Description: Published in New York by the American Bible Union, 32 Great Jones Street. Contains Rules for Doing Good, Lesson 1-the Alphabet, figures, words of two letters, words of three letters, etc. 128 pps.
Description: “Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture: Stock Raising.” September, 1902. Vol. 1, No. 3. Quarterly bulletin issued from the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Augusta, ME. Press of the Kennebec Journal, Augusta. Marked “William Kittredge.”
Description: “Cabbages and Cauliflowers: Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts and Kale.” Imformation on growing, raising seed, keeping, cooking, and feeding to stock. 93 pages. By James J. H. Gregory. Printed by S.J. Parkhill & Co., Boston. 1907.
Description: Booklet of 32 pp. detailing powers, responsibilities and governance of the Town of Bar Harbor. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as Object id 012.FIC.062.1
Description: No date. 112 pps.] Published by Sears, Roebuck and Co., Chicago Includes sections on Lenses and Shutters, Adjustments of Cameras, The Dark Room, Dry Plate and Plate Holder, and more.
Description: Favorite Recipes compiled by members of the Mount Desert Chapter, No. 20, O.E.S. Advertising support by John Carter’s Chickens, Highland Farms, Somes House, R.L. Hodgkins, Hamor and Stanley etc. printed by the American Print, Ellsworth According to Chebacco article, 2018, the booklet was printed in 1930. Helen Fernald, Lillian Somes, and Ada Leland collected the recipes
Description: "In the Graded Literature Readers good literature has been presented as early as possible, and the classic tales and fables, to which constant allusion is made in literature and daily life, are largely used."
Description: Single handwritten page of multiplication tables with a verse about learning multiplication. Old ink and paper. On the back side of the page there is part of a metes and bounds description written much later in pencil. On the back side there are also fragments of a sentence or sentences, beginning with the word "Samuel".
Description: Spiker Bible; gift in 1955. Spiker family records on included pages between Old and New Testaments. Includes birth date of LaRue Spiker on July 8, 1912. Includes notes, church bulletin, cards Presentation page in front: Presented to Grace, By Fran, Dec. 1955.
Description: Manual of the Somesville Congregational Church at Mount Desert, Maine. 16 pages. Prepared, printed and presented to the Somesville Congregational Church by, George Edward Kinney, Pastor, 1899-1904. Includes Articles of Faith, Roll of Members, an account of Pastoral Service, and Gifts to the Church.
Description: McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader (revised edition), 1879. Published by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co, Cincinnati and New York. Donated to Sawtelle Collection, transferred to MDI Historical Society. Originally owned by a family in North Canton, Ohio.
Description: Booklet of 42 pp. describing Mount Desert Island Highschool administration, policies, services and curricular information. Pages are separated from the cover. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previouly archived as object id 012.FIC.064.3
Description: Official Cypher for the Grand Lodge of Masons in Maine. First, Second and Third Degrees. Appears to be some kind of code. 183 pps. 3 x 5, in leather case