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3886Town of Mount Desert Free Public Library
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
History of Northeast Harbor Library & Reading Room, a picture of proposed building, articles of the Maine Library Association, newspaper clipping & a picture postcard.
  • William Draper Lewis
  • 10/1/1948
  • 4 pages (2 copies)
  • typescript
Town of Mount Desert Free Public Library
Item:
  • 3886   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • William Draper Lewis
Date:
  • 10/1/1948
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0017
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 1
Pages:
  • 4 pages (2 copies)
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
History of Northeast Harbor Library & Reading Room, a picture of proposed building, articles of the Maine Library Association, newspaper clipping & a picture postcard.
7105The Pine Cone - A Panorama of Maine
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places
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)
  • State of Maine Publicity Bureau
  • 1949
  • 44
  • 1 brochure
  • good
The Pine Cone - A Panorama of Maine
Item:
  • 7105   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places
Creator:
  • State of Maine Publicity Bureau
Date:
  • 1949
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917.41 MAINE
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 44
Medium:
  • 1 brochure
Condition:
  • good
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]
2079Collection of Mt. Desert residents' obituaries
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • People
Green bound date book labeled Year Book 1939 in which Belle Smallidge Knowles attached clippings of obituaries of Northeast Harbor residents et al.
  • 1939-1940
  • 1 book
Collection of Mt. Desert residents' obituaries
Item:
  • 2079   
Type:
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1939-1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0593
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Green bound date book labeled Year Book 1939 in which Belle Smallidge Knowles attached clippings of obituaries of Northeast Harbor residents et al.
1532Fannie H. Eckstorm and Mary C. Wheelwright Letters
  • Document, Correspondence
  • People
2 bound typescripts: one original with photographs, handwritten letters, and other visual materials and the other the carbon copy of the typescript. Leather bound books. Brown with gold leaf and red with gold leaf. Title in gold leaf on spines.
  • 1930, 1937-1946
  • 2 books
  • bound typescripts
Fannie H. Eckstorm and Mary C. Wheelwright Letters
Item:
  • 1532   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1930, 1937-1946
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0041
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 2 books
Medium:
  • bound typescripts
Description:
2 bound typescripts: one original with photographs, handwritten letters, and other visual materials and the other the carbon copy of the typescript. Leather bound books. Brown with gold leaf and red with gold leaf. Title in gold leaf on spines.
1828Letters to Rosamond & Aimee Lamb from Rachel Field
  • Document, Correspondence
  • People
  • Places, Island
Copies of Rachel Field's letters to Rosamond Lamb - one included Aimee Lamb - her Sutton Island friends from Milton, MA. Sent from Maine & California, the letters are about her marriage to Authur Pederson, her writing, the involvement with movie studios, etc. Introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
  • 1935-1940
Letters to Rosamond & Aimee Lamb from Rachel Field
Item:
  • 1828   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1935-1940
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0341
Location:
  • General Collection Box 9
Description:
Copies of Rachel Field's letters to Rosamond Lamb - one included Aimee Lamb - her Sutton Island friends from Milton, MA. Sent from Maine & California, the letters are about her marriage to Authur Pederson, her writing, the involvement with movie studios, etc. Introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
1838Letter to Harry Clark from Donald F. Graves
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Letter from Lt. Donald F. Graves based with U.S. Army Air Force in Clovis, NM to Harry Clark in Northeast Harbor about his experiences flying before being sent overseas during WW II.
  • 1943
  • 5
  • photocopy (2 copies)
Letter to Harry Clark from Donald F. Graves
Item:
  • 1838   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Date:
  • 1943
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0351
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • photocopy (2 copies)
Description:
Letter from Lt. Donald F. Graves based with U.S. Army Air Force in Clovis, NM to Harry Clark in Northeast Harbor about his experiences flying before being sent overseas during WW II.
1839Harry Clark letters
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Mrs. Ralph Ross sends copy of Rev. McKendry's letter to Mrs. Harry Clark following news of her son Ralph's death. Hoyt Clark, son of Harry Clark, was in the same unit as Ralph serving in the Pacific in WWII. Hoyt was not aboard the plane when it crashed.
  • Rev. McKendry
  • 1945
  • 1
  • typescript
Harry Clark letters
Item:
  • 1839   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Rev. McKendry
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0352
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Mrs. Ralph Ross sends copy of Rev. McKendry's letter to Mrs. Harry Clark following news of her son Ralph's death. Hoyt Clark, son of Harry Clark, was in the same unit as Ralph serving in the Pacific in WWII. Hoyt was not aboard the plane when it crashed.
1840Harry Clark letters
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Letter from Mrs. Ralph Ross, mother of Lt. Ralph Ross Jr. who was friend and co-pilot on aircraft of which Mrs. Clark's son, Hoyt, was a gunner during WWII. When pilot of aircraft on which Hoyt Clark was a gunner. Lt. Ross died when the plane crashed (after end of war); Hoyt was not on the flight.
  • Mrs. Ralph Ross
  • 1945
  • 1
  • manuscript
Harry Clark letters
Item:
  • 1840   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Mrs. Ralph Ross
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0353
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
Letter from Mrs. Ralph Ross, mother of Lt. Ralph Ross Jr. who was friend and co-pilot on aircraft of which Mrs. Clark's son, Hoyt, was a gunner during WWII. When pilot of aircraft on which Hoyt Clark was a gunner. Lt. Ross died when the plane crashed (after end of war); Hoyt was not on the flight.
1841Personal letter at the end of WWII
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Personal letter, in diary format, from Hoyt Clark to his niece describing the sad news of the death of some of his crew members in a B29 plane crash just after WWII was declared over. Cover letter included.
  • Clark Hoyt
  • 1945
  • 4
  • typescript
Personal letter at the end of WWII
Item:
  • 1841   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Creator:
  • Clark Hoyt
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0354
Location:
  • General Collection Box 10
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Personal letter, in diary format, from Hoyt Clark to his niece describing the sad news of the death of some of his crew members in a B29 plane crash just after WWII was declared over. Cover letter included.
6207Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
History of the Bass Family settling in Braintree Mass. Connections Eddy, Morse, Paine, Bass.
  • Bass, Charissa Taylor & Walton, Emma Lee
  • 1940
Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass
Item:
  • 6207   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Bass, Charissa Taylor & Walton, Emma Lee
Date:
  • 1940
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 100
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Surname File
Description:
History of the Bass Family settling in Braintree Mass. Connections Eddy, Morse, Paine, Bass.
6589Valuation Resident 1940 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1940
Valuation Resident 1940 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6589   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1940
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2D3
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6590Valuation Non-Resident 1940 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1940
Valuation Non-Resident 1940 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6590   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1940
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2D3
Description:
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6591Valuation Resident 1941 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1941
Valuation Resident 1941 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6591   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1941
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2D4
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6592Valuation Non-Resident 1941 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1941
Valuation Non-Resident 1941 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6592   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1941
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2D4
Description:
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6593Valuation Resident 1942 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded blue/green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1942
Valuation Resident 1942 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6593   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1942
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2D5
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded blue/green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6594Valuation Non-Resident 1942 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included Faded blue/green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1942
Valuation Non-Resident 1942 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6594   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1942
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2D5
Description:
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included Faded blue/green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6595Valuation Resident 1943 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1943
Valuation Resident 1943 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6595   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1943
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2D6
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6596Valuation Non-Resident 1940 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included. Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1943
Valuation Non-Resident 1940 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6596   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1943
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2D6
Description:
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included. Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6597Valuation Resident 1944 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded cream colored cloth covering, black lettering, alphabetical index tabs.
  • 1944
Valuation Resident 1944 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6597   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1944
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2D7
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded cream colored cloth covering, black lettering, alphabetical index tabs.
6598Valuation Non-Resident 1944 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included. Faded cream colored cloth covering, black lettering, alphabetical index tabs.
  • 1944
Valuation Non-Resident 1944 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6598   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1944
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2D7
Description:
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included. Faded cream colored cloth covering, black lettering, alphabetical index tabs.
6599Valuation Resident 1945 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded cream colored cloth covering, black lettering, alphabetical index tabs.
  • 1945
Valuation Resident 1945 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6599   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2D8
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded cream colored cloth covering, black lettering, alphabetical index tabs.
6600Valuation Non-Resident 1945 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included. Faded cream colored cloth covering, black lettering, alphabetical index tabs.
  • 1945
Valuation Non-Resident 1945 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6600   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1945
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2D8
Description:
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included. Faded cream colored cloth covering, black lettering, alphabetical index tabs.
6601Valuation Resident 1946 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded cream colored cloth covering, black lettering, alphabetical index tabs.
  • 1946
Valuation Resident 1946 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6601   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1946
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2E TOP
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded cream colored cloth covering, black lettering, alphabetical index tabs.
6602Valuation Non-Resident 1946 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included. Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1946
Valuation Non-Resident 1946 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6602   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1946
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2E TOP
Description:
Valuation of land owned by non-residents. Lot descriptions included. Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
6603Valuation Resident 1947 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs
  • 1947
Valuation Resident 1947 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6603   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1947
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2E 1
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax. Includes lot descriptions and supplemental tax list Faded green cloth covered, black lettering, metal bound, alphabetical index tabs