Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston
Date:
1901
Description: A quarterly magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History published by the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 623 Tremont Building, Boston. 4 volumes: Vol. III - January 1901, No. 1 - whole number 9 Vol. III - April 1901, No. 2 - whole number 10 Vol. III - July 1901, No. 3 - whole number 11 Vol. III - October 1901, No. 4 - whole number 12 Two Dollars Per Annum. Single number fifty cents.
Description: Harold W. Dolliver was born on February 3, 1917. Harold married Avis A. Hartford (1917-1988), daughter of Harry Lee and Adelaide Maud (Smith) Hartford on May 1, 1937 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Harold and Avis had two children together, Lura Rae and Brian Lee. Harold W. Dolliver died on January 29, 1998 in Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Description: Collection of essays by Frances H. Eliot spanning the years 1871-1954: - Education - Early days at Northeast Harbor - Being a minister’s wife in Denver - An American family at breakfast in the early nineteen hundreds - Borrowed daughters - Leisure - 1941 Inauguration - Golden wedding of S. A. E. and F. H. E. (October 22, 1889-1939) - The glory that is Cambridge - The romance of street names in Cambridge - Patriarchal picnics - I remember Mount Desert [show more]
Description: Supplemental publication to the Ellsworth American and Mount Desert Islander of World War II Veteran profiles. Included is a profile of Robert Graves of Northeast Harbor (page 13).
Description: Black Knights of Templar double breasted frock coat with black velvet buttons with a Knights Templar Pin and World War service pin which says "Ben Hadley" on back. "Blanquefort" embroidered on collar. Worn by Ben Hadley in the Ellsworth branch of the Knights Templar, called "Blanquefort".
Description: Framed newspaper article regarding actress Annette Kellerman and the 1952 movie "Million Dollar Mermaid" about Kellerman's life in which actress Esther Williams portrays Kellerman. Clipping has two photos, one showing Esther Williams and Annette Kellerman looking at a sketch of a Kellerman inspired bathing suit and the second photo depicts Williams in the bathing suit.
Description: Green umbrella with ivory handle. Prized possession of George B. Dorr. Originally owned by theologian and famed scholar Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758).
Description: Brown leather cover with embossed design and gold metal trim with clasp initialed with "MGWD". Page edges are gilded. Owned by Mary Gray Ward Dorr, George B. Dorr's mother.
Description: This PDF contains a sampling of student work from the Spring 2023 Introduction to Journalism class which was shared with the COA community.
Description: Author Unknown - Appreciation of the Fine Arts - History of Mount Desert Island - History of Mount Desert Island with notes and drafts - The Manchester Ancestry - Mythology - Thanksgiving B - Local Organizations, by Edith H. Burr - Northeast Harbor Water Company, by Edith H. Burr C - Popper, by Joan Columbe F - Poltergeist? (1986), by Billie Favour - The Easter of My Life, by Edith Favour - The First Americans and the Men from Outer Space, 1974, by Edith Favour - The Herring Gull, by Edith Favour - Mount Desert Families in 1775-76 (1975), by Edith Favour - The Record-maker (1985), by Edith Favour - Robins are singing in the rain, by Edith Favour - September Song (1990), by Edith Favour - Wabanaki Artisans (1980), by Edith Favour - Biography of Jane Addams, by Mildred Fennelly - Biography of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, by Mildred Fennelly - Biography of Diego Velasquez, by Mildred Fennelly - Book Review of Captain Ellsburg and His Books, by Mildred Fennelly - Book Review of "A House Without a Roof", by Mildred Fennelly - Book Review of "The Pilgrim Prince", by Mildred Fennelly - Book Review of "Take Heed of Loving Me", by Mildred Fennelly - Children's Literature, by Mildred Fennelly - Education, by Mildred Fennelly - Madagascar, by Mildred Fennelly - Passamaquoddy, by Mildred Fennelly - Recount WLC Year 1932-33, by Mildred Fennelly - Recount Trip to New York, by Mildred Fennelly - Sandwich Islands, by Mildred Fennelly - Travel, by Mildred Fennelly - Williamsburg, VA, by Mildred Fennelly G - Come to Maine (1941), by Edith S. Gilley - Crab Apple Jelly Made in a Floor Pail (1953), by Edith S. Gilley - Easter, 1953, by Edith S. Gilley - God Bless the Wilkies (1940), by Edith S. Gilley - The Hinkley Tomstone (1940), by Edith S. Gilley - Re*Papers on Local History (1940), by Edith S. Gilley - Written for Stella L. Hill (1941), by Edith S. Gilley - Red Cross History, by Winifred Graves [show more]
Description: H - A review of New York Poetry Week (1940), by Stella L. Hill - Address at Southwest Harbor Neighborhood House to the Mount Desert Island Federation of Women’s Clubs, by Stella L. Hill - Address [to Club by first President] (1908), by Stella L. Hill - Bartletts Island w/ notes, by Stella L. Hill - Bartletts Island and Pretty Marsh (1933), by Stella L. Hill - Building a Home Library, by Stella L. Hill - Echoes of Long Ago, by Stella L. Hill - Hall Quarry w/ notes and photographs (see item 7336), by Stella L. Hill - History of the Northeast Harbor Post Office, by Stella L. Hill - Library w/ notes, by Stella L. Hill - The Yesterday and Today of Sutton Island, by Stella L. Hill - The Mount Desert Island Historical Society at Somesville (1932), by Mrs. L. Elrie Holmes (Mary Holmes) - The Neighborhood House, by Mrs. L. Elrie Holmes (Mary Holmes) - Fine Arts, by Mary Holmes K - Books in Review, by Beatrice Carroll Kelley - Swimming Pool—Tennis Club & Golf Club (1933), by Beatrice Carroll Kelley - Biography of Daniel Coit Gilman, by Beatrice Carroll Kelley - History of Northeast Harbor, by Beatrice Carroll Kelley - A Challenge to the Woman’s Literary Club, by Belle Smallidge Knowles - Doctor Florence Rena Sabin, by Belle Smallidge Knowles - Early History, by Belle Smallidge Knowles - Prima Donna—Albani, by Belle Smallidge Knowles M - World War Radio Stations at Otter Cliffs and Sea Wall (1933), by Dorothy Maddocks - Greening’s Island (1933), by Charlotte Manchester - The Sunday Evening Club (1932), by Charlotte Manchester - The Manchester Family, by A. L. Manchester (Ida I. Manchester) [show more]