Description: This photograph is of a male who looks to be between 18 and 25 years of age. He is dressed in a three piece suit with a starched white shirt. He is wearing a patterned cravat. He has a serious expression and is gazing to the right. There is a price sticker on the bottom right of the protective glass. The sticker is marked: 35. set Mr. Somes ???.
Description: Pencil drawings of nine (9) plants in the Heirloom Garden in Somesville. These images were used in the Garden pamphlet created in 2006 and 2007. 2 pages.
Description: Real estate advertisements, hand-drawn maps, photographs related to Dodge/ Harlow home in Pretty Marsh. Inscription on Smith tombstone on property. 1983 (?) Carter's real estate ad. for property: $235,000. Hand-drawn map (after Colby & Stuart) and notes indicating provenance and boundaries of property, including guardian of Nancy Pray releasing property to Daniel Smith. Notes on Mr. Dodge's description of house, tombstones, and likely history of house. 8X11.5 color photograph of house--and key taped to back. Hand-drawn flyer advertising "Annual Pretty March Sale". c.1915, 1920 photographs of house; photo. of Mrs. Allan Smith, c. 1915, color photo. and notes of house. [show more]
Description: Catalogue of the exhibition in The Old School House & Museum in August-September 2009. Judith Burger-Gossart was curator of the exhibit. Peggy Forster designed and created the catalogue
Description: Book: Harold B. Warren and Mount Desert Island. Paintings of Mount Desert, Islesford, Schoodic, Great Cranberry, Baker Island, Gott Island. Discusses the work and friendships of a trio of painters known as The TIPS: Clarence Scott White, Charles Edwin Kinkead and Harold B. Warren
Description: This is a paperback book of poems donated by the author. It has 63 numbered pages and was published by: Goose River Press, 3400 Friendship Road, Waldoboro, ME 04572 in 2008.
Description: In August of 2007, I began a project which I hope continues. Two of my students at Pemetic interviewed relatives working on MDI and wrote the information in a format which could be shared with anyone interested in how people earn their living on MDI. Their projects are in a white notebook in the library. One interview is of Deb O'Donnell who is an architectural project manager at the Jackson Laboratory in this period of rapid expansion at that facility. The other interview is of Peter Dolliver, a retired landscape gardener who ran a company called Deer Meadow in Southwest Harbor. The format the students used evolved out of what they thought would be of interest to someone seeking this information. The interview form, as well as, the release form are included in the book. [show more]
Description: This notebook is a directory of the resources in the School House Archives which would be helpful for teachers to access when studying topics like: the fire of '47; Ways to Make a Living; Settlement; and Exploration. The pages are filled with information which has been used in the various exhibits the Historical Society has had over the years, as well as, notes on stickies which were ideas Charlotte and I brainstormed in our many conversations regarding educational outreach. (ALW) [show more]
Description: In 2007, I worked in the Sound School House on educational outreach projects. A priority in this effort was to look at our school district's learning goals/performance standards in grades 3-6 and select topical information that could be enriched by using the MDI Historical Society's artifacts. Maine's economy and industries which have brought money to the state in times past are two examples of likely topics. This notebook contains copies of reference material which was shared with Charlotte Singleton and myself by Willard Colson, the last manager of the Addison Packing Company in Southwest Harbor. Other contributing resources are credited in the material on the Sardine Industry in Maine, such as John D. Gilman's books:Masts and Masters; and Canned. James Warren's book "Maine Sardine Industry History 1875-2000" proved to be invaluable too and is housed in the Schoolhouse's library as well. [show more]
Description: Handrawn map of locations in Southwest Harbor, Maine and notes for accompanying a walking audio tour of Southwest Harbor, Maine See related audio tour, 012.FIC.001.9
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 home recorded videotape that includes video footage of a presentation by Ralph Stanley and Jaylene Roths at a public meeting, probably in 2000. Tape label indicates that the tape is the "Property of Mary Jones".
Description: Black binder containing background information about Somesville Homes for 2007 Walking Tour, Brochure, Historic District Status. Includes maps, descriptions of homes and owners (Richardson, Somes) and copy of newspaper article (no source or date) about razing Somesville Post Office.
Description: A CD that contains photos taken by Annette Carvagal, 2008. Photos on this disc were used in preparation and for display in an exhibit during late summer and Fall, 2008, at the Somesville Schoolhouse, "Get the Inside Story" 200 Years of Lifestyles and Homes on MDI". Photos are not individually catalogued. The disc is stored with information about the exhibit in a 3-ring binder located in the Research Library.
Description: A CD that contains 90 photographs in jpg format of one of more excursions, sponsored by MDIHS, to Placentia Island, August 24, 2005 and August 14, August 23, and September 17, 2006. Excursions were by boat, with Peter Blanchard as guide. People in photographs include Charlotte Singleton, Peter Blanchard, and other unidentified people. Images include wildflowers, fauna and flora, and buildings and landscapes on Placentia Island. These photos have not been copied to the storage drive or to the Past Perfect database. Images only exist on this CD. [show more]
Description: Certificate dated March 15, 2006 certifies that David L. Stanley has been a member of The American Legion for 50 years. Accompanying letter gives guidelines for honoring recipients of such certificates.