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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1590Letter from Office of the Light-house to Keeper of Bear Island Lighthouse
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
October 14, 1882 Stephen Smallidge was keeper of Bear Island light. He was also a Civil War Veteran. This document was found in the wall of his Northeast Harbor house and given to the library by the owners of the home at the time. The house has been torn down.
  • 1882
  • 1
  • manuscript
Letter from Office of the Light-house to Keeper of Bear Island Lighthouse
Item:
  • 1590   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Date:
  • 1882
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0102
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
October 14, 1882 Stephen Smallidge was keeper of Bear Island light. He was also a Civil War Veteran. This document was found in the wall of his Northeast Harbor house and given to the library by the owners of the home at the time. The house has been torn down.
4439Otter Creek Bridge
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Construction
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Wooden bridge on site of present causeway. Note on back states Jan 25, 1889. In course of construction, demolished by gale.
  • 1889
Otter Creek Bridge
Item:
  • 4439   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Construction
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Date:
  • 1889
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0504
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Wooden bridge on site of present causeway. Note on back states Jan 25, 1889. In course of construction, demolished by gale.
6963Kimball House, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1880
  • 1 photograph
Kimball House, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 6963   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1880
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1711
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
4379Road above Northeast Harbor looking south
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "Known today as Pond Hill, route 3/198 500 yards south of the Gate House. The date is questionable because the photo shows the original Asticou Inn which was not built until after 1881." Tom Eliot Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1881
Road above Northeast Harbor looking south
Item:
  • 4379   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Road
Creator:
  • Samuel A. Eliot
Date:
  • 1881
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0424 SAE
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "Known today as Pond Hill, route 3/198 500 yards south of the Gate House. The date is questionable because the photo shows the original Asticou Inn which was not built until after 1881." Tom Eliot Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
6432Eastport & Passamaquoddy
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
A Collection of Historical & Biographical Sketches.
  • William Henry Kilby
  • 1888
  • 34
Eastport & Passamaquoddy
Item:
  • 6432   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • William Henry Kilby
Date:
  • 1888
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 47
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Pages:
  • 34
Description:
A Collection of Historical & Biographical Sketches.
6439The Celebration of the Two Hundred & Fiftieth Anniversary of Ipswich
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Town History of Ipswich.
  • 8-16-1884
The Celebration of the Two Hundred & Fiftieth Anniversary of Ipswich
Item:
  • 6439   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 8-16-1884
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 54
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
Town History of Ipswich.
4496Northeast Harbor area
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Camp
  • Places, Road
5 sepia prints of Northeast Harbor, Maine area: a. Brown Mt. Road looking toward Northeast Harbor. b. Charles W. Eliot house & float looking north. c. Brown Mt. road. d. Road along the east side of Northeast Harbor ("Peabody Drive" area). e. Charles and Samuel Eliot and Harvard Students encampment
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1884
Northeast Harbor area
Item:
  • 4496   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Camp
  • Places, Road
Creator:
  • Samuel A. Eliot
Date:
  • 1884
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0597 SAE
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
5 sepia prints of Northeast Harbor, Maine area: a. Brown Mt. Road looking toward Northeast Harbor. b. Charles W. Eliot house & float looking north. c. Brown Mt. road. d. Road along the east side of Northeast Harbor ("Peabody Drive" area). e. Charles and Samuel Eliot and Harvard Students encampment
5089Rock End Hotel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Sepia Photograph (8"x10") taken around 1886 of the Rock End Hotel and dock. Also shown is the McLean Cottage which may be the 1st house designed by Fred Savage. The wharf is in the general direction of the Northeast Harbor Fleet pier extending to Vaughn's Point.
  • ca. 1886
  • damaged
Rock End Hotel
Item:
  • 5089   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • ca. 1886
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1486
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Condition:
  • damaged
Description:
Sepia Photograph (8"x10") taken around 1886 of the Rock End Hotel and dock. Also shown is the McLean Cottage which may be the 1st house designed by Fred Savage. The wharf is in the general direction of the Northeast Harbor Fleet pier extending to Vaughn's Point.
1860Transcription of Letters from Stephen Manchester to Comfort Manchester Stanley
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Letters written 1878-1884 to author's sister in Northeast Harbor. Transcribed by Robert E. Suminsby.
  • October 1995 (1884)
  • 9
  • typescript
Transcription of Letters from Stephen Manchester to Comfort Manchester Stanley
Item:
  • 1860   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • October 1995 (1884)
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0374
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Letters written 1878-1884 to author's sister in Northeast Harbor. Transcribed by Robert E. Suminsby.
1851Certificate of Marriage
  • Document, Certificate
  • People
Certificate of marriage of Manson Manchester and Flora A Brown at Tremont, ME. 3 cards stating the marriage date and their names. (Manchester Collection)
  • 11-14-1885
  • 4
  • manuscript
Certificate of Marriage
Item:
  • 1851   
Type:
  • Document, Certificate
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 11-14-1885
Place:
  • Tremont
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0365
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Certificate of marriage of Manson Manchester and Flora A Brown at Tremont, ME. 3 cards stating the marriage date and their names. (Manchester Collection)
2237Book 230, Treasury Depart. regarding Life Saving Service
  • Document, Government
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
A photocopy of authorization from Sect. of Treasury to acquire or purchase for the United States land to use for Life-Saving Stations, Houses of Refuge & Beacons.
  • Hugh S. Thompson
  • 11-24-1888
  • photocopy
Book 230, Treasury Depart. regarding Life Saving Service
Item:
  • 2237   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Hugh S. Thompson
Date:
  • 11-24-1888
Place:
  • United States
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0751
Location:
  • General Collection Box 23
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
A photocopy of authorization from Sect. of Treasury to acquire or purchase for the United States land to use for Life-Saving Stations, Houses of Refuge & Beacons.
3720Cranberry Islands Property Map
  • Map
  • Places, Island
Copies from the Registry of Deeds from 1880.
  • 1880
  • 3 copies
  • MAP
Cranberry Islands Property Map
Item:
  • 3720   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1880
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0174
Location:
  • Map Box 1
Pages:
  • 3 copies
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Copies from the Registry of Deeds from 1880.
2896Deed: Levi A. Wyman to Herbert E. Sawyer, 1888
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • People
  • L. A. Wyman
  • 1888
  • Deed
Deed: Levi A. Wyman to Herbert E. Sawyer, 1888
Item:
  • 2896   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • L. A. Wyman
Date:
  • 1888
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 290
Location:
  • VII
Medium:
  • Deed
1969The Latest about the Accident at Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • People
  • Places, Town
Account of the buckboard accident in Northeast Harbor which claimed the life of Mabel Case, daughter of J. B. Case of Boston.
  • 1883
  • 1
  • photocopy
The Latest about the Accident at Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 1969   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1883
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0482
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Account of the buckboard accident in Northeast Harbor which claimed the life of Mabel Case, daughter of J. B. Case of Boston.
5097People on steps of Harbor Cottages, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
8 women and 2 men sitting on and standing around steps of Harbor Cottages in Northeast Harbor. Unidentified. Lady in center has a musical instrument on her lap.
  • Joseph M. Wilson
  • 8-31-1887
People on steps of Harbor Cottages, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5097   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Joseph M. Wilson
Date:
  • 8-31-1887
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1511
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
8 women and 2 men sitting on and standing around steps of Harbor Cottages in Northeast Harbor. Unidentified. Lady in center has a musical instrument on her lap.
1985Mount Desert List of Students and road workers
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
  • Places, Town
Names of students at Sandy Point (later Northeast Harbor) in March, 1871 and a list of names of road workers and hours worked.
  • Mount Desert
  • 1884
  • 1
  • typescript
Mount Desert List of Students and road workers
Item:
  • 1985   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Mount Desert
Date:
  • 1884
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0498
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Names of students at Sandy Point (later Northeast Harbor) in March, 1871 and a list of names of road workers and hours worked.
5359Northeast Harbor Livery
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Transportation Business, Livery Business
  • People
  • Places, Town
B/W, 14x12' Photograph of Rogers and Atwood Livery barn. Photograph shows many people aboard buggies tethered to horses.
  • 1880's
Northeast Harbor Livery
Item:
  • 5359   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Transportation Business, Livery Business
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1880's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1777
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W, 14x12' Photograph of Rogers and Atwood Livery barn. Photograph shows many people aboard buggies tethered to horses.
5082Eagle Lake Ferry
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Eagle Lake Ferry, circa 1885, serving the Green Mountain Railway. Copy of ticket pictured in upper rt. corner. The boat was sunk in lake before 1910.
  • 1885
Eagle Lake Ferry
Item:
  • 5082   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Date:
  • 1885
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1479
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Eagle Lake Ferry, circa 1885, serving the Green Mountain Railway. Copy of ticket pictured in upper rt. corner. The boat was sunk in lake before 1910.
4373Cadillac's Harbor of Mount Desert from Bear Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Landscape
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1881
  • 1 photograph
Cadillac's Harbor of Mount Desert from Bear Island
Item:
  • 4373   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Samuel A. Eliot
Date:
  • 1881
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0418 SAE
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society.
4504Bear Island-Western Way
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
Photograph, 8"x10" of Bear Island - Western Way view from the south piazza of Charles W. Eliot's cottage.
  • 1884
Bear Island-Western Way
Item:
  • 4504   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1884
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0605
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Photograph, 8"x10" of Bear Island - Western Way view from the south piazza of Charles W. Eliot's cottage.
5083Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
Passenger cars and locomotive of the Green Mountain Railway at Eagle Lake shore. The locomotive was taken for use on Mt. Washington. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.
  • 1885
Green Mountain Railway
Item:
  • 5083   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Date:
  • 1885
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1480
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Passenger cars and locomotive of the Green Mountain Railway at Eagle Lake shore. The locomotive was taken for use on Mt. Washington. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.
5564Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
B/W photograph of Green Mountain locomotive pushing passenger car to top of mountain (now Cadillac Mountain). Engineer is Walter H. Dunton.
  • Willis H. Ballard
  • 1885
Green Mountain Railway
Item:
  • 5564   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Creator:
  • Willis H. Ballard
Date:
  • 1885
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1954
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W photograph of Green Mountain locomotive pushing passenger car to top of mountain (now Cadillac Mountain). Engineer is Walter H. Dunton.
5287Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
B/W photograph of train going up Green Mountain (Cadillac Mountain).
  • 1884
Green Mountain Railway
Item:
  • 5287   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Date:
  • 1884
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1709
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W photograph of train going up Green Mountain (Cadillac Mountain).
5084Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
Green Mountain Railway looking down track toward train sheds, ferry dock and Eagle Lake. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.
  • 1885
Green Mountain Railway
Item:
  • 5084   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Date:
  • 1885
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1481
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Green Mountain Railway looking down track toward train sheds, ferry dock and Eagle Lake. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.
5085Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
Green Mountain Railway looking up the track toward top of mountain. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.
  • 1885
Green Mountain Railway
Item:
  • 5085   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Date:
  • 1885
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1482
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Green Mountain Railway looking up the track toward top of mountain. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.