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| Item | Title | Type | Subject | Description | Creator | Date | Property Name | Street | Pages | Medium | Condition | |
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| 1873 | Adventures on Mount Desert |
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| 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 |
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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 | |||
| 1889 | Smallidge Cemetery, Sinclair Road |
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| Smallidge Cemetery, Sinclair Road, from a record by Robert L. Smallidge, comments in brackets & corrections by R .R. Pyle. |
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Description: Smallidge Cemetery, Sinclair Road, from a record by Robert L. Smallidge, comments in brackets & corrections by R .R. Pyle. | |||||
| 1898 | Memories of Baxter State Park |
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| A narrative written by a Park Ranger who worked at the Park for one year. Percival P. Baxter acquired over 200,000 acres & gave it to the people of Maine in 1962. |
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Description: A narrative written by a Park Ranger who worked at the Park for one year. Percival P. Baxter acquired over 200,000 acres & gave it to the people of Maine in 1962. | ||||
| 1907 | The Last WASP Enclave |
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| 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 |
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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 | |||
| 1909 | History of Somesville |
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| 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. |
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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. | ||||
| 1912 | Henry Buxton says |
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| 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. |
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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. | |||
| 1936 | Ensign Ben Bunker, Mount Desert, and The Cranberry Isles |
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| 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. |
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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. | |||
| 1948 | Town of Mount Desert Town Meeting and 1990 Budget |
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| An explanation of 1990 Budget and March 5th Town Meeting, including The Warrant, a Comprehensive Plan Committee, Sewer Use Fees & Property Tax Exemptions. |
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Description: An explanation of 1990 Budget and March 5th Town Meeting, including The Warrant, a Comprehensive Plan Committee, Sewer Use Fees & Property Tax Exemptions. | |||||
| 1949 | Northeast Harbor Dredging Project |
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| A special town meeting has been called to vote, allowing the town to proceed with harbor development in Northeast Harbor. |
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Description: A special town meeting has been called to vote, allowing the town to proceed with harbor development in Northeast Harbor. | ||||
| 1960 | Towns of Mount Desert Island |
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| Explaining formation of towns & dates these occurred. It also gives a more detailed description of the Town of Mount Desert & services offered. |
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Description: Explaining formation of towns & dates these occurred. It also gives a more detailed description of the Town of Mount Desert & services offered. | ||||
| 1962 | Notes on construction in Northeast Harbor, Maine. |
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| Chronological notes on building (private and business) construction and land development in Northeast Harbor from 1925-1929 |
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Description: Chronological notes on building (private and business) construction and land development in Northeast Harbor from 1925-1929 | |||||
| 1967 | Park Development by the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society |
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| Research about Seal Harbor Park Related to GEN 0015, GEN 0018. |
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Description: Research about Seal Harbor Park Related to GEN 0015, GEN 0018. | ||||
| 1977 | Section of book |
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| Pages taken from Steinway & Sons book. Talks about Northeast Harbor, Charles Eliot, Kimball House, |
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Description: Pages taken from Steinway & Sons book. Talks about Northeast Harbor, Charles Eliot, Kimball House, | ||||
| 1987 | Ellsworth American Newspaper Index |
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| Notes about Mount Desert Island towns taken from the Ellsworth American newspaper from 1901 to 1910.newspapers |
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Description: Notes about Mount Desert Island towns taken from the Ellsworth American newspaper from 1901 to 1910.newspapers | |||||
| 2026 | Flower bedtime |
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| Preparing the Thuya Gardens for winter at the hands of Priscilla Hutton, head gardener. Published in Down East Magazine, October 2010. |
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Description: Preparing the Thuya Gardens for winter at the hands of Priscilla Hutton, head gardener. Published in Down East Magazine, October 2010. | |||
| 2029 | The Gardens of Mt. Desert Island |
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| Brief article of the significance of landscaped gardens on MDI. Colored photographs of a few private gardens in Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, September 1979. |
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Description: Brief article of the significance of landscaped gardens on MDI. Colored photographs of a few private gardens in Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, September 1979. | |||
| 2030 | Stillness at Somesville |
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| Photograph essay of springtime in the village of Somesville. Photographs include one showing the traditional black and white houses on Main Street. Published in Down East Magazine, June 1994. |
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Description: Photograph essay of springtime in the village of Somesville. Photographs include one showing the traditional black and white houses on Main Street. Published in Down East Magazine, June 1994. | |||
| 2031 | Lure of the Maine Coast |
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| 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. |
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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. | |||
| 2032 | Exploring Somes Sound |
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| A short photograph tour along Somes Sound, either sailing or hiking. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1999. |
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Description: A short photograph tour along Somes Sound, either sailing or hiking. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1999. | |||
| 2033 | Cranberry Chronicle |
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| News of Cranberry House and the GCI Historical Society. President: Phil Whitney |
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Description: News of Cranberry House and the GCI Historical Society. President: Phil Whitney | |||
| 2073 | Martha's Maine |
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| Copy of article of John Gordon's interview with Martha Stewart about living in Maine, what she likes to do, places she likes to go, and her love of her home, "Skylands", in Seal Harbor. |
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Description: Copy of article of John Gordon's interview with Martha Stewart about living in Maine, what she likes to do, places she likes to go, and her love of her home, "Skylands", in Seal Harbor. | |||
| 2109 | Sea Birds on Sutton Island |
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| Hand drawn map of seaboard locations |
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| 2119 | Petition to Senate & House of Representatives of Maine |
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| Petition of and others, for a regulation for the of Automobiles in the town of Mount Desert. |
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Description: Petition of and others, for a regulation for the of Automobiles in the town of Mount Desert. | |||||
| 2228 | Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden |
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| Designed by Beatrix Farrand, the Rockefeller Gardens in Seal Harbor combine East and West influences in landscape design and artifacts. Several photographs included. Published in House & Garden, February 1985. |
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Description: Designed by Beatrix Farrand, the Rockefeller Gardens in Seal Harbor combine East and West influences in landscape design and artifacts. Several photographs included. Published in House & Garden, February 1985. | |||
| 2238 | Eighteen Months in the Near East Relief: January 1919 to June 1920 |
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| "Written for and dedicated to my grandchildren." |
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Description: "Written for and dedicated to my grandchildren." |
