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: 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: 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: A historical account of St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, a gothic church in Northeast Harbor. Begins with preface written by the Reverend Douglas M. Morrill and in the main text covers the history of the church beginning in 1879 and continuing through to 1981. The book also includes an appendix with sections listing gifts to the church and St. Jude's Church, visiting clergy, memorial windows, gifts, and plaques, the vestry, and centennial committee. [show more]
Description: St Mary's by the Sea original newspaper clipping. A wooden frame church 1883 picture of it. First stone portion added 1899. Excerpt from A Common House, a book about St. Mary's Previously archived as object Id 011.FIC.66.3
Description: This Bar Harbor Times newspaper clipping describes plans for the construction of a new museum building by the MDI Historical Society. The building to be located on Rt. 102 at the intersection of Oak Hill Road in Somesville was designed by Roc Caivano. A photograph of four unnamed members of the Building Committee is included. Dated May 14, 1981.
Description: Newspaper clipping from "Bangor Daily News" of July 13, 1981 describing construction of new museum building for the MDI Historical Society on Rte. 102 in Somesville. The building and its planned use are described.
Description: Article about 1917 filming of Fox Film Company's "Queen of the Sea" on Sand Beach and along Ocean Drive, from Sept. 1981 issue of Down East magazine
Description: According to the dust jacket, this is a "novel of manners and ...mystery" centering around a Boston family who summers on the "backside" of Mount Desert Island. (The author bought the Criterion Theater in Bar Harbor in 1969.)
Description: As the author says in the preamble, " This is the story...of the first permanent settlement on Mount Desert Island..." ?At one time Somesville had seven mills, five shipyards, four blacksmith shops, two stores, and ...serv[ed] the entire area and outlying islands."