Description: How to start an oral history project, conduct interviews, use oral history in research and writing, videotape oral history, preserve it in archives and libraries, and teach and present oral history.
Description: Eden Baptist Church (Salisbury Cove) 200th Anniversary Commemorative Plate (1799-1999). History of the church has been printed on the back.
Description: Robert Suminsby, known for his contributions to the community and state land conservations efforts died afater a brief bout with cancer. He was also active with the Boy Scouts. The article goes into detail regarding his various activities. Bar Harbor Times. Date=1/5/1999
Description: Report written by John Pervear, a real estate appraiser and consultant, evaluating the Northeast Harbor Golf Club property. Contains prefacing letter, section of description, analysis, and conclusions, and extensive addenda including maps and sketches of the property.
Description: “Ralph Richardson - Tending to the rich: a lifetime of caretaking.” Article from Days and Nights on Mt. Desert Island. June 1992. Story about Richardson, a caretaker for wealthy summer residents for 43 years.
Description: 1998 Annual Report to Members, restoration project brochure (undated), Mount Desert Island Historical Society Brochure (undated), 1998 Thanksgiving campaign, photocopy of February 2, 1998 The Coast article on the school house restoration project with architect drawing, photocopy of February 2, 1998 The Coast article on the school house restoration project with February 26, 1998 Bar Harbor Times editorial on the project on the reverse.
Description: Fundraising and informational materials regarding the Sound School House Restoration project prepared by the Mount Desert Island Historical Society and dated March 1998.
Description: Fundraising and informational materials prepared for the Sound School House Campaign Committee of the Mount Desert Island Historial Society dated July 1998. Includes the Sound School House Fact Sheet, the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Fact Sheet, the Sound School House Restoration and Use Plan, Fundraising Plan, and pledge sheet.
Description: Arthur Foote, 88 , retired Unitarian minister died in December of 1999 at his home in SW Harbor. He was the gandson of Henry Wilder Foote, minister of Kings Chapel in Boston for much of the 19th century. He was married to Rebecca Carroll Clark. Article goes into detail regarding his life. Bar Harbor Times
Description: Dr. Thomas Maren, 81, a research scientist who did work at the MDI Biological Lab as well as Florida died on Aug. 5, 1999 in his home in Salisbury Cove. The article goes into depth about his life and career.
Description: Dr. Thomas Maren, 81, a research scientist who did work at the MDI Biological Lab as well as Florida died on Aug. 5, 1999 in his home in Salisbury Cove. The article goes into depth about his life and career.
Description: Rachel Carroll Phalen, 85, died July 30, 1999 on Mt. Desert. She was the last member of the Carroll family to be born on the Carroll Homestead, now owned by Acadia National Park.