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3734Historical Map of Mount Desert Island
  • Map
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Limited edition map. Edition was 100 copies. This is number 36. Hand colored. Adhered to artist board and lacquered. Includes historical notes and drawings.
  • Joseph P. Sims
  • 1928
  • 1
  • MAP
Historical Map of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 3734   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Joseph P. Sims
Date:
  • 1928
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0188 JPS
Location:
  • 5C5
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Limited edition map. Edition was 100 copies. This is number 36. Hand colored. Adhered to artist board and lacquered. Includes historical notes and drawings.
7050George Folsom, John A. Poor and a Century of Historical Research with reference to Early Colonial Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine.
  • Henry S. Burrage
  • 1926
  • 62
  • 1 book
  • good
George Folsom, John A. Poor and a Century of Historical Research with reference to Early Colonial Maine
Item:
  • 7050   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Henry S. Burrage
Date:
  • 1926
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 BUR
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 62
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine.
7053New England Old and New 1620-1920
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1920
  • 63
  • 1 book
  • good
New England Old and New 1620-1920
Item:
  • 7053   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • Maine Historical Society
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 PLY
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 63
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
6136Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent 1745-1827
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • People
Cover-title. Printed for private circulation. Note, p. [4], signed: Winthrop Sargent.
  • Winthrop Sargent
  • 1920
  • 46
  • pamphlet
  • fair
Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent 1745-1827
Item:
  • 6136   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
Creator:
  • Winthrop Sargent
Date:
  • 1920
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 92 SARGENT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 46
Medium:
  • pamphlet
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Cover-title. Printed for private circulation. Note, p. [4], signed: Winthrop Sargent.
2576Property of J. Stanley Reeve at Deep Cove
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Blueprint, 49x36", of property lot of J. Stanley Reeve at Deep Cove on Western Bay.
  • Charles A. Haynes
  • 1929
  • 1
  • MAP
  • fragile, damaged
Property of J. Stanley Reeve at Deep Cove
Item:
  • 2576   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Charles A. Haynes
Date:
  • 1929
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 37
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • fragile, damaged
Description:
Blueprint, 49x36", of property lot of J. Stanley Reeve at Deep Cove on Western Bay.
2612Proposed Park Plans
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Park
Lot plan, 19 1/2x13, of proposed park in Northeast Harbor adjoining properties of Holmes, Kimball, Bradley and Ober. Also mentions I. T. Moore.
  • Alfred Mullikin
  • 1929
  • 1
  • MAP
Proposed Park Plans
Item:
  • 2612   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • Alfred Mullikin
Date:
  • 1929
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 43
Location:
  • GHC Box 2
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Lot plan, 19 1/2x13, of proposed park in Northeast Harbor adjoining properties of Holmes, Kimball, Bradley and Ober. Also mentions I. T. Moore.
2614Plan for "Harbor Park"
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
Lot map indicating area from Main St. to the marina in Northeast Harbor designated for development of a park and a proposed East Shore Rd. Ownership of adjoining properties is indicated: Kimball, Clark, Smallidge, Ralph, Foster, Whitmore, Moore, Masonic Building, Reynolds, Sea Street, Bradley, Ober, Savage, Holmes, Candage, Hamlin & Davis, Shows proposed East Shore Road from Harborside Road to Kimball Road.
  • Olmsted Brothers, Brookline, Mass.
  • 1928
  • 2 copies
  • MAP
Plan for "Harbor Park"
Item:
  • 2614   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Olmsted Brothers, Brookline, Mass.
Date:
  • 1928
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 45
Location:
  • GHC Box 2
Pages:
  • 2 copies
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Lot map indicating area from Main St. to the marina in Northeast Harbor designated for development of a park and a proposed East Shore Rd. Ownership of adjoining properties is indicated: Kimball, Clark, Smallidge, Ralph, Foster, Whitmore, Moore, Masonic Building, Reynolds, Sea Street, Bradley, Ober, Savage, Holmes, Candage, Hamlin & Davis, Shows proposed East Shore Road from Harborside Road to Kimball Road.
2636Lot map - Smallidge Point
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Ink on parchment lot map, 13 1/2x16 1/2", of Smallidge Point lots of Smallidge, Sohier, and Vaughan. Shows Steamboat Co. Building with access road.
  • before 1927
  • 1
  • MAP
  • fragile, damaged
Lot map - Smallidge Point
Item:
  • 2636   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Date:
  • before 1927
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 65
Location:
  • GHC Box 2
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • fragile, damaged
Description:
Ink on parchment lot map, 13 1/2x16 1/2", of Smallidge Point lots of Smallidge, Sohier, and Vaughan. Shows Steamboat Co. Building with access road.
2641Sketch Map of Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Blueprint, 22x25 1/2 inches, of sketch map of Northeast Harbor residences, businesses, and roads prepared by the Knowles Real Estate Co.
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 1927
  • 1
  • MAP
Sketch Map of Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 2641   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
Date:
  • 1927
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 7
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Blueprint, 22x25 1/2 inches, of sketch map of Northeast Harbor residences, businesses, and roads prepared by the Knowles Real Estate Co.
2643Plan of land of William W. Frazier property on Schoolhouse Ledge
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Blueprint, 14 1/2x23", of property formerly of William W. Frazier on Schoolhouse Ledge. Adjoining properties of Pepper and Wood.
  • Alvah L. Reed
  • 1928
  • 1
  • MAP
Plan of land of William W. Frazier property on Schoolhouse Ledge
Item:
  • 2643   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Alvah L. Reed
Date:
  • 1928
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 71
Location:
  • GHC Box 2
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Blueprint, 14 1/2x23", of property formerly of William W. Frazier on Schoolhouse Ledge. Adjoining properties of Pepper and Wood.
2662Property of Jacob Disston
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Parchment lot map, 25x18", showing Disston property conveyed from Jacob Disston to Effie Disston and adjoining properties of Doane, Newbold, Yarnall, Murray, and Northeast Harbor Golf Club. Printed survey included.
  • 1921
  • 1
  • MAP
Property of Jacob Disston
Item:
  • 2662   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Date:
  • 1921
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 89
Location:
  • GHC Box 3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Parchment lot map, 25x18", showing Disston property conveyed from Jacob Disston to Effie Disston and adjoining properties of Doane, Newbold, Yarnall, Murray, and Northeast Harbor Golf Club. Printed survey included.
2707Deed trust, Joseph H. Curtis to Jerome H. Knowles
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Land
  • Joseph H. Curtis
  • 1922
  • 3
  • Deed
Deed trust, Joseph H. Curtis to Jerome H. Knowles
Item:
  • 2707   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Joseph H. Curtis
Date:
  • 1922
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 12
Location:
  • I
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • Deed
2784Deed: Laura d'O. Roosevelt to Sophia Frick Schenck
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Land
  • Laura d'O. Roosevelt
  • 1920
  • 2
  • Deed
Deed: Laura d'O. Roosevelt to Sophia Frick Schenck
Item:
  • 2784   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Laura d'O. Roosevelt
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 19
Location:
  • I
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • Deed
2884Deed: Loren E. Kimball to Richard C. Cabot
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Land
Lot description; letter (copy) Knowles to Cabot
  • Loren E. Kimball
  • 1924
  • 10
  • Deed
Deed: Loren E. Kimball to Richard C. Cabot
Item:
  • 2884   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Loren E. Kimball
Date:
  • 1924
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 28
Location:
  • I
Pages:
  • 10
Medium:
  • Deed
Description:
Lot description; letter (copy) Knowles to Cabot
3208Deed: Mary Frances Birlem to Stella A. Simmons
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Regarding lot in Cranberry Isles First copy of Deed, not used
  • Mary Frances Birlem
  • 1929
  • 3
  • Deed
Deed: Mary Frances Birlem to Stella A. Simmons
Item:
  • 3208   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Mary Frances Birlem
Date:
  • 1929
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 571
Location:
  • XII
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • Deed
Description:
Regarding lot in Cranberry Isles First copy of Deed, not used
3260Letter: John A. Peters to Jerome H. Knowles
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Other, Land
  • People
  • Places, Park
Regarding Rockefeller and Seal Harbor Property
  • John A. Peters
  • 1920
  • 2
  • Letter
Letter: John A. Peters to Jerome H. Knowles
Item:
  • 3260   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • People
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • John A. Peters
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 619
Location:
  • XII
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • Letter
Description:
Regarding Rockefeller and Seal Harbor Property
3262Letter: John A. Peters to Jerome H. Knowles
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Land
  • People
Regarding deed between Rockefeller and Stebbins
  • John A. Peters
  • 1920
  • 1
  • Letter
Letter: John A. Peters to Jerome H. Knowles
Item:
  • 3262   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • People
Creator:
  • John A. Peters
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 620
Location:
  • XII
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • Letter
Description:
Regarding deed between Rockefeller and Stebbins
1988Correspondence about George E. Street's 1905 book Mount Desert, a history
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Copies of correspondence about the editing and reissuing of George Street's 1905 book "Mount Desert a History" by Rev. Samuel A. Eliot in 1926. Contents include letters of Helen Ranney, George H. Street, and William Sawtelle.
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1924-1926
  • 21
  • photocopy
Correspondence about George E. Street's 1905 book Mount Desert, a history
Item:
  • 1988   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Creator:
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
Date:
  • 1924-1926
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0501
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 21
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copies of correspondence about the editing and reissuing of George Street's 1905 book "Mount Desert a History" by Rev. Samuel A. Eliot in 1926. Contents include letters of Helen Ranney, George H. Street, and William Sawtelle.
2191Maine Pilgrims Followed Prophet to Holy Land
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
Article about the "Church of the Messiah" sect, lead by G. J. Adams, in Indian River, ME, their pilgrimage to Jaffa in 1866. Material from Carl Kelley
  • 4/18/1920
  • newspaper
Maine Pilgrims Followed Prophet to Holy Land
Item:
  • 2191   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
Date:
  • 4/18/1920
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0705
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Article about the "Church of the Messiah" sect, lead by G. J. Adams, in Indian River, ME, their pilgrimage to Jaffa in 1866. Material from Carl Kelley
2291Plan of Dr. Richard Cabot's Lot on Schoolhouse Ledge
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Blueprint of property of Dr. Richard Cabot on Schoolhouse Ledge, Northeast Harbor. Adjoining properties of Kimball & Turner. Attached is a sketching, undated, of the Davis lot on Schoolhouse Ledge. Related to property at 51 Schoolhouse Ledge Road.
  • Alvah L. Reed
  • 1923
  • 2
  • MAP
Plan of Dr. Richard Cabot's Lot on Schoolhouse Ledge
Item:
  • 2291   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Alvah L. Reed
Date:
  • 1923
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 101
Location:
  • GHC Box 3
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Blueprint of property of Dr. Richard Cabot on Schoolhouse Ledge, Northeast Harbor. Adjoining properties of Kimball & Turner. Attached is a sketching, undated, of the Davis lot on Schoolhouse Ledge. Related to property at 51 Schoolhouse Ledge Road.
2293Plan of lot of Mary Wheelwright
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Blueprint, 25x15 1/2", of property of Mary Wheelwright on County Road (Peabody Drive), Northeast Harbor. Abutting properties of C. W. Eliot and F. H. Eliot.
  • Alvah L. Reed
  • 1921
  • 1
  • MAP
Plan of lot of Mary Wheelwright
Item:
  • 2293   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Alvah L. Reed
Date:
  • 1921
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 103
Location:
  • GHC Box 3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Blueprint, 25x15 1/2", of property of Mary Wheelwright on County Road (Peabody Drive), Northeast Harbor. Abutting properties of C. W. Eliot and F. H. Eliot.
2294Plan of Original Lot of William Frazier
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Blueprint, 24 1/2x20", of original lot of William Frazier, lots sold to Alice Frazier & estate of Alice Frazier, and proposed division of the remainder of the lot.
  • Alvah L. Reed
  • 1922
  • 1
  • MAP
Plan of Original Lot of William Frazier
Item:
  • 2294   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Alvah L. Reed
Date:
  • 1922
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 104
Location:
  • GHC Box 3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Blueprint, 24 1/2x20", of original lot of William Frazier, lots sold to Alice Frazier & estate of Alice Frazier, and proposed division of the remainder of the lot.
2295North Line of Gardiner Estate
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Blueprint, 30 1/2x11 1/2", showing north line of Gardiner estate ("Out of the Woods") on South Shore Road, Northeast Harbor. Also shows Corning and Storey properties, near present day Corning Way, intersection with South Shore Road).
  • Alvah L. Reed
  • 1920
  • 1
  • MAP
North Line of Gardiner Estate
Item:
  • 2295   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Alvah L. Reed
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 105
Location:
  • GHC Box 3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Blueprint, 30 1/2x11 1/2", showing north line of Gardiner estate ("Out of the Woods") on South Shore Road, Northeast Harbor. Also shows Corning and Storey properties, near present day Corning Way, intersection with South Shore Road).
2299Plan of Philip Schuyler Townsend Lot
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Blueprint of cottage lot of Philip S. Townsend on Huntington Road, Northeast Harbor. Adjoining lots include Williams ("The Ledges") and the Clifton House.
  • Alvah L. Reed
  • 1926
  • 1
  • MAP
Plan of Philip Schuyler Townsend Lot
Item:
  • 2299   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Alvah L. Reed
Date:
  • 1926
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 109
Location:
  • GHC Box 3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Blueprint of cottage lot of Philip S. Townsend on Huntington Road, Northeast Harbor. Adjoining lots include Williams ("The Ledges") and the Clifton House.
2307Property of William Frazier
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Parchment copy of property of William Frazier on South Shore Road, Northeast Harbor, adjoining Melcher property. Details added (red ink) by Belle Smallidge Knowles. Shows land located off South Shore Road, present day Barnacles Way. Cottages outlined are the Barnacles, Seaward, Reef Point, Edgecove. Names mentioned are Clark, W. W. Frazier, Morris, Melcher, Sibley.
  • Sibley
  • 1921
  • 1
  • MAP
  • very fragile, damaged
Property of William Frazier
Item:
  • 2307   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Sibley
Date:
  • 1921
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 116
Location:
  • GHC Box 3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • very fragile, damaged
Description:
Parchment copy of property of William Frazier on South Shore Road, Northeast Harbor, adjoining Melcher property. Details added (red ink) by Belle Smallidge Knowles. Shows land located off South Shore Road, present day Barnacles Way. Cottages outlined are the Barnacles, Seaward, Reef Point, Edgecove. Names mentioned are Clark, W. W. Frazier, Morris, Melcher, Sibley.