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| 1688 | Brooke Astor's Cove End, Summers on Mount Desert in Maine |
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| An article about Brooke Astor's summer home. Interior Design by Mark Hampton, & Nancy Pierrepont. Landscape Architecture by Morgan Wheelock. Photography by B. Brink. |
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Description: An article about Brooke Astor's summer home. Interior Design by Mark Hampton, & Nancy Pierrepont. Landscape Architecture by Morgan Wheelock. Photography by B. Brink. | ||
| 1010 | House for William S. Grant Jr. |
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| 6 linens, 34 tracing papers, 24 blueprints elevation Topological Map of Property by Edgar I Lord. 11 oversize tracing papers remained rolled 3 copies Specifications for Cottage. |
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Description: 6 linens, 34 tracing papers, 24 blueprints elevation Topological Map of Property by Edgar I Lord. 11 oversize tracing papers remained rolled 3 copies Specifications for Cottage. | ||
| 1158 | Mrs. Ogston's House |
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| 2467 | Millbrook |
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| Interior floor plans of dwelling labeled "Millbrook". Also called "Faraway". See also item 1338 (ADC 0340 CSF). |
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Description: Interior floor plans of dwelling labeled "Millbrook". Also called "Faraway". See also item 1338 (ADC 0340 CSF). | |||
| 5438 | Sargent Head |
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| Copies of photographs of the exterior of the Stroud family house on Sargent Head. Owned by the Stroud family until 2011. Built in 1886 for Erastus Corning of NY. Architects: Albert Fuller & William Wheeler. Also known as Stone Acres. |
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Description: Copies of photographs of the exterior of the Stroud family house on Sargent Head. Owned by the Stroud family until 2011. Built in 1886 for Erastus Corning of NY. Architects: Albert Fuller & William Wheeler. Also known as Stone Acres. | ||||||
| 1017 | House for Mr. G. W. Pepper |
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| 2 copies of Specifications for Plumbing 2 copies of Specifications for House. addition 1902 |
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Description: 2 copies of Specifications for Plumbing 2 copies of Specifications for House. addition 1902 | |||
| 1023 | House and Addition for Miss Anna Davis |
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| addition 1890 |
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| 1085 | Cottage for A. S. H. Winsor |
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| 6895 | Samuel A. Eliot |
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| 6933 | Leonard Elrie Holmes |
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| Founder of the Holmes Store in Northeast Harbor. Had previously a store in Southwest Harbor. | 
Description: Founder of the Holmes Store in Northeast Harbor. Had previously a store in Southwest Harbor. | |||||||
| 6936 | Philip McLean |
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| 6937 | Samuel Eliot Morison |
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| Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976) was an American historian and a lifelong Northeast Harbor summer resident. He donated to the library his collection of nautical charts that were used in researching The European Discovery of America (1971)—Samuel Eliot Morison Map Collection. Collection includes manuscripts, typescripts, newspaper clippings, photocopies, letters, and pamphlets written by or about Samuel Eliot Morison. | 
Description: Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976) was an American historian and a lifelong Northeast Harbor summer resident. He donated to the library his collection of nautical charts that were used in researching The European Discovery of America (1971)—Samuel Eliot Morison Map Collection. Collection includes manuscripts, typescripts, newspaper clippings, photocopies, letters, and pamphlets written by or about Samuel Eliot Morison. | |||||||
| 6938 | Mary Cabot Wheelwright |
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| Mary Cabot Wheelwright (1878-1958) was an American anthropologist and museum founder. She established the museum which is now called Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, in 1937 along with Hosteen Klah. (Wikipedia) She spent summers on the coast of Maine. | 
Description: Mary Cabot Wheelwright (1878-1958) was an American anthropologist and museum founder. She established the museum which is now called Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, in 1937 along with Hosteen Klah. (Wikipedia) She spent summers on the coast of Maine. | |||||||
| 6958 | Philomena Manchester Photograph Album |
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| Box 1 Manchester Family Photograph album Box 2 Manchester Family Photographs, loose |
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Description: Box 1 Manchester Family Photograph album Box 2 Manchester Family Photographs, loose | |||||
| 6960 | Betsy Flagg Melcher |
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| 6991 | Miss Aimee Lamb |
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| 6992 | Mrs. Brooke Astor |
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| 6993 | John Snow, Passamaquoddy |
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| Passamaquoddy Chief John Snow. | ||||||||
| 6995 | George L. Stebbins |
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| George Ledyard Stebbins was a wealthy real estate financier who developed Seal Harbor, Maine and helped to establish Acadia National Park (Wikipedia). | 
Description: George Ledyard Stebbins was a wealthy real estate financier who developed Seal Harbor, Maine and helped to establish Acadia National Park (Wikipedia). | |||||||
| 7137 | Dr. George Shattuck |
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| Boston physician who owned a house in Northeast Harbor. Professor of tropical medicine at Harvard Medical School and a pioneer in the field of tropical medicine. | 
Description: Boston physician who owned a house in Northeast Harbor. Professor of tropical medicine at Harvard Medical School and a pioneer in the field of tropical medicine. | |||||||
| 7226 | Laura Damon Cross Collection |
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| Box 1 - Folder 1: Letter from Aunt May [Savage] to Cora Mae [Phillips Perry], February 23, 1924 Letter from Ernestine Savage to Cora May [Perry], March 9, 1950 - Folder 2: Photograph album with 14 photographs of Harbourside Inn, Journey's End, and Grey Rock Harbourside Inn menus, 1 handwritten and 1 typed, August 1971 Newsletter, Knowles News, Spring 2005 - Folder 3: Photograph, Lewellyn and Dot Damon, ca. 1950 Photograph, Laura Damon Cross, Bruce Damon, Carol Damon Dana, ca. 1950 - Scrapbook, poetry clippings - Scrapbook, Emily N. Phillips Reynolds, 1897, diplomas from Maud Trask and greeting cards - Publications: Official Journal and Yearbook of the 71st Session of the East Maine Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1918 Apollo: An illustrated manual of the History of Art throughout the ages, 1908 |
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Description: Box 1 - Folder 1: Letter from Aunt May [Savage] to Cora Mae [Phillips Perry], February 23, 1924 Letter from Ernestine Savage to Cora May [Perry], March 9, 1950 - Folder 2: Photograph album with 14 photographs of Harbourside Inn, Journey's End, and Grey Rock Harbourside Inn menus, 1 handwritten and 1 typed, August 1971 Newsletter, Knowles News, Spring 2005 - Folder 3: Photograph, Lewellyn and Dot Damon, ca. 1950 Photograph, Laura Damon Cross, Bruce Damon, Carol Damon Dana, ca. 1950 - Scrapbook, poetry clippings - Scrapbook, Emily N. Phillips Reynolds, 1897, diplomas from Maud Trask and greeting cards - Publications: Official Journal and Yearbook of the 71st Session of the East Maine Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1918 Apollo: An illustrated manual of the History of Art throughout the ages, 1908 [show more] | |||||
| 7231 | Roy Salisbury Collection |
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| Photographs: Stetson School (item 6997) Gilman High School (item 6998) Ballard Hill School (item 6999) Mount Desert High School (item 7000) Clifton Dock area (item 7001) Who's who - People (item 7002) Northeast Harbor (1) (item 7005) Northeast Harbor (2) (item 7006) Miscellaneous (item 7004) Documents and Manuscripts: Parker Fennelly's diploma from Leland Powers School (item 7003) Nathan Fennelly invoices (item 7284) Parker Fennelly scrapbook (item 7283) Parker Fennelly discharge papers (item 7285) Parker Family writings Parker Family plays and writings Cottages for Rent, 1929 (item 7286) Letter from Northeast Harbor Water Co., 1904 Future of Mount Desert Island by Charles W. Eliot (see also item 6127) Mount Desert High School and Mount Desert Elementary School specifications, letters from architects & contractors, additions, building notes Objects (see items 7288, 7289) WWII ration books, tokens, service ID, Red Cross Volunteer Pin, V pin |
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Description: Photographs: Stetson School (item 6997) Gilman High School (item 6998) Ballard Hill School (item 6999) Mount Desert High School (item 7000) Clifton Dock area (item 7001) Who's who - People (item 7002) Northeast Harbor (1) (item 7005) Northeast Harbor (2) (item 7006) Miscellaneous (item 7004) Documents and Manuscripts: Parker Fennelly's diploma from Leland Powers School (item 7003) Nathan Fennelly invoices (item 7284) Parker Fennelly scrapbook (item 7283) Parker Fennelly discharge papers (item 7285) Parker Family writings Parker Family plays and writings Cottages for Rent, 1929 (item 7286) Letter from Northeast Harbor Water Co., 1904 Future of Mount Desert Island by Charles W. Eliot (see also item 6127) Mount Desert High School and Mount Desert Elementary School specifications, letters from architects & contractors, additions, building notes Objects (see items 7288, 7289) WWII ration books, tokens, service ID, Red Cross Volunteer Pin, V pin [show more] | ||||||
| 7241 | Charles W. Eliot |
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| Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard and one of Acadia National Park's founders. | 
Description: Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard and one of Acadia National Park's founders. | |||||||
| 7249 | Robert (Bob) R. Pyle |
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| Robert (Bob) Richard Pyle was born on October 22, 1945 in Phoenixville, PA, the son of Louise Kaler Sawtelle and James Wesley Pyle. Brought as an infant to Searsport where he attended grammar school, he began his summer life as a child in his grandparents’ seaside cottage on Islesford, an island link he idealized and maintained throughout his life. He started work at the Northeast Harbor Library in 1971. In 1973 he met and married his wife of 45 years, Miriam Louise Mahon. Bob became Director in 1975 and enjoyed serving 40 years at his beloved Northeast Harbor Library, overseeing seven renovations and ultimately, in 2008, opening the new facility. During his career he was honored by numerous organizations including the Northeast Harbor Library’s Don Coates Award, and the Acadia National Park’s W.O. Sawtelle award. In his time in Northeast Harbor Bob was a pillar in many community organizations, including the Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Departments, and the Police Reserve. He also filled roles on many committees and boards. Bob Pyle died on December 25, 2018. | 
Description: Robert (Bob) Richard Pyle was born on October 22, 1945 in Phoenixville, PA, the son of Louise Kaler Sawtelle and James Wesley Pyle. Brought as an infant to Searsport where he attended grammar school, he began his summer life as a child in his grandparents’ seaside cottage on Islesford, an island link he idealized and maintained throughout his life. He started work at the Northeast Harbor Library in 1971. In 1973 he met and married his wife of 45 years, Miriam Louise Mahon. Bob became Director in 1975 and enjoyed serving 40 years at his beloved Northeast Harbor Library, overseeing seven renovations and ultimately, in 2008, opening the new facility. During his career he was honored by numerous organizations including the Northeast Harbor Library’s Don Coates Award, and the Acadia National Park’s W.O. Sawtelle award. In his time in Northeast Harbor Bob was a pillar in many community organizations, including the Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Departments, and the Police Reserve. He also filled roles on many committees and boards. Bob Pyle died on December 25, 2018. [show more] | |||||||
| 7253 | Beatrix Farrand |
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| Beatrix Cadwalader Farrand (née Jones; June 19, 1872 – February 28, 1959) was an American landscape gardener and landscape architect. Her career included commissions to design about 110 gardens for private residences, estates and country homes, public parks, botanic gardens, college campuses, and the White House. Farrand was one of the founding eleven members, and the only woman, of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Beatrix Farrand is one of the most accomplished persons, and women, recognized in both the first decades of the landscape architecture profession and the centuries of landscape garden design arts and accomplishment. (Source: Wikipedia) | 
Description: Beatrix Cadwalader Farrand (née Jones; June 19, 1872 – February 28, 1959) was an American landscape gardener and landscape architect. Her career included commissions to design about 110 gardens for private residences, estates and country homes, public parks, botanic gardens, college campuses, and the White House. Farrand was one of the founding eleven members, and the only woman, of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Beatrix Farrand is one of the most accomplished persons, and women, recognized in both the first decades of the landscape architecture profession and the centuries of landscape garden design arts and accomplishment. (Source: Wikipedia) [show more] |
