Description: Article describing myths which have been reported regarding an unexplained light seen at night off the coast of Mt. Desert Island in Placentia Bay. Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.043.15
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: 1980 32 page Hancock County Four Seasons Guide to Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Ellsworth, Bucksport, and Trenton. Eastern Sunshine Guide, with color photographs, map and business advertisements.
Description: 1981 Map of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park includes Scenic and points of interest, directory of Island Business and services, and business sponsor advertisements, color
Description: Southwest Harbor -Tremont Chamber of Commerce Brochure, The Quiet Side of Acadia on Mount Desert Island, summer of 1984, includes schedule of events, map, and business advertisements
Description: Photocopy of letter to Virginia Somes Sanderson discussing Somes family genealogical research. Letter also describes attachments which are cataloged separately in this Somes folder.
Description: Photocopy of handwritten document discussing the genealogy of the Somes who emigrated to Canada and particularly the question of whether people with the surnames Somes and Solmes are of the same family.
Description: First-hand comments regarding the space shuttle "Challenger" disaster by Wm. Townsend who was a finalist to be aboard the shuttle. Also an editorial about the disaster
Description: Letter (2p.) in response to communication from LaRue Spiker regarding his support of assistance to the Contras in Central America. Reverse of letter includes extensive notes listing names of people and organizations and note "Ad in paper". Previously archived as 012.FIC.057.1
Description: Recipe book orginally printed in 1903 and reprinted in 1981 by MDI Historical Society. Contains recipes contributed by local women who belonged to OES (Order of the Eastern Star) and many advertisements by local businesses.
Description: Many people standing along a roadside. LaRue Spiker is passing out League of Women Voters’ statements on acid rain and the synfuel bill along the Bar Harbor 4th of July parade route in 1980.
Description: This videotape is a history of the home "Cragsyde", aka Kragsyde, a design of Robert Swain Peabody. The video includes historic photographs and commentary, by Wheaton Arnold Holden. This home was built at Manchester-by-the Sea, Massachusetts in 1884 for George Nixon Black, the same owner of Woodlawn House, Ellsworth, Maine. The house was torn down in 1929. The house was also reproduced during the years 2005-6, using original plans, by a family on Swans Island. Other house in video is "La Tourelle", built ca 1930, destroyed 1947. See Roz Rea for more information about this home and tape - 01/30/2013 [show more]
Description: Ellsworth American “COA 10 Years Later - Has Come a Long Way” by LaRue Spiker February 28, 1980. Peviously accessioned as **0858, Object Id 012.FIC.043.12
Description: Photocopy of three page typewritten report from the MDI Historical Society Board of Directors to the Building Committee describing the purpose, physical requirements and cost factors associated with construction of a new museum building.