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16982Writing on Stone: Scenes from a Maine Island Life
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Gott's Island
  • Gillis, Christina Marsden
  • University Press of New England
  • 2008
Description:
"A moving account of how the life of an island [Gotts], past and present, shapes and transforms the unexpected loss of a son." (From the flyleaf.)
4463Who"s Who: Two John Dows of Cornville, Somerset Co.
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Ruth E. Dow
  • 1980
Description:
Two photocopied pages taken from "Downeast Ancestry", Vol. 4, No. 3, October 1980. They present biographical information on Dow families.
16907The Tracy Log Book: 1855, A Month in Summer, With original sketches and drawings by Frederic Edwin Church
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Church, Frederic Edwin
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Tracy, Charles
  • Mazlish, Anne
  • Acadia Publishing Co.
  • 1997
12861The Right People: The Social Establishment in America
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Social classes
  • Birmingham, Stephen
  • Little
  • 1968.
Description:
A witty account of Society and Real Society in America; Northeast Harbor, the Pot and Kettle Club, prep schools, debutante traditions, Junior League, are among the institutions mentioned.
3064The Rev. John Mayo - Barnstable Pioneer
  • Publication, Literary, Essay
  • Other, Biography
  • Nickerson, Philip Tillinghast
Description:
Essay describing the life of Rev. John Mayo, emigrant from England to Massachusetts, and photocopied photos of locations related to his life.
17253The Memoirs of Elizabeth Hill Cram
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Cram, Elizabeth Hill
  • Other, Ironbound Island
  • Morris, Anne Farlow
  • Privately Printed
  • 1992.
2750Retired Poultryman Full of Pep and Love of Life at 88 Years
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Poultry industry
  • Bar Harbor Times
  • 4/18/1963
Description:
Article on two pages with photograph featuring the life of Oscar A. Tolman written on the occasion of his 88th birthday. Tolman worked over his lifetime as a seaman, a liveryman and finally in Tremont as a poultryman. Previously archived as 012.FIC.047.24
15094Photographs and Biographies of John Ware Dow and John Wesley Dow
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Genealogy
Description:
Photographs and biographical sketches of John Ware Dow, one time minister on Mount Desert Island, and his son John Ware Dow.
4473Notes of Somes Family of Mount Desert, Maine
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Genealogy
Description:
Five handwritten notecards with details on members of Somes family of Mount Desert, Maine
16904Nine Boats & Nine Kids
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Merkel, Jeanne
  • Merkel, Jeanne St. Andre
  • Ledge Books
  • 1984
17029Memories of my Childhood
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Biography
  • Agnese, Jackie Hodgkins
  • Self-published
  • n.d.
Description:
Personal memoir
17258Memories of a Happy Life
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Lawrence, William
  • Lawrence, William, D.D., LL.D.
  • Houghton Mifflin Company
  • 1926.
13690Marguerite Yourcenar: Inventing a Life
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Yourcenar, Marguerite
  • Savigneau, Josyane
  • Univ. of Chicago Press
  • 1993
Description:
Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) was the first woman elected to the Academie Francaise; she lived on Mount Desert Island in Northeast Harbor and is buried in Brookside Cemetery in Somesville.
17032Love to All and Eight Hands Around
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Asia
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Eliot, Charles W.
  • Pierce, Roger
  • Self-published
  • [2007]
Description:
Collection of letters and photos. describing journey of Dr. Charles William Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard, to the Far East under the auspices of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
4462Leland Family History
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Genealogy
Description:
Single page handwritten notes pertaining to Leland family in America.
12584John Gilley: Maine Farmer and Fisherman
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Gilley, John
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Eliot, Charles W.
  • Idlewild Press
  • 1899
Description:
Originally published in the Century Magazine; the author knew John Gilley well and appreciated his hard work clearing fields, building dwellings, fished, raised a family, etc. He was a "hard-working, stout hearted man".
12874John Gilley: Maine Farmer and Fisherman
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Gilley, John
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Eliot, Charles W.
  • Idlewild Press
  • 1899
Description:
Originally an article in the Century Magazine, published 50 years prior. this work tells the story of John Gilley, who " by hard toil cleared fields, built dwellings, fished on forgotten waters, reared families and...managed schools and churches and administered self-governing communities." Gilley was born on Cranberry Island and lived most of his life on Baker's Island.
17152John Gilley: Maine Farmer and Fisherman
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Gilley, John
  • Other, Mt. Desert Island
  • Eliot, Charles W.
  • Idlewild Press
  • 1899
Description:
Biography of John Gilley
16552Genealogical Register of the Name and Family of Herrick
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Herrick family
  • Herrick, Jedediah
  • Samuel S. Smith
  • 1846.
3812Fernald Family Genealogy and History
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Genealogy
  • 03/16/2011
Description:
4 typewritten pages including biography of Dr. Renald Fernald of England and a genealogical record of some of his descendants.
12436Father Taylor, the Sailor Preacher.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Religion
  • Other, Taylor, Edward T.
  • Haven, Rev. Gilbert and Hon. Thomas Russell
  • B.B. Russell
  • 1872.
Description:
"Incidents and anecdotes of Rev. Edward T. Taylor, for over forty years pastor of the Seaman's Bethel, Boston" Inscribed in front: "Mrs. H.A. Wiggin, South [Lauren?].
13899Extract from the Journal of John Nelson: Being an Account of God’s Dealing with him.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Fiction
  • Other, Religion
  • Nelson, John
  • B. Waugh and T. Mason
  • 1833
4470Excerpt from Book Pertaining to Capt. John Somes
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • Other, Biography
Description:
Handwritten excerpt from book, "The Saga of Cape Ann". Contains biographical information on Capt. John Somes, brother of Abraham Somes of Mount Desert, Maine.
2504English Origin of Morris Somes of Gloucester, Mass
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Biography
  • John B Threlfall
  • January, 1977
Description:
Photocopy of article in "American Genealogist", Vol.53, No.1, January, 1977. Article is on Morris Somes who emigrated from England to settle in Gloucester, Mass.
14646Down Memory Lane
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Northeast Harbor
  • Other, Reynolds, Emily Phillips
  • Reynolds, Emily Phillips
  • D. Mitchell and Crew
  • 1966
Description:
Emily Phillips Reynolds memoir of her childhood and early days in 1900's.