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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
2743Youth Escapes Czarist Russia to Become Successful American
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Business people
  • Other, Immigrants
  • Bar Harbor Times
  • 2/21/1963
Description:
Article on two pages with photograph describing the life and work of Harry Adler. Adler emigrated from Russia at age 12, first to France and later to New York. His work as a tailor brought him to Seal Harbor in the summer and eventually he moved to Mt. Desert Island and established clothing stores in Bar Harbor and Waterville, Maine. Previously archived as 012.FIC.047.30
3055Your PassBook for 1961
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Other, Maps
  • 1961
Description:
Narrow booklet published by Bar Harbor Times for 1961 Tourist Searson. Back cover has an application for the Sunrise-From-Mount-Cadillac Club (A copywrighted institution) to be signed by the Harbor Master after visiting Cadillac at sunrise
3085Year-Book, 1960, Green Mountain Pomona Grange, No. 26
  • Publication, Yearbook
  • Other, Advertisements
  • Other, Clubs
  • Green Mountain Pomona Grange, No. 26
  • 1960
Description:
Description of the objectives and history of the national Grange movement and of the Pomona Grange, which had members in Ellsworth and surrounding areas including Mount Desert Island. Granges in Town Hill, Salisbury Cove, Trenton, Islesford and Otter Creek were in the jurisdiction of the Pomona Grange. Includes advertisements from businesses on Mount Desert Island, including A.B. & J.R. Hodgkin, Pine Tree Market in Town Hill, Somes Store in Southwest Harbor, and many others. [show more]
2660Writer Visiting Cormorant Rookery Has Interesting Ornithology Lesson
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Environment
  • 1964
Description:
Bar Harbor Times “Writer Visiting Cormorant Rookery Has Interesting Ornithology Lesson” by LaRue Spiker July 23, 1964. Previously archived as 012.FIC.029.7, Accession number **0811
2815Wetlands and Marshes
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Marshes
  • Bar Harbor Times
  • 9/7/1967
Description:
Newspaper photograph illustrating a marsh which is preserved in Acadia National Park. Marsh is near Echo Lake Sand Beach. Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.029.8
3056Vistor Guides
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Other, Maps
  • Other, Visitor Guides
  • 1966
Description:
2 undated visitors' guides with color maps, advertising of local businesses, Islands Chamber of Commerce
2722Unknown Poet Bewails the Bane of Polishing Lighthouse Brass
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Poetry
  • Unknown
  • 3/15/1962
Description:
One page newspaper clipping from unknown source reprinting a poem entitled "Brasswork or The Lighthouse Keepers Lament".
2818Unique Features in Forest Growh of MDI Found in Study Completed by Ecologist
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Forests
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • LaRue Spiker writing for the Bar Harbor Times
  • 11/9/1961
Description:
Article deals with the study of Mt. Desert Island forest by ecologist, Dr. Ronald Davis. Tree, bird and mammal species found in these forests are discussed. Previously archived as 012.FIC.029.5
2858Tree Planting May 26, 1961
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Automobile driving
  • Other, Bicentennial oak tree
  • Other, Bicentennial Committee
  • May 26, 1961
Description:
Picture of tree planting for Somesville bicentennial Previously archived as 011.FIC.71.8
4249Transcription of Eleanor Mayo's Interview with Lillian Rich Reed (1889-1973)
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Other, Children
  • Other, Churches
  • Other, Domestic life
  • Other, Motion picture theaters
  • Structures, Civic, Entertainment
  • Eleanor Mayo
  • 01/16/1967
Description:
Transcription of Eleanor Mayo's Interview with Lillian Rich Reed (1889-1973). The interview took place on January 16, 1967. Lillian Rich Reed was the daughter of John M. and Charlotte Kelley Rich, the sister of Emily Rich Trask, and the mother of Emma Reed Richards.
2784Town Meeting Waxes "Spirited" and Dissolves in Shameful Tears
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Bar Harbor Fire Department
  • Other, Town meetings
  • LaRue Spiker writing for Bar Harbor Times
  • 07/22 1964
Description:
Single page newspaper article reporting on a 1911 Bar Harbor town meeting, the account of which was found in files of the Bar Harbor Police Department. Meeting issues included a pitch for a new fire house for the town of Bar Harbor. Previously archived as Object Id 012.FIC.043.14
17208Time of Decision
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Coast
  • Other, Maine
  • Bowdoin College
  • 1967.
17265The Village Mill in Early New England
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mills
  • Other, New England
  • Hamilton, Edward P.
  • Old Sturbridge Village
  • 1964
17190The Story of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Discovery & exploration
  • Other, History
  • Other, Indians of North America
  • Other, Islands
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Steamships
  • Morison, Samuel Eliot
  • Little Brown
  • 1960
17189The Story of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Discovery & exploration
  • Other, History
  • Other, Indians of North America
  • Other, Islands
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Steamships
  • Morison, Samuel Eliot
  • Islandport Press
  • 1960
12861The Right People: The Social Establishment in America
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Social classes
  • Birmingham, Stephen
  • Little
  • 1968.
Description:
A witty account of Society and Real Society in America; Northeast Harbor, the Pot and Kettle Club, prep schools, debutante traditions, Junior League, are among the institutions mentioned.
17269The Management of Small History Museums
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Management
  • Other, Museums
  • Guthe, Carl
  • American Assoc. for State and Local History
  • 1964.
17225The Maine Coast:Time of Decision
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, History
  • Other, Maine
  • McKee, John
  • Bowdoin College Center for Resouce Studies
  • 1967
19200The Kimball Story
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Ellsworth American
  • 1966
Description:
Article about the closing of the Kinball House in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Article is from the Bangor Daily News, Saturday/Sunday August 27-28, 1966. The story was written by Laurence S, Newman, Jr.
12875The Indian Heritage of America.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Indians of North America
  • Josephy, Alvin M. Jr.
  • Alfred A. Knopf
  • 1968
Description:
Addresses stereotypes and diversities, early man in America, and Native American tribes, as well as native people in Central and South America, and Canada.
2909The Great Automobile War: Part II
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Buckboards
  • Other, Davis. Co.
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1968
Description:
Bar Harbor Times article of June 20, 1968 concerning ban against automobiles on Mt. Desert and its challenge in 1909. Photograph of Davis Co. buckboards on street in Bar Harbor.
19272The Eyrie
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Jan 31, 1963
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. Article from the Bar Harbor Times on the demolition of The Eyrie the estate of John D. Rockefeller.
17148The Cracker Barrel
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Stores & shops
  • Sloane, Eric
  • Funk and Wagnalls
  • 1967
Description:
Illustrations and anecdotes dedicated to the general store
18712The Bar Harbor Times July 9, 1964
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • 7/9/1964
Description:
The Bar Harbor Times July 9, 1964 Articles on these pages are historical reprints. Bar Harbor Times is Fifty Years Old This Week Sill Be Memorial for R, B, Jackson Bar Harbor A Strategic Point- Rumors of Spies Make Fact Noticeable Name of Town Changed From Eden to Bar Harbor Coal Regulations for Year 1918 Begin Work on Radio Barracks Bar Harbor Man iInherits A Million Dollars History of the Bar Harbor Times. Lafayette National Park's Name Changed to Acadia Bluenose Welcomed Yesterday, Luxury Gerry Cessel Completes First Run Across Bay of Fundy Treasure Ship Seeks Refuge At Bar Harbor Wanted to Keep Warom on Cecilie Vote in Autos at Mt. Desert [show more]
16947The American Builder's Companion
  • Publication, Book
  • Benjamin, Asher
  • 1969
Description:
The American Builder's Companion