Description: Clippings from Yarmouth Light, Bar Harbor Times, and other memorabilia in plastic covers. Shows old Stotesbury estate on Frenchman's Bay, Bar Harbor, where landing dock constructed. Compiled by Judy Gerrish.
Description: Scrapbook with clippings about Mount Desert Island. Numerous articles about high school basketball, the Schooner Thomas W. Lawson, and Liberace. May have belonged to Somesville Postmaster Hollis Smith.
Description: Green Binder: Copies of Reminiscences of Somesville by Adelma F. Joy; Excerpts from The Island of Mount Desert Register 1909-1910;Annual Report of Town Officers of Mount Desert, ME 1900,1910, 1911 - 1916 and 1931
Description: 10" x 12" x 2" red and black scrapbook; pages are pre-numbered. Contains hand-written journal entries reflecting on the War and her personal and professional life, including number of eggs gathered each day. On each page are pasted newspaper articles (some undated) about the War and maps showing allied positions and movements; many of these obscure the journal entries and some have come loose and are in a separate folder (014.FIC.007.2). Ration stamps and ration books are also pasted in the scrapbook. On p. 42 is a (wedding?) photo. of Marion and Dick Cobb, 1942 [show more]
Description: Red Binder: Copies of Commissioners’ Proceedings at Mount Desert, 1808Records of the First Church of Mount Desert, Maine 1792-1867Guide books:The Handbook of Mount Desert; Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island; Chisholm’s Mount Desert GuideTraditions and RecordsStory of Mt. DesertMount Desert, A HistoryMaine Families in 1790Maine FortsOld Hancock County FamiliesInventory of the Towns and Cities of MaineMisc.
Description: black scrap book with gold embossed rectangle highlighting “Photographs” on the cover (the photographs have been removed and are in Photograph Album 10
Description: scrapbook filled with miscellaneous newsclippings related to Mount Desert Island, the surrounding area, items of cultural interest and the Smith Somes and Stanley families.
Description: Brown Binder: Copies of Military Records 1812; Cattle and Sheep Marks 1826-83;Roads in Pretty Marsh 1864-1885; Perambulation of Town Line between Eden and Mount Desert 1871; Heads of Families at the first Census, Maine 1790; Reader Corrects Data from 1820 Census of Mt. Desert and Eden;Hazel Hammond Notebooks 1790-
Description: Scrapbook kept by Mrs. Emily Savage with newspaper clippings of poetry, life events for the Savage family (obituaries, marriage announcements, etc.), recipes, remedies, and newspaper articles related to Mount Desert Island and popular culture. A few examples include: a Civil War era fractional currency 25-cent note, obituary for Herman L. Savage, golden wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Savage, image and description of a medal commemorating the departure of the Atlantic fleet, and an article about Abraham Lincoln. [show more]
Description: Scrapbook of information from Eden Maine (now Salisbury Cove) with genealogies and reproductions of newsclippings, obituaries, letters and other documents. Letter asking not to divide town of Eden. Names include: Bunker, McFarland, Lurvey, Richardson, Somes, Heath, Boynton Haynes Cemetery in West Trenton Obituary Mrs Charles Pettingill, 1907 Dates of events recorded by Nicholas Thomas, Salisbury Cove 1837-1844 Appears to be photocopies of documents [show more]
Description: This is a hardcover scrap book measuring 8 x 10 inches. The front cover is embossed with a raised picture with a parrot on a hanging ring, a cat, flowers and 2 borders. The trademark stamped on the inside front cover reads, "Mark Twain's Scrap Book, registered April 23rd, 1878" published by "Daniel Slote & Co." On the next page, is a faded inscription which reads in cursive, "Lucie F. Somes, Mount Desert, Maine, Nov. 1881". Next, there is a four -page index set up alphabetically with several entrees in cursive. Some examples of entrees are: Doctor and Judge 16; Boston Men Killed 5; Captain W. T. Ober 16; and Pillow lace making 18. The rest of this book is a compilation of newspaper clippings from many places. Several of the clippings have information which relates to the Somes family or of Mount Desert Island. For example, "Memorial Day at Somesville"; a column entitled, Then and Now (for the Mount Desert Herald) dated Nov. 2, 1885; and "Death of John W. Somes of Mount Desert". There is a beige grosgrain ribbon inside which is used as a marker. [show more]
Description: Scrap book of Eastern Star newspaper articles, newspaper photos, installation program booklets, finances, speeches, photos of individuals, Jeptha Chapter Southwest Harbor and Harmony Chapter, Grand Chapter items. Most clippings do not have dates Scrapbook of Constance Robbins, Bar Harbor Maine
Description: Archival copy. 10/22/1987 - 6/28/1990. Topics include land use development planning, arms control, nuclear power, environment, Earth Day. Photos, newspaper clippings and handwritten comments.
Description: Archival copy. 11/25/1976 - 6/5/1979. Topics include development/planning issues, Equal Rights Amendment, solid waste, recycling. Photos, newspaper clippings and handwritten comments. Same as object ID 015.017.36
Description: Archival copy. 7/18/1979 - 4/14/1983. Topics include solid waste/recycling, Earth Day, health care, civil rights (gay rights). Photos, newspaper clippings and handwritten comments. Same as Object Id 015.017.37