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You searched for: Object ID: is not emptyDate: 1950sType: Document
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
19575Receipt for Clothes, 1953
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Casual Clothes
  • 1953
Description:
Receipt for clothing purchased by Mrs. Amory S. Carhart, 1 July 1953
19533Somesville Sewing Circle Minutes
  • Document, Minutes
  • 1958
Description:
Spiral bound notebook containing meeting notes in 1958.
19532Somesville Sewing Circle Minutes
  • Document, Minutes
  • 1957
Description:
Two sprial bound notebooks containing meeting notes in 1957. One appears to be a copy of the notes in the other notebook.
19526Somesville Sewing Circle Minutes
  • Document, Minutes
  • Jan 5, 1956
Description:
Somesville Sewing Circle meeting minutes written on 10.5x7.5 inch paper in pencil.
19521Somesville Sewing Circle Minutes
  • Document, Minutes
  • January 6, 1959
Description:
Hand written list of potential meeting dates for the years of 1994 & 1995. The back of the sheet has a list of names. Written in blue ink on 8.5x 5 inch sheet of paper.
19520Someville Sewing Circle Minutes
  • Document, Minutes
  • January 6, 1959
Description:
One page hand wirtten minutes of the Somesville Sewing Circle meeting on January 6, 1959. Wirtten in blue pen on 8.5x11 inch unlined paper.
19470Surry Playhouse
  • Document, Program, Theater Program
  • 1951
Description:
Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Three programs from the Surry Playhouse from the summer 1951 season. Plays presented that year were: "Tobacco Road", "The Glass Menagerie", and "Summer and Smoke".
19338Windemere Summer Playhouse
  • Document, Program, Theater Program
  • 1954
Description:
Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Collection of Windemere Summer Playhouse programs from different performances presented the summer of 1954. Programs for: Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest Two in One An Evening of One Acts Hay Fever by Noel Coward Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire Out of the Blue A New Musical By Turner and Ochsen Moss Hart's Light Up The Sky The Drunkard The Fourposter Two advertising flyers for the whole season, one has corrections on it. [show more]
19214Bar Harbor Playhouse
  • Document, Program, Theater Program
  • 1953
Description:
Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Playbill for the Bar Harbor Playhouse and the Surry Playhouse. Contains mostly advertisements of local businesses. One pages is an advertisement for the next play showing August 5-7, 1953; Wayne Morris in Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan. The performance for August 10-15 will be Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Special Broadway Company. [show more]
19213Bar Harbor Playhouse
  • Document, Program, Theater Program
  • 1952
Description:
Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Playbill for the Bar Harbor Playhouse and the Surry Playhouse. Contains mostly advertisements of local businesses. One pages is an advertisement for the next play showing July 1,1952 "Born Yesterday with Eileen Ryan and William Gohl. [show more]
19211Moonlight on the Levee
  • Document, Program, Theater Program
  • 11/9/1951
Description:
Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Playbill for the Casino in Bar Harbor. Contains mostly advertisements of local businesses. The musical performance will be "Moonlight on the Levee"
19209Casino Carousel
  • Document, Program, Theater Program
  • 1950
Description:
Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Playbill for the Casino Carousel. Contains mostly advertisements of local businesses. Inserted pages gives the performances for that year: "The Shrew", "Fair adn Warmer", "East Lynne", "The Importance of Being Earnest". [show more]
18882Movie Posters
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • 1951
Description:
Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor. Poster Reads: S.R.O Means Standing Room Only It hasn't happened here in years......not since T.V.! BUT at the risk of "Crying Wolf", We are predicting that it may happen again; hence we are offering a very limited number of......
18853Movie Posters
  • Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster
  • 1951
Description:
Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor. Poster Reads: Stonington Opera House Thurs-Jan 25 WABI Presents Gene Hooper with his all star show in person., Big Two Hour Radio Show. Adults 65c, Children 25c Back Reads Sunday Jan 28, 1951 2:30pm Rev. Neal O. Bousfield Supt. MSC. S Will hold Union Service for the 3 Congregational Churches of Sunset, Deerisle, and Little Deer Isle at the Little Deer Isle, Congr. Church, Everybody Welcome [show more]
12083Letter concerning Jane Montgomery
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Morison, S.E.
  • 8/27/1959
Description:
Letter and attached explanation from Samuel Elliot Morison to Mrs. Marjorie Hayward regarding the question as to whether Jame Montgomery had the title of Lady.
3746Report of Consulting Committee on New Building
  • Document, Report, Administrative Report
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • MDI Historical Society
  • 1959
Description:
Two typewritten pages describing activity of the committee in the process of considering building a new museum building. A third typewritten sheet is a fragment of a report in which advantages and disadvantages of building a new museum are stated.
2964Statements by LaRue Spiker on investigations of her activities re: Stockholm Agreement
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Civil rights
  • Other, Communism
  • Other, Petitions
  • Other, Police
  • 1950
Description:
People were informally harassing, spying on her. She wrote statements of the incidents. Person came to her home claiming to be from the Indianapolis News. Police following her. two documents, dated July 8, 1950. On yellow typing paper. Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.15.11, **1282
3511Cut off page regarding LaRue Spiker's Discharge
  • Document, Correspondence, Telegram
  • Other, Dismissal of employees
  • Other, Firing
  • 1950
Description:
2 pages, one a telegram to LaRue Spiker requesting her to come to the office (presumably the Dept. of Welfare Office) and a torn sheet of a paper asking persons to protest her discharge along with Iola Klaas Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.015.12, **1281, **1277
9373Letters regarding manuscript, Mantle of Elijah
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Books
  • Other, Publishers
  • Other, manuscript
  • 1956
Description:
Letter to Kenneth Cameron request read manuscript and letter to Miss Boldt, secretary to Mr. Gillmor regarding reading her manuscript. Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.023.1 and **1287,
9362Letters between LaRue and Daniel Gillmor
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Books
  • Other, Publishers
  • Other, Writing
  • 1956
Description:
Correspondence regarding Spiker's book See also 012.FIC.023.1 Correspondencerebook.pdf Letter from Daniel Gillmor saying he would like to hold onto her manuscript until he returns from lecturing so he can finish reading it. Letter from LaRue in response to him telling him she is almost finished with the last chapter and would like any of his comments on the manuscript to start revisions if possible. Previously archived as 012.FIC.023.2, and **1288 [show more]
9358Letter to Jack
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Authors
  • Other, Books
  • Other, Editor
  • 1956
Description:
Letter from LaRue Spiker re her ideas for a book called Elijah On onion skin paper, very thin Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.023.3 and **1291
14697Correspondence about revision of Elijah book
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Books
  • Other, Publishers
  • 1956
Description:
Correspondence to and from LaRue Spiker and Rinehart and Company re revision of Elijah book. Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.023.6, **1290, **1292, **1295
146963 Letters re Elijah book
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Books
  • 1956
Description:
3 letters asking for assistance re the Elijah book. Jack Pickering, Marcella Powers, Howard Long LettersreElijah.pdf Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.023.7, **1297, **1294, **1293
14674LaRue to Jack Rejection letter
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Authors
  • Other, Books
  • Other, Publishers
  • Other, Race discrimination
  • 1956
Description:
Letter from Jack on 10/15/56 regarding rejection of her manuscript- work of fiction regarding the Mantle of Elijah. Also suggests that Guardians of the Gods would be hard to publish as well. Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.023.8, **1293
14673Southern Illinois University Press correspondence
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Books
  • Other, Editor
  • Other, Fiction
  • Other, Publishers
  • 1956
Description:
3 letters Howard Long , Vernon Sternberg,LaRue Spiker(pdf) and Southern Ill University Press Catalog 1956 (doesn't have a book by LaRue) Correspondence regarding possible publication of historical novel , Elijah, discouraging her that this university press doesn't publish works of fiction Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.023.9, **1297