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You searched for: Date: 1940s✖Type: Document✖
Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
3886Town of Mount Desert Free Public Library
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
History of Northeast Harbor Library & Reading Room, a picture of proposed building, articles of the Maine Library Association, newspaper clipping & a picture postcard.
  • William Draper Lewis
  • 10/1/1948
  • 4 pages (2 copies)
  • typescript
Town of Mount Desert Free Public Library
Item:
  • 3886   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • William Draper Lewis
Date:
  • 10/1/1948
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0017
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 1
Pages:
  • 4 pages (2 copies)
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
History of Northeast Harbor Library & Reading Room, a picture of proposed building, articles of the Maine Library Association, newspaper clipping & a picture postcard.
3871Northeast Harbor Public Library (winter)
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Postcard announcing the hours of the library, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, in the Burr Building on Main Street.
  • 11/15/1944
  • 1
  • postcard
Northeast Harbor Public Library (winter)
Item:
  • 3871   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Date:
  • 11/15/1944
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0002
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • postcard
Description:
Postcard announcing the hours of the library, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, in the Burr Building on Main Street.
3858Personal letter to Dr. Charles Eliot
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Religious
Letter to Dr. Charles Eliot from Rev. Miriam Higgins of the Mount Desert Larger Parish shortly after she began her ministry in Northeast Harbor.
  • 12/11/1948
  • 1
  • 1 typescript
Personal letter to Dr. Charles Eliot
Item:
  • 3858   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
Date:
  • 12/11/1948
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Mount Desert Larger Parish
Object ID:
  • MDLP 0013
Location:
  • Local Churches Box 1 Shelf 4C2
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • 1 typescript
Description:
Letter to Dr. Charles Eliot from Rev. Miriam Higgins of the Mount Desert Larger Parish shortly after she began her ministry in Northeast Harbor.
3918Northeast Harbor Library Librarian Report
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • 1894-1947
  • 1 book
Northeast Harbor Library Librarian Report
Item:
  • 3918   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Date:
  • 1894-1947
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0049
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 7
Pages:
  • 1 book
6770INSANE
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Complaints and orders for judicial hearings; Physician's certificates; Commitments to Hospitals Black cloth with red leather spine and reinforced corners
  • 1906-1940
INSANE
Item:
  • 6770   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1906-1940
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 1D3
Description:
Complaints and orders for judicial hearings; Physician's certificates; Commitments to Hospitals Black cloth with red leather spine and reinforced corners
2279Gilman High School Scrapbook
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, School Institution
Box 2 1909-1949 Gilman High School Scrapbook: 1 ledger book -- compiled by Carl E. Kelley, principal of Gilman High School from 1920-1950 -- record of all graduates -- includes index -- donated by heirs of Elmer Cousins
  • Carl E. Kelley
  • 1909-1949
  • 1 ledger book
Gilman High School Scrapbook
Item:
  • 2279   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Creator:
  • Carl E. Kelley
Date:
  • 1909-1949
Collection:
  • Gilman High School Collection
Object ID:
  • GHS 0002
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4 and 4B5
Pages:
  • 1 ledger book
Description:
Box 2 1909-1949 Gilman High School Scrapbook: 1 ledger book -- compiled by Carl E. Kelley, principal of Gilman High School from 1920-1950 -- record of all graduates -- includes index -- donated by heirs of Elmer Cousins
6818Dunham School Stetson School, MD High School
  • Document, Government
  • Places
rolled blue print plans for Dunham School, Stetson School, MD High School
  • 1930, 1931, 1948
Dunham School Stetson School, MD High School
Item:
  • 6818   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1930, 1931, 1948
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 5B2, 5B3
Description:
rolled blue print plans for Dunham School, Stetson School, MD High School
1532Fannie H. Eckstorm and Mary C. Wheelwright Letters
  • Document, Correspondence
  • People
2 bound typescripts: one original with photographs, handwritten letters, and other visual materials and the other the carbon copy of the typescript. Leather bound books. Brown with gold leaf and red with gold leaf. Title in gold leaf on spines.
  • 1930, 1937-1946
  • 2 books
  • bound typescripts
Fannie H. Eckstorm and Mary C. Wheelwright Letters
Item:
  • 1532   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1930, 1937-1946
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0041
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 2 books
Medium:
  • bound typescripts
Description:
2 bound typescripts: one original with photographs, handwritten letters, and other visual materials and the other the carbon copy of the typescript. Leather bound books. Brown with gold leaf and red with gold leaf. Title in gold leaf on spines.
1828Letters to Rosamond & Aimee Lamb from Rachel Field
  • Document, Correspondence
  • People
  • Places, Island
Copies of Rachel Field's letters to Rosamond Lamb - one included Aimee Lamb - her Sutton Island friends from Milton, MA. Sent from Maine & California, the letters are about her marriage to Authur Pederson, her writing, the involvement with movie studios, etc. Introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
  • 1935-1940
Letters to Rosamond & Aimee Lamb from Rachel Field
Item:
  • 1828   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1935-1940
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0341
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Description:
Copies of Rachel Field's letters to Rosamond Lamb - one included Aimee Lamb - her Sutton Island friends from Milton, MA. Sent from Maine & California, the letters are about her marriage to Authur Pederson, her writing, the involvement with movie studios, etc. Introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
6881Union Congregational Church of Seal Harbor Services Lists
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • Organizations, Religious
Schedules of services held in the summer at the Union Congregational Church in Seal Harbor. 1936 1942 1943 1944 1946 1947 1949
  • 1936-1949
  • 7 cards
Union Congregational Church of Seal Harbor Services Lists
Item:
  • 6881   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events
  • Organizations, Religious
Date:
  • 1936-1949
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Union Congregational Church of Seal Harbor
Object ID:
  • UCCSH 0001
Location:
  • Local Churches Box 1 Shelf 4C2
Pages:
  • 7 cards
Description:
Schedules of services held in the summer at the Union Congregational Church in Seal Harbor. 1936 1942 1943 1944 1946 1947 1949
3846Sky Pilots' Log
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Religious
Booklets describing church events, parishioners, and budget of the Mount Desert Larger Parish churches
  • 1938-1939, 1943, undated
  • 3 pamphlets
Sky Pilots' Log
Item:
  • 3846   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
Date:
  • 1938-1939, 1943, undated
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Mount Desert Larger Parish
Object ID:
  • MDLP 0001
Location:
  • Local Churches Box 1 Shelf 4C2
Medium:
  • 3 pamphlets
Description:
Booklets describing church events, parishioners, and budget of the Mount Desert Larger Parish churches
2079Collection of Mt. Desert residents' obituaries
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • People
Green bound date book labeled Year Book 1939 in which Belle Smallidge Knowles attached clippings of obituaries of Northeast Harbor residents et al.
  • 1939-1940
  • 1 book
Collection of Mt. Desert residents' obituaries
Item:
  • 2079   
Type:
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1939-1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0593
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Green bound date book labeled Year Book 1939 in which Belle Smallidge Knowles attached clippings of obituaries of Northeast Harbor residents et al.
6589Valuation Resident 1940 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1940
Valuation Resident 1940 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6589   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1940
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2D3
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6590Valuation Non-Resident 1940 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1940
Valuation Non-Resident 1940 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6590   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1940
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2D3
Description:
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6683Tax List 1940 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Includes the "Collector's Warrant" listing total amount due for local, state, county, school and support of the poor and other current expenses. Taxpayers listed in alphabetical order; residents followed by non-residents. Includes date of payment and check number. Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, two sets of alphabetical index tabs
  • 1940
Tax List 1940 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6683   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1940
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 1C2
Description:
Includes the "Collector's Warrant" listing total amount due for local, state, county, school and support of the poor and other current expenses. Taxpayers listed in alphabetical order; residents followed by non-residents. Includes date of payment and check number. Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, two sets of alphabetical index tabs
2577Knowles residence
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Unidentified blueprints of exterior elevations and three level floor plans of a house. Mailed by Asa Knowles in 1940 to Mrs. Jerome Knowles in Northeast Harbor.
  • 1940
  • 7
  • ARCH
Knowles residence
Item:
  • 2577   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 370
Location:
  • GHC Box 10
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • ARCH
Description:
Unidentified blueprints of exterior elevations and three level floor plans of a house. Mailed by Asa Knowles in 1940 to Mrs. Jerome Knowles in Northeast Harbor.
2578Landscape of Property of William Elder Marcus Jr.
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Blueprint, 34x25.5", of landscape design on property of William Marcus, Jr. in Seal Harbor.
  • Avis Campbell
  • 1940
  • 1
  • ARCH
Landscape of Property of William Elder Marcus Jr.
Item:
  • 2578   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Avis Campbell
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 371
Location:
  • GHC Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • ARCH
Description:
Blueprint, 34x25.5", of landscape design on property of William Marcus, Jr. in Seal Harbor.
2610Property off Sea St. proposed for Consolidated High School
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Blueprint, 28x24", showing contours of land, and lots, south of Sea Street proposed for Consolidated High School. It is also titled "topographical map of the Sea Street area." Names listed include: Proctor Smallidge, L. E. Kimball, Crushing Plant, Stella Hill, I. T. Moore, E. C. Ober, C. N. Small.
  • Herbert Thomas
  • 1940
  • 1
  • MAP
Property off Sea St. proposed for Consolidated High School
Item:
  • 2610   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Creator:
  • Herbert Thomas
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 41
Location:
  • GHC Box 2
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Blueprint, 28x24", showing contours of land, and lots, south of Sea Street proposed for Consolidated High School. It is also titled "topographical map of the Sea Street area." Names listed include: Proctor Smallidge, L. E. Kimball, Crushing Plant, Stella Hill, I. T. Moore, E. C. Ober, C. N. Small.
2345Property of William W. Frazier
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Copy of 1928 blueprint by Alvah Reed of former William Frazier property on Schoolhouse Ledge, showing the 1937 land purchase of Kinney. Also labeled as Stetson property, formerly Hurd.
  • Jerome H. Knowles Jr.
  • 1940
  • 1
  • MAP
Property of William W. Frazier
Item:
  • 2345   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Jerome H. Knowles Jr.
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 150
Location:
  • GHC Box 4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Copy of 1928 blueprint by Alvah Reed of former William Frazier property on Schoolhouse Ledge, showing the 1937 land purchase of Kinney. Also labeled as Stetson property, formerly Hurd.
1546Sermon from Holy Scripture
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, Other Texts
July 14, 1940 Text of sermon delivered by Rev. Richard Emrich at St. Mary's-by-the-sea in Northeast Harbor.
  • Rev. Richard S. M. Emrich
  • 1940
  • 5
Sermon from Holy Scripture
Item:
  • 1546   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, Other Texts
Creator:
  • Rev. Richard S. M. Emrich
Date:
  • 1940
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0057 RSM
Location:
  • General Collection Box 2
Pages:
  • 5
Description:
July 14, 1940 Text of sermon delivered by Rev. Richard Emrich at St. Mary's-by-the-sea in Northeast Harbor.
1592Proposed New England Super-Highway
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Road
Proposed New England Super-Highway, connecting New York and the three Northern New England States of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. There are many scenic Photographs.
  • H. A. Manning, editor
  • 1940
  • 21
Proposed New England Super-Highway
Item:
  • 1592   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Road
Creator:
  • H. A. Manning, editor
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0104
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 21
Description:
Proposed New England Super-Highway, connecting New York and the three Northern New England States of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. There are many scenic Photographs.
6207Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
History of the Bass Family settling in Braintree Mass. Connections Eddy, Morse, Paine, Bass.
  • Bass, Charissa Taylor & Walton, Emma Lee
  • 1940
Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass
Item:
  • 6207   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Bass, Charissa Taylor & Walton, Emma Lee
Date:
  • 1940
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 100
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Surname File
Description:
History of the Bass Family settling in Braintree Mass. Connections Eddy, Morse, Paine, Bass.
6836No. 13
  • Document, Government, Field Notes
  • Places
Indexed field notes; property of Town Mt. Desert; likely belonged to Alfred Mullikin. 7.25 x 4.75 x 0.60 MINING TRANSIT BOOK 363 orangey-brown leather over cardboard
  • 1940-1942
No. 13
Item:
  • 6836   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Field Notes
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1940-1942
Collection:
  • Town Records
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • 2G4
Description:
Indexed field notes; property of Town Mt. Desert; likely belonged to Alfred Mullikin. 7.25 x 4.75 x 0.60 MINING TRANSIT BOOK 363 orangey-brown leather over cardboard
67951940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946
  • Document, Government
  • Places
DISTRIBUTION BOOK- Ledger book containing all town accounts 19.25 x 13 x 6 Post Bound ledger; grey/green cloth cover
  • 1940-1946
1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946
Item:
  • 6795   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1940-1946
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 3A4
Description:
DISTRIBUTION BOOK- Ledger book containing all town accounts 19.25 x 13 x 6 Post Bound ledger; grey/green cloth cover
6837No. 14
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Indexed field notes; property of Town Mt. Desert; likely belonged to Alfred Mullikin 7.25 x 4.75 x 0.75 DIETZGEN / ENGINEERS' MINING TRANSIT BOOK No. 422 / tan leather over cardboard
  • 1940-1948
No. 14
Item:
  • 6837   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1940-1948
Collection:
  • Town Records
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • 2G4
Description:
Indexed field notes; property of Town Mt. Desert; likely belonged to Alfred Mullikin 7.25 x 4.75 x 0.75 DIETZGEN / ENGINEERS' MINING TRANSIT BOOK No. 422 / tan leather over cardboard