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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
6160Mount Desert Scrapbook
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Places, Island
Articles about MDI pasted into scrapbook. "Mount Desert on the Coast of Maine" (by Clara Barnes Martin), "A Week on Mt. Desert" parts 1-4, poetry, "Mount Desert", "Mount Desert and its Scenery."
  • ca. 1867
  • Light brown notebook with articles pasted to pages
  • fair
Description:
Articles about MDI pasted into scrapbook. "Mount Desert on the Coast of Maine" (by Clara Barnes Martin), "A Week on Mt. Desert" parts 1-4, poetry, "Mount Desert", "Mount Desert and its Scenery."
6140Reminiscences of The Vaughan Family
  • Publication, Book
  • People
Booklet containing reminiscences of the Vaughan Family esp. Benjamin Vaughan, LL.D. Read before the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, August 2, 1865.
  • John H. Sheppard
  • 1865
  • 40
  • 1 book
  • fragile
Description:
Booklet containing reminiscences of the Vaughan Family esp. Benjamin Vaughan, LL.D. Read before the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, August 2, 1865.
7077Laws for the suppression of Drinking Houses and Tippling Shops
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, Other Texts
Published by order of the Legislature.
  • State of Maine
  • 1855
  • 43
  • 2 copies
  • fair
Description:
Published by order of the Legislature.
7063History of Vinalhaven
  • Publication, Book
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
A brief historical sketch of the Town of Vinalhaven from its earliest known settlement. Prepared by order of the town on the occasion of its One Hundredth Anniversary.
  • Albra Josephine Vinal
  • 1900
  • 84
  • 1 book
  • fair
Description:
A brief historical sketch of the Town of Vinalhaven from its earliest known settlement. Prepared by order of the town on the occasion of its One Hundredth Anniversary.
7051Waymouth Tercentenary
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
An account of the celebration of the landing of George Waymouth on the coast of Maine. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • 53
  • 1 book
  • fair
Description:
An account of the celebration of the landing of George Waymouth on the coast of Maine. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
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
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)
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
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)
7066Historical Sketches of Blue Hill, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Written by R. G. F. Candage, Brookline, Mass. Printed for the Blue Hill Historical Society (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • R. G. F. Candage
  • 1905
  • 83
  • 1 book
  • fair
Description:
Written by R. G. F. Candage, Brookline, Mass. Printed for the Blue Hill Historical Society (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
7050George Folsom, John A. Poor and a Century of Historical Research with reference to Early Colonial Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine.
  • Henry S. Burrage
  • 1926
  • 62
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine.
7060Kingfield Register - 1902
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
  • H. E. Mitchell
  • 1902
  • 30
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
7059New Vineyard and Strong Register - 1902
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
  • H. E. Mitchell, E. K. Woodard
  • 1902
  • 47
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
7061New Portland Register - 1902
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
  • H. E. Mitchell
  • 1902
  • 33
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
History-census reprinted and distributed by the Western Somerset Historical Society, David Bishop, President, Box 92, North New Portland, Maine 04961.
7053New England Old and New 1620-1920
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1920
  • 63
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
7062Roque Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
A paper given before the Colonial Society of Massachusetts on December 22, 1955.
  • John Peabody Monks
  • 1955
  • 11
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
A paper given before the Colonial Society of Massachusetts on December 22, 1955.
7049Maine Centennial Official Program 1820-1920
  • Document, Program
  • Events, Civic
Official program of State celebration for the One Hundredth Anniversary of Maine's entrance into the Union. Portland, June 26-July 5, 1920. Including list to towns to hold local observances and all other information regarding the event. Price 25 cents.
  • Virginia Tanner
  • 1920
  • 48
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
Official program of State celebration for the One Hundredth Anniversary of Maine's entrance into the Union. Portland, June 26-July 5, 1920. Including list to towns to hold local observances and all other information regarding the event. Price 25 cents.
7057Ancient Pemaquid
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places
Read before the Maine Historical Society, February 6, 1903.
  • Rev. Henry O. Thayer
  • 1903
  • 15
  • 1 booklet
  • fair
Description:
Read before the Maine Historical Society, February 6, 1903.
7068Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
A monthly magazine devoted to the history of Maine towns and families. Volume IX, No. 5, May 1898. Two Dollars Per Annum. Single number twenty five cents.
  • 1898
  • 31
  • 1 booklet
  • fair
Description:
A monthly magazine devoted to the history of Maine towns and families. Volume IX, No. 5, May 1898. Two Dollars Per Annum. Single number twenty five cents.
6041Consecration of the Chapel of St. Mary by the Sea
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, Religious
Purple booklet of service for the blessing of the church chapel in memory of Mary Spring from her husband Edward Newton Perkins.
  • 1882
  • 15
  • 1 book
  • fragile
Description:
Purple booklet of service for the blessing of the church chapel in memory of Mary Spring from her husband Edward Newton Perkins.
6090Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the Protection of the Woods from Fire
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Fire
  • Places
Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the protection of the woods from fire, upon the forest fires on the Island of Mount Desert, Me., in the year 1883, with a brief record of the same, and some suggestions for the better protection of the woods in the future.
  • Northeast Harbor Association for the protection of the Woods from Fire
  • 1884
  • 8
  • pamphlet
  • good
Description:
Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the protection of the woods from fire, upon the forest fires on the Island of Mount Desert, Me., in the year 1883, with a brief record of the same, and some suggestions for the better protection of the woods in the future.
7083The Indian of New England
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • People
The Indian of New England and the North-Eastern Provinces. A sketch of the life of an Indian hunter, ancient traditions relating to the Etchemin Tribe, their modes of life, fishing, hunting etc.
  • Nicola Tenesles
  • 1851
  • 24
  • 1 booklet
  • poor, very fragile
Description:
The Indian of New England and the North-Eastern Provinces. A sketch of the life of an Indian hunter, ancient traditions relating to the Etchemin Tribe, their modes of life, fishing, hunting etc.
7070First Report of the Geology of the Public Lands in the State of Maine
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Places
Resolve of the Legislature of Massachusetts, passed March 21, 1836. Senate, No. 89
  • Charles T. Jackson, M. D.
  • 1837
  • 47
  • 1 booklet
  • poor
Description:
Resolve of the Legislature of Massachusetts, passed March 21, 1836. Senate, No. 89
7097Richard Cary's Letter to the Society for propagating the Gospel
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
Red box containing a folded hard cover with a booklet inside.
  • Richard Cary
  • 1789
  • 9
  • 1 boxed book
  • good
Description:
Red box containing a folded hard cover with a booklet inside.
7297The Harbor Club - A History
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Places, Yacht Club
Preface by R. Anderson Pew
  • August Heckscher
  • 1995
  • 55
  • 1 book
  • good
Description:
Preface by R. Anderson Pew
6149John D. Rockefeller Jr.: Godfather to Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
A gray soft covered booklet, describing the vision of the richest man in the United States of America for Mount Desert Island. His foresight, patience, perseverance and action saved MDI.
  • Alice Stewart Eno
  • 52
  • 1 booklet
Description:
A gray soft covered booklet, describing the vision of the richest man in the United States of America for Mount Desert Island. His foresight, patience, perseverance and action saved MDI.
6114A Brief History of the Bar Harbor Yacht Club 1885-1982
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Other, History
  • People
History of the Bar Harbor Yacht Club and list of Commodores.
  • 1982
  • 7
  • 1 book
Description:
History of the Bar Harbor Yacht Club and list of Commodores.