Short article about the simple architecture and interior design of the Marguerite Yourcenar house in Northeast Harbor Yourcenar house, "Petite Plaisance," on Shore Road in Northeast Harbor. Photographs.
Description: Short article about the simple architecture and interior design of the Marguerite Yourcenar house in Northeast Harbor Yourcenar house, "Petite Plaisance," on Shore Road in Northeast Harbor. Photographs.
Article from Down East Magazine about Robert "Bob Lincoln's small boat building business, RKL Boatworks. He started with the Rangeley Guide Boat and is developing a row boat, now using the less expensive fiberglass.
Description: Article from Down East Magazine about Robert "Bob Lincoln's small boat building business, RKL Boatworks. He started with the Rangeley Guide Boat and is developing a row boat, now using the less expensive fiberglass.
Two biographical brochures from the Willa Cather Archives at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Also, a brief biographical sketch written by Robert Pyle at Northeast Harbor Library on Ms. Cather's residency in Northeast Harbor.
Description: Two biographical brochures from the Willa Cather Archives at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Also, a brief biographical sketch written by Robert Pyle at Northeast Harbor Library on Ms. Cather's residency in Northeast Harbor.
Edna Hysom of Pretty Marsh recalls the story of the disappearance of Capt. Edwin Rumill of Pretty Marsh from the schooner Rumill from the schooner "Harry A. Berwind" off the North Carolina coast in 1905. Published in Down East Magazine, September 1989.
Description: Edna Hysom of Pretty Marsh recalls the story of the disappearance of Capt. Edwin Rumill of Pretty Marsh from the schooner Rumill from the schooner "Harry A. Berwind" off the North Carolina coast in 1905. Published in Down East Magazine, September 1989.
Carl Little article about Ray Bradley of Deer Island and his workshop of "Whirligigs". Mr. Bradley has studios in Maine and Florida where he handcrafts his wooden wind toys.
Description: Carl Little article about Ray Bradley of Deer Island and his workshop of "Whirligigs". Mr. Bradley has studios in Maine and Florida where he handcrafts his wooden wind toys.
Soft-cover publication of the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe, a profile of the museum's purpose and objectives preserving the culture of the Navaho people. Among Exhibit includes the sand painting textiles of Hosteen Klah.
Description: Soft-cover publication of the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe, a profile of the museum's purpose and objectives preserving the culture of the Navaho people. Among Exhibit includes the sand painting textiles of Hosteen Klah.
Description: Supplement to the Islander and Ellsworth American, this insert is about the people, places, and events on the Great and Little Cranberry Islands.
Article about residents of Mount Desert Island's Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor elite. Photographs by Jennifer Livingston. Published in "WMagazine", October 2003.
Description: Article about residents of Mount Desert Island's Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor elite. Photographs by Jennifer Livingston. Published in "WMagazine", October 2003.
Description: Copies of verses by Bill Ayles, a laborer who worked at odd jobs in & around Northeast Harbor. Poem copies were provided by R. Haynes & E. Smallidge.
Professional friendship of landscape architects Gertrude Jeckyll and Beatrix Farrand and their inspirational designs in gardens in the United States and England.
Description: Professional friendship of landscape architects Gertrude Jeckyll and Beatrix Farrand and their inspirational designs in gardens in the United States and England.
Article about the friendship of artist Thomas Eakins and physicist Henry Rowland, summer resident of Seal Harbor, while Eakins spent the summer painting Rowland's portrait. 2 copies.
Description: Article about the friendship of artist Thomas Eakins and physicist Henry Rowland, summer resident of Seal Harbor, while Eakins spent the summer painting Rowland's portrait. 2 copies.
Description: Contains accounts of a trip to Japan, where Susan Dillon & her husband had a audience with Emperor Hirohito. Scan: cover, first pages only
Professor Sawtelle's translation (presumed) of Sam Hadlock Jr.'s journal of his European traveling show with Eskimo George Niagungitok and Mary ?. Includes a short biography of Hadlock's life on Cranberry Island. Sent to R. Pyle by Hugh Dwelley. biography of Sam Hadlock on Cranberry Island. Journal dates from 1822-1826.
Description: Professor Sawtelle's translation (presumed) of Sam Hadlock Jr.'s journal of his European traveling show with Eskimo George Niagungitok and Mary ?. Includes a short biography of Hadlock's life on Cranberry Island. Sent to R. Pyle by Hugh Dwelley. biography of Sam Hadlock on Cranberry Island. Journal dates from 1822-1826.
A manila folder labeled "Tracy Family Genealogy". Shows the "The Arms of Tracy" (The Sudley Arms). Tracy Lineage 57 generations from Woden to Marcella Louise Boyd.
Description: A manila folder labeled "Tracy Family Genealogy". Shows the "The Arms of Tracy" (The Sudley Arms). Tracy Lineage 57 generations from Woden to Marcella Louise Boyd.
Maine works of Thomas Cole, leader of the Hudson River School, during the mid-1980's. Photographs of his etchings included. Signed article by author. From "Record of he Art Museum - Princeton University", vol. 49, number 1/1990
Description: Maine works of Thomas Cole, leader of the Hudson River School, during the mid-1980's. Photographs of his etchings included. Signed article by author. From "Record of he Art Museum - Princeton University", vol. 49, number 1/1990
Capt. Samuel Hadlock Jr. (1792-1829) was a 19th century entrepreneur who made & lost his fortune in Europe in the 1820's, while exhibiting a traveling show of Eskimos.
Description: Capt. Samuel Hadlock Jr. (1792-1829) was a 19th century entrepreneur who made & lost his fortune in Europe in the 1820's, while exhibiting a traveling show of Eskimos.