Description: Spanierman Gallery catalog of 1998 exhibit of Robert Emmett Owen's paintings. Owen dedicated his career to painting the New England landscape
Description: From 1883 to 1890 a cog railway ran up the slopes of today's Cadillac Mountain; the railway was the inspiration of Francis (Frank) Clerque.
Description: A biography of Percy Thompson Reed, who was born on Mount Desert Island in 1917, and was the caretaker for the author's wife's family in Northeast Harbor, Maine.
Description: Magazine issue with article dedicated to Skylands home in Seal Harbor Maine, formerly Ford home built in 1939, includes photographs. September 2000 page 256
Description: Guide to the William Otis Sawtelle collection of documents for 1915-1935; these include receipts, correspondence, and ledgers. Related works are the Islesford Collection Inc. Collection and the U.S. Lifesaving Station Collection.
Description: Describes materials collected from various sources by William Otis Sawtelle, who founded the Islesford Historical Museum on Little Cranberry Island.
Description: Guide to understanding old buildings, written especially for home-owners in northern New England. Discusses evolution of building technology from log buildings through framed houses, evolution of style, and evolution of key features.
Description: Describes the habitats (sand, cobbles, salt marsh, tide pools) of the plants and animals found by the sea; includes photographs, Latin names, and descriptions of the plants, algae, and animals.
Description: A comprehensive record of names and dates on gravestones in cemeteries of Bar Harbor, Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, and Tremont. The records are arranged by cemetery; an index refers to last names in each cemetery.
Description: A comprehensive record of names and dates on gravestones in cemeteries of Bar Harbor, Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, and Tremont. The records are arranged by cemetery; an index refers to last names in each cemetery.
Description: The author grew up on Little Cranberry (Islesford). Chapter titles include Pioneer Settler Families (Stanwoods, Stanleys, Gilleys, Bunkers, Spurlings, Hadlocks), Farming and Fishing, Arts and Entertainment, Summer Colony, Winter Living, Great War, World War II, as well as sections on schools, roads, churches, and more.
Description: Chebacco: the Magazine of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Vol. VII, 2005 When Hollywood Came Downeast: Movie Houses on Mount Desert Island by William J. Baker Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect: A Life Revived by Carl Little Island Poets and Poems: Beth Straus, Christian Barter, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William R. Huntington, Jessica Smith Hadlock's Eskimos in New York (1821) by Hugh L. Dwelley Women Conservationists of Acadia National Park by Caroline M. Pryor Local Color: Rum Running by Ralph W. Stanley The Last Words and Dying Speech of Samuel L. Hadlock [show more]
Description: Copy 1 (for the archives) 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: Volume IV 2001-2002 Larue Spiker and "America's Most Beautiful Island' By Elizabeth Redhead A Playground Contested: Bar Harbor Natives and Rusticators, 1875-1925 By Lynne Nelson Manion College of the Atlantic: The First Decades By William Carpenter Review- A History of Little Cranbery Island, ME By Michael McGiffert Review- The Story of Mount Desert Island By Carl Little
Description: Volume V 2003 Transcription of The Early Records of Mount Desert By Patti Leland- Hanson Boatbuilding During World War II MDI, Ellsworth, Stonington and 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 S. Funderburk Review- Cemeteries fo Canbery Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert Island ByMichael McGiffert [show more]
Description: Volume 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 Christians and Jews on Mount Desert Island By Judith Goldstein Review- A History of Bartlett's Island, Mount Desert, Maine By Michael McGiffert
Description: Continuation from Dr. Leavitt Since 1940 --60 Years have passed! History continuting from the Sermon / historical address given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt, D.D. on the history of the Somesville Union Meeting House, U.C.C. by Gail Reiber
Description: An audio recording of an oral History Interview with Emma Richards (Interviewed by Charlotte Singleton), February 5, 2007 Emma grew up in McKinley (Bass Harbor)
Description: Interview and discussion of boat building on the island with Lyford Stanley, Jock Williams, Roxanne Lewis, Janet Strong, Scott Swann. February 4, 2009 75 minutes The audio recording has been copied into this record in a "CDA" format because we were unable to convert the disc format into a MP3 file. Some media players are unable to play a CDA format file.
Description: Interview with Nat Fenton about the inauguration 2009. Interview conducted at the home of Nat Fenton in Lamoine, by Kathy Miller, President, MDI Historical Society. Part of a series of interviews of impressions on the inauguration of Barack Obama, President.
Description: Audio recording of oral history interview of Lovie Lunt Peck interviewed by Jaylene Roths ,2000. Date, place, and accurate name for interviewee not included in the audio tapes. Needs to be further verified for this record. Ms. Peck is called "Louine" in the interview. What is the accurate name and spelling?