Mount Desert Island Historical Society

Bean Supper 2014

A video taken of the January, 2014 MDI Historical Society Bean Supper held in the cafeteria of Mount Desert Island High School. Shows participants of the Dog Mountain Band, attendees at the supper, talk by society president, William Horner.

Board of Director's Meeting Agenda and Notes

Typewritten agenda and handwritten notes of the Board of Directors of the MDI Historical Society meeting. Consideration of refusal of the proposed gift of the Virginia Somes Sanderson house and discussion of the future of the Society.

Place names of Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Islands, Maine

A gazetteer of local Mount Desert and Cranberry Island names.

Letter from MDI Historical Society to Helen Fernald

Letter from the MDI Historical Society secretary, Winfield Sprague, to Ada Leland, notifying her of her appointment as a charter member of the Society.

Deed and Notes of Land Transfer

Photocopy of handwritten note and two photocopies of deed of land. This pertains to a land transfer from Emily Grindle to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society.

Newsletter Printing Information

Handwritten one page folder cover describing printing details of the MDI Historical Society Newsletter. Date unknown. Printing was to be done by Downeast Graphics, Ellsworth, Maine.

Resolution of the MDI Historical Society Regarding Proposed Donation of Sanderson House

Typewritten and handwritten resolution of the MDI Historical Society to decline the proposed donation of the Virginia Somes Sanderson house. Mrs. Sanderson appended her handwritten comments to the resolution at a later date.

Letter from MDI Historical Society to Virginia Somes Sanderson

Letter from MDI Historical Society secretary, Chadbourne Gilpatric, to Virginia Somes Sanderson, notifying her of her election as Honorary Director of the Society.