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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
17144American Yesterday
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Tools & Implements
  • Sloane, Eric
  • Wilfred Funk
  • 1956 .
Description:
Occupations of early America
17143American Barns and Covered Bridges
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Barns
  • Other, Bridges
  • Other, Buildings
  • Sloane, Eric
  • Wilfred Funk
  • Inc., 1954
17142Our Vanishing Landscape
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Landscapes
  • Sloane, Eric
  • Wilfred Funk
  • 1955
Description:
Illustrations of disappearing structures and man-made landscaping
17108Fishes of Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Fish
  • Other, Maine
  • Other, Natural history
  • Everhart, W. Harry
  • Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
  • 1958
17085Dress
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Home economics
  • Other, Sewing
  • Oerke, Bess V.
  • Chas. A. Bennett Co.
  • 1956
17075Mount Desert: The most beautiful island in the world
  • Publication, Book
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Explorers
  • Other, Railroad companies
  • Other, Railroads
  • Collier, Sargent F.
  • Houghton Mifflin
  • 1952
Description:
Chapters on: Indians and explorers; Jesuits; de Gregoire; Bernard; Wreck of the Grand Design; British Navy; Early settlers; Summer visitors; Green Mountain Railway; Navy; Social Life; Bar Harbor fire; Jackson Lab; Acadia National Park.
13756Bar Harbor Times
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, History - Seal Harbor
  • Other, Miscellaneous
  • 1959
Description:
Bar Harbor Times - Commemorative Issue - “150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809," by LaRue Spiker, Thursday, August 20, 1959.
13754Norumbega 1951
  • Publication, Yearbook
  • Other, Schools
  • 1951
Description:
"Norumbega 1951" Yearbook for Mount Desert High School
13713National Geographic Magazine, September 1952
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • 1952
Description:
This issue contains an article entitled, "Down East Cruise," by Tom Horgan and Luis Marden.
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.
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.
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.
13500Frontiers - A Magazine of Natural History
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Biology
  • Other, Ecology
  • 1959
Description:
Journal containing article by LaRue Spiker, titled "Air Plants: A Success Story". About 'Tillandsia' or 'air pines', of the bromeliad family.
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.
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.
13498Frontiers - A Magazine of Natural History
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Biology
  • Other, Ecology
  • 1959
Description:
Magazine containing article by LaRue Spiker, titled "Fern Seed in you Shoes". About the botanical history of ferns and their properties.
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.
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.
13494Dodge News Magazine
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Lobstering
  • 1959
Description:
Article written by LaRue Spiker in Dodge News about Fred Cunningham, lobsterman.
12900Customs on the Table Top: How New England Housewives Set Out their Tables
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Home Economics
  • Other, Housewives
  • Other, Table settings & decoration
  • Sprackling, Helen
  • Old Sturbridge Village
  • 1958
Description:
Description of New Englander as good host, hearty eater, and "prodigious drinker."
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
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.
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.
12583New England Clocks at Old Sturbridge Village
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Clocks & watches
  • Fennelly, Catherine
  • Old Sturbridge Village
  • (1955).