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Forgotten household crafts: A portrait of the way we once lived.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Seymour, John
  • 1987
Description:
Kitchen, dairy, laundry, textile, decorative and other household crafts. Many drawings and photographs. Chapters on food and drink, milk, butter, cheese, soap, linen, herbs, candles and lighting, chimney sweeping, spinning, weaving, rug making, lace, crochet, tatting, and knitting, quilting, embroidery, painting, furniture.
Town & Country, July 1985
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • 1985
Town & Country, July 1985
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Includes article and photographs about Northeast Harbor, Maine, beginning on p.106.
The American House: Styles of Architecture
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Smith, A.G.
  • 1983
The American House: Styles of Architecture
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The American House: Styles of Architecture Coloring Book.
Turn-Of-The-Century Houses, Cottages and Villas
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Shoppell, R.W.
  • 1983
Turn-Of-The-Century Houses, Cottages and Villas
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Turn-Of-The-Century Houses, Cottages and Villages: Floor Plans and Line Illustrations of 118 Homes from Shoppell's Catalogs.
Country Houses and Seaside Cottages of the Victorian Era
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Comstock, William T.
  • 1989
Country Houses and Seaside Cottages of the Victorian Era
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Country Houses and Seaside Cottages of the Victorian Era.
The Maine Lobster Boat, 1860-1960
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • 1985
The Maine Lobster Boat, 1860-1960
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Poster showing the evolution of the Maine Lobster Boat from 1860 to 1960. Text and illustrations. Created in 1985 by Douglas Alvord and Maine Maritime Museum. Approx. 35.5" long by 14.5". Describes and illustrates the Reach Boat, Peapod, Sloop Boat, Hampton Boat, Torpedo Stern, Razor Case and Jonesport-Beal Is.
Making It in Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • 1982
Making It in Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Horsemen of Acadia: article in Sept. 1982 Down East magazine about William Tapley of Wildwood Stable, Seal Harbor.
Mt. Desert Island's Granite Heritage
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Layton, Victor J.
  • 1982
Mt. Desert Island's Granite Heritage
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article from June 1982 Down East magazine about stoneworks of Acadia National Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and financed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
When Hollywood Came to Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • O'Neil, Gladys
  • 1981
When Hollywood Came to Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article about 1917 filming of Fox Film Company's "Queen of the Sea" on Sand Beach and along Ocean Drive, from Sept. 1981 issue of Down East magazine
The Vertical World of Mt. Desert
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Koch, Daniel
  • 1981
The Vertical World of Mt. Desert
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article from June 1981 Down East magazine about rock climbers on Mt. Desert Island.
A Summer Full of Flowers
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Lamb, Jane
  • 1983
A Summer Full of Flowers
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article from July 1983 Down East magazine about garden of Mary Louise Jenkins on Mount Desert Island.
Croquet, Anyone?
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Cole, John N.
  • 1984
Croquet, Anyone?
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article fromAugust 1984 Down East magazine about croquet at the Claremont Hotle, Southwest Harbor.
Saved by A Great White Elephant
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Davis, Norah Deakin
  • 1985
Saved by A Great White Elephant
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Article about the Turrets, on College of the Atlantic campus, from Oct. 1985 Down East magazine.
Blue Lobsters, Old Ghosts: A Visit to Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Maxwell, Jessica
  • 1986
Blue Lobsters, Old Ghosts: A Visit to Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Overview of Bar Harbor and surroundings in Islands magazine.
U.S. Geological Survey map of Salsbury Cove, ME (1981)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • 1981
U.S. Geological Survey map of Salsbury Cove, ME (1981)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
U.S. Geological Survey map of Salsbury Cove, ME (1981) DMA 7372 IV, Series V811
Champlain's Map of the Coast of New France, drawn by him in 1607 [copy]
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • 1985
Description:
Map in color showing Mount Desert Island, Schoodic Peninsula, Islands in Western Bay, from Les Voyages duSieur De Champlain with annotation in French. A reprint of a 1932 map. Size 22.5" x 28"
Ancestral Roll and Chapter Roster, Maine State Organization
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Bois, Betty Kragelund
  • 1987
Description:
Compiled by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to "aid those in search of that often elusive ancestor."
Carroll Farm, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • Cliver, E. Blaine and D. Hall
  • 1983
Carroll Farm, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Hand-drawn plan of the Carroll Farm showing boundaries, pasture-land, road, house, barn ruins, meadow, fence, ledge, logging area. 8.5" X 9.5"
Letter to Mrs. Charles Lanpher (Juanita Lanpher)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Lucie D. Smallidge
  • 1988
Letter to Mrs. Charles Lanpher (Juanita Lanpher)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Four-page handwritten letter and envelope with return address, written by Lucie Smallidge (daughter of Laura Richardson) to Mrs. Charles Lanpher (Juanita) and dated September 21, 1988; mentions going to school in Northeast Harbor and values of people in NEH when she was growing up. Mentions effort to see "Goldie"; Lucie's brothers Curley and Galen, sisters Leola and "Skoot," who was married to Don McEachern; and her grandparents Olin and Luch Richardson; her mother, Laura, and Laura's sister Lucretia. Her uncle Olin Richardson had the gas station and store in Town Hill for many years; she had another uncle named Bide Richardson. Describes Lucie's love of music and work with the elderly in nursing homes [show more]
MDI Historical Society Newsletter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • 1983
MDI Historical Society Newsletter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Newsletter for Volume VI, September 1, 1983, No. 1. Describes decision to keep museum open in Sept., painting of bridge by Girl Scouts, fundraising efforts, gifts to Society.
Bond Issues and Maine Yankee Power Plant Referendum vote
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • 1987
Bond Issues and Maine Yankee Power Plant Referendum vote
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Referendum vote called initated bill to determine if citizens want to have Maine Yankee continue to run after July 4, 1988
Saving the Ozone Layer Newsletter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • 1987
Saving the Ozone Layer Newsletter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Saving the Ozone Layer: A citizen Action Guide Natural Resources Defense Council Collected by League of Women Voters
Risk and Opportunity Health & Security in the Nuclear Age
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • 1988
Risk and Opportunity Health & Security in the Nuclear Age
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Pamphlet by Physicians for Social Responsibility
Museum Bridge, Somesville, Maine, Drawings by Caivano & Hyman, August 8, 1981
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • 1981
Description:
This is a booklet of architectural drawings for the Somesville Museum Bridge dated 8-28-1981. There are four pages. The booklet measures 17 by 24 inches. It was prepared by Roc Caivano & Harris Hyman, Box 254, Southwest Harbor,Maine. Page 1 is entitled Specifications and includes conditions. Stapled to this page is a typed letter from Ralph Stanley and Chad Gilpatric to Brian Hamor. Page 2 depicts the North Elevation. Page 3 are the Details. Page 4 are more Details. [show more]
Needlecraft for Today (June 1980)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • 1980
Needlecraft for Today (June 1980)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Needlecraft for Today (June 1980)