Description: During his tenure as lightkeeper, his family consisted of his wife, Catherine (Kimball), 4 daughters, Sarah, age 8, Ida, age 7, Augusta, age 4, and Adelma, age 2. Gives accounts of oil, wicks, and chimneys expended daily; shows time of lighting and extinguishing and length of time lighted each night, for each month.
Description: The story of "how and why Lieutenant Fabbri conceived and developed" the Otter Cliffs Naval Radio Station in 1917, commemorated in the Fabbri Memorial on Ocean Drive. NOTE: PDF available
Description: Table of contents in front includes oaths of officers, warrant of special meetings, records of meetings, constables return, etc. and pages for same.
Description: Reprint of work published in 1954 in honor of the 350th anniversary of Champlain's discovery and naming of Mount Desert Island; this anniversary celebration included a dinner with menus in both English and French. The current work is in celebration of the 400th anniversary and reprings the menu, drawings, and other highlights.
Description: This is a white loose-leaf binder, approximately 10" X 11", containing six articles by Ralph Stanley: The Clark family: Charmian Kittredge and Jack London The Romer Boys Shipbuilding on Mount Desert Island Early Maritime History of Mount Desert Island Schooner Augusta E. Herrick of Swan's Island Boatbuilding during World War II: M.D.I., Ellsworth, Stonington, and Bluehill
Description: George Buckham Dorr is given at the "custodian". The essay includes black and white photographs and describes Sieru de Monts National Monument, which is not "a purchase by the government" but a "gift from citizens." Photocopy
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: Very large family Bible with names and descendants of Palmer and Gilley families. Includes marriages, births, deaths. Places for photos in back includes just one photo of Ruth Laraway (?) 1st. Inscribed "Christmas Gift from Mother and Father Palmer to Harry and Ida, December 25th 1887." Includes hand-written notes on stationery of Eunice Gilley, Jan. 1, 1978.
Description: The Holy Bible, containing the old and new testaments: Translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. Handwritten notes between Old and New Testaments. Newspaper clippings pasted inside front and back covers.
Description: "Containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised." Printed in front: "Fannie Pray".Written opposite title page: "Della Pray".
Description: "Translated out of the original Greek: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised." Inscribed in front: "Charles E. Somes, Mt. Desert, Maine, Jan. 7, 1873." Poem written in back. Included inside the Bible are two small sheets with handwritten biblical quotes as well as a hank of hair tied up with string or embroidery floss.
Description: "Containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised." Written in front: "The property of Howard Richardson, Beech Hill, Mount Desert, Maine. Presented by _ _ _ _ _ . John Richardson. Sailed 1847 for South America. Lost off Cape Horn 1848." Written in back: "John Richardson's Book, Mt Desert, Me."
Description: "Translated out of The Original Hebrew: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised." Written in the front: "Myra Lurvey, Bar Harbor Me. Tel. 288-3613"