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You searched for: Subject: OtherSubject: History - Mount Desert IslandType: Document
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
12270150th Maine Anniversary Brochure
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Other, History - Maine
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Tourism
  • 1970
Description:
Dawn of America with Cadillac Sunrise photograph on cover for the 150th Anniversay of Maine 1820 -1970. Includes a map of MDI with Pioneer names and dates and chronological events from 1604 - 1928. Includes map with points of interest.
3145Acadia National Park, Maine Brochure
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Tourism
  • Recreation
  • 1933
Description:
Acadia National Park, Maine. General Information regarding Acadia National Park, Maine, written by the United States Department of the Interior National Park Service, distrubuted at the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce. Published by The United States Government Printing Office. Washington, 1933. 20 pages. Previously archived as 016.FIC.001.1
4412Alphabetical list of Odd Fellow and Rebekah officers
  • Document, List, Membership List
  • Organizations
  • Other, Clubs
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
Description:
Alphabetical list of Mount Desert Island Odd Fellow and Rebekah officers from 1921-1988, compiled by Bill Skocpol based on Constance Robbins' collection of proceedings.
1470Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of America
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Other, Gardens
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1934
Description:
Yellow bound yearbook program with pencil reading Garden Club of Mt. Desert. Cover has black and white photograph of a sailboat in the Sound and reads: Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of America July 11,12,13, 1934 Garden Club of Mt. Desert Included several other items to follow Also 2 newspaper clippings that confirmed these items belonged to Mrs.Joseph W.Wilshire of Wilshire Farm of GreenwichCT
17478Book Excerpts
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, History - Maine
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
Description:
Red Binder: Copies of Commissioners’ Proceedings at Mount Desert, 1808 Records of the First Church of Mount Desert, Maine 1792-1867 Guide books:The Handbook of Mount Desert; Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island; Chisholm’s Mount Desert Guide Traditions and Records Story of Mt. Desert Mount Desert, A History Maine Families in 1790 Maine Forts Old Hancock County Families Inventory of the Towns and Cities of Maine Misc.
14637Census, Military Records, Hammond Notebooks
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, History - Maine
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
Description:
Brown Binder: Copies of Military Records 1812; Cattle and Sheep Marks 1826-83;Roads in Pretty Marsh 1864-1885; Perambulation of Town Line between Eden and Mount Desert 1871; Heads of Families at the first Census, Maine 1790; Reader Corrects Data from 1820 Census of Mt. Desert and Eden;Hazel Hammond Notebooks 1790-
17580Governor Francis Bernard’s Letterbooks
  • Document, Microform, Microfilm
  • Other, Exploration
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • People
Description:
Microfilm of Governor Francis Bernard’s Letterbooks; Volumes 2 -5: 1760 - 1768
17477Historical Notes on Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • People
  • 3/1/1966
Description:
Grey Binder: Copy of Historical Notes on Mount Desert Island by Barbara Ellen Joy
2594Historical society organizing 20th century exhibit
  • Document, Advertising, Print Ad, Newspaper Ad
  • Other, Celebrations
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • 10/22/1999
Description:
Workshop planned tohelp organize the exhibit to celebrate the 20th century on Mt. Desert. Everyone invited to help.
12964Maplewood Farm dairy receipt
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • People
  • 7/1/1925
Description:
July 1925 Maplewood Farm , E.T. Richardson, proprietor Milk, Cream, Poultry, Vegetables Eggs, Butter and Berries Sold to Mrs. Johnson 11 doz eggs, lard, coffee and (illegible) total $19.38
17480Milliken - Pray Genealogy
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, History - Maine
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
Description:
Green Binder: Copies of records related to the Milliken and Pray family Genealogy
12914Mount Desert Island Educational Survey
  • Document, Report
  • Other, Education
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Mount Desert Island High School
  • 1949
Description:
A report prepared for the Mount Desert Island regional high school committee. Printed by the Bar Harbor Times. Folder 9 also contains numerous letters, memos and announcements about the decision process, 1948, for building a new island wide High School to replace regional schools.
2423Mount Desert Island Historical Society School Group Materials
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Museums
Description:
Items related to School groups of the MDI Historical Society through the years
12932Mount Desert Larger Parish The Somesville Union Meeting House Society
  • Document, Memorabilia, Commemorative, Commemorative Card
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Summer 1952 Worship Schedule includes names of celebrants and dates of services. Includes the one Hundredth Anniversary of the erection of the meeting house and the back includes the mission statement, council and parish staff
17204Mount Desert Town Records 1821-41 and Marriages through 1860
  • Document, Report
  • Other, History - Mount Desert
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Pretty Marsh
Description:
Legal Black Binder:Copies of Mount Desert Town Records 1821-1841 Intentions and Marriages,1847-52; Town Meeting Records 1847-50;Records of Intentions and Marriages 1853-89; Misc. Ref to Pretty Marsh roads and Taxes to 1860s.
17203Mt. Desert Town Records 1776-1820
  • Document, Report
  • Other, History - Mount Desert
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Isla
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
Description:
Legal Black Binder:Copy of the Earliest Records of the Island of Mount Desert and Vital records : An index to the Early Records of the Town of Mount Desert
17481Regional Island High School formation papers
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Education
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Schools
  • 1/1/1949
Description:
Miscellaneous papers related to the formation of the MDI Regional High School from 1948 - 1949. Includes surveys, letters to the editor, letters to Rockefeller, pta minutes, general correspondence
4273Savage Correspondence
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
Description:
Correspondence (These letters and notes need to be cataloged into the computer
4538Savage Specification
  • Document, Specification
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
Description:
Specifications (These specifications need to be cataloged individually into the computer.) Specifications for the Bar Harbor residence of Edgar Scott, C.L. Morang Store and Bar Harbor Fire Department are in Archival Box #49.
13390Somesville Maine, Somesville 1761-1961
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
  • 1/1/1962
Description:
Somesville Bicentennial pamphlet, black and white with Somesville history and illustrations
4318Southwest Harbor, 1999 Ferry and Cruise Schedule
  • Document, Schedule
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Southwest Harbor
  • Other, Tourism
  • 1/1/1999
Description:
Southwest Harbor, 1999 Ferry and Cruise Schedule by Cranberry Cove Boating Co. Water Taxi and Ferry Service, Rates and directions red ink on oatmeal card stock.
3105Southwest Harbor -Tremont Chamber of Commerce Brochure
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Southwest Harbor
  • Other, Tourism
  • 1/1/1984
Description:
Southwest Harbor -Tremont Chamber of Commerce Brochure, The Quiet Side of Acadia on Mount Desert Island, summer of 1984, includes schedule of events, map, and business advertisements
3133Souvenir of Mount Desert
  • Document, Memorabilia, Souvenir
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Tourism
  • Structures, Civic, Entertainment
  • 6/7/2001
Description:
Small booklet with glossy plate prints from buildings and sights of Mount Desert Island. c.1893 red cover.
2416Souvenir of Mount Desert
  • Document, Memorabilia, Souvenir
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Tourism
  • Structures, Civic, Entertainment
Description:
Small booklet with glossy plate prints from buildings and sights of Mount Desert Island. c.1893 green cover Souvenir of Mount Desert
16753Standard Store Ledger A
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, History - Hall Quarry
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Quarries
Description:
Oversized Leather Ledger with decorative front and binding with gold lettering from the Standard Granite Company Store16”x11.5”x2.5”