"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.
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]
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)
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]
The page shows advertisements for: The Southwest Harbor Public Library Park Theater, Southwest Harbor R. L. Hodgkins Electrical Shop Mrs. B. C. Worcester Flowers
Description: The page shows advertisements for: The Southwest Harbor Public Library Park Theater, Southwest Harbor R. L. Hodgkins Electrical Shop Mrs. B. C. Worcester Flowers
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)
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)
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.
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]
Winners of the “Know Your Country” and “Around the World” Book Club Awards Front Row - Left to Right: Hoyt Kenneth Lord (1932-2010) Joan Robinson (1932-) - Later Mrs. Wilbert Terry Diane Ruth Clement (1933-) - Later Mrs. Thomas White Irene Mabel Stanley (1933-2015) - Later Mrs. Carroll Murphy Robert Carroll (1932-1996) Leonard Bragdon Gilley (1929-) Richard Allen (1930-) Second Row - Left to Right: Janet B. Caruso (1931-) - Later Mrs. John F. Madsen Ann Mary Whitmore (1930-) - Later Mrs. Andrew Jackson Harkins Third Row - Left to Right: Esther Jane Norwood (1931-) - Later Mrs. Robert M. Dunbar Barbara Kenny (1930-) - Later Mrs. Earl Moser Jr. Juanita Dorr (1929-1997) - Later Mrs. Howard Edwin Wilson Rosamond Berry (1932-1998) - Later Mrs. Lawrence H. Davis Bernice Mary Beal (1931-) - Later Mrs. Albert Stork Ramona Boynton (1931-1999) - Later Mrs. Leroy J. Rathbun Jr. Janet Marylyn Bickford (1932-1995) - Later Mrs. Wendell Delmont Perry Diane Ballard (1932-2008) - Later Mrs. Robert Edward Michael Back Row - Left to Right: Helen Marie Sinclair (1931-2007) - Later Mrs. Owen D. Frost Marilyn Carroll (1930-1995) - Later Mrs. Richard Harlan La Haye Elizabeth "Betty" May Norwood (1929-) - Later Mrs. Carl Raymond Hardy Jr. Ruth Celestia Stanley (1931-) - Mrs. David Ashton Holmes Edith Worcester (1930-) - Later the first Mrs. Lester H. Radcliffe Jr.
Description: Winners of the “Know Your Country” and “Around the World” Book Club Awards Front Row - Left to Right: Hoyt Kenneth Lord (1932-2010) Joan Robinson (1932-) - Later Mrs. Wilbert Terry Diane Ruth Clement (1933-) - Later Mrs. Thomas White Irene Mabel Stanley (1933-2015) - Later Mrs. Carroll Murphy Robert Carroll (1932-1996) Leonard Bragdon Gilley (1929-) Richard Allen (1930-) Second Row - Left to Right: Janet B. Caruso (1931-) - Later Mrs. John F. Madsen Ann Mary Whitmore (1930-) - Later Mrs. Andrew Jackson Harkins Third Row - Left to Right: Esther Jane Norwood (1931-) - Later Mrs. Robert M. Dunbar Barbara Kenny (1930-) - Later Mrs. Earl Moser Jr. Juanita Dorr (1929-1997) - Later Mrs. Howard Edwin Wilson Rosamond Berry (1932-1998) - Later Mrs. Lawrence H. Davis Bernice Mary Beal (1931-) - Later Mrs. Albert Stork Ramona Boynton (1931-1999) - Later Mrs. Leroy J. Rathbun Jr. Janet Marylyn Bickford (1932-1995) - Later Mrs. Wendell Delmont Perry Diane Ballard (1932-2008) - Later Mrs. Robert Edward Michael Back Row - Left to Right: Helen Marie Sinclair (1931-2007) - Later Mrs. Owen D. Frost Marilyn Carroll (1930-1995) - Later Mrs. Richard Harlan La Haye Elizabeth "Betty" May Norwood (1929-) - Later Mrs. Carl Raymond Hardy Jr. Ruth Celestia Stanley (1931-) - Mrs. David Ashton Holmes Edith Worcester (1930-) - Later the first Mrs. Lester H. Radcliffe Jr. [show more]
Children’s Book Week - November 2-8, 1941 - “Forward With Books” This photograph shows the 1939 addition to the Southwest Harbor Public Library. The view is from the front of the library looking back – Reference Room - Shows the Charles Morris Young painting, "Clark's Wharf."
Description: Children’s Book Week - November 2-8, 1941 - “Forward With Books” This photograph shows the 1939 addition to the Southwest Harbor Public Library. The view is from the front of the library looking back – Reference Room - Shows the Charles Morris Young painting, "Clark's Wharf."
This photograph shows the 1939 addition to the Southwest Harbor Public Library. The view is from the front of the library looking back – Reference Room - Shows the Charles Morris Young painting, "Clark's Wharf."
Description: This photograph shows the 1939 addition to the Southwest Harbor Public Library. The view is from the front of the library looking back – Reference Room - Shows the Charles Morris Young painting, "Clark's Wharf."