Description: Although a very early and interesting book, the condition is so poor that it should be considered for de-accession. Collections Committee on January 2016, considered de-accession, however, voted to keep due to age and belonging to Mrs. Wiggins There is a card inside with Mrs. ?? Wiggin Mt. Desert Maine written on it.
Description: Illustrated with over 250 engravings, maps and charts. Stated in front: "Presented to Mount Desert Island Museum by Mrs. Abbie Thomas Richardson."
Description: Two copies of a one page article, illustrated with photographs, describing disputes and court cases in the early 20th century regarding use of automobiles on Mt. Desert Island. One copy of the article has been annotated in pencil. PReviously archived as object Id 012.FIC.034.3
Description: Article beginning on p.17 and continued on p.32 describing the disputes on Mt. Desert Island in the early 20th century regarding the use of automobiles on the Island. Addended to the article is a poem, reprinted from Bar Harbor Life, August 23, 1913, entitled "Automobiles, The Mount Desert Town Meeting. Only initials "H.W.S." [Herbert Weir Smyth] identify the author of the poem.
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
Description: Audio recording of The Fire of 1947: A Panel Discussion and Audience Talk, Sponsored by the MDI Historical Society, June 24, 2007, Somesville Fire House
Description: Four pages of handwritten notes on the history of Somesville, ME, drawn from the book, "The Living Past" authored by Virginia Somes Sanderson.
Description: Envelope addressed to Mrs. A.C. Brown of Cleveland, Ohio, and an enclosed typewritten copy of a speech (6 pages) by E.S. Dana which was delivered at a meeting of the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society in 1931. Discusses the early history of the village and includes references to John Clement (first settler of the village in 1809), Charles Clement, Edward Dunham, George Stebbins, George Cooksey, Mr. Dane, Mr. Griswold, Glencove Hotel, John Rockefeller, Professor Rowland, Seaside Casino, Presidents Eliot and Gilman. Describes the development plans of and subsequent breakdown of George Cooksey; the efforts of George Stebbins to carry out Cooksey's plans. paths and roads of Seal Harbor, Jordan Pond House and Thomas MacIntire. [show more]
Description: History of Bar Harbor from approximately 1800-1950 According to the introduction, this book was written to "find out what had made it [Bar Harbor] what it was". The book was written at the time of the Bar Harbor fire and covers early explorers and claimants, settlers, town of Eden, artists, cottagers, summer colony, and more.
Description: The author grew up on Little Cranberry (Islesford). Chapter titles include Pioneer Settler Families (Stanwoods, Stanleys, Gilleys, Bunkers, Spurlings, Hadlocks), Farming and Fishing, Arts and Entertainment, Summer Colony, Winter Living, Great War, World War II, as well as sections on schools, roads, churches, and more.
Description: Reprint of the first three volumes of six that were published by the Maine Historical Society between 1928 and 1975. Vol. III contains the Province of Maine Records 1680-1692.
Description: Reprint of the first three volumes of six that were published by the Maine Historical Society between 1928 and 1975. Vol. II contains York County Court Records, Colony of Massachusetts Bay: County Court, Vol. I, 1653-1672 County Court, Vol. II, 1672-1679 Court of Associates, 1658-1679 with interruptions by Ferdinando Gorges, Esq. and by the Commissioners of Charles II.
Description: Reprint of the first three volumes of six that were published by the Maine Historical Society between 1928 and 1975. Vol. I contains all government and courts not under the contril of Mass; that is, records under a. Sir Ferdinando Gorges and His Councillors (1636-1646; 1652) b. Ferdinando Gorges the Younger (1661-1665) c. the Commission of Charles II (1665-1668)
Description: As the author says in the preamble, " This is the story...of the first permanent settlement on Mount Desert Island..." ?At one time Somesville had seven mills, five shipyards, four blacksmith shops, two stores, and ...serv[ed] the entire area and outlying islands."
Description: A compilation of all records of the Probate Courts of Maine: wills, administrations, estate divisions, estate accounts, guardianships, and other acts for 1775-1800.