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Letter re: annexing Bear Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Places, Island		1850	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter re: annexing Bear Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2002.20.692 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Island Date: 1850 Description: Document, 1 handwritten sheet, letter from J.G. Lauyer to W.P. Preble on annexing Bear Island to Cranberry Isles, 27 Feb 1850. Envelope item 693 contained items 692 and 40. Transcribed.
Pilot Rules for inland waters, Atlantic and Pacific coast, Gulf of Mexico 1910 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Booklet	Places			Copyright Not Evaluated	Pilot Rules for inland waters, Atlantic and Pacific coast, Gulf of Mexico 1910 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.159 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: Places Description: Booklet, "Pilot Rules for certain inland waters of the Atlantic and Pacific coast and of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico", about ship navigating, dated 1910
Pilot Rules for Atlantic and Pacific coast inland waters 1906 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Booklet	Places			Copyright Not Evaluated	Pilot Rules for Atlantic and Pacific coast inland waters 1906 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.160 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: Places Description: Booklet, "Pilot Rules for Atlantic and Pacific coast inland waters", about ship navigating, dated 1906
Nautical Almanac 1876 for schooner Carrie M. Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Places Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		1876	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Nautical Almanac 1876 for schooner Carrie M. Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2017.389.2164 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Places Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Date: 1876 Description: Journal. Nautical Almanac 1876 containing tables of sun's declination and equation of time and tide by D. Eggert's sons, 23 pages, annotated by Carrie M. Richardson aboard the schooner Carrie M. Richardson. Recording the sun sightings for navigating voyages using dead reckoning; transatlantic journeys are plotted on nautical chart 1 and possibly others of 2015.315.2076. .) From the Lewis Stanley descendants collection. (See also 2015.316.2077 and 2017.388.2163 Initial review of the annotated Nautical Almanac of 1876 indicates that it records the Carrie M. Richardson's journey east from New York starting June 23, 1876; arriving Seville July 22, and departing Seville August 3. She arrived at Cadiz August 5 and left for Boston August 12. A wonderful addition as Nautical Chart 1 (2017.315.2076) only plots the west to east legs of two 1877 and 1878 Spain-to-Cranberry Isles voyages. Decipher the chronometer dead reckoning entries in this Almanac should enableus to plot the route she sailed to reach Spain. (Scanned July 2017) [show more]
Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic People Places, Town		1876	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2775 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic People Places, Town Date: 1876 Description: Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877, with summary of each item. Includes receipts for tax assessors; Perley and Russell v. Bunker; Gilley; Schooner Wayland; Leonard Holmes; and mention of a ship attacking a vessel, among other things.
Manset dock ribbon cutting ceremony Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Advertising, Poster	Events Places, Harbor		2003	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Manset dock ribbon cutting ceremony Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.661 Type: Document, Advertising, Poster Subject: Events Places, Harbor Date: 2003 Description: Poster for Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, at the Cranberry Isles Manset Lot, 15 May 2003 at 1 p.m.
Postcard view of Stanley dock Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places, Landscape		1912	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Postcard view of Stanley dock Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.2014 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places, Landscape Date: 1912 Description: Postcard. View of Stanley dock from the land. “Stanley Dock, Cranberry Island, ME 142” in white letters across front of card. No postmark. “Aug 19, 1912. Dear Elsie - I will fix your dress but would like to see it on you before I finish it. You can send it over by Arthur and I will [take this].” Addressed to Miss Elsie Stanley, Isleford, Maine. No postmark or postage stamp.
Sketch of Rachel Field's house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Art, Drawing	People Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Sketch of Rachel Field's house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.916 Type: Image, Art, Drawing Subject: People Places Description: Sketch of Rachel Field's house on Sutton Island
Collection of photos of Cranberry Isles scenes and people Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Places, Shore Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Collection of photos of Cranberry Isles scenes and people Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2000.132.1051 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Shore Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Description: Photos, 1051a-u. (a) 3 photos of the town dock from different perspectives. (b) 5 photos of Lee Klausky and Lovie Klausky. (c) Preble Beach. (d) Spurling Point. (e) Hamor Beach, now the Oppenheimer's. (f) Ida Higgins. (g) Ida Higgins. (h) Three people walking towards Lew Stanley's (Now Heliker LaHotan) to go clamming in The Pool. (i) "Hauling Boats" in front of what is now Wini Smart's house. (j) From Cranberry Island looking to Seal Harbor. (k) Jennie Antonson sitting on the front of what is now Gaile Colby's home. (l) Sherwin and Lucille Stanley as young children. (m) Three people going on a picnic from left to right: unknown, Ida Higgins, Dorothy Higgins. (n) Inscribed "Captain George Lagoutt (sp?) and friend" no one at archive meeting knew either or their relationship to the island. (o) The old Ladies Aid Barn (Now Janice Murch's chicken coop) at fair time in August. (p) Unknown woman. (q) Unknown woman. (r) Mary Stanley, wife of Gilman Stanley, and daughter of Mr & Mrs Asa Stanley. (s) May Stanley. (t) Sherwin Stanley (sp?). (u) Preble Beach. [show more]
Sailboats in Western Way 1982 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places, Shore Vessels, Boat, Sailboat			Copyright Not Evaluated	Sailboats in Western Way 1982 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.210.1764 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Shore Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Description: Photo, "Sailboats in Western Way seen from outside the Brooks house, Cranberry Isles, Maine visit-August 28, 1982
Down East magazine articles about GCI 2014 and 2015 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Periodical, Magazine	Places, Island			In Copyright	Down East magazine articles about GCI 2014 and 2015 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.311.2071 Type: Publication, Periodical, Magazine Subject: Places, Island Description: Magazine articles. Two articles from Down East Magazine. (1): Down East, December 2014, "Alone Together" p. 73-79, 118-130, by Virginia Wright, photos by Douglas Merriam. Magazine, tear sheets, and scanned copies; digitally as pdf. (see also: http://www.downeast.com/alone-togethe). Storyline - Islesford and Great Cranberry facing the future side by side, with photos and statements by Blair Colby, Tiffany Tate, Beverly Sanborn, Eileen Richards, Phil and Karin Whitney, Tom and Becca Powell, and a cameo photo of Anne Grulich walking in front of the church. (2): Down East, April 2015, "The Secret Lives of Houses" storyline - clues to your old home's age and the people who lived there p. 59, 68, and 70, by Virginia Wright with photos by Brian Vanden Brink. PDF copy and print out. Tells the story of the GCI parsonage house 2014 renovation and how the four concealed shoes in the fireplace wall lead Anne Grulich to research into the house's history, connected it with 7 other cape houses built about the same time, information from other houses, and how to research old houses in general. (There are some mistakes: Bulger didn't live in the Parsonage House. She may have the wrong Enoch Spurling as "ship captain" and owner.) See also www.downeast.com/the-secret-lives-of-houses. [show more]
Collection of scans of photos from Spurling or Phippen houses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Places, Shore Structures, Dwellings, House Vessels, Ship			Copyright Not Evaluated	Collection of scans of photos from Spurling or Phippen houses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.344.2110 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Shore Structures, Dwellings, House Vessels, Ship Description: Photographs. Collection of scans of photos 2013.344.2110 (A-Y) made in 2004 from photos recovered by donor in either Hilda Spurling or Marjorie Phippen's GCI house. Unclear whether we have original photos at GCIHS. (Note: Original photo names were pw01 thru pw027, museum photos now identified as A-Y.)pw01 - pulled from an album; post-it note on back: "Moss House" (Image of Moss House with haystacks 1927)pw02 - on back: "1947"; post-it note on back: "Hilda Spurling 1947"pw03 - on back, in ink: "this is Harvard Beals Boat we are hauling on the ice" in pencil: "March 1923"pw04 - pulled from an album; on back, ballpoint ink: "Little Elener (now Buzzie)"; on post-it note: "Seimer House"pw05 - postcard; pw06 - unknown housenext 3 photos were clipped together by phil whitneypw07 - unknown man in unknown boatpw08 - skyline of New York City?pw09 - pulled from an album; unknown kids on slednext 4 photos were clipped together by philpw10 - unknown shipwreckpw11 - post-it note on back: "Spurling Cove 1923"pw12 - pulled from album; post-it note on back: "Field across from Wesley Bracy's house" but i think this is wrong as the houses across the way seem too close & numerouspw13 - post-it note on back: "Murch dock"pw14 - on back: "Sherley Louise & cat 'Jiminey'"pw15 - on back: "Margie & Hilda"; post-it note on back: "Margie Phippen & Hilda Spurling"pw16 - pulled from album; on back: "Bertie's cat 'Goody'"pw17 - on back: "Hilda & Ethel B."pw18 - pulled from album; on front: "Harriet's room, one of my rooms, my bedroom" on back: "Where we let...etc."pw19 - pulled from album, double exposure; post-it note on back: "Morrie Newell House"pw20 - on back: "Margie & Mother"pw21 - unknown vesselpw22 - unknown vessel; on back: "ship wreck on back of cranberry island" (same vessel as pw10)pw23 - on back: "The cove froxen over" post-it note on back: "Spurling Cove 1923"pw24 - on back: "Bagley's Barber shop with a little snow on the side Ha! Where I have my hair dressing done Marcel Wasco and so on Ha!"pw25 - unknown house, seems same as pw06 but has additional dormer and latticework under porchpw26 - seems to be same kids and same houses as pw14pw27 - luxury yacht passing by GCI [show more]
Manuscript "Campobello" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Manuscript	Places, Address	Harold Hartley		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Manuscript "Campobello" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.36.131 Type: Document, Manuscript Subject: Places, Address Creator: Harold Hartley Description: Manuscript, "Campobello", written by Harold Hartley
History of Cranberry Isles before 1900 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Manuscript	Places, Town			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	History of Cranberry Isles before 1900 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.60.479 Type: Document, Manuscript Subject: Places, Town Description: Document, handwritten, "History of Cranberry Isles before 1900", unsigned, 6 loose lined sheets, (text similar to that in book "1906 MDI Census").
German card with stamps Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Identification Card	Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	German card with stamps Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.87.639 Type: Object, Identification Card Subject: Places Description: Document, official looking German form card with stamps from Berlin inside, person it refers to was born 1888,
Poem: I Like a Window Looking Out Upon the Sea" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Poem	Places, Island			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Poem: I Like a Window Looking Out Upon the Sea" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.566 Type: Publication, Literary, Poem Subject: Places, Island Description: Document, 1 handwritten sheet, poem "I Like a Window Looking Out Upon the Sea"
Poem: Beautiful Isle by the old open sea Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Poem	Places, Island		1895	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Poem: Beautiful Isle by the old open sea Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.565 Type: Publication, Literary, Poem Subject: Places, Island Date: 1895 Description: Document, both sides of 1 typewritten sheet, poem composed by ELP for Mrs. CMR (Carrie M. Richardson?) to recite at a concert Oct 1895 in the old Union Meeting House. First line: "Beautiful Isle by the old open sea"
Disinterment of Arthur P. Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Places, Cemetery		1931	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Disinterment of Arthur P. Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.7.113 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Cemetery Date: 1931 Description: Letter, 22 Sep 1931, from Frank Bartlett, Town Clerk, to Mrs. Duren, notifying that permit for disinterment of Arthur P. Stanley has been sent to Charles Stanley. (See GCIHS.org for Spurling Cemetery #2 note that Arthur P. Stanley was buried in the 2nd Spurling cemetery but then his stone and remains were transferred to the 3rd Spurling cemetery.)
Marr property assessment Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Legal Documents	Places, Address		1946	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Marr property assessment Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.111.810 Type: Document, Legal, Legal Documents Subject: Places, Address Date: 1946 Description: Assessor's Report, October 2, 1946: Francis Marr's 4 lots of land and 1 house assessed at a total of $1250 by Leslie M Rice, Chairman of Assessors. Transcribed.
Quitclaim deed to Charles E. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Deed	Places, Island			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Quitclaim deed to Charles E. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.268 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Places, Island Description: Document, undated, typewritten copy of quitclaim deed from Spurlings, Stanleys, and Richardsons to Charles E. Spurling of 11 lots of land all previously belonging to Joseph S. Spurling. (Location of lots in county record books are listed (1847-1854) properties of Joseph S. Spurling.)
Property deed Frank Stanley to Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Deed	Places, Address		1930	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Property deed Frank Stanley to Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.7.48 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Places, Address Date: 1930 Description: Deed, From Frank Stanley to Addie Duren, 14 Sept 1930, property (known as the Mountain house 2016)
Deed: Fernald to Dunbar 1884 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Deed	Places, Island		1884	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Deed: Fernald to Dunbar 1884 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.4.7 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Places, Island Date: 1884 Description: Bear Island Deed,.5 Nov 1884 (modern photocopy)
Hugh Dwelley's historical reminiscences Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Electronic Mail	People Places		2011	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hugh Dwelley's historical reminiscences Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.200.1587 Type: Document, Correspondence, Electronic Mail Subject: People Places Date: 2011 Description: Document from Hugh Dwelley to Bruce Komusin, Winnie Smart, and Phil & Karin Whitney, dated 3/22/2011. Subject: "Cranberry Chronicle". Documents mentions that Rachel Fields called it Big Cranberry and when Hugh Dwelley was growing up in the 1940s & 1950s, we simply called it "Big Island". The memories of Great Cranberry (Big Island) are indeed interesting as they are of Islesford. Document mentions memoirs of Islesford being published and the warm memories of The Grange where Les Rice held the #2 position and came over with Ida, Wilfred, Norma and a few others nearly every Wednesday night for many years. Hugh talks about enjoying photos of the kids at Longfellow School and wishing classes were still in session at the school. Documents mentions Jack Rosebrook moved to Islesford and was a good friend and that Richard Alley is on Islesford now. Hugh remembers Karl Wedge, Allison Bunker, Pauline Bunker and Charlene Allen. Hugh says there were two dozen kids in the Islesford School during my years there (1936-1944). Some of the kids were from Coast Guard families. Hugh mentions the Coast Guard Station where he delivered "GRIT" newspapers and sold pull-books. There were as many as 50 men there for a time late in WWII. Hugh also mentions Sadie's Doughnuts and Sadie Fernald frying doughnuts. Lew Stanley and Wilfred & Tud's pictures in younger days are also mentioned. [show more]
Shell Point Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Places			Copyright Not Evaluated	Shell Point Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.201.1598 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Places Description: Document, papers from Louise Marr when Wini Smart and Bruce Komusin visited Louise at Shell Point, Fort Myers, Florida -November 2007. Item # 1598 (no date on listing -4 copies) is a Hancock-Washington County Board of Realtors Multiple Listing Service. The Listing Office is Joseph Simmons Realty. Salesperson is Missy-Joe-Kathie. The property address is Great Cranberry Island (Just off Mt. Desert). Type of property is Shorefront. The List Price is $42,000. The MLS No. 2281.Item # 1598a is a page torn from a magazine (dated September 1970) of the property in #1598 and #1598b is the other side of the magazine page. [show more]
Information about properties along the GCI road Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Places, Island			Copyright Not Evaluated	Information about properties along the GCI road Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.381.2150 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Places, Island Description: Documents. Information about properties along the GCI road "I-95". Handwritten loose leaf pages. Descriptions of lots for I-95 (local name), written copies of deeds. According to Bruce Komusin, they had to arrange rights-of-way for the road along each property. Uncertain author(s) – probably Louise Marr or Dot McSorley (sisters).Three groups of handwritten notes, and one typewritten letter from Malcolm S. Stevenson, Blaisdell & Blaisdell, Counsellors at Law, Ellsworth, ME, October 23, 1973 to Mrs. Mary Chamberlin, 31 Red Coat Road, Westport, Conn, two typewritten pages re: Blanche Atkinson Cranberry Isles property. [show more]

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