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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
4374View from Sargent Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1881
  • 1 photograph
View from Sargent Mountain
Item:
  • 4374   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
Creator:
  • Samuel A. Eliot
Date:
  • 1881
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0419 SAE
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society.
5357View from Morris Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
Framed, B/W, 14x10.5" photograph of view from Morris Cottage overlooking the harbor before fill-in and Clifton hotel and dock.
  • 1888
View from Morris Cottage
Item:
  • 5357   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1888
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1775
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Framed, B/W, 14x10.5" photograph of view from Morris Cottage overlooking the harbor before fill-in and Clifton hotel and dock.
5496USS Dolphin off Wheelwright point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel
Photograph taken from Kimball's dock looking toward Wheelwright point with US Navy vessel "Dolphin" center place. Photograph is very faded. This area is now called Clifton Dock.
  • Burr
  • 1889
  • poor
USS Dolphin off Wheelwright point
Item:
  • 5496   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel
Creator:
  • Burr
Date:
  • 1889
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1872
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Condition:
  • poor
Description:
Photograph taken from Kimball's dock looking toward Wheelwright point with US Navy vessel "Dolphin" center place. Photograph is very faded. This area is now called Clifton Dock.
4380Upper Hadlock Pond
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Lake
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "This picture was taken from the roadway before the road was cut down into the hillside, thus the camera height above the water would place today's photographer about six feet in the air." Tom Eliot
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1881
  • 1 photograph
Upper Hadlock Pond
Item:
  • 4380   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
Creator:
  • Samuel A. Eliot
Date:
  • 1881
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0425 SAE
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "This picture was taken from the roadway before the road was cut down into the hillside, thus the camera height above the water would place today's photographer about six feet in the air." Tom Eliot
7033Unknown House
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Brownstone house. Elevations, floor plans.
  • Fred L. Savage
  • ca. 1885-1886
  • 4
  • paper
  • good
Unknown House
Item:
  • 7033   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Fred L. Savage
Date:
  • ca. 1885-1886
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0443 FLS
Location:
  • FF C-28
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Brownstone house. Elevations, floor plans.
6880Union Church Property Deed
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
A copy of the deed signing over property to be used for erection and maintenance of a church to be called "The Union Church of Northeast Harbor".
  • Samuel Gilpatrick
  • 12-17-1887
  • photocopy
Union Church Property Deed
Item:
  • 6880   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Creator:
  • Samuel Gilpatrick
Date:
  • 12-17-1887
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Union Church of Northeast Harbor
Object ID:
  • UCNEH 0008
Location:
  • Local Churches Box 1 Shelf 4C2
Pages:
  • photocopy
Description:
A copy of the deed signing over property to be used for erection and maintenance of a church to be called "The Union Church of Northeast Harbor".
1548Union Church Deed of Land
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Organizations, Religious
Copy of the land deed, a gift of Samuel Gilpatrick to the Union Church in Northeast Harbor. Researched by Donald Phillips.
  • Samuel Gilpatrick
  • 1887
  • photocopy
Union Church Deed of Land
Item:
  • 1548   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
Creator:
  • Samuel Gilpatrick
Date:
  • 1887
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0059 SG
Location:
  • General Collection Box 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy of the land deed, a gift of Samuel Gilpatrick to the Union Church in Northeast Harbor. Researched by Donald Phillips.
1860Transcription of Letters from Stephen Manchester to Comfort Manchester Stanley
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Letters written 1878-1884 to author's sister in Northeast Harbor. Transcribed by Robert E. Suminsby.
  • October 1995 (1884)
  • 9
  • typescript
Transcription of Letters from Stephen Manchester to Comfort Manchester Stanley
Item:
  • 1860   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • October 1995 (1884)
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0374
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Letters written 1878-1884 to author's sister in Northeast Harbor. Transcribed by Robert E. Suminsby.
2434Topography of Mount Desert Island and Islands to the Southward
  • Map
  • Places, Island
Large topographical map of Mount Desert Island and off shore islands.
  • J. Hilgard, Superintendent
  • 1882
  • 1
  • MAP
  • fair
Topography of Mount Desert Island and Islands to the Southward
Item:
  • 2434   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • J. Hilgard, Superintendent
Date:
  • 1882
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 231
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Large topographical map of Mount Desert Island and off shore islands.
1454The Lighthouse Window
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Object, Art, Stained Glass
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Original card painted by Margaret Herrison Doane (Daisy) for her Aunt Mary Spring Perkins, Christmas 1881. This design inspired the window in St. Mary's-by-the-sea. Accompanying is a Photograph copy of a paper written by Margaret Doane Fayerweather in 1955 about the history of the lighthouse window.
  • Margaret Herrison Doane
  • 1881
  • 1 painting
  • paper
The Lighthouse Window
Item:
  • 1454   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Stained Glass
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Margaret Herrison Doane
Date:
  • 1881
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Art Collection
Object ID:
  • ART 0003 MHD
Location:
  • Art Box 1, 4B3
Pages:
  • 1 painting
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Original card painted by Margaret Herrison Doane (Daisy) for her Aunt Mary Spring Perkins, Christmas 1881. This design inspired the window in St. Mary's-by-the-sea. Accompanying is a Photograph copy of a paper written by Margaret Doane Fayerweather in 1955 about the history of the lighthouse window.
1969The Latest about the Accident at Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • People
  • Places, Town
Account of the buckboard accident in Northeast Harbor which claimed the life of Mabel Case, daughter of J. B. Case of Boston.
  • 1883
  • 1
  • photocopy
The Latest about the Accident at Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 1969   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1883
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0482
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Account of the buckboard accident in Northeast Harbor which claimed the life of Mabel Case, daughter of J. B. Case of Boston.
6439The Celebration of the Two Hundred & Fiftieth Anniversary of Ipswich
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Town History of Ipswich.
  • 8-16-1884
The Celebration of the Two Hundred & Fiftieth Anniversary of Ipswich
Item:
  • 6439   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 8-16-1884
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 54
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
Town History of Ipswich.
2486The Anchorage
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Floor plans blueprints of the original "Anchorage" in Seal Harbor. It was later torn down to build the Nelson Rockefeller house. Subsequently owned by Josephine Ford.
  • Rear Admiral Arent Schuyler Crowninshield
  • 1880s
  • 3
  • ARCH
The Anchorage
Item:
  • 2486   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Rear Admiral Arent Schuyler Crowninshield
Date:
  • 1880s
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 289
Location:
  • GHC Box 8
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • ARCH
Description:
Floor plans blueprints of the original "Anchorage" in Seal Harbor. It was later torn down to build the Nelson Rockefeller house. Subsequently owned by Josephine Ford.
5394St. Mary's Church and Magnum Donum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
B/W Photograph, 6.5x4", viewed from top of Kimball House, of the original wood St. Mary's Church and "Magnum Donum" residence of Rev. William Doane.
  • Fayerweather
  • 1884
St. Mary's Church and Magnum Donum
Item:
  • 5394   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Fayerweather
Date:
  • 1884
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1803 MDG
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W Photograph, 6.5x4", viewed from top of Kimball House, of the original wood St. Mary's Church and "Magnum Donum" residence of Rev. William Doane.
5550St. Mary's by the Sea
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
B/W framed photograph (9.75 x 7.50") of the interior of the original St. Mary's by the Sea Church.
  • mid 1880's
St. Mary's by the Sea
Item:
  • 5550   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Date:
  • mid 1880's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1942
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W framed photograph (9.75 x 7.50") of the interior of the original St. Mary's by the Sea Church.
4364South Shore Road looking west.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
Presented by Eleanor T. Burr. Photograph taken from Stephen Smallidge (1993 Drexel) House.
  • Burr
  • 1888
South Shore Road looking west.
Item:
  • 4364   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Road
Creator:
  • Burr
Date:
  • 1888
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0380
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Presented by Eleanor T. Burr. Photograph taken from Stephen Smallidge (1993 Drexel) House.
3017Share Transfer: H. Edwin Stanley vs. Levi B. Wyman et al.
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • People
  • H. Edwin Stanley
  • 1880
  • 2
  • Deed
Share Transfer: H. Edwin Stanley vs. Levi B. Wyman et al.
Item:
  • 3017   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • H. Edwin Stanley
Date:
  • 1880
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 4
Location:
  • I
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • Deed
7400Seal Harbor Children
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • People
Hand-colored group photograph of some Seal Harbor children. Back row (L to R): Chester Smallidge, Grafton Pinkham, Leslie Clement, Fred Willikenson, Cliff Bracy, Frankie Clement, Everett Jordan. 2nd row (L to R): Estella Chapson, Ralph Liscomb, Roy Clement, Irving Clement, Arthur Clement, Tommy Dodge. 3rd row (L to R): Ed Jordan (grandfather of Judith Harvel), Mabel Lynam, Arno Varnum, Villa Lun..., Dora ..., Ella ..., Marc ... Courtesy of Mrs. Judith Harvel and Ms. Melissa Harvel, Seal Harbor (who has the original framed photograph).
  • 1880's
Seal Harbor Children
Item:
  • 7400   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1880's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • 7400-SH Children
Location:
  • Dropbox
Description:
Hand-colored group photograph of some Seal Harbor children. Back row (L to R): Chester Smallidge, Grafton Pinkham, Leslie Clement, Fred Willikenson, Cliff Bracy, Frankie Clement, Everett Jordan. 2nd row (L to R): Estella Chapson, Ralph Liscomb, Roy Clement, Irving Clement, Arthur Clement, Tommy Dodge. 3rd row (L to R): Ed Jordan (grandfather of Judith Harvel), Mabel Lynam, Arno Varnum, Villa Lun..., Dora ..., Ella ..., Marc ... Courtesy of Mrs. Judith Harvel and Ms. Melissa Harvel, Seal Harbor (who has the original framed photograph). [show more]
5089Rock End Hotel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Sepia Photograph (8"x10") taken around 1886 of the Rock End Hotel and dock. Also shown is the McLean Cottage which may be the 1st house designed by Fred Savage. The wharf is in the general direction of the Northeast Harbor Fleet pier extending to Vaughn's Point.
  • ca. 1886
  • damaged
Rock End Hotel
Item:
  • 5089   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • ca. 1886
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1486
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Condition:
  • damaged
Description:
Sepia Photograph (8"x10") taken around 1886 of the Rock End Hotel and dock. Also shown is the McLean Cottage which may be the 1st house designed by Fred Savage. The wharf is in the general direction of the Northeast Harbor Fleet pier extending to Vaughn's Point.
4378Road on east side of Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "Today called Sound Drive, route 3/198. This view is no longer possible because of reforestation." Tom Eliot Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1881
Road on east side of Somes Sound
Item:
  • 4378   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Road
Creator:
  • Samuel A. Eliot
Date:
  • 1881
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0423 SAE
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "Today called Sound Drive, route 3/198. This view is no longer possible because of reforestation." Tom Eliot Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
4379Road above Northeast Harbor looking south
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "Known today as Pond Hill, route 3/198 500 yards south of the Gate House. The date is questionable because the photo shows the original Asticou Inn which was not built until after 1881." Tom Eliot Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1881
Road above Northeast Harbor looking south
Item:
  • 4379   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Road
Creator:
  • Samuel A. Eliot
Date:
  • 1881
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0424 SAE
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "Known today as Pond Hill, route 3/198 500 yards south of the Gate House. The date is questionable because the photo shows the original Asticou Inn which was not built until after 1881." Tom Eliot Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
6090Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the Protection of the Woods from Fire
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Fire
  • Places
Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the protection of the woods from fire, upon the forest fires on the Island of Mount Desert, Me., in the year 1883, with a brief record of the same, and some suggestions for the better protection of the woods in the future.
  • Northeast Harbor Association for the protection of the Woods from Fire
  • 1884
  • 8
  • pamphlet
  • good
Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the Protection of the Woods from Fire
Item:
  • 6090   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places
Creator:
  • Northeast Harbor Association for the protection of the Woods from Fire
Date:
  • 1884
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 634.9 REPORT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • pamphlet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the protection of the woods from fire, upon the forest fires on the Island of Mount Desert, Me., in the year 1883, with a brief record of the same, and some suggestions for the better protection of the woods in the future.
2543Plan of Lands at Head of Somes Sound
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Sound
Lot map-2 blueprints and 1 parchment tracing, 21x25 1/2", of properties belonging to Grindle, Hale, Higgens, Hamor, Rich, Somes adjoining property of Budreaux in Somesville at the head of the sound.
  • E. M. Hamor
  • 1888
  • 3
  • MAP
Plan of Lands at Head of Somes Sound
Item:
  • 2543   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • E. M. Hamor
Date:
  • 1888
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 34
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Lot map-2 blueprints and 1 parchment tracing, 21x25 1/2", of properties belonging to Grindle, Hale, Higgens, Hamor, Rich, Somes adjoining property of Budreaux in Somesville at the head of the sound.
2532Plan of High Head
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Lot map, 32x26", showing the development plan for "High Head", off Western Bay, on property owned by the Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Investment Co. in the towns of Eden and Mount Desert.
  • Joseph Curtis
  • 1888
  • 1
  • MAP
Plan of High Head
Item:
  • 2532   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Joseph Curtis
Date:
  • 1888
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 33
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Lot map, 32x26", showing the development plan for "High Head", off Western Bay, on property owned by the Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Investment Co. in the towns of Eden and Mount Desert.
5097People on steps of Harbor Cottages, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
8 women and 2 men sitting on and standing around steps of Harbor Cottages in Northeast Harbor. Unidentified. Lady in center has a musical instrument on her lap.
  • Joseph M. Wilson
  • 8-31-1887
People on steps of Harbor Cottages, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5097   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Joseph M. Wilson
Date:
  • 8-31-1887
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1511
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
8 women and 2 men sitting on and standing around steps of Harbor Cottages in Northeast Harbor. Unidentified. Lady in center has a musical instrument on her lap.