Description: Call for articles to be used in the exhibit at the MDI Historical Society celebrating the turn of the century. The exhibit will run from June 15 to Sept. 20 , 2000. Articles will be on loan and returned to owners at the end of the exhibit.
Description: An article by Nan Lincoln describing the plans the MDI Historical Society, including the appointment of Jaylene Roths a s the curator of the museum. Also on the page is an article commemorating the Bar Harbor Historical Society.
Description: Large grey ledger 1914-1918 Mt. Desert written in Ink on coverIncludes: Note in back cover in blue pencil, reading:Census 1916 499boys 235 girls 264Also included loose paperwork, resume,
Description: Green Binder: Copies of Reminiscences of Somesville by Adelma F. Joy; Excerpts from The Island of Mount Desert Register 1909-1910;Annual Report of Town Officers of Mount Desert, ME 1900,1910, 1911 - 1916 and 1931
Description: "For Use in Prayer and Praise Meetings, Evangelistic Services, Sunday Schools, Young People's Societies and All Other Departments of Church Work" Indian Point Sunday School Hymn Book, circa 1914, with responsive scripture readings. Cream colored with red fabric binding. Includes title, topical and tune indexes.
Description: Print of plan of house lots and streets on the estate of Ephraim W. Freeman at West Point Park, Mount Desert, Maine, 1888. Drawn by James E. Stone, Civil Engineer, Boston, Mass. Shows: West Point Avenue, Mt. Desert Avenue, Freeman Street, Forest Park Avenue, Liber Street, Glenn Street, Dale Street, Eden Street; indicates Blue Hill Bay. Even though it is a print, the print may be from the early 1900s. Scale: 1 inch=80 feet There are two (2) copies of this map. [show more]
Description: Legal Black Binder:Copy of the Earliest Records of the Island of Mount Desert and Vital records : An index to the Early Records of the Town of Mount Desert
Description: Legal Black Binder:Copies of Mount Desert Town Records 1821-1841 Intentions and Marriages,1847-52; Town Meeting Records 1847-50;Records of Intentions and Marriages 1853-89; Misc. Ref to Pretty Marsh roads and Taxes to 1860s.
Description: Large Maroon ledger 1920-1922 Mt. Desert written in white on coverIncludes:Other archival Information regarding health inspection of children Stored separately in Box 34
Description: Large Maroon ledger 1925-1927 Includes:Other archival Information regarding finances, and Reports from Supt. of Schools.Stored separately in Box 34
Description: Large Brown ledger 1930-1931 Includes:Other archival Information regarding finances, and Misc. paperwork, reports from Supt.Stored separately in Box 34
Description: Large Brown ledger 1932-1934 Includes:Other archival Information regarding finances, and Misc. paperwork, reports from Supt.Stored separately in Box 34
Description: Large Brown ledger 1935-1938 Includes:Other archival Information regarding finances, and Misc. paperwork, reports from Supt.Stored separately in Box 34
Description: black scrap book with gold embossed rectangle highlighting “Photographs” on the cover (the photographs have been removed and are in Photograph Album 10
Description: Natural History Text with illustrated plates and woodcutsMarine Mammals of Massachusetts Bay by Elizabeth C. and Alexander Agassizfrom the home of the McGifferts“Not to be taken from the parlors and Pizza” sticker pasted on coverLibrary of the Harbor Cottages stamped inside
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.