Description: Articles, one page each, are parts 2 and 3 of three part series describing the geologic forces which formed the island of Mount Desert Island. Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.029.6
Description: Article on one page with photographs describing the inclusion of the photographic works of Henry L. Rand in an exhibit at the National Gallery of Art. Rand (1862-1945) was a photographer working in the luminist style; he was first a summer and later year round resident of Mt. Desert Island. The exhibit at the National Gallery of Art was entitled "American Light: The Luminist Movement, 1850-1875. Previously archived as object id 012.fic.047.29 [show more]
Description: Article describes results and subsequent action of a 1987 study of sources of pollution in the Bass Harbor Marsh and Marshall Brook. The Worcester Landfill was determined to be a source of leachate. An associate article , "The marsh has been the subject of many studies" follows.
Description: Article from June 1982 Down East magazine about stoneworks of Acadia National Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and financed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Description: Almost 150 native species of birds reside on Mount Desert and surrounding Islands; this book is a guide to those birds here from June to August of the year. It indicates good places to view these birds
Description: Two page article with text and photographs discussing the year-round labor shortage issue on Mt. Desert Island. Problem reportedly resulted from lack of affordable housing. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.058.7
Description: Growth of Bar Harbor banking services to include communities farther "down east". Gives history of banking in Maine and relationship to Boston banking, beginning in 1887.