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16550Art of the Edge Tool: The Ferrous Metallurgy of New England Shipsmiths and Toolmakers 1607-1882
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Forge shops
  • Other, Iron industry
  • Other, Metallurgical industry
  • Other, Ship building
  • Brack, H.G.
  • Davistown Museum
  • 2008
Description:
Hand tools of maritime culture: shipsmiths, metallurgy, bog iron furnaces and forges.
16548Traditional Uses of Fish Houses in Otter Cove.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Fishing industry
  • Other, Otter Creek
  • Smythe, Charles W.
  • 2009
Description:
Research report: Traditional Uses of Fish Houses in Otter Cove - "ethnohistorical research about the customary and traditional uses and practices associated with fish houses in Otter Cove . . . in the late 19th and 20th centuries". Discussses fishing, bait, equipment, social affarirs, landings, slips, docks.
16544The Creation and Growth of Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Richardson, Paul
  • 2005
Description:
Copy 1 (for the library) of Paul Richardson's manuscript about Acadia National Park with particular emphasis on the carriage roads and bridges and their construction. Includes a map and pictures and an appendix with a description and technical information on all carriage road bridges. A bibliography and index are included. "A Gift from Paul S. and Dorothy L. Richardson to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society." Fifty copies were given to the Historical Society for distribution locally. [show more]
16518Bar Harbor's Gilded Century: Opulence to Ashes, 1850-1950
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Cottages
  • Other, Rustication
  • Vandenbergh, Lydia Bodman
  • Down East
  • 2009
Description:
Story in words and pictures of everyday people on Mt. Desert Island, and of the rusticators.
16516Bygone Bar Harbor: A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island & Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Brechlin, Earl
  • Down East Books
  • 2002
Description:
Postcard tour of Mount Desert Island & Acadia National Park
16514Stories of Hope From the Past, for the Future: Oral Histories collected for the Bicentennial Celebration of the Town of Hope,Maine by Students of Hope School
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Hope [Maine]
  • 2004
16397Norumbega Reconsidered: Mawooshen and the Wawenoc Diaspora
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Indians of Northern America
  • Brack, H.G. Skip
  • Davistown Museum
  • 2006
Description:
Questions, Controversies, paradigms, and Uncertainties about these indigenous communities.
16396Oral History Interview of John Fernald
  • Publication, Literary, Transcript
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Farms
  • People
  • 2/25/2002
Description:
Transcript of interview with John Fernald, born 11/25/1932 on Mount Desert, regarding the dairy industry and farming on Mount Desert Island. See also CD-R, located in Archival Box #68, accession number 010.001.001.
16395Hike On: Poems from Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Poetry
  • Bennett, Thomas Peter
  • Goose River Press
  • 2008
Description:
Collection of poems about MDI and Acadia National Park. Inscribed, "For Tim Garrity as you HIKE ON in your fine work."
16293End of North Vista, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Washington, DC. Plan of Wall and Terrace
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Other, Garden rooms
  • Other, Gardens
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
  • 12/05/2006
Description:
A sketch of the End of North Vista, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Washington, DC , Sheet 2 of 4, colored pencil embellished copy of a blueprint
14738The Story of The Grand Design
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Grand Manan
  • Other, Londonderry
  • Other, Presbyterians
  • Other, Ship Harbor
  • Other, Shipwrecks
  • Lane, Julia
  • Castlebay, Inc.
  • 2007
Description:
It is the story of The Grand Design, a Scots Irish Journey. Tucked in the inside cover is a one page fact sheet about the Legend of the Grand Design Wreck in the late fall of 1740 near Ship Harbor on Mount Desert Island.
14703Oral History Interview of Louise Sawtelle Libby
  • Publication, Literary, Transcript
  • Other, History - Cranberry Islands
  • Other, Islands
  • People
  • Colquohn, Leza
  • 3/20/2002
Description:
Written transcript of interview with Louise Sawtelle Libby, born 1/20/1907 in Cambridge Mass., regarding the history of Islesford; Duck Island; and many stories about growing up in the mid 1900s and summering on the coast of MDI, Coast Guard, Bangor fire in 1911, small bit about MDI fire of 1947
14702A set of digital images of the architectural drawings of R.A. Thorndike House (Robert Patterson), Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architects
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural elements
  • Other, Architecture
  • 2009
Description:
A set of 21 TIF photos of the architectural drawings of the R. Amory Thorndike home in Bar Harbor. These photos were made by the Thorndike family during the renovation and restoration of the home that started in 2009. The architect, Scott Koniecko, and Genie Thorndike arranged for this to be made and donated the images to the Historical Society. All images are attached to this record. CD of the image files is located with the hard copy paper Thorndike plans. See location in this record. [show more]
14701Hooked Rugs of the Grenfell Mission: Paula Laverty, September 2, 2009
  • Publication, Literary, Speech
  • Other, Rugs
  • Laverty, Paula
  • 2009
Description:
An audio recording of Hooked Rugs of the Grenfell Mission: Paula Laverty, September 2, 2009, an audio recording of a presentation sponsored by the MDI Historical Society, Mellon Room Northeast Harbor Library.
14620Invitation to wedding (1917)
  • Document, Request, Invitation
  • Other, Invitations
  • Other, Weddings
  • 02/07/2007
Description:
Invitation to wedding (1917) for M/M Fred Smith for the marriage of Harry E. Fitzhenry's daughter N. Irene to Mark Whiting Somes on July 10th in Lubec, Maine.
14551Fred L. Savage House, O. #139, Bar Harbor, ME
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Other, Elevations
  • Savage, Fred L.
  • 12/06/2006
Description:
North Elevation (Exterior) of F.L. Savage House, Original #139, Bar Harbor, ME
14550Fred L. Savage House, O. #139, Bar Harbor, ME
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Other, Elevations
  • Savage, Fred L.
  • 12/06/2006
Description:
West Exterior Elevation of F.L. Savage House, O. #139, Bar Harbor, ME
14506Atlantean, East Elevation, comm. #139 sheet #6
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Other, Elevations
  • Savage, Fred L.
  • 04/24/2007
Description:
Atlantean, East Elevation, Comm. # 139 Sheet # 6
13966Map of the Coast of Maine (Western Part)
  • Map
  • Other, Coast
  • 01/04/2007
Description:
Map of the Coast of Maine, Published by George H. Walker & Co. Boston, 1893. Shows counties and towns; Matinicus Isle, Monhegan, designated "plantation." "Chas. A. Cary, Bowdoin '10, 9 S. Appleton Hall," written on margins. Scale: 5" = 20 miles
13872Savage Genealogy
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Savage family
  • Ruze, Ruth P.
  • 2005
Description:
A reference book with genealogy and family stories of the ancestors and descendants of Augustus Charles Savage and Emily Manchester of Northeast Harbor, Maine
13643Report on Mt. Desert Island Independent Order of Odd Fellows Collection
  • Document, Report
  • Organizations
  • Other, Clubs
  • 8/1/2000
Description:
Report prepared by Bill Skocpol regarding activities of the MDI Odd Fellows lodge during the middle of the 20th century. Report based on the Constance J. Robbins papers which he acquired at an auction in 1999. Report includes graphs of membership levels, photocopies of photographs, and summary narrative.
13004Acadia Revealed: Mount Desert Island & Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Kaiser, Jay
  • Papyrus Travel Guides
  • 2000
12999Cemeteries and Burial Sites in Trenton, Maine: A recording of the information found on the cemetery stones in Trenton, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Trenton
  • Leland, Particia and Robert Leland
  • 2004
Description:
Includes map of Trenton indicating cemetery locations; lists cemeteries with names and dates of those buried in them.
12993List of Vessels Built: Mount Desert, Cranberry, Tinker’s, Thompson’s, and Long Island (Frenchboro)
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Boat industry
  • Other, Cranberry Isles
  • Other, Frenchboro
  • Other, Islands
  • Other, Mt. Desert
  • Stanley, Ralph W.
  • 2003
Description:
Arranged chronologically; gives date, place built, name of vessel, description, and owners
12971A Day's Work: A Sampler of Historic Maine Photographs, 1860-1920, Part II
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Economic & industrial aspects
  • Other, Maine
  • Bunting, W. H.
  • Tilbury House
  • 2000
Description:
This is the second volume of the series about economic activity, covering the period from the end of the Civil War to the end of World War I.