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16734	Various Photographs of or Related to the Southwest Harbor Public Library	Uncurated Accession	Organizations, Civic, Public Library					Various Photographs of or Related to the Southwest Harbor Public Library Item: 16734 Accession #: 1182 Type: Uncurated Accession Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library
3487	Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic, Public Library Structures, Civic, Library		Southwest Harbor	338 Main Street	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)	Southwest Harbor Public Library Item: 3487 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Structures, Civic, Library Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 338 Main Street 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]
12784	The Dollar Social at Southwest Harbor	Reference	Events Organizations, Civic, Public Library				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.	The Dollar Social at Southwest Harbor Item: 12784 Type: Reference Subject: Events Organizations, Civic, 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.
13420	Vesta E. (Spear) McRae House and Original Bass Harbor Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic, Public Library Structures, Civic, Library Structures, Dwellings, House		Tremont, Bernard	90 Bernard Road		Vesta E. (Spear) McRae House and Original Bass Harbor Library Item: 13420 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Structures, Civic, Library Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Tremont, Bernard State: ME Address: 90 Bernard Road
14630	Somesville Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic, Public Library		Mount Desert, Somesville		"The public library stands on the site where a building owned by A. C Fernald and used as an undertaker's shop and for the post-office was burned by lightning in 1891 with considerable loss in money as well as property. The land is owned by Mrs. George A. Somes and is leased to the library association, who built the present library in 1895-6." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 265.	Somesville Library Item: 14630 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Place: Mount Desert, Somesville State: ME Description: "The public library stands on the site where a building owned by A. C Fernald and used as an undertaker's shop and for the post-office was burned by lightning in 1891 with considerable loss in money as well as property. The land is owned by Mrs. George A. Somes and is leased to the library association, who built the present library in 1895-6." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 265. [show more]
13796	A 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.
12101	Southwest Harbor Public Library - The Original Fireplace Screen	Publication, Literary, Article	Organizations, Civic, Public Library	Mosely - Gordon G. Mosely	Southwest Harbor		Dramatis Personae: Harris - Chloa (Harris) Searls (1906-1982) Mosley - Gordon G. Mosley Mosley - Ronald A. Mosley, Sr. (1919-2016), 1946 Interim Director Southwest Harbor-Tremont Larger Parish Searls - Thomas Searls Jr. (1908-1986)	Southwest Harbor Public Library - The Original Fireplace Screen Item: 12101 Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Creator: Mosely - Gordon G. Mosely Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: Dramatis Personae: Harris - Chloa (Harris) Searls (1906-1982) Mosley - Gordon G. Mosley Mosley - Ronald A. Mosley, Sr. (1919-2016), 1946 Interim Director Southwest Harbor-Tremont Larger Parish Searls - Thomas Searls Jr. (1908-1986)

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