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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
7050George Folsom, John A. Poor and a Century of Historical Research with reference to Early Colonial Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine.
  • Henry S. Burrage
  • 1926
  • 62
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine.
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)
7052Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1907
  • 58
  • 1 book
  • fragile
Description:
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
7053New England Old and New 1620-1920
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1920
  • 63
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
7072The Discovery of America
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
A Massachusetts Historical Society picture book. Contains several historical maps and portraits. Twenty-second in a series of picture books issued yearly since 1954 by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
  • Massachusetts Historical Society
  • 1975
  • 23
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
A Massachusetts Historical Society picture book. Contains several historical maps and portraits. Twenty-second in a series of picture books issued yearly since 1954 by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
7080A Report on Tribal boundaries and Hunting areas of the Malecite Indian of New Brunswick
  • Publication, Booklet
  • People
  • Places
Reprinted from "American Anthropologist", Vol. 48, No. 3, July-September 1946.
  • Frank G. Speck, Wendell S. Hadlock
  • 1946
  • 19
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
Reprinted from "American Anthropologist", Vol. 48, No. 3, July-September 1946.
7084Other Indian Events of New England
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
A collection of interesting incidents in the lives of the early settlers and the Indians of this country with reproduction of old prints and photographs. Volume II. Issued by the State Street Trust Company of Boston in commemoration of its 50th anniversary.
  • Allan Forbes
  • 1941
  • 102
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
A collection of interesting incidents in the lives of the early settlers and the Indians of this country with reproduction of old prints and photographs. Volume II. Issued by the State Street Trust Company of Boston in commemoration of its 50th anniversary.
6103Memorial of Champlain Discoverer of Mt. Desert, 1604-1904
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Grey booklet about the memorial to Samuel de Champlain, discoverer of Mount Desert Island. At the dedication of his monument in Seal Harbor, speakers included Rev. Samuel Eliot and Rev. William Brown. Photographs included.
  • 1906
  • 1 book
Description:
Grey booklet about the memorial to Samuel de Champlain, discoverer of Mount Desert Island. At the dedication of his monument in Seal Harbor, speakers included Rev. Samuel Eliot and Rev. William Brown. Photographs included.
6130John Gilley of Baker's Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Businesses, Farming
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • Places, Island
"Originally published in 1899 in The Century Magazine and in book form in 1904 by the American Unitarian Association under the title of: John Gilley, Maine farmer and fisherman."
  • Charles W. Eliot
  • 1967
  • 72
  • 1 booklet
Description:
"Originally published in 1899 in The Century Magazine and in book form in 1904 by the American Unitarian Association under the title of: John Gilley, Maine farmer and fisherman."
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.
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.
6145Sir Francis Bernard and his Grant of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Land
  • People
  • Places
About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor.
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 1922
  • 65
  • 1 book
Description:
About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor.
7410Mount Desert - The Story of Saint Sauveur
  • Publication, Booklet
  • People
  • Places, Island
Printed for private circulation in 1921.
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 1921
  • 26
  • 1 booklet
Description:
Printed for private circulation in 1921.
7047Maine: Her place in history
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations
  • Places
Address delivered at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, November 4, 1876 and in convention of the Legislature of Maine, February 6, 1877, by Joshua L. Chamberlain; with a communication from the governor and the Report of the Centennial Commission. Published by order of the Legislature of Maine of February 7, 1877. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • 1877
  • 131
  • 1 book
  • fair
Description:
Address delivered at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, November 4, 1876 and in convention of the Legislature of Maine, February 6, 1877, by Joshua L. Chamberlain; with a communication from the governor and the Report of the Centennial Commission. Published by order of the Legislature of Maine of February 7, 1877. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
7057Ancient Pemaquid
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places
Read before the Maine Historical Society, February 6, 1903.
  • Rev. Henry O. Thayer
  • 1903
  • 15
  • 1 booklet
  • fair
Description:
Read before the Maine Historical Society, February 6, 1903.
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
7059New Vineyard and Strong Register - 1902
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
  • H. E. Mitchell, E. K. Woodard
  • 1902
  • 47
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
7060Kingfield Register - 1902
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
  • H. E. Mitchell
  • 1902
  • 30
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
7061New Portland Register - 1902
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
  • H. E. Mitchell
  • 1902
  • 33
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
7065In Fair Aroostook
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places
  • Places, Landscape
Where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty. Reprinted under the auspices of the Madawaska Historical Society, 1973.
  • Clarence Pullen
  • 1902
  • 94
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
Where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty. Reprinted under the auspices of the Madawaska Historical Society, 1973.
7068Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
A monthly magazine devoted to the history of Maine towns and families. Volume IX, No. 5, May 1898. Two Dollars Per Annum. Single number twenty five cents.
  • 1898
  • 31
  • 1 booklet
  • fair
Description:
A monthly magazine devoted to the history of Maine towns and families. Volume IX, No. 5, May 1898. Two Dollars Per Annum. Single number twenty five cents.
7069The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Places
Published quarterly by the Geographical Society of Philadelphia. Volume XVII, No. 4, October 1919. Of special interest is the first article: "The Physiography of Mount Desert" by F. Bascom (p. 117-130). Attached is a detailed map of Mount Desert Island by William H. Munroe (Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., Boston). See also item 6084.
  • 1919
  • 33
  • 1 booklet, 1 map
  • fair
Description:
Published quarterly by the Geographical Society of Philadelphia. Volume XVII, No. 4, October 1919. Of special interest is the first article: "The Physiography of Mount Desert" by F. Bascom (p. 117-130). Attached is a detailed map of Mount Desert Island by William H. Munroe (Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., Boston). See also item 6084.
7070First Report of the Geology of the Public Lands in the State of Maine
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Places
Resolve of the Legislature of Massachusetts, passed March 21, 1836. Senate, No. 89
  • Charles T. Jackson, M. D.
  • 1837
  • 47
  • 1 booklet
  • poor
Description:
Resolve of the Legislature of Massachusetts, passed March 21, 1836. Senate, No. 89
7076Ford Times
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Places
- Vol. 45, No. 9, September 1953: Wiscasset, Maine, a northern Williamsburg, by F. Wenderoth Saunders (p. 19-23) - Vol. 56, No. 4, April 1963: A visit to Campobello, by Eleanor Roosevelt (p. 2-7)
  • Ford Motor Company
  • 1953, 1963
  • 2 magazines
  • good
Description:
- Vol. 45, No. 9, September 1953: Wiscasset, Maine, a northern Williamsburg, by F. Wenderoth Saunders (p. 19-23) - Vol. 56, No. 4, April 1963: A visit to Campobello, by Eleanor Roosevelt (p. 2-7)
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