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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.
7111Emergence Myth
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
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.
  • Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 1949
  • 186
  • 2 copies
  • good
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.
7108A Study of Navajo Symbolism
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
Published as part of the Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. XXXII, No. 3. Line drawings by Lloyd Moylan.
  • Franc Johnson Newcomb, Stanley Fishler, Mary C. Wheelwright
  • 1956
  • 100
  • 3 copies
  • good
Description:
Published as part of the Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. XXXII, No. 3. Line drawings by Lloyd Moylan.
7112Texts of the Navajo Creation Chants
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • People
With an introduction by Mary C. Wheelwright. Comes with 5 vinyl records of Navajo chants recorded for the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art.
  • 3 copies
  • good
Description:
With an introduction by Mary C. Wheelwright. Comes with 5 vinyl records of Navajo chants recorded for the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art.
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.
1534Frances H. Eliot - "Her Book and Heart" (1871-1954)
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Other, History
  • People
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
  • Frances H. Eliot
  • bound typescript
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]
1893Cabot, the mysterious sailor who gave England rights to North American
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Excerpts from Morison's book, The European Discovery of America (1971), about Cabot's voyages to North America beginning in 1497.
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1971
  • pages 12-21
  • magazine
Description:
Excerpts from Morison's book, The European Discovery of America (1971), about Cabot's voyages to North America beginning in 1497.
1958Bar Harbor, Celebrating 200 Years in Eden
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
"It is a special tribute to the town of Bar Harbor, a diverse community surrounded by extraordinary scenery that inspired the original name, Eden. The magazine focuses on the rich heritage that created this community - how the town evolved from a fishing and farming community to a summer haven for wealthy socialites to a first-class tourist destination." Articles in this issue include: 1. A town they called Eden 2. Living on the Rocks 3. Boating to Bar Harbor 4. Bar Harbor's First Settlers 5. An island on fire 6. An education in ecology 7. Searching for a rustic life 8. A Cottage culture 9. A tale of Two Labs 10. Acaidia: One of America's Jewels 11. A friendly group 12. A bright future 13. Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives.
  • Mark Condon
  • 2001
  • 48
  • magazine
Description:
"It is a special tribute to the town of Bar Harbor, a diverse community surrounded by extraordinary scenery that inspired the original name, Eden. The magazine focuses on the rich heritage that created this community - how the town evolved from a fishing and farming community to a summer haven for wealthy socialites to a first-class tourist destination." Articles in this issue include: 1. A town they called Eden 2. Living on the Rocks 3. Boating to Bar Harbor 4. Bar Harbor's First Settlers 5. An island on fire 6. An education in ecology 7. Searching for a rustic life 8. A Cottage culture 9. A tale of Two Labs 10. Acaidia: One of America's Jewels 11. A friendly group 12. A bright future 13. Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives. [show more]
2027Personal Glimpses of Bar Harbor's Lush Era
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Aerial
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Memories of growing up in Bar Harbor in the late 1890's and early 1900's. Ms. Cole writes of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. family in Seal Harbor. Many Photographs including an aerial shot of the "Eyrie". Published in Down East Magazine, July 1969.
  • Nan Cole
  • 1969
  • pages 42-47
  • magazine
Description:
Memories of growing up in Bar Harbor in the late 1890's and early 1900's. Ms. Cole writes of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. family in Seal Harbor. Many Photographs including an aerial shot of the "Eyrie". Published in Down East Magazine, July 1969.
1986List of Civil War Soldiers from the town of Mount Desert
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Original, elongated, list of men furnished by the town of Mt. Desert by the selectmen for military service in the Civil War. The list represents several calls to duty from 1862 to 1869.
  • Jonathan Hamor
  • 1-2-1869
  • 1
  • manuscript (original and 2 photocopies)
Description:
Original, elongated, list of men furnished by the town of Mt. Desert by the selectmen for military service in the Civil War. The list represents several calls to duty from 1862 to 1869.
7329Woman's Literary Club Collection - Box 4
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Other, History
  • People
WLC History, 1939-1940, Lina MacLean Wilson WLC History, 1943-1944, Beatrice C. Kelley WLC History, 1944-1945, Stella L. Hill WLC History, 1949-1950, Stella L. Hill WLC History, 1958-1959, Lillis Joy WLC History, 1964-1965, unknown WLC History, 1966-1967, Ernestine Savage WLC History, 1967-1968, Louise S. Sibby WLC History, 1970-1971, Ernestine Savage WLC History, 1971-1972, Virginia S. Phelps WLC History, 1972-1973, Katherine L. Savage WLC History, 1974-1975, Lillis P. Joy WLC History, 1976-1977, Wilma C. Eaton WLC History, 1977-1978, Ethel J. Morrill WLC History, 1978-1979, Prudence Pervear WLC History, 1979-1980, Marguerite B. Coombs WLC History, 1983-1984, Helena Eaton WLC History, 1984-1985, Ernestine D. Savage WLC History, 1985-1986, Ruth H. Coombs WLC History, 1986-1987, Katherine Savage WLC History, 1987-1988, Dodie Pierce WLC History, 1990-1991, Marguerite B. Coombs WLC History, 1991-1992, Peggy T. Simpson WLC History, 1992-1993, Lucy Smith WLC History, 1993-1994, Joan Coulombe WLC History, 1995-1996, Peggy T. Simpson WLC History, 1996-1997, Peggy T. Simpson WLC History, 1997-1998, Hope WLC History, 1998-1999, Gigi Phelps Untitled (alternative WLC History), unknown WLC History, 1908-1933 (3 copies), Belle Smallidge Knowles WLC History, 1933-1958, Madalyn Brown & Z. Bunker WLC History, 1908-1990, unknown [WLC History, 1908-1998, unknown] [WLC History Notes, unknown]
  • manuscripts, typescripts, letters
Description:
WLC History, 1939-1940, Lina MacLean Wilson WLC History, 1943-1944, Beatrice C. Kelley WLC History, 1944-1945, Stella L. Hill WLC History, 1949-1950, Stella L. Hill WLC History, 1958-1959, Lillis Joy WLC History, 1964-1965, unknown WLC History, 1966-1967, Ernestine Savage WLC History, 1967-1968, Louise S. Sibby WLC History, 1970-1971, Ernestine Savage WLC History, 1971-1972, Virginia S. Phelps WLC History, 1972-1973, Katherine L. Savage WLC History, 1974-1975, Lillis P. Joy WLC History, 1976-1977, Wilma C. Eaton WLC History, 1977-1978, Ethel J. Morrill WLC History, 1978-1979, Prudence Pervear WLC History, 1979-1980, Marguerite B. Coombs WLC History, 1983-1984, Helena Eaton WLC History, 1984-1985, Ernestine D. Savage WLC History, 1985-1986, Ruth H. Coombs WLC History, 1986-1987, Katherine Savage WLC History, 1987-1988, Dodie Pierce WLC History, 1990-1991, Marguerite B. Coombs WLC History, 1991-1992, Peggy T. Simpson WLC History, 1992-1993, Lucy Smith WLC History, 1993-1994, Joan Coulombe WLC History, 1995-1996, Peggy T. Simpson WLC History, 1996-1997, Peggy T. Simpson WLC History, 1997-1998, Hope WLC History, 1998-1999, Gigi Phelps Untitled (alternative WLC History), unknown WLC History, 1908-1933 (3 copies), Belle Smallidge Knowles WLC History, 1933-1958, Madalyn Brown & Z. Bunker WLC History, 1908-1990, unknown [WLC History, 1908-1998, unknown] [WLC History Notes, unknown] [show more]
7333Woman's Literary Club Collection - Box 8
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Other, History
  • Other, Other Texts
  • People
1. WLC Meeting Notes, 1908-1912 2. WLC Meeting Notes, 1912-1919 3. WLC Meeting Notes, 1919-1928 a 4. WLC Meeting Notes, 1919-1928 b 5. WLC Meeting Notes, 1928-1938 a 6. WLC Meeting Notes, 1928-1938 b 7. WLC Meeting Notes, 1938-1950 a 8. WLC Meeting Notes, 1938-1950 b 9. WLC Meeting Notes, 1950-1956 a 10. WLC Meeting Notes, 1950-1956 b 11. WLC Meeting Notes, 1956-1968 a 12. WLC Meeting Notes, 1956-1968 b 13. WLC Meeting Notes, 1968-1979 a 14. WLC Meeting Notes, 1968-1979 b 15. WLC Meeting Notes 1979-1984 16. WLC Meeting Notes, 1984-1989 17. WLC Meeting Notes, 1990-1995 18. WLC Meeting Notes, 1999-2000 19. Patterson Committee Notes, 1928-1999 The Trail of the Maine Pioneer by Maine Club Women (book - pdf available on request) Maine in History and Romance by Maine Club Women (book - pdf available on request)
  • manuscripts, typescripts, letters, annual meeting notes, scrapbooks, news clippings, photographs, meeting programs
  • fair
Description:
1. WLC Meeting Notes, 1908-1912 2. WLC Meeting Notes, 1912-1919 3. WLC Meeting Notes, 1919-1928 a 4. WLC Meeting Notes, 1919-1928 b 5. WLC Meeting Notes, 1928-1938 a 6. WLC Meeting Notes, 1928-1938 b 7. WLC Meeting Notes, 1938-1950 a 8. WLC Meeting Notes, 1938-1950 b 9. WLC Meeting Notes, 1950-1956 a 10. WLC Meeting Notes, 1950-1956 b 11. WLC Meeting Notes, 1956-1968 a 12. WLC Meeting Notes, 1956-1968 b 13. WLC Meeting Notes, 1968-1979 a 14. WLC Meeting Notes, 1968-1979 b 15. WLC Meeting Notes 1979-1984 16. WLC Meeting Notes, 1984-1989 17. WLC Meeting Notes, 1990-1995 18. WLC Meeting Notes, 1999-2000 19. Patterson Committee Notes, 1928-1999 The Trail of the Maine Pioneer by Maine Club Women (book - pdf available on request) Maine in History and Romance by Maine Club Women (book - pdf available on request) [show more]
6023Samuel Eliot Morison Collection
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • People
Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976) was 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.
  • 1 record carton box
  • manuscripts, typescripts, newspaper clippings, Photocopies, letters, and pamphlets
Description:
Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976) was 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.
2191Maine Pilgrims Followed Prophet to Holy Land
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
Article about the "Church of the Messiah" sect, lead by G. J. Adams, in Indian River, ME, their pilgrimage to Jaffa in 1866. Material from Carl Kelley
  • 4/18/1920
  • newspaper
Description:
Article about the "Church of the Messiah" sect, lead by G. J. Adams, in Indian River, ME, their pilgrimage to Jaffa in 1866. Material from Carl Kelley
2222"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
  • Horace H. Leavitt
  • 1940
  • newspaper
Description:
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
1562History of Sutton Island Features Review of Early Settlers and Island Homes
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings
August 20, 1938 Sutton Island history.
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1938
  • 1 article
  • newspaper
Description:
August 20, 1938 Sutton Island history.
2187150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Commemorative issue of the Bar Harbor Times with many articles of Seal Harbor's historic places, early settlers and summer residents.
  • 8/20/1959
  • 4
  • newspaper
Description:
Commemorative issue of the Bar Harbor Times with many articles of Seal Harbor's historic places, early settlers and summer residents.
2210Mount Desert Island Was A Breathless Discovery
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 8/12/1976
  • 4
  • newspaper
6136Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent 1745-1827
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • People
Cover-title. Printed for private circulation. Note, p. [4], signed: Winthrop Sargent.
  • Winthrop Sargent
  • 1920
  • 46
  • pamphlet
  • fair
Description:
Cover-title. Printed for private circulation. Note, p. [4], signed: Winthrop Sargent.
1880Gilpatrick family tree, deed, probate records
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • Other, History
  • People
  • James R. Gilpatrick
  • 1874
  • 7
  • photocopy
1882Our Phillips Family, Reminiscences of Fredrick I. Phillips
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • Other, History
  • People
Genealogy of Phillips family, Ames family, Noyes family, and Jewett family.
  • Frederick Illsley Phillips
  • 23
  • photocopy
Description:
Genealogy of Phillips family, Ames family, Noyes family, and Jewett family.
1915A list of Settlers of part of MDI granted to John Bernard
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
A soft covered red notebook containing a copy from Maine State Archives listing (A21IR20:4-8 Box44) settlers on the part of MDI granted to John Bernard. Comments & lists have been copied by R. Pyle
  • 1785
  • 3
  • photocopy
Description:
A soft covered red notebook containing a copy from Maine State Archives listing (A21IR20:4-8 Box44) settlers on the part of MDI granted to John Bernard. Comments & lists have been copied by R. Pyle
1957Glimpses of Early Mount Desert Homes
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings
A history of Early Mount Desert Homes, the Manchester family, the Hadlock family and the Smallidge family. The Manchesters were first to establish a permanent home in Northeast Harbor.
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 30
  • photocopy
Description:
A history of Early Mount Desert Homes, the Manchester family, the Hadlock family and the Smallidge family. The Manchesters were first to establish a permanent home in Northeast Harbor.
1988Correspondence about George E. Street's 1905 book Mount Desert, a history
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Copies of correspondence about the editing and reissuing of George Street's 1905 book "Mount Desert a History" by Rev. Samuel A. Eliot in 1926. Contents include letters of Helen Ranney, George H. Street, and William Sawtelle.
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1924-1926
  • 21
  • photocopy
Description:
Copies of correspondence about the editing and reissuing of George Street's 1905 book "Mount Desert a History" by Rev. Samuel A. Eliot in 1926. Contents include letters of Helen Ranney, George H. Street, and William Sawtelle.
2000Savage Family Civil War Letters
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • People
Copy of a manuscripted collection of letters exchanged by members of the Savage family between 1864 and l865. There are a few photographs of Savage descendants.
  • 1854-1865
  • 88
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy of a manuscripted collection of letters exchanged by members of the Savage family between 1864 and l865. There are a few photographs of Savage descendants.