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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. | ||
| 7049 | Maine Centennial Official Program 1820-1920 |
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| 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. |
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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. | ||
| 7053 | New England Old and New 1620-1920 |
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| 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). |
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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). | ||
| 6136 | Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent 1745-1827 |
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| Cover-title. Printed for private circulation. Note, p. [4], signed: Winthrop Sargent. |
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Description: Cover-title. Printed for private circulation. Note, p. [4], signed: Winthrop Sargent. | ||
| 7116 | A Down-East Yankee from the District of Maine |
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| A biography of John Neal (August 25, 1793 – June 20, 1876), the first American writer to represent "The United States of North America" in the British Quarterlies. |
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Description: A biography of John Neal (August 25, 1793 – June 20, 1876), the first American writer to represent "The United States of North America" in the British Quarterlies. | ||
| 6125 | Maine The Summer Playground of the Nation |
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| Pamphlet of the Maine State Information Bureau of the geography, physical, social, and climatic characteristics of Maine with Mount Desert Island included. Many b/w photographs. |
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Description: Pamphlet of the Maine State Information Bureau of the geography, physical, social, and climatic characteristics of Maine with Mount Desert Island included. Many b/w photographs. | |||
| 7410 | Mount Desert - The Story of Saint Sauveur |
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| Printed for private circulation in 1921. |
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| 6145 | Sir Francis Bernard and his Grant of Mount Desert |
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| About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor. |
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Description: About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor. | |||
| 6144 | Sir Samuel Argall, the First Englishman at Mount Desert |
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| Publication of a paper presented by William Sawtelle to the Maine Historical Society in 1923 about Samuel Argall, merchant tailor, of Bristol, England, and the first Englishman recorded to have visited Mount Desert Island in 1613. |
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Description: Publication of a paper presented by William Sawtelle to the Maine Historical Society in 1923 about Samuel Argall, merchant tailor, of Bristol, England, and the first Englishman recorded to have visited Mount Desert Island in 1613. | |||
| 7409 | Asticou Inn and Cottages |
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| Asticou Inn and Cottages, Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Advertising booklet of the Asticou Inn and its cottages. Several exterior and interior photographs of the inn, the surrounding buildings and areas and of the island are included. |
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Description: Asticou Inn and Cottages, Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Advertising booklet of the Asticou Inn and its cottages. Several exterior and interior photographs of the inn, the surrounding buildings and areas and of the island are included. | ||
| 7050 | George Folsom, John A. Poor and a Century of Historical Research with reference to Early Colonial Maine |
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| By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine. |
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Description: By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine. | ||
| 7197 | Cranberryana |
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| Booklet about the Cranberry Club, with a list of its members. |
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| 6062 | Report on the Safe Guiding of Public Welfare |
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| Alfred Mullikin, C. E. An engineering report to the Building Ordinances Committee of the town of Mount Desert on the character and location of buildings |
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Description: Alfred Mullikin, C. E. An engineering report to the Building Ordinances Committee of the town of Mount Desert on the character and location of buildings | |||
| 7048 | A Pageant of the State of Maine |
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| In celebration of the official dedication of the Carlton Bridge in Bath, Maine. Acted and sung and danced by citizens of Bath, Brunswick, Woolwich and Wiscasset. June 30 and July 2, 3, 4, 1928 |
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Description: In celebration of the official dedication of the Carlton Bridge in Bath, Maine. Acted and sung and danced by citizens of Bath, Brunswick, Woolwich and Wiscasset. June 30 and July 2, 3, 4, 1928 | ||
| 6127 | The Future of Mount Desert Island |
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| Charles Eliot's report to the Plan Committee of the B. H. Village Improvement Society addressing the future of Lafayette National Park and of the villages on MDI via the park service or the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Maps included. (Scanned copy in part from University of Maine) |
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Description: Charles Eliot's report to the Plan Committee of the B. H. Village Improvement Society addressing the future of Lafayette National Park and of the villages on MDI via the park service or the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Maps included. (Scanned copy in part from University of Maine) | |||
| 6086 | The Jones Cove Shell-Heap |
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| Bulletin 1, The Jones cove Shell-Heap at West Gouldsboro, Maine by W. B. Smith in connection with Lafayette National Park - account of archeological digs at this Flanders Bay site in W. Gouldsboro, ME in 1928. |
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Description: Bulletin 1, The Jones cove Shell-Heap at West Gouldsboro, Maine by W. B. Smith in connection with Lafayette National Park - account of archeological digs at this Flanders Bay site in W. Gouldsboro, ME in 1928. | |||
| 7118 | Memories of St. Agnes School 1878 - 1891 |
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| Memories of St. Agnes School, Elk Street, Albany, N. Y. 1878-1891 - By an Old Girl. Bound one-sided typescript. |
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Description: Memories of St. Agnes School, Elk Street, Albany, N. Y. 1878-1891 - By an Old Girl. Bound one-sided typescript. | ||
| 6164 | Patriotic Plantations, Towns, and Cities of Maine |
| advertising campaign of the Maine Development Commission with descriptions and geographic location of Maine communities. |
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Description: advertising campaign of the Maine Development Commission with descriptions and geographic location of Maine communities. | |||||
| 6063 | Annual Report on 1929 Work of Town Engineer to the Board of Selectmen |
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| Town of Mount Desert Island, January 1930 |
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Description: Town of Mount Desert Island, January 1930 | |||||
| 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. | ||||
| 6089 | Maine Highways |
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| 7301 | Northeast Harbor Fleet Annual Reports 1932-2000 |
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| Collection of Northeast Harbor Fleet Annual Reports (1932-2000) donated by David Crofoot. Missing years: 1973, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993 (see item 6118), 1995, 1996 (see item 6117), 1997, 1998 Update Nov. 2022: Donated by Northeast Harbor Fleet: 1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998 |
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Description: Collection of Northeast Harbor Fleet Annual Reports (1932-2000) donated by David Crofoot. Missing years: 1973, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993 (see item 6118), 1995, 1996 (see item 6117), 1997, 1998 Update Nov. 2022: Donated by Northeast Harbor Fleet: 1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998 | ||||
| 6097 | Annual Meeting Program of the Garden Club of America |
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| Hard, yellow covered program covering the 1934 Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of America, listing members of the Bar Harbor and Northeast & Seal Harbor clubs. Meeting held at the Malvern Hotel in Bar Harbor. July 11, 12, 13, 1934 - Garden Club of Mt. Desert. |
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Description: Hard, yellow covered program covering the 1934 Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of America, listing members of the Bar Harbor and Northeast & Seal Harbor clubs. Meeting held at the Malvern Hotel in Bar Harbor. July 11, 12, 13, 1934 - Garden Club of Mt. Desert. | |||
| 6088 | The Wild Gardens of Acadia Precursor of Acadia National Park |
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| 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. |
