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You searched for: Subject: OtherSubject: History - Mount Desert Island
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
14613Map of Eastern Trails of Acadia National Park
  • Map
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Tourism
Description:
Map of Eastern Trails No. 1 of Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. Reproduction of hand drawn map, shows carriage roads and trails, black and white
4092Few Phemomena of Civilization
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Roads
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
“Few Phenomena of Civilization” by LaRue Spiker. 5 pages. History of Roads, cars on Mt. Desert Island Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.065.05
17580Governor Francis Bernard’s Letterbooks
  • Document, Microform, Microfilm
  • Other, Exploration
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • People
Description:
Microfilm of Governor Francis Bernard’s Letterbooks; Volumes 2 -5: 1760 - 1768
17669Summit of Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
  • 8/12/1960
Description:
Summit of Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park with 3 cent stamp, cars parked atop the mountain
17666Season’s Greetings
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
photo greeting card of home in snow with hand-written greeting on back: Good cheer for the holidays. May the blessing of peace be with us before another Christmas season. All good wishes from N.C. Thornton
17485Down East Magazine
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Gardens
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Women's History
  • 7/1/1983
Description:
Mount Desert Island article p.81 “A Summer Full of Flowers” by Jane Lamb written about the gardens of Mary Louis Jenkins photographs by Brian Vanden Brink
17480Milliken - Pray Genealogy
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, History - Maine
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
Description:
Green Binder: Copies of records related to the Milliken and Pray family Genealogy
17481Regional Island High School formation papers
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Education
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Schools
  • 1/1/1949
Description:
Miscellaneous papers related to the formation of the MDI Regional High School from 1948 - 1949. Includes surveys, letters to the editor, letters to Rockefeller, pta minutes, general correspondence
17478Book Excerpts
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, History - Maine
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
Description:
Red Binder: Copies of Commissioners’ Proceedings at Mount Desert, 1808 Records of the First Church of Mount Desert, Maine 1792-1867 Guide books:The Handbook of Mount Desert; Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island; Chisholm’s Mount Desert Guide Traditions and Records Story of Mt. Desert Mount Desert, A History Maine Families in 1790 Maine Forts Old Hancock County Families Inventory of the Towns and Cities of Maine Misc.
17477Historical Notes on Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • People
  • 3/1/1966
Description:
Grey Binder: Copy of Historical Notes on Mount Desert Island by Barbara Ellen Joy
17474Mount Desert Island Historical Society Collections Materials
  • Publication, Catalog
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Museums
Description:
Artifact Adoption Catalog 1995 from MDI Historical Society through the years
17463This New England, Mount Desert Island, Me
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • 8/1/1981
Description:
An article in Yankee magazine telling the history of Mt. Desert with excellent photographs.
17451Times Past
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • 8/12/1899
Description:
Republication of Bar Harbor Record news items in Bar Harbor Times, . Compiled by Deborah Dyer of the Bar Harbor Historical Society, 8/15/1999.The speech that eben Hamor gave at the centennial celebrations of the Eden Baptist Church. An excellent history of the island
17204Mount Desert Town Records 1821-41 and Marriages through 1860
  • Document, Report
  • Other, History - Mount Desert
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Pretty Marsh
Description:
Legal Black Binder:Copies of Mount Desert Town Records 1821-1841 Intentions and Marriages,1847-52; Town Meeting Records 1847-50;Records of Intentions and Marriages 1853-89; Misc. Ref to Pretty Marsh roads and Taxes to 1860s.
17203Mt. Desert Town Records 1776-1820
  • Document, Report
  • Other, History - Mount Desert
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Isla
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
Description:
Legal Black Binder:Copy of the Earliest Records of the Island of Mount Desert and Vital records : An index to the Early Records of the Town of Mount Desert
16753Standard Store Ledger A
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, History - Hall Quarry
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Quarries
Description:
Oversized Leather Ledger with decorative front and binding with gold lettering from the Standard Granite Company Store16”x11.5”x2.5”
14637Census, Military Records, Hammond Notebooks
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, History - Maine
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
Description:
Brown Binder: Copies of Military Records 1812; Cattle and Sheep Marks 1826-83;Roads in Pretty Marsh 1864-1885; Perambulation of Town Line between Eden and Mount Desert 1871; Heads of Families at the first Census, Maine 1790; Reader Corrects Data from 1820 Census of Mt. Desert and Eden;Hazel Hammond Notebooks 1790-
14309Copy of Path and Road Map for the Western Part of Mount Desert Island
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Maps
  • 1/1/1941
Description:
A copy of map named Path and Road Map of the Western Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine. Orignally compiled by Waldron Bates, Edward L. Rand and Herbert Jaques. Revised and published by William Jay Turner. 1941.Shows Main Trails Graded, Other Trails, Old Woods Road, and the Carriage Roads.
14306Map part of Master Plan for Acadia National Park Western Half of the Island
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Maps
  • 1937
Description:
A 1937 map signed by George B. Dorr titled U.S. Department of the Interior - National Park Service. R.D.P - Acadia Extension on the Western Half of the Island. Part of the Master Plan for Acadia National Park. Drawing number NP-ACA 1109-4. Shows Bartlett Island, Somes Pond, Oak Hill, Round Pound, Squid Cove, Rum Island, Hall Quarry, Indian Point, Goose Marsh Harbor, Pretty Marsh, Echo Lake, Seal Cove, West Tremont, Kelly Town, Bass Harbor, Southwest Harbor, and more. Cream paper with brown ink . This appears to be a contemporary ( 1937 ca.) sepia reproduction/ print. ( this note added in 2011 by Vasisko) [show more]
14103Copy of Path and Road Map for the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island 1941
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Maps
  • 1/1/1941
Description:
A copy of a map of the Path and Road for the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine. Originally compiled by Waldron Bates, Edward L. Rand and Herbert Jaques. Revised and published by William Jay Turner in 1941. Shows Main Trails Graded, Other Trails, Old Woods Road, and the Carrriage Roads.
13991Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park
  • Map
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Tourism
  • 1/1/1981
Description:
1981 Map of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park includes Scenic and points of interest, directory of Island Business and services, and business sponsor advertisements, color
13990Your Guide to Mt. Desert Island and to pleasant dining at the Seawall Dining Room
  • Map
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Tourism
Description:
Map of Mount Desert Island Your Guide to Mt. Desert Island and to pleasant dining at the Seawall Dining Room includes map and advertisement for Seawall on front and Things to Do: Scenic and points of interest on back, black and white, no date, but open year -round.
13989Bass Harbor Village and Manset Village on the Quiet Side of Mount Desert Island
  • Map
  • Other, History - Bass Harbor
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Tourism
  • 1/1/1990
Description:
1990 Map of Bass Harbor and Manset with names and numbers of businesses on Mount Desert Island, blue and white *pronounced ‘dessert’ as in blueberry pie!
13443The 100th Anniversary Congregational Society of Mount Desert
  • Document, Program
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • 7/21/1940
Description:
Service bulletin for Services Commemorating the Organization of the Congregational Society of Mount Desert in July 1840 Held at the Meeting House date when 15 page Sermon / historical address was given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt, D.D. on the history of the Somesville Union Meeting House, U.C.C.
13442The 100th Anniversary Congregational Society of Mount Desert
  • Document, Program
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • 7/21/1940
Description:
Service bulletin for Services Commemorating the Organization of the Congregational Society of Mount Desert in July 1840 Held at the Meeting House date when 15 page Sermon / historical address was given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt, D.D. on the history of the Somesville Union Meeting House, U.C.C. coloring in cover illustration