126 - 150 of 189 results
You searched for: Type: Document✖Type: Manuscript✖
Refine Your Search
Refine Your Search
Subject
Type
Place
  • none
Date
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
16734Ode to Emma Smith
  • Document, Manuscript
Ode to Emma Smith
Item:
  • 16734   
Object ID:
  • 006.57.28
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Collection:
  • Emma Smith
Description:
Ms. tells of Mrs. Smith's death of pneumonia.
16732Request for road through Pretty Marsh
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
  • Other, Roads
  • Other, Schools
  • 1839
Request for road through Pretty Marsh
Item:
  • 16732   
Object ID:
  • 006.57.43.a-k
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
  • Other, Roads
  • Other, Schools
Collection:
  • Pretty Marsh
Date:
  • 1839
Description:
1. 1839 petition, commission survey related to request for road from Seal Cove through Pretty Marsh to Narrows; second request of 1843. 2. Personal letter from "Betty" about arriving in Pretty Marsh, fishing; reference to Mrs. Rumill's home and Edna (no date). 3. Compositions by Linnie (?) Smith: "Work", "House Cleaning", "The object of attending school", "Ice". Also "Verses for Otto". 4. Pencilled notes by Linda Florence (Smith) Foote on brown paper about store, post office on Pretty Marsh; Bar, Tinker, Hardwood, Bartletts Islands. 4. Note about Israel Atherton and family. 5. Letter from Elizabeth C. Wescott of Blue Hill to Mrs. Hysom, 1980, concerning area families' histories. 6. Photo. of stone from Pretty Marsh cemetery inscribed "Hear [sic] lies the body of James Pray was drowned 1784 (?) 7. 1968 newspaper ad. for bids to "purchase and remove woodshed at Pretty Marsh schoolhouse." 8. Newspaper clippings about charges against Judge Darius L. V. Moffett (no date). 9. Copies of photographs of Mary Anna Smith, Capt. Sewell Smith, Reuben Smith, Lois Bartlett Smith. [show more]
16731Pretty Marsh School
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
  • Other, Schools
Pretty Marsh School
Item:
  • 16731   
Object ID:
  • 006.57.40
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
  • Other, Schools
Collection:
  • Pretty Marsh
Description:
Souvenirs, hand-written notes on old school house.
16730Schoolboy Basketball Highlights - Southwest Harbor High and Pemetic High
  • Document, Manuscript
  • 1958
Schoolboy Basketball Highlights - Southwest Harbor High and Pemetic High
Item:
  • 16730   
Object ID:
  • 009.009.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Date:
  • 1958
Description:
Copy #1 of "Schoolboy Basketball Highlights - Southwest Harbor High and Pemetic High" by Simon Sklar. Undated, but appears to have been written in 1958. Covers period 1908-1957.
16677History of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
History of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 16677   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.164
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
Description:
29-page typewritten manuscript giving history of MDI: no date, no author. First page is headed, "Chapter I, The Beginning :1755-1762"
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.
16675Narrative for slideshow about Hall Quarry
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Delphini [ship]
  • Other, Granite quarrying
  • Other, Rum
  • Other, Strikes
  • 1987
Narrative for slideshow about Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 16675   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.165.2
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Delphini [ship]
  • Other, Granite quarrying
  • Other, Rum
  • Other, Strikes
Date:
  • 1987
Description:
[6] page manuscript by "T.S." about history of Hall Quarry. Letterhead : Great Harbor Collection, Inc., Northeast Harbor, Maine 04662
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.
16621Essay on Education by Thaddeus Somes
  • Document, Manuscript
Essay on Education by Thaddeus Somes
Item:
  • 16621   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.056
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Description:
Handwritten in ink; no date given, but note from Harriet Somes Sanderson says was written by her father, Thaddeus, when a schoolboy. He went to East Corinth Academy in 1846 at age 7. Thaddeus Shaply Somes was born on April 2, 1839.
16517Schoolboy Basketball Highlights - SWH High and Pemetic High
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Object, Basketball Gear, Basketball
  • Other, Pemetic High School
  • Other, Southwest Harbor
  • 1958
Schoolboy Basketball Highlights - SWH High and Pemetic High
Item:
  • 16517   
Object ID:
  • 009.009.2
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Object, Basketball Gear, Basketball
  • Other, Pemetic High School
  • Other, Southwest Harbor
Date:
  • 1958
Description:
Copy #2 of "Schoolboy Basketball Highlights - Southwest Harbor High and Pemetic High" by Simon Sklar. Undated, but appears to have been written in 1958. Covers period 1908-1957.
14748Everyone who Loves Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, Forests
  • Other, Geology
  • Other, Indians
Everyone who Loves Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 14748   
Object ID:
  • 1997.1107
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, Forests
  • Other, Geology
  • Other, Indians
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Description:
Manuscript undated by LaRue Spiker Dedicated to everyone who loves or has loved Mount Desert Island, pp 42 Handwriting on the back of p. 1 Notations in the margins doesn't fit in protective sleeve Previously archived as #012.FIC.012.1
14745Cumulative Impact of Development on Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Cost of living
  • Other, Employment
  • Other, Environment
  • Other, Jobs
  • Other, Real estate development
  • Other, Taxes
  • 1987
Cumulative Impact of Development on Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 14745   
Object ID:
  • 012.FIC.014.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Cost of living
  • Other, Employment
  • Other, Environment
  • Other, Jobs
  • Other, Real estate development
  • Other, Taxes
Date:
  • 1987
Description:
Working Draft Manuscript by the League of Women Voters of Mount Desert Island, 1987 1 extra page 11 in the back Discusses growth, taxes, real estate, environment, jobs , towns, suggestions
14210History of the Original Northeast Harbor Fire Company, Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Reed, Alvah L.
History of the Original Northeast Harbor Fire Company, Northeast Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 14210   
Object ID:
  • 013.003
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Creator:
  • Reed, Alvah L.
Description:
Per introduction by Robert Pyle: "Written in the 1930's and scanned from a copy preserved by Elmer H. Cousins and supplies by his nephew Dana R. Haynes in 2012." Refers to numerous people and places.
14185Somesville Sewing Circle
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, Clubs
  • Other, Hearses
  • Other, Sewing
Somesville Sewing Circle
Item:
  • 14185   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.062
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, Clubs
  • Other, Hearses
  • Other, Sewing
Description:
Notes (5 versions)about the club, giving names of members, items sewed, plans to raise money to buy hearse, organ, build sidewalk, fence around Brookside Cemetery. Library, church parish house, Somesville School House also mentioned.
14073Diary and manuscript material of Marian Lawrence Peabody
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Reminiscing
  • Other, Social classes
  • Other, Social life
  • Other, War
Diary and manuscript material of Marian Lawrence Peabody
Item:
  • 14073   
Object ID:
  • 004.8
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Reminiscing
  • Other, Social classes
  • Other, Social life
  • Other, War
Collection:
  • Marian Lawrence Peabody Collection
Description:
Diary and other narrative material written by Marian Lawrence Peabody. Includes description of summer life on MDI, social life in Boston, wartime experiences and events, travels to California, Paris and other locations, and the Claremont Hotel. Black binder has been included in the collection. There is substantial duplication between the material in folders and in the black binder (which was marked "May to Dec 1917"). Much of the material was incorporated in the book "To be Young was Very Heaven," with Mrs. Harold Peabody listed as the author. Also included are letters from Craig Wylie of Houghton Mifflin and Anne Ford about difficulty finding copies of the book in stores. THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GIVEN ONLY THE ACCESSION NUMBER, AS OF DECEMBER 12, 2007. Individual items have not been numbered or catalogued. [show more]
14071Reminiscences of Somesville
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Object, Telegraph
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Roads
  • Other, Schools
Reminiscences of Somesville
Item:
  • 14071   
Object ID:
  • 009.019.15
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Object, Telegraph
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Roads
  • Other, Schools
Description:
All by Adelma Somes Joy: “Somes Sound must have been one beautiful place." Recalls arrival of Abraham Somes, the oak trees on oak hill, Ebenezer Sutton, and Denning’s Pond. "Years ago when we had the telegraph..." Recalls advances in technology, balloons, and flight. Northeast Harbor Women's Literary Club talk , Jan. 30, 1920. Plans to travel abroad, give clothing to naked Africans, open beauty parlor. "That Old Reed House." Mrs. Reed was her grandfather's sister; house near Jim's Cove. "My first recollections of life..." Recalls her grandparents' house in 1838. Also separate essay, "Grandfather's House." Reminiscences of Somesville #6. Recalls naming of Somesville, old roads, school house, industry, and tanning pits. Two Letters from Adelma Somes Joy to Harriet Somes Sanderson, Aug. 10, 1929. recalls Col. Black House in Ellsworth, Episcopal Church at Seal Cove, Bp. Manning, church sales, other historical notes. "Memories" of her father. History of Somes and Richardson families. [show more]
13903Manuscript & Inscription Letters
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Johnston, Edward
  • 1920
Manuscript & Inscription Letters
Item:
  • 13903   
Object ID:
  • 013.FIC.25
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Creator:
  • Johnston, Edward
Date:
  • 1920
Description:
for use of schools and classes and for the use of craftsmen. Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & sons, Ltd., London. Plates and instructions for forming letters in style of calligraphy.
13893Poem: Life of Nicholas Thomas
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Thomas, Nicholas
  • 1857
Poem: Life of Nicholas Thomas
Item:
  • 13893   
Object ID:
  • 013.023.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Creator:
  • Thomas, Nicholas
Date:
  • 1857
Description:
Photocopy of handwritten poem about Nicholas Thomas of Eden "written by himself in the 78th year of his age." Donor was given this personally by Augustus Phillips 25 years or so ago when he (donor) was researching doggerel by Bill Ayles. The poem was printed in Vol. VI 2004 issue of Chebacco.
13869Corson House History
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Holway, Mary
  • 2013
Corson House History
Item:
  • 13869   
Object ID:
  • 013.029
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Creator:
  • Holway, Mary
Date:
  • 2013
Description:
Manuscript (unpaginated) and photographs of the "Corson House," 114 Main St., Southwest Harbor, Maine.
13589Reminiscence of Somesville
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Indians of North America
  • Other, Mills
  • Other, Roads
  • Other, Schools
  • Other, Shoemaking
  • Other, Singing
  • Other, Tanning
Reminiscence of Somesville
Item:
  • 13589   
Object ID:
  • 009.019.14
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Indians of North America
  • Other, Mills
  • Other, Roads
  • Other, Schools
  • Other, Shoemaking
  • Other, Singing
  • Other, Tanning
Description:
Adelma Somes Joy recalls Somesville’s Red school house in 1847. Includes description of the interior and student pranks. Also the tale of Sam Slick. Also Singing School; Indians Camping at Somesville, two poems (one alludes to a suicide), Churches on Mt. Desert (1840), That Old Tannery (recalls Daniel and Lewis Somes, Israel Haven, John Keniston and Somesvilles' cobbler shop), That Old Factory (woolen mill), That Old Road [over Beech Hill], (1837), That Upper Gate (kept water back when not needed to turn mill wheels)--all by Adelma Somes Joy. "The Indian Violin Player" by Eunice Deering. [show more]
13421Seal Harbor History
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Glencove Hotel
  • Dana, E.S.
  • 1931
Seal Harbor History
Item:
  • 13421   
Object ID:
  • 014.FIC.015
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Glencove Hotel
Creator:
  • Dana, E.S.
Date:
  • 1931
Description:
Apparent text of speech given about history of Seal Harbor Summer Colony, formerly known as Seal Cove. Author's name is either Dana or Dane.
13420Request & receipt for payment to Ebenezer Shipey (?) for teaching and repairing chimney
  • Document, Manuscript
  • 1838
Request & receipt for payment to Ebenezer Shipey (?) for teaching and repairing chimney
Item:
  • 13420   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.060
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Date:
  • 1838
13185Graduates of old MDI High School, Somesville, 1907-1943
  • Document, Manuscript
Graduates of old MDI High School, Somesville, 1907-1943
Item:
  • 13185   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.055
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Description:
Two-page typwritten list, year by year, two copies
12766Green Grows Bar Harbor
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, History - Bar Harbor
Green Grows Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 12766   
Object ID:
  • 002-8.2331
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, History - Bar Harbor
Description:
Pre-publication copy of Green Grows Bar Harbor (part 2) History of Bar Harbor Return to S. Collier Bar Harbor, Maine on cover
12635Sketch for "drawers for papers" for George Dorr
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Savage, Fred L.
  • 1911
Sketch for "drawers for papers" for George Dorr
Item:
  • 12635   
Object ID:
  • 001.74.850
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Creator:
  • Savage, Fred L.
Collection:
  • Fred L. Savage Collection
Date:
  • 1911
Description:
Free hand sketch with notes