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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
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.
1915A list of Settlers of part of MDI granted to John Bernard
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...A soft covered red notebook containing a copy from Maine State Archives listing (A21IR20:4-8 Box44) settlers on the part of MDI granted to John Bernard...
  • 1785
  • 3
  • photocopy
A list of Settlers of part of MDI granted to John Bernard
Item:
  • 1915   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1785
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0428
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...A soft covered red notebook containing a copy from Maine State Archives listing (A21IR20:4-8 Box44) settlers on the part of MDI granted to John Bernard...
1997A Playground Contested; Bar Harbor Natives versus Rusticators, 1875-1925
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...Manion submitted for publication in Island History Journal contrasting the economic and social life of summer and year-round residents of Mount Desert...
  • Lynne Nelson Manion
  • 2001
  • 18
  • typescript
A Playground Contested; Bar Harbor Natives versus Rusticators, 1875-1925
Item:
  • 1997   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Lynne Nelson Manion
Date:
  • 2001
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0509
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 18
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Manion submitted for publication in Island History Journal contrasting the economic and social life of summer and year-round residents of Mount Desert...
1958Bar Harbor, Celebrating 200 Years in Eden
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
...Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives...
  • Mark Condon
  • 2001
  • 48
  • magazine
Bar Harbor, Celebrating 200 Years in Eden
Item:
  • 1958   
Type:
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Mark Condon
Date:
  • 2001
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0470
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 48
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
...Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives...
5409Bart Dyer on defense cannon at Schooner Head
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
B/W photograph of Bart Dyer sitting on a coastal defense cannon at Schooner Head. The cannon, and another on Egg Rock, were in place during WWI.
  • Fred Pervear
  • 1938
Bart Dyer on defense cannon at Schooner Head
Item:
  • 5409   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
Creator:
  • Fred Pervear
Date:
  • 1938
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1817
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W photograph of Bart Dyer sitting on a coastal defense cannon at Schooner Head. The cannon, and another on Egg Rock, were in place during WWI.
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.
1727Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine
  • Document, List
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
  • Other, History
  • People
...Historical Checklist of landscape architects in Maine...
  • Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.
  • 1987
  • 12
  • 1 original, 1 photocopy
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine
Item:
  • 1727   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
  • Other, History
  • People
Creator:
  • Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.
Date:
  • 1987
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0240
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 12
Medium:
  • 1 original, 1 photocopy
Description:
...Historical Checklist of landscape architects in Maine...
1923Civil War Military, School and Schooner Statistics
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
...Lists of MDI Civil War enlistment, school enrollments with names and ages of & ages of students in District 7 (Sandy Point; Northeast Harbor) and District...8 (Long Pond) and list of vessels owned in Mount Desert in 1868...
  • Robert Lindsay Smallidge
  • 1864-1872
  • 7
  • photocopy
Civil War Military, School and Schooner Statistics
Item:
  • 1923   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Robert Lindsay Smallidge
Date:
  • 1864-1872
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0436
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...Lists of MDI Civil War enlistment, school enrollments with names and ages of & ages of students in District 7 (Sandy Point; Northeast Harbor) and District...8 (Long Pond) and list of vessels owned in Mount Desert in 1868...
2037Company "B" 20th Regiment Maine Volunteers
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
...Brochure of Company B, 20th Regiment of Maine volunteers in the Civil with short history and listing of battle engagements...
  • 1989
  • 1
Company "B" 20th Regiment Maine Volunteers
Item:
  • 2037   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Date:
  • 1989
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0550
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 1
Description:
...Brochure of Company B, 20th Regiment of Maine volunteers in the Civil with short history and listing of battle engagements...
1988Correspondence about George E. Street's 1905 book Mount Desert, a history
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • People
...Copies of correspondence about the editing and reissuing of George Street's 1905 book "Mount Desert a History" by Rev. Samuel A. Eliot in 1926...
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1924-1926
  • 21
  • photocopy
Correspondence about George E. Street's 1905 book Mount Desert, a history
Item:
  • 1988   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Creator:
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
Date:
  • 1924-1926
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0501
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 21
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...Copies of correspondence about the editing and reissuing of George Street's 1905 book "Mount Desert a History" by Rev. Samuel A. Eliot in 1926...
1494Early History and Personal Recollections of Northeast Harbor
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Cora Phillips Savage writes about the history of Northeast Harbor. GEN 0011 b: "Let's take a walk" by Emily Phillips Reynolds, 1975 (18 pages)
  • Cora Phillips Savage
  • 9
  • typescript
Early History and Personal Recollections of Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 1494   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Cora Phillips Savage
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0011 CSP
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Cora Phillips Savage writes about the history of Northeast Harbor. GEN 0011 b: "Let's take a walk" by Emily Phillips Reynolds, 1975 (18 pages)
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...
1936Ensign Ben Bunker, Mount Desert, and The Cranberry Isles
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
This is a second in a series of Occasional Papers to be published under the auspices of the Islesford Historical Society. It was given to Anne Haynes who gave it to the Northeast Harbor Library.
  • Theodore Spurling Sr.
  • Aug-91
  • 19
  • typescript
Ensign Ben Bunker, Mount Desert, and The Cranberry Isles
Item:
  • 1936   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Theodore Spurling Sr.
Date:
  • Aug-91
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0449
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 19
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
This is a second in a series of Occasional Papers to be published under the auspices of the Islesford Historical Society. It was given to Anne Haynes who gave it to the Northeast Harbor Library.
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.
7127Genealogy of the Gamble Family
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • Other, History
  • People
...Excerpt of "The Mount Desert Widow - Genealogy of the Gamble Family", by Greenleaf and Jonathan P. Cilley...
  • 1895
  • 2 clippings
  • fair
Genealogy of the Gamble Family
Item:
  • 7127   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
Date:
  • 1895
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0801
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Medium:
  • 2 clippings
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Excerpt of "The Mount Desert Widow - Genealogy of the Gamble Family", by Greenleaf and Jonathan P. Cilley...
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...
1957Glimpses of Early Mount Desert Homes
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings
...A history of Early Mount Desert Homes, the Manchester family, the Hadlock family and the Smallidge family...
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 30
  • photocopy
Glimpses of Early Mount Desert Homes
Item:
  • 1957   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings
Creator:
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0469
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 30
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...A history of Early Mount Desert Homes, the Manchester family, the Hadlock family and the Smallidge family...
1901Honor Roll of War Dead from the Mount Desert during Civil War
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
...A list of war dead from Mount Desert 1861, 1973. Compiled from municipal records...
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 4
  • typescript
Honor Roll of War Dead from the Mount Desert during Civil War
Item:
  • 1901   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0414
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...A list of war dead from Mount Desert 1861, 1973. Compiled from municipal records...
7060Kingfield Register - 1902
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
...History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961...
  • H. E. Mitchell
  • 1902
  • 30
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Kingfield Register - 1902
Item:
  • 7060   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • H. E. Mitchell
Date:
  • 1902
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 KIN
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 30
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961...
2054Ku Klux Klan on MDI
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Notes of Bob Pyle about the Klu Klux Klan on the island and the impact on local Northeast Harbor workers. His home on Summit Rd., once the Catholic Church rectory, is an example.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2011
  • 1
Ku Klux Klan on MDI
Item:
  • 2054   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 2011
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0568
Location:
  • General Collection Box 18
Pages:
  • 1
Description:
Notes of Bob Pyle about the Klu Klux Klan on the island and the impact on local Northeast Harbor workers. His home on Summit Rd., once the Catholic Church rectory, is an example.
1896Letters to Ada Emerson
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
...to his mother, Ada Emerson, in Indian River, ME describing his Civil War encampment with the Maine 10th Regiment at Camp Washburn, MD & Harper's Ferry,...
  • Henry Kelley
  • 1859-1864
  • photocopy
Letters to Ada Emerson
Item:
  • 1896   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Henry Kelley
Date:
  • 1859-1864
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0409
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...to his mother, Ada Emerson, in Indian River, ME describing his Civil War encampment with the Maine 10th Regiment at Camp Washburn, MD & Harper's Ferry,...
1986List of Civil War Soldiers from the town of Mount Desert
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Original, elongated, list of men furnished by the town of Mt. Desert by the selectmen for military service in the Civil War. The list represents several calls to duty from 1862 to 1869.
  • Jonathan Hamor
  • 1-2-1869
  • 1
  • manuscript (original and 2 photocopies)
List of Civil War Soldiers from the town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1986   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Jonathan Hamor
Date:
  • 1-2-1869
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0499
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript (original and 2 photocopies)
Description:
Original, elongated, list of men furnished by the town of Mt. Desert by the selectmen for military service in the Civil War. The list represents several calls to duty from 1862 to 1869.
5423Local Civil War Soldiers
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
...Scanned photographs of area Maine Militia and Civil War soldiers...
  • 1842-1860's
Local Civil War Soldiers
Item:
  • 5423   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Date:
  • 1842-1860's
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1829
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...Scanned photographs of area Maine Militia and Civil War soldiers...