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14070Somesville Bicentennial-Historical Notes
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Somesville
Somesville Bicentennial-Historical Notes
Item:
  • 14070   
Object ID:
  • 009.020.8.a-u
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Somesville
Collection:
  • Somesville Bi-Centennial
Description:
1. Program for "Among the Breakers" by George H. Baker (1961) 2. Somesville Bi-Centennial Calendar, Summer 1961 3. MDI Historical Society Bicentennial Notes, Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Notes, no writer given. Includes ms. about Dr. Robert Abbe, ferry and steam schedules, G.A.R. monument in Bar Harbor, Somesville Monument to early settlers dedicated 8/31/61, Ladies Sewing Circle, Verrazzano's Voyage to Mt. Desert, May 1524, Navy Coaling Station at Lamoine, Gov. Brewster's visit to Virginia , 1926, Fabbri wireless station at Otter Cliffs in WWI, Statue honoring Maine lobstermen, Prayer at Washington Cathedral honoring Maine, Baymeath, reminiscences of life in Bar Harbor, [by Louise deKaven Bowen]; also reprint from Independent Woman, Feb. 1940 "First Citizen of Chicago" about Mrs. Bowen. References, Notes on history of settlement of Maine, Center, string of houses from Pretty Marsh to Seal Cove. Various military and naval incidents in Maine. 4. Minutes of the Bicentennial Committee. 5. Correspondence regarding publishing of the Bicentennial book. [show more]
3960Brookside Cemetery Association
  • Document, Government, Death Record, Burial Record
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, Somesville
Brookside Cemetery Association
Item:
  • 3960   
Object ID:
  • 009.020.17
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Government, Death Record, Burial Record
Subject:
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, Somesville
Collection:
  • Brookside Cemetery Association
Description:
Records of plots, payments, etc. for the cemetery.
3955Churches
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Southwest Harbor
  • 09/30/2009
Churches
Item:
  • 3955   
Object ID:
  • 009.020.24.a-k
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Southwest Harbor
Collection:
  • Churches of Mount Desert Island
Date:
  • 09/30/2009
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]
3954Deeds of Sale for Land on Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
  • Other, Somesville
Deeds of Sale for Land on Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 3954   
Object ID:
  • 009.020.25.a-q
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
  • Other, Somesville
Collection:
  • Deeds of Sale for Land on Mount Desert Island
Description:
1. Sale of five lots (three west of the Great Pond; one known as Southern Neck, one bounded by New Mill Pond, Ripples Brook, Ripples Rd., Pretty Marsh Rd.) by John Somes and Thadeus S. Somes to John J. Somes. 2. Typewritten portion of record concerning the DeGregoire's portion of Mount Desert Island, ascertained by survey, and the portion for John Bernard (1794). 3. Copy of 1792 document converying land from deGregoires to James Richardson. 4. Sale of pew in New Meeting House in Pretty Marsh to Abraham Somes by Benjamin Atherton, Charles Branscom, Reuben Freeman, David Hooper, for $37.93 (1835). 5. 1839 deed of sale of tract of land and buildings from Abraham Somes to George B. Somes. 6.1854 Jacob Somes, administrator of estate of John Somes, re public sale of described real estate, and his purchase of same for $1107,66. 7. 1854 sale to Amos Hooper by Benjamin Beard et al of land in Pretty Marsh, Mill Pond area (described). 8.1860 deed of sale of land (described) in Tremont by Margaret Moore to Joshus S. Moore. 9.1865 sale by Cornelius Wasgatt, of Swan's Island, to George B. Somes of land on Mount Desert Island. 10. 1867 sale by Mary C. Richardson to Daniel E. Pray of 45 acres "more or less." 11. 1877 sale by Rebecca Somes, Adelma Joy, Ann Fennelly, and Catherine Stevens of share of Mt. Desert Bridge, Yellow Store, horse, & other animals, two carts, one wagon, household furniture, notes or mortgages and all other personal estate owned by Jacob Somes, to John J. Somes. 12. 1878 by John & T.S. Somes to J.J. Somes, strip of land on west side of Ripples Brook. 13. 1882 sale by Rebecca T. Somes to John J. Somes of land in Somesville, as described. 14. List of lots on Mt. Desert Island, Trenton area, Union River, Cranberry Islands, Sullivan, Great Duck, Bartletts Island, granted by the DeGregoires, along with the dates granted and the grantees' names. 15. 1822 notice of public sale of real estate belonging to Abraham Somes to satisfy debts. 16. 1822 certificate attesting that Abraham Somes will use his "best skill and judgment" and exert his "utmost endeavors" concerning the disposal of the estate of Abraham Somes. 17. 1826 sale by John Somes to Abraham Somes of Lot 59 of Salem Town 1808 plan [show more]
3951Women's Clubs
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Clubs
  • Other, Somesville
Women's Clubs
Item:
  • 3951   
Object ID:
  • 009.020.29.a-n
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Note
Subject:
  • Other, Clubs
  • Other, Somesville
Collection:
  • Women's Clubs of Mount Desert Island
Description:
History of Mt. Desert Chapter of Order of Eastern Star (1894-1920); Women's Literary Club Handwritten History 2 pages scanned Literary Club (1916-1956) History Typewritten p1-2 scanned; change of type for 158-1966 signed Willette Mitchell, historian The Women's Literary Club of Mt Desert Island Maine 1916-1953, Handwritten Handwritten notes from Aunt Ad about the Eastern Star Sewing Circle; Women's Club. Miscellaneous Items handwritten and from newspaper [show more]
16475Letter to the Editor of the "Bar Harbor Times"
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Somesville
  • Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • 6/14/1979
Letter to the Editor of the "Bar Harbor Times"
Item:
  • 16475   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.29.37
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Somesville
Creator:
  • Virginia Somes Sanderson
Collection:
  • Somes Genealogy
Date:
  • 6/14/1979
Description:
Photocopy of letter correcting facts on a previously written article on the subject of the history of Somesville, Maine. The letter includes biographical information about Somesville settler, Abraham Somes as well as Virginia Somes Sanderson's line of descent.
4474Various Handwritten Notes on Somes Genealogy
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Gloucester, Massachusetts
  • Other, Somes House
  • Other, Somesville
Various Handwritten Notes on Somes Genealogy
Item:
  • 4474   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.29.41
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
Subject:
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Gloucester, Massachusetts
  • Other, Somes House
  • Other, Somesville
Collection:
  • Somes Genealogy
Description:
Various handwritten notes by unknown authors describing genealogy and activities of Somes family members on Mount Desert Island and in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
2902Somesville History is Family History for Chauncey Somes
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Daniel Somes Inn
  • Other, Mills
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Somesville Library
  • Mercy Johnson, writing for the Bar Harbor Times
  • 1979
Somesville History is Family History for Chauncey Somes
Item:
  • 2902   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.29.72
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Daniel Somes Inn
  • Other, Mills
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Somesville Library
Creator:
  • Mercy Johnson, writing for the Bar Harbor Times
Collection:
  • Somes Genealogy
Date:
  • 1979
Description:
Photocopy of Bar Harbor Times article describing aspects of Somesville history and biography of Chauncey Somes. Contains photograph of Chauncey Somes, early Somesville buildings including the wool carding mill and the library.
3781Letter to Mrs. Williams
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor Fire
  • Other, Fire fighters
  • Other, Fire of 1947
  • Other, Salisbury Cove
  • Other, Somesville
  • 1947
Letter to Mrs. Williams
Item:
  • 3781   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.38.4
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor Fire
  • Other, Fire fighters
  • Other, Fire of 1947
  • Other, Salisbury Cove
  • Other, Somesville
Collection:
  • Fire 1947
Date:
  • 1947
Description:
Unknown who wrote letter regarding recollection of Bar Harbor Fire, Fire of 1947 from Somesville, trying to get firefighters to Salisbury Cove
2984Bicentennial Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Boat building
  • Other, Hay
  • Other, Seal Cove Auto Museum
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Notes
Item:
  • 2984   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.92.15
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Note
Subject:
  • Other, Boat building
  • Other, Hay
  • Other, Seal Cove Auto Museum
  • Other, Somesville
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
  • MDI Historical Society
Date:
  • 1961
Description:
Three typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) Somesville Bicentennial, 2) haying of Bass Harbor Marsh hay, and 3) boatbuilding on Mt. Desert Island.
4458Bicentennial Committee Meeting Minutes
  • Document, Minutes
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Committee Meeting Minutes
Item:
  • 4458   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.92.21
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Minutes
Subject:
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
  • MDI Historical Society
Date:
  • 1961
Description:
Twenty-eight pages of handwritten and typewritten notes pertaining to the planning of the Somesville Bicentennial Celebration of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society.
2978Bicentennial Celebration Suggestions
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Celebration Suggestions
Item:
  • 2978   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.92.22
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Note
Subject:
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
  • MDI Historical Society
Date:
  • 1961
Description:
Ten pages of handwritten and typewritten notes of the Bicentennial Committee pertaining to the planning of programs and activities for the celebration of the Somesville Bicentennial.
2977Bicentennial Programs and Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Historic buildings
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Programs and Notes
Item:
  • 2977   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.92.23
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Note
Subject:
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Historic buildings
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
  • MDI Historical Society
Date:
  • 1961
Description:
Six pages of typewritten and handwritten Somesville Bicentennial Programs and Notes including an Oak Tree Planting and a house tour.
3766Bicentennial Committee Program Expense Accounting
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Expense accounts
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Bicentennial Committee Program Expense Accounting
Item:
  • 3766   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.92.24
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record
Subject:
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • Other, Expense accounts
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
  • MDI Historical Society
Date:
  • 1961
Description:
Expense accounting with copies for two Somesville Bicentennial programs, "Among the Breakers", and the Barn Dance.
4428Somesville and Hall Quarry Historical Summaries
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Poetry
  • Other, Somesville
  • Doris Grant
Somesville and Hall Quarry Historical Summaries
Item:
  • 4428   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.92.25
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Poetry
  • Other, Somesville
Creator:
  • Doris Grant
Collection:
  • MDI Historical Society
Description:
One double-sided mimeographed page which includes two historical essays: "Somesville, a Pleasant Place, A Goodly Heritage" and "Hall Quarry, An Interesting Place" and well as one unattributed poem, "The Cemetery Road."
4427Somesville Firsts
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, Somesville
Somesville Firsts
Item:
  • 4427   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.92.26
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, Somesville
Collection:
  • MDI Historical Society
Description:
One page mimeographed page listing 'firsts' associated with Somesville, Maine.
14775Letter from Sanderson to President of the MDI Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • 1981
Letter from Sanderson to President of the MDI Historical Society
Item:
  • 14775   
Object ID:
  • 012.FIC.007.8
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
Creator:
  • Virginia Somes Sanderson
Collection:
  • MDI Historical Society
Date:
  • 1981
Description:
Typewritten letter from Sanderson concerning details of her proposed donation of money to fund construction of a bridge to connect old and new MDI Historical Society buildings in Somesville.
3755Official Documents pertaining to Footbridge Construction in Somesville
  • Document, Permission, Permit
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1981
Official Documents pertaining to Footbridge Construction in Somesville
Item:
  • 3755   
Object ID:
  • 012.FIC.007.12
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Permission, Permit
Subject:
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Collection:
  • MDI Historical Society
Date:
  • 1981
Description:
Building and land use permit applications and building permit for construction of footbridge between two MDI Historical Society buildings in Somesville.
18814Letter from Nelson F. Goodwin to Robert Heffner
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1994
Letter from Nelson F. Goodwin to Robert Heffner
Item:
  • 18814   
Object ID:
  • 012.FIC.007.13.a-b
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Collection:
  • MDI Historical Society
Date:
  • 1994
Description:
Letter from Nelson F. Goodwin to Robert Heffner May 3, 1994 about the Somesville bridge construction. The letter also includes a copy of the plans for the footbridge.
18813Materials Supply list
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1994
Materials Supply list
Item:
  • 18813   
Object ID:
  • 012.FIC.007.14
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Somesville
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Collection:
  • MDI Historical Society
Date:
  • 1994
Description:
A supply list from Ellsworth Building Supplies showing the cost of materials for the Somesville Bridge.
4425Notes on History of Somesville, Maine
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, Historic buildings
  • Other, History
  • Other, Somesville
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Notes on History of Somesville, Maine
Item:
  • 4425   
Object ID:
  • 012.FIC.019.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, Historic buildings
  • Other, History
  • Other, Somesville
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Collection:
  • MDI Historical Society
Description:
Four pages of handwritten notes on the history of Somesville, ME, drawn from the book, "The Living Past" authored by Virginia Somes Sanderson.
4438Minutes of Meetings in Preparation for Walking Tour
  • Document, Minutes
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Village Improvement Society
  • Other, Walking tour
  • Somesville Village Improvement Society
  • 1992
Minutes of Meetings in Preparation for Walking Tour
Item:
  • 4438   
Object ID:
  • 012.FIC.019.3
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Minutes
Subject:
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Village Improvement Society
  • Other, Walking tour
Creator:
  • Somesville Village Improvement Society
Collection:
  • MDI Historical Society
Date:
  • 1992
Description:
Four typewritten pages of typewritten notes documenting two meetings in preparation for walking tours of Somesville.
4437History of Somesville, Betwixt the Hills
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • Other, History
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Walking tour
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1994
History of Somesville, Betwixt the Hills
Item:
  • 4437   
Object ID:
  • 012.FIC.019.4
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, History
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Walking tour
Creator:
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Collection:
  • MDI Historical Society
Date:
  • 1994
Description:
14 page photocopy of History of Somesville, including scripts for costumed guides, for use in a walking tour of Somesville.
18621Life on Tinker Island
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Daniel Somes Tavern
  • Other, Fishing
  • Other, Kate L. Pray Schooner
  • Other, Schooners
  • Other, Somesville
  • Structures, Factory, Textile Mill, Woolen Mill
  • 8/5/1982
Life on Tinker Island
Item:
  • 18621   
Object ID:
  • 1997.0978
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Daniel Somes Tavern
  • Other, Fishing
  • Other, Kate L. Pray Schooner
  • Other, Schooners
  • Other, Somesville
  • Structures, Factory, Textile Mill, Woolen Mill
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 8/5/1982
Description:
From the Ellsworth American August 5, 1982. This is an excerpt from the book Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast: Penobscot and blue Hill Bays. Talks about the earliest name of the island, who John Robinson was, other people who claimed the island. geneology of the Tinkers, commercial activity on Tinker Island.
18620Mount Desert Island History
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Daniel Somes Tavern
  • Other, Fishing
  • Other, Kate L. Pray Schooner
  • Other, Schooners
  • Other, Somesville
  • Structures, Factory, Textile Mill, Woolen Mill
  • 8/5/1982
Mount Desert Island History
Item:
  • 18620   
Object ID:
  • 1997.0979
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Daniel Somes Tavern
  • Other, Fishing
  • Other, Kate L. Pray Schooner
  • Other, Schooners
  • Other, Somesville
  • Structures, Factory, Textile Mill, Woolen Mill
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 8/5/1982
Description:
Article on three pieces of paper about Mount Desert Island History; Native American History, small outer islands, Sutton's Island, Joseph Moore, Joseph Lancaster, Isaac Richardson, William and Joseph Moore, John Gilley