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Pink Granite of Somes Sound
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, Grinici and Ellis
  • Other, McMullen Construction
  • Other, Quarrying
  • Other, Standard Granite Company
  • 1972
Pink Granite of Somes Sound
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Downeast magazine article on pink granite and quarrying. Previoulsy archived as 011.FIC.71.11
Tea and Popovers
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Russell Butcher
  • July 1970
  • Acadia National Park, Jordan Pond
Tea and Popovers
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Article about Jordan Pond House published in Down East Magazine, July 1970.
Deserting the Rock
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • John M. March
  • March 1978
  • Mount Desert Rock
Deserting the Rock
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Historical sketch of the lighthouse on Mount Desert Rock as it becomes automated. Published in Down East Magazine, March 1978.
Cabot, the mysterious sailor who gave England rights to North American
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other
  • People
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1971
Description:
Excerpts from Morison's book, The European Discovery of America (1971), about Cabot's voyages to North America beginning in 1497.
Portrait bust of Emily Marshall Otis
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Walter Muir Whitehill
  • 1973
Portrait bust of Emily Marshall Otis
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Photograph and caption from an article published in "The Magazine Antiques", June 1973, by Walter Muir Whitehill, director and librarian emeritus: "Portrait busts in the library of the Boston Athenaeum". The bust of Emily Marshall was carved from a death mask in Florence in 1839 by Horatio Greenough and given to the Athenaeum in 1956 by her great-grandson, Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison.
From Champlain to Tomorrow
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Organizations
  • People
  • Robert O. Binnewies
  • 1974
From Champlain to Tomorrow
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Article about the inception of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust largely inspired by Peggy Rockefeller to protect, conserve private lands along the Maine coast. Published in Down East Magazine, 1974.
The Bunkers of Cranberry Island
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Gunnar Hansen
  • 1979
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
The Bunkers of Cranberry Island
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Short biography of brothers Raymond, Tud, and Wilfred Bunker who continue a long family tradition living from the sea. Published in Down East Magazine, November 1979.
Memories of Northeast Harbor
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Gunnar Hansen
  • 1978
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Memories of Northeast Harbor
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Reminiscence of Samuel Eliot Morison's childhood in Northeast Harbor between 1890 and 1900. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1978.
Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Herbert Edwards
  • 1971
  • Cranberry Isles
Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Short biography of Rachel Field's life on Sutton Island and nearby Cranberry Islands and how her environment influenced her writing. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1971.
The Bar Harbor Auto War
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Richard A. Savage
  • 1975
  • Mount Desert Island
The Bar Harbor Auto War
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975.
Maine's Seacoast Mission
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Organizations
  • Vessels, Ship
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1974
Maine's Seacoast Mission
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Reprint about the Maine Sea Coast Missionary Soc. founded in 1905 by Alexander and Angus MacDonald. Stories of the mission's service to the islands. Photographs of founders and other directors, in addition the society's boats, esp. "Sunbeam"(s).
Castles for Sale
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings
  • Bob Wands
  • 1978
Castles for Sale
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Brief article about the sale of "Anchorage" brokered by Sotheby Parke Bernet Galleries, summer home of Nelson and Happy Rockefeller until 1979. Photographs of the Rockefellers relaxing at home. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1978.
Special 100th Birthday Salute to Eleanor Robson Belmont
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Frank Merkling
  • 12/9/1978
Description:
Eleanor Robson Belmont (Mrs. August Belmont) is recognized on her 100th birthday with this testimonial issue as Founder and President Emeritus of the Metropolitan Opera Guild. Many Photographs in her acting roles. Published in "Opera News", December 9, 1978
Samuel Eliot Morison
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Page Smith
  • 1971
Samuel Eliot Morison
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Brief biographical account of S. E. Morison, "the admiral of the vast seas of history", by a student-assistant at Harvard University.
The Pink Granite of Somes Sound
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • C. V. Truax
  • 1972
The Pink Granite of Somes Sound
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Hall Quarry granite industry beginning with Cyrus J. Hall's development of the Standard Granite Co. 1870's through small operations in the 1950's. The establishment of Hall Quarry as a town.