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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1942Town Report of Town of Eden
  • Document, Report
  • Places, Town
Town Report (covers missing) of all the selectmen , Board of Health, Road Commissioner, Overseer of the Poor, Treasurer and Collector, Town Clerk, School Committee & Superintendent.
  • M. C. Morrison, Assessor of Eden
  • 12/31/1913
  • 157
  • 1 book
Town Report of Town of Eden
Item:
  • 1942   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • M. C. Morrison, Assessor of Eden
Date:
  • 12/31/1913
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0455
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 157
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Town Report (covers missing) of all the selectmen , Board of Health, Road Commissioner, Overseer of the Poor, Treasurer and Collector, Town Clerk, School Committee & Superintendent.
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.
1780James Terry Gardiner Selected Letters and Stories from the Old West
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Places
Selections of letters of James Terry Gardiner to his mother, Anne Terry Gardiner, in Troy NY as he traveled west.
  • Anne Gardiner
  • 1863-1865
  • 112
  • 1 book
James Terry Gardiner Selected Letters and Stories from the Old West
Item:
  • 1780   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Anne Gardiner
Date:
  • 1863-1865
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0292
Location:
  • General Collection Box 8
Pages:
  • 112
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Selections of letters of James Terry Gardiner to his mother, Anne Terry Gardiner, in Troy NY as he traveled west.
7193Asticou Terraces
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Places, Garden
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Brochure about Asticou Terraces and Thuya Lodge on Asticou Hill.
  • 4
  • 1 brochure
  • good
Asticou Terraces
Item:
  • 7193   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0810
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • 1 brochure
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Brochure about Asticou Terraces and Thuya Lodge on Asticou Hill.
7396The Forest Hill Society Ledger Book
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Organizations
  • Places, Cemetery
The Forest Hill Society was a women's group mainly focused on raising money to help defray costs at the Forest Hill Cemetery. This ledger covers a period of 13 years, between March 1958 and January 1971.
  • 1958-1971
  • 180
  • 1 ledger book
  • fair
The Forest Hill Society Ledger Book
Item:
  • 7396   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • Places, Cemetery
Date:
  • 1958-1971
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0847
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 1, 5A5
Pages:
  • 180
Medium:
  • 1 ledger book
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
The Forest Hill Society was a women's group mainly focused on raising money to help defray costs at the Forest Hill Cemetery. This ledger covers a period of 13 years, between March 1958 and January 1971.
7224Neighborhood House Letter of Appeal
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
Letter of appeal for fundraising sent by Frederick F. Brown, president of the Neighborhood House, in order to raise $25,000 to meet a challenge gift of $100,000 to renovate the building. Included is a brochure.
  • Frederick F. Brown
  • 1986
  • 2
  • 1 letter, 1 brochure
Neighborhood House Letter of Appeal
Item:
  • 7224   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Frederick F. Brown
Date:
  • 1986
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0826
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • 1 letter, 1 brochure
Description:
Letter of appeal for fundraising sent by Frederick F. Brown, president of the Neighborhood House, in order to raise $25,000 to meet a challenge gift of $100,000 to renovate the building. Included is a brochure.
1943A Casual History of the Neighborhood House
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Events, Performance
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
The Neighborhood House has been linked to the Mt Desert Festival of Chamber Music since 1963. There has been many changes in the hall, but music has been uninterrupted.
  • Weslea Sidon
  • 2000
  • 1 pamphlet
A Casual History of the Neighborhood House
Item:
  • 1943   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Events, Performance
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Weslea Sidon
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0456
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Medium:
  • 1 pamphlet
Description:
The Neighborhood House has been linked to the Mt Desert Festival of Chamber Music since 1963. There has been many changes in the hall, but music has been uninterrupted.
1721Home, Art & Garden Tour
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Events
  • Places, Garden
Tour guide printed for the first annual Home, Art, and Garden Tour opened to the public sponsored by the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society.
  • Aug-10
  • 8
  • 1 pamphlet
Home, Art & Garden Tour
Item:
  • 1721   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Events
  • Places, Garden
Date:
  • Aug-10
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0233
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • 1 pamphlet
Description:
Tour guide printed for the first annual Home, Art, and Garden Tour opened to the public sponsored by the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society.
1982Petition to set apart Cranberry Isles as separate town.
  • Document, Request, Petition
  • Places, Island
A petition from the inhabitants of Cranberry Isles requesting that the islands be set apart from the town of Mount Desert as a separate town. James Kelley, constable of Mount Desert
  • James Kelley
  • 1-1-1830
  • 1
  • 3 copies
Petition to set apart Cranberry Isles as separate town.
Item:
  • 1982   
Type:
  • Document, Request, Petition
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • James Kelley
Date:
  • 1-1-1830
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0495
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • 3 copies
Description:
A petition from the inhabitants of Cranberry Isles requesting that the islands be set apart from the town of Mount Desert as a separate town. James Kelley, constable of Mount Desert
2098Sutton Island, Maine
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings
Lists properties on Sutton Island.
  • George L. Paine, Hoyt C. Hottel
  • 1963
  • 1 page, 3 copies
  • document
Sutton Island, Maine
Item:
  • 2098   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings
Creator:
  • George L. Paine, Hoyt C. Hottel
Date:
  • 1963
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0612
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 1
Pages:
  • 1 page, 3 copies
Medium:
  • document
Description:
Lists properties on Sutton Island.
1909History of Somesville
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Handwritten on onionskin. Summary history of Somesville written for Northeast Harbor Women's Club. Note states the original was to be kept in Belle Knowles's safe.
  • Adelma Joy
  • 4
  • manuscript
History of Somesville
Item:
  • 1909   
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Adelma Joy
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0422
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Handwritten on onionskin. Summary history of Somesville written for Northeast Harbor Women's Club. Note states the original was to be kept in Belle Knowles's safe.
1962Notes on construction in Northeast Harbor, Maine.
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Construction
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Town
Chronological notes on building (private and business) construction and land development in Northeast Harbor from 1925-1929
  • 7
  • manuscript
Notes on construction in Northeast Harbor, Maine.
Item:
  • 1962   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events, Construction
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0475
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Chronological notes on building (private and business) construction and land development in Northeast Harbor from 1925-1929
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.
1486Dedication of Wadsworth Park, Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Park
Typed dedication of Wadsworth Park in Northeast Harbor, Maine. August 19, 1962. Park was dedicated in the memory of Eliot and Nancy Wadsworth.
  • 1962
  • 1
  • manuscript
Dedication of Wadsworth Park, Northeast Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 1486   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Park
Date:
  • 1962
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0004
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Typed dedication of Wadsworth Park in Northeast Harbor, Maine. August 19, 1962. Park was dedicated in the memory of Eliot and Nancy Wadsworth.
1515Town of Seaville, Hancock County
  • Document, Government
  • Places, Town
Partial town records of the former town of Seaville, Hancock County, Maine in which were Bartlett's and Hardwood Islands including Folly Island (purchased from Alfred H. Butler whose grandfather Jacob Butler was town clerk).
  • 1850
  • manuscript
Town of Seaville, Hancock County
Item:
  • 1515   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1850
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0024
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Partial town records of the former town of Seaville, Hancock County, Maine in which were Bartlett's and Hardwood Islands including Folly Island (purchased from Alfred H. Butler whose grandfather Jacob Butler was town clerk).
1648Acadia Telephone Talk with Charles Clapper
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Park
Acadia National Park master plan Schedule and Procedures Master Plan Revisions of Maps Alternative 3 Revisions of Text Isle au Haut Schedule re Proposed Legislation
  • 1/4/1978
  • 2
  • manuscript
Acadia Telephone Talk with Charles Clapper
Item:
  • 1648   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Park
Date:
  • 1/4/1978
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0160
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Acadia National Park master plan Schedule and Procedures Master Plan Revisions of Maps Alternative 3 Revisions of Text Isle au Haut Schedule re Proposed Legislation
1842Letter from Robert Peabody to family
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • Places, Island
Letter from Robert S. Peabody (of Peabody & Stearns) written from Eden to his family in Boston. He describes his trip to Mt. Desert Island, his accommodations, and includes transportation fares.
  • 8-2-1865
  • 2
  • manuscript
Letter from Robert Peabody to family
Item:
  • 1842   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 8-2-1865
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0355
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Letter from Robert S. Peabody (of Peabody & Stearns) written from Eden to his family in Boston. He describes his trip to Mt. Desert Island, his accommodations, and includes transportation fares.
2264Preliminary Timeline Mount Desert History
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
An historical timeline of Mount Desert from 1590 to 2001. See also Item 1971
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 26 typed sheets
  • paper
  • good
Preliminary Timeline Mount Desert History
Item:
  • 2264   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0788
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 26 typed sheets
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
An historical timeline of Mount Desert from 1590 to 2001. See also Item 1971
7201Beatrix Farrand's plans for 2 gardens
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Garden
1. Plans for "Garden treatment between Mr. Lamont's and Mr. Milliken's houses", 721-723 Park Avenue, New York 2. Paving plan No. 2 for the garden of Gerrish H. Milliken Esq., 723 Park Avenue, New York
  • Beatrix Farrand
  • 1929
  • 2
  • paper
  • fragile, damaged
Beatrix Farrand's plans for 2 gardens
Item:
  • 7201   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Beatrix Farrand
Date:
  • 1929
Place:
  • United States
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0812
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • fragile, damaged
Description:
1. Plans for "Garden treatment between Mr. Lamont's and Mr. Milliken's houses", 721-723 Park Avenue, New York 2. Paving plan No. 2 for the garden of Gerrish H. Milliken Esq., 723 Park Avenue, New York
1914Somesville Historic District - Survey and Inventory
  • Document, Report
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Structures, Dwellings
A survey and inventory of Somesville completed for the National Register of Historic Places; provided by the Maine Historic Preservation Committee and conducted by the U.S. Park Service.
  • mid 1980's
  • 11
  • photocopy
Somesville Historic District - Survey and Inventory
Item:
  • 1914   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Structures, Dwellings
Date:
  • mid 1980's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0427
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • 11
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
A survey and inventory of Somesville completed for the National Register of Historic Places; provided by the Maine Historic Preservation Committee and conducted by the U.S. Park Service.
1967Park Development by the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Park
Research about Seal Harbor Park Related to GEN 0015, GEN 0018.
  • Bev Coleman
  • 1
  • photocopy
Park Development by the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society
Item:
  • 1967   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • Bev Coleman
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0480
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Research about Seal Harbor Park Related to GEN 0015, GEN 0018.
1969The Latest about the Accident at Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • People
  • Places, Town
Account of the buckboard accident in Northeast Harbor which claimed the life of Mabel Case, daughter of J. B. Case of Boston.
  • 1883
  • 1
  • photocopy
The Latest about the Accident at Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 1969   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1883
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0482
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Account of the buckboard accident in Northeast Harbor which claimed the life of Mabel Case, daughter of J. B. Case of Boston.
1977Section of book
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging
Pages taken from Steinway & Sons book. Talks about Northeast Harbor, Charles Eliot, Kimball House,
  • Richard K. Lieberman
  • 2
  • photocopy
Section of book
Item:
  • 1977   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging
Creator:
  • Richard K. Lieberman
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0490
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Pages taken from Steinway & Sons book. Talks about Northeast Harbor, Charles Eliot, Kimball House,
2070Eben Hamor's Record Book
  • Document, Report
  • Organizations
  • Places, Town
Copy of the organizations and proceedings of the Plantation of Mount Desert as recorded by Eben Hamor. Select copies of marriage/birth/death records from the "Old Mt. Desert Record Book". From original in Raymond Strout Collection. Scanned is also an excerpt of "The Oath of Allegiance" from 1789.
  • 1900
  • 217
  • photocopy
Eben Hamor's Record Book
Item:
  • 2070   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1900
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0584
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 217
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy of the organizations and proceedings of the Plantation of Mount Desert as recorded by Eben Hamor. Select copies of marriage/birth/death records from the "Old Mt. Desert Record Book". From original in Raymond Strout Collection. Scanned is also an excerpt of "The Oath of Allegiance" from 1789.
2141Summary of Land Use Study Report Lower Hadlock, Ripple Pond, Little Round Pond
  • Document, Report
  • Places, Lake
Summary report of Campbell, Aldrich and Nulty, Architects of Land Use for Mt. Desert areas: Lower Hadlock Pond, Ripple Pond, and Little Round Pond
  • 1970
  • 21
  • photocopy
Summary of Land Use Study Report Lower Hadlock, Ripple Pond, Little Round Pond
Item:
  • 2141   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
Date:
  • 1970
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0654
Location:
  • General Collection Box 22
Pages:
  • 21
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Summary report of Campbell, Aldrich and Nulty, Architects of Land Use for Mt. Desert areas: Lower Hadlock Pond, Ripple Pond, and Little Round Pond