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1867Cemetery Savage Family
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
  • Places, Cemetery
List of some Savage family names, including Elemena Savage, inscribed on grave stones of the family stones at 153 Peabody Drive. Mr. A. Y. Goriansky recorded the names many years ago since the lettering was eroding rapidly.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2008
  • 1
Cemetery Savage Family
Item:
  • 1867   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Cemetery
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 2008
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0381
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Description:
List of some Savage family names, including Elemena Savage, inscribed on grave stones of the family stones at 153 Peabody Drive. Mr. A. Y. Goriansky recorded the names many years ago since the lettering was eroding rapidly.
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
Adventures on Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1873   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • John Cole
Date:
  • Jul-95
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0387
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 74-75, 88-92
Medium:
  • 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
1889Smallidge Cemetery, Sinclair Road
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Cemetery
Smallidge Cemetery, Sinclair Road, from a record by Robert L. Smallidge, comments in brackets & corrections by R .R. Pyle.
  • Robert Lindsay Smallidge
  • 3
Smallidge Cemetery, Sinclair Road
Item:
  • 1889   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Cemetery
Creator:
  • Robert Lindsay Smallidge
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0402
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • 3
Description:
Smallidge Cemetery, Sinclair Road, from a record by Robert L. Smallidge, comments in brackets & corrections by R .R. Pyle.
1897It Could Have Been Mount Mansell Island!
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
Excerpt of an article by William Otis Sawtelle in a 1925 Sprague's Journal of Maine History. Sir Robert Mansell bought Mt. Desert Island in a lottery.
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 2002
  • pages 7-9
  • newspaper
It Could Have Been Mount Mansell Island!
Item:
  • 1897   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Date:
  • 2002
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0410
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 7-9
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Excerpt of an article by William Otis Sawtelle in a 1925 Sprague's Journal of Maine History. Sir Robert Mansell bought Mt. Desert Island in a lottery.
1898Memories of Baxter State Park
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Places, Park
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.
  • Richard Holmes
  • 12
  • typescript
Memories of Baxter State Park
Item:
  • 1898   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • Richard Holmes
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0411
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • 12
Medium:
  • typescript
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.
1902Bar Harbor - Ellsworth Telephone Directory
  • Publication, Directory
  • Places, Town
July 1946 Directory for towns in Hancock County, ME. Scan: Cover only.
  • 1946
  • 72
  • 1 book
Bar Harbor - Ellsworth Telephone Directory
Item:
  • 1902   
Type:
  • Publication, Directory
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1946
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0415
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • 72
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
July 1946 Directory for towns in Hancock County, ME. Scan: Cover only.
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
The Last WASP Enclave
Item:
  • 1907   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • John Sedgwick
Date:
  • Sep-91
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0420
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • pages 163-179
Medium:
  • 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
1908Souvenirs from Three Island Painters
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • People
  • Places, Island
Scanned photographs, prints and letters of booklet presented to William Otis Sawtelle from H. Warren, C. Kincaid, and S. White, aka Three Island Painters (TIPS) who had a gallery in "Blue Duck", now the Islesford Historical Museum.
  • 1919
  • 31
  • photocopy
Souvenirs from Three Island Painters
Item:
  • 1908   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1919
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0421
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • 31
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Scanned photographs, prints and letters of booklet presented to William Otis Sawtelle from H. Warren, C. Kincaid, and S. White, aka Three Island Painters (TIPS) who had a gallery in "Blue Duck", now the Islesford Historical Museum.
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
Comparison of 1900 Northeast Harbor with 1982 Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 1910   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • David Renault
Date:
  • 1982
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0423
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Includes a few original photographs and some photocopies.
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
Henry Buxton says
Item:
  • 1912   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Henry Buxton
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0425
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • photocopy and newspaper
Condition:
  • 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.
1915A list of Settlers of part of MDI granted to John Bernard
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
A soft covered red notebook containing a copy from Maine State Archives listing (A21IR20:4-8 Box44) settlers on the part of MDI granted to John Bernard. Comments & lists have been copied by R. Pyle
  • 1785
  • 3
  • photocopy
A list of Settlers of part of MDI granted to John Bernard
Item:
  • 1915   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1785
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0428
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
A soft covered red notebook containing a copy from Maine State Archives listing (A21IR20:4-8 Box44) settlers on the part of MDI granted to John Bernard. Comments & lists have been copied by R. Pyle
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
Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1937   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • E. Chardon
Date:
  • February 1877
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0450
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Medium:
  • photocopy
Condition:
  • 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".
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
Bicentennial Speech by Robert Suminsby, August 5, 1989
Item:
  • 1938   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Robert Suminsby
Date:
  • August 5, 1989
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0451
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • 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.
1943A Casual History of the Neighborhood House
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Events, Performance
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
The Neighborhood House has been linked to the Mt Desert Festival of Chamber Music since 1963. There has been many changes in the hall, but music has been uninterrupted.
  • Weslea Sidon
  • 2000
  • 1 pamphlet
A Casual History of the Neighborhood House
Item:
  • 1943   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Events, Performance
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Weslea Sidon
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0456
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Medium:
  • 1 pamphlet
Description:
The Neighborhood House has been linked to the Mt Desert Festival of Chamber Music since 1963. There has been many changes in the hall, but music has been uninterrupted.
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
Public and Private Realms on Mount Desert.
Item:
  • 1944   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Judith S. Goldstein
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0457
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 16
Medium:
  • 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.
1948Town of Mount Desert Town Meeting and 1990 Budget
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Town
An explanation of 1990 Budget and March 5th Town Meeting, including The Warrant, a Comprehensive Plan Committee, Sewer Use Fees & Property Tax Exemptions.
  • 2
  • typescript
Town of Mount Desert Town Meeting and 1990 Budget
Item:
  • 1948   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Town
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0461
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
An explanation of 1990 Budget and March 5th Town Meeting, including The Warrant, a Comprehensive Plan Committee, Sewer Use Fees & Property Tax Exemptions.
1950Wadsworth Park
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Park
A Thumbnail History of Wadsworth Park in Northeast Harbor. The Park is a mission to the village in Northeast Harbor by the Union Church and is the property of the church.
  • Robert R. Pyle
  • 2000
  • 3
  • typescript
Wadsworth Park
Item:
  • 1950   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0463
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
A Thumbnail History of Wadsworth Park in Northeast Harbor. The Park is a mission to the village in Northeast Harbor by the Union Church and is the property of the church.
1951Family's vista is priceless
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • People
  • Places
In 1995, Kathryn Suminsby & her husband Robert, life long & year -round residents of Northeast Harbor, placed a conservation easement on their Somes Sound property .
  • Redmond Finney
  • 12/20/2000
  • 2
  • photocopy
Family's vista is priceless
Item:
  • 1951   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • Redmond Finney
Date:
  • 12/20/2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0464
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
In 1995, Kathryn Suminsby & her husband Robert, life long & year -round residents of Northeast Harbor, placed a conservation easement on their Somes Sound property .
1960Towns of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Explaining formation of towns & dates these occurred. It also gives a more detailed description of the Town of Mount Desert & services offered.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 1
  • typescript
Towns of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1960   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0473
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Explaining formation of towns & dates these occurred. It also gives a more detailed description of the Town of Mount Desert & services offered.
1968Mt. Desert Island Growth as a Summer Colony
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
Notes from an oral presentation given by Mr. Pyle. Introduction by Jeanne C. Ott and Pauline Sala
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 5/6/1980
  • 14
  • typescript
Mt. Desert Island Growth as a Summer Colony
Item:
  • 1968   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 5/6/1980
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0481
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 14
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Notes from an oral presentation given by Mr. Pyle. Introduction by Jeanne C. Ott and Pauline Sala
1971Town of Mount Desert Listing of Historical Events
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
See also Item 2264
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2010
  • 13
  • typescript
Town of Mount Desert Listing of Historical Events
Item:
  • 1971   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 2010
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0484
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 13
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
See also Item 2264
1984Discover Maine Hancock County
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Places
Discover Maine Magazine, published annually, contains many articles and photographs of villages and towns in Hancock County.
  • 2003
  • 70
  • magazine
Discover Maine Hancock County
Item:
  • 1984   
Type:
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 2003
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0497
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 70
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Discover Maine Magazine, published annually, contains many articles and photographs of villages and towns in Hancock County.
1987Ellsworth American Newspaper Index
  • Publication, Directory
  • Places, Town
Notes about Mount Desert Island towns taken from the Ellsworth American newspaper from 1901 to 1910.newspapers
  • 105
  • typescript
Ellsworth American Newspaper Index
Item:
  • 1987   
Type:
  • Publication, Directory
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0500
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 105
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Notes about Mount Desert Island towns taken from the Ellsworth American newspaper from 1901 to 1910.newspapers
1989Three Hundredth Anniversary of Discovery and Naming of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Booklet of the 300th Anniversary Service of the discovery and naming of Mount Desert Island by Samuel De Champlain held at the Union Church of Northeast Harbor.
  • 9/4/1904
  • 2 books
Three Hundredth Anniversary of Discovery and Naming of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1989   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 9/4/1904
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0502
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Medium:
  • 2 books
Description:
Booklet of the 300th Anniversary Service of the discovery and naming of Mount Desert Island by Samuel De Champlain held at the Union Church of Northeast Harbor.
1991Proposed East Shore Drive
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Road
Copies of Northeast Harbor Village Improvement Society's plans for the development of East Shore Drive, connecting to Kimball Rd. near the Kimball House avoiding Main St. Drawing of Olmstead plan included. Main image: Map from 30th Annual Report, Northeast Harbor VIS, June 30, 1928-June 30, 1929 Image 1: From 30th Annual Report, Northeast Harbor VIS, June 30, 1928-June 30, 1929 Image 2: From 31st Annual Report, Northeast Harbor VIS, July 1, 1929-June 30, 1930, p. 6-7 Image 3: From 32nd Annual Report, Northeast Harbor VIS, July 1, 1930-June 30, 1931 Image 4: From "Mount Desert - An informal history", 1989, p. 89 (Gunnar Hansen)
  • 1928-1931
Proposed East Shore Drive
Item:
  • 1991   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Road
Date:
  • 1928-1931
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0504 a
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Description:
Copies of Northeast Harbor Village Improvement Society's plans for the development of East Shore Drive, connecting to Kimball Rd. near the Kimball House avoiding Main St. Drawing of Olmstead plan included. Main image: Map from 30th Annual Report, Northeast Harbor VIS, June 30, 1928-June 30, 1929 Image 1: From 30th Annual Report, Northeast Harbor VIS, June 30, 1928-June 30, 1929 Image 2: From 31st Annual Report, Northeast Harbor VIS, July 1, 1929-June 30, 1930, p. 6-7 Image 3: From 32nd Annual Report, Northeast Harbor VIS, July 1, 1930-June 30, 1931 Image 4: From "Mount Desert - An informal history", 1989, p. 89 (Gunnar Hansen) [show more]