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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1557150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Places, Town
August 20, 1959 Commemorative Issue.
  • 1959
  • 16
  • photograph copy
150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
Item:
  • 1557   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0068
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 16
Medium:
  • photograph copy
Description:
August 20, 1959 Commemorative Issue.
2187150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Commemorative issue of the Bar Harbor Times with many articles of Seal Harbor's historic places, early settlers and summer residents.
  • 8/20/1959
  • 4
  • newspaper
150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
Item:
  • 2187   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 8/20/1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0701
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Commemorative issue of the Bar Harbor Times with many articles of Seal Harbor's historic places, early settlers and summer residents.
7108A Study of Navajo Symbolism
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
Published as part of the Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. XXXII, No. 3. Line drawings by Lloyd Moylan.
  • Franc Johnson Newcomb, Stanley Fishler, Mary C. Wheelwright
  • 1956
  • 100
  • 3 copies
  • good
A Study of Navajo Symbolism
Item:
  • 7108   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
Creator:
  • Franc Johnson Newcomb, Stanley Fishler, Mary C. Wheelwright
Date:
  • 1956
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 970.3 WHE
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 100
Medium:
  • 3 copies
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Published as part of the Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. XXXII, No. 3. Line drawings by Lloyd Moylan.
4430Acadia Mountain and Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Sound
Winter scene.
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
Acadia Mountain and Somes Sound
Item:
  • 4430   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0485 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Winter scene.
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
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.
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
1000Amos Sinclair Ice Company Record Books
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Service Business
Box 1 Record book, 1932-1935 Record book, 1944-1946 Record book, 1915-1952
  • 1915-1952
  • 1 box
  • ledger books
Amos Sinclair Ice Company Record Books
Item:
  • 1000   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Business
Date:
  • 1915-1952
Collection:
  • Amos Sinclair Ice Company Collection
Object ID:
  • ASIC 0001
Location:
  • Shelf 4C4
Pages:
  • 1 box
Medium:
  • ledger books
Description:
Box 1 Record book, 1932-1935 Record book, 1944-1946 Record book, 1915-1952
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.
3380Annual Report of Town of Mount Desert for 1954
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • 1954
  • 124
  • Report
Annual Report of Town of Mount Desert for 1954
Item:
  • 3380   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Date:
  • 1954
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 727
Pages:
  • 124
Medium:
  • Report
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
7162Bangor Quadrangle, Penobscot County, Maine
  • Map
  • Places
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. State of Maine represented by the Public Utilities Commission. Bangor Quadrangle, Penobscot County (N44.45/W68.45). Scale 1: 62 500. Culture and drainage in part compiled from aerial photographs taken 1942. Topography by plane-table surveys 1944. Revised 1955. Mapped, edited and published by the Geological Survey. Control by USGS and USC&GS.
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • 1955
  • 1
  • paper
  • good
Bangor Quadrangle, Penobscot County, Maine
Item:
  • 7162   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • U.S. Geological Survey
Date:
  • 1955
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0312
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. State of Maine represented by the Public Utilities Commission. Bangor Quadrangle, Penobscot County (N44.45/W68.45). Scale 1: 62 500. Culture and drainage in part compiled from aerial photographs taken 1942. Topography by plane-table surveys 1944. Revised 1955. Mapped, edited and published by the Geological Survey. Control by USGS and USC&GS. [show more]
3712Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • Map
  • Places, Town
Fire risk assessment and real property maps. Location map and index. Property/cottage names are included. Second book was updated and modified in 1952.
  • 1927, 1952
  • 2 books (16 maps each)
  • paper
Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
Item:
  • 3712   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1927, 1952
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0165 SMC
Location:
  • Shelf 5E2
Pages:
  • 2 books (16 maps each)
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Fire risk assessment and real property maps. Location map and index. Property/cottage names are included. Second book was updated and modified in 1952.
2173Bar Harbor Times
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events
  • Places, Town
A weekly newspaper covering the events of the communities on MDI, the schools, births, deaths, marriages and other important news or items of interest that occur.
  • 10/4/1951
  • newspaper
Bar Harbor Times
Item:
  • 2173   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 10/4/1951
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0686
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
A weekly newspaper covering the events of the communities on MDI, the schools, births, deaths, marriages and other important news or items of interest that occur.
3698Bay de Verde -- Newfoundland
  • Map
  • 1957
  • 1 nautical chart
  • paper
Bay de Verde -- Newfoundland
Item:
  • 3698   
Type:
  • Map
Date:
  • 1957
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0149 SEM
Location:
  • 5C1, 5C2
Pages:
  • 1 nautical chart
Medium:
  • paper
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.
3906Beginnings of the Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Address to Northeast Harbor Library corporation and board members at the dedication of the new building on Joy Road in August 1950. Mr. Pepper, one of the first trustees and was actively involved in fund raising activities.
  • George Wharton Pepper
  • 1950 ?
  • 2
  • typescript
Beginnings of the Library
Item:
  • 3906   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • George Wharton Pepper
Date:
  • 1950 ?
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0037
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 1
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Address to Northeast Harbor Library corporation and board members at the dedication of the new building on Joy Road in August 1950. Mr. Pepper, one of the first trustees and was actively involved in fund raising activities.
3692Belle Isle -- Newfoundland
  • Map
  • Places, Island
  • Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa, Canada
  • 1954
  • 1 nautical chart
  • paper
Belle Isle -- Newfoundland
Item:
  • 3692   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa, Canada
Date:
  • 1954
Place:
  • International
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0142 SEM
Location:
  • 5C1, 5C2
Pages:
  • 1 nautical chart
Medium:
  • paper
7182Benjamin Graves Record Books
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Building Business
Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out.
  • 1897-1951
  • 1 box - 8 ledgers
  • ledger books
Benjamin Graves Record Books
Item:
  • 7182   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Date:
  • 1897-1951
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Benjamin Graves - Rae Graves Masonry History on MDI
Object ID:
  • BGRB 0001
Location:
  • Shelf 7 TOP
Pages:
  • 1 box - 8 ledgers
Medium:
  • ledger books
Description:
Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out. [show more]
7164Bingham Quadrangle, Somerset County, Maine
  • Map
  • Places
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. State of Maine represented by the Public Utilities Commission. Bingham Quadrangle, Somerset County (N45.00/W69.45). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by photogrammetric methods from aerial photographs taken 1956. Mapped, edited and published by the Geological Survey. Control by USGS and USC&GS.
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • 1956
  • 1
  • paper
  • good
Bingham Quadrangle, Somerset County, Maine
Item:
  • 7164   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • U.S. Geological Survey
Date:
  • 1956
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0314
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. State of Maine represented by the Public Utilities Commission. Bingham Quadrangle, Somerset County (N45.00/W69.45). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by photogrammetric methods from aerial photographs taken 1956. Mapped, edited and published by the Geological Survey. Control by USGS and USC&GS.
1524Birds - Mount Desert
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
June 10-24, 1959 Notes added to the Birds of Mount Desert.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1959
  • 2 pages manuscript, 2 pages photograph copy
  • typescript, photograph copy
Birds - Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1524   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Creator:
  • Samuel A. Eliot
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0033 SAE
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 2 pages manuscript, 2 pages photograph copy
Medium:
  • typescript, photograph copy
Description:
June 10-24, 1959 Notes added to the Birds of Mount Desert.
3682Boston Harbor
  • Map
  • 1915, 1950
  • 1 nautical chart
  • paper
Boston Harbor
Item:
  • 3682   
Type:
  • Map
Date:
  • 1915, 1950
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0131 SEM
Location:
  • 5C1, 5C2
Pages:
  • 1 nautical chart
Medium:
  • paper
5742Boy Scout Troop #96
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Boy Scouts
  • People
Roy Salisbury Collection
  • 6/23/1951
  • 1 photograph
Boy Scout Troop #96
Item:
  • 5742   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Boy Scouts
  • People
Date:
  • 6/23/1951
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2128 RS
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Roy Salisbury Collection
7153Bridgewater Quadrangle, Aroostook County, Maine
  • Map
  • Places
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Bridgewater Quadrangle, Aroostook County (N46.15/W67.45). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by W. B. Brewer and R. E. Hansen. Culture and drainage in part compiled form aerial photographs taken by Air Corps, U.S. Army. Surveyed in 1934, revised in 1951.
  • W. B. Brewer, R. E. Hansen
  • 1951
  • 1
  • paper
  • good
Bridgewater Quadrangle, Aroostook County, Maine
Item:
  • 7153   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • W. B. Brewer, R. E. Hansen
Date:
  • 1951
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0303
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. Bridgewater Quadrangle, Aroostook County (N46.15/W67.45). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by W. B. Brewer and R. E. Hansen. Culture and drainage in part compiled form aerial photographs taken by Air Corps, U.S. Army. Surveyed in 1934, revised in 1951.
7161Brooks Quadrangle, Maine
  • Map
  • Places
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. State of Maine represented by the Public Utilities Commission. Brooks Quadrangle, Maine (N44.30/W69.00). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by plane-table surveys 1927. Revised 1955. Mapped, edited and published by the Geological Survey. Control by USGS and USC&GS.
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • 1955
  • 2 copies
  • paper
  • 1 good, 1 damaged
Brooks Quadrangle, Maine
Item:
  • 7161   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • U.S. Geological Survey
Date:
  • 1955
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0311
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 2 copies
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • 1 good, 1 damaged
Description:
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. State of Maine represented by the Public Utilities Commission. Brooks Quadrangle, Maine (N44.30/W69.00). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by plane-table surveys 1927. Revised 1955. Mapped, edited and published by the Geological Survey. Control by USGS and USC&GS.