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7337Hall Quarry
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Places, Town
The settlement of Hall Quarry in located in the town of Mount Desert on Mount Desert Island and was home to a granite quarry. The quarry's location alongside of Somes Sound proved very beneficial, as it allowed the schooners to land very close to the quarry to load the granite and transport it to various ports.
Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 7337   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Description:
The settlement of Hall Quarry in located in the town of Mount Desert on Mount Desert Island and was home to a granite quarry. The quarry's location alongside of Somes Sound proved very beneficial, as it allowed the schooners to land very close to the quarry to load the granite and transport it to various ports.
5793Meeting of F. D. Roosevelt and W. Churchill aboard "HMS Prince of Wales", August 1941
  • Reference
  • Events
  • People
7 photographs catalogued from 2179 a to 2179 g
  • 1941
  • 7 photographs
  • paper
  • very good
Meeting of F. D. Roosevelt and W. Churchill aboard "HMS Prince of Wales", August 1941
Item:
  • 5793   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
Date:
  • 1941
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2179
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 7 photographs
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • very good
Description:
7 photographs catalogued from 2179 a to 2179 g
7370Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Reference
  • Organizations
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
The Northeast Harbor Fleet was formed in 1923 to vigorously promote recreational boating and sailboat racing off the coast of Mount Desert Island. They have two locations: The Fleet House at Gilpatrick Cove built in 1945, and Clifton Dock in Northeast Harbor, added in 1946 to provide additional moorings, dinghy tie-up, and fuel for boats. (Taken form the NEHF website)
Northeast Harbor Fleet
Item:
  • 7370   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
The Northeast Harbor Fleet was formed in 1923 to vigorously promote recreational boating and sailboat racing off the coast of Mount Desert Island. They have two locations: The Fleet House at Gilpatrick Cove built in 1945, and Clifton Dock in Northeast Harbor, added in 1946 to provide additional moorings, dinghy tie-up, and fuel for boats. (Taken form the NEHF website)
7359The Champlain Society
  • Reference
  • Organizations
In 1880 Charles Eliot, son of Harvard president Charles W. Eliot, organized the Champlain Society, a group of Harvard undergraduates, to explore Mount Desert Island and study various topics of natural history: botany, ornithology, geology etc. (from Item 2114)
The Champlain Society
Item:
  • 7359   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations
Description:
In 1880 Charles Eliot, son of Harvard president Charles W. Eliot, organized the Champlain Society, a group of Harvard undergraduates, to explore Mount Desert Island and study various topics of natural history: botany, ornithology, geology etc. (from Item 2114)
7281Neighborhood House, Seal Harbor
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
Neighborhood House, Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 7281   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
7294Northeast Harbor Woman's Literary Club
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
Belle Smallidge Knowles and Stella P. Hill, two college-educated women living in Northeast Harbor in the early 20th century, thought the community could benefit from a woman’s club. The Woman's Literary Club of Northeast Harbor held its first meeting in 1908 and quickly gained membership. Club members actively wrote papers (many award-winning) ranging from poetry to local family histories and biographies of famous artists. Members also participated in community improvement projects, and attended state and national women’s club meetings. The club disbanded in 2000 due to dwindling membership (from item 6888).
  • 1908-2000
Northeast Harbor Woman's Literary Club
Item:
  • 7294   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
Date:
  • 1908-2000
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
Belle Smallidge Knowles and Stella P. Hill, two college-educated women living in Northeast Harbor in the early 20th century, thought the community could benefit from a woman’s club. The Woman's Literary Club of Northeast Harbor held its first meeting in 1908 and quickly gained membership. Club members actively wrote papers (many award-winning) ranging from poetry to local family histories and biographies of famous artists. Members also participated in community improvement projects, and attended state and national women’s club meetings. The club disbanded in 2000 due to dwindling membership (from item 6888). [show more]
7325Woman's Literary Club Collection
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Other, Literature
  • People
The records in the Woman’s Literary Club Collection includes manuscripts, typescripts, letters, annual meeting notes, scrapbooks, news clippings, photographs, meeting programs, photographs, and some objects. Belle Smallidge Knowles and Stella P. Hill, two college-educated women living in Northeast Harbor in the early 20th century, thought the community could benefit from a woman’s club. The Woman's Literary Club of Northeast Harbor held its first meeting in 1908 and quickly gained membership. Club members actively wrote papers (many award-winning) ranging from poetry to local family histories and biographies of famous artists. Members also participated in community improvement projects, and attended state and national women’s club meetings. The club disbanded in 2000 due to dwindling membership.
  • 17 boxes (11 legal-size document boxes, 3 record carton boxes, 4 flat storage boxes)
  • manuscripts, typescripts, letters, annual meeting notes, scrapbooks, news clippings, photographs, meeting programs, photographs, objects
Woman's Literary Club Collection
Item:
  • 7325   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Woman's Literary Club Collection
Object ID:
  • 2014.33
Location:
  • Shelf 4D TOP-4D4
Pages:
  • 17 boxes (11 legal-size document boxes, 3 record carton boxes, 4 flat storage boxes)
Medium:
  • manuscripts, typescripts, letters, annual meeting notes, scrapbooks, news clippings, photographs, meeting programs, photographs, objects
Description:
The records in the Woman’s Literary Club Collection includes manuscripts, typescripts, letters, annual meeting notes, scrapbooks, news clippings, photographs, meeting programs, photographs, and some objects. Belle Smallidge Knowles and Stella P. Hill, two college-educated women living in Northeast Harbor in the early 20th century, thought the community could benefit from a woman’s club. The Woman's Literary Club of Northeast Harbor held its first meeting in 1908 and quickly gained membership. Club members actively wrote papers (many award-winning) ranging from poetry to local family histories and biographies of famous artists. Members also participated in community improvement projects, and attended state and national women’s club meetings. The club disbanded in 2000 due to dwindling membership. [show more]
7251Mount Desert Elementary School
  • Reference
  • Organizations, School Institution
Mount Desert Elementary School
Item:
  • 7251   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
7244Gilman High School
  • Reference
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Gilman High School
Item:
  • 7244   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
7261Mount Desert High School
  • Reference
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Mount Desert High School
Item:
  • 7261   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
6895Samuel A. Eliot
  • Reference
  • People
Samuel A. Eliot
Item:
  • 6895   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
6933Leonard Elrie Holmes
  • Reference
  • People
Founder of the Holmes Store in Northeast Harbor. Had previously a store in Southwest Harbor.
Leonard Elrie Holmes
Item:
  • 6933   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Description:
Founder of the Holmes Store in Northeast Harbor. Had previously a store in Southwest Harbor.
6936Philip McLean
  • Reference
  • People
Philip McLean
Item:
  • 6936   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
6937Samuel Eliot Morison
  • Reference
  • People
Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976) was an American historian and a lifelong Northeast Harbor summer resident. He donated to the library his collection of nautical charts that were used in researching The European Discovery of America (1971)—Samuel Eliot Morison Map Collection. Collection includes manuscripts, typescripts, newspaper clippings, photocopies, letters, and pamphlets written by or about Samuel Eliot Morison.
Samuel Eliot Morison
Item:
  • 6937   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Description:
Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976) was an American historian and a lifelong Northeast Harbor summer resident. He donated to the library his collection of nautical charts that were used in researching The European Discovery of America (1971)—Samuel Eliot Morison Map Collection. Collection includes manuscripts, typescripts, newspaper clippings, photocopies, letters, and pamphlets written by or about Samuel Eliot Morison.
6938Mary Cabot Wheelwright
  • Reference
  • People
Mary Cabot Wheelwright (1878-1958) was an American anthropologist and museum founder. She established the museum which is now called Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, in 1937 along with Hosteen Klah. (Wikipedia) She spent summers on the coast of Maine.
Mary Cabot Wheelwright
Item:
  • 6938   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Description:
Mary Cabot Wheelwright (1878-1958) was an American anthropologist and museum founder. She established the museum which is now called Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, in 1937 along with Hosteen Klah. (Wikipedia) She spent summers on the coast of Maine.
6958Philomena Manchester Photograph Album
  • Reference
  • People
Box 1 Manchester Family Photograph album Box 2 Manchester Family Photographs, loose
  • 2 boxes and several folders
  • album and loose photographs
Philomena Manchester Photograph Album
Item:
  • 6958   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet, Shelf 4E2
Pages:
  • 2 boxes and several folders
Medium:
  • album and loose photographs
Description:
Box 1 Manchester Family Photograph album Box 2 Manchester Family Photographs, loose
6960Betsy Flagg Melcher
  • Reference
  • People
Betsy Flagg Melcher
Item:
  • 6960   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
6991Miss Aimee Lamb
  • Reference
  • People
Miss Aimee Lamb
Item:
  • 6991   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
6992Mrs. Brooke Astor
  • Reference
  • People
Mrs. Brooke Astor
Item:
  • 6992   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
6993John Snow, Passamaquoddy
  • Reference
  • People
Passamaquoddy Chief John Snow.
John Snow, Passamaquoddy
Item:
  • 6993   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Description:
Passamaquoddy Chief John Snow.
6995George L. Stebbins
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
  • People
George Ledyard Stebbins was a wealthy real estate financier who developed Seal Harbor, Maine and helped to establish Acadia National Park (Wikipedia).
George L. Stebbins
Item:
  • 6995   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
  • People
Description:
George Ledyard Stebbins was a wealthy real estate financier who developed Seal Harbor, Maine and helped to establish Acadia National Park (Wikipedia).
7137Dr. George Shattuck
  • Reference
  • People
Boston physician who owned a house in Northeast Harbor. Professor of tropical medicine at Harvard Medical School and a pioneer in the field of tropical medicine.
Dr. George Shattuck
Item:
  • 7137   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Description:
Boston physician who owned a house in Northeast Harbor. Professor of tropical medicine at Harvard Medical School and a pioneer in the field of tropical medicine.
7198Eleanor Robson Belmont
  • Reference
  • People
First Chairman of the new Northeast Harbor Library. Mrs. Belmont served from 1949 through 1952.
Eleanor Robson Belmont
Item:
  • 7198   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
First Chairman of the new Northeast Harbor Library. Mrs. Belmont served from 1949 through 1952.
7199Gertrude Helen Fay
  • Reference
  • People
Gertrude H. Fay (Mrs. William Rodman Fay), summer resident of Northeast Harbor and once chairman of the Northeast Harbor Library.
Gertrude Helen Fay
Item:
  • 7199   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
Object ID:
Location:
Description:
Gertrude H. Fay (Mrs. William Rodman Fay), summer resident of Northeast Harbor and once chairman of the Northeast Harbor Library.
7200Charles K. Savage
  • Reference
  • People
Charles K. Savage (Milbridge 1903-Northeast Harbor 1979), designer of Thuya Gardens and The Asticou Azalea Gardens, first chairman of the Mount Desert Larger Parish, selectman for the Town of Mount Desert, representative to the State Legislature and member of local committees, including the Town Planning Board and the Chamber of Commerce. He was also manager of the Asticou Inn in Northeast Harbor and member of the Acadia Corporation. In 1928 he became First Trustee of the Asticou Terraces. Held the position of Town Code Enforcement Officer and Building Inspector; trustee to the Northeast Harbor Union Church; Director of the Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor Water Companies and the Northeast Harbor Neighborhood House; Chairman of the Northeast Harbor Library's Board of Trustees; member of the Village Improvement Society.
Charles K. Savage
Item:
  • 7200   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
Object ID:
Location:
Pages:
Description:
Charles K. Savage (Milbridge 1903-Northeast Harbor 1979), designer of Thuya Gardens and The Asticou Azalea Gardens, first chairman of the Mount Desert Larger Parish, selectman for the Town of Mount Desert, representative to the State Legislature and member of local committees, including the Town Planning Board and the Chamber of Commerce. He was also manager of the Asticou Inn in Northeast Harbor and member of the Acadia Corporation. In 1928 he became First Trustee of the Asticou Terraces. Held the position of Town Code Enforcement Officer and Building Inspector; trustee to the Northeast Harbor Union Church; Director of the Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor Water Companies and the Northeast Harbor Neighborhood House; Chairman of the Northeast Harbor Library's Board of Trustees; member of the Village Improvement Society. [show more]