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Title | Type | Subject | Creator | Date | Place | Rights | |
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Report - "Island Indicators: a report by the Island Institute" prepared by Sarah Curran and Jeremy Gabrielson Islesford Historical Society |
| Report - "Island Indicators: a report by the Island Institute" prepared by Sarah Curran and Jeremy Gabrielson Islesford Historical Society Description: Report contains data about topics such as lobstering, population, median age, income, affordability, etc. | |||||
Publication "Chebacco: The Magazine of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society" Volume VII 2005 Islesford Historical Society |
| Publication "Chebacco: The Magazine of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society" Volume VII 2005 Islesford Historical Society | |||||
Computer run of the Descendants of Jacob Lurvey Islesford Historical Society |
| Computer run of the Descendants of Jacob Lurvey Islesford Historical Society Description: Jacob Lurvey's daughter, Hannah , married William Gilley in 1802 and lived with him on Bakers Island where William was Lightkeeper. One of their sons, Samuel, married Emily Stanley in 1842 and they established the Gilley Farm on Islesford. | |||||
Computer run of the descendants of Phillip Stanwood Islesford Historical Society |
| Computer run of the descendants of Phillip Stanwood Islesford Historical Society Description: Job Stanwood, 1726-1776 . Is thought to have settled for a few years on Islesford before moving to Duck Brook, now Bar Harbor. His grand daughter Mary Stanwood 1816-1888 moved back to Islesford as the wife of Edwin Hadlock. For a record of the Hadlocks of Islesford, see Islesford Historical Society Occasinal Paper # 6 3/1994. | |||||
“Maine Lobsterboats: Builders and lobstermen speak of their craft” by Virginia L. Thorndike, resident of Islesboro Islesford Historical Society |
| “Maine Lobsterboats: Builders and lobstermen speak of their craft” by Virginia L. Thorndike, resident of Islesboro Islesford Historical Society Description: Has many references to MDI as well as Islesford and the Downeast area. | |||||
Book "All About Maine" by John E. Cayford. Published in 1981 Islesford Historical Society |
| Book "All About Maine" by John E. Cayford. Published in 1981 Islesford Historical Society | |||||
Publication "Sterling, Barnard & Related Familes, Volume I + II, by William C. Sterling, JR. Islesford Historical Society |
| Publication "Sterling, Barnard & Related Familes, Volume I + II, by William C. Sterling, JR. Islesford Historical Society Description: Appendix C in Vol. II contains a comprehensive coverage of the last days of Samuel Hadlock who was hanged at Pownalborough on October 28th, 1790 for beating Eliab Gott to death with a fence post | |||||
Cigar-box frame with photo showing the Islesford Congregational Church built in 1898, the home built for Edward and Lucinda Fernald in 1865 and, on the right, the house built by Lamont and Agnes (Hadlock) Spurling in 1886-87. Islesford Historical Society |
| Cigar-box frame with photo showing the Islesford Congregational Church built in 1898, the home built for Edward and Lucinda Fernald in 1865 and, on the right, the house built by Lamont and Agnes (Hadlock) Spurling in 1886-87. Islesford Historical Society Description: These frames were made of sticks and whittled from cigar boxes by surfmen at the Islesford Life Saving Station during their spare time. The photo shows the Main Road in circa. 1920's before it was paved. The photo and frame hung in the Spurling house and was given to the Islesford Historical Society by Cara Spurling in 2005. | |||||
Exploring Limits - Making Decisions About the Use and Development of Maine's Islands. April 1994 Islesford Historical Society |
| Exploring Limits - Making Decisions About the Use and Development of Maine's Islands. April 1994 Islesford Historical Society Description: Report prepared by the Island Institute in cooperation with the Maine State Planning Office | |||||
Magazine "Maine Life Magazine" June 1978 Islesford Historical Society |
| Magazine "Maine Life Magazine" June 1978 Islesford Historical Society Description: Contains articles relating to Baxter Park, Winslow Homer, History of Jordan Pond, and others | |||||
two ledger books containing Francis G. Fernald'slobstering income and expenses records from 1947-1966 and from 1967-1975 Islesford Historical Society |
| two ledger books containing Francis G. Fernald'slobstering income and expenses records from 1947-1966 and from 1967-1975 Islesford Historical Society Description: In January 1947 he was catching 85-160 lbs or so each day he got out . Selling for 40 to 50 centsa pound. In 1975 he was catching only 40 to 60 lbs a day . selling them for $1.40 to $1.60 a lb. | |||||
Sea Stories by Cpt.Francis Fernald Islesford Historical Society |
| Sea Stories by Cpt.Francis Fernald Islesford Historical Society Description: A paper of stories told by Francis Fernald that was prepared by two young students at Southwest Harbor. The Students grandmother, Bernice Gaiser, was caring for Francis and Betty Fernald at a house in Southwest Harbor during the winter of 1994 | |||||
Publication "Chebacco: The Magazine of the Mount Desert Historical Society Volume VII 2005" Islesford Historical Society |
| Publication "Chebacco: The Magazine of the Mount Desert Historical Society Volume VII 2005" Islesford Historical Society Description: Contains Hadlock's Eskimos in New York by Hugh Dwelley pages 52-66 and the last words and dying speech of Samuel L. Hadlock pages 107-111 | |||||
A framed NOTICE of Station Bills & Drills required on steamers carrying passengers Islesford Historical Society |
| A framed NOTICE of Station Bills & Drills required on steamers carrying passengers Islesford Historical Society Description: When not on display, in painting storage | |||||
US Navy Journal containing watch & navigational notes kept by Andrew E.Stanley as a deck officer on the Uss Chestnut Hill on a cruise from New London Conn. to Bermuda and the Azores and return to Key West Florida from Sept26 to Nov 22 1918 Islesford Historical Society |
| US Navy Journal containing watch & navigational notes kept by Andrew E.Stanley as a deck officer on the Uss Chestnut Hill on a cruise from New London Conn. to Bermuda and the Azores and return to Key West Florida from Sept26 to Nov 22 1918 Islesford Historical Society Description: USS Chestnut Hill appears to have been an oiler caring a cargo of gasoline and diesel oil which it pumped from time to time into the fuel tanks of USNavy vessels It sailed-often a zig zag course, in "convoy consisting of SC's... also tug Uss Conestoga." | |||||
Publication "Cranberry Isles, Glimpses of Island Life" by Gerry Noether. 28 Pages published in 1976 Islesford Historical Society |
| Publication "Cranberry Isles, Glimpses of Island Life" by Gerry Noether. 28 Pages published in 1976 Islesford Historical Society Description: Author is a summer resident of GCI, mother of Audrey Noether | |||||
Maine History publication. Volume 40 Winter 2001/2 (A) Volume 41, 2002. Spring (B), Volume 42 October 2005 (C) Islesford Historical Society |
| Maine History publication. Volume 40 Winter 2001/2 (A) Volume 41, 2002. Spring (B), Volume 42 October 2005 (C) Islesford Historical Society | |||||
Books 0318A "Laws and Regulations Relating to the Lighthouse Establishment 1880" 0318B "Instructions to Lightkeepers 1902" 0318 C "Instructions to Employees of the United States Lighthouse Service 1915" Islesford Historical Society |
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Manuscript titled "The Creation and Growth of Acadia National Park by Paul S Richardson Islesford Historical Society |
| Manuscript titled "The Creation and Growth of Acadia National Park by Paul S Richardson Islesford Historical Society Description: Includes numerous beautiful photos of the park features the before and after of the carriage roads. The Kimball House, Jordan Pond House etc, | |||||
Booklet titled Island Life-An Educator's Guide to the Cranberry Isles in the 1800s Islesford Historical Society |
| Booklet titled Island Life-An Educator's Guide to the Cranberry Isles in the 1800s Islesford Historical Society Description: Has some photos and brief histories of early settlers. Some Quotations from Ted Spurling, Sr. | |||||
Notes & Photos from the book Maine Sea Fisheries the rise and fall of a native industry 1830-1890 Islesford Historical Society |
| Notes & Photos from the book Maine Sea Fisheries the rise and fall of a native industry 1830-1890 Islesford Historical Society Description: By Wayne M. O'Leary Northeastern University press, Boston 1996 | |||||
Copies of a broadside advertising the appearance of Eskimaux George Niagungitok in London Islesford Historical Society |
| Copies of a broadside advertising the appearance of Eskimaux George Niagungitok in London Islesford Historical Society Description: George was one of the Eskimo couple who accompanied Samuel Hadlock Jr. on a show tour of Europe from 1821 to 1826 as written about by Rachel Field in God's Pocket | |||||
Notes used by R.Stanley as speaker following the 2006 ann. meeting of the IHS Islesford Historical Society |
| Notes used by R.Stanley as speaker following the 2006 ann. meeting of the IHS Islesford Historical Society Description: The story of the Fev.1880 storm and of the loss of the Mt Desert Schooner Kate Newman | |||||
Hitty Preble of the Cranberry Isles, Maine booklet with woodenHiitty doll on Cover Islesford Historical Society |
| Hitty Preble of the Cranberry Isles, Maine booklet with woodenHiitty doll on Cover Islesford Historical Society Description: A project of the GCI Historical Society based on Rachel Field's book Hitty - Her first 100 years | |||||
DVD of Audrey Noether playing Hannah Caroline's Lament Islesford Historical Society |
| DVD of Audrey Noether playing Hannah Caroline's Lament Islesford Historical Society Description: Hannah Caroline was the Prussian bride of Capt. Samuel Hadlock Jr. of GCI. For the story refer to "God's Pocket" and "Beyond Go'd Pocket" |