Various Newspapers and Publications and LaRue Spiker
Collection:
LaRue Spiker Collection
Description: Collection of articles and notes on environmental topics used by journalist LaRue Spiker. Hand written note on a scrap of paper with information about possible oil tankers coming to ports in Maine. Previously archived as 012.FIC.061.1
Description: History of Mt. Desert Chapter of Order of Eastern Star (1894-1920); Women's Literary Club Handwritten History 2 pages scanned Literary Club (1916-1956) History Typewritten p1-2 scanned; change of type for 158-1966 signed Willette Mitchell, historian The Women's Literary Club of Mt Desert Island Maine 1916-1953, Handwritten Handwritten notes from Aunt Ad about the Eastern Star Sewing Circle; Women's Club. Miscellaneous Items handwritten and from newspaper [show more]
Description: Handwritten notes ( 12 pp.) excerpted from "History of the Town and City of Gloucester, Cape Ann, Mass." by James Pringle, 1892. Notes focus on the involvement of the Morris Somes and family in this town and include Somes genealogy.
Description: Two handwritten notecards quoting Somes related entries in source or sources variously labeled "History of Gloucester"and "History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Ann, including the town of Rockport".
Description: Three typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to the 1) wreck of the ship Grand Design in Ship Harbor, and 2) Sons of Eden Monument in Bar Harbor village cemetery.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
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.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1961
Description: Three typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) German ship Kronprinzessin Cecilie in Bar Harbor, 2)Otter Cliff Radio Station, 3) Jordan Pond House, and 4)churches of Bar Harbor.
Description: Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) Daniel Somes, 2) John Somes, MV Bluenose ferry, 3) Dr. L. Sherman Cleaves, veterinarian, and 4) Madame "Grannie" Milliken.
Description: Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) DeGregoire's, 2) Battle of Norwood's Cove, and 3) Mt. Desert Island land grants.
Description: Two page typewritten Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) Colby's Atlas of Hancock County,Maine, 2) Bass Harbor Head Light, 3) Schooner Head and 4) 1900 visit of British ship HMS Quail to Bar Harbor.
Description: Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) peddlers visiting Mt. Desert Island, 2) formal gardens on Mt. Desert Island, 3) Russian steamship Cimbria, 4) Davies yacht, Sea Cloud, and 5) buildng cost of Cadillac Mountain Road.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1961
Description: Three pages of typewritten notes pertaining to 1) German spies on Mt. Desert Island during WW II, 2) village of Town Hill, 3) development of buildings on Green [later Cadillac] Mountain, 4)Green Mountain Railway and connecting steamship, Wauwinnet.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1961
Description: Three typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) Somesville Bicentennial, 2) haying of Bass Harbor Marsh hay, and 3) boatbuilding on Mt. Desert Island.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1961
Description: Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) mountains of Mt. Desert Island and 2) the Eben M. Hamor Manuscript, an historical document dealing with Mt. Desert Island history.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1961
Description: Three typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) hotels of Bar Harbor during the Golden Era and 2) construction of the breakwater off Bald Porcupine Island and 3) home remedies.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1961
Description: Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes (third page missing) pertaining to 1) Bar Harbor Fire Department, 2) Mount Desert Island Historical Society scrapbooks information.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1961
Description: Three typwritten pages of Bicentennial Notes entitled Baymeath Part II. These notes include testimony as to how an affluent household operated on Mount Desert Island and the ownership historically of the Baymeath estate.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1961
Description: Four typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) the status of Mount Desert Island in 1871, 2) Sargent Drive, 3) Egg Rock gun emplacements.