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14693Summer Hotel: The Claremont Story 1884-1994
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Southwest Harbor
  • Cole, John N.
  • J.S. McCarthy Co.
  • 1994
Description:
The story of the Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor, Maine, and of the three families who have each been owners during its first 110 years.
14649Traditions and Records: Southwest Harbor, and Somesville -- Mount Desert Island, Maine.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Southwest Harbor
  • Thornton, Mrs. Seth
  • Acadia Publishing Co.
  • 1988
14642The Steamer J. T. Morse: Her History and Adventures.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Steamboats
  • Allen, Jr., Joseph
  • Southworth-Anthoensen Press
  • 1937.
Description:
Story of the last side-wheel steamer; route was Rockland to Bar Harbor, Maine, from 1904-1933.
14640Marriage Records of Hancock County, Maine Prior to 1892.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Hancock County
  • Other, History
  • Other, Maine
  • Other, Marriage
  • Long, Alice MacDonald
  • Picton Press
  • 1992
Description:
A record of marriages in Hancock Co., Maine before 1892, based on Hancock County Court of sessions, Vol. II, Hancock County Commissioners Record, Vol. III, and Marriage Book (1841-1891).
14639Mount Desert: A History
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Street, George E.
  • Houghton, Mifflin and Company
  • 1905.
14638Mount Desert: A History.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Street, George E.
  • Houghton Mifflin and Company
  • 1905
14032Stuart's Atlas of the State of Maine <*Company> <*Address1> <*Address2> <*City>, <*State> <*Zip> Dear : Stuart's Atlas of the State of Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Atlas
  • Other, Counties
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Geology
  • Other, History
  • Other, Maine
  • Other, Resorts
  • Other, Stats
  • J.H. Stuart & Co.
  • 1892-3
Description:
Including statistics and descriptions of its history, educational system, geology, rail roads, natural resources, summer resorts and manufacturing interests, compile and drawn from official plans and actual surveys.
13897A Brief History of the United States
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, United States
  • A.S. Barnes & Company
  • 1871
Description:
Belonged to Allie Somes of Somesville; his notes and pictures are inside.
13896A History of the United States from 1492 to 1866 for the use of schools
  • Document, Instructional, Instruction Book
  • Other, Education
  • Other, History
  • Martindale. Joseph C.
  • Eldredge & Brother
  • 1870
13895United States at War with Spain and the History of Cuba
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, United States
  • Other, War
  • White, Trumbull
  • International Publishing Co.
  • 1898.
13880History of the Rise, Progress and Establishment of the United States of America, Vol I.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Colonies
  • Other, History
  • Other, United States
  • Gordon, William
  • Samuel Campbell
  • 1794.
Description:
An account of the American Revolution.
13879True Stories from Modern History.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • C.S. Francis and Co.
  • 1859.
Description:
Short historical stories. gift of Abbie Thomas Richardson
13850The Public Life of John Brown; with an auto-biography of his childhood and youth.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Brown, John
  • Other, History
  • Redpath, James
  • Thayer and Eldridge
  • 1860.
13825The Military and Political Life, Character and Anecdotes of Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Napoleon
  • Las Cases, Count
  • Chauncey Goodrich
  • 1823.
13778The American Frugal Housewife.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Home Economics
  • Other, Housework
  • Child, Lydia
  • American Stationers’ Company
  • 1836.
Description:
Mrs. Caroline Brewster Williston written on first page.
13003Discovering Old Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park: An Unconventional History and Guide.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, History
  • Hill, Ruth Ann
  • Downeast Books
  • 1996.
Description:
Discovering Old Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park... Autographed by author.
12972A Day’s Work: A Sampler of Historic Maine Photographs 1860-1920 Part I
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Maine
  • Other, Photographs
  • Bunting, W.H.
  • Tilbury House
  • 1997
Description:
Photographs from about the Civil War times to about the time of the First World War relating to economic activity in the state. Activities include agriculture, lumbering, boat building, and more. Photo credits are given.
12898A Pictorial History of the State of Maine on the occasion of its 150th Birthday 1970
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Maine
  • Griffiths, Thomas Morgan and Arthur Morgan Griffiths, eds.
  • Twin City Printery
  • 1970
Description:
Black and white photographs illustrating history, industry, animals, etc. of the state.
12863The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Inquiry into the Salem Witch Trials
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Massachusetts
  • Other, Witchcraft trials
  • Starkey, Marion L.
  • Alfred A. Knopf
  • 1950
12856Saltwater Foodways: New Englanders and their food at sea and ashore in the nineteenth century.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Food
  • Other, History
  • Other, Home Economics
  • Other, New England
  • Oliver, Sandra L.
  • Mystic Seaport Museum
  • 1995
Description:
This is a "food history" book that incorporates a social history of preparing and eating food; it includes recipes, many from old cookbooks.
12846Maine Probate Abstracts Volume 1 1687-1775.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Law & legal affairs
  • Other, Maine
  • Frost, John Eldridge
  • Picton Press
  • 1991
Description:
A compilation of all records of the Probate Courts of Maine: wills, administrations, estate divisions, estate accounts, guardianships, and other acts for 1687-1775.
12845Maine Probate Abstracts Volume 2 1775 - 1800.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Law & legal affairs
  • Other, Maine
  • Frost, John Eldridge
  • Picton Press
  • 1991
Description:
A compilation of all records of the Probate Courts of Maine: wills, administrations, estate divisions, estate accounts, guardianships, and other acts for 1775-1800.
12788History of Barlett’s Island, Mount Desert Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bartlett’s Island
  • Other, History
  • Binnewies, Esther and Muriel Davisson
  • Seavey Printers
  • 1981
Description:
164-page history of Bartlett's Island; with an introduction by Peggy Rockefeller. Copy #2 was donated by Gail Reiber.
12668Journal of the Proceedings of Congress, Held at Philadelphia, Sept. 5 1775 - April 30, 1776.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, United States congress
  • 1778.
12596The Living Past: Being the Story of Somesville Mount Desert, Maine and Its Relationships with Other Areas of the Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Somesville
  • Somes-Sanderson, Virginia
  • Beech Hill Publishing Co.
  • 1982.
Description:
As the author says in the preamble, " This is the story...of the first permanent settlement on Mount Desert Island..." ?At one time Somesville had seven mills, five shipyards, four blacksmith shops, two stores, and ...serv[ed] the entire area and outlying islands."