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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
3577Guide Map to Acadia National Park
  • Map
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes Vicinity Map. On the back of the map is text concerning the history of the Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.
  • 1952
  • 1
  • paper
Guide Map to Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 3577   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Date:
  • 1952
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0024
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes Vicinity Map. On the back of the map is text concerning the history of the Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.
3626Plan Showing Property Owners Around Gilpatrick Cove
  • Map
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Shore
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1953
  • Gilpatrick Cove, Northeast Harbor
  • 1
  • copy
  • fair
Plan Showing Property Owners Around Gilpatrick Cove
Item:
  • 3626   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Maurice Burr
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • Gilpatrick Cove, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0073 WHB
Location:
  • 5C3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • copy
Condition:
  • fair
3884Prayer at the Opening of the New Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Prayer by Rev. M. E. Peabody. August 20, 1950.
  • 1950
  • 1
  • typescript
  • fair
Prayer at the Opening of the New Northeast Harbor Library
Item:
  • 3884   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Date:
  • 1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0015
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • typescript
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Prayer by Rev. M. E. Peabody. August 20, 1950.
3905Northeast Harbor Library Announcement
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Announcing the opening of the second library.
  • Matthew T. Mellon
  • 1952
  • 1
Northeast Harbor Library Announcement
Item:
  • 3905   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Matthew T. Mellon
Date:
  • 1952
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0036
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Description:
Announcing the opening of the second library.
2652Building Zoning Map
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Zoning map, 15 1/2x10", showing residential and business areas in the village of Northeast Harbor prepared for the town planning committee.
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1955
  • 1
  • MAP
Building Zoning Map
Item:
  • 2652   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Maurice Burr
Date:
  • 1955
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 8
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Zoning map, 15 1/2x10", showing residential and business areas in the village of Northeast Harbor prepared for the town planning committee.
2673Manchester Road - Preliminary Survey
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Places, Carriage Road
Pencil sketch on parchment, 35x23", of survey of Manchester Road.
  • 1954
  • 1
  • MAP
  • very faded
Manchester Road - Preliminary Survey
Item:
  • 2673   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Places, Carriage Road
Date:
  • 1954
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 99
Location:
  • GHC Box 3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • very faded
Description:
Pencil sketch on parchment, 35x23", of survey of Manchester Road.
2288Building Zoning Map of the Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Map, 74"x58", showing business and residential lots in Northeast Harbor. Prepared for the zoning committee of the planning committee.
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1955
  • 1
  • MAP
Building Zoning Map of the Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 2288   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Maurice Burr
Date:
  • 1955
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 1
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Map, 74"x58", showing business and residential lots in Northeast Harbor. Prepared for the zoning committee of the planning committee.
2300Building Zoning Map
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Large, 58z37", zoning map of Seal Harbor, showing residential and business areas, prepared for the Mount Desert Zoning Committee of the Planning Committee.
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1955
  • 1
  • MAP
Building Zoning Map
Item:
  • 2300   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Maurice Burr
Date:
  • 1955
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 11
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Large, 58z37", zoning map of Seal Harbor, showing residential and business areas, prepared for the Mount Desert Zoning Committee of the Planning Committee.
2305Property of Helena Bonsall Campbell
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Survey drawing of Helena B. Campbell property, at the intersection of Summit Road, Millbrook Road and Schoolhouse Ledge, abutting the Union Church lot.
  • Charles Simpson
  • 1950
  • 1
  • MAP
Property of Helena Bonsall Campbell
Item:
  • 2305   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Charles Simpson
Date:
  • 1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 114
Location:
  • GHC Box 3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Survey drawing of Helena B. Campbell property, at the intersection of Summit Road, Millbrook Road and Schoolhouse Ledge, abutting the Union Church lot.
2336Property of Georgia Tracy
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Lot map, 21 1/2x24, showing Tracy property and other properties on Tracy Rd. and Maple Lane including Bucklin, Branscom, Eaton, Stanley et al.
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1950
  • 1
  • MAP
  • very fragile, damaged
Property of Georgia Tracy
Item:
  • 2336   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Maurice Burr
Date:
  • 1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 142
Location:
  • GHC Box 4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • very fragile, damaged
Description:
Lot map, 21 1/2x24, showing Tracy property and other properties on Tracy Rd. and Maple Lane including Bucklin, Branscom, Eaton, Stanley et al.
2382Property of Leslie Hamilton Burden, et al.
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Drawing, 23x19", showing Dunlap property transferred to Leslie Hamilton Burden in Clark Cove, Bar Harbor. Adjoining lots of Dunlap and Kellogg.
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1959
  • 1
  • MAP
  • very faded
Property of Leslie Hamilton Burden, et al.
Item:
  • 2382   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Maurice Burr
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 184
Location:
  • GHC Box 5
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • very faded
Description:
Drawing, 23x19", showing Dunlap property transferred to Leslie Hamilton Burden in Clark Cove, Bar Harbor. Adjoining lots of Dunlap and Kellogg.
2408Property of Roland & Nathalie Veilleux
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, River
Property drawing of Roland & Nathalie Veilleux on Union River Bay in Trenton, ME.
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1959
  • 1
  • MAP
Property of Roland & Nathalie Veilleux
Item:
  • 2408   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, River
Creator:
  • Maurice Burr
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 208
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Property drawing of Roland & Nathalie Veilleux on Union River Bay in Trenton, ME.
2436City of Old Town
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Rural index on parchment (28x24") to property maps for the City of Old Town.
  • James W. Sewall Company, Old Town
  • 1955
  • 1
  • MAP
City of Old Town
Item:
  • 2436   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • James W. Sewall Company, Old Town
Date:
  • 1955
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 233
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Rural index on parchment (28x24") to property maps for the City of Old Town.
2442City of Bangor, Maine Zoning Map
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Zoning map, 22x17", for Bangor, Maine amended from 1954 map.
  • James L. MacLeod
  • 1957
  • 1
  • MAP
City of Bangor, Maine Zoning Map
Item:
  • 2442   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • James L. MacLeod
Date:
  • 1957
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 239
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Zoning map, 22x17", for Bangor, Maine amended from 1954 map.
1594Northeast Harbor Alarm Call Card
  • Document, List
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Town
Manila card, compliments of Haynes Garage, sent to community residents and businesses with the fire alarm location signals.
  • 1950's
  • 1
Northeast Harbor Alarm Call Card
Item:
  • 1594   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1950's
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0106
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1
Description:
Manila card, compliments of Haynes Garage, sent to community residents and businesses with the fire alarm location signals.
1564Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
August 6, 1959 A poem written by professor H. W. Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert Island.
  • 1959
  • 1 article, 2 photograph copies
  • newspaper, photograph copy
Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting
Item:
  • 1564   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0075
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1 article, 2 photograph copies
Medium:
  • newspaper, photograph copy
Description:
August 6, 1959 A poem written by professor H. W. Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert Island.
2287Gilman High School Yearbooks
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, School Institution
Initially called "The Rudder" in 1914, then "The Rostrum" in the 1920's, it was later known as "Gilmanac". Scanned copies: 1914 1922 1923 1924 1925 1927 1940 1941 1943 (see Item 2281) 1944 1945 (see Item 7203) 1946 1947 (see Item 7204) 1948 (see Item 7373) 1949 1950 Included is an Official Program for the 16th annual Maine Interscholastic Track and Field Championship (1949). Missing: 1915-1921, 1926, 1939, 1942
  • 1914-1950
  • 1 box
Gilman High School Yearbooks
Item:
  • 2287   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Date:
  • 1914-1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Gilman High School Yearbooks
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Shelf 6A2
Pages:
  • 1 box
Description:
Initially called "The Rudder" in 1914, then "The Rostrum" in the 1920's, it was later known as "Gilmanac". Scanned copies: 1914 1922 1923 1924 1925 1927 1940 1941 1943 (see Item 2281) 1944 1945 (see Item 7203) 1946 1947 (see Item 7204) 1948 (see Item 7373) 1949 1950 Included is an Official Program for the 16th annual Maine Interscholastic Track and Field Championship (1949). Missing: 1915-1921, 1926, 1939, 1942 [show more]
7182Benjamin Graves Record Books
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Building Business
Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out.
  • 1897-1951
  • 1 box - 8 ledgers
  • ledger books
Benjamin Graves Record Books
Item:
  • 7182   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Date:
  • 1897-1951
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Benjamin Graves - Rae Graves Masonry History on MDI
Object ID:
  • BGRB 0001
Location:
  • Shelf 7 TOP
Pages:
  • 1 box - 8 ledgers
Medium:
  • ledger books
Description:
Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out. [show more]
1453Patterson Room Dedication
  • Object, Sign
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Hand-written in calligraphy. Patterson Room dedication sign. The room located in the Northeast Harbor Library was dedicated to Antoinette de Coursey Patterson and Thomas H. Hoge Patterson.
  • 1950
  • 1 drawing
  • paper
Patterson Room Dedication
Item:
  • 1453   
Type:
  • Object, Sign
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Date:
  • 1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Art Collection
Object ID:
  • ART 0002
Location:
  • Art OS Box 1, 4E6
Pages:
  • 1 drawing
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Hand-written in calligraphy. Patterson Room dedication sign. The room located in the Northeast Harbor Library was dedicated to Antoinette de Coursey Patterson and Thomas H. Hoge Patterson.
4792Gazebo, Sieur de Monts Spring, Acadia National Park
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Other Structures, Gazebo
  • Knowles Company
  • 1950's
  • 1 negative
Gazebo, Sieur de Monts Spring, Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 4792   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures, Gazebo
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Sieur de Monts National Monument
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1130
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 negative
4882Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Second library building
  • Luther S. Phillips
  • 1950's
  • 1 photograph
Northeast Harbor Library
Item:
  • 4882   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Luther S. Phillips
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1237
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Second library building
4883Housekeeping Staff, Asticou Inn
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Housekeeping staff Asticou in late 1950's taken by Velma Ashley, who was a member at the time.
  • Velma Ashley
  • late 1950's
  • 1 photograph
Housekeeping Staff, Asticou Inn
Item:
  • 4883   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Creator:
  • Velma Ashley
Date:
  • late 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1238
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Housekeeping staff Asticou in late 1950's taken by Velma Ashley, who was a member at the time.
4959R. Gordon Manchester
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Portrait of a young man in a corduroy suit with a paisley tie, a pin in his lapel. Gordon Manchester, still living on the island.
  • Vantines', Boston, MA
  • 1950's early
  • 1 photograph
R. Gordon Manchester
Item:
  • 4959   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Vantines', Boston, MA
Date:
  • 1950's early
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1339
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Portrait of a young man in a corduroy suit with a paisley tie, a pin in his lapel. Gordon Manchester, still living on the island.
5369William Draper Lewis
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Chairman of the Library for many years.
  • Shelburne Studios, New York
  • 1940's-1950's ?
  • 1 photograph
William Draper Lewis
Item:
  • 5369   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Shelburne Studios, New York
Date:
  • 1940's-1950's ?
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1787
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Chairman of the Library for many years.
5618Wayback Ball, Seal Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • People
Hollis and Wilma Easton, Girland and Vinnie Robinson, Gene and Velma Ashley
  • Stephen Ashley
  • 1/16/1950
  • 1 photograph
Wayback Ball, Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 5618   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
  • People
Creator:
  • Stephen Ashley
Date:
  • 1/16/1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2007
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Hollis and Wilma Easton, Girland and Vinnie Robinson, Gene and Velma Ashley