Description: Photo, "Little Durmont" - Buried in Stanley Cemetery (location in cemetery is 5th row 52r)-Mrs. Balridge (spelling?) is holding him. The child is Dumont Neal Stanley b. February 29, 1928 and d. September 27, 1928. Son of Enoch A. and Emma B. (Bunker) Stanley.
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.
Description: Document (three pages, A, B, and C). A - letter signed 'Bro Will' (likely William P. Preble) and addressed to 'Sister Lucinda', regarding papers received from Peter, and making sure 'Father' has copies of them. Mention of having to 'make up a new account = since 1892'. Dated Chicago, October 21, 1898. B - Copy (handwritten) of letter sent to 'Father', regarding a matter with Mr. Peters and getting 'your acct all right'. Mentions details of 'Sam' (likely Sammy Sanford) suing the Preble's, and that 'his account rendered only goes back to 6 years'. Dated Chicago, October 21st, 1898. C - at head of letter is written 'Copy of declaration in Sanford's suit'. Written to William P. Preble, with dollar amounts of medical attendence, food and clothing, and services rendered between 1892 and 1898, totaling $2200. [show more]
Description: Document (three consecutive pages, A, B, and C. Likely that one or more pages are missing). Letter addressed to 'Father Preble, Cranberry Isles', dated February 12th, 1899, from Seawall ME. Author (Sammy Sanford?) is discussing the repair of various tools and furniture, presumeably belonging to 'Father Preble' (William P?). Third page ends with a reference, '... the next time I come on The Island'.
Description: Document. Letter from B.H. Spurling to J. A. Peters Jr., dated Boothbay Harbor, ME, February 19th, 1900. Letter is regarding the death of William H. Preble and any possible changes in the court dates or proceedings between William P. Preble and Samuel Sanford.
Description: Undated bill to Louise H. Marr in the amount of $2880.50, for funerial services for Frances S. Marr. Services provided by Finley Funeral Service, Inc.
Description: Letter of hire to Andrew A. McSorley, as the Principal of Plantsville School. Signed by William M, Strong, superintendent of schools in Southington, CT. Dated January 13th, 1944
Description: Photos. Collection, three photos of Lindon H. 'Tud' Bunker with an umbrella made from spruce tree branches. A-'Tud' with spruce umbrella, dog with head on ground, boat, and trailer; B-'Tud' covering dog from rain using spruce umbrella; C-'Tud' with spruce umbrella, dog looking backward, boat, and trailer.
Description: Photos. Collection, two photos of Keith Wedge, Sr. asleep under Michael D. 'Mickey' Macfarlan's woodstove, named "Dudley". Dated March 1964. A-Keith Wedge, Sr. under "Dudley", with chair fully visible in background; B-Keith Wedge, Sr. under "Dudley", with chair partially visible in background.
Description: Business receipt. Two sides. Dated April 29, 1899, Boothbay Harbor. Signed by W. H. Preble, a promise to pay $159 to B. H. Spurling for "value received".
Description: Document. Recommendation from H. H. Hay's Sons, on behalf of Wade H. Marr who is referenced as having been a clerk for over one year. Dated September 12, 1905.
Description: Photo. Newspaper photo (reprint), with handwritten date of December 27, 2000. Photo title is "Civil War veterans", a group of four men including Joseph Howard Preble
Description: Photos, 1093a-f. (a) Glamor shot of Louise Marr. (b) left to right Dot McSorley, Andrew McSorley, Louise Marr. (c) Louise Marr front right. (d) Louise Marr with teaching award. (e) Louise Marr in the middle with mother (?) on right. Inscribed on back "PHOTO BY FRED HESS & SON 166 S. VIRGINIA AVE. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (f) Louise Marr on right and mother (?) on right. Inscribed ob back "ADDITIONAL PRINTS MAY BE ORDERED BY REFERRING TO NUMBER FRED HESS & SON 166 SO. VIRGINIA AVE. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. [show more]
Description: Photo of Marilyn Fredrickson from August 2, 2006 at the Ladies Aid Fair. Note from Leslie Watson enclosed. Print out of Marilyn's obituary not from Leslie Watson also enclosed
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]
Description: Photos, mostly of people and places on GCI found by Cindy Thomas in the Islesford Historical Society. Find scanned copies in items folder. A-Ruth Westphal's house. B-Velma Teele; C-Sadie Fernald; D-Mrs. Bulger. E-Erwin Leslie Spurling age 3 months August 1911. F - W.L. Judkins Lawerence Massachusetts. G - Delia MArie Mahan, 128 Brattle St. Cambridge Mass. Oct. 24, 1907. H - Bert Spurling at Islesford dock. I - Alfred Ladd. J - Louise Hampton Marr 14 Months 29 Days old. K - Earl Spurling. L - Rosebrook children Nellie (oldest) Jennie (died young) Harley (Died young) Mildred (Died young). M - Mrs. Sadie Trussell, Cranberry Isles, Maine. N - Emma Bulger. O - "Taken at Club House (Cranberry Club) on Big Island on Dolly Hill Afternoon Tea for Island People" with list of names including: Holbrook, Steele, Spurling, Stanley, Howard, Bunker and Stover; P - Virginia May Spurling aged 3 months. Q-Dora M Grrenlaw. Francis M Spurling, Rebecca I Lorne. R - Willie Callahan age 19, Oct 25, 1905. S - William S Terris. T - Mamie Birlem. U - Sherwin Stanley 14 months old, Addie Duran's brother. V - Ida Steele Stanley. W - Ruth A + Ethel Wedge. X - Ida Steele, married Bon Stanley her daughters are Ethel and Ruth. [show more]
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]
Description: Photo of (l to r) Harold Wedge, Tud Bunker, Elwood Spurling, and Alton Bunker standing in front of five deer hanging from a rack. The house visible in the background is now Cameron & Nancy Wood's. The barn was Elwood Spurling's but is no longer there. The main road separates the barn and the house.