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Item Object ID Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
5716Bar Harbor Maine's Great Coast Resort Gateway to Lafayette National Park
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
...Summer Homes as seen from Bar Island 18. The Gorge Road 19. Pleasure boats, Jackies Landing from a Warship 20...Church of the Holy Redeemer, Mount Desert Street 43. Newport House 44. DeGregoire Hotel 45. View of Somes Sound 46. St...Saviour's Episcopal Church, Mount Desert Street 47. The Ovens on the Bay Shore 48. Eagle Lake, source of Bar Harbor's water supply 49...Peonies in bloom at the Mount Desert nurseries...
  • 1 book
  • started to deteriorate
Bar Harbor Maine's Great Coast Resort Gateway to Lafayette National Park
Item:
  • 5716   
Type:
  • Publication, Guidebook
Subject:
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2102
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • started to deteriorate
Description:
...Summer Homes as seen from Bar Island 18. The Gorge Road 19. Pleasure boats, Jackies Landing from a Warship 20...Church of the Holy Redeemer, Mount Desert Street 43. Newport House 44. DeGregoire Hotel 45. View of Somes Sound 46. St...Saviour's Episcopal Church, Mount Desert Street 47. The Ovens on the Bay Shore 48. Eagle Lake, source of Bar Harbor's water supply 49...Peonies in bloom at the Mount Desert nurseries...
7184Rivers Clippings Collection Alphabetical Files
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • People
  • Places
...Bar Harbor Bar Harbor Airlines Bar Harbor Yacht Club Bartlett, Irene Bartlett Island Bass, Robert Beal & Bunker Ferry Beal, David A...Boyden Gray, Inez Great Duck Island Green, Joe Green Mountain Railway H Hadlock, Elmer Hadlock, Wendell S. Hagberg, Karol Hall, Thomas S...Merrill Haynes, Richard Heckscher, August Heckshire, Claude Higgins, Victor & Ruby Hill, Gerald Hill, Percey History Holmes, Bernard (Bun) Housing...Mason Mount Desert Mount Desert Boys in WWII Mount Desert Festival of Chamber Music Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Public Health Murphy, Maitland...
  • 1 filing cabinet
  • folders with articles and clippings
Rivers Clippings Collection Alphabetical Files
Item:
  • 7184   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
  • Places
Collection:
  • Rivers Clippings Alphabetical Files
Object ID:
  • RCAF
Location:
  • Rivers Clippings filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 filing cabinet
Medium:
  • folders with articles and clippings
Description:
...Bar Harbor Bar Harbor Airlines Bar Harbor Yacht Club Bartlett, Irene Bartlett Island Bass, Robert Beal & Bunker Ferry Beal, David A...Boyden Gray, Inez Great Duck Island Green, Joe Green Mountain Railway H Hadlock, Elmer Hadlock, Wendell S. Hagberg, Karol Hall, Thomas S...Merrill Haynes, Richard Heckscher, August Heckshire, Claude Higgins, Victor & Ruby Hill, Gerald Hill, Percey History Holmes, Bernard (Bun) Housing...Mason Mount Desert Mount Desert Boys in WWII Mount Desert Festival of Chamber Music Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Public Health Murphy, Maitland...

File Attachment:
Rivers Clippings Alphabetical Files b.pdf
…Mason Morfit named COA trustee , April 6, 1989 Mount Desert - People around Mount Desert Island: Donald McPheters , The Bar Harbor Times, November …Desert Island Mount Desert Public Health - Mount Desert Island , scenes, buildings etc. …Desert Island , The Ellsworth American, August 29, 1985 - CCC left permanent mark on Mount Desert Island , The Ellsworth American, December 5, 1985 …of Mount Desert Rock , The Islander Magazine, August 1983 (Vol.
6102Sieur De Monts National Monument - The White Mountain National Forest
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Park
...Article provides history and descriptions of the area covered under the U.S. Monuments Act of 1906. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)...
  • George B. Dorr
  • 1917
  • 64
  • good
Sieur De Monts National Monument - The White Mountain National Forest
Item:
  • 6102   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • George B. Dorr
Date:
  • 1917
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Sieur de Monts National Monument
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 719 DORR
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 64
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...Article provides history and descriptions of the area covered under the U.S. Monuments Act of 1906. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)...

File Attachment:
SCB 719 DORR.pdf
…Desert Island on the coast of Maine, whose crowning glory in a resort and scenic sense that island is and has been for the last half century. …the Champlain made his first landing within this on Mount Desert Island, close to Bar Harbor seaward side wherever he first found safe beaching …Desert Island, seem to me to describe a plan of comprehensive and striking interest. …Two National Monuments: the Desert and the Ocean Front. XV. Natural Bird Gardens on Mount Desert Island. XVI.
6103Memorial of Champlain Discoverer of Mt. Desert, 1604-1904
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...Grey booklet about the memorial to Samuel de Champlain, discoverer of Mount Desert Island...
  • 1906
  • 1 book
Memorial of Champlain Discoverer of Mt. Desert, 1604-1904
Item:
  • 6103   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1906
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 719 MEMORIAL
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 1 book
Description:
...Grey booklet about the memorial to Samuel de Champlain, discoverer of Mount Desert Island...
7047Maine: Her place in history
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations
  • Places
Address delivered at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, November 4, 1876 and in convention of the Legislature of Maine, February 6, 1877, by Joshua L. Chamberlain; with a communication from the governor and the Report of the Centennial Commission. Published by order of the Legislature of Maine of February 7, 1877. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • 1877
  • 131
  • 1 book
  • fair
Maine: Her place in history
Item:
  • 7047   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • Places
Date:
  • 1877
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 CH
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 131
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Address delivered at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, November 4, 1876 and in convention of the Legislature of Maine, February 6, 1877, by Joshua L. Chamberlain; with a communication from the governor and the Report of the Centennial Commission. Published by order of the Legislature of Maine of February 7, 1877. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)

File Attachment:
SCB 974.1 CH.pdf
…and found a Khode Island bower lives 17 The attempt of Erik's sons* new Northland here, belongs Leif's buldir history. …above Mount Katahdiii and the city of Montreal. Champlain accompanied him on voyage. …Desert. Tiii-y named their station St. …Desert.
7052Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1907
  • 58
  • 1 book
  • fragile
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
Item:
  • 7052   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Maine Historical Society
Date:
  • 1907
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 POP
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 58
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)

File Attachment:
SCB 974.1 POP.pdf
…as Popham's fort was This permission was granted, and subse- quently the War Department cal Society a sufficient the yard of Fort donated to the Histori …Captain John Smith until the arrival of reinforcements fi-om England but even then, only a year and eight months after spirit of ; the northern colony deserted …The " Fair English town " too " of fifty houses, with its church and fort mounted and entrenched " has dwindled to fifteen buildings of all kinds, the …It is the recognition of an interesting and significant event in colonial history, and a tribute to the memory of men whose enterprise and bravery are