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| 13728 | House and Guest House for Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Thorndike, Bar Harbor, ME, 1947 |
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Description: Blueprint, second floor plumbing, house, House and Guest House for Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Thorndike, Bar Harbor, ME, 1947 | |
| 13708 | Guestbook |
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Description: Black leatherbound guestbook kept by unknown individual, possibly Constance Robbins. First entry is Eugene Robbins. Notes regarding gifts to host/hostess in back of the book. | ||
| 13679 | Luders Sail Plan, Hulls 553-62 |
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| 13669 | Map of Mt. Desert Island, Maine |
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Description: Map shows national park roads, numbered main highways, other highways, secondary roads, carriage roads, and park boundaries. Size: 8" x 8.5 " Black on cream colored paper. Verso shows map of the village of Bar Harbor. | ||
| 13668 | Kebo Valley Club, 60th Anniversary |
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Description: Text and many historic photographs highlighting the years 1888-1948; includes advertisements. | |||
| 13667 | Mout Desert Deer Past and Present |
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Description: Mount Desert Deer Past and Present, 1944. By Lawrie Holmes of the American Wildlife Institute. 36 pages, including “sources of information”. Previously archived as 016.FIC.001.24 | ||
| 13503 | The Social Service Review |
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Description: Volume XV of the Social Service Review, in which LaRue Spiker has written an article titled "Rural Housing Conditions in an Illinois Township". | ||
| 13480 | The Grange Initiate and Declarations of Purposes of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. |
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Description: The Grange Declarations of Purposes and guide to new initiates. Includes history and structures of granges. | ||
| 13470 | The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Congregational Society of Mount Desert |
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Description: Program for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the congregation in Somesville on July 21, 1940. The Congregational Society first met in July 1840. Participating in the service were Rev. John Whiteman, Rev. Kendrick Strong and Rev. Arthur Cushman McGiffert.. There was also a Vesper Service in the afternooon involving other clergy. 8 pages. | |||
| 13443 | The 100th Anniversary Congregational Society of Mount Desert |
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Description: Service bulletin for Services Commemorating the Organization of the Congregational Society of Mount Desert in July 1840 Held at the Meeting House date when 15 page Sermon / historical address was given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt, D.D. on the history of the Somesville Union Meeting House, U.C.C. | ||
| 13442 | The 100th Anniversary Congregational Society of Mount Desert |
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Description: Service bulletin for Services Commemorating the Organization of the Congregational Society of Mount Desert in July 1840 Held at the Meeting House date when 15 page Sermon / historical address was given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt, D.D. on the history of the Somesville Union Meeting House, U.C.C. coloring in cover illustration | ||
| 13440 | Between the Hills and Its 100 - Year Old Church |
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Description: 15 page Sermon / historical address given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt, D.D. on the history of the Somesville Union Meeting House, U.C.C. | ||
| 13110 | Scrapbook, newspaper clippings about 1947 Bar Harbor Fire |
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Description: A green faux leather scrapbook that includes many clippings from the Bar Harbor Times about the 1947 Fire on Mount Desert island. The original owner of the scrapbook is unknown. Many of the pages in the scrapbook are empty. Clippings are affixed to pages with glue. Also includes program for 1948 Vaudeville show and nine pages from Time magazine, Nov. 28, 1949. Contents of the scrapbook have not been scanned. | ||
| 12956 | Handicrafts of New England |
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Description: Includes background of pilgrim and arts and craft handicrafts as well as woodworking, spinning, weaving, knitting, dying, pottery, carving, needlework, silversmithing, and more. |
| 12914 | Mount Desert Island Educational Survey |
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Description: A report prepared for the Mount Desert Island regional high school committee. Printed by the Bar Harbor Times. Folder 9 also contains numerous letters, memos and announcements about the decision process, 1948, for building a new island wide High School to replace regional schools. | ||
| 12884 | Summer Yesterdays in Maine: Memories of Boyhood Vacation Days |
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Description: A reminiscence by the author of his vacation days beginning in 1885 and continuing for about 40 years in York Co., Maine. He pays special tribute to the illustrator, Charles H. Woodbury |
| 12872 | More Vacation Days in Maine. Signed by the author. |
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Description: Sequel to We Summer in Maine by same author, but exploring further to such places as Boston, Bar Harbor, Bangor, Harpswell, Camden, Pemaquid, Mohegan [sic] and Moosehead Lake. |
| 12868 | Windswept |
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Description: This is a work of fiction by Maine writer Mary Ellen Chase. It is Inscribed “Harriet S. Sanderson, January 1942” on title page and appears to be a first edition. A review by Bess Jones from an unidentified source is pasted inside the back cover. |
| 12859 | Early American Decoration |
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Description: Gives information about the techniques of decorating early American furniture, walls, tinware, etc. and also gives instructions about how to do that oneself. Covers stenciling, applying gold leaf, japanning, oil-painted boxes and chests Envelope inside front cover contains cut stencils. |
| 12858 | Land of Enchantment: The Penobscot Bay - Mount Desert Region of Maine. |
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Description: A brief history of the region with special attention to Belfast, Camden, Rockland, Castine, Deer Isle and Stonington, Mount Desert and Bar Harbor, Vinalhaven and North Haven, and smaller islands (Isle au Haut, Swan's, and others). Map of area inside front and back covers. Virginia Somes Sanderson's bookplate inside front cover |
| 12849 | Busy Bee’s Record |
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Description: Brown Compositions lined notebook with circle and open book design on cover.Property of Busy Bee’s :records of weekly meetings from 1942-Jan. 1948 Hand -written in ink. | ||
| 12751 | The Flower Guide: A Pocket Manual of the Wild Flowers East of the Rockies. |
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| 12606 | Let’s Look Around |
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| 12594 | Robert W. Patterson Letter regarding 1947 Fire |
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Description: Letter of Nov. 5 1947 from Robert W. Patterson to his mother, Jane A. Patterson, describing the fire of October 1947 in detail. Includes copy of news article describing work for reconstruction. Has been annotated with footnotes explaining to whom he is referring. | ||
| 12593 | John D. Rockefeller 1839-1937 Industrial Pioneer and Man |
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Description: A Biography of John D. Rockefeller 32 pages for the Newcomen Society of England in North America by W. Trevor Holliday |
