Description: 9 handwriten and typed pages Notes on a variety of topics with source notations. Topics range from the 1788 Deed of Tinker to Robinson, notification of valuation to the residents of Mount Desert, Captain William Reed, 1770 marriage of James Collins and Hannah Abbot, Champlain's Voyages, listo of refrences and things to look up.
Description: Typed notes by LaRue Spiker, of ‘Florida Wild Life’ by Charles Torrey Simpson, 1932. Research for an article. Previously accessioned as **1985, Object Id 2001.1985
Description: Notes on a 5 yr. diary written by Minnie Dolliver, includes obituaries of: Dollivers; Marilyn, Rudolph, Russell, Carolyn,Delores Elene,Carl - Norwoods; Meda, Milton, Capt.Joseph Bassett, Rhoda May , Clyde - Gotts: Lucy, Ronald, Ava(Rumill), IrmaJosephine, Ester, Blanche,Charles - Fred Gonya - Arthur George Goodrich - Henry J. Dionne Sr. - Fuller; Jack E, Hildred W., Walter A., W. Atherton - Wass; Henry B., Winifred L., Thelma Grover. Annotation Notes of diary are compiled by Meredith Hutchins Discusses her work washing and ironing [show more]
Description: Note by LaRue Spiker, taking information from ‘Florida Wild Flowers’ by Mary Francis Baker, 1938. Research for LaRue’s article about Florida. Previously accessioned as **1965, object Id 2001.1965
Description: Typed notes by LaRue Spiker - Extracts from ‘Florida: The Most Southernmost State’, published 1939. Research for an article. 4 pages. Previously accessioned as **1989, Object Id 2001.1989
Description: Typed excerpt of 'Along These Streets' by Struthers Burt, published 1942. Research by LaRue Spiker for her article on Philadelphia. 2 pages. Previously accessioned as 1946, object Id 2001.1946
Description: People were informally harassing, spying on her. She wrote statements of the incidents. Person came to her home claiming to be from the Indianapolis News. Police following her. two documents, dated July 8, 1950. On yellow typing paper. Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.15.11, **1282
Description: LaRue Spiker takes notes from a book titled ‘High Wide and Deep’ by John J. Flaherty, 1952. Part of Coast and Geodetic Survey research, for an article about Mount Desert. 2 pages. Previously accessioned as **2005, object Id 2001.2005
Description: Note by LaRue Spiker, about an article printed in ‘Trailer Life’, Dec 1954. ‘Florida’s Enchanted Forest’. Research for an article by LaRue on Florida. Previously accessioned as 1971, Object Id 2001.1971
Description: Typed notes by LaRue Spiker, taken from a book called 'Philadelphia Scrapple', published in 1956. Previously accessioned as 1940, object id 2001.1940
Description: Note by LaRue Spiker, about an article in ‘Mobile Living’, Nov 1956, titled ‘Mobile Living with the Friendlys’. Research for an article of LaRue’s about Florida. Previously accessioned as **1972, object id #2001.1972
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1961
Description: Three typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) German ship Kronprinzessin Cecilie in Bar Harbor, 2)Otter Cliff Radio Station, 3) Jordan Pond House, and 4)churches of Bar Harbor.
Description: Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) Daniel Somes, 2) John Somes, MV Bluenose ferry, 3) Dr. L. Sherman Cleaves, veterinarian, and 4) Madame "Grannie" Milliken.
Description: Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) DeGregoire's, 2) Battle of Norwood's Cove, and 3) Mt. Desert Island land grants.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1961
Description: Ten pages of handwritten and typewritten notes of the Bicentennial Committee pertaining to the planning of programs and activities for the celebration of the Somesville Bicentennial.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1961
Description: Two typewritten pages of Bicentennial Notes pertaining to 1) Lighthouses in the region of Mt. Desert Island, and 2) William Otis Sawtelle's Museum at Islesford.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1961
Description: Three pages of typewritten notes pertaining to 1) German spies on Mt. Desert Island during WW II, 2) village of Town Hill, 3) development of buildings on Green [later Cadillac] Mountain, 4)Green Mountain Railway and connecting steamship, Wauwinnet.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Committee
Collection:
MDI Historical Society
Date:
1961
Description: Three typwritten pages of Bicentennial Notes entitled Baymeath Part II. These notes include testimony as to how an affluent household operated on Mount Desert Island and the ownership historically of the Baymeath estate.