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1520Science Challenges the Educator
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
President-elect of Northeastern University, Asa S. Knowles typescript of the dedication of the Science Laboratories at Mount Desert High School in 1959.
  • Asa Smallidge Knowles (1909-1990)
  • 1959
  • 17 pages (2 copies)
  • typescript
Science Challenges the Educator
Item:
  • 1520   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
Creator:
  • Asa Smallidge Knowles (1909-1990)
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0029 ASK
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 17 pages (2 copies)
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
President-elect of Northeastern University, Asa S. Knowles typescript of the dedication of the Science Laboratories at Mount Desert High School in 1959.
1521Dedication of the Gilman Plaque
  • Document, Program
  • Events, Civic
  • Object, Sign
April 26, 1959 Program from the dedication of the Gilman Plaque honoring Daniel Coit Gilman at the Mount Desert High School in Northeast Harbor, Maine.
  • Daniel Coit Gilman
  • 1959
  • 18
  • typescript
Dedication of the Gilman Plaque
Item:
  • 1521   
Type:
  • Document, Program
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Object, Sign
Creator:
  • Daniel Coit Gilman
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0030
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 18
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
April 26, 1959 Program from the dedication of the Gilman Plaque honoring Daniel Coit Gilman at the Mount Desert High School in Northeast Harbor, Maine.
7315Edith 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.
1947The National Red Cross Building Deed
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Institutional, Health Facility
The deed transferring the Red Cross Building in Northeast Harbor to Mount Desert Public Health Nursing Association.
  • Fred A. Winfrey
  • 4/14/1950
  • 2
  • photocopy
The National Red Cross Building Deed
Item:
  • 1947   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Institutional, Health Facility
Creator:
  • Fred A. Winfrey
Date:
  • 4/14/1950
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0460
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
The deed transferring the Red Cross Building in Northeast Harbor to Mount Desert Public Health Nursing Association.
2495Coach House of Asa Knowles
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Preliminary sketches of first floor plan and exterior elevation as alterations of "the Coach House" of Asa Knowles.
  • George Savage
  • 1959
  • 2
  • ARCH
Coach House of Asa Knowles
Item:
  • 2495   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • George Savage
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 297
Location:
  • GHC Box 8
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • ARCH
Description:
Preliminary sketches of first floor plan and exterior elevation as alterations of "the Coach House" of Asa Knowles.
3906Beginnings 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.
2436City of Old Town
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Rural index on parchment (28x24") to property maps for the City of Old Town.
  • James W. Sewall Company, Old Town
  • 1955
  • 1
  • MAP
City of Old Town
Item:
  • 2436   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • James W. Sewall Company, Old Town
Date:
  • 1955
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 233
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Rural index on parchment (28x24") to property maps for the City of Old Town.
3464Life of Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • People
A descriptive biography by the subject's granddaughter. missing
  • Kathryn F. Knowles
  • 1952
  • 30
  • Thesis
Life of Belle Smallidge Knowles
Item:
  • 3464   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Kathryn F. Knowles
Date:
  • 1952
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 803
Location:
  • XIV
Pages:
  • 30
Medium:
  • Thesis
Description:
A descriptive biography by the subject's granddaughter. missing
3905Northeast 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.
3911Remarks on the Occasion of the Retirement of Mrs. Belmont
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Agnes Milliken's notes for a speech at library trustee's meeting on the retirement of Mrs. Belmont and succession of Mrs. Fay as Trustee Chairman.
  • Mrs. Gerrish H. Milliken
  • 8/9/1955
  • 4 pages, 2 copies
  • photocopy
Remarks on the Occasion of the Retirement of Mrs. Belmont
Item:
  • 3911   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Creator:
  • Mrs. Gerrish H. Milliken
Date:
  • 8/9/1955
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0042
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 2
Pages:
  • 4 pages, 2 copies
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Agnes Milliken's notes for a speech at library trustee's meeting on the retirement of Mrs. Belmont and succession of Mrs. Fay as Trustee Chairman.
3899Dedication of the Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Address given by Mrs. Rodman Fay (Gertrude), Chairman of the Northeast Harbor Library at the dedication of the new building in August 1950.
  • Mrs. Rodman Fay
  • 8/20/1950
  • 5
  • typescript
Dedication of the Northeast Harbor Library
Item:
  • 3899   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Mrs. Rodman Fay
Date:
  • 8/20/1950
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0030
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 1
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Address given by Mrs. Rodman Fay (Gertrude), Chairman of the Northeast Harbor Library at the dedication of the new building in August 1950.
1738Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959); An appreciation of a landscape
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
Brief biography of Beatrix Farrand upon her death in 1959. She was the last of the charter members of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
  • Robert W. Patterson
  • 1959
  • pages 216-224
  • photocopy
Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959); An appreciation of a landscape
Item:
  • 1738   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Robert W. Patterson
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0251
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 216-224
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Brief biography of Beatrix Farrand upon her death in 1959. She was the last of the charter members of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
1523Notes 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.
1524Birds - Mount Desert
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
June 10-24, 1959 Notes added to the Birds of Mount Desert.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1959
  • 2 pages manuscript, 2 pages photograph copy
  • typescript, photograph copy
Birds - Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1524   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Creator:
  • Samuel A. Eliot
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0033 SAE
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 2 pages manuscript, 2 pages photograph copy
Medium:
  • typescript, photograph copy
Description:
June 10-24, 1959 Notes added to the Birds of Mount Desert.
1485Story of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Places, Town
This collection contains Morison's handwritten speech and his edited typed copy of the talk on Mount Desert Island history he gave in 1959 to benefit island libraries. The speech and notes became his book by the same name. Presented by S. E. Morison, 1973.
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1959
  • 79
  • manuscript
Story of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1485   
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0002 SEM
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 79
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
This collection contains Morison's handwritten speech and his edited typed copy of the talk on Mount Desert Island history he gave in 1959 to benefit island libraries. The speech and notes became his book by the same name. Presented by S. E. Morison, 1973.
1575Economic 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.
5615Panic in the Streets
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording
  • People
Barbara Bel Geddes, famed actress from Northeast Harbor, appears 3X in this film. archives -
  • 1950
  • VHS
Panic in the Streets
Item:
  • 5615   
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1950
Collection:
  • VHS Collection
Object ID:
  • VHS 0004
Location:
  • CD Box 1
Medium:
  • VHS
Description:
Barbara Bel Geddes, famed actress from Northeast Harbor, appears 3X in this film. archives -
3880Letters 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
3897Milliken Room Books
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Lists donors and books.
  • ca. 1956
  • 5
  • typescript
Milliken Room Books
Item:
  • 3897   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Date:
  • ca. 1956
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0028
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 1
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Lists donors and books.
3900Guests of the Dedication of the Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • 8/20/1950
  • 10
  • typescript
Guests of the Dedication of the Northeast Harbor Library
Item:
  • 3900   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Date:
  • 8/20/1950
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0031
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 1
Pages:
  • 10
Medium:
  • typescript
3908Northeast 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
3927Trustees' Records
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Records and meeting notes of the Trustees of the library 1891-1911 1911-1946 1946-1951
  • 1891-1951
  • 3 volumes
  • ledger book
Trustees' Records
Item:
  • 3927   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Date:
  • 1891-1951
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0058
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 10
Pages:
  • 3 volumes
Medium:
  • ledger book
Description:
Records and meeting notes of the Trustees of the library 1891-1911 1911-1946 1946-1951
6609Valuation Resident 1950 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
  • 1950
Valuation Resident 1950 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6609   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1950
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2E 4
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
6610Valuation Non-Resident 1950 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
  • 1950
Valuation Non-Resident 1950 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6610   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1950
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2E 4
Description:
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included. Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6611Valuation Resident 1951 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
  • 1951
Valuation Resident 1951 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6611   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1951
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2E 5
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