This photograph is often misidentified as having been taken at Mount Desert Island. Archivists at the Southwest Harbor Public Library have researched the origin of the sitting and hope other copies will be correctly identified.
Description: This photograph is often misidentified as having been taken at Mount Desert Island. Archivists at the Southwest Harbor Public Library have researched the origin of the sitting and hope other copies will be correctly identified.
From Left to Right: Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880. Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot George Bradford Dunbar (1860-1929) - "Hunter" - 20 years old in 1880 - holding saw and hatchet. George was brother to William Dunbar. John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - 20 years old in 1880. John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand. Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 20 years old in 1880 - with sunglasses. William Harrison Dunbar (1862-?) - "Hunter"- 17 years old in 1880. William and George Dunbar were brothers. William is carrying a vasculum for collecting botanical specimens. Orrin A. Donnell (1859-1942) - Seaman - 21 years old in 1880 - standing with oar. Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 20 years old in 1880. vas·cu·lum n. (pl. -la ) Bot. a collecting box for plants, typically in the form of a flattened cylindrical metal case with a lengthwise opening, carried by a shoulder strap. - "vasculum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (March 16, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vasculum.html. To see what a vasculum looks like see Item 5316.
Description: From Left to Right: Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880. Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot George Bradford Dunbar (1860-1929) - "Hunter" - 20 years old in 1880 - holding saw and hatchet. George was brother to William Dunbar. John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - 20 years old in 1880. John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand. Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 20 years old in 1880 - with sunglasses. William Harrison Dunbar (1862-?) - "Hunter"- 17 years old in 1880. William and George Dunbar were brothers. William is carrying a vasculum for collecting botanical specimens. Orrin A. Donnell (1859-1942) - Seaman - 21 years old in 1880 - standing with oar. Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 20 years old in 1880. vas·cu·lum n. (pl. -la ) Bot. a collecting box for plants, typically in the form of a flattened cylindrical metal case with a lengthwise opening, carried by a shoulder strap. - "vasculum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (March 16, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vasculum.html. To see what a vasculum looks like see Item 5316. [show more]
Left to Right: John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - 21 years old in 1881 John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand Henry Munson Spelman (1861-1946) - 19 years old in 1881 Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880 Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot Edward Lathrop Rand (1859-1924) - Botanist - 21 years old in 1881 - holding a fern or leaf to a page for study Edward was the older brother to photographer Henry Lathrop Rand Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 21 years old in 1881 Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 21 years old in 1881 Note the ornate wood stove at the left front of the photograph with wood stacked beside it for cold mornings.
Description: Left to Right: John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - 21 years old in 1881 John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand Henry Munson Spelman (1861-1946) - 19 years old in 1881 Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880 Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot Edward Lathrop Rand (1859-1924) - Botanist - 21 years old in 1881 - holding a fern or leaf to a page for study Edward was the older brother to photographer Henry Lathrop Rand Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 21 years old in 1881 Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 21 years old in 1881 Note the ornate wood stove at the left front of the photograph with wood stacked beside it for cold mornings. [show more]
Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924) - Botanist - 20 years old in 1880 - holding ferns Edward was the older brother to photographer Henry Lathrop Rand Henry Mascarene Hubbard (1860-1917) - 21 years old in 1881 - holding rock hammer Frank Mortimer Wakefield (1862-1932) - 18 years old in 1881 John was brother to John Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 20 years old in 1880 Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 20 years old in 1880 William Harrison Dunbar (1862-?) - "Hunter"- 17 years old in 1880 Henry Munson Spelman (1861-1946) - 19 years old in 1881 Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880 - holding telescope Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot
Description: Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924) - Botanist - 20 years old in 1880 - holding ferns Edward was the older brother to photographer Henry Lathrop Rand Henry Mascarene Hubbard (1860-1917) - 21 years old in 1881 - holding rock hammer Frank Mortimer Wakefield (1862-1932) - 18 years old in 1881 John was brother to John Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 20 years old in 1880 Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 20 years old in 1880 William Harrison Dunbar (1862-?) - "Hunter"- 17 years old in 1880 Henry Munson Spelman (1861-1946) - 19 years old in 1881 Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880 - holding telescope Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot [show more]
Note on the back of identical photograph MDI P 005.17.9 - "S.A.E. must have held the camera for he is not in the group and the usual photographer (Slade) is." Seated at back on Fence - From Left to Right: Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown - Edward Lothrop Rand? Unknown - Charles Eliot? Unknown Unknown Seated on Ground - Left to Right: Unknown - Charles Wendell Townsend? Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown - Frank Mortimer Wakefield? Unknown - John Lathrop Wakefield? Unknown Unknown Unknown Seated at Right Front - Left to Right: Unknown Unknown Unknown - Henry Lathrop Rand?
Description: Note on the back of identical photograph MDI P 005.17.9 - "S.A.E. must have held the camera for he is not in the group and the usual photographer (Slade) is." Seated at back on Fence - From Left to Right: Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown - Edward Lothrop Rand? Unknown - Charles Eliot? Unknown Unknown Seated on Ground - Left to Right: Unknown - Charles Wendell Townsend? Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown - Frank Mortimer Wakefield? Unknown - John Lathrop Wakefield? Unknown Unknown Unknown Seated at Right Front - Left to Right: Unknown Unknown Unknown - Henry Lathrop Rand? [show more]
Standing Left to Right: Orrin A. Donnell (1859-1942) - Seaman - holding oar - 21 years old in 1880 Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 20 years old in 1880 Heyliger Adams de Windt (1858-1941) - Geologist - 22 years old in 1880 Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - holding telescope - 17 years old in 1880 Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot Professor William Morris Davis of Harvard (1850 - 1934) - Consultant - 30 years old in 1880 Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924) - Botanist - holding flag, with a pitcher of flowers at his feet - 20 years old in 1880 Edward was the older brother to photographer Henry Lathrop Rand William Bryant - Steward - holding a milk or water can Seated Left to Right: Charles Wendell Townsend (1859-1934) - Ornithologist - holding gun - 20 years old in 1880 John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - holding a can of flowers - 20 years old in 1880 John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand President Charles W. Eliot's yacht, "Sunshine" can be seen anchored in Somes Sound (under the tree branch) to the left of Orrin Donnell.
Description: Standing Left to Right: Orrin A. Donnell (1859-1942) - Seaman - holding oar - 21 years old in 1880 Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 20 years old in 1880 Heyliger Adams de Windt (1858-1941) - Geologist - 22 years old in 1880 Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - holding telescope - 17 years old in 1880 Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot Professor William Morris Davis of Harvard (1850 - 1934) - Consultant - 30 years old in 1880 Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924) - Botanist - holding flag, with a pitcher of flowers at his feet - 20 years old in 1880 Edward was the older brother to photographer Henry Lathrop Rand William Bryant - Steward - holding a milk or water can Seated Left to Right: Charles Wendell Townsend (1859-1934) - Ornithologist - holding gun - 20 years old in 1880 John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - holding a can of flowers - 20 years old in 1880 John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand President Charles W. Eliot's yacht, "Sunshine" can be seen anchored in Somes Sound (under the tree branch) to the left of Orrin Donnell. [show more]
Description: ...This is one of locations frequented by the ChamplainSociety. See item 9607 for view of members of the ChamplainSociety in this same location...
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 …Mount Desert was the Champlain lake."^^ Society. …These routes are marked on a map included in the 1882 Annual Report of the ChamplainSociety. 63 ChamplainSociety Collection, Mount Desert Historical …Rand, 64 65 Rand, First Society, 1880, 56-58. Rand, Report of the ChamplainSociety for 1884, 24. The committee Society, 1881. …"Report of the ChamplainSociety for & 1886." ChamplainSociety Records, Anne Mount Desert Island Historical Society.
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]
wabanaki_peoples_vol2-optimized.pdf …Toronto: The ChamplainSociety. (Contains detailed account of 17th-century Mi kmaq culture. …The Works of Samuel de Champlain. Edited by H.P. Biggar. (6 vols). Toronto: The ChamplainSociety. …Toronto: The ChamplainSociety. …Toronto: The ChamplainSociety. 597 Annotated Reference List Lesourd, Philip. 2000.
Historian, Genealogist, Musician, Boat Builder, Author, Raconteur - there is only one Ralph Stanley. Ralph bears many titles and awards, but for the Southwest Harbor Public Library he is, most of all, a friend. Ralph started using the library as a child and continued as an adult, graduated to Trustee, to President of the Trustees, and, in 2013, became our first Trustee Emeritus. Since 2007 he has spent hundreds of hours patiently identifying people, places and vessels in the Digital Archive. He gave the library his vast collection of photographs, The Ralph Warren Stanley Collection, in 2014. For years he has told us stories of his family, friends and adventures on Mount Desert Island. Archivists have written down almost every word and fact – a treasure for the collection and for the community. This is his chef d’oeuvre, The Stanleys of Cranberry Isles…and Other Colorful Characters, Ralph’s own story, based on his own research and in his own words. To purchase the print version of this book please contact the Southwest Harbor Public Library at archivist@swhplibrary.org or (207) 244-7065.
Description: Historian, Genealogist, Musician, Boat Builder, Author, Raconteur - there is only one Ralph Stanley. Ralph bears many titles and awards, but for the Southwest Harbor Public Library he is, most of all, a friend. Ralph started using the library as a child and continued as an adult, graduated to Trustee, to President of the Trustees, and, in 2013, became our first Trustee Emeritus. Since 2007 he has spent hundreds of hours patiently identifying people, places and vessels in the Digital Archive. He gave the library his vast collection of photographs, The Ralph Warren Stanley Collection, in 2014. For years he has told us stories of his family, friends and adventures on Mount Desert Island. Archivists have written down almost every word and fact – a treasure for the collection and for the community. This is his chef d’oeuvre, The Stanleys of Cranberry Isles…and Other Colorful Characters, Ralph’s own story, based on his own research and in his own words. To purchase the print version of this book please contact the Southwest Harbor Public Library at archivist@swhplibrary.org or (207) 244-7065. [show more]
File Attachment: 2021_The_Stanleys_of_Cranberry_Isles_2021-03-25.pdf …- Samuel de Champlain (1574-1635) Champlain - Antoine Champlain (Unknown) Smith - Captain John (1580-1631) Unknown Page 9 Early Settlers of Mount …Champlain went on to say, The woods consist of pine, fir and birches only. Perhaps Champlain did not know or care much about trees. …I felt a compassion for them that would have constrained me to become a member of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Society, had such a society then …- Samuel de Champlain (1574-1635) Champlain - Antoine Champlain (Unknown) Chapman Marion C.
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 …And an imposing, everlasting memorial to Champlain is the easternmost height of the Mount Desert range, now named Champlain Mountain, which stands …On May 31, 1864, the society met at Mrs. …This was the beginning of all the church sewing societies in In later years the societies began to be called the community. "Ladies Aids. …The Christian Endeavor society was formed in 1888. The Episcopal church has a Girls' Friendly Society as well as a Guild and Women's Auxiliary.
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.
File Attachment: Gotts Island Maine - Kenway.pdf …The Tremont Historical Society and its president, W . …In 1938 a society was finally formed with A.G. Hempstead as the first president. The Society later became the Commission on Archives and History. …Gotts Island made an immediate impression on Warren , for although he grew up in Brooklyn and on Long Island , NY , he had spent many summers on Lake Champlain …The Silver family are members of the Society of Friends, (Quakers), first in Philadelphia and later with the Society on Mt. Desert Island.
...Rand: Photographer & Visual Diarist by Meredith Hutchins, Chebacco: The Magazine of Mount Desert Island Historical Society , Volume XI, 2010, p. 50-71.... - Courtesy of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society...
Description: ...Rand: Photographer & Visual Diarist by Meredith Hutchins, Chebacco: The Magazine of Mount Desert Island Historical Society , Volume XI, 2010, p. 50-71.... - Courtesy of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society...
File Attachment: Rand_-_Henry_L._Rand_-_Photographer_And_Visual_Diarist.pdf …A member of the ChamplainSociety founded by landscape architect Charles Eliot, Edward was an indefatigable hiker, rower, and discoverer of new botanic …g In 1883, Edward spent the summer with the ChamplainSociety at Camp Asticou, located in Mr. Savage s field in Northeast Harbor. …A Memory describes a banquet held at the end of the summer for the members of the ChamplainSociety and illustrates how difficult it was for these young …ChamplainSociety Camp Log (1883). Collection of Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Cole, John N. Summer Hotel, The Claremont Story, 1884-1994.
Description: ...Reprinted in The Newsletter of the Tremont Historical Society - 2007-2008...
File Attachment: A Biography of Ruth Moore of Gott.pdf …" The Collected Stories of Ruth Moore and Eleanor Mayo Blackberry Press, Nobleboro, Maine, 2004 Reprinted in The Newsletter of the Tremont Historical Society …first English mention of the island appears in Governor Andros 1688 census referring to it as Petite Pleasants an English rendering of Samuel de Champlain …The first Jesuit mission and colony in America was established in 1613 on nearby Mount Desert Island (Champlain s Isle de Monts Desert.) …The Tremont Historical Society has copies of this excellent book for sale at the Country Store Museum or by mail.
Description: Excerpt from Pathmakers: Cultural Landscape Report for the Historic Hiking Trail System of Mount Desert Island, pgs. 149-156
File Attachment: Effects_of_the_1947_Fire.pdf …., and the village improvement societies diate problems caused by blowdowns and rockslides.235 worked to reopen most, but not all, of the trails that …Most of the colored trails on the east side of As a result, trails near the park boundaries that were Champlain were closed. …Grades were of both the village improvement societies and the CCC. …The Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor Vil- and a flurry of trail activity.253 In 1960 and 1961, trails lage Improvement Society Path Committees transferred
File Attachment: Champlain Society - BHT - 08-01-1996.pdf …THE CHAMPLAINSOCIETY by Nan Lincoln The Bar Harbor Times, August 1, 1996 Most histories of Acadia National Park credit three men with the park …Samuel Atkins Eliot who was 17 years old that summer and the youngest member of the group - recalled this first ChamplainSociety excursion. …But it was the boys of the ChamplainSociety who were the first to appreciate the wonders of such pristine beauty. …Department of the ChamplainSociety for the summer of (The logs continue for more than a decade.)
...." - "The ChamplainSociety" fragment of manuscript by Samuel Atkins Eliot, 1931 - in the collection of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society...
Description: ...." - "The ChamplainSociety" fragment of manuscript by Samuel Atkins Eliot, 1931 - in the collection of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society...
Description: ...Marshall Perry Slade is remembered on Mount Desert Island as a member of the ChamplainSociety in 1880 and 1881...
File Attachment: Slade_-_Marshall_Perry_Slade_1861-1950.pdf …Biography Slade - Marshall Perry Slade (1861-1950) Marshall Perry Slade is remembered on Mount Desert Island as a member of the ChamplainSociety in 1880 …He signed the original ChamplainSociety Contract on May 5, 1880. He shared at tent at Camp Pemetic with Charles Eliot in 1880. …His photographs of the ChamplainSociety are also in the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society: "Eight photographs of the ChamplainSociety …The images depict views of Mount Desert Island and Somes Sound, Me.; the ChamplainSociety's tent-site on the Sound; and various members of the Society