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Antique Music Boxes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1970
Antique Music Boxes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No Date Antique Music Boxes, 3 pages Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.28
Movie Posters
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster
  • 1977
Movie Posters
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor which use to be a movie theater. These posters are hand drawn. Poster Reads: Gary Cooper Charlton Heston Wreck of the Mary Deare, 1959-Color-G-105 min (Dennis Dever 1977)
Babson Genealogy photocopy
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Finney-MacDougal, Catherine, B.A.
  • 1978
Babson Genealogy photocopy
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photocopied pages from book, The Babson Genealogy, 1637-1977, Descendants of Isabel Babson who arrived at Salem, Massachusetts in 1637. Eaton Press, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1978.
Letter regarding genealogy of Samuel Richardson
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, History
  • Stella Richardson
  • 1978
Letter regarding genealogy of Samuel Richardson
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter excerpt details descendants of Samuel Richardson and Betty Giles and Samuel's second wife Lousana Garland. Samuel lived in Bridgeton, ME, and Aurora, Me.
Rough Draft of genealogies, possibly for "Downeast Ancestors"
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Wiley, Ken Lee
  • 1979
Description:
Photocopy of rough draft pages pertaining to genealogy of multiple families which Wiley prepared for publication. Richardson name appears on 5th page.
Genealogy of the Somes Family in New England
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Genealogy
  • W.F.S
  • 9/1/1971
Genealogy of the Somes Family in New England
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photocopy, single page, labeled as "Sheet 2", of genealogical chart beginning in 1673 with Timothy Somes through to 18th C. generation including Abraham Somes, first settler of Mount Desert Island.
Descendants of Abraham and Martha Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Some, Morris H.
  • 1978
Descendants of Abraham and Martha Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Handwritten genealogical chart showing descendants of Abraham and Martha Somes.
Notes on Somes Genealogy
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Bernard Somes Mahon
  • 1978
Notes on Somes Genealogy
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Typewritten notes (2 pp.) detailing Somes genealogy. One was written by Bernard Somes Mahon.
Letter to the Editor of the "Bar Harbor Times"
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Somesville
  • Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • 6/14/1979
Letter to the Editor of the "Bar Harbor Times"
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photocopy of letter correcting facts on a previously written article on the subject of the history of Somesville, Maine. The letter includes biographical information about Somesville settler, Abraham Somes as well as Virginia Somes Sanderson's line of descent.
Somes Family buried in Brookside Cemetery, Somesville, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Death Record, Burial Record
  • Other, Brookside Cemetery
  • 7/1971
Description:
Photocopy of handwritten list of Somes family members whose deaths are recorded in the Brookside Cemetery, Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine as of July 1971.
English Origin of Morris Somes of Gloucester, Mass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Chart, Family Tree
  • Other, Biography
  • John B Threlfall
  • January, 1977
English Origin of Morris Somes of Gloucester, Mass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photocopy of article in "American Genealogist", Vol.53, No.1, January, 1977. Article is on Morris Somes who emigrated from England to settle in Gloucester, Mass.
Letter concerning Francis Orlando Black, aka Francis Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Burley Black
  • 8/8/1971
Description:
Handwritten letter from Burley Black to Dr. Sanderson concerning the relationship of Francis Orlando Black to the Somes family of Mount Desert Island.
Notes of Sanderson Pertaining to her Proposed Donation to the MDI Historical Society
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note
  • Other, Donation
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • 1976
Description:
Handwritten notes of Virginia Somes Sanderson pertaining to the handling of her proposed donation of the Somes house to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society.
Letter from MDI Historical Society to Thalia Nutting
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Mount Desert Historical Society
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1978
Letter from MDI Historical Society to Thalia Nutting
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter from Society secretary, Winfield Sprague, notifying Thalia Nutting of appointment as a charter member of the MDI HIstorical Society.
Letter from MDI Historical Society to Helen Fernald
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1978
Letter from MDI Historical Society to Helen Fernald
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter from MDI Historical Society secretary, Winfield Sprague, to Helen Fernald notifying her of her appointment as a charter member of the Society.
Letter from MDI Historical Society to Helen Fernald
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Mount Desert Historical Society
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1978
Letter from MDI Historical Society to Helen Fernald
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter from the MDI Historical Society secretary, Winfield Sprague, to Ada Leland, notifying her of her appointment as a charter member of the Society.
Letter from MDI Historical Society to Virginia Somes Sanderson
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1979
Description:
Letter from MDI Historical Society secretary, Chadbourne Gilpatric, to Virginia Somes Sanderson, notifying her of her election as Honorary Director of the Society.
Letter from Leland to Betsy Alexander
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Newsletters
  • Nelson C. Leland
  • 1976
Letter from Leland to Betsy Alexander
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter from Nelson Leland to Betsy Alexander discussing problems within the MDI Historical Society in relation to the Society Newsletter. Four typewritten pages.
Report of the Newsletter Committee
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Report, Administrative Report
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Newsletters
  • Newsletter Committee, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1976
Report of the Newsletter Committee
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two and 1/2 handwritten pages (two original and one photocopy) of reports of the Newsletter Committee to the MDI Historical Society.
Letter from Alexander to Virginia Somes Sanderson
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Other, Newsletters
  • Betsy Alexander
  • 1977
Letter from Alexander to Virginia Somes Sanderson
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter from Mrs. Alexander to Sanderson tendering her resignation from the MDI Historical Society Newsletter Committee and explaining her discontent with the operation of this committee.
Letter from Sanderson to Betsy Alexander
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Mount Desert Historical Society
  • Other, Newsletters
  • Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • 1977
Letter from Sanderson to Betsy Alexander
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photocopy of two page handwritten letter from Sanderson to Betsy Alexander. Sanderson accepts Alexander's resignation from the MDI Historical Society Newsletter Committee and discusses Mrs. Alexander's grievances with the committee.
Strawberry Festival Financial Report
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Report, Administrative Report
  • Other, Festivals
  • Other, Financial disclosure
  • Other, Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 1977
Strawberry Festival Financial Report
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
One page typewritten financial report of the Strawberry Festival of July 9, 1977.
Regarding will and bequests of LaRue Spiker
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Estates
  • Other, Long Pond
  • Other, Nature Conservancy
  • Other, Trust (estate)
  • Other, Wills
  • 1979
Regarding will and bequests of LaRue Spiker
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter to Executive Director of Nature Conservancy re a bequest of land where LaRue Spiker lives on Long Pond to Nature Conservancy for its use to sell after death of a friend who shall hold title during the friend's lifetime. Describes property. Letter from her lawyers explaining what Douglas Chapman did to revise the will. Advises setting up a trust. The will is not attached to this letter. Previously archived as object id 012.Fic.042.12, **1348, **1349 [show more]
Writer's Digest Award
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Writing
  • 1971
Writer's Digest Award
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter from Writer's Digest awarding prize for manuscript, "Hang Him Higher than Human" Prizes not attached Previously archived as 012.FIC.042.13, **1345
Launching of Stanley-44
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Computer-aided designs
  • Other, John M. Williams Company
  • Other, Mark Marine Inc
  • Other, Stanley-44
  • Other, magazine article
  • 1977
Launching of Stanley-44
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter from John Letcher, Jr about a story the American (magazine) was plannng about the Stanley -44 launching to LaRue Spiker. And copy of letter that Lechter has attached from Lechter to Dave Getchell regarding launching and the design of the boat by Lyford Stanley and Jock (Stanley?) Discusses computerized design. Previously archived as 012.FIC.042.15, **1346, **1347