Description: Letter from Mrs. Alexander to Sanderson tendering her resignation from the MDI Historical Society Newsletter Committee and explaining her discontent with the operation of this committee.
Description: Photocopy of two page handwritten letter from Sanderson to Betsy Alexander. Sanderson accepts Alexander's resignation from the MDI Historical Society Newsletter Committee and discusses Mrs. Alexander's grievances with the committee.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Building Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1981
Description: Six pages of architectural drawings for planned MDI Historical Society building at State Route 102 and Oak Hill Rd, Somesville, Maine. Drawings include Title Page with General Conditions, Floor Plan, Section, South Elevation and Elevations.
Description: This Bar Harbor Times newspaper clipping describes plans for the construction of a new museum building by the MDI Historical Society. The building to be located on Rt. 102 at the intersection of Oak Hill Road in Somesville was designed by Roc Caivano. A photograph of four unnamed members of the Building Committee is included. Dated May 14, 1981.
Description: Newspaper clipping from "Bangor Daily News" of July 13, 1981 describing construction of new museum building for the MDI Historical Society on Rte. 102 in Somesville. The building and its planned use are described.
Description: Two typewritten pages describing activity of the committee in the process of considering building a new museum building. A third typewritten sheet is a fragment of a report in which advantages and disadvantages of building a new museum are stated.
Description: Photocopy of three page typewritten report from the MDI Historical Society Board of Directors to the Building Committee describing the purpose, physical requirements and cost factors associated with construction of a new museum building.
Description: Six sheets containing five bids by various contractors for construction of new museum building in Somesville for the MDI Historical Society.
Description: Building Permit (one page) and Land Use Permit (one page) issued by the Town of Mount Desert, Maine, to the MDI Historical Society for construction of a new museum building in Somesville, ME.
Description: Two double sided typewritten sheets containing carbon copies of letters to bidding contractors on new museum building for MDI Historical Society. Letters inform contractors that a contractor had been chosen.
Description: Map on tissue paper drawn by assessor, Town of Mount Desert, Maine, and photocopy of map presumably drawn by MDI Historical Society of area in Somesville to include new museum building.
Description: Deed 1975 and letters of conveyance documenting the sale of land in Somesville, ME, from Emily Grindle to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society on April 23, 1981.
Description: Letter from Harris Hyman to the MDI Historical Society regarding the load capacity of the Somesville bridge 06 October 2003. Addressing a concern from the community about the weight capacity for the bridge, Hyman assures the society that the bridge can sustain the weight of fornicating couples and drunk local gentlemen.
Description: Copy of the magazine article, from Journal of Light Construction-Eastern Edition June 1990, about the design and construction of the Somesville footbridge. The article was by Harris Hyman.
Description: Single page hand lettered poster describing a program of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. The video talk and book signing by Dr. Henry Raup was scheduled at the Somesville Parish House on August 17, 1993.
Description: 20 scraps, clippings and pages of notes and submissions used in preparation of the Newsletter of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society.
Description: Four pages of handwritten notes on the history of Somesville, ME, drawn from the book, "The Living Past" authored by Virginia Somes Sanderson.
Description: Two copies of printed poster announcing "Somesville Day" sponsored by the Village Improvement Society and the Mount Desert Historical Society. Year not specified.