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Recording of Cranberry Isles musicians Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	Other		1994		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Recording of Cranberry Isles musicians Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.76.560 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: Other Date: 1994 Description: Audio cassette tape, Music from Cranberry Isles, 28 Jul 1996, Radio Edition, Robert Bloom ed., Chorale Cantata 1994, poetry by M. Luther, M. Fried, A. Block, and Ashley Bryan.
Poetry reading "Weathers" by Charles Wadsworth Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	Other		1998		In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted	Poetry reading "Weathers" by Charles Wadsworth Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2002.44.504 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: Other Date: 1998 Description: Audio cassette tape, poetry reading "Weathers" by Charles Wadsworth, music by Geoff Wadsworth copyright 1998
Goldfinches and Dandelions poetry and music Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	Other	Geoff Wadsworth	1996		In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted	Goldfinches and Dandelions poetry and music Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2002.44.502 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: Other Creator: Geoff Wadsworth Date: 1996 Description: Audio cassette tape, poetry reading "Goldfinches and Dandelions" by Charles Wadsworth, music by Geoff Wadsworth copyright 1996
Cranberry Island Church service Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	Organizations, Religious		1990		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Cranberry Island Church service Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.1.499 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: Organizations, Religious Date: 1990 Description: Audio cassette tape, Cranberry Island Church service, a typical morning at church, Sara Lambert "Sally" Bloom oboe, Susan Storey Frank soprano, Bill Goldberg piano, playing Mozart, Bach, Amazing Grace, & Jim Gertmenian's Hymn, 26 Aug 1990
Interview of Eleanor Gilley Southwest Harbor Public Library	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	People		1991-12-02	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Interview of Eleanor Gilley Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16709 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: People Date: 1991-12-02 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Eleanor Hadlock Gilley, born at Seawall, talks about growing up on the island and her family's history in the area. She walked to school and says it wasn't too bad until she had to go to Southwest Harbor for high school; she remembers getting caught in a blizzard in during a commute in 1922. She stopped at a friends home in Manset and was stuck for two days. Growing up, her father had a penchant for travelling and the family often lost track of him. After high school, Eleanor would go on to teach in the area, spending a total of seventeen years between Trenton, Tremont, and Southwest Harbor. Her husband, who she met in high school, was a lifelong basketball fan and worked for the Hinckley company as a painter. Her grandmother worked in the Manset hotels doing laundry. She also talks about her great-great grandfather who was married to "The Prussian Lady" and would later die at sea. She tells stories from the Great Depression and eating "salmon loaf," as it was the only food available. [show more]
Interview of Ruth Grindle Southwest Harbor Public Library	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	People		1992-01-06	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Interview of Ruth Grindle Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16711 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: People Date: 1992-01-06 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Esther Rodick interviews Ruth Grindle who talks about her life in Southwest Harbor. Neither of her parents were originally from the area, but her father moved to Bar Harbor to work in a jewelry story before moving to Southwest Harbor to open his own store. In 1921, he became the town Postmaster, but was dismissed in 1933 when FDR was elected-back then, the Postmaster was tied to the political party in power. Ruth talks about how she loved watching the JT Morris steamship come to town and seeing the workers running on and off with the freight. She remembers fires in town, and horse stable, and ice storage. Ruth met her husband at Echo Lake, where she went for recreation. She worked at the Dirigo Hotel and her husband worked as a boatbuilder. After recovering from Guillan-Barre syndrome, the two opened a store in the 1950s which sold a wide variety of things. Finally, she tells of how she finagled her way into meeting FDR when he visited Southwest Harbor. [show more]
Interview of Henry and Elizabeth Guthrie Southwest Harbor Public Library	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	People		1991-08-31	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Interview of Henry and Elizabeth Guthrie Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16712 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: People Date: 1991-08-31 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Esther Rodick interviews Henry and Elizabeth Guthrie. Originally, the couple lived together in New York City where Henry worked as a lawyer at a very big firm. They came to MDI in 1933 after being invited to the house party of a friend, and soon began coming regularly. They usually chartered a boat from Farnham Butler, but eventually bought the boat "Snowflake" outright after enjoying it so much. Elizabeth recalled a conversation between Farnham Butler and Henry Hinckley about the future of boatbuilding. She also talks about taking the "Bar Harbor Express," a train from Washington D.C. up to a ferry which would complete the journey to Bar Harbor. The Guthries were always just summer people, but felt that they belonged in Southwest Harbor and were very complimentary of the people they met in town. They talk about how they would spend time in SWH every summer because of the great dancing and restaurants. She talks about sailing up and down the coast of Maine, her love of ecology, donating land to the local college for research and studies, and their extensive travelling. They took the first passenger ship to England after World War Two ended. She finishes by telling a story of a passenger fixing a Douglass DC-3 plane with a screwdriver; he was an expert mechanic after working on them during World War Two. [show more]
Interview of Andrew Herrick Southwest Harbor Public Library	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	People		1991-02-07	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Interview of Andrew Herrick Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16714 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: People Date: 1991-02-07 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: A woman interviews Andrew Herrick, who begins by listing off al his male ancestors from memory. The earliest Herrick came to America around the Revolutionary War and built a log cabin at the head of Somes Sound, but he did not stay. The first Herrick to stay was Isaac who ran a tide mill in Southwest Harbor. Andrew grew up in the house that Isaac built. He served in the Army during the first World War for the final 18 days of the war, though even those were grueling and horrifying. After service, he returned to marry Hulda Hodgkins, with whom he had a daughter. Andrew drove a truck for a gas company, living in Bar Harbor and Ellsworth but was forced to stop that work in 1952 following a shoulder injury. He has many stories from his time in Southwest Harbor; the first car in the town, Beech Mountain priginally being called Herrick Mountain, finding bootleg booze in Summer People's houses. He talks about his ancestor William Herrick who was feared by the British. Andrew also had several stories about Billy Tot, a man who worked as a cabin boy for Captain Norwood and eventually lived a primitive life on the edges of society near Southwest Harbor. [show more]
Interview of Harold R. Beal Southwest Harbor Public Library	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	People		1994-11-15	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Interview of Harold R. Beal Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16607 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: People Date: 1994-11-15 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: In this interview Harold R. Beal talks about the early history of the Beal family, his experience in the U.S. Navy during World War II (including stories about the preparation and invasion of Omaha Beach), and life in Southwest Harbor before and after World War II.
Interview of Elmer "Buzzy" Lawrence Beal Southwest Harbor Public Library	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	People		1992-10-13	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Interview of Elmer "Buzzy" Lawrence Beal Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16606 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: People Date: 1992-10-13 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: In this interview, Elmer "Buzzy" Lawrence Beal talks about his family history on Cranberry and Manset islands, fishing, steam ship service, working at a Coast Guard station, the beginning of Beal's Lobster Warf, his grandparents life on Mt. Desert Rock, and life during World War II in Southwest Harbor.
Interview of Calvin and Edna Alley Southwest Harbor Public Library	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	People		1991-02-24	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Interview of Calvin and Edna Alley Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16604 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: People Date: 1991-02-24 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: In this interview Calvin Carroll Alley and Edna E. (Bagley) Alley speak about their early life (without electric power) in Jonesport, Southwest Harbor, Ilseford (Little Cranberry Island), life on their farm, a career in the Coast Guard, and running a restaurant together in Southwest Harbor.
A series of interviews of Ralph Stanley conducted by David Spurling Southwest Harbor Public Library	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	People		1996	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	A series of interviews of Ralph Stanley conducted by David Spurling Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16601 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: People Date: 1996 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: David Spurling interviewing Ralph Stanley about his life. Interview 1: Stories of boatbuilding, family life, voyages, and historical events. Interview 2: Details of shipbuilding, historic events, details of lost seamen, and Southwest Harbor specific historical events. Interview 3A: Stanley family history, details of other Southwest Harbor families, specific vessel details, and stories of foreign voyages including being on the pepper trade from India. Interview 3B: Stories of sailing, navigating a dangerous rock at Cranberry Island using dories, stories about Admiral Byrd of Arctic exploring fame, stories of rum running, and a story about Christopher Lawler. Interview 4: Stories of the Robinson and Nickerson families, a story about Emily Robinson. Interview 4: A story about a Cole Robinson sailing disaster and reading of several newspaper accounts of Mount Desert Island citizens. [show more]
Interviews of Richard Carroll about the Carroll family Southwest Harbor Public Library	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	People		1991	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Interviews of Richard Carroll about the Carroll family Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16602 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: People Date: 1991 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: In these interviews, Richard Carroll recollects his own childhood on the Carroll homestead as well as describes the Carroll family's journey from Ireland and their establishment in Southwest Harbor.
Lydia Vandenberg and Earl Shettleworth Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	People Places, Town		1996	Mount Desert, Seal Harbor		Lydia Vandenberg and Earl Shettleworth Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-6987 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: People Places, Town Date: 1996 Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor Description: Talk about Seal Harbor. 2nd file is incomplete.
A Visit Among Islanders - Northeast Harbor Library Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	Events Other		11.20.1999	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		A Visit Among Islanders - Northeast Harbor Library Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-6990 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: Events Other Date: 11.20.1999 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Program of recitations presented under the Library's Public Performance Program, organized by Judith Blank. Jeff McKeen, host Ted Spurling Sr. (Islesford) Elizabeth Carlson (Swan's Island) Bob Quinn (Eagle Island) Includes old favorites by: Robert W. Service, Ruth Moore, Holman Day (by Jeff McKeen) Rachel Field, poems from childhood (by Ted Spurling) Original poems from Swan's Island (by Betty Carlson) Several other original poems of Eagle Island (written in the 1930's by Bonney Quinn, read from the original manuscript by his nephew, Bob Quinn). Recorded in the Mellon Room, Northeast Harbor Library. [show more]
Carlton Taylor Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	People	Carlton Taylor	3/21/1994			Carlton Taylor Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3977 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: People Creator: Carlton Taylor Date: 3/21/1994 Description: Interviewed by Judith Blank
Harland Carr Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Recording, Audio Recording	People	Harland Carr	2/7/1994			Harland Carr Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3973 Type: Document, Recording, Audio Recording Subject: People Creator: Harland Carr Date: 2/7/1994 Description: Stories of Northeast Harbor people and places Interviewer: Judith Blank.

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