Description: Photocopy (2pp.) of handwritten notes pertaining to various members of the Somes family in colonial Mass. Notes were taken from the source: "Commerce and Culture, The Maritime Communities of Colonial Massachusetts, 1690-1750" by Christine Leigh Heyrman publ. by W.W. Norton Co., New York, 1984.
Description: Revised statement of purpose, Mill Pond Dam conveyed to VIS from Virginia Somes Sanderson, plan to restore outlet dam and fishway at Somes Pond.
Description: Individual typewritten descriptions and histories of 8 schooners: IRENE AND MYRTLE, ABRAHAM RICHARDSON, CATHERINE, POLLY, A.T. HAYNES, BLOOMER, E.T. HAMOR, HARRY A. BERWIND.
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: Article by Doris Grant in New England Sampler: Peddlers of Long Ago, peddlers who came to Hall Quarry and other MDI villages. Mentions Charles and Ralph Sawyer, who began as peddlers, then opened a store in Southwest Harbor.
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: Newspaper clipping of Charles "Ted" Smith obituary (1980), age 63, of Bangor, Maine. Corresponding article remembering him as a "Veteran of News" - he worked for forty-five years for the Bangor Daily News as a Linotype machine operator.
Description: Building Permit (one page) and Land Use Permit (one page) issued by the Town of Mount Desert, Maine, to the MDI Historical Society for construction of a new museum building in Somesville, ME.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Building Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1981
Description: Six pages of architectural drawings for planned MDI Historical Society building at State Route 102 and Oak Hill Rd, Somesville, Maine. Drawings include Title Page with General Conditions, Floor Plan, Section, South Elevation and Elevations.
Description: Booklet of 42 pp. describing Mount Desert Island Highschool administration, policies, services and curricular information. Pages are separated from the cover. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previouly archived as object id 012.FIC.064.3
Description: Deed 1975 and letters of conveyance documenting the sale of land in Somesville, ME, from Emily Grindle to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society on April 23, 1981.
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.
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: Two typewritten pages by Irene Dow Purdie regarding her ancestors John Ware Dow and John Wesley Dow. Both Dows had a connection to Mount Desert Island.