2 are very fragile, brittle paper, many tears and attached to paper case that the map fits into when folded. Third is extremely brittle and breaks when touched. Fourth is framed and on display in library.
2 are very fragile, brittle paper, many tears and attached to paper case that the map fits into when folded. Third is extremely brittle and breaks when touched. Fourth is framed and on display in library.
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.
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.
Address delivered at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, November 4, 1876 and in convention of the Legislature of Maine, February 6, 1877, by Joshua L. Chamberlain; with a communication from the governor and the Report of the Centennial Commission. Published by order of the Legislature of Maine of February 7, 1877. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
Description: Address delivered at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, November 4, 1876 and in convention of the Legislature of Maine, February 6, 1877, by Joshua L. Chamberlain; with a communication from the governor and the Report of the Centennial Commission. Published by order of the Legislature of Maine of February 7, 1877. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
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.
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.
A monthly magazine devoted to the history of Maine towns and families. Volume IX, No. 5, May 1898. Two Dollars Per Annum. Single number twenty five cents.
Description: A monthly magazine devoted to the history of Maine towns and families. Volume IX, No. 5, May 1898. Two Dollars Per Annum. Single number twenty five cents.
Articles about MDI pasted into scrapbook. "Mount Desert on the Coast of Maine" (by Clara Barnes Martin), "A Week on Mt. Desert" parts 1-4, poetry, "Mount Desert", "Mount Desert and its Scenery."
ca. 1867
Light brown notebook with articles pasted to pages
Light brown notebook with articles pasted to pages
Condition:
fair
Description: Articles about MDI pasted into scrapbook. "Mount Desert on the Coast of Maine" (by Clara Barnes Martin), "A Week on Mt. Desert" parts 1-4, poetry, "Mount Desert", "Mount Desert and its Scenery."
Loose photographs 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.
Description: Loose photographs 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.
Topographic map of eastern part of Mount Desert Island (Frenchman Bay to Somes Sound).
Edward L. Rand, Waldron Bates, Herbert Jacques
1896, 1901
2 copies
paper
first map is brittle. It has been repaired, but is still tearing due to brittleness. Second map is very brittle and breaks when touched. It was taken out of an acidic wooden frame.
first map is brittle. It has been repaired, but is still tearing due to brittleness. Second map is very brittle and breaks when touched. It was taken out of an acidic wooden frame.
Description: Topographic map of eastern part of Mount Desert Island (Frenchman Bay to Somes Sound).
Description: Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
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).
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).
Description: History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
Description: History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
Description: History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
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
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.
Reproduction of a map of the New World in 1500, drawn by Juan de la Cosa. Reproduced by American Heritage, the Magazine of History, from Jomard's "Les Monuments de la Geographie", Paris 1862, Pl. 16, Nos. 1-2.. Courtesy the Map Division, The New York Public Library.
Description: Reproduction of a map of the New World in 1500, drawn by Juan de la Cosa. Reproduced by American Heritage, the Magazine of History, from Jomard's "Les Monuments de la Geographie", Paris 1862, Pl. 16, Nos. 1-2.. Courtesy the Map Division, The New York Public Library.
Reproduction of a map of the New World in 1600, drawn by Gabriel Tatton, engraved by Benjamin Wright. Reproduced by American Heritage, the Magazine of History, from the original copy in the American Collection of Thomas W. Streeter, Morristown, N. J.
Description: Reproduction of a map of the New World in 1600, drawn by Gabriel Tatton, engraved by Benjamin Wright. Reproduced by American Heritage, the Magazine of History, from the original copy in the American Collection of Thomas W. Streeter, Morristown, N. J.
Reproduction of a map of the Known World in 1667, drawn by Peter Goos. Reproduced by American Heritage, the Magazine of History, from an original print in its own collection.
Description: Reproduction of a map of the Known World in 1667, drawn by Peter Goos. Reproduced by American Heritage, the Magazine of History, from an original print in its own collection.