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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
14659"Childhood Memories" -- Emma Reed Richards
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Other, Bass Harbor
  • Other, Childhood & youth
  • Other, Children
  • Other, McKinley
  • Other, Motion picture theaters
  • Other, Stores & shops
  • Other, Theaters
  • Other, Theatrical productions
  • Structures, Civic, Entertainment
  • Richards, Emma
  • 1932-1960
Description:
A 7-page handwritten memoir of Emma Richards' childhood in Bass Harbor.
9222Conservation Bulletin
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Other, Aluminum industry
  • Other, Natural Resources Council of Maine
  • Other, TEPCO
  • Natural Resources Council of Maine
  • 12/ 1968
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
2737Cornelius Farley: A Kind of Peppery Guy
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Birthdays
  • LaRue Spiker writing for the Bar Harbor Times
  • 4/28/1966
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
2781Corona Climaxing Eclipse Evokes Unified Response from People on Cadillac; Eclipse watchers on Cadillac are Colorful Crowd
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Cadillac Mountain
  • Other, Eclipses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Bar Harbor Times
  • 07/25/1963
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
17284Customs on the Tabletop.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Food
  • Other, History
  • Sprackling, Helen
  • Sturbridge Village
  • 1966.
2765Deacon H.H. Clark: Active Nineteenth Century Entrepreneur in SWH
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Business enterprises
  • Other, Island House
  • LaRue Spiker writing for the Bar Harbor Times
  • 2/4/1965
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
2772Demolition of The Eyrie, Fabled Landmark of the Golden Age, To Be Done By Spring
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Eyrie
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Seal Harbor
  • 01/31/1963
Description:
Partial article (first page only) with photograph pertaining to the razing of The Eyrie, the John D. Rockefeller summer home in Seal Harbor.
17642Directory and Handbook, 1962, NE Harbor, Seal Harbor, Somesville, SW Harbor, and adjacent islands
  • Publication, Directory, Telephone Directory
  • Other, History - Manset
  • Other, History - Southwest Harbor
  • Other, History - Tremont
  • 1962
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
14646Down Memory Lane
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Northeast Harbor
  • Other, Reynolds, Emily Phillips
  • Reynolds, Emily Phillips
  • D. Mitchell and Crew
  • 1966
Description:
Emily Phillips Reynolds memoir of her childhood and early days in 1900's.
16989Edith Hamilton; An Intimate Portrait
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Greek Mythology
  • Other, Roman Mythology
  • Other, Seal Harbor
  • Other, Seawall
  • Reid, Doris Fielding
  • w w Norton and Company Inc
  • 1967
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.
16558Edith Hamilton: an Intimate Portrait
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Seawall
  • Reid, Doris Fielding
  • 1967
Description:
Biography of Edith Hamilton, who lived for awhile at Sea Wall. Inscribed Marion Holmes in front.
18701End of Fabulous Home, Fabulous Era
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • 1/11/1963
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.
9207Federation of Homemakers Mid-Winter Newsletter
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Other, Environment
  • Other, Environmental policy
  • Federation of Homemakers
  • 2/1969
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]
17107Forest Trees of Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine
  • Other, Natural history
  • Other, Trees
  • Maine Forestry Dept.
  • 1968
2797Frazier's Creek was Site of Salt Refining Area in 1800's
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Salt industry
  • Other, Schoodic
  • Jonas Crane writing for Bangor Daily News
  • 12/24/1963
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
12608Friendly Village
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Reading
  • Other, Textbook
  • O'Donnell, Mabel
  • Harper & Row
  • 1963
Description:
Reading textbook ( no local relevence found)
13497Frontiers - A Magazine of Natural History
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Biology
  • Other, Ecology
  • Other, Geology
  • 1960
Description:
Magazine containing article by LaRue Spiker, titled "The Tundra Meets the Temperate Zone". About the geological formation and modern appearance of Mount Desert.
2693Gaffed Rigged Racing Sloop newspaper article
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
  • 1962
Description:
News item about the revival of the A-Class racing fleet in NE, dated Aug. 30, 1962
18601Geology History: Part III Grinding Ice Sheet Molds MDI Geography
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Geology
  • Other, Glaciers
  • Other, Granite
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • LaRue Spiker writing for the Bar Harbor Times
  • 1967
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
2656Gott’s Island Now Serene and Quiet Once Heavily Populated
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Islands
  • 1962
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
2657Gott’s Island Now Serene and Quiet Once Heavily Populated
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Islands
  • 1962
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
12141Grand Old One Design Class Still Races off Northeast Harbor
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Northeast Harbor
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
  • 1964
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
2814Great Automobile War: Part II
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • LaRue Spiker writing for Bar Harbor Times
  • 6/20/1968
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
16521Green Grows Bar Harbor: reflections from Kebo Valley
  • Publication, Book
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Kebo
  • Recreation, Sports, Golf
  • Collier, Sargent F.
  • 1964
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.
2845Hake Was First Source of Income
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Fishing
  • Other, Hake
  • Other, Mackerel
  • 1964
Description:
About hake from perspective of South Gouldsboro; other fish, mackerel, cannery. No mention of MDI Previously archived as 011.FIC.84.4