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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
2036Maine's Rockbound Classic
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Description, with photographs, of the Walter Harrison designed house "Anchorage" built in 1939 for Nelson Rockefeller in Seal Harbor. Owned by Dodie Ford in l979. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1989.
  • Ellen MacDonald Ward
  • 1989
  • magazine
Maine's Rockbound Classic
Item:
  • 2036   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Ellen MacDonald Ward
Date:
  • 1989
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0548
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Description, with photographs, of the Walter Harrison designed house "Anchorage" built in 1939 for Nelson Rockefeller in Seal Harbor. Owned by Dodie Ford in l979. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1989.
1682Summers at the Eyrie
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Although their Mount Desert summer home was palatial in scale, the Rockefellers came to Seal Harbor each year to enjoy the simple life. This article describes their life.
  • Ellen MacDonald Ward
  • August 1996
  • page 58
  • magazine
Summers at the Eyrie
Item:
  • 1682   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Ellen MacDonald Ward
Date:
  • August 1996
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0194
Location:
  • General Collection Box 6
Pages:
  • page 58
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Although their Mount Desert summer home was palatial in scale, the Rockefellers came to Seal Harbor each year to enjoy the simple life. This article describes their life.
1565Famed Seaside Inn In Final Stages of Being Demolished
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
June 22, 1964 Update on the demolition of the Seaside Inn in Seal Harbor, Maine.
  • 1964
  • 1 article
  • newspaper
Famed Seaside Inn In Final Stages of Being Demolished
Item:
  • 1565   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Date:
  • 1964
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0076
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1 article
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
June 22, 1964 Update on the demolition of the Seaside Inn in Seal Harbor, Maine.
1563Rockefeller Home To Be Razed
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
June 10, 1962 Demolition of the Rockefeller's cottage, The Eyrie in Seal Harbor, Maine.
  • 1962
  • 1 article
  • newspaper
Rockefeller Home To Be Razed
Item:
  • 1563   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1962
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0074
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1 article
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
June 10, 1962 Demolition of the Rockefeller's cottage, The Eyrie in Seal Harbor, Maine.
2126Union Congregational Church of Seal Harbor
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Small brochure for new parishioners of UCC, Seal Harbor - Abby Chapel. Contains a brief history of the Church. Rev. William McP. Bigelow is the minister.
  • ca. 2008
  • 1
Union Congregational Church of Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 2126   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Date:
  • ca. 2008
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0640
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 1
Description:
Small brochure for new parishioners of UCC, Seal Harbor - Abby Chapel. Contains a brief history of the Church. Rev. William McP. Bigelow is the minister.
2122Cottages at Seal Harbor
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
List of cottages available for rent in Seal Harbor, includes rental price and often the owner's name. Also, a booklet of "The Tree Tops", for sale or to rent; includes photographs of the property.
  • Ralph E. Liscomb
  • 1935
Cottages at Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 2122   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Ralph E. Liscomb
Date:
  • 1935
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0636
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Description:
List of cottages available for rent in Seal Harbor, includes rental price and often the owner's name. Also, a booklet of "The Tree Tops", for sale or to rent; includes photographs of the property.
2121Cottages at Seal Harbor
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Leaflet listing Seal Harbor cottages for rent for the 1920 summer season through Seal Harbor Realty Co, George L. Stebbins, Managing Director.
  • George L. Stebbins
  • 1920
  • 2
  • typescript
Cottages at Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 2121   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • George L. Stebbins
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0635
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Leaflet listing Seal Harbor cottages for rent for the 1920 summer season through Seal Harbor Realty Co, George L. Stebbins, Managing Director.
1612Allied Whale
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Nature, Animals, Marine Mammals
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Article about the development and research of the cetacean program "Allied Whale" with its field station on Mount Desert Rock, run by Ann Rivers and Steve Mullane.
  • Ann Rivers, Steven Mullane
  • 1984
  • 3
  • photocopy
Allied Whale
Item:
  • 1612   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Marine Mammals
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Ann Rivers, Steven Mullane
Date:
  • 1984
Place:
  • Mount Desert Rock
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0124
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Article about the development and research of the cetacean program "Allied Whale" with its field station on Mount Desert Rock, run by Ann Rivers and Steve Mullane.
2025Deserting the Rock
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Historical sketch of the lighthouse on Mount Desert Rock as it becomes automated. Published in Down East Magazine, March 1978.
  • John M. March
  • March 1978
  • pages 42-57
  • magazine
Deserting the Rock
Item:
  • 2025   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • John M. March
Date:
  • March 1978
Place:
  • Mount Desert Rock
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0537
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 42-57
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Historical sketch of the lighthouse on Mount Desert Rock as it becomes automated. Published in Down East Magazine, March 1978.
1590Letter from Office of the Light-house to Keeper of Bear Island Lighthouse
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
October 14, 1882 Stephen Smallidge was keeper of Bear Island light. He was also a Civil War Veteran. This document was found in the wall of his Northeast Harbor house and given to the library by the owners of the home at the time. The house has been torn down.
  • 1882
  • 1
  • manuscript
Letter from Office of the Light-house to Keeper of Bear Island Lighthouse
Item:
  • 1590   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Date:
  • 1882
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0102
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
October 14, 1882 Stephen Smallidge was keeper of Bear Island light. He was also a Civil War Veteran. This document was found in the wall of his Northeast Harbor house and given to the library by the owners of the home at the time. The house has been torn down.
2064Otter Creek Congregational Church
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Copies of articles about the development of Otter Creek Congregational Church as part of Mt. Desert Larger Parish through the efforts of Rev. Alexander McDonald and support of the "Aid Society of Otter Creek."
  • 1932
  • 4
  • photocopy
Otter Creek Congregational Church
Item:
  • 2064   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Date:
  • 1932
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0578
Location:
  • General Collection Box 18
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copies of articles about the development of Otter Creek Congregational Church as part of Mt. Desert Larger Parish through the efforts of Rev. Alexander McDonald and support of the "Aid Society of Otter Creek."
1934Asticou: History of Inn and an Era
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
A booklet containing the history of the Asticou Inn. It is dedicated to The Savage Family, Builders and Caring Innkeepers Through Three Generations.
  • Katherine Barr
  • 1999
  • 20
  • 2 books
Asticou: History of Inn and an Era
Item:
  • 1934   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Creator:
  • Katherine Barr
Date:
  • 1999
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0447
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 20
Medium:
  • 2 books
Description:
A booklet containing the history of the Asticou Inn. It is dedicated to The Savage Family, Builders and Caring Innkeepers Through Three Generations.
1562History of Sutton Island Features Review of Early Settlers and Island Homes
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings
August 20, 1938 Sutton Island history.
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1938
  • 1 article
  • newspaper
History of Sutton Island Features Review of Early Settlers and Island Homes
Item:
  • 1562   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Date:
  • 1938
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0073
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1 article
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
August 20, 1938 Sutton Island history.
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.
1957Glimpses of Early Mount Desert Homes
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings
A history of Early Mount Desert Homes, the Manchester family, the Hadlock family and the Smallidge family. The Manchesters were first to establish a permanent home in Northeast Harbor.
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 30
  • photocopy
Glimpses of Early Mount Desert Homes
Item:
  • 1957   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings
Creator:
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0469
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 30
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
A history of Early Mount Desert Homes, the Manchester family, the Hadlock family and the Smallidge family. The Manchesters were first to establish a permanent home in Northeast Harbor.
1914Somesville Historic District - Survey and Inventory
  • Document, Report
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Structures, Dwellings
A survey and inventory of Somesville completed for the National Register of Historic Places; provided by the Maine Historic Preservation Committee and conducted by the U.S. Park Service.
  • mid 1980's
  • 11
  • photocopy
Somesville Historic District - Survey and Inventory
Item:
  • 1914   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Structures, Dwellings
Date:
  • mid 1980's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0427
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Pages:
  • 11
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
A survey and inventory of Somesville completed for the National Register of Historic Places; provided by the Maine Historic Preservation Committee and conducted by the U.S. Park Service.
1497Thuya Lodge and Thuya Gardens
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Plants
  • People
  • Places, Garden
  • Structures, Other Structures, Architectural Features
Typescript about the history of Thuya Lodge and Gardens.
  • Barbara Fisher
  • 5
  • typescript
Thuya Lodge and Thuya Gardens
Item:
  • 1497   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Nature, Plants
  • People
  • Places, Garden
  • Structures, Other Structures, Architectural Features
Creator:
  • Barbara Fisher
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0013 BF
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Typescript about the history of Thuya Lodge and Gardens.
1945Gardiner Information
  • Document, Administrative Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Sports Structure, Swimming Pool
Gardiner Information regarding the Northeast Harbor Water Co., the Northeast Harbor Swimming Pool, Sound Road and other information of the early 1900's in Northeast Harbor.
  • ca. 1900
  • 13
  • typescript, manuscript
  • fair
Gardiner Information
Item:
  • 1945   
Type:
  • Document, Administrative Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Sports Structure, Swimming Pool
Date:
  • ca. 1900
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0458
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 13
Medium:
  • typescript, manuscript
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Gardiner Information regarding the Northeast Harbor Water Co., the Northeast Harbor Swimming Pool, Sound Road and other information of the early 1900's in Northeast Harbor.
2237Book 230, Treasury Depart. regarding Life Saving Service
  • Document, Government
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
A photocopy of authorization from Sect. of Treasury to acquire or purchase for the United States land to use for Life-Saving Stations, Houses of Refuge & Beacons.
  • Hugh S. Thompson
  • 11-24-1888
  • photocopy
Book 230, Treasury Depart. regarding Life Saving Service
Item:
  • 2237   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Hugh S. Thompson
Date:
  • 11-24-1888
Place:
  • United States
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0751
Location:
  • General Collection Box 23
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
A photocopy of authorization from Sect. of Treasury to acquire or purchase for the United States land to use for Life-Saving Stations, Houses of Refuge & Beacons.
1947The National Red Cross Building Deed
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Institutional, Health Facility
The deed transferring the Red Cross Building in Northeast Harbor to Mount Desert Public Health Nursing Association.
  • Fred A. Winfrey
  • 4/14/1950
  • 2
  • photocopy
The National Red Cross Building Deed
Item:
  • 1947   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Institutional, Health Facility
Creator:
  • Fred A. Winfrey
Date:
  • 4/14/1950
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0460
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
The deed transferring the Red Cross Building in Northeast Harbor to Mount Desert Public Health Nursing Association.
6973First Class Mail
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Article about Little Cranberry Isle post office and postmaster Joy Sprague, who built a big business for this tiny post office with cream puffs and a personal touch. Published in Down East Magazine, December 1994.
  • Letitia Baldwin
  • 1994
  • magazine
First Class Mail
Item:
  • 6973   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Creator:
  • Letitia Baldwin
Date:
  • 1994
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0549
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Article about Little Cranberry Isle post office and postmaster Joy Sprague, who built a big business for this tiny post office with cream puffs and a personal touch. Published in Down East Magazine, December 1994.
1581Side walk proposition on Manchester Point
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings
Correspondence concerning the building of a sidewalk around the residence of Belle Smallidge Knowles on Manchester Road. Blueprint: Relocation of Manchester Road over property of Belle Smallidge Knowles, August 12, 1935 Tracing cloth: Plan of Two Lots owned by Gen. Henry Strong and John H. Morrison, March 23, 1891
  • 1936
  • typescript, 1 blueprint, 1 tracing cloth
Side walk proposition on Manchester Point
Item:
  • 1581   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings
Date:
  • 1936
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0093
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4, 5C3
Medium:
  • typescript, 1 blueprint, 1 tracing cloth
Description:
Correspondence concerning the building of a sidewalk around the residence of Belle Smallidge Knowles on Manchester Road. Blueprint: Relocation of Manchester Road over property of Belle Smallidge Knowles, August 12, 1935 Tracing cloth: Plan of Two Lots owned by Gen. Henry Strong and John H. Morrison, March 23, 1891
2202Island Herald
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Local newspaper published every Friday in summer months. Features individual and community events in Southwest Harbor, Northeast Harbor, and Seal Harbor. This issue includes the history of Jordan Pond House.
  • 8/12/1904
  • newspaper
Island Herald
Item:
  • 2202   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Date:
  • 8/12/1904
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0716
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Local newspaper published every Friday in summer months. Features individual and community events in Southwest Harbor, Northeast Harbor, and Seal Harbor. This issue includes the history of Jordan Pond House.
2196Island Herald
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Weekly newspaper published in the summer months. This edition features an article on the Jordan Pond House.
  • 8/14/1903
  • newspaper
Island Herald
Item:
  • 2196   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Date:
  • 8/14/1903
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Jordan Pond
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0710
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Weekly newspaper published in the summer months. This edition features an article on the Jordan Pond House.
1610Menu from Popplestone Restaurant
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Menu from the Popplestone Restaurant which opened for a few years just off the Village Green in Northeast Harbor. It was owned by Lydia Lynam; later converted to apts.
  • 1970's
Menu from Popplestone Restaurant
Item:
  • 1610   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Date:
  • 1970's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0122
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Description:
Menu from the Popplestone Restaurant which opened for a few years just off the Village Green in Northeast Harbor. It was owned by Lydia Lynam; later converted to apts.