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| 3955 | Churches |
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Description: 1. Pages 6-15 of address given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt on July 14, 1940 in Somesville; memoranda and notes to same. 2. Names of 23 people who met on July 2, 1840 to form Congregational Church. 3. Names of people who desired a Union Meeting House and who bought pews for $5.00 each [1852]. 4. Lists of signers of Supply Fund, 1906, 1907, 5. Invitation to attend ecclesiastical council on June 11, 1908 to examine Mr. Elias Ambrose Jenkins to be pastor of the Somerville [sic] Congregational Church. 6. List of people taken into membership Oct. 17, 1909. 7. Typewritten notes from records of Congregational Church, Somesville, Jan. 6 1885, noting gift of communion service from Mr. Nehemiah Kittredge of Bangor. 8. Typewritten notes on history and legends of Congregational Church, Southwest Harbor, Maine, taken from Nell Thornton's "Traditions and Dates of Southwest Harbor." 9. Booklet with photos about Congregational Church in SW Harbor, n.d. 10. A Record of the Congregational Parish or Religious Society in Mount Desert organized July 2nd, 1840 [original booklet, Somesville] [show more] | ||
| 3849 | Events 2005 |
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Description: Moonlit Graveyard Walk, Aug. 16, Brookside Cemetery with Thomas Vining Wildlife of MDI with Ruth Grierson, Feb. 4 Creating a Timeline Garden, Master Gardener Lee Fay, June 17 Planting a Period Garden: Kitchen and Ornamental Gardens of the Early 19th Century, Christie Higginbottom of Old Sturbridge Village, Mass. Fred Savage Homes (in connection with publication of book by John Bryan) With Port in a Storm bookstore. Art Exhibition (Acadia Summer Art Program) and Fiddle Concert with Ralph Stanley & Friends, Aug. 4 "Hard Work": Maine's Working Women in the 19th Century, brown bag lunchtime film (by Jim Sharkey) and discussion, Feb. 18 Collecting American Art: A Personal History, John Wilmerding, Sept. 6 Fernald Point Picnic and Annual Meeting, Sept. 25 [show more] | |||
| 3848 | Events 2006 |
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Description: Excursions to Placentia and Pond Islands, Aug. 14 & Aug. 23, with Peter Blanchard. Also on Sept.17. (See 013.FIC.36B.14 for photos of this program trip) Steam to the Summit, Green Mountain Railway, with Peter Dow Bachelder, Aug. 12 Corner with a Past (Peabody Drive and Route 198, Northeast Harbor), Feb. 24 Barn Tour, Aug. 5 Early Broadsides and Mass Advertising, July 28, Jerry Miller and Raymond Strout, held at Union Church, NE Harbor Annual Meeting, David Hales, new COA Presidenet, Sept. 13, and photograph exhibit Good Fences: Stories and Pictures of New England's Stone Walls, William Hubell, Oct. 7, Somesville Firehouse Christmas Readings at Port in a Storm, by Moorhead Kennedy,December [show more] | |||
| 3846 | Events 2007 |
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Description: Somesville and Its Secrets (walking tour of historic homes, buildings, Brookside Cemetery; dams and mills), Aug. 11 Fishing and the Future of Island Communities, with Ted Ames, Mar. 25 "Us and Them": Summer People and the Mainers Who Worked for Them, April 29 with Pamela Dean, Archivist, U of Maine, April 29, Somesville Firehouse Continental Liar from the State of Maine: James G. Blaine, a conversation with Neil Rolde, May 23. Fire of ;47, June 24 Movie Nights with Bill Baker, Hollywood inthe 1930s, Aug. 17: End of the Silent Era, Top Hat with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Footage from Fire of 1947, Bar Harbor Express and Hancock Ferries, Easy Street with Charlie Chaplin, June 23, with Bill Baker Field Trip to Great Duck Island with Peter Blanchard, Agu. 21 Historic Homes Tour- August Gardens of Kykuit, slide-lecture by Ann Rockefeller Roberts and Mary Louise Pierson, in honor of Louisa Kennedy, August 23 Exploring MDI's Past, Acadia Senior College Class, Fall 2007: Gilded Age, Island Industries, Landscapes and Gardens, Places that Aren't, Biological Research on MDI, Acadia National Park Discover Hall Quarry, Sept. 29 Three Historic Homes: Seal Harbor (Craigstone), Pretty Marsh, Somesville, Oct. 5. [show more] | |||
| 3845 | Events 2008 |
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Description: Two Island Gardens: Asticou Azalea and Thuya, May 18, 2008. Women in the Fishing Industry (with SW Harbor Library), Mar. 27, 2008: Kristina Stanley, Stephanie Alley, Val Peacock, Linda Musson, Peg Morse, Holly Smallidge, Holly Masterson, Juanita Stanley, Kim Young, Wilhelmina Brouwer, Genealogy Workshop with Thomas Vining, Ralph Stanley, Elaine Fernald, Sheldon Goldthwait, Patti Leland-Hanson, Patricia Ray. Panel and workshop. June 29, 2008 Cemetery Walk, Forest Hill Cemetery, Northeast Harabor, July 20, 2008. Inside Seal Harbor, July 24, 2008: Harbor Club, Holy Family Church, "Wayside," Library, Seal Harbor Yacht Club, "Craig Knowe," with Anne Funderburk. Mount Desert Rocks with Geologist Bill Clark, July 27, 2008. (Geology) Petite Plaisance, July 29, 2008. (Marguerite Yourcenar) Gott's Island, Aug. 16, 23. Home of Ruth Moore. God's Many Corners, the Churches of MDI, Aug. 22, 2008. Diving for Urchins, Scallops &Other Treasures with 'Diver Ed." Aug. 17, 2008 Louisa VAughan Conrad Garden Dedication, Aug. 20, 2008, Somesville Museum Field Trip to Great Duck Island with Peter Blanchard, Aug. 21, 2008 [show more] | |||
| 3844 | Events 2009 |
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Description: Women in Conversation, Mar. 26, 2009: Turning Dreams into Practical Conservation Projects. Hoops Around the Island, April 16, 2009, Basketball on MDI with Jack Gilley, Ray (Razor) Gray, Dennis Damon, Steve Parady, Burt Barker, Melissa Gott; Bill Baker, moderator. School Consolidation, One of MDI's Great Controversies, April 28, 2009 Ledgelawn Cemetery, with Tom Vining, June 7, 2009. Bastille Day, Among Fabulous Antique Cars, with Seal Cove Auto Museum, July 14, 2009. Inside Seal Harbor: Guided Tours of Cottages, Clubs & Church, July 20 and Aug. 7, 2009: St. Judes's, Harbor Club, Long Pond, "Wayside," library, "Sea Bench," Yacht Club. Boat Building Industry: Can it Survive? July 22, 2009. With panelists Ralph Stanley, Phil Bennett (Hinckley), Jock Williams, Lee Wilbur, Cuyler Morris and Alan Sprague, co-host of Boat Talk on WERU Radio. Boat Builders Tour: 8 Boat Yards, Aug. 14, 2009 Charles A. Townsend's Mount Desert: Early 20th Century Real-Photo Postcards of the Island, Sept. 15, 2009. Talk by Earle G. Shettleworth. Annual Meeting: Dr. David Hackett Fischer, "Islanders in Time: Family, Friends and Neighbors on MDI--How Our Associations Have Changed, Aug. 23, 2009. Acadia's Carriage Roads and Bridges, July 27, 2009, with Paul Richardson [show more] | |||
| 3762 | Canneries of MDI |
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Description: Includes notice of oral history program on Canning Industry on Mount Desert, information about a slide lecture and round table discussion about Women in the Canning Industry. Photographs of exterior and interior of (Stinson?) Canning factory, Prospect Harbor, Underwood's Sardine Factory, McKinley ME. Photocopies of Masts and Masters, a brief history of Sardine Carriers and Boatmen by John D. Gilman; Sardine History by John D. Toft. Biographical info. about Mary Louise Mitchell by her granddaughter Carol Reed Walsh. Mrs. Mitchell worked in the sardine factory. Obituary of Rachel Gott Francis, fish packer, by Nan Lincoln. List of packers, managers, and other employees at Underwood. [show more] |
