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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1485Story of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Places, Town
...This collection contains Morison's handwritten speech and his edited typed copy of the talk on Mount Desert Island history he gave in 1959 to benefit island...
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1959
  • 79
  • manuscript
Story of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1485   
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0002 SEM
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 79
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
...This collection contains Morison's handwritten speech and his edited typed copy of the talk on Mount Desert Island history he gave in 1959 to benefit island...
1509Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine...
  • George L. Stebbins
  • Aug-38
  • 11
  • typescript
Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 1509   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • George L. Stebbins
Date:
  • Aug-38
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0021 GLS
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 11
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine...
1527Remembrances of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Typewritten diary of Mrs. Charles Hamlin covers years between 1880's and early 1900's. Much information about Rev. William Doane; other families covered: Gardiner, Corning, Eliot. Social perspective of Northeast Harbor. Info re St. Mary's.
  • Charles S. Hamlin
  • 1934-1935
  • 41
  • typescript (2 copies)
Remembrances of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1527   
Type:
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Charles S. Hamlin
Date:
  • 1934-1935
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0036 CSH
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 41
Medium:
  • typescript (2 copies)
Description:
Typewritten diary of Mrs. Charles Hamlin covers years between 1880's and early 1900's. Much information about Rev. William Doane; other families covered: Gardiner, Corning, Eliot. Social perspective of Northeast Harbor. Info re St. Mary's.
1540Bibliography of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • Places, Island
...Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs...
  • Donald W. Norton
  • 1985
  • 2 copies
  • typescript
Bibliography of Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 1540   
Type:
  • Document, List, Bibliography
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Donald W. Norton
Date:
  • 1985
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0051 DN
Location:
  • General Collection Box 2
Pages:
  • 2 copies
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs...
1584A Study of the Folklore of Mount Desert Island and the Surrounding Islands
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • Places, Island
...Desert Island and surrounding islands by Ms. McFarland done as a high school term paper...
  • Maureen McFarland
  • 1981
  • 34
  • typescript
A Study of the Folklore of Mount Desert Island and the Surrounding Islands
Item:
  • 1584   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Maureen McFarland
Date:
  • 1981
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0096
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 34
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Desert Island and surrounding islands by Ms. McFarland done as a high school term paper...
1722Mount Desert Island Facts
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...General facts, statistics, historical and political information of Mount Desert Island...
  • 4
Mount Desert Island Facts
Item:
  • 1722   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0234
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 4
Description:
...General facts, statistics, historical and political information of Mount Desert Island...
1726Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
...Chapters 2 and 3 of Samuel Drake's book which deals with the history, geography, and ecology of Mount Desert Island. Many photographs included...
  • Samuel Adams Drake
  • 1875
  • 19
  • photocopy
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast
Item:
  • 1726   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Samuel Adams Drake
Date:
  • 1875
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0238
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 19
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...Chapters 2 and 3 of Samuel Drake's book which deals with the history, geography, and ecology of Mount Desert Island. Many photographs included...
1897It Could Have Been Mount Mansell Island!
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
...Excerpt of an article by William Otis Sawtelle in a 1925 Sprague's Journal of Maine History. Sir Robert Mansell bought Mt. Desert Island in a lottery...
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 2002
  • pages 7-9
  • newspaper
It Could Have Been Mount Mansell Island!
Item:
  • 1897   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Date:
  • 2002
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0410
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 7-9
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Excerpt of an article by William Otis Sawtelle in a 1925 Sprague's Journal of Maine History. Sir Robert Mansell bought Mt. Desert Island in a lottery...
1936Ensign Ben Bunker, Mount Desert, and The Cranberry Isles
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
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.
  • Theodore Spurling Sr.
  • Aug-91
  • 19
  • typescript
Ensign Ben Bunker, Mount Desert, and The Cranberry Isles
Item:
  • 1936   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Theodore Spurling Sr.
Date:
  • Aug-91
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0449
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 19
Medium:
  • typescript
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.
1937Mount Desert
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr...
  • E. Chardon
  • February 1877
  • photocopy
  • poor
Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1937   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • E. Chardon
Date:
  • February 1877
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0450
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Medium:
  • photocopy
Condition:
  • poor
Description:
...History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr...
1944Public and Private Realms on Mount Desert.
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
...Goldstein at the Claremont Hotel 8/10/2000, to share some thoughts about the history of Mount Desert and the interaction of Tourists and Residents...
  • Judith S. Goldstein
  • 2000
  • 16
  • typescript
Public and Private Realms on Mount Desert.
Item:
  • 1944   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Judith S. Goldstein
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0457
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 16
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Goldstein at the Claremont Hotel 8/10/2000, to share some thoughts about the history of Mount Desert and the interaction of Tourists and Residents...
1958Bar Harbor, Celebrating 200 Years in Eden
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
...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...Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives...
  • Mark Condon
  • 2001
  • 48
  • magazine
Bar Harbor, Celebrating 200 Years in Eden
Item:
  • 1958   
Type:
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Mark Condon
Date:
  • 2001
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0470
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 48
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
...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...Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives...
1971Town of Mount Desert Listing of Historical Events
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
See also Item 2264
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2010
  • 13
  • typescript
Town of Mount Desert Listing of Historical Events
Item:
  • 1971   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 2010
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0484
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 13
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
See also Item 2264
1989Three Hundredth Anniversary of Discovery and Naming of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Booklet of the 300th Anniversary Service of the discovery and naming of Mount Desert Island by Samuel De Champlain held at the Union Church of Northeast...
  • 9/4/1904
  • 2 books
Three Hundredth Anniversary of Discovery and Naming of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1989   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 9/4/1904
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0502
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Medium:
  • 2 books
Description:
...Booklet of the 300th Anniversary Service of the discovery and naming of Mount Desert Island by Samuel De Champlain held at the Union Church of Northeast...
1997A Playground Contested; Bar Harbor Natives versus Rusticators, 1875-1925
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...Manion submitted for publication in Island History Journal contrasting the economic and social life of summer and year-round residents of Mount Desert...Island...
  • Lynne Nelson Manion
  • 2001
  • 18
  • typescript
A Playground Contested; Bar Harbor Natives versus Rusticators, 1875-1925
Item:
  • 1997   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Lynne Nelson Manion
Date:
  • 2001
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0509
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 18
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Manion submitted for publication in Island History Journal contrasting the economic and social life of summer and year-round residents of Mount Desert...Island...
1999An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath...
  • Henry T. Reath
  • 2000
  • 6
  • typescript
An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1999   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Henry T. Reath
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0511
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 6
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath...
2041Hancock County... a Rockbound Paradise
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
...Copy of book section about the history of Mount Desert, specifically Seal Harbor. Many Photographs: J. D...
  • Connie Jellison
  • 1990
  • 5
  • photocopy
Hancock County... a Rockbound Paradise
Item:
  • 2041   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Connie Jellison
Date:
  • 1990
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0555
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 5
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...Copy of book section about the history of Mount Desert, specifically Seal Harbor. Many Photographs: J. D...
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...
  • Ralph Stanley
  • 2010
  • 94
  • typescript
Shipbuilding on Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 2044   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Ralph Stanley
Date:
  • 2010
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0558
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 94
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902...
2049Manchester and Branscom Family History
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Vessels, Steamboat
...Contents of Curtis Phelps Collection: CD1: - Main Street: 5 B/W images of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - 13 images of Northeast Harbor and Mount...Desert area: 1...Steamer Mount Desert...
  • 17 pages, 2 CDs
Manchester and Branscom Family History
Item:
  • 2049   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0563
Location:
  • CD Box 1, General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 17 pages, 2 CDs
Description:
...Contents of Curtis Phelps Collection: CD1: - Main Street: 5 B/W images of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - 13 images of Northeast Harbor and Mount...Desert area: 1...Steamer Mount Desert...
2052American Civil War at Mount Desert
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • Places, Island
Copy of Memorial Day address of Robert R. Pyle, Library Director, at the annual ceremony at the Joseph Musetti Park. The address was a remembrance on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 5/30/2011
  • 4
  • typescript, 2 copies
American Civil War at Mount Desert
Item:
  • 2052   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 5/30/2011
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0566
Location:
  • General Collection Box 18
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript, 2 copies
Description:
Copy of Memorial Day address of Robert R. Pyle, Library Director, at the annual ceremony at the Joseph Musetti Park. The address was a remembrance on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
2063Celebrate! 250
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations
  • Other, History
...Mount Desert Island Historical Society collaborates with other island organizations to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the island...
  • 2011
  • 9
  • newspaper, photocopy
Celebrate! 250
Item:
  • 2063   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations
  • Other, History
Date:
  • 2011
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0577
Location:
  • General Collection Box 18
Pages:
  • 9
Medium:
  • newspaper, photocopy
Description:
...Mount Desert Island Historical Society collaborates with other island organizations to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the island...
2080History of Town of Mount Desert via 1881 Colby & Stuart Map
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
...History of the town of Mount Desert using colored scans of negatives of the 1881 Colby and Stuart map...Several maps show all the island's towns...
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2003
  • 21
History of Town of Mount Desert via 1881 Colby & Stuart Map
Item:
  • 2080   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 2003
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0594
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 21
Description:
...History of the town of Mount Desert using colored scans of negatives of the 1881 Colby and Stuart map...Several maps show all the island's towns...
2172The American Century
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, History
  • Places
...A history of the last 100 years from the pages of the "Ellsworth American", which is a weekly paper produced in Ellsworth, Maine...
  • 12/30/1999
  • newspaper
  • good
The American Century
Item:
  • 2172   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places
Date:
  • 12/30/1999
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0685
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...A history of the last 100 years from the pages of the "Ellsworth American", which is a weekly paper produced in Ellsworth, Maine...

File Attachment:
GEN 0685.pdf
…-EA, Nov. 16, 1949 MOUNT DESERT ISLAND 1/ISTORICAL SOCIETY Mount Desert Island High School Basketball Team, 1934-35. …off the south shore of Mount Desert Island, saw what he described as a "gray ghost." …MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Steamer Mount Desert leaving Island House dock, Southwest Harbor, early in the century. …She first came to Mount Desert Island in 1942 and it was on the island that she completed "Memoirs of Hadrian" (1951).
2184Special Millennium Edition, The Bar Harbor Times
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
...Some of the events covered are "The Timeline of Maine History" (4) and other special events pertaining to the history of Mount Desert Island...
  • The Bar Harbor Times
  • 12/28/2000
  • newspaper
Special Millennium Edition, The Bar Harbor Times
Item:
  • 2184   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • The Bar Harbor Times
Date:
  • 12/28/2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0698
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Some of the events covered are "The Timeline of Maine History" (4) and other special events pertaining to the history of Mount Desert Island...
2202Island Herald
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
...This issue includes the history of Jordan Pond House...
  • 8/12/1904
  • newspaper
Island Herald
Item:
  • 2202   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Date:
  • 8/12/1904
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0716
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...This issue includes the history of Jordan Pond House...