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Preserving our Past to Steer our Future Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Manuscript	Organizations, Civic		Cranberry Isles	Copyright Not Evaluated	Preserving our Past to Steer our Future Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2023.639.3129 Type: Document, Manuscript Subject: Organizations, Civic Publisher: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Place: Cranberry Isles Description: A booklet made in the early years of GCIHS explaining the need for a permanent home for the Historical Society: Cranberry House.
GCIHS documents Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	GCIHS documents Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1052 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Collection, GCIHS info. 1052a-c. (a) November 2009 Issue of the Cranberry Chronicle. (b) Summer 2009 Events calendar. (c) Laminated copy of notes from the GCIHS 2000 Annual Meeting
Town of Cranberry Isles Annual Reports 1921-2012 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Town of Cranberry Isles Annual Reports 1921-2012 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.336.2102 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Reports. Town of Cranberry Isles Annual Reports 1921-2012. These booklets are prepared for the Annual Town Meeting and include information on town officials, taxes, auditors reports, schools, ordinances and regulations, budgets, and the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting. Missing booklets for these years: 1926-27, 1927-28, 1930-31, 1942-43, and 2011. (Box 1 of 2 contains reports for 1921-1998. Box 2 of 2 contains reports for 2000-2014.)
Mutual Improvement and Benevolent Society constitution Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Administrative Records	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Mutual Improvement and Benevolent Society constitution Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.28.188 Type: Document, Administrative Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Document, handwritten, constitution of the Mutual Improvement and Benevolent Society
Valuation book 1937 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Valuation book 1937 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.29.359 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Ledger, Tax records, "Valuation book for the year 1937, Town of Cranberry Isles"
Benefit for Cranberry Isles Volunteer Fire Department Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Advertising, Poster	Organizations, Civic			In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Benefit for Cranberry Isles Volunteer Fire Department Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.29.378 Type: Document, Advertising, Poster Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Poster, on cardboard, "Concert benefit Cranberry Isles Volunteer Fire Department, Monday, August 13th 4:30 p.m. fire house, Robert Bloom, oboe; Charles Bruck, conductor; Sara Lambert "Sally" Bloom, oboe; Susan Freed, violin, with members of Pierre Monteaux Festival Orchestra" with abstract painting of rocks
Ladies Aid annual fair poster Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Advertising, Poster	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ladies Aid annual fair poster Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.29.382 Type: Document, Advertising, Poster Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Poster, on cardboard, "Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid will hold its annual Fair Wednesday August 6th"
Orders drawn on the treasurer, Town of Cranberry Isles 1938-1954 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Orders drawn on the treasurer, Town of Cranberry Isles 1938-1954 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.29.377 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Ledger sheets, "Records of orders drawn on the treasurer, Town of Cranberry Isles", 1938-1954 (ledger book cover discarded because of rusty hinges)
Lifesaving Service collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic Places, Island			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Lifesaving Service collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.124.1001 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic Places, Island Description: Collection of items from Alice White from 1955, included are postcards from Gott's Island from 1912 and several receipts. One book: Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Lifesaving Service for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1879. Book stamped with "Custom House Portland ME Sep. 27, 1880" and has inscription on the first page "Alice White 1955". Includes services rendered by various crews 1879.
Town Records Ledger 1857-1896 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Town Records Ledger 1857-1896 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2000.65.536 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Ledger, handwritten, probably by William Preble, various records kept 1850s-1900, all 174 pages scanned 2017. Schooner Quickstep business and voyages, 1858-1866. (There is a xerox copy of this Schooner Quickstep ledger made by Omer P. Mountain kept with the ledger.) Town of Cranberry Isles records, 1859-1875. Meeting House 1866-1874. Schooner Circe 1857. Enoch Stanley, W.E. Hadlock, G.L. Hadlock. Cash advances for Wrecks. M.L. Bunker. Schooner Sea Queen 1871. Schooner Intrepid 1871. Schooner Transfer 1867-1870. E.B. Stanley. Meltiah P. Richardson mentioned 1858-1863. Estate of Thomas Stanley 1879. Wrecked Schooner William Hone 1872. Wrecked Schooner Rosilla B. 1871. Wrecked Brig. Edward Delisle 1869. Wrecked Brig. Aerolite 1869. Wrecked Brig. Charlotte 1867. Wrecked Schooner C.D. Horton 1867. Wrecked Schooner Alice T. 1867. Wrecked Schooner Jessie 1867. Post Office Records 1848-1855, 1857-1896. Marriages (weddings) 1880. (Each of the 174 pages of this ledger were scanned and saved to NAS 2017.) [show more]
Exhibit texts and miscellaneous for 2014 displays Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Events Organizations, Civic	Anne Grulich		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Exhibit texts and miscellaneous for 2014 displays Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.295.2048 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Events Organizations, Civic Creator: Anne Grulich Description: Documents. Exhibit text, labels, photo identifications, and miscellaneous from 2014 GCIHS museum photography exhibit (A). And parsonage house shoes/cape houses exhibit (B) (see also 2015.304.2062).
Description of photos (Items 1658-1674) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, List, Inventory	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Description of photos (Items 1658-1674) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.203.1675 Type: Document, List, Inventory Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Copy of the description of submitted photos (Items #1658-1674) by Louise Millar
William P. Preble appointed Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	William P. Preble appointed Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2786 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Description: William P. Preble appointed Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum of Hancock County, Maine, August 12, 1873, by Governor Sidney Perham.
Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1834 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1834 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.334.2192 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, Civic
Journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family from 1870s-1890s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Businesses, Fishery Business Organizations, Civic People			Copyright Not Evaluated	Journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family from 1870s-1890s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2017.388.2163 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Organizations, Civic People Description: Collection of journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family: Items A-H. (A) Enoch B. Stanley's tan leather fold-over "The Revised and Improved Collector's Tax Book....Adapted to the Revised Statutes of 1883", by W. W. Bolster, Published Portland: W. H. Stevens & Company, No. 193 Middle Street. Entries from 1890-1892 with categories for real estate, personal property, poll tax, highway tax, a section on school district tax. With three loose handwritten pages inserted. One is list of children for Hannah Lopaus(?) who moved to Mount Desert July 12th 1799 and had 10 children and includes list of 9 children born to Hannah's daughter Nancy Lopauss Richardson Clark, one of whom was Meltiah P. Richardson (spouse of Carrie Stanley Richardson). The second loose page is a petition for a fish weir at Thrumcap for Enoch B. Stanley and W.D.(?) Stanley in January 1891. The third loose page is Permission for a fish weir with full description dated Feb. 7, 1891. (B) Maroon fold-over wallet (empty). (C) Scans from loaned Schmidt family photo albums including family and one of old hearse. (D) Maroon wallet with 14 items folded inside it: receipts: Meltiah Richardson 1871 taxes; E.B. Stanley 1862 & 1864; note to Capt Stanley 1864; 1864 receipt; 1864 receipt Hadlock; 1871 tax receipt; M. P. Richardson to E.B. Stanley 1874; one faded small photo of a person on a sailboat; registered letter receipt 1878 addressed to Thomas Leighton of Millbridge Me received of E. J? Stanley; Receipt 1882 for 7.33 payment; 1876 receipt E. B. Stanley and Perley Russell goods of Haskell 14.50. Envelope addressed to Mrs. Caroline H. Stanley Cranberry Isles ME with Boston Jan 30 1898 postmark 2 cents. Two comic poem pages (not scanned). (E) Small tan leather journal full of information listing fish catches and payments to individuals 1868-1870 in Boston, Cranberry Isles, Gloucester, Schooner Rozella mentioned on one page. Names include Gilley, Bunker, Spurling, Stanley, Ladd, Wayland, Bulger, Young; only three representational pages scanned from this journal. (F) Small narrow brown marbled ledger (undated) tallying fish and bills; two pages mention schooner Harrie [or Fannie?] Forrest; 1 page scanned. (G) Book: The Matron's Manual of Midwifery and the diseases of women during pregnancy and in child bed by Frederick Hollick, MD 1843. (H) Book: How to Hunt and Trap containing full instructions for hunting Buffalo, Elk, Moose, deer, Antelope - by J. H. Batty, 1878; inscribed "Boynton Stanley" at top of page, lower down "William G. Thumbeam[?] from Papa, Christmas 1878." (See also 2015.316.2077 and 2017.389.2164) [show more]
Acadia NPS, Sawtelle Collection Finding Aids Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, List, Inventory	Organizations, Civic	Acadia National Park Service		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Acadia NPS, Sawtelle Collection Finding Aids Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.66.511 Type: Document, List, Inventory Subject: Organizations, Civic Creator: Acadia National Park Service Description: Documents. Two booklets and one CD. Booklet 1: Finding Aid for Cranberry Isles Collection, 1596-1982, mostly 1800s, (2003-2006); with letter explaining same. Collection housed at Acadia National Park Headquarters in Bar Harbor, ME, in the William Sawtelle collection. Booklet 2: Finding Aid for Islesford Wharf Collection, Islesford Collection Inc. Collection, U.S. Lifesaving Station Collection (2003-2008); artifacts housed at Acadia Nationa Park Headquarters as above. CD contains digital versions of the fining aids. (See copy of CD and Cranberry Isles Finding Aid in admin file cabinet.) [show more]
Notes from first meeting of GCIHS Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Minutes	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Notes from first meeting of GCIHS Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.959 Type: Document, Minutes Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Notes from the first Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Meeting. List of attendees, ideas, and the role the Historical Society could play within the community are included.
Identification of pictures for Items 1562-1572. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Identification of pictures for Items 1562-1572. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2011.198.1573 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Document, Sheet of paper identifying pictures written by Annie Alley at time of donation Items 1562-1572.
Description of photos for Items 1599-1618 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Description of photos for Items 1599-1618 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1619 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Document, List of description of photos for Items 1599-1618 (note: Item 1619a is the 2nd page of list of picture descriptions. Also, the 1st seven pictures were missing at the time that the pictures were placed in the database.
Photo descriptions for Items 1692-1704) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photo descriptions for Items 1692-1704) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1705 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Document, Copy of photo descriptions (Item #1692-1704) -unknown donor given to Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 3/20/2012
Photo descriptions for Items 1706-1723 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photo descriptions for Items 1706-1723 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.206.1724 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Photo descriptions submitted by Louise Millar (donor #41) and Mickey Macfarlan (donor # 11) for Items # 1706-1723 on 3/12/2012
Photo identifications from Louise Millar Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photo identifications from Louise Millar Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.208.1758 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Document, Copy of photo descriptions submitted by Louise Millar in 1/2012. (item #1758a is the 2nd page) -all the pictures are from the Hazel Stanley Collection
Envelope for Bear Island annexation papers 1849 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Legal Documents	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Envelope for Bear Island annexation papers 1849 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2002.20.693 Type: Document, Legal, Legal Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Envelope for Bear Island annexation papers 1849 - contained documents 2002.20.692 and 2002.20.40
Description of photos from items 1623-1654 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, List, Inventory	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Description of photos from items 1623-1654 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1655 Type: Document, List, Inventory Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Handwritten list of description of photos from items # 1623-1654. The picture descriptions were written on 2/7/2012 by Mickey, Annie and Jane. A copy of the list of handwritten notes are items # 1655-1655e
Memo recording donations probably written by Carrie Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Financial Records	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Memo recording donations probably written by Carrie Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.39.140 Type: Document, Financial, Financial Records Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Memo, handwritten, containing record of donation request letters sent and donations received (probably written by Carrie Richardson, see handwriting of item 141) (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001). (See scan in 2000>photos>Hazel Brooke Peterson.)

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