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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
3464Life of Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • People
A descriptive biography by the subject's granddaughter. missing
  • Kathryn F. Knowles
  • 1952
  • 30
  • Thesis
Life of Belle Smallidge Knowles
Item:
  • 3464   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Kathryn F. Knowles
Date:
  • 1952
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 803
Location:
  • XIV
Pages:
  • 30
Medium:
  • Thesis
Description:
A descriptive biography by the subject's granddaughter. missing
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.
1504Tribute Paid to Miss Mary Wheelwright
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
August 10, 1958 Collection of articles about Mary Wheelwright.
  • 1958
  • newspaper adhered to board
Tribute Paid to Miss Mary Wheelwright
Item:
  • 1504   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1958
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0018 MW
Location:
  • 4A TOP
Medium:
  • newspaper adhered to board
Description:
August 10, 1958 Collection of articles about Mary Wheelwright.
1568Monument to a Conservationist
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Park
Article about George B. Dorr and Acadia National Park.
  • J. R. Crane
  • 1957
  • 7
  • magazine article
Monument to a Conservationist
Item:
  • 1568   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • J. R. Crane
Date:
  • 1957
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0079
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • magazine article
Description:
Article about George B. Dorr and Acadia National Park.
1734An Attempted Evocation of a Personality
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Memorial article to Beatrix Farrand as one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Includes comments of Reef Point and Dumbarton Oaks.
  • Mildred B. Bliss
  • 1959
  • pages 218-224
  • photocopy
An Attempted Evocation of a Personality
Item:
  • 1734   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Mildred B. Bliss
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0247
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 218-224
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Memorial article to Beatrix Farrand as one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Includes comments of Reef Point and Dumbarton Oaks.
1738Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959); An appreciation of a landscape
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
Brief biography of Beatrix Farrand upon her death in 1959. She was the last of the charter members of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
  • Robert W. Patterson
  • 1959
  • pages 216-224
  • photocopy
Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959); An appreciation of a landscape
Item:
  • 1738   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Robert W. Patterson
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0251
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 216-224
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Brief biography of Beatrix Farrand upon her death in 1959. She was the last of the charter members of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
1739Library Gift to California
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
Description of Beatrix Farrand's gift to the University of California at Berkeley of the vast collection of books on landscape design.
  • H. L. Vaughn
  • 1956
  • pages 298-300
  • photocopy
Library Gift to California
Item:
  • 1739   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • H. L. Vaughn
Date:
  • 1956
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0252
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 298-300
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Description of Beatrix Farrand's gift to the University of California at Berkeley of the vast collection of books on landscape design.
1781Parker Fennelly, Maine born Actor, Never Tells His Age
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
Articles about Northeast-Harbor-born actor, Parker Fennelly, as he celebrates his 40th anniversary in show business.
  • Earl Wilson
  • 1955
  • 2
  • photocopy
Parker Fennelly, Maine born Actor, Never Tells His Age
Item:
  • 1781   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Earl Wilson
Date:
  • 1955
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0293
Location:
  • General Collection Box 8
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Articles about Northeast-Harbor-born actor, Parker Fennelly, as he celebrates his 40th anniversary in show business.
1791Pre-World War I Idea Becomes a Business
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
Article about Luther Phillips of Bangor and the development of his aerial view post card and map business in 1947. Photograph. Also, a Photograph, unknown source, of Phillips with the U.S. Navy in Constantinople in 1919.
  • 1951
  • 3
  • photocopy
Pre-World War I Idea Becomes a Business
Item:
  • 1791   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1951
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0302
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Article about Luther Phillips of Bangor and the development of his aerial view post card and map business in 1947. Photograph. Also, a Photograph, unknown source, of Phillips with the U.S. Navy in Constantinople in 1919.
1833Patriarchal Picnics
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
Frances Eliot reminisces in this essay of summer days in Northeast Harbor with Charles Eliot, President of Harvard Univ. (her father-in-law). She was the wife of Rev. Samuel Eliot.
  • Frances Hopkinson Eliot
  • 1940-1950
  • pages 55-56
  • magazine
Patriarchal Picnics
Item:
  • 1833   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Frances Hopkinson Eliot
Date:
  • 1940-1950
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0346
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Pages:
  • pages 55-56
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Frances Eliot reminisces in this essay of summer days in Northeast Harbor with Charles Eliot, President of Harvard Univ. (her father-in-law). She was the wife of Rev. Samuel Eliot.
2085The Life of Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • Document, Memorabilia
  • People
Biography of Belle S. Knowles by her granddaughter Kathryn as part of her Gould Academy senior thesis.
  • Kathryn F. Knowles
  • 1952
  • 34
  • bound typescript (photocopy)
The Life of Belle Smallidge Knowles
Item:
  • 2085   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Kathryn F. Knowles
Date:
  • 1952
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0599
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 34
Medium:
  • bound typescript (photocopy)
Description:
Biography of Belle S. Knowles by her granddaughter Kathryn as part of her Gould Academy senior thesis.
2090Letter to Kathryn Knowles from Belle S. Knowles
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Letter from Belle S. Knowles to her granddaughter about Daniel Coit Gilman.
  • 1951
  • 2
  • photocopy
Letter to Kathryn Knowles from Belle S. Knowles
Item:
  • 2090   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1951
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0604
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Letter from Belle S. Knowles to her granddaughter about Daniel Coit Gilman.
2187150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Commemorative issue of the Bar Harbor Times with many articles of Seal Harbor's historic places, early settlers and summer residents.
  • 8/20/1959
  • 4
  • newspaper
150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
Item:
  • 2187   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 8/20/1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0701
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Commemorative issue of the Bar Harbor Times with many articles of Seal Harbor's historic places, early settlers and summer residents.
7221Laura Damon Cross Collection - Folder 3
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Folder 3: Photograph, Lewellyn and Dot Damon, ca. 1950 Photograph, Laura Damon Cross, Bruce Damon, Carol Damon Dana, ca. 1950
  • Stevens Studios, Bangor, Maine
  • 1950
  • 2
  • photographs
  • good
Laura Damon Cross Collection - Folder 3
Item:
  • 7221   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Stevens Studios, Bangor, Maine
Date:
  • 1950
Collection:
  • Laura Damon Cross Collection
Object ID:
  • LDC 003
Location:
  • Shelf 4B1
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photographs
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Folder 3: Photograph, Lewellyn and Dot Damon, ca. 1950 Photograph, Laura Damon Cross, Bruce Damon, Carol Damon Dana, ca. 1950
3911Remarks on the Occasion of the Retirement of Mrs. Belmont
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Agnes Milliken's notes for a speech at library trustee's meeting on the retirement of Mrs. Belmont and succession of Mrs. Fay as Trustee Chairman.
  • Mrs. Gerrish H. Milliken
  • 8/9/1955
  • 4 pages, 2 copies
  • photocopy
Remarks on the Occasion of the Retirement of Mrs. Belmont
Item:
  • 3911   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Creator:
  • Mrs. Gerrish H. Milliken
Date:
  • 8/9/1955
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0042
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 2
Pages:
  • 4 pages, 2 copies
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Agnes Milliken's notes for a speech at library trustee's meeting on the retirement of Mrs. Belmont and succession of Mrs. Fay as Trustee Chairman.
7407Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 F. & A. M.
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
  • Organizations
  • People
Cover: History of Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 F. & A. M. Northeast Harbor, Maine. From November 3, 1903 to December 31, 1954 Compiled and written by William S. Holmes, Post Master & Secretary 1. Short history of Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 (typescript) 2. Petition Form 3. Application for Degrees 4. Notices 5. Vouchers 6. Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 room 7. L-R: Ed Walsh and Dave Stanley, receiving the "Horace E. Bucklin" award 8. L-R: Ed Walsh and Dave Stanley 9. Dave Stanley, Secretary, Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208
  • 1954
  • booklet, documents, photographs
Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 F. & A. M.
Item:
  • 7407   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • People
Date:
  • 1954
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Fraternal Order Collection
Object ID:
  • NEHL No. 208
Location:
  • 4B4
Medium:
  • booklet, documents, photographs
Description:
Cover: History of Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 F. & A. M. Northeast Harbor, Maine. From November 3, 1903 to December 31, 1954 Compiled and written by William S. Holmes, Post Master & Secretary 1. Short history of Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 (typescript) 2. Petition Form 3. Application for Degrees 4. Notices 5. Vouchers 6. Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 room 7. L-R: Ed Walsh and Dave Stanley, receiving the "Horace E. Bucklin" award 8. L-R: Ed Walsh and Dave Stanley 9. Dave Stanley, Secretary, Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 [show more]
6699Tax List 1956 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government, Tax Roll
  • People
Includes the "Collector's Warrant" listing total amount due for local, state, county, school and support of the poor and other current expenses. Taxpayers listed in alphabetical order; residents followed by non-residents. Includes date of payment and check number. Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, two sets of alphabetical index tabs
  • 1956
Tax List 1956 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6699   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Tax Roll
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1956
Collection:
  • Town Records
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • 1B1
Description:
Includes the "Collector's Warrant" listing total amount due for local, state, county, school and support of the poor and other current expenses. Taxpayers listed in alphabetical order; residents followed by non-residents. Includes date of payment and check number. Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, two sets of alphabetical index tabs
3941Gertrude Fay
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Mrs. Fay reading her dedication of the Northeast Harbor Library in 1950.
  • Gertrude Fay
  • 8/20/1950
  • 1 cassette, 1 disc. 1 digital file
Gertrude Fay
Item:
  • 3941   
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Creator:
  • Gertrude Fay
Date:
  • 8/20/1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Oral History
Object ID:
  • Oral History 0001
Location:
  • Cassette Box 1, CD Box 1, 4D4
Medium:
  • 1 cassette, 1 disc. 1 digital file
Description:
Mrs. Fay reading her dedication of the Northeast Harbor Library in 1950.
4358Eleanor Robson Belmont, first Library Chairman
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
First Chairman of the new Northeast Harbor Library. Photograph of a painting by Betsy Flagg Melcher. Mrs. Belmont served from 1949 through 1952.
  • Betsy Flagg Melcher
  • 1958
Eleanor Robson Belmont, first Library Chairman
Item:
  • 4358   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Creator:
  • Betsy Flagg Melcher
Date:
  • 1958
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0356
Location:
  • Hanging Upstairs Hallway
Description:
First Chairman of the new Northeast Harbor Library. Photograph of a painting by Betsy Flagg Melcher. Mrs. Belmont served from 1949 through 1952.
4456Eleanor Robson Belmont
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
copy of painting of Eleanor Robson Belmont,
  • 1958
Eleanor Robson Belmont
Item:
  • 4456   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1958
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0530
Location:
  • Basement Hallway
Description:
copy of painting of Eleanor Robson Belmont,
4521Mrs. Lincoln Cromwell
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Mabel Smith Cromwell in hat on right.
  • ca. 1955
Mrs. Lincoln Cromwell
Item:
  • 4521   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • ca. 1955
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0634
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Mabel Smith Cromwell in hat on right.
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.
5046Carl Kelley
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
Scan of photograph of Carl Kelley, Principal of Gilman High School.
  • 1950
  • photocopy
Carl Kelley
Item:
  • 5046   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
Date:
  • 1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1438
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Scan of photograph of Carl Kelley, Principal of Gilman High School.
5124Northeast Harbor women preparing for day trip
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
B/W photograph of Clara Buzzell, Margaret Kimball, Alice Coombs, Belle Knowles and Beattie Kelley starting out for trip to Orono.
  • Marion Salisbury
  • 1950's
Northeast Harbor women preparing for day trip
Item:
  • 5124   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Marion Salisbury
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1538
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W photograph of Clara Buzzell, Margaret Kimball, Alice Coombs, Belle Knowles and Beattie Kelley starting out for trip to Orono.