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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
5202Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Fire
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Fire at Augusta Smith's Dry Goods Store, Main Street, Northeast Harbor. Included is scan of 1941 newspaper article.
  • Alan Knox
  • 1941
  • 5 photographs, 1 article
Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Fire
Item:
  • 5202   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1623
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 5 photographs, 1 article
Description:
Fire at Augusta Smith's Dry Goods Store, Main Street, Northeast Harbor. Included is scan of 1941 newspaper article.
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
Other Indian Events of New England
Item:
  • 7084   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • Allan Forbes
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.1 FOR
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 102
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • 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.
2590Apartment alterations for Mrs. Berkeley LeV Allen
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Blueprint, 24x16", of alteration plans for apartments for Mrs. Berkeley Allen.
  • Ambrose S. Higgins
  • 1946
  • 1
  • ARCH
  • good
Apartment alterations for Mrs. Berkeley LeV Allen
Item:
  • 2590   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Ambrose S. Higgins
Date:
  • 1946
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 382
Location:
  • GHC Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • ARCH
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Blueprint, 24x16", of alteration plans for apartments for Mrs. Berkeley Allen.
2591MacKay Residence
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Nine blueprints (several duplicates) and three parchment tracings, 23x17", of multilevel floor plans of the MacKay house, "Tide Bell" at Hancock Point.
  • Ambrose S. Higgins
  • 1947
  • Tide Bell
  • 12
  • ARCH
  • good
MacKay Residence
Item:
  • 2591   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Ambrose S. Higgins
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
Property Name:
  • Tide Bell
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 383
Location:
  • GHC Box 10
Pages:
  • 12
Medium:
  • ARCH
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Nine blueprints (several duplicates) and three parchment tracings, 23x17", of multilevel floor plans of the MacKay house, "Tide Bell" at Hancock Point.
7150Milton Quadrangle, Vermont
  • Map
  • Places
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. United States Department of the Army Corps of Engineers. Milton Quadrangle, Vermont (N44.37/W73.00). Scale 1: 24 000. Topography from aerial photographs by multiplex methods. Mapped by the Army Map Service. Control by USGS, USC&GS, and USCE. Photorevised 1972.
  • Army Map Service
  • 1948
  • 1
  • paper
  • good
Milton Quadrangle, Vermont
Item:
  • 7150   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Army Map Service
Date:
  • 1948
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0300
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. United States Department of the Army Corps of Engineers. Milton Quadrangle, Vermont (N44.37/W73.00). Scale 1: 24 000. Topography from aerial photographs by multiplex methods. Mapped by the Army Map Service. Control by USGS, USC&GS, and USCE. Photorevised 1972.
5455Arthur W. Coombs
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
A. W. Coombs seated near fireplace in back yard.
  • Arthur Coombs
  • August 1940
Arthur W. Coombs
Item:
  • 5455   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Arthur Coombs
Date:
  • August 1940
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1848
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
A. W. Coombs seated near fireplace in back yard.
3610Items for Showing the General Location of the Airports in Maine
  • Map
  • Places
Airport classes defined. Airport locations marked.
  • Augustus D. Phillips
  • 1945
  • 1
  • MAP
Items for Showing the General Location of the Airports in Maine
Item:
  • 3610   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Augustus D. Phillips
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0056 ADP
Location:
  • Shelf 5E4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Airport classes defined. Airport locations marked.
2578Landscape of Property of William Elder Marcus Jr.
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Blueprint, 34x25.5", of landscape design on property of William Marcus, Jr. in Seal Harbor.
  • Avis Campbell
  • 1940
  • 1
  • ARCH
Landscape of Property of William Elder Marcus Jr.
Item:
  • 2578   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Avis Campbell
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 371
Location:
  • GHC Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • ARCH
Description:
Blueprint, 34x25.5", of landscape design on property of William Marcus, Jr. in Seal Harbor.
6207Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
History of the Bass Family settling in Braintree Mass. Connections Eddy, Morse, Paine, Bass.
  • Bass, Charissa Taylor & Walton, Emma Lee
  • 1940
Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass
Item:
  • 6207   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Bass, Charissa Taylor & Walton, Emma Lee
Date:
  • 1940
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 100
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Surname File
Description:
History of the Bass Family settling in Braintree Mass. Connections Eddy, Morse, Paine, Bass.
7099The Origin and the Chronology of the Clipper Ships
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Clipper Ship
With a handwritten dedication by the author to Professor Manson (?), from 9 April 1948.
  • Bernard Berenson, M. D.
  • 1947
  • 14
  • 1 booklet
  • good
The Origin and the Chronology of the Clipper Ships
Item:
  • 7099   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Clipper Ship
Creator:
  • Bernard Berenson, M. D.
Date:
  • 1947
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 387 BER
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 14
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
With a handwritten dedication by the author to Professor Manson (?), from 9 April 1948.
5366Howard Kneedler
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
pen & ink sketch of Harold Kneedler. Loaned by Mrs. Caro Edwards in 1994.
  • Betsy Flagg Melcher
  • 1949
Howard Kneedler
Item:
  • 5366   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Betsy Flagg Melcher
Date:
  • 1949
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1784
Location:
  • Oversize Photograph Box 2, 4E3
Description:
pen & ink sketch of Harold Kneedler. Loaned by Mrs. Caro Edwards in 1994.
5367Mrs. Harold Kneedler
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Framed, 8.5x10" pen & ink sketch of Mrs. Harold Kneedler (Anna Lewis). Loaned to library by Mrs. Caro Edwards in 1994.
  • Betsy Flagg Melcher
  • 1949
Mrs. Harold Kneedler
Item:
  • 5367   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Betsy Flagg Melcher
Date:
  • 1949
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1785
Location:
  • Oversize Photograph Box 2, 4E3
Description:
Framed, 8.5x10" pen & ink sketch of Mrs. Harold Kneedler (Anna Lewis). Loaned to library by Mrs. Caro Edwards in 1994.
2400Henry VanDyke Estate
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Lot map (20 1/2x13") of H. VanDyke property on Dodge Point, Seal Harbor. Lots of neighbors (N. Rockefeller, Dr. Angell, Fletcher, McAlpin, Douglass, Ford, Harrison, Church - St. Jude; Seal Harbor Congregational, Reed) are indicated. Prepared by Charles Simpson. (Kn. Map 1; lot 10-16)
  • C. A. Simpson
  • 1948
  • 1
  • MAP
Henry VanDyke Estate
Item:
  • 2400   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
Creator:
  • C. A. Simpson
Date:
  • 1948
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 20
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Lot map (20 1/2x13") of H. VanDyke property on Dodge Point, Seal Harbor. Lots of neighbors (N. Rockefeller, Dr. Angell, Fletcher, McAlpin, Douglass, Ford, Harrison, Church - St. Jude; Seal Harbor Congregational, Reed) are indicated. Prepared by Charles Simpson. (Kn. Map 1; lot 10-16)
7148Gardner Lake Quadrangle, Washington County, Maine
  • Map
  • Places
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. United States Department of the Army Corps of Engineers. Gardner Lake Quadrangle, Washington County (N44.45/W67.15). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by C. W. Buckey, F. M. Mann, H. C. Crumpacker, L. A. Hoffman, and L. D. Hottel.
  • C. W. Buckey, F. M. Mann, H. C. Crumpacker, L. A. Hoffman, L. D. Hottel
  • 1941
  • 1
  • paper
  • good
Gardner Lake Quadrangle, Washington County, Maine
Item:
  • 7148   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • C. W. Buckey, F. M. Mann, H. C. Crumpacker, L. A. Hoffman, L. D. Hottel
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0298
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. United States Department of the Army Corps of Engineers. Gardner Lake Quadrangle, Washington County (N44.45/W67.15). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by C. W. Buckey, F. M. Mann, H. C. Crumpacker, L. A. Hoffman, and L. D. Hottel.
2279Gilman High School Scrapbook
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, School Institution
Box 2 1909-1949 Gilman High School Scrapbook: 1 ledger book -- compiled by Carl E. Kelley, principal of Gilman High School from 1920-1950 -- record of all graduates -- includes index -- donated by heirs of Elmer Cousins
  • Carl E. Kelley
  • 1909-1949
  • 1 ledger book
Gilman High School Scrapbook
Item:
  • 2279   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Creator:
  • Carl E. Kelley
Date:
  • 1909-1949
Collection:
  • Gilman High School Collection
Object ID:
  • GHS 0002
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4 and 4B5
Pages:
  • 1 ledger book
Description:
Box 2 1909-1949 Gilman High School Scrapbook: 1 ledger book -- compiled by Carl E. Kelley, principal of Gilman High School from 1920-1950 -- record of all graduates -- includes index -- donated by heirs of Elmer Cousins
3487Mount Desert Seascape
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Landscape
Oil on canvas. Large wooden frame.
  • Carroll Tyson
  • 1948
Mount Desert Seascape
Item:
  • 3487   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Carroll Tyson
Date:
  • 1948
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Young Adult Area
Description:
Oil on canvas. Large wooden frame.
1841Personal letter at the end of WWII
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Personal letter, in diary format, from Hoyt Clark to his niece describing the sad news of the death of some of his crew members in a B29 plane crash just after WWII was declared over. Cover letter included.
  • Clark Hoyt
  • 1945
  • 4
  • typescript
Personal letter at the end of WWII
Item:
  • 1841   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Clark Hoyt
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0354
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Personal letter, in diary format, from Hoyt Clark to his niece describing the sad news of the death of some of his crew members in a B29 plane crash just after WWII was declared over. Cover letter included.
3648Massachusetts Bay
  • Map
  • Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington D. C.
  • 1948
  • 1 nautical chart
  • paper
Massachusetts Bay
Item:
  • 3648   
Type:
  • Map
Creator:
  • Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington D. C.
Date:
  • 1948
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0097 SEM
Location:
  • 5C1, 5C2
Pages:
  • 1 nautical chart
Medium:
  • paper
1607The One Hundredth Anniversary
  • Document, Program
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Program from services commemorating the organization of the Congregational Society of Mount Desert
  • Congregational Society of Mount Desert
  • 7/21/1940
  • 1 pamphlet
The One Hundredth Anniversary
Item:
  • 1607   
Type:
  • Document, Program
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Creator:
  • Congregational Society of Mount Desert
Date:
  • 7/21/1940
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0119
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • 1 pamphlet
Description:
Program from services commemorating the organization of the Congregational Society of Mount Desert
5694Northeast Harbor Ambulance Co., Ambulance
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Automobile, Motor Ambulance
Ambulance parked on lawn in front of a house.
  • Dexter Witt, Freeport IL
  • 1949
  • 1 photograph
Northeast Harbor Ambulance Co., Ambulance
Item:
  • 5694   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Automobile, Motor Ambulance
Creator:
  • Dexter Witt, Freeport IL
Date:
  • 1949
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2080 DW
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Ambulance parked on lawn in front of a house.
7114Crab Apples for America
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Plants
Originally from the Reef Point Gardens Library.
  • Donald Wyman
  • 1943
  • 81
  • 1 book
  • good
Crab Apples for America
Item:
  • 7114   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Nature, Plants
Creator:
  • Donald Wyman
Date:
  • 1943
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 634 WYM
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 81
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Originally from the Reef Point Gardens Library.
7147Wesley Quadrangle, Washington County, Maine
  • Map
  • Places
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. United States Department of the Army Corps of Engineers. Wesley Quadrangle, Washington County (N44.45/W67.30). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by E. A. Krahmer, F. E. Russel, T. D. Anderson, T. V. Wilder, and W. D. Leech.
  • E. A. Krahmer, F. E. Russel, T. D. Anderson, T. V. Wilder, W. D. Leech
  • 1941
  • 1
  • paper
  • good
Wesley Quadrangle, Washington County, Maine
Item:
  • 7147   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • E. A. Krahmer, F. E. Russel, T. D. Anderson, T. V. Wilder, W. D. Leech
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0297
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. United States Department of the Army Corps of Engineers. Wesley Quadrangle, Washington County (N44.45/W67.30). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by E. A. Krahmer, F. E. Russel, T. D. Anderson, T. V. Wilder, and W. D. Leech.
3583Path and Road Map of the Eastern and Western Parts of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Map
Double-sided map. Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and topography.
  • Edward L. Rand, Waldron Bates, Herbert Jacques
  • 1941
  • 2 copies
Path and Road Map of the Eastern and Western Parts of Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 3583   
Type:
  • Map
Creator:
  • Edward L. Rand, Waldron Bates, Herbert Jacques
Date:
  • 1941
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0030 ELR
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 2 copies
Description:
Double-sided map. Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and topography.
6150The Bar Harbor Directory
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Cottage directory. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
  • F. C. Fearing
  • 1947
  • 91
  • 1 book
The Bar Harbor Directory
Item:
  • 6150   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • F. C. Fearing
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 FEA
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 91
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Cottage directory. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
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
Eastern Algonkian Block-Stamp decoration: A New World original or an acculturated art
Item:
  • 7082   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
Creator:
  • Frank G. Speck
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.1 SPE
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 62
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • 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.