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| Item | Title | Type | Subject | Creator | Publisher | Date | |
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| 1471 | Oral History: John Kief on dairy faming |
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Description: Oral history interview of John Kief about his family's dairy farm. | ||||
| 2308 | History of Mt. Desert |
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Description: History of Mount Desert recounted with important dates and descriptions of the events. Includes additional sections "Manners & Customs", "Population", and "The Church". In pencil is written "From Somesville + Southwest Harbor", some additional notes in pencil are made in the margins. Undated. | ||||
| 2314 | A Bright Boy |
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Description: Story about boy counting chickens and fooling Father. No date or author given. | ||||
| 2316 | Sue Snob of the Seagulls |
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Description: “Sue Snob of the Seagulls” by LaRue Spiker. 6 pages. Previously archived as 012.FIC.065.02 | |||
| 2510 | Description of Cape Cod towns |
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Description: Photocopied text from unknown source describing towns of Cape Cod: Dennis, Yarmouth, Barnstable and Eastham where Mayo's settled. | |||
| 2516 | “Ghost Story” by Betsy Alexander |
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| 2928 | Early Remembrances of Somesville by T. Smith, an oral history conducted by Pamela Dean, date unknown |
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| Early Remembrances of Somesville by T. Smith, an oral history conducted by Pamela Dean, date unknown
Description: Audior recording of an interview with T.Smith about her Early Remembrances of Somesville. No date or interviewer mentioned on the recording. Interview sounds like one conducted by Pamela Dean | |||
| 2930 | Irma Jo Gott |
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Description: Audio recording of interview with Irma Gott 4-19-94, conducted by the Southwest Harbor Oral History Society at the Library in 1994. An additional copy of this interview is in the Southwest Harbor Library collections. | |||
| 2958 | Odd Fellows and Rebekah Officer Biographical Sketches |
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Description: MDI officers of Odd Fellows and Rebekah biographical sketches | ||||
| 2959 | Odd Fellows Cadillac Mountain Memorial Services |
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| 3028 | Tranquil Town |
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Description: “Tranquil Town”, a poem by John Coleman Adams about Somesville, Maine. Printed in a booklet with four pages. | |||
| 3029 | History of Tremont Lodge, No. 77 |
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Description: History of Tremont Lodge, No. 77, Free and Accepted Masons, Tremont, Me., From 1854 to 1871. By, Andrew ____ (cover is torn) | |||
| 3038 | Mount Desert Larger Parish in Maine, 1925-1950, Twenty-five Years Together |
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Description: 13-page booklet describing history of the "larger parish" formed in 1925 when churches in Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor were without pastors at same time. John D. Rockefeller Jr. influential in establishing this concept. | ||||
| 3062 | The Claremont Hotel--My Story, 1884-1964 |
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Description: 7-page typewritten booklet, written by "the hotel." Mentions other hotels on MDI at time, how travelers got there, first owners Jesse and Grace Clark Pease, subsequent owner Dr. J.D. Phillips, then his son Lawrence Phillips | |||
| 3064 | The Rev. John Mayo - Barnstable Pioneer |
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Description: Essay describing the life of Rev. John Mayo, emigrant from England to Massachusetts, and photocopied photos of locations related to his life. | ||
| 3065 | One Mote |
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Description: Booklet photocopy with historical and biographical information on Middleton-Cheney, Northamptonshire, England, origin of ancestors of the Mayo Family. | ||
| 3076 | Hike On: Poems of Mount Desert Island by Thomas Peter Beckett |
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| 3491 | Biography notes re: Constance Joy Robbins |
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Description: -Notes regarding the participation of of Constance Robbins in the rebekah Assembly of maine written by Bill Skocpol. Interesting poem welcoming Connie Robbins as warden of RA 1963. Introduction of Connie Robbins by Adelma McFarland Richardson. May 1968 letter describing Past President's meting with mentiton of Eugene Robbins getting orders to go to Vietnam. Official photo of Rebekah officers 1964-1965 | |||
| 3507 | Old Peter |
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Description: One page back-to-back handwritten tale of character called "Old Peter" and his wife Peggy. Stated to be part of LaRue Spiker Collection, from file marked "Mrs. Dorr." | |||
| 3520 | Early History of Mt. Desert Island |
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Description: Appears to be from Virginia Somes Sanderson. Land division of Mt. Desert Island | |||
| 3635 | Reminiscence of Somesville by Adelma Somes Joy |
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Description: Reminiscence of Somesville. Adelma Somes Joy recalls Somesville’s schools. Includes private schools, school terms and names of scholars. | |||
| 3734 | The Beth and the 1947 Fire |
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Description: Account by Jane Thompson Sumner of "The Beth," which she says was once the Islesboro ferry and which was on the water at the time of the 1947 fire. Donor (Sturgis Haskins) says it was not the Islesbor ferry, but rather a private yacht that was used to pick-up and deliver guests from Lincolnville to Islesboro. | |||
| 3775 | Biographies of Carrie Esther Higgins and Son, Charles Leslie Rinaldo |
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Description: Photocopy of brief biographical entries on Carrie Esther Higgins and her son, Charles Leslie Rinaldo. | ||||
| 3891 | Guide to and history of St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Thorpe Mandeville, England |
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Description: Photocopy of history and description of St John the Baptist Parish Church, Thorpe Mandeville, England | |
| 3937 | Accounts of vessels, people |
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Description: Copy of handwritten accounts of vessels, people by Ralph Stanley(?). |
