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9256Wild Gardens of Acadia
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Spiker, LaRue
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Typed and annotated in pencil drafts of article written by LaRue Spiker unknown date and publication. Title Wild Gardens of Acadia. Preiously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.2
9227Whaling on MDI
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Spiker, LaRue
Description:
Manuscript by LaRue Spiker and edited in her hand titled Whaling on MDI. 6 typed pages two of which are half pages. Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.1
19166Whaling on MDI
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Spiker, LaRue
Description:
Manuscript by LaRue Spiker and edited in her hand titled Youth's Stake in the Wilderness Act. 3 typed pages Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.1
19165Wetlands
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Spiker, LaRue
Description:
Typed and annotated in pencil drafts of article written by LaRue Spiker unknown date and publication. Title Wetlands 8 pages Preiously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.2
19161Wendell Gilley
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Spiker, La Rue
Description:
Typed and annotated draft of an article by LaRue Spiker unknown publication and date. Wendell Gilley 3 pages. Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.3
18795Unknown
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Unknown
  • Unknown
Description:
5 typed pages. Manuscript of information on the flora and soil type of Mount Desert Island. There is also mention of the benefit to vitiators of leaving a section of the Island unchanged so that it may contain all of the original plants and animals and allow visitors to nature unchanged. Notation on top of page reads: Not Included in Second Edition. Offers information on Lafayette National Park and how preserving the landscape will inform and inspire visitors. Notation on top of page reads: See pg 211 revised edition. [show more]
9255U. S. Wildlife Refuge
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Spiker, La Rue
  • 2/25/1949
Description:
Typed and annotated draft of an article by LaRue Spiker unknown publication and date. U.S. Wildlife Refuge 1949 history of the program. 17 typed pages Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.3
5299Transcript of an interview woth Mrs. Hysom
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
  • Gainor
  • 07/08/2009
Description:
Two-page typewritten ms. about interview with Mrs. Hysom re "Look Out," Pretty Marsh Inn, Bay View House, West Point Inn, church, and more.
7761Trails to Rails: A Story of Transportation Progress in Illinois
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Writers
Description:
LaRue Spiker has typed up extracts from a book by Carlton J. Corliss. 4 pages long. Previously accessioned as **1918, object Id 2001.1918
9257Tom Lincoln's Sparrow
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Spiker, LaRue
Description:
Typed and annotated draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker. Tom Lincoln's Sparrow; about man from Dennysville, Maine, who accompanied Audubon to Labrador where he discovered a new species of sparrow Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.4
19158Thomas Ruggles of Columbia Falls
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Spiker, LaRue
Description:
Typed and annotated draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker. Account of the financial affairs of Thomas Ruggles of Columbia Falls, the area's largest owner of timber lands. Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.4
19159Thomas Brockman at the Claremont Hotel
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Spiker, LaRue
Description:
Typed and annotated draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker. A short biography of Thomas Brockman, internationally known pianist who will play at the Claremont Hotel. Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.4
9267They That Hear
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Bibles
  • Other, Religion
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
In pencil at top, says "They that Hear" John 6:25. Hand writing on side and edits of pages Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.065.08, **1400
19164The Vapid Seasons
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Spiker, LaRue
Description:
Typed and annotated in pencil drafts of article written by LaRue Spiker unknown date and publication. Title The Vapid Seasons, 9 typed pages Preiously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.2
19160The United Nations on Your Dinner Plate
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Spiker, La Rue
Description:
Typed and annotated draft of an article by LaRue Spiker unknown publication and date. United Nations on Your Dinner Table 9 typed pages. Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.3
9270The Tree and the Prairie
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Illinois
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1961
Description:
handwritten note indicates "pub. McDan Co Derm May, 1960" (?) 11 p. Appears tape had been on p. 11 2 lines illegible on scan read "where vaccination might have saved. The burying grounds were filled with." 3rd to last line "other hand, hopefully, the old tree" By LaRue Spiker Story about first settler, Matthew B. Robinson, to Bushnell Township, Prairie City Township, Illinois. On last page it says Macomb Journal June 21?, 1960 Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.065.03, **1393 [show more]
12007The Paving Cutter and His Trade
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Macaroni Hill
  • Other, Peanut Row
  • September 1978
Description:
Article in Maine Life by Doris Grant of Hall Quarry: The Paving Cutter and His Trade. (Part of photograph and article has been cut out.) Glossary of paving cutter's tools.
18660The Outrageous Ocala
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Writers
  • 3/23/1959
Description:
Two copies both 7 pages each of her article titled The Outrageous Ocala.
12010The Old Standard Store and Hall
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Standard Granite Company
  • Other, Standard Hall
Description:
Manuscript written by Doris Grant, possibly in the 1980s, about the store and parties held there, musicals and contests, the "Medicine Show", Professor Ness and his trained animal show, Italian quarrymen, boarding house for workers, quarry workers' union, maids who were ferried from Northeast Harbor for parties in the old Standard Hall.
9273The Old Beech Hill Road
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Beech Hill Road
  • nd
Description:
Discusses Beech Hill Road by LaRue Carter. Mentions in passing John Carroll, Richardsons, Foy Wasgatt, Robert Carter, Atherton, Mason, Clark, Bavage, Mildred Masterman Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.063.03, **1379
18773The Dutch in Mount Desert
  • Document, Manuscript
  • S.A. Eliot
  • unknown
Description:
3 handwritten pages Manuscript of information to be considered for inclusion in the new edition of Mount Desert: A History. These pages concern the visit of Henry Hudson to the Island.
12006The Chapel at Hall Quarry
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Granite
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Hall Quarry School
  • Other, Leavitt
  • Other, The Chapel, Hall Quarry
Description:
Memories of the chapel at Hall Quarry, written by Doris Grant, possibly in the 1980s: 2 handwritten versions (They have not been compared to see if they are identical. Mentions its use as a school and community center as well as a religious building. References to Horace Leavitt, minister; Mandy Perkins, Sunday school superintendent, and Bill Grant, organist. Marked as copies a (5 pages) and b(4 pages).
9275The Black Guillemot
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Guillemots
  • n.d.
Description:
Three pages with handwriting on it for corrections by LaRue Spiker discussing Black Guillemots. Subtitle Little Sea Pigeon who Sits on His Tail Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.063.01, **1382
7762Talking about Minnesota manuscript by LaRue Spiker
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Writers
Description:
Propaganda about the various features of Minnesota, such as lakes, fishing, resources etc. Previously accessioned as **1917, object Id 2001.1917
19157 Swing for Survival
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Spiker, LaRue
Description:
Typed and annotated drafts of articles written by LaRue Spiker unknown dates and publications. Swing for Survival: Written in Largo, Florida, an essay about Spanish moss. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.5