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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
4600Rough Draft of genealogies, possibly for "Downeast Ancestors"
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Wiley, Ken Lee
  • 1979
Description:
Photocopy of rough draft pages pertaining to genealogy of multiple families which Wiley prepared for publication. Richardson name appears on 5th page.
12840Old Time Tools and Toys of Needlework
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Art, Needlework
  • Other, Handicraft
  • Other, Textiles
  • Whiting, Gertrude
  • Dover Publications
  • 1971
Description:
Illustrates and describes uses for beeswax, winders, reels, swifts, scissors, thimbles, pincushions, shuttles, and more.
6738Lilliy P III
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • W.H. Ballard
  • July 7, 1970
Description:
Lilly P III at Davis Boat Yard. Anchored with dock to right. Bow and starboard side view with three round bumpers hanging over side. Five people sitting on cabin roof, one standing on dock to right. Negative Marked “4” of 4 The Charles Butt Collection
6739Lilliy P III
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • W.H. Ballard
  • July 7, 1970
Description:
Lilly P III at Davis Boat Yard. Anchored with dock to right. Bow and starboard side view with three round bumpers hanging over side. Five people sitting on cabin roof. Negative Marked “3” of 4 The Charles Butt Collection
6741LilliyP III
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • W.H. Ballard
  • July 7, 1970
Description:
Lilly P III at Davis Boat Yard. Anchored with dock to right. Bow and starboard side view with three round bumpers hanging over side. Man sitting on cabin roof, man standing aft against rail, and man standing on dock to right. Negative Marked “2” of 4 The Charles Butt Collection
6742LilliyP III
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • W.H. Ballard
  • July 7, 1970
Description:
Lilly P III at Davis Boat Yard. Anchored with dock to right. Bow and starboard side view with three round bumpers hanging over side. Man sitting on cabin roof, man standing aft against rail, and man standing on dock to right. Negative Marked “1” of 4 The Charles Butt Collection
6852Southwest Boat Corporation
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • W.H. Ballard
  • June 11, 1970
Description:
Southwest Boat Corporation, new wharf extension. Wharf from right out into water. Four boats lined up. One at far left does not have mast; fourth on right is partially hidden by lobster boat, bow and port side facing camera. Taken from roof of main shed. Negative marked “A”
6853Southwest Boat Corporation
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • W.H. Ballard
  • June 11, 1970
Description:
Southwest Boat Corporation, new wharf extension. Wharf from right out into water. Four boats lined up. One at far left does not have mast; fourth on right is hidden by lobster boat, bow and port side facing camera. Taken from wharf level. Negative marked “A”
4595Genealogy of the Somes Family in New England
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Genealogy
  • W.F.S
  • 9/1/1971
Description:
Photocopy, single page, labeled as "Sheet 2", of genealogical chart beginning in 1673 with Timothy Somes through to 18th C. generation including Abraham Somes, first settler of Mount Desert Island.
11882Biography of Walter Keith Shaw
  • Publication, Book
  • W. K. Shaw, Jr.
  • 1970
14766Letter from Sanderson to Betsy Alexander
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Mount Desert Historical Society
  • Other, Newsletters
  • Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • 1977
Description:
Photocopy of two page handwritten letter from Sanderson to Betsy Alexander. Sanderson accepts Alexander's resignation from the MDI Historical Society Newsletter Committee and discusses Mrs. Alexander's grievances with the committee.
3749Notes of Sanderson Pertaining to her Proposed Donation to the MDI Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • 1976
Description:
Handwritten notes of Virginia Somes Sanderson pertaining to the handling of her proposed donation of the Somes house to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society.
16475Letter to the Editor of the "Bar Harbor Times"
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Somesville
  • Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • 6/14/1979
Description:
Photocopy of letter correcting facts on a previously written article on the subject of the history of Somesville, Maine. The letter includes biographical information about Somesville settler, Abraham Somes as well as Virginia Somes Sanderson's line of descent.
9568LaRue with Pets
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Dogs
  • Other, Pets
  • Unknown
  • 1978
Description:
3.5 X 3.5 color photograph of LaRue Spiker wearing green pants and white shirt, bending down toward camera to hold out hands to cat on blue chair and black dog standing on floor.
9570LaRue Spiker and Dog
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Dogs
  • Other, Pets
  • Unknown
  • 1978, March
Description:
3.25 X 3.25 color photograph of LaRue Spiker sitting in blue easy chair with head resting on right hand. Dog on back of chair behind her standing up facing camera. In room with two windows, dark outside. T.V. in center of room on back wall. Photo is slightly out of focus.
9646LaRue Spiker
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1970 c.
Description:
LaRue Spiker seated in wooden chair on lawn outside her cabin on the Long Pond Road in Southwest Harbor. Wearing short sleeve dress. Holds book open on lap. Cocker Spaniel sits in front of the chair looking up at her.
10501LaRue Spiker at Campsite
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1970 c.
Description:
LaRue Spiker sitting outside travel trailer parked at campsite.
18726Letter from Regina to Charles Eliot
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Unknown
  • Dec 10, 1973
Description:
1 typed page Letter from Regina to Charles acknowledgeing reciept of the Hackley Materials, and copy of Romance of Mount Desert. She asks to see the Champlain Society materials.
18728Letter to Charles from unknown
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Unknown
  • Aug 28, 1974
Description:
1 Typed page Letter from Charles asking once again to see the Champlain Society Materials which have been asked for on many occasions.
18727Letter from Regina to Charles Eliot
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Unknown
  • April 18, 1974
Description:
1 typed page Letter from Regina to Charles asking again to see the Champlain Society materials.
18725Letter to Charles from unknown
  • Document, Note
  • Unknown
  • Aug 28, 1974
Description:
1 Hand written page Notes on different periods of exploration from 1498-1759 and noted French and English explorers.
18753Letter to Charles from unknown author
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Unknown
  • 11/11/1973
Description:
1 typed page Letter to Charles from a family member asking for certain papers of their fathers: Records and Reports of the Summer Camps at Mount Desert Island, H.L. Hackley papers, and copies of certain pages from both The Romance of Mount Desert and the New England Magazine.
12123Advertisement for RKL Boatworks in Mount Desert
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Other, RKL Boatworks
  • unknown
  • 1976
Description:
12-page photocopy of advertising for RKL Botworks. Includes diagrams and descriptions of construction for the Rangeley Boat, Little Rangeley Boat, Lawley Tender, 17' River Canoe, Lincoln 28. One photo shows interior of boat shop. RKL Boatworks, founded in 1976 by Robert K. Lincoln, operated in the Pretty Marsh area of the town of Mount Desert.
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.
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