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Classroom photo Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Organizations, School Institution People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Classroom photo Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.193.1423 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Description: Scott Bracy, Cary Samuel, Teacher Julie Veilleux (?), Hannah Gray, Christina Bracy, Jeremy Alley- Islesford School
Barbara Stainton with little girls Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People		1987	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Barbara Stainton with little girls Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.193.1415 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1987 Description: Teacher Barbara Stainton, Abby Liebow, Christina Bracy, Audra Wellman
Charles Rice and Doc Haydock Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People		1977	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Charles Rice and Doc Haydock Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.193.1403 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1977 Description: Charles Rice and Doc Haydock photo 1977
Copy of portrait of Samuel Hadlock, Jr, Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Copy of portrait of Samuel Hadlock, Jr, Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1327 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Description: Photo. Copy of portrait of Samuel Hadlock, Jr, 14.5"x17.75" in blue frame. (See 2014.280.2023 for catalogue entry. This number is a duplicate entry, should be deleted.)
Possible portrait of "the Prussian Lady" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Possible portrait of "the Prussian Lady" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1326 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Description: Photo. Computer printout of an unattributed black and white photo allegedly of "the Prussian Lady", Dorothea Albertina Wilhelmina Celeste "Hanna Caroline" (Russ) Hadlock, in green frame. See Samuel Hadlock and Preble house histories.
Retirement of Mrs. Doris P. McSorley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, School Institution People		1973	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Retirement of Mrs. Doris P. McSorley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.152.1206 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1973 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.
Envelope to Mrs. Doris P. McSorley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, School Institution People		1960	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Envelope to Mrs. Doris P. McSorley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.152.1205 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1960 Description: Envelope addressed to 'Mrs. Doris P. McSorley', with letterhead from the State of Connecticut Teachers' Retirement Board. Stamped January 27th, 1960, in Hartford, CT.
Mrs. A. McSorley acting principal at Plantsville School Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, School Institution People		1944	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Mrs. A. McSorley acting principal at Plantsville School Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.152.1204 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1944 Description: Letter addressed to 'Plantsville School Teachers', reporting 'Mrs. A. McSorley' as the acting principal at Plantsville School for the remainder of 1944. Letter is dated January 13, 1944.
Teacher's contract for Doris P. McSorley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, School Institution People		1942	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Teacher's contract for Doris P. McSorley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.152.1203 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1942 Description: Teacher's contract for Doris P. McSorley with the Board of Education of Southington, CT. Rate listed is $1250 per year. Dated October 26th, 1942.
Employment offer for Mrs. Andrew McSorley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, School Institution People		1942	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Employment offer for Mrs. Andrew McSorley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.152.1202 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1942 Description: Employment offer addressed to Mrs. Andrew McSorley, from the Board of Education of Southington, CT. Offer is for the school year of 1942 - 1943 at a pay rate of $1250 per year, teaching in 7th grade at Plantsville School. Dated October 15, 1942
Grandmother Hamor age 83 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Grandmother Hamor age 83 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2019.441.2544 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Description: Photograph in painted wood frame, identified on reverse: "Gram Hamor, Age 83 years 5 mos. and 6 days, Died Nov. 9, 1921. Grandpa Hamor age 80 years died March 3, 1913."
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 )
Letter from William H. Preble to his father Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People		1874	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter from William H. Preble to his father Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2767 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1874 Description: Letter is from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble, written in Portland, about his mother (Abigail Preble) ill-health, herring, and brother Andrew. Transcribed.
Letter from P. S. Moore to Mr. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People		1889	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter from P. S. Moore to Mr. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2768 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1889 Description: Letter from P.S. Moore to "Friend Preble" from Seawall, Sept 28. 1889, sending statement of Preble's account and thanking him for his recent sympathy. Wool, herring, salt 1876-1889, principal $257.80, balance due $167.9, with blue envelope addressed to William P. Preble postmarked at Seawall, Sept 30, [1889]
Letter from William H. Preble to William P. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Businesses, Other Business Organizations, Religious People		1891	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter from William H. Preble to William P. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2769 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Businesses, Other Business Organizations, Religious People Date: 1891 Description: Letter is from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble in 1891. He explains there have been many fatal cases of the grippe (flu); suggestions for how to handle repairs and sale of the GCI meeting house (church); and that his brother Andrew is disposing of his interests in the company (presumably Chicago Rawhide Mfg); Transcribed.
Macfarlan/Preble house renovation Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People Structures, Dwellings, House		1944	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Macfarlan/Preble house renovation Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2770 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Structures, Dwellings, House Date: 1944 Description: Renovation of the Macfarlan house ca. 1947. The woman on the left is Robin Freeman’s grandmother, Dorothy Macfarlan, the woman with the dog leash is unknown, Mickey Macfarlan with the necktie, and then Robin’s mother, Dorothy Freeman. Rose Wedge’s house is hidden in the shadows on the right.
School expenses 1876-1877 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Organizations, School Institution People		1876	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	School expenses 1876-1877 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2773 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1876 Description: Town of Cranberry Isles school payments made to teachers and other school expenses 1876-1877, with teachers names and school agent names, 27 total.
Early church documents Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Organizations, Religious People		1866	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Early church documents Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2774 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Organizations, Religious People Date: 1866 Description: Five documents related to the Church: (A-C)=Three receipts February to July 1866 total $950: Money received by J. W. Osgood from the Cranberry Isles Union Benevolent Sewing Circle for J. W. Osgood to build the church; payments made ‘by the honor of A. C. Preble’ [Abigail Cobb Preble], signed by J. W. Osgood, and attested to by William P. Preble. (D)= an undated and unsigned (difficult to decipher) ledger page with note: To Whom it Does or May Concern, We the undersigned active and honorary members of Cranberry Isles Benevolent Sewing Circle respectively [represent?] that we are not willing to have the money [divided but want?] the money [kept for the purpose] in which we have agreed in and are satisfied if once divided it will be the means of destroying our fund and a waste of the money. Active members/Honorary members. (E)=Poem by William P. Preble undated, honoring the dead. [show more]
Postcard with information about an Arthur Spurling-built boat Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Postcard with information about an Arthur Spurling-built boat Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.426.2581 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Description: Postcard with information about an Arthur Spurling-built boat, a yacht tender at Mystic Seaport (their accession #1985.79), read about Arthur Spurling in Building Classic Small Craft Vol I Camden NE, Chapter 12 etc. Note mentions Charles Sheppard, the father of the Sheppard Phil Whitney recently interviewed. Mickey Macfarlan recalls there was an Arthur Spurling motor from an old boat upstairs in Robin Freeman's barn. The postcard with info came to GCIHS in an envelope from Robert E. Yorke, 45 Meetinghouse Lane, Scituate, MA 02066 [show more]
Colby - Gaile Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Reference	People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Colby - Gaile Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.407.2281 Type: Reference Subject: People Description: Gaile Colby is a life-long resident of Great Cranberry Island. (This photograph was taken by Bar Harbor photojournalist Rebecca Buyers-Basso as part of a 2009 Photo Journalism project on GCI - 2013.238.1933.)
Nelson - Carl Gustav (1898-1988) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Reference	Object, Art People	Carl Nelson		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Nelson - Carl Gustav (1898-1988) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.407.2284 Type: Reference Subject: Object, Art People Creator: Carl Nelson Description: Carl G. Nelson, born in Sweden in 1898, came to the United States when he was five-years-old. A part-time resident of Cranberry Isles for 21-years and a full-time resident for 19-years following his retirement from teaching in Boston, he died Aug. 6, 1988, at the age of 91. Carl Nelson was a professional teaching artist. After retiring at 71, he bought a piece of land and settled in a house on Great Cranberry. He called his little estate "Tosh Park", Nelson is noted for his beautiful pen and inks, oils, casein paintings and handsome linoleum cuts. His work is currently represented in museums, gallerys, universities and both government and private collections. He has a long list of exhibitions to his credit at the Whitney Museum Biennials, Chicago Art Institute, Institute of Contemporary Art and the American Federation of the Arts to name oniy a few. He has had many one-man shows in New York, Boston, Cambridge, Fitchburg, Mass., and Atlanta. His works have also been reproduced in a number of books — from Herbert Agar's "Land of the Free", in 1935 to "American Drawings; Drawings of the Masters" by Bartlett H. Hayes in 1975. The documentary film "Of Endless Wonder" was made in 1969 by Betsy Seigal and David Westphall of Brandeis. The artist was born in Sweden, studied at the Art Student's League in New York, was a Tiffany Foundation scholar, and graduated from the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. [show more]
Preble - William Pitt (1811-1905) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Reference	People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Preble - William Pitt (1811-1905) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.407.2275 Type: Reference Subject: People Description: William Pitt Preble (1811-1905) descended from one of seven Preble brothers who emigrated from England to Portland in the 17th century. He was the son of the Mount Desert Rock lighthouse keeper. In 1830, Preble moved to Great Cranberry Island as a school teacher, after marrying the widow Abigail Cobb Hadlock Preble in 1839 and starting their family, he became a church elder, selectman, justice of the peace, Notary Public, gentleman farmer, tax appraiser, postmaster, storekeeper, shipbuilder, ship owner, and shipwreck appraiser. Preble was the second owner of the Preble House (now Macfarlan house), having married Abigail Hadlock Spurling, the widowed sister of the first owner in 1839, and then marrying the first owner's widowed daughter, Jane Matilda Hadlock Sanford, in 1875. Preble was the step-father of Sammy Sanford who sued him in later life. [show more]
Preble - Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling (1808-1874) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Reference	People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Preble - Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling (1808-1874) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.407.2276 Type: Reference Subject: People Description: Abigail was the daughter of Samuel & Sarah (Polly) (Manchester) Hadlock, of Islesford. She was a sister of the adventurous showman memorialized by author Rachel Field, Samuel Hadlock, Jr.. In 1825, she married Samuel Spurling (b. 4 Dec 1795, drowned 20 Oct 1837). When Sam Spurling died she was left with five children: Samuel Hadlock (b. 23 Jan 1827, d. 1895 in CA) Zulma Mills (b. 14 Oct 1831, d. ?); Civil War Medal of Honor recipient Andrew Barclay (b. 25 Mar 1833, d. 22 Aug 1906); Sarah Hadlock (b. 20 Jun 1835, d. 9 Jun 1919); Abigail Cobb (b. 29 Sep 1837, d. 28 Jul 1860). The widowed Abigail married her neighbor William Pitt Preble in 1839. Together they had seven more children (two died in infancy): William Henry (b. 1840); Wilhelmina Celeste Preble (b. 1842); Eunice C. Preble (b. 1844); Charles E. Preble (b: ABT 1847); Frances Almira Preble (b: 1849); Eber C. Preble (b: 1852); Eber M. Preble (b. 1855), As a 19th-century woman, Abigail is less visible in the historical record than her husband, but GCIHS collections show that Abigail supervised the Preble family and farm, and paid the household bills. As the first president of the Cranberry Isles Benevolent Sewing Circle, later known as Ladies Aid, Abigail was the driving force behind securing funds for construction of the Island's first church, the Union Meeting House. The church was dedicated in 1866; it cost $3,200. Abigail was not immune to the hardships of her times. She lost two infant sons and saw her eldest son off to live in California during the gold rush of 1849. Abigail Preble died at age 66 in 1874; her husband lived another 21 years. [show more]
Preble - Jane Matilda Hadlock Sanford (1826-1898) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Reference	People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Preble - Jane Matilda Hadlock Sanford (1826-1898) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.407.2277 Type: Reference Subject: People Description: Jane Matilda (Hadlock) (Sanford) Preble m. 1st George E. Sanford, March 1843. m. 2nd Wm. P. Preble, 1875. Jane was born in Paris, France, the daughter of the adventurous showman Samuel Hadlock, Jr. of Cranberry Isles, and Dorothea Albertina Wilhelmina Celeste Russ, the "Prussian Lady", for whom the big house later called Preble House was originally built. Jane Matilda had three children with George E. Sanford (1812-1873): Albertina A. (1842-1867; Samuel C., (1852-1933); Dorothea R. (1862-1899). The widow Jane Matilda Sanford then married William P. Preble in 1875. She was the third Hadlock to reside in the Preble House: first the Captain himself, followed by Abigail C. Hadlock Spurling Preble (William Preble's 1st wife). Jane Matilda Hadlock came to the house as an infant and returned as its mistress at age 49. [show more]
Sanford - Samuel "Sammy" Clark (1852-1933) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Reference	People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Sanford - Samuel "Sammy" Clark (1852-1933) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.407.2278 Type: Reference Subject: People Description: Samuel Clark "Sammy" Sanford (1852-1933) was the son of Jane Matilda Hadlock Sanford and George E. Sanford. As an adult, after his widowed mother married William Pitt Preble, Sammy lived in a tiny cabin near his step-father's house on Preble Cove. He met the author Rachel Field there and told her the story of his grandfather, Captain Samuel Hadlock, Jr., upon whom Field based her novel, "God's Pocket". In later life Sammy sued his step-father Preble for payment for services due. When the Shaw's purchased Sanford's cabin they gave him life tenancy. [show more]

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