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Woodlawn: A Community Resource
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Woodlawn: A Community Resource

Woodlawn is noteworthy for its original Black family furnishings, extensive family archives, and as a community resource for educational, cultural, and recreational opportunities.
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Posted by By Rosamond Rea Posted inIn The Collections, Sharing History23 September 2024
Introducing Fisher House Collections
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Introducing Fisher House Collections

At the Jonathan Fisher House, we preserve the 1814 home he designed and built, as well as collections showcasing his many interests and accomplishments.
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Posted by By Hannah Cyrus Posted inIn The Collections, Sharing History29 June 2024
Showcasing Ellsworth Collections
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Showcasing Ellsworth Collections

Two buildings are among the significant items of Ellsworth Historical Society's holdings
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Posted by By Holly Hendricks Posted inIn The Collections19 May 2024
Memorial Days
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Memorial Days

Island communities honor those who served, including James M. Parker of Somesville.
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Posted by By Bruce Jacobson Posted inIn The Collections28 May 2023
Christmas Festival in Northeast Harbor
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Christmas Festival in Northeast Harbor

For seven decades the Old Firehouse has been hosting friends and neighbors as we celebrate the holiday season.
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Posted by By Bruce Jacobson Posted inIn The Collections27 November 2022
History Trust Newspaper Archive
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History Trust Newspaper Archive

The History Trust provides FREE access to 87 years of local news.
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Posted by By Bruce Jacobson Posted inDigital Tools, In The Collections22 September 2022
Young man sits on a motorized sled steered with a tiller; trees, fence posts, and power lines in the background.
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Ours Again—Remembering Winter, 1920–2020

Winter is the season friends and neighbors reconnect, as they have in towns surrounding Acadia National Park for 100 years and more. Explore our winter…
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Posted by By Bruce Jacobson Posted inHistorical Outreach, In The Collections, Online Exhibits4 May 2022
What do the mistress of a salt-water farm and a country doctor have in common?
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What do the mistress of a salt-water farm and a country doctor have in common?

They both have stories that are part of Gouldsboro Historical Society's "Archive Without Walls."
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Posted by By Jennifer Stucker Posted inIn The Collections29 March 2022
map of Northeast Harbor
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Real Estate and Real History

Newcomers to our area and long-time residents alike often start by asking real estate agents for information.
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Posted by By The History Trust Posted inHistorical Outreach, In The Collections15 December 2021
steam locomotive on pitched mountain railway
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Ties That Bind Mount Desert Island and Mt. Washington

Historic railroad ties—both mechanical and human—bind Mount Desert Island’s Cadillac Mountain to the northeast’s tallest peak, Mt. Washington in New Hampshire.
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Posted by By Tim Lewis Posted inHistorical Outreach, In The Collections27 October 2021
1898 map of Gouldsboro
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Schoodic History and The History Trust

“Lost”records “found.” Many researchers believed that Gouldsboro's official records were lost in a 1883 fire…
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Posted by By Jennifer Stucker Posted inHistorical Outreach, In The Collections17 August 2021
Where Our History is Housed
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Where Our History is Housed

Iconic structures that represent our members range from a one-room schoolhouse to a former country store, a summer cottage, a repurposed fire station, and an iconic village clock.
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Posted by By The History Trust Posted inHistorical Outreach, In The Collections, Online Exhibits27 May 2021
poster for dog show
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Pets—Companions to History

Pets show up in the most unusual places
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Posted by By Pauline Angione Posted inIn The Collections19 April 2021
House on a hill.
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Ruth Moore, Storyteller

Ruth Moore—author, poet, great story teller, and Tremont native—was well known in the national literary world of the mid-20th century.
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Posted by By Muriel Davisson Posted inIn The Collections26 March 2021
1925 Ford station wagon and men fixing flat tire
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Connecting with MDI History in the Most Unlikely Places

A simple sharing of my interest in The History Trust generated very unexpected connections from far away.
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Posted by By Pauline Angione Posted inHistorical Outreach, In The Collections8 February 2021
Exterior of brick library building.
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Jesup Has History

Jesup Memorial Library holds history—not just in books on the shelves but also in an historical archive.
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Posted by By Bruce Jacobson Posted inHistorical Outreach, In The Collections7 December 2020
wooden doll (DA)
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Hitty, Her First Hundred Years

Did you know that Hitty was carved of Mountain Ash by a peddler for a little girl on Great Cranberry Island?
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Posted by By Pauline Angione Posted inIn The Collections12 October 2020
envelope with typed address
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Discovering McMurtry’s

Amazing what you can find in the Digital Archive. While editing an item in one organization's collection, I discovered information in three other collections.  I…
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Posted by By Pauline Angione Posted inIn The Collections21 September 2020
woman with protective face mask illustration
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Documenting Today’s History, Too

The History Trust Digital Archive isn’t just about yesterday’s history. With the wonders of modern technology, we are documenting the world around us now as well.
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Posted by By Pauline Angione Posted inHistorical Outreach, In The Collections24 August 2020
Student holding diploma hugs professor.
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Island Summers, Pre Social-Distancing

Summer so often means a chance to get together with family and friends. Since that has been so limited this summer, let's take a look at a few past gatherings on
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Posted by By Pauline Angione Posted inIn The Collections24 July 2020

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