Description: Six page newsletter of the Natural Resources Council of Maine which includes an article on p.3 regarding proposed aluminum smelter on the Maine coast near Ellsworth. This proposal eventually became associated with the company TEPCO. Previously archived as 012.FIC.055.9
Description: Article on two pages with photograph describing the life and work of 93-year-old Cornelis Farley. Farley was a laborer, carriage driver and painter. Previously archived as 012.FIC.047.6
Description: Newsclipping inclues two articles on two pages, both articles pertaining to the viewing of a solar eclipse from locations on Mt. Desert Island. Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.043.17
Description: One page article with photographs describing the life and work of Southwest Harbor businessman, Deacon H.H. Clark. Clark worked at various times as a teacher, seaman, hotelier. shipping agent and was active in his community and church. Previously archived as 012.FIC.047.10
Description: Partial article (first page only) with photograph pertaining to the razing of The Eyrie, the John D. Rockefeller summer home in Seal Harbor.
Description: 1962 Directory and Handbook, NE Harbor, Seal Harbor, Somesville, SW Harbor, and adjacent islands edited by Mrs. Hollis M. Eaton, Tan cover, Forty-eighth Edition, seventy-five cents
Description: This book describes Edith Hamilton's life and her work with Greek and Roman mythology and history. She summered in Seal Harbor for several years and loved Mount Desert Island so much that she bought a summer house in Seawall in 1917 where she spent a great deal of time, including the winter of 1926.
Description: An article fromthe Bangor Daily January 11, 1963 showing an aerial photograph of John D. Rockefeller Jr. summer cottage and the fact it is to be torn down that week.
Description: Ten page typewritten Federation of Homemakers Mid-winter newsletter dated February, 1969, discussing a variety of environmental and safety issues. 10 typed pages Topics discussed: Hr 1180 legislation ammendment to include a definiton of Food Supliment Bill to establish a National Commission on Public Health Hassards Contribution request to help fund the laywer for the Environmental Defense fund Dr. Richard Welch study on the effects of DDT Bill to ban the use of DDT Thomas Kimball request for the stoppage of persistant pesticides Francis Silver on the hazards of lead in gasoline Ultra-Brite toothpase issues hazards of smoking Permit for organic orange growers in Florida. Previously archived as 012.FIC.061.3 [show more]
Description: Newspaper article on history of a salt making and refining at Frazier's Creek on Schoodic Point in the 1800's. previously aarchived as object id 012.FIC.040.2
Description: Magazine containing article by LaRue Spiker, titled "The Tundra Meets the Temperate Zone". About the geological formation and modern appearance of Mount Desert.
Description: Grinding ice sheet molds MDI geography. The articles deal with the geologic processes which formed Mt. Desert Island, the granite intrusions of the Island, and the claciation periods which shaped the geography of Mt. Desert Island. A portion of Part I of the series appears to be missing. Previously archived as Object Id 012.FIC.029.3
Description: Bar Harbor Times “Gott’s Island Now Serene and Quiet was Once Heavily Populated” by LaRue Spiker August 2, 1962. Copy of Item # 4. Previously accessioned as **0820, Object Id 012.FIC.035.5
Description: Bar Harbor Times “Gott’s Island Now Serene and Quiet was Once Heavily Populated” by LaRue Spiker August 2, 1962. Previously accessioned as **0819, Object Id 012.FIC.035.5
Description: Magazine artilce from Down East Magazine Sept. 1964 about A Clss. Written by E.R.Welles III, photos by W.H. Ballard Previously accessioned as 007.122
Description: One page article describing the early 20th century disputes on Mt. Desert Island regarding the use of automobiles on Island roads. Part I of article is missing. Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.034.1
Description: History of Bar Harbor, with photographs by Sargent Collier. Includes chapters on Acadia National Park, social and club life, island laboratories, Bar Harbor-Yarmouth ferry, Fire of 1947, Kebo Valley Golf Club, Bar Harbor Club, Pot and Kettle Club, the Building of Arts, Great Automobile War. Mentions performances of the Boston Symphony at the Building of Arts.