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You searched for: Date: 1980sSubject: Places
Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
2015The Redoubtable Lady of Reef Point
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Short biography of Beatrix Farrand - her family background, her education, her focus on her Reef Point Gardens in Bar Harbor, and her landscape projects, including the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller garden in Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1985.
  • Anne Raver
  • 1985
  • pages 81-92
  • magazine
Description:
Short biography of Beatrix Farrand - her family background, her education, her focus on her Reef Point Gardens in Bar Harbor, and her landscape projects, including the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller garden in Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1985.
2019Venturing up Somes Sound
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Sound
A sailing tour up Somes Sound, the only true fjord on the Atlantic Coast, noting geographical and historic landmarks such geographical landmarks and historic places such as the village of Somesville, Hall Quarry, and Valley Cove. Published in Down East Magazine, June 1980.
  • Elizabeth McKey Hulbert
  • 1980
  • pages 44-50 pages
  • magazine
Description:
A sailing tour up Somes Sound, the only true fjord on the Atlantic Coast, noting geographical and historic landmarks such geographical landmarks and historic places such as the village of Somesville, Hall Quarry, and Valley Cove. Published in Down East Magazine, June 1980.
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
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
1864Four Special Summer Places: 1 Northeast Harbor, Maine's snuggest harbor
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Organizations
  • People
  • Places, Town
Article about many Northeast Harbor summer and year-round families (Mellon, Milliken, Peabody, Strawbridge), organizations (Cranberry Club) and places in town. Published in Town & Country, July 1985.
  • Lorna Livingston
  • 1985
  • pages 105-115
  • magazine
Description:
Article about many Northeast Harbor summer and year-round families (Mellon, Milliken, Peabody, Strawbridge), organizations (Cranberry Club) and places in town. Published in Town & Country, July 1985.
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
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.
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
Description:
Article with Photographs and diagrams of the gardens of Thomas and Mary Hall on Peabody Drive, Northeast Harbor.
6945Aerial Photographs - Line 2
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Town
Aerial photographs of the Town of Mount Desert. Size: 3ft x 3ft. Scale: 1:9,600 Other composite sizes and scales, dated 4-22-87
  • James W. Sewall Company, Old Town
  • 4-14-1987
  • 9 + 3
Description:
Aerial photographs of the Town of Mount Desert. Size: 3ft x 3ft. Scale: 1:9,600 Other composite sizes and scales, dated 4-22-87
6948Aerial Photographs - Line 5
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Town
Aerial photographs of the Town of Mount Desert. Size: 3ft x 3ft Scale: 1:9,600
  • James W. Sewall Company, Old Town
  • 4-14-1987
  • 9
Description:
Aerial photographs of the Town of Mount Desert. Size: 3ft x 3ft Scale: 1:9,600
6108SALT Journal of New England Culture
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
Special Features on Mount Desert Island
  • Winter 1982
  • 80
  • magazine
Description:
Special Features on Mount Desert Island
1938Bicentennial Speech by Robert Suminsby, August 5, 1989
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
A blue pamphlet containing a bicentennial speech written and delivered by Robert Suminsby. It contains some history of the town and a great deal of "colorful" notes of folks.
  • Robert Suminsby
  • August 5, 1989
  • 7
  • typescript
Description:
A blue pamphlet containing a bicentennial speech written and delivered by Robert Suminsby. It contains some history of the town and a great deal of "colorful" notes of folks.
4818The Harbor, Islesford
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Island
  • Mark T. Cole
  • 1985
  • 5 photographs, 4 copies
6949Aerial Photographs - Line 6
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Town
Aerial photographs of the Town of Mount Desert. Size: 3ft x 3ft Scale: 1:9,600
  • James W. Sewall Company, Old Town
  • 4-14-1987
  • 5
Description:
Aerial photographs of the Town of Mount Desert. Size: 3ft x 3ft Scale: 1:9,600
4819The Wharf and Harbor, Islesford
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Note ferry at the wharf
  • Mark T. Cole
  • 1985
  • 4 photographs, 2 copies
Description:
Note ferry at the wharf
4816Main Street, Islesford
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Mark T. Cole
  • 1985
  • 4 photographs, 1 copy
6095A Guide to the Carriage Roads in and near Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places, Carriage Road
  • Places, Park
  • Diana F. Abrell, Bunny LaDouceur
  • 1985
  • 36
2158MDI Tomorrow: a source book and a workbook on the preferred future of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Places, Island
Consists of a profile of MDI, a description of what the island may come to be, based on current trends, and a preferred future, based on conversations with a cross-section of MDI residents and their leaders.
  • 10/30/1989
  • 35
  • photocopy
Description:
Consists of a profile of MDI, a description of what the island may come to be, based on current trends, and a preferred future, based on conversations with a cross-section of MDI residents and their leaders.
1584A Study of the Folklore of Mount Desert Island and the Surrounding Islands
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • Places, Island
January 20, 1981 A study of the folklore of Mt. Desert Island and surrounding islands by Ms. McFarland done as a high school term paper.
  • Maureen McFarland
  • 1981
  • 34
  • typescript
Description:
January 20, 1981 A study of the folklore of Mt. Desert Island and surrounding islands by Ms. McFarland done as a high school term paper.
6085Acadia Seacoast
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Park
  • Lynn Haaland
  • 1984
  • 32
  • color pamphlet
612212 Walks on Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Hiking Trail
Pocket guide to several hiking trails on Mount Desert Island; maps included
  • Earl Brechlin
  • 1980
  • 30
  • 1 book
Description:
Pocket guide to several hiking trails on Mount Desert Island; maps included
1160Proposed Park at Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
Proposed park at Northeast Harbor: plan, park area
  • Frederick Law Olmsted
  • 1989
  • 3 sheets
  • 3 paper vellum
Description:
Proposed park at Northeast Harbor: plan, park area
4815Post Office, Islesford
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Mark T. Cole
  • 1985
  • 3 photographs
6950Aerial Photographs - Line 7
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Town
Aerial photographs of the Town of Mount Desert. Size: 3ft x 3ft Scale: 1:9,600
  • James W. Sewall Company, Old Town
  • 4-14-1987
  • 3
Description:
Aerial photographs of the Town of Mount Desert. Size: 3ft x 3ft Scale: 1:9,600
1612Allied Whale
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Nature, Animals, Marine Mammals
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Article about the development and research of the cetacean program "Allied Whale" with its field station on Mount Desert Rock, run by Ann Rivers and Steve Mullane.
  • Ann Rivers, Steven Mullane
  • 1984
  • 3
  • photocopy
Description:
Article about the development and research of the cetacean program "Allied Whale" with its field station on Mount Desert Rock, run by Ann Rivers and Steve Mullane.
1650Letter from Charles W. Eliot to Joseph Abrell
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
Acadia National Park future
  • 9/15/1986
  • 3
  • photocopy
Description:
Acadia National Park future
6123Hiking Guide to Acadia National Park and Mt. Desert Island
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Park
Selected hikes and walks on Mount Desert Island with maps.
  • Robert Moran
  • 1988
  • 24
  • 1 book
Description:
Selected hikes and walks on Mount Desert Island with maps.