Description: Esther Moore Trask was born on Gotts Island, attended Gotts Elementary School, Pemetic High School and the University of Maine at Orono. Married Charles Orville Trask. Esther was the Ruth Moore's closest younger sister.
Description: Willis B. Watson MD was a long time resident of Bernard, He was educated at Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He was a businessman who built a community building that housed a country store, and the Town Hall. He married Viola Benson 1881-10-12 in Boston, MA.
Description: Viola Benson was born and raised in Tremont, Bernard. She married Willis B. Watson 1881-10-12 in Boston, MA. She was a talented photographer in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Her collection of 250 glass plate negatives was donated to the Tremont Historical Society. These negatives document many places in the Tremont area.
Description: Periodical: Southwest Harbor & Tremont Port Directory with article on Gotts Island by Capt. Eli Strauss. Published by Bayside Graphics, Publisher Christine Boucher, in cooperation with the Southwest Harbor & Tremont Chamber of Commerce, 2017.
Description: Newspaper article about a History book about Gotts Island written by Rita Kenway (Mrs. Northwood Kenway). Includes photos of Ted and Jane Holmes (formerly William or Charles (?) Harding) house, Rita and Northwood Kenway (formerly Clarence and Jenny Harding) house, Tina and John Gillis (formerly Philip and Betty Holmes house. Published in the Bar Harbor Times. Reporter: Laurie Schreiber
Description: Newspaper article on Gotts Island, Part II, Bar Harbor Times, August 30. 1962. 8 photos. Reporter: Larue Spiker NOTE: Photo of Philip Moore house with child and doll carriage in front has an error. Child is identified as Ruth Moore, but the child is really her sister Esther Moore (Trask). Correctly identified by Esther Moore to her daughter Muriel Trask Davisson.
Description: Review of a play based on 7 of Ruth Moore's short stories, created and performed at the Stonington Opera House in August 2018. Play entitled "I Have Seen Horizons: Ruth Moore's Stories from Main." The title derives from a typed line found in Ruth Moore's typewriter after her death.
Description: Arnold Krommenohl was a lifelong stamp collector, and in 1995 began gathering stamps, news articles, photos, and other memorabila about the history of the Post Offices of Mount Desert Island.