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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
3952Dramatic Club, Somesville
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Drama clubs
  • Other, Playbills
Dramatic Club, Somesville
Item:
  • 3952   
Object ID:
  • 009.020.28
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, Drama clubs
  • Other, Playbills
Collection:
  • Somesville Dramatic Club
Description:
1. 1890 pencilled record re forming dramatic club; list of officers and their responsibilities; list of members: Atherton, Branscom, Richardson, Savagey, Hadley, Somes, Harrison, Ray, Hall, Hamilton, Reid, Parker. 2. 1918 (?) playbill for "The Varsity Coach," a 4-act play given in and by the village of Somesville. Cast: Richard Allen, Gerome Green, Roscoe Hysom, Harry Gray, Edwin Cameron, Dorothy Pray, Buelah Atherton, Virginia Sanderson, Henrietta Fernald, Dorothy Lethiecq, Eleanor Fernald. [show more]
2933Various Documents Regarding Building and Population on Mt. Desert Island
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Building construction
  • Other, Development
  • Other, Population
  • Town of Mt. Desert, US Bureau of Census, and LaRue Spiker
Various Documents Regarding Building and Population on Mt. Desert Island
Item:
  • 2933   
Object ID:
  • 1997.1588.a-c
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, Building construction
  • Other, Development
  • Other, Population
Creator:
  • Town of Mt. Desert, US Bureau of Census, and LaRue Spiker
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Description:
Three documents relating to building and development on Mt. Desert Island. Documents include: 1) 1pp. typwritten document entitled "Increase of Year-round Residential Building in the Town of Mount Desert, By Place and Year 1970 Through 1976; 2) 2 pp. typewritten document entitled "Population Growth, Latest (Revised) 1975 U.S. Bureau of Census Population Estimates for Hancock County"; 3) Handwritten tables entitled "BH Bldg Permits" giving data for years 1970-1976, Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.062.5 [show more]
3852Events 1995-1999
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Army Nurse Corps
  • Other, Boat building
  • Other, Brookside Cemetery
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, College of the Atlantic
  • Other, Gardens
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Harbors
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Other, Orchards
  • Other, Preservation
  • Other, Schools
  • Other, Seeds
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Tremont
  • Other, World War II
  • Places, Landscape
Events 1995-1999
Item:
  • 3852   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.101.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Army Nurse Corps
  • Other, Boat building
  • Other, Brookside Cemetery
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, College of the Atlantic
  • Other, Gardens
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Harbors
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Other, Orchards
  • Other, Preservation
  • Other, Schools
  • Other, Seeds
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Tremont
  • Other, World War II
  • Places, Landscape
Description:
Summer 1995-Summer 1996 Programs: Preserving Historic Lancscapes, Elizabeth Igleheart, Maine Preservation Commission, June 1995 Brookside Cemetery Tour, Oct. 1995 Boat Building on MDI during WWII, Ralph Stanley, Nov. 1995 Genealogy Research, Connee Jellison, Jan. 1998 Preservation Workshop, Jan.- Mar. 1996 School Days in the 1850's, June 1996 Preserving an Historic Harbor (conservation easements), David MacDonald, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Lee Patterson, Peter Blanchard, Aug. 1996 Sept. 1996-Sept. 1997 Tour of Museum and Historic Lewis Somes House for National Trust for Historic Preservation, Sept. 21, 1996 History of Brookside Cemetery for MD Elementary School 5th Graders, Oct. 29, 1996 School Days in the 1850's, Harbor House (SW Harbor), K-4th graders, Nov. 7, 1996 Women Underway, Steamships and the Army Nurse Corps, WWII, Nov. 14, 1996 Lighthouses of the Maine Coast, Ken Black, Maine Lighthouse Museum (with Great Harbor Museum), Dec. 6, 1996 MID Historical Society, 65th Birthday Party, Historic Mount Desert Tavern (home of Bill and Betty Reiff, Somesville), Dec. 19, 1996 Fun and Games in 19th c., Harbor House, K-4th grade, Jan. 1997 "Pardon my Dust," benefit performance by Kathleen Lake, COA, Jan. 26, 1997 Hands-on Archival Care, Collections' care in the home, Feb. 15, 1997 Charter Signing, meeting of Mount Desert Selectmen at James Richardson House do commemorate signing of original town charter, Feb. 16, 1997 Heirloom Seeds, Mar. 1997 House Histories (with Tremont Historical Society) using architecture and paper records, May 1997 Publication of Charles Tracy diary, lecture on works of Frederick Church, Claremont Hotel, Summer 1997 John Gilley and Charles W. Eliot, June-Oct. Special Museum Exhibit Lecture by Dr. Richard Judd on Environmental History of Maine Coast, with COA, Summer 1997 Ballard's Boats: At work and play on Mt. Desert Island, June 1997 , NEH Library. Includes panel discussion with Ralph Stanley, Richard Lunt, Paul Stubing Strawberry Festival (and book sale), July 10th History of Automobile and its effect on Mt. Desert; traveling exhibit in cooperation with COA, Fall 1997 Field Course in old house restoration, Oc. 26 and 27; Nov. 1 and 2, 1997 1999: Restoring Old Apple Trees, Stephen page, April 1999 Kitchen Gardens in early 19th c., Christie White, May 1, 1999 [show more]
4041Donald Smith memorabilia
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, School Department of Cranberry Isles, Mt. Desert, Southwest Harbor and Tremont
Donald Smith memorabilia
Item:
  • 4041   
Object ID:
  • 001-118-011.a-g
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, School Department of Cranberry Isles, Mt. Desert, Southwest Harbor and Tremont
Collection:
  • Donald Smith
Description:
This is a collection which is not arranged particularly and could be better organized in the future. For now, our goal is to access the folder and make note of key names and events in the folder so researchers will be able to find the information they are seeking. We recommend that an inventory of the papers and other items be done at a later date. (Anne Welles) Rudimentary inventory of contents: *empty envelope addressed to Mr. & Mrs. Fred Smith, Mt. Desert P.O, Hancock County, Maine, USA with 3 Japanese-like character stamps on the lower left hand side (poor condition) * card belonging to empty envelope in the preceding envelope with the writing "CHRISTMAS GREETINGS from OSAKA JAPAN 1936" on the cover and a typed message inside which has the closing " Yours sincerely, Warren and Joan Reeve" *card entitled "The Union Somesville Meeting House of Mount Desert which is two sided; the front has a description of the church and its governing body; the back as a list of the ministers for the summer of 1951; some names mentioned as members of the governing Council of Representatives are Mrs. Robert Fernald and Mrs. A. Victor Higgins *birthday card presented by Nelson *copy of picture entitled "Outside the Weirs, Bar Harbor, Maine" (perhaps a calendar picture) *letter from the School Department of Cranberry Isles, Mt. Desert, Southwest Harbor and Tremont appointing Fred Smith of Somesville as Attendance Officer for the schools of Mt. Desert which is dated March 7, 1928 and signed by W.E. Clark, Sec. S.S.Committee *envelope the preceding letter was sent in [show more]
4040Donald Smith Folder 7
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Somesville Library
Donald Smith Folder 7
Item:
  • 4040   
Object ID:
  • 001-118-012.a-g
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, Somesville Library
Collection:
  • Donald Smith
Description:
This is a collection which is not arranged particularly and could be better organized in the future. For now, our goal is to access the folder and make note of key names and events in the folder so researchers will be able to find the information they are seeking. We recommend that an inventory of the papers and other items be done at a later date. (Anne Welles) Rudimentary inventory of contents: *large colored postcard of an unidentified lighthouse *wedding invitation of Mildred Salisbury Wasgatt to Andrew Jackson Patterson on October third, nineteen hundred and fourteen in Northeast Harbor *a 2 and 3/4 by 6 and 1/2 inch faded white empty envelope with the names "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" written in script on it *newspaper real estate advertisement for the Donald Smith home in Somesville Village with the asking price of $198,000 THERE IS AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH OF THIS STRUCTURE WHICH CAN BE FOUND UNDER 001-118-7. *bill dated May 31, 1927 from Mr. Fred P. Smith to J.A.Somes, Dr. *small brochure about the Somesville Library at the time of its Diamond Jubilee or 75th anniversary; officers of the Somesville Library Society at the time were Joseph Gilliland, Nelson Leland, Doris Grant and Pamela Pepper (poor condition) *newspaper clipping with article entitled "Reaction is Varied to Genda Tour, He Planned Pearl Harbor" by Lee Gack *9 remaining pages on a pad with preprinted letters so the writer just had to fill in the date, heading, signature and amount due [show more]
4039Donald Smith
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Somesville Fire Company
Donald Smith
Item:
  • 4039   
Object ID:
  • 001-118-013.a-m
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, Somesville Fire Company
Collection:
  • Donald Smith
Description:
This is a collection which is not arranged particularly and could be better organized in the future. For now, our goal is to access the folder and make note of key names and events in the folder so researchers will be able to find the information they are seeking. We recommend that an inventory of the papers and other items be done at a later date. (Anne Welles) Rudimentary inventory of contents: *obituary of Arthur Charpentier who died on March 17, 1989 who moved to Somesville after he retired from Yale in 1980 *fundraising letter signed by Billy Graham and dated February 1968 *christmas card with a photo of the bridge over the brook by the Selectmen's building in Somesville which signed by "Sandy and Betsy" *newspaper clipping from the Bar Harbor Times dated january 4, 1979 with a story of a Bar Harbor Police Sergeant named Robert Hodgkins Jr. who resigned on one side and an old photograph of the "new Florence Hotel" when fire destroyed it in September of 1918 *newspaper clipping with a picture of the Louisburg Hotel, Bar Harbor which was previously known as the Atlantic House. The name changed in 1887 and became the Lorraine in 1922. *newspaper clipping from the Bar Harbor Times dated December 7, 1978 which has a copy of a photograph of the Florence Hotel which was at the junction of Main St. And Mt. Desert which burned in August of 1918 (2 copies) *newspaper clipping from the Bar Harbor Times dated December 14, 1978 which has a copy of an old photograph of the Newport Hotel which was built in 1871 and was owned by W. M. Roberts *handwritten letter to Addie on her 88th birthday from Betsy *obituary of Sylvia E. Gatcomb who died on March 26, 1997 at the age of 91 *obituary of Stuart Jay Smith of Mount Desert who died on December 16, 1993 at the age of 77 *newspaper photo in a little card with a rectangular hole to allow the photo to be seen; the only identifying clue is the name "Stuart" written in pencil on the outside flap *list of members of the Somesville Fire Company celebrating sixty years of service from 1939-1999 (2 pages long) [show more]
3968Somesville Fire Company
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Fire stations
Somesville Fire Company
Item:
  • 3968   
Object ID:
  • 009.019.20
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, Fire stations
Description:
Letter from Virginia Somes Sanderson re right of way over property, and from Donald Smith, secretary of the Somesville Fire Co. Bill from Robert Raynes to Virginia Somes Sanderson to survey Somes Pond property (1983); Town of Mt. Desert planning board notice re hearing on application of Virginia Somes Sanderson for conditional use permit (1984); Acceptance letter from Somesville Fire Co. to Virginia Somes Sanderson for approx. 1 acre of land; Conditional land use permit and other documents; 1985 letter from Virginia Somes Sanderson to purchase Somesville Fire Station; Quit-claim deed from Adelaide C. Holland and Marian C. Cobb to Virginia Somes Sanderson; [show more]
3947Roads--Somesville and Vicinity
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Roads
  • Other, Somesville
Roads--Somesville and Vicinity
Item:
  • 3947   
Object ID:
  • 009.092.3
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, Roads
  • Other, Somesville
Description:
1868 document imposing fine (amount unreadable) on Town of Mt. Desert for failure to repair road. 1869 plan for "town way" as requested by John Richardson, way to cross land owned by David Wasgatt. 1871 request to selectmen for damages from H. Carpenter of Dedham due to his horse and wagon "droping into a hole" [sic] covered with snow. 1871 request to selectmen of town of Mt. Desert for a road to the quarry; approval granted. 1872 request for road from meeting house hill to steam mill; description and plan of same.1871 1873 document about repairing Pretty Marsh road. 1963 correspondence relating to reconstructing route 102 in Somesville area. [show more]
3892Map & misc. papers about cars on MDI
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Maps
Map & misc. papers about cars on MDI
Item:
  • 3892   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.160.8
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Maps
Description:
1. Sketch map showing proposed access road to be used for automobile driving, from BHR, 3/15/11. 2. Photocopy of notes from 1913 meeting about cars on MDI. 3. Handwritten notes and chronology with apparent references to articles in newspaper. 4. Excerpt from page 176 of History of Bar Harbor by Richard Hale concerning "automobile war." 5. Typewritten checklists of newspaper articles.
2954Arcady Music Festival Fundraising
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Arcady Music Festival
  • Other, Fund raising
Arcady Music Festival Fundraising
Item:
  • 2954   
Object ID:
  • 018.001.14.a-b
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, Arcady Music Festival
  • Other, Fund raising
Collection:
  • Arcady Music Festival
Description:
Arcady Music Festival Fundraising
2907Articles related to cars on MDI
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Bar Harbor
Articles related to cars on MDI
Item:
  • 2907   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.160.5
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Bar Harbor
Description:
7 original articles, undated, except one dated June 17, 1996, include: 1. Photograph of old ferry at Bucksport showing the Belfast (Boston steamer) across river (n.d.). 2. Poem, "The Mount Desert Town Meeting," by Herbert Weir Smyth, Prof. of Greek at Harvard, originally published in Bar Harbor Life, Aug. 23, 1913. 3. "Let us now praise automobiles (sort of)," George Will, Bangor Daily News, June 17, 1996. 4. Yesterday: "Bar Harbor's High Real Estate Prices," about real estate companies in 1887. 5. "Early Vehicles Were Many And Varied In Maine Travel": incomplete article. 6. Incomplete article about Mayo case 7. Incomplete article about 1,000 horses coming to Bar Harbor in summer of 1889. [show more]
2555History of Trenton, Lelands, Grindles, Mortons
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Genealogy
History of Trenton, Lelands, Grindles, Mortons
Item:
  • 2555   
Object ID:
  • 008.068.2.a-q
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, Genealogy
Collection:
  • Grindle Genealogy
Description:
Certificate of completion Bookkeeping course A H. Grindle Semi monthly offerring tab to the Union Church, Trenton Handwritten paper that says Grindle pew, Union Church Receipt from Memorial Church of $20.00 to Alonzo Grindle -1881 Life Insurance Benefit amount $3,000 Alonzo H. Grindle Typed Copy of early deed, 1788, for Barthlomy de Gregoire sells to Melatiah Jordan a track in Lincoln using Spanish milled dollars Typed Copy of excerpt from Town Register of Hancock regarding the history of Trenton Mention of McFarlands Handwritten notes from a reading of the Maine Register on history of Trenton. Settled by French before the English; on reverse side census 1912 information on Grindle locations , Dolliver, Leland, Harper Newspaper clip J.W. Leland Dies Newspaper clip Just Folks, poem written about Henry Leland's death at 89, 1932 Handwritten list of Lelands from the Baptist Register, Book II beginning with Ezra Leland, died 2/28, 1817. Most with baptismal dates Handwritten excerpt from a historical address by John Francis Sprague, Spragues Journal Pg 107-8, Vol 2 1915 States first settlers from Sherborn MA. Has geneaology Newspaper photo of soldiers, 1941 Newspaper photo of people in a play, April 1936 Newspaper clips regarding Three Divisions of Get "Home" Order, nd. Newspaper clips related to Mortons Geneaology of John Leland's family cites Leland Genealogical Record from Boston, 1850 and handwritten infromation on Leland family Typewritten genealogy on John and Susan Hamor [show more]
2553Grindle Genealogy
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Genealogy
Grindle Genealogy
Item:
  • 2553   
Object ID:
  • 008.068.4.a-o
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, Genealogy
Collection:
  • Grindle Genealogy
Description:
Story of Grindle-Leland Homestead (Anderson Homestead at Oak Point) by Thelma Grindle; Grandmother Hannah Anderson Leland News Account of the Death of Ruby Chatte Grindle, wife of Daniel Grindle Hand drawn map showing locations of homes and names of those who lived there Envelope with dried flowers sent from "hubby" 1946 Letter to James Frederick Hopkins re membership in Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston Tax bill for Mr. Thomas Snow Invitation from Board of Directors for Public Institutions List of cards received 1952 newspaper clipping re anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Francis C. Grindle List of floral courtesies to Mrs. Francis Grindle Condolence letter from Sen. Frederick G. Payne to Mr. Grindle Postcards "Bologna Antica" Birth certificate for Thelma Adele Grindle, May 31 [sic] 1905 [show more]
2423Mount Desert Island Historical Society School Group Materials
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Museums
Mount Desert Island Historical Society School Group Materials
Item:
  • 2423   
Object ID:
  • -2222
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Somesville
  • Other, Museums
Description:
Items related to School groups of the MDI Historical Society through the years