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2065Savage Family Graves
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Cemetery
Fading inscriptions of Savage Family Grave stones in a field at 153 Peabody Dr. Recorded by Alex Goriansky. Includes Elemena, wife of Thomas Savage.
  • A. Y. Goriansky
  • 2008
  • 2
  • typescript
Description:
Fading inscriptions of Savage Family Grave stones in a field at 153 Peabody Dr. Recorded by Alex Goriansky. Includes Elemena, wife of Thomas Savage.
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
Description:
Selections of letters of James Terry Gardiner to his mother, Anne Terry Gardiner, in Troy NY as he traveled west.
1514Historical Notes on Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Barbara Ellen Joy
  • 1966-1977
  • 1113 pages (10 folders)
  • typescript
1497Thuya Lodge and Thuya Gardens
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Plants
  • People
  • Places, Garden
  • Structures, Other Structures, Architectural Features
Typescript about the history of Thuya Lodge and Gardens.
  • Barbara Fisher
  • 5
  • typescript
Description:
Typescript about the history of Thuya Lodge and Gardens.
1674Howard Sparhawk Kneedler Jr.
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Howard Sparhawk Kneedler Jr. biographies Lists of gardens
  • Caro Kneedler Edwards
  • 1993
  • 7
Description:
Howard Sparhawk Kneedler Jr. biographies Lists of gardens
1527Remembrances of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
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.
  • Charles S. Hamlin
  • 1934-1935
  • 41
  • typescript (2 copies)
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.
1518Eliots and Asticou Foreside Northeast Harbor:
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places
  • Charles W. Eliot II
  • 50
  • typescript
2171Bangor Daily News, Bangor's Sesquicentennial
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Civic
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. It is divided in 8 sections: 1834-1841 Out of the woods 1842-1872 Boom town 1873-1895 Turning the tide 1896-1911 A new century 1912-1931 Out of the ashes 1932-1945 The lean years 1946-1968 Prosperous peace 1969-1984 Building on past
  • Cheryl Olson & Joan H. Smith (editors)
  • 6/28/1984
Description:
This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. It is divided in 8 sections: 1834-1841 Out of the woods 1842-1872 Boom town 1873-1895 Turning the tide 1896-1911 A new century 1912-1931 Out of the ashes 1932-1945 The lean years 1946-1968 Prosperous peace 1969-1984 Building on past
1910Comparison of 1900 Northeast Harbor with 1982 Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Includes a few original photographs and some photocopies.
  • David Renault
  • 1982
  • typescript
Description:
Includes a few original photographs and some photocopies.
2238Eighteen Months in the Near East Relief: January 1919 to June 1920
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Places
"Written for and dedicated to my grandchildren."
  • Donald B. Perry
  • photocopy
Description:
"Written for and dedicated to my grandchildren."
1540Bibliography of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • Places, Island
Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs.
  • Donald W. Norton
  • 1985
  • 2 copies
  • typescript
Description:
Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs.
1937Mount Desert
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr. Pyle & a copy of "The New Iliad".
  • E. Chardon
  • February 1877
  • photocopy
  • poor
Description:
History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr. Pyle & a copy of "The New Iliad".
1747Running To Catch Up
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • People
  • Places, Island
Personal narratives, wife of Park Ranger, life in Maine and elsewhere.
  • Edith Favour
  • 46
  • typescript
Description:
Personal narratives, wife of Park Ranger, life in Maine and elsewhere.
1833Patriarchal Picnics
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
Frances Eliot reminisces in this essay of summer days in Northeast Harbor with Charles Eliot, President of Harvard Univ. (her father-in-law). She was the wife of Rev. Samuel Eliot.
  • Frances Hopkinson Eliot
  • 1940-1950
  • pages 55-56
  • magazine
Description:
Frances Eliot reminisces in this essay of summer days in Northeast Harbor with Charles Eliot, President of Harvard Univ. (her father-in-law). She was the wife of Rev. Samuel Eliot.
1496Notes on the History of Folly Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
July 20, 1945 Notes taken down by Gano Dunn at the dictation of Captain Alfred H. Butler, 81 years old who was born on Bartlett Island and worked on Folly Island as a boy and later in life.
  • Gano Dunn
  • 1945
  • 5
  • typescript
Description:
July 20, 1945 Notes taken down by Gano Dunn at the dictation of Captain Alfred H. Butler, 81 years old who was born on Bartlett Island and worked on Folly Island as a boy and later in life.
1912Henry Buxton says
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
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.
  • Henry Buxton
  • 1
  • photocopy and newspaper
  • poor
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.
1999An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Small booklet summarizing sections of the book "Mt. Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath.
  • Henry T. Reath
  • 2000
  • 6
  • typescript
Description:
Small booklet summarizing sections of the book "Mt. Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath.
1754Recollections of Summers Spent: Northeast Harbor, Maine.
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Places, Island
A collection of 1930 and 1940 boyhood memories of time at "Rockend Dock" including stories of Captains Lou Stanley, Bert Spurling and Bill Black. 2 copies.
  • Henry T. Reath
  • 8
  • 2 copies
Description:
A collection of 1930 and 1940 boyhood memories of time at "Rockend Dock" including stories of Captains Lou Stanley, Bert Spurling and Bill Black. 2 copies.
1596The Secret Garden
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Garden
History of the development of Asticou Terraces and Thuya Gardens with ref. to Joseph Curtis, Charles Savage, Tim Taylor, Denholm Jacobs and Patrick Chasse. vol. 40, no 7.
  • Jane Lamb
  • 1994
  • 6
Description:
History of the development of Asticou Terraces and Thuya Gardens with ref. to Joseph Curtis, Charles Savage, Tim Taylor, Denholm Jacobs and Patrick Chasse. vol. 40, no 7.
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.
1729Beatrix Farrand's Last Maine Masterpiece
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Garden
Article with Photographs of the Farrand-designed year-round garden at Garland Farm in Salisbury Cove.
  • Jane Lamb
  • 2004
  • pages 54-59
  • magazine
Description:
Article with Photographs of the Farrand-designed year-round garden at Garland Farm in Salisbury Cove.
1873Adventures on Mount Desert
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
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
  • John Cole
  • Jul-95
  • pages 74-75, 88-92
  • photocopy
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
1907The Last WASP Enclave
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
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
  • John Sedgwick
  • Sep-91
  • pages 163-179
  • photocopy
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
1944Public and Private Realms on Mount Desert.
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
A talk presented by Judith S. Goldstein at the Claremont Hotel 8/10/2000, to share some thoughts about the history of Mount Desert and the interaction of Tourists and Residents.
  • Judith S. Goldstein
  • 2000
  • 16
  • typescript
Description:
A talk presented by Judith S. Goldstein at the Claremont Hotel 8/10/2000, to share some thoughts about the history of Mount Desert and the interaction of Tourists and Residents.
2210Mount Desert Island Was A Breathless Discovery
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 8/12/1976
  • 4
  • newspaper