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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
2239The Fire of '47; Remembering - 40 years later
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Supplement to the Bar Harbor Times about the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire, with numerous articles and photographs. Editor: Diana Abrell Coordinator and writer: LaRue Spiker Research by Kristi Hempel
  • Diana F. Abrell
  • 1987
  • 15
  • newspaper
  • fair
Description:
Supplement to the Bar Harbor Times about the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire, with numerous articles and photographs. Editor: Diana Abrell Coordinator and writer: LaRue Spiker Research by Kristi Hempel
2240Mount Desert Island's Worst Disaster
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Island
Summary of the 1947 Fire on Mount Desert Island. Photograph of Clarence Cook Little and post-fire Jackson Lab. 2 copies.
  • 1964
  • 1
  • newspaper
  • fair
Description:
Summary of the 1947 Fire on Mount Desert Island. Photograph of Clarence Cook Little and post-fire Jackson Lab. 2 copies.
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
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.
7308Frenchboro: Preserved
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Nature
  • Places, Island
Article about the efforts by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust to preserve the uninhabited part of Frenchboro. Published in the "Bar Harbor Times" on October 12, 2000.
  • Jim Valette
  • 2000
  • 1 clipping
  • good
Description:
Article about the efforts by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust to preserve the uninhabited part of Frenchboro. Published in the "Bar Harbor Times" on October 12, 2000.
7309Mount Desert Island Visitor
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Nature
  • Places, Island
Newspaper supplement published by the Bar Harbor Times covering sightseeing and activities on and around Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. Volume 3, No. 3. Published on July 17, 1970.
  • The Bar Harbor Times
  • 1970
  • 1 supplement
  • good
Description:
Newspaper supplement published by the Bar Harbor Times covering sightseeing and activities on and around Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. Volume 3, No. 3. Published on July 17, 1970.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
2013Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
Short biography of Rachel Field's life on Sutton Island and nearby Cranberry Islands and how her environment influenced her writing. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1971.
  • Herbert Edwards
  • 1971
  • pages 70-123
  • magazine
Description:
Short biography of Rachel Field's life on Sutton Island and nearby Cranberry Islands and how her environment influenced her writing. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1971.
2015The Redoubtable Lady of Reef Point
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Short biography of Beatrix Farrand - her family background, her education, her focus on her Reef Point Gardens in Bar Harbor, and her landscape projects, including the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller garden in Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1985.
  • Anne Raver
  • 1985
  • pages 81-92
  • magazine
Description:
Short biography of Beatrix Farrand - her family background, her education, her focus on her Reef Point Gardens in Bar Harbor, and her landscape projects, including the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller garden in Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1985.
2019Venturing up Somes Sound
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Sound
A sailing tour up Somes Sound, the only true fjord on the Atlantic Coast, noting geographical and historic landmarks such geographical landmarks and historic places such as the village of Somesville, Hall Quarry, and Valley Cove. Published in Down East Magazine, June 1980.
  • Elizabeth McKey Hulbert
  • 1980
  • pages 44-50 pages
  • magazine
Description:
A sailing tour up Somes Sound, the only true fjord on the Atlantic Coast, noting geographical and historic landmarks such geographical landmarks and historic places such as the village of Somesville, Hall Quarry, and Valley Cove. Published in Down East Magazine, June 1980.
2023The Bar Harbor Auto War
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Automobile
Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975.
  • Richard A. Savage
  • 1975
  • pages 66-87
  • magazine
Description:
Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975.
2026Flower bedtime
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Preparing the Thuya Gardens for winter at the hands of Priscilla Hutton, head gardener. Published in Down East Magazine, October 2010.
  • Rebecca Evarts
  • Oct-10
  • pages 80-89
  • photocopy
Description:
Preparing the Thuya Gardens for winter at the hands of Priscilla Hutton, head gardener. Published in Down East Magazine, October 2010.
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
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.
2029The Gardens of Mt. Desert Island
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Garden
Brief article of the significance of landscaped gardens on MDI. Colored photographs of a few private gardens in Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, September 1979.
  • Elizabeth Hulbert
  • Sep-79
  • 4
  • magazine
Description:
Brief article of the significance of landscaped gardens on MDI. Colored photographs of a few private gardens in Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, September 1979.
2030Stillness at Somesville
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings
Photograph essay of springtime in the village of Somesville. Photographs include one showing the traditional black and white houses on Main Street. Published in Down East Magazine, June 1994.
  • Sue Hodges
  • Jun-94
  • 3
  • magazine
Description:
Photograph essay of springtime in the village of Somesville. Photographs include one showing the traditional black and white houses on Main Street. Published in Down East Magazine, June 1994.
2031Lure of the Maine Coast
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
Short biography of Fitz Hugh Lane and an excerpt from William Witherle's diary of a sailing trip with Lane and 4 other men from Castine to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1988.
  • William Witherle
  • Oct-88
  • 5
  • magazine
Description:
Short biography of Fitz Hugh Lane and an excerpt from William Witherle's diary of a sailing trip with Lane and 4 other men from Castine to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1988.
2032Exploring Somes Sound
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Sound
A short photograph tour along Somes Sound, either sailing or hiking. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1999.
  • Sarah Goodyear
  • Aug-99
  • 6
  • magazine
Description:
A short photograph tour along Somes Sound, either sailing or hiking. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1999.
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
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.