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| Charles K. Savage Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Charles K. Savage Northeast Harbor Library Description: Charles K. Savage (Milbridge 1903-Northeast Harbor 1979), designer of Thuya Gardens and The Asticou Azalea Gardens, first chairman of the Mount Desert Larger Parish, selectman for the Town of Mount Desert, representative to the State Legislature and member of local committees, including the Town Planning Board and the Chamber of Commerce. He was also manager of the Asticou Inn in Northeast Harbor and member of the Acadia Corporation. In 1928 he became First Trustee of the Asticou Terraces. Held the position of Town Code Enforcement Officer and Building Inspector; trustee to the Northeast Harbor Union Church; Director of the Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor Water Companies and the Northeast Harbor Neighborhood House; Chairman of the Northeast Harbor Library's Board of Trustees; member of the Village Improvement Society. [show more] | |||
| Gertrude Helen Fay Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Gertrude Helen Fay Northeast Harbor Library Description: Gertrude H. Fay (Mrs. William Rodman Fay), summer resident of Northeast Harbor and once chairman of the Northeast Harbor Library. | |||
| Fraternal Orders Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Fraternal Orders Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: Mount Desert Lodge No. 140 (Item 7403) Ocean Lodge No. 140 (Item 7404) Oder of the Eastern Star No. 118 (Item 7405) Bar Harbor Lodge No. 185 (Item 7406) Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 (Item 7407) | |||
| Mr. and Mrs. Dillon Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Mr. and Mrs. Dillon Northeast Harbor Library Description: C. Douglas Dillon (1909-2003) Ambassador to France, 57th Secretary of Treasury, Under Secretary of State Susan (Suzzie) Slater Dillon (1917-2019) 3rd husband was Dewitt L. Sage (d. 1982) 4th husband was Douglas Dillon Summer Residence: Sea Watch, Northeast Harbor Mrs. Dillon donated the Woolies to the Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| Manchester Family Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Agnes Yarnall LePage Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Agnes Yarnall LePage Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: Hundreds of 3" x 5" photographs of sculptures, drawings and paintings by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. Renowned as a sculptor, she commissioned portrayals of contemporary celebrities. Her sculpted works are organized in groups such as: "Clowns" (7377), "Circus" (7378), "Mosaics" (7379), "Bas-relief" (7382). She is also known for her "Paintings" (7380), "Charcoal drawings" (7381) and "Pencil drawings" (7383). This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996. [show more] | ||||
| Woman's Literary Club Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Woman's Literary Club Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: The records in the Woman’s Literary Club Collection includes manuscripts, typescripts, letters, annual meeting notes, scrapbooks, news clippings, photographs, meeting programs, photographs, and some objects. Belle Smallidge Knowles and Stella P. Hill, two college-educated women living in Northeast Harbor in the early 20th century, thought the community could benefit from a woman’s club. The Woman's Literary Club of Northeast Harbor held its first meeting in 1908 and quickly gained membership. Club members actively wrote papers (many award-winning) ranging from poetry to local family histories and biographies of famous artists. Members also participated in community improvement projects, and attended state and national women’s club meetings. The club disbanded in 2000 due to dwindling membership. [show more] | |||
| Charles Eliot Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Charles Eliot Northeast Harbor Library Description: Charles Eliot, renown landscape architect, was the son of Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard College and one of the first summer resident of Northeast Harbor. Charles Eliot was also a member of the Champlain Society. He died of spinal meningitis at the young age of 38. | |||
| Asa Smallidge Knowles (1909-1990) Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Asa Smallidge Knowles (1909-1990) Northeast Harbor Library Description: Asa S. Knowles, 3rd. president of Northeastern University in Boston. He was born in Northeast Harbor on January 8, l909 | ||||
| Roy Salisbury Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Roy Salisbury Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: Photographs: Stetson School (item 6997) Gilman High School (item 6998) Ballard Hill School (item 6999) Mount Desert High School (item 7000) Clifton Dock area (item 7001) Who's who - People (item 7002) Northeast Harbor (1) (item 7005) Northeast Harbor (2) (item 7006) Miscellaneous (item 7004) Documents and Manuscripts: Parker Fennelly's diploma from Leland Powers School (item 7003) Nathan Fennelly invoices (item 7284) Parker Fennelly scrapbook (item 7283) Parker Fennelly discharge papers (item 7285) Parker Family writings Parker Family plays and writings Cottages for Rent, 1929 (item 7286) Letter from Northeast Harbor Water Co., 1904 Future of Mount Desert Island by Charles W. Eliot (see also item 6127) Mount Desert High School and Mount Desert Elementary School specifications, letters from architects & contractors, additions, building notes Objects (see items 7288, 7289) WWII ration books, tokens, service ID, Red Cross Volunteer Pin, V pin [show more] | ||||
| Parker W. Fennelly Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Parker W. Fennelly Northeast Harbor Library Description: Parker W. Fennelly (October 22, 1891 – January 22, 1988). Son of Nathan Fennelly and Estelle Dolliver Fennelly, he was born and raised in Northeast Harbor and studied classical acting in Boston. He was a member of Boston's Toy Theater company and participated in Chautauqua readings. He studied under performing arts educator Leland T. Powers. He later became a character actor and appeared in ten films, numerous television episodes and hundreds of radio programs. (Text source: Wikipedia) [show more] | ||||
| Andrew C. Wheelwright Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Andrew C. Wheelwright Northeast Harbor Library | ||||
| Sarah Cabot Wheelwright Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Sarah Cabot Wheelwright Northeast Harbor Library | ||||
| Anna Lewis Kneedler Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Anna Lewis Kneedler Northeast Harbor Library | ||||
| Augustus D. Phillips Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Augustus D. Phillips Northeast Harbor Library Description: Renowned mapmaker and postcard publisher, together with his brother Luther S. Phillips. | ||||
| Luther S. Phillips Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Luther S. Phillips Northeast Harbor Library Description: Mapmaker and postcard publisher, together with his brother Augustus D. Phillips. | ||||
| Beatrix Farrand Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Beatrix Farrand Northeast Harbor Library Description: Beatrix Cadwalader Farrand (née Jones; June 19, 1872 – February 28, 1959) was an American landscape gardener and landscape architect. Her career included commissions to design about 110 gardens for private residences, estates and country homes, public parks, botanic gardens, college campuses, and the White House. Farrand was one of the founding eleven members, and the only woman, of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Beatrix Farrand is one of the most accomplished persons, and women, recognized in both the first decades of the landscape architecture profession and the centuries of landscape garden design arts and accomplishment. (Source: Wikipedia) [show more] | ||||
| Robert (Bob) R. Pyle Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Robert (Bob) R. Pyle Northeast Harbor Library Description: Robert (Bob) Richard Pyle was born on October 22, 1945 in Phoenixville, PA, the son of Louise Kaler Sawtelle and James Wesley Pyle. Brought as an infant to Searsport where he attended grammar school, he began his summer life as a child in his grandparents’ seaside cottage on Islesford, an island link he idealized and maintained throughout his life. He started work at the Northeast Harbor Library in 1971. In 1973 he met and married his wife of 45 years, Miriam Louise Mahon. Bob became Director in 1975 and enjoyed serving 40 years at his beloved Northeast Harbor Library, overseeing seven renovations and ultimately, in 2008, opening the new facility. During his career he was honored by numerous organizations including the Northeast Harbor Library’s Don Coates Award, and the Acadia National Park’s W.O. Sawtelle award. In his time in Northeast Harbor Bob was a pillar in many community organizations, including the Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Departments, and the Police Reserve. He also filled roles on many committees and boards. Bob Pyle died on December 25, 2018. [show more] | ||||
| Charles W. Eliot Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Charles W. Eliot Northeast Harbor Library Description: Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard and one of Acadia National Park's founders. | ||||
| Laura Damon Cross Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Laura Damon Cross Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: Box 1 - Folder 1: Letter from Aunt May [Savage] to Cora Mae [Phillips Perry], February 23, 1924 Letter from Ernestine Savage to Cora May [Perry], March 9, 1950 - Folder 2: Photograph album with 14 photographs of Harbourside Inn, Journey's End, and Grey Rock Harbourside Inn menus, 1 handwritten and 1 typed, August 1971 Newsletter, Knowles News, Spring 2005 - Folder 3: Photograph, Lewellyn and Dot Damon, ca. 1950 Photograph, Laura Damon Cross, Bruce Damon, Carol Damon Dana, ca. 1950 - Scrapbook, poetry clippings - Scrapbook, Emily N. Phillips Reynolds, 1897, diplomas from Maud Trask and greeting cards - Publications: Official Journal and Yearbook of the 71st Session of the East Maine Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1918 Apollo: An illustrated manual of the History of Art throughout the ages, 1908 [show more] | ||||
| Eleanor Robson Belmont Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Eleanor Robson Belmont Northeast Harbor Library Description: First Chairman of the new Northeast Harbor Library. Mrs. Belmont served from 1949 through 1952. | |||
| Philomena Manchester Photograph Album Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Philomena Manchester Photograph Album Northeast Harbor Library Description: Box 1 Manchester Family Photograph album Box 2 Manchester Family Photographs, loose | ||||
| Dr. George Shattuck Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Dr. George Shattuck Northeast Harbor Library Description: Boston physician who owned a house in Northeast Harbor. Professor of tropical medicine at Harvard Medical School and a pioneer in the field of tropical medicine. | ||||
| George L. Stebbins Northeast Harbor Library |
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| George L. Stebbins Northeast Harbor Library Description: George Ledyard Stebbins was a wealthy real estate financier who developed Seal Harbor, Maine and helped to establish Acadia National Park (Wikipedia). | ||||
| John Snow, Passamaquoddy Northeast Harbor Library |
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