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1743A Career in Bud; Beatrix Jones Farrand's Education & Early
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • People
Biography of Beatrix Farrand with intensive review of early focus on landscape design, her mentors, her developing philosophy of gardening.
  • Cynthia Zaitzevsky
  • 1998
  • pages 14-31
  • photocopy
A Career in Bud; Beatrix Jones Farrand's Education & Early
Item:
  • 1743   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Cynthia Zaitzevsky
Date:
  • 1998
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0256
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 14-31
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Biography of Beatrix Farrand with intensive review of early focus on landscape design, her mentors, her developing philosophy of gardening.
1528A Glimpse of Northeast Harbor in the Nineties
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Places, Town
Addition July 31, 1950
  • Mabel Cromwell
  • 5
  • paper
A Glimpse of Northeast Harbor in the Nineties
Item:
  • 1528   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Mabel Cromwell
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0037 CRO
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Addition July 31, 1950
1748A Memoir of Elizabeth Shaw Morison 1886-1945
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • People
Adm. Morison's reminiscence of his life with his wife "Bessie". missing
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1945
  • 63
  • photocopy
A Memoir of Elizabeth Shaw Morison 1886-1945
Item:
  • 1748   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0260 MOR
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 63
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Adm. Morison's reminiscence of his life with his wife "Bessie". missing
2131Administration Blocks Ex-Hostages' Bid for Damages From Iran
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Events
Hostages held in Iran from Nov. 1978-Jan. 1980 denied compensation from Iranian assets. Moorhead Kennedy of Mount Desert was among the hostages.
  • Glenn Kessler
  • 2006
  • 4
  • typescript
Administration Blocks Ex-Hostages' Bid for Damages From Iran
Item:
  • 2131   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Events
Creator:
  • Glenn Kessler
Date:
  • 2006
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0644
Location:
  • General Collection Box 22
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Hostages held in Iran from Nov. 1978-Jan. 1980 denied compensation from Iranian assets. Moorhead Kennedy of Mount Desert was among the hostages.
1734An Attempted Evocation of a Personality
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Memorial article to Beatrix Farrand as one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Includes comments of Reef Point and Dumbarton Oaks.
  • Mildred B. Bliss
  • 1959
  • pages 218-224
  • photocopy
An Attempted Evocation of a Personality
Item:
  • 1734   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Mildred B. Bliss
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0247
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 218-224
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Memorial article to Beatrix Farrand as one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Includes comments of Reef Point and Dumbarton Oaks.
2116Automobiles - The Mount Desert Town Meeting
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
Copy of a poem by Herbert Weir Smyth, Harvard professor, about the vote of residents of Mount Desert banning automobiles in the town. This was published August 23, 1913 in Bar Harbor Life. See also item 1564
  • Herbert Weir Smyth
  • 8/23/1913
  • 3
  • photocopy
Automobiles - The Mount Desert Town Meeting
Item:
  • 2116   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Herbert Weir Smyth
Date:
  • 8/23/1913
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0630
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy of a poem by Herbert Weir Smyth, Harvard professor, about the vote of residents of Mount Desert banning automobiles in the town. This was published August 23, 1913 in Bar Harbor Life. See also item 1564
1489Beals Island
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Places, Island
A paper signed Notes of Mary C. Wheelwright September 1947 that highlights her interactions with locals about Beals Island.
  • Mary C. Wheelwright
  • 2
  • typescript
Beals Island
Item:
  • 1489   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Mary C. Wheelwright
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0007 MCW
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
A paper signed Notes of Mary C. Wheelwright September 1947 that highlights her interactions with locals about Beals Island.
1745Beatrix Jones Farrand - Pioneer in Gilt-Edged Gardens
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Garden
Description with photographs and diagrams of Beatrix Farrand's designs of the gardens at Dunbarton Oaks. Published in "Landscape Architecture" in January 1977.
  • Marlene Salon
  • 1977
  • pages 69-77
  • photocopy
Beatrix Jones Farrand - Pioneer in Gilt-Edged Gardens
Item:
  • 1745   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Marlene Salon
Date:
  • 1977
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0258
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 69-77
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Description with photographs and diagrams of Beatrix Farrand's designs of the gardens at Dunbarton Oaks. Published in "Landscape Architecture" in January 1977.
1976Brave Hunters of 1836
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
  • Other, Poetry
Poem about a bear hunt.
  • Eben M. Hamor
  • 1892
  • 4
  • typescript
Brave Hunters of 1836
Item:
  • 1976   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
Creator:
  • Eben M. Hamor
Date:
  • 1892
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0489
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Poem about a bear hunt.
1531Collection of Poems
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
  • Other, Poetry
Photocopies of poems from Horae Scholasticae at student newspaper at Saint Paul's School in Concord, NH.
  • R. Gwynne Stout
  • 8
  • paper
Collection of Poems
Item:
  • 1531   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
Creator:
  • R. Gwynne Stout
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0040 STO
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Photocopies of poems from Horae Scholasticae at student newspaper at Saint Paul's School in Concord, NH.
1716Collection of poetry by Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr.
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
  • Events
  • Other, Poetry
  • People
a + b: Collection of poems written by Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr. c + d: Memoir and Obituary of Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr. e: 103rd Annual Dinner of the Shakespeare Society of Philadelphia Dr. Fraley was the very pattern of a proper Philadelphian, from his birth in 1876 until his death at the age of 83. He was educated there, practiced medicine there & in Northeast Harbor. Offprint from The Pennsylvania Magazine of Hist. & Biog.
  • Frederick Fraley Sr.
  • from 1904 on
  • 17
Collection of poetry by Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr.
Item:
  • 1716   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Poetry
  • People
Creator:
  • Frederick Fraley Sr.
Date:
  • from 1904 on
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0228
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 17
Description:
a + b: Collection of poems written by Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr. c + d: Memoir and Obituary of Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr. e: 103rd Annual Dinner of the Shakespeare Society of Philadelphia Dr. Fraley was the very pattern of a proper Philadelphian, from his birth in 1876 until his death at the age of 83. He was educated there, practiced medicine there & in Northeast Harbor. Offprint from The Pennsylvania Magazine of Hist. & Biog.
1751Cranberry Isles Sketches
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • People
  • Places, Island
Reminiscences of social life & customs, Cranberry Islands, 1959
  • Louis G. Barrett
  • 82
  • typescript
Cranberry Isles Sketches
Item:
  • 1751   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Louis G. Barrett
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0263
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 82
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Reminiscences of social life & customs, Cranberry Islands, 1959
1494Early History and Personal Recollections of Northeast Harbor
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Cora Phillips Savage writes about the history of Northeast Harbor. GEN 0011 b: "Let's take a walk" by Emily Phillips Reynolds, 1975 (18 pages)
  • Cora Phillips Savage
  • 9
  • typescript
Early History and Personal Recollections of Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 1494   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Cora Phillips Savage
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0011 CSP
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Cora Phillips Savage writes about the history of Northeast Harbor. GEN 0011 b: "Let's take a walk" by Emily Phillips Reynolds, 1975 (18 pages)
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
Eighteen Months in the Near East Relief: January 1919 to June 1920
Item:
  • 2238   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Donald B. Perry
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0752
Location:
  • General Collection Box 23
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
"Written for and dedicated to my grandchildren."
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 .
1956Filming the Japanese Gods
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Other, Filmmaking
Shinto: Nature, Gods, and Man in Japan, is a 16mm color film, produced by the Japan Society, the crew included David Westphal from Northeast Harbor (see Photograph).
  • Peter Grilli
  • 1976
  • 4
  • photocopy
Filming the Japanese Gods
Item:
  • 1956   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Other, Filmmaking
Creator:
  • Peter Grilli
Date:
  • 1976
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0468
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Shinto: Nature, Gods, and Man in Japan, is a 16mm color film, produced by the Japan Society, the crew included David Westphal from Northeast Harbor (see Photograph).
1847George Cheever Shattuck
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • People
Two biographical articles about George Cheever Shattuck: 1. "George Cheever Shattuck", by George S. Richardson, published by the Massachusetts Historical Society 2. "George Cheever Shattuck, Nestor of Torpical Medicine", by Jean A. Curran
  • George S. Richardson, Jean A. Curran
  • 2 articles
George Cheever Shattuck
Item:
  • 1847   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • George S. Richardson, Jean A. Curran
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0361
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Medium:
  • 2 articles
Description:
Two biographical articles about George Cheever Shattuck: 1. "George Cheever Shattuck", by George S. Richardson, published by the Massachusetts Historical Society 2. "George Cheever Shattuck, Nestor of Torpical Medicine", by Jean A. Curran
1778Granny, a true story
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • People
Author recounts stories of her grandmother, Louise Corning, a summer resident of Northeast Harbor.
  • Bettina Dudley
  • 2003
  • 4
  • photocopy
Granny, a true story
Item:
  • 1778   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Bettina Dudley
Date:
  • 2003
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0290
Location:
  • General Collection Box 8
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Author recounts stories of her grandmother, Louise Corning, a summer resident of Northeast Harbor.
2045Healing Power of the Wild Provides a Warming Winter Tale
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Events
Rick Savage's story of hunting with his uncles Frank and Red Johnson and the aftermath of Frank's heart attack.
  • Tom Hennessey
  • 1995
  • 2
  • photocopy
Healing Power of the Wild Provides a Warming Winter Tale
Item:
  • 2045   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Events
Creator:
  • Tom Hennessey
Date:
  • 1995
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0559
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Rick Savage's story of hunting with his uncles Frank and Red Johnson and the aftermath of Frank's heart attack.
1906Homage to a Forgotten Giant
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • People
Silas Weir Mitchell Mitchell and his wife Mary Cadwalader, began summer residency in Northeast Harbor. They relocated to Bar Harbor where his support helped in development of Acadia and the MDI Hospital.
  • Rev. Edwin Atlee Garret III
  • 3
  • typescript
Homage to a Forgotten Giant
Item:
  • 1906   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Rev. Edwin Atlee Garret III
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0419
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Silas Weir Mitchell Mitchell and his wife Mary Cadwalader, began summer residency in Northeast Harbor. They relocated to Bar Harbor where his support helped in development of Acadia and the MDI Hospital.
1755Memories of a Happy Life
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • People
Autobiography of Rev. William Lawrence, Bishop of MA., with a chapter entitled "Fifty-five years of Mount Desert" his summer home.
  • William Lawrence, D.D., LL. D.
  • 1926
  • 50
  • photocopy
Memories of a Happy Life
Item:
  • 1755   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • William Lawrence, D.D., LL. D.
Date:
  • 1926
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0267
Location:
  • General Collection Box 8
Pages:
  • 50
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Autobiography of Rev. William Lawrence, Bishop of MA., with a chapter entitled "Fifty-five years of Mount Desert" his summer home.
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.
1820Memories of Frank G. Spurling
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Handwritten notes of Frank Spurling recounting his life as a fisherman beginning when he was 9 years old. He writes of sailing the Wheelwright yacht for many years.
  • before 1909 ?
  • 6
  • manuscript
Memories of Frank G. Spurling
Item:
  • 1820   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Date:
  • before 1909 ?
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0333
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Pages:
  • 6
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Handwritten notes of Frank Spurling recounting his life as a fisherman beginning when he was 9 years old. He writes of sailing the Wheelwright yacht for many years.
1812Memories of My Childhood
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • People
Jackie Agnese compiled notes of her childhood into a small book for her grandson on his 8th birthday.
  • Jackie Hodgkins Agnese
  • 2008
  • 14
Memories of My Childhood
Item:
  • 1812   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Jackie Hodgkins Agnese
Date:
  • 2008
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0325
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Pages:
  • 14
Description:
Jackie Agnese compiled notes of her childhood into a small book for her grandson on his 8th birthday.
2268Modern Deer Management Methods Needed in Maine
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Nature, Animals
  • Places, Island
  • Lawrie Holmes
  • 12/12/1952
  • 2
  • typescript
Modern Deer Management Methods Needed in Maine
Item:
  • 2268   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Lawrie Holmes
Date:
  • 12/12/1952
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0772
Location:
  • General Collection Box 24
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript