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2164Resort Town War-Minded
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
  • Places, Town
Several clipped articles about the 1943 war time activity in the Town of Mount Desert. Focus on residents: Wilma Clark Eaton, Herbert Thomas (town manager), servicemen Fred Ralph, James McElroy, Ray Young, and Charles Stover.
  • 1943
  • newspaper
  • fair
Resort Town War-Minded
Item:
  • 2164   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1943
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0677
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Several clipped articles about the 1943 war time activity in the Town of Mount Desert. Focus on residents: Wilma Clark Eaton, Herbert Thomas (town manager), servicemen Fred Ralph, James McElroy, Ray Young, and Charles Stover.
2160Columbian Centinel
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, Periodicals
Boston newspaper published March 3, 1802. No. 1 of Vol. XXXVII.
  • Benjamin Russell
  • 1802
  • 4
  • newspaper
  • very fragile
Columbian Centinel
Item:
  • 2160   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Periodicals
Creator:
  • Benjamin Russell
Date:
  • 1802
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0673
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 1
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • very fragile
Description:
Boston newspaper published March 3, 1802. No. 1 of Vol. XXXVII.
6962Edsel Ford's Bright Idea - Mount Desert joins the War effort
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Down East Magazine article about Edsel Fords's plan to keep an army of Mainers employed during World War II. Published June 1995.
  • Letitia Baldwin
  • 1995
  • page 52
  • magazine
Edsel Ford's Bright Idea - Mount Desert joins the War effort
Item:
  • 6962   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Letitia Baldwin
Date:
  • 1995
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0792
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • page 52
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Down East Magazine article about Edsel Fords's plan to keep an army of Mainers employed during World War II. Published June 1995.
2222"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
  • Horace H. Leavitt
  • 1940
  • newspaper
"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
Item:
  • 2222   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Horace H. Leavitt
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0736
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
7260Marguerite Yourcenar: After 300 years, a woman writer (from Maine, "Mon Dieu"), joins "The Immortals" of France
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Article about writer Marguerite Yourcenar's acceptance as first woman into the Académie Française. Published in People Magazine, May 5, 1980.
  • Magda Palacci Bleier
  • 1980
  • pages 44-45
  • magazine
Marguerite Yourcenar: After 300 years, a woman writer (from Maine, "Mon Dieu"), joins "The Immortals" of France
Item:
  • 7260   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Creator:
  • Magda Palacci Bleier
Date:
  • 1980
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0835
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • pages 44-45
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Article about writer Marguerite Yourcenar's acceptance as first woman into the Académie Française. Published in People Magazine, May 5, 1980.
7258Bowdoin remembers: Marguerite Yourcenar 1903-1987
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Short article remembering French Academy writer Marguerite Yourcenar. "For 40 years, one of the most respected French writers of the century lived in a small resort town in Maine - and from time to time visited Bowdoin." Published in Bowdoin magazine, Spring 1988. Vol. 61, No. 3 - An issue devoted to writers.
  • 1988
  • pages 16-17
  • magazine
Bowdoin remembers: Marguerite Yourcenar 1903-1987
Item:
  • 7258   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Date:
  • 1988
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0834
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • pages 16-17
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Short article remembering French Academy writer Marguerite Yourcenar. "For 40 years, one of the most respected French writers of the century lived in a small resort town in Maine - and from time to time visited Bowdoin." Published in Bowdoin magazine, Spring 1988. Vol. 61, No. 3 - An issue devoted to writers.
2009Maine's Little-Known 'Immortal"
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Short article about French Academy writer Marguerite Yourcenar's quiet life in Northeast Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1982.
  • Jordan Pecile
  • 1982
  • pages 36-54
  • magazine
Maine's Little-Known 'Immortal"
Item:
  • 2009   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Creator:
  • Jordan Pecile
Date:
  • 1982
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0521
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 36-54
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Short article about French Academy writer Marguerite Yourcenar's quiet life in Northeast Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1982.
2223Bicentennial Souvenir Section Commemorates 200th Anniversary
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Special Edition of Bar Harbor Times covering 200 years in articles and photographs. August 1961.
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1961
  • newspaper
Bicentennial Souvenir Section Commemorates 200th Anniversary
Item:
  • 2223   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Date:
  • 1961
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0737
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Special Edition of Bar Harbor Times covering 200 years in articles and photographs. August 1961.
2178Proposed Mount Desert Property Valuations
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, Land
Special inset section of Bar Harbor Times listing updated property valuations for residents of the Town of Mount Desert.
  • Bar Harbor Times
  • 8/17/2006
  • newspaper
Proposed Mount Desert Property Valuations
Item:
  • 2178   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Bar Harbor Times
Date:
  • 8/17/2006
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0691
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Special inset section of Bar Harbor Times listing updated property valuations for residents of the Town of Mount Desert.
1564Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
August 6, 1959 A poem written by professor H. W. Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert Island.
  • 1959
  • 1 article, 2 photograph copies
  • newspaper, photograph copy
Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting
Item:
  • 1564   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0075
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1 article, 2 photograph copies
Medium:
  • newspaper, photograph copy
Description:
August 6, 1959 A poem written by professor H. W. Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert Island.
1560When 10c An Acre Was a Bid For Seal Harbor Land
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, Land
  • Places
  • George L. Stebbins
  • Aug-35
  • 1 article, 2 photograph copies
  • newspaper, photograph copy
When 10c An Acre Was a Bid For Seal Harbor Land
Item:
  • 1560   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places
Creator:
  • George L. Stebbins
Date:
  • Aug-35
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0071
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1 article, 2 photograph copies
Medium:
  • newspaper, photograph copy
2191Maine Pilgrims Followed Prophet to Holy Land
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
Article about the "Church of the Messiah" sect, lead by G. J. Adams, in Indian River, ME, their pilgrimage to Jaffa in 1866. Material from Carl Kelley
  • 4/18/1920
  • newspaper
Maine Pilgrims Followed Prophet to Holy Land
Item:
  • 2191   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
Date:
  • 4/18/1920
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0705
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Article about the "Church of the Messiah" sect, lead by G. J. Adams, in Indian River, ME, their pilgrimage to Jaffa in 1866. Material from Carl Kelley
2027Personal Glimpses of Bar Harbor's Lush Era
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Aerial
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Memories of growing up in Bar Harbor in the late 1890's and early 1900's. Ms. Cole writes of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. family in Seal Harbor. Many Photographs including an aerial shot of the "Eyrie". Published in Down East Magazine, July 1969.
  • Nan Cole
  • 1969
  • pages 42-47
  • magazine
Personal Glimpses of Bar Harbor's Lush Era
Item:
  • 2027   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Aerial
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Nan Cole
Date:
  • 1969
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0539
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 42-47
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Memories of growing up in Bar Harbor in the late 1890's and early 1900's. Ms. Cole writes of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. family in Seal Harbor. Many Photographs including an aerial shot of the "Eyrie". Published in Down East Magazine, July 1969.
1893Cabot, the mysterious sailor who gave England rights to North American
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Excerpts from Morison's book, The European Discovery of America (1971), about Cabot's voyages to North America beginning in 1497.
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1971
  • pages 12-21
  • magazine
Cabot, the mysterious sailor who gave England rights to North American
Item:
  • 1893   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Creator:
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
Date:
  • 1971
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0406
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 12-21
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Excerpts from Morison's book, The European Discovery of America (1971), about Cabot's voyages to North America beginning in 1497.
1997A Playground Contested; Bar Harbor Natives versus Rusticators, 1875-1925
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Copy of article by L. Manion submitted for publication in Island History Journal contrasting the economic and social life of summer and year-round residents of Mount Desert Island.
  • Lynne Nelson Manion
  • 2001
  • 18
  • typescript
A Playground Contested; Bar Harbor Natives versus Rusticators, 1875-1925
Item:
  • 1997   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Lynne Nelson Manion
Date:
  • 2001
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0509
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 18
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Copy of article by L. Manion submitted for publication in Island History Journal contrasting the economic and social life of summer and year-round residents of Mount Desert Island.
2063Celebrate! 250
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations
  • Other, History
Mount Desert Island Historical Society collaborates with other island organizations to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the island. File contains brochures and articles of the planned events.
  • 2011
  • 9
  • newspaper, photocopy
Celebrate! 250
Item:
  • 2063   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations
  • Other, History
Date:
  • 2011
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0577
Location:
  • General Collection Box 18
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • newspaper, photocopy
Description:
Mount Desert Island Historical Society collaborates with other island organizations to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the island. File contains brochures and articles of the planned events.
22181999...Looking Back
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Looking back on past 100 years on Mount Desert Island
  • 12/30/1999
  • newspaper
1999...Looking Back
Item:
  • 2218   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 12/30/1999
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0732
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Looking back on past 100 years on Mount Desert Island
2215Maine Diary, A Time Line of History in the 20th Century
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, History
  • Places
A Time Line of History in the Twentieth Century, 1950-1999 A Maine Diary.
  • Wayne E. Reilly, Project Editor
  • 12/14/1999
  • newspaper
Maine Diary, A Time Line of History in the 20th Century
Item:
  • 2215   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Wayne E. Reilly, Project Editor
Date:
  • 12/14/1999
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0729
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
A Time Line of History in the Twentieth Century, 1950-1999 A Maine Diary.
2210Mount Desert Island Was A Breathless Discovery
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 8/12/1976
  • 4
  • newspaper
Mount Desert Island Was A Breathless Discovery
Item:
  • 2210   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Date:
  • 8/12/1976
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0724
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • newspaper
2214A Time Line of History in the Twentieth Century
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places
"Maine Diary" is Part Five of a Commemorative Series Celebrating 100 Years of Maine Life, 1900-1909.
  • 12/14/1999
  • newspaper
A Time Line of History in the Twentieth Century
Item:
  • 2214   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places
Date:
  • 12/14/1999
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0728
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
"Maine Diary" is Part Five of a Commemorative Series Celebrating 100 Years of Maine Life, 1900-1909.
2217100 years in Maine (Part Four)
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • Places
"Witnesses to History" is Part Four of a commemorative series celebrating: hundred years of Maine life. This copy covers WWI, (1914-1918)----The Health Care Revolution
  • Wayne E. Reilly
  • 11/2/1999
  • newspaper
100 years in Maine (Part Four)
Item:
  • 2217   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • Places
Creator:
  • Wayne E. Reilly
Date:
  • 11/2/1999
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0731
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
"Witnesses to History" is Part Four of a commemorative series celebrating: hundred years of Maine life. This copy covers WWI, (1914-1918)----The Health Care Revolution
2041Hancock County... a Rockbound Paradise
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Copy of book section about the history of Mount Desert, specifically Seal Harbor. Many Photographs: J. D. Rockefeller Jr. riding in car, building sidewalk at Seal Harbor Village Green, Otter Creek Sewing Circle, Hollis Wright's fur trapping barn.
  • Connie Jellison
  • 1990
  • 5
  • photocopy
Hancock County... a Rockbound Paradise
Item:
  • 2041   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Connie Jellison
Date:
  • 1990
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0555
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy of book section about the history of Mount Desert, specifically Seal Harbor. Many Photographs: J. D. Rockefeller Jr. riding in car, building sidewalk at Seal Harbor Village Green, Otter Creek Sewing Circle, Hollis Wright's fur trapping barn.
1562History of Sutton Island Features Review of Early Settlers and Island Homes
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings
August 20, 1938 Sutton Island history.
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1938
  • 1 article
  • newspaper
History of Sutton Island Features Review of Early Settlers and Island Homes
Item:
  • 1562   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Date:
  • 1938
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0073
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1 article
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
August 20, 1938 Sutton Island history.
2180The Republicans -- Can They Get It Together?
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Other Texts
Questions about the directions of the Republican Party in the United States, featuring comments and Photograph of Robert Pyle, NEH resident and former director of the library.
  • Judith Miller
  • 1992
  • 50
  • magazine
The Republicans -- Can They Get It Together?
Item:
  • 2180   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Other Texts
Creator:
  • Judith Miller
Date:
  • 1992
Place:
  • United States
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0694
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Pages:
  • 50
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Questions about the directions of the Republican Party in the United States, featuring comments and Photograph of Robert Pyle, NEH resident and former director of the library.
1888A soldier Bridges the Gap on the Elbe
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
Copy of news article describing American soldier, Igor Belousovitch, account of meeting the Russian Cavalry at the Elbe River.
  • Carl Schreck
  • May-05
  • 2
  • photocopy (2 copies)
A soldier Bridges the Gap on the Elbe
Item:
  • 1888   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
Creator:
  • Carl Schreck
Date:
  • May-05
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0401
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy (2 copies)
Description:
Copy of news article describing American soldier, Igor Belousovitch, account of meeting the Russian Cavalry at the Elbe River.