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2783The Harbor Light
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Light
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Myths
  • The Enterprise
  • 02/1984
Description:
Article describing myths which have been reported regarding an unexplained light seen at night off the coast of Mt. Desert Island in Placentia Bay. Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.043.15
2694Pretty Marsh Endeavors to Maintain Rural Traditions
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Pretty Marsh
  • Whitmore, Diane
  • 04/25/1985
Description:
Article from Bar Harbor Times; describes community events, restoration of schoolhouse.
17486Down East Magazine
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Education
  • Other, History - Bar Harbor
  • Other, Summer Community
  • 10/1/1985
Description:
Mount Desert Island article p.46 “Saved by a Great White Elephant” Built as a Bar Harbor summer “cottage” with thirty-five rooms and two-foot-thick granite walls - the Turrets served ably when tragedy struck the College of the Atlantic in 1983” by Norah Deakin Davis Article covers history of Turrets and the fire at COA
3106Hancock County Four Seasons Guide Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Other, History - Cranberry Islands
  • Other, History - Southwest Harbor
  • Other, Tourism
  • 1/1/1980
Description:
1980 32 page Hancock County Four Seasons Guide to Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Ellsworth, Bucksport, and Trenton. Eastern Sunshine Guide, with color photographs, map and business advertisements.
13991Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park
  • Map
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Tourism
  • 1/1/1981
Description:
1981 Map of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park includes Scenic and points of interest, directory of Island Business and services, and business sponsor advertisements, color
3105Southwest Harbor -Tremont Chamber of Commerce Brochure
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, History - Southwest Harbor
  • Other, Tourism
  • 1/1/1984
Description:
Southwest Harbor -Tremont Chamber of Commerce Brochure, The Quiet Side of Acadia on Mount Desert Island, summer of 1984, includes schedule of events, map, and business advertisements
17412Spiker, LaRue to Gilbert, Louise
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Miscellaneous
  • 1/20/1986
Description:
Letter to Louise Gilbert from LaRue Spiker reporting on her trip to Texas. 2 pages.
4601Stephen Richardson and Jane Montgomery
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Richardson, Dale M
  • 12/1980
Description:
Genealogical chart detailing descendants of Stephen Richardson and Jane Montgomery
3829Will of Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • Document, Legal, Will
  • Other, Estates
  • 1/2/1986
Description:
Will
4594Genealogy of the Somes family in Canada
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Genealogy
  • W.F.S
  • 1/28/1987
Description:
Photocopy of 2 p. genealogical chart beginning with Richard Somes, born in 1788, and ending with descendants born in the 1970's.
16474Letter Pertaining to Somes Genealogy
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Genealogy
  • William F. Somes
  • 1/28/1987
Description:
Photocopy of letter to Virginia Somes Sanderson discussing Somes family genealogical research. Letter also describes attachments which are cataloged separately in this Somes folder.
4478Comment on the Canadian Somes and Discussion of Variant Spelling of Somes
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Names
  • W.F. Somes
  • 1/28/1987
Description:
Photocopy of handwritten document discussing the genealogy of the Somes who emigrated to Canada and particularly the question of whether people with the surnames Somes and Solmes are of the same family.
2613Shuttle Disaster Hits Close to Home
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Transportation - air
  • 1/30/1986
Description:
First-hand comments regarding the space shuttle "Challenger" disaster by Wm. Townsend who was a finalist to be aboard the shuttle. Also an editorial about the disaster
9219Letter to LaRue Spiker from William Cohen
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Political issues
  • William S. Cohen, United States Senator
  • 1/5/1988
Description:
Letter (2p.) in response to communication from LaRue Spiker regarding his support of assistance to the Contras in Central America. Reverse of letter includes extensive notes listing names of people and organizations and note "Ad in paper". Previously archived as 012.FIC.057.1
3059Recipes compiled by the Ladies of Mount Desert Chapter O.E.S. 1903
  • Document, Instructional, Recipe, Cookbook
  • Other, Cookbook
  • Other, Order of Eastern Star (O.E.S.)
  • Other, Recipes
  • 1903/1981
Description:
Recipe book orginally printed in 1903 and reprinted in 1981 by MDI Historical Society. Contains recipes contributed by local women who belonged to OES (Order of the Eastern Star) and many advertisements by local businesses.
10077LaRue Spiker
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
  • Other, 4th of July
  • Other, Independence Day
  • Other, Parades
  • Unknown
  • 1980
Description:
Many people standing along a roadside. LaRue Spiker is passing out League of Women Voters’ statements on acid rain and the synfuel bill along the Bar Harbor 4th of July parade route in 1980.
17030Early American Trades Coloring Book
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Occupations
  • Copeland, Peter F.
  • Dover Publications
  • 1980
Description:
Black and white drawings of colonial trades
17307Mount Desert Island: Summer Guide
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Guidebook
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • 1980
16423Victorian House Coloring Book
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Helberg, Kristin
  • Dover Publications
  • 1980
Description:
Black and white drawings of rooms in Victorian house, with descriptions. Could be reproduced for coloring.
15032House for Mr. and Mrs. Casper Weinberger, Somesville, ME, 1980
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
  • 1980
Description:
Sketchplan, pool and shed, House for Mr. and Mrs. Casper Weinberger, Somesville, ME, 1980
15033House for Mr. and Mrs. Casper Weinberger, Somesville, ME, 1980
  • Map
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
  • 1980
Description:
Top map, ceated by Robert Raynes, July, 1980, for Weinberger property, House for Mr. and Mrs. Casper Weinberger, Somesville, ME, 1980
13999The House at Lobster Cove
  • Object, Photographic, Videotape
  • Other, Architects
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Other, Architectural photographs
  • Holden, Wheaton Arnold
  • Northeastern University
  • 1980
Description:
This videotape is a history of the home "Cragsyde", aka Kragsyde, a design of Robert Swain Peabody. The video includes historic photographs and commentary, by Wheaton Arnold Holden. This home was built at Manchester-by-the Sea, Massachusetts in 1884 for George Nixon Black, the same owner of Woodlawn House, Ellsworth, Maine. The house was torn down in 1929. The house was also reproduced during the years 2005-6, using original plans, by a family on Swans Island. Other house in video is "La Tourelle", built ca 1930, destroyed 1947. See Roz Rea for more information about this home and tape - 01/30/2013 [show more]
15683New wing, Northeast Harbor Library, Northeast Harbor, Maine, 1964-1975
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Patterson, R.W., SR
  • 1980
Description:
Sketchplan, Window seat and window design, New wing, Northeast Harbor Library, Northeast Harbor, Maine, 1964-1975, 2 copies
9331COA 10 Years Later
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Education
  • 1980
Description:
Ellsworth American “COA 10 Years Later - Has Come a Long Way” by LaRue Spiker February 28, 1980. Peviously accessioned as **0858, Object Id 012.FIC.043.12
3745Purpose and Requirements of New Museum Building
  • Document, Report, Administrative Report
  • Other, Mount Desert Historical Society
  • Other, Museums
  • MDI Historical Society Board of Directors
  • 1980
Description:
Photocopy of three page typewritten report from the MDI Historical Society Board of Directors to the Building Committee describing the purpose, physical requirements and cost factors associated with construction of a new museum building.