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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1833Patriarchal Picnics
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
Frances Eliot reminisces in this essay of summer days in Northeast Harbor with Charles Eliot, President of Harvard Univ. (her father-in-law). She was the wife of Rev. Samuel Eliot.
  • Frances Hopkinson Eliot
  • 1940-1950
  • pages 55-56
  • magazine
Patriarchal Picnics
Item:
  • 1833   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Frances Hopkinson Eliot
Date:
  • 1940-1950
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0346
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Pages:
  • pages 55-56
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Frances Eliot reminisces in this essay of summer days in Northeast Harbor with Charles Eliot, President of Harvard Univ. (her father-in-law). She was the wife of Rev. Samuel Eliot.
1739Library Gift to California
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
Description of Beatrix Farrand's gift to the University of California at Berkeley of the vast collection of books on landscape design.
  • H. L. Vaughn
  • 1956
  • pages 298-300
  • photocopy
Library Gift to California
Item:
  • 1739   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • H. L. Vaughn
Date:
  • 1956
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0252
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 298-300
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Description of Beatrix Farrand's gift to the University of California at Berkeley of the vast collection of books on landscape design.
1734An Attempted Evocation of a Personality
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Memorial article to Beatrix Farrand as one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Includes comments of Reef Point and Dumbarton Oaks.
  • Mildred B. Bliss
  • 1959
  • pages 218-224
  • photocopy
An Attempted Evocation of a Personality
Item:
  • 1734   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Mildred B. Bliss
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0247
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 218-224
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Memorial article to Beatrix Farrand as one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Includes comments of Reef Point and Dumbarton Oaks.
1738Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959); An appreciation of a landscape
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
Brief biography of Beatrix Farrand upon her death in 1959. She was the last of the charter members of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
  • Robert W. Patterson
  • 1959
  • pages 216-224
  • photocopy
Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959); An appreciation of a landscape
Item:
  • 1738   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Robert W. Patterson
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0251
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 216-224
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Brief biography of Beatrix Farrand upon her death in 1959. She was the last of the charter members of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
1736Heather Time at Reef Point
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Places, Garden
Brief descriptive tour of the Reef Point Gardens of Beatrix Farrand in Bar Harbor.
  • Daniel Foley
  • 1953
  • page 323
  • photocopy
Heather Time at Reef Point
Item:
  • 1736   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Daniel Foley
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0249
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • page 323
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Brief descriptive tour of the Reef Point Gardens of Beatrix Farrand in Bar Harbor.
1151Alterations to Gilman School for Union Church
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Institutional, School
8-Nov-56
  • George Savage
  • 1956
  • 9 sheets
  • blueprints
Alterations to Gilman School for Union Church
Item:
  • 1151   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Creator:
  • George Savage
Date:
  • 1956
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0153 GS
Location:
  • FF C-11
Pages:
  • 9 sheets
Medium:
  • blueprints
Description:
8-Nov-56
6162Maine place names and the peopling of its towns
  • Publication, Book
Collection of pamphlets for the following places: Washington County and Hancock County (x2), Kennebec County and Somerset County, Lincoln & Waldo & Knox Counties, York County and Oxford County, Penobscot County, Franklin County and Androscoggin County, Cumberland County and Sagadahoc County, Piscataquis County and Aroostook County.
  • 1957
  • 9 pamphlets
  • pamphlet
Maine place names and the peopling of its towns
Item:
  • 6162   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Date:
  • 1957
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.142 MAINE
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 9 pamphlets
Medium:
  • pamphlet
Description:
Collection of pamphlets for the following places: Washington County and Hancock County (x2), Kennebec County and Somerset County, Lincoln & Waldo & Knox Counties, York County and Oxford County, Penobscot County, Franklin County and Androscoggin County, Cumberland County and Sagadahoc County, Piscataquis County and Aroostook County.
7090Paths and Trails of Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor and Vicinity
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Town
Brochure published by the Trails Committees of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce and the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society.
  • 1954
  • 9
  • good
Paths and Trails of Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor and Vicinity
Item:
  • 7090   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1954
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0796
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 9
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Brochure published by the Trails Committees of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce and the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society.
2399Sketch Maps of Northeast Harbor, 1946-1957
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
B/W Sketch maps 15"x18" of Northeast Harbor prepared by Knowles Real Estate showing numbered summer cottages, businesses, and roads. Maps of 1947, 1956 are missing.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1946-1957
  • 8
  • MAP
Sketch Maps of Northeast Harbor, 1946-1957
Item:
  • 2399   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1946-1957
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 2
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
B/W Sketch maps 15"x18" of Northeast Harbor prepared by Knowles Real Estate showing numbered summer cottages, businesses, and roads. Maps of 1947, 1956 are missing.
7191Asticou Celebratory Menu 1604-1954
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Gala
  • Other, History
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Asticou Celebratory Menu, in French and English, in honor of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Island of Mount Desert by Samuel De Champlain, September 5, 1604. September 5, 1954
  • 1954
  • 8
  • 1 menu
  • good
Asticou Celebratory Menu 1604-1954
Item:
  • 7191   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
  • Other, History
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Date:
  • 1954
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0808
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • 1 menu
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Asticou Celebratory Menu, in French and English, in honor of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Island of Mount Desert by Samuel De Champlain, September 5, 1604. September 5, 1954
1485Story of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Places, Town
This collection contains Morison's handwritten speech and his edited typed copy of the talk on Mount Desert Island history he gave in 1959 to benefit island libraries. The speech and notes became his book by the same name. Presented by S. E. Morison, 1973.
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1959
  • 79
  • manuscript
Story of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1485   
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0002 SEM
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 79
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
This collection contains Morison's handwritten speech and his edited typed copy of the talk on Mount Desert Island history he gave in 1959 to benefit island libraries. The speech and notes became his book by the same name. Presented by S. E. Morison, 1973.
1134House for Mr & Mrs David R Harding
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Robert W. Patterson
  • 1950
  • 7 sheets
  • paper
House for Mr & Mrs David R Harding
Item:
  • 1134   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Robert W. Patterson
Date:
  • 1950
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Street:
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0135 RWP
Location:
  • FF C-21
Pages:
  • 7 sheets
Medium:
  • paper
6874In Memory of Samuel Atkins Eliot 1862-1950
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • Events, Memorial Service
  • People
  • 7/16/1950
  • 7
  • typescript
In Memory of Samuel Atkins Eliot 1862-1950
Item:
  • 6874   
Type:
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
Subject:
  • Events, Memorial Service
  • People
Date:
  • 7/16/1950
Collection:
  • Union Church of Northeast Harbor
Object ID:
  • UCNEH 0002
Location:
  • Local Churches Box 1 Shelf 4C2
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • typescript
2483Alterations to Coach House for Asa S. Knowles
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Floor plans and exterior elevations of the coach house of Asa Knowles.
  • JTD
  • 1953
  • 11 Sinclair Road
  • 7
  • ARCH
Alterations to Coach House for Asa S. Knowles
Item:
  • 2483   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • JTD
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • 11 Sinclair Road
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 286
Location:
  • GHC Box 8
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • ARCH
Description:
Floor plans and exterior elevations of the coach house of Asa Knowles.
1568Monument to a Conservationist
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Park
Article about George B. Dorr and Acadia National Park.
  • J. R. Crane
  • 1957
  • 7
  • magazine article
Monument to a Conservationist
Item:
  • 1568   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • J. R. Crane
Date:
  • 1957
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0079
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • magazine article
Description:
Article about George B. Dorr and Acadia National Park.
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
Uses of Birch-Bark in the Northeast
Item:
  • 7078   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • Eva L. Butler, Wendell S. Hadlock
Date:
  • 1957
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.1 BUT
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 66
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • great
Description:
Published by the Robert Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine. Second printing, 1974
1525History of Frenchboro, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
History of Frenchboro, Maine.
  • Vivian D. Lunt
  • 1956
  • 65
  • typescript
History of Frenchboro, Maine
Item:
  • 1525   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Vivian D. Lunt
Date:
  • 1956
Place:
  • Frenchboro
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0034 VDL
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 65
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
History of Frenchboro, Maine.
7064History of the Town of Palermo
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Town of Palermo, incorporated 1804. With an introductory poem by Rev. George B. Davis.
  • Milton E. Dowe
  • 1954
  • 51
  • 1 booklet
  • good
History of the Town of Palermo
Item:
  • 7064   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Milton E. Dowe
Date:
  • 1954
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 DOW
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 51
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Town of Palermo, incorporated 1804. With an introductory poem by Rev. George B. Davis.
5387Harbor reconstruction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Five B/W Photographs showing initial stages of the land-fill reconstruction project at the town dock.
  • Maitland Murphy
  • May-July 1954
  • 5 photos
Harbor reconstruction
Item:
  • 5387   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Creator:
  • Maitland Murphy
Date:
  • May-July 1954
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1796
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 5 photos
Description:
Five B/W Photographs showing initial stages of the land-fill reconstruction project at the town dock.
4435Acadia Mountain from Sargeant Drive.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Sound
Winter scene
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
  • 5
Acadia Mountain from Sargeant Drive.
Item:
  • 4435   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0491 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 5
Description:
Winter scene
3880Letters between Gertrude Fay and Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • 1950
  • 5
  • typescript, manuscript
  • fair
Letters between Gertrude Fay and Belle Smallidge Knowles
Item:
  • 3880   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Date:
  • 1950
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0011
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 1
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • typescript, manuscript
Condition:
  • fair
3897Milliken Room Books
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Lists donors and books.
  • ca. 1956
  • 5
  • typescript
Milliken Room Books
Item:
  • 3897   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Date:
  • ca. 1956
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0028
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 1
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Lists donors and books.
3899Dedication of the Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Address given by Mrs. Rodman Fay (Gertrude), Chairman of the Northeast Harbor Library at the dedication of the new building in August 1950.
  • Mrs. Rodman Fay
  • 8/20/1950
  • 5
  • typescript
Dedication of the Northeast Harbor Library
Item:
  • 3899   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Mrs. Rodman Fay
Date:
  • 8/20/1950
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0030
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 1
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Address given by Mrs. Rodman Fay (Gertrude), Chairman of the Northeast Harbor Library at the dedication of the new building in August 1950.
6074Proceedings of the Inauguration of Asa Smallidge Knowles as President of Northeastern University
  • Publication, Book
  • 9/8/1959
  • 47
Proceedings of the Inauguration of Asa Smallidge Knowles as President of Northeastern University
Item:
  • 6074   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Date:
  • 9/8/1959
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 373 KNOWLES
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 47
5936The Public Library, Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Frontal view of the Northeast Harbor Library as it opened in 1951.
  • Luther S. Phillips
  • 1950
  • 4 postcards
The Public Library, Northeast Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 5936   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Luther S. Phillips
Date:
  • 1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0128
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 4 postcards
Description:
Frontal view of the Northeast Harbor Library as it opened in 1951.