Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Report sent to Mr. Doane Candage, of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce, and prepared by Henry Rawle, S. Edwin Tracy, and Charles K. Savage. The report covers: potential upgrades to the Harbor, athletic fields, architectual aspects, zoning, cleanliness and neatness, the removal of utility poles from line of sight of village streets, tree planting program, removal of billboard type signs, industries, and agricultural activites. The report is six pages long. [show more]
Description: Appeal for donations for the Campaign for History Education, soliciting funds for museum repairs, museum grounds work, and an endowment fund.
Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Seal Harbor librarian job description. Date unknown. One typed page.
Recreation Penobscot Bay and Mt. Desert Planning Area
Date:
November 1962
Description: Report prepared by the Department of Economic Development in November 1962. One of four reports created as background information for the creation of a master plan.
The Area: Penobscot Bay and Mt. Desert Planning Area
Date:
November 1962
Description: Report prepared by the Department of Economic Development in November 1962. One of four reports created as background information for the creation of a master plan.
Transportation and Public Facilities: Penobscot Bay and Mt. Desert Plannin
Date:
November 1962
Description: Report prepared by the Department of Economic Development in November 1962. One of four reports created as background information for the creation of a master plan.
General Development Plan: Penobscot Bay and Mt. Desert Plannin
Date:
November 1962
Description: Report prepared by the Department of Economic Development in November 1962. One of four reports created as background information for the creation of a master plan.
Preliminary Report on the Town Plan Bar Harbor, Maine
Date:
July 1948
Description: This is a report submitted by Harland Bartholomew and associates to the Town Planning Board of Bar Harbor to serve as a guide for the development of the community after the 1947 Fire. This is a copy of the report requested by Tim Garrity from the Rockefeller Archive Center. The documents also contain a letter from the Lead Archivist for the archives. The folder also contains a status report of the fire from the United States Department of the Interior Dated October 26, 1947. All of these documents are printed on recycled paper. [show more]
Description: Reports from government agencies and two clipped newspaper articles from unspecified newspapers. Items included: 1) 11th Annual Report, Fiscal - 1968 of the Maine Industrial Building Authority, 2) FAA Information Newsletter dated April 25, 1968, 3)MIRFAB (Maine Industrial and Recreational Finance Approval Board) 1967 Annual Report, 4) Newspaper clipping regarding financing sources for Maine economic development, and 5) Newspaper clipping regarding industrial loan guarantee for Vahlsing, Inc. Items likely collected in preparation for an article to be written by Spiker. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.058.4 and **1769 [show more]
Description: Typewritten 2 pp. Environmental Committee report on the issue of land use, and 2 pp. Economic Development Committee report on activity of this committee. These League of Women Voter committees were considering issues of local development and governance. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.062.4
Description: Rodick House papers; Hamor estate papers including court case of property to Mrs. Hamor, sale of store and lot by Edwin G. Desisle; Letter from Fountain Rodick to Mrs. Griswold; Accounts/ledgers re payments from Hamor estate (1873); Account from R.H. Kitteredge store, East Eden/Bar Harbor (1875).
Description: 1861 Petition for Town Meeting, 1864 Selectmen's Report, 1877 payment to John W. Somes from Town of Mt. Desert, Payment to J.C. Hill (highway surveyor) from Town of Mt. Desert, Town charges for 1904. Includes references to "breaking snow," and payment in shillings per hour
Description: Fundraising and informational materials prepared for the Sound School House Campaign Committee of the Mount Desert Island Historial Society dated July 1998. Includes the Sound School House Fact Sheet, the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Fact Sheet, the Sound School House Restoration and Use Plan, Fundraising Plan, and pledge sheet.
Description: Fundraising and informational materials regarding the Sound School House Restoration project prepared by the Mount Desert Island Historical Society and dated March 1998.
Description: Legal Black Binder:Copies of Mount Desert Town Records 1821-1841 Intentions and Marriages,1847-52; Town Meeting Records 1847-50;Records of Intentions and Marriages 1853-89; Misc. Ref to Pretty Marsh roads and Taxes to 1860s.
Description: Legal Black Binder:Copy of the Earliest Records of the Island of Mount Desert and Vital records : An index to the Early Records of the Town of Mount Desert
Description: War Survey: includes number of wells, beds, linens, cooking utensils, vehicles, firearms available in the area of Southwest Harbor, Manset and Seawall by May Salsbury, Survey Chairman Seawall, Manset P.O., Maine