Item	Title	Type	Subject	Description	Creator	Date	Property Name	Street	Pages	Medium	Condition
7182	Benjamin Graves Record Books	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger	Businesses, Building Business	Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out.		1897-1951			1 box - 8 ledgers	ledger books		Benjamin Graves Record Books Item: 7182    Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger Subject: Businesses, Building Business Date: 1897-1951 Place: Mount Desert Island Collection: Benjamin Graves - Rae Graves Masonry History on MDI Object ID: BGRB 0001 Location: Shelf 7 TOP Pages: 1 box - 8 ledgers Medium: ledger books Description: Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out. [show more]
2287	Gilman High School Yearbooks	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, School Institution	Initially called "The Rudder" in 1914, then "The Rostrum" in the 1920's, it was later known as "Gilmanac". Scanned copies: 1914 1922 1923 1924 1925 1927 1940 1941 1943 (see Item 2281) 1944 1945 (see Item 7203) 1946 1947 (see Item 7204) 1948 (see Item 7373) 1949 1950 Included is an Official Program for the 16th annual Maine Interscholastic Track and Field Championship (1949). Missing: 1915-1921, 1926, 1939, 1942		1914-1950			1 box			Gilman High School Yearbooks Item: 2287    Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, School Institution Date: 1914-1950 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Collection: Gilman High School Yearbooks Object ID: none Location: Shelf 6A2 Pages: 1 box Description: Initially called "The Rudder" in 1914, then "The Rostrum" in the 1920's, it was later known as "Gilmanac". Scanned copies: 1914 1922 1923 1924 1925 1927 1940 1941 1943 (see Item 2281) 1944 1945 (see Item 7203) 1946 1947 (see Item 7204) 1948 (see Item 7373) 1949 1950 Included is an Official Program for the 16th annual Maine Interscholastic Track and Field Championship (1949). Missing: 1915-1921, 1926, 1939, 1942 [show more]
3878	Record of Daily Visitors and Books Circulated	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic, Public Library	Record of daily visitors and books circulated at the Northeast Harbor Library		1935-1953				notebook	fair	Record of Daily Visitors and Books Circulated Item: 3878    Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Date: 1935-1953 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Collection: Northeast Harbor Library Object ID: NEHL 0009 Location: Northeast Harbor Library Box 1 Medium: notebook Condition: fair Description: Record of daily visitors and books circulated at the Northeast Harbor Library
6966	Northeast Harbor Fleet	Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album	Organizations Places, Harbor Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	72 B/W and sepia photographs of the Northeast Harbor Fleet around the clubhouse and under sail. Photographs of IOD's Collection brought to the library in 1998 and are listed as coming from the fleet and Joe Grant. See also item 5458 2: Aquila NEH #2 on mainsail only 4: The "30 M" clearly IDs this boat as a 30 sq m, but the M3 probably denotes it as NEH #3, which is Herman Hessenbruch's Agile 8: Three 30 sq m beating into the wind. Agile NEH #2, in the foreground, tacking to starboard while the other hulls are going to port. The left-most boat looks like NEH #6. The wake behind #2 suggest it had just turned smartly. Also note #2's conspicuous large donut life ring on the stern deck 9: see also photo 1156 q 11/55: Flying Cloud 10/49: Vixen III 16: Sagamore 18/42: Vayu 19: Light air amid a pre-race pileup of yacht racing classes, including Aquila NEH #2, and Nordic II NEH #4 23: Sagamore 26: Aquila NEH #2, probably taken minutes after Photo 1852 NEHF 43. Shows the slight curvature of the upper mast, a characteristic of square meter boats 29/30/37: Niliraga 41: Thistle 43: Aquila NEH #2. The much larger boat in the background (white hull) is not a 30 sq. m. 45: Nancy, Agile. Hessenbruch's jib-less Agile NEH #3 being passed by light-hull NEH #6 51: 30 M #5, with a white hull, running and leading NEH #2 Aquila 53: Another view at the race start of Photo 1852 NEHF 55, showing the same boats in the same order left to right. This would be the start of the big boats racing over the same course. It looks like three other 30 sq. m. are racing given the bent upper masts 55: X 42, 4th from left, is a sail number designation (with an X) that was common for 30 sq. m. boats imported from Germany during the early 1930s. X 42 could be (?) the Gluckauf, the boat purchased and renamed as US3 Visitor by L. Francis Herreshoff. Also in the starting line is the 40 sq. m. NEH #2 Tsana III (holding the actual floating line) 56: Malcom N. Stanley's boat, winner class B, August series 57: Blue Hill, 1933 58: Nymph 59: Old Mack B, 1933 62: Class B yachts approaching finish line 67-71: Start of a Northeast Harbor race in the Summer of 1958		1936-37 and 1958						Northeast Harbor Fleet Item: 6966    Type: Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album Subject: Organizations Places, Harbor Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Date: 1936-37 and 1958 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Collection: Photograph Object ID: Photo 1852 NEHF Location: Photograph Filing Cabinet Description: 72 B/W and sepia photographs of the Northeast Harbor Fleet around the clubhouse and under sail. Photographs of IOD's Collection brought to the library in 1998 and are listed as coming from the fleet and Joe Grant. See also item 5458 2: Aquila NEH #2 on mainsail only 4: The "30 M" clearly IDs this boat as a 30 sq m, but the M3 probably denotes it as NEH #3, which is Herman Hessenbruch's Agile 8: Three 30 sq m beating into the wind. Agile NEH #2, in the foreground, tacking to starboard while the other hulls are going to port. The left-most boat looks like NEH #6. The wake behind #2 suggest it had just turned smartly. Also note #2's conspicuous large donut life ring on the stern deck 9: see also photo 1156 q 11/55: Flying Cloud 10/49: Vixen III 16: Sagamore 18/42: Vayu 19: Light air amid a pre-race pileup of yacht racing classes, including Aquila NEH #2, and Nordic II NEH #4 23: Sagamore 26: Aquila NEH #2, probably taken minutes after Photo 1852 NEHF 43. Shows the slight curvature of the upper mast, a characteristic of square meter boats 29/30/37: Niliraga 41: Thistle 43: Aquila NEH #2. The much larger boat in the background (white hull) is not a 30 sq. m. 45: Nancy, Agile. Hessenbruch's jib-less Agile NEH #3 being passed by light-hull NEH #6 51: 30 M #5, with a white hull, running and leading NEH #2 Aquila 53: Another view at the race start of Photo 1852 NEHF 55, showing the same boats in the same order left to right. This would be the start of the big boats racing over the same course. It looks like three other 30 sq. m. are racing given the bent upper masts 55: X 42, 4th from left, is a sail number designation (with an X) that was common for 30 sq. m. boats imported from Germany during the early 1930s. X 42 could be (?) the Gluckauf, the boat purchased and renamed as US3 Visitor by L. Francis Herreshoff. Also in the starting line is the 40 sq. m. NEH #2 Tsana III (holding the actual floating line) 56: Malcom N. Stanley's boat, winner class B, August series 57: Blue Hill, 1933 58: Nymph 59: Old Mack B, 1933 62: Class B yachts approaching finish line 67-71: Start of a Northeast Harbor race in the Summer of 1958 [show more]
2399	Sketch Maps of Northeast Harbor, 1946-1957	Document, Projection, Plan	Other, Land Places, Town	B/W Sketch maps 15"x18" of Northeast Harbor prepared by Knowles Real Estate showing numbered summer cottages, businesses, and roads. Maps of 1947, 1956 are missing.	Knowles Company	1946-1957			8	MAP		Sketch Maps of Northeast Harbor, 1946-1957 Item: 2399    Type: Document, Projection, Plan Subject: Other, Land Places, Town Creator: Knowles Company Date: 1946-1957 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Collection: Great Harbor Collection Object ID: 2 Location: GHC Box 1 Pages: 8 Medium: MAP Description: B/W Sketch maps 15"x18" of Northeast Harbor prepared by Knowles Real Estate showing numbered summer cottages, businesses, and roads. Maps of 1947, 1956 are missing.
3849	Mount Desert Larger Parish in Maine 1925-1950 Twenty-five Years Together	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Religious	Introduction by John D. Rockefeller Jr. Address delivered by Reverend Harry Emerson Fosdick.		1950			13	1 pamphlet		Mount Desert Larger Parish in Maine 1925-1950 Twenty-five Years Together Item: 3849    Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Religious Date: 1950 Place: Mount Desert Collection: Mount Desert Larger Parish Object ID: MDLP 0004 Location: Local Churches Box 1 Shelf 4C2 Pages: 13 Medium: 1 pamphlet Description: Introduction by John D. Rockefeller Jr. Address delivered by Reverend Harry Emerson Fosdick.
3880	Letters between Gertrude Fay and Belle Smallidge Knowles	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic, Public Library			1950			5	typescript, manuscript	fair	Letters between Gertrude Fay and Belle Smallidge Knowles Item: 3880    Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Date: 1950 Collection: Northeast Harbor Library Object ID: NEHL 0011 Location: Northeast Harbor Library Box 1 Pages: 5 Medium: typescript, manuscript Condition: fair
3884	Prayer at the Opening of the New Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic, Public Library	Prayer by Rev. M. E. Peabody. August 20, 1950.		1950			1	typescript	fair	Prayer at the Opening of the New Northeast Harbor Library Item: 3884    Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Date: 1950 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Collection: Northeast Harbor Library Object ID: NEHL 0015 Location: Northeast Harbor Library Box 1 Pages: 1 Medium: typescript Condition: fair Description: Prayer by Rev. M. E. Peabody. August 20, 1950.
2305	Property of Helena Bonsall Campbell	Document, Projection, Plan	Other, Land	Survey drawing of Helena B. Campbell property, at the intersection of Summit Road, Millbrook Road and Schoolhouse Ledge, abutting the Union Church lot.	Charles Simpson	1950			1	MAP		Property of Helena Bonsall Campbell Item: 2305    Type: Document, Projection, Plan Subject: Other, Land Creator: Charles Simpson Date: 1950 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Collection: Great Harbor Collection Object ID: 114 Location: GHC Box 3 Pages: 1 Medium: MAP Description: Survey drawing of Helena B. Campbell property, at the intersection of Summit Road, Millbrook Road and Schoolhouse Ledge, abutting the Union Church lot.
2336	Property of Georgia Tracy	Document, Projection, Plan	Other, Land	Lot map, 21 1/2x24, showing Tracy property and other properties on Tracy Rd. and Maple Lane including Bucklin, Branscom, Eaton, Stanley et al.	Maurice Burr	1950			1	MAP	very fragile, damaged	Property of Georgia Tracy Item: 2336    Type: Document, Projection, Plan Subject: Other, Land Creator: Maurice Burr Date: 1950 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Collection: Great Harbor Collection Object ID: 142 Location: GHC Box 4 Pages: 1 Medium: MAP Condition: very fragile, damaged Description: Lot map, 21 1/2x24, showing Tracy property and other properties on Tracy Rd. and Maple Lane including Bucklin, Branscom, Eaton, Stanley et al.
1575	Economic Survey of Mt. Desert Island	Document, Report	Places, Island	This paper is to add to the summary report released by the Joint Island Industrial Development Committee released a year ago.	Stacy May	1950						Economic Survey of Mt. Desert Island Item: 1575    Type: Document, Report Subject: Places, Island Creator: Stacy May Date: 1950 Collection: General Collection Object ID: GEN 0087 Location: General Collection Box 4 Description: This paper is to add to the summary report released by the Joint Island Industrial Development Committee released a year ago.
3906	Beginnings of the Library	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic, Public Library	Address to Northeast Harbor Library corporation and board members at the dedication of the new building on Joy Road in August 1950. Mr. Pepper, one of the first trustees and was actively involved in fund raising activities.	George Wharton Pepper	1950 ?			2	typescript		Beginnings of the Library Item: 3906    Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Creator: George Wharton Pepper Date: 1950 ? Collection: Northeast Harbor Library Object ID: NEHL 0037 Location: Northeast Harbor Library Box 1 Pages: 2 Medium: typescript Description: Address to Northeast Harbor Library corporation and board members at the dedication of the new building on Joy Road in August 1950. Mr. Pepper, one of the first trustees and was actively involved in fund raising activities.
2250	Woman's Literary Club Meeting Notes 1950's	Document, Report	Organizations, Civic, Club	Handwritten notes from club meetings during the 1950's.		1950's		manuscript				Woman's Literary Club Meeting Notes 1950's Item: 2250    Type: Document, Report Subject: Organizations, Civic, Club Date: 1950's Street: manuscript Collection: General Collection Object ID: GEN 0764 Location: General Collection Box 24 Description: Handwritten notes from club meetings during the 1950's.
1594	Northeast Harbor Alarm Call Card	Document, List	Organizations, Civic, Municipal Places, Town	Manila card, compliments of Haynes Garage, sent to community residents and businesses with the fire alarm location signals.		1950's			1			Northeast Harbor Alarm Call Card Item: 1594    Type: Document, List Subject: Organizations, Civic, Municipal Places, Town Date: 1950's Collection: General Collection Object ID: GEN 0106 Location: General Collection Box 4 Pages: 1 Description: Manila card, compliments of Haynes Garage, sent to community residents and businesses with the fire alarm location signals.
3838	Mount Desert Elementary Souvenir Scrapbook	Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook	Organizations, School Institution	Souvenir scrapbook of Mount Desert High School, 1951 donated by architect Gregory Cooper, of the building and dedication of Mt. Desert Elementary School. Loose Photographs and clippings included.		1951				Black binder		Mount Desert Elementary Souvenir Scrapbook Item: 3838    Type: Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook Subject: Organizations, School Institution Date: 1951 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Collection: Mount Desert Elementary School Collection Object ID: MDES 0004 Location: Shelf 4C4 Medium: Black binder Description: Souvenir scrapbook of Mount Desert High School, 1951 donated by architect Gregory Cooper, of the building and dedication of Mt. Desert Elementary School. Loose Photographs and clippings included.
3908	Northeast Harbor Library Incorporation and First Meeting	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic, Public Library			1951			15	photocopy		Northeast Harbor Library Incorporation and First Meeting Item: 3908    Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Date: 1951 Collection: Northeast Harbor Library Object ID: NEHL 0039 Location: Northeast Harbor Library Box 1 Pages: 15 Medium: photocopy
2090	Letter to Kathryn Knowles from Belle S. Knowles	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People	Letter from Belle S. Knowles to her granddaughter about Daniel Coit Gilman.		1951			2	photocopy		Letter to Kathryn Knowles from Belle S. Knowles Item: 2090    Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1951 Collection: General Collection Object ID: GEN 0604 Location: General Collection Box 19 Pages: 2 Medium: photocopy Description: Letter from Belle S. Knowles to her granddaughter about Daniel Coit Gilman.
1523	Notes Added in 1951, on 20 Years' Change	Document, Other Documents	Nature, Animals, Birds	Notes added to the Birds of Northeast Harbor from 1931.	Samuel A. Eliot	1951			3 pages manuscript, 3 pages photograph copy	typescript, photograph copy		Notes Added in 1951, on 20 Years' Change Item: 1523    Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Samuel A. Eliot Date: 1951 Collection: General Collection Object ID: GEN 0032 SAE Location: General Collection Box 1 Pages: 3 pages manuscript, 3 pages photograph copy Medium: typescript, photograph copy Description: Notes added to the Birds of Northeast Harbor from 1931.
3905	Northeast Harbor Library Announcement	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic, Public Library	Announcing the opening of the second library.	Matthew T. Mellon	1952			1			Northeast Harbor Library Announcement Item: 3905    Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Creator: Matthew T. Mellon Date: 1952 Collection: Northeast Harbor Library Object ID: NEHL 0036 Location: Northeast Harbor Library Box 1 Pages: 1 Description: Announcing the opening of the second library.
2085	The Life of Belle Smallidge Knowles	Document, Memorabilia	People	Biography of Belle S. Knowles by her granddaughter Kathryn as part of her Gould Academy senior thesis.	Kathryn F. Knowles	1952			34	bound typescript (photocopy)		The Life of Belle Smallidge Knowles Item: 2085    Type: Document, Memorabilia Subject: People Creator: Kathryn F. Knowles Date: 1952 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Collection: General Collection Object ID: GEN 0599 Location: General Collection Box 19 Pages: 34 Medium: bound typescript (photocopy) Description: Biography of Belle S. Knowles by her granddaughter Kathryn as part of her Gould Academy senior thesis.
2483	Alterations to Coach House for Asa S. Knowles	Document, Projection, Plan	Structures, Dwellings, House	Floor plans and exterior elevations of the coach house of Asa Knowles.	JTD	1953		11 Sinclair Road	7	ARCH		Alterations to Coach House for Asa S. Knowles Item: 2483    Type: Document, Projection, Plan Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Creator: JTD Date: 1953 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Street: 11 Sinclair Road Collection: Great Harbor Collection Object ID: 286 Location: GHC Box 8 Pages: 7 Medium: ARCH Description: Floor plans and exterior elevations of the coach house of Asa Knowles.
7315	Edith Drury Scrapbook	Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook	Organizations Vessels, Boat	Mrs. Edith Drury scrapbook containing articles written for the "Maine Coast Fisherman", 1953-1954, in her column "God's Tugboat". Blue cloth hard cover with gilded letters.	Edith Drury	1953				Blue textured scrapbook	good	Edith Drury Scrapbook Item: 7315    Type: Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook Subject: Organizations Vessels, Boat Creator: Edith Drury Date: 1953 Collection: Edith Drury Collection Object ID: EDS 0001 Location: Shelf 3E TOP Medium: Blue textured scrapbook Condition: good Description: Mrs. Edith Drury scrapbook containing articles written for the "Maine Coast Fisherman", 1953-1954, in her column "God's Tugboat". Blue cloth hard cover with gilded letters.
7090	Paths and Trails of Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor and Vicinity	Document, Advertising, Brochure	Places, Hiking Trail Places, Town	Brochure published by the Trails Committees of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce and the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society.		1954			9		good	Paths and Trails of Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor and Vicinity Item: 7090    Type: Document, Advertising, Brochure Subject: Places, Hiking Trail Places, Town Date: 1954 Place: Mount Desert Collection: General Collection Object ID: GEN 0796 Location: General Collection Box 25 Pages: 9 Condition: good Description: Brochure published by the Trails Committees of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce and the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society.
2510	Oak Hill Road Profile	Document, Projection, Plan	Other, Land	Elevation chart for surfacing Oak Hill Road.	A. H. Curtis	1954			2	MAP		Oak Hill Road Profile Item: 2510    Type: Document, Projection, Plan Subject: Other, Land Creator: A. H. Curtis Date: 1954 Place: Mount Desert Collection: Great Harbor Collection Object ID: 31 Location: GHC Box 1 Pages: 2 Medium: MAP Description: Elevation chart for surfacing Oak Hill Road.
2673	Manchester Road - Preliminary Survey	Document, Projection, Plan	Places, Carriage Road	Pencil sketch on parchment, 35x23", of survey of Manchester Road.		1954			1	MAP	very faded	Manchester Road - Preliminary Survey Item: 2673    Type: Document, Projection, Plan Subject: Places, Carriage Road Date: 1954 Collection: Great Harbor Collection Object ID: 99 Location: GHC Box 3 Pages: 1 Medium: MAP Condition: very faded Description: Pencil sketch on parchment, 35x23", of survey of Manchester Road.

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