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7080A Report on Tribal boundaries and Hunting areas of the Malecite Indian of New Brunswick
  • Publication, Booklet
  • People
  • Places
Reprinted from "American Anthropologist", Vol. 48, No. 3, July-September 1946.
  • Frank G. Speck, Wendell S. Hadlock
  • 1946
  • 19
  • 1 booklet
  • good
A Report on Tribal boundaries and Hunting areas of the Malecite Indian of New Brunswick
Item:
  • 7080   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • Frank G. Speck, Wendell S. Hadlock
Date:
  • 1946
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.3 SPE
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 19
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Reprinted from "American Anthropologist", Vol. 48, No. 3, July-September 1946.
1136Mount Desert High School
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Architectural details drawings, floor plans, plot plan, section.
  • Frank Irving Cooper Associates
  • 1948
  • 26 sheets
  • paper, photocopy
Mount Desert High School
Item:
  • 1136   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Creator:
  • Frank Irving Cooper Associates
Date:
  • 1948
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0137 FIC
Location:
  • FF B-6
Pages:
  • 26 sheets
Medium:
  • paper, photocopy
Description:
Architectural details drawings, floor plans, plot plan, section.
1195Mount Desert High School
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Elevation, wall detail in class room, first floor electrical plan, ground floor heating plan 1 list of equipment ordered
  • Frank Irving Cooper Associates Architects
  • September 1948-1949
  • 4
  • blueprint
Mount Desert High School
Item:
  • 1195   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Creator:
  • Frank Irving Cooper Associates Architects
Date:
  • September 1948-1949
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0197
Location:
  • FF B-16
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • blueprint
Description:
Elevation, wall detail in class room, first floor electrical plan, ground floor heating plan 1 list of equipment ordered
2862Charter party: Frank L. Sample to Thomas Leiter
  • Document, Legal, Agreement, Contract, Lease
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
  • Frank L. Sample
  • 1948
  • 2
  • Contract
Charter party: Frank L. Sample to Thomas Leiter
Item:
  • 2862   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Agreement, Contract, Lease
Subject:
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
Creator:
  • Frank L. Sample
Date:
  • 1948
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 26
Location:
  • I
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • Contract
1496Notes on the History of Folly Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
July 20, 1945 Notes taken down by Gano Dunn at the dictation of Captain Alfred H. Butler, 81 years old who was born on Bartlett Island and worked on Folly Island as a boy and later in life.
  • Gano Dunn
  • 1945
  • 5
  • typescript
Notes on the History of Folly Island
Item:
  • 1496   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Gano Dunn
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0012 GD
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
July 20, 1945 Notes taken down by Gano Dunn at the dictation of Captain Alfred H. Butler, 81 years old who was born on Bartlett Island and worked on Folly Island as a boy and later in life.
7115A Part of Vermont
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, Poetry
Booklet containing a collection of poems: - To Ethan Allen - The Nursery Rhyme and the Summer Visitor - Gilfeather - Gilfeather Again - On the Trout Streams - An Afternoon, Smoking, Writing, Swimming - Vermont and the Northwest Wind - Primavera - Coming and Going of Storms - To My Mother - Flute in Late Summer - On Planting a Small Lilac in Vermont - Bounding Line - Holiday Song - In Flame Over Vermont - A Poem to Explain Everything About a Certain Day in Vermont - Dialoge on Cider - Delight
  • Genevieve Taggard
  • 1945
  • 23
  • 1 booklet
  • good
A Part of Vermont
Item:
  • 7115   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
Creator:
  • Genevieve Taggard
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 811 TAG
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 23
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Booklet containing a collection of poems: - To Ethan Allen - The Nursery Rhyme and the Summer Visitor - Gilfeather - Gilfeather Again - On the Trout Streams - An Afternoon, Smoking, Writing, Swimming - Vermont and the Northwest Wind - Primavera - Coming and Going of Storms - To My Mother - Flute in Late Summer - On Planting a Small Lilac in Vermont - Bounding Line - Holiday Song - In Flame Over Vermont - A Poem to Explain Everything About a Certain Day in Vermont - Dialoge on Cider - Delight [show more]
1167Rock End Pier
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Pier
Folder of letters to Arnold Lunt and elevation sketch of pier.
  • George P. Carver
  • 1947
  • Gilpatrick Cove
  • 12 sheets
  • blueprint
Rock End Pier
Item:
  • 1167   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Pier
Creator:
  • George P. Carver
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • Gilpatrick Cove
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0169 GPC
Location:
  • FF B-26, ADC Box 1
Pages:
  • 12 sheets
Medium:
  • blueprint
Description:
Folder of letters to Arnold Lunt and elevation sketch of pier.
1165Clifton Dock
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Architectural details drawings, elevations, sections
  • George P. Carver, Engineering
  • 1946
  • 19 sheets
  • blueprints
Clifton Dock
Item:
  • 1165   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Creator:
  • George P. Carver, Engineering
Date:
  • 1946
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0167 GPC
Location:
  • FF B-25
Pages:
  • 19 sheets
Medium:
  • blueprints
Description:
Architectural details drawings, elevations, sections
2479House for Mrs. Jerome Knowles
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Five blueprint of home for Mrs. Jerome Knowles showing exterior elevations and two level floor plan. See also Item 2596
  • George Savage
  • 1947
  • 5
  • ARCH
House for Mrs. Jerome Knowles
Item:
  • 2479   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • George Savage
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 282
Location:
  • GHC Box 8
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • ARCH
Description:
Five blueprint of home for Mrs. Jerome Knowles showing exterior elevations and two level floor plan. See also Item 2596
2596House for Mrs. Jerome Knowles
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Exterior parchment sketch on mat board, 20x14", of house for Mrs. Jerome Knowles. See also Item 2479.
  • George Savage
  • 1943
  • 1
  • ARCH
  • very fragile, damaged
House for Mrs. Jerome Knowles
Item:
  • 2596   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • George Savage
Date:
  • 1943
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 388
Location:
  • GHC Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • ARCH
Condition:
  • very fragile, damaged
Description:
Exterior parchment sketch on mat board, 20x14", of house for Mrs. Jerome Knowles. See also Item 2479.
1175Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • George Savage
  • 1947
  • 2 blueprints, 2 papers, 2 diazo
  • blueprints, papers, diazo
Northeast Harbor Library
Item:
  • 1175   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • George Savage
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0177 GS
Location:
  • 5E8
Pages:
  • 2 blueprints, 2 papers, 2 diazo
Medium:
  • blueprints, papers, diazo
7307House for Mrs. L. F. Crofoot
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Preliminary plans and estimate specifications for a house to be built for Mrs. L. F. Crofoot at Wheelwright point, Northeast Harbor. House was never built.
  • George Savage
  • 1945
  • Wheelwright Point
  • 5
  • 3 blueprints, 2 papers
  • fair
House for Mrs. L. F. Crofoot
Item:
  • 7307   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • George Savage
Date:
  • 1945
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • Wheelwright Point
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0449 GS
Location:
  • FF E-01
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • 3 blueprints, 2 papers
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Preliminary plans and estimate specifications for a house to be built for Mrs. L. F. Crofoot at Wheelwright point, Northeast Harbor. House was never built.
7290Gladys Clark Scrapbook
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
  • Places, Town
Mrs. H. D. Clark scrapbook of press clippings containing local and national news and regarding various people and events.
  • Gladys Clark
  • 1940's
  • 1 scrapbook
  • very fragile, damaged
Gladys Clark Scrapbook
Item:
  • 7290   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Gladys Clark
Date:
  • 1940's
Collection:
  • Gladys Clark Collection
Object ID:
  • GCS 0001
Location:
  • Shelf 4D TOP
Medium:
  • 1 scrapbook
Condition:
  • very fragile, damaged
Description:
Mrs. H. D. Clark scrapbook of press clippings containing local and national news and regarding various people and events.
2242Maine Fire Disaster
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Fire
Pictorial review of the 1947 fire.
  • Guy P. Gannett, Publisher
  • 1947
  • 16
  • newspaper
  • fragile
Maine Fire Disaster
Item:
  • 2242   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
Creator:
  • Guy P. Gannett, Publisher
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0756
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 16
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
Pictorial review of the 1947 fire.
1592Proposed New England Super-Highway
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Road
Proposed New England Super-Highway, connecting New York and the three Northern New England States of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. There are many scenic Photographs.
  • H. A. Manning, editor
  • 1940
  • 21
Proposed New England Super-Highway
Item:
  • 1592   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Road
Creator:
  • H. A. Manning, editor
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0104
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 21
Description:
Proposed New England Super-Highway, connecting New York and the three Northern New England States of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. There are many scenic Photographs.
6072Report of the Commissioner of Education of the State of Maine for the School Biennium Ending June 30, 1944
  • Publication, Book
This report covers a detailed statement of the schools of Maine, including census, school attendance, receipts, expenditures and general progress.
  • Harry V. Gilson
  • 6/30/1944
  • 194
  • 1 book
Report of the Commissioner of Education of the State of Maine for the School Biennium Ending June 30, 1944
Item:
  • 6072   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Creator:
  • Harry V. Gilson
Date:
  • 6/30/1944
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 370 GIL
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 194
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
This report covers a detailed statement of the schools of Maine, including census, school attendance, receipts, expenditures and general progress.
2610Property off Sea St. proposed for Consolidated High School
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Blueprint, 28x24", showing contours of land, and lots, south of Sea Street proposed for Consolidated High School. It is also titled "topographical map of the Sea Street area." Names listed include: Proctor Smallidge, L. E. Kimball, Crushing Plant, Stella Hill, I. T. Moore, E. C. Ober, C. N. Small.
  • Herbert Thomas
  • 1940
  • 1
  • MAP
Property off Sea St. proposed for Consolidated High School
Item:
  • 2610   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Creator:
  • Herbert Thomas
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 41
Location:
  • GHC Box 2
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Blueprint, 28x24", showing contours of land, and lots, south of Sea Street proposed for Consolidated High School. It is also titled "topographical map of the Sea Street area." Names listed include: Proctor Smallidge, L. E. Kimball, Crushing Plant, Stella Hill, I. T. Moore, E. C. Ober, C. N. Small.
2222"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
  • Horace H. Leavitt
  • 1940
  • newspaper
"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
Item:
  • 2222   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Horace H. Leavitt
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0736
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
7100New England in National Leadership - 1895 - The First Steam Railroad Electrification!
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Transportation, Railroad
By Howard S. Palmer, member of the Newcomen Society, president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. With an opening poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The Broomstick Train".
  • Howard S. Palmer
  • 1945
  • 24
  • 1 booklet
  • good
New England in National Leadership - 1895 - The First Steam Railroad Electrification!
Item:
  • 7100   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Creator:
  • Howard S. Palmer
Date:
  • 1945
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 621.33 PAL
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 24
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
By Howard S. Palmer, member of the Newcomen Society, president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. With an opening poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The Broomstick Train".
5283GI's meet Russian Troops
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
Photographs of the American-Russian troop meetings on the Mulde and Elbe Rivers before the end of WWII. Related to GEN 399, 400, 401
  • Igor Belousovitch
  • 1945
  • 6 photographs
GI's meet Russian Troops
Item:
  • 5283   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
Creator:
  • Igor Belousovitch
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1705
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 6 photographs
Description:
Photographs of the American-Russian troop meetings on the Mulde and Elbe Rivers before the end of WWII. Related to GEN 399, 400, 401
3748Cottage Directory and Key to Map
  • Map
Knowles Company Cottage Directory. Sketch map of cottage locations.
  • Jerome H. Knowles Jr.
  • 1940
  • 1
  • MAP
Cottage Directory and Key to Map
Item:
  • 3748   
Type:
  • Map
Creator:
  • Jerome H. Knowles Jr.
Date:
  • 1940
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0202 KC
Location:
  • Shelf 5E1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Knowles Company Cottage Directory. Sketch map of cottage locations.
3749Cottage Directory and Key to Map
  • Map
Knowles Company Cottage Directory. Sketch map of cottage locations.
  • Jerome H. Knowles Jr.
  • 1941
  • 1
  • MAP
Cottage Directory and Key to Map
Item:
  • 3749   
Type:
  • Map
Creator:
  • Jerome H. Knowles Jr.
Date:
  • 1941
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0203 KC
Location:
  • Shelf 5E1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Knowles Company Cottage Directory. Sketch map of cottage locations.
2345Property of William W. Frazier
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Copy of 1928 blueprint by Alvah Reed of former William Frazier property on Schoolhouse Ledge, showing the 1937 land purchase of Kinney. Also labeled as Stetson property, formerly Hurd.
  • Jerome H. Knowles Jr.
  • 1940
  • 1
  • MAP
Property of William W. Frazier
Item:
  • 2345   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • Jerome H. Knowles Jr.
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 150
Location:
  • GHC Box 4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Copy of 1928 blueprint by Alvah Reed of former William Frazier property on Schoolhouse Ledge, showing the 1937 land purchase of Kinney. Also labeled as Stetson property, formerly Hurd.
3735Southern Mount Desert
  • Map
  • Places, Island
One of a kind. Pen and ink drawing.
  • John S. Dodge
  • 1948
  • 1
  • MAP
Southern Mount Desert
Item:
  • 3735   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • John S. Dodge
Date:
  • 1948
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0189 JD
Location:
  • On display in the library
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
One of a kind. Pen and ink drawing.
7081Cherokee-Iroquois Little People
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • People
Reprinted from "Journal of American Folklore", October-December 1946.
  • John Witthoft, Wendell S. Hadlock
  • 1946
  • 9
  • 1 booklet
  • fair
Cherokee-Iroquois Little People
Item:
  • 7081   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
Creator:
  • John Witthoft, Wendell S. Hadlock
Date:
  • 1946
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.3 WIT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Reprinted from "Journal of American Folklore", October-December 1946.