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14616First lines of English Grammar.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Grammar
  • Brown, Goold
  • William Wood and Co.
  • 1871.
Description:
Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, Prosody copy 2
13887The Home of Washington:
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Presidents
  • Other, United States
  • Lossing, Benson J.
  • Virtue and Yorston
  • 1871.
Description:
History and description of Mount Vernon. Inventory Julia A. Lord Mt. Desert, Maine written on 2nd page
16966McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader
  • Document, Instructional, Instruction Book
  • Other, Literature, grammar, speech
  • Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co
  • 1879
Description:
McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader (revised edition), 1879. Published by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co, Cincinnati and New York. Donated to Sawtelle Collection, transferred to MDI Historical Society. Originally owned by a family in North Canton, Ohio.
12622The Franklin Fifth Reader...
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Readers
  • Hillard, G.S.
  • Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Co.
  • 1871
Description:
...for the use of public and private schools. Pencil writing and calculations on end papers. Stamped Ada R. Gray inside front and Geog Freeman in back
12630The Franklin Second Reader
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Readers
  • Hillard G.S. and L.J. Campbell
  • Taintor Brothers & Co.
  • 1873
Description:
Intended to follow the Primer or First Reader in the Franklin series; Contains a variety of subjects of interest to "young scholars" and to influence morality and "kindly affections" including the "good treatment of domestic animals." Also includes questions to test comprehension. Inscribed "Harry Ernest Bordeaux."
12628The Franklin Third Reader
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Reading
  • Other, school book
  • Hillard, G.S. and L.J. Campbell
  • Tainton Bros & Merrill and Co.
  • 1873.
Description:
for the use of public and private schools with an Inrtoductory Treatise on elocution by prof. Mark Bailey no local relevance except possibly the Ada Gray signature in front
13851The New Normal Primary Arithmetic
  • Document, Instructional, Instruction Book
  • Other, Elementary school teaching
  • Other, Mathematics
  • Brooks, Edward
  • Sower, Potts & Co.
  • 1878
12442El Nuevo Testamento de Nuestro Senor Y Salvador Jesu Cristo
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bibles
  • Other, Religious books
  • Sociedad Americana de la Biblio
  • 1874
Description:
Associated with Capt. Rumill. Spanish language New Testament.
16658 Lossing's Primary History of the United States for Schools and Families
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, United States
  • Lossing, Benson J.
  • Sheldon and Company
  • 1874.
Description:
School Book illustrated with numerous engravings. (no local relevance found)
12698The Guiding Hand: or, Authentic Records of Providential Direction.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Religion
  • Hastings, H.C.
  • Scriptural Tract Repository
  • 1871.
Description:
Handwritten in front pages: "Presented to Charles E. Somes by R.L. Grindle, As a prize for Declamation during tern just closed. Somesville Mar 2nd 1872."
12600ComprehensiveSpelling-Book
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Spelling
  • Buckwalter, Geoffrey
  • Porter & Coates
  • 1879
Description:
Inscribed in front: Miss Marie A. Somes, Mount Desert, Maine. Jan. 14, 1896
12626New Normal Second Reader
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Readers
  • Other, Textbook
  • Raub, Albert N.
  • Porter & Coates
  • 1878
Description:
Textbook including composition and phonic lessons.
1563The Illustrated History of Methodism in Great Britain and America.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Methodist churches
  • Other, Religion
  • Daniels, W. H.
  • Phillips and Hunt
  • 1879.
Description:
Illustrated with over 250 engravings, maps and charts. Stated in front: "Presented to Mount Desert Island Museum by Mrs. Abbie Thomas Richardson."
1520Mayhew's Practical Book-Keeping
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Book keeping
  • Other, Somesville High School
  • Mayhew, Ira
  • Nichols and Hall
  • 1874
Description:
School book marked "Ernest R. Kittredge, Somesville High School, September 10, 1874.
14644National Encyclopedia of Business and Social Forms
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Business & finance
  • Other, Etiquette
  • McCabe, James D.
  • National Publishing Company
  • 1879.
Description:
Complete and comprehensive book of reference, expressly designed to meet the every-day wants of the American people.
16612Mount Desert on the Coast of Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Guidebook
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Martin, Clara Barnes Mrs.
  • Loring, Short, and Harmon
  • 1877
Description:
Guidebook, including routes to Mt. Desert, topography of the island, and excursions on and around the area
17114McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Reading
  • Other, Schools
  • John Wiley & Sons
  • 1879
17147McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Reading
  • Other, Schools
  • John Wiley & Sons
  • 1879
13874A System of Modern Geography designed for the use of schools and academies...
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Textbook
  • Mitchell, S. Augustus
  • J.H. Butler & Co.
  • 1875
Description:
Old geography textbook
12778Hulda or The Deliverer
  • Publication, Book
  • Wister, Mrs. A.L.
  • J.B. Lippincott & Co.
  • 1874
Description:
Per title page: A Romance after the German of F. LeWald. Label inside front cover: Regulations of Sound Public Library, Mount Deseret Island, Maine
13694Mt Desert in 1873; portrayed in crayon & quill.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Tourism
  • Swift, Mary
  • J. R. Osgood & Co.
  • 1873
Description:
Text and illustrations about Mt. Desert in 1873. Written on first page: S. E. Morrison The annotations are by my grandmother Mrs. Samuel Eliot, who was there in the 1880's.
14156Apgar’s Plant Analysis.
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Plants
  • Other, Biology
  • Other, Botany
  • Other, Education
  • Apgar, E.A. and A.C.
  • Ivison
  • 1874
Description:
Student's record book. Donated by A.C. Thom
13984Maine Register, 1876-77
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Business enterprises
  • Other, Guidebook
  • Other, Maine
  • Hoyt, Edmund S.
  • Hoyt
  • 1876.
Description:
Maine Register, 1876-77 Includes Map of counties, towns, railroads, steamboat, telegraph, and express companies. Handwritten inside front cover " T.S. Somes Mt. Desert Maine".
17191Nooks and Corners of the New England coast
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, New England
  • Drake, Samuel Adams
  • Harper
  • 1875
Description:
Photocopy of Chapter II ,“Mount Desert Island,” and Chapter III, “Christmas on Mt. Desert Island.”
13896A History of the United States from 1492 to 1866 for the use of schools
  • Document, Instructional, Instruction Book
  • Other, Education
  • Other, History
  • Martindale. Joseph C.
  • Eldredge & Brother
  • 1870