Description: Photocopy of text, possibly from "Maine Families in 1970" in the Maine Genealogical Society. Content is information on Abraham Somes, settler of Somesville, ME.
Description: Two photocopies of excerpt from document or book, possibly "History of MDI" by George Street. Lists the children of Abraham and Hannah Somes.
Description: Farm Ledger, Bartlett's Island Farm (approx. 1910-1933). Records kept by Augustus P. Loring. Includes animals, supplies, employees, work undertaken, crop yields and disappointments, thefts, etc, Leather bound, outside says Bartlett's island
Description: Poster ad. for Fiddle and Chains, Music and Mystery. Bar Harbor Legacy of the Arts Festival, year unknown. Minor tears and adhesive tape on poster.
Description: Facsimile copy, Topsider questions and answers, House and alterations for Mrs. Palmer Thorne, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1970 Created by Bartoli and Brady Enterprises, Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C.
Description: describing the project of renovating the Bass Harbor Memorial Library. Includes information on the mission of the organization, what community needs they hope to address, and how the plan will be completed. Appendices describe the services offered by the library and the history. Undated, but mentions that the project began in 2014.
Description: 12 page typewritten manuscript. early history of Seal Harbor, Jan 1959 with corrections Letter from Mrs. Roscoe C. Marshall (Elsie) to Dianne Ballard Michael correcting Claremont history. Elise's father was Dr. Joseph Phillips who owned the Claremont Michael re history of Claremont Hotel. says Elise Marshall is only daughter of Dr Phillips, owner on sticky note The Claremont Hotel-My Story, 1884-1964 (two copies) who wrote it? 1967 Menu inside of one of the typed booklets Poem about W.H. Ballard by Hilda G. Moe 1969 "Paper Talks," booklet; includes photos of Pemetic H.S. Eastern, Maine, champ. and cheerleaders, 1948. 1950 newspaper article re George William Dolliver: Has had his driver's license for 43 years, since 1908 and car. Letter to Ballard from K. Tracy 1947 postcard from Laurie and Mary Holmes Letter to W.H. Ballard from Don E. Smith, 1947, re Miss Gordon's letter about Bar Harbor fire. [show more]
Description: Three Hand witten pages Discussing Charles W. Eliot II's family and his association with Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park over the last 100 years. How people arrived on Mount Desert Island, begining of tourism on the island, and the need to protect the island.
Description: Instructional booklet for a Mason who has "passed to the degree of a Fellow Craft." This is Booklet Number Three in a series called "The Pollard Plan," prepared by the Committee on Masonic Education and distributed by the Grand Lodge of Maine, A.F. & A.M. Includes a history of Freemasonry from its European roots to its establishment in the United States. Those entering the Fellow Craft degree are to master the history of the Masonic movement. [show more]
Description: Instructional booklet for "the newly initiated Entered Apprentice" in Masonry. This is Booklet Number One in a series named "The Pollard Plan," prepared by the Committee on Masonic Education and distributed by the Grand Lodge of Maine, A.F. & A.M. Includes a discussion of the rights and responsibilities of an Entered Apprentice.
Description: Letter from DeLorraine Higgins to his uncle, Benjamin Higgins. This Civil War soldier discusses the poor conditions under which the soldiers are living, the combat and weapons.
Description: A DVD that contains .psd files for use in promoting the film, "Dancing at the Mill". These photos are high res, in Adobe Photoshop file formats. The images are of the cover of the jacket of the DVD as it appeared for sale to the public.
Description: 1 handwritten page Letter from Eben M. Hannors to Rev. George E. Street offering to send genealogies of some of the early families of Mount Desert. These will not include the Abraham and John Somes' families. He will also furnish, if needed, a biographical sketch of himself along with a photograph.
Description: The Right Development of Mount Desert. By Charles W. Eliot. Privately printed in 1904. 14 pages. “Katie L. Pray” is written in pencil on the cover. Previously archived as object id 016.FIC.001.27
Description: Contemporary label of the cover: Champlain Society | Meteorological Reports | submitted by Samuel A. Eliot Custom printed notebook, pages labeled: Champlain Society | Meteorological Department First observation at station 1: July 9 Unbound
Description: Title page: Champlain Society. | Meteorological Department. | Record Book. | Samuel Atkins Eliot. | Recorder. | Mount Desert. The notebook contains four sets of records labeled A, B, C and D. A: Bar Harbor 1879, recorded by S. D. Be??ett. Esq. B: Bar Harbor 1880, recorded by S. D. Be??ett. Esq. C: Camp Pemetic D: 10 different stations, various recorders. Includes 2 unlabled graphs