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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
7420Bangor Daily News, Bangor's Sesquicentennial - Section H: 1969-1984
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Civic
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. Section H: 1969-1984 Building on past
  • Cheryl Olson & Joan H. Smith (editors)
  • 6/28/1984
  • newspaper
Bangor Daily News, Bangor's Sesquicentennial - Section H: 1969-1984
Item:
  • 7420   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Cheryl Olson & Joan H. Smith (editors)
Date:
  • 6/28/1984
Place:
  • Maine
Object ID:
  • GEN 0684 H
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. Section H: 1969-1984 Building on past
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
…The project, as tentatively proposed, is to tap the Mount Desert branch of the Maine Central at Ellsworth or Ellsworth falls, and follow a route up the …-EA, Nov. 16, 1949 MOUNT DESERT ISLAND 1/ISTORICAL SOCIETY Mount Desert Island High School Basketball Team, 1934-35. …Army helicopter finally landed four tanks on Mount Desert Rock on Saturday. …MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Steamer Mount Desert leaving Island House dock, Southwest Harbor, early in the century.
2184Special Millennium Edition, The Bar Harbor Times
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
...Some of the events covered are "The Timeline of Maine History" (4) and other special events pertaining to the history of Mount Desert Island...
  • The Bar Harbor Times
  • 12/28/2000
  • newspaper
Special Millennium Edition, The Bar Harbor Times
Item:
  • 2184   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • The Bar Harbor Times
Date:
  • 12/28/2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0698
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Some of the events covered are "The Timeline of Maine History" (4) and other special events pertaining to the history of Mount Desert Island...
2187150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Commemorative issue of the Bar Harbor Times with many articles of Seal Harbor's historic places, early settlers and summer residents.
  • 8/20/1959
  • 4
  • newspaper
150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
Item:
  • 2187   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 8/20/1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0701
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Commemorative issue of the Bar Harbor Times with many articles of Seal Harbor's historic places, early settlers and summer residents.
2191Maine Pilgrims Followed Prophet to Holy Land
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
Article about the "Church of the Messiah" sect, lead by G. J. Adams, in Indian River, ME, their pilgrimage to Jaffa in 1866. Material from Carl Kelley
  • 4/18/1920
  • newspaper
Maine Pilgrims Followed Prophet to Holy Land
Item:
  • 2191   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
Date:
  • 4/18/1920
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0705
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Article about the "Church of the Messiah" sect, lead by G. J. Adams, in Indian River, ME, their pilgrimage to Jaffa in 1866. Material from Carl Kelley
2210Mount Desert Island Was A Breathless Discovery
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 8/12/1976
  • 4
  • newspaper
Mount Desert Island Was A Breathless Discovery
Item:
  • 2210   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Date:
  • 8/12/1976
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0724
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • newspaper
2214A Time Line of History in the Twentieth Century
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places
..."Maine Diary" is Part Five of a Commemorative Series Celebrating 100 Years of Maine Life, 1900-1909...
  • 12/14/1999
  • newspaper
A Time Line of History in the Twentieth Century
Item:
  • 2214   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places
Date:
  • 12/14/1999
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0728
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
..."Maine Diary" is Part Five of a Commemorative Series Celebrating 100 Years of Maine Life, 1900-1909...
2215Maine Diary, A Time Line of History in the 20th Century
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, History
  • Places
...A Time Line of History in the Twentieth Century, 1950-1999 A Maine Diary...
  • Wayne E. Reilly, Project Editor
  • 12/14/1999
  • newspaper
Maine Diary, A Time Line of History in the 20th Century
Item:
  • 2215   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Wayne E. Reilly, Project Editor
Date:
  • 12/14/1999
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0729
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...A Time Line of History in the Twentieth Century, 1950-1999 A Maine Diary...
2217100 years in Maine (Part Four)
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • Places
..."Witnesses to History" is Part Four of a commemorative series celebrating: hundred years of Maine life...
  • Wayne E. Reilly
  • 11/2/1999
  • newspaper
100 years in Maine (Part Four)
Item:
  • 2217   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • Places
Creator:
  • Wayne E. Reilly
Date:
  • 11/2/1999
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0731
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
..."Witnesses to History" is Part Four of a commemorative series celebrating: hundred years of Maine life...
22181999...Looking Back
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Looking back on past 100 years on Mount Desert Island...
  • 12/30/1999
  • newspaper
1999...Looking Back
Item:
  • 2218   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 12/30/1999
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0732
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Looking back on past 100 years on Mount Desert Island...
2222"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
  • Horace H. Leavitt
  • 1940
  • newspaper
"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
Item:
  • 2222   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Horace H. Leavitt
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0736
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
2223Bicentennial Souvenir Section Commemorates 200th Anniversary
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Special Edition of Bar Harbor Times covering 200 years in articles and photographs. August 1961.
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1961
  • newspaper
Bicentennial Souvenir Section Commemorates 200th Anniversary
Item:
  • 2223   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Date:
  • 1961
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0737
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Special Edition of Bar Harbor Times covering 200 years in articles and photographs. August 1961.
6962Edsel Ford's Bright Idea - Mount Desert joins the War effort
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Down East Magazine article about Edsel Fords's plan to keep an army of Mainers employed during World War II. Published June 1995.
  • Letitia Baldwin
  • 1995
  • page 52
  • magazine
Edsel Ford's Bright Idea - Mount Desert joins the War effort
Item:
  • 6962   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Letitia Baldwin
Date:
  • 1995
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0792
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • page 52
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Down East Magazine article about Edsel Fords's plan to keep an army of Mainers employed during World War II. Published June 1995.
7074Maine in the Civil War
  • Publication, Catalog
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
...A list of material in the Maine State Library...
  • Maine State Library
  • 1961
  • 13
  • typescript
  • good
Maine in the Civil War
Item:
  • 7074   
Type:
  • Publication, Catalog
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
Creator:
  • Maine State Library
Date:
  • 1961
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0795
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 13
Medium:
  • typescript
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...A list of material in the Maine State Library...
7230Laura Damon Cross Collection - Publications
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Art, Sculpture
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • Structures, Other Structures, Architectural Features
...Official Journal and Yearbook of the 71st Session of the East Maine Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1918 (100 pp.)...
  • early 1900's
  • 2 books
  • fair
Laura Damon Cross Collection - Publications
Item:
  • 7230   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • Structures, Other Structures, Architectural Features
Date:
  • early 1900's
Collection:
  • Laura Damon Cross Collection
Object ID:
  • LDC 006
Location:
  • Shelf 4B1
Medium:
  • 2 books
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Official Journal and Yearbook of the 71st Session of the East Maine Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1918 (100 pp.)...
7104Some Ships of the Clipper Ships Era
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Clipper Ship
Their Builders, Owners, and Captains. A glance at an interesting phase of the American Merchant Marine so far as it relates to Boston. With 30 black and white illustrations of ships. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • State Street Trust Company, Boston, Mass.
  • 1913
  • 45
  • 1 book
  • good
Some Ships of the Clipper Ships Era
Item:
  • 7104   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Clipper Ship
Creator:
  • State Street Trust Company, Boston, Mass.
Date:
  • 1913
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 387 STA
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 45
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Their Builders, Owners, and Captains. A glance at an interesting phase of the American Merchant Marine so far as it relates to Boston. With 30 black and white illustrations of ships. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)

File Attachment:
SCB 387 STA.pdf
…The very name "clipper ship" conveys an idea of speed, the main purpose of their builders, and was derived from the word "clip." …Harris system of lightning men and conductors, and was intended to carry a crew of 100 was unknown, so that all her standing rigging was hemp, her main …the temperance feet, In def- sentiment then prevalent she was christened with a bottle of Cochituate water. 130 of Her foremast was her main 131 …In 1857 a gale off Liverpool forced her to cut away the main and mizzen masts in order to wear, and thus she made her way ent times SOME SHIPS OF THE
6103Memorial of Champlain Discoverer of Mt. Desert, 1604-1904
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...Grey booklet about the memorial to Samuel de Champlain, discoverer of Mount Desert Island...
  • 1906
  • 1 book
Memorial of Champlain Discoverer of Mt. Desert, 1604-1904
Item:
  • 6103   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1906
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 719 MEMORIAL
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 1 book
Description:
...Grey booklet about the memorial to Samuel de Champlain, discoverer of Mount Desert Island...
7297The Harbor Club - A History
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Yacht Club
Preface by R. Anderson Pew
  • August Heckscher
  • 1995
  • 55
  • 1 book
  • good
The Harbor Club - A History
Item:
  • 7297   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Yacht Club
Creator:
  • August Heckscher
Date:
  • 1995
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 797.1 HEC
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 55
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Preface by R. Anderson Pew
7423Maine Place Names & the peopling of its towns - Illustrated county edition: Hancock
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
...Illustrated county edition of "Maine Place Names & the peopling of its towns" for Hancock County. Contains 1 map and 59 photographs...
  • Ava Herriet Chadbourne
  • 1970
  • 65
  • 1 book with 1 map and 59 photographs
  • good
Maine Place Names & the peopling of its towns - Illustrated county edition: Hancock
Item:
  • 7423   
Type:
  • Publication, Guidebook
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Ava Herriet Chadbourne
Date:
  • 1970
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917.41 CHA
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4
Pages:
  • 65
Medium:
  • 1 book with 1 map and 59 photographs
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...Illustrated county edition of "Maine Place Names & the peopling of its towns" for Hancock County. Contains 1 map and 59 photographs...
7065In Fair Aroostook
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places
  • Places, Landscape
Where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty. Reprinted under the auspices of the Madawaska Historical Society, 1973.
  • Clarence Pullen
  • 1902
  • 94
  • 1 book
  • good
In Fair Aroostook
Item:
  • 7065   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Clarence Pullen
Date:
  • 1902
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917.41 PUL
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 94
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty. Reprinted under the auspices of the Madawaska Historical Society, 1973.
6137General Andrew B. Spurling and Second Maine Cavalry
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
...Spurling and the Second Maine Cavalry. Civil War. Compiled from official, individual, newspaper, etc. reports...
  • C. C. Roberts
  • 1904
  • 91
  • 1 book
  • fair
General Andrew B. Spurling and Second Maine Cavalry
Item:
  • 6137   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • C. C. Roberts
Date:
  • 1904
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 92 SPURLING
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 91
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Spurling and the Second Maine Cavalry. Civil War. Compiled from official, individual, newspaper, etc. reports...
6142Eleazer Higgins 1768 (?)-1840 Thomas Kelley 1745(?)-1813
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • People
...Booklet complied by a member of Mayflower Society of Maine, Daughters of the American Revolution & a member of the Bangor Historical Society...
  • Mrs. Edward W. Ames
  • 1958
  • 24
  • 1 book
Eleazer Higgins 1768 (?)-1840 Thomas Kelley 1745(?)-1813
Item:
  • 6142   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
Creator:
  • Mrs. Edward W. Ames
Date:
  • 1958
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 929 AMES
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 24
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
...Booklet complied by a member of Mayflower Society of Maine, Daughters of the American Revolution & a member of the Bangor Historical Society...
7068Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
...A monthly magazine devoted to the history of Maine towns and families. Volume IX, No. 5, May 1898. Two Dollars Per Annum...
  • 1898
  • 31
  • 1 booklet
  • fair
Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder
Item:
  • 7068   
Type:
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Date:
  • 1898
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 929.05 M
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 31
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...A monthly magazine devoted to the history of Maine towns and families. Volume IX, No. 5, May 1898. Two Dollars Per Annum...
7078Uses of Birch-Bark in the Northeast
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
...Published by the Robert Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine. Second printing, 1974...
  • Eva L. Butler, Wendell S. Hadlock
  • 1957
  • 66
  • 1 book
  • great
Uses of Birch-Bark in the Northeast
Item:
  • 7078   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • Eva L. Butler, Wendell S. Hadlock
Date:
  • 1957
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.1 BUT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 66
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • great
Description:
...Published by the Robert Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine. Second printing, 1974...
7072The Discovery of America
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
A Massachusetts Historical Society picture book. Contains several historical maps and portraits. Twenty-second in a series of picture books issued yearly since 1954 by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
  • Massachusetts Historical Society
  • 1975
  • 23
  • 1 booklet
  • good
The Discovery of America
Item:
  • 7072   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Massachusetts Historical Society
Date:
  • 1975
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 973.1 MHS
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 23
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
A Massachusetts Historical Society picture book. Contains several historical maps and portraits. Twenty-second in a series of picture books issued yearly since 1954 by the Massachusetts Historical Society.