Welcome to the Catalog of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society's Collections

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Tips for Searching the Collection

Keyword Search

• A general keyword search looks for the search term(s) in the whole catalog (Photographs, Documents, Library, Objects);
• If more than one word is entered, the system looks for one OR the other of the two words, e.g., Champlain OR Society;
• For records where both keywords are found, type AND between the two words, e.g., Champlain AND Society;
• For a specific phrase, enclose it in quotation marks, e.g., "Champlain Society";
• Use an asterisk as a wild card, e.g., histor* will find history, historical, histories, etc.
• Searches are not case sensitive.

Catalog Searches

• You can narrow your search by searching with a selected catalog (Photographs, Documents, Library, Objects);
• When searching a specific catalog a list of records from the catalog first appears. You may browse this list or enter your own search terms in the box;
• There are no images from negatives in the Photographs catalog;
• There are few images in the Documents catalog at present;

About the Collection

Among the highlights of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Collection are:

• photographic works by LaRue Spiker and W.H. Ballard,
• tintypes, daguerreotypes, and cabinet cards;
• architectural drawings and papers by Fred L. Savage and Robert Patterson;
• maps and nautical charts, including a 1776 des Barres chart of MDI and an 1855 map of the United States;
• Champlain Society Logs, Journals, and Photographs;
• and papers, objects, and photographs of early Mount Desert Island families.

Please know that this catalog is a work-in-progress and that we welcome your feedback and any further information you can provide. We are especially interested in identifying people in photographs who are unknown to us.