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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
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."
9021Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Unknown
  • 1900c.
Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 9021   
Object ID:
  • 997-64-226.1
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Hall Quarry
Creator:
  • Unknown
Date:
  • 1900c.
Place:
  • Hall Quarry, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Men working on granite. Crane marked “10 Ton Niles Crane” hangs above men. Trams sit on tracks ready to take granite to the wharf for loading. Marked on back, “Hall Quarry Me After C.J. Hall. Arthur McMullen Lease, work - River Drive New York. early 1900s.” Image fading. Two black smudges appear at top of image. Edges of photo torn in places.
9022Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Unknown
Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 9022   
Object ID:
  • 997-63-225.1
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Hall Quarry
Creator:
  • Unknown
Place:
  • Hall Quarry, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Hall’s Quarry in operation over looking Somes Sound. Tram tracks run to shore. Cut blocks of granite piled near wharf. Three master schooner along side Quarry. Several small buildings visible. Image fading. Water stains at top of photo. Lower left hand corner of photo torn.
17278A Collection of Articles about Hall Quarry
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Granite Quarrying
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, History
  • Troy, Bill
  • Unpublished
A Collection of Articles about Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 17278   
Object ID:
  • 996-217-21
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Granite Quarrying
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Troy, Bill
Publisher:
  • Unpublished
16676Hall Quarry: The Little Town That Wasn't There
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Object, Baseball Gear, Baseball
  • Other, Depressions
  • Other, Games
  • Other, Granite quarrying
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Prohibition
  • Other, Smuggling
  • O'Neill, Susan
  • 1978
Hall Quarry: The Little Town That Wasn't There
Item:
  • 16676   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.165.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Object, Baseball Gear, Baseball
  • Other, Depressions
  • Other, Games
  • Other, Granite quarrying
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Prohibition
  • Other, Smuggling
Creator:
  • O'Neill, Susan
Date:
  • 1978
Description:
28-page typewritten manuscript about history of Hall Quarry.
16674"An Almost Lost Art in Today's Industrial World"
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Granite quarrying
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Standard Granite Company
  • Other, Tools & implements
  • Troy, Bill
  • 1985
"An Almost Lost Art in Today's Industrial World"
Item:
  • 16674   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.165.3
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Granite quarrying
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Standard Granite Company
  • Other, Tools & implements
Creator:
  • Troy, Bill
Date:
  • 1985
Description:
14-page typewrittten manuscript about history of Hall Quarry; includes bibliography.
16673The Pink Granite of Somes Sound
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Granite quarrying
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Truax, C.V.
  • 1972
The Pink Granite of Somes Sound
Item:
  • 16673   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.165.4
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Subject:
  • Other, Granite quarrying
  • Other, Hall Quarry
Creator:
  • Truax, C.V.
Date:
  • 1972
Description:
Article from Down East magazine, October 1972. Title not on article, but is listed on bibliography, which is in same folder.
12967Hall Quarry: The Little Town That Wasn’t There
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Quarries
  • O’Neill, Susan and Bill Troy
  • 1978
Hall Quarry: The Little Town That Wasn’t There
Item:
  • 12967   
Object ID:
  • 96-217-217.1
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Quarries
Creator:
  • O’Neill, Susan and Bill Troy
Date:
  • 1978
Description:
Covers the beginnings of the village, boom years, growing pains and the end of the Standard Granite Company, renewal, good times and hard, its decline and rise, and Hall Quarry now.
12873An Investigation of the Granite Quarry Industry in Hancock County, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Hancock County
  • Other, Quarries
  • Domingos, Frank Eugene
  • Univ. of Maine
  • 1967
An Investigation of the Granite Quarry Industry in Hancock County, Maine
Item:
  • 12873   
Object ID:
  • 001-133.1
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Hancock County
  • Other, Quarries
Creator:
  • Domingos, Frank Eugene
Publisher:
  • Univ. of Maine
Date:
  • 1967
Description:
Study of granite industry in Hancock Co., Maine, after Civil War to locate major quarry sites, ownership of quarries, types of granite products, characteristics of granite centers, and causes for the decline of the industry.
12009Ed Pete Richardson
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Hall Quarry
Ed Pete Richardson
Item:
  • 12009   
Object ID:
  • 010.016.004
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Hall Quarry
Collection:
  • Doris Grant
Description:
Manuscript written by Doris Grant, possibly in the 1980s, about Ed Pete Richardson of Hall Quarry. Mentions entertainment in A.J. Whiting's Hall, including "Nick o' the Woods" ; picking up mail in Somesville and delivering it to C.J. Hall's store to be picked up; sharpening tools for the granite cutters; blueberry picking and sales, bears in Hall Quarry, the arrival of "Hell Wagons" (automobiles) on the island. [show more]
12008Peddlers of Long Ago
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Peddlers
  • 1983
Peddlers of Long Ago
Item:
  • 12008   
Object ID:
  • 010.016.005
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Peddlers
Collection:
  • Doris Grant
Date:
  • 1983
Description:
Article by Doris Grant in New England Sampler: Peddlers of Long Ago, peddlers who came to Hall Quarry and other MDI villages. Mentions Charles and Ralph Sawyer, who began as peddlers, then opened a store in Southwest Harbor.
12007The Paving Cutter and His Trade
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Macaroni Hill
  • Other, Peanut Row
  • September 1978
The Paving Cutter and His Trade
Item:
  • 12007   
Object ID:
  • 010.016.006
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Macaroni Hill
  • Other, Peanut Row
Collection:
  • Doris Grant
Date:
  • September 1978
Description:
Article in Maine Life by Doris Grant of Hall Quarry: The Paving Cutter and His Trade. (Part of photograph and article has been cut out.) Glossary of paving cutter's tools.
12006The Chapel at Hall Quarry
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Granite
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Hall Quarry School
  • Other, Leavitt
  • Other, The Chapel, Hall Quarry
The Chapel at Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 12006   
Object ID:
  • 010.016.001.a-b
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Granite
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Hall Quarry School
  • Other, Leavitt
  • Other, The Chapel, Hall Quarry
Collection:
  • Doris Grant
Description:
Memories of the chapel at Hall Quarry, written by Doris Grant, possibly in the 1980s: 2 handwritten versions (They have not been compared to see if they are identical. Mentions its use as a school and community center as well as a religious building. References to Horace Leavitt, minister; Mandy Perkins, Sunday school superintendent, and Bill Grant, organist. Marked as copies a (5 pages) and b(4 pages).
3883Bibliography of Hall Quarry
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • Other, Hall Quarry
Bibliography of Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 3883   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.165.5
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, List, Bibliography
Subject:
  • Other, Hall Quarry
Description:
Single page bibliography: Books, Thesis [sic[, Magazines/Papers, Tapes. No date, no indication of compiler.
2063Granite Cutters’ National Union
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Unions
  • 1904
Granite Cutters’ National Union
Item:
  • 2063   
Object ID:
  • 001-117-4-2134
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Unions
Date:
  • 1904
Description:
Granite Cutters’ National Union initiation receipt for fifteen dollars for H. L. Stanley signed by W. B. Rour