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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
2237Book 230, Treasury Depart. regarding Life Saving Service
  • Document, Government
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
A photocopy of authorization from Sect. of Treasury to acquire or purchase for the United States land to use for Life-Saving Stations, Houses of Refuge & Beacons.
  • Hugh S. Thompson
  • 11-24-1888
  • photocopy
Book 230, Treasury Depart. regarding Life Saving Service
Item:
  • 2237   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Hugh S. Thompson
Date:
  • 11-24-1888
Place:
  • United States
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0751
Location:
  • General Collection Box 23
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
A photocopy of authorization from Sect. of Treasury to acquire or purchase for the United States land to use for Life-Saving Stations, Houses of Refuge & Beacons.
1454The Lighthouse Window
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Object, Art, Stained Glass
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Original card painted by Margaret Herrison Doane (Daisy) for her Aunt Mary Spring Perkins, Christmas 1881. This design inspired the window in St. Mary's-by-the-sea. Accompanying is a Photograph copy of a paper written by Margaret Doane Fayerweather in 1955 about the history of the lighthouse window.
  • Margaret Herrison Doane
  • 1881
  • 1 painting
  • paper
The Lighthouse Window
Item:
  • 1454   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Stained Glass
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Margaret Herrison Doane
Date:
  • 1881
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Art Collection
Object ID:
  • ART 0003 MHD
Location:
  • Art Box 1, 4B3
Pages:
  • 1 painting
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Original card painted by Margaret Herrison Doane (Daisy) for her Aunt Mary Spring Perkins, Christmas 1881. This design inspired the window in St. Mary's-by-the-sea. Accompanying is a Photograph copy of a paper written by Margaret Doane Fayerweather in 1955 about the history of the lighthouse window.
1451Original Christmas card painted by Daisy Doane.
  • Image, Art, Other Art
  • Object, Art, Stained Glass
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Original card painted by Margaret Herrison Doane ("Daisy") for her aunt Mary Spring Perkins, Christmas 1881 from which the window in St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, Northeast Harbor, was done.
  • Daisy Doane
  • 1881
Original Christmas card painted by Daisy Doane.
Item:
  • 1451   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Other Art
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Stained Glass
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Daisy Doane
Date:
  • 1881
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Art Collection
Object ID:
  • 554 now ART 0003 MHD
Location:
  • ART Box 1, 4B3
Description:
Original card painted by Margaret Herrison Doane ("Daisy") for her aunt Mary Spring Perkins, Christmas 1881 from which the window in St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, Northeast Harbor, was done.
1590Letter from Office of the Light-house to Keeper of Bear Island Lighthouse
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
October 14, 1882 Stephen Smallidge was keeper of Bear Island light. He was also a Civil War Veteran. This document was found in the wall of his Northeast Harbor house and given to the library by the owners of the home at the time. The house has been torn down.
  • 1882
  • 1
  • manuscript
Letter from Office of the Light-house to Keeper of Bear Island Lighthouse
Item:
  • 1590   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Date:
  • 1882
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0102
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
October 14, 1882 Stephen Smallidge was keeper of Bear Island light. He was also a Civil War Veteran. This document was found in the wall of his Northeast Harbor house and given to the library by the owners of the home at the time. The house has been torn down.
5214Bear Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
View of Bear Island from Clifton Dock with lighthouse on far right side of the island and the old Coast Guard dock, abandoned in 1947, in center.
  • Robert Lindsey Smallidge
  • 1920's-1930's
Bear Island
Item:
  • 5214   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Robert Lindsey Smallidge
Date:
  • 1920's-1930's
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1643
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
View of Bear Island from Clifton Dock with lighthouse on far right side of the island and the old Coast Guard dock, abandoned in 1947, in center.
5066Bear Island Lighthouse from Clifton Dock
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1970's
Bear Island Lighthouse from Clifton Dock
Item:
  • 5066   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1970's
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1463
Location:
  • Oversize Photograph Box 3, 4E3
4099Bear Island Lighthouse
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
The mat in front of the buoys is a mooring chain neatly flaked down.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1976
Bear Island Lighthouse
Item:
  • 4099   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0089 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
The mat in front of the buoys is a mooring chain neatly flaked down.
7215Shore Village Museum, Rockland, Maine
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Several publications regarding the Shore Village Museum in Rockland, Maine: - "Lighthouse Keeper's Lament", by Ken Black, May 7, 1981 - "The Pilot Psalm", by Ken Black - "Rockland Museum displays Petit Manan Light lens", by Ken Black, March 6, 1983 - "Maine's Lighthouse Museum", by Bill Caldwell, Portland Press Herald, April 3, 1983 - "Lighthouse postcard collection 'mushrooming', says museum here", by Ivy W. Dodd, The Courier Gazette, September 3, 1983
  • Ken Black, Bill Caldwell, Ivy W. Dodd
  • 1981-83
  • 5
Shore Village Museum, Rockland, Maine
Item:
  • 7215   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Ken Black, Bill Caldwell, Ivy W. Dodd
Date:
  • 1981-83
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0821
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 5
Description:
Several publications regarding the Shore Village Museum in Rockland, Maine: - "Lighthouse Keeper's Lament", by Ken Black, May 7, 1981 - "The Pilot Psalm", by Ken Black - "Rockland Museum displays Petit Manan Light lens", by Ken Black, March 6, 1983 - "Maine's Lighthouse Museum", by Bill Caldwell, Portland Press Herald, April 3, 1983 - "Lighthouse postcard collection 'mushrooming', says museum here", by Ivy W. Dodd, The Courier Gazette, September 3, 1983 [show more]
7214Bass Harbor Head Light
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Article about Bass Harbor Lighthouse published in "The Islander Magazine", July 1982 Item also contains a chronology of Bass Harbor Head Light (photocopy).
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1982
  • 3
Bass Harbor Head Light
Item:
  • 7214   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Date:
  • 1982
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0820
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 3
Description:
Article about Bass Harbor Lighthouse published in "The Islander Magazine", July 1982 Item also contains a chronology of Bass Harbor Head Light (photocopy).
7213Lighthouses Guides
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
3 Lighthouses Guides: - "Lighthouses", Official Gannett Maine Guide, 1982 - "Lighthouses", Maine Geographic, 1983 - "The Portland Breakwater Lighthouse", Sites 10, 1983 Scans: covers, first pages only.
  • 1982-83
  • 3 booklets
Lighthouses Guides
Item:
  • 7213   
Type:
  • Publication, Guidebook
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Date:
  • 1982-83
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0819
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Medium:
  • 3 booklets
Description:
3 Lighthouses Guides: - "Lighthouses", Official Gannett Maine Guide, 1982 - "Lighthouses", Maine Geographic, 1983 - "The Portland Breakwater Lighthouse", Sites 10, 1983 Scans: covers, first pages only.
7218Why are some Lighthouses ...
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Article detailing the nature of lighthouses, their structure and appearance.
  • 1983
  • 2
Why are some Lighthouses ...
Item:
  • 7218   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Date:
  • 1983
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0824
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 2
Description:
Article detailing the nature of lighthouses, their structure and appearance.
1612Allied Whale
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Nature, Animals, Marine Mammals
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Article about the development and research of the cetacean program "Allied Whale" with its field station on Mount Desert Rock, run by Ann Rivers and Steve Mullane.
  • Ann Rivers, Steven Mullane
  • 1984
  • 3
  • photocopy
Allied Whale
Item:
  • 1612   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Marine Mammals
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Ann Rivers, Steven Mullane
Date:
  • 1984
Place:
  • Mount Desert Rock
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0124
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Article about the development and research of the cetacean program "Allied Whale" with its field station on Mount Desert Rock, run by Ann Rivers and Steve Mullane.
7211Lighthouse Conference - October 1985
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Article published in "Maine Preservation News", Volume XI, No. 4, Winter 1986.
  • Christopher Glass
  • 1985
  • 8
Lighthouse Conference - October 1985
Item:
  • 7211   
Type:
  • Publication, Newsletter
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Christopher Glass
Date:
  • 1985
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0817
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 8
Description:
Article published in "Maine Preservation News", Volume XI, No. 4, Winter 1986.
5501MDI Scenes
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Lake
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Photo 1877 a: men fishing at Eagle Lake in Bar Harbor Photo 1877 b: Bass Harbor Lighthouse Belle Smallidge Collection
  • ca. 1910
MDI Scenes
Item:
  • 5501   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Date:
  • ca. 1910
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1877
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Photo 1877 a: men fishing at Eagle Lake in Bar Harbor Photo 1877 b: Bass Harbor Lighthouse Belle Smallidge Collection
1605To The Lighthouse
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
A unique summer retreat on Maine's Bear Island. Mr. & Mrs. Martin Morad obtained a long term lease from the National Park Service & obtained permission to restore it.
  • Susan Mary Alsop
  • Jun-00
  • pages 122-131
To The Lighthouse
Item:
  • 1605   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Susan Mary Alsop
Date:
  • Jun-00
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0117
Location:
  • General Collection Box 5
Pages:
  • pages 122-131
Description:
A unique summer retreat on Maine's Bear Island. Mr. & Mrs. Martin Morad obtained a long term lease from the National Park Service & obtained permission to restore it.
2025Deserting the Rock
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Historical sketch of the lighthouse on Mount Desert Rock as it becomes automated. Published in Down East Magazine, March 1978.
  • John M. March
  • March 1978
  • pages 42-57
  • magazine
Deserting the Rock
Item:
  • 2025   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • John M. March
Date:
  • March 1978
Place:
  • Mount Desert Rock
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0537
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 42-57
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Historical sketch of the lighthouse on Mount Desert Rock as it becomes automated. Published in Down East Magazine, March 1978.
2234Discovering Maine's Lighthouses and Harbors
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
"A guided tour of Maine's Lighthouses and Harbors from Kittery to Calais." Articles in this issue include: 1. Maine Lighthouse Museum 2. Keepers of the light share stories 3. Learn about Maine's harbors 4. South Coast - Casco Bay 5. Lower Kennebec & Boothbay area 6. Midcoast area 7. Penobscot Bay area 8. Eggemoggin Reach area 9. Mount Desert area 10. Downeast coast 11. Bold coast Newspaper available in the Archives.
  • Summer 2007
  • newspaper
Discovering Maine's Lighthouses and Harbors
Item:
  • 2234   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Date:
  • Summer 2007
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0748
Location:
  • General Collection Box 23
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
"A guided tour of Maine's Lighthouses and Harbors from Kittery to Calais." Articles in this issue include: 1. Maine Lighthouse Museum 2. Keepers of the light share stories 3. Learn about Maine's harbors 4. South Coast - Casco Bay 5. Lower Kennebec & Boothbay area 6. Midcoast area 7. Penobscot Bay area 8. Eggemoggin Reach area 9. Mount Desert area 10. Downeast coast 11. Bold coast Newspaper available in the Archives. [show more]
7347Bear Island Lighthouse
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Bear Island Light is a lighthouse on Bear Island (the smallest of the Cranberry Isles) near Mount Desert Island, at the entrance to Northeast Harbor. It was first established in 1839. The present structure was built in 1889. It was deactivated in 1981 and relit as a private aid to navigation in 1989. (Text adapted from Wikipedia)
Bear Island Lighthouse
Item:
  • 7347   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Description:
Bear Island Light is a lighthouse on Bear Island (the smallest of the Cranberry Isles) near Mount Desert Island, at the entrance to Northeast Harbor. It was first established in 1839. The present structure was built in 1889. It was deactivated in 1981 and relit as a private aid to navigation in 1989. (Text adapted from Wikipedia)
5412Bear Island Lighthouse
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
B/W close-up photograph of the lighthouse on Bear Island.
  • Willis H. Ballard
Bear Island Lighthouse
Item:
  • 5412   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Willis H. Ballard
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1820
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W close-up photograph of the lighthouse on Bear Island.
5415Coast Guard Station on Islesford
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Other Structures, Coast Guard Base
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
B/W scans of the former U.S. lighthouse service, now the U.S. Coast Guard station on Islesford
Coast Guard Station on Islesford
Item:
  • 5415   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Other Structures, Coast Guard Base
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1823
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W scans of the former U.S. lighthouse service, now the U.S. Coast Guard station on Islesford
3525Bear Island Light, model
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Miniature
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Commissioned by Gerrish Milliken, Jr.
  • William D. Hocker
Bear Island Light, model
Item:
  • 3525   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Miniature
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • William D. Hocker
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Maine Studies Room
Description:
Commissioned by Gerrish Milliken, Jr.
4098Bear Island Lighthouse
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Built in 1839, the keeper's house was rebuilt in 1889. The house was painted white in about 1919
  • Isaac T. Moore
Bear Island Lighthouse
Item:
  • 4098   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0088 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Built in 1839, the keeper's house was rebuilt in 1889. The house was painted white in about 1919
4312Framed postcards
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Postcard a: Bear Island Light Postcard b: Maine Central Steamer NORUMBEGA Postcard c: Steamer SAPPHO at Bar Harbor Postcard d: Bar Harbor, Steamer SIEUR DE MONTS
  • 4
  • postcards mounted on 14x10" board
  • good
Framed postcards
Item:
  • 4312   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0341
Location:
  • Photograph Box 1, 4E2
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • postcards mounted on 14x10" board
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Postcard a: Bear Island Light Postcard b: Maine Central Steamer NORUMBEGA Postcard c: Steamer SAPPHO at Bar Harbor Postcard d: Bar Harbor, Steamer SIEUR DE MONTS
6908Bear Island Light
  • Image, Art, Painting, Watercolor
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Bear Island Light
Item:
  • 6908   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting, Watercolor
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Upstairs Office
6952Aerial view of Machias Seal Islands
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Remote and isolated in the Bay of Fundy, a favorite nesting place for sea birds, notably the Atlantic puffin.
  • Luther S. Phillips
Aerial view of Machias Seal Islands
Item:
  • 6952   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Other, Aerial
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Luther S. Phillips
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0176 LSP
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1
Description:
Remote and isolated in the Bay of Fundy, a favorite nesting place for sea birds, notably the Atlantic puffin.