Mount Desert Island Historical Society

Oral Histories. Fernald, Somes, Kane, Smith

Audio cassette tape containing oral histories provided by Danny Kane, Addie Smith (Mrs. Fred Smith), Cora Fernald, and Morris Somes. 1973.74.

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…

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.

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.

Details of Virginia Somes Sanderson's House

Notes created by the MDI Historical Society regarding the Virginia Somes Sanderson house, which Sanderson proposed to donate to the Society for use as a museum. Sanderson's own notes are appended to the original.

List of Founders of Mount Desert Island Historical Society

One page photocopy of list of founding members of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. List includes Evelyn Lunt.

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.

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.