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| Item | Title | Type | Subject | Description | Creator | Date | Property Name | Street | Pages | Medium | Condition | |
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| 2223 | Bicentennial Souvenir Section Commemorates 200th Anniversary |
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| Special Edition of Bar Harbor Times covering 200 years in articles and photographs. August 1961. |
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Description: Special Edition of Bar Harbor Times covering 200 years in articles and photographs. August 1961. | ||||
| 1938 | Bicentennial Speech by Robert Suminsby, August 5, 1989 |
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| A blue pamphlet containing a bicentennial speech written and delivered by Robert Suminsby. It contains some history of the town and a great deal of "colorful" notes of folks. |
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Description: A blue pamphlet containing a bicentennial speech written and delivered by Robert Suminsby. It contains some history of the town and a great deal of "colorful" notes of folks. | |||
| 1893 | Cabot, the mysterious sailor who gave England rights to North American |
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| Excerpts from Morison's book, The European Discovery of America (1971), about Cabot's voyages to North America beginning in 1497. |
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Description: Excerpts from Morison's book, The European Discovery of America (1971), about Cabot's voyages to North America beginning in 1497. | |||
| 2063 | Celebrate! 250 |
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| Mount Desert Island Historical Society collaborates with other island organizations to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the island. File contains brochures and articles of the planned events. |
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Description: Mount Desert Island Historical Society collaborates with other island organizations to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the island. File contains brochures and articles of the planned events. | ||||
| 7081 | Cherokee-Iroquois Little People |
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| Reprinted from "Journal of American Folklore", October-December 1946. |
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Description: Reprinted from "Journal of American Folklore", October-December 1946. | ||
| 7106 | Collection of Navajo Myths and Chants |
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| Collection of 11 bulletins published by the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art from 1938 to 1958, and by The House of Navajo Religion, 1962. Stories/Chants are told by Hasteen Klah, Yohe Hatrale, Hasteen Gahni, Yuinth-Nezi, Yoh Hatrali, Hasteen de Johly, Estsan Hatrali B'yash, and retold in shorter form by Mary C. Wheelwright. 1. Tleji or Yehbechai Myth, bulletin No. 1, 1938 2. Wind Chant and Feather Chant, bulletin No. 4, 1946 (2) 3. Astah or Eagle Catching Myth and Yohe or Bead Myth, bulletin No. 3, 1949 4. Myth of Mountain Chant and Beauty Chant, bulletin No. 5, 1951 (2) 5. Navajo Creation Myth, bulletin No. 6, 1953 6. Myths of the Sontso and Ma-ih (Big Star and Coyote Chants), bulletin No. 2, 1957 (2) 7. Red Ant Myth (Willa Chee) and Shooting Chant, bulletin No. 7, 1958 8. Eagle Catching Myth and Bead Myth (told by Beyal Begay). Published by The House of Navajo Religion, 1962 |
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Description: Collection of 11 bulletins published by the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art from 1938 to 1958, and by The House of Navajo Religion, 1962. Stories/Chants are told by Hasteen Klah, Yohe Hatrale, Hasteen Gahni, Yuinth-Nezi, Yoh Hatrali, Hasteen de Johly, Estsan Hatrali B'yash, and retold in shorter form by Mary C. Wheelwright. 1. Tleji or Yehbechai Myth, bulletin No. 1, 1938 2. Wind Chant and Feather Chant, bulletin No. 4, 1946 (2) 3. Astah or Eagle Catching Myth and Yohe or Bead Myth, bulletin No. 3, 1949 4. Myth of Mountain Chant and Beauty Chant, bulletin No. 5, 1951 (2) 5. Navajo Creation Myth, bulletin No. 6, 1953 6. Myths of the Sontso and Ma-ih (Big Star and Coyote Chants), bulletin No. 2, 1957 (2) 7. Red Ant Myth (Willa Chee) and Shooting Chant, bulletin No. 7, 1958 8. Eagle Catching Myth and Bead Myth (told by Beyal Begay). Published by The House of Navajo Religion, 1962 [show more] | |||
| 6136 | Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent 1745-1827 |
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| Cover-title. Printed for private circulation. Note, p. [4], signed: Winthrop Sargent. |
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Description: Cover-title. Printed for private circulation. Note, p. [4], signed: Winthrop Sargent. | ||
| 2033 | Cranberry Chronicle |
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| News of Cranberry House and the GCI Historical Society. President: Phil Whitney |
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Description: News of Cranberry House and the GCI Historical Society. President: Phil Whitney | |||
| 1494 | Early History and Personal Recollections of Northeast Harbor |
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| Cora Phillips Savage writes about the history of Northeast Harbor. GEN 0011 b: "Let's take a walk" by Emily Phillips Reynolds, 1975 (18 pages) |
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Description: Cora Phillips Savage writes about the history of Northeast Harbor. GEN 0011 b: "Let's take a walk" by Emily Phillips Reynolds, 1975 (18 pages) | ||||
| 7082 | Eastern Algonkian Block-Stamp decoration: A New World original or an acculturated art |
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| Research Series No. 1. Published by the Archeological Society of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey, June 1947. With an addendum: "Some early Indian basket makers of southern New England", by Eva L. Butler. |
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Description: Research Series No. 1. Published by the Archeological Society of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey, June 1947. With an addendum: "Some early Indian basket makers of southern New England", by Eva L. Butler. | ||
| 6142 | Eleazer Higgins 1768 (?)-1840 Thomas Kelley 1745(?)-1813 |
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| Booklet complied by a member of Mayflower Society of Maine, Daughters of the American Revolution & a member of the Bangor Historical Society. Other families mentioned: Beal, Hilton, Mayo, Ames and Watts. |
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Description: Booklet complied by a member of Mayflower Society of Maine, Daughters of the American Revolution & a member of the Bangor Historical Society. Other families mentioned: Beal, Hilton, Mayo, Ames and Watts. | |||
| 7111 | Emergence Myth |
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| According to the Hanelthnayhe or Upward-reaching rite. Recorded by Father Berard Haile, O. F. M. Rewritten by Mary C. Wheelwright. With 13 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb, Mrs. John Wetherell and Mrs. Laura A. Armer. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. III. |
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Description: According to the Hanelthnayhe or Upward-reaching rite. Recorded by Father Berard Haile, O. F. M. Rewritten by Mary C. Wheelwright. With 13 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb, Mrs. John Wetherell and Mrs. Laura A. Armer. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. III. | ||
| 1936 | Ensign Ben Bunker, Mount Desert, and The Cranberry Isles |
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| This is a second in a series of Occasional Papers to be published under the auspices of the Islesford Historical Society. It was given to Anne Haynes who gave it to the Northeast Harbor Library. |
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Description: This is a second in a series of Occasional Papers to be published under the auspices of the Islesford Historical Society. It was given to Anne Haynes who gave it to the Northeast Harbor Library. | |||
| 7095 | Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell |
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| The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell and his encounters with the Indians; including a particular account of the Pequauket Battle, with a history of that Tribe; and a reprint of Rev. Thomas Symmes Sermon. |
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Description: The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell and his encounters with the Indians; including a particular account of the Pequauket Battle, with a history of that Tribe; and a reprint of Rev. Thomas Symmes Sermon. | ||
| 1534 | Frances H. Eliot - "Her Book and Heart" (1871-1954) |
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| Collection of essays by Frances H. Eliot spanning the years 1871-1954: - Education - Early days at Northeast Harbor - Being a minister’s wife in Denver - An American family at breakfast in the early nineteen hundreds - Borrowed daughters - Leisure - 1941 Inauguration - Golden wedding of S. A. E. and F. H. E. (October 22, 1889-1939) - The glory that is Cambridge - The romance of street names in Cambridge - Patriarchal picnics - I remember Mount Desert |
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Description: Collection of essays by Frances H. Eliot spanning the years 1871-1954: - Education - Early days at Northeast Harbor - Being a minister’s wife in Denver - An American family at breakfast in the early nineteen hundreds - Borrowed daughters - Leisure - 1941 Inauguration - Golden wedding of S. A. E. and F. H. E. (October 22, 1889-1939) - The glory that is Cambridge - The romance of street names in Cambridge - Patriarchal picnics - I remember Mount Desert [show more] | |||||
| 7050 | George Folsom, John A. Poor and a Century of Historical Research with reference to Early Colonial Maine |
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| By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine. |
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Description: By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine. | ||
| 7109 | Hail Chant and Water Chant |
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| Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. II. |
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Description: Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. Navajo Religion Series, Vol. II. | ||
| 2041 | Hancock County... a Rockbound Paradise |
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| Copy of book section about the history of Mount Desert, specifically Seal Harbor. Many Photographs: J. D. Rockefeller Jr. riding in car, building sidewalk at Seal Harbor Village Green, Otter Creek Sewing Circle, Hollis Wright's fur trapping barn. |
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Description: Copy of book section about the history of Mount Desert, specifically Seal Harbor. Many Photographs: J. D. Rockefeller Jr. riding in car, building sidewalk at Seal Harbor Village Green, Otter Creek Sewing Circle, Hollis Wright's fur trapping barn. | |||
| 7426 | Historical Sketch of Stockton Springs, 1908 |
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| Illustrated history of Stockton Springs. Original 1908 printing: Press of Central Maine Publishing Co., Waterville, Maine. |
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Description: Illustrated history of Stockton Springs. Original 1908 printing: Press of Central Maine Publishing Co., Waterville, Maine. | ||
| 7066 | Historical Sketches of Blue Hill, Maine |
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| Written by R. G. F. Candage, Brookline, Mass. Printed for the Blue Hill Historical Society (Scanned copy in part from archive.org) |
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Description: Written by R. G. F. Candage, Brookline, Mass. Printed for the Blue Hill Historical Society (Scanned copy in part from archive.org) | ||
| 1525 | History of Frenchboro, Maine |
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| History of Frenchboro, Maine. |
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| 1562 | History of Sutton Island Features Review of Early Settlers and Island Homes |
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| August 20, 1938 Sutton Island history. |
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Description: August 20, 1938 Sutton Island history. | |||
| 7096 | History of the District of Maine |
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| Illustrated by a new correct Map of the District. |
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| 7064 | History of the Town of Palermo |
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| Town of Palermo, incorporated 1804. With an introductory poem by Rev. George B. Davis. |
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Description: Town of Palermo, incorporated 1804. With an introductory poem by Rev. George B. Davis. | ||
| 7063 | History of Vinalhaven |
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| A brief historical sketch of the Town of Vinalhaven from its earliest known settlement. Prepared by order of the town on the occasion of its One Hundredth Anniversary. |
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Description: A brief historical sketch of the Town of Vinalhaven from its earliest known settlement. Prepared by order of the town on the occasion of its One Hundredth Anniversary. |
