Description: Tributes to Dr. Edward Kellogg Dunham, summer resident of Seal Harbor, written by Henry Osborn Taylor and read before the Tavern Club of Boston and published in the New York Evening Post, by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. read in person before the Village Improvement Society of Seal Harbor, Maine; and by Simon Flexner. Includes reprint from The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. LII, May 1923 by H.D. Dakin. Includes "An Ode composed by Edward K. Dunham, Jr. on the occasion of the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Hoe, January 15, 1923." [show more]
Description: Letter from Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan, to Nellie Whitmore, Seal Harbor, Maine stating that they had sent her a telegram telling that they had hired a teacher "to fill her position." Also expressing sorrow that she would not be with them and the hope that her "aunt will fully recover her health and strength." Includes envelope.
Description: Wedding anncouncement card, 3.5" X 5", announcing the marriage of Miss Nellie Whitmore to Mr. Carroll Edward Valentine at Seal Harbor, Maine, on Oct. 12, 1923
Description: Receipt of Martin H. Burke, Automobile Trimming--Repairing of Suit Cases & Bags, March 6, 1926 for $3.30 for celluloid. Sold to Dr. L.S. Cleaves
Description: possibly a gate or door latch remnant found at Ober Lath and Shingle mill āSā relates to a map that was created by Alice Smith 002.47 (archived in flat file)
Description: Known as the "Red Book." Lists owners and their cottages. Advertisements. 1920 Edition Directory and Handbook 3" X 5" 121 pps. Soft cover Index
Description: White Wedding Dress with ruffles and polka dotted pleats and bodice. Worn by Eunice Catherine Palmer (1887-1987) on 6/11/21 for her wedding to Dr. PFM. Gilley, dentist and resident of Southwest Harbor (parents of donor). More info in file
Description: The Scenery of Mt. Desert Island: Its Origin and Development by Erwin Raisz On the cover in quotes, "It forms a striking and instructive geological record." George Dorr 5/3/16 in letter offers Hancock County Trustee lands ? federal gov't Published 1929 New York Academy of Sciencees
Description: Path Map 1921 Typographyand hydrography adapted from the Map of Mount Desert Island issued by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, June 1882
Description: Copy of photograph. Street lined with businesses and telephones poles. Gold Metal Flour sign on the left. Early car near the sign. Horse and wagon in back of the car.