Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1961
Description: Twenty-eight pages of handwritten and typewritten notes pertaining to the planning of the Somesville Bicentennial Celebration of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1961
Description: Ten pages of handwritten and typewritten notes of the Bicentennial Committee pertaining to the planning of programs and activities for the celebration of the Somesville Bicentennial.
Description: Photocopy of handwritten note and two photocopies of deed of land. This pertains to a land transfer from Emily Grindle to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society.
Description: Seven handwritten pages of meeting notes pertaining to proposed donation of Virginia Somes Sanderson's historical Somesville house to the MDI Historical Society for use as a museum.
Description: Notes created by the MDI Historical Society regarding the Virginia Somes Sanderson house, which Sanderson proposed to donate to the Society for use as a museum. Sanderson's own notes are appended to the original.
MDI Historical Society Committee on V. Sanderson Gift
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1968
Description: Typewritten draft and final report of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Committee on the V. Sanderson proposed gift of her home to the Society. Committee proposed acceptance of the gift with modifications to conditions.
Description: Typewritten agenda and handwritten notes of the Board of Directors of the MDI Historical Society meeting. Consideration of refusal of the proposed gift of the Virginia Somes Sanderson house and discussion of the future of the Society.
Description: Typewritten and handwritten resolution of the MDI Historical Society to decline the proposed donation of the Virginia Somes Sanderson house. Mrs. Sanderson appended her handwritten comments to the resolution at a later date.
Description: Handwritten notes of Virginia Somes Sanderson pertaining to the handling of her proposed donation of the Somes house to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society.
Description: Typewritten letter from Sanderson concerning details of her proposed donation of money to fund construction of a bridge to connect old and new MDI Historical Society buildings in Somesville.
Ralph Stanley, President of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1981
Description: Handwritten letter from the MDI Historical Society thanking Virginia Somes Sanderson for her donation of funds for construction of a bridge over Somes Brook in Somesville between two MDI Historical Society buildings. Details of the bridge construction are noted in the letter.
Emma Richards, Secretary, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1982
Description: Letter from the MDI Historical Society to Virginia Somes Sanderson thanking Sanderson for her gift of funds for construction of an arched footbridge between two buildings of the Historical Society in Somesville.. A resolution of the Society commending Dr. Sanderson and her book, "The Living Past" is also discussed in the letter.
Description: Building and land use permit applications and building permit for construction of footbridge between two MDI Historical Society buildings in Somesville.
Description: Letter from Nelson F. Goodwin to Robert Heffner May 3, 1994 about the Somesville bridge construction. The letter also includes a copy of the plans for the footbridge.
Description: Letter from MDI Historical Society secretary, Winfield Sprague, to Helen Fernald notifying her of her appointment as a charter member of the Society.
Description: Handwritten one page folder cover describing printing details of the MDI Historical Society Newsletter. Date unknown. Printing was to be done by Downeast Graphics, Ellsworth, Maine.
Description: Letter from Peladeau representing the Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums to Mrs. Alexander of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society commending the Society on the quality of its newsletter.