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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1557150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Places, Town
August 20, 1959 Commemorative Issue.
  • 1959
  • 16
  • photograph copy
Description:
August 20, 1959 Commemorative Issue.
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.
4430Acadia Mountain and Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Sound
Winter scene.
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
Description:
Winter scene.
4435Acadia Mountain from Sargeant Drive.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Sound
Winter scene
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
  • 5
Description:
Winter scene
2483Alterations to Coach House for Asa S. Knowles
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Floor plans and exterior elevations of the coach house of Asa Knowles.
  • JTD
  • 1953
  • 11 Sinclair Road
  • 7
  • ARCH
Description:
Floor plans and exterior elevations of the coach house of Asa Knowles.
1734An Attempted Evocation of a Personality
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Memorial article to Beatrix Farrand as one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Includes comments of Reef Point and Dumbarton Oaks.
  • Mildred B. Bliss
  • 1959
  • pages 218-224
  • photocopy
Description:
Memorial article to Beatrix Farrand as one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Includes comments of Reef Point and Dumbarton Oaks.
7191Asticou Celebratory Menu 1604-1954
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Gala
  • Other, History
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Asticou Celebratory Menu, in French and English, in honor of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Island of Mount Desert by Samuel De Champlain, September 5, 1604. September 5, 1954
  • 1954
  • 8
  • 1 menu
  • good
Description:
Asticou Celebratory Menu, in French and English, in honor of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Island of Mount Desert by Samuel De Champlain, September 5, 1604. September 5, 1954
2173Bar Harbor Times
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events
  • Places, Town
A weekly newspaper covering the events of the communities on MDI, the schools, births, deaths, marriages and other important news or items of interest that occur.
  • 10/4/1951
  • newspaper
Description:
A weekly newspaper covering the events of the communities on MDI, the schools, births, deaths, marriages and other important news or items of interest that occur.
1738Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959); An appreciation of a landscape
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
Brief biography of Beatrix Farrand upon her death in 1959. She was the last of the charter members of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
  • Robert W. Patterson
  • 1959
  • pages 216-224
  • photocopy
Description:
Brief biography of Beatrix Farrand upon her death in 1959. She was the last of the charter members of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
3906Beginnings of the Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Address to Northeast Harbor Library corporation and board members at the dedication of the new building on Joy Road in August 1950. Mr. Pepper, one of the first trustees and was actively involved in fund raising activities.
  • George Wharton Pepper
  • 1950 ?
  • 2
  • typescript
Description:
Address to Northeast Harbor Library corporation and board members at the dedication of the new building on Joy Road in August 1950. Mr. Pepper, one of the first trustees and was actively involved in fund raising activities.
7182Benjamin Graves Record Books
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Building Business
Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out.
  • 1897-1951
  • 1 box - 8 ledgers
  • ledger books
Description:
Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out. [show more]
1524Birds - Mount Desert
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
June 10-24, 1959 Notes added to the Birds of Mount Desert.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1959
  • 2 pages manuscript, 2 pages photograph copy
  • typescript, photograph copy
Description:
June 10-24, 1959 Notes added to the Birds of Mount Desert.
5742Boy Scout Troop #96
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Boy Scouts
  • People
Roy Salisbury Collection
  • 6/23/1951
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Roy Salisbury Collection
7265Bubble Pond, Acadia National Park
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Lake
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Park
Color postcard of Bubble Pond, Acadia National Park
  • 1950
Description:
Color postcard of Bubble Pond, Acadia National Park
2652Building Zoning Map
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Zoning map, 15 1/2x10", showing residential and business areas in the village of Northeast Harbor prepared for the town planning committee.
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1955
  • 1
  • MAP
Description:
Zoning map, 15 1/2x10", showing residential and business areas in the village of Northeast Harbor prepared for the town planning committee.
2300Building Zoning Map
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Large, 58z37", zoning map of Seal Harbor, showing residential and business areas, prepared for the Mount Desert Zoning Committee of the Planning Committee.
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1955
  • 1
  • MAP
Description:
Large, 58z37", zoning map of Seal Harbor, showing residential and business areas, prepared for the Mount Desert Zoning Committee of the Planning Committee.
2288Building Zoning Map of the Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Map, 74"x58", showing business and residential lots in Northeast Harbor. Prepared for the zoning committee of the planning committee.
  • Maurice Burr
  • 1955
  • 1
  • MAP
Description:
Map, 74"x58", showing business and residential lots in Northeast Harbor. Prepared for the zoning committee of the planning committee.
5513Buildings of Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Town
B/W scanned aerial photograph showing buildings on Main Street, Summit Rd & Joy Rd, such as Union Church, Gilman High School, Northeast Harbor Library, Nursing Assoc. building. This is a printed section of a larger photograph owned by the Union Church.
  • George Fennelly
  • 1952-53
Description:
B/W scanned aerial photograph showing buildings on Main Street, Summit Rd & Joy Rd, such as Union Church, Gilman High School, Northeast Harbor Library, Nursing Assoc. building. This is a printed section of a larger photograph owned by the Union Church.
5046Carl Kelley
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
Scan of photograph of Carl Kelley, Principal of Gilman High School.
  • 1950
  • photocopy
Description:
Scan of photograph of Carl Kelley, Principal of Gilman High School.
4415Carriage Road Gate House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Carriage Road
  • Structures, Dwellings, Gatehouse
Rockefeller carriage paths
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
Description:
Rockefeller carriage paths
2129Chants noirs
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Music
French translation of negro spirituals published in the French journal "Mercure de France", June 1952.
  • Marguerite Yourcenar
  • 1952
  • 377
  • 1 book
Description:
French translation of negro spirituals published in the French journal "Mercure de France", June 1952.
5735Children playing, Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
Children playing in snow banks in front of old fire station, now Great Harbor Maritime Museum. Roy Salisbury Collection
  • 1952
  • 1 photograph, 1 duplicate
Description:
Children playing in snow banks in front of old fire station, now Great Harbor Maritime Museum. Roy Salisbury Collection
2442City of Bangor, Maine Zoning Map
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Zoning map, 22x17", for Bangor, Maine amended from 1954 map.
  • James L. MacLeod
  • 1957
  • 1
  • MAP
Description:
Zoning map, 22x17", for Bangor, Maine amended from 1954 map.
2436City of Old Town
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Town
Rural index on parchment (28x24") to property maps for the City of Old Town.
  • James W. Sewall Company, Old Town
  • 1955
  • 1
  • MAP
Description:
Rural index on parchment (28x24") to property maps for the City of Old Town.
4428Cliffs east of Hunters Beach
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
Photograph taken from cliff west of Hunters Beach. Note Acadia National Park loop road in background.
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
  • 2
Description:
Photograph taken from cliff west of Hunters Beach. Note Acadia National Park loop road in background.