Description: Print of the poem 'IF' by Rudyard Kipling. Has accompanying note by Robert Pyle describing Kipling as a summer visitor who donated this print.
Poster of a man holding a rifle, like the soldiers used in the Civil War. Below the soldier are names of 26 men from Mount Desert who died during the war.
Description: Poster of a man holding a rifle, like the soldiers used in the Civil War. Below the soldier are names of 26 men from Mount Desert who died during the war.
Box 1 MATERIALS DONATED BY AUGUST HECKSCHER Documents regarding donation of collection, list of presses and books printed, photocopies of newspaper clippings: 1 folder 1: Notes for a Great Grandchild by August Heckscher, privately printed 1966: 1 book 2: Memorial Day Address by August Heckscher, 1956, Rampant Lions Press printed 1957: 1 book 3: A Letter: from Thomas Bailey Aldrich to Bayard Taylor, 1865, Uphill Press printed 1967: 1 book 4:On Type Today by August Heckscher, Spiral Press printed 1966: 1 book 5: A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage by Jonathan Swift, 1727, Ashlar Press printed 1932: 1 book 6: L'Allegro and Il Penseroso by Milton, Ashlar Press printed 1932: 2 book set 7: The Fierce Wolf of Gubbio, Ashlar Press printed 1934: 1 book 8: A Christmas Sermon by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1888, High Loft Press printing undated: 1 book 9: After Reading Thoreau by Adin Ballou, High Loft Press printed 1976: 1 book 10: The Dampening of Hand-made Paper by Joseph Blumenthal, High Loft Press, 1978: 1 book 11: The Gift by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1978: 1 book 12: Christmas In The City by August Heckscher (cover only, High Loft Press printed 1979: 1 folio 13: Suite d'Estampes Pour Kou-Kou-Hai by Marguerite Yourcenar, High Loft Press printed 1980: 1 book 14: God's Wanderers by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1980: 2 books 15: The Book of Jonah by David H. C. Reed, 1966, High Loft Press printed 1980: 1 book 16: Stranger Walking by Anne Mazlish, High Loft Press printed 1981: 1 book 17: Notes on a Country Library by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1981: 1 book 18: Sonnets Translated from Les Regrets of Joachim du Bellay, 1553, High Loft Press printed 1982: 2 books 19: The Shyp of Fooles by Sebastian Brandt, High Loft Press printed 1982: 5 books 20: Dust of the Road by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, High Loft Press printed 1983: 1 book 21: In A City Bus by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1984: 1 book 22: A Journal of a Visit to St. Paul's School by Martha Eliot: MISSING MATERIALS DONATED BY LYDIA AND HENRY RIVERS Moments & Occasions by August Heckscher, Uphill Press printed 1976: 1 book' Letter from A Maine Island by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book God's Wanderers by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1980: 1 book Brief Note on Book Collecting by Philip Hofer, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book Letter from a Maine Island by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book Christmas in the City by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1979: 2 books Christmas cards and newsletters from High Loft Press sent to Henry and Lydia Rivers between 1980 and 1983: 1 folder MATERIAL UNKNOWN ACCESSION Memorial Exhibition, The Works of Charles K. Savage at the Northeast Harbor Library, High Loft Press: 1 folio and 1 envelope Hearing the Weather Fall by Anne Mazlish, High Loft Press printed 1979: 1 book White Thoughts: a Christmas essay by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1982: 1 book Night Watches: 1 slip case Letter from a Maine Island by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book Newsletter from High Loft Press to Robert Pyle, 1983: 1 folder
Description: Box 1 MATERIALS DONATED BY AUGUST HECKSCHER Documents regarding donation of collection, list of presses and books printed, photocopies of newspaper clippings: 1 folder 1: Notes for a Great Grandchild by August Heckscher, privately printed 1966: 1 book 2: Memorial Day Address by August Heckscher, 1956, Rampant Lions Press printed 1957: 1 book 3: A Letter: from Thomas Bailey Aldrich to Bayard Taylor, 1865, Uphill Press printed 1967: 1 book 4:On Type Today by August Heckscher, Spiral Press printed 1966: 1 book 5: A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage by Jonathan Swift, 1727, Ashlar Press printed 1932: 1 book 6: L'Allegro and Il Penseroso by Milton, Ashlar Press printed 1932: 2 book set 7: The Fierce Wolf of Gubbio, Ashlar Press printed 1934: 1 book 8: A Christmas Sermon by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1888, High Loft Press printing undated: 1 book 9: After Reading Thoreau by Adin Ballou, High Loft Press printed 1976: 1 book 10: The Dampening of Hand-made Paper by Joseph Blumenthal, High Loft Press, 1978: 1 book 11: The Gift by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1978: 1 book 12: Christmas In The City by August Heckscher (cover only, High Loft Press printed 1979: 1 folio 13: Suite d'Estampes Pour Kou-Kou-Hai by Marguerite Yourcenar, High Loft Press printed 1980: 1 book 14: God's Wanderers by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1980: 2 books 15: The Book of Jonah by David H. C. Reed, 1966, High Loft Press printed 1980: 1 book 16: Stranger Walking by Anne Mazlish, High Loft Press printed 1981: 1 book 17: Notes on a Country Library by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1981: 1 book 18: Sonnets Translated from Les Regrets of Joachim du Bellay, 1553, High Loft Press printed 1982: 2 books 19: The Shyp of Fooles by Sebastian Brandt, High Loft Press printed 1982: 5 books 20: Dust of the Road by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, High Loft Press printed 1983: 1 book 21: In A City Bus by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1984: 1 book 22: A Journal of a Visit to St. Paul's School by Martha Eliot: MISSING MATERIALS DONATED BY LYDIA AND HENRY RIVERS Moments & Occasions by August Heckscher, Uphill Press printed 1976: 1 book' Letter from A Maine Island by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book God's Wanderers by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1980: 1 book Brief Note on Book Collecting by Philip Hofer, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book Letter from a Maine Island by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book Christmas in the City by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1979: 2 books Christmas cards and newsletters from High Loft Press sent to Henry and Lydia Rivers between 1980 and 1983: 1 folder MATERIAL UNKNOWN ACCESSION Memorial Exhibition, The Works of Charles K. Savage at the Northeast Harbor Library, High Loft Press: 1 folio and 1 envelope Hearing the Weather Fall by Anne Mazlish, High Loft Press printed 1979: 1 book White Thoughts: a Christmas essay by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1982: 1 book Night Watches: 1 slip case Letter from a Maine Island by August Heckscher, High Loft Press printed 1977: 1 book Newsletter from High Loft Press to Robert Pyle, 1983: 1 folder [show more]
The author read the paper before the Chicago Historical Society. It is an imaginary account of an alleged lawsuit of Frederick Law Olmstead vs. the Astor family, involving Captain Kidd's treasure
Description: The author read the paper before the Chicago Historical Society. It is an imaginary account of an alleged lawsuit of Frederick Law Olmstead vs. the Astor family, involving Captain Kidd's treasure
Typewritten diary of Mrs. Charles Hamlin covers years between 1880's and early 1900's. Much information about Rev. William Doane; other families covered: Gardiner, Corning, Eliot. Social perspective of Northeast Harbor. Info re St. Mary's.
Description: Typewritten diary of Mrs. Charles Hamlin covers years between 1880's and early 1900's. Much information about Rev. William Doane; other families covered: Gardiner, Corning, Eliot. Social perspective of Northeast Harbor. Info re St. Mary's.
Collection of essays by Frances H. Eliot spanning the years 1871-1954: - Education - Early days at Northeast Harbor - Being a minister’s wife in Denver - An American family at breakfast in the early nineteen hundreds - Borrowed daughters - Leisure - 1941 Inauguration - Golden wedding of S. A. E. and F. H. E. (October 22, 1889-1939) - The glory that is Cambridge - The romance of street names in Cambridge - Patriarchal picnics - I remember Mount Desert
Description: Collection of essays by Frances H. Eliot spanning the years 1871-1954: - Education - Early days at Northeast Harbor - Being a minister’s wife in Denver - An American family at breakfast in the early nineteen hundreds - Borrowed daughters - Leisure - 1941 Inauguration - Golden wedding of S. A. E. and F. H. E. (October 22, 1889-1939) - The glory that is Cambridge - The romance of street names in Cambridge - Patriarchal picnics - I remember Mount Desert [show more]
Description: Copies of verses by Bill Ayles, a laborer who worked at odd jobs in & around Northeast Harbor. Poem copies were provided by R. Haynes & E. Smallidge.
a + b: Collection of poems written by Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr. c + d: Memoir and Obituary of Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr. e: 103rd Annual Dinner of the Shakespeare Society of Philadelphia Dr. Fraley was the very pattern of a proper Philadelphian, from his birth in 1876 until his death at the age of 83. He was educated there, practiced medicine there & in Northeast Harbor. Offprint from The Pennsylvania Magazine of Hist. & Biog.
Description: a + b: Collection of poems written by Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr. c + d: Memoir and Obituary of Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr. e: 103rd Annual Dinner of the Shakespeare Society of Philadelphia Dr. Fraley was the very pattern of a proper Philadelphian, from his birth in 1876 until his death at the age of 83. He was educated there, practiced medicine there & in Northeast Harbor. Offprint from The Pennsylvania Magazine of Hist. & Biog.
Carl Little presents a brief biography of Elizabeth Bishop, poetess and summer resident of North Haven, with excerpts of her poems and letters. Published in "Island Journal", Volume Twenty, 2003
Description: Carl Little presents a brief biography of Elizabeth Bishop, poetess and summer resident of North Haven, with excerpts of her poems and letters. Published in "Island Journal", Volume Twenty, 2003
Application to U.S. Army Signal Corps signed by Augustus Phillips of Northeast Harbor in 1917 along with three letters of recommendation by Dr. Grindle, Rev. Lee, and Harry Tipton and a Photograph of A. Phillips.
Description: Application to U.S. Army Signal Corps signed by Augustus Phillips of Northeast Harbor in 1917 along with three letters of recommendation by Dr. Grindle, Rev. Lee, and Harry Tipton and a Photograph of A. Phillips.
Letter from Lt. Donald F. Graves based with U.S. Army Air Force in Clovis, NM to Harry Clark in Northeast Harbor about his experiences flying before being sent overseas during WW II.
Description: Letter from Lt. Donald F. Graves based with U.S. Army Air Force in Clovis, NM to Harry Clark in Northeast Harbor about his experiences flying before being sent overseas during WW II.
Mrs. Ralph Ross sends copy of Rev. McKendry's letter to Mrs. Harry Clark following news of her son Ralph's death. Hoyt Clark, son of Harry Clark, was in the same unit as Ralph serving in the Pacific in WWII. Hoyt was not aboard the plane when it crashed.
Description: Mrs. Ralph Ross sends copy of Rev. McKendry's letter to Mrs. Harry Clark following news of her son Ralph's death. Hoyt Clark, son of Harry Clark, was in the same unit as Ralph serving in the Pacific in WWII. Hoyt was not aboard the plane when it crashed.
Letter from Mrs. Ralph Ross, mother of Lt. Ralph Ross Jr. who was friend and co-pilot on aircraft of which Mrs. Clark's son, Hoyt, was a gunner during WWII. When pilot of aircraft on which Hoyt Clark was a gunner. Lt. Ross died when the plane crashed (after end of war); Hoyt was not on the flight.
Description: Letter from Mrs. Ralph Ross, mother of Lt. Ralph Ross Jr. who was friend and co-pilot on aircraft of which Mrs. Clark's son, Hoyt, was a gunner during WWII. When pilot of aircraft on which Hoyt Clark was a gunner. Lt. Ross died when the plane crashed (after end of war); Hoyt was not on the flight.