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| 13720 | Old Farmer's Almanac |
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Description: 1849, 1861-65,1883-89, 1891, 1891 Maine Farmer's Almanac,1893-96 1849 and 1861-65 belonged to William Kittredge | ||||
| 13713 | National Geographic Magazine, September 1952 |
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Description: This issue contains an article entitled, "Down East Cruise," by Tom Horgan and Luis Marden. | |||
| 13683 | Revised Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging... |
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Description: A Revised and Expanded Version of Robert G. Chenhall's System for Classifying Man-Made Objects | ||
| 13666 | Down East: The Magazine of Maine |
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Description: The June 1990 issue contains an article (pp. 56-59) on the Haynes Garage in Northeast Harbor: "A Family Affair," which describes the history of this garage used to store many of the summer residents' vintage or antique automobiles. | |||
| 13542 | Summers at the Eyrie |
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Description: Summer home of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and his family. Describes family life, gardens, interior furnishings. House was demolished c. 1963. | ||
| 13517 | Chebacco, the Magazine of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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Description: Vol. XV 2014 Maine's Gone Mad: The Rising of the Klan by Raney Bench Ku Klux Klan on Mount Desert Island; opposition to immigrants and Catholics Visionary Science of the "Harvard Barbarians"by Catherine Schmitt Champlain Society, Charles Eliot Going Against the Tide: The Kellams of Placentia Island by Peter P. Blanchard III Cliff Rich built their boat; Gotts Island neighbors The War at Home: Copperheads Down East, 1861-1865 by Tim Garrity Opponents to Civil War Three Buildings: The Quiet Iconoclasm of Robert W. Patterson by William N. Thorndike, Jr. Architect Robert W. Patterson Superintendent Dorr and the Mountain Naming Controversy by Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Belle Smallidge Knowles, Before Her Time by Brooke Ewing Minner Growing Up Gay in Down East Maine by Victor Stanley Island Outlaws by Luanne Yetter (smuggling on Mount Desert Island) [show more] | |||
| 13481 | The Creation & Growth of Acadia National Park |
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Description: History of the planning, design and construction of the bridges and roads of Acadia National Park. Describes the roles of key supporters such as Mrs. Charles Homans, John Steward Kennedy, George Dorr, George Stebbins, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and of builders and managers of the projects such as Byron Candage and Charles Simpson. Many photographs and drawings of the bridges. | ||||
| 13473 | A three-scene play about drunkeness and redemption |
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Description: A play ("dialogue" is the word used by the author ) about drunkeness and redemption. Appears to have been written by Allen Somes. Three scenes, handwritten on 3 pages. A note on the back of the second page asks a Mr. Higgins to take one of the roles and to come to rehearsal on a Friday evening. If Higgins cannot take the role, he is asked to pass the script to Bloomfield. No date is given. | |||
| 13469 | MDI Historical Society Newsletter |
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Description: Newsletter for Volume VI, September 1, 1983, No. 1. Describes decision to keep museum open in Sept., painting of bridge by Girl Scouts, fundraising efforts, gifts to Society. | |||
| 13425 | Mount Desert Herald, 1883-1886 |
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Description: Bound copies of the Mount Desert Herald, from July 12, 1883 to July 9, 1886 | ||||
| 13266 | magazine on making crepe paper flowers |
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Description: Magazine on making crepe paper flowers, copyright 1929 | ||||
| 13103 | Book: Italian Architecture, Furniture and Interiors. 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. |
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Description: Book: Italian Architecture, Furniture and Interiors. 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. Belonged to Fred Savage | |||
| 12911 | Popular Legends of Brittany |
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Description: English version of Sonvestre's "Foyer Breton" translated by "a lady." Inscribed Edith E. Salisbury, Mt. Desert, Maine Dec.1878. | |
| 12880 | Preservation Briefs, Nos. 15-23 |
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| 12815 | Fish and Game Laws Maine-1899 |
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Description: This is a revision of the fish and game laws for the state of Maine. It includes such topics as the prohibition against use of dynamite, closing time for hunting or fishing designated species, and the like. | |
| 12816 | Crown Jewels; or The Dream of an Empire, an Historical Romance |
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Description: A work of fiction Dedicated to the archduchess Sophia of Austria, Officers and Seamen of the Austrian Navy, and the Citizens of Trieste Inscribed L.F. Somes, Mount Desert, Maine, 1875 | |
| 12796 | Little Kitty Brown and Her Bible Verses |
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Description: Written for the American Sunday School Union, this little book contains stories about a little girl learning Bible verses, one per day. | ||
| 12795 | Practical and Mental Arithmetic, on a New Plan... |
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Description: "...in which mental arithmetic is combined with the use of the slate; containing a complete system for all practical purposes; being in dollars and cents, stereotype edition, revised and enlarged, with exercises for the slate, in which as added a practical system of book-keeping." Exercises cover compound numbers, fractions, and decimals. | |
| 12794 | The New Testament... |
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Description: Translated from Greek, with the former translations "diligently compared and revised." Daniel Kimballl inscribed on title page | |||
| 12782 | A New Graded Spelling-Book |
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Description: Emphasizes words in common use that are difficult to spell. Label pasted in front shows that the book is the "property of the Town of Mt. Desert" No. 97 and gives the rules, such as inspection by the teacher very two weeks, students must pay for "material injury" to the book. | |
| 12780 | The Visit; or, the Difference Between Being a Good Child and Being Like a Good Chile |
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Description: One of the books in a series of Sunday School Union publications. Inscribed Sound Sabbath School No. 10 | ||
| 12781 | Jessica's First Prayer |
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Description: One in a series of American Sunday-School Union publications. Inscribed Sound Sabbath School No. 12. | |||
| 12779 | The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language |
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Description: This is an abridged version of the Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary of the English Language. Inscribed Meredith E. Bordeaux, Xmas 1924 | |
| 12778 | Hulda or The Deliverer |
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Description: Per title page: A Romance after the German of F. LeWald. Label inside front cover: Regulations of Sound Public Library, Mount Deseret Island, Maine | |
| 12777 | The Swiss Pastor |
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Description: Note on title page indicates this is "the life of the Rev. F.A.A. Gonthier". Inscribed "No. 58 Sound Sabbath School." |
