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1524Fabulous Radio NBD
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Fabbri, Alessandro, Lt.
  • Other, Otter Cliffs
  • Wentworth,Brandon
  • Beech Hill Publishing Co.
  • 1984
Description:
The story of "how and why Lieutenant Fabbri conceived and developed" the Otter Cliffs Naval Radio Station in 1917, commemorated in the Fabbri Memorial on Ocean Drive. NOTE: PDF available
1535Styles of the Emerging Nation
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Mullins, Lisa C., ed.
  • The National Historical Society
  • 1988
1536Village Architecture of Early New England
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, New England
  • Mullins, Lisa, ed.
  • The National Historical Society
  • 1987
1545Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast, Vol. II: Mount Desert to Machias Bay
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Machias
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • McLane, Charles B.
  • Kennebec River Press
  • 1989
11685Not a Common House
  • Publication, Book
  • Gunnar Hansen
  • 1981
Description:
Copy of Not a Common House: A History of St. Mary's-by-the-Sea (Gunnar Hansen, 1981).
11757Not a Common House: A History of St. Mary's-by-the-Sea
  • Publication, Book
  • Gunnar Hansen
  • 1981
Description:
A historical account of St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, a gothic church in Northeast Harbor. Begins with preface written by the Reverend Douglas M. Morrill and in the main text covers the history of the church beginning in 1879 and continuing through to 1981. The book also includes an appendix with sections listing gifts to the church and St. Jude's Church, visiting clergy, memorial windows, gifts, and plaques, the vestry, and centennial committee. [show more]
11876The Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Maine Geological Survey
  • 1988
11880The Story of Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Acadia Publishing Company
  • 1985
11883Celo Inn
  • Publication, Book
  • Susannah C. Jones
  • 1988
11885The DownEast Guide to the Lakes and Ponds of Mt. Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • William V. P. Newlin
  • 1989
11889John Gilley One of the Forgotten Millions
  • Publication, Book
  • Charles W. Eliot
  • 1989
12577Champagne and a Gardener: A Little Maine Murder
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Fiction
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Morison, B.J.
  • Thorndike Press
  • 1982
Description:
According to the dust jacket, this is a "novel of manners and ...mystery" centering around a Boston family who summers on the "backside" of Mount Desert Island. (The author bought the Criterion Theater in Bar Harbor in 1969.)
12596The Living Past: Being the Story of Somesville Mount Desert, Maine and Its Relationships with Other Areas of the Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Somesville
  • Somes-Sanderson, Virginia
  • Beech Hill Publishing Co.
  • 1982.
Description:
As the author says in the preamble, " This is the story...of the first permanent settlement on Mount Desert Island..." ?At one time Somesville had seven mills, five shipyards, four blacksmith shops, two stores, and ...serv[ed] the entire area and outlying islands."
12788History of Barlett’s Island, Mount Desert Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bartlett’s Island
  • Other, History
  • Binnewies, Esther and Muriel Davisson
  • Seavey Printers
  • 1981
Description:
164-page history of Bartlett's Island; with an introduction by Peggy Rockefeller. Copy #2 was donated by Gail Reiber.
12862Maine Families in 1790 Vol. 1
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Maine
  • Gray, Ruth, ed.
  • Picton Press
  • 1988
Description:
Gives information about the more than 400 families living in Maine in 1790, according to that year's census. At that time the District of Maine had just five counties and was part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Members of the various Indian tribes were not inclded in this census.
12878The Interiors Handbook for Historic Buildings
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Interior design
  • Other, Preservation
  • Fisher, Charles E. III, Michael Auer, Anne Grimmer, eds.
  • Historic Preservation Education Foundation
  • 1988
12889Native Birds of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Long, Ralph H.
  • Beech Hill Pub. Co.
  • 1987
Description:
Almost 150 native species of birds reside on Mount Desert and surrounding Islands; this book is a guide to those birds here from June to August of the year. It indicates good places to view these birds
12890Early American School Books
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Schools
  • Chandler Press
  • 1988
Description:
Contains selected pages from schoolbooks from 1785 to 1880. Examples are from spelling and geography books, among others.
12891On the Art of Teaching
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Schools
  • Mann, Horace
  • Applewood Books
  • 1989
Description:
A facsimile of the classic 184o book which described the qualifications for those who teach.
12895Eliots and Asticou Foreside, Northeast Harbor
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Eliot, Charles W.
  • Other, Northeast Harbor
  • Eliot, Charles W. 2nd
  • unpublished
  • 1981
Description:
Description and comments about family homes in Northeast Harbor, visitors to the homes, and summer activities.
12925The Conservation Easement Handbook: Managing Land Conservation and Historic Preservation Easement Programs
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Conservation & restoration
  • Other, Easements
  • Diehl, Janet and Thomas S. Barrett
  • Land Trust Alliance
  • 1988
Description:
Gives guidelines for managing an easement program, developing criteria, marketing, and more. Includes list of useful contacts.
12934Taking Care of Business Down East: the History of the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company 1887-1987
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Banking
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Marmon, Edward Lee
  • Graphic Chronologies
  • 1987
Description:
Growth of Bar Harbor banking services to include communities farther "down east". Gives history of banking in Maine and relationship to Boston banking, beginning in 1887.
12937The Rediscovery of America’s Maritime Heritage
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Ships
  • Stobart, John and Robert P. Davis
  • E.P. Dutton
  • 1985
Description:
Descriptions, photographs of maritime paintings of the 19th C.; author is a "foremost marine artist."
12969Lobstering and The Maine Coast
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Other, Fishing
  • Martin, Kenneth R. and Nathan R. Lipfert
  • Maine Maritime Museum
  • 1985
Description:
Community life and everyday aspects of coastal Maine, especially lobstering, the "regional maritime culture."
12994Past in Photos: Scenes of SW Harbor, Tremont, and Mt. Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Mount Desert
  • Other, Southwest Harbor
  • Other, Tremont
  • Public library Trustees
  • 1989
Description:
Collection and description of photos or old Southwest Harbor, Tremont, and Mt. Desert.