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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1009Augustus O. Thomas to Rev. Alexander MacDonald Letter, March 15, 1922
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • People
  • Thomas, Augustus O.
  • 1922-03-15
Augustus O. Thomas to Rev. Alexander MacDonald Letter, March 15, 1922
Item:
  • 1009   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • People
Creator:
  • Thomas, Augustus O.
Date:
  • 1922-03-15
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Thomas, the Maine State Superintendent of Public Schools, writes MacDonald regarding schools for children on seacoast islands. Thomas writes that many families prefer to send their children to the mainland for schooling and suggests that this plan could be adopted for the following year. He also states that, for those places that do not care to send their children to the mainland and where there is a sufficient number of children, the state will establish full time schools. People Mentioned: Josiah W. Taylor, Harold A. Allan, Adelbert W. Gordon, Florence M. Hale, E. K. Jenkins, Percival Proctor Baxter [show more]
1007Louise W. Carnegie to Rev. A. M. MacDonald Letter and Envelope, September 12, 1922
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Carnegie, Louise W.
  • 1922-09-12
Louise W. Carnegie to Rev. A. M. MacDonald Letter and Envelope, September 12, 1922
Item:
  • 1007   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Creator:
  • Carnegie, Louise W.
Date:
  • 1922-09-12
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Mrs. Carnegie wrote this note on mourning paper three years after Mr. Carnegie's death on August 11, 1919. Louise Carnegie sends a check in support of the Maine Seacoast Mission and compliments the organization on its fine work.
1008Treasurer to Mrs. John I. Kane Letter, September 9, 1922
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1922-09-09
Treasurer to Mrs. John I. Kane Letter, September 9, 1922
Item:
  • 1008   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1922-09-09
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
The unidentified treasurer of the Maine Seacoast Mission writes to Mrs. John I. Kane telling her of the purpose of the Seacoast Mission home in Bar Harbor and stating that the board believes they must buy the house, currently for sale, rather than risk it being purchased by another party. Purchasing the building would take almost the entire endowment of the Mission, however, and so the treasurer suggests that a gift to support the purchase of the home it would be an excellent investment opportunity for someone, like Mrs. Kane, who likes to do good. [show more]