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17666Season’s Greetings
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
photo greeting card of home in snow with hand-written greeting on back: Good cheer for the holidays. May the blessing of peace be with us before another Christmas season. All good wishes from N.C. Thornton
17474Mount Desert Island Historical Society Collections Materials
  • Publication, Catalog
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Museums
Description:
Artifact Adoption Catalog 1995 from MDI Historical Society through the years
16912Reminiscence of Somesville
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Schools
Description:
Reminiscence of Somesville. Adelma Somes Joy recalls Somesville’s Red school house in 1847. Includes description of the interior and student pranks. Also the tale of Sam Slick. 3 pages - typed copy of above.
16776Somesville Blacksmith Journal
  • Publication, Book, Journal
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Industry
Description:
Small Blacksmith journal 1837-1845
16637Ledger
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Small red leather bound ledger belonging to Smith of the Somesville Store
14720Ledger
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Small Leatherbound ledger with pocket c. turn of the century belonging to Smith who owned the Somesville Store
14719Ledger
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Small red leather bound ledger belonging to Smith of the Somesville Store
14718Ledger
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Small red leather-bound ledger belonging to Smith of the Somesville Store
14071Reminiscences of Somesville
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Object, Telegraph
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Roads
  • Other, Schools
Description:
All by Adelma Somes Joy: “Somes Sound must have been one beautiful place." Recalls arrival of Abraham Somes, the oak trees on oak hill, Ebenezer Sutton, and Denning’s Pond. "Years ago when we had the telegraph..." Recalls advances in technology, balloons, and flight. Northeast Harbor Women's Literary Club talk , Jan. 30, 1920. Plans to travel abroad, give clothing to naked Africans, open beauty parlor. "That Old Reed House." Mrs. Reed was her grandfather's sister; house near Jim's Cove. "My first recollections of life..." Recalls her grandparents' house in 1838. Also separate essay, "Grandfather's House." Reminiscences of Somesville #6. Recalls naming of Somesville, old roads, school house, industry, and tanning pits. Two Letters from Adelma Somes Joy to Harriet Somes Sanderson, Aug. 10, 1929. recalls Col. Black House in Ellsworth, Episcopal Church at Seal Cove, Bp. Manning, church sales, other historical notes. "Memories" of her father. History of Somes and Richardson families. [show more]
13589Reminiscence of Somesville
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Indians of North America
  • Other, Mills
  • Other, Roads
  • Other, Schools
  • Other, Shoemaking
  • Other, Singing
  • Other, Tanning
Description:
Adelma Somes Joy recalls Somesville’s Red school house in 1847. Includes description of the interior and student pranks. Also the tale of Sam Slick. Also Singing School; Indians Camping at Somesville, two poems (one alludes to a suicide), Churches on Mt. Desert (1840), That Old Tannery (recalls Daniel and Lewis Somes, Israel Haven, John Keniston and Somesvilles' cobbler shop), That Old Factory (woolen mill), That Old Road [over Beech Hill], (1837), That Upper Gate (kept water back when not needed to turn mill wheels)--all by Adelma Somes Joy. "The Indian Violin Player" by Eunice Deering. [show more]
13447Somesville Union Meeting House Timeline
  • Document, Chart
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
Description:
Copy of the Timeline of events of History of the Somesville Union Meeting House compiled by Gail H. Reiber August 2000 1790-2000
13446Somesville Union Meeting House Yearbooks
  • Document, List, Inventory
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
Description:
Copy of a list of the Yearbooks from the Somesville Union Meeting House 1878-2001
13445Somesville Union Meeting House Pastors
  • Document, List, Inventory
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
Description:
Copy of a list of the Pastors of the Somesville Union Meeting House 1852-1990
13444Historical Address at the Somesville Union Meeting House
  • Publication, Literary, Speech
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
Description:
Copy of a speech given entitled “Between the Hills’ and Its 100-year old Church” given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt, D.D. on July 14, 1940 13 pages
12932Mount Desert Larger Parish The Somesville Union Meeting House Society
  • Document, Memorabilia, Commemorative, Commemorative Card
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Summer 1952 Worship Schedule includes names of celebrants and dates of services. Includes the one Hundredth Anniversary of the erection of the meeting house and the back includes the mission statement, council and parish staff
12352Adelma Joy Records, Mount Desert Annual Reports
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other, Annual Reports
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, History - Mount Desert
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Green Binder: Copies of Reminiscences of Somesville by Adelma F. Joy; Excerpts from The Island of Mount Desert Register 1909-1910; Annual Report of Town Officers of Mount Desert, ME 1900,1910, 1911 - 1916 and 1931
11316Newsclipping: Centruy Old Somesville Building, Former Post Office, to be Razed
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Postal Service
Description:
Newsclipping: “Century Old Somesville Building, Former Post Office, to be Razed”. Previously accessioned as **0635, also as Object Id 011.FIC.67.1
11315Somesville Social Column, 1959
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
News Clipping - Bar Harbor Times - Someville news items and social happenings. September 3, 1959. Previously accessioned as **0636
11303Newsclipping: Bar Harbor Times “Old Days at Somesville” January 29, 1937.
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Newsclipping: Bar Harbor Times “Old Days at Somesville” January 29, 1937. Three copies Previously accessioned as **0653, Object Id 011.FIC.67.3
11302Newsclipping: Bar Harbor Times “Old Days at Somesville” 1937
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Newsclipping: Bar Harbor Times “Old Days at Somesville” January 29, 1937. Copy of item # 18.
11301Newsclipping: Ellsworth American “Somesville’s Lively History Related in The Living Past”
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Newsclipping - Ellsworth American “Somesville’s Lively History Related in The Living Past,” by James Russell Wiggins. Previously accessioned as **0655, Object Id 011.FIC.71.1
11297Newsclipping - “The Somes Harbor Historic District”
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Historic Preservation
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Newsclipping - “The Somes Harbor Historic District”. Previously accessioned as **0661, Object Id 011.FIC66.4
11274Mill Pond at Somesville photograph
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Mills
Description:
Newsclipping: “Mill Pond at Somesville” photograph. Previously accessisoned as **0694, Object Id 011.FIC.76.1
11270Lewis Somes House photograph
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Newsclipping: “Lewis Somes House” photograph. Peviously accessioned as **0698, Object Id 011.FIC.76.1
11267Newsclipping: Somesville Mill Burned, 1933
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Mills
Description:
Newsclipping: “Somesville Mill Burned” 1933. Previously accessioned as **0702, Object Id 011.FIC.72.1