Description: A newspaper clipping from the Bar Harbor Times and Ellsworth American written about various projects and fairs over the years put on by the Someville Sewing Circle.
Description: Boating supplement to Bar Harbor Times includes articles on new Hinckley picnic boats, clean environment good for boating,directory of boat yards, new ownership up harbor in Tremont. International One-Design Sharecroppers of the Sea, article from Scribeners magazine , May 1937, photocopied
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]
Description: 1988 newspaper advertisements (2) for sale of Pretty Marsh House. Card for Pretty Marsh House, L.A. Stalnacke, Prop. 1930--Season opens June 15.
Description: Newspaper clipping of Somesville bridge newly-erected by the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Article published in the News Ellsworth Bureau.
Description: “Past Tense”, by Marion Kane. “Tales Told in a Map." In reference to a handdrawn map of Bar Harbor c 1855. Previously accessioned as **0620, object Id 011.FIC.54.1
Description: Bangor Daily News, Oct. 24, 1947: "Thousands Flee as Raging Blaze Sweeps Bar Harbor." Bangor Daily News, Oct. 25-26, 1947: "Ellsworth Scouts Aid in Disaster," "U.of M. Students Aid in Fighting Flames," " 40 Bangor Jaycees Fight Forest Fires," "Fires Ravage Maine Towns," "$10,000,000 Loss at Bar Harbor; Maine Still Fights many Fires," and photo. of Faith and Caroline Olsen, evacuees separated from relatives. Photo, elderly evacuee Dorothy Hodgkins consoled by Grace Hodgkins, n.d. Bangor Daily News, Oct. 24, 1947: "Trail of Ruin is Left by Forest." Bangor Daily News, Oct. 25-26, 1947: Photo., Mrs. E.T. Johnson; JImmy Nolan and younger brother. Bar Harbor Times, July 9, 1964: "Mount Desert Island's Worst Disaster." "The Fire of '47," Supplement to the Bar Harbor Times, Oct. and Aug. 1987 Misc. notes and postcards to Ballard. [show more]
Description: “The Current Scene” by Nancy Dow. Newspaper in New Jersey reports on trip to Maine and Gott’s Island. Previously accessioned as **0817, Object Id 012.FIC.035.2
Description: Poster or Newspaper page of Mount Desert Hight School presentation of Salt Water Taffy at Masonic Hall, Somesville has to be before 1969 when the high schools merged
Description: Taking a Step in Time, MDI Historical Society slide show with Mary Jones and Ralph Stanley on 15 historic buildings. Changes in Southwest Harbor by Ralph Stanley; (undated) may be the transcript to accompany slides; Attic Treasures sought for historical exhibit; July 1981 picture of Nelson Leland from newspaper holding Order of Eastern Star cookbook Miscellaneous newspaper articles, Route 3 corridor; McKinley Minstrel cast (1950), heirloom seeds [show more]
Description: Long format newspaper reprint photograph of Bushnell (Illinois) High School Class of 1928. The class photograph includes student LaRue Spiker. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously accessioned as **1859, Object Id **1859, 012.FIC.067.7
Unknown Author writing for Bar Harbor Times; LaRue Spiker writing for Bar Harbor Times
Collection:
LaRue Spiker Collection
Description: Two articles, the first, with photograph, written in recognition of Dr. Edith Hamilton's 95th birthday, which she celebrated at her home in Seawall, Southwest Harbor. The second article reviews a biography of Edith Hamilton, "Edith Hamilton: An Intimate Portrait" written by Doris Fielding Reid. Previously archived as 012.FIC.047.7
Description: One page article, damaged and incomplete, with photographs details the story of Cranberry Island seaman Samuel Hadlock III and his wife Hannah Caroline Hadlock (AKA Dorothea Albertina Wihelmina Celeste Russ Hadlock). Samuel perished in the Arctic in 1829 while hunting seals. previously archived as 012.Fic.047.23
LaRue Spiker writing for the Ellsworth American and the Bar Harbor Times
Collection:
LaRue Spiker Collection
Description: Two articles profile boat builder Ralph Stanley of Southwest Harbor. A full page article with photographs entitled, ". . . he cannot explain the mysterious skill in finger, eye and palm that creates a pattern for a boat" describes his work in Southwest Harbor building and restoring boats for fishermen and sailors. The other article extends over two pages and includes a photograph of Stanley. That article "Ralph Stanley: Maker of Friendship Sloops and Fiddles" discusses Stanley's violin making. Previously archived as 012.fic.047.22 [show more]
Maureen Williams, writing for Bangor Daily News; LaRue Spiker for Ellsworth American
Collection:
LaRue Spiker Collection
Description: Articles on two pages each reporting on the possible acquisition of a Bar Harbor estate owned by William Wolff by an medical research enterprise, Ivest Medical Research Foundation. This former Sears estate was the birthplace of Nelson A. Rockefeller. Previously archived as 012.FIC.046.3
Description: Two articles pertaining to the history of the Bar Harbor Times newspaper. Titles are: Bar Harbor Times is Fifty Years Old This Week, commemorative edition, published in the Bar Harbor Times, Bar Harbor Times Has New Owners, published in the Ellsworth American and authored by LaRue Spiker.
Description: Articles from various newspapers pertaining to the history of Southwest Harbor. Titles include: A Legend of Southwest Harbor, authored by Mrs. Seth Thornton Previously archived as 012.FIC.043.8