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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
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"...
  • F. Bascom
  • 1919
  • 14
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
...Summary of geological details of Mount Desert Island. Several b/w pictures. Two reprints, same article, entitled "Geology of Mount Desert Island"...
6148Right Development of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
...Eliot's thoughts about the development of Mount Desert as a pleasure and health resort with regards to environment, marine activity (sailing and fishing...
  • Charles W. Eliot
  • 1904
  • 14
  • 1 book
Description:
...Eliot's thoughts about the development of Mount Desert as a pleasure and health resort with regards to environment, marine activity (sailing and fishing...
6144Sir Samuel Argall, the First Englishman at Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • People
...to the Maine Historical Society in 1923 about Samuel Argall, merchant tailor, of Bristol, England, and the first Englishman recorded to have visited Mount...Desert Island in 1613...
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 1924
  • 23
  • 1 book
Description:
...to the Maine Historical Society in 1923 about Samuel Argall, merchant tailor, of Bristol, England, and the first Englishman recorded to have visited Mount...Desert Island in 1613...
1684Edsel B. Ford Mount Desert Island Estate
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Developed by Lynam Realtors for the sale of the Edsel Ford estate in Seal Harbor, brochure has many photographs and drawings. Following Ford, owners of "Skylands" have been Skylands have included Edward Leed and Martha Stewart.
  • Fred C. Lynam Co.
  • ca. 1950
  • 12
  • 1 book
Description:
Developed by Lynam Realtors for the sale of the Edsel Ford estate in Seal Harbor, brochure has many photographs and drawings. Following Ford, owners of "Skylands" have been Skylands have included Edward Leed and Martha Stewart.
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
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.
2088Fact Manual for Industry
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
...Report on advantages on Mount Desert Island for economic and industrial development. Scan: Cover, first pages only...
  • Mount Desert Development Corporation
  • 1956
  • 23
  • 1 book
Description:
...Report on advantages on Mount Desert Island for economic and industrial development. Scan: Cover, first pages only...
5716Bar Harbor Maine's Great Coast Resort Gateway to Lafayette National Park
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
...Church of the Holy Redeemer, Mount Desert Street 43. Newport House 44. DeGregoire Hotel 45. View of Somes Sound 46. St...Saviour's Episcopal Church, Mount Desert Street 47. The Ovens on the Bay Shore 48. Eagle Lake, source of Bar Harbor's water supply 49...Peonies in bloom at the Mount Desert nurseries...
  • 1 book
  • started to deteriorate
Description:
...Church of the Holy Redeemer, Mount Desert Street 43. Newport House 44. DeGregoire Hotel 45. View of Somes Sound 46. St...Saviour's Episcopal Church, Mount Desert Street 47. The Ovens on the Bay Shore 48. Eagle Lake, source of Bar Harbor's water supply 49...Peonies in bloom at the Mount Desert nurseries...
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
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)


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…'* more, and there came things for goodly homes, a hundred in spirit all laid Cross-nose Mount of the This endeared the land and …above Mount Katahdiii and the city of Montreal. Champlain accompanied him on voyage. …Desert. Tiii-y named their station St. …Desert.
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
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)


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…Captain John Smith until the arrival of reinforcements fi-om England but even then, only a year and eight months after spirit of ; the northern colony deserted …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
7297The Harbor Club - A History
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Yacht Club
Preface by R. Anderson Pew
  • August Heckscher
  • 1995
  • 55
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
Preface by R. Anderson Pew
6120Ecrit Dans Un Jardin
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Donated to the Northeast Harbor Library by Marguerite Yourcenar. Signed dedication by the author included. Scan: cover, first pages only.
  • Marguerite Yourcenar
  • 1980
  • 1 book
Description:
Donated to the Northeast Harbor Library by Marguerite Yourcenar. Signed dedication by the author included. Scan: cover, first pages only.
7390Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Carriage
...In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island...Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude."...
  • 1888
  • 60
  • 1 book with 36 photographs
  • very fragile
Description:
...In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island...Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude."...
7410Mount Desert - The Story of Saint Sauveur
  • Publication, Booklet
  • People
  • Places, Island
Printed for private circulation in 1921.
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 1921
  • 26
  • 1 booklet
Description:
Printed for private circulation in 1921.
6149John D. Rockefeller Jr.: Godfather to Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
...A gray soft covered booklet, describing the vision of the richest man in the United States of America for Mount Desert Island...
  • Alice Stewart Eno
  • 52
  • 1 booklet
Description:
...A gray soft covered booklet, describing the vision of the richest man in the United States of America for Mount Desert Island...
7409Asticou Inn and Cottages
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
...Asticou Inn and Cottages, Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Advertising booklet of the Asticou Inn and its cottages...
  • George A. Savage
  • 1924
  • 20
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
...Asticou Inn and Cottages, Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Advertising booklet of the Asticou Inn and its cottages...
6861Town Budget
  • Document, Government
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
  • 1931
  • 1 booklet
5606Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Booklet with 4 loose photographs of dock and water. Raising the flagpole in front of the new Fleet House.
  • Bicknell Photo Services, Portland ME
  • 4
  • 1 booklet
Description:
Booklet with 4 loose photographs of dock and water. Raising the flagpole in front of the new Fleet House.
7089Union Church of Northeast Harbor - Fifty Years 1889-1939
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
Prayer by Palfrey Perkins. Fiftieth Anniversary Address by Samuel A. Eliot.
  • 1939
  • 16
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
Prayer by Palfrey Perkins. Fiftieth Anniversary Address by Samuel A. Eliot.
7405Order of the Eastern Star No. 118
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations
  • People
By Laws of St. Mary Chapter No. 118, Order of the Eastern Star, Northeast Harbor, Maine.
  • 1923
  • 1 booklet
Description:
By Laws of St. Mary Chapter No. 118, Order of the Eastern Star, Northeast Harbor, Maine.
7408The Rock End and Cottages
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Advertising booklet of the Rock End Hotel and its cottages. Several exterior photographs of the hotel, the surrounding areas and the island are included, as well as floor plans of the buildings.
  • Herman L. Savage
  • 16
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
Advertising booklet of the Rock End Hotel and its cottages. Several exterior photographs of the hotel, the surrounding areas and the island are included, as well as floor plans of the buildings.
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...
  • 1920's
  • 66
  • 1 brochure
  • good
Description:
...Pamphlet of the Maine State Information Bureau of the geography, physical, social, and climatic characteristics of Maine with Mount Desert Island included...
7193Asticou Terraces
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Places, Garden
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Brochure about Asticou Terraces and Thuya Lodge on Asticou Hill.
  • 4
  • 1 brochure
  • good
Description:
Brochure about Asticou Terraces and Thuya Lodge on Asticou Hill.
7302From Father to Son - Review by Carl Little
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Organizations
  • People
Review by Carl Little of the book "Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect", written by his father, Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard College and one of the first summer resident of Northeast Harbor. The book was originally published in 1902. Also mentioned is the Champlain Society of which Charles Eliot was a member. Published in the "Bar Harbor Times" on October 5, 2000.
  • Carl Little
  • 2000
  • 1 clipping
  • fair
Description:
Review by Carl Little of the book "Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect", written by his father, Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard College and one of the first summer resident of Northeast Harbor. The book was originally published in 1902. Also mentioned is the Champlain Society of which Charles Eliot was a member. Published in the "Bar Harbor Times" on October 5, 2000.
7358The Champlain Society
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Organizations
  • People
Article "The Champlain Society: How they spent their summer vacation in 1880", published in the "Bar Harbor Times" on August 1, 1996. Written by Nan Lincoln. Photographs by Marshall P. Slade.
  • Nan Lincoln
  • 1996
  • 1 clipping
  • good
Description:
Article "The Champlain Society: How they spent their summer vacation in 1880", published in the "Bar Harbor Times" on August 1, 1996. Written by Nan Lincoln. Photographs by Marshall P. Slade.
7396The Forest Hill Society Ledger Book
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Organizations
  • Places, Cemetery
The Forest Hill Society was a women's group mainly focused on raising money to help defray costs at the Forest Hill Cemetery. This ledger covers a period of 13 years, between March 1958 and January 1971.
  • 1958-1971
  • 180
  • 1 ledger book
  • fair
Description:
The Forest Hill Society was a women's group mainly focused on raising money to help defray costs at the Forest Hill Cemetery. This ledger covers a period of 13 years, between March 1958 and January 1971.