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| Maine Historical Records Repository Guide |
| Based on the 1997 survey of repositories by the Maine Historical Records Advisory Board and the Maine State Archives |
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| Acadia National Park |
| Attention: Museum Curator P. O. Box 177 | Bar Harbor, ME 04609- |
| Repository: | Acadia National Park Headquarters |
| PHONE: | (207) 288-5463, ext: | FAX: | (207) 288-5507 | EMAIL: | Brooke_Childrey@NPS.60v |
| Internet: | www.NPS.GOV/ACAD/ANP.HTML |
| Research Facilities Schedule |
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
| x | x | x | x | x |
| EXCEPTIONS: | Closed on all Federal holidays. Open by advanced | APPOINTMENTS: | Required |
| appointment only. |
| Collection Characteristics |
| 8. Types of Record Formats | 9. Time Periods Covered | 10. Subject Areas in Collection |
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | ____________________________________ |
| MANUSCRIPTS: | Most | PRE-1776: | A few items | MARITIME: | Some |
| PHOTOGRAPHS: | Some | 1776-1820: | Some | BUSINESS/INDUSTRY: | A few items |
| MAPS: | Some | 1820-1860: | Half | TRANSPORTATION: | Some |
| CARDSVIEWS:* | Some | 1860-1900: | Some | AGRICULTURE: | Some |
| BROADPOST:** | A few items | 1900-1940: | Some | RELIGIOUS: | Some |
| AUDIO TAPES: | A few items | 1940-present | Some | MUNICIPAL RECORDS: | Some |
| MOTIONFILMS: | Some | Paper Records: | 300 | linear feet | MILITARY: | Some |
| VIDEO TAPES: | A few items | _____________________________ | PERSONAL PAPERS: | Some |
| Collections Notes: | #1 The park has two facilities w/archives -- the one listed on the front page and: |
| Islesford Historical Museum, Little Cranberry Island, Isleford, Maine 04646. This |
| facility is open to the general public during July and August. Researchers may |
| make appointments to use the Archives Spring through Fall. Building is unheated |
| in winter and there are no restroom facilities from Nov. to late May. |
| Content/ | Records span ca. 1594 to the present. Rare books, maps, manuscripts, letters, reports, |
| Scope: | photographs, film, newspapers, drawings, and paintings which record the creaton of, and |
| administrations of, Acadia National; the history of the cranberry Isles; Maine coastal history; |
| geneology of original settlers to Baker Island and Little Cranberry Island; Town Records for |
| Islesford; history Carroll Farm Homestead; George B. Dorris' life; Jesuit Relations; and natural |
| history of Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island. |
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| * Postcards and/or stereo views | ** Broadsides and/or posters | Last Update: | 1/1/98 |