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1479Scott White Painting
  • Image, Art, Painting, Watercolor
  • Places, Shore
  • Scott White
  • 1949
  • watercolor on paper
Scott White Painting
Item:
  • 1479   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting, Watercolor
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Scott White
Date:
  • 1949
Collection:
  • Art Collection
Object ID:
  • ART 0028
Location:
  • Art Box 1, 4B3
Pages:
  • watercolor on paper
2698Deed and Title abstract: Scott Lot, Fernald Point
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Places
deed, Fernald to Fernald; Fernald property sketch
  • Mrs. J. A. Scott
  • 1916
  • title abstract 44pgs
Deed and Title abstract: Scott Lot, Fernald Point
Item:
  • 2698   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Mrs. J. A. Scott
Date:
  • 1916
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 111
Location:
  • II
Pages:
  • title abstract 44pgs
Description:
deed, Fernald to Fernald; Fernald property sketch
3561Map of the District of Maine Massachusetts
  • Map
  • Other, History
  • Places
It is a copy of a large map, depicts only the lower left corner of the full map. Rips have been repaired with tape.
  • Osgood Carleton
  • 1802
  • portion of map
  • paper
Map of the District of Maine Massachusetts
Item:
  • 3561   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Osgood Carleton
Date:
  • 1802
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0007 OC
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • portion of map
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
It is a copy of a large map, depicts only the lower left corner of the full map. Rips have been repaired with tape.
1672Rusticators
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Garden
History of the Thuya Gardens in Northeast Harbor with layout chart and many Photographs, including one of Joseph Curtis, the original owner. Published in Arts & Crafts Homes, Summer 2006
  • Regina Cole
  • 2006
  • pages 87-92
Rusticators
Item:
  • 1672   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Regina Cole
Date:
  • 2006
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0184
Location:
  • General Collection Box 6
Pages:
  • pages 87-92
Description:
History of the Thuya Gardens in Northeast Harbor with layout chart and many Photographs, including one of Joseph Curtis, the original owner. Published in Arts & Crafts Homes, Summer 2006
2026Flower bedtime
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Preparing the Thuya Gardens for winter at the hands of Priscilla Hutton, head gardener. Published in Down East Magazine, October 2010.
  • Rebecca Evarts
  • Oct-10
  • pages 80-89
  • photocopy
Flower bedtime
Item:
  • 2026   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Rebecca Evarts
Date:
  • Oct-10
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0538
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 80-89
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Preparing the Thuya Gardens for winter at the hands of Priscilla Hutton, head gardener. Published in Down East Magazine, October 2010.
1897It Could Have Been Mount Mansell Island!
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
Excerpt of an article by William Otis Sawtelle in a 1925 Sprague's Journal of Maine History. Sir Robert Mansell bought Mt. Desert Island in a lottery.
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 2002
  • pages 7-9
  • newspaper
It Could Have Been Mount Mansell Island!
Item:
  • 1897   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Date:
  • 2002
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0410
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 7-9
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Excerpt of an article by William Otis Sawtelle in a 1925 Sprague's Journal of Maine History. Sir Robert Mansell bought Mt. Desert Island in a lottery.
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
1745Beatrix Jones Farrand - Pioneer in Gilt-Edged Gardens
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Garden
Description with photographs and diagrams of Beatrix Farrand's designs of the gardens at Dunbarton Oaks. Published in "Landscape Architecture" in January 1977.
  • Marlene Salon
  • 1977
  • pages 69-77
  • photocopy
Beatrix Jones Farrand - Pioneer in Gilt-Edged Gardens
Item:
  • 1745   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Marlene Salon
Date:
  • 1977
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0258
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 69-77
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Description with photographs and diagrams of Beatrix Farrand's designs of the gardens at Dunbarton Oaks. Published in "Landscape Architecture" in January 1977.
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.
1729Beatrix Farrand's Last Maine Masterpiece
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Garden
Article with Photographs of the Farrand-designed year-round garden at Garland Farm in Salisbury Cove.
  • Jane Lamb
  • 2004
  • pages 54-59
  • magazine
Beatrix Farrand's Last Maine Masterpiece
Item:
  • 1729   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Jane Lamb
Date:
  • 2004
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0242
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 54-59
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Article with Photographs of the Farrand-designed year-round garden at Garland Farm in Salisbury Cove.
1735A Dream Transplanted
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Places, Garden
Detailed account of the move of the Reef Point Garden of Beatrix Farrand to the Thuya Garden in Northeast Harbor, supervised by Charles Savage. Published in "Garden Design", Spring 1988
  • Patrick Chasse
  • 1988
  • pages 26-31, 74-75
A Dream Transplanted
Item:
  • 1735   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Patrick Chasse
Date:
  • 1988
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0248
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 26-31, 74-75
Description:
Detailed account of the move of the Reef Point Garden of Beatrix Farrand to the Thuya Garden in Northeast Harbor, supervised by Charles Savage. Published in "Garden Design", Spring 1988
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.
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
2229Gardens by the Sea
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Garden
  • Places, Island
Article with photographs of several formal gardens, public and private, on Mount Desert Island. Beatrix Jones Farrand, renowned landscape architect, designed as many as 40 gardens on the island. Published in Connoisseur, August 1984.
  • Ogden Tanner
  • 1984
  • pages 104-108
  • magazine
Gardens by the Sea
Item:
  • 2229   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Ogden Tanner
Date:
  • 1984
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0743
Location:
  • General Collection Box 23
Pages:
  • pages 104-108
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Article with photographs of several formal gardens, public and private, on Mount Desert Island. Beatrix Jones Farrand, renowned landscape architect, designed as many as 40 gardens on the island. Published in Connoisseur, August 1984.
1667Far East Down East
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Garden
Article about the combined oriental and English garden at the summer retreat of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hall on Peabody Drive, Northeast Harbor.
  • Paula Deitz
  • 1993
  • page 58
Far East Down East
Item:
  • 1667   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Paula Deitz
Date:
  • 1993
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0179
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • page 58
Description:
Article about the combined oriental and English garden at the summer retreat of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hall on Peabody Drive, Northeast Harbor.
1668The Contours of the Past
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Garden
Article with Photographs and diagrams of the gardens of Thomas and Mary Hall on Peabody Drive, Northeast Harbor.
  • Jane Lamb
  • 1988
  • page 29
The Contours of the Past
Item:
  • 1668   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Jane Lamb
Date:
  • 1988
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0180
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • page 29
Description:
Article with Photographs and diagrams of the gardens of Thomas and Mary Hall on Peabody Drive, Northeast Harbor.
1472Sketches and Paintings
  • Object, Painting, Sketchbook
  • Nature, Plants
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Sarah Cabot Wheelwright (1834-1917). Sarah Cabot later became Mrs. Andrew Wheelwright and the mother of Miss Mary Cabot Wheelwright. Album contains 75 images.
  • Sarah Cabot Wheelwright
  • 1880's-1900's
  • Album, 14" x 17.5"
  • watercolors, drawings
Sketches and Paintings
Item:
  • 1472   
Type:
  • Object, Painting, Sketchbook
Subject:
  • Nature, Plants
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Sarah Cabot Wheelwright
Date:
  • 1880's-1900's
Collection:
  • Art Collection
Object ID:
  • ART 0021 SCW
Location:
  • 4A TOP
Pages:
  • Album, 14" x 17.5"
Medium:
  • watercolors, drawings
Description:
Sarah Cabot Wheelwright (1834-1917). Sarah Cabot later became Mrs. Andrew Wheelwright and the mother of Miss Mary Cabot Wheelwright. Album contains 75 images.
5717Mount Desert Architecture Photographs
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places
Digital images of buildings used in Downeast Design GEN 0193 (item 1681). Photographs available in Dropbox.
  • Mark Weaver
  • 2008
  • 99 photographs
  • 1 disc
Mount Desert Architecture Photographs
Item:
  • 5717   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Mark Weaver
Date:
  • 2008
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2103
Location:
  • CD Box 1
Pages:
  • 99 photographs
Medium:
  • 1 disc
Description:
Digital images of buildings used in Downeast Design GEN 0193 (item 1681). Photographs available in Dropbox.
7098Guide book for Mount Desert
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places, Island
Loring, Short & Harmon's illustrated guide book for Mount Desert Island (before Acadia National Park). With 5 mounted photographs. Fourth edition (1879). Sixth edition (1885).
  • Clara Barnes Martin
  • 1879
  • 95
  • 2 books
  • fragile
Guide book for Mount Desert
Item:
  • 7098   
Type:
  • Publication, Guidebook
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Clara Barnes Martin
Date:
  • 1879
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917 MAR
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 95
Medium:
  • 2 books
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
Loring, Short & Harmon's illustrated guide book for Mount Desert Island (before Acadia National Park). With 5 mounted photographs. Fourth edition (1879). Sixth edition (1885).
1761Love Gardens Hate Gardening
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Autobiographical story of her gardening capers at her Maryland home, 1980. Scan: cover, first pages only
  • Susan Sage Dillon
  • 1997
  • 9
  • bound typescript
Love Gardens Hate Gardening
Item:
  • 1761   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Susan Sage Dillon
Date:
  • 1997
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0273
Location:
  • General Collection Box 8
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • bound typescript
Description:
Autobiographical story of her gardening capers at her Maryland home, 1980. Scan: cover, first pages only
6489Town of Mount Desert, Maine
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Study of summer visitors' facilities in the Town of Mount Desert. It was prepared for the Summer-Year Round Planning Committee of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce.
  • Sulo J. Tani
  • 7/24/1964
  • 85
  • 1 book
Town of Mount Desert, Maine
Item:
  • 6489   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Sulo J. Tani
Date:
  • 7/24/1964
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • Shelf 2G1
Pages:
  • 85
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Study of summer visitors' facilities in the Town of Mount Desert. It was prepared for the Summer-Year Round Planning Committee of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce.
7063History of Vinalhaven
  • Publication, Book
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
A brief historical sketch of the Town of Vinalhaven from its earliest known settlement. Prepared by order of the town on the occasion of its One Hundredth Anniversary.
  • Albra Josephine Vinal
  • 1900
  • 84
  • 1 book
  • fair
History of Vinalhaven
Item:
  • 7063   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Albra Josephine Vinal
Date:
  • 1900
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 VIN
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 84
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
A brief historical sketch of the Town of Vinalhaven from its earliest known settlement. Prepared by order of the town on the occasion of its One Hundredth Anniversary.
7138Marvin Photograph Collection - Album 1
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Vessels, Ship
Photograph album from Edward Roberts Marvin and Katharine Langdon Marvin (Griffin). The collection is images of the Marvin family in Northeast Harbor, at Harvard University and elsewhere.
  • 1898-1899
  • 84
  • photograph album
  • some are faded
Marvin Photograph Collection - Album 1
Item:
  • 7138   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Vessels, Ship
Date:
  • 1898-1899
Collection:
  • Marvin Photograph Collection
Object ID:
  • MARVIN 1
Location:
  • Shelf 4E2
Pages:
  • 84
Medium:
  • photograph album
Condition:
  • some are faded
Description:
Photograph album from Edward Roberts Marvin and Katharine Langdon Marvin (Griffin). The collection is images of the Marvin family in Northeast Harbor, at Harvard University and elsewhere.
7067Richmond, a long view 1823-1973
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Pictorial supplement to "Richmond on the Kennebec".
  • The Richmond Historical and Cultural Society
  • 1973
  • 83
  • 1 book
  • good
Richmond, a long view 1823-1973
Item:
  • 7067   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • The Richmond Historical and Cultural Society
Date:
  • 1973
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 RICH
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 83
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Pictorial supplement to "Richmond on the Kennebec".
6090Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the Protection of the Woods from Fire
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Fire
  • Places
Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the protection of the woods from fire, upon the forest fires on the Island of Mount Desert, Me., in the year 1883, with a brief record of the same, and some suggestions for the better protection of the woods in the future.
  • Northeast Harbor Association for the protection of the Woods from Fire
  • 1884
  • 8
  • pamphlet
  • good
Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the Protection of the Woods from Fire
Item:
  • 6090   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places
Creator:
  • Northeast Harbor Association for the protection of the Woods from Fire
Date:
  • 1884
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 634.9 REPORT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • pamphlet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the protection of the woods from fire, upon the forest fires on the Island of Mount Desert, Me., in the year 1883, with a brief record of the same, and some suggestions for the better protection of the woods in the future.