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Phone listings, cottage map, and miscellaneous Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	People Places, Town			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Phone listings, cottage map, and miscellaneous Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2017.382.2153 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: People Places, Town Description: Documents. (A) Map 1958 map and cottage directory of Cranberry Isles by L. S. Robinson. (Display in Museum reception.) (B) 1987 GCI phone list with artistic yellow cover designed and published by Longfellow School 1987; (C) 1995-1996 GCI phone list; (D) Ladies Aid Fair laminated announcement for Aug 9, 2000 - it's 100th Annual fair. (E) Newspaper publication of poem: “’Twas a Mite Before Midnite – An Ode to Great Cranberry Isle - with apologies to "Twas the Night Before Christmas" - 1982; frame removed. (F) newspaper clippings and obituaries that were stored behind the poem in the frame. [show more]
"Reflections of a Winter's Night: Growing up on Islesford in the 1940's & 1950' Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Article	People Places, Island			Copyright Not Evaluated	"Reflections of a Winter's Night: Growing up on Islesford in the 1940's & 1950' Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.913 Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: People Places, Island Description: Islesford Historical Society publication of "Reflections of a Winter's Night: Growing up on Islesford in the 1940's & 1950's" By Hugh Dwelley November 1995
Headstone for William Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Tombstone, Headstone	People Places, Cemetery		1839	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Headstone for William Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.374.2137 Type: Object, Tombstone, Headstone Subject: People Places, Cemetery Date: 1839 Description: Headstone fragment discovered July 2016 during Spurling Revolutionary War Cemetery preservation project. White marble. Well worn and difficult to discern, the inscription reads: "William/Son of Thomas & Hannah/Spurling. William Spurling, 2nd, was born 9Dec1812 and died 23May1839. This is the only piece of William's headstone discovered to date; it was lying in the grass near the Robert Spurling footstone. One corner piece is broken off. One other small white marble fragment was collected and stored with this artifact. [show more]
Croquet set Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Game	People Places, Camp			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Croquet set Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2005.113.1347 Type: Object, Game Subject: People Places, Camp Description: Games. Wooden Croquet set with case, from Bruce Komusin's parents' summer home on Long Island NY
Telephone Book, Cranberry Isles, Maine 1997-98 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Directory	People Places, Town			Copyright Not Evaluated	Telephone Book, Cranberry Isles, Maine 1997-98 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.806 Type: Publication, Directory Subject: People Places, Town Description: Telephone Book, Cranberry Isles, Maine 1997-98, "The DELIGHTful Phone Book", compiled by Hugh Dwelley of Islesford. Includes Town Officials, Great Cranberry Island, Islesford, Sutton, and Bear Islands, local ZIP codes, useful numbers, emergency numbers, and services. Also a short note from Hugh thanking Bruce Komusin for his help with the GCI portion.
Dancing Rock, Baker Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Art, Painting	People Places, Shore			Copyright Not Evaluated	Dancing Rock, Baker Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.302.2056 Type: Image, Art, Painting Subject: People Places, Shore Description: Painting, oil on canvas, unframed, "Dancing Rock, Baker Island" by Wini Smart. Painting features people dancing in a summer scene atop the flat ledge of granite on the island.
Ed & Lesley Horvath wedding souvenir map Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Map	Events People Places		1998	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ed & Lesley Horvath wedding souvenir map Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.792 Type: Map Subject: Events People Places Date: 1998 Description: Map, Great Cranberry Island, with tourist information, made as souvenir for guests of the marriage of Ed & Lesley Horvath, 1998.
Memories of 1841 visit to Duck and Baker Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People Places, Island	Rufus George Frederick Candage		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Memories of 1841 visit to Duck and Baker Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.34.954 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Places, Island Creator: Rufus George Frederick Candage Description: Memories of Duck and Bakers Island circa 1891. Gifted by Hugh Dwelley in Summer 2007. The bulk of the document is a copy of a letter to the Ellsworth American written by Rufus George Frederick Candage. The letter was written in 1891, but in the letter he is reminiscing about a two-week vacation to the Duck and Bakers Island in 1841. He writes about a barn, cattle, vegetables, hay, butter, cheese, eggs, fowls on Great Duck, and sheep on Little Duck. At that time the family of John Bartlett was living on Duck Island, although the Duck Islands were claimed by Mr. Gilley. Candage also remembers a trip to see the Bakers Island lighthouse. The letter is preceded by an excerpt from the book "The Descendants of James Candage/Cavendish of Blue Hill, Maine" and some notes on the Bartlett family and the letter made by Ralph W. Stanley. The document also includes a letter from Hugh Dwelley as President of the Islesford Historical Society to Mr. Gil Bunker in reference to a visit that the Bunker Family Association of America planned to make to the Cranberry Islands. [show more]
Magazine articles about Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Periodical, Magazine	People Places Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner			Copyright Undetermined	Magazine articles about Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2019.427.2819 Type: Publication, Periodical, Magazine Subject: People Places Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Description: Three articles from unknown magazine, unknown year: A= "The Bunkers of Cranberry Isle" by Gunnar Hansen with photos by David Westphal (see also 1000.0.1027). B="Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of the Emily F. Northam" text and photos by Farnham W. Smith. C="Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles" by Herbert Edwards
Photos from Macfarlan family album 1940s-1950s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People Places Vessels, Boat		1950	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photos from Macfarlan family album 1940s-1950s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2824 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Places Vessels, Boat Date: 1950 Description: Photos from Macfarlan family album 1940 and 1950s. A= Beal & Bunker dock with lobsters and gas tank. B= TBD dock (perhaps Preble Cove Hartley dock?) 1930s. C= Molesca (see also 2012.200.1584), Sunbeam III, Silas McClune (see also 2003.88.682), Elwood Spurling's boat on right of photo. D= Eva Grace sardine carrier. E= Macfarlan/Preble house. F= Beal & Bunker dock with lobsters; Town Dock 1940s. (And many other snapshots of people, places, boats unidentified and not scanned as of Dec 2019.) [show more]
Cranberry Road houses and Mailboat "Bobcat" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People Places Vessels, Boat			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Cranberry Road houses and Mailboat "Bobcat" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2822 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Places Vessels, Boat Description: Two 8"x10" black and white photographs mounted on particle board for display. A= Cranberry Road curve: Rome House, Brooks house and Weibel house. B= Wilfred Bunker's mailboat "Bobcat" heading for MDI with mountains all around. Undtd.
Photos (color slides) of winter on GCI, hunting, field burning, ice fishing 1960s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People Places		1963	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photos (color slides) of winter on GCI, hunting, field burning, ice fishing 1960s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2019.427.2821 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Places Date: 1963 Description: Collection of slides from Mickey Macfarlan. Box A= Winter 1965, Ice fishing with Wilfred at Molassas Pond in Eastbrook Maine. Box B= 1966 snow scenes, Philmore Petersen and Red boat building, Keith Wedge shoveling, Russell Wedge, Preble House in snow. Box C= 1967 Red blueberry plants, winter ice in cove, field burning, Bob LaHotan, deer hunting, and Preble house 1965. (These may have been scanned previously; check NAS.)
Photos of GCI people and places Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People Places		1963	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photos of GCI people and places Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2019.427.2820 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Places Date: 1963 Description: Collection of photos from Mickey Macfarlan. A= an 8'x10' b&w print of John McDonald dancing with unk woman by Freeman cottage barn. McDonald summered for many years in what is now Robin Freeman's cottage across from the Preble/Macfarlan house. B= 8"x10" color print of Western Way bell buoy on cloudy day with mountains in background. C= Snapshot photos of Mickey Macfarlan clearing trees on his property perhaps 1963. D= Snapshot photos of Macfarlan house exterior perhaps 1963. E= several snapshot photos: Tud Bunker, Mickey Macfarlan with shotgun and one other person Feb 1969. Murch house in the snow 1986. GCI Town Dock in winter with mountains. Unk dock (perhaps Frenchboro) in summer. [show more]
Note from Owen Roberts to the McSorleys Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People Places		1985	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Note from Owen Roberts to the McSorleys Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.201.1593 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Places Date: 1985 Description: Envelope from Ambassador & Mrs. Owen W. Roberts to Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Mc Sorley, postmarked Cranberry Isles, ME Sep 16 AM 1985 04625. Item # 1593a is the letter associated with envelope Item # 1593. Letter is dated September 16, 1985. Dear Dot and Andy: "We arrived yesterday. Weather is beautiful. Great to be at rest after week of travel and rush. Found your letter and sent off the final payment ($3,465) to your sister, Louise Marr. Nice to hear that you have sold the final peices of property and can rest a bit now. We'll be glad to see the new neighbor. Road (McSorley Road; i.e., I-95) seems fine. Can always use a few more loads (rocks?) Much evidence of yours. Best Wishes till next summer." Signed Owen and Janet Roberts. [show more]
Request for information about Samuel Hadlock Jr. and his touring Eskimos Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People Places		1993	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Request for information about Samuel Hadlock Jr. and his touring Eskimos Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2772 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Places Date: 1993 Description: Note to Michael Macfarlan (owner of what was once Sam Hadlock’s home on Great Cranberry Island) from William and Sally Sturtevant, anthropologists at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and at Hunter College in NY, asking for further information on Samuel Hadlock, Jr. and the Eskimos he exhibited on his tour in Europe 1820-1825. (Written August 23, 1993 )
Interviews of Islander Gaile Colby in 2018 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Oral History	People Places, Island		2018	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Interviews of Islander Gaile Colby in 2018 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2017.400.2252 Type: Document, Oral History Subject: People Places, Island Date: 2018 Description: Oral history. These two interviews with lifelong GCI resident Gaile Colby were conducted by Phil Whitney and Josh Hastings in July 2018. They mostly discuss houses along The Lane, Harding Point, Heliker-Lahotan and Jimmies Point Road. Arvard helped a lot with certain houses on Harding Point Road and certain houses on The Lane in the second interview. Two sessions 7/22/18 and 7/29/18. Several segments of the July 29 interview were transcribed 2018 and include the visit of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller to the Cranberry Club on GCI; the wakes of Rena Bunker Willis' widow (1940) and Henry Bunker (1941) held in the Richman house; the 1961 fire at the Sherman house. The MP3 Sound recordings are very good. See GCIHS-NAS\video\2018. (Note: photo used here is from the 2009 Portrait Project by Becky Buyers-Basso (2013.238.1933), not these 2018 interviews.) [show more]
Photographs of island scenes and people from Towns family 1940s, 1950s, and 1960-70s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photographs of island scenes and people from Towns family 1940s, 1950s, and 1960-70s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.269.2006 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places Description: Photos. Collection of 24 color and black and white photgraphs: several from 1940s, most 1960-70s including a wedding and other events concerning the Towns family. Subjects include Beal and Bunker dock; Great Cranberry Island town dock granite block ca. 1940s; Winslow Bunker's dock. Individuals in pictures include Sawtelle Teel with Mary Elizabeth Pratt 1949 (scanned); Mary Elizabeth Pratt with Judy Towns [Lim] 1949; Carl and Clara Wedge in their vintage 1932 Ford (?) car; Carl Nelson, Chris Johnston, Judy Towns Lim at the wedding of Rhonda and Douglas King (Gaile Colby's daughter) ca. 1970. There is a group photo of Harry and Annie Alley, David Bunker, Carl Wedge, Sonja Colby, Chuck Liebow, Leigh Liebow, Clara Wedge, and Paul Liebow possibly celebrating the launching of the "Double B" boat. Group photo of Carl Nelson, Dorothy "Dot" Towns, Debby Wedge, Keither Wedge with Freddy and Allison Hawes at a picnic. Others in photos include: "Doc" Haydock with George Savage under the Cranberry Rooster Club sign (scanned); Debby Bunker, Katie Moss Keogh; Blair Colby and Chris White in a Jeep; and Charles "Pink" Stanley at the helm late 1940s (scanned). Large photos: Harry Alley with son Robert Alley at the helm in 1959; Andrew Alley in 1959 (scanned); and Fred Start with his mother Jean Start (daughter and grandson of Charles "Pink" Stanley) at a Boy Scout event in 1954.(See 2013.243.1941 and other Towns photos in collection.) [show more]
Men at Clifton Dock Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Men at Clifton Dock Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1507 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places Description: Four unknown men relaxing at Clifton Dock (view is looking north)
Cranberry Club House circa 1910 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Places, Club		1910	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Cranberry Club House circa 1910 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1488 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Club Date: 1910 Description: Photo, Cranberry Club House circa 1910 -man in the middle of photo with cap on is Elwood Spurling, one of the ladies is Mrs. Caroline Stanley (her name is on back of actual photograph) and the rest of people are not identified. See 2011.145.1101(O) photo for ids.
Islesford scenes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Islesford scenes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.146.1103 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places Description: Photos of Islesford. A - Photo of man rowing a dory, in the background shows Sandbeach Rd. house pictured to the right was the Hadlock's and was burned down by the firebug in 1915. B - Postcard with photo of Islesford with Mt. Desert in the backgroundduring the mid 1970's. Postcard promotes Hugh Dwelley's publication "A History of Little Cranberry Island, Maine" C - Postcard of Church Hill on Islesford caption reads "Church Hill 100 Years Ago" [show more]
People and scenes Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	People and scenes Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2000.132.1056 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places Description: Photos, 1056a-n. (a) Snowy picture taken from what is now the Wood house, showing David Bunker's home. (b) Vessel Christine Sue viewpoint looking towards Islesford shore. (c) May Gilman (also known as May Gim to distinguish between the two Mays) and Ida Higgins on Harding Point Rd. in front of the turn towards Heliker LaHotan property, May Gilman lived in the Finkelstein house. (d) Inscription "Clara D Nell, 2-Sisters". (e) Lena Stanley and Lulu Alley. (f) Cora Rosebrook Chapman. (g) May Gilman on the shore with friends. (h) Postcard photo of Sherwin Stanley, son of Lena and Perly Stanley, Christmas 1917. (i) Lee Klausky as a child. (j) Harding Point, Long Ledge navigational landmark before they replaced the barrel with the orange triangle. (k) Young Omar Mountain taken by May Gilman; inscribed "just as aunt may snapped he put his hand up with his rattle in it but it looks cute though". (l) Inscribed "this is Lovie [Klausky] and Rebecca's children and myself taken last summer when she was here" (m) Postcard photo of the Post Office in its current location. (n) Trees in the snow on Cranberry taken on February 12, 1934. [show more]
Moving Cap Kaine's house from The Lane to Cranberry Road Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Organizations, Civic People Places		2000	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Moving Cap Kaine's house from The Lane to Cranberry Road Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.956 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, Civic People Places Date: 2000 Description: Photographic journal of the May 24, 2000 move of Cap Kaine's recently donated house to the CIRT from its original location on The Lane to the home's current location on Cranberry Road.
The History of Sutton Island by Anne Namnoum Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	People Places	Anne Namnoum		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	The History of Sutton Island by Anne Namnoum Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.112.834 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: People Places Creator: Anne Namnoum Description: The History of Sutton (or Sutton's) Island, 32 pages, by Anne Namnoum of Sutton; a draft manuscript (also see item #86); with historical narrative, and descriptions and photos of the houses: The Richardson House "twin Tops", Moore House, Bunker House (the old Post Office) built by William Richardson, The Boathouse, White Hen owned by Lancasters and Rices, Gilley House a.k.a. Lyman, A.C. Fernald House, Harvard/Kendall House owned by Albion Moore, The Schoolhouse, Bunchberry Bungalow or cottage owned by Woodworth and Fernald, Windemere owned by Burnham and Stimsons, Rice Cottage, Church/Lange House owned by Charles Church, Memhard and Chatfields; The Teahouse owned by Wheelrights, Rockefeller and Hopkins, Farmhouse owned by Wilbert Rice; Rachel Field House, Afterglow, The Log Cabin, The Cow Barn, Harvard/Paine House, Little Gilley/Lyman House, Fir-Lee, Talley House, Lamb House/Sunset Point, The Dory, Twin Tops II. Additional documents discovered July 2015 and added to folder: about 50 pages of printed text about houses on Sutton no dates or names of author(s). [show more]
Narramissic Notebook, Pictures, poems and stories from neighboring towns 2006 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Booklet	People Places		2006	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Narramissic Notebook, Pictures, poems and stories from neighboring towns 2006 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.842 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: People Places Date: 2006 Description: Booklet: Narramissic Notebook, Pictures, poems and stories from neighboring towns; Number 7, 2006; with poems by islanders Paul Liebow, Carl Little, Emily Roberts, and Susan White, also with a memorial remembrance and photo of Emily and her dog Rosey; also 3 separate pages of poems, author unknown, on loose sheets stuffed in the Notebook
Telephone list and map Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Directory	People Places		1997	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Telephone list and map Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.849 Type: Publication, Directory Subject: People Places Date: 1997 Description: Great Cranberry Island Phone List & Map, 1997-1998: a list of people on the island, with their telephone number and house number (going by telephone poles) and with the map showing the location of their house on the island.

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