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2023The Bar Harbor Auto War
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Automobile
Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975.
  • Richard A. Savage
  • 1975
  • pages 66-87
  • magazine
Description:
Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975.
2044Shipbuilding on Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902. Several photographs of the boats were added by R. Pyle at the Northeast Harbor library.
  • Ralph Stanley
  • 2010
  • 94
  • typescript
Description:
Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902. Several photographs of the boats were added by R. Pyle at the Northeast Harbor library.
6108SALT Journal of New England Culture
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
Special Features on Mount Desert Island
  • Winter 1982
  • 80
  • magazine
Description:
Special Features on Mount Desert Island
6153Mount Desert Island Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • 1946
  • 72
  • booklet
2577Knowles residence
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Unidentified blueprints of exterior elevations and three level floor plans of a house. Mailed by Asa Knowles in 1940 to Mrs. Jerome Knowles in Northeast Harbor.
  • 1940
  • 7
  • ARCH
Description:
Unidentified blueprints of exterior elevations and three level floor plans of a house. Mailed by Asa Knowles in 1940 to Mrs. Jerome Knowles in Northeast Harbor.
7390Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Carriage
In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island. This privately published travel journal recounts with humor their adventures during those days of fun and discovery. This volume belongs to Sarah Carter and contains 36 sepia photographs. The entire journal (cover image) as well as the individual photographs have been scanned. From the Preface: "As the summer of 1888 drew near, some young friends put their heads together to arrange a pleasant trip, and realizing that it is not good for man (and consequently woman) to be alone, they decided to take pity on a few of the sons of Adam, of George Fox persuasion, inviting them to join in an excursion to Mt. Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude." From the estate of John Welsh Drayton and Cynthia Whitney Drayton. Donated to the Library by Mr. Whitney Drayton.
  • 1888
  • 60
  • 1 book with 36 photographs
  • very fragile
Description:
In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island. This privately published travel journal recounts with humor their adventures during those days of fun and discovery. This volume belongs to Sarah Carter and contains 36 sepia photographs. The entire journal (cover image) as well as the individual photographs have been scanned. From the Preface: "As the summer of 1888 drew near, some young friends put their heads together to arrange a pleasant trip, and realizing that it is not good for man (and consequently woman) to be alone, they decided to take pity on a few of the sons of Adam, of George Fox persuasion, inviting them to join in an excursion to Mt. Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude." From the estate of John Welsh Drayton and Cynthia Whitney Drayton. Donated to the Library by Mr. Whitney Drayton. [show more]
3317Letter: George B. Dorr to Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Places, Island
Regarding Bird Study Station on Mount Desert Island
  • George B. Dorr
  • 1915
  • 6
  • Letter
Description:
Regarding Bird Study Station on Mount Desert Island
2155Acadia: The Transformation of Mount Desert Island from an Exclusive Resort to a National Park
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Senior college essay of Eleanor Kinney about the development of Acadia National Park and conflicts between the summer residents and year-round working residents.
  • Eleanor H. Kinney
  • 1990
  • 58
  • photocopy
Description:
Senior college essay of Eleanor Kinney about the development of Acadia National Park and conflicts between the summer residents and year-round working residents.
7234Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging
Photocopy of a guidebook to Mount Desert Island containing a few historical notes and images of landscapes and buildings.
  • 56
  • photocopy
Description:
Photocopy of a guidebook to Mount Desert Island containing a few historical notes and images of landscapes and buildings.
5604Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
a: Labor Day Regatta, Somes Sound, 1948 b: Sailing Class, 1950 c: Sailing Class, 1949 d: July Regatta at Bar Harbor, 1948 e: July 1949
  • R. L. Scott
  • 5 photographs
Description:
a: Labor Day Regatta, Somes Sound, 1948 b: Sailing Class, 1950 c: Sailing Class, 1949 d: July Regatta at Bar Harbor, 1948 e: July 1949
4961Dedication of Trenton Bridge
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Civic
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd seated in foreground (where visitor's center is now) marching band on bridge. Radio tower in background. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1920
  • 5 photocopies
Description:
Dedication ceremony of old Trenton Bridge. Crowd seated in foreground (where visitor's center is now) marching band on bridge. Radio tower in background. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
4409Mount Desert Island Shoreline
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
  • 4 photographs
4965Small Photograph album
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
Views of places on Mount Desert Island.
  • 4 pages of postcards
  • 1 photograph album made of black construction paper
Description:
Views of places on Mount Desert Island.
2029The Gardens of Mt. Desert Island
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Garden
Brief article of the significance of landscaped gardens on MDI. Colored photographs of a few private gardens in Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, September 1979.
  • Elizabeth Hulbert
  • Sep-79
  • 4
  • magazine
Description:
Brief article of the significance of landscaped gardens on MDI. Colored photographs of a few private gardens in Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, September 1979.
6127The Future of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
Charles Eliot's report to the Plan Committee of the B. H. Village Improvement Society addressing the future of Lafayette National Park and of the villages on MDI via the park service or the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Maps included. (Scanned copy in part from University of Maine)
  • Charles W. Eliot II
  • 1928
  • 32
  • 2 copies
Description:
Charles Eliot's report to the Plan Committee of the B. H. Village Improvement Society addressing the future of Lafayette National Park and of the villages on MDI via the park service or the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Maps included. (Scanned copy in part from University of Maine)
5928Rock End Hotel Postcard Foldout
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Images and information about the Rock End Hotel and Cottages, grounds, and views from the hotel. a: Rock End Hotel, enlarged 1909 b: Hotel and adjacent grounds c: Looking north to Brown's Mountain. Village of Northeast Harbor on the right, one quarter of a mile distant d: View of western way and the ocean, looking south from the hotel piazza e: View of Western Mountain from hotel f: View from the piazza showing Some Sound and the public boathouse 500 feet southwest of the hotel g: Bear Island Light, one mile southeast from the hotel, sean from third story window h: Looking southwest from the hotel piazza i: View of Robinson and Western Mountains, northwest of the hotel j: From Greenough's Island looking northeast to the hotel k: St. Mary's by the Sea, on thousand feet from the hotel l: Jordan Pond, a fine place for rowing or fishing m: Maine Central Railraod Ferry boats passing in front of the hotel, one half mile away n: View to the southeast from second story of the hotel showing, over the tree tops, Bear Island Light one mile away o: View of Sargent Mountain and Asticou Hill, northeast of the hotel
  • 3 foldouts with 15 photos and descriptions
Description:
Images and information about the Rock End Hotel and Cottages, grounds, and views from the hotel. a: Rock End Hotel, enlarged 1909 b: Hotel and adjacent grounds c: Looking north to Brown's Mountain. Village of Northeast Harbor on the right, one quarter of a mile distant d: View of western way and the ocean, looking south from the hotel piazza e: View of Western Mountain from hotel f: View from the piazza showing Some Sound and the public boathouse 500 feet southwest of the hotel g: Bear Island Light, one mile southeast from the hotel, sean from third story window h: Looking southwest from the hotel piazza i: View of Robinson and Western Mountains, northwest of the hotel j: From Greenough's Island looking northeast to the hotel k: St. Mary's by the Sea, on thousand feet from the hotel l: Jordan Pond, a fine place for rowing or fishing m: Maine Central Railraod Ferry boats passing in front of the hotel, one half mile away n: View to the southeast from second story of the hotel showing, over the tree tops, Bear Island Light one mile away o: View of Sargent Mountain and Asticou Hill, northeast of the hotel [show more]
3313Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to Mrs. Frank L. Powers
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Places, Island
Regarding "The Unique Island of Mount Desert"
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 1915
  • 3
  • Letter
Description:
Regarding "The Unique Island of Mount Desert"
5091Resource Conservation Zones
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, River
  • Places, Shore
Twenty-six b/w photographs by Russell Butcher, formerly of Seal Harbor, of undeveloped land in the town of Mount Desert proposed as possible resource conservation zones by the Town conservation committee.
  • Russell Butcher
  • 1970's
  • 26 photographs
Description:
Twenty-six b/w photographs by Russell Butcher, formerly of Seal Harbor, of undeveloped land in the town of Mount Desert proposed as possible resource conservation zones by the Town conservation committee.
7410Mount Desert - The Story of Saint Sauveur
  • Publication, Booklet
  • People
  • Places, Island
Printed for private circulation in 1921.
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 1921
  • 26
  • 1 booklet
Description:
Printed for private circulation in 1921.
6109Architectural Drawings & Early Sketches of Fred L. Savage
  • Publication, Book
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
  • People
Catalog of Fred Savage exhibit held at the Mount Desert Island Historical Society.
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 2012
  • 25
Description:
Catalog of Fred Savage exhibit held at the Mount Desert Island Historical Society.
3834Student Projects, Interviews of Locals on Various Topics
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Organizations, School Institution
Mackenzie Miller -- Lobstermen Catherine Ding -- Lobstering Will Renault -- Lobstermen Duncan Hetzer -- Lobstering Eliza Schleif -- Lobstering Ella Pappas -- Lobstering Oliver King -- Lobstering Valeria Chiri -- Lobstering Jacob Legutko -- Lobstering Bonnie Snyder -- Lobstering Peter Jones -- Lobstering Desmond Reifsnyder -- Lobstering Samantha Jacobs -- Lobstering Sam Hoff -- Longboarding with Jon Ho Sage Cross -- Cooking in MDI with Jamie Cross Forest Watras -- Hiking on MDI with Earl Brechlin Kate St. Dennis -- Sailing Zeke Valleau -- Bird carving Camden Garland -- Basketball with Barry Stratton Dawson Burnette -- Drumming with Beau Lisy Chase McGee -- Architecture with Bill Hanley Katie King -- Acadia with Skippy Lane Isaac Philbrook -- Minigolf with Jim Perrish Brigette Olearcek -- Lobstering with Ricky Alley and Adam Okareek
  • Mount Desert Elementary School
  • 24 CDs
Description:
Mackenzie Miller -- Lobstermen Catherine Ding -- Lobstering Will Renault -- Lobstermen Duncan Hetzer -- Lobstering Eliza Schleif -- Lobstering Ella Pappas -- Lobstering Oliver King -- Lobstering Valeria Chiri -- Lobstering Jacob Legutko -- Lobstering Bonnie Snyder -- Lobstering Peter Jones -- Lobstering Desmond Reifsnyder -- Lobstering Samantha Jacobs -- Lobstering Sam Hoff -- Longboarding with Jon Ho Sage Cross -- Cooking in MDI with Jamie Cross Forest Watras -- Hiking on MDI with Earl Brechlin Kate St. Dennis -- Sailing Zeke Valleau -- Bird carving Camden Garland -- Basketball with Barry Stratton Dawson Burnette -- Drumming with Beau Lisy Chase McGee -- Architecture with Bill Hanley Katie King -- Acadia with Skippy Lane Isaac Philbrook -- Minigolf with Jim Perrish Brigette Olearcek -- Lobstering with Ricky Alley and Adam Okareek [show more]
2088Fact Manual for Industry
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
Report on advantages on Mount Desert Island for economic and industrial development. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
  • Mount Desert Development Corporation
  • 1956
  • 23
  • 1 book
Description:
Report on advantages on Mount Desert Island for economic and industrial development. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
6144Sir Samuel Argall, the First Englishman at Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • People
Publication of a paper presented by William Sawtelle to the Maine Historical Society in 1923 about Samuel Argall, merchant tailor, of Bristol, England, and the first Englishman recorded to have visited Mount Desert Island in 1613.
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 1924
  • 23
  • 1 book
Description:
Publication of a paper presented by William Sawtelle to the Maine Historical Society in 1923 about Samuel Argall, merchant tailor, of Bristol, England, and the first Englishman recorded to have visited Mount Desert Island in 1613.
6058This Is Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Places, Island
Booklet prepared and published as a community service by the League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island.
  • League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island, ME
  • 1971
  • 23
Description:
Booklet prepared and published as a community service by the League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island.
5385Doane Family Photographs
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
B/W Photocopies of members of the Doane/Gardiner families et al. at "Ye Haven," sailing, going on picnics, hiking, and mountain climbing on and around MDI. Several pictures of the Northeast Harbor visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury & Mrs. Davidson in 1904. Photocopies of the members and friends of the Doane family sailing, hiking, having picnics, at the swimming club, on horseback and with horse & buggy. Views of the S. S. Kearsarge off Bar Harbor. Views of the rehearsals and performance of Univ. Neurasthenia at "Ye Haven" Photocopies of Doane family and friends on horseback and aboard yacht. Photocopies of Doane family & friends sailing, having picnics, hiking, riding, and at the swimming club. Photocopies of the Doane family sailing to nearby islands and having picnics with British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce. Photocopies of family picnics, sailing trips, family time at Ye Haven, Anne Doane/Roy Pier wedding party at Magnum Donum, interior Photographs of "Ye Haven" and views of "Mount Desert", the cabin at Little Long Pond, Seal Harbor. Frazier and Pier families, the boat "Only", Amb. & Mrs. Bryce aboard "Kiawa" and on Gotts Island picnic, and hike up Blue Hill. Original Photographs from Doane Family Albums A, B, E, F, H, I, and X. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • ca. 1900
  • 2 folders
  • photocopies, photographs
Description:
B/W Photocopies of members of the Doane/Gardiner families et al. at "Ye Haven," sailing, going on picnics, hiking, and mountain climbing on and around MDI. Several pictures of the Northeast Harbor visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury & Mrs. Davidson in 1904. Photocopies of the members and friends of the Doane family sailing, hiking, having picnics, at the swimming club, on horseback and with horse & buggy. Views of the S. S. Kearsarge off Bar Harbor. Views of the rehearsals and performance of Univ. Neurasthenia at "Ye Haven" Photocopies of Doane family and friends on horseback and aboard yacht. Photocopies of Doane family & friends sailing, having picnics, hiking, riding, and at the swimming club. Photocopies of the Doane family sailing to nearby islands and having picnics with British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce. Photocopies of family picnics, sailing trips, family time at Ye Haven, Anne Doane/Roy Pier wedding party at Magnum Donum, interior Photographs of "Ye Haven" and views of "Mount Desert", the cabin at Little Long Pond, Seal Harbor. Frazier and Pier families, the boat "Only", Amb. & Mrs. Bryce aboard "Kiawa" and on Gotts Island picnic, and hike up Blue Hill. Original Photographs from Doane Family Albums A, B, E, F, H, I, and X. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions. [show more]