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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
5202Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Fire
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Fire at Augusta Smith's Dry Goods Store, Main Street, Northeast Harbor. Included is scan of 1941 newspaper article.
  • Alan Knox
  • 1941
  • 5 photographs, 1 article
Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Fire
Item:
  • 5202   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1623
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 5 photographs, 1 article
Description:
Fire at Augusta Smith's Dry Goods Store, Main Street, Northeast Harbor. Included is scan of 1941 newspaper article.
2590Apartment alterations for Mrs. Berkeley LeV Allen
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Blueprint, 24x16", of alteration plans for apartments for Mrs. Berkeley Allen.
  • Ambrose S. Higgins
  • 1946
  • 1
  • ARCH
  • good
Apartment alterations for Mrs. Berkeley LeV Allen
Item:
  • 2590   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Ambrose S. Higgins
Date:
  • 1946
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 382
Location:
  • GHC Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • ARCH
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Blueprint, 24x16", of alteration plans for apartments for Mrs. Berkeley Allen.
2591MacKay Residence
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Nine blueprints (several duplicates) and three parchment tracings, 23x17", of multilevel floor plans of the MacKay house, "Tide Bell" at Hancock Point.
  • Ambrose S. Higgins
  • 1947
  • Tide Bell
  • 12
  • ARCH
  • good
MacKay Residence
Item:
  • 2591   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Ambrose S. Higgins
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
Property Name:
  • Tide Bell
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 383
Location:
  • GHC Box 10
Pages:
  • 12
Medium:
  • ARCH
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Nine blueprints (several duplicates) and three parchment tracings, 23x17", of multilevel floor plans of the MacKay house, "Tide Bell" at Hancock Point.
5455Arthur W. Coombs
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
A. W. Coombs seated near fireplace in back yard.
  • Arthur Coombs
  • August 1940
Arthur W. Coombs
Item:
  • 5455   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Arthur Coombs
Date:
  • August 1940
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1848
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
A. W. Coombs seated near fireplace in back yard.
3610Items for Showing the General Location of the Airports in Maine
  • Map
  • Places
Airport classes defined. Airport locations marked.
  • Augustus D. Phillips
  • 1945
  • 1
  • MAP
Items for Showing the General Location of the Airports in Maine
Item:
  • 3610   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Augustus D. Phillips
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0056 ADP
Location:
  • Shelf 5E4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Airport classes defined. Airport locations marked.
2578Landscape of Property of William Elder Marcus Jr.
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Blueprint, 34x25.5", of landscape design on property of William Marcus, Jr. in Seal Harbor.
  • Avis Campbell
  • 1940
  • 1
  • ARCH
Landscape of Property of William Elder Marcus Jr.
Item:
  • 2578   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Avis Campbell
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 371
Location:
  • GHC Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • ARCH
Description:
Blueprint, 34x25.5", of landscape design on property of William Marcus, Jr. in Seal Harbor.
6207Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
History of the Bass Family settling in Braintree Mass. Connections Eddy, Morse, Paine, Bass.
  • Bass, Charissa Taylor & Walton, Emma Lee
  • 1940
Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass
Item:
  • 6207   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Bass, Charissa Taylor & Walton, Emma Lee
Date:
  • 1940
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 100
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Surname File
Description:
History of the Bass Family settling in Braintree Mass. Connections Eddy, Morse, Paine, Bass.
5366Howard Kneedler
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
pen & ink sketch of Harold Kneedler. Loaned by Mrs. Caro Edwards in 1994.
  • Betsy Flagg Melcher
  • 1949
Howard Kneedler
Item:
  • 5366   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Betsy Flagg Melcher
Date:
  • 1949
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1784
Location:
  • Oversize Photograph Box 2, 4E3
Description:
pen & ink sketch of Harold Kneedler. Loaned by Mrs. Caro Edwards in 1994.
5367Mrs. Harold Kneedler
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Framed, 8.5x10" pen & ink sketch of Mrs. Harold Kneedler (Anna Lewis). Loaned to library by Mrs. Caro Edwards in 1994.
  • Betsy Flagg Melcher
  • 1949
Mrs. Harold Kneedler
Item:
  • 5367   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Betsy Flagg Melcher
Date:
  • 1949
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1785
Location:
  • Oversize Photograph Box 2, 4E3
Description:
Framed, 8.5x10" pen & ink sketch of Mrs. Harold Kneedler (Anna Lewis). Loaned to library by Mrs. Caro Edwards in 1994.
2400Henry VanDyke Estate
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Lot map (20 1/2x13") of H. VanDyke property on Dodge Point, Seal Harbor. Lots of neighbors (N. Rockefeller, Dr. Angell, Fletcher, McAlpin, Douglass, Ford, Harrison, Church - St. Jude; Seal Harbor Congregational, Reed) are indicated. Prepared by Charles Simpson. (Kn. Map 1; lot 10-16)
  • C. A. Simpson
  • 1948
  • 1
  • MAP
Henry VanDyke Estate
Item:
  • 2400   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • C. A. Simpson
Date:
  • 1948
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 20
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Lot map (20 1/2x13") of H. VanDyke property on Dodge Point, Seal Harbor. Lots of neighbors (N. Rockefeller, Dr. Angell, Fletcher, McAlpin, Douglass, Ford, Harrison, Church - St. Jude; Seal Harbor Congregational, Reed) are indicated. Prepared by Charles Simpson. (Kn. Map 1; lot 10-16)
2279Gilman High School Scrapbook
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, School Institution
Box 2 1909-1949 Gilman High School Scrapbook: 1 ledger book -- compiled by Carl E. Kelley, principal of Gilman High School from 1920-1950 -- record of all graduates -- includes index -- donated by heirs of Elmer Cousins
  • Carl E. Kelley
  • 1909-1949
  • 1 ledger book
Gilman High School Scrapbook
Item:
  • 2279   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Creator:
  • Carl E. Kelley
Date:
  • 1909-1949
Collection:
  • Gilman High School Collection
Object ID:
  • GHS 0002
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4 and 4B5
Pages:
  • 1 ledger book
Description:
Box 2 1909-1949 Gilman High School Scrapbook: 1 ledger book -- compiled by Carl E. Kelley, principal of Gilman High School from 1920-1950 -- record of all graduates -- includes index -- donated by heirs of Elmer Cousins
3487Mount Desert Seascape
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Landscape
Oil on canvas. Large wooden frame.
  • Carroll Tyson
  • 1948
Mount Desert Seascape
Item:
  • 3487   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Carroll Tyson
Date:
  • 1948
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Young Adult Area
Description:
Oil on canvas. Large wooden frame.
1841Personal letter at the end of WWII
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Personal letter, in diary format, from Hoyt Clark to his niece describing the sad news of the death of some of his crew members in a B29 plane crash just after WWII was declared over. Cover letter included.
  • Clark Hoyt
  • 1945
  • 4
  • typescript
Personal letter at the end of WWII
Item:
  • 1841   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Clark Hoyt
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0354
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Personal letter, in diary format, from Hoyt Clark to his niece describing the sad news of the death of some of his crew members in a B29 plane crash just after WWII was declared over. Cover letter included.
1607The One Hundredth Anniversary
  • Document, Program
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Program from services commemorating the organization of the Congregational Society of Mount Desert
  • Congregational Society of Mount Desert
  • 7/21/1940
  • 1 pamphlet
The One Hundredth Anniversary
Item:
  • 1607   
Type:
  • Document, Program
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Creator:
  • Congregational Society of Mount Desert
Date:
  • 7/21/1940
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0119
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • 1 pamphlet
Description:
Program from services commemorating the organization of the Congregational Society of Mount Desert
5694Northeast Harbor Ambulance Co., Ambulance
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Automobile, Motor Ambulance
Ambulance parked on lawn in front of a house.
  • Dexter Witt, Freeport IL
  • 1949
  • 1 photograph
Northeast Harbor Ambulance Co., Ambulance
Item:
  • 5694   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Automobile, Motor Ambulance
Creator:
  • Dexter Witt, Freeport IL
Date:
  • 1949
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2080 DW
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Ambulance parked on lawn in front of a house.
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.
1195Mount Desert High School
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Elevation, wall detail in class room, first floor electrical plan, ground floor heating plan 1 list of equipment ordered
  • Frank Irving Cooper Associates Architects
  • September 1948-1949
  • 4
  • blueprint
Mount Desert High School
Item:
  • 1195   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Creator:
  • Frank Irving Cooper Associates Architects
Date:
  • September 1948-1949
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0197
Location:
  • FF B-16
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • blueprint
Description:
Elevation, wall detail in class room, first floor electrical plan, ground floor heating plan 1 list of equipment ordered
2862Charter party: Frank L. Sample to Thomas Leiter
  • Document, Legal, Agreement, Contract, Lease
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
  • Frank L. Sample
  • 1948
  • 2
  • Contract
Charter party: Frank L. Sample to Thomas Leiter
Item:
  • 2862   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Agreement, Contract, Lease
Subject:
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
Creator:
  • Frank L. Sample
Date:
  • 1948
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 26
Location:
  • I
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • Contract
1496Notes on the History of Folly Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
July 20, 1945 Notes taken down by Gano Dunn at the dictation of Captain Alfred H. Butler, 81 years old who was born on Bartlett Island and worked on Folly Island as a boy and later in life.
  • Gano Dunn
  • 1945
  • 5
  • typescript
Notes on the History of Folly Island
Item:
  • 1496   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Gano Dunn
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0012 GD
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
July 20, 1945 Notes taken down by Gano Dunn at the dictation of Captain Alfred H. Butler, 81 years old who was born on Bartlett Island and worked on Folly Island as a boy and later in life.
2479House for Mrs. Jerome Knowles
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Five blueprint of home for Mrs. Jerome Knowles showing exterior elevations and two level floor plan. See also Item 2596
  • George Savage
  • 1947
  • 5
  • ARCH
House for Mrs. Jerome Knowles
Item:
  • 2479   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • George Savage
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 282
Location:
  • GHC Box 8
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • ARCH
Description:
Five blueprint of home for Mrs. Jerome Knowles showing exterior elevations and two level floor plan. See also Item 2596
2596House for Mrs. Jerome Knowles
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Exterior parchment sketch on mat board, 20x14", of house for Mrs. Jerome Knowles. See also Item 2479.
  • George Savage
  • 1943
  • 1
  • ARCH
  • very fragile, damaged
House for Mrs. Jerome Knowles
Item:
  • 2596   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • George Savage
Date:
  • 1943
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 388
Location:
  • GHC Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • ARCH
Condition:
  • very fragile, damaged
Description:
Exterior parchment sketch on mat board, 20x14", of house for Mrs. Jerome Knowles. See also Item 2479.
1175Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • George Savage
  • 1947
  • 2 blueprints, 2 papers, 2 diazo
  • blueprints, papers, diazo
Northeast Harbor Library
Item:
  • 1175   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • George Savage
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0177 GS
Location:
  • 5E8
Pages:
  • 2 blueprints, 2 papers, 2 diazo
Medium:
  • blueprints, papers, diazo
7307House for Mrs. L. F. Crofoot
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Preliminary plans and estimate specifications for a house to be built for Mrs. L. F. Crofoot at Wheelwright point, Northeast Harbor. House was never built.
  • George Savage
  • 1945
  • Wheelwright Point
  • 5
  • 3 blueprints, 2 papers
  • fair
House for Mrs. L. F. Crofoot
Item:
  • 7307   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • George Savage
Date:
  • 1945
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • Wheelwright Point
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0449 GS
Location:
  • FF E-01
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • 3 blueprints, 2 papers
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Preliminary plans and estimate specifications for a house to be built for Mrs. L. F. Crofoot at Wheelwright point, Northeast Harbor. House was never built.
7290Gladys Clark Scrapbook
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
  • Places, Town
Mrs. H. D. Clark scrapbook of press clippings containing local and national news and regarding various people and events.
  • Gladys Clark
  • 1940's
  • 1 scrapbook
  • very fragile, damaged
Gladys Clark Scrapbook
Item:
  • 7290   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Gladys Clark
Date:
  • 1940's
Collection:
  • Gladys Clark Collection
Object ID:
  • GCS 0001
Location:
  • Shelf 4D TOP
Medium:
  • 1 scrapbook
Condition:
  • very fragile, damaged
Description:
Mrs. H. D. Clark scrapbook of press clippings containing local and national news and regarding various people and events.
2242Maine Fire Disaster
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Fire
Pictorial review of the 1947 fire.
  • Guy P. Gannett, Publisher
  • 1947
  • 16
  • newspaper
  • fragile
Maine Fire Disaster
Item:
  • 2242   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
Creator:
  • Guy P. Gannett, Publisher
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0756
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 16
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
Pictorial review of the 1947 fire.