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| Item | Title | Type | Subject | Description | Creator | Date | Property Name | Street | Pages | Medium | Condition | |
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| 7197 | Cranberryana |
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| Booklet about the Cranberry Club, with a list of its members. |
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| 6070 | Cranberryana |
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| Copies of this paper, presented at the annual meeting of the Cranberry Club in Aug. 1986, were presented to members of the club at Christmas. |
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Description: Copies of this paper, presented at the annual meeting of the Cranberry Club in Aug. 1986, were presented to members of the club at Christmas. | |||||
| 6061 | Reports Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations |
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| Reports of the Bleak House Committee and Treasurer's Reports, 1946-1947, 1947-1948, 1948-1949 |
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Description: Reports of the Bleak House Committee and Treasurer's Reports, 1946-1947, 1947-1948, 1948-1949 | |||||
| 6058 | This Is Mount Desert Island |
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| Booklet prepared and published as a community service by the League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island. |
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Description: Booklet prepared and published as a community service by the League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island. | ||||
| 6062 | Report on the Safe Guiding of Public Welfare |
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| Alfred Mullikin, C. E. An engineering report to the Building Ordinances Committee of the town of Mount Desert on the character and location of buildings |
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Description: Alfred Mullikin, C. E. An engineering report to the Building Ordinances Committee of the town of Mount Desert on the character and location of buildings | |||
| 6063 | Annual Report on 1929 Work of Town Engineer to the Board of Selectmen |
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| Town of Mount Desert Island, January 1930 |
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Description: Town of Mount Desert Island, January 1930 | |||||
| 7081 | Cherokee-Iroquois Little People |
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| Reprinted from "Journal of American Folklore", October-December 1946. |
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Description: Reprinted from "Journal of American Folklore", October-December 1946. | ||
| 6142 | Eleazer Higgins 1768 (?)-1840 Thomas Kelley 1745(?)-1813 |
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| Booklet complied by a member of Mayflower Society of Maine, Daughters of the American Revolution & a member of the Bangor Historical Society. Other families mentioned: Beal, Hilton, Mayo, Ames and Watts. |
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Description: Booklet complied by a member of Mayflower Society of Maine, Daughters of the American Revolution & a member of the Bangor Historical Society. Other families mentioned: Beal, Hilton, Mayo, Ames and Watts. | |||
| 6144 | Sir Samuel Argall, the First Englishman at Mount Desert |
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| Publication of a paper presented by William Sawtelle to the Maine Historical Society in 1923 about Samuel Argall, merchant tailor, of Bristol, England, and the first Englishman recorded to have visited Mount Desert Island in 1613. |
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Description: Publication of a paper presented by William Sawtelle to the Maine Historical Society in 1923 about Samuel Argall, merchant tailor, of Bristol, England, and the first Englishman recorded to have visited Mount Desert Island in 1613. | |||
| 6125 | Maine The Summer Playground of the Nation |
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| Pamphlet of the Maine State Information Bureau of the geography, physical, social, and climatic characteristics of Maine with Mount Desert Island included. Many b/w photographs. |
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Description: Pamphlet of the Maine State Information Bureau of the geography, physical, social, and climatic characteristics of Maine with Mount Desert Island included. Many b/w photographs. | |||
| 6145 | Sir Francis Bernard and his Grant of Mount Desert |
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| About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor. |
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Description: About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor. | |||
| 6036 | The Harbor Club, Seal Harbor, Maine |
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| A publication explaining "The Harbor Club" in Seal Harbor, The Board of Governors, club rules, charges etc. in 1999. Included is an activity program. |
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Description: A publication explaining "The Harbor Club" in Seal Harbor, The Board of Governors, club rules, charges etc. in 1999. Included is an activity program. | ||||||
| 6034 | A Decided Addition To The Place |
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| A blue booklet beginning with the first recorded meeting of the Seal Harbor Library Association. It describes the building of library, past librarians, special events etc. |
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Description: A blue booklet beginning with the first recorded meeting of the Seal Harbor Library Association. It describes the building of library, past librarians, special events etc. | |||||
| 6045 | A compilation of the Laws pertaining to Elections in the State of Maine incorporating the Amendments of 1917 and 1919 |
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| Election Law. |
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Description: Election Law. | ||
| 6091 | Congregational Sewing Circle Cook Book |
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| Grey/blue covered cookbook compiled by the sewing circle women of the Bar Harbor Congregational Church. Included are a few recipe clippings published in the Boston Post under "Recipes of New England Housewives". |
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Description: Grey/blue covered cookbook compiled by the sewing circle women of the Bar Harbor Congregational Church. Included are a few recipe clippings published in the Boston Post under "Recipes of New England Housewives". | ||
| 6097 | Annual Meeting Program of the Garden Club of America |
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| Hard, yellow covered program covering the 1934 Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of America, listing members of the Bar Harbor and Northeast & Seal Harbor clubs. Meeting held at the Malvern Hotel in Bar Harbor. July 11, 12, 13, 1934 - Garden Club of Mt. Desert. |
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Description: Hard, yellow covered program covering the 1934 Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of America, listing members of the Bar Harbor and Northeast & Seal Harbor clubs. Meeting held at the Malvern Hotel in Bar Harbor. July 11, 12, 13, 1934 - Garden Club of Mt. Desert. | |||
| 6102 | Sieur De Monts National Monument - The White Mountain National Forest |
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| Development of what is now Acadia National Park. Article provides history and descriptions of the area covered under the U.S. Monuments Act of 1906. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org) |
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Description: Development of what is now Acadia National Park. Article provides history and descriptions of the area covered under the U.S. Monuments Act of 1906. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org) | |||
| 6084 | Geology of Mount Desert Island |
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| Summary of geological details of Mount Desert Island. Several b/w pictures. Two reprints, same article, entitled "Geology of Mount Desert Island". Rocks and minerals. Revised and reprinted from the "Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. XVII, No. 4, October 1919). See also item 7069. |
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Description: Summary of geological details of Mount Desert Island. Several b/w pictures. Two reprints, same article, entitled "Geology of Mount Desert Island". Rocks and minerals. Revised and reprinted from the "Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. XVII, No. 4, October 1919). See also item 7069. | ||
| 6116 | Racing Instructions |
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| Fleet manual with racing instructions, schedules, charts, and racing boat specifications. |
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Description: Fleet manual with racing instructions, schedules, charts, and racing boat specifications. | |||
| 7104 | Some Ships of the Clipper Ships Era |
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| Their Builders, Owners, and Captains. A glance at an interesting phase of the American Merchant Marine so far as it relates to Boston. With 30 black and white illustrations of ships. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org) |
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Description: Their Builders, Owners, and Captains. A glance at an interesting phase of the American Merchant Marine so far as it relates to Boston. With 30 black and white illustrations of ships. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org) | ||
| 7092 | Committee of One Hundred on Public Safety |
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| Report of the Chairman of the Committee, to the Executive Committee, from the beginning of its work. Appended is a summary of the work of the Naval Affairs Committee, of the County Committees, the Food Committee, and the Four Minute Men Department; also a financial statement to the end of the year, December 31, 1917. |
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Description: Report of the Chairman of the Committee, to the Executive Committee, from the beginning of its work. Appended is a summary of the work of the Naval Affairs Committee, of the County Committees, the Food Committee, and the Four Minute Men Department; also a financial statement to the end of the year, December 31, 1917. | ||
| 6113 | Paths and Trails of Northeast Harbor and Vicinity |
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| Description of Paths & Trails of Northeast Harbor |
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Description: Description of Paths & Trails of Northeast Harbor | |||
| 6107 | Maine Legislative Acts |
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| Bound volume of handwritten notes of Maine Legislative Acts and news clippings of government actions of the time. |
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Description: Bound volume of handwritten notes of Maine Legislative Acts and news clippings of government actions of the time. | |||||
| 7095 | Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell |
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| 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. |
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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. | ||
| 6076 | Amos Clement Logbook from the Schooner Golden Rule |
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| Logbook of accounts of Amos Clement on his schooner Golden Rule, Mount Desert, Maine. |
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Description: Logbook of accounts of Amos Clement on his schooner Golden Rule, Mount Desert, Maine. |
