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17236The Last Resorts
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Recreation
  • Amory, Cleveland
  • Harper and Brothers
  • 1948.
The Last Resorts
Item:
  • 17236   
Object ID:
  • 001-128
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Recreation
Creator:
  • Amory, Cleveland
Publisher:
  • Harper and Brothers
Date:
  • 1948.
Description:
Describes how the great resorts have fallen
12606Let’s Look Around
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Fiction
  • Other, Reading
  • Arthur I Gates & Jean Ayer
  • Macmillan Company
  • 1940
Let’s Look Around
Item:
  • 12606   
Object ID:
  • 001-159.1
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Fiction
  • Other, Reading
Creator:
  • Arthur I Gates & Jean Ayer
Publisher:
  • Macmillan Company
Date:
  • 1940
Description:
short stories for teaching reading, pronouncing dictionary.
1150Men Working on "Connecticut" Negative, 1946
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other, Maritime
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1946
Men Working on "Connecticut" Negative, 1946
Item:
  • 1150   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other, Maritime
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard, W. H.
Date:
  • 1946
Description:
Men working on the deck of the boat "Connecticut" in 1946. Black and white
1165Construction of "Constance" Negative, 1942 (1)
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other, Maritime
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1942
Construction of "Constance" Negative, 1942 (1)
Item:
  • 1165   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other, Maritime
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
Creator:
  • Ballard, W. H.
Date:
  • 1942
Description:
The 92' dragger "Constance" under construction. Black and white
1166Construction of "Constance" Negative, 1942 (2)
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other, Maritime
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1942
Construction of "Constance" Negative, 1942 (2)
Item:
  • 1166   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other, Maritime
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
Creator:
  • Ballard, W. H.
Date:
  • 1942
Description:
The 92' dragger "Constance" under construction. Black and white
1199Salting Herring Net Negative, 1944
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
  • Other, Maritime
  • People
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1944
Salting Herring Net Negative, 1944
Item:
  • 1199   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
  • Other, Maritime
  • People
Creator:
  • Ballard, W. H.
Date:
  • 1944
Description:
Men salt a herring net, or seine, in 1944. Black and white
14651Baymeath
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Cottages
  • Bowen, Louise deKoven
  • Privately printed
  • 1945
Baymeath
Item:
  • 14651   
Object ID:
  • 012.009.3
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Cottages
Creator:
  • Bowen, Louise deKoven
Publisher:
  • Privately printed
Date:
  • 1945
Description:
Written when author was 85 years old, an account of her family's times at "Baymeath" in Bar Harbor. Preface is written to her grandson, Capt. Wm. McCormick Blair, Jr., who was serving during WWII in India.
12859Early American Decoration
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Art
  • Other, Antiques
  • Brazer, Esther Stevens
  • Clarence W. Brazer
  • 1947
Early American Decoration
Item:
  • 12859   
Object ID:
  • 000-39-309
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Object, Art
  • Other, Antiques
Creator:
  • Brazer, Esther Stevens
Publisher:
  • Clarence W. Brazer
Date:
  • 1947
Description:
Gives information about the techniques of decorating early American furniture, walls, tinware, etc. and also gives instructions about how to do that oneself. Covers stenciling, applying gold leaf, japanning, oil-painted boxes and chests Envelope inside front cover contains cut stencils.
12868Windswept
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Fiction
  • Other, Maine
  • Chase, Mary Ellen
  • MacMillan
  • 1941
Windswept
Item:
  • 12868   
Object ID:
  • 000-14-284
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Fiction
  • Other, Maine
Creator:
  • Chase, Mary Ellen
Publisher:
  • MacMillan
Date:
  • 1941
Description:
This is a work of fiction by Maine writer Mary Ellen Chase. It is Inscribed “Harriet S. Sanderson, January 1942” on title page and appears to be a first edition. A review by Bess Jones from an unidentified source is pasted inside the back cover.
13868Fontaine Leval: A French Settlement on the Maine Coast, 1791
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Other, French settlements
  • Other, Trenton
  • Childs, Frances Sergeant
  • American Antiquarian Society
  • 1942
Fontaine Leval: A French Settlement on the Maine Coast, 1791
Item:
  • 13868   
Object ID:
  • 012.003 .1
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Document, Pamphlet
Subject:
  • Other, French settlements
  • Other, Trenton
Creator:
  • Childs, Frances Sergeant
Publisher:
  • American Antiquarian Society
Date:
  • 1942
Description:
Madame Bacler de Leval, a French woman, efforts to establish a settlement for French refugees in the present Tremont area in 1792, This pamphlet summarizes those efforts as includes her diary (and other writings) in French. There are also handwritten notes in French, and a postcard from the donor, which are in a small envelope.
12956Handicrafts of New England
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Handicrafts
  • Other, New England
  • Eaton, Allen H.
  • Harper Bros.
  • 1949
Handicrafts of New England
Item:
  • 12956   
Object ID:
  • 010.FIC.490
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Handicrafts
  • Other, New England
Creator:
  • Eaton, Allen H.
Publisher:
  • Harper Bros.
Date:
  • 1949
Description:
Includes background of pilgrim and arts and craft handicrafts as well as woodworking, spinning, weaving, knitting, dying, pottery, carving, needlework, silversmithing, and more.
12575The Story of Bar Harbor: an Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, History
  • Hale, Richard Walden Jr.
  • Ives Washburn Inc.
  • 1949
The Story of Bar Harbor: an Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community
Item:
  • 12575   
Object ID:
  • 002-47.31
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, History
Creator:
  • Hale, Richard Walden Jr.
Publisher:
  • Ives Washburn Inc.
Date:
  • 1949
Description:
History of Bar Harbor from approximately 1800-1950 According to the introduction, this book was written to "find out what had made it [Bar Harbor] what it was". The book was written at the time of the Bar Harbor fire and covers early explorers and claimants, settlers, town of Eden, artists, cottagers, summer colony, and more.
12872More Vacation Days in Maine. Signed by the author.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine
  • Recreation
  • Hasenfus, Nathaniel J.
  • Sagadahoc Publishing Co.
  • 1949
More Vacation Days in Maine. Signed by the author.
Item:
  • 12872   
Object ID:
  • 000-13-283
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Maine
  • Recreation
Creator:
  • Hasenfus, Nathaniel J.
Publisher:
  • Sagadahoc Publishing Co.
Date:
  • 1949
Description:
Sequel to We Summer in Maine by same author, but exploring further to such places as Boston, Bar Harbor, Bangor, Harpswell, Camden, Pemaquid, Mohegan [sic] and Moosehead Lake.
12979J. Walter Allen
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Portrait photographs
  • Karam, Edward L.
  • 1945
J. Walter Allen
Item:
  • 12979   
Object ID:
  • 008.097.14
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Portrait photographs
Creator:
  • Karam, Edward L.
Collection:
  • Allen-Holmes-Smith Photographs and other materials
Date:
  • 1945
Description:
Black and white graduation photograph of J. Walter Allen, 1945, in a cardboard folder frame. Allen is a young man wearing a dark jacket, striped dress shirt and necktie. Photographers logo is printed on the frame: Edward L Karam, The Farrington Studio, Brewer, Maine. Handwritten on the back of the frame: "J. Walter Allen, 1945".
17172Construction Plan , Design No. 77
  • Document, Projection, Technical Drawing
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Construction
  • Other, Boat & ship industry
  • Other, Design drawings
  • Other, Ship equipment & rigging
  • L. Francis Herreshoff
  • Aug. 1940
Construction Plan , Design No. 77
Item:
  • 17172   
Object ID:
  • 006.48.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Technical Drawing
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Construction
  • Other, Boat & ship industry
  • Other, Design drawings
  • Other, Ship equipment & rigging
Creator:
  • L. Francis Herreshoff
Date:
  • Aug. 1940
Description:
Construction deck plan for 'Little International,' class boat commissioned by William F. Strawbridge from L. Francis Herreshoff, of Marblehead. Two boats were built by Hinckley. One remains on Mount Desert Island today. The class failed to materialize due to the coming of WWII, after which Luders made their debut. White markings of ship design on black background (white paper on back is blank). Shows design of 28' class boat. Construction plan for design number 77. Drawn or designed by L. Francis Herreshoff in Aug. 1940. Scale: 1"=1'. [show more]
13679Luders Sail Plan, Hulls 553-62
  • Document, Projection, Technical Drawing
  • Other, Boat & ship companies
  • Other, Boat & ship industry
  • Other, Boats
  • Other, Plans
  • Luders Marine Construction Co.
  • 1944
Luders Sail Plan, Hulls 553-62
Item:
  • 13679   
Object ID:
  • 003.13.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Technical Drawing
Subject:
  • Other, Boat & ship companies
  • Other, Boat & ship industry
  • Other, Boats
  • Other, Plans
Creator:
  • Luders Marine Construction Co.
Date:
  • 1944
17176Hulls No. 553-77: Construction Plan
  • Document, Projection, Technical Drawing
  • Other, Boat & ship companies
  • Other, Boat & ship industry
  • Other, Boats
  • Other, Sailboat racing
  • Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, Conn.
  • Dec. 11, 1944
Hulls No. 553-77: Construction Plan
Item:
  • 17176   
Object ID:
  • 003.13.4
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Technical Drawing
Subject:
  • Other, Boat & ship companies
  • Other, Boat & ship industry
  • Other, Boats
  • Other, Sailboat racing
Creator:
  • Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, Conn.
Date:
  • Dec. 11, 1944
17177Luders Hulls 553-62: Sail Plan & Rigging Details
  • Document, Projection, Technical Drawing
  • Other, Boat & ship companies
  • Other, Boat & ship industry
  • Other, Boats
  • Other, Sailing
  • Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, Conn.
  • Jan. 11, 1945
Luders Hulls 553-62: Sail Plan & Rigging Details
Item:
  • 17177   
Object ID:
  • 003.13.3
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Technical Drawing
Subject:
  • Other, Boat & ship companies
  • Other, Boat & ship industry
  • Other, Boats
  • Other, Sailing
Creator:
  • Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, Conn.
Date:
  • Jan. 11, 1945
16476Letters Pertaining to Somes Genealogy
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Mary D Reeland[sp?] and A.C. Milliken
  • 10/26/1943
Letters Pertaining to Somes Genealogy
Item:
  • 16476   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.29.36
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Genealogy
Creator:
  • Mary D Reeland[sp?] and A.C. Milliken
Collection:
  • Somes Genealogy
Date:
  • 10/26/1943
Description:
Two letters pertaining to Somes genealogy. One letter mentions sources used to locate Somes genealogical information.
12589Maine Province and Court Records Vol. 3
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Law & legal affairs
  • Other, Maine
  • Moody, Robert E., ed.
  • Anundsen Publishing Co.
  • 1947
Maine Province and Court Records Vol. 3
Item:
  • 12589   
Object ID:
  • 000-24-294
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Law & legal affairs
  • Other, Maine
Creator:
  • Moody, Robert E., ed.
Publisher:
  • Anundsen Publishing Co.
Date:
  • 1947
Description:
Reprint of the first three volumes of six that were published by the Maine Historical Society between 1928 and 1975. Vol. III contains the Province of Maine Records 1680-1692.
13728House and Guest House for Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Thorndike, Bar Harbor, ME, 1947
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
  • 1947
House and Guest House for Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Thorndike, Bar Harbor, ME, 1947
Item:
  • 13728   
Object ID:
  • 001.87.1623
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
Creator:
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
Collection:
  • Robert W. Patterson Collection
Date:
  • 1947
Description:
Blueprint, second floor plumbing, house, House and Guest House for Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Thorndike, Bar Harbor, ME, 1947
13738House and Guest House for Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Thorndike, Bar Harbor, ME, 1947
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
  • 1947
House and Guest House for Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Thorndike, Bar Harbor, ME, 1947
Item:
  • 13738   
Object ID:
  • 001.87.1620
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
Creator:
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
Collection:
  • Robert W. Patterson Collection
Date:
  • 1947
Description:
Blueprint, first floor plumbing, house, House and Guest House for Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Thorndike, Bar Harbor, ME, 1947 **Access to digital images attached to record should be made through the media tab, above, not through Image Management screen.01/07/2014
13739House and Guest House for Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Thorndike, Bar Harbor, ME, 1946
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
  • 1946
House and Guest House for Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Thorndike, Bar Harbor, ME, 1946
Item:
  • 13739   
Object ID:
  • 001.87.1619
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
Creator:
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
Collection:
  • Robert W. Patterson Collection
Date:
  • 1946
Description:
Blueprint, general plan, guesthouse, House and Guest House for Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Thorndike, Bar Harbor, ME, 1946
17170Alterations for residence of Mr. and Mrs. A.P. Butler, Southwest Harbor
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
  • 1948
Alterations for residence of Mr. and Mrs. A.P. Butler, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 17170   
Object ID:
  • 001.87.150
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
Creator:
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
Collection:
  • Robert W. Patterson Collection
Date:
  • 1948
Description:
A sketch plan for Alterations for residence of Mr. and Mrs. A.P. Butler, Southwest Harbor , pencil on tissue paper, August, 1948
16033Maine Central Property, Perspective Sketch, Suggested Development, 1945
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
  • 1945
Maine Central Property, Perspective Sketch, Suggested Development, 1945
Item:
  • 16033   
Object ID:
  • 001.87.269
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
Creator:
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
Collection:
  • Robert W. Patterson Collection
Date:
  • 1945
Description:
A perspective sketch of a proposed development by the Maine Central company, Bar Harbor, 1945