Description: Map of the Coast of Maine, Published by George H. Walker & Co. Boston, 1893. Shows counties and towns; Matinicus Isle, Monhegan, designated "plantation." "Chas. A. Cary, Bowdoin '10, 9 S. Appleton Hall," written on margins. Scale: 5" = 20 miles
Description: Oral History Interview with Emma Richards, February 5, 2007 (2 audio tapes marked 007.6.2a and 007.6.2b) .2a=XR-90 Extended Range (45 minutes) .2b=Maxell UR (60 minutes)
Description: Invitation to wedding (1917) for M/M Fred Smith for the marriage of Harry E. Fitzhenry's daughter N. Irene to Mark Whiting Somes on July 10th in Lubec, Maine.
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]
Description: Photograph of the gambrel-roofed Pooler Barn, formerly a working dairy barn, located on Route 3 in Bar Harbor 1.9 miles east of traffic light at the head of the island. Photograph taken in May 2006. The farm originally had 200-plus acres behind and beside the Victorian house to the left of the barn. Northeast Creek runs through the original farm fields. The property was divided in 2006 between land for affordable housing and the remaining house and barn. In August 2006, there were still stanchions and cages in the main barn building. [show more]
Description: Side view of Stone Barn on at intersection of Crooked Road and Norway Drive. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Owen are barn owners. Photographed in May 2006. The farm itself dates to 1850. The barn was built in 1907 by the Shea Brothers of Ellsworth, masonry contractors and builders who had purchased the property. The first story is constructed of glacial stone and granite. The gambrel-roofed barn has housed both sheep and goats. The Stone Barn is on the National Register of historic structures. Mr. and Mrs. Owen have been stewards of the 167 acre farm for over 40 years and have deeded the farm to a conservation trust. A road running between the carriage house to the right of the barn and the farm house led over the brook and up the hill to salt marsh land. The Owens have produced lettuce (6,000-8,000 heads a year), strawberries and beans, goat milk, and other goat mile products which were sold to local restaurants and markets. For years, giant sunflowers stood in a half circle plot on the front lawn. The sheep shed at the rear of the barn was built in the 1960s. The carriage house (not visible in the photograph) was probably somewhat older than the barn, and had front and rear doors so that the carriage could be driven in one end and out the other. [show more]
Description: Two-page typewritten ms. about interview with Mrs. Hysom re "Look Out," Pretty Marsh Inn, Bay View House, West Point Inn, church, and more.
Description: 1. Pages 6-15 of address given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt on July 14, 1940 in Somesville; memoranda and notes to same. 2. Names of 23 people who met on July 2, 1840 to form Congregational Church. 3. Names of people who desired a Union Meeting House and who bought pews for $5.00 each [1852]. 4. Lists of signers of Supply Fund, 1906, 1907, 5. Invitation to attend ecclesiastical council on June 11, 1908 to examine Mr. Elias Ambrose Jenkins to be pastor of the Somerville [sic] Congregational Church. 6. List of people taken into membership Oct. 17, 1909. 7. Typewritten notes from records of Congregational Church, Somesville, Jan. 6 1885, noting gift of communion service from Mr. Nehemiah Kittredge of Bangor. 8. Typewritten notes on history and legends of Congregational Church, Southwest Harbor, Maine, taken from Nell Thornton's "Traditions and Dates of Southwest Harbor." 9. Booklet with photos about Congregational Church in SW Harbor, n.d. 10. A Record of the Congregational Parish or Religious Society in Mount Desert organized July 2nd, 1840 [original booklet, Somesville] [show more]
Description: Harry Spurling , watercolorist, life long resident of Little Cranberry, died Oct. 1, 2000 at 97. He became the chief curator of the Little Cranberry museum.
Description: Roscoe Salsibury age 66 died in Cambridge.Ma. and was brought home to Somesville to be buried by his daughter Mr. Hollis Hysom Bar Harbor Times
Description: Roscoe Salisbury age 66 died in Cambridge.Ma. and was brought home to Somesville to be buried by his daughter Mr. Hollis Hysom Bar Harbor Times
Description: Roscoe Salisbury age 66 died in Cambridge.Ma. and was brought home to Somesville to be buried by his daughter Mr. Hollis Hysom Bar Harbor Times
Description: Roscoe Salisbury age 66 died in Cambridge.Ma. and was brought home to Somesville to be buried by his daughter Mr. Hollis Hysom Bar Harbor Times
Description: A lengthy obituary by Nan Lincoln about Harold Walls, 87. One of the last of the Otter Creek fishermen who could recall hand-lining cod and seining herring by torchlight.
Description: Charlton Yarnall, age 68, resident of Bryn Mawr, Pa. and Northeast Harbor died Oct. 9, 2000. An investment banker and graduate of Philps Exeter academy and Wharton School.
Description: Jack Harkins, 71 was a mason who helped build the stone bridges of Acadia national park. The article includes stories of his very full life.
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: A sketch of the End of North Vista, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Washington, DC , Sheet 2 of 4, colored pencil embellished copy of a blueprint