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1894Letter from Adney Boothby in the battlefield
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Civil War letter of Adney Boothby to his folks at home. Written on July 4, 1863.
  • Adney Boothby
  • 1863
  • 1
  • photocopy
Letter from Adney Boothby in the battlefield
Item:
  • 1894   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Adney Boothby
Date:
  • 1863
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0407
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Civil War letter of Adney Boothby to his folks at home. Written on July 4, 1863.
1986List of Civil War Soldiers from the town of Mount Desert
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Original, elongated, list of men furnished by the town of Mt. Desert by the selectmen for military service in the Civil War. The list represents several calls to duty from 1862 to 1869.
  • Jonathan Hamor
  • 1-2-1869
  • 1
  • manuscript (original and 2 photocopies)
List of Civil War Soldiers from the town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1986   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Jonathan Hamor
Date:
  • 1-2-1869
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0499
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript (original and 2 photocopies)
Description:
Original, elongated, list of men furnished by the town of Mt. Desert by the selectmen for military service in the Civil War. The list represents several calls to duty from 1862 to 1869.
2037Company "B" 20th Regiment Maine Volunteers
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Brochure of Company B, 20th Regiment of Maine volunteers in the Civil with short history and listing of battle engagements.
  • 1989
  • 1
Company "B" 20th Regiment Maine Volunteers
Item:
  • 2037   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Date:
  • 1989
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0550
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 1
Description:
Brochure of Company B, 20th Regiment of Maine volunteers in the Civil with short history and listing of battle engagements.
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
Harry Clark letters
Item:
  • 1839   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Rev. McKendry
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0352
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • 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.
1840Harry Clark letters
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Letter from Mrs. Ralph Ross, mother of Lt. Ralph Ross Jr. who was friend and co-pilot on aircraft of which Mrs. Clark's son, Hoyt, was a gunner during WWII. When pilot of aircraft on which Hoyt Clark was a gunner. Lt. Ross died when the plane crashed (after end of war); Hoyt was not on the flight.
  • Mrs. Ralph Ross
  • 1945
  • 1
  • manuscript
Harry Clark letters
Item:
  • 1840   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Mrs. Ralph Ross
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0353
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Letter from Mrs. Ralph Ross, mother of Lt. Ralph Ross Jr. who was friend and co-pilot on aircraft of which Mrs. Clark's son, Hoyt, was a gunner during WWII. When pilot of aircraft on which Hoyt Clark was a gunner. Lt. Ross died when the plane crashed (after end of war); Hoyt was not on the flight.
5988Russell and John Manchester
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
Russell Manchester (center), John Manchester (right), and unknown man (left) in World War I uniforms posing in a studio. (MAN 14)
  • ca. 1917
  • 1 postcard
Russell and John Manchester
Item:
  • 5988   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
Date:
  • ca. 1917
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0179
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
Russell Manchester (center), John Manchester (right), and unknown man (left) in World War I uniforms posing in a studio. (MAN 14)
5990Russell Manchester
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
Thirteen American soldiers in France during World War I. Russell Manchester alone in third row, towards left. (MAN 5A)
  • 1917
  • 1 postcard
Russell Manchester
Item:
  • 5990   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
Date:
  • 1917
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0181
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
Thirteen American soldiers in France during World War I. Russell Manchester alone in third row, towards left. (MAN 5A)
5991Three American Soldiers
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
Photograph of three American soldiers in World War I sitting on the rim of a fountain. Addressed to Mrs. Leota Manchester, wife of Frank Manchester. (MAN 12)
  • 1917
  • 1 postcard
Three American Soldiers
Item:
  • 5991   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
Date:
  • 1917
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0182
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
Photograph of three American soldiers in World War I sitting on the rim of a fountain. Addressed to Mrs. Leota Manchester, wife of Frank Manchester. (MAN 12)
5992Russell Manchester
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
Twelve American soldiers in France during World War I. Russell Manchester on far right, in overalls. (MAN 5B)
  • 1917
  • 1 postcard
Russell Manchester
Item:
  • 5992   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
Date:
  • 1917
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0183
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
Twelve American soldiers in France during World War I. Russell Manchester on far right, in overalls. (MAN 5B)
1473Men Who Died for Their Country
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • Object, Sign
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Poster of a man holding a rifle, like the soldiers used in the Civil War. Below the soldier are names of 26 men from Mount Desert who died during the war.
  • Josh Blanchard, John Sweeney
  • 1 poster (in 3 parts)
Men Who Died for Their Country
Item:
  • 1473   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
Subject:
  • Object, Sign
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Josh Blanchard, John Sweeney
Collection:
  • Art Collection
Object ID:
  • ART 0022
Location:
  • Art OS Box 1, 4E6
Pages:
  • 1 poster (in 3 parts)
Description:
Poster of a man holding a rifle, like the soldiers used in the Civil War. Below the soldier are names of 26 men from Mount Desert who died during the war.
1901Honor Roll of War Dead from the Mount Desert during Civil War
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
A list of war dead from Mount Desert 1861, 1973. Compiled from municipal records
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 4
  • typescript
Honor Roll of War Dead from the Mount Desert during Civil War
Item:
  • 1901   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0414
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
A list of war dead from Mount Desert 1861, 1973. Compiled from municipal records
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
Personal letter at the end of WWII
Item:
  • 1841   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Clark Hoyt
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0354
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • 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.
1975Town of Mount Desert in the Civil War
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Compiled by Robert Pyle, librarian, these are Civil War service records for Mount Desert men.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2000
  • 40
  • typescript
Town of Mount Desert in the Civil War
Item:
  • 1975   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0488
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 40
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Compiled by Robert Pyle, librarian, these are Civil War service records for Mount Desert men.
3102From Turkish Toils, Armenian Family's Escape
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
  • Esther Mugerditchian
  • 45
  • booklet
From Turkish Toils, Armenian Family's Escape
Item:
  • 3102   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
Creator:
  • Esther Mugerditchian
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 476
Location:
  • IX
Pages:
  • 45
Medium:
  • booklet
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)
Letter to Harry Clark from Donald F. Graves
Item:
  • 1838   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Date:
  • 1943
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0351
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • 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.
2039Ruminations of a (Reluctant) B-29 Gunner
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
World War II diary of Hoyt Clark from training camp Feb. 1944 until discharge Nov. 1945. Serving on Guam and Tinian Islands in the Pacific, he describes bombing raids over Japan
  • Clark Hoyt
  • 11/21/2010
  • 57
  • typescript
Ruminations of a (Reluctant) B-29 Gunner
Item:
  • 2039   
Type:
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Clark Hoyt
Date:
  • 11/21/2010
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0553
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 57
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
World War II diary of Hoyt Clark from training camp Feb. 1944 until discharge Nov. 1945. Serving on Guam and Tinian Islands in the Pacific, he describes bombing raids over Japan
1952Stephen Smallidge Letter (kindness of Lucy H. Smith)
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Stephen Smallidge (May 30 1842-December 20 1908) of Northeast Harbor enlisted on March 11 1864 in the Maine Volunteer Regiment. This was during the Civil War. He later was resident of Northeast Harbor.
  • 1864
  • 6
  • photocopy
Stephen Smallidge Letter (kindness of Lucy H. Smith)
Item:
  • 1952   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Date:
  • 1864
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0465
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 6
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Stephen Smallidge (May 30 1842-December 20 1908) of Northeast Harbor enlisted on March 11 1864 in the Maine Volunteer Regiment. This was during the Civil War. He later was resident of Northeast Harbor.
1923Civil War Military, School and Schooner Statistics
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Lists of MDI Civil War enlistment, school enrollments with names and ages of & ages of students in District 7 (Sandy Point; Northeast Harbor) and District 8 (Long Pond) and list of vessels owned in Mount Desert in 1868.
  • Robert Lindsay Smallidge
  • 1864-1872
  • 7
  • photocopy
Civil War Military, School and Schooner Statistics
Item:
  • 1923   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Robert Lindsay Smallidge
Date:
  • 1864-1872
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0436
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Lists of MDI Civil War enlistment, school enrollments with names and ages of & ages of students in District 7 (Sandy Point; Northeast Harbor) and District 8 (Long Pond) and list of vessels owned in Mount Desert in 1868.
2000Savage Family Civil War Letters
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Copy of a manuscripted collection of letters exchanged by members of the Savage family between 1864 and l865. There are a few photographs of Savage descendants.
  • 1854-1865
  • 88
  • photocopy
Savage Family Civil War Letters
Item:
  • 2000   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Date:
  • 1854-1865
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0512
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 88
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy of a manuscripted collection of letters exchanged by members of the Savage family between 1864 and l865. There are a few photographs of Savage descendants.
6137General Andrew B. Spurling and Second Maine Cavalry
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Biography of General Andrew B. Spurling and the Second Maine Cavalry. Civil War. Compiled from official, individual, newspaper, etc. reports.
  • C. C. Roberts
  • 1904
  • 91
  • 1 book
  • fair
General Andrew B. Spurling and Second Maine Cavalry
Item:
  • 6137   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • C. C. Roberts
Date:
  • 1904
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 92 SPURLING
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 91
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Biography of General Andrew B. Spurling and the Second Maine Cavalry. Civil War. Compiled from official, individual, newspaper, etc. reports.
6962Edsel Ford's Bright Idea - Mount Desert joins the War effort
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Down East Magazine article about Edsel Fords's plan to keep an army of Mainers employed during World War II. Published June 1995.
  • Letitia Baldwin
  • 1995
  • page 52
  • magazine
Edsel Ford's Bright Idea - Mount Desert joins the War effort
Item:
  • 6962   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Letitia Baldwin
Date:
  • 1995
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0792
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • page 52
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Down East Magazine article about Edsel Fords's plan to keep an army of Mainers employed during World War II. Published June 1995.
1904Re-enacting
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Copy of an article about Civil War Reenactments by Joseph Smith, teacher at Mt. Desert Elementary School in early 1980's. Mr. Smith was actively involved with the Maine Civil War Company reenactment group.
  • Joseph Smith
  • 1983
  • pages 56-59
  • newspaper
Re-enacting
Item:
  • 1904   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Joseph Smith
Date:
  • 1983
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0417
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 56-59
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Copy of an article about Civil War Reenactments by Joseph Smith, teacher at Mt. Desert Elementary School in early 1980's. Mr. Smith was actively involved with the Maine Civil War Company reenactment group.
5086MDI Service Men in Guam
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
MDI Boys in Guam during WW II. Albert Dodge, Nelson Leland, Don Bryant, and Sonny Sprague. Photograph is a scan of Photograph appearing in Kathy Cavness weekly column in the Mount Desert Islander.
  • 1944
MDI Service Men in Guam
Item:
  • 5086   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Date:
  • 1944
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1483
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
MDI Boys in Guam during WW II. Albert Dodge, Nelson Leland, Don Bryant, and Sonny Sprague. Photograph is a scan of Photograph appearing in Kathy Cavness weekly column in the Mount Desert Islander.
5409Bart Dyer on defense cannon at Schooner Head
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
B/W photograph of Bart Dyer sitting on a coastal defense cannon at Schooner Head. The cannon, and another on Egg Rock, were in place during WWI.
  • Fred Pervear
  • 1938
Bart Dyer on defense cannon at Schooner Head
Item:
  • 5409   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
Creator:
  • Fred Pervear
Date:
  • 1938
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1817
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W photograph of Bart Dyer sitting on a coastal defense cannon at Schooner Head. The cannon, and another on Egg Rock, were in place during WWI.
5423Local Civil War Soldiers
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Scanned photographs of area Maine Militia and Civil War soldiers. Photo 1829 a: Colonel William Edwin Hadlock, Little Cranberry Isle Photo 1829 b: Samuel T. Savage, enlisted 8-21-1862 Photo 1829 c: Augustus Chase Savage, Acting Lieutenant, US Navy 1864-1865 Photo 1829 d: Thomas Savage, 1842-1865 (from a tintype) See item 2051/GEN 0565
  • 1842-1860's
Local Civil War Soldiers
Item:
  • 5423   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Date:
  • 1842-1860's
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1829
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Scanned photographs of area Maine Militia and Civil War soldiers. Photo 1829 a: Colonel William Edwin Hadlock, Little Cranberry Isle Photo 1829 b: Samuel T. Savage, enlisted 8-21-1862 Photo 1829 c: Augustus Chase Savage, Acting Lieutenant, US Navy 1864-1865 Photo 1829 d: Thomas Savage, 1842-1865 (from a tintype) See item 2051/GEN 0565