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: Growth of Bar Harbor banking services to include communities farther "down east". Gives history of banking in Maine and relationship to Boston banking, beginning in 1887.
Description: A witty account of Society and Real Society in America; Northeast Harbor, the Pot and Kettle Club, prep schools, debutante traditions, Junior League, are among the institutions mentioned.
Description: History of Bar Harbor from approximately 1800-1950 According to the introduction, this book was written to "find out what had made it [Bar Harbor] what it was". The book was written at the time of the Bar Harbor fire and covers early explorers and claimants, settlers, town of Eden, artists, cottagers, summer colony, and more.
Description: 12 page typewritten manuscript. early history of Seal Harbor, Jan 1959 with corrections Letter from Mrs. Roscoe C. Marshall (Elsie) to Dianne Ballard Michael correcting Claremont history. Elise's father was Dr. Joseph Phillips who owned the Claremont Michael re history of Claremont Hotel. says Elise Marshall is only daughter of Dr Phillips, owner on sticky note The Claremont Hotel-My Story, 1884-1964 (two copies) who wrote it? 1967 Menu inside of one of the typed booklets Poem about W.H. Ballard by Hilda G. Moe 1969 "Paper Talks," booklet; includes photos of Pemetic H.S. Eastern, Maine, champ. and cheerleaders, 1948. 1950 newspaper article re George William Dolliver: Has had his driver's license for 43 years, since 1908 and car. Letter to Ballard from K. Tracy 1947 postcard from Laurie and Mary Holmes Letter to W.H. Ballard from Don E. Smith, 1947, re Miss Gordon's letter about Bar Harbor fire. [show more]
Description: Marian Lawrence Peabody Diary May 30 to Aug 16, 1901 in Boston., Took the train to BH , July 2 According to Mass Historical Society which has a collection of papers, (1875-1974) she was the daughter of Bishop William Lawrence (1850-1941) and Julia Cunningham Lawrence (1853-1927). Known to her family as "Maisie," Spent summer with her family in Nahant, MA and Bar Harbor ME
Description: Handwritten petition (original and one copy) signed by Fountain Rodick, Charles Higgins, Samuel Higgins (?), T.G. (?) Roberts; says they will pay expense incurred in making survey of route, take stock in a company to be formed to bring water into the village of Bar Harbor.
Description: Rates of Southwest Harbor Water Co. [no date] for faucets, bath tubs, etc. Petition to bring water into Bar Harbor offering to pay expense of survey, to form stock company (1875)
Description: Collection of photocopied materials including: Origin of Mayo name Mayo Family Line, traced to England Revolutionary and Civil War records for Mayos Excerpt from William Bradford's "History of Plymouth Plantation" Excerpt from Ted Spurling's "The Town of Cranberry Isles" Excerpt from Thomas Howes' "Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy" Cape Cod facts and town descriptions
Description: Picturesque Bar Harbor. Souvenir booklet given out to patrons of the Providence Line steamship, “Dedicated to the “Reader” by the Passenger Department Providence & Stonington S.S. Co.” 8 pages. Previously archived as object id 016.FIC.001.25
Description: Jan. 5, 1978 newspaper article from Ellsworth American recounting arrest of Sim Mayo for civil disobedience (driving automobile), banning of driving autos on certain roads; 2 photos: cars on road above Eagle Lake, buckboards in front of Bass Cottage, Bar Harbor.
Description: 7 original articles, undated, except one dated June 17, 1996, include: 1. Photograph of old ferry at Bucksport showing the Belfast (Boston steamer) across river (n.d.). 2. Poem, "The Mount Desert Town Meeting," by Herbert Weir Smyth, Prof. of Greek at Harvard, originally published in Bar Harbor Life, Aug. 23, 1913. 3. "Let us now praise automobiles (sort of)," George Will, Bangor Daily News, June 17, 1996. 4. Yesterday: "Bar Harbor's High Real Estate Prices," about real estate companies in 1887. 5. "Early Vehicles Were Many And Varied In Maine Travel": incomplete article. 6. Incomplete article about Mayo case 7. Incomplete article about 1,000 horses coming to Bar Harbor in summer of 1889. [show more]
Description: Single page newspaper article reporting on a 1911 Bar Harbor town meeting, the account of which was found in files of the Bar Harbor Police Department. Meeting issues included a pitch for a new fire house for the town of Bar Harbor. Previously archived as Object Id 012.FIC.043.14
Description: Supplement to the Bar Harbor Times, each including several artices, pertaining to development in the towns of Mt. Desert Island and Trenton. Tremont, a Small Town Experiences Growing Pressure Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.043.4
Description: Bangor Daily News, Oct. 24, 1947: "Thousands Flee as Raging Blaze Sweeps Bar Harbor." Bangor Daily News, Oct. 25-26, 1947: "Ellsworth Scouts Aid in Disaster," "U.of M. Students Aid in Fighting Flames," " 40 Bangor Jaycees Fight Forest Fires," "Fires Ravage Maine Towns," "$10,000,000 Loss at Bar Harbor; Maine Still Fights many Fires," and photo. of Faith and Caroline Olsen, evacuees separated from relatives. Photo, elderly evacuee Dorothy Hodgkins consoled by Grace Hodgkins, n.d. Bangor Daily News, Oct. 24, 1947: "Trail of Ruin is Left by Forest." Bangor Daily News, Oct. 25-26, 1947: Photo., Mrs. E.T. Johnson; JImmy Nolan and younger brother. Bar Harbor Times, July 9, 1964: "Mount Desert Island's Worst Disaster." "The Fire of '47," Supplement to the Bar Harbor Times, Oct. and Aug. 1987 Misc. notes and postcards to Ballard. [show more]