Description: Study of granite industry in Hancock Co., Maine, after Civil War to locate major quarry sites, ownership of quarries, types of granite products, characteristics of granite centers, and causes for the decline of the industry.
Description: Article on two pages quoting Trenton selectman than an announcement was planned as to industrial development on the Union River. The proposed development was construction of aluminum plant. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.055.3
Description: Multiple newspaper articles, editorials, letters to the editor and advertisements regarding TEPCO proposed industrial development in Trenton. Development was to include a nuclear power plant and an aluminum reduction plant. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as 012.FIC.055.5 WDEA Replays Entire Hearing previously accessioned as **1690, object id **1690
Description: Three sets of notes, one typed and two handwritten, pertaining to Maine industry, possibly in preparation for an article Spiker was writing. Notes include 1) reprint of article from the "Wall Street Journal", 2) Notes on Industrial bonds, and 3) Report on Maine industries by Governor Kenneth M. Curtis. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.058.3
Description: Article about the Mount Desert Island Historcal Society Annual meeting and the stories which were told by long time residents of the Island. Information presented went as far back as 1899. From the Bar Harbor Times August 26, 1965
Description: This is a partial article (first page missing) describing the work of two dance instructors at the Albertine Summer Dance Workshop in Hulls Cove. Mme. Felia Dubrovska, formerly with the Imperial Russian Ballet, instructed ballet, and Gladyce Royce taught Kathak, a dance form from northern India. Previously archived as object id 012.Fic.047.31
Description: Bar Harbor Record “The Ghost of Blue Hill Bay” by LaRue Spiker January 1, 1967. Ghost of Bass Harbor Head Light. Previously accessioned as **0788, Object Id 012.FIC.022.6
Description: Bar Harbor Times “History of Island’s Early Roads Proves to be Fascination Study” by LaRue Spiker July 14, 1960. Previously accessioned as **0950, Object Id 012.fic.050.2
Description: Bar Harbor Times “Personality Profile: John Noyes of Manset Pursues Active Retirement Following Fifty Years of Work on Fish Wharfs” LaRue Spiker December 10, 1964. Previously accessioned as **0933, object Id 012.FIC.047.19
Description: Bar Harbor Times “Visitor to MDI Provides Private Bird Sanctuary’” by LaRue Spiker September 28, 1961.Lisa Von Borowsky. Previously accessioned as **0946, Object Id 012.FIC.047.33
Description: One page article, partially damaged, recounting the myth of a cave in Flying Mountain which was once the refuge of a pirate and smuggler. The legend was described in 1883 by Rev. Oliver Fernald. Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.048.1
Description: Six page newsletter of the Natural Resources Council of Maine which includes an article on p.3 regarding proposed aluminum smelter on the Maine coast near Ellsworth. This proposal eventually became associated with the company TEPCO. Previously archived as 012.FIC.055.9
Description: Article on two pages with photograph describing the life and work of 93-year-old Cornelis Farley. Farley was a laborer, carriage driver and painter. Previously archived as 012.FIC.047.6
Description: Newsclipping inclues two articles on two pages, both articles pertaining to the viewing of a solar eclipse from locations on Mt. Desert Island. Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.043.17
Description: One page article with photographs describing the life and work of Southwest Harbor businessman, Deacon H.H. Clark. Clark worked at various times as a teacher, seaman, hotelier. shipping agent and was active in his community and church. Previously archived as 012.FIC.047.10
Description: Partial article (first page only) with photograph pertaining to the razing of The Eyrie, the John D. Rockefeller summer home in Seal Harbor.
Description: 1962 Directory and Handbook, NE Harbor, Seal Harbor, Somesville, SW Harbor, and adjacent islands edited by Mrs. Hollis M. Eaton, Tan cover, Forty-eighth Edition, seventy-five cents