Description: Published in New York by the American Bible Union, 32 Great Jones Street. Contains Rules for Doing Good, Lesson 1-the Alphabet, figures, words of two letters, words of three letters, etc. 128 pps.
Description: McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader (revised edition), 1879. Published by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co, Cincinnati and New York. Donated to Sawtelle Collection, transferred to MDI Historical Society. Originally owned by a family in North Canton, Ohio.
Description: "In the Graded Literature Readers good literature has been presented as early as possible, and the classic tales and fables, to which constant allusion is made in literature and daily life, are largely used."
Description: “Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture: Stock Raising.” September, 1902. Vol. 1, No. 3. Quarterly bulletin issued from the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Augusta, ME. Press of the Kennebec Journal, Augusta. Marked “William Kittredge.”
Description: “Cabbages and Cauliflowers: Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts and Kale.” Imformation on growing, raising seed, keeping, cooking, and feeding to stock. 93 pages. By James J. H. Gregory. Printed by S.J. Parkhill & Co., Boston. 1907.
Description: Official Cypher for the Grand Lodge of Masons in Maine. First, Second and Third Degrees. Appears to be some kind of code. 183 pps. 3 x 5, in leather case
Description: Booklet of 32 pp. detailing powers, responsibilities and governance of the Town of Bar Harbor. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as Object id 012.FIC.062.1
Description: Spiker Bible; gift in 1955. Spiker family records on included pages between Old and New Testaments. Includes birth date of LaRue Spiker on July 8, 1912. Includes notes, church bulletin, cards Presentation page in front: Presented to Grace, By Fran, Dec. 1955.
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: Instructional booklet for a Mason who has "passed to the degree of a Fellow Craft." This is Booklet Number Three in a series called "The Pollard Plan," prepared by the Committee on Masonic Education and distributed by the Grand Lodge of Maine, A.F. & A.M. Includes a history of Freemasonry from its European roots to its establishment in the United States. Those entering the Fellow Craft degree are to master the history of the Masonic movement. [show more]
Description: Instructional booklet for "the newly initiated Entered Apprentice" in Masonry. This is Booklet Number One in a series named "The Pollard Plan," prepared by the Committee on Masonic Education and distributed by the Grand Lodge of Maine, A.F. & A.M. Includes a discussion of the rights and responsibilities of an Entered Apprentice.