Description: Chebacco, volume IX 2008 Investing in Acadia: The Invisible Hand of John Stewart Kennedy by William J. Baker Centre? Center? What and When Was That? by Raymond E. Robbins, Jr. Fraternal Organizations on Mount Desert Island by William J. Skocpol Northeast Harbor Delivered: Provisioning the Carriage Trade by Meredith Hutchins Island Poems, Prose & Drawings by Candice Stover, Betsy Alexander, Les Menard, Edward W. Evans Local Color: A Winter Industries Family: the Smallidges of Northeast Harbor by Charlotte Singleton Memories of the Fire of '47 by Robert Patterson, Sr.,, Jack Russell [show more]
Description: Copy 1 (for the archives) of Paul Richardson's manuscript about Acadia National Park with particular emphasis on the carriage roads and bridges and their construction. Includes a map and pictures and an appendix with a description and technical information on all carriage road bridges. A bibliography and index are included. "A Gift from Paul S. and Dorothy L. Richardson to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society." Fifty copies were given to the Historical Society for distribution locally. [show more]
Description: Catalogue of the exhibition in The Old School House & Museum in August-September 2009. Judith Burger-Gossart was curator of the exhibit. Peggy Forster designed and created the catalogue
Description: Asticou's Island Domain, by Harald Prins and Bunny McBride. Ethnographic overview and assessment . Volume I of a two-volume history of the Wabanaki Peoples at Mount Desert Island, 1500--2000.
Description: Asticou's Island Domain, by Harald Prins and Bunny McBride. Ethnographic overview and assessment . Volume 2 of a two-volume history of the Wabanaki Peoples at Mount Desert Island, 1500--2000.
Description: This is a paperback book of poems donated by the author. It has 63 numbered pages and was published by: Goose River Press, 3400 Friendship Road, Waldoboro, ME 04572 in 2008.
Description: Book: Harold B. Warren and Mount Desert Island. Paintings of Mount Desert, Islesford, Schoodic, Great Cranberry, Baker Island, Gott Island. Discusses the work and friendships of a trio of painters known as The TIPS: Clarence Scott White, Charles Edwin Kinkead and Harold B. Warren
Description: The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Vol. IV, 2001-2002 LaRue Spiker and "America's Most Beautiful Island" by Elizabeth Redhear A Playground Contested: Bar Harbor Natives and Rusticators, 1875-1925 by Lynne Nelson Manion College of the Atlantic: The First Three Decades by William Carpenter Review--A History of Little Cranberry Island, Maine by Michael McGiffert Review--The Story of Mount Desert Island by Carl Little [show more]
Description: The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Vol. III, 2000 C.C. Little and the Founding of the Jackson Laboratory by Martha Harmon The Episcopal Church Comes to Mount Desert Island by The Rev. Edwin Atlee Garrett, III, Th. M. Making America Work: A Look at Chriatians and Jews on Mount Desert Island by Judith Goldstein Review--A History of Bartlett's Island, Mount Desert, Maine by Michael McGiffert
Description: Chebacco: The Magazine of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society (continues The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society) Vol. VI, 2004 Godly Discipline and Charitable Walking: The Congregational Church of the Town of Mount Desert--the First Fifty Years by Michael MdGiffert Icy, Corkscrew and Whalesback: Discriptive Terms in The Placenames of Mount Desert Island by Henry A. Raup George Dorr's Vision for "Garden Approaches" to Acadia National Park by Ronald H. Epp Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959) by Patrick Chasse A Russian in Retrospect: Lev Vladimir Goriansky by Carl Little Local Color: Charmian Kittredge London by Ralph W. Stanley The Sketch of the Life of Nicholas Thomas of Eden--Written by himself August 6th 1857--Age 78 Review: A Transcription of Trenton's Cemeteries, So They Are Not Forgotten by Seth Singleton [show more]
Description: Chebacco: The Magazine of the Mount Desert Historical Society Vol. X, 2009 Two Voices, One Island: A Dialogue by John R. Gillis and Christina Marsden Gillis The Future of MDI's Natural World by Ruth Gortner Grierson The Cobbler's: A Somesville Home for the Generations by Thomas Dresser Island Poets and Poems: Nancy Dew Taylor, Anne Mazlish, Hellmut Juretschke, Christime Chronis, Carl Little The Memorials of Acadia National Park by Don Lenahan Nabobs of the Northeast by Jerry Miller Lyford Stanley: A Maine Boat Builder Remembered, Reminiscences of Friends and Family [show more]
Description: Contents: C.C. Little and the Founding of the Jackson Laboratory, Martha Harmon The Episcopal Church Comes to Mount Desert Island, The Rev. Edwin Atlee Garrett, III Making America Work: a Look at Christians and Jews on Mount Desert Island, Judith Goldstein Review: A History of Bartlett's Island, Mount Desert, Maine, Michael McGiffert
Description: The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Vol. V, 2003 Transcription of the Early Records of Mount Desert by Patti Leland-Hanson Boatbuilding During World War II: MDI, Ellsworth, Stonington & Blue Hill by Ralph W. Stanley Establishing Dr. Abbe's Museum in Mr. Dorr's Park by Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D The Green Mountain Railway: Bar Harbor's Remarkable Cog Railroad by Peter Dow Bachelder Preview--The Story of Mt. Desert Island and Acadia National Park by Anne Funderburk Review--Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert Island by Michael McGiffert [show more]
Description: Volume III 2000 C. C. Little and The Founding of The Jackson Laboratory By Martha Harmon The Episcopal Church Comes to Mount Desert Island By The Rev. Edwin Atlee Garrett, III Th. M. Making America Work: A Look at Christians and Jews on Mount Desert Island By Judith Goldstein Review- A History of Bartlett's Island, Mount Desert, Maine By Michael McGiffert
Description: Volume IV 2001-2002 Larue Spiker and "America's Most Beautiful Island' By Elizabeth Redhead A Playground Contested: Bar Harbor Natives and Rusticators, 1875-1925 By Lynne Nelson Manion College of the Atlantic: The First Decades By William Carpenter Review- A History of Little Cranbery Island, ME By Michael McGiffert Review- The Story of Mount Desert Island By Carl Little
Description: Volume V 2003 Transcription of The Early Records of Mount Desert By Patti Leland- Hanson Boatbuilding During World War II MDI, Ellsworth, Stonington and Blue Hill By Ralph W. Stanley Establishing Dr. Abbe's Museum in Mr. Dorr's Park By Ronald H. Epp Ph.D The Green Mountain Railway Bar Harbor's Remarkable Cog Railroad By Peter Dow Bachelder Preview- The Story of Mt. Desert Island And Acadia National Park By Anne S. Funderburk Review- Cemeteries fo Canbery Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert Island ByMichael McGiffert [show more]
Description: Written transcript of Caretakers and Cooks A panel discussion, April 2003 This is a written transcript of the panel discussion, probably held at the Southwest Harbor Public Library. Audio file is attached to 010.FIC.144.12 Transcript file is attached to this record. Printed transcript is located in archives, as noted on location tab.
Description: Written Transcript Interview of Louise Sawtelle Libby , 2001. Interviewed by Leza Colquohn as part ot the Southwest Harbor Public Library Oral History collection. There are four interviews conducted on: July 11, 200l; September 6, 2001, October 9, 2001, and March 14, 2002. Original tapes of these interviews are in the Southwest Harbor Public Library collection.
Description: The Redbook is a directory and handbook for Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor, Somesville, Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor and Adjacent Islands. This is dated 2004. The publisher and editor is Cheryl Caughey Chase. The price at that time was $6.50.
Description: The Redbook is a directory and handbook for Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor, Somesville, Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor and Adjacent Islands. This is dated 2001. The publisher and editor is Cheryl Caughey Chase. The price at that time was $6.50.
Description: Written transcript of Oral History Interviews; "Us and Them" April 29, 2007 Interviewees: Anne Funderburk - Family is long-time Cottagers. Constance Seavey - Family Owned Local Hotels. Ralph Stanley - Crewed Yachts for summer people. Louisa Kennedy - she and husband Moorhead are long-time summer visitors, not year-round. His family resided at Chiltern in Bar Harbor. Ten different multi-media files record this public interview session, including audience participation at the end of the program. CD-R is located in Box #68, same accession #010.FIC.029 [show more]
Description: Audio recording of interview with Rick Savage, Sydney Roberts Rockefeller, Scott and Keating McFarland by Martha Dudman. Related to 2008 inauguration. Transcript is in Archival Box #44A, accession number 010.FIC.028.
Description: Interview of Louise Sawtelle Libby , 2001. Interviewed by Leza Colquohn as part ot the Southwest Harbor Public Library Oral History collection. There are four interviews conducted on: July 11, 200l; September 6, 2001, October 9, 2001, and March 14, 2002. Original tapes of these interviews are in the Southwest Harbor Public Library collection. Written transcripts of these interviews exists in the MDI Historical Society Archives.