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2502A Pioneer Family: The Richardsons of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Marriage
  • Hamblen, Charles F
  • 1976
A Pioneer Family: The Richardsons of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 2502   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.8.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Marriage
Creator:
  • Hamblen, Charles F
Collection:
  • Richardson Genealogy
Date:
  • 1976
Description:
Portion of Maine Historical Society Prize Essay, 1976, pertaining to 1770 incident between crew member of a Royal Navy ship and a local Bunker young woman.
3052Acadia National Park: Random Notes on the Significance of the Name
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Sawtelle, William Otis
  • 1929
Acadia National Park: Random Notes on the Significance of the Name
Item:
  • 3052   
Object ID:
  • 012.011.4
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Creator:
  • Sawtelle, William Otis
Collection:
  • Acadia National Park
Date:
  • 1929
Description:
Discusses the change from Lafayette National Park to Acadia National Park so that the name describes the area more accurately, reflecting popular ideas about the park.
4435Battle of Norwood's Cove
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, Battle of Norwood's Cove
  • Other, Military history
  • Ezra Dodge
Battle of Norwood's Cove
Item:
  • 4435   
Object ID:
  • 012.FIC.051.2
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, Battle of Norwood's Cove
  • Other, Military history
Creator:
  • Ezra Dodge
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Description:
Four page handwritten document describing the Battle of Norwood's Cove, a skirmish between settlers of Mt. Desert Island and a British Frigate, Tenedos. Stated to be part of LaRue Spiker Collection, from a file marked "Mrs. Dorr."
19494Civil War Chronology
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, Mount Desert High School
Civil War Chronology
Item:
  • 19494   
Object ID:
  • 016.002.50
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, Mount Desert High School
Collection:
  • Laura Cross Collection
Description:
One page copy of the chronology of the Civil War from 1861-1865. Hand written notation on the page reads Book of Knowledge 1966 Vol 3 Pg 328
4430Continuation from Dr. Leavitt
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
  • 1/28/2001
Continuation from Dr. Leavitt
Item:
  • 4430   
Object ID:
  • 002-44-3-2415
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
Date:
  • 1/28/2001
Description:
Continuation from Dr. Leavitt Since 1940 --60 Years have passed! History continuting from the Sermon / historical address given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt, D.D. on the history of the Somesville Union Meeting House, U.C.C. by Gail Reiber
2510Description of Cape Cod towns
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, Barnstable, MA
  • Other, Dennis, MA
  • Other, Eastham, MA
  • Other, Yarmouth, MA
Description of Cape Cod towns
Item:
  • 2510   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.161.28
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, Barnstable, MA
  • Other, Dennis, MA
  • Other, Eastham, MA
  • Other, Yarmouth, MA
Collection:
  • Mayo Genealogy
Description:
Photocopied text from unknown source describing towns of Cape Cod: Dennis, Yarmouth, Barnstable and Eastham where Mayo's settled.
4424First Church of Mount Desert Church Records 1792-1867
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, Baptisms
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
First Church of Mount Desert Church Records 1792-1867
Item:
  • 4424   
Object ID:
  • 012.FIC.068.02
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, Baptisms
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Description:
Mount Desert Church Records, Vol. 73 of ? Source N.E. Genealogical Society, Boston. Short history of church from its founding on Oct 17, 1792. List founders, those later admitted and deaths. Record of baptisms. At end list members of those connected to the Congregational Church in Temont, Mt. Desert, and Eden in 1857,
2508First Permanent Settler: Abraham Somes
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Settlements
  • Sawtelle, William Otis
  • 1926
First Permanent Settler: Abraham Somes
Item:
  • 2508   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.29.10
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Settlements
Creator:
  • Sawtelle, William Otis
Collection:
  • Somes Genealogy
Date:
  • 1926
Description:
Singe page photocopy of partial article from "Sprague's Journal of Maine History", Vol. 14. Text describes the settlement of Mount Desert Island by Abraham Somes.
19346George Ledyard Stebbins
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • May 4, 05
George Ledyard Stebbins
Item:
  • 19346   
Object ID:
  • 020.10.08
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Collection:
  • Seal Harbor
Date:
  • May 4, 05
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. Essay witten by Anne Stebbins Fuderburk, gand-daughter of George Ledyard Stebbins, in gratefull memory of a gentel man who quietly did so much for the Village of Seal Harbor and the Island of Mt. Desert 5/4/05. This essay covers a brief history of his life from where he was born, his helping secure land which would later become Acadia National Park, his romance with Edith Alden Candler, connections to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to his passing in 1950. [show more]
3891Guide to and history of St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Thorpe Mandeville, England
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, England
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Humfrey, Algernon G
  • Unknown
Guide to and history of St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Thorpe Mandeville, England
Item:
  • 3891   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.161.11
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, England
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Creator:
  • Humfrey, Algernon G
Collection:
  • Mayo Genealogy
Date:
  • Unknown
Description:
Photocopy of history and description of St John the Baptist Parish Church, Thorpe Mandeville, England
3045Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations: An Historical Sketch and a Record...
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • 1939
Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations: An Historical Sketch and a Record...
Item:
  • 3045   
Object ID:
  • 013.FIC.16.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Date:
  • 1939
Description:
of the Holdings of the Trustees. Gives brief record of origin and activities of the Hancock Co. Trustees of Public reservations; trustees include Incorporators George B. Dorr, Luere B. Deasy, John S. Kennedy, George L. Stebbins, Edward B. Mears, Lea McI. Luquer, Charles W. Eliot, Loren E. Kimball
19344History and development of Mount Desert Island and Seal Harbor as a summer resort
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • 1938
History and development of Mount Desert Island and Seal Harbor as a summer resort
Item:
  • 19344   
Object ID:
  • 020.10.10
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Collection:
  • Seal Harbor
Date:
  • 1938
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. Photocopy of the Random notes on the early history and development as a summer resort of Mount Desert Island and particularly Seal Harbor written by George L. Stebbins 1938. 10 typed pages.
19345History and development of Mount Desert Island and Seal Harbor as a summer resort
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • 1938
History and development of Mount Desert Island and Seal Harbor as a summer resort
Item:
  • 19345   
Object ID:
  • 020.10.09
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Collection:
  • Seal Harbor
Date:
  • 1938
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. Random notes on the early history and development as a summer resort of Mount Desert Island and particularly Seal Harbor written by George L. Stebbins 1938. 10 typed pages.
2308History of Mt. Desert
  • Publication, Literary, History
History of Mt. Desert
Item:
  • 2308   
Object ID:
  • 019.14.24
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Collection:
  • Nolf MDI Historical Society Collection
Description:
History of Mount Desert recounted with important dates and descriptions of the events. Includes additional sections "Manners & Customs", "Population", and "The Church". In pencil is written "From Somesville + Southwest Harbor", some additional notes in pencil are made in the margins. Undated.
3027History of Mt. Desert Lodge, No. 140, of Free and Accepted Masons, Mt. Desert, Maine from February 14, 1867 - February 14, 1871
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • E.M. Hamor
  • 1871
History of Mt. Desert Lodge, No. 140, of Free and Accepted Masons, Mt. Desert, Maine from February 14, 1867 - February 14, 1871
Item:
  • 3027   
Object ID:
  • 017.004
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Creator:
  • E.M. Hamor
Collection:
  • History of the Mt. Desert Lodge
Date:
  • 1871
Description:
History of the Mt. Desert Masonic Ledge from 1867-1871 by E.M. Hamor. Published in Portland by Stephen Berry, Printer in 1871. Includes history of the Lodge's origins, roll of original members, and a list of members.
19278History of Seal Harbor and Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • 1933
History of Seal Harbor and Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 19278   
Object ID:
  • 020.10.77
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Collection:
  • Seal Harbor
Date:
  • 1933
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. Written by Dora Atwood and read at the Woman's Club back in 1933. Three typed pages. There are multiple copies of this in the Seal Harbor Documents.
19277History of Seal Harbor Village Improment Society
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Aug 20, 1980
History of Seal Harbor Village Improment Society
Item:
  • 19277   
Object ID:
  • 020.10.78.a-b
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Collection:
  • Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society.
Date:
  • Aug 20, 1980
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. Four page history of the early years of the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society. Covers; date of first meeting, origional bylaws, first act of the Society, introduction of cars to Mount Desert Island, work of the Roads and Paths Committee, Brown Tail Moths detected and spruce-bud moth, the takeover of various works of the society by various governmental groups. Signed Edward K. Dunham August 20, 1980. Two Copies [show more]
4437History of Somesville, Betwixt the Hills
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, History
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Walking tour
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1994
History of Somesville, Betwixt the Hills
Item:
  • 4437   
Object ID:
  • 012.FIC.019.4
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Walking tour
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Collection:
  • MDI Historical Society
Date:
  • 1994
Description:
14 page photocopy of History of Somesville, including scripts for costumed guides, for use in a walking tour of Somesville.
18708History of Somesville Maine
  • Publication, Literary, History
History of Somesville Maine
Item:
  • 18708   
Object ID:
  • 001-118.8.3
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Collection:
  • Donald Smith
Description:
Pamphlet on the history of Somesville, Maine from 1761-1961 designed to give tourist relevant history.
3984History of the Eden Baptist Church, 1799-1949
  • Publication, Literary, History
History of the Eden Baptist Church, 1799-1949
Item:
  • 3984   
Object ID:
  • 008.114.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Description:
Photocopies of the History of the Eden Baptist Church, 1799-1949, by Mrs. Francis Clark Grindle (which includes copies of handwritten church records). Names in the history include: Young, Emery, Grindle, Mayo, Leland, Eaton, Higgins, Hull, Hamor, Thomas, Hadley, Lord, Merrill, Huntting, Gilkley, Cary, Rich, Herrick, DeLaittre, Paine, Hamilton, Rockefeller, Hodgkins, Snow, Case, Murphy, Smallidge, Stanwood, Haynes, Thompson, Wasgatt, Stetson, Jackson, Swett, and Salisbury. [show more]
3029History of Tremont Lodge, No. 77
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, History - Miscellaneous
  • Other, Lodges
History of Tremont Lodge, No. 77
Item:
  • 3029   
Object ID:
  • 016.FIC.001.14
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, History - Miscellaneous
  • Other, Lodges
Collection:
  • Tremont Lodge #77
Description:
History of Tremont Lodge, No. 77, Free and Accepted Masons, Tremont, Me., From 1854 to 1871. By, Andrew ____ (cover is torn)
19271John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
  • Publication, Literary, History
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Item:
  • 19271   
Object ID:
  • 020.10.83
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Collection:
  • Rockefeller
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. Booklet titled John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Godfather to Acadia National Park by Alice Stewart Eno. Showing the work he did to create roads and his securing land for the creation of what would later be called Acadia National Park. [show more]
3969Libraries
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, Libraries
Libraries
Item:
  • 3969   
Object ID:
  • 009.019.19
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, Libraries
Description:
History of Somesville Library Association including account of "shingling bee" to install roof, By-Laws of Mt. Desert Library Society, 1914 special meeting notes re death of Mary Somes, Minutes of 1956 annual meeting, 1905 application for incorporation of Mt. Desert Library Society and response from Justice of the Peace, undated list of library books, 1974 list of classical records donated, Program for new library Open House, 1974, Northeast Harbor Library annual report, 1997, Essay, "The New Library," undated, no author given, Chronology by Emily Smith, secretary, beginning with 1904. Composition book, Mt. Desert Library Society, Records of meetings, 1932-1952. [show more]
4413Morris Somes Arrrival in Gloucester
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, Emigration & immigration
Morris Somes Arrrival in Gloucester
Item:
  • 4413   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.29.58
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, Emigration & immigration
Collection:
  • Somes Genealogy
Description:
Handwritten note speculating on ways in which Morris Somes arrived at Cape Ann, Massachusetts, from England.
3061Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, Business enterprises
  • Other, Cottages
  • Other, Deed
  • Other, Hotels
  • Other, Monuments & memorials
  • Dec. 29 2009
Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
Item:
  • 3061   
Object ID:
  • 010.004.001.01
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, Business enterprises
  • Other, Cottages
  • Other, Deed
  • Other, Hotels
  • Other, Monuments & memorials
Date:
  • Dec. 29 2009
Description:
Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project: Website Listings as of 29 December, 2009, compiled by Thomas Vining (www.vfthomas.com) White loose-leaf binder references businesses and professions, cottages, deeds, hotels and borading houses, markers, monuments, and memorials. Information through mid-1900s; gives references to advertisements in local newspapers.