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6084Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
Summary of geological details of Mount Desert Island. Several b/w pictures. Two reprints, same article, entitled "Geology of Mount Desert Island". Rocks and minerals. Revised and reprinted from the "Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. XVII, No. 4, October 1919). See also item 7069.
  • F. Bascom
  • 1919
  • 14
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
Summary of geological details of Mount Desert Island. Several b/w pictures. Two reprints, same article, entitled "Geology of Mount Desert Island". Rocks and minerals. Revised and reprinted from the "Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. XVII, No. 4, October 1919). See also item 7069.
5691Thomas Hall Photograph Album
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
  • Nature, Seasons
  • Places
Album of Thomas Hall photos given to Mrs. August Belmont. The photographs show transition of season into fall on Mount Desert Island. Black and silver bamboo-print cloth cover.
  • 1 album
  • black and silver photograph album
Description:
Album of Thomas Hall photos given to Mrs. August Belmont. The photographs show transition of season into fall on Mount Desert Island. Black and silver bamboo-print cloth cover.
6444Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
Attributed to Ezra A. Dodge. Downloaded from archive.org. NEHL has a spiral bound photocopy of poor quality
  • N. K. Sawyer
  • 1871
Description:
Attributed to Ezra A. Dodge. Downloaded from archive.org. NEHL has a spiral bound photocopy of poor quality
2044Shipbuilding on Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902. Several photographs of the boats were added by R. Pyle at the Northeast Harbor library.
  • Ralph Stanley
  • 2010
  • 94
  • typescript
Description:
Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902. Several photographs of the boats were added by R. Pyle at the Northeast Harbor library.
2577Knowles residence
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Unidentified blueprints of exterior elevations and three level floor plans of a house. Mailed by Asa Knowles in 1940 to Mrs. Jerome Knowles in Northeast Harbor.
  • 1940
  • 7
  • ARCH
Description:
Unidentified blueprints of exterior elevations and three level floor plans of a house. Mailed by Asa Knowles in 1940 to Mrs. Jerome Knowles in Northeast Harbor.
4867Echo Lake from Beech Cliffs
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Lake
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
View of Echo Lake taken from Beech Cliffs. Clearly visible are Acadia Mountain and St. Sauveur, Somes Sound in the distance.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1900's
  • 1 panoramic photograph
Description:
View of Echo Lake taken from Beech Cliffs. Clearly visible are Acadia Mountain and St. Sauveur, Somes Sound in the distance.
7338Roc Caivano
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
  • People
Elly Andrews interviews 4 of Roc Caivano's close friends from his Yale years: Bob Knight, Peter Woerner, Tom Carey, and Ron Filson. Roc received his BA from Dartmouth College and a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University. He and and wife Helen arrived on MDI in 1974 where he was hired to start a program in Environmental Design at the College of the Atlantic. While at COA, Roc, Barbara Sassaman and Harris Hyman established an office in Southwest Harbor where they were involved in the renovation of the Turrets, a granite shorefront “cottage” designed by Bruce Price and originally built in 1895. They also created the Wendell Gilley Museum, the Somesville bridge and a number of single family residences. For over 45 years Roc Caivano Architects prepared the master plan for Acadia National Park, the renovation and conversion of the Schoodic Navel Station in to the Schoodic National Park Education Center, Acadia’s Fee Station and the Island Explorer Bus Shelter System, the Mary Dow and MDI Hospital Oncology Centers and other medical and educational facilities.
  • 07.10.2021
Description:
Elly Andrews interviews 4 of Roc Caivano's close friends from his Yale years: Bob Knight, Peter Woerner, Tom Carey, and Ron Filson. Roc received his BA from Dartmouth College and a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University. He and and wife Helen arrived on MDI in 1974 where he was hired to start a program in Environmental Design at the College of the Atlantic. While at COA, Roc, Barbara Sassaman and Harris Hyman established an office in Southwest Harbor where they were involved in the renovation of the Turrets, a granite shorefront “cottage” designed by Bruce Price and originally built in 1895. They also created the Wendell Gilley Museum, the Somesville bridge and a number of single family residences. For over 45 years Roc Caivano Architects prepared the master plan for Acadia National Park, the renovation and conversion of the Schoodic Navel Station in to the Schoodic National Park Education Center, Acadia’s Fee Station and the Island Explorer Bus Shelter System, the Mary Dow and MDI Hospital Oncology Centers and other medical and educational facilities. [show more]
3418Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to Albion F. Sherman
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Park
Regarding appropriation of park lands for livestock Regarding Sieur de Monts National Park
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 1918
  • 1
  • Letter
Description:
Regarding appropriation of park lands for livestock Regarding Sieur de Monts National Park
2434Topography of Mount Desert Island and Islands to the Southward
  • Map
  • Places, Island
Large topographical map of Mount Desert Island and off shore islands.
  • J. Hilgard, Superintendent
  • 1882
  • 1
  • MAP
  • fair
Description:
Large topographical map of Mount Desert Island and off shore islands.
3315Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to George B. Dorr
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Places, Island
Regarding establishment of Bird Sanctuary
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 1915
  • 1
  • Letter
Description:
Regarding establishment of Bird Sanctuary
3317Letter: George B. Dorr to Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Places, Island
Regarding Bird Study Station on Mount Desert Island
  • George B. Dorr
  • 1915
  • 6
  • Letter
Description:
Regarding Bird Study Station on Mount Desert Island
2418Road and Path Map of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Road
Topographical map, 28x24", showing the roads and hiking paths and trails on Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles.
  • W. G. Bunker
  • 2 copies
  • MAP
  • fragile, damaged
Description:
Topographical map, 28x24", showing the roads and hiking paths and trails on Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles.
2417Highway Map of Hancock County
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Road
Public roads map, 35.5x47", of Mount Desert Island. Larger version of Map 215.
  • State Highway Commission
  • 1938
  • 1
  • Map
Description:
Public roads map, 35.5x47", of Mount Desert Island. Larger version of Map 215.
2416Highway Map of Hancock County
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Road
Public roads map, 18x24", of Mount Desert Island area of Hancock County.
  • State Highway Commission
  • 1938
  • 2 copies
  • MAP
Description:
Public roads map, 18x24", of Mount Desert Island area of Hancock County.
2415Mount Desert Quadrangle
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Island
Topographical map showing MDI areas of Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont, Surry, Eden, Trenton, and Lamoine.
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • 1910
  • 1
  • MAP
Description:
Topographical map showing MDI areas of Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont, Surry, Eden, Trenton, and Lamoine.
3312Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to Mrs. Frank L. Powers
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Places, Island
Regarding bird sanctuary on Mount Desert Island
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 1915
  • 1
  • Letter
Description:
Regarding bird sanctuary on Mount Desert Island
3313Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to Mrs. Frank L. Powers
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Places, Island
Regarding "The Unique Island of Mount Desert"
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 1915
  • 3
  • Letter
Description:
Regarding "The Unique Island of Mount Desert"
3332Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to Emerson Hough
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Places, Island
Regarding "The Unique Island of Mount Desert"
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 1915
  • 1
  • Letter
Description:
Regarding "The Unique Island of Mount Desert"
5385Doane Family Photographs
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
B/W Photocopies of members of the Doane/Gardiner families et al. at "Ye Haven," sailing, going on picnics, hiking, and mountain climbing on and around MDI. Several pictures of the Northeast Harbor visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury & Mrs. Davidson in 1904. Photocopies of the members and friends of the Doane family sailing, hiking, having picnics, at the swimming club, on horseback and with horse & buggy. Views of the S. S. Kearsarge off Bar Harbor. Views of the rehearsals and performance of Univ. Neurasthenia at "Ye Haven" Photocopies of Doane family and friends on horseback and aboard yacht. Photocopies of Doane family & friends sailing, having picnics, hiking, riding, and at the swimming club. Photocopies of the Doane family sailing to nearby islands and having picnics with British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce. Photocopies of family picnics, sailing trips, family time at Ye Haven, Anne Doane/Roy Pier wedding party at Magnum Donum, interior Photographs of "Ye Haven" and views of "Mount Desert", the cabin at Little Long Pond, Seal Harbor. Frazier and Pier families, the boat "Only", Amb. & Mrs. Bryce aboard "Kiawa" and on Gotts Island picnic, and hike up Blue Hill. Original Photographs from Doane Family Albums A, B, E, F, H, I, and X. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • ca. 1900
  • 2 folders
  • photocopies, photographs
Description:
B/W Photocopies of members of the Doane/Gardiner families et al. at "Ye Haven," sailing, going on picnics, hiking, and mountain climbing on and around MDI. Several pictures of the Northeast Harbor visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury & Mrs. Davidson in 1904. Photocopies of the members and friends of the Doane family sailing, hiking, having picnics, at the swimming club, on horseback and with horse & buggy. Views of the S. S. Kearsarge off Bar Harbor. Views of the rehearsals and performance of Univ. Neurasthenia at "Ye Haven" Photocopies of Doane family and friends on horseback and aboard yacht. Photocopies of Doane family & friends sailing, having picnics, hiking, riding, and at the swimming club. Photocopies of the Doane family sailing to nearby islands and having picnics with British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce. Photocopies of family picnics, sailing trips, family time at Ye Haven, Anne Doane/Roy Pier wedding party at Magnum Donum, interior Photographs of "Ye Haven" and views of "Mount Desert", the cabin at Little Long Pond, Seal Harbor. Frazier and Pier families, the boat "Only", Amb. & Mrs. Bryce aboard "Kiawa" and on Gotts Island picnic, and hike up Blue Hill. Original Photographs from Doane Family Albums A, B, E, F, H, I, and X. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions. [show more]
2576Property of J. Stanley Reeve at Deep Cove
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
Blueprint, 49x36", of property lot of J. Stanley Reeve at Deep Cove on Western Bay.
  • Charles A. Haynes
  • 1929
  • 1
  • MAP
  • fragile, damaged
Description:
Blueprint, 49x36", of property lot of J. Stanley Reeve at Deep Cove on Western Bay.
7234Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging
Photocopy of a guidebook to Mount Desert Island containing a few historical notes and images of landscapes and buildings.
  • 56
  • photocopy
Description:
Photocopy of a guidebook to Mount Desert Island containing a few historical notes and images of landscapes and buildings.
6957Philomena Manchester Photograph Album - Winter Scenes
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Various photographs of winter scenes from the early 1900s. Box 2 (MAN 85)
  • 12 photographs
Description:
Various photographs of winter scenes from the early 1900s. Box 2 (MAN 85)
7225Aerial Views of Mount Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Sound
Several B/W aerial views of Mount Desert Island, showing Northeast Harbor, the Sound, Echo Lake, Greening Island, and the Cranberry Isles.
  • Highlander, Mount Desert
  • 13
  • good
Description:
Several B/W aerial views of Mount Desert Island, showing Northeast Harbor, the Sound, Echo Lake, Greening Island, and the Cranberry Isles.
2088Fact Manual for Industry
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
Report on advantages on Mount Desert Island for economic and industrial development. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
  • Mount Desert Development Corporation
  • 1956
  • 23
  • 1 book
Description:
Report on advantages on Mount Desert Island for economic and industrial development. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
5585Mount Desert Coast of Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Vessels, Ship
Photograph of an engraving of ship sailing on coast of MDI.
  • Harry Fenn
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Photograph of an engraving of ship sailing on coast of MDI.