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| 7381 | Agnes Yarnall LePage Collection - Charcoal Drawings |
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| Several photographs of charcoal drawings by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Category "Charcoal Drawings". Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996. Cover/1 - 16: Early drawings (1940's) 17 -18: Circus 19 - 22: Charcoal and pencil ("Frenchman", "Another Boat") 23 - 25: Still Life 26: "The Tool House" (crayon sanguine) 27 - 28: Religious 29 - 51: Later drawings (including "Ehb") 52: "Fields to the West - Crum Creek" |
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Description: Several photographs of charcoal drawings by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Category "Charcoal Drawings". Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996. Cover/1 - 16: Early drawings (1940's) 17 -18: Circus 19 - 22: Charcoal and pencil ("Frenchman", "Another Boat") 23 - 25: Still Life 26: "The Tool House" (crayon sanguine) 27 - 28: Religious 29 - 51: Later drawings (including "Ehb") 52: "Fields to the West - Crum Creek" [show more] | ||||
| 7373 | Gilmanac, 1948 |
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| 1948 Gilman High School yearbook |
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| 7307 | House for Mrs. L. F. Crofoot |
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| 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. |
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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. | |
| 7290 | Gladys Clark Scrapbook |
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| Mrs. H. D. Clark scrapbook of press clippings containing local and national news and regarding various people and events. |
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Description: Mrs. H. D. Clark scrapbook of press clippings containing local and national news and regarding various people and events. | |||
| 7228 | History of the Northeast Harbor Water Company 1883 to 1945 |
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| Bound typescript on the history of the Northeast Harbor Water Company, written by Maurice H. Burr, Superintendent. Includes a 1988 handwritten introduction by Robert R. Pyle. |
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Description: Bound typescript on the history of the Northeast Harbor Water Company, written by Maurice H. Burr, Superintendent. Includes a 1988 handwritten introduction by Robert R. Pyle. | |||
| 7204 | Gilmanac, 1947 |
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| 1947 Gilman High School yearbook |
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| 7203 | Gilmanac, 1945 |
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| 1945 Gilman High School yearbook |
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| 7151 | Pembroke Quadrangle, Washington County, Maine |
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| One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. United States Department of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic Survey. Pembroke Quadrangle, Washington County (N44.52.5/W67.07). Scale 1: 24 000. Topography from aerial photographs by multiplex methods. Mapped by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. Control by USC&GS, USGS, and MIT. |
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Description: One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. United States Department of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic Survey. Pembroke Quadrangle, Washington County (N44.52.5/W67.07). Scale 1: 24 000. Topography from aerial photographs by multiplex methods. Mapped by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. Control by USC&GS, USGS, and MIT. | ||
| 7150 | Milton Quadrangle, Vermont |
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| 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. |
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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. | ||
| 7149 | Whitneyville Quadrangle, Washington County, Maine |
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| One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. United States Department of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic Survey. Whitneyville Quadrangle, Washington County (N44.37/W67.30). Scale 1: 24 000. Topography from aerial photographs by multiplex methods. Mapped by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. Control by USC&GS and USGS. |
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Description: One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. United States Department of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic Survey. Whitneyville Quadrangle, Washington County (N44.37/W67.30). Scale 1: 24 000. Topography from aerial photographs by multiplex methods. Mapped by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. Control by USC&GS and USGS. | ||
| 7148 | Gardner Lake Quadrangle, Washington County, Maine |
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| 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. |
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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. | ||
| 7147 | Wesley Quadrangle, Washington County, Maine |
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| 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. |
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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. | ||
| 7146 | Bethel Quadrangle, Oxford County, Maine |
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| One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Army Corps of Engineers. State of Maine represented by the Public Utilities Commission, Bethel Quadrangle, Oxford County (N44.15/W70.45). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography, culture and drainage in part revised by the Engineer, First Corps Area, from aerial photographs taken 1940 by Flight "B", 1st Photographic Squadron, Air Corps, U.S. Army. |
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Description: One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Army Corps of Engineers. State of Maine represented by the Public Utilities Commission, Bethel Quadrangle, Oxford County (N44.15/W70.45). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography, culture and drainage in part revised by the Engineer, First Corps Area, from aerial photographs taken 1940 by Flight "B", 1st Photographic Squadron, Air Corps, U.S. Army. | |||
| 7117 | Walter S. Wyman (1874-1942) |
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| 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. |
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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. | ||
| 7115 | A Part of Vermont |
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| 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 |
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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] | ||
| 7114 | Crab Apples for America |
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| Originally from the Reef Point Gardens Library. |
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| 7111 | Emergence Myth |
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| 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. |
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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. | ||
| 7109 | Hail Chant and Water Chant |
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| Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. II. |
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Description: Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. II. | ||
| 7107 | Navajo Creation Myth |
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| The Story of the Emergence, told by Hasteen Klah, recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. I. |
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Description: The Story of the Emergence, told by Hasteen Klah, recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. I. | ||
| 7105 | The Pine Cone - A Panorama of Maine |
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| Vol. 5. No. 2, Summer 1949. Published quarterly by the State of Maine Publicity Bureau, 3 St. John St., Portland, Maine. (Printed in Maine on Maine-made paper) In this issue: - Maine Summer Events, 1949 - Rockland inherits a million; Farnsworth fortune builds museum, by James Brown III - I worked in a summer hotel; memories of a resort employee, by Calvin E. Eells - So you think you know Maine? Quiz questions with answers, by Stanley B. Attwood - Hamon Hall; remedial teaching at York Harbor, by Victor A. Schlich - The Maine Coast; sketches of familiar scenes, by Edwin O. Nielsen - Industrial Clinic; applied research at University of Maine, by Don Gross - Made in Maine; new industrial area in Aroostook, by William A. Hatch - Minstrelsy of Maine, edited by Sheldon Christian - Famous Maine Recipes, by June L. Maxfield - Harbor Town, by George S. Graffam (photograph) |
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Description: Vol. 5. No. 2, Summer 1949. Published quarterly by the State of Maine Publicity Bureau, 3 St. John St., Portland, Maine. (Printed in Maine on Maine-made paper) In this issue: - Maine Summer Events, 1949 - Rockland inherits a million; Farnsworth fortune builds museum, by James Brown III - I worked in a summer hotel; memories of a resort employee, by Calvin E. Eells - So you think you know Maine? Quiz questions with answers, by Stanley B. Attwood - Hamon Hall; remedial teaching at York Harbor, by Victor A. Schlich - The Maine Coast; sketches of familiar scenes, by Edwin O. Nielsen - Industrial Clinic; applied research at University of Maine, by Don Gross - Made in Maine; new industrial area in Aroostook, by William A. Hatch - Minstrelsy of Maine, edited by Sheldon Christian - Famous Maine Recipes, by June L. Maxfield - Harbor Town, by George S. Graffam (photograph) [show more] | ||
| 7100 | New England in National Leadership - 1895 - The First Steam Railroad Electrification! |
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| 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". |
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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". | ||
| 7099 | The Origin and the Chronology of the Clipper Ships |
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| With a handwritten dedication by the author to Professor Manson (?), from 9 April 1948. |
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Description: With a handwritten dedication by the author to Professor Manson (?), from 9 April 1948. | ||
| 7088 | A Canoe from the Penobscot River |
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| Reprinted from "The American Neptune", Vol. VIII, No. 4, 1948. |
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Description: Reprinted from "The American Neptune", Vol. VIII, No. 4, 1948. | ||
| 7085 | The Concept of Tribal Separation as rationalized in Indian Folklore |
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| Reprinted from "Pennsylvania Archeologist", Vol. XVI, No. 3 |
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Description: Reprinted from "Pennsylvania Archeologist", Vol. XVI, No. 3 | ||
| 7084 | Other Indian Events of New England |
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| 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. |
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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. |
