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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1540Bibliography of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • Places, Island
Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs.
  • Donald W. Norton
  • 1985
  • 2 copies
  • typescript
Bibliography of Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 1540   
Type:
  • Document, List, Bibliography
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Donald W. Norton
Date:
  • 1985
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0051 DN
Location:
  • General Collection Box 2
Pages:
  • 2 copies
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs.
1937Mount Desert
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr. Pyle & a copy of "The New Iliad".
  • E. Chardon
  • February 1877
  • photocopy
  • poor
Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1937   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • E. Chardon
Date:
  • February 1877
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0450
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Medium:
  • photocopy
Condition:
  • poor
Description:
History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr. Pyle & a copy of "The New Iliad".
1727Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine
  • Document, List
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
  • Other, History
  • People
Historical Checklist of landscape architects in Maine.
  • Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.
  • 1987
  • 12
  • 1 original, 1 photocopy
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine
Item:
  • 1727   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Businesses, Architectural Business
  • Other, History
  • People
Creator:
  • Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.
Date:
  • 1987
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0240
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 12
Medium:
  • 1 original, 1 photocopy
Description:
Historical Checklist of landscape architects in Maine.
1976Brave Hunters of 1836
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
  • Other, Poetry
Poem about a bear hunt.
  • Eben M. Hamor
  • 1892
  • 4
  • typescript
Brave Hunters of 1836
Item:
  • 1976   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
Creator:
  • Eben M. Hamor
Date:
  • 1892
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0489
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Poem about a bear hunt.
1508Early Years of the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine.
  • Edward K. Dunham
  • 4
  • typescript
Early Years of the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society
Item:
  • 1508   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Edward K. Dunham
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0020 EKD
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine.
1502Recollections of Seal Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Typescript about the history of Seal Harbor, Maine.
  • Edward S. Dana
  • Aug-31
  • 3
  • typescript
Recollections of Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 1502   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Edward S. Dana
Date:
  • Aug-31
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0017 ESD
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Typescript about the history of Seal Harbor, Maine.
1701That Man Gently
  • Publication, Literary, Script
  • Other, Literature
Script of a three act play, "That Man Gently" written by Mrs. August Belmont (Eleanor) in 1935.
  • Eleanor Robson Belmont, first Library Chairman
  • 1961
  • Act I 45 pages, Act II 35 pages, Act III 50 pages
  • typescript
That Man Gently
Item:
  • 1701   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Script
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
Creator:
  • Eleanor Robson Belmont, first Library Chairman
Date:
  • 1961
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0213
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • Act I 45 pages, Act II 35 pages, Act III 50 pages
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Script of a three act play, "That Man Gently" written by Mrs. August Belmont (Eleanor) in 1935.
1491A Notable Lawsuit
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Other, Literature
The author read the paper before the Chicago Historical Society. It is an imaginary account of an alleged lawsuit of Frederick Law Olmstead vs. the Astor family, involving Captain Kidd's treasure
  • Franklin Henry Head
  • 1898
  • 18
  • typescript
A Notable Lawsuit
Item:
  • 1491   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
Creator:
  • Franklin Henry Head
Date:
  • 1898
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0009 FHH
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 18
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
The author read the paper before the Chicago Historical Society. It is an imaginary account of an alleged lawsuit of Frederick Law Olmstead vs. the Astor family, involving Captain Kidd's treasure
1716Collection of poetry by Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr.
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
  • Events
  • Other, Poetry
  • People
a + b: Collection of poems written by Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr. c + d: Memoir and Obituary of Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr. e: 103rd Annual Dinner of the Shakespeare Society of Philadelphia Dr. Fraley was the very pattern of a proper Philadelphian, from his birth in 1876 until his death at the age of 83. He was educated there, practiced medicine there & in Northeast Harbor. Offprint from The Pennsylvania Magazine of Hist. & Biog.
  • Frederick Fraley Sr.
  • from 1904 on
  • 17
Collection of poetry by Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr.
Item:
  • 1716   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Poetry
  • People
Creator:
  • Frederick Fraley Sr.
Date:
  • from 1904 on
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0228
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 17
Description:
a + b: Collection of poems written by Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr. c + d: Memoir and Obituary of Dr. Frederick Fraley Sr. e: 103rd Annual Dinner of the Shakespeare Society of Philadelphia Dr. Fraley was the very pattern of a proper Philadelphian, from his birth in 1876 until his death at the age of 83. He was educated there, practiced medicine there & in Northeast Harbor. Offprint from The Pennsylvania Magazine of Hist. & Biog.
1882Our Phillips Family, Reminiscences of Fredrick I. Phillips
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • Other, History
  • People
Genealogy of Phillips family, Ames family, Noyes family, and Jewett family.
  • Frederick Illsley Phillips
  • 23
  • photocopy
Our Phillips Family, Reminiscences of Fredrick I. Phillips
Item:
  • 1882   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
Creator:
  • Frederick Illsley Phillips
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0396
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • 23
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Genealogy of Phillips family, Ames family, Noyes family, and Jewett family.
2033Cranberry Chronicle
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
News of Cranberry House and the GCI Historical Society. President: Phil Whitney
  • GCI Historical Society
  • Nov-09
  • 4
  • typescript
Cranberry Chronicle
Item:
  • 2033   
Type:
  • Publication, Newsletter
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • GCI Historical Society
Date:
  • Nov-09
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0545
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
News of Cranberry House and the GCI Historical Society. President: Phil Whitney
1928Asticou Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Other, History
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
A very informative brochure with text and great photographs of the Asticou Inn & scenery both inside & out.
  • George A. Savage
Asticou Northeast Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 1928   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Other, History
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Creator:
  • George A. Savage
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0441
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Description:
A very informative brochure with text and great photographs of the Asticou Inn & scenery both inside & out.
1965Seven Ages of Sutton Island, Maine, 1604-1906
  • Document, Government, Field Notes
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Ecological and demographical notes in the development of Sutton Island; families include Lancaster, Wheelwright, Burnham, King, Gilley, Moore, Hawtin, & Stimson.
  • George L. Paine
  • 1966
  • 5
  • typescript
Seven Ages of Sutton Island, Maine, 1604-1906
Item:
  • 1965   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Field Notes
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • George L. Paine
Date:
  • 1966
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0478
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Ecological and demographical notes in the development of Sutton Island; families include Lancaster, Wheelwright, Burnham, King, Gilley, Moore, Hawtin, & Stimson.
1509Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine.
  • George L. Stebbins
  • Aug-38
  • 11
  • typescript
Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 1509   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • George L. Stebbins
Date:
  • Aug-38
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0021 GLS
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 11
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine.
1560When 10c An Acre Was a Bid For Seal Harbor Land
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, Land
  • Places
  • George L. Stebbins
  • Aug-35
  • 1 article, 2 photograph copies
  • newspaper, photograph copy
When 10c An Acre Was a Bid For Seal Harbor Land
Item:
  • 1560   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places
Creator:
  • George L. Stebbins
Date:
  • Aug-35
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0071
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1 article, 2 photograph copies
Medium:
  • newspaper, photograph copy
1885The Landing
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
Story of the German submarine and release of two crewmen spies at Hancock Point on November 29, 1944 as told by one of the boat's engineers.
  • H. E. Haslau
  • 1992
  • 12
  • photocopy
The Landing
Item:
  • 1885   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
Creator:
  • H. E. Haslau
Date:
  • 1992
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0398
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • 12
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Story of the German submarine and release of two crewmen spies at Hancock Point on November 29, 1944 as told by one of the boat's engineers.
1896Letters to Ada Emerson
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Letters from Henry Kelley (Emerson?) to his mother, Ada Emerson, in Indian River, ME describing his Civil War encampment with the Maine 10th Regiment at Camp Washburn, MD & Harper's Ferry, VA. Given to library by Carl Kelley.
  • Henry Kelley
  • 1859-1864
  • photocopy
Letters to Ada Emerson
Item:
  • 1896   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Henry Kelley
Date:
  • 1859-1864
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0409
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Letters from Henry Kelley (Emerson?) to his mother, Ada Emerson, in Indian River, ME describing his Civil War encampment with the Maine 10th Regiment at Camp Washburn, MD & Harper's Ferry, VA. Given to library by Carl Kelley.
1999An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Small booklet summarizing sections of the book "Mt. Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath.
  • Henry T. Reath
  • 2000
  • 6
  • typescript
An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1999   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Henry T. Reath
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0511
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 6
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Small booklet summarizing sections of the book "Mt. Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath.
2116Automobiles - The Mount Desert Town Meeting
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
Copy of a poem by Herbert Weir Smyth, Harvard professor, about the vote of residents of Mount Desert banning automobiles in the town. This was published August 23, 1913 in Bar Harbor Life. See also item 1564
  • Herbert Weir Smyth
  • 8/23/1913
  • 3
  • photocopy
Automobiles - The Mount Desert Town Meeting
Item:
  • 2116   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Herbert Weir Smyth
Date:
  • 8/23/1913
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0630
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy of a poem by Herbert Weir Smyth, Harvard professor, about the vote of residents of Mount Desert banning automobiles in the town. This was published August 23, 1913 in Bar Harbor Life. See also item 1564
2222"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
  • Horace H. Leavitt
  • 1940
  • newspaper
"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
Item:
  • 2222   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Horace H. Leavitt
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0736
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
1930Excerpts From The Log of The Hobo
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, Military, World War I
110 foot U.S. Navy submarine chaser No. 265, World War 1917-18. During World War 1, Northeast Harbor Summer resident John Melcher's yacht HOBO, used by the navy & manned by Cranberry Isles crew.
  • Hugh L. Dwelley
  • 8
  • photocopy
Excerpts From The Log of The Hobo
Item:
  • 1930   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, Military, World War I
Creator:
  • Hugh L. Dwelley
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0443
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
110 foot U.S. Navy submarine chaser No. 265, World War 1917-18. During World War 1, Northeast Harbor Summer resident John Melcher's yacht HOBO, used by the navy & manned by Cranberry Isles crew.
1880Gilpatrick family tree, deed, probate records
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • Other, History
  • People
  • James R. Gilpatrick
  • 1874
  • 7
  • photocopy
Gilpatrick family tree, deed, probate records
Item:
  • 1880   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
Creator:
  • James R. Gilpatrick
Date:
  • 1874
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0394
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • photocopy
1519Reminiscences of Life in Northeast Harbor
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
22-Nov-74
  • Jarvis Cromwell
  • 1974
  • 27
  • typescript
Reminiscences of Life in Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 1519   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Jarvis Cromwell
Date:
  • 1974
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0028 JC
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 27
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
22-Nov-74
1895Civil War Draft Regulations
  • Document, Government, Regulation
  • Other, Military, Civil War
List of liabilities and duties of persons subjected to Civil War draft.
  • John L. Hodson, Adjutant General
  • 8-27-1862; 9-20-1862
  • 2
  • typescript
Civil War Draft Regulations
Item:
  • 1895   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Regulation
Subject:
  • Other, Military, Civil War
Creator:
  • John L. Hodson, Adjutant General
Date:
  • 8-27-1862; 9-20-1862
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0408
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
List of liabilities and duties of persons subjected to Civil War draft.
1986List of Civil War Soldiers from the town of Mount Desert
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Original, elongated, list of men furnished by the town of Mt. Desert by the selectmen for military service in the Civil War. The list represents several calls to duty from 1862 to 1869.
  • Jonathan Hamor
  • 1-2-1869
  • 1
  • manuscript (original and 2 photocopies)
List of Civil War Soldiers from the town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1986   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Creator:
  • Jonathan Hamor
Date:
  • 1-2-1869
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0499
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript (original and 2 photocopies)
Description:
Original, elongated, list of men furnished by the town of Mt. Desert by the selectmen for military service in the Civil War. The list represents several calls to duty from 1862 to 1869.