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You searched for: Date: 2000sType: Document
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
3849Events 2005
  • Document, Document File
  • 2005
Description:
Moonlit Graveyard Walk, Aug. 16, Brookside Cemetery with Thomas Vining Wildlife of MDI with Ruth Grierson, Feb. 4 Creating a Timeline Garden, Master Gardener Lee Fay, June 17 Planting a Period Garden: Kitchen and Ornamental Gardens of the Early 19th Century, Christie Higginbottom of Old Sturbridge Village, Mass. Fred Savage Homes (in connection with publication of book by John Bryan) With Port in a Storm bookstore. Art Exhibition (Acadia Summer Art Program) and Fiddle Concert with Ralph Stanley & Friends, Aug. 4 "Hard Work": Maine's Working Women in the 19th Century, brown bag lunchtime film (by Jim Sharkey) and discussion, Feb. 18 Collecting American Art: A Personal History, John Wilmerding, Sept. 6 Fernald Point Picnic and Annual Meeting, Sept. 25 [show more]
3848Events 2006
  • Document, Document File
  • 2006
Description:
Excursions to Placentia and Pond Islands, Aug. 14 & Aug. 23, with Peter Blanchard. Also on Sept.17. (See 013.FIC.36B.14 for photos of this program trip) Steam to the Summit, Green Mountain Railway, with Peter Dow Bachelder, Aug. 12 Corner with a Past (Peabody Drive and Route 198, Northeast Harbor), Feb. 24 Barn Tour, Aug. 5 Early Broadsides and Mass Advertising, July 28, Jerry Miller and Raymond Strout, held at Union Church, NE Harbor Annual Meeting, David Hales, new COA Presidenet, Sept. 13, and photograph exhibit Good Fences: Stories and Pictures of New England's Stone Walls, William Hubell, Oct. 7, Somesville Firehouse Christmas Readings at Port in a Storm, by Moorhead Kennedy,December [show more]
3846Events 2007
  • Document, Document File
  • 2007
Description:
Somesville and Its Secrets (walking tour of historic homes, buildings, Brookside Cemetery; dams and mills), Aug. 11 Fishing and the Future of Island Communities, with Ted Ames, Mar. 25 "Us and Them": Summer People and the Mainers Who Worked for Them, April 29 with Pamela Dean, Archivist, U of Maine, April 29, Somesville Firehouse Continental Liar from the State of Maine: James G. Blaine, a conversation with Neil Rolde, May 23. Fire of ;47, June 24 Movie Nights with Bill Baker, Hollywood inthe 1930s, Aug. 17: End of the Silent Era, Top Hat with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Footage from Fire of 1947, Bar Harbor Express and Hancock Ferries, Easy Street with Charlie Chaplin, June 23, with Bill Baker Field Trip to Great Duck Island with Peter Blanchard, Agu. 21 Historic Homes Tour- August Gardens of Kykuit, slide-lecture by Ann Rockefeller Roberts and Mary Louise Pierson, in honor of Louisa Kennedy, August 23 Exploring MDI's Past, Acadia Senior College Class, Fall 2007: Gilded Age, Island Industries, Landscapes and Gardens, Places that Aren't, Biological Research on MDI, Acadia National Park Discover Hall Quarry, Sept. 29 Three Historic Homes: Seal Harbor (Craigstone), Pretty Marsh, Somesville, Oct. 5. [show more]
3845Events 2008
  • Document, Document File
  • 2008
Description:
Two Island Gardens: Asticou Azalea and Thuya, May 18, 2008. Women in the Fishing Industry (with SW Harbor Library), Mar. 27, 2008: Kristina Stanley, Stephanie Alley, Val Peacock, Linda Musson, Peg Morse, Holly Smallidge, Holly Masterson, Juanita Stanley, Kim Young, Wilhelmina Brouwer, Genealogy Workshop with Thomas Vining, Ralph Stanley, Elaine Fernald, Sheldon Goldthwait, Patti Leland-Hanson, Patricia Ray. Panel and workshop. June 29, 2008 Cemetery Walk, Forest Hill Cemetery, Northeast Harabor, July 20, 2008. Inside Seal Harbor, July 24, 2008: Harbor Club, Holy Family Church, "Wayside," Library, Seal Harbor Yacht Club, "Craig Knowe," with Anne Funderburk. Mount Desert Rocks with Geologist Bill Clark, July 27, 2008. (Geology) Petite Plaisance, July 29, 2008. (Marguerite Yourcenar) Gott's Island, Aug. 16, 23. Home of Ruth Moore. God's Many Corners, the Churches of MDI, Aug. 22, 2008. Diving for Urchins, Scallops &Other Treasures with 'Diver Ed." Aug. 17, 2008 Louisa VAughan Conrad Garden Dedication, Aug. 20, 2008, Somesville Museum Field Trip to Great Duck Island with Peter Blanchard, Aug. 21, 2008 [show more]
3844Events 2009
  • Document, Document File
  • 2009
Description:
Women in Conversation, Mar. 26, 2009: Turning Dreams into Practical Conservation Projects. Hoops Around the Island, April 16, 2009, Basketball on MDI with Jack Gilley, Ray (Razor) Gray, Dennis Damon, Steve Parady, Burt Barker, Melissa Gott; Bill Baker, moderator. School Consolidation, One of MDI's Great Controversies, April 28, 2009 Ledgelawn Cemetery, with Tom Vining, June 7, 2009. Bastille Day, Among Fabulous Antique Cars, with Seal Cove Auto Museum, July 14, 2009. Inside Seal Harbor: Guided Tours of Cottages, Clubs & Church, July 20 and Aug. 7, 2009: St. Judes's, Harbor Club, Long Pond, "Wayside," library, "Sea Bench," Yacht Club. Boat Building Industry: Can it Survive? July 22, 2009. With panelists Ralph Stanley, Phil Bennett (Hinckley), Jock Williams, Lee Wilbur, Cuyler Morris and Alan Sprague, co-host of Boat Talk on WERU Radio. Boat Builders Tour: 8 Boat Yards, Aug. 14, 2009 Charles A. Townsend's Mount Desert: Early 20th Century Real-Photo Postcards of the Island, Sept. 15, 2009. Talk by Earle G. Shettleworth. Annual Meeting: Dr. David Hackett Fischer, "Islanders in Time: Family, Friends and Neighbors on MDI--How Our Associations Have Changed, Aug. 23, 2009. Acadia's Carriage Roads and Bridges, July 27, 2009, with Paul Richardson [show more]
3802Family Group Record of Family of Abraham and Hannah somes
  • Document, Government, Vital Record
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Barry D. Gates
  • 2001
Description:
Five typed pages of vital statistic records on Abraham and Hannah Somes and their children. These records, drawn from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File, include some birth, death and marriage dates.
19479Foreword written by Rose Perry Ruse
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Mount Desert High School
  • 2005
Description:
Foreward written by Rose Perry Ruse to a book thanking different members of the family for their assistance in compiling information abut A.C.Savage and this descendants.
14550Fred L. Savage House, O. #139, Bar Harbor, ME
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Other, Elevations
  • Savage, Fred L.
  • 12/06/2006
Description:
West Exterior Elevation of F.L. Savage House, O. #139, Bar Harbor, ME
14551Fred L. Savage House, O. #139, Bar Harbor, ME
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Other, Elevations
  • Savage, Fred L.
  • 12/06/2006
Description:
North Elevation (Exterior) of F.L. Savage House, Original #139, Bar Harbor, ME
12657Funeral Service Prrogram for David L. Stanley
  • Document, Program
  • 2006
Description:
Photogrraph of David L. Stanley on front, celebrant was Rev. William J. Wood; service held at St. Mary's Chapel, Northeast Harbor, Maine on Oct. 23, 2006.
3583Galley Family of Mount Desert, Maine and Allied Families
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Rebecca Dow Burnham
  • 2006
Description:
Genealogy of Galley, Richardson, Gott, Hadlock and Norton families, with sources and supporting materials and information on Crockett's Point Cemetery and Relationships. RESTRICTED MATERIAL - DO NOT COPY OR USE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR.
17330Galley Family of Mt. Desert Island, Maine, Allied Families
  • Document, Instructional, Instruction Book
  • Other, Galley Family
  • Other, Gonzales Family
  • Other, Gott Family
  • Other, Hadlock Family
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Norton Family
  • Other, Richardson Family
  • June 2006
4259George Garver Obituary
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • Other, Obituary
  • 3/9/2000
Description:
Duard Garver, age 72 died March 1, 2000. he spent most of his life painting water tanks. He also worked as a varnisher, deckhand and rigger. He and his wife lived in Manset and during retirement he worked at the Somesville One Stop.
2572George L. Hinckley Obituaries
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • Other, Obituary
  • 5/5/2000
Description:
George L. Hinckley, age 79 died on May 8,2000. He was a resident of Spartanburg, S.C> and Southwest Harbor . Bar Harbor Times
2577Grace Tracy Reed Obituaries
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • Other, Museums
  • Other, Obituary
  • 8/19/2000
Description:
Grace Tracy Reed, 109, died July 19, 2000. In 1914 she taught in the one-room school house in Somes Sound that eventually became part of the MDI Historical Society.
2578Grace Tracy Reed Obituaries
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • Other, Museums
  • Other, Obituary
  • 8/19/2000
Description:
Grace Tracy Reed, 109, died July 19, 2000. In 1914 she taught in the one-room school house in Somes Sound that eventually became part of the MDI Historical Society.
14804Granite Motions: Quarrying History on Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • 2001
Description:
Poster announcing exhibt at Sound School House Museum, May 29-Oct. 13, 2001. 11" x 17"
3764Granite Motions: Quarrying History on Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Reprographic Copy, Photocopy
  • 2001
Description:
Background info., planning notes, photographs of exhibit, photocopy of Tombstones and Paving Blocks: the History of the Maine Granite Industry by Roger L. Grindle, photocopy of the Granites of Maine by T. Nelson Dale, photocopy of 1902 annual report of the Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics for the State of Maine, other exhibit notes.
12044Granite Motions Quarrying History on Mount Desert Island Poster
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • Other, Posters
  • Other, Quarrying
  • 2001
Description:
Granite Motions Quarrying History on Mount Desert Island Poster
2588Harold Walls Obituaries
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • Other, Obituary
  • 10/19/2000
Description:
A lengthy obituary by Nan Lincoln about Harold Walls, 87. One of the last of the Otter Creek fishermen who could recall hand-lining cod and seining herring by torchlight.
17681Harry Spurling Obituary
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • Other, Islands
  • Other, Obituary
  • 10/12/2000
Description:
Harry Spurling , watercolorist, life long resident of Little Cranberry, died Oct. 1, 2000 at 97. He became the chief curator of the Little Cranberry museum.
4252Helen Harte Thompson Obituary
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • Other, Obituary
  • 9/27/2001
Description:
Helen Harte Thompson, died Sept 15, 01 at the age of 102. The obituary gives a detailed account of her life both in Pa. and NE harbor.
17604Imprint of Sound School House Bell Mark
  • Document, Advertising, Trade Symbol
  • Sweet, Gerri
  • 2002
Description:
“Femo” baking clay imprint mold from Sound School House bell. Bell Maker’s markings 1893. Bell in center of a rectangle with Trade written on one side, Mark on the other with signature center.slightly yellow in color.curvature of bell visible
17605Imprint of Sound School House Bell Mark
  • Document, Advertising, Trade Symbol
  • 2002
Description:
“Femo” baking clay imprint mold from Sound School House Bell Maker’s markings 1893.Bell in center of a rectangle with Trade written on one side, Mark on the other with signature center flat and white in color .
14620Invitation to wedding (1917)
  • Document, Request, Invitation
  • Other, Invitations
  • Other, Weddings
  • 02/07/2007
Description:
Invitation to wedding (1917) for M/M Fred Smith for the marriage of Harry E. Fitzhenry's daughter N. Irene to Mark Whiting Somes on July 10th in Lubec, Maine.