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| Fraternal Orders Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Fraternal Orders Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: Mount Desert Lodge No. 140 (Item 7403) Ocean Lodge No. 140 (Item 7404) Oder of the Eastern Star No. 118 (Item 7405) Bar Harbor Lodge No. 185 (Item 7406) Northeast Harbor Lodge No. 208 (Item 7407) | |||
| Harwood - Reverend Charles Elliott Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Harwood - Reverend Charles Elliott Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Rev. Charles Elliott Harwood was the pastor of the Great Cranberry Island Congregational Church from 1894 to March 22, 1897 when he died suddenly. This is a collection of letters from 1896-1897 mostly between Mr. Andrew C. Wheelwright and Myron W. Harwood, the administrator of Charles Harwood’s estate. There are also letters from William Preble, Carrie Richardson, and Enoch B. Stanley to Mr. Wheelwright. Many letters still to be added 8/6/18. | ||
| Ricker Classical Institute Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Ricker Classical Institute Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Originally founded as Houlton Academy in 1848, the school was renamed the Ricker Classical Institute in 1887. It was a secondary school until 1934 when it added a 6th year and became Ricker Junior College. In 1949, it became a 4-year liberal arts college until it closed in 1978 | ||
| Northeast Harbor Fleet Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Northeast Harbor Fleet Northeast Harbor Library Description: The Northeast Harbor Fleet was formed in 1923 to vigorously promote recreational boating and sailboat racing off the coast of Mount Desert Island. They have two locations: The Fleet House at Gilpatrick Cove built in 1945, and Clifton Dock in Northeast Harbor, added in 1946 to provide additional moorings, dinghy tie-up, and fuel for boats. (Taken form the NEHF website) | |||
| Woman's Literary Club Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Woman's Literary Club Collection Northeast Harbor Library 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] | |||
| The Champlain Society Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Champlain Society Northeast Harbor Library Description: In 1880 Charles Eliot, son of Harvard president Charles W. Eliot, organized the Champlain Society, a group of Harvard undergraduates, to explore Mount Desert Island and study various topics of natural history: botany, ornithology, geology etc. (from Item 2114) | ||||
| Southwest Harbor Fire Department Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Harbor Fire Department Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157. [show more] | ||
| Southwest Harbor Public Library Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Harbor Public Library Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988) [show more] | ||
| Southwest Harbor Primary School Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Harbor Primary School Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Northeast Harbor Woman's Literary Club Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Northeast Harbor Woman's Literary Club Northeast Harbor Library Description: 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 (from item 6888). [show more] | ||
| Roy Salisbury Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Roy Salisbury Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: Photographs: Stetson School (item 6997) Gilman High School (item 6998) Ballard Hill School (item 6999) Mount Desert High School (item 7000) Clifton Dock area (item 7001) Who's who - People (item 7002) Northeast Harbor (1) (item 7005) Northeast Harbor (2) (item 7006) Miscellaneous (item 7004) Documents and Manuscripts: Parker Fennelly's diploma from Leland Powers School (item 7003) Nathan Fennelly invoices (item 7284) Parker Fennelly scrapbook (item 7283) Parker Fennelly discharge papers (item 7285) Parker Family writings Parker Family plays and writings Cottages for Rent, 1929 (item 7286) Letter from Northeast Harbor Water Co., 1904 Future of Mount Desert Island by Charles W. Eliot (see also item 6127) Mount Desert High School and Mount Desert Elementary School specifications, letters from architects & contractors, additions, building notes Objects (see items 7288, 7289) WWII ration books, tokens, service ID, Red Cross Volunteer Pin, V pin [show more] | ||||
| Neighborhood House, Seal Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Neighborhood House, Seal Harbor Northeast Harbor Library | ||||
| Union Church, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Union Church, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| Mount Desert High School Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Mount Desert High School Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| Gilman High School Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Gilman High School Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| The Dollar Social at Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Dollar Social at Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In 1892 the ladies of Southwest Harbor gathered together to raise money for land upon which to build a library building and then reported how they raised their dollar..The Dollar Social was the first fundraising event held for the Southwest Harbor Public Library and the poem describing it was famous in the community for many years. | |||
| Mount Desert Elementary School Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Mount Desert Elementary School Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| East Maine Conference Seminary Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  East Maine Conference Seminary Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The East Maine Conference Seminary was established in 1851 by the East Maine Conference of the United Methodist Church as a preparatory school for boys and girls. The school was located on Oak Hill, north of Franklin Street, Bucksport, Maine. | ||
| Laura Damon Cross Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Laura Damon Cross Collection Northeast Harbor Library 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] | ||||
| Island Telephone Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Island Telephone Company Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Established in 1907 for Southwest Harbor, Tremont, and the Cranberry Isles. | ||
| Maine Seacoast Mission Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Maine Seacoast Mission Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Founded in 1905 to provide access to medical and dental care, spiritual support, education, and crisis services to the islands, lighthouses, and isolated coastal communities around Mount Desert Island. The first of the Mission's ships, the Sunbeam, was commissioned in 1912. The current vessel (in 2017) serving the mission is the Sunbeam V. "Founded in 1905 by two brothers, Angus and Alexander MacDonald, [the purpose of the Maine Seacoast Mission Society] was "to undertake religious and benevolent work with the people in the neglected communities and among the isolated families along the coast and on the islands" (from the Society's by-laws). The Society maintained a mission for three decades on Head Harbor Island (1910-1940) and another intermittently for some years on Crowley (Moose) Island in the Indian River. Its vessels - initially the sloop Hope, followed by the Morning Star and later by the steam and diesel-powered Sunbeams I, II, III, and IV - cruised regularly back and forth along the coast, summer and winter, to maintain contact with the missions as well as to visit other islanders, including the life saving and lighthouse crews at the fifteen or more island stations in our sector. Alexander MacDonald, a large and impulsive man (who once physically removed a heckler from his church at Frenchboro), was the first pastor as well as captain of the Mission's vessels; he died aboard Sunbeam I in 1922. He was succeeded by the Reverend Orville J. Guptill and in 1935 by the Reverend Neal D. Bousfield, who served for thirty-seven years (to 1972). The work of the society continues." - "Islands Of The Mid-Maine Coast, Vol.II: Mount Desert To Machias Bay" by Charles B. McLane. Falmouth, Maine, The Kennebec River Press, Inc., c. l989, pp 22-23. - "Islands Of The Mid-Maine Coast, Vol.II: Mount Desert To Machias Bay" by Charles B. McLane. Falmouth, Maine, The Kennebec River Press, Inc., c. l989, pp 22-23. [show more] | ||
| South Seal Cove School Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Islesford Historial Museum Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Islesford Historial Museum Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796. [show more] | ||
| Southwest Harbor Post Office Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Harbor Post Office Southwest Harbor Public Library |