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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
16601A series of interviews of Ralph Stanley conducted by David Spurling
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
  • People
  • 1996
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
David Spurling interviewing Ralph Stanley about his life. Interview 1: Stories of boatbuilding, family life, voyages, and historical events. Interview 2: Details of shipbuilding, historic events, details of lost seamen, and Southwest Harbor specific historical events. Interview 3A: Stanley family history, details of other Southwest Harbor families, specific vessel details, and stories of foreign voyages including being on the pepper trade from India. Interview 3B: Stories of sailing, navigating a dangerous rock at Cranberry Island using dories, stories about Admiral Byrd of Arctic exploring fame, stories of rum running, and a story about Christopher Lawler. Interview 4: Stories of the Robinson and Nickerson families, a story about Emily Robinson. Interview 4: A story about a Cole Robinson sailing disaster and reading of several newspaper accounts of Mount Desert Island citizens.
A series of interviews of Ralph Stanley conducted by David Spurling
Item:
  • 16601   
Accession #:
  • 1142
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1996
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
David Spurling interviewing Ralph Stanley about his life. Interview 1: Stories of boatbuilding, family life, voyages, and historical events. Interview 2: Details of shipbuilding, historic events, details of lost seamen, and Southwest Harbor specific historical events. Interview 3A: Stanley family history, details of other Southwest Harbor families, specific vessel details, and stories of foreign voyages including being on the pepper trade from India. Interview 3B: Stories of sailing, navigating a dangerous rock at Cranberry Island using dories, stories about Admiral Byrd of Arctic exploring fame, stories of rum running, and a story about Christopher Lawler. Interview 4: Stories of the Robinson and Nickerson families, a story about Emily Robinson. Interview 4: A story about a Cole Robinson sailing disaster and reading of several newspaper accounts of Mount Desert Island citizens. [show more]
12723A Sketch at Mount Desert, Maine, 1864
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil Painting
  • Places, Landscape
  • Gifford - Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)
  • 1864
A Sketch at Mount Desert, Maine, 1864
Item:
  • 12723   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil Painting
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Gifford - Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)
Date:
  • 1864
Source:
  • Courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina.
11930A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Maud E. (Gooch) Phillips House on Phillips Lane
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1984-11
  • Southwest Harbor
A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Maud E. (Gooch) Phillips House on Phillips Lane
Item:
  • 11930   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1984-11
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Marshall Family
11931A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Maud E. (Gooch) Phillips House on Phillips Lane
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1984 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Maud E. (Gooch) Phillips House on Phillips Lane
Item:
  • 11931   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1984 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Marshall Family
13862A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Maud E. (Gooch) Phillips House on Phillips Lane
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Maud E. (Gooch) Phillips House on Phillips Lane
Item:
  • 13862   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
11932A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Private Residence on Phillips Lane
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1984 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Private Residence on Phillips Lane
Item:
  • 11932   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1984 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Marshall Family
2637A Survey of Lake Champlain and Lake George
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Brassier - William Brassier
  • 1762
  • New England
Titled "A Survey of Lake Champlain including Lake George, Crown Point and St. John, Surveyed by Order of His Excellency Major-General St. Jeffery Amherst, Knight of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Forces in North America (now Lord Amherst)." Inset at lower right shows "A Particular Plan of Lake George. Surveyed in 1756 by Capt. Jackson."
A Survey of Lake Champlain and Lake George
Item:
  • 2637   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Brassier - William Brassier
Date:
  • 1762
Place:
  • New England
State:
  • VT
Description:
Titled "A Survey of Lake Champlain including Lake George, Crown Point and St. John, Surveyed by Order of His Excellency Major-General St. Jeffery Amherst, Knight of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Forces in North America (now Lord Amherst)." Inset at lower right shows "A Particular Plan of Lake George. Surveyed in 1756 by Capt. Jackson."
13796A Talk About the Southwest Harbor Public Library (1905-2005)
  • Document, Oral History
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
This is a transcription of a talk given by Meredith Hutchins as a Southwest Harbor Public Library evening program in 2005. Meredith describes the history of the library from 1884 through 2005 and recalls the people and events that shaped the library.
A Talk About the Southwest Harbor Public Library (1905-2005)
Item:
  • 13796   
Type:
  • Document, Oral History
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Description:
This is a transcription of a talk given by Meredith Hutchins as a Southwest Harbor Public Library evening program in 2005. Meredith describes the history of the library from 1884 through 2005 and recalls the people and events that shaped the library.
10968A Thunder Cave
  • Image, Art, Drawing
  • Places, Shore
  • Hyde - William Henry Hyde (1858-1943)
  • 1887
  • Acadia National Park
An illustration by William Henry Hyde for Mrs. Burton Harrison's novel, "Bar Harbor Days"
A Thunder Cave
Item:
  • 10968   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Drawing
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Hyde - William Henry Hyde (1858-1943)
Date:
  • 1887
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Tags:
Description:
An illustration by William Henry Hyde for Mrs. Burton Harrison's novel, "Bar Harbor Days"
8871A Tree and Shore at Norwood's Cove
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Shore
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1900
  • Southwest Harbor
A Tree and Shore at Norwood's Cove
Item:
  • 8871   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1900
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
5852A View of Houses on Main Street in Somesville from the Water
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
A View of Houses on Main Street in Somesville from the Water
Item:
  • 5852   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
State:
  • ME
5753A Wayside Tangle
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Nature, Plants
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
A Wayside Tangle
Item:
  • 5753   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Nature, Plants
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1890
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
12169A-Boat Whistler
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Mount Desert
Photograph was taken off Mount Desert Island.
A-Boat Whistler
Item:
  • 12169   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Place:
  • Mount Desert
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Photograph was taken off Mount Desert Island.
2032A. Bird Cough Store
  • Map, Annotated Map
  • Places
A. Bird Cough Store
Item:
  • 2032   
Type:
  • Map, Annotated Map
Subject:
  • Places
13021A. Bird Cough Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Bar Harbor
"A. Bird Cough [Adoniram Bird Cough] has opened a most attractive store at 26 Cottage Street. The store is stocked with a fine line of groceries and the usual vegetable lines." - The Bar Harbor Record, June 16, 1909 - quoted in The Bar Harbor Times, June 18, 2009, p. 34. A. Bird Cough was Daniel and Elvira's son Adoniram Bird Cough (1872-1949) who opened his store in Bar Harbor in the 6th building from Main Street on the south side of Cottage Street, a site occupied by Cadillac Mt. Sports in 2013.
A. Bird Cough Store
Item:
  • 13021   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
"A. Bird Cough [Adoniram Bird Cough] has opened a most attractive store at 26 Cottage Street. The store is stocked with a fine line of groceries and the usual vegetable lines." - The Bar Harbor Record, June 16, 1909 - quoted in The Bar Harbor Times, June 18, 2009, p. 34. A. Bird Cough was Daniel and Elvira's son Adoniram Bird Cough (1872-1949) who opened his store in Bar Harbor in the 6th building from Main Street on the south side of Cottage Street, a site occupied by Cadillac Mt. Sports in 2013. [show more]
12224A. Bird Cough, Fine Groceries and Provisions
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1902-08-12
  • Bar Harbor
  • 26 Cottage Street
A. Bird Cough, Fine Groceries and Provisions
Item:
  • 12224   
Accession #:
  • 1099
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1902-08-12
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Cottage Street
Tags:
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6019A.C. Smith's Store and House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Swans Island
Owned by Smith - Andrew C. Smith (1857-), the store was torn down in 1949. The house is now [2017] owned by summer residents.
A.C. Smith's Store and House
Item:
  • 6019   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Swans Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Description:
Owned by Smith - Andrew C. Smith (1857-), the store was torn down in 1949. The house is now [2017] owned by summer residents.
6058A.C. Smith's Store and House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Swans Island
A.C. Smith's Store and House
Item:
  • 6058   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Swans Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
2520A.E. Parker - C.E. Clement - SW Boat Wharf
  • Map, Annotated Map
  • Places
A.E. Parker - C.E. Clement - SW Boat Wharf
Item:
  • 2520   
Type:
  • Map, Annotated Map
Subject:
  • Places
11016A.E. Parker Boat Shop
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1920 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
A.E. Parker Boat Shop
Item:
  • 11016   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Date:
  • 1920 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
13653A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop
Item:
  • 13653   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 168 Clark Point Road
13140A.I. Holmes Stores
The A&P - The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main Street
A.I. Holmes Stores
The A&P - The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Item:
  • 13140   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
14402A.J. Huston, Rockland, Me.
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
  • Rockland ME
A.J. Huston, Rockland, Me.
Item:
  • 14402   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
Place:
  • Rockland ME
State:
  • ME
14715A.L. Gilley Barber Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • Southwest Harbor
“Returning now to the village comer and going toward the wharf at Clark Point—the building owned and occupied by the Jackson Market was originally A. L. [Arthur A.] Gilley's barber shop ; a small building which forms but a fraction of the present structure. It has been owned by several who have made changes and additions and greatly increased its size.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 156 - 1938 Arthur Alonzo Gilley inherited this barber shop property in 1922 from his mother, Julia I. (Moore) Gilley Marson. Arthur was practicing as a barber in Bath, Maine in 1920 and in 1930.
A.L. Gilley Barber Shop
Item:
  • 14715   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
“Returning now to the village comer and going toward the wharf at Clark Point—the building owned and occupied by the Jackson Market was originally A. L. [Arthur A.] Gilley's barber shop ; a small building which forms but a fraction of the present structure. It has been owned by several who have made changes and additions and greatly increased its size.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 156 - 1938 Arthur Alonzo Gilley inherited this barber shop property in 1922 from his mother, Julia I. (Moore) Gilley Marson. Arthur was practicing as a barber in Bath, Maine in 1920 and in 1930. [show more]
14184A.T. Haynes - Small Freighter
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
The vessel was originally built as a commercial schooner.
A.T. Haynes - Small Freighter
Item:
  • 14184   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Description:
The vessel was originally built as a commercial schooner.

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