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3833Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce News Letter
  • Document, Other Documents
Letter from President Gordon H. Falt and committee members Jerome Knowles, Julia Manchester, and Roy Salisbury possibility of combining Chamber of Commerce with Village Improvement Society.
  • 1948
  • 1
  • typescript
Description:
Letter from President Gordon H. Falt and committee members Jerome Knowles, Julia Manchester, and Roy Salisbury possibility of combining Chamber of Commerce with Village Improvement Society.
3859Personal Letters to Charles Eliot
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Religious
Letter of welcome to Dr. Charles Eliot from Rev. Merton McKendry. Letter to Dr. Eliot from Rev. Merton B. McKendry just before his departure from Mt. Desert Larger Parish and MDI. Brief record of his ministerial tenure in Northeast Harbor.
  • 1945
  • 3
  • typescript
Description:
Letter of welcome to Dr. Charles Eliot from Rev. Merton McKendry. Letter to Dr. Eliot from Rev. Merton B. McKendry just before his departure from Mt. Desert Larger Parish and MDI. Brief record of his ministerial tenure in Northeast Harbor.
3886Town of Mount Desert Free Public Library
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
History of Northeast Harbor Library & Reading Room, a picture of proposed building, articles of the Maine Library Association, newspaper clipping & a picture postcard.
  • William Draper Lewis
  • 10/1/1948
  • 4 pages (2 copies)
  • typescript
Description:
History of Northeast Harbor Library & Reading Room, a picture of proposed building, articles of the Maine Library Association, newspaper clipping & a picture postcard.
1927Asticou Report on Fire Damage: Fire of 1947
  • Document, Report
  • Events, Fire
It contains description of damage to various areas so people visiting MDI will know what to expect.
  • 1947
  • 2
  • typescript
Description:
It contains description of damage to various areas so people visiting MDI will know what to expect.
2076Fire Control Plan
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Park
Written policy governing fire prevention, pre-suppression and suppression activities in ANP. Prepared by the senior foreman (forester) and Asst. Park Fire Chief (Park Ranger)
  • William E. Parsons, Paul G. Favour Jr.
  • 1941
  • 40
  • typescript
Description:
Written policy governing fire prevention, pre-suppression and suppression activities in ANP. Prepared by the senior foreman (forester) and Asst. Park Fire Chief (Park Ranger)
1496Notes on the History of Folly Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
July 20, 1945 Notes taken down by Gano Dunn at the dictation of Captain Alfred H. Butler, 81 years old who was born on Bartlett Island and worked on Folly Island as a boy and later in life.
  • Gano Dunn
  • 1945
  • 5
  • typescript
Description:
July 20, 1945 Notes taken down by Gano Dunn at the dictation of Captain Alfred H. Butler, 81 years old who was born on Bartlett Island and worked on Folly Island as a boy and later in life.
1677Meeting of the Members of the Champlain Fund
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Organizations, Civic
Copy of meeting notes of the Champlain Fund Committee which includes a motion to pay expenses for the movement of the Champlain Monument to a site near the top of Icy Hill in Seal Harbor.
  • 7/25/1941
  • 1
  • typescript
Description:
Copy of meeting notes of the Champlain Fund Committee which includes a motion to pay expenses for the movement of the Champlain Monument to a site near the top of Icy Hill in Seal Harbor.
1839Harry Clark letters
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Mrs. Ralph Ross sends copy of Rev. McKendry's letter to Mrs. Harry Clark following news of her son Ralph's death. Hoyt Clark, son of Harry Clark, was in the same unit as Ralph serving in the Pacific in WWII. Hoyt was not aboard the plane when it crashed.
  • Rev. McKendry
  • 1945
  • 1
  • typescript
Description:
Mrs. Ralph Ross sends copy of Rev. McKendry's letter to Mrs. Harry Clark following news of her son Ralph's death. Hoyt Clark, son of Harry Clark, was in the same unit as Ralph serving in the Pacific in WWII. Hoyt was not aboard the plane when it crashed.
1841Personal letter at the end of WWII
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Personal letter, in diary format, from Hoyt Clark to his niece describing the sad news of the death of some of his crew members in a B29 plane crash just after WWII was declared over. Cover letter included.
  • Clark Hoyt
  • 1945
  • 4
  • typescript
Description:
Personal letter, in diary format, from Hoyt Clark to his niece describing the sad news of the death of some of his crew members in a B29 plane crash just after WWII was declared over. Cover letter included.
7228History of the Northeast Harbor Water Company 1883 to 1945
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Other, History
Bound typescript on the history of the Northeast Harbor Water Company, written by Maurice H. Burr, Superintendent. Includes a 1988 handwritten introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
  • Maurice H. Burr
  • 1945
  • 9
  • typescript
Description:
Bound typescript on the history of the Northeast Harbor Water Company, written by Maurice H. Burr, Superintendent. Includes a 1988 handwritten introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
6066Report of the Warrant Committee of the Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Report
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
Warrant Committee, Town of Mount Desert. February 9, 1943.
  • 1943
  • 14
  • Report
Description:
Warrant Committee, Town of Mount Desert. February 9, 1943.
6067Report of the Warrant Committee to the Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Report
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
Warrant Committee, Town of Mount Desert. February 11, 1947.
  • 1947
  • 13
  • Report
  • mold damage
Description:
Warrant Committee, Town of Mount Desert. February 11, 1947.
6068Report of the Warrant Committee to the Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Report
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
Warrant Committee, Town of Mount Desert. February 11, 1948.
  • 1948
  • 15
  • Report
  • water damage
Description:
Warrant Committee, Town of Mount Desert. February 11, 1948.
3379Report of the Warrant Committee to Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Report
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
  • Warrant Committee, Town of Mount Desert. February 14, 1941.
  • 1941
  • 11
  • Report
3381Annual Report of the Municipal Officers, Mount Desert
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Municipal Officers, Town of Mount Desert
  • 1945
  • 98
  • Report
3382Report of the Warrant Committee to Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Report
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
  • Warrant Committee, Town of Mount Desert. February 12, 1946.
  • 1946
  • 14
  • Report
3385Annual Report of the Municipal Officers, Mount Desert
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Municipal Officers, Town of Mount Desert
  • 1944
  • 99
  • Report
3386Town of Mount Desert Annual Report 1943
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Town of Mount Desert
  • 1943
  • 91
  • Report
2048Gilman High 1944 Graduation
  • Document, Program
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
Commencement announcement and program of the Gilman High Class of 1944. Held in the Neighborhood Hall, Seal Harbor.
  • 6/8/1944
  • 2
  • program
Description:
Commencement announcement and program of the Gilman High Class of 1944. Held in the Neighborhood Hall, Seal Harbor.
2106Mutiny on the Mary Anne
  • Document, Program
  • Events, Performance
  • Organizations, School Institution
Program of a one-act operetta presented by students of Stetson Grammar School in Northeast Harbor at the Neighborhood House.
  • 6/9/1942
  • 1
  • program
Description:
Program of a one-act operetta presented by students of Stetson Grammar School in Northeast Harbor at the Neighborhood House.
3871Northeast Harbor Public Library (winter)
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Postcard announcing the hours of the library, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, in the Burr Building on Main Street.
  • 11/15/1944
  • 1
  • postcard
Description:
Postcard announcing the hours of the library, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, in the Burr Building on Main Street.
7001Roy Salisbury Collection - Clifton Dock
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
BW photographs of the the Clifton Dock area in Northeast Harbor. 1. View from Sea Street dock, July 1942 2. Northeast Harbor 5. - 9. Old Sea Street dock 10. View from Sea Street dock looking in a southerly direction toward Old Kimball Wharf 13. Clifton Dock 14. Sea Street dock, July 1942 15. Sardine carriers at Sea Street, Northeast Harbor 17. Nets mended, Sea Street dock, July 1942
  • 1942
  • 17
  • photographs
Description:
BW photographs of the the Clifton Dock area in Northeast Harbor. 1. View from Sea Street dock, July 1942 2. Northeast Harbor 5. - 9. Old Sea Street dock 10. View from Sea Street dock looking in a southerly direction toward Old Kimball Wharf 13. Clifton Dock 14. Sea Street dock, July 1942 15. Sardine carriers at Sea Street, Northeast Harbor 17. Nets mended, Sea Street dock, July 1942
4502Dan Rosenthal
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
Photographs of the locally famous itinerant peddler taken in front of the old Northeast Harbor branch of the Bar Harbor Bank and Trust next to the post office c. 1940.
  • 1940's
  • photograph, negative
Description:
Photographs of the locally famous itinerant peddler taken in front of the old Northeast Harbor branch of the Bar Harbor Bank and Trust next to the post office c. 1940.
1838Letter to Harry Clark from Donald F. Graves
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Letter from Lt. Donald F. Graves based with U.S. Army Air Force in Clovis, NM to Harry Clark in Northeast Harbor about his experiences flying before being sent overseas during WW II.
  • 1943
  • 5
  • photocopy (2 copies)
Description:
Letter from Lt. Donald F. Graves based with U.S. Army Air Force in Clovis, NM to Harry Clark in Northeast Harbor about his experiences flying before being sent overseas during WW II.
3904Building for the Trustees of the Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Specifications for the second library building.
  • Putnam, Griswold, Wylde & Ames
  • 9/2/1949
  • photocopy
Description:
Specifications for the second library building.