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| 17149 | Maine's Visible Black History |
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| 17151 | Eminent Mainers: Succinct Biographies of Thousands of Amazing Mainers, Mostly Dead, and a Few People from Away Who Have Done something Useful Within the State of Maine |
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| 4164 | Crowing Hens and Voting Women |
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Description: Crowing Hens and Voting Women by LaRue Spiker. 8 pages. | ||
| 13549 | Keepsake Autograph Album |
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Description: Tiny red autograph/keepsake album with silver writing and many local Seal Cove names including Heath, Minnie Fuller, Rachel Fuller, Belle Salisbury, Wilhemena Sprague, Flora Reed, Becky Greene, May Dodge, Deacon Stubbs, Vildie Robbins, John Knowlton, Laurie Stickney, Billings, Delhi Harper, Albert Carver, Bertha Hinkley, Amanda and Charlie Sawyer, Florence Drummond, Almira Barlett, Whitmore, Ober. Appears to have belonged to Willie Heath. | ||
| 16964 | Oral History Interview of John Kief |
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Description: Transcript of interview with John Kief born 8/29/1911 of Eden regarding the dairy industry and farming on Mount Desert Island | ||
| 17068 | Times Past |
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Description: Bar Harbor Times Times Past article by Deborah Dyer , 05/13/1999 A collection of misc. items. The following names were mentioned and a few lines about what they were doing: Julius Kurson, Franklin Pray, A.S. Getchell, M.T. Kavanagh, Beatrix Jones, George Dorr, Edgar Scott. Also information about the steamer, Cimbria and the steam yacht, Ladoga. On the back an article about the history of fish stocking. It goes back to 1882. | ||
| 17446 | Times Past |
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Description: Republication of Bar Harbor Record news items in Bar Harbor Times, . Compiled by Deborah Dyer of the Bar Harbor Historical Society, 5/18/2000. Announcement of the caling station for the North Atlantic Squadron. Comment on the desirablitiy of the harbor in Bar H. for the Squadron. Suggestion that the newly aquired parkland in B.H. be named for Eben Hamor. Announcement of the gift of a bell for the Trenton Baptist church by Richmond Kittredge | ||
| 17475 | Downeast Ancestry Volume I, II, III printed:1977-1982 |
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Description: Blue Binder:Copies of Downeast Ancestry Vol. I numbers 1-6 Volume II Number 6 Volume III Numbers 1, 2 and 4-6 | |||
| 17476 | Downeast Ancestry Volume IV, V, VI printed:1980-83 |
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Description: Blue Binder:Copies of Downeast Ancestry Vol. IV numbers 1-6 Volume V Numbers 1-6 Volume VI Numbers 1-6 | |||
| 17490 | Somesville Junior Endeavor Society Journal |
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Description: Black Ledger with red binding includes Lists of members and participation of juniors from the Somesville Union Meeting House U.C.C. (Congregational Church) from 12/10/1907 - 4/13/1916 | ||
| 14703 | Oral History Interview of Louise Sawtelle Libby |
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Description: Written transcript of interview with Louise Sawtelle Libby, born 1/20/1907 in Cambridge Mass., regarding the history of Islesford; Duck Island; and many stories about growing up in the mid 1900s and summering on the coast of MDI, Coast Guard, Bangor fire in 1911, small bit about MDI fire of 1947 | |
| 2631 | Bar Harbor Times “Visitor to MDI Provides Private Bird Sanctuary’” |
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Description: Bar Harbor Times “Visitor to MDI Provides Private Bird Sanctuary’” by LaRue Spiker September 28, 1961.Lisa Von Borowsky. Previously accessioned as **0946, Object Id 012.FIC.047.33 | ||
| 2632 | Bar Harbor Times “Personality Profile: John Noyes of Manset Pursues Active Retirement Following Fifty Years of Work on Fish Wharfs” |
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Description: Bar Harbor Times “Personality Profile: John Noyes of Manset Pursues Active Retirement Following Fifty Years of Work on Fish Wharfs” LaRue Spiker December 10, 1964. Previously accessioned as **0933, object Id 012.FIC.047.19 | ||
| 2634 | Ellsworth American “Constructing a Pretty Pluck Living” |
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Description: Ellsworth American “Constructing a Pretty Pluck Living” by LaRue Spiker. Harpsichord. Previously accessioned as **0914, Object Id 012.FIC.047.5 | |||
| 11247 | Newsclipping: Ellsworth American “Linwood Richardson: A Smithy for Rockefeller and MDI” December 22, 1972 |
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Description: Newsclipping: Ellsworth American “Linwood Richardson: A Smithy for Rockefeller and MDI” LaRue Spiker December 22, 1972. Previously accessioned as **0725, Object Id 011.FIC.77.4 | |||
| 10610 | Newsclipping: “Summer daughter of Maine, Elinor Wylie, wrote Mount Desert beauty into immortal literature” August 7, 1937 |
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Description: Newsclipping: Lewiston Journal Illustrated Magazine “Summer daughter of Maine, Elinor Wylie, wrote Mount Desert beauty into immortal literature” August 7, 1937. Photocopy. Previously accessioned as **0741, Object Id 011.FIC.77.2 | ||
| 10607 | Newsclipping: “Somesville Woman Elected President of AAUW Monday” April 27, 1967. |
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Description: Newsclipping: “Somesville Woman Elected President of AAUW Monday” April 27, 1967. Virginia Somes Sanderson. Previously accessioned as **0746, Object ID 011.FIC.77.3 | ||
| 2672 | The Courier-Journal Magazine |
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Description: An article titled "The Vanishing Herb Gatherer" by LaRue Spiker, and also a small piece about LaRue herself. Her article is about the work of Sim Brackett, one of the few remaining people in 1957 who still gathered herbs in the local area, to sell. 3 copies of the newspaper. | ||
| 12767 | Diary 1921 |
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Description: small diary: owner unknown- found in the attic of Roths’ home on Indian Pt. Road Names: Numerous names mentioned including Leighton Smith, Fraley, Disston. Only a few dates have activities such as chop wood, go skating. Also has prices of goods | ||
| 2067 | Article on Beatrix Ferrand April 1985 |
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Description: Magazine article from Antiques Magazine? April 1985 depicting life and work of Beatrix Ferrand. Color photographs of gardens and black and white photo of Ferrand. Text has been high-lighted in several places with a yellow marker. | ||
| 12282 | Islander |
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Description: Mount Desert Island High School Yearbook 1978. Photographic cover of a carriage path in the fall | |||
| 4430 | Continuation from Dr. Leavitt |
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Description: Continuation from Dr. Leavitt Since 1940 --60 Years have passed! History continuting from the Sermon / historical address given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt, D.D. on the history of the Somesville Union Meeting House, U.C.C. by Gail Reiber | ||
| 13444 | Historical Address at the Somesville Union Meeting House |
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Description: Copy of a speech given entitled “Between the Hills’ and Its 100-year old Church” given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt, D.D. on July 14, 1940 13 pages | |||
| 2669 | In Search of another’s garden |
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Description: In the Bangor Daily News.Detailed history of Beatrix Farrand and what Catherine and Bob Barrett have done to preserve and restore her horticultural contributions to Mt. Desert. Miscellaneous Bar Harbor Times articles Overcliff, one of oldest Northeast Harbor summer cottages built by Longfellow and Harlow for John Prentiss Hopkinson, brother in law of Charles W. Eliot and presently owned by Peter Bell was heavily damaged by fire. Overcliff was the final home of Eleanor Robson Belmont, a famous Flora Dora girl. Two page article ND Michael Graves paintings at Birdsnest Gallery July 27 2000 Mount Desert Island Historical Society tea at tavern Eden Baptist Church Design Review Rules, Bar Harbor [show more] | |||
| 3491 | Biography notes re: Constance Joy Robbins |
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Description: -Notes regarding the participation of of Constance Robbins in the rebekah Assembly of maine written by Bill Skocpol. Interesting poem welcoming Connie Robbins as warden of RA 1963. Introduction of Connie Robbins by Adelma McFarland Richardson. May 1968 letter describing Past President's meting with mentiton of Eugene Robbins getting orders to go to Vietnam. Official photo of Rebekah officers 1964-1965 |
