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Bangor Daily News, Bangor's Sesquicentennial Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Events Other Places, Town	Cheryl Olson & Joan H. Smith (editors)	6/28/1984	Maine		Bangor Daily News, Bangor's Sesquicentennial Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7412 Type: Reference Subject: Events Other Places, Town Creator: Cheryl Olson & Joan H. Smith (editors) Date: 6/28/1984 Place: Maine Description: This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. It is divided in 8 sections: A: 1834-1841 Out of the woods (Item 7413) B: 1842-1872 Boom town (Item 7414) C: 1873-1895 Turning the tide (Item 7415) D: 1896-1911 A new century (Item 7416) E: 1912-1931 Out of the ashes (Item 7417) F: 1932-1945 The lean years (Item 7418) G:1946-1968 Prosperous peace (Item 7419) H: 1969-1984 Building on past (Item 7420) [show more]
Agnes Yarnall LePage Collection Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Other People					Agnes Yarnall LePage Collection Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5690 Type: Reference Subject: Other People Description: Hundreds of 3" x 5" photographs of sculptures, drawings and paintings by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. Renowned as a sculptor, she commissioned portrayals of contemporary celebrities. Her sculpted works are organized in groups such as: "Clowns" (7377), "Circus" (7378), "Mosaics" (7379), "Bas-relief" (7382). She is also known for her "Paintings" (7380), "Charcoal drawings" (7381) and "Pencil drawings" (7383). This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996. [show more]
Woman's Literary Club Collection Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic Other People			Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Woman's Literary Club Collection Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7325 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Other People Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: The records in the Woman’s Literary Club Collection includes manuscripts, typescripts, letters, annual meeting notes, scrapbooks, news clippings, photographs, meeting programs, photographs, and some objects. Belle Smallidge Knowles and Stella P. Hill, two college-educated women living in Northeast Harbor in the early 20th century, thought the community could benefit from a woman’s club. The Woman's Literary Club of Northeast Harbor held its first meeting in 1908 and quickly gained membership. Club members actively wrote papers (many award-winning) ranging from poetry to local family histories and biographies of famous artists. Members also participated in community improvement projects, and attended state and national women’s club meetings. The club disbanded in 2000 due to dwindling membership. [show more]
Laura Damon Cross Collection Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Businesses, Lodging Business Organizations, Religious Other People					Laura Damon Cross Collection Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7226 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Lodging Business Organizations, Religious Other People Description: Box 1 - Folder 1: Letter from Aunt May [Savage] to Cora Mae [Phillips Perry], February 23, 1924 Letter from Ernestine Savage to Cora May [Perry], March 9, 1950 - Folder 2: Photograph album with 14 photographs of Harbourside Inn, Journey's End, and Grey Rock Harbourside Inn menus, 1 handwritten and 1 typed, August 1971 Newsletter, Knowles News, Spring 2005 - Folder 3: Photograph, Lewellyn and Dot Damon, ca. 1950 Photograph, Laura Damon Cross, Bruce Damon, Carol Damon Dana, ca. 1950 - Scrapbook, poetry clippings - Scrapbook, Emily N. Phillips Reynolds, 1897, diplomas from Maud Trask and greeting cards - Publications: Official Journal and Yearbook of the 71st Session of the East Maine Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1918 Apollo: An illustrated manual of the History of Art throughout the ages, 1908 [show more]
Stephen King's Storm of the Century Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Other		1998	Southwest Harbor	In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted	Stephen King's Storm of the Century Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15390 Type: Reference Subject: Other Date: 1998 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Parts of this TV miniseries were filmed in Southwest Harbor, Maine which was called Little Tall Island, Maine in the film. The story was not based upon a Stephen King novel—King wrote it as a screenplay from the beginning.
Crayon Portraits Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Other				In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Crayon Portraits Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-3010 Type: Reference Subject: Other Description: We use the term "Crayon Portraits" for a particular type of early enlarged photograph, probably made with a solar enlarger, printed on paper and embellished with charcoal of crayon. There are many kinds of embellished photographs in the collection - everything from tinted tintypes to color postcards with people added to the scenes. It is common to find pencil marks on photographs to "improve" them (and also common to find the fingerprints of early photographers like Henry Rand who made their own prints(, but the term Crayon Portrait used here refers to one specific kind of print. To understand the history and techniques of crayon portaits and painted photographs see - "The Painted Photograph 1839-1914 – Origins, Techniques, Aspirations" by Heinz K. Henisch and Bridget A. Henisch, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996. [show more]
Bar Harbor Record Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Other			Bar Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Bar Harbor Record Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14433 Type: Reference Subject: Other Place: Bar Harbor
The Whitmore Family and Pineapple Upside Down Cake Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Other		1924 c.		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	The Whitmore Family and Pineapple Upside Down Cake Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-3035 Type: Reference Subject: Other Date: 1924 c. Description: The Whitmore and Dole families are both connected to Southwest Harbor, Maine. This is the story of what happened when archivists tried to connect them to Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
Magic Lanterns Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Other				In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Magic Lanterns Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12815 Type: Reference Subject: Other Description: Magic lanterns, also known as optical lanterns, provided one of the most popular forms of entertainment during their heyday in the 18th and 19th centuries, establishing many of the first 2-D special effects. Using an artificial light source and a combination of lenses, these devices enlarged small transparency images or miniature models and projected them onto a wall or screen. This document provides a brief history of magic lanterns, an example of the slide "Maine Coast at Bar Harbor" describing its creations, and an excerpt from a report written for the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the use of such slides. See http://www.collectorsweekly.com/photographs/magic-lantern to read more about Magic Lantern slides. [show more]

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