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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1999An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...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:
...Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath...
1485Story of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Places, Town
...This collection contains Morison's handwritten speech and his edited typed copy of the talk on Mount Desert Island history he gave in 1959 to benefit island...
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1959
  • 79
  • manuscript
Story of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1485   
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0002 SEM
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 79
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
...This collection contains Morison's handwritten speech and his edited typed copy of the talk on Mount Desert Island history he gave in 1959 to benefit island...
1722Mount Desert Island Facts
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...General facts, statistics, historical and political information of Mount Desert Island...
  • 4
Mount Desert Island Facts
Item:
  • 1722   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0234
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 4
Description:
...General facts, statistics, historical and political information of Mount Desert Island...
3828Plan of the Western part of Mount Desert Island
  • Map
...Mount Desert: Early history...
  • Salem Towne
  • 1970
  • Rolled reproduction by A.D. Phillips
  • fragile
Plan of the Western part of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 3828   
Type:
  • Map
Creator:
  • Salem Towne
Date:
  • 1970
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • not yet catalogued
Location:
  • Shelf 5E TOP
Pages:
  • Rolled reproduction by A.D. Phillips
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
...Mount Desert: Early history...
1540Bibliography of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • Places, Island
...Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs...
  • Donald W. Norton
  • 1985
  • 2 copies
  • typescript
Bibliography of Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 1540   
Type:
  • Document, List, Bibliography
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Donald W. Norton
Date:
  • 1985
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0051 DN
Location:
  • General Collection Box 2
Pages:
  • 2 copies
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs...
3829Plan of French grant on Mount Desert Island
  • Map
...Mount Desert: Early history...
  • James Peters
  • 1970
  • Rolled reproduction by A.D. Phillips
  • fragile
Plan of French grant on Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 3829   
Type:
  • Map
Creator:
  • James Peters
Date:
  • 1970
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • not yet catalogued
Location:
  • Shelf 5E TOP
Pages:
  • Rolled reproduction by A.D. Phillips
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
...Mount Desert: Early history...
7296A History of Bartlett's Island, Mount Desert, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Dedicated to Christopher Bartlett and his wife, Freelove Razee Bartlett, and to the spirits of their descendants who lived and worked on Bartlett's Island...
  • Esther Binnewies and Murial Davisson
  • 1981
  • 164
  • 1 book
  • fair
A History of Bartlett's Island, Mount Desert, Maine
Item:
  • 7296   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Esther Binnewies and Murial Davisson
Date:
  • 1981
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Bartletts Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 BIN
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 164
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Dedicated to Christopher Bartlett and his wife, Freelove Razee Bartlett, and to the spirits of their descendants who lived and worked on Bartlett's Island...
2264Preliminary Timeline Mount Desert History
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...An historical timeline of Mount Desert from 1590 to 2001. See also Item 1971...
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 26 typed sheets
  • paper
  • good
Preliminary Timeline Mount Desert History
Item:
  • 2264   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0788
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 26 typed sheets
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...An historical timeline of Mount Desert from 1590 to 2001. See also Item 1971...
2080History of Town of Mount Desert via 1881 Colby & Stuart Map
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
...History of the town of Mount Desert using colored scans of negatives of the 1881 Colby and Stuart map...Several maps show all the island's towns...
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2003
  • 21
History of Town of Mount Desert via 1881 Colby & Stuart Map
Item:
  • 2080   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 2003
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0594
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 21
Description:
...History of the town of Mount Desert using colored scans of negatives of the 1881 Colby and Stuart map...Several maps show all the island's towns...
1989Three Hundredth Anniversary of Discovery and Naming of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Booklet of the 300th Anniversary Service of the discovery and naming of Mount Desert Island by Samuel De Champlain held at the Union Church of Northeast...
  • 9/4/1904
  • 2 books
Three Hundredth Anniversary of Discovery and Naming of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1989   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 9/4/1904
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0502
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Medium:
  • 2 books
Description:
...Booklet of the 300th Anniversary Service of the discovery and naming of Mount Desert Island by Samuel De Champlain held at the Union Church of Northeast...
6181Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
...Stapled excerpt from SECOND ANNUAL REPORT UPON THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF MAINE (in this collection), plus indexes & reading lists...
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 6181   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • People
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 15
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
...Stapled excerpt from SECOND ANNUAL REPORT UPON THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF MAINE (in this collection), plus indexes & reading lists...
2276Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
Collection of information about the geology of MDI compiled by Vernon Gray in 1976.
  • Vernon Gray
  • 2 boxes
  • paper
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 2276   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Vernon Gray
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Geology of Mount Desert Island
Object ID:
  • GMDI
Location:
  • 4B3
Pages:
  • 2 boxes
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Collection of information about the geology of MDI compiled by Vernon Gray in 1976.

File Attachments:
Geology of Mount Desert Island.pdf
…Nount Desert Geology. No.39 1953 Chapsan,Carleton A, Cauldron substance at Nount Desert Island,im . . 4fl ,v ].i in p!. …Desert!Island! Available!at!Jesup!Library!in!Bar!Harbor!! 1880H82! ! ! ! ! Crosby,!W.!O.! Geology!of!Frenchman s!Bay!Just!East!of!Mount!Desert! …Mount!Desert!Island! Geological!Society!of!America!v.56,!p.1152! 1929! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Brown,!Charles!W.! Correlation!of!Cambrian!Sediments!at!Nahat! …Mount!Desert!Island! NOT!INCLUDED! ! ! ! 1977! ! ! ! ! ! Butcher,!Russell! Field!Guide!to!Acadia! Readers!Digest!Press!p.28H37! 1968! ! Toogood,!
1990Mount Desert Island Blue Book
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
...Brief history of the towns of MDI, lists of businesses, churches, civic organizations, social and municipal services...
  • 1989
  • 60
  • magazine
Mount Desert Island Blue Book
Item:
  • 1990   
Type:
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Date:
  • 1989
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0503
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 60
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
...Brief history of the towns of MDI, lists of businesses, churches, civic organizations, social and municipal services...
2044Shipbuilding on Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
...Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902...
  • Ralph Stanley
  • 2010
  • 94
  • typescript
Shipbuilding on Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 2044   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Ralph Stanley
Date:
  • 2010
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0558
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 94
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902...
1584A Study of the Folklore of Mount Desert Island and the Surrounding Islands
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • Places, Island
...Desert Island and surrounding islands by Ms. McFarland done as a high school term paper...
  • Maureen McFarland
  • 1981
  • 34
  • typescript
A Study of the Folklore of Mount Desert Island and the Surrounding Islands
Item:
  • 1584   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Maureen McFarland
Date:
  • 1981
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0096
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 34
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Desert Island and surrounding islands by Ms. McFarland done as a high school term paper...
1897It Could Have Been Mount Mansell Island!
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
...Excerpt of an article by William Otis Sawtelle in a 1925 Sprague's Journal of Maine History. Sir Robert Mansell bought Mt. Desert Island in a lottery...
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 2002
  • pages 7-9
  • newspaper
It Could Have Been Mount Mansell Island!
Item:
  • 1897   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Date:
  • 2002
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0410
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 7-9
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Excerpt of an article by William Otis Sawtelle in a 1925 Sprague's Journal of Maine History. Sir Robert Mansell bought Mt. Desert Island in a lottery...
6189MDI History
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
...Mount Desert Island, from "Traditions and Records", Nellie C. Thornton 4. Excerpts of "The European Discovery of America", S. E. Morison 5...Morison "The Story of Mount Desert Island" 14. "The European Discovery", excerpted from S. E...Morison "The Story of Mount Desert Island" 15. unspecified 16...Records of the First Church of Mount Desert, 1792-1867 21. Valuation Notes 1831-1880 22. Meeting notes, West Eden May 7, 189? 23...
MDI History
Item:
  • 6189   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 23
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
...Mount Desert Island, from "Traditions and Records", Nellie C. Thornton 4. Excerpts of "The European Discovery of America", S. E. Morison 5...Morison "The Story of Mount Desert Island" 14. "The European Discovery", excerpted from S. E...Morison "The Story of Mount Desert Island" 15. unspecified 16...Records of the First Church of Mount Desert, 1792-1867 21. Valuation Notes 1831-1880 22. Meeting notes, West Eden May 7, 189? 23...
1509Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine...
  • George L. Stebbins
  • Aug-38
  • 11
  • typescript
Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 1509   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • George L. Stebbins
Date:
  • Aug-38
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0021 GLS
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 11
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine...
3734Historical Map of Mount Desert Island
  • Map
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Limited edition map. Edition was 100 copies. This is number 36. Hand colored. Adhered to artist board and lacquered. Includes historical notes and drawings.
  • Joseph P. Sims
  • 1928
  • 1
  • MAP
Historical Map of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 3734   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Joseph P. Sims
Date:
  • 1928
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0188 JPS
Location:
  • 5C5
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Limited edition map. Edition was 100 copies. This is number 36. Hand colored. Adhered to artist board and lacquered. Includes historical notes and drawings.
6157Sprague's journal of Maine history
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
...Sprague’s Journal of Maine History. 1920 Vol. 7 No. 4 – William Gilley, an early settler of MDI by William O...Sawtelle (p.192-193) 1920 Vol. 8 No. 1 1922 Vol. 10 No. 4 – Father Pierre Biard, Superior of the Mount Desert Jesuit Mission of Saint Sauveur by William...Stevens – The Island of Mount Desert by William O. Sawtelle (p.127-144) – 2 copies – Antoinette de Pons by William O...Hennessy – Mount Desert: Champlain to Bernard by William O. Sawtelle (p.131-186) – Historical Thanksgiving at Southwest Harbor (p.27)...
Sprague's journal of Maine history
Item:
  • 6157   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 SPRAGUE'S
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Description:
...Sprague’s Journal of Maine History. 1920 Vol. 7 No. 4 – William Gilley, an early settler of MDI by William O...Sawtelle (p.192-193) 1920 Vol. 8 No. 1 1922 Vol. 10 No. 4 – Father Pierre Biard, Superior of the Mount Desert Jesuit Mission of Saint Sauveur by William...Stevens – The Island of Mount Desert by William O. Sawtelle (p.127-144) – 2 copies – Antoinette de Pons by William O...Hennessy – Mount Desert: Champlain to Bernard by William O. Sawtelle (p.131-186) – Historical Thanksgiving at Southwest Harbor (p.27)...
1944Public and Private Realms on Mount Desert.
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
...Goldstein at the Claremont Hotel 8/10/2000, to share some thoughts about the history of Mount Desert and the interaction of Tourists and Residents...
  • Judith S. Goldstein
  • 2000
  • 16
  • typescript
Public and Private Realms on Mount Desert.
Item:
  • 1944   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Judith S. Goldstein
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0457
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 16
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Goldstein at the Claremont Hotel 8/10/2000, to share some thoughts about the history of Mount Desert and the interaction of Tourists and Residents...
1937Mount Desert
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr...
  • E. Chardon
  • February 1877
  • photocopy
  • poor
Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1937   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • E. Chardon
Date:
  • February 1877
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0450
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Medium:
  • photocopy
Condition:
  • poor
Description:
...History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr...
6453Snapshot, (1840)
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
...History of Census of Mount Desert Island. Maps, Valuations in the town of Mount Desert, Shipping...
Snapshot, (1840)
Item:
  • 6453   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 68
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
...History of Census of Mount Desert Island. Maps, Valuations in the town of Mount Desert, Shipping...
6444Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
Attributed to Ezra A. Dodge. Downloaded from archive.org. NEHL has a spiral bound photocopy of poor quality
  • N. K. Sawyer
  • 1871
Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles
Item:
  • 6444   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • N. K. Sawyer
Date:
  • 1871
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 59
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
Attributed to Ezra A. Dodge. Downloaded from archive.org. NEHL has a spiral bound photocopy of poor quality

File Attachment:
6444.pdf
…Desert." SITUATION AND CONNECTION OF THE ISLAND. Mt. Desert Island is situated on the eastern coast of Maine, in Lat. 44deg. 15 min. …HISTORY OF MT. …Mount It is evident the Des-ert. …MODERN HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES. The "Modern History" of Mt.
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...