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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
Story of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1485   
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0002 SEM
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 79
Medium:
  • 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.
1500Early History of Seal Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Typescript about the history of Seal Harbor, Maine.
  • Lyda B. Carter
  • 1959
  • 19
  • typescript
Early History of Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 1500   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Lyda B. Carter
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0015 LBC
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 19
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Typescript about the history of Seal Harbor, Maine.
1557150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Places, Town
August 20, 1959 Commemorative Issue.
  • 1959
  • 16
  • photograph copy
150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
Item:
  • 1557   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0068
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 16
Medium:
  • photograph copy
Description:
August 20, 1959 Commemorative Issue.
1568Monument to a Conservationist
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Park
Article about George B. Dorr and Acadia National Park.
  • J. R. Crane
  • 1957
  • 7
  • magazine article
Monument to a Conservationist
Item:
  • 1568   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • J. R. Crane
Date:
  • 1957
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0079
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • magazine article
Description:
Article about George B. Dorr and Acadia National Park.
1575Economic Survey of Mt. Desert Island
  • Document, Report
  • Places, Island
This paper is to add to the summary report released by the Joint Island Industrial Development Committee released a year ago.
  • Stacy May
  • 1950
Economic Survey of Mt. Desert Island
Item:
  • 1575   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Stacy May
Date:
  • 1950
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0087
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Description:
This paper is to add to the summary report released by the Joint Island Industrial Development Committee released a year ago.
1594Northeast Harbor Alarm Call Card
  • Document, List
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Town
Manila card, compliments of Haynes Garage, sent to community residents and businesses with the fire alarm location signals.
  • 1950's
  • 1
Northeast Harbor Alarm Call Card
Item:
  • 1594   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1950's
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0106
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1
Description:
Manila card, compliments of Haynes Garage, sent to community residents and businesses with the fire alarm location signals.
1734An Attempted Evocation of a Personality
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Memorial article to Beatrix Farrand as one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Includes comments of Reef Point and Dumbarton Oaks.
  • Mildred B. Bliss
  • 1959
  • pages 218-224
  • photocopy
An Attempted Evocation of a Personality
Item:
  • 1734   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Mildred B. Bliss
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0247
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 218-224
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Memorial article to Beatrix Farrand as one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Includes comments of Reef Point and Dumbarton Oaks.
1736Heather Time at Reef Point
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Places, Garden
Brief descriptive tour of the Reef Point Gardens of Beatrix Farrand in Bar Harbor.
  • Daniel Foley
  • 1953
  • page 323
  • photocopy
Heather Time at Reef Point
Item:
  • 1736   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Daniel Foley
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0249
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • page 323
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Brief descriptive tour of the Reef Point Gardens of Beatrix Farrand in Bar Harbor.
1833Patriarchal Picnics
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
Frances Eliot reminisces in this essay of summer days in Northeast Harbor with Charles Eliot, President of Harvard Univ. (her father-in-law). She was the wife of Rev. Samuel Eliot.
  • Frances Hopkinson Eliot
  • 1940-1950
  • pages 55-56
  • magazine
Patriarchal Picnics
Item:
  • 1833   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Frances Hopkinson Eliot
Date:
  • 1940-1950
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0346
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Pages:
  • pages 55-56
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Frances Eliot reminisces in this essay of summer days in Northeast Harbor with Charles Eliot, President of Harvard Univ. (her father-in-law). She was the wife of Rev. Samuel Eliot.
2088Fact Manual for Industry
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
Report on advantages on Mount Desert Island for economic and industrial development. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
  • Mount Desert Development Corporation
  • 1956
  • 23
  • 1 book
Fact Manual for Industry
Item:
  • 2088   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Development Corporation
Date:
  • 1956
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0602
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 23
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Report on advantages on Mount Desert Island for economic and industrial development. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
2173Bar Harbor Times
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events
  • Places, Town
A weekly newspaper covering the events of the communities on MDI, the schools, births, deaths, marriages and other important news or items of interest that occur.
  • 10/4/1951
  • newspaper
Bar Harbor Times
Item:
  • 2173   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 10/4/1951
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0686
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
A weekly newspaper covering the events of the communities on MDI, the schools, births, deaths, marriages and other important news or items of interest that occur.
2187150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Commemorative issue of the Bar Harbor Times with many articles of Seal Harbor's historic places, early settlers and summer residents.
  • 8/20/1959
  • 4
  • newspaper
150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
Item:
  • 2187   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 8/20/1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0701
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Commemorative issue of the Bar Harbor Times with many articles of Seal Harbor's historic places, early settlers and summer residents.
2268Modern Deer Management Methods Needed in Maine
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Nature, Animals
  • Places, Island
  • Lawrie Holmes
  • 12/12/1952
  • 2
  • typescript
Modern Deer Management Methods Needed in Maine
Item:
  • 2268   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Lawrie Holmes
Date:
  • 12/12/1952
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0772
Location:
  • General Collection Box 24
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript
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.
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.
2408Property of Roland & Nathalie Veilleux
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, River
Property drawing of Roland & Nathalie Veilleux on Union River Bay in Trenton, ME.
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1959
  • 1
  • MAP
Property of Roland & Nathalie Veilleux
Item:
  • 2408   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, River
Creator:
  • Maurice Burr
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 208
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Property drawing of Roland & Nathalie Veilleux on Union River Bay in Trenton, ME.
2429Property of George Piper
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Lake
Lot map, 31x17.5", showing subdivision plan "A" of land of George Piper, east of Burrall Point, Gardner Lake, Marion, ME.
  • Richard A. Mawhinney
  • 1959
  • 2
  • MAP
Property of George Piper
Item:
  • 2429   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Lake
Creator:
  • Richard A. Mawhinney
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 227
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Lot map, 31x17.5", showing subdivision plan "A" of land of George Piper, east of Burrall Point, Gardner Lake, Marion, ME.
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.
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.
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.
2673Manchester Road - Preliminary Survey
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Places, Carriage Road
Pencil sketch on parchment, 35x23", of survey of Manchester Road.
  • 1954
  • 1
  • MAP
  • very faded
Manchester Road - Preliminary Survey
Item:
  • 2673   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Places, Carriage Road
Date:
  • 1954
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 99
Location:
  • GHC Box 3
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • very faded
Description:
Pencil sketch on parchment, 35x23", of survey of Manchester Road.
3492Set of 5 pastels
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Landscape
Were in the old Patterson room, named for the artist.
  • Antoinette De Coursey Patterson
  • 1952
Set of 5 pastels
Item:
  • 3492   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Antoinette De Coursey Patterson
Date:
  • 1952
Collection:
  • Library Items
Location:
  • Upstairs Hallway
Description:
Were in the old Patterson room, named for the artist.
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.
3595Moosehead Lake in Maine
  • Map
  • Places, Lake
Shows relief by hachures, includes key points of interest in Rockwood and Greenville, Maine. Revision of map done by Luther S. Phillips in 1953.
  • Augustus D. Phillips
  • 1971, 1953
  • 2
  • MAP
Moosehead Lake in Maine
Item:
  • 3595   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
Creator:
  • Augustus D. Phillips
Date:
  • 1971, 1953
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0041 ADP
Location:
  • Shelf 5E4
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Shows relief by hachures, includes key points of interest in Rockwood and Greenville, Maine. Revision of map done by Luther S. Phillips in 1953.
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