Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
11753	Ralph Warren Stanley Receives the National Endowment for the Arts Award as Master Artist	Image, Photograph	Events People			1999-09-28	Washington DC		Left to Right: First Lady Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (1947-) Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Governor John Elias Baldacci of Maine (1955-) On September 28, 1999 the Folk & Traditional Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts recognized Ralph W. Stanley as a Master Artist “who has contributed to the shaping of our artistic traditions and to preserving the cultural diversity of the United States” and gave him a National Heritage Fellowship at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. attended by First Lady Hillary Clinton.	Ralph Warren Stanley Receives the National Endowment for the Arts Award as Master Artist Item: 11753    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1999-09-28 Place: Washington DC State: DC Source: Ralph Warren Stanley Collection Description: Left to Right: First Lady Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (1947-) Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Governor John Elias Baldacci of Maine (1955-) On September 28, 1999 the Folk & Traditional Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts recognized Ralph W. Stanley as a Master Artist “who has contributed to the shaping of our artistic traditions and to preserving the cultural diversity of the United States” and gave him a National Heritage Fellowship at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. attended by First Lady Hillary Clinton. [show more]
5812	Frances Budahn Hitchcock and Isabel Colquhoun	Image, Photograph	People	Walsh - Elizabeth Cantril (Walsh) Colquhoun aka Leza		1999-08	Southwest Harbor, Manset	388 Seawall Road		Frances Budahn Hitchcock and Isabel Colquhoun Item: 5812    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Creator: Walsh - Elizabeth Cantril (Walsh) Colquhoun aka Leza Date: 1999-08 Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 388 Seawall Road Source: Collection of Leza Colquhoun
10984	Ralph Warren Stanley and Marjorie Ann Stanley, Mrs. Robert Lee Rankin	Image, Photograph	People			1999-06	Southwest Harbor	102 Clark Point Road		Ralph Warren Stanley and Marjorie Ann Stanley, Mrs. Robert Lee Rankin Item: 10984    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1999-06 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 102 Clark Point Road Source: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Warren Stanley
10990	Ralph Warren Stanley and Daughter Nadine Marie (Stanley) Goodwin	Image, Photograph	People			1999-04-21			The photograph was taken in the Clark Point office.	Ralph Warren Stanley and Daughter Nadine Marie (Stanley) Goodwin Item: 10990    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1999-04-21 State: ME Description: The photograph was taken in the Clark Point office.
10117	Bill Robinson Mending Nets	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People			1999 c.				Bill Robinson Mending Nets Item: 10117    Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Date: 1999 c. State: ME Source: Collection of Leola Mae Pomroy Higgins
16638	Ralph Warren Stanley and his wife Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley on the porch at Mount Vernon	Image, Photograph	People			1998-09-26	Washington DC	3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy	This picture was taken of Ralph and Marion at Mount Vernon on their trip to Washington D.C. when Ralph received his National Heritage Fellowship. The caption of this image in Ralph Stanley's autobiography reads, "Marion and me on the porch at Mount Vernon, wondering where those boots went." The boots in question were the boots that George Washington supposedly gave to Jacob Lurvey, a Stanley ancestor, when he was developing frostbite at Valley Forge.	Ralph Warren Stanley and his wife Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley on the porch at Mount Vernon Item: 16638    Accession #: 1058 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1998-09-26 Place: Washington DC State: VA Address: 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy Source: Donation of Craig Milner Description: This picture was taken of Ralph and Marion at Mount Vernon on their trip to Washington D.C. when Ralph received his National Heritage Fellowship. The caption of this image in Ralph Stanley's autobiography reads, "Marion and me on the porch at Mount Vernon, wondering where those boots went." The boots in question were the boots that George Washington supposedly gave to Jacob Lurvey, a Stanley ancestor, when he was developing frostbite at Valley Forge. [show more]
10989	Ralph Warren Stanley and Sister - Ruth Celestia (Stanley) Holmes	Image, Photograph	People			1998				Ralph Warren Stanley and Sister - Ruth Celestia (Stanley) Holmes Item: 10989    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1998 State: ME
12828	The Wind and the Wood	Publication, Literary, Poem	People	Jackson - Nevin C. Jackson		1998				The Wind and the Wood Item: 12828    Type: Publication, Literary, Poem Subject: People Creator: Jackson - Nevin C. Jackson Date: 1998
16650	Richard Stanley Aboard the Acadia	Image, Photograph	People Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop			1998			Richard Lewis Stanley aboard Acadia.	Richard Stanley Aboard the Acadia Item: 16650    Accession #: 1058 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop Date: 1998 Source: Donation of Craig Milner Description: Richard Lewis Stanley aboard Acadia.
12566	Captain William Harland Kelley in Command of the USS Constitution	Image, Photograph	People Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate			1997-07-20	Boston MA		In the War of 1812, during the British blockade of the east coast, two British frigates, HMS Junon and HMS Tenedos, chased the USS Constitution into Marblehead Harbor and the safety of Fort Sewall. July 1997, in honor of the 200th anniversary of USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides," commissioning, Capt. William Harland Kelley was chosen to sail the famous 204’, 3-masted wooden frigate out of Boston, into Marblehead Harbor and back to Boston. This was her first independent sail in 116 years.	Captain William Harland Kelley in Command of the USS Constitution Item: 12566    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate Date: 1997-07-20 Place: Boston MA State: MA Tags: man, people, captain Description: In the War of 1812, during the British blockade of the east coast, two British frigates, HMS Junon and HMS Tenedos, chased the USS Constitution into Marblehead Harbor and the safety of Fort Sewall. July 1997, in honor of the 200th anniversary of USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides," commissioning, Capt. William Harland Kelley was chosen to sail the famous 204’, 3-masted wooden frigate out of Boston, into Marblehead Harbor and back to Boston. This was her first independent sail in 116 years. [show more]
12522	Captain William Harland Kelley in Command of the USS Constitution	Image, Photograph	People			1997-07	Boston MA			Captain William Harland Kelley in Command of the USS Constitution Item: 12522    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1997-07 Place: Boston MA State: MA Tags: man, people, captain
12753	United States Stamp - Thornton Wilder - Issued April 17, 1997	Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp	People	Deas - Michael Deas Jordan - Phil Jordan		1997-04-17			Postage Stamp Title: Thornton Wilder Scott Cat. Number: 3134 Subject: Wilder – Thornton Niven Wilder (1897-1975) Designer and Art Director: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, Virginia Artist: Michael Deas, New Orleans, Louisiana Typography: John Boyd, New York Modeler: Joseph Sheeran Media: Offset Lithography Printer: Ashton-Potter Ltd., USA Color: Black, cyan, magenta and yellow Size: 1.56 x 0.991” Country: United States Postage Value: 32 cents Issue Series: 14th in the Literary Arts Series Issue Origin: 100th Anniversary of Thornton Wilder’s birth. Issue Date: April 17, 1997 Issue Location: Hamden, Connecticut Issue Size: "The stamp features artist Michael Deas’s portrait of Wilder in the foreground, which is based on a photograph by Gisele Freund, a renowned photographer who is a former president of the Federation of French Art Photographers. The background comes from the artist’s imagination of a scene from Our Town, one of Wilder’s most well-known works." United States Post Office Postal Bulletin, PB 21941, March 13, 1997, p. 32. Artist, Michael Deas, was honored the second time by The Society of Illustrators for this design. They presented a gold medal to the USPS for this image and, the year before, for his portrayal of James Dean for that stamp.	United States Stamp - Thornton Wilder - Issued April 17, 1997 Item: 12753    Type: Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp Subject: People Creator: Deas - Michael Deas Jordan - Phil Jordan Date: 1997-04-17 Description: Postage Stamp Title: Thornton Wilder Scott Cat. Number: 3134 Subject: Wilder – Thornton Niven Wilder (1897-1975) Designer and Art Director: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, Virginia Artist: Michael Deas, New Orleans, Louisiana Typography: John Boyd, New York Modeler: Joseph Sheeran Media: Offset Lithography Printer: Ashton-Potter Ltd., USA Color: Black, cyan, magenta and yellow Size: 1.56 x 0.991” Country: United States Postage Value: 32 cents Issue Series: 14th in the Literary Arts Series Issue Origin: 100th Anniversary of Thornton Wilder’s birth. Issue Date: April 17, 1997 Issue Location: Hamden, Connecticut Issue Size: "The stamp features artist Michael Deas’s portrait of Wilder in the foreground, which is based on a photograph by Gisele Freund, a renowned photographer who is a former president of the Federation of French Art Photographers. The background comes from the artist’s imagination of a scene from Our Town, one of Wilder’s most well-known works." United States Post Office Postal Bulletin, PB 21941, March 13, 1997, p. 32. Artist, Michael Deas, was honored the second time by The Society of Illustrators for this design. They presented a gold medal to the USPS for this image and, the year before, for his portrayal of James Dean for that stamp. [show more]
10957	Peter Warren Peterson With Horses	Image, Photograph	Nature, Animals People			1997				Peter Warren Peterson With Horses Item: 10957    Accession #: 1014 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Nature, Animals People Date: 1997 State: ME
3457	Homesick For That Place: Ruth Moore Writes About Maine	Publication, Literary, Article	People Places, Island	Pixley - Jennifer Craig Pixley		1997	Tremont, Great Gott Island		The lives of authors Ruth Moore and Eleanor Ruth Mayo were their own, but their private lives and the lives they led on Mount Desert Island, were so intertwined that archivists find it difficult to divide documents, stories and photographs between them. It is for this reason that this Item exists in the database. It ties together other Items that relate more to both women than to either as an individual. “Homesick For That Place: Ruth Moore Writes About Maine” by Jennifer Craig Pixley is so well conceived that it may be recommended to those who are interested in Ruth and Eleanor above many other works, but there is much to be learned from everything included here.	Homesick For That Place: Ruth Moore Writes About Maine Item: 3457    Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: People Places, Island Creator: Pixley - Jennifer Craig Pixley Date: 1997 Place: Tremont, Great Gott Island State: ME Description: The lives of authors Ruth Moore and Eleanor Ruth Mayo were their own, but their private lives and the lives they led on Mount Desert Island, were so intertwined that archivists find it difficult to divide documents, stories and photographs between them. It is for this reason that this Item exists in the database. It ties together other Items that relate more to both women than to either as an individual. “Homesick For That Place: Ruth Moore Writes About Maine” by Jennifer Craig Pixley is so well conceived that it may be recommended to those who are interested in Ruth and Eleanor above many other works, but there is much to be learned from everything included here. [show more]
16409	Peter Blanchard and Nan Kellam Aboard Rundy Turnstone	Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph	People Vessels, Boat			1996 c.				Peter Blanchard and Nan Kellam Aboard Rundy Turnstone Item: 16409    Type: Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph Subject: People Vessels, Boat Date: 1996 c. State: ME Source: The Arthur Millis and Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam Collection
16410	Peter Blanchard and Nan Kellam Aboard Rundy Turnstone	Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph	People Vessels, Boat			1996 c.				Peter Blanchard and Nan Kellam Aboard Rundy Turnstone Item: 16410    Type: Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph Subject: People Vessels, Boat Date: 1996 c. State: ME Source: The Arthur Millis and Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam Collection
16411	Peter Blanchard, Nan Kellam, and Unknown Man on Placentia Island	Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph	People Places, Island			1996 c.				Peter Blanchard, Nan Kellam, and Unknown Man on Placentia Island Item: 16411    Type: Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph Subject: People Places, Island Date: 1996 c. State: ME Source: The Arthur Millis and Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam Collection
16601	A 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]
12045	Librarian Lorraine (Allen) Saunders with Mr. and Mrs. Warren Roscoe Worcester	Image, Photograph	People			1995-02	Southwest Harbor			Librarian Lorraine (Allen) Saunders with Mr. and Mrs. Warren Roscoe Worcester Item: 12045    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1995-02 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
12046	Warren Roscoe Worcester and Dorothy A. (Robinson) Worcester	Image, Photograph	People			1995-02	Southwest Harbor		At the Southwest Harbor Public Library	Warren Roscoe Worcester and Dorothy A. (Robinson) Worcester Item: 12046    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1995-02 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: At the Southwest Harbor Public Library
10186	Miles Waverly Weaver	Image, Photograph	People			1995 c.	Southwest Harbor			Miles Waverly Weaver Item: 10186    Accession #: 1034 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1995 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
9540	Milton Haynes Dolliver	Image, Photograph	People			1995	Southwest Harbor			Milton Haynes Dolliver Item: 9540    Accession #: 1018 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1995 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Mary Elizabeth Robinson Rosene Collection
16607	Interview of Harold R. Beal	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	People			1994-11-15	Southwest Harbor	338 Main Street	In this interview Harold R. Beal talks about the early history of the Beal family, his experience in the U.S. Navy during World War II (including stories about the preparation and invasion of Omaha Beach), and life in Southwest Harbor before and after World War II.	Interview of Harold R. Beal Item: 16607    Accession #: 1141 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: People Date: 1994-11-15 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 338 Main Street Source: Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In this interview Harold R. Beal talks about the early history of the Beal family, his experience in the U.S. Navy during World War II (including stories about the preparation and invasion of Omaha Beach), and life in Southwest Harbor before and after World War II.
16610	Nancy (Dunbar) Bulger interviewed by David Spurling	Document, Oral History	People			1994-10-18	Southwest Harbor	338 Main Street	In the interview Nancy (Dunbar) Bulger talks about her uncle, Wendel Gilley, stories of waitressing at a local restaurant, the fire at the fish wharf, and a series of pranks against her Crosley automobile.	Nancy (Dunbar) Bulger interviewed by David Spurling Item: 16610    Accession #: 1141 Type: Document, Oral History Subject: People Date: 1994-10-18 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 338 Main Street Source: Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In the interview Nancy (Dunbar) Bulger talks about her uncle, Wendel Gilley, stories of waitressing at a local restaurant, the fire at the fish wharf, and a series of pranks against her Crosley automobile.
3461	Museum Traces Island's History - Abbe Museum Blends Ruth Moore Poetry With Great Gott Island Artifacts	Publication, Literary, Article	People	Harbour - Kathy Harbour	The Bangor Daily News	1994-05-28			Bar Harbor - When the archaeologists of summer probe the fragile layers of Great Gott Island history, they say the faint bark of an Indian dog is freed. It was Maine writer Ruth Moore who first imagined the dog's bark, as she sifted through the sand and sod on her native Great Gott Island, pausing later to reflect on the island's history in her poem, "The Indian Shell Heap":	Museum Traces Island's History - Abbe Museum Blends Ruth Moore Poetry With Great Gott Island Artifacts Item: 3461    Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: People Creator: Harbour - Kathy Harbour Publisher: The Bangor Daily News Date: 1994-05-28 Description: Bar Harbor - When the archaeologists of summer probe the fragile layers of Great Gott Island history, they say the faint bark of an Indian dog is freed. It was Maine writer Ruth Moore who first imagined the dog's bark, as she sifted through the sand and sod on her native Great Gott Island, pausing later to reflect on the island's history in her poem, "The Indian Shell Heap":

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