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13645Willing Workers Record Book
  • Publication, Book, Journal
  • Organizations
  • Other, Clubs
  • 3/2/1953
Description:
Record book started by Constance Robbins, secretary for the Willing Workers Club, formed on 3/2/1953 to raise money for “the mortgage and carpet”. A group of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs comprised the club membership. The record book contains minutes from various meetings, loose reciepts, bank statements, and notes. Last entry made 12/30/1970.
17266Verse Choir
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Songs & music
  • Barton, Clifford E.
  • Educational Publishing Corp.
  • 1958
12857Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Glassware
  • McKearin, Helen and George S.
  • Doubleday
  • 1950
Description:
Gives the history of blown glassmaking from colonial days to othe modern period; covers tableware, flasks, molded glass, and more.
13499Trailer Travel
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Business
  • Other, Miscellaneous
  • 1959
Description:
Magazine containing article by LaRue Spiker, titled "Community Spirit in the Trailer Court". About parks that are successful and well managed, and those that are not.
13495Trailer Topics
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Trailers
  • 1959
Description:
Article by LaRue Spiker "One Alone" about solo journey pulling a trailer to Mt Desert Island and beyond.
2417The Skipper
  • Publication, Yearbook
  • Other, History - Mount Desert
  • Other, History - Northeast Harbor
  • Other, Schools
  • 1957
Description:
1957 Yearbook from Mount Desert High School, Northeast Harbor, Blue Cover, black and white photographs
9221The Oldham Era
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, Newspapers
  • Oldham Era
  • 3/15/1957
Description:
Copy of The Oldham Era newspaper from LaGrange, Oldham County, Kentucky. Property of LaRue Spiker. Previously archived as 012.FIC.056
13496The Nation
  • Publication, Book, Journal
  • Other, Business
  • Other, Fisheries
  • 1958
Description:
Journal containing article by LaRue Spiker titled "Farmers of the Sea." About the falling price of lobsters, and the fate of lobstermen.
9259The Louisville Pattern
  • Publication, Literary, Transcript
  • Other, St. Louis
  • 1954
Description:
The Louisville Pattern Excerpts from the Official Transcript Jefferson County Grand Jury Investigation Sep 1954 into an Explosion at the House of Andrew Wade IV. Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.069, **1284
13502The Garden Journal
  • Publication, Book, Journal
  • Other, Biology
  • 1956
Description:
Magazine containing an article by LaRue Spiker, titled "Green Factories", about the food-making processes of plants.
18713The Ellsworth American, March 18, 1953
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • 3/18/1953
Description:
The Ellsworth American Wednesday, March 18, 1953 Front page article is Ellsworth Eagles Win Maine Class L. Championship Title
12863The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Inquiry into the Salem Witch Trials
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Massachusetts
  • Other, Witchcraft trials
  • Starkey, Marion L.
  • Alfred A. Knopf
  • 1950
2672The Courier-Journal Magazine
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Ecology
  • People
  • 1957
Description:
An article titled "The Vanishing Herb Gatherer" by LaRue Spiker, and also a small piece about LaRue herself. Her article is about the work of Sim Brackett, one of the few remaining people in 1957 who still gathered herbs in the local area, to sell. 3 copies of the newspaper.
13501The Commonwealth
  • Publication, Book, Journal
  • Other, Civil Rights
  • 1957
Description:
Article by LaRue Spiker, about the attempts of a mother to send her two black children to a white school in Kentucky, shortly after this was legalised. Describes the antagonism of the local people, including the police.
12860The Book of American Clocks
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Clocks & watches
  • Palmer, Brooks
  • MacMillan Company
  • 1950
Description:
Gives background of clock and watch making in America; illustrates types of clocks and watches; gives list of makers and information about them. Also gives a brief history of American timekeeping.
2688Summertime Sailors Take Over Maine Coastal Towns
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Northeast Harbor
  • Other, Sailing
  • 1955
Description:
Full page article in Bangor News entitled Summer Sailor Take Over Maine Coastal Towns. Focus is NEH. many photographs Previously accessioned as 007.120
19252St. Jude's Church, Seal Harbor
  • Publication, Literary, History
  • 1954
Description:
Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Ten typed pages on the history of St. Jude's Church in Seal Harbor written by John Walls in 1954. The perface notes the information has been collected from his personal accounts, accounts of his mother and her friends, and church records. The history is bound in a brown cardstock report holder. [show more]
4107Spiker, LaRue defense of peace petition
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Other, Politics
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 7/21/1950
Description:
Article signed by LaRue Spiker and Iola Klaas in defense of her peace petition which demanded the outlawing of atomic weapons. Explains her concern about being questioned by police while circulating her petition and loss of her job as a child welfare worker. 2 pages.
17292Secrets of the North Atlantic Islands
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, North Atlantic
  • Snow, Edward Rowe
  • Dodd
  • 1950
4124 Sea-Going Policeman are Fisherman’s Friend
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Other, Law Enforcement
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1957
Description:
By George H. Taylor: Sea Going Policeman are Fisherman’s Friends ; part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.32
17294Sands, Spindles and Steeples: A History of Saco, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Maine
  • Other, Saco
  • Fairfield, Roy P.
  • House of Falmouth
  • 1956
13707Record of Official Visits by Eugene S. Robbins
  • Publication, Book, Journal
  • Organizations
  • Other, Clubs
  • 3/21/1952
Description:
Journal of official visits made by Eugene S. Robbins as Grand Senior Warden (1951-1952) and Grand HIgh Priest (1952-1953) for Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Includes meeting locations, mileage, attendence, and notes. Last entry 3/23/1953.
17184Recollection of Southwest Harbor, Maine 1885-1894
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Southwest Harbor
  • Parker, Jesse L.
  • 1955
Description:
Photocopied manuscript describes Southwest Harbor, families, and personal accounts
17220Portuguese and Further Spanish Notes
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Travel
  • O’Brien, Louise and John
  • Independently
  • 1955
17300Pilots and Pilot Boats of Boston Harbor.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Pilot boats
  • Eastman, Ralph M.
  • Second Bank - State Street and Trust Co
  • 1956.