Digital Access Sponsors | Supporting Sponsors


As a nonprofit, The History Trust relies on those who support our mission of collaborating to preserve and share historical collections.


Lead Digital Access Sponsors

Businesses know that history is important to their communities, including customers, and that the History Trust offers everyone access to historical records, photographs, documents, and Mount Desert Island newspapers (1881-1968) held by our members. The following businesses support FREE digital access with $3000 monthly sponsorships.

  • August 2022
  • August 2021
  • September 2022
  • September 2021

  • November 2021


Supporting Sponsors

These businesses and individuals help The History Trust serve our member organizations as they manage the historical collections under their stewardship and reach out to local communities of coastal Maine’s Acadia region.

Maine Humanities


Maine Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for online exhibit of digital archive items. ($7500)

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust
For support of History Trust mission. ($500)

The Lynam Agency

Lynam Agency
For support of History Trust mission. ($500)



The History Trust is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and contributions may be deductible for income, gift, and estate tax purposes. Our EIN is 85-1181991 (Employee Identification Number). No goods or direct services are provided in exchange for your donation.

The History Trust
PO Box 653
Mount Desert ME 04660

Learn more about our 2021 lead sponsors: Real Estate and Real History.

Header Illustration by Rosemary Santoro, College of the Atlantic.