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1672Rusticators
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Garden
History of the Thuya Gardens in Northeast Harbor with layout chart and many Photographs, including one of Joseph Curtis, the original owner. Published in Arts & Crafts Homes, Summer 2006
  • Regina Cole
  • 2006
  • pages 87-92
Rusticators
Item:
  • 1672   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Regina Cole
Date:
  • 2006
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0184
Location:
  • General Collection Box 6
Pages:
  • pages 87-92
Description:
History of the Thuya Gardens in Northeast Harbor with layout chart and many Photographs, including one of Joseph Curtis, the original owner. Published in Arts & Crafts Homes, Summer 2006
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.
1723Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of the Emily F. Northam
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Events, Shipwreck
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Copy of article about the salvage of cargo from the schooner "Emily F. Northam" wrecked on the mudflats off Cranberry Island December 2, 1926. Capts. Hadlock and Jarvis organized a salvage crew of Fernalds, Stanleys, and Spurlings.
  • Farnham W. Smith
  • Mar-74
  • pages 58-65
  • photocopy
Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of the Emily F. Northam
Item:
  • 1723   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Events, Shipwreck
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Farnham W. Smith
Date:
  • Mar-74
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0235
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 58-65
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy of article about the salvage of cargo from the schooner "Emily F. Northam" wrecked on the mudflats off Cranberry Island December 2, 1926. Capts. Hadlock and Jarvis organized a salvage crew of Fernalds, Stanleys, and Spurlings.
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.
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.
1701That Man Gently
  • Publication, Literary, Script
  • Other, Literature
Script of a three act play, "That Man Gently" written by Mrs. August Belmont (Eleanor) in 1935.
  • Eleanor Robson Belmont, first Library Chairman
  • 1961
  • Act I 45 pages, Act II 35 pages, Act III 50 pages
  • typescript
That Man Gently
Item:
  • 1701   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Script
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
Creator:
  • Eleanor Robson Belmont, first Library Chairman
Date:
  • 1961
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0213
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • Act I 45 pages, Act II 35 pages, Act III 50 pages
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Script of a three act play, "That Man Gently" written by Mrs. August Belmont (Eleanor) in 1935.
2044Shipbuilding on Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902. Several photographs of the boats were added by R. Pyle at the Northeast Harbor library.
  • Ralph Stanley
  • 2010
  • 94
  • typescript
Shipbuilding on Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 2044   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Ralph Stanley
Date:
  • 2010
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0558
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 94
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902. Several photographs of the boats were added by R. Pyle at the Northeast Harbor library.
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)
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
1556The Maine Fire Story
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Events, Fire
  • People
Article about the 1947 fire that destroyed Bar Harbor. Includes photocopies of 2 awards given to the Employees of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.
  • 8 pages (2 copies)
  • photograph copy
The Maine Fire Story
Item:
  • 1556   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • People
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0067
Location:
  • General Collection Box 2
Pages:
  • 8 pages (2 copies)
Medium:
  • photograph copy
Description:
Article about the 1947 fire that destroyed Bar Harbor. Includes photocopies of 2 awards given to the Employees of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.
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.
1754Recollections of Summers Spent: Northeast Harbor, Maine.
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Places, Island
A collection of 1930 and 1940 boyhood memories of time at "Rockend Dock" including stories of Captains Lou Stanley, Bert Spurling and Bill Black. 2 copies.
  • Henry T. Reath
  • 8
  • 2 copies
Recollections of Summers Spent: Northeast Harbor, Maine.
Item:
  • 1754   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Henry T. Reath
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0266
Location:
  • General Collection Box 8
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • 2 copies
Description:
A collection of 1930 and 1940 boyhood memories of time at "Rockend Dock" including stories of Captains Lou Stanley, Bert Spurling and Bill Black. 2 copies.
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
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.
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.
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
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).
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.
2064Otter Creek Congregational Church
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Copies of articles about the development of Otter Creek Congregational Church as part of Mt. Desert Larger Parish through the efforts of Rev. Alexander McDonald and support of the "Aid Society of Otter Creek."
  • 1932
  • 4
  • photocopy
Otter Creek Congregational Church
Item:
  • 2064   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Date:
  • 1932
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0578
Location:
  • General Collection Box 18
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copies of articles about the development of Otter Creek Congregational Church as part of Mt. Desert Larger Parish through the efforts of Rev. Alexander McDonald and support of the "Aid Society of Otter Creek."
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.
1490The Bar Harbor Fire:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Events, Fire
Ruth Donnell Coombs, switchboard operator at Seal Harbor recalls the fire of 1947 that burned Bar Harbor.
  • Ruth Donnell Coombs
  • 1993
  • 4
  • typescript
The Bar Harbor Fire:
Item:
  • 1490   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
Creator:
  • Ruth Donnell Coombs
Date:
  • 1993
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0008 RDC
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Ruth Donnell Coombs, switchboard operator at Seal Harbor recalls the fire of 1947 that burned Bar Harbor.
1538Poems
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
  • Other, Poetry
Poems written by Bill Ayles 1: The Potentate 2: In Those Horse and Buggy Days 3: Grave Yard Memories 4: When Rebecca Played the Hose
  • Bill Ayles
  • 4
  • typescript
Poems
Item:
  • 1538   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
Creator:
  • Bill Ayles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0047 BA
Location:
  • General Collection Box 2
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Poems written by Bill Ayles 1: The Potentate 2: In Those Horse and Buggy Days 3: Grave Yard Memories 4: When Rebecca Played the Hose
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.
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.
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