Description: Photograph with description of windmill which had pumped spring water to the village of Southwest Harbor. Photograph was taken around the turn of the 20th century. Previously archived as 012.FIC.046.2
Description: 1. Pages 6-15 of address given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt on July 14, 1940 in Somesville; memoranda and notes to same. 2. Names of 23 people who met on July 2, 1840 to form Congregational Church. 3. Names of people who desired a Union Meeting House and who bought pews for $5.00 each [1852]. 4. Lists of signers of Supply Fund, 1906, 1907, 5. Invitation to attend ecclesiastical council on June 11, 1908 to examine Mr. Elias Ambrose Jenkins to be pastor of the Somerville [sic] Congregational Church. 6. List of people taken into membership Oct. 17, 1909. 7. Typewritten notes from records of Congregational Church, Somesville, Jan. 6 1885, noting gift of communion service from Mr. Nehemiah Kittredge of Bangor. 8. Typewritten notes on history and legends of Congregational Church, Southwest Harbor, Maine, taken from Nell Thornton's "Traditions and Dates of Southwest Harbor." 9. Booklet with photos about Congregational Church in SW Harbor, n.d. 10. A Record of the Congregational Parish or Religious Society in Mount Desert organized July 2nd, 1840 [original booklet, Somesville] [show more]
Description: Sub-division Plan of Worcester Associates at Southwest Harbor, Maine, by Robert Raynes. Salem Towne Road plans. July 1973 (revised August 1974) Scale: 1 inch=100 feet
Description: Small booklet containing the by-laws etc. for the Pemetic Lodge of Southwest Harbor Instituted May 7, 1895 and this version printed in Portland May 1928
Description: 1921 Sanborn Maps of Southwest Harbor and Manset showing dwellings, businesses, churches, roads. Key indicates building construction material, location of automatic sprinklers, number of stories, etc. Prominent businesses shown are John L. Stanley & Son, Fish Curing & Packing; John A. Hopkins, Fish Curing & Packing; Manset Coal Co., Addison Packing Co. Sardine Factory, Freeman Coal Co., Park Theatre Moving Pictures & Vaudeville, Dirigo and Claremont Hotels. Approx. 21.5" tall x 13.5" wide. Scale: 1 inch = 100 feet Maps have been scanned and the image files are linked to this record. See "Relations" If a printed image of these is made, it is suggested that the image be taken from the disc copy of the photos for higher resolution. It is possible that the image cataloged in Past Perfect database has been made smaller for storage purposes. [show more]
Description: Copy #2 of "Schoolboy Basketball Highlights - Southwest Harbor High and Pemetic High" by Simon Sklar. Undated, but appears to have been written in 1958. Covers period 1908-1957.
Description: A scrapbook of recipes and household tips pasted in a book. Note in book indicates these are recipes of Corinthia Bassett Earl (Dad's Grandmother) d. 1897 in her 70's, buried in Derby, Conn. Had been a printer in Cleveland.
Description: Sub-division Plan of Worcester Associates at Southwest Harbor, Maine, by Robert Raynes Salem Town Road plans July 1973 (revised June 1983) Scale: 1 inch=100 feet
Description: 84 page booklet with text, graphs, tables and photographs detailing the future planning for the community of Southwest Harbor. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.062.2
Description: Supplement to the Bar Harbor Times, each including several artices, pertaining to development in the towns of Mt. Desert Island and Trenton. Tremont, a Small Town Experiences Growing Pressure Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.043.4
Description: Supplement to the Bar Harbor Times, each including several artices, pertaining to development in the towns of Mt. Desert Island and Trenton. Bar Harbor Struggles with Big City Problems; Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.043.4
Description: The story of the Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor, Maine, and of the three families who have each been owners during its first 110 years.
Description: A chronological account of "Journey's End," and their owners from 1184 (?) to 2010. There should be 2 copies: 1 hard copy, 1 perfect bound; latter missing 8/14/12
Description: Certificate of Master Mason for Earll W. Gott of Tremont Lodge of Southwest Harbor. Print with engraved illustration with charity, faith, hope, the Mason seals, and symbols on brown paper. 1911