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| Item | Title | Type | Subject | Description | Creator | Date | Property Name | Street | Pages | Medium | Condition | |
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| 6084 | Geology of Mount Desert Island |
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| 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. |
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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. | ||
| 6091 | Congregational Sewing Circle Cook Book |
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| Grey/blue covered cookbook compiled by the sewing circle women of the Bar Harbor Congregational Church. Included are a few recipe clippings published in the Boston Post under "Recipes of New England Housewives". |
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Description: Grey/blue covered cookbook compiled by the sewing circle women of the Bar Harbor Congregational Church. Included are a few recipe clippings published in the Boston Post under "Recipes of New England Housewives". | ||
| 6092 | Yachtsmen's Guide & Business Directory |
| "Captain Timothy" (Tim Butler of Seal Cove ?), as manager of Clifton Dock in Northeast Harbor, narrates this guidebook for yachtsmen anchoring in Northeast Harbor. B/W Photographs with ads from local businesses. |
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Description: "Captain Timothy" (Tim Butler of Seal Cove ?), as manager of Clifton Dock in Northeast Harbor, narrates this guidebook for yachtsmen anchoring in Northeast Harbor. B/W Photographs with ads from local businesses. | |||||
| 6093 | Winslow Homer's Right and Left |
| Pre-publication copy of a chapter in John Wilmerding's book" Studies in the History of Art 9" re Homer's 1909 oil painting "Right and Left" |
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Description: Pre-publication copy of a chapter in John Wilmerding's book" Studies in the History of Art 9" re Homer's 1909 oil painting "Right and Left" | ||||
| 6112 | Everyday Art |
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| Photographs of natural settings in Acadia National Park with lyrics by Bill Hanson. |
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Description: Photographs of natural settings in Acadia National Park with lyrics by Bill Hanson. | ||||
| 6114 | A Brief History of the Bar Harbor Yacht Club 1885-1982 |
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| History of the Bar Harbor Yacht Club and list of Commodores. |
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Description: History of the Bar Harbor Yacht Club and list of Commodores. | ||||
| 6116 | Racing Instructions |
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| Fleet manual with racing instructions, schedules, charts, and racing boat specifications. |
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Description: Fleet manual with racing instructions, schedules, charts, and racing boat specifications. | |||
| 6119 | Cuckoos on the Hearth |
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| Script of a three-act play by Parker Fennelly of New York and Northeast Harbor. It was staged at the Morosco Theater in NY in October 1941 under direction of Antoinette Perry. 1st copyright title " Two Story House" 1941; Cuckoos on the Hearth 1942. Scan: Cover, first pages only. |
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Description: Script of a three-act play by Parker Fennelly of New York and Northeast Harbor. It was staged at the Morosco Theater in NY in October 1941 under direction of Antoinette Perry. 1st copyright title " Two Story House" 1941; Cuckoos on the Hearth 1942. Scan: Cover, first pages only. | |||
| 6122 | 12 Walks on Mount Desert Island |
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| Pocket guide to several hiking trails on Mount Desert Island; maps included |
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Description: Pocket guide to several hiking trails on Mount Desert Island; maps included | |||
| 6123 | Hiking Guide to Acadia National Park and Mt. Desert Island |
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| Selected hikes and walks on Mount Desert Island with maps. |
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Description: Selected hikes and walks on Mount Desert Island with maps. | |||
| 6128 | Mount Desert Island Acadia National Park |
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| Tour guide prepared by the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce describing the villages on the Island and Acadia National Park. There are recommended road trips Many Photographs including those as part of ads. |
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Description: Tour guide prepared by the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce describing the villages on the Island and Acadia National Park. There are recommended road trips Many Photographs including those as part of ads. | |||
| 6129 | Alfred Adler's Individual Psychology |
| Monograph "Alfred Adler's Individual Psychology" inscribed to Mrs. William R. Fay and autographed by author/daughter Alexandra Gregersen about Adlerian concepts and used in contemporary theory and practice of psychology and psychoanalysis. |
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Description: Monograph "Alfred Adler's Individual Psychology" inscribed to Mrs. William R. Fay and autographed by author/daughter Alexandra Gregersen about Adlerian concepts and used in contemporary theory and practice of psychology and psychoanalysis. | |||||
| 6131 | Lev Vladimir Goriansky |
| Born in 1/1894 in Kharkov, Russia. There was five sons & one daughter in the family. He attended Art School, was in the Navy, during the Revolution he came to the USA. He painted on MDI. |
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Description: Born in 1/1894 in Kharkov, Russia. There was five sons & one daughter in the family. He attended Art School, was in the Navy, during the Revolution he came to the USA. He painted on MDI. | |||||
| 6137 | General Andrew B. Spurling and Second Maine Cavalry |
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| Biography of General Andrew B. Spurling and the Second Maine Cavalry. Civil War. Compiled from official, individual, newspaper, etc. reports. |
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Description: Biography of General Andrew B. Spurling and the Second Maine Cavalry. Civil War. Compiled from official, individual, newspaper, etc. reports. | ||
| 6138 | Beyond God's Pocket |
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| Collection of writings about the travels of Captain Samuel Hadlock of Cranberry Isles and George Niagungitok and Mary Coonunnak, the Eskimos who accompanied him. |
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Description: Collection of writings about the travels of Captain Samuel Hadlock of Cranberry Isles and George Niagungitok and Mary Coonunnak, the Eskimos who accompanied him. | |||
| 6139 | A Little Boy In Little Boston |
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| A soft covered book with stories of childhood of Francis G. Peabody in Boston. |
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Description: A soft covered book with stories of childhood of Francis G. Peabody in Boston. | |||
| 6140 | Reminiscences of The Vaughan Family |
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| Booklet containing reminiscences of the Vaughan Family esp. Benjamin Vaughan, LL.D. Read before the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, August 2, 1865. |
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Description: Booklet containing reminiscences of the Vaughan Family esp. Benjamin Vaughan, LL.D. Read before the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, August 2, 1865. | ||
| 6141 | The Vincent Astor Foundation 1948-1997 |
| Provides an overview of the foundation's grantmaking between 1960 and 1997. Includes board president's message, grants lists for each year, 1997 financial statements, and lists of 1997 and previous board members and staff. |
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Description: Provides an overview of the foundation's grantmaking between 1960 and 1997. Includes board president's message, grants lists for each year, 1997 financial statements, and lists of 1997 and previous board members and staff. | |||||
| 6143 | On the Occasion of the Presentation of National Medal of Arts |
| Mrs. Vincent Astor |
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| 6148 | Right Development of Mount Desert |
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| Small essay outlining Mr. Eliot's thoughts about the development of Mount Desert as a pleasure and health resort with regards to environment, marine activity (sailing and fishing), locally grown food, and the economy (creating jobs for locals.) |
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Description: Small essay outlining Mr. Eliot's thoughts about the development of Mount Desert as a pleasure and health resort with regards to environment, marine activity (sailing and fishing), locally grown food, and the economy (creating jobs for locals.) | |||
| 6150 | The Bar Harbor Directory |
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| Cottage directory. Scan: Cover, first pages only. |
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| 6152 | Tragedies & Triumphs |
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| Lecture regarding founding of Acadia National Park by Charles Eliot, George B. Dorr and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. |
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Description: Lecture regarding founding of Acadia National Park by Charles Eliot, George B. Dorr and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. | |||
| 6154 | Sutton Island Maine: Its Houses, People, Animals, Weather |
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| Developmental history of Sutton Island which includes information on land owners and families, including John Gilley, Mary Cabot Wheelwright, and Rachel Field. |
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Description: Developmental history of Sutton Island which includes information on land owners and families, including John Gilley, Mary Cabot Wheelwright, and Rachel Field. | |||
| 6155 | The Privileges of Old Age |
| A small bound book written by a long time summer resident of Northeast Harbor (1847-1936), a Unitarian theologian. |
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Description: A small bound book written by a long time summer resident of Northeast Harbor (1847-1936), a Unitarian theologian. | ||||
| 6156 | Mount Desert: The Early French Visits |
| Booklet describing French discovery & exploration of Mount Desert, 1604 Mount Desert: Early History |
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Description: Booklet describing French discovery & exploration of Mount Desert, 1604 Mount Desert: Early History |
