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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
2399Sketch Maps of Northeast Harbor, 1946-1957
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
B/W Sketch maps 15"x18" of Northeast Harbor prepared by Knowles Real Estate showing numbered summer cottages, businesses, and roads. Maps of 1947, 1956 are missing.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1946-1957
  • 8
  • MAP
Sketch Maps of Northeast Harbor, 1946-1957
Item:
  • 2399   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1946-1957
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 2
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
B/W Sketch maps 15"x18" of Northeast Harbor prepared by Knowles Real Estate showing numbered summer cottages, businesses, and roads. Maps of 1947, 1956 are missing.
2305Property of Helena Bonsall Campbell
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Survey drawing of Helena B. Campbell property, at the intersection of Summit Road, Millbrook Road and Schoolhouse Ledge, abutting the Union Church lot.
  • Charles Simpson
  • 1950
  • 1
  • MAP
Property of Helena Bonsall Campbell
Item:
  • 2305   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Charles Simpson
Date:
  • 1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 114
Location:
  • GHC Box 3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Survey drawing of Helena B. Campbell property, at the intersection of Summit Road, Millbrook Road and Schoolhouse Ledge, abutting the Union Church lot.
2336Property of Georgia Tracy
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Lot map, 21 1/2x24, showing Tracy property and other properties on Tracy Rd. and Maple Lane including Bucklin, Branscom, Eaton, Stanley et al.
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1950
  • 1
  • MAP
  • very fragile, damaged
Property of Georgia Tracy
Item:
  • 2336   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Maurice Burr
Date:
  • 1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 142
Location:
  • GHC Box 4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • very fragile, damaged
Description:
Lot map, 21 1/2x24, showing Tracy property and other properties on Tracy Rd. and Maple Lane including Bucklin, Branscom, Eaton, Stanley et al.
7122The Saturday Evening Post
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Periodicals
The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 223, No. 37, March 10, 1951. In this issue: 4 short stories, 1 novelette, 7 articles, 2 serials, other features (letters, editorials, post scripts, verse, keeping posted). Of special interest is the following article: "The cities of America: Bangor, Maine", by George Sessions Perry, pag. 24.
  • Ben Hibbs, editor
  • 1951
  • 144
  • 1 magazine
  • fair
The Saturday Evening Post
Item:
  • 7122   
Type:
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Subject:
  • Other, Periodicals
Creator:
  • Ben Hibbs, editor
Date:
  • 1951
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0797
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 1
Pages:
  • 144
Medium:
  • 1 magazine
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 223, No. 37, March 10, 1951. In this issue: 4 short stories, 1 novelette, 7 articles, 2 serials, other features (letters, editorials, post scripts, verse, keeping posted). Of special interest is the following article: "The cities of America: Bangor, Maine", by George Sessions Perry, pag. 24.
3577Guide Map to Acadia National Park
  • Map
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes Vicinity Map. On the back of the map is text concerning the history of the Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.
  • 1952
  • 1
  • paper
Guide Map to Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 3577   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Date:
  • 1952
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0024
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes Vicinity Map. On the back of the map is text concerning the history of the Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.
2129Chants noirs
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Music
French translation of negro spirituals published in the French journal "Mercure de France", June 1952.
  • Marguerite Yourcenar
  • 1952
  • 377
  • 1 book
Chants noirs
Item:
  • 2129   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Music
Creator:
  • Marguerite Yourcenar
Date:
  • 1952
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0642 a
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 377
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
French translation of negro spirituals published in the French journal "Mercure de France", June 1952.
5513Buildings of Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Town
B/W scanned aerial photograph showing buildings on Main Street, Summit Rd & Joy Rd, such as Union Church, Gilman High School, Northeast Harbor Library, Nursing Assoc. building. This is a printed section of a larger photograph owned by the Union Church.
  • George Fennelly
  • 1952-53
Buildings of Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5513   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • George Fennelly
Date:
  • 1952-53
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1892
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W scanned aerial photograph showing buildings on Main Street, Summit Rd & Joy Rd, such as Union Church, Gilman High School, Northeast Harbor Library, Nursing Assoc. building. This is a printed section of a larger photograph owned by the Union Church.
5549Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Aerial
  • Structures, Civic, Library
B/W scanned copy - aerial view of the Northeast Harbor Library between Summit and Joy Roads.
  • 1953
Northeast Harbor Library
Item:
  • 5549   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Aerial
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1941
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W scanned copy - aerial view of the Northeast Harbor Library between Summit and Joy Roads.
3626Plan Showing Property Owners Around Gilpatrick Cove
  • Map
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Shore
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1953
  • Gilpatrick Cove, Northeast Harbor
  • 1
  • copy
  • fair
Plan Showing Property Owners Around Gilpatrick Cove
Item:
  • 3626   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Maurice Burr
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • Gilpatrick Cove, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0073 WHB
Location:
  • 5C3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • copy
Condition:
  • fair
7058The Story of Ancient Pemaquid - Metropolis of the "New World"
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places
First edition: 1950 Second edition: 1953
  • Harold W. Castner
  • 1953
  • 23
  • 1 booklet
  • good
The Story of Ancient Pemaquid - Metropolis of the "New World"
Item:
  • 7058   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Harold W. Castner
Date:
  • 1953
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 CAS
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 23
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
First edition: 1950 Second edition: 1953
7064History of the Town of Palermo
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Town of Palermo, incorporated 1804. With an introductory poem by Rev. George B. Davis.
  • Milton E. Dowe
  • 1954
  • 51
  • 1 booklet
  • good
History of the Town of Palermo
Item:
  • 7064   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Milton E. Dowe
Date:
  • 1954
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 DOW
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 51
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Town of Palermo, incorporated 1804. With an introductory poem by Rev. George B. Davis.
2510Oak Hill Road Profile
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Elevation chart for surfacing Oak Hill Road.
  • A. H. Curtis
  • 1954
  • 2
  • MAP
Oak Hill Road Profile
Item:
  • 2510   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • A. H. Curtis
Date:
  • 1954
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 31
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Elevation chart for surfacing Oak Hill Road.
7191Asticou Celebratory Menu 1604-1954
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Gala
  • Other, History
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Asticou Celebratory Menu, in French and English, in honor of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Island of Mount Desert by Samuel De Champlain, September 5, 1604. September 5, 1954
  • 1954
  • 8
  • 1 menu
  • good
Asticou Celebratory Menu 1604-1954
Item:
  • 7191   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
  • Other, History
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Date:
  • 1954
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0808
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • 1 menu
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Asticou Celebratory Menu, in French and English, in honor of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Island of Mount Desert by Samuel De Champlain, September 5, 1604. September 5, 1954
7062Roque Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
A paper given before the Colonial Society of Massachusetts on December 22, 1955.
  • John Peabody Monks
  • 1955
  • 11
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Roque Island
Item:
  • 7062   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • John Peabody Monks
Date:
  • 1955
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 MON
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 11
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
A paper given before the Colonial Society of Massachusetts on December 22, 1955.
2652Building Zoning Map
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Zoning map, 15 1/2x10", showing residential and business areas in the village of Northeast Harbor prepared for the town planning committee.
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1955
  • 1
  • MAP
Building Zoning Map
Item:
  • 2652   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Maurice Burr
Date:
  • 1955
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 8
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Zoning map, 15 1/2x10", showing residential and business areas in the village of Northeast Harbor prepared for the town planning committee.
2288Building Zoning Map of the Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Map, 74"x58", showing business and residential lots in Northeast Harbor. Prepared for the zoning committee of the planning committee.
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1955
  • 1
  • MAP
Building Zoning Map of the Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 2288   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Maurice Burr
Date:
  • 1955
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 1
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Map, 74"x58", showing business and residential lots in Northeast Harbor. Prepared for the zoning committee of the planning committee.
2300Building Zoning Map
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Large, 58z37", zoning map of Seal Harbor, showing residential and business areas, prepared for the Mount Desert Zoning Committee of the Planning Committee.
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1955
  • 1
  • MAP
Building Zoning Map
Item:
  • 2300   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Maurice Burr
Date:
  • 1955
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 11
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Large, 58z37", zoning map of Seal Harbor, showing residential and business areas, prepared for the Mount Desert Zoning Committee of the Planning Committee.
2436City of Old Town
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Rural index on parchment (28x24") to property maps for the City of Old Town.
  • James W. Sewall Company, Old Town
  • 1955
  • 1
  • MAP
City of Old Town
Item:
  • 2436   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • James W. Sewall Company, Old Town
Date:
  • 1955
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 233
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Rural index on parchment (28x24") to property maps for the City of Old Town.
1525History of Frenchboro, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
History of Frenchboro, Maine.
  • Vivian D. Lunt
  • 1956
  • 65
  • typescript
History of Frenchboro, Maine
Item:
  • 1525   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Vivian D. Lunt
Date:
  • 1956
Place:
  • Frenchboro
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0034 VDL
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 65
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
History of Frenchboro, Maine.
7108A Study of Navajo Symbolism
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
Published as part of the Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. XXXII, No. 3. Line drawings by Lloyd Moylan.
  • Franc Johnson Newcomb, Stanley Fishler, Mary C. Wheelwright
  • 1956
  • 100
  • 3 copies
  • good
A Study of Navajo Symbolism
Item:
  • 7108   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
Creator:
  • Franc Johnson Newcomb, Stanley Fishler, Mary C. Wheelwright
Date:
  • 1956
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.3 WHE
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 100
Medium:
  • 3 copies
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Published as part of the Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. XXXII, No. 3. Line drawings by Lloyd Moylan.
7110The Great Star Chant
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
The Myth and Prayers of the Great Star Chant and the Myth of the Coyote Chant. Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. With 22 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb and others. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. IV.
  • Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 1956
  • 190
  • 2 copies
  • good
The Great Star Chant
Item:
  • 7110   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
Creator:
  • Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Date:
  • 1956
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.3 WHE
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 190
Medium:
  • 2 copies
Condition:
  • good
Description:
The Myth and Prayers of the Great Star Chant and the Myth of the Coyote Chant. Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. With 22 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb and others. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. IV.
7078Uses of Birch-Bark in the Northeast
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Published by the Robert Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine. Second printing, 1974
  • Eva L. Butler, Wendell S. Hadlock
  • 1957
  • 66
  • 1 book
  • great
Uses of Birch-Bark in the Northeast
Item:
  • 7078   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • Eva L. Butler, Wendell S. Hadlock
Date:
  • 1957
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.1 BUT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 66
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • great
Description:
Published by the Robert Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine. Second printing, 1974
2487Zoning Map of the Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Zoning map, 19x12 1/2", drawn by M. Burr and prepared by Prentiss & Carlisle. Shows, but does not explain, areas A & B.
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1957
  • 2 copies
  • MAP
Zoning Map of the Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 2487   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Maurice Burr
Date:
  • 1957
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 29
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 2 copies
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Zoning map, 19x12 1/2", drawn by M. Burr and prepared by Prentiss & Carlisle. Shows, but does not explain, areas A & B.
2442City of Bangor, Maine Zoning Map
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Zoning map, 22x17", for Bangor, Maine amended from 1954 map.
  • James L. MacLeod
  • 1957
  • 1
  • MAP
City of Bangor, Maine Zoning Map
Item:
  • 2442   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • James L. MacLeod
Date:
  • 1957
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 239
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Zoning map, 22x17", for Bangor, Maine amended from 1954 map.
6142Eleazer Higgins 1768 (?)-1840 Thomas Kelley 1745(?)-1813
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • People
Booklet complied by a member of Mayflower Society of Maine, Daughters of the American Revolution & a member of the Bangor Historical Society. Other families mentioned: Beal, Hilton, Mayo, Ames and Watts.
  • Mrs. Edward W. Ames
  • 1958
  • 24
  • 1 book
Eleazer Higgins 1768 (?)-1840 Thomas Kelley 1745(?)-1813
Item:
  • 6142   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
Creator:
  • Mrs. Edward W. Ames
Date:
  • 1958
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 929 AMES
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 24
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Booklet complied by a member of Mayflower Society of Maine, Daughters of the American Revolution & a member of the Bangor Historical Society. Other families mentioned: Beal, Hilton, Mayo, Ames and Watts.