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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
6973First Class Mail
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Article about Little Cranberry Isle post office and postmaster Joy Sprague, who built a big business for this tiny post office with cream puffs and a personal touch. Published in Down East Magazine, December 1994.
  • Letitia Baldwin
  • 1994
  • magazine
First Class Mail
Item:
  • 6973   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Creator:
  • Letitia Baldwin
Date:
  • 1994
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0549
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Article about Little Cranberry Isle post office and postmaster Joy Sprague, who built a big business for this tiny post office with cream puffs and a personal touch. Published in Down East Magazine, December 1994.
1864Four Special Summer Places: 1 Northeast Harbor, Maine's snuggest harbor
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Organizations
  • People
  • Places, Town
Article about many Northeast Harbor summer and year-round families (Mellon, Milliken, Peabody, Strawbridge), organizations (Cranberry Club) and places in town. Published in Town & Country, July 1985.
  • Lorna Livingston
  • 1985
  • pages 105-115
  • magazine
Four Special Summer Places: 1 Northeast Harbor, Maine's snuggest harbor
Item:
  • 1864   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Lorna Livingston
Date:
  • 1985
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0378
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • pages 105-115
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Article about many Northeast Harbor summer and year-round families (Mellon, Milliken, Peabody, Strawbridge), organizations (Cranberry Club) and places in town. Published in Town & Country, July 1985.
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
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.
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.
1913The Olden Days
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Places, Town
Personal reminiscences of Northeast Harbor.
  • Billie (Edith) Favour
  • 1964
  • 156
  • photocopy (2 copies)
The Olden Days
Item:
  • 1913   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Billie (Edith) Favour
Date:
  • 1964
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0426
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • 156
Medium:
  • photocopy (2 copies)
Description:
Personal reminiscences of Northeast Harbor.
1936Ensign Ben Bunker, Mount Desert, and The Cranberry Isles
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
This is a second in a series of Occasional Papers to be published under the auspices of the Islesford Historical Society. It was given to Anne Haynes who gave it to the Northeast Harbor Library.
  • Theodore Spurling Sr.
  • Aug-91
  • 19
  • typescript
Ensign Ben Bunker, Mount Desert, and The Cranberry Isles
Item:
  • 1936   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Theodore Spurling Sr.
Date:
  • Aug-91
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0449
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 19
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
This is a second in a series of Occasional Papers to be published under the auspices of the Islesford Historical Society. It was given to Anne Haynes who gave it to the Northeast Harbor Library.
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.
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 .
1958Bar Harbor, Celebrating 200 Years in Eden
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
"It is a special tribute to the town of Bar Harbor, a diverse community surrounded by extraordinary scenery that inspired the original name, Eden. The magazine focuses on the rich heritage that created this community - how the town evolved from a fishing and farming community to a summer haven for wealthy socialites to a first-class tourist destination." Articles in this issue include: 1. A town they called Eden 2. Living on the Rocks 3. Boating to Bar Harbor 4. Bar Harbor's First Settlers 5. An island on fire 6. An education in ecology 7. Searching for a rustic life 8. A Cottage culture 9. A tale of Two Labs 10. Acaidia: One of America's Jewels 11. A friendly group 12. A bright future 13. Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives.
  • Mark Condon
  • 2001
  • 48
  • magazine
Bar Harbor, Celebrating 200 Years in Eden
Item:
  • 1958   
Type:
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Mark Condon
Date:
  • 2001
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0470
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 48
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
"It is a special tribute to the town of Bar Harbor, a diverse community surrounded by extraordinary scenery that inspired the original name, Eden. The magazine focuses on the rich heritage that created this community - how the town evolved from a fishing and farming community to a summer haven for wealthy socialites to a first-class tourist destination." Articles in this issue include: 1. A town they called Eden 2. Living on the Rocks 3. Boating to Bar Harbor 4. Bar Harbor's First Settlers 5. An island on fire 6. An education in ecology 7. Searching for a rustic life 8. A Cottage culture 9. A tale of Two Labs 10. Acaidia: One of America's Jewels 11. A friendly group 12. A bright future 13. Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives. [show more]
1974Sutton Island: From Year-round to Summer Colony
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
Article published, in part, by the Island Institute. This is Mr. Little's complete article of the development of Sutton Island from a working class, year-round place to a summer enclave. Story begins with an account of John Gilley.
  • Carl Little
  • 1995
  • 12
  • typescript
Sutton Island: From Year-round to Summer Colony
Item:
  • 1974   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Carl Little
Date:
  • 1995
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0487
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 12
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Article published, in part, by the Island Institute. This is Mr. Little's complete article of the development of Sutton Island from a working class, year-round place to a summer enclave. Story begins with an account of John Gilley.
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.
1992Seal Harbor Bicentennial
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Events, Civic
  • Places, Town
Bicentennial letter and brochure about the events of the 200th birthday of Seal Harbor sponsored by the Seal Harbor VIS and Old Timers Club. The event was held at the Village Green; attended by 350+ people.
  • July 2009
  • 2
  • typescript
Seal Harbor Bicentennial
Item:
  • 1992   
Type:
  • Publication, Newsletter
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • July 2009
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0504 b
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Bicentennial letter and brochure about the events of the 200th birthday of Seal Harbor sponsored by the Seal Harbor VIS and Old Timers Club. The event was held at the Village Green; attended by 350+ people.
1993Telephone Book Cranberry Isles, Maine
  • Publication, Directory
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • People
  • Places, Island
Directory of telephone numbers of residents of Great Cranberry, Islesford and Sutton Islands. List of emergency numbers, names of town officials, directory of businesses, and ferry schedule included.
  • 2009
  • 60
  • photocopy
Telephone Book Cranberry Isles, Maine
Item:
  • 1993   
Type:
  • Publication, Directory
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • People
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 2009
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0505
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 60
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Directory of telephone numbers of residents of Great Cranberry, Islesford and Sutton Islands. List of emergency numbers, names of town officials, directory of businesses, and ferry schedule included.
19942008 Sutton Island Directory
  • Publication, Directory
  • People
  • Places, Island
List of names, addresses (off season; Sutton), phone numbers and e-mail addresses of residents of Sutton Island.
  • Andy Potter
  • 12/10/2008
  • 1
  • photocopy
2008 Sutton Island Directory
Item:
  • 1994   
Type:
  • Publication, Directory
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Andy Potter
Date:
  • 12/10/2008
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0506
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
List of names, addresses (off season; Sutton), phone numbers and e-mail addresses of residents of Sutton Island.
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.
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
An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1999   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Henry T. Reath
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0511
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 6
Medium:
  • 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.
2012Piper Prince of the Cranberry Isles
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
Short biography of Islesford's resident artist and storyteller, Ashley Bryan with focus on his life and home on Cranberry Island. Published in Down East Magazine, December 1991.
  • Carl Little
  • 1991
  • pages 52-65
  • magazine
Piper Prince of the Cranberry Isles
Item:
  • 2012   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Carl Little
Date:
  • 1991
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0524
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 52-65
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Short biography of Islesford's resident artist and storyteller, Ashley Bryan with focus on his life and home on Cranberry Island. Published in Down East Magazine, December 1991.