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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1485Story of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Places, Town
This collection contains Morison's handwritten speech and his edited typed copy of the talk on Mount Desert Island history he gave in 1959 to benefit island libraries. The speech and notes became his book by the same name. Presented by S. E. Morison, 1973.
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1959
  • 79
  • manuscript
Description:
This collection contains Morison's handwritten speech and his edited typed copy of the talk on Mount Desert Island history he gave in 1959 to benefit island libraries. The speech and notes became his book by the same name. Presented by S. E. Morison, 1973.
1486Dedication of Wadsworth Park, Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Park
Typed dedication of Wadsworth Park in Northeast Harbor, Maine. August 19, 1962. Park was dedicated in the memory of Eliot and Nancy Wadsworth.
  • 1962
  • 1
  • manuscript
Description:
Typed dedication of Wadsworth Park in Northeast Harbor, Maine. August 19, 1962. Park was dedicated in the memory of Eliot and Nancy Wadsworth.
1487Rachel Field to Professor Sawtelle
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
Mentions the Minerva. Includes mat with inscription.
  • 1
  • Letter
Description:
Mentions the Minerva. Includes mat with inscription.
1493Gymkhana
  • Document, Program
  • Events
Program for Gymkhana held Wednesday August 12, 1908 on Kimball's field in Northeast Harbor, Maine.
  • 1 program with pencil notes in the margins
  • program
Description:
Program for Gymkhana held Wednesday August 12, 1908 on Kimball's field in Northeast Harbor, Maine.
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.
1497Thuya Lodge and Thuya Gardens
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Plants
  • People
  • Places, Garden
  • Structures, Other Structures, Architectural Features
Typescript about the history of Thuya Lodge and Gardens.
  • Barbara Fisher
  • 5
  • typescript
Description:
Typescript about the history of Thuya Lodge and Gardens.
1514Historical Notes on Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Barbara Ellen Joy
  • 1966-1977
  • 1113 pages (10 folders)
  • typescript
1516Sacred to the memory of Benjamin Spurling
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Cemetery
Biographical sketch of Benjamin Spurling, who died December 30, 1836.
  • 2
  • typescript
Description:
Biographical sketch of Benjamin Spurling, who died December 30, 1836.
1517A Poem and A Prayer
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • People
Poem and prayer from the funeral services of Mary C. Wheelwright delivered by The Reverend Palfrey Perkins.
  • 3
  • typescript
Description:
Poem and prayer from the funeral services of Mary C. Wheelwright delivered by The Reverend Palfrey Perkins.
1518Eliots and Asticou Foreside Northeast Harbor:
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places
  • Charles W. Eliot II
  • 50
  • typescript
1520Science Challenges the Educator
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
President-elect of Northeastern University, Asa S. Knowles typescript of the dedication of the Science Laboratories at Mount Desert High School in 1959.
  • Asa Smallidge Knowles (1909-1990)
  • 1959
  • 17 pages (2 copies)
  • typescript
Description:
President-elect of Northeastern University, Asa S. Knowles typescript of the dedication of the Science Laboratories at Mount Desert High School in 1959.
1521Dedication of the Gilman Plaque
  • Document, Program
  • Events, Civic
  • Object, Sign
April 26, 1959 Program from the dedication of the Gilman Plaque honoring Daniel Coit Gilman at the Mount Desert High School in Northeast Harbor, Maine.
  • Daniel Coit Gilman
  • 1959
  • 18
  • typescript
Description:
April 26, 1959 Program from the dedication of the Gilman Plaque honoring Daniel Coit Gilman at the Mount Desert High School in Northeast Harbor, Maine.
1522Birds of Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Notes of birds seen by Samuel A. Eliot Jr. in the "last fortnight of June 1931."
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • June 1931
  • 8 pages typescript, 8 pages photograph copy
  • typescript, photograph copy
Description:
Notes of birds seen by Samuel A. Eliot Jr. in the "last fortnight of June 1931."
1523Notes Added in 1951, on 20 Years' Change
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Notes added to the Birds of Northeast Harbor from 1931.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1951
  • 3 pages manuscript, 3 pages photograph copy
  • typescript, photograph copy
Description:
Notes added to the Birds of Northeast Harbor from 1931.
1524Birds - Mount Desert
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
June 10-24, 1959 Notes added to the Birds of Mount Desert.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1959
  • 2 pages manuscript, 2 pages photograph copy
  • typescript, photograph copy
Description:
June 10-24, 1959 Notes added to the Birds of Mount Desert.
1526Letter from Bishop Doane to Jerome Knowles
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Transportation, Automobile
December 15, 1906 Letter about a rumored automobile being used on the island in Bar Harbor and the legal proceedings about automobile use on Mount Desert Island.
  • Bishop Doane, Jerome Knowles
  • 1906
  • 1
  • typed letter
Description:
December 15, 1906 Letter about a rumored automobile being used on the island in Bar Harbor and the legal proceedings about automobile use on Mount Desert Island.
1529A Prayer for Vacations
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, Other Texts
Written on the page in pen "Echoed form the So. Dakota 'Black Hills' to Maine's Mt. Desert - 1937."
  • 1937
  • 1
  • paper
Description:
Written on the page in pen "Echoed form the So. Dakota 'Black Hills' to Maine's Mt. Desert - 1937."
1532Fannie H. Eckstorm and Mary C. Wheelwright Letters
  • Document, Correspondence
  • People
2 bound typescripts: one original with photographs, handwritten letters, and other visual materials and the other the carbon copy of the typescript. Leather bound books. Brown with gold leaf and red with gold leaf. Title in gold leaf on spines.
  • 1930, 1937-1946
  • 2 books
  • bound typescripts
Description:
2 bound typescripts: one original with photographs, handwritten letters, and other visual materials and the other the carbon copy of the typescript. Leather bound books. Brown with gold leaf and red with gold leaf. Title in gold leaf on spines.
1533Betsy Flagg Melcher: Northeast Harbor's Portrait Painter
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
Green faux leather binder with gold leaf. Collection of portraits and family histories. Introduction and Acknowledgements by Ann R. Kinney. Includes the essay, "Betsy Flagg Melcher: an artist in the Yellow House" written by Carol Malone. Ann R. Kinney also wrote an introduction to the artist, 'Betsy Flagg Melcher's Development as an Artist.' Digital color prints of portraits and accompanying family histories fill the pages. Families: 3-4 The Andrews Family on MDI 5-6 Brooke Astor 7 Belmont (pending) 8-9 The Fay and Hawtin Families in Maine 10-11 Ernest Flagg 12-13 Dr. Frederick Fraley 14 The Harris Family in Maine (pending) 15-16 Hopkins Family on MDI 17-18 The Moorhead Kennedy Family on MDI 19-20 The Kinney Family on MDI 21 Kneedler (pending) 22-23 The Madeira Family 24-25 The Milliken Family 26-27 The Morison Family 28-29 The Paine Family in Maine 30-31 The Peabody Family in Northeast Harbor 32-33 Henry, Lydia, John and Ann Rivers on MDI 34-35 The Roberts Family 36-37 Professor Edward Sampson 38-39 The Scull Family on MDI 40-41 The Vitelli Family 42-43 The Wetzel Family in Maine 44-45 Marguerite Yourcenar 46 Betsy Flagg Melcher (back cover of exhibit book)
  • Ann R. Kinney, Carol Malone
  • Jul-12
  • 1 3-ringed binder
Description:
Green faux leather binder with gold leaf. Collection of portraits and family histories. Introduction and Acknowledgements by Ann R. Kinney. Includes the essay, "Betsy Flagg Melcher: an artist in the Yellow House" written by Carol Malone. Ann R. Kinney also wrote an introduction to the artist, 'Betsy Flagg Melcher's Development as an Artist.' Digital color prints of portraits and accompanying family histories fill the pages. Families: 3-4 The Andrews Family on MDI 5-6 Brooke Astor 7 Belmont (pending) 8-9 The Fay and Hawtin Families in Maine 10-11 Ernest Flagg 12-13 Dr. Frederick Fraley 14 The Harris Family in Maine (pending) 15-16 Hopkins Family on MDI 17-18 The Moorhead Kennedy Family on MDI 19-20 The Kinney Family on MDI 21 Kneedler (pending) 22-23 The Madeira Family 24-25 The Milliken Family 26-27 The Morison Family 28-29 The Paine Family in Maine 30-31 The Peabody Family in Northeast Harbor 32-33 Henry, Lydia, John and Ann Rivers on MDI 34-35 The Roberts Family 36-37 Professor Edward Sampson 38-39 The Scull Family on MDI 40-41 The Vitelli Family 42-43 The Wetzel Family in Maine 44-45 Marguerite Yourcenar 46 Betsy Flagg Melcher (back cover of exhibit book) [show more]
1534Frances H. Eliot
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
  • typescript
1535A Short History of the Heirs of Eliphalet Reynolds and William Roberts
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
Genealogy of the Reynolds & Roberts families beginning in 1853 with Eliphalet Reynolds. Author traces lineage and includes many family stories of early years in Northeast Harbor.
  • 1967
  • 41
  • photocopy (2 copies)
Description:
Genealogy of the Reynolds & Roberts families beginning in 1853 with Eliphalet Reynolds. Author traces lineage and includes many family stories of early years in Northeast Harbor.
1536Memorabilia of Bishop Doane
  • Document, Memorabilia
  • People
1: Story of the Lighthouse Window in St. Mary's-by-the-sea by Margaret Doane Fayerweather, 1955 2: Letter to Mrs. Pruyn from Bishop Leonard, 1897 3: Bishop and Mrs. Doane's Golden Wedding 4: Excerpt from Biography of Randall Davidson 5: Bishop W. C. Doane Dead, 1913 6: Bishop Doane Laid to Rest Forever in Cathedral He Built 7: Memorial of Bishop Doane 8: Bishop Doane and his dog 9. The Modern Baby 10. On Homeopathic Medicine 11. H. W. N.
  • various
  • bound typescript
Description:
1: Story of the Lighthouse Window in St. Mary's-by-the-sea by Margaret Doane Fayerweather, 1955 2: Letter to Mrs. Pruyn from Bishop Leonard, 1897 3: Bishop and Mrs. Doane's Golden Wedding 4: Excerpt from Biography of Randall Davidson 5: Bishop W. C. Doane Dead, 1913 6: Bishop Doane Laid to Rest Forever in Cathedral He Built 7: Memorial of Bishop Doane 8: Bishop Doane and his dog 9. The Modern Baby 10. On Homeopathic Medicine 11. H. W. N. [show more]
1537In the Days of the Doanes at Bishop's House - 29 Elk Street
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
Biography of William Croswell Doane Re-written from an article of 1927 Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin
  • Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin
  • 30
  • bound typescript
Description:
Biography of William Croswell Doane Re-written from an article of 1927 Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin
1539Bishop Doane Materials
  • Document, Memorabilia
  • People
1: Lines on Homeopathy 2: Dedication & Memorial Window to Bishop Doane, August 13, 1925 3: Eliza Bishop Doane Gardiner, memorial 4: St. Mary's-by-the-sea Sermon, 1925 5: Bishop Doane's Address to the 25th class at St. Agnes School
  • typescript
Description:
1: Lines on Homeopathy 2: Dedication & Memorial Window to Bishop Doane, August 13, 1925 3: Eliza Bishop Doane Gardiner, memorial 4: St. Mary's-by-the-sea Sermon, 1925 5: Bishop Doane's Address to the 25th class at St. Agnes School
1540Bibliography of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • Places, Island
Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs.
  • Donald W. Norton
  • 1985
  • 2 copies
  • typescript
Description:
Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs.