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6144Sir Samuel Argall, the First Englishman at Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • People
Publication of a paper presented by William Sawtelle 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
Sir Samuel Argall, the First Englishman at Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6144   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Date:
  • 1924
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 973.2 SAW
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 23
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Publication of a paper presented by William Sawtelle 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.
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
Mount Desert - The Story of Saint Sauveur
Item:
  • 7410   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Date:
  • 1921
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 947.14 SAW
Location:
  • Maine Books
Pages:
  • 26
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Description:
Printed for private circulation in 1921.
6127The Future of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
Charles Eliot's report to the Plan Committee of the B. H. Village Improvement Society addressing the future of Lafayette National Park and of the villages on MDI via the park service or the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Maps included. (Scanned copy in part from University of Maine)
  • Charles W. Eliot II
  • 1928
  • 32
  • 2 copies
The Future of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 6127   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Charles W. Eliot II
Date:
  • 1928
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917.41 ELI
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 32
Medium:
  • 2 copies
Description:
Charles Eliot's report to the Plan Committee of the B. H. Village Improvement Society addressing the future of Lafayette National Park and of the villages on MDI via the park service or the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Maps included. (Scanned copy in part from University of Maine)
6109Architectural Drawings & Early Sketches of Fred L. Savage
  • Publication, Book
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
  • People
Catalog of Fred Savage exhibit held at the Mount Desert Island Historical Society.
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 2012
  • 25
Architectural Drawings & Early Sketches of Fred L. Savage
Item:
  • 6109   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Date:
  • 2012
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 728.7 MDIHS
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 25
Description:
Catalog of Fred Savage exhibit held at the Mount Desert Island Historical Society.
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". Rocks and minerals. Revised and reprinted from the "Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. XVII, No. 4, October 1919). See also item 7069.
  • F. Bascom
  • 1919
  • 14
  • 1 book
  • good
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 6084   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • F. Bascom
Date:
  • 1919
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 550 BASCOM
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 14
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Summary of geological details of Mount Desert Island. Several b/w pictures. Two reprints, same article, entitled "Geology of Mount Desert Island". Rocks and minerals. Revised and reprinted from the "Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. XVII, No. 4, October 1919). See also item 7069.
6058This Is Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Places, Island
Booklet prepared and published as a community service by the League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island.
  • League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island, ME
  • 1971
  • 23
This Is Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 6058   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island, ME
Date:
  • 1971
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 351 LEAGUE
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 23
Description:
Booklet prepared and published as a community service by the League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island.
5995Dedication of Trenton Bridge
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Events, Civic
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd standing on Thompson's island. Barn and farmhouse where Visitor's Center now is. (MAN 17)
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1920
  • 1 postcard
Dedication of Trenton Bridge
Item:
  • 5995   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0186 ITM
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd standing on Thompson's island. Barn and farmhouse where Visitor's Center now is. (MAN 17)
5994Dedication of Trenton Bridge
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Events, Civic
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd standing watching unknown man give speech. Photograph looking east from Thompson's Island. (MAN 18)
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1920
  • 1 postcard
Dedication of Trenton Bridge
Item:
  • 5994   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0185 ITM
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd standing watching unknown man give speech. Photograph looking east from Thompson's Island. (MAN 18)
5993Dedication of Trenton Bridge
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Events, Civic
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd standing near shore, looking west toward Bayside in Trenton. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1920
  • 1 postcard
Dedication of Trenton Bridge
Item:
  • 5993   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0184 ITM / Photo 1350 ITM
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd standing near shore, looking west toward Bayside in Trenton. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
5987Dedication of Trenton Bridge
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Events, Civic
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Band marching in foreground, crowd marching with American flags in background.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1920
  • 1 postcard
Dedication of Trenton Bridge
Item:
  • 5987   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0178 ITM / Photo 1346 ITM
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Band marching in foreground, crowd marching with American flags in background.
5986Dedication of the Trenton Bridge
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Events, Civic
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd seated in foreground (where visitor's center is now) marching band on bridge. Radio tower in background.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1920
  • 1 postcard
Dedication of the Trenton Bridge
Item:
  • 5986   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0177 ITM
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd seated in foreground (where visitor's center is now) marching band on bridge. Radio tower in background.
5985Dedication of the Trenton Bridge
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Events, Civic
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd milling about. Radio tower on Thompson's Island visible. (MAN 6)
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1920
  • 1 postcard
Dedication of the Trenton Bridge
Item:
  • 5985   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0176 ITM
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd milling about. Radio tower on Thompson's Island visible. (MAN 6)
5967Entrance to Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Sound
  • 1 postcard
Entrance to Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 5967   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Sound
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0158
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
5952Steamer FRANK JONES, Mount Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Willis H. Ballard
  • 1 postcard
Steamer FRANK JONES, Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 5952   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Creator:
  • Willis H. Ballard
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0143 WHB
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
5951Steamer MOUNT DESERT, Mount Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Willis H. Ballard
  • 1 postcard
Steamer MOUNT DESERT, Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 5951   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Creator:
  • Willis H. Ballard
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0142 WHB
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
5950Steamer SAPPHO, Mount Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Willis H. Ballard
  • 1 postcard
Steamer SAPPHO, Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 5950   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Creator:
  • Willis H. Ballard
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0141 WHB
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
5932Mount Desert from Sutton Island, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
B/W Photograph (1891 E) of the hills of Mount Desert as seen from Sutton Island looking toward Seal Harbor.
Mount Desert from Sutton Island, Maine
Item:
  • 5932   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0125
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Description:
B/W Photograph (1891 E) of the hills of Mount Desert as seen from Sutton Island looking toward Seal Harbor.
5928Rock End Hotel Postcard Foldout
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Images and information about the Rock End Hotel and Cottages, grounds, and views from the hotel. a: Rock End Hotel, enlarged 1909 b: Hotel and adjacent grounds c: Looking north to Brown's Mountain. Village of Northeast Harbor on the right, one quarter of a mile distant d: View of western way and the ocean, looking south from the hotel piazza e: View of Western Mountain from hotel f: View from the piazza showing Some Sound and the public boathouse 500 feet southwest of the hotel g: Bear Island Light, one mile southeast from the hotel, sean from third story window h: Looking southwest from the hotel piazza i: View of Robinson and Western Mountains, northwest of the hotel j: From Greenough's Island looking northeast to the hotel k: St. Mary's by the Sea, on thousand feet from the hotel l: Jordan Pond, a fine place for rowing or fishing m: Maine Central Railraod Ferry boats passing in front of the hotel, one half mile away n: View to the southeast from second story of the hotel showing, over the tree tops, Bear Island Light one mile away o: View of Sargent Mountain and Asticou Hill, northeast of the hotel
  • 3 foldouts with 15 photos and descriptions
Rock End Hotel Postcard Foldout
Item:
  • 5928   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0121
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 3 foldouts with 15 photos and descriptions
Description:
Images and information about the Rock End Hotel and Cottages, grounds, and views from the hotel. a: Rock End Hotel, enlarged 1909 b: Hotel and adjacent grounds c: Looking north to Brown's Mountain. Village of Northeast Harbor on the right, one quarter of a mile distant d: View of western way and the ocean, looking south from the hotel piazza e: View of Western Mountain from hotel f: View from the piazza showing Some Sound and the public boathouse 500 feet southwest of the hotel g: Bear Island Light, one mile southeast from the hotel, sean from third story window h: Looking southwest from the hotel piazza i: View of Robinson and Western Mountains, northwest of the hotel j: From Greenough's Island looking northeast to the hotel k: St. Mary's by the Sea, on thousand feet from the hotel l: Jordan Pond, a fine place for rowing or fishing m: Maine Central Railraod Ferry boats passing in front of the hotel, one half mile away n: View to the southeast from second story of the hotel showing, over the tree tops, Bear Island Light one mile away o: View of Sargent Mountain and Asticou Hill, northeast of the hotel [show more]
5835View from Bear Island, Northeast Harbor, ME
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Landscape
Hand-colored postal card shows Pebble Cove, including former C. W. Eliot cottage at left and Little Long Pond beyond trees in middle ground, right.
  • 1992
View from Bear Island, Northeast Harbor, ME
Item:
  • 5835   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
Date:
  • 1992
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0028
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Description:
Hand-colored postal card shows Pebble Cove, including former C. W. Eliot cottage at left and Little Long Pond beyond trees in middle ground, right.
5822Path to Schooner Head, Mount Desert, ME
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Charles A. Townsend
Path to Schooner Head, Mount Desert, ME
Item:
  • 5822   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Hiking Trail
Creator:
  • Charles A. Townsend
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0015 CAT
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
5819Surf, Mt. Desert, ME
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
View of surf crashing on rocks, Mount Desert. Black and white
  • Charles A. Townsend
  • 1 postcard
Surf, Mt. Desert, ME
Item:
  • 5819   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Charles A. Townsend
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0012 CAT
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
View of surf crashing on rocks, Mount Desert. Black and white
5815Mount Desert Island from Islesford
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Landscape
View of Mount Desert Island from Islesford, Little Cranberry Island. Black and white
  • Charles A. Townsend
  • 1 postcard
Mount Desert Island from Islesford
Item:
  • 5815   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Charles A. Townsend
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0008 CAT
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
View of Mount Desert Island from Islesford, Little Cranberry Island. Black and white
5814Mount Desert Island from Islesford
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Landscape
View of Mount Desert Island from Islesford, Little Cranberry Island. Black and white
  • Charles A. Townsend
  • 1 postcard
Mount Desert Island from Islesford
Item:
  • 5814   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Charles A. Townsend
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0007 CAT
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
View of Mount Desert Island from Islesford, Little Cranberry Island. Black and white
7225Aerial Views of Mount Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Sound
Several B/W aerial views of Mount Desert Island, showing Northeast Harbor, the Sound, Echo Lake, Greening Island, and the Cranberry Isles.
  • Highlander, Mount Desert
  • 13
  • good
Aerial Views of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 7225   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Highlander, Mount Desert
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2193
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 13
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Several B/W aerial views of Mount Desert Island, showing Northeast Harbor, the Sound, Echo Lake, Greening Island, and the Cranberry Isles.
5722Phelps Family Photographs
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
19 nitrate negatives have begun to deteriorate. 11/13/15-Hannah Related to diaries GEN 0372 61. Thompson Island bridge (Trenton bridge) 64. View from the Claremont, Southwest Harbor
  • 19 nitrate negatives, 33 photographs, 1 letter, 1 envelope, 1 sleeve
Phelps Family Photographs
Item:
  • 5722   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • People
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2108
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 19 nitrate negatives, 33 photographs, 1 letter, 1 envelope, 1 sleeve
Description:
19 nitrate negatives have begun to deteriorate. 11/13/15-Hannah Related to diaries GEN 0372 61. Thompson Island bridge (Trenton bridge) 64. View from the Claremont, Southwest Harbor