Description: Letter to Connie and Carol from Rose discussing her presentation on A.C.'s letters. She sends along a hand drawn map of the James River 1864 for Connie and Carol to put with their copies of the letters.
Description: Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project: Website Listings as of 29 December, 2009, compiled by Thomas Vining (www.vfthomas.com) White loose-leaf binder references businesses and professions, cottages, deeds, hotels and borading houses, markers, monuments, and memorials. Information through mid-1900s; gives references to advertisements in local newspapers.
Description: Lawrence Hadley age 76 died of an aneurysm. A descendant of some of the original settlers of Mt. Desert. His career was in the National Park System. He retired to Mt. Desert where he was active in community and park affairs.
Description: Joseph Test, age 90. Well known restaurateur in Bar Harbor. The article describes his early life and how he came to Bar Harbor as well as current details.
Description: Bangor Daily News article about the Tea at the Tavern party for girls and their mothers put on by the MDI Historical Society. Also a description of the exhibit at the Sound School House.
Description: Mount Desert Historical Society has Victorian tea at the historical Mount Desert House now owned by Betty and Bill Reiff. There is a short history of the house.
Description: Grace Tracy Reed, 109, died July 19, 2000. In 1914 she taught in the one-room school house in Somes Sound that eventually became part of the MDI Historical Society.
Description: Grace Tracy Reed, 109, died July 19, 2000. In 1914 she taught in the one-room school house in Somes Sound that eventually became part of the MDI Historical Society.
Description: Report prepared by Bill Skocpol regarding activities of the MDI Odd Fellows lodge during the middle of the 20th century. Report based on the Constance J. Robbins papers which he acquired at an auction in 1999. Report includes graphs of membership levels, photocopies of photographs, and summary narrative.
Description: Donation of the architectural drawings of Robert Patterson Jr. to the MDI Historical Society. It includes a summary of Patterson’s career.
Description: Anna Scott Kennedy, schoolteacher and MDI summer resident, died April 28, 2000. Lived at Lilac Hill in NE Harbor with her husband Morehead Kennedy. Article goes into detail about her life.
Description: Joan Staats, scientist and librarian, died at 78 on April 13, 2000. Joined the Jackson Laboratory as science technician in 1949 and became its librarian . She had to rebuild the library of resource materials after the fire of ‘47 and until her death was an invaluable resource of knowledge for the staff. She was active in AAUW, served on various community committees. The article is very detailed.