Description: A DVD that contains a 5.36 minutes long MP4 file that has information about the Lewis H. Story chebacco boat and the project of MDIHS to sail this vessel from Essex to Mount Desert Island in 2013 to commemorate the voyage of Abraham Somes in 1762 that brought Somes and his family to Mount Desert Island. This video was prepared by Cape Ann TV and focused on the rebuilding and care of the boat by the Essex Museum. Several copies of this DVD are in the archives. [show more]
Description: A video taken of the January, 2014 MDI Historical Society Bean Supper held in the cafeteria of Mount Desert Island High School. Shows participants of the Dog Mountain Band, attendees at the supper, talk by society president, William Horner.
Description: A DVD that contains the finished film, "Dancing at the Mill: Two Centuries of Life on Mount Desert Island". This DVD is the film version that was sold to the public. This is an MDIHS library copy of the final film.
Description: A DVD that was created by Dobbs Productions to be played as a film or backdrop at events that were held during 2012, the 250th year celebration of the landing of the first settlers on Mount Desert Island.
Description: A DVD that includes a three minute promotional film that was developed by Dobbs Productions for the purpose of promoting the film, "Dancing at the Mill: Two Centuries of Life on Mount Desert Island".
Description: A DVD that contains 14 .tif and 93 .jpg images used in the creation of the film, "Dancing at the Mill: Two Centuries of Life on Mount Desert Island". These photos can also be used as images for promoting the film.
Description: 1 page photocopy of history of Herrick name and the Herricks of Mount Desert Island, apparently taken from "Old Hancock County Families" by William DcDuff Pierce.
Description: 21-page monograph presented by the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Story originally published from Rachel Field's collection Points East: Narratives of New England, 1933. Bruce Komusin of the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society brought the work to the attention of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Editor: Emily M. Beck
Description: 21-page monograph presented by the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Story originally published from Rachel Field's collection Points East: Narratives of New England, 1933. Bruce Komusin of the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society brought the work to the attention of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Editor: Emily M. Beck
Description: Report created by Ronald Forse for Robert Gardner (golf professional of the NEHGC) with recommendations and evaluations of the Northeast Harbor Golf Course, August 17th, 2011.
Description: A DVD that contains a 2 minute video, narrated by William Horner, that describes the Chebacco Project hosted by MDIHS in collaboration with the Essex Historical Society and Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Massachusetts, during the summer, 2013. The video was made as a short film that could be used for various audiences (board, community, funders, etc) to describe the scope and intent of this project. The video used in this film was shot during the Chebacco visit on the island by Peter Logue, resident of MDI. The film is attached to this record. Please click on the Media tab to access the mp4 file. It is also filed in hard copy, on DVD. [show more]
Description: Sketches of and plans for the "Lewis H. Story", model Chebacco boat that donor made; drawings show scale of 1:20. Also 5 color photographs of the actual "Lewis H. Story" of Essex. Actual receipt was June 2014.
Description: A film compilation about the fire of 1947 from the Collections of Northeast Historic Film. Included is: October Fury 1947, Maine's Forect Fire Disasters, A Look Back at the Infamous Fires 50 Years Later, a retrospective produced by the Maine Forest Service. There are other cuts and film included without attribution of sources. On DVD.
Description: A description of the James M. Parker Post, one of two national Civil War Union Veterans' organizations formed after the close of the war in 1865. The Mount Desert chapter received its national charter on April 4, 1884.
Description: 3 Drawing each including plan, elevations and section for a small house. Includes one drawing, ink on linen, one blueprint and one drawing, pencil on kraft paper. Size: 18 in by 24 in.
Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall, Fraternal Lodge, Grange Hall
Creator:
unknown
Date:
2010
Description: A CD that contains 45 digital images taken on June 5, 2010 at Salisbury Cove, Maine. These photos document the repair and maintenance work that was done on the stage curtain at the Bay View Grange. Photos include Charlotte Singleton and several unidentified individuals.