The Northeast Harbor Library Archives
The Northeast Harbor Library houses an array of special collections in our archives. The border that appears along the left side of this web page, for instance, was created as a vector image by tracing a photograph of a 15th century book leaf the Library owns.
Our climate-controlled archives feature manuscripts, typescripts, clippings, maps and charts, photographs and architectural prints and drawings — all available to scholars by appointment.
The slideshow, below, represents a sampling of items in our archived collections. Press the "play" button to start the slideshow.
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Highlighted illustrations form a fifteenth Century Missal or Book of Hours, probably South German or Italian.
Highlighted illustrations form a fifteenth Century Missal or Book of Hours, probably South German or Italian.
Somesville area from Beech Hill, water color by J. E. Cabot, circa 1850.
Otter Creek, water color by J.E. Cabot, circa 1850. Mr. Cabot was one of the earlier painters to be drawn to Mount Desert. He stayed in Somesville and traveled the island by horseback, painting scenes along his way.
Daisy Doane Christmas Card. This is the original Christmas card painted by Daisy Doane for Mary Spring Perkins, Christmas of 1881, and the source from which the window in Saint Mary's by-the-Sea in Northeast Harbor was done. It is also the inspiration for the Northeast Harbor Library logo.
The original drawing of the logo was by Francis Hopkinson Smith and has been in continuous use since 1892. Mr. Smith was a contractor and a civil engineer, an author and an artist. His best known work is the base for the Statue of Liberty. In Northeast Harbor he stayed with his family at "Rosserne," the home of the Rev. Cornelius Smith.
Little Cranberry Island from Ocean Drive, watercolor by C. Scott White, circa 1935. Mr. White was a prolific water colorist who summered first at Little Cranberry and then at the Asticou Inn every summer until his death in the early 1960s.
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