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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
16907The Tracy Log Book: 1855, A Month in Summer, With original sketches and drawings by Frederic Edwin Church
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Church, Frederic Edwin
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Tracy, Charles
  • Mazlish, Anne
  • Acadia Publishing Co.
  • 1997
13899Extract from the Journal of John Nelson: Being an Account of God’s Dealing with him.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Fiction
  • Other, Religion
  • Nelson, John
  • B. Waugh and T. Mason
  • 1833
12436Father Taylor, the Sailor Preacher.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Religion
  • Other, Taylor, Edward T.
  • Haven, Rev. Gilbert and Hon. Thomas Russell
  • B.B. Russell
  • 1872.
Description:
"Incidents and anecdotes of Rev. Edward T. Taylor, for over forty years pastor of the Seaman's Bethel, Boston" Inscribed in front: "Mrs. H.A. Wiggin, South [Lauren?].
14646Down Memory Lane
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Northeast Harbor
  • Other, Reynolds, Emily Phillips
  • Reynolds, Emily Phillips
  • D. Mitchell and Crew
  • 1966
Description:
Emily Phillips Reynolds memoir of her childhood and early days in 1900's.
17258Memories of a Happy Life
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Lawrence, William
  • Lawrence, William, D.D., LL.D.
  • Houghton Mifflin Company
  • 1926.
12584John Gilley: Maine Farmer and Fisherman
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Gilley, John
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Eliot, Charles W.
  • Idlewild Press
  • 1899
Description:
Originally published in the Century Magazine; the author knew John Gilley well and appreciated his hard work clearing fields, building dwellings, fished, raised a family, etc. He was a "hard-working, stout hearted man".
12874John Gilley: Maine Farmer and Fisherman
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Gilley, John
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Eliot, Charles W.
  • Idlewild Press
  • 1899
Description:
Originally an article in the Century Magazine, published 50 years prior. this work tells the story of John Gilley, who " by hard toil cleared fields, built dwellings, fished on forgotten waters, reared families and...managed schools and churches and administered self-governing communities." Gilley was born on Cranberry Island and lived most of his life on Baker's Island.
17152John Gilley: Maine Farmer and Fisherman
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Gilley, John
  • Other, Mt. Desert Island
  • Eliot, Charles W.
  • Idlewild Press
  • 1899
Description:
Biography of John Gilley
16904Nine Boats & Nine Kids
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Merkel, Jeanne
  • Merkel, Jeanne St. Andre
  • Ledge Books
  • 1984
12861The Right People: The Social Establishment in America
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Social classes
  • Birmingham, Stephen
  • Little
  • 1968.
Description:
A witty account of Society and Real Society in America; Northeast Harbor, the Pot and Kettle Club, prep schools, debutante traditions, Junior League, are among the institutions mentioned.
17253The Memoirs of Elizabeth Hill Cram
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Cram, Elizabeth Hill
  • Other, Ironbound Island
  • Morris, Anne Farlow
  • Privately Printed
  • 1992.
16552Genealogical Register of the Name and Family of Herrick
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Herrick family
  • Herrick, Jedediah
  • Samuel S. Smith
  • 1846.
17029Memories of my Childhood
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Biography
  • Agnese, Jackie Hodgkins
  • Self-published
  • n.d.
Description:
Personal memoir
17032Love to All and Eight Hands Around
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Asia
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Eliot, Charles W.
  • Pierce, Roger
  • Self-published
  • [2007]
Description:
Collection of letters and photos. describing journey of Dr. Charles William Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard, to the Far East under the auspices of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
17150Continental Liar: From the State of Maine- James G. Blaine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Blaine, James G.
  • Rolde, Neil
  • Tilbury House
  • 2006
13690Marguerite Yourcenar: Inventing a Life
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Yourcenar, Marguerite
  • Savigneau, Josyane
  • Univ. of Chicago Press
  • 1993
Description:
Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) was the first woman elected to the Academie Francaise; she lived on Mount Desert Island in Northeast Harbor and is buried in Brookside Cemetery in Somesville.
16982Writing on Stone: Scenes from a Maine Island Life
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Gott's Island
  • Gillis, Christina Marsden
  • University Press of New England
  • 2008
Description:
"A moving account of how the life of an island [Gotts], past and present, shapes and transforms the unexpected loss of a son." (From the flyleaf.)
14695A Short Story of Bygone Days for my Grandchildren
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Seal Harbor
  • Rice, “Grammy”
  • unpublished
Description:
Recollections of Mount Desert Island "before cars, TV, and electric refrigerators."
16435Beatrix: The Gardening Life of Beatrix Jones Farrand, 1872 - 1959.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Landscaping plans
  • Brown, Jane
  • Viking
  • 1995
Description:
Beatrix: The Gardening Life of Beatrix Jones Farrand, 1872 - 1959.
12929Charles William Eliot Family Cruising Logs of the New England Coast 1871-1880
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Eliot, Charles W.
  • Other, New England
  • Other, Sailing
  • Eliot, Charles W.
  • 1995
Description:
Includes genealogical charts of Eliot and other families and brief biography of Charles W. Eliot. Extensive records of cruising the New England coast.
13827American Biography
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
Description:
Presidents of the United States Military and Naval Officers of the Revolution
2750Retired Poultryman Full of Pep and Love of Life at 88 Years
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Poultry industry
  • Bar Harbor Times
  • 4/18/1963
Description:
Article on two pages with photograph featuring the life of Oscar A. Tolman written on the occasion of his 88th birthday. Tolman worked over his lifetime as a seaman, a liveryman and finally in Tremont as a poultryman. Previously archived as 012.FIC.047.24
2736Distinguished Teacher and Author Celebrates Her Ninety-fifth Birthday at Seawall; Edith Hamilton
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Birthdays
  • Unknown Author writing for Bar Harbor Times; LaRue Spiker writing for Bar Harbor Times
Description:
Two articles, the first, with photograph, written in recognition of Dr. Edith Hamilton's 95th birthday, which she celebrated at her home in Seawall, Southwest Harbor. The second article reviews a biography of Edith Hamilton, "Edith Hamilton: An Intimate Portrait" written by Doris Fielding Reid. Previously archived as 012.FIC.047.7
4462Leland Family History
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Genealogy
Description:
Single page handwritten notes pertaining to Leland family in America.
4463Who"s Who: Two John Dows of Cornville, Somerset Co.
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Ruth E. Dow
  • 1980
Description:
Two photocopied pages taken from "Downeast Ancestry", Vol. 4, No. 3, October 1980. They present biographical information on Dow families.