Description: Research report: Traditional Uses of Fish Houses in Otter Cove - "ethnohistorical research about the customary and traditional uses and practices associated with fish houses in Otter Cove . . . in the late 19th and 20th centuries". Discussses fishing, bait, equipment, social affarirs, landings, slips, docks.
Description: Copy 1 (for the library) of Paul Richardson's manuscript about Acadia National Park with particular emphasis on the carriage roads and bridges and their construction. Includes a map and pictures and an appendix with a description and technical information on all carriage road bridges. A bibliography and index are included. "A Gift from Paul S. and Dorothy L. Richardson to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society." Fifty copies were given to the Historical Society for distribution locally. [show more]
Description: Transcript of interview with John Fernald, born 11/25/1932 on Mount Desert, regarding the dairy industry and farming on Mount Desert Island. See also CD-R, located in Archival Box #68, accession number 010.001.001.
Description: It is the story of The Grand Design, a Scots Irish Journey. Tucked in the inside cover is a one page fact sheet about the Legend of the Grand Design Wreck in the late fall of 1740 near Ship Harbor on Mount Desert Island.
Description: Written transcript of interview with Louise Sawtelle Libby, born 1/20/1907 in Cambridge Mass., regarding the history of Islesford; Duck Island; and many stories about growing up in the mid 1900s and summering on the coast of MDI, Coast Guard, Bangor fire in 1911, small bit about MDI fire of 1947
Description: An audio recording of Hooked Rugs of the Grenfell Mission: Paula Laverty, September 2, 2009, an audio recording of a presentation sponsored by the MDI Historical Society, Mellon Room Northeast Harbor Library.
Description: Contents: C.C. Little and the Founding of the Jackson Laboratory, Martha Harmon The Episcopal Church Comes to Mount Desert Island, The Rev. Edwin Atlee Garrett, III Making America Work: a Look at Christians and Jews on Mount Desert Island, Judith Goldstein Review: A History of Bartlett's Island, Mount Desert, Maine, Michael McGiffert
Description: Chebacco: The Magazine of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society (continues The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society) Vol. VI, 2004 Godly Discipline and Charitable Walking: The Congregational Church of the Town of Mount Desert--the First Fifty Years by Michael MdGiffert Icy, Corkscrew and Whalesback: Discriptive Terms in The Placenames of Mount Desert Island by Henry A. Raup George Dorr's Vision for "Garden Approaches" to Acadia National Park by Ronald H. Epp Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959) by Patrick Chasse A Russian in Retrospect: Lev Vladimir Goriansky by Carl Little Local Color: Charmian Kittredge London by Ralph W. Stanley The Sketch of the Life of Nicholas Thomas of Eden--Written by himself August 6th 1857--Age 78 Review: A Transcription of Trenton's Cemeteries, So They Are Not Forgotten by Seth Singleton [show more]
Description: Chebacco: The Magazine of the Mount Desert Historical Society Vol. X, 2009 Two Voices, One Island: A Dialogue by John R. Gillis and Christina Marsden Gillis The Future of MDI's Natural World by Ruth Gortner Grierson The Cobbler's: A Somesville Home for the Generations by Thomas Dresser Island Poets and Poems: Nancy Dew Taylor, Anne Mazlish, Hellmut Juretschke, Christime Chronis, Carl Little The Memorials of Acadia National Park by Don Lenahan Nabobs of the Northeast by Jerry Miller Lyford Stanley: A Maine Boat Builder Remembered, Reminiscences of Friends and Family [show more]
Description: The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Vol. III, 2000 C.C. Little and the Founding of the Jackson Laboratory by Martha Harmon The Episcopal Church Comes to Mount Desert Island by The Rev. Edwin Atlee Garrett, III, Th. M. Making America Work: A Look at Chriatians and Jews on Mount Desert Island by Judith Goldstein Review--A History of Bartlett's Island, Mount Desert, Maine by Michael McGiffert
Description: The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Vol. IV, 2001-2002 LaRue Spiker and "America's Most Beautiful Island" by Elizabeth Redhear A Playground Contested: Bar Harbor Natives and Rusticators, 1875-1925 by Lynne Nelson Manion College of the Atlantic: The First Three Decades by William Carpenter Review--A History of Little Cranberry Island, Maine by Michael McGiffert Review--The Story of Mount Desert Island by Carl Little [show more]
Description: The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Vol. V, 2003 Transcription of the Early Records of Mount Desert by Patti Leland-Hanson Boatbuilding During World War II: MDI, Ellsworth, Stonington & Blue Hill by Ralph W. Stanley Establishing Dr. Abbe's Museum in Mr. Dorr's Park by Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D The Green Mountain Railway: Bar Harbor's Remarkable Cog Railroad by Peter Dow Bachelder Preview--The Story of Mt. Desert Island and Acadia National Park by Anne Funderburk Review--Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert Island by Michael McGiffert [show more]
Description: A reference book with genealogy and family stories of the ancestors and descendants of Augustus Charles Savage and Emily Manchester of Northeast Harbor, Maine
Description: This is the second volume of the series about economic activity, covering the period from the end of the Civil War to the end of World War I.
Description: Catalogue Raisonne for Public Auction July 10, 2003 of property of Edward V. Thompson. Sections cover: Part 1: Maine History and law Part 2: Northeastern Boundary Controversy and "Aroostook War" Part 3: Maine Maps Part 4: Two Maine Pioneers Part 5: Maine Geology Part 6: Maine Steamboats and Railroads Part 7: Mount Desert Island Part 8: The Maine Woods Part 9: Maine Cities and Towns Insert shows estimated pre-sale prices
Description: In the words of the introduction, written by Robert R. Pyle, this book "preserves the memories relevant to understanding the roots of communities on Mount Desert Island." It includes sections on Savage's ancestors and the history artists, tourism, and recreation on the island; his education and training and photographs and descriptions of buildings designed by him in Northeast Harbor, Islesboro, and Bar Harbor.