Description: Letters and correspondence between James M. Parker and his sister, Letitia A. Parker, between 1861 and 1864. There are a total of 18 letters plus one (1) letter in shorthand. Additional items include two (2) tintype photos and one (1) printed advertisement for metallic collars. A copy of a photo of James Parker from Photo Box #30 is also in the archival box, along with a typewritten transcript of the original letters.
Allen-Holmes-Smith Photographs and other materials
Description: Letter from Board of Selectman petitioning for an extention of state highway ending at Trenton to go through Somesville and Southwest ending at the lighthouse in Bass Harbor.
Description: Undated note from postmaster, Millbridge, Maine, to Mr. Fernald indicating that a Mr. Cole came and paid the note and that there was no expense for registering the letter.
Description: Eight-page, hand-written letter and poems from C.E. Oak (?) to Mrs. Somes. Letter was among objects that had been given to the Somesville Union Church.
Description: Business correspondence to and from Sheldon Goldthwait of the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company with various correspondents related to the Mount Desert Development Corporation, 1954-1963. Documents include December 1962 Park Service rejection of a potential ski resort in Acadia Park due to poor economic prospects, impacts on the park, and a lack of snow.
Description: On the Guadalupe in Texas. Had been at the Aransas Wildlife Refuge.Went over the border to Mexico. Was searched. Spot drug checks. Heading back to Louisiana
Description: Charlotte Thorne letter collection: 23 letters, one news item. Letters range from 1951-1953 and were written by students at Eastern prep schools (primarily males) who summered in Bar Harbor to Charlotte Thorne a student at school in Bedford, NY. The majority of the letters were written by someone named "Gill, presumably Gil Mallinckrodt, and someone named "Pete Palmer". Letters and one newspaper clipping are marked 002.42.1a-x. Empty envelopes have also been included in the file. [show more]