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3756Meeting Notes Regarding Sanderson House Donation
  • Document, Minutes
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1968
Description:
Seven handwritten pages of meeting notes pertaining to proposed donation of Virginia Somes Sanderson's historical Somesville house to the MDI Historical Society for use as a museum.
14776Letter from Sanderson to the MDI Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • 1967
Description:
Letter and draft from Sanderson offering to donate her Somesville home to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society for use as a museum.
3753Meeting Notes of the Committee
  • Document, Minutes
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • MDI Historical Society Committee on V. Sanderson Gift
  • 1968
Description:
Typewritten notes of two meetings of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Committee on the V. Sanderson Gift.
3752Committee Report
  • Document, Report, Administrative Report
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • MDI Historical Society Committee on V. Sanderson Gift
  • 1968
Description:
Typewritten draft and final report of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Committee on the V. Sanderson proposed gift of her home to the Society. Committee proposed acceptance of the gift with modifications to conditions.
14762Drawing for New Museum Building, Somesville, Maine
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society Building Committee
  • 1981
Description:
Six pages of architectural drawings for planned MDI Historical Society building at State Route 102 and Oak Hill Rd, Somesville, Maine. Drawings include Title Page with General Conditions, Floor Plan, Section, South Elevation and Elevations.
2839June Groundbreaking Planned for New Historical Museum
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Ground breaking ceremonies
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Bar Harbor Times
  • 1981
Description:
This Bar Harbor Times newspaper clipping describes plans for the construction of a new museum building by the MDI Historical Society. The building to be located on Rt. 102 at the intersection of Oak Hill Road in Somesville was designed by Roc Caivano. A photograph of four unnamed members of the Building Committee is included. Dated May 14, 1981.
2838Historical Society Building Under Way
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Bangor Daily News
  • 1981
Description:
Newspaper clipping from "Bangor Daily News" of July 13, 1981 describing construction of new museum building for the MDI Historical Society on Rte. 102 in Somesville. The building and its planned use are described.
3746Report of Consulting Committee on New Building
  • Document, Report, Administrative Report
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • MDI Historical Society
  • 1959
Description:
Two typewritten pages describing activity of the committee in the process of considering building a new museum building. A third typewritten sheet is a fragment of a report in which advantages and disadvantages of building a new museum are stated.
14747Letter from McGiffert to Nelson ? Regarding New Museum Building
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • McGiffert, Cushman
  • 1981
Description:
Two page typewrittten letter discussing display requirements for a new musuem building to be build in Somesville.
3744Bids on Construction of New Museum Building for MDI Historical Society
  • Document, Specification
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Construction
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Various Constractors
  • 1981
Description:
Six sheets containing five bids by various contractors for construction of new museum building in Somesville for the MDI Historical Society.
3743Building and Land Use Permits
  • Document, Permission, Permit
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Other, Permits
  • Town of Mount Desert, Maine
  • 1981
Description:
Building Permit (one page) and Land Use Permit (one page) issued by the Town of Mount Desert, Maine, to the MDI Historical Society for construction of a new museum building in Somesville, ME.
14746Letters to Bidding Contractors on New Museum Building
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Construction
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1981
Description:
Two double sided typewritten sheets containing carbon copies of letters to bidding contractors on new museum building for MDI Historical Society. Letters inform contractors that a contractor had been chosen.
14031Hand Drawn Maps of Location of New Museum Building
  • Map
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Town of Mount Desert and MDI Historical Society
  • 1981
Description:
Map on tissue paper drawn by assessor, Town of Mount Desert, Maine, and photocopy of map presumably drawn by MDI Historical Society of area in Somesville to include new museum building.
3588History of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Handwritten pages (2) and handwritten or typewritten fragments (3) containing information related to the history of the founding of the MDI Historical Society. The purpose of the Society is described here.