Description: The Mount Desert Larger Parish Historic and Descriptive Manual of the First Seven Years of the Organization, 1925-1932. Covering the communities of Otter Creek, Seal Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Somesville, Town Hill and Salisbury Cove.
Description: Manual of the Somesville Congregational Church at Mount Desert, Maine. 16 pages. Prepared, printed and presented to the Somesville Congregational Church by, George Edward Kinney, Pastor, 1899-1904. Includes Articles of Faith, Roll of Members, an account of Pastoral Service, and Gifts to the Church.
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.
Description: Booklet of 42 pp. describing Mount Desert Island Highschool administration, policies, services and curricular information. Pages are separated from the cover. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previouly archived as object id 012.FIC.064.3
Description: McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader (revised edition), 1879. Published by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co, Cincinnati and New York. Donated to Sawtelle Collection, transferred to MDI Historical Society. Originally owned by a family in North Canton, Ohio.
Description: "In the Graded Literature Readers good literature has been presented as early as possible, and the classic tales and fables, to which constant allusion is made in literature and daily life, are largely used."
Description: Favorite Recipes compiled by members of the Mount Desert Chapter, No. 20, O.E.S. Advertising support by John Carter’s Chickens, Highland Farms, Somes House, R.L. Hodgkins, Hamor and Stanley etc. printed by the American Print, Ellsworth According to Chebacco article, 2018, the booklet was printed in 1930. Helen Fernald, Lillian Somes, and Ada Leland collected the recipes
Description: “Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture: Stock Raising.” September, 1902. Vol. 1, No. 3. Quarterly bulletin issued from the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Augusta, ME. Press of the Kennebec Journal, Augusta. Marked “William Kittredge.”
Description: “Cabbages and Cauliflowers: Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts and Kale.” Imformation on growing, raising seed, keeping, cooking, and feeding to stock. 93 pages. By James J. H. Gregory. Printed by S.J. Parkhill & Co., Boston. 1907.
Description: Natural History Text with illustrated plates and woodcutsMarine Mammals of Massachusetts Bay by Elizabeth C. and Alexander Agassizfrom the home of the McGifferts“Not to be taken from the parlors and Pizza” sticker pasted on coverLibrary of the Harbor Cottages stamped inside
Description: "Favorite Recipes," book compiled by women of OES , Mount Desert Chapter No. 20. Many advertisements from local businesses included. See also, 001-104-2353
Description: Instructional booklet for a Mason who has "passed to the degree of a Fellow Craft." This is Booklet Number Three in a series called "The Pollard Plan," prepared by the Committee on Masonic Education and distributed by the Grand Lodge of Maine, A.F. & A.M. Includes a history of Freemasonry from its European roots to its establishment in the United States. Those entering the Fellow Craft degree are to master the history of the Masonic movement. [show more]
Description: Instructional booklet for "the newly initiated Entered Apprentice" in Masonry. This is Booklet Number One in a series named "The Pollard Plan," prepared by the Committee on Masonic Education and distributed by the Grand Lodge of Maine, A.F. & A.M. Includes a discussion of the rights and responsibilities of an Entered Apprentice.
Description: Historic and Descriptive Manual of the First Seven Years of the Organization: The Mount Desert Larger Parish 1925 -1932 the communities: Otter Creek, Seal Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Somesville, Town Hill, Salisbury Cove