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Letter from Carrie Richardson to her father Enoch Stanley 1876 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter						Letter from Carrie Richardson to her father Enoch Stanley 1876 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.42.178 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Description: Letter, from Carrie Richardson to her father (Enoch Stanley), on Saturday morning Nov. 18 [18]76. Transcribed. Subjects: price of Hake sounds at .75 cents a pound (hake fish swim-bladders used in isinglass - a transparent gelatin used as a clarifying agent.); various family and Islanders whereabouts including Robert Spurling, Preble, Holmes, Reverend Augustus Smith, George Gilley, Ed Bunker, Asa, Hayes, Tilden, and Ed Truworthy giving her lessons on Mary's Melodeon (a small organ or possibly accordion). She mentions her husband Meltiah Richardson (Mell) in New York and how she may not go on the next trip unless he takes a load of Coal on somewhere. [show more] File Attachment: 00000178.txt …Uncle John has gone to Gouldsboro Point to carry George Work- man and get his things on board and then move him to Bar Harbor. …will be in a hurry to get married that is I expect George will bring his in the vessel and Still will get you to sign bills of Lading through to Bar …Harbor in hopes to find his market there. …Mr Smith went to North East Harbor. Tell Ed Bunker his wife is over to Suttons Island on a visit.
Letters to Walter K. Shaw Sr. family by Samuel C. Sanford and Chris Swenson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Places		1928		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letters to Walter K. Shaw Sr. family by Samuel C. Sanford and Chris Swenson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.50.357 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places Date: 1928 Description: Collection of letters to Walter K. Shaw Sr. family by Samuel C. Sanford and Chris Swenson, 1928-1933. Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000357.txt …large square heads if you cane not get the spikes I think ve better get screws same as sample in regarts to the Carpenters I dont know of anny one in Bar …Harbor I are not much posted in Bar Harbor ------ to know of anny one in North East Harbor i J.B.
John Heliker (1909-2000) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Announcement, Obituary	People				In Copyright	John Heliker (1909-2000) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.878 Type: Document, Announcement, Obituary Subject: People Description: Newspaper obituary, John Heliker (b 16 Jan 1909, d 22 Feb 2000). Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000878.txt …Bar Harbor Times, 2 Mar 2000 John Heliker, 91, artist John Heliker, a Cranberry Island artist and teacher, died at age 91, Feb. 22, 2000, at Sonogee …Rehab and Living Center in Bar Harbor.
Carl G. Nelson (1898-1988) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Announcement, Obituary	People				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Carl G. Nelson (1898-1988) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.858 Type: Document, Announcement, Obituary Subject: People Description: Newspaper obituary, Carl G. Nelson, b 1898, d 6 Aug 1988. Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000858.txt …The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, August 18, 1988 Cranberry Isles lose painter Carl G.
Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People		1866		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2789 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1866 Description: Charter document: Grand Lodge of North America (State of Maine) Independent Order of Good Templars, organized May 16, 1855, grant unto G. H. Pressey, C. H. Bulger, L. H. Bracy, A. M. Spurling, G. H. Spurling, Wm. P. Preble, H. A. Preble, L. G. Stanley, C. G. Kimball, A. Bunker, J. M. Bunker, S. A. Bunker and their associates this Charter for a Lodge to be known as Ocean Echo Lodge No. 157 located at Cranberry Isles… signed July 4, 1866. Wikipedia: "The IOGT originated as one of a number of fraternal organizations for temperance or total abstinence founded in the 19th century and with a structure modeled on Freemasonry, using similar ritual and regalia. Unlike many, however, it admitted men and women equally, and also made no distinction by race." According to a local 1888 newspaper article they met Tuesday evenings each week at Norwood's Cove School House. [show more]
Letter from Horace Bunker to his Uncle Ben Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People		1945		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter from Horace Bunker to his Uncle Ben Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2760 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1945 Description: Letter from Edgar Bunker to his Uncle Ben in 1945; he sends a copy of God’s Pocket, Rachel Field’s novel about Samuel Hadlock’s tour of Europe, and he describes his recent 50th wedding anniversary celebration, transcribed. File Attachment: 2013.246.2760_Transcription.pdf …., Feb. 19, 1945 Dear Uncle Ben, When Horace and I visited you a while ago on our trip to Bar Harbor and Cranberry Island, I asked you if you had ever
David Stainton (d. 2006, age 72) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Announcement, Obituary	People				In Copyright	David Stainton (d. 2006, age 72) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.877 Type: Document, Announcement, Obituary Subject: People Description: Newspaper obituary, David Stainton (d 31 Jul 2006, age 72). Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000877.txt …The Bar Harbor Times, 3 Aug 2006 David Stainton, community leader David Merriman Stainton, a Cranberry Island resident, community leader and the
Leslie Victor Stanley's genealogical research Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	People				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Leslie Victor Stanley's genealogical research Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.296.2049 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: People Description: Documents. Thirteen archival boxes of Leslie Victor Stanley's genealogical research into the extended Stanley family, and other valuable information on Cranberry Isles people, houses, vessels, boats, events, receipts, ledger entries, marriages, cemeteries, probates, will, births, and deaths that he compiled over decades, with research contributions by Ralph Stanley and William Otis Sawtelle. One folder of Box 8 pertaining to GCI houses has been scanned and saved as jpg and pdf. Box 19 folder 8 has information on 28 Sutton Island houses 1806-1906. Each box has a list of folders and contents. Families mentioned in this collection include: Bunker, Spurling, Hadlock, Stanley, Standley, Gilley, Bulger, Guptill, Hamor, Richardson, and Workman. (Note: This accession of 13 boxes presently catalogued under this number may eventually be combined with a prior accession of Ralph Stanley papers (2014.291.2046) as topics and materials may be related or duplicated.) [show more] File Attachments: 2014.296.2049.pdf …Stanley, Southwest Harbor, ME. Letter to Mabel from Vivian Gray, Islesford, Maine. Undtd. Speaks of health of various family members. …Sincerely, Aunt Min, Southwest Harbor, Me. Dec. 1929. Begins with Where are all the worthy members of the Ladies' Aid today? …Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, August 3, 1961. One stray note about genealogy of Newmans from Gouldsboro, Maine. …Full page 1964 Bar Harbor Times article by LaRue Spike about History of Sutton Island with photo of Les Rice and houses etc.
Richard 'Chuddy' Alley Interview Transcript Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Oral History	Businesses, Farming Businesses, Fishery Business			Cranberry Isles	Copyright Not Evaluated	Richard 'Chuddy' Alley Interview Transcript Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2023.642.3132 Type: Document, Oral History Subject: Businesses, Farming Businesses, Fishery Business Publisher: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Place: Cranberry Isles Description: Interview Transcript from an interview with Richard 'Chuddy' Alley. The interview was recorded in the 2000's (exact year unknown) by Jessi Duma and Jenny Matthews, who both lived on the island for a number of years. Chuddy came to GCI as a young boy, and recounts many memories of Great Cranberry in the early to mid 20th century. He talks about agriculture and fishing extensively with Jessi. He moved over to Islesford and his son Ricky Alley speaks about fishing with a fish trap, and Pursing. Jessi was a Cranberry Island Fellow and became the general manager for GCIHS for a few years. Interview with transcribed by Hannah Gower-Fox. She was the Archivist and Museum Curator for GCIHS in 2023. [show more] File Attachment: Chuddy_Alley_Transcript.pdf …CA; There s one over Bar Harbor that's loaded every year. JD: Where is that? CA: Bar Harbor. RA: That Hulls Cove? …CA: yeah on the road to Bar Harbor. JD: Is that that same one you were thinking of? CA: Hairdresser. RA: the hairdresser. …RA: And other times I ve taken it, like David Thomas and I went up to Northeast Harbor and over on the west side of the Harbor before you get into the …middle, into the Harbor before that low grey house, what's that called?
Wilfred Bunker Interview Transcript 5th Dec, 2011 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Oral History	Businesses, Ferry Service	Wilfred Bunker	2023-07-20	Cranberry Isles	Copyright Not Evaluated	Wilfred Bunker Interview Transcript 5th Dec, 2011 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2023.634.3124 Type: Document, Oral History Subject: Businesses, Ferry Service Creator: Wilfred Bunker Date: 2023-07-20 Place: Cranberry Isles Description: This is a transcript of an interview Phil Whitney and Bruce Komusin conducted with Wilfred Bunker, the cofounder of Beal and Bunker, on the 5th December, 2011. File Attachment: Wilfred Bunker Interview Transcript 5th Dec, 2011.pdf …Yeah we run it from Seal Harbor to for quite a few years then changed to Southwest Harbor. …For a time we was there in Southwest Harbor then we went to Northeast Harbor. …PW: When did you switch from Seal Harbor to Southwest Harbor, the mail? WB: Well, let me see. …Gone into Bar Harbor two or three times. Anyway, we were cruising 9 naught and he was cruising about 25 (chuckles) PW: Yeah.

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