Description: Photograph of the altar and organ pipes, Seaside Church, United Church of Christ. From 2008 MDI Historical Society tour of historical churches.
Description: Certificate dated March 15, 2006 certifies that David L. Stanley has been a member of The American Legion for 50 years. Accompanying letter gives guidelines for honoring recipients of such certificates.
Description: Anna Flagg Johnston Wellington died on Feb. 29,2000 at her home in Southwest Harbor. She was active in sports, tennis and golf and served on the board of the SPCA shelter in Southwest Harbor.
Description: Anna Scott Kennedy, schoolteacher and MDI summer resident, died April 28, 2000. Lived at Lilac Hill in NE Harbor with her husband Morehead Kennedy. Article goes into detail about her life.
Description: Donation of the architectural drawings of Robert Patterson Jr. to the MDI Historical Society. It includes a summary of Patterson’s career.
Description: Ardia Tarbell, 94 was the first secretary for Acadia National park.She came to the island at 25 and never left. She was highly respected by the administration and became administrative assistant before she retired in 1970.
Description: Asticou's Island Domain, by Harald Prins and Bunny McBride. Ethnographic overview and assessment . Volume I of a two-volume history of the Wabanaki Peoples at Mount Desert Island, 1500--2000.
Description: Asticou's Island Domain, by Harald Prins and Bunny McBride. Ethnographic overview and assessment . Volume 2 of a two-volume history of the Wabanaki Peoples at Mount Desert Island, 1500--2000.
Description: Call for articles to be used in the exhibit at the MDI Historical Society celebrating the turn of the century. The exhibit will run from June 15 to Sept. 20 , 2000. Articles will be on loan and returned to owners at the end of the exhibit.
Description: A History evening, sponsored by MDI Historical Society, Basketball on MDI:Hoops Around the Island, held on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at the Somesville Firehouse.
Description: This clear glass bottle has the letters The Bayer Company, Inc written vertically on the sides. It is 2 and three quarters high and has a circumference of 4 and a quarter inches. The bottle is missing a top and has some dark stains on one side.
Description: Appeal for donations for the Campaign for History Education, soliciting funds for museum repairs, museum grounds work, and an endowment fund.
Description: Includes notice of oral history program on Canning Industry on Mount Desert, information about a slide lecture and round table discussion about Women in the Canning Industry. Photographs of exterior and interior of (Stinson?) Canning factory, Prospect Harbor, Underwood's Sardine Factory, McKinley ME. Photocopies of Masts and Masters, a brief history of Sardine Carriers and Boatmen by John D. Gilman; Sardine History by John D. Toft. Biographical info. about Mary Louise Mitchell by her granddaughter Carol Reed Walsh. Mrs. Mitchell worked in the sardine factory. Obituary of Rachel Gott Francis, fish packer, by Nan Lincoln. List of packers, managers, and other employees at Underwood. [show more]
Description: A videotape of Cannery Women, 3/24/06 SWH Library Video tape recording of a panel discussion and history night at the Southwest Harbor Library, March 24, 2006. Part of the March series of Women in History. Interviews were modertated by Charlotte Singleton, ED of MDI Historical Society. Taped by John Hewlett. Additional copy of the video is located at the Southwest Harbor Library. This video can be viewed from the original disc, located in the Sound Schoolhouse Archival Storage, Box #68 or through the multimedia links to the files provided within this record. There are three multimedia files which currently need to be played in succession. No "autoplay" connects the three separate media files. [show more]