brunswick, Topsham, & Harpswell, Maine
Item:
  • 6463   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • George Augustus Wheeler, M.D., Henry Warren Wheeler
Date:
  • 1878
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 78
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
Including the Ancient Territory known as Pejepscot.
7127Genealogy of the Gamble Family
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • Other, History
  • People
...Excerpt of "The Mount Desert Widow - Genealogy of the Gamble Family", by Greenleaf and Jonathan P. Cilley...
  • 1895
  • 2 clippings
  • fair
Genealogy of the Gamble Family
Item:
  • 7127   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
Date:
  • 1895
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0801
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Medium:
  • 2 clippings
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Excerpt of "The Mount Desert Widow - Genealogy of the Gamble Family", by Greenleaf and Jonathan P. Cilley...
7068Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
...A monthly magazine devoted to the history of Maine towns and families. Volume IX, No. 5, May 1898. Two Dollars Per Annum...
  • 1898
  • 31
  • 1 booklet
  • fair
Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder
Item:
  • 7068   
Type:
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Date:
  • 1898
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 929.05 M
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 31
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...A monthly magazine devoted to the history of Maine towns and families. Volume IX, No. 5, May 1898. Two Dollars Per Annum...
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...
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...
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...
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.
7057Ancient Pemaquid
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places
...Read before the Maine Historical Society, February 6, 1903...
  • Rev. Henry O. Thayer
  • 1903
  • 15
  • 1 booklet
  • fair
Ancient Pemaquid
Item:
  • 7057   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Rev. Henry O. Thayer
Date:
  • 1903
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 THA
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 15
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Read before the Maine Historical Society, February 6, 1903...