Description: Hand written notes, typed articles with edits of contributions to Bar Harbor Times by LaRue Spiker of the Fire of 1947 40th Anniversary of fire. Previously archived as 011.FIC.37.1
Description: Almost 150 native species of birds reside on Mount Desert and surrounding Islands; this book is a guide to those birds here from June to August of the year. It indicates good places to view these birds
Description: Two double sided typewritten sheets containing carbon copies of letters to bidding contractors on new museum building for MDI Historical Society. Letters inform contractors that a contractor had been chosen.
Description: Six sheets containing five bids by various contractors for construction of new museum building in Somesville for the MDI Historical Society.
Description: A film on DVD about Wendell Gilley, master carver from Southwest Harbor. Title: Gilley: Portrait of a Bird Carver. A documentary story filmed during the construction of the museum built in his honor in 1981. Film by Richard W. Adams, with a 2004 update on the 25th anniversary of the Museum and the centennial of the birth of Wendell Gilley. Running time of 25 minutes.
Description: Three page article describing the history of the construction of the carriage roads, bridges and gatehouses of Acadia National Park on Mt. Desert Island.
Description: Bar Harbor Times. “Heartland - Emery District Farmers Wage Losing Battle to Save Their Working Farms” by Nan Lincoln July 20, 1989. Previously accessioned as **0872, Object Id 012.FIC.043.11
Description: Copy of map, showing property of David Rockefeller, Cooksey Drive, Seal Harbor, probably land deeded in part to William Scranton, House for Mr. and Mrs. William Scranton, Cooksey Drive, Seal Harbor, Maine, 1984
Description: File folder contains correspondence between Mr. and Mrs. William Scranton and Robert W. Patterson related to the designa nd construction of a house on Cooksey Drive, Seal Harbor Folder also contians invoices, unidentified color snapshots, and lists used in the construction and furnishing of the house.
Description: A list of projects completed by Robert W. Patterson prior to 1985. List compiled by Gladys O'Neil in 1985. Projects are from 1945 to 1985, listed in alphabetical order by account. List includes notation for projects located on Mount Desert Island. Nine pages. Location of original unknown.
Description: Copy, letter from Robert Patterson to David Rockefeller, September 23, 1982, re: recommendations for mitigating problems with the garden wall, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden, two pages, Projects for Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, Seal Harbor, ME, 1982
Description: Letter, copy, typewritten from Robert Patterson to David Rockefeller, September 28, 1987, re: alterations to boathouse on shore, Seal Harbor, Projects for Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, Seal Harbor, ME, 1987
Description: Sketchplan, "Thorndike Fireplace", House and Guest House for Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Thorndike, Bar Harbor, ME, 1981 *Example of late Patterson work -- after retirement.