A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
Description: A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
A collection of interesting incidents in the lives of the early settlers and the Indians of this country with reproduction of old prints and photographs. Volume II. Issued by the State Street Trust Company of Boston in commemoration of its 50th anniversary.
Description: A collection of interesting incidents in the lives of the early settlers and the Indians of this country with reproduction of old prints and photographs. Volume II. Issued by the State Street Trust Company of Boston in commemoration of its 50th anniversary.
Developmental history of Sutton Island which includes information on land owners and families, including John Gilley, Mary Cabot Wheelwright, and Rachel Field.
Description: Developmental history of Sutton Island which includes information on land owners and families, including John Gilley, Mary Cabot Wheelwright, and Rachel Field.
Book containing a collection of seventeen Reef Point Garden Bulletins: August 1946, November 1947, September 1948, August 1949, July 1950, August 1950, August 1951, June 1952, January 1953, June 1953, June 1954, July 1954, August 1954, August 1955, June 1956 (No. 15), June 1956 (No. 16), Vol. 1 No. 17.
Description: Book containing a collection of seventeen Reef Point Garden Bulletins: August 1946, November 1947, September 1948, August 1949, July 1950, August 1950, August 1951, June 1952, January 1953, June 1953, June 1954, July 1954, August 1954, August 1955, June 1956 (No. 15), June 1956 (No. 16), Vol. 1 No. 17.
About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor.
Description: About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor.
In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island. This privately published travel journal recounts with humor their adventures during those days of fun and discovery. This volume belongs to Sarah Carter and contains 36 sepia photographs. The entire journal (cover image) as well as the individual photographs have been scanned. From the Preface: "As the summer of 1888 drew near, some young friends put their heads together to arrange a pleasant trip, and realizing that it is not good for man (and consequently woman) to be alone, they decided to take pity on a few of the sons of Adam, of George Fox persuasion, inviting them to join in an excursion to Mt. Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude." From the estate of John Welsh Drayton and Cynthia Whitney Drayton. Donated to the Library by Mr. Whitney Drayton.
Description: In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island. This privately published travel journal recounts with humor their adventures during those days of fun and discovery. This volume belongs to Sarah Carter and contains 36 sepia photographs. The entire journal (cover image) as well as the individual photographs have been scanned. From the Preface: "As the summer of 1888 drew near, some young friends put their heads together to arrange a pleasant trip, and realizing that it is not good for man (and consequently woman) to be alone, they decided to take pity on a few of the sons of Adam, of George Fox persuasion, inviting them to join in an excursion to Mt. Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude." From the estate of John Welsh Drayton and Cynthia Whitney Drayton. Donated to the Library by Mr. Whitney Drayton. [show more]
Description: History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
Description: History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
A monthly magazine devoted to the history of Maine towns and families. Volume IX, No. 5, May 1898. Two Dollars Per Annum. Single number twenty five cents.
Description: A monthly magazine devoted to the history of Maine towns and families. Volume IX, No. 5, May 1898. Two Dollars Per Annum. Single number twenty five cents.
"Originally published in 1899 in The Century Magazine and in book form in 1904 by the American Unitarian Association under the title of: John Gilley, Maine farmer and fisherman."
Description: "Originally published in 1899 in The Century Magazine and in book form in 1904 by the American Unitarian Association under the title of: John Gilley, Maine farmer and fisherman."
Autobiographical account of a trip to Venice, staying at the Gritti Palace Hotel on the Grand Canal (with 3 photographs). Scan: cover, first pages only
Description: Autobiographical account of a trip to Venice, staying at the Gritti Palace Hotel on the Grand Canal (with 3 photographs). Scan: cover, first pages only
1 filing cabinet containing folders with envelopes, loose articles and clippings about local people, families, organizations and events. Articles are not catalogued by year nor subject. Files have been extracted from FileMaker (expect some formatting inaccuracies).
Description: 1 filing cabinet containing folders with envelopes, loose articles and clippings about local people, families, organizations and events. Articles are not catalogued by year nor subject. Files have been extracted from FileMaker (expect some formatting inaccuracies).
1 filing cabinet containing folders with envelopes, loose articles and clippings about local people, families, organizations and events. Compiled by Lydia Satterlee Rivers, who worked at the Northeast Harbor Library under Robert Pyle. The collection was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Rivers. Files are catalogued by subject. A Abbe Museum Acadia Animal Park Acadia National Park Agnese, Cheryl C. Agnese, Joseph H. Aircraft (historic) Allen, Richard Archeology Artists & Sculptors Ashley, Irving Asticou Inn Astor, Brooke Authors Automobile War B Ballard, Willis H. Bar Harbor Bar Harbor Airlines Bar Harbor Yacht Club Bartlett, Irene Bartlett Island Bass, Robert Beal & Bunker Ferry Beal, David A. Bell, Katie Belmont, Mrs. August Bird Count / MDI Christmas Beamer, Gillian Bigelow, William (Mac) Biological Lab, MDI Blair, Edward McC. Boat Builders Boat Skippers Boats (historic) Bond, James & Mary (Wickham) Bordeaux, Meredith (Bud) Bordeaux, Pearl Bowman, Bob Bryan, Ashley Brzezinsky, Zbigniew Brophy, Keira Brown, Tom Bryant, Roy Bucklin, Horace Burden, William A. M. Burr, Gregory Buildings Businesses, Small Island C Carr, Dennis Caughey, Phil Center Charpentier, Arthur Chasse, Patrick Churches Circus Claremont Hotel Coffin, Ernest L., M.D. Coffin, Steve Cole, Kendra Cole, Mark Coleman, Douglas L., Dr. College of the Atlantic Coombs, Arthur Coombs, Dwight Coombs, Harold Corning, Erastus II Cranberry Club Cranberry Isles Crime Articles Czapowsky, Miro D Damon, Dennis Damon, Herbert L. Dana, Carol Dickey, Charles D. Jr. Donnan, David Dudman, Helen Dudman, Martha Tod Dudman, Richard Durost, David E Eaton, Maxine Eliot, Charles Eliot, Thomas F Fairchild, Julia F. Falt, Gordon Farrand, Beatrix Favour, Edith Favour, Paul Fay, Gertrude Fennelly, Parker Fennelly, William Fernald, Barry Fernald, Jean Fernald, John S. Fires & Fire Equipment Fishing & Fishermen Flagg, Ernest Fremont-Smith, Frances Flye, Flick & Charlotte Frenchboro Foster, Ray & Beatrice G Gardiner, Elizabeth Gates, Thomas S. Jr. Gardens Genealogy Geology Gilley, Mildred Gilley, Wendell Gilpatric, Chadbourne Goriansky, Carola E. Grace, J. Peter Grant, Doris & Carolyn Graves, David Gray, C. Boyden Gray, Inez Great Duck Island Green, Joe Green Mountain Railway H Hadlock, Elmer Hadlock, Wendell S. Hagberg, Karol Hall, Thomas S. Dr. Hamblen, John & Della Hamlin, Clarice & Philip Hamor, Linda A. Hancock County Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations Hansen, Gunnar Harms, John Harrison, Wallace K. Haskell, G. Merrill Haynes, Richard Heckscher, August Heckshire, Claude Higgins, Victor & Ruby Hill, Gerald Hill, Percey History Holmes, Bernard (Bun) Housing, MDI Hylander, Bob I Ice J Jackson Lab Jekyll, Gertrude Jokes Jordan, John Jordan Pond House Jordan, Ruth Joy, Barbara Joy, Lillis K Kelley, Carl E. Mr. & Mrs. Kennedy, Moorhead Kimball, Ben Knowles, Asa Knowles, Lilly Belle Smallidge Knowles Real Estate L Lane, Priscilla (Skippy) Lanpher, Charles W. Lanpher, Juanita Layton, Victor LePage, Laurence Libitzki, Cheryl Library, NEH – Vol. I Library, NEH – Vol. II Library, NEH – Vol. III Art Displays Libraries Liebow, Bob Lighthouses Lippmann, Walter Lunt, Durlin Lynam, Lydia M Maddocks, Grace Mahaney, Kevin Mahaney, Larry K. Maine - Flood of ’87 (April 14, 1987) Maine – 200 years of Maine Housing Maine Coastal Program Maine Sea Coast Mission Massucco, Bart McGiffert, Cushman Rev. MDI Workshop McLean, Phillip & Annie Menzietti, Ivey & Annie Miller, Mimi Salisbury Milliken, Roger Morfit, J. Mason Mount Desert Mount Desert Boys in WWII Mount Desert Festival of Chamber Music Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Public Health Murphy, Maitland Murphy, Maurice Mussetti, Joseph Jr. N Neighborhood House Newman, Kim Newspapers Ninfi, Carlo Nitze, Paul Northeast Harbor O Obituaries P Parady, Bernard (Bernie) Patterson, Barbara N. (Mrs. Robert W. Patterson) Patterson, Robert Peabody, Mary Peck, Louine Peltz, Mrs. John Dewitt Phillips, Augustus Phippen, Les Politics Post Office (Otter Creek) Publishing Pyle, Louisa Pyle, Robert Q Quarries R Railroads Ramsdell, Jay Rand, Henry L. Real Estate Renault, David Rianhard, Richard Richards, Charles L. Richardson, Louise & Doug Rockefeller Family Roth, Hal Russell, Will S Sage, Dewitt Savage, Charles K. Savage, Dianna Savage, Fred Savage, Richard Sawmill in Somesville Schools Scouts Scull, David Seal Harbor Seals Seavey, Jon Serpell, Barry W. Dr. Serpell, Sandra Shaw, Samuel Smallidge, Anne Smallidge, Mr. & Mrs. Earl (Curly) Smallidge, Mazie Smith, Joseph T. Smith, Lucy (Mrs. Richard) Smith, Margaret Chase Smith, Samantha Smith, Stephen & Dennis Solar Houses Somes, Chauncey Somes Sound Somesville Somesville Fire Department Space Spiker, LaRue Sports Spurling, Arthur Spurling, Ted Stanley, Ralph Stanley, Woodbury Stroud, Joan Milliken Suminsby, Kathryn Suminsby, Robert T Tepco Theatre Thomas, Joseph B. IV Townsend, Bill Toy Lending Library (NEH) Tracy, Mrs. Ralph Tracy, Valerie Train, Barbara Tripp, Susan Tyler, Sally V Vinalhaven W Walls, John Walsh, Sean Watras, Victoria Watson, Herb Weinberger, Caspar & Jane Westphal, David Westphal, Gretchen Westphal, Joan Westphal, Mike Westphal, Ruth Whales Wheelock, Morgan Wheelwright, Mary White, Mary H. Dr. Whitehill, Walter Widmerding, John Woman’s Club of Northeast Harbor Wooden Boat Woodward, Charles H. Wright, Jack Wright, Mildred Y Yacht Club, Seal Harbor Young, Nathan Yourcenar, Marguerite Z Zirnkilton, Stephen
Description: 1 filing cabinet containing folders with envelopes, loose articles and clippings about local people, families, organizations and events. Compiled by Lydia Satterlee Rivers, who worked at the Northeast Harbor Library under Robert Pyle. The collection was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Rivers. Files are catalogued by subject. A Abbe Museum Acadia Animal Park Acadia National Park Agnese, Cheryl C. Agnese, Joseph H. Aircraft (historic) Allen, Richard Archeology Artists & Sculptors Ashley, Irving Asticou Inn Astor, Brooke Authors Automobile War B Ballard, Willis H. Bar Harbor Bar Harbor Airlines Bar Harbor Yacht Club Bartlett, Irene Bartlett Island Bass, Robert Beal & Bunker Ferry Beal, David A. Bell, Katie Belmont, Mrs. August Bird Count / MDI Christmas Beamer, Gillian Bigelow, William (Mac) Biological Lab, MDI Blair, Edward McC. Boat Builders Boat Skippers Boats (historic) Bond, James & Mary (Wickham) Bordeaux, Meredith (Bud) Bordeaux, Pearl Bowman, Bob Bryan, Ashley Brzezinsky, Zbigniew Brophy, Keira Brown, Tom Bryant, Roy Bucklin, Horace Burden, William A. M. Burr, Gregory Buildings Businesses, Small Island C Carr, Dennis Caughey, Phil Center Charpentier, Arthur Chasse, Patrick Churches Circus Claremont Hotel Coffin, Ernest L., M.D. Coffin, Steve Cole, Kendra Cole, Mark Coleman, Douglas L., Dr. College of the Atlantic Coombs, Arthur Coombs, Dwight Coombs, Harold Corning, Erastus II Cranberry Club Cranberry Isles Crime Articles Czapowsky, Miro D Damon, Dennis Damon, Herbert L. Dana, Carol Dickey, Charles D. Jr. Donnan, David Dudman, Helen Dudman, Martha Tod Dudman, Richard Durost, David E Eaton, Maxine Eliot, Charles Eliot, Thomas F Fairchild, Julia F. Falt, Gordon Farrand, Beatrix Favour, Edith Favour, Paul Fay, Gertrude Fennelly, Parker Fennelly, William Fernald, Barry Fernald, Jean Fernald, John S. Fires & Fire Equipment Fishing & Fishermen Flagg, Ernest Fremont-Smith, Frances Flye, Flick & Charlotte Frenchboro Foster, Ray & Beatrice G Gardiner, Elizabeth Gates, Thomas S. Jr. Gardens Genealogy Geology Gilley, Mildred Gilley, Wendell Gilpatric, Chadbourne Goriansky, Carola E. Grace, J. Peter Grant, Doris & Carolyn Graves, David Gray, C. Boyden Gray, Inez Great Duck Island Green, Joe Green Mountain Railway H Hadlock, Elmer Hadlock, Wendell S. Hagberg, Karol Hall, Thomas S. Dr. Hamblen, John & Della Hamlin, Clarice & Philip Hamor, Linda A. Hancock County Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations Hansen, Gunnar Harms, John Harrison, Wallace K. Haskell, G. Merrill Haynes, Richard Heckscher, August Heckshire, Claude Higgins, Victor & Ruby Hill, Gerald Hill, Percey History Holmes, Bernard (Bun) Housing, MDI Hylander, Bob I Ice J Jackson Lab Jekyll, Gertrude Jokes Jordan, John Jordan Pond House Jordan, Ruth Joy, Barbara Joy, Lillis K Kelley, Carl E. Mr. & Mrs. Kennedy, Moorhead Kimball, Ben Knowles, Asa Knowles, Lilly Belle Smallidge Knowles Real Estate L Lane, Priscilla (Skippy) Lanpher, Charles W. Lanpher, Juanita Layton, Victor LePage, Laurence Libitzki, Cheryl Library, NEH – Vol. I Library, NEH – Vol. II Library, NEH – Vol. III Art Displays Libraries Liebow, Bob Lighthouses Lippmann, Walter Lunt, Durlin Lynam, Lydia M Maddocks, Grace Mahaney, Kevin Mahaney, Larry K. Maine - Flood of ’87 (April 14, 1987) Maine – 200 years of Maine Housing Maine Coastal Program Maine Sea Coast Mission Massucco, Bart McGiffert, Cushman Rev. MDI Workshop McLean, Phillip & Annie Menzietti, Ivey & Annie Miller, Mimi Salisbury Milliken, Roger Morfit, J. Mason Mount Desert Mount Desert Boys in WWII Mount Desert Festival of Chamber Music Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Public Health Murphy, Maitland Murphy, Maurice Mussetti, Joseph Jr. N Neighborhood House Newman, Kim Newspapers Ninfi, Carlo Nitze, Paul Northeast Harbor O Obituaries P Parady, Bernard (Bernie) Patterson, Barbara N. (Mrs. Robert W. Patterson) Patterson, Robert Peabody, Mary Peck, Louine Peltz, Mrs. John Dewitt Phillips, Augustus Phippen, Les Politics Post Office (Otter Creek) Publishing Pyle, Louisa Pyle, Robert Q Quarries R Railroads Ramsdell, Jay Rand, Henry L. Real Estate Renault, David Rianhard, Richard Richards, Charles L. Richardson, Louise & Doug Rockefeller Family Roth, Hal Russell, Will S Sage, Dewitt Savage, Charles K. Savage, Dianna Savage, Fred Savage, Richard Sawmill in Somesville Schools Scouts Scull, David Seal Harbor Seals Seavey, Jon Serpell, Barry W. Dr. Serpell, Sandra Shaw, Samuel Smallidge, Anne Smallidge, Mr. & Mrs. Earl (Curly) Smallidge, Mazie Smith, Joseph T. Smith, Lucy (Mrs. Richard) Smith, Margaret Chase Smith, Samantha Smith, Stephen & Dennis Solar Houses Somes, Chauncey Somes Sound Somesville Somesville Fire Department Space Spiker, LaRue Sports Spurling, Arthur Spurling, Ted Stanley, Ralph Stanley, Woodbury Stroud, Joan Milliken Suminsby, Kathryn Suminsby, Robert T Tepco Theatre Thomas, Joseph B. IV Townsend, Bill Toy Lending Library (NEH) Tracy, Mrs. Ralph Tracy, Valerie Train, Barbara Tripp, Susan Tyler, Sally V Vinalhaven W Walls, John Walsh, Sean Watras, Victoria Watson, Herb Weinberger, Caspar & Jane Westphal, David Westphal, Gretchen Westphal, Joan Westphal, Mike Westphal, Ruth Whales Wheelock, Morgan Wheelwright, Mary White, Mary H. Dr. Whitehill, Walter Widmerding, John Woman’s Club of Northeast Harbor Wooden Boat Woodward, Charles H. Wright, Jack Wright, Mildred Y Yacht Club, Seal Harbor Young, Nathan Yourcenar, Marguerite Z Zirnkilton, Stephen [show more]
Article about many Northeast Harbor summer and year-round families (Mellon, Milliken, Peabody, Strawbridge), organizations (Cranberry Club) and places in town. Published in Town & Country, July 1985.
Description: Article about many Northeast Harbor summer and year-round families (Mellon, Milliken, Peabody, Strawbridge), organizations (Cranberry Club) and places in town. Published in Town & Country, July 1985.
"It is a special tribute to the town of Bar Harbor, a diverse community surrounded by extraordinary scenery that inspired the original name, Eden. The magazine focuses on the rich heritage that created this community - how the town evolved from a fishing and farming community to a summer haven for wealthy socialites to a first-class tourist destination." Articles in this issue include: 1. A town they called Eden 2. Living on the Rocks 3. Boating to Bar Harbor 4. Bar Harbor's First Settlers 5. An island on fire 6. An education in ecology 7. Searching for a rustic life 8. A Cottage culture 9. A tale of Two Labs 10. Acaidia: One of America's Jewels 11. A friendly group 12. A bright future 13. Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives.
Description: "It is a special tribute to the town of Bar Harbor, a diverse community surrounded by extraordinary scenery that inspired the original name, Eden. The magazine focuses on the rich heritage that created this community - how the town evolved from a fishing and farming community to a summer haven for wealthy socialites to a first-class tourist destination." Articles in this issue include: 1. A town they called Eden 2. Living on the Rocks 3. Boating to Bar Harbor 4. Bar Harbor's First Settlers 5. An island on fire 6. An education in ecology 7. Searching for a rustic life 8. A Cottage culture 9. A tale of Two Labs 10. Acaidia: One of America's Jewels 11. A friendly group 12. A bright future 13. Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives. [show more]
Short biography of Islesford's resident artist and storyteller, Ashley Bryan with focus on his life and home on Cranberry Island. Published in Down East Magazine, December 1991.
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Collection:
General Collection
Object ID:
GEN 0524
Location:
General Collection Box 17
Pages:
pages 52-65
Medium:
magazine
Description: Short biography of Islesford's resident artist and storyteller, Ashley Bryan with focus on his life and home on Cranberry Island. Published in Down East Magazine, December 1991.
Short biography of Rachel Field's life on Sutton Island and nearby Cranberry Islands and how her environment influenced her writing. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1971.
Description: Short biography of Rachel Field's life on Sutton Island and nearby Cranberry Islands and how her environment influenced her writing. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1971.
Short biography of Beatrix Farrand - her family background, her education, her focus on her Reef Point Gardens in Bar Harbor, and her landscape projects, including the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller garden in Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1985.
Description: Short biography of Beatrix Farrand - her family background, her education, her focus on her Reef Point Gardens in Bar Harbor, and her landscape projects, including the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller garden in Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1985.
Memories of growing up in Bar Harbor in the late 1890's and early 1900's. Ms. Cole writes of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. family in Seal Harbor. Many Photographs including an aerial shot of the "Eyrie". Published in Down East Magazine, July 1969.
Description: Memories of growing up in Bar Harbor in the late 1890's and early 1900's. Ms. Cole writes of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. family in Seal Harbor. Many Photographs including an aerial shot of the "Eyrie". Published in Down East Magazine, July 1969.