Description: Covers arms and armour, bottles and boxes, carpets and rugs, ceramics, clocks, watches and barometers, embroidery and needlework, furniture, glass, jewellery, metalwork, musical instruments, Netsuke and Inro, pewter, scientific instruments, silver, and toys and automata; gives historical and technical information, glossary, maintenance and repair, books for further reading, and list of museum collections for each section
Description: Two copies of a one page article, illustrated with photographs, describing disputes and court cases in the early 20th century regarding use of automobiles on Mt. Desert Island. One copy of the article has been annotated in pencil. PReviously archived as object Id 012.FIC.034.3
Description: Two photo essays, each one page long, with photographs and descriptions of estates built during the "Golden Era" of Mt. Desert Island during the last decade of the 19th century. Previously archived as 012.FIC.046.6
Description: Jan. 5, 1978 newspaper article from Ellsworth American recounting arrest of Sim Mayo for civil disobedience (driving automobile), banning of driving autos on certain roads; 2 photos: cars on road above Eagle Lake, buckboards in front of Bass Cottage, Bar Harbor.
Description: Two page article on the life and career of Cherryfield blacksmith, George Ricker, and his successor in the family business, George Brace. Previously archived as 012.FIC.047.3
Description: Two copies of one page article with photographs describing the bronze foundry work of Winston Ellis. Ellis established a foundry in West Tremont. Previously archived as 012.FIC.047.17
Description: Newsletter of Mount Desert High School (1977) sent to Stuart Smith. Mentions their 1977 reunion, as well as the results of a questionnaire sent out to old alumni members (as far back as 1907).
Description: Article discusses the automation of Mt. Desert Rock Lighthouse and the end of need to man the lighthouse. History of the lighthouse and its manning by the U.S. Coast Guard is discussed.
Description: Article announcing the opening of the Penobscot Indian Craft Shop in Bar Harbor. The shop is for the purpose of selling crafts of Maine Penobscot Indians as well Western American Indian tribes. Previously archived as 012.FIC.040.4
Description: Article describes a winter sailing expedition on the cutter "Aleutka" with sailors and authors, Pat and John Letcher. Previously archived as object number 012.FIC.022.12
John R. Wiggins, writing for the Ellsworth American
Collection:
LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
5/6/1971
Description: Article, illustrated with photographs, describing the doll collection and Ellsworth Doll Museum being established by Helen Dickinson. previously archived as object id 012.FIC.040.9
Description: One page article with photographs describing new"self-contained" house in Bar Harbor. Home of Nora and Richard Davis depended on solar and wind power. House designer was Ernest McMullen. Previously archived as 012.FIC.046.4
Description: One page photo essay showing walls, fences and gates in various places on Mt. Desert Island. Also includes a mounted half page of the article. Previously archived as 012.FIC.040.10
Description: One page article with text and photographs describing the effects of glaciation on the geography and scenic forms of Mt. Desert Island. Two extra copies of bottom of second page included. Previously archived as Object Id 012.FIC.029.4
Description: Covers the beginnings of the village, boom years, growing pains and the end of the Standard Granite Company, renewal, good times and hard, its decline and rise, and Hall Quarry now.