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Letter and drawings Eskimo life Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter and drawings Eskimo life Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.108.767 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other People Description: Letter and 2 photos of drawings depicting Eskimo Culture: hunting, fishing, from German source. [Research TBD] Likely connected with Samuel Hadlock and his traveling exhibition of Eskimo Indians, Rachel Field's God's Pocket, and subsequent research in Beyond God's Pocket
Copy of Eskimo drawing with lock of hair in green frame, Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Art, Drawing	Other People		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Copy of Eskimo drawing with lock of hair in green frame, Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.986 Type: Image, Art, Drawing Subject: Other People Description: Printed photo copy of Eskimo drawing with lock of hair in green frame, 8"x10"; connected with Rachel Field's book "God's Pocket" and Samuel Hadlock, Jr. voyages with his traveling exhibition of Eskimo Indians in the 1820s. See also Beyond God's Pocket. [Research on drawing TBD.]
Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2008.266.1999 Type: Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt Subject: Other People Description: Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif on front, all white reverse. Pink border around three sides, one end with folded inward seem, no pink border. Sculpted in broad T shape on one end. Note from donor, Susan Bunker, reads: "This quilt was made by my father's, Raymond Bunker who was born in 1906, grandmother. She could have been a Bunker or a Spurling."
Connecticut Chamber Orchestra photo (Bloom) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Connecticut Chamber Orchestra photo (Bloom) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1024 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Other People Description: Image, printed for exhibit. The Connecticut Chamber Orchestra. Robert and Sara Bloom used to summer on Great Cranberry Island. Annie Alley used to work for them one day a week and when he passed away Annie was given a cupboard that Bob had built
Robert Bloom Collection notes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Robert Bloom Collection notes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.1.424 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Other People Description: Document, 5 pages, explaining the
Robert and Sara Bloom information Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Report	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Robert and Sara Bloom information Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.76.553 Type: Document, Report Subject: Other People Description: Document, 3 pages. 1st: "Other Publications" being a list of 3 publications by Sara Lambert Bloom. 2nd: biography of Sara Lambert Bloom. 3rd: biography of Robert Bloom, 1908-1994.
Hooked rug with wading waterbird Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other People	Stanley - Eliza	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hooked rug with wading waterbird Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.273.2010 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other People Creator: Stanley - Eliza Description: Rug. Hooked, yarn and jersey material, with note "...made by Eliza Stanley." White waterbird with yellow bill wading with cattails, mountains, and butterfly in background; brown border. Faded, torn, worn, repaired at some earlier time. Eliza Stanley b. 1888 and d. 1967. (Donor bought Eliza and Pink Stanley's house 1970.)
William B. Goldberg playing piano Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	William B. Goldberg playing piano Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.272.2012 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: Other People Description: Audio cassette recording. William B. Goldberg, piano, made by Educo Records, Ventura, California. William Goldberg often played at the Great Cranberry Island Congregational Church.
Article about Sara Lambert Bloom Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Article	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Article about Sara Lambert Bloom Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.1.422 Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: Other People Description: Document, promotional article about Sara Lambert Bloom, oboist, with good photos
"Hilda Spurling's Recipes" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Instructional, Recipe, Cookbook	Other People		Copyright Not Evaluated	"Hilda Spurling's Recipes" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.73.539 Type: Document, Instructional, Recipe, Cookbook Subject: Other People Description: Notebook, handwritten, "Hilda Spurling's Recipes" including meat, desserts, cookies, pudding, stew, cake muffins, etc.
The Quiltmaker Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Art, Painting	Other People		Copyright Not Evaluated	The Quiltmaker Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.330.2092 Type: Image, Art, Painting Subject: Other People Description: Artwork. "The Quiltmaker" framed, oil on canvas by Wini Smart 2006. Islander Ruth Westphal sewing a colorful quilt in a windowed room with view of church suggested in one window. Painting donated by Friends of Cranberry House at the 2006 Exhibit and Benefit Auction held at the Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor, ME.
Hooked rug with clamshell design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hooked rug with clamshell design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.331.2093 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other People Description: Rug. Hooked rug, with clamshell design. Description for clamshell from donor's 1987 appraisal at Thomaston Galleries: HOOKED RUG: woolens on burlap with 1/2”-wide braided border. Dark band enclosing tight rows of dark polychrome “Clam Shells”. Good overall condition. 20th c. American Dim: 28” x 47”. Donor doesn't know if it was made on GCI, but recalls it being in her mother's GCI home when she was a child.
Hooked rug with floral design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hooked rug with floral design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.331.2094 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other People Description: Rug. Hooked rug, with floral design. Donor doesn't know if it was made on GCI, but recalls it being in her mother's GCI home when she was a child. Rug is hooked with stockings and fabric on burlap.
Braided rugs and pot holder by Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Braided rugs and pot holder by Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.335.2101 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other People Description: Rugs: two braided multi-colored rugs; and one cloth pot holder. These three items were all made by GCI resident Addie Duren. Rug (A) is oval shaped, brightly colored reds, blues, purples, greys 46" long by 32.5" wide. Rug (B) is oval shaped, black and tan overall 56" long x 39" wide. There is a story that when the Duren house caught fire (19xx?), it was Addie's rags and rug-making materials stored in the attic that kept the fire from spreading rapidly through whole house. Pot holder (C) has crocheted edges with dancing girl and pink backing. [show more]
Collection of Rachel Field's Hitty Preble materials Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Collection of Rachel Field's Hitty Preble materials Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1098 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Other People Description: Collection of Rachel Field/Hitty items, 1098a-g. (a) News article "Hitty Comes Home" Bar Harbor Times May 27, 2004. (b) News article "Children's books Include Rachel Field favorite" Mount Desert Islander May 18, 2006. Apparently, "Grace for an Island Meal" was her favorite. (c) 3 different printed copies of "Big Hitty" postcards. (d) Two-page genealogy "The Field Family of Stockbridge in the 1800s" covering 1781-1942, and ending with the death of Rachel Field. (e) Two writings by Rachel Field. "A Valentine for Old Dolls" and "Acceptance Paper", which she read after winning the Newbery Medal for "Hitty" in 1030. (f) Article by the Macmillan Company "Dorothy P. Lathrop" illustrator of Rachel Field's works. (g) Article from COMPASS, Aug 31, 2006, "Do You Know Who Hitty Is? If So, We've Got a Weekend for You", with announcement of "All this and Hitty too: a doll, a book, a seminar" held in Stockbridge, MA September 15-17, 2006. Also one-page "Looking Back at Hitty's Second Hundred Years" a talk by Margaret Chang, Delivered at the "all this and Hitty Too" Seminar of the Stockbridge Library Assocition, September 16, 2006. Actually, items d-g probably were all distributed at this seminar [show more]
Reviews of oboe performances by Sara Lambert Bloom Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Reviews of oboe performances by Sara Lambert Bloom Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.1.425 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Other People Description: Document, 1 page, collection of reviews of oboe performances by Sara Lambert Bloom
Picnic of trustees of the Arcady Music Festival, Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Picnic of trustees of the Arcady Music Festival, Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.1.428 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Other People Description: Photo, picnic of trustees of the Arcady Music Festival, 1984

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