Nellie Carroll Thornton descended from early settlers of Southwest Harbor and was related, in one way or another, to practically all of her neighbors. She inherited her aunt Mary Ann Carroll’s notes for a planned history of the town. Nellie was the author of the SWH social column in the Bar Harbor Times from c. 1921 until c. 1958. She combined her notes from the Times with those from Mary Ann and a good deal of scholarship to produce a very complete history of the town, full of opinion, local mythology and history. She was an astute observer and made a laudable effort to distinguish mythology from history. She left the town she loved its most valuable gift. Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton (Nellie C. Thornton) was originally published by Merrill & Webber Company in 1938. It was reproduced in 1988 by the Southwest Harbor Public Library and digitized in 2010.
Description: Nellie Carroll Thornton descended from early settlers of Southwest Harbor and was related, in one way or another, to practically all of her neighbors. She inherited her aunt Mary Ann Carroll’s notes for a planned history of the town. Nellie was the author of the SWH social column in the Bar Harbor Times from c. 1921 until c. 1958. She combined her notes from the Times with those from Mary Ann and a good deal of scholarship to produce a very complete history of the town, full of opinion, local mythology and history. She was an astute observer and made a laudable effort to distinguish mythology from history. She left the town she loved its most valuable gift. Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton (Nellie C. Thornton) was originally published by Merrill & Webber Company in 1938. It was reproduced in 1988 by the Southwest Harbor Public Library and digitized in 2010. [show more]
File Attachment: Thornton - Traditions and Records SWH.pdf …Park and the CCC camp at Long Pond, the town raised a sum of money to purchase materials for the grading and planting of the school lot and the Village …use of the inhabitants of Mount Desert Island as a The furnishings were made by hand in social meeting place. rustic fashion and at present (1937) the CCC …The CCC camp was established in the spring of 1933 and B. C. Worcester built the log cabin near it that is occupied by officers of the Company. …Samuel Brigham Cadillac 13, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 43, 281 270 150, 159, 160, 161, 175 Carpenter Carter 144 84, 87, 146, 178 Caruso 145 CCC Camp
File Attachment: MOORE MAYO HOUSE - 1947.pdf …Well-Known Women Novelists Build Own Home Of CCC Camp Lumber By Eleanor Jarvis Newman (1909-2006) Mrs. Laurence S.
...summer - Hunting in the fall and skating, skiing, snowshoeing, basketball and dancing in the winter - Has had no casualties since its origin - Has a CCC...
Description: ...summer - Hunting in the fall and skating, skiing, snowshoeing, basketball and dancing in the winter - Has had no casualties since its origin - Has a CCC...
This book describes the history, existing conditions, and analysis of the historic hiking trail system of Mount Desert Island. The book was prepared by Margaret Brown. The project manager was Jim Vekasi.
Description: This book describes the history, existing conditions, and analysis of the historic hiking trail system of Mount Desert Island. The book was prepared by Margaret Brown. The project manager was Jim Vekasi.
File Attachment: ANP Pathmakers.pdf …Improved by the CCC in 1935. …, described CCC records. …Rerouted by CCC in 1930s. …Path improvements, described by Cadillac Mountain North Ridge Trail CCCCCC (#24) spur, described by CCC (#34) Beech Mountain South Ridge Trail
Acadia National Park Ethnographic Overview and Assessment Volume 1 and Volume 2 This two-volume historical-ethnographic overview of Acadia National Park spans almost 500 years and covers a wide coastal stretch between Penobscot and Gouldsboro Bays – and sometimes much beyond. Such breadth of coverage is necessary in order to take in the park’s center piece on Mount Desert Island, plus Isle au Haut and Schoodic Peninsula, along with various land holding arrangements (including easements) on numerous offshore sea-islands in this area.1 The study explores the shifting but ongoing relationship between this habitat and Wabanaki peoples – a group of northeastern Algonquianspeaking ethnic groups or tribal nations today distinguished as the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot.
Prepared under cooperative agreement with The Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine
Northeast Region Ethnography Program
National Park Service
Description: Acadia National Park Ethnographic Overview and Assessment Volume 1 and Volume 2 This two-volume historical-ethnographic overview of Acadia National Park spans almost 500 years and covers a wide coastal stretch between Penobscot and Gouldsboro Bays – and sometimes much beyond. Such breadth of coverage is necessary in order to take in the park’s center piece on Mount Desert Island, plus Isle au Haut and Schoodic Peninsula, along with various land holding arrangements (including easements) on numerous offshore sea-islands in this area.1 The study explores the shifting but ongoing relationship between this habitat and Wabanaki peoples – a group of northeastern Algonquianspeaking ethnic groups or tribal nations today distinguished as the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot. [show more]
File Attachments: wabanaki_peoples_vol1-optimized.pdf …My boy, when he was young, worked for the CCC [Civilian Conservation Corps] camp on [MDI]. They put some good roads in.
File Attachment: 1937 Pemetic Yearbook.pdf …Jan. 29 : Doctor Hawkins at the CCC Camp gave the school an interesting talk in as sembly about his travels at Panama and South Carolina. …Feb. 5 : Another very interesting talk was given in assembly by Captain Lynch of the CCC Camp. …Mar. 18 : Another interesting talk was giv en in assembly by Edward Shea of the CCC Camp. Apr. 12, 13 : Group pictures were taken for the Pemetic.
File Attachment: 1949 Pemetic Yearbook.pdf …The CCC them to police headquarters. They took Bud , great help in cleaning up forests, and I got $25.00 lor him.
File Attachment: CCC - Russell - 2008.pdf …Dorr, ever politically-agile, quickly brought the CCC to Acadia. By Memorial Day, when Mr. …The important work of the CCC enrollees endures throughout Acadia. …The CCC work still serves. …The CCC ended in 1942 with national mobilization for World War II. Three million young men had enrolled in the CCC.
Description: Back Row - Left to Right: Ralph M. Moore Charles Ready Walter R. Haddock Front Row - Left to Right: George W. Hawker Earle Francis Bennett