Description: "Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles." This is a publication by Down East magazine. This article, by Herbert Edwards, gives a behind the scenes look of author Rachel Field.
Description: Certificate of Endowed Care for C. Wilson Chamberlin. This certificate states that Chamberlin and his wife Mary Marr Chamberlin have exclusive burial rights at Gulf Pines Memorial Park.
Description: Covenant for Perpetual Interment for Clarence Wilson Chamberlin. This is a document from the State of Florida as a receipt for a grave plot on the Gulf Pines Memorial Park.
Description: The death certificate for Clarence Wilson Chamberlin. It says that cranberry islander Louise Marr was the informant of the death. Chamberlin was 75 years old when he died of heart disease.
Description: Retirement contract for Andrew A. McSorley from the State of Connecticut State Teachers' Retirement Board. Retirement date effective as of July 1st, 1973, with an annuity of $124.33 and a pension of $692.51. Creditable service time totaled 37 years and 4 months.
Description: Document. Cremation Certificate for "Mary M. Chamberlin" (maiden name "Marr"). Issued by the city of Cambridge Massachusetts on June 20th, 1977. Signed by the superintendent of Mt. Auburn Cemetary.
Description: Document. Certificate of Death for "Mary Chamberlin (nee Marr)", from city of Boston, issued on July 26, 1977. Date of death listed as June 17, 1977. Cause of death listed as Carcinoid Tumor.
Description: Issue of the Bangor Daily News from Monday, September 9, 1974 (vol. 86, no. 72). Major stories include President Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon, Hurricane Carmen in Louisiana, the TWA airplane crash in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Greece, and Evel Knievel's failed attempt to rocket across the Snake River Canyon in Idaho. Other state and local news is included as well. There are also wedding announcements, sports, an op-ed page, obituaries, classified advertisements, and comics. People Mentioned: Gerald R. Ford, Richard M. Nixon, Philip W. Buchen, Evel Knievel, Stephen Katz, Archibald Cox, Barry Goldwater, Spiro T. Agnew, Nelson Rockefeller, George H. W. Bush, Robert Strauss, Eugenio Martinez, William Cohen, William D. Hathaway, Edmund S. Muskie, Edwin Edwards, Gilbert Durbin, Robert Truax, Donald Branker, Bernard Barker, Baruch Korff, Chesterield Smith, Joseph Rauh, W. Clement Stone, Frederick Hare, Peggy Hare, Jerald F. TerHorst, Jon Lund, James Erwin, George Mitchell, Leon Jaworski, Arthur F. Sampson, J. Herbert Miller, Ronald L. Ziegler, Edward Brooke, Mike Mansfield, Robert C. Byrd, George McGovern, Lloyd M. Bentsen, William E. Brock, John Tower, Jacob Javits, Creighton Abrams, Creighton Abrams Jr., Mrs. William L. James, Mrs. Creighton Abrams, H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, John N. Mitchell, Gordon Strachan, Robert C. Mardian, Kenneth W. Parkinson, John J. Sirica, Warren E. Burger, William O. Douglas, Clarence L. VerSteeg, Paul Mishkin, Peter N. Kyros, James Longley, John Barker, William Cohen, Charles J. Ramsberger, Stanley Leen Jr., John J. Rhodes, Luis Echeverria, Jose Guadalupe Zuno Hernandez, Ann Mackay, Anna McCloskey, Bill Smith, Michael Allen, Kathy Allen, David Grant, Arthur Poulin, Lizette Breton, Judy Rynne, Jeannette Thibodeau, Robert Cloutier, Jane Lowell, Anthony Betts, Kathleen Lord, Steve Curtis, Rena Rodgerson, Sharon S. Espling, Peter E. Espling, Roger B. Kelley, Bernard Kelley, Paul Gleichman, Ellen Espling, James Coulter, Carole Jane Noddin, Barry Lewis, Lewis Beckford, Charles Davidson, Lawrence Noddin, Lawrence Lewis, Nancy E. McCann, Jonathan Spatt, Keith Ingraham, Albert Murch, Loretta Kay Boyer, Merle O. Boyer, James Albert Pickard Jr., Agnes Pickard, James A. Pickard Sr., George Gray, Karen Palmiter, Asa Pickard, Merle O. Boyer Jr., Alan Stubbs, Sally Worster, Dale Porter, Kenneth Foss, Paul Worcester, Ronald Porter, Lois Senter, Debbie Hartt, Roxanna Gould, Marlana Cumming, Lorraine Charloux, Karla Jo Senter, Michael Porter, Audie Gould, Keith Thompson, Michael Littlefield, Raymond Charloux, Camille Lynn Cushman, David Louis Eddy, Hartland Cushman, George Eddy, Robert Sterling, Lisa Cushman, Mary Ellen Connell, Barbara Ingraham, Dale Hartford, Kerry Connell, Craig Gray, Rachel Brudnoy, Stephen Green, Kassel Abelson, David Silverman, David Brudnoy, Simon Brudnoy, Edward Green, Mrs. David Brudnoy, Howard Stanley, Jerry Darsie, Ira Isbin, Barbara Eleanor Mealey, Robert W. Mealey, Joseph Wayne Morin, Francis E. Morin, Norman Young, William Greene, Mrs. Robert I. Mealey, Mrs. Daniel J. Brooker, Mrs. Brian L. Lowell, Mrs. Scott A. Giroux, Debbie deGroff, Carol L. Belanger, Charles F. Giberson, Daniel J. Brooker, Brian L. Lowell, Robert I. Mealey, Michael D. Mealey, Dave Cannon, Steve Bull, Ernie Hardy, Alan Armstrong, Gary Burley, Don Rock, Rod Pace, Russ Fox, Mike Bolt, Tom Pinto, Marc Katz, Jack Leggett, Danny Rhino, Randy Rhino, Steve Boxer, Dave Buck, Mike Axe, Glen Cutting, George Stout, Bill Hohl, Rich Diggs, Danny Buggs, Tim Felt, Art Bent, Sandy Hertz, Sam Blood, Jegg Gray, Scott Blackburn, Brian White, Jim Tann, Pat Green, Dave Brown, Randy Pass, Brian Book, Jim Fish, Ed Walz, Bruce Salmon, Ed Szcerba, Steve Krychomski, Andy Zdobylak, Nick Tarabacchia, Steve Szewczuk, George Mattyasovszky, Jimmy Jimenez, Mike Hart, Jim Soule, Jim Shook, Forrest Fezler, Bruce Crampton, J. C. Snead, Gary Player, Mike Hill, Tommy Aaron, Ben Crenshaw, Phil Rodgers, Jim Ferriell, Richie Hebner, Dick Pole, Doug Griffin, Mario Guerrero, Dwight Evans, Juan Marichal, Tim Johnson, Pedro Garcia, Cecil Cooper, Juan Beniquez, Tim McCarver, Doug Griffin, Tommy Harper, Bernie Carbo, Rico Petrocelli, Ken Berry, George Scott, Johnny Briggs, Darrell Porter, Gorman Thomas, Bill Freehan, Al Kaline, Joe Coleman, Dick Tidrow, Ron LeFlore, Gary Sutherland, Ben Oglivie, Chris Chambliss, Roy White, Walt Abbott, Steve Vance, Chris Alyward, Kevin Foley, Russ McDonald, Mike Gries, Gerry Shea, Mike Budrowe, Rudy DiPietro, Mark DiGregorio, Rich Prior, Mickey McGuire, Mike Wallace, Kirk Douglass, Roger Dalton, Bill Hilster, Phil Cameron, Mike Drouin, Tim Labbe, Ferguson Jenkins, Ken Holtzman, George Hendrick, Tom McCraw, Charlie Spikes, Jim Perry, Enos Cabell, Don Baylor, Ellie Hendricks, Mark Belanger, Frank Duffy, Luis Alvarado, Bill Buckner, Mike Marshall, Jack Billingham, Dave Lopes, Pedro Borbon, Manny Mota, Pete Rose, Brian Butterfield, Ben Tibbetts, Ben Corbett, Andy Sturgeon, Rich Pullen, Neil Prendergast, Hans Antonsen, Eddie Miller, Ronnie Gordon, Bert Philbrick, Rick Albert, Dennis Jewell, Lin Hindshaw, Brian Perkins, Ken Topel, Kevin Butler, Cliff Reuter, Howard Weldon, Matt Hackett, Gary Perry, Matt Keller, Wilbur Howard, Randy Jones, Steve Rogers, Lou Brock, Wayne Garrett, Maury Wills, Jimmy Connors, Ken Rosewall, John Newcombe, Margaret Court, Billie Jean King, Evonne Goolagong, Chris Evert, Bill Battle, Condredge Holloway, Ricky Townsend, Dick Vermeil, John Sciarra, Brett White, Dave Buckey, Bob Boone, Arthur Winslow, Robbie Dickinson, Joel Cormier, Rodger Geren, Mark Armstrong, Robbie Emerson, Aaron Boynton, Brian Morrow, Scott Mountford, Lance Gallant, Jeff Dunn, Jeff Brown, Tim King, Peter Gordon, David Ingraham, Dale Stone, Leo Trevino, Bobby Nichols, Hale Irwin, Jim Plunkett, Randy Vataha, Earl Morrall, Bob Griese, Howard Twilley, Marlin Briscoe, Bob Berry, Fran Tarkenton, Jim Lash, John Gilliam, John Holland, Chuck Foreman, Jimmie Jones, Wayne Fiegenbaum, Bert Roberge, Ed Flaherty, Galen Workman, Tony DiBiase, Steve Conley, John Sawyer, Russ Quetti, David W. Bustin, Joseph Kozak, Franklin A. Peters, Edward Kennedy, Michael J. Harrington, Salvador Allende Gossens, Henry A. Kissinger, William E. Colby, Norman Lodow, Lawrence Greenlaw, Eddie Rickenbacker, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Zane Grey, Minnie Henderson, Val Vardamis, Roger Lyford, Lorraine Cote, Gerard Cyr, Jack Anderson, John Lennon, Abigail Van Buren, Bob King, Jim Stanko, Joanne Stanko, Lucius H. Dwelley, Harold Kilbreth, James Bush, Oscar R. Hahnel, Mrs. Donald W. McIntosh, Mark Gartley, Eugene Richardson, Scott Ireland, Frank Jordan, Mrs. Richard Dill, Kenneth M. Curtis, Hal Murray, William Leahy, William Schulz Jr., Bruce Douglas, Gail Galeditz, John Morey, Louis Garibaldi, Ernest Smith, Richard Coffin, Arthur West, Spencer Appollonio, Lisa Flaherty, George Berry, Harold Keezer, Rosaire Sirois, Wilbur Nedeau, Mrs. Wayne Mallar, Marion Thurston, Warren Charles, Paul Chabonneau, Paul Bird, Hollis Fickett, Donna Allen, Katherine Williams, Norman Autotte, Jane Downey, Henry Noonan, William Vasquez, William F. Leary, Robert Kiley, Robert diGrazia, Carl B. Sterzing Jr., Frederic C. Dumaine Jr., Nelson L. Clark, Doris Withee, Stella Stafford, Ellen G. Brooks, Esther Nickerson, Ann Caswell, Patsy Hughey, John W. Meisner, Sarah Colson, Mrs. Ralph E. Grant, Marion Marden, Arline Locke, Charles Perkins, George Perkins, Mrs. Douglas M. Holmes, Celia Thomas, Gary Gould, Beth Griffin, Stanley Griffin, Mrs. Richard Sawyer, Bob Turner, C. Peters, Marjorie Tilley, George Holman, Violet Chasse, Carl Snow, Sally Snow, Jennie Snow, Grace Rideout, Mrs. Ronald Bell, Mrs. Kenneth Glidden, G. Read, Mary Chase, Wally Wilbur, William Kerr, Emmy L. McCarthy, Sterling Ellingwood, Joseph L. Stover, Rodman Logan, Waye Estey, Leona A. Gillis, Arthur R. Fish Jr., Albert J. Clukey, Harold Carpenter, John Houghton, Evelyn R. Ross, Gertrude Strout, Lionel L. Moore, Senja S. Kanerva, Ernestine Roe Hedrick, Earl R. Dempsey, Helen Gilman Davis, Elizabeth L. Martin, Myra F. Downing, Marie Helena Carney, Mattie Jollotta, Laura B. Reed, John N. McDonnell, Helen Dube, Leona Lamarre, Eddie Jalbert, Joseph Gould, Alton Lyons, Rose Anna Cyr, Mrs. Oildred Johnson, Prentiss Larrabee, John Dean, Kenneth Murphy, Frank Blanchard, Walter E. Washington, Clifford L. Alexander, Shirley Cothran, Henry LaBree, Myrtle Hadley, Eddie Albert, Dan Boober, Beverly Ayer, Mrs. Kelsey E. Patten, Ola I. Meade, Carolyn Harlow, Robert E. Morris, Rebecca Ann King, Betty Ford, Cornelia Wallace, George Wallace, Kolbjorn Varman, Gordon Ritchie, Valentin Hernandez, Harold Wilson, Arthur Ashely [show more]
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description: A booklet about daily life and activities on Cranberry Island with some illustrations. Property of Hugh L. Dwelley, Islesford, Maine. Acw. #0316 Date 03/06 People Mentioned: Hugh L. Dwelley, Lura Bodwell, Tinker Colby, Charles Rice, Steve Spurling, Lynn Colby, Winslow Bunker, Maggie Denver, Gary Allen, Norma Bunker, Kenneth Lemoine, David Lemoine, Joyce Forsyte, Edith Cunningham, Dick McFalls, Gail Colby, Sonja Colby, David Westphal, Louise Sorenson, Beverly Sanborn, Wendy Sundstrom, Carl Nelson, Barbara Brooks, Charles E. Harwood, Charles N. Davie, Alexander P. MacDonald, J. W. Tingley, A. D. Knight, Daniel E. Fox, James B. Ford, Melvin Hutchins, Charles Gordon Cumming, Howard N. Bacon, Sarah Fraley, Wilfred Bunker, Amaziah Alley, Margie Phippin, Donald Allen, Julius Luck, Lyndon Colby, Robert Alley, Tud Bunker, Lil Samenfeld, Mark Samenfeld, Jack Helliker, Mickey MacFarlan, Gretna Finkelstein, Chuck Liebow, Don Hagberg, Helena Hagberg, Keith Wedge, Carl Fernald, Ada Rice, Marilyn Peterson, Irene Bartlett, Carl Brooks, Frances Bartlett, Cathy Poulin, Karen Bunker, Polly Storey, Betty Sprague, Elmer Hadlock, Polly Bunker, Ruth Stanley, Timmy Savage, Blair Colby, Ginna Murray, Lionel Sundstrom, Norman Sanborn, Ed Gray, Willie Wellman, Herman Savage, William Preble, George V. Spurling, George W. Colby, Abraham C. Fernald, W. M. Richardson [show more]
Description: Receipt for Louise Sorenson's Post Office Box 6 on GCI, signed by Marjorie Phippen (postmistress), December 24, 1975. Sorenson died the next year.
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.
Description: Photographs. Digital copies of three trays of color film slides loaned by donor - about 225 total. Wesley Bracy, Jr. scuba diving expeditions in local area in 1970s-1980s - close-up photos of aquatic flora and fauna, mastodon bone, underwater scenery, a storm, brass ship fittings from local wrecks, and more. Digital files are on NAS Museum Photos. (See also GCIHS 1000.212.1260A-D recovered brass shipwreck artifacts loaned by Bracy in 2000. And Bracy's 2015 presentation at GCIHS located on NAS /video/Events Videos/BracyLecture2015. [show more]
Description: Photos, 1060a-f4. (a) Clarence Beal at the helm of a vessel. (b) Clarence Beal in uniform. (c) Clarence Beal in uniform, just his head. (d) Clarence Beal at the helm of a vessel; inscribed "Clarence Beal Sept. 1973". (e) Reataurant on the old Beal and Bunker Dock on GCI.
Description: Photo of Halloween party held at the Firehouse in 1973. Label on back of people from left to right 'Joan Westphal, Rebecca Sanborn, Rhonda Colby, Rolf and James Westphal, Kitty Peterson Around apple bobbing tub Nancy Savage, Mark Alley, Gretchen Westphal, Tonya Colby, Cherie Sanborn, Norman Sanborn'
Description: Photograph, b&w, Edgar N. White with handwritten note: "July 1970. He died 7 Jan 1972." (Edgar was second husb. Of Alice White, and Lucille Sayre's step-father.)
Description: Photograph, b&w, Alice White with handwritten note: "11 Nov 1977, Singer Island, Florida. Home for winter." (Alice was Lucille Sayre's mother.)