Description: scrapbook filled with miscellaneous newsclippings related to Mount Desert Island, the surrounding area, items of cultural interest and the Smith Somes and Stanley families.
Description: Scrapbook filled with miscellaneous newsclippings related to Mount Desert Island, the surrounding area, items of cultural interest, WWII and the Smith, Somes and Stanley families.
Description: scrapbook filled with newsclippings related to WWII, Mount Desert Island and the Smith , Somes and Stanley families. Several references to Hollis Smith, believed to be the owner of the scrapbook and who was the postmaster for more than 25 years at the Mt. Desert PO in Somesville. Articles of interest: (1961) Senator Muskie speaking at the bicentennial celebration honoring Abraham Somes with a stone monument at the site where Somes landed in 1761. (1943) The Boston collier Suffolk went down presumably in a gale with its captain and all 43 crew members. Another article (unknown date) talks about a Bar Harbor man who was aboard the Battleship Maine when it was torpedoed in Havava Harbor. He survived, but that event sparked America's involvement in the war with Spain. [show more]
Description: Horseshoe shaped hair wreath a memorial to Bethany Oakes Salisbury (according to Thomas Vining's work "Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and Mount Desert Island Bethany E. Salisbury died 18 July 1886 aged 71 years, 8 months and 13 days and was the wife of Nathan Salisbury. The Oakes name may have been her maiden name and the "E." her maiden middle name initial), wife of Nathan Salisbury. Oval frame. Hair woven, tatted and braided in different colors. Small beads woven into design. [show more]
Description: Locks of people's hair arranged in a semi-circle on paper and sealed in oval frame. Names on paper attached to pieces of hair; Isaac Somes, C.F. Somes, George A. Somes, [C.F.] Thompson, Isaac Thompson, Lyman Somes and Frederick Thompson. From the Isaac Somes house in Somesville.
Description: Harrriet Somes Sanderson's scrapbook containing a report of Mrs. Eben Hamor's death, many wedding invitations (including Agnes Somes' marriage to Frank Foley), disappearance of Paul Atherton of Somesville after his wedding, recipes, clippings, bits of fabric.
Description: 3" X 8" two-sided "card" that is likely a spoof. Text describes " The Capture" of a sea creature purportedly named by the Smithsonian, "Globicephala Melaena." Also included is a poem entitle "Haven" clipped from a newspaper; no source, no date.
Description: Card with photograph of the U.S.S. Missourilaunched January 29, 1944Commissioned June 11, 1944Visited Bar Harbor in August of 1946Connie Jellison went on board for a tour
Description: 10" x 12" x 2" red and black scrapbook; pages are pre-numbered. Contains hand-written journal entries reflecting on the War and her personal and professional life, including number of eggs gathered each day. On each page are pasted newspaper articles (some undated) about the War and maps showing allied positions and movements; many of these obscure the journal entries and some have come loose and are in a separate folder (014.FIC.007.2). Ration stamps and ration books are also pasted in the scrapbook. On p. 42 is a (wedding?) photo. of Marion and Dick Cobb, 1942 [show more]
Description: Small 4*3in book, leather with autographs of individuals on the island in 1879. Belonged to Willie Heath of Seal Cove Maine. Many have faded but as of 2013 are still legible.
Description: Archival copy. 10/22/1987 - 6/28/1990. Topics include land use development planning, arms control, nuclear power, environment, Earth Day. Photos, newspaper clippings and handwritten comments.