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Historical Items

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Item 111165

Walkway at the Rockefeller Garden, Seal Harbor, ca. 1934

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1934 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: stereograph

Item 67569

Garden Club program, Surry, 1955-1956

Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: 1955–1956 Location: Surry Media: Wood grained look cardstock program cover

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Item 111142

Rockefeller Gardens shaded pathway, Seal Harbor, ca. 1934

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1934 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Stereograph

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 149195

Rockefeller residence The Eyrie planting plan for west border of lawn, Seal Harbor, 1930-1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1945 Location: Mount Desert Client: John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Architect: Beatrix Farrand

Item 149191

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden preliminary planting plan, Seal Harbor, 1928-1996

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928–1996 Location: Mount Desert Client: David Rockefeller Sr. Architect: Beatrix Farrand; Robert W. Patterson

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Exhibit

Inside the Yellow House

Photographer Elijah Cobb's 1985 portfolio of the Laura E. Richards House, with text by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins and Laura E. Putnam.

Exhibit

MHS in Pictures: exploring our first 200 years

Two years after separating from Massachusetts, Maine leaders—many who were part of the push for statehood—also separated from Massachusetts Historical Society, creating the Maine Historical Society in 1822. The legislation signed on February 5, 1822 positioned MHS as the third-oldest state dedicated historical organization in the nation. The exhibition features MHS's five locations over the institution's two centuries, alongside images of leaders who have steered the organization through pivotal times.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 2 of 5

"… and Samuel York, “Planters,” agreed to give annual “acknowledgement” to Wabanaki leaders on the Androscoggin River: “Derumkin, or Daniel or Robin…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"For more information about the two Savage designed gardens, click here. Charles was able to listen, support, and encourage these three Mount Desert…"

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Moosehead Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

My Maine Stories

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Story

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars