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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1489Beals Island
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Places, Island
...Wheelwright September 1947 that highlights her interactions with locals about Beals Island...
  • Mary C. Wheelwright
  • 2
  • typescript
Beals Island
Item:
  • 1489   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Mary C. Wheelwright
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0007 MCW
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Wheelwright September 1947 that highlights her interactions with locals about Beals Island...
2172The American Century
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, History
  • Places
A history of the last 100 years from the pages of the "Ellsworth American", which is a weekly paper produced in Ellsworth, Maine.
  • 12/30/1999
  • newspaper
  • good
The American Century
Item:
  • 2172   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
Date:
  • 12/30/1999
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0685
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
A history of the last 100 years from the pages of the "Ellsworth American", which is a weekly paper produced in Ellsworth, Maine.

File Attachment:
GEN 0685.pdf
…He then moved to Ellsworth, where he has operated a market since 1947. EA, June 25, 1952 Theodore S. …begin the Great Bar Harbor Fire of 1947. …Clarke 1914-1947 William S. …After the great 1947 fire roared out to sea at Great Head, only a few walls of what was then the Roscoe B.
2239The Fire of '47; Remembering - 40 years later
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
...Supplement to the Bar Harbor Times about the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire, with numerous articles and photographs...
  • Diana F. Abrell
  • 1987
  • 15
  • newspaper
  • fair
The Fire of '47; Remembering - 40 years later
Item:
  • 2239   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Diana F. Abrell
Date:
  • 1987
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0753
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 15
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Supplement to the Bar Harbor Times about the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire, with numerous articles and photographs...
2240Mount Desert Island's Worst Disaster
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Island
...Summary of the 1947 Fire on Mount Desert Island. Photograph of Clarence Cook Little and post-fire Jackson Lab. 2 copies...
  • 1964
  • 1
  • newspaper
  • fair
Mount Desert Island's Worst Disaster
Item:
  • 2240   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1964
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0754
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Summary of the 1947 Fire on Mount Desert Island. Photograph of Clarence Cook Little and post-fire Jackson Lab. 2 copies...
2241Entire Island Menaced by Fire
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Island
...Special edition of the 20th anniversary of the 1947 Bar Harbor fire with numerous articles and photographs. 2 copies...
  • 1967
  • 12
  • newspaper
  • fair
Entire Island Menaced by Fire
Item:
  • 2241   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1967
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0755
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 12
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Special edition of the 20th anniversary of the 1947 Bar Harbor fire with numerous articles and photographs. 2 copies...
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
…1947! ! ! ! ! ! Chadwick,!George!H.! Moraine!on!Mount!Desert!Island! Geological!Society!of!America!v.56,!p.1152! 1929! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Brown,!
2399Sketch Maps of Northeast Harbor, 1946-1957
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
...Maps of 1947, 1956 are missing...
  • Knowles Company
  • 1946-1957
  • 8
  • MAP
Sketch Maps of Northeast Harbor, 1946-1957
Item:
  • 2399   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1946-1957
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 2
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
...Maps of 1947, 1956 are missing...
2403Plan of House Lots on the Herrick Property
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Blueprint, 28.5x11.5", of division of the Herrick property off Clark Point Rd. in SW Harbor into house lots. Adjoining properties of M. Carroll, W. Carroll, and R. White.
  • P. D. Simpson
  • 1947
  • 1
  • MAP
Plan of House Lots on the Herrick Property
Item:
  • 2403   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • P. D. Simpson
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 202
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Blueprint, 28.5x11.5", of division of the Herrick property off Clark Point Rd. in SW Harbor into house lots. Adjoining properties of M. Carroll, W. Carroll, and R. White.
2674GXS Collection
  • Collection
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
This collection is an assortment of ephemera relating to coastal Maine, Maine history, and inns, motels, hotels and homes on Mount Desert Island and in Hancock County. The collection is divided into 7 series: Books and Souvenir Booklets, Maps and Blueprints, Acadia National Park, Hotels/Inns/Schools/Homes/Buildings, Ephemera, Photos and Postcards.
GXS Collection
Item:
  • 2674   
Type:
  • Collection
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
This collection is an assortment of ephemera relating to coastal Maine, Maine history, and inns, motels, hotels and homes on Mount Desert Island and in Hancock County. The collection is divided into 7 series: Books and Souvenir Booklets, Maps and Blueprints, Acadia National Park, Hotels/Inns/Schools/Homes/Buildings, Ephemera, Photos and Postcards.

File Attachment:
GXS Collection Finding Aid-August 2023.pdf
…Bar Harbor Acadia National Park , 1952 Brochure "Acadia National Park" by the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1947
4039View West from Rock End Hotel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
...Shows Lippincott House which burned in 1947 and present Grace cottage (1992). Note horse and carriage, lower right...
  • Isaac T. Moore
View West from Rock End Hotel
Item:
  • 4039   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0028 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...Shows Lippincott House which burned in 1947 and present Grace cottage (1992). Note horse and carriage, lower right...
4104View of Northeast Harbor from Bear Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
...Shows in the foreground the buoy dock that was abandoned in 1947...
  • Isaac T. Moore
View of Northeast Harbor from Bear Island
Item:
  • 4104   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0094 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...Shows in the foreground the buoy dock that was abandoned in 1947...
4710Pine Ledge, Bernard
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
...Owned 1947 by Mrs. Robert Milne...
  • Knowles Company
  • 1940's
  • 3 photographs
Pine Ledge, Bernard
Item:
  • 4710   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1940's
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0963
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 3 photographs
Description:
...Owned 1947 by Mrs. Robert Milne...
5214Bear Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
...View of Bear Island from Clifton Dock with lighthouse on far right side of the island and the old Coast Guard dock, abandoned in 1947, in center...
  • Robert Lindsey Smallidge
  • 1920's-1930's
Bear Island
Item:
  • 5214   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Robert Lindsey Smallidge
Date:
  • 1920's-1930's
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1643
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...View of Bear Island from Clifton Dock with lighthouse on far right side of the island and the old Coast Guard dock, abandoned in 1947, in center...
5391Map of Frenchman's Bay
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
B/W, 9x7" postcard showing map of Frenchman's Bay by L. S. Phillips. Shows Bar Harbor, Lamoine, Hancock Pt., Sorrento, and Schoodic Peninsula.
  • Luther S. Phillips
  • 1947
Map of Frenchman's Bay
Item:
  • 5391   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Luther S. Phillips
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1800
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W, 9x7" postcard showing map of Frenchman's Bay by L. S. Phillips. Shows Bar Harbor, Lamoine, Hancock Pt., Sorrento, and Schoodic Peninsula.
5475Red Cross Vehicle and Trailer
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Transportation, Automobile, Motor Ambulance
...(May have been providing food for firemen in Oct. 1947.)...
Red Cross Vehicle and Trailer
Item:
  • 5475   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Transportation, Automobile, Motor Ambulance
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1855
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...(May have been providing food for firemen in Oct. 1947.)...
5554Mount Desert scenes
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places
People and places in Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor. Wharves, schooners, family picnics, scenic overviews, homes and businesses. 2 discs (145 photos and 75 photos). In Dropbox.
  • Kathy Gates McCoy
  • 220 photographs
  • disc with digital images
Mount Desert scenes
Item:
  • 5554   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • Kathy Gates McCoy
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1947 KGM
Location:
  • CD Box 1
Pages:
  • 220 photographs
Medium:
  • disc with digital images
Description:
People and places in Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor. Wharves, schooners, family picnics, scenic overviews, homes and businesses. 2 discs (145 photos and 75 photos). In Dropbox.
5621Icing, Upper and Lower Hadlock Ponds
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Lake
...a: Icing, Lower Hadlock Pond, January 1947 b: Flick and Ed Wilcox, icing, Upper Hadlock Pond, 1948 c: Icing, January 1947 d: Gene Ashley at icehouse...
  • Ashley
  • Feb-49
  • 9 photographs
Icing, Upper and Lower Hadlock Ponds
Item:
  • 5621   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Lake
Creator:
  • Ashley
Date:
  • Feb-49
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2010
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 9 photographs
Description:
...a: Icing, Lower Hadlock Pond, January 1947 b: Flick and Ed Wilcox, icing, Upper Hadlock Pond, 1948 c: Icing, January 1947 d: Gene Ashley at icehouse...
6061Reports Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Places, Town
...Reports of the Bleak House Committee and Treasurer's Reports, 1946-1947, 1947-1948, 1948-1949...
  • 1946-1949
  • 3 volumes
Reports Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations
Item:
  • 6061   
Type:
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1946-1949
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 352 HANCOCK
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Medium:
  • 3 volumes
Description:
...Reports of the Bleak House Committee and Treasurer's Reports, 1946-1947, 1947-1948, 1948-1949...
6067Report of the Warrant Committee to the Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Report
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
...February 11, 1947...
  • 1947
  • 13
  • Report
  • mold damage
Report of the Warrant Committee to the Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6067   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 352 REPORT 1947
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 13
Medium:
  • Report
Condition:
  • mold damage
Description:
...February 11, 1947...
6128Mount Desert Island Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
Tour guide prepared by the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce describing the villages on the Island and Acadia National Park. There are recommended road trips Many Photographs including those as part of ads.
  • K. H. Mansfield, M. B. Mansfield, Editors
  • 1947
  • 88
  • 1 book
Mount Desert Island Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 6128   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • K. H. Mansfield, M. B. Mansfield, Editors
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917.41 MAN
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 88
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Tour guide prepared by the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce describing the villages on the Island and Acadia National Park. There are recommended road trips Many Photographs including those as part of ads.
6150The Bar Harbor Directory
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Cottage directory. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
  • F. C. Fearing
  • 1947
  • 91
  • 1 book
The Bar Harbor Directory
Item:
  • 6150   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • F. C. Fearing
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 FEA
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 91
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Cottage directory. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
6603Valuation Resident 1947 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1947
Valuation Resident 1947 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6603   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1947
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2E 1
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6604Valuation Non-Resident 1947 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included. Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1947
Valuation Non-Resident 1947 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6604   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1947
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2E 1
Description:
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included. Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6690Tax List 1947 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Includes the "Collector's Warrant" listing total amount due for local, state, county, school and support of the poor and other current expenses. Taxpayers listed in alphabetical order; residents followed by non-residents. Includes date of payment and check number. Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, two sets of alphabetical index tabs
  • 1947
Tax List 1947 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6690   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1947
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 1C6
Description:
Includes the "Collector's Warrant" listing total amount due for local, state, county, school and support of the poor and other current expenses. Taxpayers listed in alphabetical order; residents followed by non-residents. Includes date of payment and check number. Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, two sets of alphabetical index tabs
6796Untitled
  • Document, Government
  • Places
DISTRIBUTION BOOK- Ledger book containing all town accounts 20 x 12.75 x 7 Post Bound ledger; black cloth cover
  • 1947-1956
Untitled
Item:
  • 6796   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1947-1956
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 3A4
Description:
DISTRIBUTION BOOK- Ledger book containing all town accounts 20 x 12.75 x 7 Post Bound ledger; black cloth cover