Green faux leather binder with gold leaf. Collection of portraits and family histories. Introduction and Acknowledgements by Ann R. Kinney. Includes the essay, "Betsy Flagg Melcher: an artist in the Yellow House" written by Carol Malone. Ann R. Kinney also wrote an introduction to the artist, 'Betsy Flagg Melcher's Development as an Artist.' Digital color prints of portraits and accompanying family histories fill the pages. Families: 3-4 The Andrews Family on MDI 5-6 Brooke Astor 7 Belmont (pending) 8-9 The Fay and Hawtin Families in Maine 10-11 Ernest Flagg 12-13 Dr. Frederick Fraley 14 The Harris Family in Maine (pending) 15-16 Hopkins Family on MDI 17-18 The Moorhead Kennedy Family on MDI 19-20 The Kinney Family on MDI 21 Kneedler (pending) 22-23 The Madeira Family 24-25 The Milliken Family 26-27 The Morison Family 28-29 The Paine Family in Maine 30-31 The Peabody Family in Northeast Harbor 32-33 Henry, Lydia, John and Ann Rivers on MDI 34-35 The Roberts Family 36-37 Professor Edward Sampson 38-39 The Scull Family on MDI 40-41 The Vitelli Family 42-43 The Wetzel Family in Maine 44-45 Marguerite Yourcenar 46 Betsy Flagg Melcher (back cover of exhibit book)
Description: Green faux leather binder with gold leaf. Collection of portraits and family histories. Introduction and Acknowledgements by Ann R. Kinney. Includes the essay, "Betsy Flagg Melcher: an artist in the Yellow House" written by Carol Malone. Ann R. Kinney also wrote an introduction to the artist, 'Betsy Flagg Melcher's Development as an Artist.' Digital color prints of portraits and accompanying family histories fill the pages. Families: 3-4 The Andrews Family on MDI 5-6 Brooke Astor 7 Belmont (pending) 8-9 The Fay and Hawtin Families in Maine 10-11 Ernest Flagg 12-13 Dr. Frederick Fraley 14 The Harris Family in Maine (pending) 15-16 Hopkins Family on MDI 17-18 The Moorhead Kennedy Family on MDI 19-20 The Kinney Family on MDI 21 Kneedler (pending) 22-23 The Madeira Family 24-25 The Milliken Family 26-27 The Morison Family 28-29 The Paine Family in Maine 30-31 The Peabody Family in Northeast Harbor 32-33 Henry, Lydia, John and Ann Rivers on MDI 34-35 The Roberts Family 36-37 Professor Edward Sampson 38-39 The Scull Family on MDI 40-41 The Vitelli Family 42-43 The Wetzel Family in Maine 44-45 Marguerite Yourcenar 46 Betsy Flagg Melcher (back cover of exhibit book) [show more]
Description: Green bound date book labeled Year Book 1939 in which Belle Smallidge Knowles attached clippings of obituaries of Northeast Harbor residents et al.
References to WLC members Lucy Smith (8), Elizabeth Manchester Johnson (92), Edith Favour (93), Virginia Somes Sanderson (93), and Katherine Savage (94) Scan: Cover, first pages only
Description: References to WLC members Lucy Smith (8), Elizabeth Manchester Johnson (92), Edith Favour (93), Virginia Somes Sanderson (93), and Katherine Savage (94) Scan: Cover, first pages only
Description: A black hard cover book, containing the history of the Gillespie family, who were originally from Scotland, and Janet's marriage to Harvey Strong.
Description: The Seaside Inn reunion booklet prepared for the first reunion of employees and guests. Although the buildings are gone the memories remain.
In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island. This privately published travel journal recounts with humor their adventures during those days of fun and discovery. This volume belongs to Sarah Carter and contains 36 sepia photographs. The entire journal (cover image) as well as the individual photographs have been scanned. From the Preface: "As the summer of 1888 drew near, some young friends put their heads together to arrange a pleasant trip, and realizing that it is not good for man (and consequently woman) to be alone, they decided to take pity on a few of the sons of Adam, of George Fox persuasion, inviting them to join in an excursion to Mt. Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude." From the estate of John Welsh Drayton and Cynthia Whitney Drayton. Donated to the Library by Mr. Whitney Drayton.
Description: In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island. This privately published travel journal recounts with humor their adventures during those days of fun and discovery. This volume belongs to Sarah Carter and contains 36 sepia photographs. The entire journal (cover image) as well as the individual photographs have been scanned. From the Preface: "As the summer of 1888 drew near, some young friends put their heads together to arrange a pleasant trip, and realizing that it is not good for man (and consequently woman) to be alone, they decided to take pity on a few of the sons of Adam, of George Fox persuasion, inviting them to join in an excursion to Mt. Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude." From the estate of John Welsh Drayton and Cynthia Whitney Drayton. Donated to the Library by Mr. Whitney Drayton. [show more]
A booklet containing an address, dealing with the history of Coles Express & A. J. Cole & sons, was delivered at a "1989 Maine meeting of the Newcomen Society held in Bangor". Scan: Cover, first pages only.
Description: A booklet containing an address, dealing with the history of Coles Express & A. J. Cole & sons, was delivered at a "1989 Maine meeting of the Newcomen Society held in Bangor". Scan: Cover, first pages only.
Vol. XXVII, No. 3, January 1937, Serial No. 87. Contains articles about the "The Steamer J. T. Morse", Harvard College, William Claggett & William C. Endicott. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
Description: Vol. XXVII, No. 3, January 1937, Serial No. 87. Contains articles about the "The Steamer J. T. Morse", Harvard College, William Claggett & William C. Endicott. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
Photograph and caption from an article published in "The Magazine Antiques", June 1973, by Walter Muir Whitehill, director and librarian emeritus: "Portrait busts in the library of the Boston Athenaeum". The bust of Emily Marshall was carved from a death mask in Florence in 1839 by Horatio Greenough and given to the Athenaeum in 1956 by her great-grandson, Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison.
Description: Photograph and caption from an article published in "The Magazine Antiques", June 1973, by Walter Muir Whitehill, director and librarian emeritus: "Portrait busts in the library of the Boston Athenaeum". The bust of Emily Marshall was carved from a death mask in Florence in 1839 by Horatio Greenough and given to the Athenaeum in 1956 by her great-grandson, Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison.
Article published in Life Magazine in 1968 about 9 prominent ladies of American high society: Mrs. T. Charlton Henry Mrs. Christopher Temple Emmet Mrs. Edgard B. Stern Mrs. Nicholas Longworth Mrs. Harper Sibley Mrs. Malcom Peabody Mrs. August Belmont Mrs. Lytle Hull Mrs. Thomas Armstrong
Description: Article published in Life Magazine in 1968 about 9 prominent ladies of American high society: Mrs. T. Charlton Henry Mrs. Christopher Temple Emmet Mrs. Edgard B. Stern Mrs. Nicholas Longworth Mrs. Harper Sibley Mrs. Malcom Peabody Mrs. August Belmont Mrs. Lytle Hull Mrs. Thomas Armstrong
Review by Carl Little of the book "Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect", written by his father, Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard College and one of the first summer resident of Northeast Harbor. The book was originally published in 1902. Also mentioned is the Champlain Society of which Charles Eliot was a member. Published in the "Bar Harbor Times" on October 5, 2000.
Description: Review by Carl Little of the book "Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect", written by his father, Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard College and one of the first summer resident of Northeast Harbor. The book was originally published in 1902. Also mentioned is the Champlain Society of which Charles Eliot was a member. Published in the "Bar Harbor Times" on October 5, 2000.
Article "The Champlain Society: How they spent their summer vacation in 1880", published in the "Bar Harbor Times" on August 1, 1996. Written by Nan Lincoln. Photographs by Marshall P. Slade.
Description: Article "The Champlain Society: How they spent their summer vacation in 1880", published in the "Bar Harbor Times" on August 1, 1996. Written by Nan Lincoln. Photographs by Marshall P. Slade.
Small story booklet written and illustrated by Melissa Merkling, age 12, a guest of the Rosenthal family on Sutton Island. The book was presented to Mrs. Rodman Fay, Chairman of the Library.
Description: Small story booklet written and illustrated by Melissa Merkling, age 12, a guest of the Rosenthal family on Sutton Island. The book was presented to Mrs. Rodman Fay, Chairman of the Library.
Description: Copies of verses by Bill Ayles, a laborer who worked at odd jobs in & around Northeast Harbor. Poem copies were provided by R. Haynes & E. Smallidge.
Program of memorial service for Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. conducted by Dr. Robert J. McCracken. Address by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick. Riverside Church, Sunday May 23, 1948.
Description: Program of memorial service for Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. conducted by Dr. Robert J. McCracken. Address by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick. Riverside Church, Sunday May 23, 1948.
George Cheever Shattuck, born October 12, 1879, died June 12, 1972. Memorial minute adopted by the Faculty of Medicine of Harvard University, December 8, 1972, and the Faculty of Public Health of Harvard University, December 14, 1972. From the Harvard University Gazette, Vol. LXVII, No. 16, January 12, 1973.
Description: George Cheever Shattuck, born October 12, 1879, died June 12, 1972. Memorial minute adopted by the Faculty of Medicine of Harvard University, December 8, 1972, and the Faculty of Public Health of Harvard University, December 14, 1972. From the Harvard University Gazette, Vol. LXVII, No. 16, January 12, 1973.
Program of memorial service for Mr. David Scull conducted by The Reverend Paul E. Gilbert at Saint Mary's by-the-Sea, in Northeast Harbor, on August 6, 1989. Music Director and Organist: Mr. George Emlen.
Description: Program of memorial service for Mr. David Scull conducted by The Reverend Paul E. Gilbert at Saint Mary's by-the-Sea, in Northeast Harbor, on August 6, 1989. Music Director and Organist: Mr. George Emlen.
Program of memorial service for Mme. Marguerite Yourcenar conducted at the Union Church, in Northeast Harbor, on January 16, 1988. Copy of Mme. Marguerite Yourcenar's eulogy given by Mr. Walter Kaiser (presented to the Northeast Harbor Library by Mr. Thomas S. Hall).
Description: Program of memorial service for Mme. Marguerite Yourcenar conducted at the Union Church, in Northeast Harbor, on January 16, 1988. Copy of Mme. Marguerite Yourcenar's eulogy given by Mr. Walter Kaiser (presented to the Northeast Harbor Library by Mr. Thomas S. Hall).
Two biographical articles about George Cheever Shattuck: 1. "George Cheever Shattuck", by George S. Richardson, published by the Massachusetts Historical Society 2. "George Cheever Shattuck, Nestor of Torpical Medicine", by Jean A. Curran
Description: Two biographical articles about George Cheever Shattuck: 1. "George Cheever Shattuck", by George S. Richardson, published by the Massachusetts Historical Society 2. "George Cheever Shattuck, Nestor of Torpical Medicine", by Jean A. Curran
Description: A booklet containing the history of the Asticou Inn. It is dedicated to The Savage Family, Builders and Caring Innkeepers Through Three Generations.
Two publications regarding the genealogy of the Gamble Family: 1. Knox County Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1895. 2. Excerpt of "The Mount Desert Widow - Genealogy of the Gamble Family", by Greenleaf and Jonathan P. Cilley
Description: Two publications regarding the genealogy of the Gamble Family: 1. Knox County Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1895. 2. Excerpt of "The Mount Desert Widow - Genealogy of the Gamble Family", by Greenleaf and Jonathan P. Cilley