Description: This book is the story of Maine public education in the 20th century; it traces the history from small community schoolhouses to a "seamless statewide system" with the attendant tensions that accompany this transition.
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: Interviews of 27 residents of the Bar Harbor and Otter Creek areas about the Tarn, now a small, shallow pond and emergent wetland; it was originally a meadow.
Description: Historical geography of Maine from end of last ice age to 2000. Sections are: history of Native peoples, European exploration and settlement, American Revolution, Maine statehood, industrial developement, rise of tourism and environmental awareness. Includes maps, paintings, graphs, and text.
Description: notes and list of all exhibit materials from the Society, Northeast Harbor Library and Great Harbor Museum for this exhibit in the summer of 2012
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: Tally of number of visitors summer 2011 to the Museum. Past Perfect Report of items located in Museum. Legends for interpretive signage. Old inventory. List of Toys & Games Collection. June-Aug. calendars with names of volunteers/docents. Accession tags for objects in Museum and Selectmen's Bldg. Plaque for Tiffany print
Description: Celebrate! 250: Chowder Supper & Variety Show, A Birthday Party for MDI Jan. 13, 2011.Featuring Past Luminaries & Wondrous Tales. Programs, tickets Mount Desert Islander newspaper article, "Show, dinner, celebrates 250 years," Jan. 13, 2011 Letter to editor, Mount Desert Islander, Jan. 27, 2011 from Susan Lerner, Ned Butler, Kathleen Miller thanking community for support of chowder supper. Exhibit of "250 Years, 250 Treasures" curated by Annette Carvajal. Mount Desert Islander, "John Gilley of MDI: Battle of the Wilderness; Battlefield Injury was beginning of end for Maine Bluecoat," May 26, 2011. (Last of three parts) Expedition to Explore the History of Somes Sound; Voyage aboard the M/V Asticou, July 19, 2011 (invitation and accompanying script) Invitation to Annual Holiday Party, Dec. 16, 2011 Sample event planner. [show more]
Description: This 8 and 1/2 by 3 and 1/4 inch mortgage note is for $1500.00. It is dated December 31, 1947 and issued to Abraham C. Fernald for one year. It is cosigned by Robert G. Fernald and Burton A. Fernald. On the right side of the note is a circular stamp dated Dec. 22, 1948 from the First National Bank indicating that the note had been paid.
Description: This 8 and 1/2 by 3 and 1/4 inch IOU signed by Abraham C. Fernald on Feb. 17, 1942 for $100 was due on April 17, 1942. The lender was First National Bank of Bar Harbor.
Description: This is a large flat document entitled "Grand Lodge Document" which was issued to Hollis M. Smith. There are two dates on the document. The earlier one is December 30, 1938 next to Mt. Desert Lodge. The next date is January 2, 1939 by Hollis M. Smith.
Description: This 8 and 1/2 by 10 inch traditional-looking ledger or record book has no title on the cover. However, on the first page in script are the words "Property of Mount Desert Island Local Union of Christian Endeavor Societies and Epworth Leagues, may 5th 1906". The pages are numbered 1 - 151. The first entry begins with a record of the 81st meeting of the Mount Desert Local Union in the Congregational Church of Southwest Harbor on May 5th, 1906. The last entry is a record of a meeting held on Oct. 27th, 1917 between the Mount Desert Island Local Union and the Bass Harbor C.E. Society. [show more]
Description: This is a traditional-looking ledger with no title on the outside cover. However, on the first page in cursive is written "Property of the Mt. Desert Local Union of Christian Endeavor and Epworth League". The pages are numbered from 1 to 130. The pages are lined with a margin on the left-hand side of each page. Page 1 begins a record of the sixty-fourth meeting of the Mt. Desert Island Local Union of C.E. and E.L. Societies on May 18, 1918. Reports were given from various towns and villages on and in the MDI area like, Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Manset, Salisbury Cove, Seal Harbor, Somesville and Cranberry Isles. The question raised was "Should the Local Union unite with the Sunday School Association?" [show more]
Description: This is a 7 and 1/2 by 10 inch ledger or record book entitled, Somesville C.E. Society. The script for the initials is fancy and so the "C" is an educated guess made by me after checking the script in the book. (ALW) The first entry is dated Aug 27/95. Judging by the dates in the other ledgers, it is probably 1895. This entry relates the efforts of the young people of Somesville, along with the Pastor and wife, to organize a 'young Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor'. The secretary signed as Blanche Somes. The rest of the pages are notes or minutes for this group from 1895-1913 with the last entry written by Katherine Fernald. [show more]
Description: This is a traditional-looking ledger with a title written in script on the first page. This reads, "Junior Endeavor Somesville Beginning Dec. 10, 1907. Secretary Abbie Hanna." The first section is divided by alphabet tabs, two to a tab.The rest of the ledger is set up like an account book. This section is numbered from 1 to 124. On page 1, There is a list of names and after the names are slashes. Some of the columns have money as headings, like 2cents, 8 cents, five cents, seven cents and 19cents. This format continues, with lapses of blank pages, until page 70. Page 71 lists officers and committee members dated October 15, 1911. From this point on, the format changes to minutes of various meetings. [show more]
Description: Interview with David Rockefeller by Kathy Miller, Sept. 9, 2010 on video DVD. Attempts to link a multi-media file of this interview to Past Perfect have been unsuccessful. Currently(11/30/2011) there are several files linked, but they do not play through Past Perfect. Assistance is needed to make this interview playable through Past Perfect.
Description: This 10 by 7 and 1/2 inch black and white photograph is mounted on frayed gray cardboard-like paper. This is a photo of the Diston House on Manchester Point, Northeast Harbor. The label on the backside indicates that Brown Mountain is in the background.
Description: This black and white photograph is approximately 12 by 9 and 3/4 inches. It is mounted on gray cardboard-like paper which has a corner missing on the upper righthand side. The gift inventory list identifies it as " Flock of seagulls in flight - hand tinted". There is a crayon mark on the lower right hand side of the print.
Description: This 6 by 10 inch black and white photograph is a duplicate of #001-71.4. That picture is labeled Northeast Harbor rather than Southwest Harbor like this photo is. I believe Northeast Harbor is more accurate. There are 10 or 11 gaff-rigged sailboats sailing. In the background are the mountains of Mt. Desert Island. This photograph is fuzzy and has two spots on the upper lefthand side.
Description: This black and white photograph is approximately 7 and 1/4 inches by 4 and 1/2 inches. It is mounted on gray cardboard-like paper. The label on the backside is "Mt. Desert Island". The gift inventory list indicates that this photograph is a copy of a Ballard print of Thunderhole on Acadia's Park Loop Road.
Description: This 10 and 1/4 by 7 and 3/4 inch black and white photograph is mounted on gray cardboard-like paper. Nine becalmed sailing vessels are in the foreground. A rowboat and part of a sailing hull are on the right edge of the foreground. Land is visible behind the sailboats, as is one more sailing vessel. The shadows of the sails are reflections in the water.