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You searched for: Date: 1950sPlace: [blank]Subject: Events
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Parish of St. Mary's and St. Jude's is Observing its 75th Anniversary
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Organizations, Religious
  • 5/23/1957
Description:
Full page article published in the Bar Harbor Times, entitled " Sunday in the Parish", featuring clergy and parishioners to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the parish. Several b/w photographs.
Mount Desert: The most beautiful island in the world
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Explorers
  • Other, Railroad companies
  • Other, Railroads
  • Collier, Sargent F.
  • 1952
Mount Desert: The most beautiful island in the world
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
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.
In Memory of Samuel Atkins Eliot 1862-1950
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • Events
  • People
  • 7/16/1950
Letter from Harvard to Saltonstall re: shark
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Events
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • 1955
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Letter from Harvard to Saltonstall re: shark
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter, from Henry B. Bigelow, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, Cambridge MA, 6 Sep 1955, to John L. Saltonstall, identifying man-eating shark that attacked boat
Iola Klaas and LaRue Spiker on Their Position in Regard to the Stockholm Resolution of Peace Statement, c. 1950
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Declaration
  • Events
  • Other
  • People
  • Klaas, Iola
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1950 c.
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Iola Klaas and LaRue Spiker explain the background and importance of the Stockholm Resolution of Peace, which was passed at the World Committee in Defense of Peace. They emphasize the dangers of atomic warfare, particularly for children, and advocate for the outlawing of the atomic bomb. People Mentioned: O. John Rogge, Rockwell Kent, Albert Kahn, Johannes Steel, W. E. B. DuBois
LaRue Spiker Disputing Accusations of Communism Statement, July 8, 1950 (1)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Declaration
  • Events
  • Other
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1950-07-08
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
LaRue Spiker provides a statement regarding her activities of July 7, 1950. She relates a conversation with reporter Ed Cotton about a communist petition she had allegedly distributed. People Mentioned: Ed Cotton, Iola Klaas, Maurice O. Hunt
LaRue Spiker Disputing Accusations of Communism Statement, July 8, 1950 (2)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Declaration
  • Events
  • Other
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1950-07-08
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
LaRue Spiker provides a statement regarding her activities of July 6, 1950. She explains that she was attempting to get signatures on petition from the Civil Rights Congress about the Stockholm Resolution for Peace when she was stopped and questioned by police officers.
Science Challenges the Educator
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Asa Smallidge Knowles (1909-1990)
  • 1959
Science Challenges the Educator
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
President-elect of Northeastern University, Asa S. Knowles typescript of the dedication of the Science Laboratories at Mount Desert High School in 1959.
Rusty Salisbury's 8th Birthday Party
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • 3/4/1952
Rusty Salisbury's 8th Birthday Party
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Roy Salisbury Collection Left to Right Back Row: Kenny Savage, Mimi Salisbury, Paul Salisbury, Bobby Davis, Bucky Sullivan Front Row: Rusty Salisbury, Wayne Stanley, Dickie Hill, Johnny Adams, Tommy Henckler, Billy Nicholson, Carl Beyler
Dedication of the Gilman Plaque
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Program
  • Events
  • Object, Sign
  • Daniel Coit Gilman
  • 1959
Dedication of the Gilman Plaque
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
April 26, 1959 Program from the dedication of the Gilman Plaque honoring Daniel Coit Gilman at the Mount Desert High School in Northeast Harbor, Maine.
Free Rides to See Mayflower Thrills Provincetown Youth
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • People
  • 1957-06-13
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Pemetic High School Band Marching
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • 1958 c.
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Pemetic High School Band Marching
Southwest Harbor Public Library