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Title	Type	Subject	Date	Rights
Union Meeting House notice from William Preble, by clerk Carrie M. Richardson 1897 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Administrative Records	Organizations, Religious	1897	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Union Meeting House notice from William Preble, by clerk Carrie M. Richardson 1897 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2002.40.142 Type: Document, Administrative Records Subject: Organizations, Religious Date: 1897 Description: Notice, handwritten, 4 sheets of paper, 4 pages per sheet, 14 pages total, to the voters of the Union Meeting House, from William Preble, by Carrie M. Richardson, clerk, about legal meeting of the stockholders, 18 Jun 1897
High school promotion of Addie Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Student Record	Organizations, School Institution	1899	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	High school promotion of Addie Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.7.238 Type: Document, Student Record Subject: Organizations, School Institution Date: 1899 Description: Certificate of promotion to the Cranberry Isles High School, Addie E. Stanley, 8 Dec 1899, repaired with cellophane tape
Deed Rosebrook to Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Deed	Places, Address	1866	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Deed Rosebrook to Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.7.49 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Places, Address Date: 1866 Description: Deed, From Eben C. Rosebrook to Joseph S. Spurling, 16 Apr 1866: land
Maine State Fish Inspector Certificate 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Businesses, Fishery Business	1854	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Maine State Fish Inspector Certificate 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2002.20.38 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Date: 1854 Description: Certificate, Appointment as State of Maine Fish Inspector, of William P. Preble, 26 June 1854 with transcription
Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People	1862	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.70 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1862 Description: Certificate, Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, 29 Apr 1862
Receipt for Schooner Rozella supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Receipt for Schooner Rozella supplies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.3.246 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Description: Business receipt, from Perley, Russel & Co., Portland, list of supplies bought by schooner Rozella
Receipts for Schooners S. L. Foster, Rozella, Sea Bird, and Relief Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Receipts for Schooners S. L. Foster, Rozella, Sea Bird, and Relief Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.3.218 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Description: Business receipts, 1878 (A) and 1898 (B). 1000.3.218(A) is from Potter and Wrightington, Boston, to Enoch Stanley for the Schooners S.L. Foster, Rozella, Sea Bird, and Relief: $2553.89 for fish. 1000.3.218(B) is a receipt for the Schooner S. L. Foster bought of Sm. Newman, Manset Maine 1898 various items like rope, sail line, nails, knife, keg, coffee and tea pots, spoons etc purchased March through September 1898 total $34.82.
Speech to Ladies Benevolent Society Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Speech	Organizations, Civic	1864	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Speech to Ladies Benevolent Society Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.51 Type: Publication, Literary, Speech Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1864 Description: Speech, to Ladies Benevolent Society, by A.C. Preble, President, 1864
Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People	1855	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.316.2077 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Date: 1855 Description: Collection of three scanned ledger account books originally from the Lewis Stanley boatyard. Ledgers were inherited by donor from his great uncle Lewis Stanley. (See scans on gcihs-nas\photo\Museum Photos\2015.316.2077_SchmidtLedgers and on DVD; ledgers were originally returned to donor August 2015; then all were donated to museum June 2017). Ledger A1: Measures 8.25H x 7: W x .5” thick. First page: George N. Spurling, Cranberry Isles; and [unreadable name below Spurling] Machias Port. Entries run from 1855-1870, with the last four pages dated 1855 pertaining to WatterWitch (Water Witch, Waterwitch, spelling and capitalization varies) stocks and specifics. Account entries recorded for the WatterWitch, Schooner Rozella, and Schooner Caressa. Names mentioned: Walton, Guptill, Haynes, Stanley, Spurling, Ferrin, Wentworth, Young, Saddler, Ladd. Commodities: fish and oil mostly; stocks and figuring notations in pen and pencil by different hands. First page states Schooner Hannah & Abigail bought in Boston May 6th, 1849. First entry is “E.B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles Oct. 9th, 1858 for $21 dollars on account of my share of fish bought on board Sch. WatterWitch this season. Asa [D?] Stanley.”Ledger B2: Measures 8”H x 6.75” W x .5” thick. Inside front cover is written: “Jonas Blood born April 15th, 1774.” First page begins with January 1st 1859 listing sale of butter, pork, and eggs. Ledger records expenses and sales of produce and other items through April 1862 and appears to be written by all the same hand. [For some info on Jonas Blood: probably born New Hampshire. http://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I16094&ged=plagge.ged Jonas Blood:b..c1774 d.5/21/1870, age 96 By genealogy.com.] Ledger C3: 14" H x 3.75" W x 1" thick. Label on front cover: Sanborn & Carter, Publishers, Booksellers and Blank Book Manufacturers, No. 55 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. Small envelope and letter addressed to Mrs. E. B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles, Maine, postmarked Waltham MA, Nov 17/12M/1908 (03?) with 2 cent stamp. Reverse postmark is Cranberry Isles 1908(3)? Begins "North East Harbor, Lindsay,” ends: "Hastily, Carol(?)" Many pages have been cut out from the beginning of this ledger. First entry, is on page 85 and starts: “Boston Dec. 6th 1879 Sch. S.L. Foster. Page 93 is “Boston Dec 14, 1885.” Page 98 deals with the estate of Enoch B. Stanley and Lewis B. Stanley 1903 and continues with various documents and deeds to 1908 (to page 151). Then returns to accounts for the S. L. Foster 1889. Page 176 begins accounts for the Schooner Rozella 1882, then to 1881, and goes back to deeds and correspondence p. 196 for 1908. P. 198 goes back to the Sch. Foster and alternates between accounts re: Foster and Rozella. Two small loose account papers between p. 212 and 213. The ledger goes back and forth between years and schooners and deeds throughout the book. Last pages of ledger date Jan 18, 1913 and begin with “I expressly forbade Lewis to connect the new building with the original fish house of the heirs of E. B. Stanley…..” (See also 2017.389.2164 and 2017.388.2163) See also notes from Charles Liebow email 2019 re: boat builders with this ledger. [show more]
Book of Remembrance, history of church and ladies aid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Organizations, Religious		Copyright Not Evaluated	Book of Remembrance, history of church and ladies aid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2000.132.37 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Organizations, Religious Description: Book, "Book of Remembrance", by Velma Teel, history of the church and ladies aid. Also included, 3.5" floppy diskette perhaps by Sarah Newell, with, presumably, transcriptions of some parts. (From Ladies Aid 2000). A description of the early history of the Cranberry Isles and the Ladies Aid Founding history.
Materials gathered in memoriam related to General Andrew Barclay Spurling Civil War career Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Materials gathered in memoriam related to General Andrew Barclay Spurling Civil War career Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2004.93.741 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: People Description: Manuscript. A xerox copy of a collection of materials gathered in memoriam related to the military career of Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Andrew Barclay Spurling who served during the Civil War and died August 22, 1906. [Spurling is the son of Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling who was widowed and married William P. Preble. Spurling's boyhood home was the Preble House on Great Cranberry Island, Maine. He was born in the house across the street from the Preble house now known as the Freeman house.] Spurling was in the 2nd Maine Cavalry Union Army and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor March 3, 1863. This packet of materials was given to GCIHS by Hugh Dwelley in 2004 and contains copies of documents outlined in a letter to "Cara and Ted" (probably Ted Spurling, Sr. of Islesford, Little Cranberry Island, ME) from "Marianne and Rene" dtd June 1st (no year). Marianne and Rene had requested the Spurling records and received them for the cost of $32.00. Documents explain Andrew Spurling's heroism and exploits, contain copies of military records, and include statements by other Mainers who served with him. There are also three typewritten pages of text written by Ted Spurling Sr., Islesford, Maine, summing up Andrew Spurling's life, including Ted Spurling's handwritten note: "Gen. Andrew Spurling's father was Samuel Spurling. Andrew's mother was Abigail Hadlock (of Little Cranberry Island.) Gen. Andrew was a first cousin to my great grandfather, George N. Spurling and also a first cousin to my Great Grand Father, Gilbert T. Hadlock - Ted Spurling Sr. 7/8/2002. *Benjamin Spurling was a Rev. War veteran as well. Ted" The last few pages include copies of newspaper articles: one describes the the discovery of 1864 graffiti etched into the wall of a home in Bagdad, Florida, where Spurling and his troops apparently stopped. Graffitti has been preserved in-situ by the homeowner. Another article tells about the end of his life in Chicago investing in real estate and a rawhide manufacturing company, and mentions his unfortunate investment in the Spurling Block in Elgin just at the Panic of 1893. The last page is a letter from "Bud" to Ted [Spurling] thanking him for his copy and inserting his thoughts, dated September 9, 1994. [Perhaps the original copies of these documents are in the Sawtelle collection at Acadia NPS or in the Islesford Historical Society? TBD] [show more]
The Town of Cranberry Isles by Ted Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Booklet	People Places	1979	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	The Town of Cranberry Isles by Ted Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2004.93.739 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: People Places Date: 1979 Description: Brochure, "The Town of Cranberry Isles" by Ted Spurling, includes 12 black and white pages with illustrations by Rose Russo Crooker, copyright 1979 by Theodore and Cara Spurling. First printing 1979, second 1986.
John Gilley: Maine Farmer and Fisherman by Charles W. Eliot Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other		Copyright Not Evaluated	John Gilley: Maine Farmer and Fisherman by Charles W. Eliot Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2004.93.740 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other Description: Book, hardbound, "John Gilley: Maine Farmer and Fisherman" by Charles W. Eliot, 72 pages, copyright 1899, reprinted 1947, describes a life on the Cranberry Isles
Prints, photographs, oral histories for GCI Portrait Project 2009 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People		Copyright Not Evaluated	Prints, photographs, oral histories for GCI Portrait Project 2009 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.238.1933 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Description: Prints and photographs for The Great Cranberry Island Portrait Project 2009. Project combined art and oral history. 17 original, matted, unframed, black & white and color prints, numbered, signed, and copyrighted by the artist Janet Best Badger, a Bangor, Maine, artist and printmaker. (Three prints linoleum/color; 14 copper/b&W.) 20 color photos with text profiles by Bar Harbor photojournalist Rebecca Buyers-Basso. Individuals: Ruth Fostervold Westphal, Malcolm Donald, Annie Rice Alley, Gaile Frederika Bunker Colby, Sofie Lillian Nathan Dowling, Michael Richman, Louise Oldbrook Littleton Millar, Eva Mariae Bracy Galyean, Wesley "Junior" Bracy, Patricia Bailey, Charlene Louise Allen, Phil Allen Whitney, Clara Frances Pervear Wedge. Also miscellaneous photos including a rock, lupines, and the Macfarlan (Preble) house. Project was accomplished with a grant fom Maine Arts Commision, with support of The Heliker-LaHotan Foundation, GCIHS, and local residents. [show more]
Stanley family genealogy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Stanley family genealogy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.280 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: People Description: Chart, genealogical, Stanley family, top: Enoch Boynton Stanley & Caroline H. Stanley, and Nancy ?Lopad? & Abraham Richardson
Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People	1860	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.1944 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1860 Description: Document. Certificate: Augusta, Maine, 14 March 1860, William P. Preble of Cranberry Isle, State of Maine, as Notary Public for Hancock County for seven years. Signed by Scott M. Morrill, Governor. Certificate has an ivory and pink impressed and raised seal the State of Maine with the signature of the Governor below it and the notation: Commission Recorded Vol. 4, Page 173. Signed at bottom by Noah Smith, Secretary of State.
Negative and print of Lewis Stanley boatyard in winter Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Negative and print of Lewis Stanley boatyard in winter Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2005.119.1840 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Description: Photo. Negative and 11"x14" photo of Lewis (Lew) Stanley's boatyard located on the pool during the wintertime with the pool frozen. The boatyard was later sold to Heliker and LaHotan and they tore it down because it was a hazard and in rough shape. Mickey Macfarlan who said that towards the end of his life Lew Stanley was hard up for money and could no longer repair the boatyard. Mickey said Lew was always complaining that people were stealing from the boatyard - the second floor of it was chock full of all sorts of things. Mickey mentioned that the boatyard itself was "tremendously large" [show more]
Slides ca. 1940, 1960-70s from Towns family Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Places	1960	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Slides ca. 1940, 1960-70s from Towns family Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.269.2005 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places Date: 1960 Description: Photos. Collection of 48 slides from ca. 1960-70s (one slide from 1940s) including aerial photographs of Great Cranberry Island and events concerning the Towns family. Aerial photographs ca. 1968 probably taken by Bob Hylander. Events and people include: Preble Cove, GCI houses, Beal and Bunker dock, Hamor House and restaurant, Polly Bunker and gift shop, George Savage and Ruth Haydock on motor scooter, Bloom concert, school house, Doc Haydock and George Savage with the Lollipop skiff, Norma Bunker with turkeys, Dorothy Dot Towns, Red Macallister with VW Bug, Leona Macallister, Cranberry Cove Restaurant, John Lawrence. This collection is in addition to the 223 Towns family slides catalogued as: 2013.243.1941. (All slides have been scanned and identified. See c:....2014>photos>etc.) [show more]
Maine postcard scenes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Maine postcard scenes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.261.1993 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places Description: Postcards. Thirty-three postcards in plastic album: local and Maine scenes and wildlife; one color photo card "Leslie Butler and her woodland friend"; black and white and color; modern postcards and six older printed wildlife postcards.
Photograph of Mary Teel Pratt Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photograph of Mary Teel Pratt Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1359 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Description: Photograph. Black and white. Mary Teel Pratt in white dress with pearls. Mary Teel was born about 1912, daughter of Velma and Sawtelle Teel. Mary grew up in what is now (2013) David Bunker's house where Velma and Sawtelle once lived. She died in her sleep in November 1998. Phil Whitney has videos of Mary Teel reminiscing and walking with his mother on GCI.
Book and photo album from Annie Alley's house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book			Copyright Not Evaluated	Book and photo album from Annie Alley's house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.254.1982 Type: Publication, Book Description: Book and photo album. (A) Home Folks - A Geography for Beginners by J. Russell Smith, John C. Winston Company, 1927. This book is designed for teachers to present beginners "a new way to begin the study of geography" not as political divisions but instead "it tells how some boys and girls live in the country and then how some boys and girls live in the city." One color plate, several black and white illustrations; 252 pages with index; (Size: 10" x 7.25" x .75"). (B) Photograph album: green with gold script "PHOTOGRAPHS" on cover; 19 small, faded, black and white photographs on black construction paper pages. Unidentified children - perhaps Annie Alley (donor) family members; (Size: 5.75" x 4.75" x .75") [show more]
Sunday School "Roll of Honor" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Religious	1956	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Sunday School "Roll of Honor" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.62.486 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Religious Date: 1956 Description: Sunday School "Roll of Honor", printed in 1951, hand dated 1956, said by Lucille Sayre to be for GCI Church where her mother Alice White taught Sunday school, with full names of 13 children, and stars indicating (probably) their attendance during 15-week period (item rolled into cylinder shape)
Sunday School Attendance Record Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Administrative Records	Organizations, Religious	1951	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Sunday School Attendance Record Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.62.485 Type: Document, Administrative Records Subject: Organizations, Religious Date: 1951 Description: Sunday School Attendance Record, printed in 1951, said by Lucille Sayre to be for GCI Church where her mother Alice White taught Sunday school, with full names of 15 children, and stars indicating their attendance during 14-week period (item rolled into cylinder shape)
Dagurreotype photograph of William Pitt Preble ca.1850-1855 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People	1850	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Dagurreotype photograph of William Pitt Preble ca.1850-1855 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.140.1136 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1850 Description: Photograph. Dagurreotype of man believed to be William Pitt Preble ca.1850-1855, in hinged, gilt-edged, leatherbound, wood case. Plush green velvet with impressed scroll design lines the interior of the cover; thin brass/metal mat has green corrosion spots. From the Louise Marr collection of items recovered from the Preble House. William Pitt Preble (1811-1905) was the second owner of GCI's historic Preble house. He exemplified the industrious ingenuity needed to succeed in homesteading and developing a community on this rugged island in the early 19th century. Preble was the son of the Mount Desert Rock lighthouse keeper, a descendant of an influential Portland family. He came to Great Cranberry as a teacher, and became a church elder, selectman, justice of the peace, tax appraiser, postmaster, storekeeper, shipbuilder, and shipwreck appraiser. He outlived both his wives and raised nine children. [show more]
Ambrotype: perhaps Preble's second wife, Jane Matilda Hadlock Sanford Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ambrotype: perhaps Preble's second wife, Jane Matilda Hadlock Sanford Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.140.1843 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Description: Photo. Ambrotype in folding wood frame with metal hasp; dark red velvet lining with impressed scroll pattern; brass mat with oval window, showing a young woman, perhaps William Pitt Preble's second wife, Jane Matilda Hadlock Sanford Preble. She was the mother of Samuel Sanford, daughter of Capt. Samuel Hadlock, Jr. and Hanna Caroline Dorothea Russ (1803-1889) a.k.a. "the Prussian Woman." From the Louise Marr collection of items recovered from the Preble House. (Photo ca. 1855-1860) See also 1000.0.1066G photo. She wears unusual fingerless gloves. [show more]

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