Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Date	Place	Rights
Front Street (South Shore Road) Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Road Structures, Ceremonial, Church Structures, Dwellings, House		early 1880's	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Front Street (South Shore Road) Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5617 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Road Structures, Ceremonial, Church Structures, Dwellings, House Date: early 1880's Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Front Street, unpaved, (now South Shore Road) looking east. Kimball House on left, Steven Smallidge farm just right of center, and St. Mary's wooden chapel in background.
Correspondence between Cora and Fred Savage Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Correspondence	People		1888			Correspondence between Cora and Fred Savage Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2034 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: People Date: 1888 Description: Copies of letters from Fred Savage to his sister Cora Justine Savage Phillips in Northeast Harbor. From originals of Laura Cross.
Original Christmas card painted by Daisy Doane. Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Art, Other Art	Object, Art Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Daisy Doane	1881	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Original Christmas card painted by Daisy Doane. Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1451 Type: Image, Art, Other Art Subject: Object, Art Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Daisy Doane Date: 1881 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Original card painted by Margaret Herrison Doane ("Daisy") for her aunt Mary Spring Perkins, Christmas 1881 from which the window in St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, Northeast Harbor, was done.
Seal Harbor Children Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph	People		1880's	Mount Desert, Seal Harbor		Seal Harbor Children Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7400 Type: Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph Subject: People Date: 1880's Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor Description: Hand-colored group photograph of some Seal Harbor children. Back row (L to R): Chester Smallidge, Grafton Pinkham, Leslie Clement, Fred Willikenson, Cliff Bracy, Frankie Clement, Everett Jordan. 2nd row (L to R): Estella Chapson, Ralph Liscomb, Roy Clement, Irving Clement, Arthur Clement, Tommy Dodge. 3rd row (L to R): Ed Jordan (grandfather of Judith Harvel), Mabel Lynam, Arno Varnum, Villa Lun..., Dora ..., Ella ..., Marc ... Courtesy of Mrs. Judith Harvel and Ms. Melissa Harvel, Seal Harbor (who has the original framed photograph). [show more]
Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Book, Journal, Diary	People Places, Island Transportation, Carriage		1888	Mount Desert Island		Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7390 Type: Publication, Book, Journal, Diary Subject: People Places, Island Transportation, Carriage Publisher: Ferris Brothers Printers, Philadelphia Date: 1888 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island. This privately published travel journal recounts with humor their adventures during those days of fun and discovery. This volume belongs to Sarah Carter and contains 36 sepia photographs. The entire journal (cover image) as well as the individual photographs have been scanned. From the Preface: "As the summer of 1888 drew near, some young friends put their heads together to arrange a pleasant trip, and realizing that it is not good for man (and consequently woman) to be alone, they decided to take pity on a few of the sons of Adam, of George Fox persuasion, inviting them to join in an excursion to Mt. Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude." From the estate of John Welsh Drayton and Cynthia Whitney Drayton. Donated to the Library by Mr. Whitney Drayton. [show more]
Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Places, Mountain Transportation, Railroad	Frank H. Clergue	1883			Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7386 Type: Reference Subject: Places, Mountain Transportation, Railroad Creator: Frank H. Clergue Date: 1883 Description: The Green Mountain Railway was finalized in 1883 by Frank H. Clergue of Bangor, Maine. It was 6,300 feet long and started on the shores of Eagle Lake. Its cost was $110.000. It closed down in 1893 after only 10 years of operation. (From Item 2162).
Otter Creek showing Russian Tea Room Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse Structures, Transportation, Bridge		1880's	Bar Harbor, Otter Creek		Otter Creek showing Russian Tea Room Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5021 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse Structures, Transportation, Bridge Date: 1880's Place: Bar Harbor, Otter Creek Description: Otter Creek from western shore. Shows wooden bridge, Russian Tea Room to right of trees above water. Farm dates from 1880's. Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
House at Indian Head, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing	Structures, Dwellings, House	Fred L. Savage	1880's	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		House at Indian Head, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1191 Type: Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Creator: Fred L. Savage Date: 1880's Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: 4 blueprints, 5 blueprints stapled, 7 drawings loose. Gabled house with patterned shingles, columned piazza. Used by John Manchester III Inn. Stacy B. Lloyd, 1993. See also 0073 FLS (item 1072) and GHC 357 (item 2562)
Consecration of the Chapel of St. Mary by the Sea Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Book	Organizations, Religious		1882			Consecration of the Chapel of St. Mary by the Sea Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-6041 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Organizations, Religious Date: 1882 Description: Purple booklet of service for the blessing of the church chapel in memory of Mary Spring from her husband Edward Newton Perkins.
Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the Protection of the Woods from Fire Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Booklet	Events, Fire Places	Northeast Harbor Association for the protection of the Woods from Fire	1884			Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the Protection of the Woods from Fire Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-6090 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: Events, Fire Places Creator: Northeast Harbor Association for the protection of the Woods from Fire Publisher: The Gunn Curtis Company, Boston Date: 1884 Description: Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the protection of the woods from fire, upon the forest fires on the Island of Mount Desert, Me., in the year 1883, with a brief record of the same, and some suggestions for the better protection of the woods in the future.
Mt. Desert Reading Room Share Receipt Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic, Public Library		1889	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Mt. Desert Reading Room Share Receipt Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3872 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Date: 1889 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Signed share certificate in the Mt. Desert Reading-Room made out to Mason Campbell. The Reading-Room was predecessor of the Northeast Harbor Library.
Autograph Albums Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook	Other People		1886			Autograph Albums Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2093 Type: Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook Subject: Other People Date: 1886 Description: Autographs and poems of friends of Cora L. Gilpatrick.
Jordan Pond Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Lake Places, Mountain	Samuel A. Eliot	1881	Acadia National Park, Jordan Pond		Jordan Pond Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-4376 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Lake Places, Mountain Creator: Samuel A. Eliot Date: 1881 Place: Acadia National Park, Jordan Pond Description: One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. Overlook from Jordan Pond House to the Bubbles.
Lydia Wood with family at Jordan Pond Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	People Places, Lake	Joseph M. Wilson	8-20-1887	Acadia National Park, Jordan Pond		Lydia Wood with family at Jordan Pond Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5096 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Lake Creator: Joseph M. Wilson Date: 8-20-1887 Place: Acadia National Park, Jordan Pond Description: Lydia Wood and family sitting on the rocks at Jordan Pond. Lydia is playing the banjo. There are several children in the picture. Lydia Wood became Mrs. Charles Bailey. She was Mrs. William (Louisa) Foulke's aunt.
The Anchorage Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Projection, Plan	Structures, Dwellings, House	Rear Admiral Arent Schuyler Crowninshield	1880s	Mount Desert, Seal Harbor		The Anchorage Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2486 Type: Document, Projection, Plan Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Creator: Rear Admiral Arent Schuyler Crowninshield Date: 1880s Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor Description: Floor plans blueprints of the original "Anchorage" in Seal Harbor. It was later torn down to build the Nelson Rockefeller house. Subsequently owned by Josephine Ford.
Gilparick's Cove with Rock End Hotel and the Wedge Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Structures, Transportation, Boathouse		1889	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Gilparick's Cove with Rock End Hotel and the Wedge Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5371 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Structures, Transportation, Boathouse Date: 1889 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Sepia tone photograph (very faded) of the Rock End Hotel and in front of it the boat house and carpenter shop, In 2000 the site of the Northeast Harbor Fleet. Predates the walkway to Smallidge Point. See also Item 5282 Photograph owned by Mrs. Julia Manchester.
House for S. D. Sargeant Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing	Structures, Dwellings, House	Fred L. Savage	1886-1888	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		House for S. D. Sargeant Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1067 Type: Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Creator: Fred L. Savage Date: 1886-1888 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Small booklet (8 pages) with sketches of floor plans; colored elevations. Includes a folder containing correspondence and slides from an exhibit of these plans at the Portland Museum of Art in 2004: "The Maine Perspective: Architectural Drawings, 1875-1925", which focused on Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival period.
Share Transfer: H. Edwin Stanley vs. Levi B. Wyman et al. Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Legal, Legal Documents	People	H. Edwin Stanley	1880			Share Transfer: H. Edwin Stanley vs. Levi B. Wyman et al. Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3017 Type: Document, Legal, Legal Documents Subject: People Creator: H. Edwin Stanley Date: 1880
Certificate of Lodge of Masons Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Certificate	People	Ira Berry	1884			Certificate of Lodge of Masons Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2604 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: People Creator: Ira Berry Date: 1884 Description: Certificate citing that William Foster was elevated to the position of Master Mason in the Lagonia Lodge of Ellsworth.
Bartholomew Family, Historical, Genealogical & Biographical Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Chart, Family Tree	People	George Wells Bartholomew Jr.	1885			Bartholomew Family, Historical, Genealogical & Biographical Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-6484 Type: Document, Chart, Family Tree Subject: People Creator: George Wells Bartholomew Jr. Date: 1885 Description: Marriages & Birth's Connections, Knowles, Thomas, Thompson, Browne, Bartholomew.
Bay of Islands - Newfoundland Northeast Harbor Library	Map	Places, Island		1884	Other Places		Bay of Islands - Newfoundland Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2438 Type: Map Subject: Places, Island Date: 1884 Place: Other Places Description: Bay of Islands of Newfoundland west coast from British surveys 1880-1881.
Topography of Mount Desert Island and Islands to the Southward Northeast Harbor Library	Map	Places, Island	J. Hilgard, Superintendent	1882	Mount Desert Island		Topography of Mount Desert Island and Islands to the Southward Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2434 Type: Map Subject: Places, Island Creator: J. Hilgard, Superintendent Date: 1882 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: Large topographical map of Mount Desert Island and off shore islands.
Deed: Charles H. Frazier to Northeast Harbor Water Company Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Legal, Deed	Organizations, Civic People	Charles H. Frazier	1883	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Deed: Charles H. Frazier to Northeast Harbor Water Company Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3191 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Organizations, Civic People Creator: Charles H. Frazier Date: 1883 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Deed: Charles H. Frazier to Samuel K. Whiting Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Legal, Deed	Other People	Charles H. Frazier	1887			Deed: Charles H. Frazier to Samuel K. Whiting Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3201 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Other People Creator: Charles H. Frazier Date: 1887 Description: "Ober Lot"
Deed: Charles H. Frazier to George J. Joy Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Legal, Deed	Other People	Charles H. Frazier	1886	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Deed: Charles H. Frazier to George J. Joy Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3202 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Other People Creator: Charles H. Frazier Date: 1886 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Sale of "78 acre lot". Sketch of "78 acre lot" and adjacent lots.

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