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| Item | Title | Type | Subject | Description | Creator | Date | Property Name | Street | Pages | Medium | Condition | |
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| 2088 | Fact Manual for Industry |
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| Report on advantages on Mount Desert Island for economic and industrial development. Scan: Cover, first pages only. |
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Description: Report on advantages on Mount Desert Island for economic and industrial development. Scan: Cover, first pages only. | |||
| 2129 | Chants noirs |
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| French translation of negro spirituals published in the French journal "Mercure de France", June 1952. |
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Description: French translation of negro spirituals published in the French journal "Mercure de France", June 1952. | |||
| 1684 | Edsel B. Ford Mount Desert Island Estate |
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| Developed by Lynam Realtors for the sale of the Edsel Ford estate in Seal Harbor, brochure has many photographs and drawings. Following Ford, owners of "Skylands" have been Skylands have included Edward Leed and Martha Stewart. |
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Description: Developed by Lynam Realtors for the sale of the Edsel Ford estate in Seal Harbor, brochure has many photographs and drawings. Following Ford, owners of "Skylands" have been Skylands have included Edward Leed and Martha Stewart. | |||
| 7122 | The Saturday Evening Post |
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| The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 223, No. 37, March 10, 1951. In this issue: 4 short stories, 1 novelette, 7 articles, 2 serials, other features (letters, editorials, post scripts, verse, keeping posted). Of special interest is the following article: "The cities of America: Bangor, Maine", by George Sessions Perry, pag. 24. |
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Description: The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 223, No. 37, March 10, 1951. In this issue: 4 short stories, 1 novelette, 7 articles, 2 serials, other features (letters, editorials, post scripts, verse, keeping posted). Of special interest is the following article: "The cities of America: Bangor, Maine", by George Sessions Perry, pag. 24. | ||
| 7191 | Asticou Celebratory Menu 1604-1954 |
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| 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 |
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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 | |||
| 2085 | The Life of Belle Smallidge Knowles |
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| Biography of Belle S. Knowles by her granddaughter Kathryn as part of her Gould Academy senior thesis. |
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Description: Biography of Belle S. Knowles by her granddaughter Kathryn as part of her Gould Academy senior thesis. | |||
| 1833 | Patriarchal Picnics |
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| 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. |
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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. | |||
| 1568 | Monument to a Conservationist |
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| Article about George B. Dorr and Acadia National Park. |
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Description: Article about George B. Dorr and Acadia National Park. | |||
| 1485 | Story of Mount Desert Island |
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| 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. |
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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. | |||
| 1931 | Regionalism Sets Style for New Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Architect Roger Griswold had his own conception of what a library in a Maine landscape should appear. From a Reading Room, the new library in Northeast Harbor was created. |
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Description: Architect Roger Griswold had his own conception of what a library in a Maine landscape should appear. From a Reading Room, the new library in Northeast Harbor was created. | |||||
| 1700 | Movie schedule of Pastime Theater |
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| Weekly movie schedule of the Pastime Theater in Northeast Harbor. |
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Description: Weekly movie schedule of the Pastime Theater in Northeast Harbor. | ||||
| 2187 | 150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809 |
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| Commemorative issue of the Bar Harbor Times with many articles of Seal Harbor's historic places, early settlers and summer residents. |
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Description: Commemorative issue of the Bar Harbor Times with many articles of Seal Harbor's historic places, early settlers and summer residents. | ||||
| 2173 | Bar Harbor Times |
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| 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. |
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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. | |||||
| 2189 | Parish of St. Mary's and St. Jude's is Observing its 75th Anniversary |
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| Full page article published in the Bar Harbor Times, entitled " Sunday in the Parish", featuring clergy and parishioners to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the parish. Several b/w photographs. |
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Description: Full page article published in the Bar Harbor Times, entitled " Sunday in the Parish", featuring clergy and parishioners to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the parish. Several b/w photographs. | ||||
| 1504 | Tribute Paid to Miss Mary Wheelwright |
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| August 10, 1958 Collection of articles about Mary Wheelwright. |
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Description: August 10, 1958 Collection of articles about Mary Wheelwright. | |||||
| 1564 | Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting |
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| August 6, 1959 A poem written by professor H. W. Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert Island. |
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Description: August 6, 1959 A poem written by professor H. W. Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert Island. | ||||
| 1919 | Copies of minutes of Otter Creek Fire Co. |
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| Copies of 1st book of minutes of Otter Creek Fire Co. & copies of minutes of regular meetings |
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Description: Copies of 1st book of minutes of Otter Creek Fire Co. & copies of minutes of regular meetings | |||
| 1947 | The National Red Cross Building Deed |
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| The deed transferring the Red Cross Building in Northeast Harbor to Mount Desert Public Health Nursing Association. |
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Description: The deed transferring the Red Cross Building in Northeast Harbor to Mount Desert Public Health Nursing Association. | |||
| 2090 | Letter to Kathryn Knowles from Belle S. Knowles |
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| Letter from Belle S. Knowles to her granddaughter about Daniel Coit Gilman. |
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Description: Letter from Belle S. Knowles to her granddaughter about Daniel Coit Gilman. | ||||
| 1734 | An Attempted Evocation of a Personality |
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| 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. |
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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. | |||
| 1736 | Heather Time at Reef Point |
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| Brief descriptive tour of the Reef Point Gardens of Beatrix Farrand in Bar Harbor. |
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Description: Brief descriptive tour of the Reef Point Gardens of Beatrix Farrand in Bar Harbor. | |||
| 1738 | Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959); An appreciation of a landscape |
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| 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. |
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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. | |||
| 1739 | Library Gift to California |
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| Description of Beatrix Farrand's gift to the University of California at Berkeley of the vast collection of books on landscape design. |
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Description: Description of Beatrix Farrand's gift to the University of California at Berkeley of the vast collection of books on landscape design. | |||
| 1781 | Parker Fennelly, Maine born Actor, Never Tells His Age |
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| Articles about Northeast-Harbor-born actor, Parker Fennelly, as he celebrates his 40th anniversary in show business. |
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Description: Articles about Northeast-Harbor-born actor, Parker Fennelly, as he celebrates his 40th anniversary in show business. | |||
| 1791 | Pre-World War I Idea Becomes a Business |
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| Article about Luther Phillips of Bangor and the development of his aerial view post card and map business in 1947. Photograph. Also, a Photograph, unknown source, of Phillips with the U.S. Navy in Constantinople in 1919. |
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Description: Article about Luther Phillips of Bangor and the development of his aerial view post card and map business in 1947. Photograph. Also, a Photograph, unknown source, of Phillips with the U.S. Navy in Constantinople in 1919. |
