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Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping	Places, Island			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.292.2047 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Places, Island Description: Document. Newspaper article, "Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles" Boston Evening Transcript, Saturday, July 28, 1928, page 3. An Expert Leads the Forces and Guarantees to Drive the Pests Out or No Pay; By Karl Schriftgiesser, Northeast Harbor, Me. Article begins: "Eighteen Russians and native Yankees are fighting a desperate battle on the Cranberry Isles that shelter the south side of Mt. Desert from fury of the seas." This sardonic article explains the project to rid the Cranberry Isles of mosquitoes. Mentions Moorfield Storey's role; and Major Edward Skinner was the engineer (founder of the United States Drainage and Irrigation Company); cost $12,000. Article states that "It is the first place anywhere in the State of Maine that mosquito eradication will have been attempted." Mentions several sites to be worked on: a crisscross of trenches will drain a "salt marsh covers between eight and nine hundred acres and is free of all drainage." As well as "The "haith," as it is known locally, is nearly a mile in length. Now a long trench stretches the long way and other transverse ditches help to drain it." And "A dozen or so other swamps and salt marsh areas dot the island." "Deep down into these beaches of rock and gravel and sand wooden outlets have been sunk. In some instances the depth has been from six to twelve feet. The outlets have been constructed of heavy timbers rather than of iron or clay pipes because wood alone can withstand the constant buffeting of heavy rocks tossed hither and yon by a sea that is often in an angry mood. Iron would break, clay would crumble, wood alone can stand the strain." "On Great Cranberry there is a point of ground known locally for years as Pond Point. In this area are (or rather, were) Birlem's pond and the so-called Salt Lakes. Scientific drainage has entirely dissipated Birlem's pond and when the huge twelve-foot drain through a dishearteningly rocky beach has been completely cut the Salt Lakes will have been drained slowly into the sea." Mentions the 70-foot whale that beached itself there during WWII. "Near Green Spot and Long Point other treacherous bogs have been drained. Islesford, as Little Cranberry rather vainly calls itself, is fast being dried up. Sutton, the aristocrat of the small archipelago, is quickly becoming a pestless place." "Some of the native population is skeptical of results. Others, led by such whole-hearted citizens as Mr. and Mrs. John Hamor and Millard Spurling, have done fine work to help Mr. Storey in the war of which he is the prime mover. Summer residents of the islands and nearby harbors, the Cranberry Club, and other organizations have helped considerably." See complete transcript by Bruce Komusin. Article was in a wood and glass frame with cardboard backing, badly deteriorated. Removed from frame 9/18/14. [show more]
Friends of Hitty Newsletters 1995-2002 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Newsletter	People Places, Island			Copyright Not Evaluated	Friends of Hitty Newsletters 1995-2002 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.22.1000 Type: Publication, Newsletter Subject: People Places, Island Description: Collection of "Friends of Hitty Newsletters" Published quarterly by Virginia Ann Heyerdahl. Collection contains each issue from January 1995 - Fall 2002
Who Owned Baker's Island? by Hugh Dwelley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Article	Places, Island			Copyright Not Evaluated	Who Owned Baker's Island? by Hugh Dwelley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2008.141.1084 Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: Places, Island Description: Publication. "Who Owned Baker's Island?" Written and compiled by Hugh Dwelley of the Islesford Historical Society
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]
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"
"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
Island Reader magazine 2006-1008 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Periodical, Magazine	Places, Island			In Copyright	Island Reader magazine 2006-1008 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.935 Type: Publication, Periodical, Magazine Subject: Places, Island Description: The Island Reader Volume I: Spring 2006, Volume II: Spring 2007, Volume IV: Spring 2009, Volume III, Spring 2008
Running To Catch Up Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Other Publication	People Places, Island	Edith Favour			Running To Catch Up Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1747 Type: Publication, Other Publication Subject: People Places, Island Creator: Edith Favour Description: Personal narratives, wife of Park Ranger, life in Maine and elsewhere.
Lure of the Maine Coast Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping	People Places, Island	William Witherle	Oct-88		Lure of the Maine Coast Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2031 Type: Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping Subject: People Places, Island Creator: William Witherle Date: Oct-88 Description: Short biography of Fitz Hugh Lane and an excerpt from William Witherle's diary of a sailing trip with Lane and 4 other men from Castine to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1988.
Publications “The Island Reader Volumes I-V” Islesford Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Anthology	Places, Island				Publications “The Island Reader Volumes I-V” Islesford Historical Society Identifier: ihs-2433 Type: Publication, Literary, Anthology Subject: Places, Island Description: Contributions by residents of Frenchboro, Great Cranberry, Islesford, Isle au Haut, and Swan’s Island
The Island Reader Islesford Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Anthology	Organizations, Civic Places, Island				The Island Reader Islesford Historical Society Identifier: ihs-2441 Type: Publication, Literary, Anthology Subject: Organizations, Civic Places, Island Description: Vol. 6 Spring 2011
Island Journal - The Annual Publication of the Island Institute - Volume Twenty - Nine Islesford Historical Society	Publication, Periodical, Magazine	Places, Island				Island Journal - The Annual Publication of the Island Institute - Volume Twenty - Nine Islesford Historical Society Identifier: ihs-2591 Type: Publication, Periodical, Magazine Subject: Places, Island Description: Page 52 is an article called "Islesford's Creative Economy - Island Artists Must Also Be Entrepreneurs" by Carl Little. Page 70 has a picture of Lil and Chuddy Alley
The Last WASP Enclave Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping	Places, Island	John Sedgwick	Sep-91		The Last WASP Enclave Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1907 Type: Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping Subject: Places, Island Creator: John Sedgwick Date: Sep-91 Description: On MDI, off the coast of Maine, our man observes the Rockefellers at rest and decides to go native. The description of Island & customs are great. Published on GQ, September 1991
Henry Buxton says Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Clipping	People Places, Island	Henry Buxton			Henry Buxton says Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1912 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: People Places, Island Creator: Henry Buxton Description: A clipping from a newspaper article about Mrs. Harriet M. Lyman, 80, who saw Mt. Desert Develop from Fishing Villages to World-famed Resort, also a Photograph of Mrs. Lyman.
Adventures on Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping	Businesses, Other Business Places, Island	John Cole	Jul-95		Adventures on Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1873 Type: Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping Subject: Businesses, Other Business Places, Island Creator: John Cole Date: Jul-95 Description: Buckboards and down-home cooking were the chief creature comforts for island visitors in the decade before the great hotels and cottages began to crowd the scene. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1995
Recollections of Summers Spent: Northeast Harbor, Maine. Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Literary, Memoir	Places, Island	Henry T. Reath			Recollections of Summers Spent: Northeast Harbor, Maine. Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1754 Type: Publication, Literary, Memoir Subject: Places, Island Creator: Henry T. Reath Description: A collection of 1930 and 1940 boyhood memories of time at "Rockend Dock" including stories of Captains Lou Stanley, Bert Spurling and Bill Black. 2 copies.
Beals Island Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Literary, Memoir	Places, Island	Mary C. Wheelwright			Beals Island Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1489 Type: Publication, Literary, Memoir Subject: Places, Island Creator: Mary C. Wheelwright Description: A paper signed Notes of Mary C. Wheelwright September 1947 that highlights her interactions with locals about Beals Island.

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