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5690Agnes Yarnall LePage Collection
  • Reference
  • Other, Image
  • People
Hundreds of 3" x 5" photographs of sculptures, drawings and paintings by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. Renowned as a sculptor, she commissioned portrayals of contemporary celebrities. Her sculpted works are organized in groups such as: "Clowns" (7377), "Circus" (7378), "Mosaics" (7379), "Bas-relief" (7382). She is also known for her "Paintings" (7380), "Charcoal drawings" (7381) and "Pencil drawings" (7383). This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996.
  • 1 box
Agnes Yarnall LePage Collection
Item:
  • 5690   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Other, Image
  • People
Collection:
  • Agnes Yarnall LePage Collection
Location:
  • Shelf 4E2
Pages:
  • 1 box
Description:
Hundreds of 3" x 5" photographs of sculptures, drawings and paintings by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. Renowned as a sculptor, she commissioned portrayals of contemporary celebrities. Her sculpted works are organized in groups such as: "Clowns" (7377), "Circus" (7378), "Mosaics" (7379), "Bas-relief" (7382). She is also known for her "Paintings" (7380), "Charcoal drawings" (7381) and "Pencil drawings" (7383). This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996. [show more]
7277Andrew C. Wheelwright
  • Reference
  • People
Andrew C. Wheelwright
Item:
  • 7277   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
7268Anna Lewis Kneedler
  • Reference
  • People
Anna Lewis Kneedler
Item:
  • 7268   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
7293Asa Smallidge Knowles (1909-1990)
  • Reference
  • People
Asa S. Knowles, 3rd. president of Northeastern University in Boston. He was born in Northeast Harbor on January 8, l909
Asa Smallidge Knowles (1909-1990)
Item:
  • 7293   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Description:
Asa S. Knowles, 3rd. president of Northeastern University in Boston. He was born in Northeast Harbor on January 8, l909
7248Asticou Inn
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Asticou Inn
Item:
  • 7248   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
7255Augustus D. Phillips
  • Reference
  • People
Renowned mapmaker and postcard publisher, together with his brother Luther S. Phillips.
Augustus D. Phillips
Item:
  • 7255   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Description:
Renowned mapmaker and postcard publisher, together with his brother Luther S. Phillips.
7412Bangor Daily News, Bangor's Sesquicentennial
  • Reference
  • Events, Civic
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. It is divided in 8 sections: A: 1834-1841 Out of the woods (Item 7413) B: 1842-1872 Boom town (Item 7414) C: 1873-1895 Turning the tide (Item 7415) D: 1896-1911 A new century (Item 7416) E: 1912-1931 Out of the ashes (Item 7417) F: 1932-1945 The lean years (Item 7418) G:1946-1968 Prosperous peace (Item 7419) H: 1969-1984 Building on past (Item 7420)
  • Cheryl Olson & Joan H. Smith (editors)
  • 6/28/1984
Bangor Daily News, Bangor's Sesquicentennial
Item:
  • 7412   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Cheryl Olson & Joan H. Smith (editors)
Date:
  • 6/28/1984
Place:
  • Maine
Description:
This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. It is divided in 8 sections: A: 1834-1841 Out of the woods (Item 7413) B: 1842-1872 Boom town (Item 7414) C: 1873-1895 Turning the tide (Item 7415) D: 1896-1911 A new century (Item 7416) E: 1912-1931 Out of the ashes (Item 7417) F: 1932-1945 The lean years (Item 7418) G:1946-1968 Prosperous peace (Item 7419) H: 1969-1984 Building on past (Item 7420) [show more]
7282Bar Harbor
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 7282   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Town
7342Bartlett Island
  • Reference
  • Places, Island
Bartlett Island is a small island located off the western coast of Mount Desert Island in the Town of Mount Desert. It is privately owned by the Rockefeller family.
Bartlett Island
Item:
  • 7342   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Bartletts Island
Description:
Bartlett Island is a small island located off the western coast of Mount Desert Island in the Town of Mount Desert. It is privately owned by the Rockefeller family.
7347Bear Island Lighthouse
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Bear Island Light is a lighthouse on Bear Island (the smallest of the Cranberry Isles) near Mount Desert Island, at the entrance to Northeast Harbor. It was first established in 1839. The present structure was built in 1889. It was deactivated in 1981 and relit as a private aid to navigation in 1989. (Text adapted from Wikipedia)
Bear Island Lighthouse
Item:
  • 7347   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Description:
Bear Island Light is a lighthouse on Bear Island (the smallest of the Cranberry Isles) near Mount Desert Island, at the entrance to Northeast Harbor. It was first established in 1839. The present structure was built in 1889. It was deactivated in 1981 and relit as a private aid to navigation in 1989. (Text adapted from Wikipedia)
7253Beatrix Farrand
  • Reference
  • People
Beatrix Cadwalader Farrand (née Jones; June 19, 1872 – February 28, 1959) was an American landscape gardener and landscape architect. Her career included commissions to design about 110 gardens for private residences, estates and country homes, public parks, botanic gardens, college campuses, and the White House. Farrand was one of the founding eleven members, and the only woman, of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Beatrix Farrand is one of the most accomplished persons, and women, recognized in both the first decades of the landscape architecture profession and the centuries of landscape garden design arts and accomplishment. (Source: Wikipedia)
Beatrix Farrand
Item:
  • 7253   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Description:
Beatrix Cadwalader Farrand (née Jones; June 19, 1872 – February 28, 1959) was an American landscape gardener and landscape architect. Her career included commissions to design about 110 gardens for private residences, estates and country homes, public parks, botanic gardens, college campuses, and the White House. Farrand was one of the founding eleven members, and the only woman, of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Beatrix Farrand is one of the most accomplished persons, and women, recognized in both the first decades of the landscape architecture profession and the centuries of landscape garden design arts and accomplishment. (Source: Wikipedia) [show more]
6960Betsy Flagg Melcher
  • Reference
  • People
Betsy Flagg Melcher
Item:
  • 6960   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
7266Bubble Pond, Acadia National Park
  • Reference
  • Places, Lake
  • Places, Park
Bubble Pond, Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 7266   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
  • Places, Park
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
7303Charles Eliot
  • Reference
  • People
Charles Eliot, renown landscape architect, was the son of Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard College and one of the first summer resident of Northeast Harbor. Charles Eliot was also a member of the Champlain Society. He died of spinal meningitis at the young age of 38.
Charles Eliot
Item:
  • 7303   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
Charles Eliot, renown landscape architect, was the son of Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard College and one of the first summer resident of Northeast Harbor. Charles Eliot was also a member of the Champlain Society. He died of spinal meningitis at the young age of 38.
7200Charles K. Savage
  • Reference
  • People
Charles K. Savage (Milbridge 1903-Northeast Harbor 1979), designer of Thuya Gardens and The Asticou Azalea Gardens, first chairman of the Mount Desert Larger Parish, selectman for the Town of Mount Desert, representative to the State Legislature and member of local committees, including the Town Planning Board and the Chamber of Commerce. He was also manager of the Asticou Inn in Northeast Harbor and member of the Acadia Corporation. In 1928 he became First Trustee of the Asticou Terraces. Held the position of Town Code Enforcement Officer and Building Inspector; trustee to the Northeast Harbor Union Church; Director of the Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor Water Companies and the Northeast Harbor Neighborhood House; Chairman of the Northeast Harbor Library's Board of Trustees; member of the Village Improvement Society.
Charles K. Savage
Item:
  • 7200   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
Object ID:
Location:
Pages:
Description:
Charles K. Savage (Milbridge 1903-Northeast Harbor 1979), designer of Thuya Gardens and The Asticou Azalea Gardens, first chairman of the Mount Desert Larger Parish, selectman for the Town of Mount Desert, representative to the State Legislature and member of local committees, including the Town Planning Board and the Chamber of Commerce. He was also manager of the Asticou Inn in Northeast Harbor and member of the Acadia Corporation. In 1928 he became First Trustee of the Asticou Terraces. Held the position of Town Code Enforcement Officer and Building Inspector; trustee to the Northeast Harbor Union Church; Director of the Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor Water Companies and the Northeast Harbor Neighborhood House; Chairman of the Northeast Harbor Library's Board of Trustees; member of the Village Improvement Society. [show more]
7241Charles W. Eliot
  • Reference
  • People
Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard and one of Acadia National Park's founders.
Charles W. Eliot
Item:
  • 7241   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Description:
Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard and one of Acadia National Park's founders.
7137Dr. George Shattuck
  • Reference
  • People
Boston physician who owned a house in Northeast Harbor. Professor of tropical medicine at Harvard Medical School and a pioneer in the field of tropical medicine.
Dr. George Shattuck
Item:
  • 7137   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Description:
Boston physician who owned a house in Northeast Harbor. Professor of tropical medicine at Harvard Medical School and a pioneer in the field of tropical medicine.
7198Eleanor Robson Belmont
  • Reference
  • People
First Chairman of the new Northeast Harbor Library. Mrs. Belmont served from 1949 through 1952.
Eleanor Robson Belmont
Item:
  • 7198   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
First Chairman of the new Northeast Harbor Library. Mrs. Belmont served from 1949 through 1952.
7402Fraternal Orders Collection
  • Reference
  • Organizations
  • People
Mount Desert Lodge No. 140 (Item 7403) Ocean Lodge No. 140 (Item 7404) Oder of the Eastern Star No. 118 (Item 7405) Bar Harbor Lodge No. 185 (Item 7406) Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 (Item 7407)
  • photographs, booklets, papers
Fraternal Orders Collection
Item:
  • 7402   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • People
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Location:
  • 4B4
Medium:
  • photographs, booklets, papers
Description:
Mount Desert Lodge No. 140 (Item 7403) Ocean Lodge No. 140 (Item 7404) Oder of the Eastern Star No. 118 (Item 7405) Bar Harbor Lodge No. 185 (Item 7406) Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 (Item 7407)
6995George L. Stebbins
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
  • People
George Ledyard Stebbins was a wealthy real estate financier who developed Seal Harbor, Maine and helped to establish Acadia National Park (Wikipedia).
George L. Stebbins
Item:
  • 6995   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
  • People
Description:
George Ledyard Stebbins was a wealthy real estate financier who developed Seal Harbor, Maine and helped to establish Acadia National Park (Wikipedia).
7199Gertrude Helen Fay
  • Reference
  • People
Gertrude H. Fay (Mrs. William Rodman Fay), summer resident of Northeast Harbor and once chairman of the Northeast Harbor Library.
Gertrude Helen Fay
Item:
  • 7199   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
Object ID:
Location:
Description:
Gertrude H. Fay (Mrs. William Rodman Fay), summer resident of Northeast Harbor and once chairman of the Northeast Harbor Library.
7244Gilman High School
  • Reference
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Gilman High School
Item:
  • 7244   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
7344Great Cranberry Island
  • Reference
  • Places, Island
The largest of the five Cranberry Islands located in the Town of Cranberry Isles on the southeastern side of Mount Desert Island. It is a year-round community.
Great Cranberry Island
Item:
  • 7344   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Description:
The largest of the five Cranberry Islands located in the Town of Cranberry Isles on the southeastern side of Mount Desert Island. It is a year-round community.
7386Green Mountain Railway
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Transportation, Railroad
The Green Mountain Railway was finalized in 1883 by Frank H. Clergue of Bangor, Maine. It was 6,300 feet long and started on the shores of Eagle Lake. Its cost was $110.000. It closed down in 1893 after only 10 years of operation. (From Item 2162).
  • Frank H. Clergue
  • 1883
Green Mountain Railway
Item:
  • 7386   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
  • Transportation, Railroad
Creator:
  • Frank H. Clergue
Date:
  • 1883
Description:
The Green Mountain Railway was finalized in 1883 by Frank H. Clergue of Bangor, Maine. It was 6,300 feet long and started on the shores of Eagle Lake. Its cost was $110.000. It closed down in 1893 after only 10 years of operation. (From Item 2162).
7337Hall Quarry
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Places, Town
The settlement of Hall Quarry in located in the town of Mount Desert on Mount Desert Island and was home to a granite quarry. The quarry's location alongside of Somes Sound proved very beneficial, as it allowed the schooners to land very close to the quarry to load the granite and transport it to various ports.
Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 7337   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Description:
The settlement of Hall Quarry in located in the town of Mount Desert on Mount Desert Island and was home to a granite quarry. The quarry's location alongside of Somes Sound proved very beneficial, as it allowed the schooners to land very close to the quarry to load the granite and transport it to various ports.