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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
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...
7050George Folsom, John A. Poor and a Century of Historical Research with reference to Early Colonial Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
...State Historian of Maine...
  • Henry S. Burrage
  • 1926
  • 62
  • 1 book
  • good
George Folsom, John A. Poor and a Century of Historical Research with reference to Early Colonial Maine
Item:
  • 7050   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Henry S. Burrage
Date:
  • 1926
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 BUR
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 62
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...State Historian of Maine...
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...
7051Waymouth Tercentenary
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
...An account of the celebration of the landing of George Waymouth on the coast of Maine. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)...
  • 53
  • 1 book
  • fair
Waymouth Tercentenary
Item:
  • 7051   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 WAY
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 53
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...An account of the celebration of the landing of George Waymouth on the coast of Maine. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)...

File Attachment:
SCB 974.1 WAY.pdf
…right spot, and shouts " May Maine I 1 Historical Society ? …great way ( as it then seemed, and as we after found it vp into the maine we might discerne very high mountaines, though the maine seemed but low land …George's River, and to no other on our Maine coast. …" The This first group of islands nearer to the main land.
7052Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1907
  • 58
  • 1 book
  • fragile
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
Item:
  • 7052   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Maine Historical Society
Date:
  • 1907
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 POP
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 58
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)

File Attachment:
SCB 974.1 POP.pdf
…The cost of the memorial was defrayed by the State of Maine, the Maine Historical Society, the Colonial Dames of Maine and the Maine Society of Colonial …The " Fair English town " too " of fifty houses, with its church and fort mounted and entrenched " has dwindled to fifteen buildings of all kinds, the …in the State of Maine, and the Maine Society of Colonial Wars. on Mr. …BUKRAGE, Maine Historical D.D.
7053New England Old and New 1620-1920
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1920
  • 63
  • 1 book
  • good
New England Old and New 1620-1920
Item:
  • 7053   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • Maine Historical Society
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 PLY
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 63
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
2063Celebrate! 250
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations
  • Other, History
...Mount Desert Island Historical Society collaborates with other island organizations to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the island...
  • 2011
  • 9
  • newspaper, photocopy
Celebrate! 250
Item:
  • 2063   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations
  • Other, History
Date:
  • 2011
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0577
Location:
  • General Collection Box 18
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • newspaper, photocopy
Description:
...Mount Desert Island Historical Society collaborates with other island organizations to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the 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.
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
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.)...
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...
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.
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...
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...
1904Re-enacting
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
...Smith was actively involved with the Maine Civil War Company reenactment group...
  • Joseph Smith
  • 1983
  • pages 56-59
  • newspaper
Re-enacting
Item:
  • 1904   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Joseph Smith
Date:
  • 1983
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0417
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 56-59
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Smith was actively involved with the Maine Civil War Company reenactment group...
7095Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell and his encounters with the Indians; including a particular account of the Pequauket Battle, with a history of that Tribe; and a reprint of Rev. Thomas Symmes Sermon.
  • Frederic Kidder
  • 1865
  • 138
  • 1 book
  • good
Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell
Item:
  • 7095   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
Creator:
  • Frederic Kidder
Date:
  • 1865
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974 KID
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 138
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell and his encounters with the Indians; including a particular account of the Pequauket Battle, with a history of that Tribe; and a reprint of Rev. Thomas Symmes Sermon.

File Attachment:
SCB 974 KID.pdf
…And it came to pafs on the morrow, when the Philiflines came toflrip the Slain, that they found Saul and his three Sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. …at laft, upon mount Gilboa. …And we that tarry at home muft get into the Mount and Pray for 'em. …over fixteen years, in the various tribes, which is preferved in the "Maine Hiftorical Collections."
3102From Turkish Toils, Armenian Family's Escape
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
  • Esther Mugerditchian
  • 45
  • booklet
From Turkish Toils, Armenian Family's Escape
Item:
  • 3102   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
Creator:
  • Esther Mugerditchian
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 476
Location:
  • IX
Pages:
  • 45
Medium:
  • booklet
File Attachment:
KNOW 476.pdf
…All my mained without to allow the applications to the result. …mained at Beghavud re- until I received a letter in the Kaspar Boyadjian, one Euphrates College, advising me evening from Mr.
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.
6032Maine History News
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places
...Quarterly journal featuring historic articles of people, places, and events throughout the state of Maine...
  • 1974-1984
Maine History News
Item:
  • 6032   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
Date:
  • 1974-1984
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • 970 MAINE HISTORY
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Description:
...Quarterly journal featuring historic articles of people, places, and events throughout the state of Maine...