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Materials Supply list
A supply list from Ellsworth Building Supplies showing the cost of materials for the Somesville Bridge.
Landscape of Change
Exploring the Past to Build a Resilient Future To understand how climate change is affecting Mount Desert Island we need to look to the past. Our ancestors documented the natural world around them in stories, reports, journals, diaries, an…
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.
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.
Letter from MDI Historical Society to Helen Fernald
Letter from MDI Historical Society secretary, Winfield Sprague, to Helen Fernald notifying her of her appointment as a charter member of the Society.
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.
Meeting Notes Regarding Sanderson House Donation
Seven handwritten pages of meeting notes pertaining to proposed donation of Virginia Somes Sanderson's historical Somesville house to the MDI Historical Society for use as a museum.
Letter from Nelson F. Goodwin to Robert Heffner
Letter from Nelson F. Goodwin to Robert Heffner May 3, 1994 about the Somesville bridge construction. The letter also includes a copy of the plans for the footbridge.
Official Documents pertaining to Footbridge Construction in Somesville
Building and land use permit applications and building permit for construction of footbridge between two MDI Historical Society buildings in Somesville.
