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6092Yachtsmen's Guide & Business Directory
  • Publication, Book
"Captain Timothy" (Tim Butler of Seal Cove ?), as manager of Clifton Dock in Northeast Harbor, narrates this guidebook for yachtsmen anchoring in Northeast Harbor. B/W Photographs with ads from local businesses.
  • Tim Butler
  • 1947
  • 1 book
Description:
"Captain Timothy" (Tim Butler of Seal Cove ?), as manager of Clifton Dock in Northeast Harbor, narrates this guidebook for yachtsmen anchoring in Northeast Harbor. B/W Photographs with ads from local businesses.
6093Winslow Homer's Right and Left
  • Publication, Book
Pre-publication copy of a chapter in John Wilmerding's book" Studies in the History of Art 9" re Homer's 1909 oil painting "Right and Left"
  • John Wilmerding
  • 1980
  • 85
  • 1 book
Description:
Pre-publication copy of a chapter in John Wilmerding's book" Studies in the History of Art 9" re Homer's 1909 oil painting "Right and Left"
6048Ways of deer and laws of men
  • Publication, Book
  • Lawrie Holmes
  • 1949
  • pamphlet
7051Waymouth Tercentenary
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
An account of the celebration of the landing of George Waymouth on the coast of Maine. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • 53
  • 1 book
  • fair
Description:
An account of the celebration of the landing of George Waymouth on the coast of Maine. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
7078Uses of Birch-Bark in the Northeast
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Published by the Robert Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine. Second printing, 1974
  • Eva L. Butler, Wendell S. Hadlock
  • 1957
  • 66
  • 1 book
  • great
Description:
Published by the Robert Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine. Second printing, 1974
6069Twenty-five Years of Giving in New York City
  • Publication, Book
Report presenting selected grants made by the Vincent Astor Foundation during the years 1960-1984. Mrs. Astor traces the history of the Foundation and describes some the organizations. Photographs including several of Mrs. Astor.
  • Brooke Astor
  • 1995
Description:
Report presenting selected grants made by the Vincent Astor Foundation during the years 1960-1984. Mrs. Astor traces the history of the Foundation and describes some the organizations. Photographs including several of Mrs. Astor.
6056Transportation & Public Facilities
  • Publication, Book
Part of a Regional Planning Study in order to prepare a Master Plan for the Development of the State of Maine. This covers Penobscot Bay & Mt. Desert region.
  • Stelling, Lord-Wood & Van Suetendael
  • Nov-62
  • 26
Description:
Part of a Regional Planning Study in order to prepare a Master Plan for the Development of the State of Maine. This covers Penobscot Bay & Mt. Desert region.
7113Thomas Gage, the English-American Traveler
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • People
Contains 25 maps and illustrations. Presented to the Northeast Harbor Library by the author, with a dedication.
  • Frederic Rosengarten, Jr.
  • 1988
  • 32
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
Contains 25 maps and illustrations. Presented to the Northeast Harbor Library by the author, with a dedication.
6050The Wildlife Resources of Maine:
  • Publication, Book
  • Lawrie Holmes
  • 1949
  • 13
  • pamphlet
6141The Vincent Astor Foundation 1948-1997
  • Publication, Book
Provides an overview of the foundation's grantmaking between 1960 and 1997. Includes board president's message, grants lists for each year, 1997 financial statements, and lists of 1997 and previous board members and staff.
  • 6/1/1998
  • 170
  • 1 book
Description:
Provides an overview of the foundation's grantmaking between 1960 and 1997. Includes board president's message, grants lists for each year, 1997 financial statements, and lists of 1997 and previous board members and staff.
7058The Story of Ancient Pemaquid - Metropolis of the "New World"
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places
First edition: 1950 Second edition: 1953
  • Harold W. Castner
  • 1953
  • 23
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
First edition: 1950 Second edition: 1953
7134The Reef Point Garden Bulletins
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Collection of fourteen Reef Point Garden Bulletins (several items of each bulletin): August 1946, November 1947, September 1948, August 1949, July 1950, August 1950, August 1951, June 1952, January 1953, June 1953, June 1954, July 1954, August 1954.
  • Beatrix Farrand
  • newsletter
  • good
Description:
Collection of fourteen Reef Point Garden Bulletins (several items of each bulletin): August 1946, November 1947, September 1948, August 1949, July 1950, August 1950, August 1951, June 1952, January 1953, June 1953, June 1954, July 1954, August 1954.
7132The Reef Point Bulletins
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Book containing a collection of seventeen Reef Point Garden Bulletins: August 1946, November 1947, September 1948, August 1949, July 1950, August 1950, August 1951, June 1952, January 1953, June 1953, June 1954, July 1954, August 1954, August 1955, June 1956 (No. 15), June 1956 (No. 16), Vol. 1 No. 17.
  • Beatrix Farrand
  • 1963
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
Book containing a collection of seventeen Reef Point Garden Bulletins: August 1946, November 1947, September 1948, August 1949, July 1950, August 1950, August 1951, June 1952, January 1953, June 1953, June 1954, July 1954, August 1954, August 1955, June 1956 (No. 15), June 1956 (No. 16), Vol. 1 No. 17.
6035The Redbook Collection
  • Publication, Book
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
BOX 1 (record carton box) The Redbooks, 1912-2020 (missing 1913, 1917, 1918, 1948). Now called The Redbook--originally called Directory and Hand Book--these social registers list residents and their contact information, cottage locations and owners, businesses, various transportation schedules, tide charts, advertisements, and important phone numbers. The first book published in 1912 by Stella L. Hill was green, all the rest are red. The Redbook celebrated its 100 anniversary in 2012 and is still produced to this day.
  • 1912-current
  • 1 record carton box
Description:
BOX 1 (record carton box) The Redbooks, 1912-2020 (missing 1913, 1917, 1918, 1948). Now called The Redbook--originally called Directory and Hand Book--these social registers list residents and their contact information, cottage locations and owners, businesses, various transportation schedules, tide charts, advertisements, and important phone numbers. The first book published in 1912 by Stella L. Hill was green, all the rest are red. The Redbook celebrated its 100 anniversary in 2012 and is still produced to this day. [show more]
6155The Privileges of Old Age
  • Publication, Book
A small bound book written by a long time summer resident of Northeast Harbor (1847-1936), a Unitarian theologian.
  • Francis G. Peabody
  • 1931
  • 29
  • 1 book
Description:
A small bound book written by a long time summer resident of Northeast Harbor (1847-1936), a Unitarian theologian.
7105The Pine Cone - A Panorama of Maine
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places
Vol. 5. No. 2, Summer 1949. Published quarterly by the State of Maine Publicity Bureau, 3 St. John St., Portland, Maine. (Printed in Maine on Maine-made paper) In this issue: - Maine Summer Events, 1949 - Rockland inherits a million; Farnsworth fortune builds museum, by James Brown III - I worked in a summer hotel; memories of a resort employee, by Calvin E. Eells - So you think you know Maine? Quiz questions with answers, by Stanley B. Attwood - Hamon Hall; remedial teaching at York Harbor, by Victor A. Schlich - The Maine Coast; sketches of familiar scenes, by Edwin O. Nielsen - Industrial Clinic; applied research at University of Maine, by Don Gross - Made in Maine; new industrial area in Aroostook, by William A. Hatch - Minstrelsy of Maine, edited by Sheldon Christian - Famous Maine Recipes, by June L. Maxfield - Harbor Town, by George S. Graffam (photograph)
  • State of Maine Publicity Bureau
  • 1949
  • 44
  • 1 brochure
  • good
Description:
Vol. 5. No. 2, Summer 1949. Published quarterly by the State of Maine Publicity Bureau, 3 St. John St., Portland, Maine. (Printed in Maine on Maine-made paper) In this issue: - Maine Summer Events, 1949 - Rockland inherits a million; Farnsworth fortune builds museum, by James Brown III - I worked in a summer hotel; memories of a resort employee, by Calvin E. Eells - So you think you know Maine? Quiz questions with answers, by Stanley B. Attwood - Hamon Hall; remedial teaching at York Harbor, by Victor A. Schlich - The Maine Coast; sketches of familiar scenes, by Edwin O. Nielsen - Industrial Clinic; applied research at University of Maine, by Don Gross - Made in Maine; new industrial area in Aroostook, by William A. Hatch - Minstrelsy of Maine, edited by Sheldon Christian - Famous Maine Recipes, by June L. Maxfield - Harbor Town, by George S. Graffam (photograph) [show more]
6054The People & their Economy, Penobscot bay, Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
This is the first in a series of regional planning studies to be undertaken by the Department of Economic Development to aid in preparing a Master Plan for Maine.
  • Stelling, Lord-Wood & Van Suetendael
  • Nov-62
  • 37
  • 1 book
Description:
This is the first in a series of regional planning studies to be undertaken by the Department of Economic Development to aid in preparing a Master Plan for Maine.
7099The Origin and the Chronology of the Clipper Ships
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Clipper Ship
With a handwritten dedication by the author to Professor Manson (?), from 9 April 1948.
  • Bernard Berenson, M. D.
  • 1947
  • 14
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
With a handwritten dedication by the author to Professor Manson (?), from 9 April 1948.
6042The Northeast Diocese of Maine
  • Publication, Book
In this issue articles are featured by some of the summer visitors, among those are C. van Alstyne Welles, Rev. Chester B. Emerson, Rev. J. V. Langmead Casserley etc.
  • Jul-54
Description:
In this issue articles are featured by some of the summer visitors, among those are C. van Alstyne Welles, Rev. Chester B. Emerson, Rev. J. V. Langmead Casserley etc.
6047The Mismanagement of Deer and Men in Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Lawrie Holmes
  • 1953
  • pamphlet
7054The Mayflower Descendants
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, History
  • People
A quarterly magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History published by the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 623 Tremont Building, Boston. 4 volumes: January 1901, no. 1 - whole number 9 April 1901, no. 2 - whole number 10 July 1901, no. 3 - whole number 11 October 1901, no. 4 - whole number 12 Two Dollars Per Annum. Single number fifty cents.
  • 1901
  • 4 books
  • poor
Description:
A quarterly magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History published by the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 623 Tremont Building, Boston. 4 volumes: January 1901, no. 1 - whole number 9 April 1901, no. 2 - whole number 10 July 1901, no. 3 - whole number 11 October 1901, no. 4 - whole number 12 Two Dollars Per Annum. Single number fifty cents.
6040The Holy Bible
  • Publication, Book
Belonged to Abraham Bartlett (1793-1850). Was given in memory of Nellie & Stella Bartlett and Francis G. Bartlett of Bartlett's Island.
  • 1820
  • leatherbound book
Description:
Belonged to Abraham Bartlett (1793-1850). Was given in memory of Nellie & Stella Bartlett and Francis G. Bartlett of Bartlett's Island.
7044The Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Organizations
An historical sketch and a record of the holdings of the trustees - Bar Harbor, Maine 1939. Includes a map.
  • 1939
  • 31
  • 1 booklet, 1 map
  • fair
Description:
An historical sketch and a record of the holdings of the trustees - Bar Harbor, Maine 1939. Includes a map.
7110The Great Star Chant
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
The Myth and Prayers of the Great Star Chant and the Myth of the Coyote Chant. Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. With 22 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb and others. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. IV.
  • Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 1956
  • 190
  • 2 copies
  • good
Description:
The Myth and Prayers of the Great Star Chant and the Myth of the Coyote Chant. Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. With 22 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb and others. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. IV.
6071The Financing of The Public Schools of Maine
  • Publication, Book
Report of a survey of state and local support of public schools, prepared by The Maine School Finance Commission. Appointed by the Governor, by authority of Legislature.
  • Governor Louis J. Brann
  • Nov-34
  • 271
  • 1 book
Description:
Report of a survey of state and local support of public schools, prepared by The Maine School Finance Commission. Appointed by the Governor, by authority of Legislature.