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]
Left to Right: Kenny, Corey the dog, Marianne New, Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Richard Lawrence "Rick" Church, Dorothy Carolyn (Follansby) Church, Robert "Bob" Church, Arthur Millis "Art" Kellam
Description: Left to Right: Kenny, Corey the dog, Marianne New, Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Richard Lawrence "Rick" Church, Dorothy Carolyn (Follansby) Church, Robert "Bob" Church, Arthur Millis "Art" Kellam
Left to Right: Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Richard Lawrence Chuch Jr., Dorothy Carolyn (Follansby) Church, Robert "Bob" Church, Arthur Millis "Art" Kellam, Dolf Portman
Description: Left to Right: Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Richard Lawrence Chuch Jr., Dorothy Carolyn (Follansby) Church, Robert "Bob" Church, Arthur Millis "Art" Kellam, Dolf Portman
Left to Right: Kenny, Ellen Church, Dorothy Carolyn "Dot" (Follansby) Church, Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Corey the dog, Dolf Portman, Robert "Bob" Church, Marianne New, Arthur Millis "Art" Kellam
Description: Left to Right: Kenny, Ellen Church, Dorothy Carolyn "Dot" (Follansby) Church, Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Corey the dog, Dolf Portman, Robert "Bob" Church, Marianne New, Arthur Millis "Art" Kellam
Left to Right: Kenny, Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Ellen Church, Marianne New, Dorothy Carolyn "Dot" (Follansby) Church, Corey the dog, Dolf Portman
The Arthur Millis and Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam Collection
Description: Left to Right: Kenny, Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Ellen Church, Marianne New, Dorothy Carolyn "Dot" (Follansby) Church, Corey the dog, Dolf Portman
An account of the summer visitors and native population on Gotts Island starting in the 1890's, the book describes the island experience, the families, and changes that took place over the next 100 years.
Description: An account of the summer visitors and native population on Gotts Island starting in the 1890's, the book describes the island experience, the families, and changes that took place over the next 100 years.
Description: This photograph was taken off Gotts Island, Maine, and was taken by Thomas C. Moon who was an uncle of Frank's wife, Lura B. (Hodgkins) Babbidge.
The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.
Description: The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.
Notice the elaborate hat worn by the lady in the front seat! The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.
Description: Notice the elaborate hat worn by the lady in the front seat! The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.
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.
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]