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.
Description: A collection of handwritten notes showing pages and quotations. Some of the group are pages ripped out of books relating to the Castin family. 26 pages
Description: Two handwritten sheets with notes on the biography of Mary Ann Somes and Abraham Somes III. Also included is a description of the Somes coat of arms.
Description: Two typewritten pages by Irene Dow Purdie regarding her ancestors John Ware Dow and John Wesley Dow. Both Dows had a connection to Mount Desert Island.
Description: Handwritten excerpt from book, "The Saga of Cape Ann". Contains biographical information on Capt. John Somes, brother of Abraham Somes of Mount Desert, Maine.
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.
Description: Contains signatures and comments from visitors to the Selectmen's Building from May 2013 to Oct. 2014, for the "Golden Age of Somesville" by Kate Ross. Red binding; marked Journal on cover.
Description: Chronology of the Hardwood Island Biological Station, from first survey of the island in 1785 through 1995, the 25th summer of the programs offered by the Biological Station. Island is presently owned by C.W. Eliot Paine.
Description: Red binding; hand-bound by Anne Mazlish; gift from her, June 12, 1995. Guests to historical society and museum Also includes other guest books for museums