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16734Various 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
16691Digital Archive posters created by COA students
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • 2019-02
In 2019 graphic arts students at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor created these posters to promote the Digital Archive. The students were: - Mark F. Riewestahl (Take a trip down the rabbit hole) - Rosemary Santoro (Discover the history that connects us) - Alissar Chaar (Local history is just a click away) - Anita van Dam (Connect the dots to discover history in a click).
Digital Archive posters created by COA students
Item:
  • 16691   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Date:
  • 2019-02
Description:
In 2019 graphic arts students at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor created these posters to promote the Digital Archive. The students were: - Mark F. Riewestahl (Take a trip down the rabbit hole) - Rosemary Santoro (Discover the history that connects us) - Alissar Chaar (Local history is just a click away) - Anita van Dam (Connect the dots to discover history in a click).
13383Southwest Harbor Fire Department
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 250 Main Street
Southwest Harbor Fire Department
Item:
  • 13383   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 250 Main Street
13566Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 30 Clark Point Road
"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.
Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road
Item:
  • 13566   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Clark Point Road
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]
3487Southwest 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]
12784The 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.
16222Southwest Harbor Water Company Reservoir
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places
  • Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)
  • The buildings behind the reservoir include the Deacon Clark's Island House complex at the far left of the photograph. To the right of the complex is the Joseph Gilman Parker Jr. House, the structure with six windows on the side. The Lawton Canning Factory is the building along the shore. There is a grounded schooner visible next to the factory. A large canoe can be seen to the right of the photograph tied to the mud flats.
  • Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Water Company Reservoir
Item:
  • 16222   
Accession #:
  • 2004
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places
Creator:
  • Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)
Publisher:
  • The buildings behind the reservoir include the Deacon Clark's Island House complex at the far left of the photograph. To the right of the complex is the Joseph Gilman Parker Jr. House, the structure with six windows on the side. The Lawton Canning Factory is the building along the shore. There is a grounded schooner visible next to the factory. A large canoe can be seen to the right of the photograph tied to the mud flats.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Gift of Charles Carroll
3612Island Telephone Company
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Southwest Harbor
Established in 1907 for Southwest Harbor, Tremont, and the Cranberry Isles.
Island Telephone Company
Item:
  • 3612   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Established in 1907 for Southwest Harbor, Tremont, and the Cranberry Isles.
5607The Southwest Harbor Public Library Children's Reading Club
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942-08-27
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
On the steps of the Library in Southwest Harbor. The photograph is by W.H. Ballard and was originally published in The Bar Harbor Times Oct. 1, 1942. The caption under it read as follows: "LAST STORY HOUR AT SOUTHWEST " - Seventy children who have been attending the weekly story hour at the Southwest Harbor library are shown above at the final story hour of the season, when prizes were awarded to 25 children who completed the summer reading clubs the "Around the World Book Club, and the "Know Your Country Book Club." Stories have been told to the children once a week by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton." The adult in the photograph is Miss Ruth E. Lawrence.
The Southwest Harbor Public Library Children's Reading Club
Item:
  • 5607   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1942-08-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
On the steps of the Library in Southwest Harbor. The photograph is by W.H. Ballard and was originally published in The Bar Harbor Times Oct. 1, 1942. The caption under it read as follows: "LAST STORY HOUR AT SOUTHWEST " - Seventy children who have been attending the weekly story hour at the Southwest Harbor library are shown above at the final story hour of the season, when prizes were awarded to 25 children who completed the summer reading clubs the "Around the World Book Club, and the "Know Your Country Book Club." Stories have been told to the children once a week by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton." The adult in the photograph is Miss Ruth E. Lawrence. [show more]
11571Volunteer Elizabeth Betsey (Reid) Pfeiffer Counting Money at the Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
  • 1991
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Volunteer Elizabeth Betsey (Reid) Pfeiffer Counting Money at the Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 11571   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
Date:
  • 1991
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
3710Maine Seacoast Mission
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Bar Harbor
  • 127 West Street
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.
Maine Seacoast Mission
Item:
  • 3710   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 127 West Street
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]
13271Islesford Historial Museum
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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.
Islesford Historial Museum
Item:
  • 13271   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
State:
  • ME
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]
12799An Act to Incorporate the Island Telephone Company
  • Document, Government, Act
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • 1907
  • Augusta ME
An act of the 73rd Legislature of the State of Maine, 1907
An Act to Incorporate the Island Telephone Company
Item:
  • 12799   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Act
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Date:
  • 1907
Place:
  • Augusta ME
State:
  • ME
Description:
An act of the 73rd Legislature of the State of Maine, 1907
14669Southwest Harbor Post Office
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Southwest Harbor Post Office
Item:
  • 14669   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
14670Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 340 Main Street
Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street
Item:
  • 14670   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 340 Main Street
15936James Albert Freeman Post Office
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 8 Brook Passage
This building was used by James Albert Freeman as a Post Office from 1905 to 1914.
James Albert Freeman Post Office
Item:
  • 15936   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 8 Brook Passage
Description:
This building was used by James Albert Freeman as a Post Office from 1905 to 1914.
13610Southwest Harbor Water Company
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Southwest Harbor
The Southwest Harbor Water Company was founded by Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips, Anson I. Holmes, Jesse H. Pease, Alton E. Farnsworth, summer resident, Robert Kaighn, and lawyer, George R. Fuller. - "Acts and Resolves of the Sixty-sixth Legislature of the State of Maine, 1893, p. 621-623.
Southwest Harbor Water Company
Item:
  • 13610   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The Southwest Harbor Water Company was founded by Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips, Anson I. Holmes, Jesse H. Pease, Alton E. Farnsworth, summer resident, Robert Kaighn, and lawyer, George R. Fuller. - "Acts and Resolves of the Sixty-sixth Legislature of the State of Maine, 1893, p. 621-623.
10589Bunkhouse Interior at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Dwellings, Bunkhouse
  • Southwest Harbor
Bunkhouse Interior at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 10589   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Dwellings, Bunkhouse
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Tags:
camp
9444Dinner Doily Signed by Officers and Guests at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Object, Furnishings, Doily
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1934-03-14
  • Southwest Harbor
Reginald Ingalls (1906-1974) - Superintendent - Technical Personnel Born in Bar Harbor Technical Personnel Superintendent, Company 154, Bar Harbor Superintendent, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Millard D. McLaughlin Captain, Commanding Officer at Company 1130, Camden, Maine Morris Young (1890-?) Born in Gouldsboro Married Geneva Unknown father of Manuel and Vincent Young of Tremont or Morris A. Young (1910-1993) Born on November 22, 1910 in Trenton Married Doris Leavitt (1906-1995) on November 28, 1934 Died on January 16, 1993 in Ellsworth, Maine Benjamin Conley Worcester (1882-1978) Born in Columbia Falls on July 19, 1882 Married Sophie E. Ramsdell (1887-1996) Died in Southwest Harbor June 10, 1978 Owned the land where the SWH CCC camp was built Technical Personnel, Foreman, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Charles Edward Shea Sr. (1907-1962) Son of J.M. Shea – mason contractor in Bar Harbor Married Abbie Louise Peach (1886-) Technical Personnel, Assistant Superintendent, Company 158, Southwest Harbor H. Arthur Gray Herbert Arthur Gray? Married Beatrice Boynton (1909-?) Possibly from Lisbon, Maine Possibly at Bridgton, Maine Company 1124 Fred Main Possibly son of Amos and Olive J. (Stanley) Main of the Cranberry Isles Amos Main (1850-1923) Olive Stanley Main (1850-1922) or Possibly Fred Main Son of Charles and Annie Main Born circa 1902 Living in Crystal, Arrostook County, Maine in 1920 Horace Hiram Liscomb, Jr. (1895-1939) Born on December 14, 1895 in Bar Harbor, Maine Married Annie T. Heery (1888-1982) Francis Jesse “Jess” Atwood (1906-1958) Born in Otter Creek Married Beatrice H. Grindle (1914-2004) on May 16, 1936, in Seal Harbor Died in Seal Harbor Technical Personnel, Construction Foreman, Company 158, Southwest Harbor William Blaine Campbell (1892-1950) Born August 10, 1892 in Maine Married Pheobe Adelaide Marshall (1892-1986) Died on June 4, 1950 in Bar Harbor, Maine Technical Personnel, Park Ranger, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Abner McPheters ? Probably a woodsman from the Old Town area Fernald Boyley James Byrnes Rutherford B. Hayes (1908-?) [Not to be confused with President Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893)] Born in Massachusetts 1st Lieutenant, Exchange Officer, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Lt. Paul A. Harris born November 1893 to Bert H. and Florence A. (Morgan) Harris in Indianapolis, Indiana Bert was a railroad official (Trainmaster) for the Pennsylvania Line entered Purdue University in 1914 Regular Army Officer – volunteered in May 1917 Retired as a Colonel wife – Yvonne Simond Harris daughter - Genevieve Marie “Mimi” Harris (1927-2010) Living in South Portland, Maine in 1930 8th Cavalry, Southwest Harbor Commanding Officer September 1, 1933-1934
Dinner Doily Signed by Officers and Guests at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 9444   
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Doily
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Date:
  • 1934-03-14
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Description:
Reginald Ingalls (1906-1974) - Superintendent - Technical Personnel Born in Bar Harbor Technical Personnel Superintendent, Company 154, Bar Harbor Superintendent, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Millard D. McLaughlin Captain, Commanding Officer at Company 1130, Camden, Maine Morris Young (1890-?) Born in Gouldsboro Married Geneva Unknown father of Manuel and Vincent Young of Tremont or Morris A. Young (1910-1993) Born on November 22, 1910 in Trenton Married Doris Leavitt (1906-1995) on November 28, 1934 Died on January 16, 1993 in Ellsworth, Maine Benjamin Conley Worcester (1882-1978) Born in Columbia Falls on July 19, 1882 Married Sophie E. Ramsdell (1887-1996) Died in Southwest Harbor June 10, 1978 Owned the land where the SWH CCC camp was built Technical Personnel, Foreman, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Charles Edward Shea Sr. (1907-1962) Son of J.M. Shea – mason contractor in Bar Harbor Married Abbie Louise Peach (1886-) Technical Personnel, Assistant Superintendent, Company 158, Southwest Harbor H. Arthur Gray Herbert Arthur Gray? Married Beatrice Boynton (1909-?) Possibly from Lisbon, Maine Possibly at Bridgton, Maine Company 1124 Fred Main Possibly son of Amos and Olive J. (Stanley) Main of the Cranberry Isles Amos Main (1850-1923) Olive Stanley Main (1850-1922) or Possibly Fred Main Son of Charles and Annie Main Born circa 1902 Living in Crystal, Arrostook County, Maine in 1920 Horace Hiram Liscomb, Jr. (1895-1939) Born on December 14, 1895 in Bar Harbor, Maine Married Annie T. Heery (1888-1982) Francis Jesse “Jess” Atwood (1906-1958) Born in Otter Creek Married Beatrice H. Grindle (1914-2004) on May 16, 1936, in Seal Harbor Died in Seal Harbor Technical Personnel, Construction Foreman, Company 158, Southwest Harbor William Blaine Campbell (1892-1950) Born August 10, 1892 in Maine Married Pheobe Adelaide Marshall (1892-1986) Died on June 4, 1950 in Bar Harbor, Maine Technical Personnel, Park Ranger, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Abner McPheters ? Probably a woodsman from the Old Town area Fernald Boyley James Byrnes Rutherford B. Hayes (1908-?) [Not to be confused with President Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893)] Born in Massachusetts 1st Lieutenant, Exchange Officer, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Lt. Paul A. Harris born November 1893 to Bert H. and Florence A. (Morgan) Harris in Indianapolis, Indiana Bert was a railroad official (Trainmaster) for the Pennsylvania Line entered Purdue University in 1914 Regular Army Officer – volunteered in May 1917 Retired as a Colonel wife – Yvonne Simond Harris daughter - Genevieve Marie “Mimi” Harris (1927-2010) Living in South Portland, Maine in 1930 8th Cavalry, Southwest Harbor Commanding Officer September 1, 1933-1934 [show more]
12894Bass Harbor Post Office
McKinley Post Office
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • 45 Shore Road
Bass Harbor Post Office
McKinley Post Office
Item:
  • 12894   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 45 Shore Road
15918Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154
Eagle Lake Camp
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
  • Bar Harbor
  • 22 MacFarland Hill Drive
The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar Harbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service from May 1934 to June 1942. Its primary function was forest culture (roads, trails, recreation).
Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154
Eagle Lake Camp
Item:
  • 15918   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 22 MacFarland Hill Drive
Description:
The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar Harbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service from May 1934 to June 1942. Its primary function was forest culture (roads, trails, recreation).
13420Vesta 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
3715Great Pond Camp, Company 158 - Civilian Conservation Corp
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 67 Long Pond Road
One of the thousands of camps set up by President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corp program during the great depression. The Great Pond Camp in Southwest Harbor operated from 1933-1941. The men who worked at the camp were integral to the early development of the trail system in Acadia National Park. “The Southwest Harbor camp was opened about May, 1933 with enrollees erecting and living in tents while construction of the roll roofing covered barracks continued. An aerial photo dated September 5, 1933 shows four barracks buildings and four service buildings in place. Officers quarters, dispensary and living quarters for the commanding officer were added later. The last two were of log construction. The camp was located at the height of ground on the west side of the road leading from Southwest Harbor village to the south end of Great Pond [Long Pond]. This was near Acadia National Park lands where most of the work-projects took place. This park being one of the National Park System came under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Consequently the Department of the Interior controlled the employees and type of work projects carried out on the ground. This was a typical 200 man camp. All enrollees were Maine residents. Familial relationships were scarce but for most living conditions were a great improvement over depression years living conditions at home. Living conditions, discipline and in-camp activities were the concern of the U.S. Army…” – Fred E. Holt, former forest commissioner - “In the Public Interest: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Maine (1933-1942) - A Pictorial History” by Jon A. Schlenker, Norman A. Wetherington and Austin H. Wilkins, published by the University of Maine at Augusta Press, 1988, p. 67-70
Great Pond Camp, Company 158 - Civilian Conservation Corp
Item:
  • 3715   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 67 Long Pond Road
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Description:
One of the thousands of camps set up by President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corp program during the great depression. The Great Pond Camp in Southwest Harbor operated from 1933-1941. The men who worked at the camp were integral to the early development of the trail system in Acadia National Park. “The Southwest Harbor camp was opened about May, 1933 with enrollees erecting and living in tents while construction of the roll roofing covered barracks continued. An aerial photo dated September 5, 1933 shows four barracks buildings and four service buildings in place. Officers quarters, dispensary and living quarters for the commanding officer were added later. The last two were of log construction. The camp was located at the height of ground on the west side of the road leading from Southwest Harbor village to the south end of Great Pond [Long Pond]. This was near Acadia National Park lands where most of the work-projects took place. This park being one of the National Park System came under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Consequently the Department of the Interior controlled the employees and type of work projects carried out on the ground. This was a typical 200 man camp. All enrollees were Maine residents. Familial relationships were scarce but for most living conditions were a great improvement over depression years living conditions at home. Living conditions, discipline and in-camp activities were the concern of the U.S. Army…” – Fred E. Holt, former forest commissioner - “In the Public Interest: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Maine (1933-1942) - A Pictorial History” by Jon A. Schlenker, Norman A. Wetherington and Austin H. Wilkins, published by the University of Maine at Augusta Press, 1988, p. 67-70 [show more]
15588The Civilian Conservation Corps
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
  • 2015-03-13
The Civilian Conservation Corps
Item:
  • 15588   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Creator:
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
Date:
  • 2015-03-13
14852The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. In much smaller but more famous projects the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Item:
  • 14852   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Description:
The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. In much smaller but more famous projects the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. [show more]