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2780Wide Range of Services Available in MDI Libraries
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Libraries
  • LaRue Spiker Writing for The Ellsworth American
  • 2/8/1973
Description:
Article surveying services available in the libraries of Mt. Desert Island. Article includes photographs of Bernard Library, library scenes and patrons. Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.043.2
2771Where There's Wind There's A Way . . .
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Southwest Harbor
  • Other, Windmills
  • 09/1/1977
Description:
Photograph with description of windmill which had pumped spring water to the village of Southwest Harbor. Photograph was taken around the turn of the 20th century. Previously archived as 012.FIC.046.2
17287Whalemen and Whaleships of Maine.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Maine
  • Other, Whaling
  • Martin, Kenneth R.
  • Harpswell Press
  • 1975.
2849Wedding announcement of Mary Amelia Somes
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Anniversaries
  • Other, Blacksmithing
  • Other, Retirements
  • 12/22/1977
Description:
Wedding announcement of Mary Amerlia Somes January 31, 1899. Previously archived as 011.FIC.77.4
2799Walls and Fences On Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Fences
  • Other, Gates
  • Other, Walls
  • LaRue Spiker for the Ellsworth American
  • 2/14/1974
Description:
One page photo essay showing walls, fences and gates in various places on Mt. Desert Island. Also includes a mounted half page of the article. Previously archived as 012.FIC.040.10
2833Vigorous November Sailing With Two Experts
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Cutter Aleutka
  • LaRue Spiker for the Ellsworth American
  • 12/5/1974
Description:
Article describes a winter sailing expedition on the cutter "Aleutka" with sailors and authors, Pat and John Letcher. Previously archived as object number 012.FIC.022.12
18599Unknown Poet Bewails the Bane of Polishing Lighhouse Brass
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • LaRue Spiker for the Ellsworth American
  • 6/28/1979
Description:
Article about lighthouse keepers, includes a poem about polishing brass. Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.039.2
4270Transcription of Eleanor Mayo's Interview of Emily Rich Trask (1884-1981)
  • Publication, Literary, Reminiscence
  • Other, Business & finance
  • Other, Oral history
  • People
  • Eleanor Mayo
  • 1975
Description:
Transcription of Eleanor Mayo's Interview of Emily Rich Trask (1884-1981) . The interview took place on January 20, 1975. Emily Trask was the daughter of John M. and Charlotte Kelley Rich, and the sister of Lillian Rich Reed.
2769They Live in Home of Tomorrow Today
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Engineering & construction
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Solar energy
  • Other, Wind power
  • La Rue Spiker writing for Maine Sunday Telegram
  • 05/11/1975
Description:
One page article with photographs describing new"self-contained" house in Bar Harbor. Home of Nora and Richard Davis depended on solar and wind power. House designer was Ernest McMullen. Previously archived as 012.FIC.046.4
3082The Town of the Five Islands: A Thumbnail Sketch of Cranberry Isles, Maine
  • Publication, Literary, Essay
  • Ted Spurling
  • 1979
Description:
Essays on the settlement, history and way of life on Great Cranberry, Little Cranberry, Sutton, Baker and Green Islands. Graphics by Rose Russo Crooker. Lists early settler families. Describes the visit of the Russian vessel Cimbria in 1878.
12886The Second Reader, consisting of easy and progressive lessons
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Reading
  • Other, Schools
  • Town, Salem, LLD
  • Sanborn and Carter
  • 1978
Description:
Reprint of 1848 edition prepared for the living history program in Livermore, Maine.
19315The Seal.
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • 8/10/1977
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. The Seal A newspaper printed in Seal Harbor, Maine. This a photocopy of the first four pages which focus on the 50th anniversary of the Habor Club in Northeast Harbor.
16673The Pink Granite of Somes Sound
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Granite quarrying
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Truax, C.V.
  • 1972
Description:
Article from Down East magazine, October 1972. Title not on article, but is listed on bibliography, which is in same folder.
2788The Oceanarium is an Ideal Place to Learn About the Environment
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Oceanarium
  • Ellsworth American
  • 6/6/1974
Description:
Article with photographs describing the Oceanarium in Southwest Harbor, its origin and program. Peviously archived as object Id 012.FIC.043.10
2767The Mansions of Mt. Desert and Bar Harbor; The Golden Era
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Ban-y-Burn
  • Other, Breeze
  • Other, Chatwold
  • Other, Cleftstone
  • Other, Eden Hall
  • Other, Ergonos
  • Other, Estates
  • Other, Eyrie
  • Other, Fabian Cottage
  • Other, Field
  • Other, Highfield
  • Other, Jacob's Well
  • Other, LaRochelle
  • Other, Redwood
  • Other, Rosserne
  • Other, Sonogee
  • Other, Stoneledge
  • Other, Swiss Chalet
  • Other, Thirlstone
  • Other, Ullakana
  • Other, Wadsworth Cottage
  • LaRue Spiker writing for the Ellsworth Anerican
  • 1974
Description:
Two photo essays, each one page long, with photographs and descriptions of estates built during the "Golden Era" of Mt. Desert Island during the last decade of the 19th century. Previously archived as 012.FIC.046.6
2664The Mansions of Mt. Desert and Bar Harbor
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Ellsworth American
  • April 11, 1974
Description:
Newspaper clipping of pictures of the mansions of Mt. Desert and Bar Harbor, 11 April 1974. Pictures and captions by LaRue Spiker. Images include Redwood, The Turrets, Ullakana, Egonos, LaRochelle, Fabian Cottage, Swiss Chalet, Rosserne, The Breeze, Wadsworth Cottage, Sonogee, Stoneledge.
17272The Maine Coast: Acadia National Park Region
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Baker, Richard, ed.
  • Richard Baker
  • 1973.
17145The Little Red Schoolhouse
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Schools
  • Sloane, Eric
  • Doubleday and Company
  • Inc., 1972
Description:
Illustrations of early American schools and meeting houses
2764The Jordans: 300 Years with NET
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, New England Telephone Company
  • Ellsworth American
  • 5/12/1977
Description:
One page article with photographs describing the work of the Jordan family of Ellsworth for New England Telephone Company. Family members have cumulatively worked 300 years for this company in a range of positions. Previously archived as 012.Fic.047.11
17275The Indians of Maine: A Bibliographical Guide
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Indians of North America
  • Other, Maine
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1974.
1527The Formation of the Union
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, United States
  • D.C. : National Museum Archives
  • 1970.
17197The First Fifty Years of the Robert Abbe Museum of Stone Age Antiquities and a Look Ahead
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Museums
  • Other, Robert Abbe Museum
  • Robert Abbe Museum
  • 1978.
16541The First Fifty Years of the Robert Abbe Museum.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Indians of North America
  • Other, Maine
  • Other, Museums
  • Other, Robert Abbe Museum
  • Abbe Museum
  • 1978.
Description:
History of the Abbe Museum
12959The Collectors’ Encyclopedia of Antiques
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Phillips, Phoebe, ed.
  • Crown Publishers
  • 1973
Description:
Covers arms and armour, bottles and boxes, carpets and rugs, ceramics, clocks, watches and barometers, embroidery and needlework, furniture, glass, jewellery, metalwork, musical instruments, Netsuke and Inro, pewter, scientific instruments, silver, and toys and automata; gives historical and technical information, glossary, maintenance and repair, books for further reading, and list of museum collections for each section
12887The Child’s First Reader
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Reading
  • Other, Schools
  • Town, Salen, LLD
  • Sanborn & Carter
  • 1977
Description:
Facsimile of the 1848 ed. prepared for a living history program in Livermore, Maine