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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1891Mount Desert Messenger - news on the home front
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War II
...Newsletter sent to soldiers during WWII with news of Mount Desert Island, a collection kept by Wilma Eaton and given to the library in her memory by her...
  • Rev. James F. McElroy
  • 1942-1945
  • various
Mount Desert Messenger - news on the home front
Item:
  • 1891   
Type:
  • Publication, Newsletter
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War II
Creator:
  • Rev. James F. McElroy
Date:
  • 1942-1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0404
Location:
  • General Collection Box 12
Pages:
  • various
Description:
...Newsletter sent to soldiers during WWII with news of Mount Desert Island, a collection kept by Wilma Eaton and given to the library in her memory by her...
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.
1904Re-enacting
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
...Smith was actively involved with the Maine Civil War Company reenactment group...
  • Joseph Smith
  • 1983
  • pages 56-59
  • newspaper
Re-enacting
Item:
  • 1904   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Joseph Smith
Date:
  • 1983
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0417
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 56-59
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Smith was actively involved with the Maine Civil War Company reenactment group...
6962Edsel Ford's Bright Idea - Mount Desert joins the War effort
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Down East Magazine article about Edsel Fords's plan to keep an army of Mainers employed during World War II. Published June 1995.
  • Letitia Baldwin
  • 1995
  • page 52
  • magazine
Edsel Ford's Bright Idea - Mount Desert joins the War effort
Item:
  • 6962   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Letitia Baldwin
Date:
  • 1995
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0792
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • page 52
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Down East Magazine article about Edsel Fords's plan to keep an army of Mainers employed during World War II. Published June 1995.
7425Reflections from Eddington
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Published for the Eddington Bicentennial Committee. Contains 2 maps and 36 photographs.
  • Carolyn A. Wood
  • 1976
  • 97
  • 1 book with 2 maps and 36 photographs
  • good
Reflections from Eddington
Item:
  • 7425   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Carolyn A. Wood
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 WOO
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4
Pages:
  • 97
Medium:
  • 1 book with 2 maps and 36 photographs
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Published for the Eddington Bicentennial Committee. Contains 2 maps and 36 photographs.
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.
6137General Andrew B. Spurling and Second Maine Cavalry
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
...Spurling and the Second Maine Cavalry. Civil War. Compiled from official, individual, newspaper, etc. reports...
  • C. C. Roberts
  • 1904
  • 91
  • 1 book
  • fair
General Andrew B. Spurling and Second Maine Cavalry
Item:
  • 6137   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • C. C. Roberts
Date:
  • 1904
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 92 SPURLING
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 91
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Spurling and the Second Maine Cavalry. Civil War. Compiled from official, individual, newspaper, etc. reports...
2063Celebrate! 250
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations
  • Other, History
...Mount Desert Island Historical Society collaborates with other island organizations to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the island...
  • 2011
  • 9
  • newspaper, photocopy
Celebrate! 250
Item:
  • 2063   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations
  • Other, History
Date:
  • 2011
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0577
Location:
  • General Collection Box 18
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • newspaper, photocopy
Description:
...Mount Desert Island Historical Society collaborates with other island organizations to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the island...
1494Early History and Personal Recollections of Northeast Harbor
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Cora Phillips Savage writes about the history of Northeast Harbor. GEN 0011 b: "Let's take a walk" by Emily Phillips Reynolds, 1975 (18 pages)
  • Cora Phillips Savage
  • 9
  • typescript
Early History and Personal Recollections of Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 1494   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Cora Phillips Savage
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0011 CSP
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Cora Phillips Savage writes about the history of Northeast Harbor. GEN 0011 b: "Let's take a walk" by Emily Phillips Reynolds, 1975 (18 pages)
7228History of the Northeast Harbor Water Company 1883 to 1945
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Other, History
Bound typescript on the history of the Northeast Harbor Water Company, written by Maurice H. Burr, Superintendent. Includes a 1988 handwritten introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
  • Maurice H. Burr
  • 1945
  • 9
  • typescript
History of the Northeast Harbor Water Company 1883 to 1945
Item:
  • 7228   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Maurice H. Burr
Date:
  • 1945
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0828
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Bound typescript on the history of the Northeast Harbor Water Company, written by Maurice H. Burr, Superintendent. Includes a 1988 handwritten introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
7426Historical Sketch of Stockton Springs, 1908
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
...Original 1908 printing: Press of Central Maine Publishing Co., Waterville, Maine...
  • Faustina Hichborn
  • 1996
  • 84
  • 1 ring-bound book
  • excellent
Historical Sketch of Stockton Springs, 1908
Item:
  • 7426   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Faustina Hichborn
Date:
  • 1996
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 HIC
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4
Pages:
  • 84
Medium:
  • 1 ring-bound book
Condition:
  • excellent
Description:
...Original 1908 printing: Press of Central Maine Publishing Co., Waterville, Maine...
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)

File Attachment:
SCB 974.1 CAN.pdf
…4-^ : HISTOBIGAL SKETCHES OF BLUEHILL, MAINE. …HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF BLUEHILL, MAINE. …HISTOBICAL SKETCHES OF BLUEHILL, MAINE. 50 SITE OP THE OLD MEETING HOUSE TO THE MILL STREAM IN THE VILLAGE, VIA MAIN STREET. …: HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF BLUEHILL, MAINE.
7191Asticou Celebratory Menu 1604-1954
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Gala
  • Other, History
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
...Asticou Celebratory Menu, in French and English, in honor of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Island of Mount Desert...
  • 1954
  • 8
  • 1 menu
  • good
Asticou Celebratory Menu 1604-1954
Item:
  • 7191   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
  • Other, History
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Date:
  • 1954
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0808
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • 1 menu
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...Asticou Celebratory Menu, in French and English, in honor of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Island of Mount Desert...
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...
7078Uses of Birch-Bark in the Northeast
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
...Published by the Robert Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine. Second printing, 1974...
  • Eva L. Butler, Wendell S. Hadlock
  • 1957
  • 66
  • 1 book
  • great
Uses of Birch-Bark in the Northeast
Item:
  • 7078   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • Eva L. Butler, Wendell S. Hadlock
Date:
  • 1957
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.1 BUT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 66
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • great
Description:
...Published by the Robert Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine. Second printing, 1974...
1525History of Frenchboro, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...History of Frenchboro, Maine...
  • Vivian D. Lunt
  • 1956
  • 65
  • typescript
History of Frenchboro, Maine
Item:
  • 1525   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Vivian D. Lunt
Date:
  • 1956
Place:
  • Frenchboro
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0034 VDL
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 65
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...History of Frenchboro, Maine...
7423Maine Place Names & the peopling of its towns - Illustrated county edition: Hancock
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
...Illustrated county edition of "Maine Place Names & the peopling of its towns" for Hancock County. Contains 1 map and 59 photographs...
  • Ava Herriet Chadbourne
  • 1970
  • 65
  • 1 book with 1 map and 59 photographs
  • good
Maine Place Names & the peopling of its towns - Illustrated county edition: Hancock
Item:
  • 7423   
Type:
  • Publication, Guidebook
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Ava Herriet Chadbourne
Date:
  • 1970
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917.41 CHA
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4
Pages:
  • 65
Medium:
  • 1 book with 1 map and 59 photographs
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...Illustrated county edition of "Maine Place Names & the peopling of its towns" for Hancock County. Contains 1 map and 59 photographs...
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).
7050George Folsom, John A. Poor and a Century of Historical Research with reference to Early Colonial Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
...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:
...State Historian of Maine...
1999An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Small booklet summarizing sections of the book "Mt. Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath.
  • Henry T. Reath
  • 2000
  • 6
  • typescript
An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1999   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Henry T. Reath
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0511
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 6
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Small booklet summarizing sections of the book "Mt. Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath.
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...
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)

File Attachment:
SCB 974.1 POP.pdf
…The cost of the memorial was defrayed by the State of Maine, the Maine Historical Society, the Colonial Dames of Maine and the Maine Society of Colonial …The " Fair English town " too " of fifty houses, with its church and fort mounted and entrenched " has dwindled to fifteen buildings of all kinds, the …in the State of Maine, and the Maine Society of Colonial Wars. on Mr. …BUKRAGE, Maine Historical D.D.
7297The Harbor Club - A History
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Yacht Club
Preface by R. Anderson Pew
  • August Heckscher
  • 1995
  • 55
  • 1 book
  • good
The Harbor Club - A History
Item:
  • 7297   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Yacht Club
Creator:
  • August Heckscher
Date:
  • 1995
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 797.1 HEC
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 55
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Preface by R. Anderson Pew
2051Our Town of Mount Desert in the Civil War
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • Places, Town
Material, compiled by Robert Pyle, used in an exhibition at the Northeast Harbor Library from April-June 2011 on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2011
  • 54
Our Town of Mount Desert in the Civil War
Item:
  • 2051   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 2011
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0565
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 54
Description:
Material, compiled by Robert Pyle, used in an exhibition at the Northeast Harbor Library from April-June 2011 on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
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)...

File Attachment:
SCB 974.1 WAY.pdf
…right spot, and shouts " May Maine I 1 Historical Society ? …great way ( as it then seemed, and as we after found it vp into the maine we might discerne very high mountaines, though the maine seemed but low land …George's River, and to no other on our Maine coast. …" The This first group of islands nearer to the main land.