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You searched for: Date: 1960sType: Document
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
2972Bicentennial Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, Jordan Pond House
  • Other, Otter Cliff Radio Station
  • Other, Ships
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Three typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) German ship Kronprinzessin Cecilie in Bar Harbor, 2)Otter Cliff Radio Station, 3) Jordan Pond House, and 4)churches of Bar Harbor.
2971Bicentennial Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Bluenose Ferry
  • Other, Medical personnel
  • Other, Veterinary medicine
  • MDI Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) Daniel Somes, 2) John Somes, MV Bluenose ferry, 3) Dr. L. Sherman Cleaves, veterinarian, and 4) Madame "Grannie" Milliken.
2970Bicentennial Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Battle of Norwood's Cove
  • Other, Land grants
  • MDI Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) DeGregoire's, 2) Battle of Norwood's Cove, and 3) Mt. Desert Island land grants.
2989Bicentennial Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Atlas
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Bass Harbor Head Light
  • MDI Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Two page typewritten Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) Colby's Atlas of Hancock County,Maine, 2) Bass Harbor Head Light, 3) Schooner Head and 4) 1900 visit of British ship HMS Quail to Bar Harbor.
2988Bicentennial Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Cadillac Mountain
  • Other, Gardens
  • Other, Peddlers
  • Other, Ships
  • MDI Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) peddlers visiting Mt. Desert Island, 2) formal gardens on Mt. Desert Island, 3) Russian steamship Cimbria, 4) Davies yacht, Sea Cloud, and 5) buildng cost of Cadillac Mountain Road.
2987Bicentennial Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Fife and Drum Corps
  • Other, Horticulture
  • MDI Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
One typewritten page of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) Horticultural Society and 2) Boys Fife and Drum Corps of Ellsworth.
2985Bicentennial Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Green Mountain House
  • Other, Green Mountain Railway
  • Other, Spies
  • Other, Summit House
  • Other, Town Hill
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Three pages of typewritten notes pertaining to 1) German spies on Mt. Desert Island during WW II, 2) village of Town Hill, 3) development of buildings on Green [later Cadillac] Mountain, 4)Green Mountain Railway and connecting steamship, Wauwinnet.
2984Bicentennial Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Boat building
  • Other, Hay
  • Other, Seal Cove Auto Museum
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Three typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) Somesville Bicentennial, 2) haying of Bass Harbor Marsh hay, and 3) boatbuilding on Mt. Desert Island.
2983Bicentennial Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Mountains
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) mountains of Mt. Desert Island and 2) the Eben M. Hamor Manuscript, an historical document dealing with Mt. Desert Island history.
2982Bicentennial Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Harbors
  • Other, Home remedies
  • Other, Hotels
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Three typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) hotels of Bar Harbor during the Golden Era and 2) construction of the breakwater off Bald Porcupine Island and 3) home remedies.
2981Bicentennial Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Bar Harbor Fire Department
  • Other, Scrapbooks
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes (third page missing) pertaining to 1) Bar Harbor Fire Department, 2) Mount Desert Island Historical Society scrapbooks information.
2980Bicentennial Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Baymeath Estate
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Three typwritten pages of Bicentennial Notes entitled Baymeath Part II. These notes include testimony as to how an affluent household operated on Mount Desert Island and the ownership historically of the Baymeath estate.
2979Bicentennial Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Egg Rock
  • Other, Military defenses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Four typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) the status of Mount Desert Island in 1871, 2) Sargent Drive, 3) Egg Rock gun emplacements.
4458Bicentennial Committee Meeting Minutes
  • Document, Minutes
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Twenty-eight pages of handwritten and typewritten notes pertaining to the planning of the Somesville Bicentennial Celebration of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society.
2978Bicentennial Celebration Suggestions
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Ten pages of handwritten and typewritten notes of the Bicentennial Committee pertaining to the planning of programs and activities for the celebration of the Somesville Bicentennial.
2977Bicentennial Programs and Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Historic buildings
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Six pages of typewritten and handwritten Somesville Bicentennial Programs and Notes including an Oak Tree Planting and a house tour.
3766Bicentennial Committee Program Expense Accounting
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Expense accounts
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Expense accounting with copies for two Somesville Bicentennial programs, "Among the Breakers", and the Barn Dance.
3756Meeting Notes Regarding Sanderson House Donation
  • Document, Minutes
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1968
Description:
Seven handwritten pages of meeting notes pertaining to proposed donation of Virginia Somes Sanderson's historical Somesville house to the MDI Historical Society for use as a museum.
14776Letter from Sanderson to the MDI Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • 1967
Description:
Letter and draft from Sanderson offering to donate her Somesville home to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society for use as a museum.
3754Details of Virginia Somes Sanderson's House
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1968
Description:
Notes created by the MDI Historical Society regarding the Virginia Somes Sanderson house, which Sanderson proposed to donate to the Society for use as a museum. Sanderson's own notes are appended to the original.
3753Meeting Notes of the Committee
  • Document, Minutes
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • MDI Historical Society Committee on V. Sanderson Gift
  • 1968
Description:
Typewritten notes of two meetings of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Committee on the V. Sanderson Gift.
3752Committee Report
  • Document, Report, Administrative Report
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • MDI Historical Society Committee on V. Sanderson Gift
  • 1968
Description:
Typewritten draft and final report of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Committee on the V. Sanderson proposed gift of her home to the Society. Committee proposed acceptance of the gift with modifications to conditions.
3751Board of Director's Meeting Agenda and Notes
  • Document, Agenda
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1968
Description:
Typewritten agenda and handwritten notes of the Board of Directors of the MDI Historical Society meeting. Consideration of refusal of the proposed gift of the Virginia Somes Sanderson house and discussion of the future of the Society.
1501Congratulations to Spiker
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Bar Harbor Times
  • Other, Gott's Island
  • 1962
Description:
5 handwritten letters of congratulations on taking over editorship Letter frorm Nancy Greenough (Mrs. Alfred) congratulating on Bar Harbor Times Previously archived as 012.FIC.023.4, **1317, **1319, **1320, **1321, **1322, **1323
9365Spiker letter to Drinker
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Conservation of natural resources
  • Other, magazine article
  • 1961
Description:
Spiker is sending pictures to Miss Mary Drinker, Editor of Frontiers related to her article on Patuxent Previously archived as 012.FIC.023.17