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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...
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...
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...
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...
2264Preliminary Timeline Mount Desert History
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...An historical timeline of Mount Desert from 1590 to 2001. See also Item 1971...
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 26 typed sheets
  • paper
  • good
Preliminary Timeline Mount Desert History
Item:
  • 2264   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0788
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 26 typed sheets
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...An historical timeline of Mount Desert from 1590 to 2001. See also Item 1971...
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...
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...
6181Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
...Stapled excerpt from SECOND ANNUAL REPORT UPON THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF MAINE (in this collection), plus indexes & reading lists...
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 6181   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • People
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 15
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
...Stapled excerpt from SECOND ANNUAL REPORT UPON THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF MAINE (in this collection), plus indexes & reading lists...
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...
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...
6189MDI History
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
...Mount Desert Island, from "Traditions and Records", Nellie C. Thornton 4. Excerpts of "The European Discovery of America", S. E. Morison 5...Morison "The Story of Mount Desert Island" 14. "The European Discovery", excerpted from S. E...Morison "The Story of Mount Desert Island" 15. unspecified 16...Records of the First Church of Mount Desert, 1792-1867 21. Valuation Notes 1831-1880 22. Meeting notes, West Eden May 7, 189? 23...
MDI History
Item:
  • 6189   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 23
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
...Mount Desert Island, from "Traditions and Records", Nellie C. Thornton 4. Excerpts of "The European Discovery of America", S. E. Morison 5...Morison "The Story of Mount Desert Island" 14. "The European Discovery", excerpted from S. E...Morison "The Story of Mount Desert Island" 15. unspecified 16...Records of the First Church of Mount Desert, 1792-1867 21. Valuation Notes 1831-1880 22. Meeting notes, West Eden May 7, 189? 23...
3734Historical Map of Mount Desert Island
  • Map
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Limited edition map. Edition was 100 copies. This is number 36. Hand colored. Adhered to artist board and lacquered. Includes historical notes and drawings.
  • Joseph P. Sims
  • 1928
  • 1
  • MAP
Historical Map of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 3734   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Joseph P. Sims
Date:
  • 1928
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0188 JPS
Location:
  • 5C5
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Limited edition map. Edition was 100 copies. This is number 36. Hand colored. Adhered to artist board and lacquered. Includes historical notes and drawings.
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...
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...
6453Snapshot, (1840)
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
...History of Census of Mount Desert Island. Maps, Valuations in the town of Mount Desert, Shipping...
Snapshot, (1840)
Item:
  • 6453   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 68
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Description:
...History of Census of Mount Desert Island. Maps, Valuations in the town of Mount Desert, Shipping...
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...
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.
6372Smallidge, Robert
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
...Early History of Mount Desert & Some Early Families...
Smallidge, Robert
Item:
  • 6372   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 267
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Surname File
Description:
...Early History of Mount Desert & Some Early Families...

File Attachment:
6372.pdf
…Note;In Streets History of It Desert,he says,"The malitia were screened behind natural brest works-this enabled them to rest their guns, pick their men …DESERT (83) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Samuel Champlain,first saw the hills of Mt Desert in 1604,and named it Island of Desert Mountains. …-=- The early social and political history of the Island,is not too d=fr 1. erent f4om the rest of the area,except there was more emphasis on Far ming …title history as complicating as it is interesting.
6200Sawtelle notes
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • Organizations, Religious
  • People
...Notes from a history of the Baptists in Maine as related to Mount Desert Island and Cranberry Isles...
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 7
Sawtelle notes
Item:
  • 6200   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • People
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 29
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Subject File
Pages:
  • 7
Description:
...Notes from a history of the Baptists in Maine as related to Mount Desert Island and Cranberry Isles...
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...
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...
7359The Champlain Society
  • Reference
  • Organizations
...Eliot, organized the Champlain Society, a group of Harvard undergraduates, to explore Mount Desert Island and study various topics of natural history:...
The Champlain Society
Item:
  • 7359   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations
Description:
...Eliot, organized the Champlain Society, a group of Harvard undergraduates, to explore Mount Desert Island and study various topics of natural history:...
6194Salisbury genealogy
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
...Photocopies of the Mount Desert Island Salisbury families. Taken from the Salisbury family records. Available at Jesup Library...
  • Robert Perry Salisbury
Salisbury genealogy
Item:
  • 6194   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Robert Perry Salisbury
Collection:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records
Object ID:
  • 28
Location:
  • Suminsby Genealogical Records Surname File
Description:
...Photocopies of the Mount Desert Island Salisbury families. Taken from the Salisbury family records. Available at Jesup Library...

File Attachments:
6194 a.pdf
…The two daughter's married and remained at Sackville, while Ebenezer and his three sons removed to Mount Desert Island 1764. …He was the first Salsbury that settled on this Island of Mount Desert. "Old Uncle Ebenezer Salsbury" died about 1786. …Reuben Salsbury (1750-1816) married Abigail Bunker, they lived at MDI, were for a time on Ironbound Island, and died at Lamoine; they had 7 children.

6194 b.pdf
…Desert Island, ME, about 1772. Changed spelling of his surname to Salsbury. 0330 Joseph. b. 17 Jan 1705/6 at Rehoboth, MA. m. …Desert Island, ME, about 1772. d. 12 Feb 1816. m. Abigail, dau of Benjamin, Sr., & Abigail (Adams) Bunker, on 30 Jun 1777 at Mt. Desert, ME. …NOTE: From "VITAL RECORDS OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND .... 1776-1820" May ye 31st 1777 X Ebenezer Salsburys Cattles marks a hole in ye right ear May ye 31st …Ebenezer's daughters, Suzannah and Bathsheba both married other settlers and remained behind when the family relocated to Mount Desert It Island, Maine
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.
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