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You searched for: Subject: OtherSubject: Lighthouses
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
3602Baker Island history of buildings
  • Document, Reprographic Copy, Photocopy
  • Other, Baker's Island
  • Other, Franklin Island
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Telecommunication lines
  • Other, Telephone lines
  • nd
Description:
National Archive Records, 3 pages, beginning with appropriation Mar 3, 1823 by Congress ending with a fuel house built 1905
3601Questionnaire Covering Real Estate of Baker Island
  • Document, Questionnaire
  • Other, Baker's Island
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, appraisal
  • 1930
Description:
National Archive copy of ownership of the lighthouse identifying deed of Baring Bros, London England, original cost, appraised value, number of property LH-lb
3871US v Joseph Gilley Court Proceedings
  • Document, Legal, Indictment
  • Other, Baker's Island
  • Other, Chevaux-de-frise
  • Other, Court
  • Other, Lighthouse keepers
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • 1909
Description:
District Court of Maine record No. 53 of the case of US v. Joseph W. Gilley et als. To recover possession of the whole of Baker's Island, 6 p
2973Bicentennial Notes
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Islesford
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Museums
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
  • 1961
Description:
Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) Lighthouses in the region of Mt. Desert Island, and 2) William Otis Sawtelle's Museum at Islesford.
18619Lighthouses in the Southwest Group Area
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, Gravestones
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Mount Desert Bridge Corporation
  • Other, Thompson Island
  • nd
Description:
List of the lighthouses administered by the Southwest Group from North to South. Previously archived as 011.FIC.71.6
18618Lest We Forget
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, Gravestones
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Mount Desert Bridge Corporation
  • Other, Thompson Island
  • nd
Description:
Article about the Thompson Island Cemetary history. Lists some of the graves in the cemetary, stones removed before October 28, 1985, where the grave stones were first located, what remains of the cemetary. Previously archived as 011.FIC.71.6
3852Events 1995-1999
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Army Nurse Corps
  • Other, Boat building
  • Other, Brookside Cemetery
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, College of the Atlantic
  • Other, Gardens
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Harbors
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Other, Orchards
  • Other, Preservation
  • Other, Schools
  • Other, Seeds
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Tremont
  • Other, World War II
  • Places, Landscape
Description:
Summer 1995-Summer 1996 Programs: Preserving Historic Lancscapes, Elizabeth Igleheart, Maine Preservation Commission, June 1995 Brookside Cemetery Tour, Oct. 1995 Boat Building on MDI during WWII, Ralph Stanley, Nov. 1995 Genealogy Research, Connee Jellison, Jan. 1998 Preservation Workshop, Jan.- Mar. 1996 School Days in the 1850's, June 1996 Preserving an Historic Harbor (conservation easements), David MacDonald, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Lee Patterson, Peter Blanchard, Aug. 1996 Sept. 1996-Sept. 1997 Tour of Museum and Historic Lewis Somes House for National Trust for Historic Preservation, Sept. 21, 1996 History of Brookside Cemetery for MD Elementary School 5th Graders, Oct. 29, 1996 School Days in the 1850's, Harbor House (SW Harbor), K-4th graders, Nov. 7, 1996 Women Underway, Steamships and the Army Nurse Corps, WWII, Nov. 14, 1996 Lighthouses of the Maine Coast, Ken Black, Maine Lighthouse Museum (with Great Harbor Museum), Dec. 6, 1996 MID Historical Society, 65th Birthday Party, Historic Mount Desert Tavern (home of Bill and Betty Reiff, Somesville), Dec. 19, 1996 Fun and Games in 19th c., Harbor House, K-4th grade, Jan. 1997 "Pardon my Dust," benefit performance by Kathleen Lake, COA, Jan. 26, 1997 Hands-on Archival Care, Collections' care in the home, Feb. 15, 1997 Charter Signing, meeting of Mount Desert Selectmen at James Richardson House do commemorate signing of original town charter, Feb. 16, 1997 Heirloom Seeds, Mar. 1997 House Histories (with Tremont Historical Society) using architecture and paper records, May 1997 Publication of Charles Tracy diary, lecture on works of Frederick Church, Claremont Hotel, Summer 1997 John Gilley and Charles W. Eliot, June-Oct. Special Museum Exhibit Lecture by Dr. Richard Judd on Environmental History of Maine Coast, with COA, Summer 1997 Ballard's Boats: At work and play on Mt. Desert Island, June 1997 , NEH Library. Includes panel discussion with Ralph Stanley, Richard Lunt, Paul Stubing Strawberry Festival (and book sale), July 10th History of Automobile and its effect on Mt. Desert; traveling exhibit in cooperation with COA, Fall 1997 Field Course in old house restoration, Oc. 26 and 27; Nov. 1 and 2, 1997 1999: Restoring Old Apple Trees, Stephen page, April 1999 Kitchen Gardens in early 19th c., Christie White, May 1, 1999 [show more]
10288Hockamock Head Lighthouse
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Swans Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
Description:
Hockamock Head Lighthouse on Swans Island.
8524Harbor view, Bass Harbor Light
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Spiker, LaRue
Description:
Black and white photo., 5x7, showing Bass Harbor Light (from east), dock and shed, lobster boat. Origional accession number 007.80
10198Baker's Island Lighthouse
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Baker's Island
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Bakers Island Lighthouse.
17311Lists of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Government Printing Office
  • Jan 1, 1892.
165471994 Inventory of Historic Light Stations
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Clifford, Candace, Project Manager
  • US Dept. of Interior: National Park Service
  • 1994
Description:
1994 Inventory of Historic Light Stations, arranged by state.
14037Map of Baker Island
  • Map
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Baker's Island
  • Other, Coast Guard
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Maps
  • 1996
Description:
Photocopy of Baker Island map of ownership, ownership of houses, USCG, Acadia National Park, cemetary (sic)
14034US Coast Survey Map of Baker's Island
  • Map
  • Other, Baker's Island
  • Other, Barns
  • Other, Boathouses
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • 1854?
Description:
1854, 1864, or 1884 Map by W. E. Greenwell, Assistant USCS Date unclear. Photocopies only.
4447Notes on areas of Mount Deserts history
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Battle of Norwood's Cove
  • Other, Canady Hollow
  • Other, Coal Kiln Road
  • Other, County Waterford, Ireland
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Gloucester, Massachusetts
  • Other, Ice industry
  • Other, Indians
  • Other, Light House Board
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Man O' War Brook
  • Other, Post offices
  • Other, Postal service employees
  • Other, Postmasters
  • Other, Ship Harbor
  • Other, Tidal Mills
  • Other, Women's Christian Temperance Union
  • nd
Description:
Type written notes which are background information for an article LaRue Spiker was writting. Appears to be oral history by EMH wh was the mail carrier (postman) from the Narrows (head of the Mount Desert Island to Southwest Harbor) from 1836 to 1837; discusses other post offices p. 11 Dodge Poem regarding Ship's Harbor by Col. James Crockett, Rockland Account by Viola Mace about her Grandmother Robinson account of meeting an Indian named, Big Wolf.Account is from Ansel Mace in 1970, Southwest Harbor Genealogy of Daniel Gott and Rachel Littlefield Genealogy of William Lawler as written by Mrs. Eugene Theriault Discussion of Battle of Norwood Cove, 1812 Interview with John Carroll (1960) Discussion of Estelle Benson Stanley to get funding for the educatin of lighthouse keepers children, called the Superintendent of light house children and Work among Light House Station Superintendent (appears to be a department of Maine government) Previously archived as 012.FIC.005.2 [show more]
4231Interview of men who were at the Mount Desert Light Station, Storm of October 7, 1962.
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Mount Desert
  • Other, Storms
  • 1962
Description:
Audio recording of interview of men who were at the Mount Desert Light Station, Storm of October 7, 1962. Storm related to Hurrican Daisy. Unknown interviewers, date and place of interview, and speaker. Needs to be identified prior to putting out on internet.
3873Deed of Backer's [Sic] Baker's Island
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Baker's Island
  • Other, Deed
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • 12/28/1827
Description:
Deed from the Bingham heirs of Baker's Island, Dec 28, 1827, from State of Maine records in the National Arcives, File No. 3, handwritten, 3p
3869Description of Former US Coast Guard Light Station
  • Map, Land Survey
  • Other, Baker's Island
  • Other, Boat landing
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • 07/1957
Description:
Description of property as determined by the 1909 District Court proceeding and recorded in the Registry of Deeds, Record Book 459, from National Archives
3604Baker's Island
  • Publication, Literary, Essay
  • Other, Baker's Island
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • 1997
Description:
Who Owned Baker's Island on Islesford Historical Society letterhead, written by Hugh L. Dwelley Summary of ownership of Baker's Island. Based on US Lighthouse Board records found in National Archives, Washington, DC
3600History of Baker Island
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Baker's Island
  • Other, Lighthouse keepers
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Surveying
  • Other, Trespass
  • 1954
Description:
National Archive Record, History of Baker Island Lightstation from 1828 to 1953. Quotes of official correspondence regarding trespass controversy by W. B. Franklin, Light House Inspector. Costs for appropriation for rebuilding
3599List of Baker's Island Lighthouse Keepers
  • Document, List, Roster
  • Other, Lighthouse keepers
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • 03/04/1954
Description:
List of Lighthouse Keepers, National Archives
28601977 MDI High School Reunion
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, Gravestones
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Mount Desert Bridge Corporation
  • Other, Thompson Island
  • nd
Description:
News story about part of a hs reunion story (Somesville High?) with names of those present in July 1977. Previously archived as 011.FIC.71.6
2835Man Finally Deserts Mt. Desert Rock
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Coast Guard
  • Other, Hurricanes
  • Other, Lighthouse keepers
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Mount Desert Rock
  • LaRue Spiker, writing for Ellsworth American
  • 11/17/1977
Description:
Article discusses the automation of Mt. Desert Rock Lighthouse and the end of need to man the lighthouse. History of the lighthouse and its manning by the U.S. Coast Guard is discussed.
2724Lighthouses Symbolize the Reach and Hazards of Blue Water Around MDI
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Bakers Island Light
  • Other, Bass Harbor Head Light
  • Other, Burnt Coat Harbor Light
  • Other, Egg Rock Light
  • Other, Lighthouse keepers
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Mount Desert Rock Light
  • LaRue Spiker writing for Bar Harbor Times
  • 11/25/1965
Description:
Two copies of one page articles on history and description of lighthouses in the vicinity of Mt. Desert Island.
2722Unknown Poet Bewails the Bane of Polishing Lighthouse Brass
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Poetry
  • Unknown
  • 3/15/1962
Description:
One page newspaper clipping from unknown source reprinting a poem entitled "Brasswork or The Lighthouse Keepers Lament".