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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.
6032Maine History News
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places
Quarterly journal featuring historic articles of people, places, and events throughout the state of Maine.
  • 1974-1984
Description:
Quarterly journal featuring historic articles of people, places, and events throughout the state of Maine.
6100Carriage Road Bridges Rehabilitation
  • Publication, Book
  • Events, Construction
  • Places, Park
  • Structures, Bridge, Carriage Road
Environmental assessment for the National Park Service's proposed rehabilitation of the carriage road bridges in Acadia National Park.
  • 2003
  • vi, 61, [26] : illustrations, maps
Description:
Environmental assessment for the National Park Service's proposed rehabilitation of the carriage road bridges in Acadia National Park.
6138Beyond God's Pocket
  • Publication, Book
  • People
Collection of writings about the travels of Captain Samuel Hadlock of Cranberry Isles and George Niagungitok and Mary Coonunnak, the Eskimos who accompanied him.
  • Hugh L. Dwelley
  • 2003
  • 98
  • 1 book
Description:
Collection of writings about the travels of Captain Samuel Hadlock of Cranberry Isles and George Niagungitok and Mary Coonunnak, the Eskimos who accompanied him.
7067Richmond, a long view 1823-1973
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Pictorial supplement to "Richmond on the Kennebec".
  • The Richmond Historical and Cultural Society
  • 1973
  • 83
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
Pictorial supplement to "Richmond on the Kennebec".
6157Sprague's journal of Maine history
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Sprague’s Journal of Maine History. 1920 Vol. 7 No. 4 – William Gilley, an early settler of MDI by William O. Sawtelle (p.192-193) 1920 Vol. 8 No. 1 1922 Vol. 10 No. 4 – Father Pierre Biard, Superior of the Mount Desert Jesuit Mission of Saint Sauveur by William O. Sawtelle (p.179-191) 1923 Vol. 11 No. 1 – note on p.41 on Seth Llewellyn Milliken a Representative from Maine, 1857-58 US Congress 1923 Vol. 11 No. 3 1923 Vol. 11 No. 4 1924 Vol. 12 No. 1 1924 Vol. 12 No. 2 1924 Vol. 12 No. 3 1924 Vol. 12 No. 4 (2) – Sir Samuel Argall by William O. Sawtelle (p. 201-221) 1925 Vol. 13 No. 1 1925 Vol. 13 No. 2 1925 Vol. 13 No. 3 1925 Vol. 13 No. 4 1926 Vol. 14 No. 1 1926 Vol. 14 No. 3 1926 Vo. 14 No. 4 – Pioneers of Mount Desert by William O. Sawtelle (p.179-187) Compiled 11/14/2012 by H. Stevens – The Island of Mount Desert by William O. Sawtelle (p.127-144) – 2 copies – Antoinette de Pons by William O. Sawtelle (p.188-195) – The Gilley Family Part One by William O. Sawtelle (p.6-15) – The Gilley Family Part Two by William O. Sawtelle (p.77-84) – Talleyrand’s Oath of Allegiance by William O. Sawtelle (p.147-148) – Sir Samuel Argall by William O. Sawtelle (p.201-221) – The Islesford Historical Collection by Wilfred A. Hennessy – Mount Desert: Champlain to Bernard by William O. Sawtelle (p.131-186) – Historical Thanksgiving at Southwest Harbor (p.27)
Description:
Sprague’s Journal of Maine History. 1920 Vol. 7 No. 4 – William Gilley, an early settler of MDI by William O. Sawtelle (p.192-193) 1920 Vol. 8 No. 1 1922 Vol. 10 No. 4 – Father Pierre Biard, Superior of the Mount Desert Jesuit Mission of Saint Sauveur by William O. Sawtelle (p.179-191) 1923 Vol. 11 No. 1 – note on p.41 on Seth Llewellyn Milliken a Representative from Maine, 1857-58 US Congress 1923 Vol. 11 No. 3 1923 Vol. 11 No. 4 1924 Vol. 12 No. 1 1924 Vol. 12 No. 2 1924 Vol. 12 No. 3 1924 Vol. 12 No. 4 (2) – Sir Samuel Argall by William O. Sawtelle (p. 201-221) 1925 Vol. 13 No. 1 1925 Vol. 13 No. 2 1925 Vol. 13 No. 3 1925 Vol. 13 No. 4 1926 Vol. 14 No. 1 1926 Vol. 14 No. 3 1926 Vo. 14 No. 4 – Pioneers of Mount Desert by William O. Sawtelle (p.179-187) Compiled 11/14/2012 by H. Stevens – The Island of Mount Desert by William O. Sawtelle (p.127-144) – 2 copies – Antoinette de Pons by William O. Sawtelle (p.188-195) – The Gilley Family Part One by William O. Sawtelle (p.6-15) – The Gilley Family Part Two by William O. Sawtelle (p.77-84) – Talleyrand’s Oath of Allegiance by William O. Sawtelle (p.147-148) – Sir Samuel Argall by William O. Sawtelle (p.201-221) – The Islesford Historical Collection by Wilfred A. Hennessy – Mount Desert: Champlain to Bernard by William O. Sawtelle (p.131-186) – Historical Thanksgiving at Southwest Harbor (p.27) [show more]
7078Uses of Birch-Bark in the Northeast
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Published by the Robert Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine. Second printing, 1974
  • Eva L. Butler, Wendell S. Hadlock
  • 1957
  • 66
  • 1 book
  • great
Description:
Published by the Robert Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine. Second printing, 1974
7096History of the District of Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places
Illustrated by a new correct Map of the District.
  • James Sullivan
  • 1795
  • 421
  • 1 book
  • fair
Description:
Illustrated by a new correct Map of the District.
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.
7117Walter S. Wyman (1874-1942)
  • Publication, Book
  • People
One of Maine's Great Pioneers. By William B. Skelton, member of the Newcomen Society, chairman of the board of Central Maine Power Company, Augusta, Maine.
  • William B. Skelton
  • 1949
  • 32
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
One of Maine's Great Pioneers. By William B. Skelton, member of the Newcomen Society, chairman of the board of Central Maine Power Company, Augusta, Maine.
7082Eastern Algonkian Block-Stamp decoration: A New World original or an acculturated art
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
Research Series No. 1. Published by the Archeological Society of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey, June 1947. With an addendum: "Some early Indian basket makers of southern New England", by Eva L. Butler.
  • Frank G. Speck
  • 1947
  • 62
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
Research Series No. 1. Published by the Archeological Society of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey, June 1947. With an addendum: "Some early Indian basket makers of southern New England", by Eva L. Butler.
6152Tragedies & Triumphs
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Places, Park
Lecture regarding founding of Acadia National Park by Charles Eliot, George B. Dorr and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
  • Judith S. Goldstein
  • 1992
  • 32
  • 1 book
Description:
Lecture regarding founding of Acadia National Park by Charles Eliot, George B. Dorr and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
7071The Civil War
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
U. S. Civil War Centennial Commission 1961-1965.
  • James I. Robertson, Jr.
  • 1963
  • 64
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
U. S. Civil War Centennial Commission 1961-1965.
6133A Faithful Friend
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1948
  • 8
  • pamphlet
6103Memorial of Champlain Discoverer of Mt. Desert, 1604-1904
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Grey booklet about the memorial to Samuel de Champlain, discoverer of Mount Desert Island. At the dedication of his monument in Seal Harbor, speakers included Rev. Samuel Eliot and Rev. William Brown. Photographs included.
  • 1906
  • 1 book
Description:
Grey booklet about the memorial to Samuel de Champlain, discoverer of Mount Desert Island. At the dedication of his monument in Seal Harbor, speakers included Rev. Samuel Eliot and Rev. William Brown. Photographs included.
7109Hail Chant and Water Chant
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. II.
  • Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 1946
  • 237
  • 2 copies
  • good
Description:
Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. II.
7107Navajo Creation Myth
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
The Story of the Emergence, told by Hasteen Klah, recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. I.
  • Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 1942
  • 238
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
The Story of the Emergence, told by Hasteen Klah, recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. I.
7110The Great Star Chant
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
The Myth and Prayers of the Great Star Chant and the Myth of the Coyote Chant. Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. With 22 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb and others. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. IV.
  • Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 1956
  • 190
  • 2 copies
  • good
Description:
The Myth and Prayers of the Great Star Chant and the Myth of the Coyote Chant. Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. With 22 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb and others. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. IV.
7111Emergence Myth
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
According to the Hanelthnayhe or Upward-reaching rite. Recorded by Father Berard Haile, O. F. M. Rewritten by Mary C. Wheelwright. With 13 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb, Mrs. John Wetherell and Mrs. Laura A. Armer. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. III.
  • Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 1949
  • 186
  • 2 copies
  • good
Description:
According to the Hanelthnayhe or Upward-reaching rite. Recorded by Father Berard Haile, O. F. M. Rewritten by Mary C. Wheelwright. With 13 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb, Mrs. John Wetherell and Mrs. Laura A. Armer. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. III.
7112Texts of the Navajo Creation Chants
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
With an introduction by Mary C. Wheelwright. Comes with 5 vinyl records of Navajo chants recorded for the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art.
  • 3 copies
  • good
Description:
With an introduction by Mary C. Wheelwright. Comes with 5 vinyl records of Navajo chants recorded for the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art.
7108A Study of Navajo Symbolism
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
Published as part of the Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. XXXII, No. 3. Line drawings by Lloyd Moylan.
  • Franc Johnson Newcomb, Stanley Fishler, Mary C. Wheelwright
  • 1956
  • 100
  • 3 copies
  • good
Description:
Published as part of the Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. XXXII, No. 3. Line drawings by Lloyd Moylan.
6098Maine Olmsted Alliance For Parks & Landscapes
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Literature
  • Places, Park
Fall 1992 The Maine Work of Beatrix Jones Farrand Planting Open Space Seeds Frederick Law Olmstead National Historic Site Summer 2001 The Early Courses 19th Century Courses 20th Century Developments Friends of Acadia at Work Library At Thuya Lodge The Frances W. Peabody Research Library A Baker's Dozen of the Century's Best Books on American Garden Spring 2003 The Last Garden of Beatrix Farrand Creating an Appropriate Landscape of the Donnell House A Garden for your Historic House Plants and Historic Landscapes Winter 2005 Philosophical Underpinnings of the National Park Idea Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. Protecting our Public Landscapes Maine is Pioneering the use of Conservation Easements
Description:
Fall 1992 The Maine Work of Beatrix Jones Farrand Planting Open Space Seeds Frederick Law Olmstead National Historic Site Summer 2001 The Early Courses 19th Century Courses 20th Century Developments Friends of Acadia at Work Library At Thuya Lodge The Frances W. Peabody Research Library A Baker's Dozen of the Century's Best Books on American Garden Spring 2003 The Last Garden of Beatrix Farrand Creating an Appropriate Landscape of the Donnell House A Garden for your Historic House Plants and Historic Landscapes Winter 2005 Philosophical Underpinnings of the National Park Idea Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. Protecting our Public Landscapes Maine is Pioneering the use of Conservation Easements [show more]
6083Northeast Folklore
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Periodicals
Summer 1958 Fall 1958 Winter 1958 Spring 1959 Summer 1959 Fall 1959 Winter 1959 Summer 1960 Fall-Winter 1960 IV-1962 V-1963 IX-1967 XI-1969 XII-1971 XIII-1972 XV-1974
  • 16 books
Description:
Summer 1958 Fall 1958 Winter 1958 Spring 1959 Summer 1959 Fall 1959 Winter 1959 Summer 1960 Fall-Winter 1960 IV-1962 V-1963 IX-1967 XI-1969 XII-1971 XIII-1972 XV-1974
6112Everyday Art
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Photographs of natural settings in Acadia National Park with lyrics by Bill Hanson.
  • William P. Hanson
  • 1964
  • 1 book
Description:
Photographs of natural settings in Acadia National Park with lyrics by Bill Hanson.
6104Sieur de Monts Publications
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Places, Garden
  • Places, Park
Sieur de Monts Publications I. Announcement by the Government of the creation of the Sieur de Monts National Monument by proclamation, on July 8, 1916 (2 copies) II. Addresses at Meeting held at Bar Harbor on August 22, 1916, to commemorate the establishment of the Sieur de Monts National Monument (1 copy) III. The Sieur de Monts National Monument as a Bird Sanctuary (1 copy) IV. The Coastal Setting, Rocks and Woods of the Sieur de Monts National Monument (2 copies) V. An Acadian Plant Sanctuary (2 copies) VI. Wild Life and Nature Conservation in the Eastern States (3 copies) VII. Man and Nature. Our Duty to the Future (3 copies) VIII. The Acadian Forest (3 copies) IX. The Sieur de Monts National Monument as commemorating Acadia and early French influences of Race and Settlement in the United States (1 copy) X. Acadia: the Closing Scene (none) XI. Purchas translation of de Monts' Commission. De Monts: an Appreciation (3 copies) XII. The de Monts Ancestry in France (none) XIII. The District of Maine and the Character of the People of Boston at the end of the 18th century (none) XIV. Two National Monuments: the Desert and the Ocean Front (1 copy) XV. Natural Bird Gardens on Mount Desert Island (2 copies) XVI. The Blueberry and other characteristic plants of the Acadian Region (none) XVII. The Sieur de Monts National Monument and its Historical Associations. Garden = Approaches to the National Monument. The White Mountain National Forest. Crawford Notch in 1797 (2 copies) XVIII. An Old Account of Mt. Washington. A Word upon its Insect Life. A Word on Mt. Katahdin (1 copy) XIX. National Parks and Monuments (1 copy) XX. Early Cod and Haddock Fishery in Acadian Waters (none) XXI. The Birds of Oldfarm: an intimate study of an Acadian Bird Sanctuary (none) XXII. The Sieur de Monts National Monument and The Wild Gardens of Acadia (1 copy) XXIII. The Sieur de Monts National Monument as a Huguenot Memorial (none) Other Publications Relating to Sieur de Monts Sieur de Monts Spring. The Ancient Record of a Vision (2 copies) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. The Bath of Lintoun in China (1 copy) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. Damascus and the Spring-fed Stream to which it Owes its Life (2 copies) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. The Springs of Bath (1 copy) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. The King of the Golden River (1 copy) Sieur de Monts National Monument, 1918, group of letters (1 copy) Compiled 11/14/2012 by H. Stevens
Description:
Sieur de Monts Publications I. Announcement by the Government of the creation of the Sieur de Monts National Monument by proclamation, on July 8, 1916 (2 copies) II. Addresses at Meeting held at Bar Harbor on August 22, 1916, to commemorate the establishment of the Sieur de Monts National Monument (1 copy) III. The Sieur de Monts National Monument as a Bird Sanctuary (1 copy) IV. The Coastal Setting, Rocks and Woods of the Sieur de Monts National Monument (2 copies) V. An Acadian Plant Sanctuary (2 copies) VI. Wild Life and Nature Conservation in the Eastern States (3 copies) VII. Man and Nature. Our Duty to the Future (3 copies) VIII. The Acadian Forest (3 copies) IX. The Sieur de Monts National Monument as commemorating Acadia and early French influences of Race and Settlement in the United States (1 copy) X. Acadia: the Closing Scene (none) XI. Purchas translation of de Monts' Commission. De Monts: an Appreciation (3 copies) XII. The de Monts Ancestry in France (none) XIII. The District of Maine and the Character of the People of Boston at the end of the 18th century (none) XIV. Two National Monuments: the Desert and the Ocean Front (1 copy) XV. Natural Bird Gardens on Mount Desert Island (2 copies) XVI. The Blueberry and other characteristic plants of the Acadian Region (none) XVII. The Sieur de Monts National Monument and its Historical Associations. Garden = Approaches to the National Monument. The White Mountain National Forest. Crawford Notch in 1797 (2 copies) XVIII. An Old Account of Mt. Washington. A Word upon its Insect Life. A Word on Mt. Katahdin (1 copy) XIX. National Parks and Monuments (1 copy) XX. Early Cod and Haddock Fishery in Acadian Waters (none) XXI. The Birds of Oldfarm: an intimate study of an Acadian Bird Sanctuary (none) XXII. The Sieur de Monts National Monument and The Wild Gardens of Acadia (1 copy) XXIII. The Sieur de Monts National Monument as a Huguenot Memorial (none) Other Publications Relating to Sieur de Monts Sieur de Monts Spring. The Ancient Record of a Vision (2 copies) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. The Bath of Lintoun in China (1 copy) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. Damascus and the Spring-fed Stream to which it Owes its Life (2 copies) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. The Springs of Bath (1 copy) Sieur de Monts Spring. Papers on Water. The King of the Golden River (1 copy) Sieur de Monts National Monument, 1918, group of letters (1 copy) Compiled 11/14/2012 by H. Stevens [show more]