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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
6173Census records - Islands
  • Document, Government, Census Record
  • People
  • Places, Island
Three groups, clipped. Mount Desert, Cranberry Isles, Black, Bartlett, Gott, Eden Pond, Placenta, Long, Swans. 1850 census
Census records - Islands
Item:
  • 6173   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Census Record
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 7
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
Three groups, clipped. Mount Desert, Cranberry Isles, Black, Bartlett, Gott, Eden Pond, Placenta, Long, Swans. 1850 census
2410Plan of Mount Desert Eastern Shore Ld., Co.
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
Rough copy of development plans, 13x18" tracing cloth, of part of Mount Desert Island showing property of Mount Desert Eastern Shore Land Company (a development group), encompassing 3500 acres on land now part of Seal Harbor and Acadia National Park. Shows cottage lots near Wildwood Farms, the Triad, Turtle Lake (Bubble Pond today). Also shows proposed elevated railroad from Northeast Harbor to Jordan Pond, Eagle Lake, and beyond.
  • 1
  • MAP
Plan of Mount Desert Eastern Shore Ld., Co.
Item:
  • 2410   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 21
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Rough copy of development plans, 13x18" tracing cloth, of part of Mount Desert Island showing property of Mount Desert Eastern Shore Land Company (a development group), encompassing 3500 acres on land now part of Seal Harbor and Acadia National Park. Shows cottage lots near Wildwood Farms, the Triad, Turtle Lake (Bubble Pond today). Also shows proposed elevated railroad from Northeast Harbor to Jordan Pond, Eagle Lake, and beyond.
6436The History of Great Britain
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
The Time Line,& The Birth of Britain. Early History of the Island of Great Britain.
The History of Great Britain
Item:
  • 6436   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 51
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
The Time Line,& The Birth of Britain. Early History of the Island of Great Britain.
2369Kendall Property
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Pencil sketch on parchment of Kendall property on southeast end of Sutton Island.
  • 2
  • MAP
Kendall Property
Item:
  • 2369   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 172
Location:
  • GHC Box 5
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Pencil sketch on parchment of Kendall property on southeast end of Sutton Island.
2370Map of Sutton and Cranberry Islands
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Ink sketched drawing on parchment of properties on Sutton, Little Cranberry and Great Cranberry Islands.
  • 2
  • MAP
Map of Sutton and Cranberry Islands
Item:
  • 2370   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 173
Location:
  • GHC Box 5
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Ink sketched drawing on parchment of properties on Sutton, Little Cranberry and Great Cranberry Islands.
2373Property of Joseph Spurling
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Roughly sketched lot map, 28x24", showing property of Joseph Spurling & heirs on Cranberry Island. Brooks property adjoins.
  • 1
  • MAP
Property of Joseph Spurling
Item:
  • 2373   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 176
Location:
  • GHC Box 5
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Roughly sketched lot map, 28x24", showing property of Joseph Spurling & heirs on Cranberry Island. Brooks property adjoins.
2406Salem Town Map - Western part of MDI
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Copy of the Salem Town map of the western part of MDI showing property lots.
  • 2
  • MAP
  • very fragile, damaged
Salem Town Map - Western part of MDI
Item:
  • 2406   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Tremont
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 206
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • very fragile, damaged
Description:
Copy of the Salem Town map of the western part of MDI showing property lots.
1480Seal Island, Nova Scotia
  • Image, Art, Other Art
  • Events, Shipwreck
  • Places, Island
Scene of the wreck of the steamship Columbia July 2, 1843
  • Stanhope Lenard Esq.
  • pencil on paper
Seal Island, Nova Scotia
Item:
  • 1480   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Other Art
Subject:
  • Events, Shipwreck
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Stanhope Lenard Esq.
Place:
  • International
Collection:
  • Art Collection
Object ID:
  • ART 0029
Location:
  • Art Box 1, 4B3
Pages:
  • pencil on paper
Description:
Scene of the wreck of the steamship Columbia July 2, 1843
1488The Duck Islands
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
A paper about the Duck Islands (Great Duck and Little Duck) off the southern shore of Mount Desert Island. Written by Emily Phillip Reynolds for a presentation to the Woman's Literary Club in 1930.
  • Emily Phillips Reynolds
  • 7
  • typescript
The Duck Islands
Item:
  • 1488   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Emily Phillips Reynolds
Place:
  • Frenchboro, Great Duck Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0006 EPR
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
A paper about the Duck Islands (Great Duck and Little Duck) off the southern shore of Mount Desert Island. Written by Emily Phillip Reynolds for a presentation to the Woman's Literary Club in 1930.
1489Beals Island
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Places, Island
A paper signed Notes of Mary C. Wheelwright September 1947 that highlights her interactions with locals about Beals Island.
  • Mary C. Wheelwright
  • 2
  • typescript
Beals Island
Item:
  • 1489   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Mary C. Wheelwright
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0007 MCW
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
A paper signed Notes of Mary C. Wheelwright September 1947 that highlights her interactions with locals about Beals Island.
1509Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine.
  • George L. Stebbins
  • Aug-38
  • 11
  • typescript
Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 1509   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • George L. Stebbins
Date:
  • Aug-38
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0021 GLS
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 11
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine.
1579Life on an Island:
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
Lesson Plan #l6. A study program dealing with the lives and livelihoods of Cranberry Isle residents.
  • Laurie Hobbs-Olson
  • photocopy
Life on an Island:
Item:
  • 1579   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Laurie Hobbs-Olson
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0091
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Lesson Plan #l6. A study program dealing with the lives and livelihoods of Cranberry Isle residents.
1655Park Service Capitulates Isle Au Haut Giveaway
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Article about Isle au Haut in relation to National Park.
  • Dec-77
  • 1
  • photocopy
Park Service Capitulates Isle Au Haut Giveaway
Item:
  • 1655   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Date:
  • Dec-77
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Isle au Haut
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0167
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Article about Isle au Haut in relation to National Park.
1713Abraham Somes Letters about Mount Desert and Sutton Island
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Island
Letter of Abraham Somes to Eben Parsons Esq. in regard to the Settlement of Mount Desert.
  • 4
  • typescript and photocopy
Abraham Somes Letters about Mount Desert and Sutton Island
Item:
  • 1713   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0225
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript and photocopy
Description:
Letter of Abraham Somes to Eben Parsons Esq. in regard to the Settlement of Mount Desert.
1722Mount Desert Island Facts
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
General facts, statistics, historical and political information of Mount Desert Island.
  • 4
Mount Desert Island Facts
Item:
  • 1722   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0234
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 4
Description:
General facts, statistics, historical and political information of Mount Desert Island.
1747Running To Catch Up
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • People
  • Places, Island
Personal narratives, wife of Park Ranger, life in Maine and elsewhere.
  • Edith Favour
  • 46
  • typescript
Running To Catch Up
Item:
  • 1747   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Edith Favour
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0260
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 46
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Personal narratives, wife of Park Ranger, life in Maine and elsewhere.
1751Cranberry Isles Sketches
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • People
  • Places, Island
Reminiscences of social life & customs, Cranberry Islands, 1959
  • Louis G. Barrett
  • 82
  • typescript
Cranberry Isles Sketches
Item:
  • 1751   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Louis G. Barrett
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0263
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 82
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Reminiscences of social life & customs, Cranberry Islands, 1959
1754Recollections of Summers Spent: Northeast Harbor, Maine.
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Places, Island
A collection of 1930 and 1940 boyhood memories of time at "Rockend Dock" including stories of Captains Lou Stanley, Bert Spurling and Bill Black. 2 copies.
  • Henry T. Reath
  • 8
  • 2 copies
Recollections of Summers Spent: Northeast Harbor, Maine.
Item:
  • 1754   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Henry T. Reath
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0266
Location:
  • General Collection Box 8
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • 2 copies
Description:
A collection of 1930 and 1940 boyhood memories of time at "Rockend Dock" including stories of Captains Lou Stanley, Bert Spurling and Bill Black. 2 copies.
1873Adventures on Mount Desert
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
Buckboards and down-home cooking were the chief creature comforts for island visitors in the decade before the great hotels and cottages began to crowd the scene. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1995
  • John Cole
  • Jul-95
  • pages 74-75, 88-92
  • photocopy
Adventures on Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1873   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • John Cole
Date:
  • Jul-95
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0387
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 74-75, 88-92
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Buckboards and down-home cooking were the chief creature comforts for island visitors in the decade before the great hotels and cottages began to crowd the scene. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1995
1907The Last WASP Enclave
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
On MDI, off the coast of Maine, our man observes the Rockefellers at rest and decides to go native. The description of Island & customs are great. Published on GQ, September 1991
  • John Sedgwick
  • Sep-91
  • pages 163-179
  • photocopy
The Last WASP Enclave
Item:
  • 1907   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • John Sedgwick
Date:
  • Sep-91
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0420
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • pages 163-179
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
On MDI, off the coast of Maine, our man observes the Rockefellers at rest and decides to go native. The description of Island & customs are great. Published on GQ, September 1991
1912Henry Buxton says
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
A clipping from a newspaper article about Mrs. Harriet M. Lyman, 80, who saw Mt. Desert Develop from Fishing Villages to World-famed Resort, also a Photograph of Mrs. Lyman.
  • Henry Buxton
  • 1
  • photocopy and newspaper
  • poor
Henry Buxton says
Item:
  • 1912   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Henry Buxton
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0425
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • photocopy and newspaper
Condition:
  • poor
Description:
A clipping from a newspaper article about Mrs. Harriet M. Lyman, 80, who saw Mt. Desert Develop from Fishing Villages to World-famed Resort, also a Photograph of Mrs. Lyman.
1936Ensign Ben Bunker, Mount Desert, and The Cranberry Isles
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
This is a second in a series of Occasional Papers to be published under the auspices of the Islesford Historical Society. It was given to Anne Haynes who gave it to the Northeast Harbor Library.
  • Theodore Spurling Sr.
  • Aug-91
  • 19
  • typescript
Ensign Ben Bunker, Mount Desert, and The Cranberry Isles
Item:
  • 1936   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Theodore Spurling Sr.
Date:
  • Aug-91
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0449
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 19
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
This is a second in a series of Occasional Papers to be published under the auspices of the Islesford Historical Society. It was given to Anne Haynes who gave it to the Northeast Harbor Library.
1960Towns of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Explaining formation of towns & dates these occurred. It also gives a more detailed description of the Town of Mount Desert & services offered.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 1
  • typescript
Towns of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1960   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0473
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Explaining formation of towns & dates these occurred. It also gives a more detailed description of the Town of Mount Desert & services offered.
2031Lure of the Maine Coast
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
Short biography of Fitz Hugh Lane and an excerpt from William Witherle's diary of a sailing trip with Lane and 4 other men from Castine to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1988.
  • William Witherle
  • Oct-88
  • 5
  • magazine
Lure of the Maine Coast
Item:
  • 2031   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • William Witherle
Date:
  • Oct-88
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0543
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Short biography of Fitz Hugh Lane and an excerpt from William Witherle's diary of a sailing trip with Lane and 4 other men from Castine to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1988.
2033Cranberry Chronicle
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
News of Cranberry House and the GCI Historical Society. President: Phil Whitney
  • GCI Historical Society
  • Nov-09
  • 4
  • typescript
Cranberry Chronicle
Item:
  • 2033   
Type:
  • Publication, Newsletter
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • GCI Historical Society
Date:
  • Nov-09
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0545
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
News of Cranberry House and the GCI Historical Society. President: Phil Whitney