Description: 4 pages of notes taken from the Friday Club and Literary Circle legders Begins 25 cents charged for dress Topics in notes Asked to circulate a petition for a State Women's Reformatory Urge from Mrs. Hill of Northeast Harbor to become federated with other clubs Recital of poems by High School at Methodist church Migrating birds Women's suffrage
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]
Description: Archival copy. 7/18/1979 - 4/14/1983. Topics include solid waste/recycling, Earth Day, health care, civil rights (gay rights). Photos, newspaper clippings and handwritten comments. Same as Object Id 015.017.37
Description: Archival copy. 11/25/1976 - 6/5/1979. Topics include development/planning issues, Equal Rights Amendment, solid waste, recycling. Photos, newspaper clippings and handwritten comments. Same as object ID 015.017.36
Description: Archival copy. 10/22/1987 - 6/28/1990. Topics include land use development planning, arms control, nuclear power, environment, Earth Day. Photos, newspaper clippings and handwritten comments.
Description: Archival copy. 1/4/1974 to 10/28/1976. Topics include environmental and energy issues, land use planning, Equal Rights Amendment. Photos, newspaper clippings and handwritten comments.
Description: Woman’s Literary Club program for 1927-1928. Mt. Desert, Maine. Written on the cover in pen is, “J.S. Fernald”. Previously Archived as 016.FIC.001.40.a
The Mutual Improvement and Benovolent Society of Southwest Harbor, Maine
Description: Ledger with hand - written notes from 1853 - 1883 includes accounts and minutes and mention of the sewing circle. Includes many names from Southwest including Doliver, Stanley, Hadlock, Moore, Teague, Haynes, McGoffey, King, Newman, Anderson, Cleveland, Dyer
Description: Notes (5 versions)about the club, giving names of members, items sewed, plans to raise money to buy hearse, organ, build sidewalk, fence around Brookside Cemetery. Library, church parish house, Somesville School House also mentioned.
Description: Small blue booklet, souvenir program from meetings of Odd Fellows in Lincoln, Maine, sponsored by the Lincoln Encampment. Watson C. Robbins, Grand Patriarch.
Description: Black leatherbound guestbook kept by unknown individual, possibly Constance Robbins. First entry is Eugene Robbins. Notes regarding gifts to host/hostess in back of the book.
Description: Record book kept by the secretary of the Past Noble Grands Club containing meeting minutes and a list of past noble grands. Last entry made 1/16/1968.
Description: Name tag and ribbon from the International Convention of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs held in Minneapolis, Sept. 21-25, 1964. Program for Annual Sessions of Grand Lodge I.O.F. of Maine, Grand Encampment I.O.O.F. Of Maine, Rebekah Assembly I.O.O.F. of Maine
Description: Report prepared by Bill Skocpol regarding activities of the MDI Odd Fellows lodge during the middle of the 20th century. Report based on the Constance J. Robbins papers which he acquired at an auction in 1999. Report includes graphs of membership levels, photocopies of photographs, and summary narrative.
Description: Green booklet, fading to brown with black and white photograph of the Library and mill pond at Somesville. List of meetings, programs, people. Collect changes slightly from the 1936-37 edition