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12994Past in Photos: Scenes of SW Harbor, Tremont, and Mt. Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Mount Desert
  • Other, Southwest Harbor
  • Other, Tremont
  • Public library Trustees
  • 1989
Description:
Collection and description of photos or old Southwest Harbor, Tremont, and Mt. Desert.
12969Lobstering and The Maine Coast
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Other, Fishing
  • Martin, Kenneth R. and Nathan R. Lipfert
  • Maine Maritime Museum
  • 1985
Description:
Community life and everyday aspects of coastal Maine, especially lobstering, the "regional maritime culture."
12937The Rediscovery of America’s Maritime Heritage
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Ships
  • Stobart, John and Robert P. Davis
  • E.P. Dutton
  • 1985
Description:
Descriptions, photographs of maritime paintings of the 19th C.; author is a "foremost marine artist."
12934Taking Care of Business Down East: the History of the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company 1887-1987
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Banking
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Marmon, Edward Lee
  • Graphic Chronologies
  • 1987
Description:
Growth of Bar Harbor banking services to include communities farther "down east". Gives history of banking in Maine and relationship to Boston banking, beginning in 1887.
12925The Conservation Easement Handbook: Managing Land Conservation and Historic Preservation Easement Programs
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Conservation & restoration
  • Other, Easements
  • Diehl, Janet and Thomas S. Barrett
  • Land Trust Alliance
  • 1988
Description:
Gives guidelines for managing an easement program, developing criteria, marketing, and more. Includes list of useful contacts.
12895Eliots and Asticou Foreside, Northeast Harbor
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Eliot, Charles W.
  • Other, Northeast Harbor
  • Eliot, Charles W. 2nd
  • unpublished
  • 1981
Description:
Description and comments about family homes in Northeast Harbor, visitors to the homes, and summer activities.
12891On the Art of Teaching
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Schools
  • Mann, Horace
  • Applewood Books
  • 1989
Description:
A facsimile of the classic 184o book which described the qualifications for those who teach.
12889Native Birds of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Long, Ralph H.
  • Beech Hill Pub. Co.
  • 1987
Description:
Almost 150 native species of birds reside on Mount Desert and surrounding Islands; this book is a guide to those birds here from June to August of the year. It indicates good places to view these birds
12890Early American School Books
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Schools
  • Chandler Press
  • 1988
Description:
Contains selected pages from schoolbooks from 1785 to 1880. Examples are from spelling and geography books, among others.
12878The Interiors Handbook for Historic Buildings
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Interior design
  • Other, Preservation
  • Fisher, Charles E. III, Michael Auer, Anne Grimmer, eds.
  • Historic Preservation Education Foundation
  • 1988
12862Maine Families in 1790 Vol. 1
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Maine
  • Gray, Ruth, ed.
  • Picton Press
  • 1988
Description:
Gives information about the more than 400 families living in Maine in 1790, according to that year's census. At that time the District of Maine had just five counties and was part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Members of the various Indian tribes were not inclded in this census.
12788History of Barlett’s Island, Mount Desert Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bartlett’s Island
  • Other, History
  • Binnewies, Esther and Muriel Davisson
  • Seavey Printers
  • 1981
Description:
164-page history of Bartlett's Island; with an introduction by Peggy Rockefeller. Copy #2 was donated by Gail Reiber.
12596The Living Past: Being the Story of Somesville Mount Desert, Maine and Its Relationships with Other Areas of the Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Somesville
  • Somes-Sanderson, Virginia
  • Beech Hill Publishing Co.
  • 1982.
Description:
As the author says in the preamble, " This is the story...of the first permanent settlement on Mount Desert Island..." ?At one time Somesville had seven mills, five shipyards, four blacksmith shops, two stores, and ...serv[ed] the entire area and outlying islands."
12577Champagne and a Gardener: A Little Maine Murder
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Fiction
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Morison, B.J.
  • Thorndike Press
  • 1982
Description:
According to the dust jacket, this is a "novel of manners and ...mystery" centering around a Boston family who summers on the "backside" of Mount Desert Island. (The author bought the Criterion Theater in Bar Harbor in 1969.)
9332Newspaper article: "The Corsair’s Retreat - A Story of the Slave Trade"
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Environment
  • 1983
Description:
Mount Desert Herald “The Corsair’s Retreat - A Story of the Slave Trade” June 21, 1983. Previously accessioned as **0862, object Id 012.FIC.043.1
9331COA 10 Years Later
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Education
  • 1980
Description:
Ellsworth American “COA 10 Years Later - Has Come a Long Way” by LaRue Spiker February 28, 1980. Peviously accessioned as **0858, Object Id 012.FIC.043.12
9330Newsclipping: "Property Values Go Higher and Higher"
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Development
  • Other, Islands
  • 1986
Description:
Ellsworth American “Property Values Go Higher and Higher” by John R. Wiggins October 23, 1986. Previously accessioned as **0826, Object Id 012.FIC.035.1
1524Fabulous Radio NBD
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Fabbri, Alessandro, Lt.
  • Other, Otter Cliffs
  • Wentworth,Brandon
  • Beech Hill Publishing Co.
  • 1984
Description:
The story of "how and why Lieutenant Fabbri conceived and developed" the Otter Cliffs Naval Radio Station in 1917, commemorated in the Fabbri Memorial on Ocean Drive. NOTE: PDF available
3106Hancock County Four Seasons Guide Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Other, History - Cranberry Islands
  • Other, History - Southwest Harbor
  • Other, Tourism
  • 1/1/1980
Description:
1980 32 page Hancock County Four Seasons Guide to Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Ellsworth, Bucksport, and Trenton. Eastern Sunshine Guide, with color photographs, map and business advertisements.
2877St. Mary's by the Sea history
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Bishops
  • Other, Cottages
  • Other, Episcopal churches
  • Other, Justice of Peace
  • Other, Northeast Harbor
  • Other, Sandpoint, Village of
  • Other, St. Mary's By the Sea
  • 1981
Description:
St Mary's by the Sea original newspaper clipping. A wooden frame church 1883 picture of it. First stone portion added 1899. Excerpt from A Common House, a book about St. Mary's Previously archived as object Id 011.FIC.66.3
2821Bass Harbor Marsh: Biologists still don't know the source of all the pollution
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Bass Harbor Marsh
  • Other, Marshall Brook
  • Other, Pollution
  • LaRue Spiker writing for the Bar Harbor Times
  • 8/17/1989
Description:
Article describes results and subsequent action of a 1987 study of sources of pollution in the Bass Harbor Marsh and Marshall Brook. The Worcester Landfill was determined to be a source of leachate. An associate article , "The marsh has been the subject of many studies" follows.
2817The Fiery Intrusion; The Enormous Snow Plow
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Geology
  • Other, Granite
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • LaRue Spiker writing for Bar Harbor Times
  • 1989
Description:
Articles, one page each, are parts 2 and 3 of three part series describing the geologic forces which formed the island of Mount Desert Island. Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.029.6
2813MDI's Auto War: Summer vs. Permanent Residents, 1900-1915
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Diana Abrell writing for Bar Harbor Times
  • 9/6/1984
Description:
Article beginning on p.17 and continued on p.32 describing the disputes on Mt. Desert Island in the early 20th century regarding the use of automobiles on the Island. Addended to the article is a poem, reprinted from Bar Harbor Life, August 23, 1913, entitled "Automobiles, The Mount Desert Town Meeting. Only initials "H.W.S." [Herbert Weir Smyth] identify the author of the poem.
2787Heartland: Emery District Farmers Wage Losing Battle to Save their Working Farms
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Farmers
  • Other, Farms
  • Nan Lincoln, writing for the Bar Harbor Times
  • 7/20/1989
Description:
Two page article with photographs describing the struggling farms in the agricultural district of Mt. Desert Island.
2785Mount Desert Island's Granite Heritage
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Brides
  • Other, Carriage roads
  • Other, Gatehouses
  • Victor Layton Writing for the Bar Harbor Times
  • 7/15/1982
Description:
Three page article describing the history of the construction of the carriage roads, bridges and gatehouses of Acadia National Park on Mt. Desert Island.