Maine Memory Network

Savage Cottage, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Northeast Harbor Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Northeast Harbor Media: Photographic print

Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor ca. 1950

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1950 Location: Mount Desert Media: Postcard

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.

Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert’ – by John M. Bryan, copyright 2005, Princeton Architectural Press ‘Images of America Mount Desert…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"and Emily Savage’s architect son Fred L. Savage (1861-1924), was built and opened for the 1901 season."