Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
12896	Landscapes & Gardens for Historic Buildings	Publication, Book	Other, Gardens Places, Landscape	Favretti, Rudy J.	AltaMira Press.	1997	Landscapes & Gardens for Historic Buildings Item: 12896    Object ID: 001-25-336 Catalog: Library Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Gardens Places, Landscape Creator: Favretti, Rudy J. Publisher: AltaMira Press. Date: 1997 Description: Tells how to create historic gardens and landscapes that reflect specific periods, e.g., colonial, Victorian as well as how and where to research these gardens. Suggested plantings that are historically accurate are given as are guidelines for maintaining the restored landscape.
17101	Saving Historic Roads: Design & Policy Guidelines	Publication, Book	Other, History Other, Roads Places, Landscape	Marriott, Paul Daniel	John Wiley & Sons	1998	Saving Historic Roads: Design & Policy Guidelines Item: 17101    Object ID: 001-6-317 Catalog: Library Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, History Other, Roads Places, Landscape Creator: Marriott, Paul Daniel Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Date: 1998
17104	Acadia Trails Treatment Plan: Cultural Landscape Report for the historic hiking trail system of Acadia National Park, Maine	Publication, Book	Other, Acadia National Park Places, Landscape	Barter, Christian S., Margaret Coffin Brown, J. Tracy Stakely, Gary J. Stellpflu	Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation	2006	Acadia Trails Treatment Plan: Cultural Landscape Report for the historic hiking trail system of Acadia National Park, Maine Item: 17104    Object ID: 2006.3.1 Catalog: Library Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Acadia National Park Places, Landscape Creator: Barter, Christian S., Margaret Coffin Brown, J. Tracy Stakely, Gary J. Stellpflu Publisher: Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation Date: 2006
17105	Pathmakers: Cultural Landscape Report for the Historic Hiking Trail System of Mount Desert Island	Publication, Book	Other, Acadia National Park Other, Mount Desert Island Places, Landscape	Brown, Margaret Coffin and Jim Vekasi	Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation	2006	Pathmakers: Cultural Landscape Report for the Historic Hiking Trail System of Mount Desert Island Item: 17105    Object ID: 2006.3.2 Catalog: Library Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Acadia National Park Other, Mount Desert Island Places, Landscape Creator: Brown, Margaret Coffin and Jim Vekasi Publisher: Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation Date: 2006
1532	Sieur de Monts National Monument and its Historical Associations	Publication, Book	Other, Acadia National Park Other, Gardens Other, Sieur de Monts National Monument Places, Landscape	Dept. of the Interior	Wild Gardens of Acadia	1917	Sieur de Monts National Monument and its Historical Associations Item: 1532    Object ID: 004.25 Catalog: Library Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Acadia National Park Other, Gardens Other, Sieur de Monts National Monument Places, Landscape Creator: Dept. of the Interior Publisher: Wild Gardens of Acadia Date: 1917 Description: George Buckham Dorr is given at the "custodian". The essay includes black and white photographs and describes Sieru de Monts National Monument, which is not "a purchase by the government" but a "gift from citizens." Photocopy
3852	Events 1995-1999	Document, Document File	Other, Architecture Other, Army Nurse Corps Other, Boat building Other, Brookside Cemetery Other, Cemeteries Other, College of the Atlantic Other, Gardens Other, Genealogy Other, Harbors Other, Lighthouses Other, National Trust for Historic Preservation Other, Orchards Other, Preservation Other, Schools Other, Seeds Other, Somesville Other, Tremont Other, World War II Places, Landscape				Events 1995-1999 Item: 3852    Object ID: 011.FIC.101.1 Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Document File Subject: Other, Architecture Other, Army Nurse Corps Other, Boat building Other, Brookside Cemetery Other, Cemeteries Other, College of the Atlantic Other, Gardens Other, Genealogy Other, Harbors Other, Lighthouses Other, National Trust for Historic Preservation Other, Orchards Other, Preservation Other, Schools Other, Seeds Other, Somesville Other, Tremont Other, World War II Places, Landscape Description: Summer 1995-Summer 1996 Programs: Preserving Historic Lancscapes, Elizabeth Igleheart, Maine Preservation Commission, June 1995 Brookside Cemetery Tour, Oct. 1995 Boat Building on MDI during WWII, Ralph Stanley, Nov. 1995 Genealogy Research, Connee Jellison, Jan. 1998 Preservation Workshop, Jan.- Mar. 1996 School Days in the 1850's, June 1996 Preserving an Historic Harbor (conservation easements), David MacDonald, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Lee Patterson, Peter Blanchard, Aug. 1996 Sept. 1996-Sept. 1997 Tour of Museum and Historic Lewis Somes House for National Trust for Historic Preservation, Sept. 21, 1996 History of Brookside Cemetery for MD Elementary School 5th Graders, Oct. 29, 1996 School Days in the 1850's, Harbor House (SW Harbor), K-4th graders, Nov. 7, 1996 Women Underway, Steamships and the Army Nurse Corps, WWII, Nov. 14, 1996 Lighthouses of the Maine Coast, Ken Black, Maine Lighthouse Museum (with Great Harbor Museum), Dec. 6, 1996 MID Historical Society, 65th Birthday Party, Historic Mount Desert Tavern (home of Bill and Betty Reiff, Somesville), Dec. 19, 1996 Fun and Games in 19th c., Harbor House, K-4th grade, Jan. 1997 "Pardon my Dust," benefit performance by Kathleen Lake, COA, Jan. 26, 1997 Hands-on Archival Care, Collections' care in the home, Feb. 15, 1997 Charter Signing, meeting of Mount Desert Selectmen at James Richardson House do commemorate signing of original town charter, Feb. 16, 1997 Heirloom Seeds, Mar. 1997 House Histories (with Tremont Historical Society) using architecture and paper records, May 1997 Publication of Charles Tracy diary, lecture on works of Frederick Church, Claremont Hotel, Summer 1997 John Gilley and Charles W. Eliot, June-Oct. Special Museum Exhibit Lecture by Dr. Richard Judd on Environmental History of Maine Coast, with COA, Summer 1997 Ballard's Boats: At work and play on Mt. Desert Island, June 1997 , NEH Library. Includes panel discussion with Ralph Stanley, Richard Lunt, Paul Stubing Strawberry Festival (and book sale), July 10th History of Automobile and its effect on Mt. Desert; traveling exhibit in cooperation with COA, Fall 1997 Field Course in old house restoration, Oc. 26 and 27; Nov. 1 and 2, 1997 1999: Restoring Old Apple Trees, Stephen page, April 1999 Kitchen Gardens in early 19th c., Christie White, May 1, 1999 [show more]
3865	Survey of the Cemetary (sic) on Baker Island	Document, Government, Death Record, Burial Record	Other, Baker's Island Places, Cemetery			1996	Survey of the Cemetary (sic) on Baker Island Item: 3865    Object ID: 011.FIC.1.3 Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Government, Death Record, Burial Record Subject: Other, Baker's Island Places, Cemetery Date: 1996 Description: Identifies grave dates of Gilleys, Stanley, Manchester, Dolliver
2606	Grave dissues	Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping	Other, Literature Places, Cemetery			3/16/2000	Grave dissues Item: 2606    Object ID: **2063 Catalog: Archives Type: Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping Subject: Other, Literature Places, Cemetery Date: 3/16/2000 Description: Picture and notice of slide lecture bytThomas Vining ,author of “Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert Island”Sponsered by MDI Historical Society
8896	Children in pony cart, Somesville mill pond area	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph	Other, Building People Places, Landscape				Children in pony cart, Somesville mill pond area Item: 8896    Object ID: 996-105-105 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph Subject: Other, Building People Places, Landscape Place: Somesville Description: Four boys in pony cart with pony. Marked on back of photo - Bob, John, Burnham and Arthur L. Cart next to Mill Pond in Somesville. Logs floating on pond. Somesville Library visible in background. Telephone poles along road side.
8997	Somes House Inn	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape	Unknown			Somes House Inn Item: 8997    Object ID: 97-316-481 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Somes House Inn, Somesville. Trees line drive to cottage. View of Inn from Main street Somesville. End of Inn visible, side of covered porch and latticework. Somes House Sign above first floor windows. Board sidewalk in foreground. Somes Cove in background. To the right, A.J. Whiting’s Store, presently Port-In-A-Storm. Schooner at the wharf. Marked 1895 on back.
8999	Echo Lake from Echo Vista	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Boats Other, Buildings Places, Landscape	Unknown			Echo Lake from Echo Vista Item: 8999    Object ID: 997-626-796 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Boats Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Place: Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Echo Lake from route 102 across from Echo Vista. Small boat with outboard motor anchored off shore. Changing house on shore. Ramp runs from shore to platform outside changing house. Boat ramp to the right. Gift of M.L. Hughs.
9003	Green Mountain Railway	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, transportation - Land Places, Landscape	Unknown			Green Mountain Railway Item: 9003    Object ID: 97-179-343 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, transportation - Land Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Place: Cadillac Mountian, Bar Harbor, Maine Description: Green Mountain Railway. Steam engine pushing car up Cadillac Mountain. Letters on side of coal car read G.M. Ry. Letters on side of engine read Mt. Desert. One man in coal car another leaning out window of engine. Five men and one women ride car. Stumps in foreground. Donated by Claire and Pete Arnold, 1996
9027	Sheep Island	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Sheep Island Places, Landscape	Unknown		1938	Sheep Island Item: 9027    Object ID: 997-39-201 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Sheep Island Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Date: 1938 Place: Sheep Island, Mt. Desert, Me. Description: Trees and rocks along shore of Sheep Island.
9040	Echo Vista Beach in winter	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape	Unknown		c 1950s	Echo Vista Beach in winter Item: 9040    Object ID: 997-630-800 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Date: c 1950s Place: Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Echo Vista beach in winter. Changing house covered with snow. Gift of M.L. Hughs.
9041	Echo Lake from Route 102	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape Transportation, Automobile	Unknown		c 1950s	Echo Lake from Route 102 Item: 9041    Object ID: 997-628-798 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Transportation, Automobile Creator: Unknown Date: c 1950s Place: Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Echo Lake from route 102 across from Echo Vista. Looking towards Beech Cliff. Echo Vista restaurant on left. Sign on building reads Dairy Creem. Cars parked in front. Marked on back, “Side view of Echo Vista - Mt. Desert Island showing general location and a little [?] view. Echo Vista is on Echo Lake Road, halfway between Somesville and S.W. Harbor - Route 3/102 to Mt. Desert from Info booth as you leave the causeway. Gift of M.L. Hughs.
9054	Houses on Main Street Somesville	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape	Unknown		c 1890s	Houses on Main Street Somesville Item: 9054    Object ID: 96-306-471 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Date: c 1890s Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Houses on Main street Somesville. Somes Cove in foreground. Marked, “Somes Cove, Mt. Desert” in lower right corner. House on left is historic Lewis Somes house. See same photo. on p. 8, Album #1 (997-306-471)
9074	Main Street Somesville 1995	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape	Unknown		1995	Main Street Somesville 1995 Item: 9074    Object ID: 997-253-418 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Date: 1995 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Main Street Somesville, April 1995. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum and historic Selectmen’s building in background. Photo taken morning before arched bridge was replaced. Marked on back in cursive handwriting: "Before New Bridge."
9092	View of Somes Cove	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape	Unknown			View of Somes Cove Item: 9092    Object ID: 997-2-163 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Me. Description: View of Somes Cove and Old Somesville Lumber mill from Somes House. Fernald’s Store, now Port-in-a-Storm Bookstore, at right. Church steeple rises in distance with several other buildings in between. Tear in lower left hand corner of photo.
9098	Somes Memorial Bridge	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape Structures, Transportation, Bridge	Bangor Daily News			Somes Memorial Bridge Item: 9098    Object ID: 97-191-356 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Structures, Transportation, Bridge Creator: Bangor Daily News Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Thaddeus Sheply Somes Memorial Bridge in Somesville. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen’s Building Museum to the left. Winter scene, ice on stream.
9101	View of Bar Harbor	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, building Places, Landscape	Spiker, LaRue			View of Bar Harbor Item: 9101    Object ID: 998.1980.3085.2172 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, building Places, Landscape Creator: Spiker, LaRue Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Bar Harbor, Maine Description: View of Bar Harbor from highland. Looking down Main street and out to Porcupine Islands. In foreground small farm with gardens. Rail fence to the right. Larger buildings, hotels near shore. Telephone poles line road. Stamped on back with LaRue Spiker, P O Box 625, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679
9103	Schooner Kate	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature, Animals Other, Building Other, Ships Places, Landscape	Spiker, LaRue			Schooner Kate Item: 9103    Object ID: 998.1980.3085.2170 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature, Animals Other, Building Other, Ships Places, Landscape Creator: Spiker, LaRue Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Two masted schooner in wharf in front of A.J. Whiting Store (later Fernald’s Store, (later Port-in-a-Storm Bookstore, even later, an art gallery). Back of blacksmith shop visible on left. Small sailing dory tied to wharf. Anchor hangs from bow. Several men seated in the bow of schooner, one standing aft near main mast. Man driving wagon pulled by two white horses. Somes Meadow in distance. On back is written The Schooner Kate and La Rue Spicker Southwest Harbor V/4 [show more]
9104	Somes Cove and Old Somesville Lumber Mill	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape	La Rue Spiker			Somes Cove and Old Somesville Lumber Mill Item: 9104    Object ID: 997-180-344 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Creator: La Rue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: View of Somes Cove and Old Somesville Lumber mill from Somes House. Fernald’s Store, now Port-in-a-Storm Bookstore, at right. Church steeple rises in distance with several other buildings in between. This photo could not be found so it has not been placed in albums with the rest of the LaRue Spiker Collection 01/31/2022
9107	Green Mountain Railway	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Transportation - Land Places, Landscape	Spiker, La Rue			Green Mountain Railway Item: 9107    Object ID: 998.1980.3085.2168 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Transportation - Land Places, Landscape Creator: Spiker, La Rue Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Cadillac Mountai, Bar Harbor, Maine Description: Green Mountain Railway. Steam engine pushing are up Cadillac Mountain. Letters on side of coal car read G.M. Ry. Letters on side of engine read Mt. Desert. One man in coal car another leaning out window of engine. Five men and one women ride car. Stumps in foreground. Marked Spiker on back.2 copies (a&b)
9120	Small Island in Echo Lake	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Boats Places, Landscape	Geo. H. Van Norman			Small Island in Echo Lake Item: 9120    Object ID: 997-164-327 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Boats Places, Landscape Creator: Geo. H. Van Norman Place: Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Small Island in Echo Lake. Sailing dory anchored at island. Row boat near island. Marked on back, “Geo. H. Van Norman, Photographer, 645 Main St. Waltham, Mass.” Also Marked, Property of Philip M. Caughey.
9122	Echo Lake	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Boats People Places, Landscape	Geo. H. Van Norman			Echo Lake Item: 9122    Object ID: 997-162-325 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Boats People Places, Landscape Creator: Geo. H. Van Norman Place: Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Echo Lake with mountains in the distance. In foreground, man dipping pail into lake. Small row boat in center. To right man stands on log holding onto sail of dory. Marked on back, “Geo. H. Van Norman, Photographer, 645 Main St. Waltham, Mass.” Also Marked, Property of Philip M. Caughey.

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