Description: Single page newspaper article reporting on a 1911 Bar Harbor town meeting, the account of which was found in files of the Bar Harbor Police Department. Meeting issues included a pitch for a new fire house for the town of Bar Harbor. Previously archived as Object Id 012.FIC.043.14
Description: Newsclipping inclues two articles on two pages, both articles pertaining to the viewing of a solar eclipse from locations on Mt. Desert Island. Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.043.17
Description: This book has a golden, tan hardcover . The title is "Forsythia Intrigued by the Stars". The author was identified as Azerlea P. Barton. However, on the title page the P. Barton is crossed out and the name Pray-Somes is written in black ink. The book is published by Exposition Press, Hicksville, New York. The copyright date is 1976.
Description: One page article with photographs describing the Oakes Center in Bar Harbor. This former estate of Sir Harry Oakes was donated to Bowdoin College and is being used for educational programs in the summer. Previously archived as 012.FIC.046.5
Description: Photograph with description of windmill which had pumped spring water to the village of Southwest Harbor. Photograph was taken around the turn of the 20th century. Previously archived as 012.FIC.046.2
Description: Two page article on the life and career of Cherryfield blacksmith, George Ricker, and his successor in the family business, George Brace. Previously archived as 012.FIC.047.3
Description: Mount Desert Island article p.46 “Saved by a Great White Elephant” Built as a Bar Harbor summer “cottage” with thirty-five rooms and two-foot-thick granite walls - the Turrets served ably when tragedy struck the College of the Atlantic in 1983” by Norah Deakin DavisArticle covers history of Turrets and the fire at COA
Description: Roscoe Salsibury age 66 died in Cambridge.Ma. and was brought home to Somesville to be buried by his daughter Mr. Hollis Hysom Bar Harbor Times
Description: Roscoe Salisbury age 66 died in Cambridge.Ma. and was brought home to Somesville to be buried by his daughter Mr. Hollis Hysom Bar Harbor Times
Description: Republication of Bar Harbor Record news items in Bar Harbor Times, . Compiled by Deborah Dyer of the Bar Harbor Historical Society, 10/18/1999. Notices of meetings including the Board of Trade,Bay View Grange and stockholders of thte Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Co. Listing of the new officers ofl the Juvenile Temple
Description: An article by Nan Lincoln describing the plans the MDI Historical Society, including the appointment of Jaylene Roths a s the curator of the museum. Also on the page is an article commemorating the Bar Harbor Historical Society.
Description: Small journal kept by Watson Robbins containing records of his traveling crooks including dates, locations, mileage, and new members. Last emtry 4/28/1964.
Description: Copy of an account from Hallowell Free Press of Oct. 21, 1833, recounting a boat accident in which Richard Solmes (Somes) died. The accident occurred when a cargo boat capsized in the Bay of Quinte, Upper Gap, Lake Ontario, Canada.
Description: Republication of Bar Harbor Record news items in Bar Harbor Times, . Compiled by Deborah Dyer of the Bar Harbor Historical Society, 10/71999. Details on the formation of the Board of Trade
Description: An article fromthe Bangor Daily January 11, 1963 showing an aerial photograph of John D. Rockefeller Jr. summer cottage and the fact it is to be torn down that week.
Description: Article describes the establishment of a fish processing plant in the village of Bernard. A burned out pier is rebuilt for this purpose. Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.022.14
Description: Article discusses the automation of Mt. Desert Rock Lighthouse and the end of need to man the lighthouse. History of the lighthouse and its manning by the U.S. Coast Guard is discussed.
Description: These Hundred Years History of the Hancock Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers 1825 -1925 Compiled by George S. BrookesIncludes the history of Congregational Churches on Mount Desert Island Two Copies