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You searched for: Subject: OtherSubject: History - SomesvilleType: Document
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
12352Adelma Joy Records, Mount Desert Annual Reports
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other, Annual Reports
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, History - Mount Desert
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Green Binder: Copies of Reminiscences of Somesville by Adelma F. Joy; Excerpts from The Island of Mount Desert Register 1909-1910; Annual Report of Town Officers of Mount Desert, ME 1900,1910, 1911 - 1916 and 1931
17459Betwixt TheHills”
  • Document, Announcement
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • 8/17/1994
Description:
Announcement of the walking tour of Somesville. Tea and refreshments included.
17665Guest Book
  • Document, List, Guestbook
  • Other, Business
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Real Estate
  • 6/27/1950
Description:
Leather Guest book from the Abraham Somes III house in Somesville, 1912-1937, includes photo of house and newsclippings, poetry and rememberances for Ruth Greenough (inn keeper) after her death.
14720Ledger
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Small Leatherbound ledger with pocket c. turn of the century belonging to Smith who owned the Somesville Store
14719Ledger
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Small red leather bound ledger belonging to Smith of the Somesville Store
16637Ledger
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Small red leather bound ledger belonging to Smith of the Somesville Store
12302Ledger
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • 1889
Description:
Small paper ledger c. 1889 belonging to Smith who owned the Somesville Store
14718Ledger
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, History - Somesville
Description:
Small red leather-bound ledger belonging to Smith of the Somesville Store
14055Lucie Somes Scrapbook
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
  • 11/1/1881
Description:
1881 bound book with illustrated embossed cover of cat with parrot and decoration. INcludes newsclippings of local interest, poetry and obituaries from early Somesville and Mount Desert Residents: Somes, Pineo, Parker, Whiting etc.
17492MDI Local Union of Christian Endeavor and Epworth League
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
  • 1/1/1918
Description:
Black Book with red binding includes Minutes of meetings from the MDI Local Union of Christian Endeavor and Epworth League, Somesville Union Meeting House U.C.C. (Congregational Church) from 1918 -1927
17493MDI Local Union of Christian Endeavor and Epworth League
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
  • 5/5/1906
Description:
Black Book with red binding includes Minutes of meetings from the MDI Local Union of Christian Endeavor and Epworth League, Somesville Union Meeting House U.C.C. (Congregational Church) from 5/5/1906 -10/27/1917
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
3111Program for Service of Ordination for Joanne E. Stoughton
  • Document, Program
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
  • 4/27/1985
Description:
Service of Ordination to Christian Ministry and Installation to Service in the Mount Desert larger Parish, U.C.C. of Joanne E. Stoughton, William Bigelow, Rosemary Denman, Marvin Ellison, Kenneth Ferguson, Donald Gow, Chrisina Hamor,Wesley Haynes, Charles Heslam, Susan Ingham, Keta Jones, Olive Lockhart, Lydia Lyman, Charles Pugh, Ansley Throckmorton
13391Proposed Parish House of the Somesville Meeting House Society
  • Document, Program
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
  • 11/1/1958
Description:
Program showing proposed Parish House for the Somesville Union Meeting House includes drawings of plans, layouts, costs and financing
17473Quit-Claim Deed with Covenant
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, Business
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Real Estate
  • 6/27/1950
Description:
Deed from J. Lowell and Grace A. Grindle to Hollis M. and Julia B. Smith et al. for property in Somesville
16912Reminiscence of Somesville
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Schools
Description:
Reminiscence of Somesville. 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. 3 pages - typed copy of above.
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
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]
14071Reminiscences of Somesville
  • Document, Manuscript
  • 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]
13441Service of Rededication for the Somesville Union Meeting House
  • Document, Program
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
  • 10/31/1954
Description:
bulletin for Rededication service for the Somesville Union Meeting House includes order of service and participants include: Organist Marjory Hayward and committee Brown, Leavitt, Nutting and Hollis Smith
4028Somes Family Tree (1732-20th century)
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
Description:
Somes Family Tree made on the back of a large 1973 wall calendar. Had wooden strip for hanging (strip missing) . 12 pages total Photocopies of the pages are also in the folder, separated from the originals by tissue. Photocopies have not been catalogued.
17491Somesville Christian Endeavor Society Journal
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
  • 8/27/1895
Description:
Marbled Book with paper mend on binding Minutes of meetings from the Somesville Christian Endeavor Society Journal, Somesville Union Meeting House U.C.C. (Congregational Church) from 8/27/1895 -11/13/1912
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
2596Somesville steps back
  • Document, Advertising, Print Ad, Newspaper Ad
  • Other, Celebrations
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • 7/17/2000
Description:
The 4th Somesville Historic Walking Tour took place. This year’s was enlarged and an ole-fashion lunch was available.
13445Somesville Union Meeting House Pastors
  • Document, List, Inventory
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • People
Description:
Copy of a list of the Pastors of the Somesville Union Meeting House 1852-1990