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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
2005Two Geniuses and a Paintbrush
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
Article about the friendship of artist Thomas Eakins and physicist Henry Rowland, summer resident of Seal Harbor, while Eakins spent the summer painting Rowland's portrait. 2 copies.
  • 1994
  • pages 66-88
  • magazine
Two Geniuses and a Paintbrush
Item:
  • 2005   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1994
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0517
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 66-88
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Article about the friendship of artist Thomas Eakins and physicist Henry Rowland, summer resident of Seal Harbor, while Eakins spent the summer painting Rowland's portrait. 2 copies.
1890Two Emperors
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Events
  • People
Contains accounts of a trip to Japan, where Susan Dillon & her husband had a audience with Emperor Hirohito. Scan: cover, first pages only
  • Susan Sage Dillon
  • 1997
  • 20
  • bound typescript
Two Emperors
Item:
  • 1890   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
Creator:
  • Susan Sage Dillon
Date:
  • 1997
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0403
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • 20
Medium:
  • bound typescript
Description:
Contains accounts of a trip to Japan, where Susan Dillon & her husband had a audience with Emperor Hirohito. Scan: cover, first pages only
1963Thomas S. Hall Memorial Service
  • Document, Program
  • Events, Memorial Service
  • People
Program, remarks by Neva Goodwin, and remarks from August Heckscher
  • 8/12/1990
  • 7
  • typescript, program
Thomas S. Hall Memorial Service
Item:
  • 1963   
Type:
  • Document, Program
Subject:
  • Events, Memorial Service
  • People
Date:
  • 8/12/1990
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0476
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • typescript, program
Description:
Program, remarks by Neva Goodwin, and remarks from August Heckscher
1776Thomas Cole in Maine
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
Maine works of Thomas Cole, leader of the Hudson River School, during the mid-1980's. Photographs of his etchings included. Signed article by author. From "Record of he Art Museum - Princeton University", vol. 49, number 1/1990
  • John Wilmerding
  • 1990
  • pages 3-23
  • magazine
Thomas Cole in Maine
Item:
  • 1776   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • John Wilmerding
Date:
  • 1990
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0288
Location:
  • General Collection Box 8
Pages:
  • pages 3-23
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Maine works of Thomas Cole, leader of the Hudson River School, during the mid-1980's. Photographs of his etchings included. Signed article by author. From "Record of he Art Museum - Princeton University", vol. 49, number 1/1990
1724The Traveling Exhibition of Captain Samuel Hadlock Jr.
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • People
Capt. Samuel Hadlock Jr. (1792-1829) was a 19th century entrepreneur who made & lost his fortune in Europe in the 1820's, while exhibiting a traveling show of Eskimos.
  • Robin K. Wright
  • 1987, 1997
  • 19
The Traveling Exhibition of Captain Samuel Hadlock Jr.
Item:
  • 1724   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Robin K. Wright
Date:
  • 1987, 1997
Place:
  • International
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0236
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 19
Description:
Capt. Samuel Hadlock Jr. (1792-1829) was a 19th century entrepreneur who made & lost his fortune in Europe in the 1820's, while exhibiting a traveling show of Eskimos.
1874The Stanleys of the Cranberry Islands
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
Islesford Historical Society Transcription of the genealogical notes of William Otis Sawtelle in 4 volumes. These are photocopies of the manuscripts bound in 4 folders: Volume 1: Little Cranberry Island Volume 2: Great Cranberry Island Volume 3: Mount Desert Island Volume 4: Swans Island
  • William Otis Sawtelle
  • 1996
  • 4 folders
The Stanleys of the Cranberry Islands
Item:
  • 1874   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle
Date:
  • 1996
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0388
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Medium:
  • 4 folders
Description:
Islesford Historical Society Transcription of the genealogical notes of William Otis Sawtelle in 4 volumes. These are photocopies of the manuscripts bound in 4 folders: Volume 1: Little Cranberry Island Volume 2: Great Cranberry Island Volume 3: Mount Desert Island Volume 4: Swans Island
1596The Secret Garden
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Garden
History of the development of Asticou Terraces and Thuya Gardens with ref. to Joseph Curtis, Charles Savage, Tim Taylor, Denholm Jacobs and Patrick Chasse. vol. 40, no 7.
  • Jane Lamb
  • 1994
  • 6
The Secret Garden
Item:
  • 1596   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Jane Lamb
Date:
  • 1994
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0108
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 6
Description:
History of the development of Asticou Terraces and Thuya Gardens with ref. to Joseph Curtis, Charles Savage, Tim Taylor, Denholm Jacobs and Patrick Chasse. vol. 40, no 7.
2180The Republicans -- Can They Get It Together?
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Other Texts
Questions about the directions of the Republican Party in the United States, featuring comments and Photograph of Robert Pyle, NEH resident and former director of the library.
  • Judith Miller
  • 1992
  • 50
  • magazine
The Republicans -- Can They Get It Together?
Item:
  • 2180   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Other Texts
Creator:
  • Judith Miller
Date:
  • 1992
Place:
  • United States
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0694
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Pages:
  • 50
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Questions about the directions of the Republican Party in the United States, featuring comments and Photograph of Robert Pyle, NEH resident and former director of the library.
1547...The News Has Come
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Religious
Sermon preached by Reverend William Crout at the Union Church, Northeast Harbor, the day following the dedication of the Union Church House in July 1990.
  • Rev. William R. Crout
  • 1990
...The News Has Come
Item:
  • 1547   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
Creator:
  • Rev. William R. Crout
Date:
  • 1990
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0058 WRC
Location:
  • General Collection Box 2
Description:
Sermon preached by Reverend William Crout at the Union Church, Northeast Harbor, the day following the dedication of the Union Church House in July 1990.
2110The Lichen collections of Merritt Fernald and Elmer Merrill.
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
Biographical information on Merritt Fernald and Elmer Merrill, Botanists, and lists of their lichen collections.
  • James Hinds and Richard Harris
  • 1997
  • 9
  • photocopy
The Lichen collections of Merritt Fernald and Elmer Merrill.
Item:
  • 2110   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • James Hinds and Richard Harris
Date:
  • 1997
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0624
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Biographical information on Merritt Fernald and Elmer Merrill, Botanists, and lists of their lichen collections.
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.
1725The Esquimaux-Indians in Berlin 1824-1825 Drawings and Prints
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • People
Capt. Samuel Hadlock Jr. (1792-1829) was a 19th century entrepreneur who made & lost his fortune in Europe in the 1820's, while exhibiting a traveling show of Eskimos.
  • Ulf Bankmann
  • 1997
  • pages 21-26
  • photocopy
The Esquimaux-Indians in Berlin 1824-1825 Drawings and Prints
Item:
  • 1725   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Ulf Bankmann
Date:
  • 1997
Place:
  • International
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0237
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • pages 21-26
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Capt. Samuel Hadlock Jr. (1792-1829) was a 19th century entrepreneur who made & lost his fortune in Europe in the 1820's, while exhibiting a traveling show of Eskimos.
7358The Champlain Society
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Organizations
  • People
 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.
  • Nan Lincoln
  • 1996
  • 1 clipping
  • good
The Champlain Society
Item:
  • 7358   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • People
Creator:
  • Nan Lincoln
Date:
  • 1996
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0845
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Medium:
  • 1 clipping
Condition:
  • good
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.
2165The Big Freeze
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Weather Event
Special section of the Ellsworth American with articles about the devastating ice storm in 1998 and its effect on Hancock and Washington counties.
  • Jeff Tuttle
  • 1/15/1998
  • newspaper
The Big Freeze
Item:
  • 2165   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Weather Event
Creator:
  • Jeff Tuttle
Date:
  • 1/15/1998
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0678
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Special section of the Ellsworth American with articles about the devastating ice storm in 1998 and its effect on Hancock and Washington counties.
1490The Bar Harbor Fire:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Events, Fire
Ruth Donnell Coombs, switchboard operator at Seal Harbor recalls the fire of 1947 that burned Bar Harbor.
  • Ruth Donnell Coombs
  • 1993
  • 4
  • typescript
The Bar Harbor Fire:
Item:
  • 1490   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
Creator:
  • Ruth Donnell Coombs
Date:
  • 1993
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0008 RDC
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Ruth Donnell Coombs, switchboard operator at Seal Harbor recalls the fire of 1947 that burned Bar Harbor.
2172The American Century
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, History
  • Places
A history of the last 100 years from the pages of the "Ellsworth American", which is a weekly paper produced in Ellsworth, Maine.
  • 12/30/1999
  • newspaper
  • good
The American Century
Item:
  • 2172   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
Date:
  • 12/30/1999
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0685
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
A history of the last 100 years from the pages of the "Ellsworth American", which is a weekly paper produced in Ellsworth, Maine.
1974Sutton Island: From Year-round to Summer Colony
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
Article published, in part, by the Island Institute. This is Mr. Little's complete article of the development of Sutton Island from a working class, year-round place to a summer enclave. Story begins with an account of John Gilley.
  • Carl Little
  • 1995
  • 12
  • typescript
Sutton Island: From Year-round to Summer Colony
Item:
  • 1974   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Carl Little
Date:
  • 1995
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0487
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 12
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Article published, in part, by the Island Institute. This is Mr. Little's complete article of the development of Sutton Island from a working class, year-round place to a summer enclave. Story begins with an account of John Gilley.
2017Summers at the Eyrie
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
Description of Rockefeller family life at their summer home "Eyrie" in Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1991.
  • Ellen MacDonald Ward
  • 1991
  • pages 58-99
  • magazine
Summers at the Eyrie
Item:
  • 2017   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Ellen MacDonald Ward
Date:
  • 1991
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0529
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 58-99
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Description of Rockefeller family life at their summer home "Eyrie" in Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1991.
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.
2014Summering with the Peabodys
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
College student's story of working as a cook in the summer home of M/M Malcolm Peabody on Smallidge Point. Contains descriptions of home interior and customs. 2 copies.
  • Deborah Dalfonso
  • 1990
  • pages 48-82
  • magazine
Summering with the Peabodys
Item:
  • 2014   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Deborah Dalfonso
Date:
  • 1990
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0526
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 48-82
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
College student's story of working as a cook in the summer home of M/M Malcolm Peabody on Smallidge Point. Contains descriptions of home interior and customs. 2 copies.
1693Settling in Mount Desert
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
"Cedar Hedges" undergoes interior design transformation in the hands of Leta Austin Foster and her husband Ridgely; a Fred Savage designed house in Northeast Harbor.
  • Brooks Peters
  • 1992
  • pages 78-82
  • magazine
Settling in Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1693   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Brooks Peters
Date:
  • 1992
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0205
Location:
  • General Collection Box 6
Pages:
  • pages 78-82
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
"Cedar Hedges" undergoes interior design transformation in the hands of Leta Austin Foster and her husband Ridgely; a Fred Savage designed house in Northeast Harbor.
1737Sermon on "The Mount": Edith Wharton's Influence on Farrand
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
Social and literary influence of Edith Wharton on her niece Beatrix Jones Farrand. Farrand's work on Wharton's Mass. home "The Mount."
  • Diane Kostial McGuire
  • 1991
  • 9
  • photocopy
Sermon on "The Mount": Edith Wharton's Influence on Farrand
Item:
  • 1737   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Diane Kostial McGuire
Date:
  • 1991
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0250
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Social and literary influence of Edith Wharton on her niece Beatrix Jones Farrand. Farrand's work on Wharton's Mass. home "The Mount."
2024Serious Seafood
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
The "Burning Tree Restaurant" owned by Elmer Beal and his wife Alison Martin in Otter Creek flaunts elegant seafood and vegetarian meals. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1996.
  • Sarah Scott
  • 1996
  • pages 27-30
  • magazine
Serious Seafood
Item:
  • 2024   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Sarah Scott
Date:
  • 1996
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0536
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 27-30
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
The "Burning Tree Restaurant" owned by Elmer Beal and his wife Alison Martin in Otter Creek flaunts elegant seafood and vegetarian meals. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1996.
1911Seaside Inn Reunion
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • People
The Seaside Inn reunion booklet prepared for the first reunion of employees and guests. Although the buildings are gone the memories remain.
  • Stephen C. Clement
  • 8/22/1996
  • 1 book
Seaside Inn Reunion
Item:
  • 1911   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • People
Creator:
  • Stephen C. Clement
Date:
  • 8/22/1996
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0424
Location:
  • General Collection Box 14
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
The Seaside Inn reunion booklet prepared for the first reunion of employees and guests. Although the buildings are gone the memories remain.
2043Running Head: The Inn and an Era
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Matthew Bucklin's thesis on the Asticou Inn for MDI High School history honors program.
  • Matthew Bucklin
  • 1990's
  • 7
  • typescript
Running Head: The Inn and an Era
Item:
  • 2043   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Creator:
  • Matthew Bucklin
Date:
  • 1990's
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0557
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 7
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Matthew Bucklin's thesis on the Asticou Inn for MDI High School history honors program.