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| 18673 | Religion and Politics: Subjects of Lively meetings in Surry Seventy years ago. |
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Description: Article by Dr. R. L. Grindle about various persons in the town of Surry, Maine and their political views and political meetings which took place. | |||
| 18672 | Tales of the Sea, of Religion and of Temprence |
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Description: Article by Dr. R. L. Grindle about traveling on a schooner to deliver a load of lumber milled on the edge of Patten's Pond, Trips his Uncle Ben had made on various schooners, meetings of the Temprence movement. Three Copies. | |||
| 18677 | Political History: Old Political War Horse Tells of a Hot Battle |
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Description: Article by Dr. R. L. Grindle about the election contest which was between four candidates: Milliken of Belfast, Burleigh and Manley of Augusta, Andrew P. Wswell of Ellsworth. Burleigh's convincing his supporters to vote for Milliken who would later win the nomination. | ||||
| 18674 | A Sea Yarn: A Gale on the Cape Shore of Nova Scotia |
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Description: Article by Dr. R. L. Grindle about describing a storm off the shore of Nova Scotia while he was on a fishing schooner Nimrod. | |||
| 18675 | Hereditary Greatness |
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Description: Article by Dr. R. L. Grindle about Toddy Pond and its historical and present day usage, father making log rafts to get logs to the mills, herediary greatness, ancestor Edmund Grindle and his son, back to talking about Toddy Pond. | |||
| 18676 | Political History II: Old Political War Horse Tells of a Hot Battle |
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Description: Article by Dr. R. L. Grindle about the election of Milliken as a congressman but died before his term was up. Grindle also gives some more thoughts on the other candidates at the time. | ||||
| 13542 | Summers at the Eyrie |
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Description: Summer home of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and his family. Describes family life, gardens, interior furnishings. House was demolished c. 1963. | ||
| 2958 | Odd Fellows and Rebekah Officer Biographical Sketches |
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Description: MDI officers of Odd Fellows and Rebekah biographical sketches | ||||
| 3051 | John Gilley of Baker's Island |
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Description: Biography of John Gilley and story of Baker's Island; 72 pps; 4.5" X 5.5" | ||
| 3775 | Biographies of Carrie Esther Higgins and Son, Charles Leslie Rinaldo |
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Description: Photocopy of brief biographical entries on Carrie Esther Higgins and her son, Charles Leslie Rinaldo. | ||||
| 19235 | A Life Robert Abbe |
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Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. A small quarter page booklet on the life of Robert Abbe by William Lawrence and printed by the Lafayette National Park Museum, Bulletin No IV. Thirteen typed pages with a fades purple cover with A LIFE in dark type. [show more] | |||
| 3082 | The Town of the Five Islands: A Thumbnail Sketch of Cranberry Isles, Maine |
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Description: Essays on the settlement, history and way of life on Great Cranberry, Little Cranberry, Sutton, Baker and Green Islands. Graphics by Rose Russo Crooker. Lists early settler families. Describes the visit of the Russian vessel Cimbria in 1878. | ||
| 12125 | "One Summer in Seal Harbor" - a magazine article |
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Description: "One Summer in Seal Harbor" -- an article from the Johns Hopkins Magazine, June 1995, recounting the relationship between artist, painter, Thomas Eakins and physicist, photographer, Henry Rowland. Describes Eakins' painting of a portrait of Rowland, discusses Rowland's career and describes the construction of "Craigstone", the Rowland cottage in Seal Harbor. Includes biographical information on both Rowland and Eakins. [show more] | ||
| 13846 | Geography |
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Description: Hand-written in pencil: "The earth is one of nine planets which move with great velocity..." No name or date given. | ||||
| 2314 | A Bright Boy |
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Description: Story about boy counting chickens and fooling Father. No date or author given. | ||||
| 19222 | An Auto-less Summer Resort |
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Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. This is a letter of sorts addressed to the "Voters, Cottagers, and Hotel Guests in the Town of Mount Desert, Present and to Come" giving those who read it a rational for the decision to ban cars. The letter is signed by: Jospeh H. Curtis Charles W. Eliot Charles H. Frazier David Greer Richard H. Harte Jerome H. Knowles William Draper Lewis John S Melcher Frank R. Ober Henry Parkman Alvah L. Reed L.A. Wilson Amos Clement Ernest B. Dane Edward K. Dunham F.H. Macomber James Ford Rhodes John D. Rockefeller William T. Sedgwick Henry Van Dyke W. H. Whitmore George F. Armold R. L. Grindle [show more] | ||||
| 19279 | Creation of a trail by Mr. Stebbins |
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Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Essay about the beauty of Seal Harbor and the creation of an unnamed trail which was created by Mr. Stebbins. | ||||
| 5269 | Seal Harbor Celebrates 100th Anniversary |
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Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Recounting of the events that marked Seal Harbor's 100th anniversary back in September of 1909. | ||||
| 19447 | Preservation of the Art of Traditional Wooden Boat Building |
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Description: Essay by Ralph Stanley on the preservation of wooden boat building. Undated. | |||
| 19448 | Rum Running |
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| 4006 | Summary |
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Description: A single sheet summary of early explorers of the New England Coast 1498-1759. This sheet was found in "Charles Eliot's notes on the early explorers of the New England coast." item 005.17.19 | ||
| 3117 | These Hundred Years |
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Description: History of The Hancock Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers (1825-1925) | |||
| 3984 | History of the Eden Baptist Church, 1799-1949 |
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Description: Photocopies of the History of the Eden Baptist Church, 1799-1949, by Mrs. Francis Clark Grindle (which includes copies of handwritten church records). Names in the history include: Young, Emery, Grindle, Mayo, Leland, Eaton, Higgins, Hull, Hamor, Thomas, Hadley, Lord, Merrill, Huntting, Gilkley, Cary, Rich, Herrick, DeLaittre, Paine, Hamilton, Rockefeller, Hodgkins, Snow, Case, Murphy, Smallidge, Stanwood, Haynes, Thompson, Wasgatt, Stetson, Jackson, Swett, and Salisbury. [show more] | ||||
| 3038 | Mount Desert Larger Parish in Maine, 1925-1950, Twenty-five Years Together |
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Description: 13-page booklet describing history of the "larger parish" formed in 1925 when churches in Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor were without pastors at same time. John D. Rockefeller Jr. influential in establishing this concept. | ||||
| 18708 | History of Somesville Maine |
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Description: Pamphlet on the history of Somesville, Maine from 1761-1961 designed to give tourist relevant history. |
