Description: Study of granite industry in Hancock Co., Maine, after Civil War to locate major quarry sites, ownership of quarries, types of granite products, characteristics of granite centers, and causes for the decline of the industry.
Description: Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) was the first woman elected to the Academie Francaise; she lived on Mount Desert Island in Northeast Harbor and is buried in Brookside Cemetery in Somesville.
Description: Printed copy of 1966 color map drawn by Tom Culverwell, annotated to show location of historic sites and villages on Mount Desert Island, and also contemporary roads, mountain names, cove names, ferry routes and campgrounds. Includes Cranberry Islands, Bartlett's and other nearby islands. Color inset shows Acadia National Park lands.
Description: How to start an oral history project, conduct interviews, use oral history in research and writing, videotape oral history, preserve it in archives and libraries, and teach and present oral history.
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.
Description: Photographs from about the Civil War times to about the time of the First World War relating to economic activity in the state. Activities include agriculture, lumbering, boat building, and more. Photo credits are given.
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.)
Description: A series of 12 programs on six videotapes, created by the Old Sardine Village Museum, Lubec, Maine, 1995-1997. Videotapes are in VCR format. Twelve programs: Tape 1: Wolff & Reessing, 1875-1903 and The Seacoast, 1899-1920 Tape 2: Capen & Cover Dept., 1900-1920 and Diamond Pkgy Co., Early 1900's Tape 3: Wm. Underwood Shop, 19821-1921 and Can Company, 1890's-1920's Tape 4: Hole and Cap Can Shop, Stewart's Blueberries and Blacksmith Shop-Eastern Steamship Dock-Rier Barn Tape 5: Capain's Quarters, 1820's-1920's and The Columbian, est. 1890 Tape 6: winslow Packing Co, 1843-1899 and Carpenter Shop, 1850's-1920's, and Sheet Metla Shop [show more]
Description: "Over one thousand of the best up-to-date receipts for every conceivable need in kitchen and other departments of housekeeping." Introductory section on "Domestic Cookery"; essay on art and history of cookery; other sections on invalid diet, and a separate part on household management (marketing, table linens, etc.) Inscribed on title page: Ava Rice Bordeaux, Mrs. Flora Bordeaux