Description: George Cheever Shattuck, born October 12, 1879, died June 12, 1972. Memorial minute adopted by the Faculty of Medicine of Harvard University, December 8, 1972, and the Faculty of Public Health of Harvard University, December 14, 1972. From the Harvard University Gazette, Vol. LXVII, No. 16, January 12, 1973.
Description: Note from O'Brien included with a copy of a letter from Byron Cheever. O'Brien mentions having been asked by Peggy Rockefeller if Gilley would sell her a flock of geese.
Description: This letter praises Wendell Gilley's inventiveness, his carving and his book . O'Brien refers to a vise for holding decoys and carvings for painting that Wendell includes in the book.
Description: Cheever writes that he has received the materials for Gilley's book and that he read the new chapter on decoys and thought it was well done. He also talks about meeting carver Harold Haertel in Chicago at a meeting of decoy collectors.
Description: Vol. 19, No. 3, Winter 1971-1972. Issue dedicated to Dr. Clarence Cook Little, scientist, educator, founder and first director of The Jackson Laboratory (1929-1956), who died on December 22, 1971.
Description: Receipt for Louise Sorenson's Post Office Box 6 on GCI, signed by Marjorie Phippen (postmistress), December 24, 1975. Sorenson died the next year.
Description: Letter to Mrs. Doris P. McSorley in reply to a communication submitted on February 1, 1973, declaring her intent to retire from the Southington, CT public school system. Letter expresses positive sentiment over Mrs. McSorley's performance at the Plantsville School.
Description: Minidisc, audio, interview of Ella Bates Spurling ("Nana") by Deane Whitney, 20 Dec 1972, about old school she taught at on GCI, (See 2003.56.467 transcript)
Description: Manuscript, transcript of audio recording 2003.56.466, interview of Ella Bates Spurling ("Na Na") by Deane Whitney, 20 Dec 1972. Spurling reminisces about her old school days on GCI as teacher, the building, and times.
Description: Minidisc, audio recording, interview of Ella Bates Spurling ("Nana") by Deane Whitney, 4 Mar 1973, interview prompted by an old Cranberry Island map; various houses and inhabitants discussed including Bulger, Ladd, Donald, Storey, Stanley, store, Wedge, Burlem, Hamor, Holmes, Crosby, Red House, Haydock House, Russell, Winslow, Bunker, Preble.
Description: Document, transcript of Tape 3 (2003.56.468) interview of Ella Bates Spurling by Deane Whitney, 4 Mar 1973, interview prompted by an old Cranberry Island map, various houses and inhabitants discussed including Bulger, Ladd, Donald, Storey, Stanley, store, Wedge, Burlem, Hamor, Holmes, Crosby, Red House, Haydock House, Russell, Winslow, Bunker, Preble.
Description: Transcript of tape-recorded interview with Paul Nitze for the Harry Truman Library about Mr. Nitze's work with the U.S. Government beginning about 1940.