Description: Catalogue of paintings and drawings by Louisa Richardson Dreier, created for an exhibition at College of the Atlantic, August-September 1998. Introduction by Susan Dreier and essay by Phyllis Anina Thompson Moriarty.
Description: Letter regarding two W.H. Ballard photos that Sturgis Haskins bought for the Town of Sorrento; Edmund Burke owned the Bullseye that is likely in the photo, possibly named Scamp. Picture of the Skylark; named changed to the Valkyrie. Edmund Gillespie has better pictures of the Skylark than the one taken by Ballard.
Description: A series of 12 programs on six videotapes, created by the Old Sardine Village Museum, Lubec, Maine, 1995-1997. Videotapes are in VCR format. Twelve programs: Tape 1: Wolff & Reessing, 1875-1903 and The Seacoast, 1899-1920 Tape 2: Capen & Cover Dept., 1900-1920 and Diamond Pkgy Co., Early 1900's Tape 3: Wm. Underwood Shop, 19821-1921 and Can Company, 1890's-1920's Tape 4: Hole and Cap Can Shop, Stewart's Blueberries and Blacksmith Shop-Eastern Steamship Dock-Rier Barn Tape 5: Capain's Quarters, 1820's-1920's and The Columbian, est. 1890 Tape 6: winslow Packing Co, 1843-1899 and Carpenter Shop, 1850's-1920's, and Sheet Metla Shop [show more]
Description: Includes Municipal Department Reports, Board & Committee Reports, Conners-Emerson School Report, MDI Regional School Committee, Financial Reports, Warrant, State Senator, State Representative.102 pps.
Description: The story of the Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor, Maine, and of the three families who have each been owners during its first 110 years.
Description: A record of marriages in Hancock Co., Maine before 1892, based on Hancock County Court of sessions, Vol. II, Hancock County Commissioners Record, Vol. III, and Marriage Book (1841-1891).
Description: 1990 Map of Bass Harbor and Manset with names and numbers of businesses on Mount Desert Island, blue and white *pronounced ‘dessert’ as in blueberry pie!
Description: Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) was the first woman elected to the Academie Francaise; she lived on Mount Desert Island in Northeast Harbor and is buried in Brookside Cemetery in Somesville.
Description: Description of the progression of fires throughout Maine in fall, 1947. Describes drought that affected the state. Several chapters have sections on Mount Desert Island. Photos include aerial view of Bar Harbor, burned public buildings and homes in Bar Harbor, including Jackson Lab. Photo of firefighters with Indian pumps. Third edition, 1997.
Description: Mary Bond Collection of essays published by the Bar Harbor Times from 1976 to 1986. (Updated description 04/17/2012 by Annette). Mary Bond was the wife of James Bond - the ornithologist who was the namesake for Ian Fleming's character. The Bonds lived in Pretty Marsh on the estate which is now (2012) owned by Joan Fitzgerald.