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Historical Items

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Item 21573

Letter to Donald and Marg Bryant from David Rockefeller

Contributed by: Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society Date: 1980 Location: Seal Harbor Media: Ink on paper

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 81112

John D. Rockefeller Jr. letter to Charles K. Savage, Northeast Harbor, 1957

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1957 Location: Mount Desert; Mount Desert Island Media: Ink on paper

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Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110475

O'Neill preliminary site plan, Mount Desert, 2002-2003

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2002–2003 Location: Mount Desert Client: Abby O'Neill, Architect: Patrick Chasse

Online Exhibits

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Presidents and Campaigns

Several Mainers have run for president or vice president, a number of presidents, past presidents, and future presidents have had ties to the state or visited here, and, during campaign season, many presidential candidates and their family members have brought their campaigns to Maine.

Exhibit

Margaret Chase Smith: A Historic Candidacy

When she announced her candidacy for President in January 1964, three-term Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman to seek the nomination of one of the two major political parties.

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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.

Site Pages

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… and Marguerite, as well as the passing of Peggy Rockefeller, the relationship between the Bryants and the Rockefellers faded out."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"Rockefeller Jr., an organization was formed to acquire Mount Desert land. They started with a tiny piece in Seal Harbor and a hilltop overlooking…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"… families including the Vanderbilts, Astors, Rockefellers and Fords spent their summers on MDI."