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: 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: Brown poster with photograph of the Union Meeting House in Manset The Busy Bees Society invite you to its 50th Annual Sale of Aprons, novelties, cooked food, benefit of Manset Meeting House. Completed in 1828 and still in use. Tuesday-August 1st Gleaners Hall Seawall Road, Manset
Description: Brown Compositions lined notebook with glob and Our World School Series design on coverProperty of Busy Bee’s :records of weekly meetings from 1934-Feb. 1942 Hand -written in ink.
Description: Brown Compositions lined notebook with circle and open book design on cover.Property of Busy Bee’s :records of weekly meetings from 1942-Jan. 1948 Hand -written in ink.
Description: Black Compositions lined notebook with gold diamond emblem on cover.Property of Busy Bee’s :records of weekly meetings from 1928-Feb. 1934 Hand -written in ink.
Description: Brown spiral ring notebook with color illustration of day-time church scene in the snow pasted on the cover, whitelabel:records of weekly meetings from 1952- Jan. 1955 Hand -written in ink. Also includes by-laws...purpose statement to repair and maintain the Union Church of Manset.
Description: Brown spiral ring notebook with color illustration of night-time church scene in the snow pasted on the cover, blue label:records of weekly meetings from 1950- Nov. 1952 Hand -written in ink. Also includes stamps, envelopes, letters, memorabilia
Description: Brown spiral ring notebook :records of weekly meetings from 1955- Nov. 1960 Hand -written in ink. Also includes by-laws...purpose statement to repair and maintain the Union Church of Manset
Description: Brown Composition lined notebook with Newspaper photograph of the Manset Church. Property of Busy Bee’s :records of weekly meetings from 1960-Aug. 1966 Hand -written in ink.
Description: Black Compositions notebook with red binding.Cover has Busy Bee’s record of first meeting written in ink.Includes notes and list of two founding members and fifteen in attendance. Included a letter from 1951 regarding this book to Salisbury from Hamilton
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: William Ober Family and Hannah P. Monroe Genealogy 115 page report. Prepared by Larry Wert .This researcher has a website with genealogy available:http://members.tripod.com/larry.wert
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: "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: 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: History of Mount Desert Lodge, No.140, or Free and Accepted Masons, Mt. Desert, Maine, February 14, 1867 - February 14, 1871. By E.M. Hamor. Portland 1871. Two Copies Previously archived as object id **1576.a-b, 016.FIC.001.13
Description: History of Mount Desert Lodge, No.140, or Free and Accepted Masons, Mt. Desert, Maine, February 14, 1871 - February 14, 1892. By James E.. Hamor. 1892. Copy Previously archived as object id **1577, 016.FIC.001.13