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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
6158Seal Harbor
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Town
Notes and photographs of Seal Harbor, Maine, including train and boat schedules. See item 5719 (Photo 2105) for digital copy.
  • George L. Stebbins
  • 1908
  • 1 book
Description:
Notes and photographs of Seal Harbor, Maine, including train and boat schedules. See item 5719 (Photo 2105) for digital copy.
6060A statement of the financial condition of the county of Hancock
  • Publication, Book
Collection of pamphlets.
  • 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1947
  • 29 pamphlets
  • pamphlet
Description:
Collection of pamphlets.
6035The Redbook Collection
  • Publication, Book
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
BOX 1 (record carton box) The Redbooks, 1912-2020 (missing 1913, 1917, 1918, 1948). Now called The Redbook--originally called Directory and Hand Book--these social registers list residents and their contact information, cottage locations and owners, businesses, various transportation schedules, tide charts, advertisements, and important phone numbers. The first book published in 1912 by Stella L. Hill was green, all the rest are red. The Redbook celebrated its 100 anniversary in 2012 and is still produced to this day.
  • 1912-current
  • 1 record carton box
Description:
BOX 1 (record carton box) The Redbooks, 1912-2020 (missing 1913, 1917, 1918, 1948). Now called The Redbook--originally called Directory and Hand Book--these social registers list residents and their contact information, cottage locations and owners, businesses, various transportation schedules, tide charts, advertisements, and important phone numbers. The first book published in 1912 by Stella L. Hill was green, all the rest are red. The Redbook celebrated its 100 anniversary in 2012 and is still produced to this day. [show more]
7104Some Ships of the Clipper Ships Era
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Clipper Ship
Their Builders, Owners, and Captains. A glance at an interesting phase of the American Merchant Marine so far as it relates to Boston. With 30 black and white illustrations of ships. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • State Street Trust Company, Boston, Mass.
  • 1913
  • 45
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
Their Builders, Owners, and Captains. A glance at an interesting phase of the American Merchant Marine so far as it relates to Boston. With 30 black and white illustrations of ships. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
6102Sieur De Monts National Monument - The White Mountain National Forest
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Park
Development of what is now Acadia National Park. Article provides history and descriptions of the area covered under the U.S. Monuments Act of 1906. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • George B. Dorr
  • 1917
  • 64
  • good
Description:
Development of what is now Acadia National Park. Article provides history and descriptions of the area covered under the U.S. Monuments Act of 1906. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
6084Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
Summary of geological details of Mount Desert Island. Several b/w pictures. Two reprints, same article, entitled "Geology of Mount Desert Island". Rocks and minerals. Revised and reprinted from the "Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. XVII, No. 4, October 1919). See also item 7069.
  • F. Bascom
  • 1919
  • 14
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
Summary of geological details of Mount Desert Island. Several b/w pictures. Two reprints, same article, entitled "Geology of Mount Desert Island". Rocks and minerals. Revised and reprinted from the "Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. XVII, No. 4, October 1919). See also item 7069.
7053New England Old and New 1620-1920
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1920
  • 63
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
6136Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent 1745-1827
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • People
Cover-title. Printed for private circulation. Note, p. [4], signed: Winthrop Sargent.
  • Winthrop Sargent
  • 1920
  • 46
  • pamphlet
  • fair
Description:
Cover-title. Printed for private circulation. Note, p. [4], signed: Winthrop Sargent.
7116A Down-East Yankee from the District of Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • People
A biography of John Neal (August 25, 1793 – June 20, 1876), the first American writer to represent "The United States of North America" in the British Quarterlies.
  • Windsor P. Daggett
  • 1920
  • 80
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
A biography of John Neal (August 25, 1793 – June 20, 1876), the first American writer to represent "The United States of North America" in the British Quarterlies.
6145Sir Francis Bernard and his Grant of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Land
  • People
  • Places
About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor.
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 1922
  • 65
  • 1 book
Description:
About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor.
6144Sir Samuel Argall, the First Englishman at Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • People
Publication of a paper presented by William Sawtelle to the Maine Historical Society in 1923 about Samuel Argall, merchant tailor, of Bristol, England, and the first Englishman recorded to have visited Mount Desert Island in 1613.
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 1924
  • 23
  • 1 book
Description:
Publication of a paper presented by William Sawtelle to the Maine Historical Society in 1923 about Samuel Argall, merchant tailor, of Bristol, England, and the first Englishman recorded to have visited Mount Desert Island in 1613.
7050George Folsom, John A. Poor and a Century of Historical Research with reference to Early Colonial Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine.
  • Henry S. Burrage
  • 1926
  • 62
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine.
7197Cranberryana
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, Civic
Booklet about the Cranberry Club, with a list of its members.
  • Mary Frances Parkman
  • 1926
  • good
Description:
Booklet about the Cranberry Club, with a list of its members.
7048A Pageant of the State of Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
In celebration of the official dedication of the Carlton Bridge in Bath, Maine. Acted and sung and danced by citizens of Bath, Brunswick, Woolwich and Wiscasset. June 30 and July 2, 3, 4, 1928
  • Virginia Tanner
  • 1928
  • 136
  • 1 book
  • fair
Description:
In celebration of the official dedication of the Carlton Bridge in Bath, Maine. Acted and sung and danced by citizens of Bath, Brunswick, Woolwich and Wiscasset. June 30 and July 2, 3, 4, 1928
6127The Future of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
Charles Eliot's report to the Plan Committee of the B. H. Village Improvement Society addressing the future of Lafayette National Park and of the villages on MDI via the park service or the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Maps included. (Scanned copy in part from University of Maine)
  • Charles W. Eliot II
  • 1928
  • 32
  • 2 copies
Description:
Charles Eliot's report to the Plan Committee of the B. H. Village Improvement Society addressing the future of Lafayette National Park and of the villages on MDI via the park service or the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Maps included. (Scanned copy in part from University of Maine)
6086The Jones Cove Shell-Heap
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Shore
Bulletin 1, The Jones cove Shell-Heap at West Gouldsboro, Maine by W. B. Smith in connection with Lafayette National Park - account of archeological digs at this Flanders Bay site in W. Gouldsboro, ME in 1928.
  • Walter B. Smith
  • 1929
  • 28
  • good
Description:
Bulletin 1, The Jones cove Shell-Heap at West Gouldsboro, Maine by W. B. Smith in connection with Lafayette National Park - account of archeological digs at this Flanders Bay site in W. Gouldsboro, ME in 1928.
6164Patriotic Plantations, Towns, and Cities of Maine
  • Publication, Book
advertising campaign of the Maine Development Commission with descriptions and geographic location of Maine communities.
  • 1930
  • 58
  • 1 book
Description:
advertising campaign of the Maine Development Commission with descriptions and geographic location of Maine communities.
6155The Privileges of Old Age
  • Publication, Book
A small bound book written by a long time summer resident of Northeast Harbor (1847-1936), a Unitarian theologian.
  • Francis G. Peabody
  • 1931
  • 29
  • 1 book
Description:
A small bound book written by a long time summer resident of Northeast Harbor (1847-1936), a Unitarian theologian.
6089Maine Highways
  • Publication, Book
  • Maine State Highway Commission
  • 1932 v. 1 no. 5
  • 34
  • pamphlet
6097Annual Meeting Program of the Garden Club of America
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
Hard, yellow covered program covering the 1934 Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of America, listing members of the Bar Harbor and Northeast & Seal Harbor clubs. Meeting held at the Malvern Hotel in Bar Harbor. July 11, 12, 13, 1934 - Garden Club of Mt. Desert.
  • Garden Club of Mount Desert
  • 1934
  • 48
  • good
Description:
Hard, yellow covered program covering the 1934 Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of America, listing members of the Bar Harbor and Northeast & Seal Harbor clubs. Meeting held at the Malvern Hotel in Bar Harbor. July 11, 12, 13, 1934 - Garden Club of Mt. Desert.
6116Racing Instructions
  • Publication, Book
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Fleet manual with racing instructions, schedules, charts, and racing boat specifications.
  • Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • 1935
  • 33
  • 1 book
Description:
Fleet manual with racing instructions, schedules, charts, and racing boat specifications.
6139A Little Boy In Little Boston
  • Publication, Book
  • People
A soft covered book with stories of childhood of Francis G. Peabody in Boston.
  • Francis G. Peabody
  • 1935
  • 42
  • 1 book
Description:
A soft covered book with stories of childhood of Francis G. Peabody in Boston.
6135Lessons for Ursula Ward Melcher
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • Other, Image
Small black "Scribble in Book" done by Pamela Melcher for her sister "Sulie", containing drawings and school lessons
  • Pamela Melcher
  • 1935
  • journal
  • fragile
Description:
Small black "Scribble in Book" done by Pamela Melcher for her sister "Sulie", containing drawings and school lessons
7084Other Indian Events of New England
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
A collection of interesting incidents in the lives of the early settlers and the Indians of this country with reproduction of old prints and photographs. Volume II. Issued by the State Street Trust Company of Boston in commemoration of its 50th anniversary.
  • Allan Forbes
  • 1941
  • 102
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
A collection of interesting incidents in the lives of the early settlers and the Indians of this country with reproduction of old prints and photographs. Volume II. Issued by the State Street Trust Company of Boston in commemoration of its 50th anniversary.
6119Cuckoos on the Hearth
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Literature
Script of a three-act play by Parker Fennelly of New York and Northeast Harbor. It was staged at the Morosco Theater in NY in October 1941 under direction of Antoinette Perry. 1st copyright title " Two Story House" 1941; Cuckoos on the Hearth 1942. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
  • Parker Fennelly
  • 1941
  • 112
  • 1 book
Description:
Script of a three-act play by Parker Fennelly of New York and Northeast Harbor. It was staged at the Morosco Theater in NY in October 1941 under direction of Antoinette Perry. 1st copyright title " Two Story House" 1941; Cuckoos on the Hearth 1942. Scan: Cover, first pages only.