Newsletters from the desk of John MacDuffie

2020 Fall:John Bickford

2019 Fall Website-Historic Buildings-Ruth Moore Skiff

2019 February: Benson Homestead, Freeman Gott

2018 Summer: The Norwood’s Cove Object ,The Boston Post Cane

2017 Fall: SIm Davis, Harriet Hinton

2015 Winter: Ruth Moore's Pod, Coast Guard Pod

2015 Summer: Memories of the Goslin, Fishhawk

2014 Summer: August Trip to Placentia–Announcing the Blanchette Collection

2014 Spring: Art Kellam, “The Steersman," The Bark of Bark Beach, Farewell to Mary Jones

2013 Winter: Watson Photos, “The Steersman,” Boy's Cruise

2013 Fall: Arlene Bartlett, The Steersman,Handlining with Ralph Benson

2012 Winter: Richardson Memorial, Fiddlemaking, St. Columba's Chapel, Gott’s Island

2012 Summer: Stephen Richardson, Fiddlemaking, Kellam's “The Steersman”

2011 Spring: President's Page, Ralph's Page, “A Little Dredging Story”

2011 Fall: Richardson Memorial, Fiddle Making with Ralph, St. Columba's Chapel

2010 Winter: Tryhouse Point, Cap'n Fred's Witness, Kellam Dory

2010 Spring: Steamship Company, Harvey Kelley, “A Wasp in our Midst“

2010 Winter: Tryhouse Point, Cap'n Fred's Witness, Kellam Dory

2010 Fall: “Chummy Rich,” Capt. Fred's Witness, Restoration of the Kellam Dory

2009 Winter: Ralph’s Pages

2009 Spring: Thurston's Wharf, Daniel Cough, Schoolhouse of “Excursion to the Island,” Norumbega

2008 Winter: Malcolm MacDuffie Remembers, Ruth Moore

2008 Summer: Esther II The Beginning, “The House Eleanor and Ruth Built” Part 2

2008 Fall: “Lets Ask Ralph,” President's Page, “The Search for Esther 2,” Samuel Bracket #3

2007 Winter: Shipbuilding on MDI

2007 Summer: Mount Desert Beginnings, Ralph Stanley, Excerpts from “Hauling By Hand,” Brackett #2

2007 Spring: Parson Eaton, Harold Beal on the War, Brackett #1

2007 Fall: “Let's Ask Ralph,” President's Page, “Excursion to the Island,” A Bio of Ruth Moore, Life on the Schooner “Mabel,” Samuel Brackett

2006 Winter: Cliff Rich, Ralph’s Pages, The Coverlet

2006 Spring: “Rich and Grindle, Boatbuilders,” Parson Eaton, “A Notable Occasion”

2005 Summer: Baldwin's Corner, The House Ruth and Eleanor Built

2004 Winter: Meredith Hutchins Remembers

2004 Spring: Dorothea Dix, Parson Eaton, School Days in Bernard

2003 Spring: Joseph Dana Phillips, Ezra Norwood Lost, Ebenezer Eaton

2003 Fall: Ralph's Page, 2003 Annual Meeting, Ruth Moore Birthday Party

2002 Winter/Spring: The Old Red Store, Tremont Women’s Club, Country Store Renovation

2001 Fall: Ralph's Page, Mount Desert's Forgotten Village, The Blacksmith Shop, Center Celebrates Columbus Day