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2674GXS Collection
  • Collection
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
...This collection is an assortment of ephemera relating to coastal Maine, Maine history, and inns, motels, hotels and homes on Mount Desert Island and in...
Description:
...This collection is an assortment of ephemera relating to coastal Maine, Maine history, and inns, motels, hotels and homes on Mount Desert Island and in...


File Attachment:
GXS Collection Finding Aid-August 2023.pdf
…, and inns, motels, hotels, and homes on Mount Desert Island and Hancock County. …Folder 30 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, by W. B. Lapham, 1887. …Surf at Seal Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine 70. Mount Desert from Islesford, ME (1952) 71. Hotel Florence and Village Green, Bar Harbor, ME 72. …Desert, Maine 83. Atlantic Comber, Mount Desert Island, Maine 84. Boat Shop at Bass Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine 85.
6982GXS Collection - Books and Souvenir Booklets
  • Collection
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings
...Folder 2 A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, Maine, 190?, W. H. Sherman, 68 pages : chiefly illustrations...Folder 3 (not yet scanned) Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, 1888, William Berry Lapham, 72 pages: illustrations...Folder 30 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, by W. B. Lapham, 1887...Folder 51 Mount Desert on the coast of Maine, by Mrs. Clara Barnes Martin, 1870 (very fragile)...
Description:
...Folder 2 A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, Maine, 190?, W. H. Sherman, 68 pages : chiefly illustrations...Folder 3 (not yet scanned) Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, 1888, William Berry Lapham, 72 pages: illustrations...Folder 30 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, by W. B. Lapham, 1887...Folder 51 Mount Desert on the coast of Maine, by Mrs. Clara Barnes Martin, 1870 (very fragile)...


File Attachments:
GXS Books Folder 32.pdf
…Among the islands named by him are Matinicus (Orsenes Isles), Isle au Haut, Mount Desert Island, Petit Manan (Menanan), and, farther east, Great Wass IslandDESERT ISLAND Clara B. Martin. Mount Desert, on the Coast of Maine. Portland, 1874. G 67 Descriptive booklets such as Mrs. …G The light station on Mount Desert Rock, about 20 miles from the mainland, was built in 1830. …P., 116 Morton, Oliver P., 54 Moulton, Louise Chandler, 99 Mount Desert Island, 1, 71, 114-117, 122 Mount Desert Rock Light, 123 Mowat, Henry, 26, 27 Munjoy
6981GXS Collection - Ephemera
  • Collection
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • Places, Island
...Folder 26 Mount Desert Island Real Estate Co., share certificate for Geo. C. Ming dated August 23, 1888 for fifteen shares in capital stock...Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island...Island" by Diane White...The island in question is Frenchboro...
Description:
...Folder 26 Mount Desert Island Real Estate Co., share certificate for Geo. C. Ming dated August 23, 1888 for fifteen shares in capital stock...Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island...Island" by Diane White...The island in question is Frenchboro...
6888Woman's Literary Club Collection
  • Collection
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Other, Literature
  • People
...Club members actively wrote papers (many award-winning) ranging from poetry to local family histories and biographies of famous artists...
  • 17 boxes (11 legal-size document boxes, 3 record carton boxes, 4 flat storage boxes)
  • manuscripts, typescripts, letters, annual meeting notes, scrapbooks, news clippings, photographs, meeting programs, photographs, objects
Description:
...Club members actively wrote papers (many award-winning) ranging from poetry to local family histories and biographies of famous artists...


File Attachment:
WLC Collection Finding Aid.pdf
…of Mount Desert Island) Untitled (History of Mount Desert Island) w/ notes and drafts Manchester Ancestry Untitled (Mythology) Untitled (Thanksgiving) …Hill Address at Southwest Harbor Neighborhood House to the Mount Desert Island Federation of Women s Clubs Stella L. …of Mount Desert Island, 1949 Norman Rockwell Maine Summer Resorts The Northeast Harbor Library, 1933 Wills Milling and Shipping Industries of Mount Desert …Off Mount Desert, 1933 E.
6980GXS Collection - Hotels, Inns, Schools, Homes, Buildings
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging
  • Structures, Dwellings
  • Structures, Institutional, School
...Seal Harbor Folder 13 The Glen Cove, Seal Harbor, brochure about the house and surrounding area, includes map of the island, undated...Folder 54 Inn at Canoe Point, brochure, 1987 Southwest Harbor Folder 55 The Island House, bed & breakfast inn on Mount Desert Island, brochure...Folder 58 Historic Lewiston: A self-guided tour of our history, architecture and culture, brochure of historic buildings and sites with map, 2001...
Description:
...Seal Harbor Folder 13 The Glen Cove, Seal Harbor, brochure about the house and surrounding area, includes map of the island, undated...Folder 54 Inn at Canoe Point, brochure, 1987 Southwest Harbor Folder 55 The Island House, bed & breakfast inn on Mount Desert Island, brochure...Folder 58 Historic Lewiston: A self-guided tour of our history, architecture and culture, brochure of historic buildings and sites with map, 2001...
7182Benjamin Graves Record Books
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Building Business
...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...
  • 1897-1951
  • 1 box - 8 ledgers
  • ledger books
Description:
...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...


File Attachment:
Graves Ledger Index.pdf
…J.G. 32 1900 Trask, Charles 32 1900 Mount Desert Nurseries 33 1900 Manchester, Mr. D.J. 33 1900 Corning, Parker 33 1900 Howe, Mrs. …Morris 178 1932 Mount Desert, Town of 179 1931 Hill, P.P. 182 1931 Mount Desert, Town of 182 1932 Nelson, Otto Co. 183 1931 Malcolm, Judson 183 1932 Small …Ethel 279 1933 Mount Desert, Town of 283 1932 Mount Desert, Town of 287 1934 LEDGER # E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E …Desert, Town of 416 1934 Mount Desert, Town of 418 1934 Morris, Samuel 425 1933 Kimball, Elliott 429 1930 Crowe, Mrs.
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...
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...
6453Snapshot, (1840)
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
...History of Census of Mount Desert Island. Maps, Valuations in the town of Mount Desert, Shipping...
Description:
...History of Census of Mount Desert Island. Maps, Valuations in the town of Mount Desert, Shipping...
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


File Attachment:
6444.pdf
Desert." SITUATION AND CONNECTION OF THE ISLAND. Mt. Desert Island is situated on the eastern coast of Maine, in Lat. 44deg. 15 min. …HISTORY OF MT. …Mount It is evident the Des-ert. …MODERN HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES. The "Modern History" of Mt.
6372Smallidge, Robert
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
...Early History of Mount Desert & Some Early Families...
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
Description:
...Notes from a history of the Baptists in Maine as related to Mount Desert Island and Cranberry Isles...
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
Description:
...Photocopies of the Mount Desert Island Salisbury families. Taken from the Salisbury family records. Available at Jesup Library...


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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
6185Eben M. Hamor Manuscript - Books 1 & 2
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
...From Raymond Strout collection. records of the Plantation and Town of Mount Desert and Bar Harbor to 1825. Typescript...
  • Eben M. Hamor
Description:
...From Raymond Strout collection. records of the Plantation and Town of Mount Desert and Bar Harbor to 1825. Typescript...


File Attachments:
6185 bk. 1.pdf
…reeholdera and othe1'1 inhabitants .or the Island of Mount Desert and ths Oranberry and Placentia Islands, to assemble and meet together at the House …s Island and Doech Island together with the Inhabitants thereof be and they are hereby Inoorpor.ated into a Town by the name or Mount Desert, and Whereas …Aonsier and Madame De Gregoire all auch parts and parcels of the Island of Mount Desert, and tho other Islands and tracts of land particularly descri …Kittridge 1Ls the only Physician on the Island of Mount Desert.

6185 bk. 2.pdf
…When I commenced looking up the history or Uount Desert and den, I found this Old Record Book in tho /Mount Desert Clerk's office in bad condition, …some othera, early residents or the Island of Mount Desert. …Mount Desert as follows. …incorporated into the tow of Ede the island of Mount Desert lying mentioned Bar Island, Green Islands, Black Island, Thompson's Isl hd and Sheep Porcupine
6280Nathaniel and Mary Hadlock
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
..."History of the Hadlocks", by Sawtelle, William Otis...NOTE: The last document is a scan of the first pages of "The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society", Volume 1, 1998, containing...
Description:
..."History of the Hadlocks", by Sawtelle, William Otis...NOTE: The last document is a scan of the first pages of "The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society", Volume 1, 1998, containing...
6355Richards
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
Connections: Knowles, Thomas, Thompson, Hinckley, Richards. The Winthrop Fleet of 1630, by Banks, Charles Edward. Richards Genealogy, by Swett, David L. & Wescott, Elizabeth C.
Description:
Connections: Knowles, Thomas, Thompson, Hinckley, Richards. The Winthrop Fleet of 1630, by Banks, Charles Edward. Richards Genealogy, by Swett, David L. & Wescott, Elizabeth C.


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6355 a.pdf
…of Mount Desert Island, Maine. …Died: 12 December 1807+ Died: 22 March 1814+ Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island American Revolutionary War They went from Gloucester to MDI in the …NOTE: Children listed in Small's History of Swan's Island NOTE: m (I) for her with Wm. …census Small's History of Swan's Island 'kxkxkxkxkxkxxxxkxkxkxxkxkkxkxkkkxkkkkkkxkkxxxkxxkxxxxxxxxxkxxxxxxxkxxkkk IV-87 Mary C.

6355 b.pdf
Desert at Seal Cove, lived a Mrs. …Smith b. 1875 d. 1885 of epilepsy SOURCES: History of Bartlett's Island Eden Vitals I-88 i ii Census 1850-1880 f1 ******************************** …Galley b. c1857 SOURCES: +MD Vitals History of Bartlett's Island Census 1870 xkkNOTE: Mace children: Jane b. c 1837; Hannah b. c1839; Augusta b. c1841; …vi vii SOURCES: 1900 MD Census 1903 History of Bartlett's Island ************************************************************* VI-94 Alice s.

6355 c.pdf
…Story of Mount Desert Island by Samuel Eliot Morison Little, Brown and Company 1960. A short, interesting account of MDI by a prominent historian 3. …Mount Desert--George E. …Small's History of Swan's Island 26. …Census Records for Mount Desert Island 1790-1910. The Richardson name has been quite carefully checked through 1870 and reasonably so since that.
6290Hoyt, Simon
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
...Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight & Hight Families, by Hoyt, David W. Genealogical Researcher, by Kincaid, Peter A...
Description:
...Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight & Hight Families, by Hoyt, David W. Genealogical Researcher, by Kincaid, Peter A...


File Attachments:
6290 l.pdf
…They were forced to flee from Connecticut across Long Island Sound to Lloyd's Neck. Here on Long Island they joined many other loyal refugees. …I would also like to thank Judith Baxter for permission to use her pencil sketch of Mount Pleasant prior to its restoration. …He returned to England and died on the Island of Guernsey in 1857. …Perley, Esq. concluded his lectures on the Early History of New Brunswick 20 R. S.

6290 m.pdf
…Newport, Rhode Island........ do. do. .. . Eaton's Neck, Lung Island .. do. do. .. .. …, and that at some future period the vast and northern deserts of Acadia and Canada will give laws to all North America. …Frost found an asylum at Lloyd's Neck, Long Island. …Half after eleven. we are brought to by the guard ship at City Island.
6228Bunker's Genealogy
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • People
"Bunker Genealogy: Descendants of James Bunker of Dover, N. H.", by Moran Jr. Edward Carleton Moran Jr. Bunker, from Sawtelle Records. Archive copy: phocopied by Louise Pyle, original owned by Robert Pyle. Uploaded copy: from archive.org
Description:
"Bunker Genealogy: Descendants of James Bunker of Dover, N. H.", by Moran Jr. Edward Carleton Moran Jr. Bunker, from Sawtelle Records. Archive copy: phocopied by Louise Pyle, original owned by Robert Pyle. Uploaded copy: from archive.org


File Attachments:
6228.pdf
…On 27 Feb. 1762 the Massachusetts General Court granted the whole island of Mount Desert to Governor Francis Bernard, who made a genealogically valuable …of Mount Desert, 1762 (Sparks Manu scripts in Harvard College Library; Bangor Historical Magazine 2:186; Street s Mt. …At Mount Desert Town Meeting 11 April 1780, he was chosen member of Committee of Corres pondence, Inspection and Safety (Mt. Desert T.R.). …Desert, Me., Town Rec. 1 :20 ; Street: History Mt.
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
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...
1722Mount Desert Island Facts
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...General facts, statistics, historical and political information of Mount Desert Island...
  • 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
Description:
...Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs...
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
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...
6026Catalog of Woodcarvings and other designs by Charles Savage 1918-1970
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Object, Art, Sculpture
Photographs and descriptions of the carvings of Charles K. Savage.
  • 1970
  • book with slipcase
Description:
Photographs and descriptions of the carvings of Charles K. Savage.


File Attachment:
Scrapbook 2 CS.pdf
…suitable design for a bronze table which would be placed on the then new Mount Desert Island Narrows bridge to honor the "Soldiers, Sailors and Marines …MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BRIDGE TABLET Photograph of the original sepia rendering on Bristol board, 1918. …Have you seen Mount Desert in October? …It has become a noteworthy feature of the Mount Desert Island region, the reservation being adjacent to Acadia National Park. :x82 }. ..
7367Woman's Literary Club Collection - Box 17
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Other, Other Texts
  • People
2 scrapbooks of the Woman's Literary Club of Northeast Harbor: - Green, 1960's-1970's - Marbled white, 1970s-1980s Contain news clippings, letters, awards, photographs.
  • 1960s-1980s
  • Scrapbooks
Description:
2 scrapbooks of the Woman's Literary Club of Northeast Harbor: - Green, 1960's-1970's - Marbled white, 1970s-1980s Contain news clippings, letters, awards, photographs.


File Attachments:
Scrapbook 1 Box 17.pdf
…New officers of the Mount Desert Island Federation and Hancock County Union of Women's Club (RIGHT PHOTO) are, left to right, Mrs. …Ladies from Mount Desert Island taking part in the Mount Desert Island Federation and Hancock County Union of Women's Clubs at the Union Congregational …Morison's "Story of Mount Desert Island." …Richard Smith, retiring president of the Mount Desert Island Federation, spoke briefly of the 54th annual meeting at Bucksport. Mrs.

Scrapbook 2 Box 17.pdf
…After the business meeting. members responded to a Roll Call on Mount Desert Island artists. Mrs. …Mount Desert) 6.30 p.m. …John Phelps served refreshments in the teacher's room after club members left the rehearsal. as Maritime History of Mount Desert Island as researched …With such a background it was very natural that he chose to speak on Birds of Mount Desert Island.
7366Woman's Literary Club Collection - Box 16
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Other, Other Texts
  • People
2 scrapbooks of the Woman's Literary Club of Northeast Harbor: - Green with flowers in a vase, 1930's-1950's - Red with crowns, 1950s-1960s Contain news clippings, photographs.
  • 1930s-1960s
  • Scrapbooks
Description:
2 scrapbooks of the Woman's Literary Club of Northeast Harbor: - Green with flowers in a vase, 1930's-1950's - Red with crowns, 1950s-1960s Contain news clippings, photographs.


File Attachments:
Scrapbook 1 Box 16.pdf
Desert Island! …Manchester has spent her entire life on Mount Desert Island, the past 63 at Northeast Harbor. …Desert Island. Mrs. …Paul Favour, jr. will read her mother's paper, "The Development of Mount Desert Island as a Summer Resort', written by Mrs.

Scrapbook 2 Box 16.pdf
…He loved Mount Desert Island The service was conducted by the club president, Mrs. …Rlchard Savage, club president, for 'the Mount Desert Public Health Nursing Service, the Mount Desert Island Child Guidance Association and the purchase …of Mount Desert by Street, the Story of Mount Desert Island, by Samuel Eliot Morison, John Gilley, by _ Char! …D. 155, "An Act Relating to Bow and Arrow Hunting on Mount Desert Island, Hancock County."
7361Woman's Literary Club Collection - Box 11
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Other, Other Texts
  • People
Scrapbook in commemoration of the 80th year of the Woman's Club of Northeast Harbor. Contains manuscripts, typescripts, news clippings, photographs, programs.
  • 1988
  • Brown ring binder
Description:
Scrapbook in commemoration of the 80th year of the Woman's Club of Northeast Harbor. Contains manuscripts, typescripts, news clippings, photographs, programs.


File Attachment:
Scrapbook Box 11.pdf
Desert Island's first settlers, James Richardson, she was fascinated with the island's history as well as that of the Maine Indian .She spent most of her …Desert Island's first settlers, James Richardson in 1762, she was fascinated and knowledgeable of the island's history as well as that …Third and fourth places were awarded to Dorie Cross and Erica Wells from Mount Desert Island High School. …Third and founb places were awarded to Dorie Cross and Erica Wells from Mount Desert Island High School.