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Cranberry Isles Map and Cottage Directory 1958 (laminated)
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • Places
  • Places, Island
  • L.S. Robinson Real Estate
  • 1958
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Cranberry Isles Map and Cottage Directory 1958 (laminated)
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Map. Laminated 1958 Cranberry Isles Cottage Directory (L.S. Robinson Real Estate) houses numbered and owners identified.
Cranberry Isles Map and Cottage Directory 1958 (annotated)
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • L. S. Robinson Co.
  • 1958
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Cranberry Isles Map and Cottage Directory 1958 (annotated)
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
1958 Cranberry Isles Map and Cottage Directory by L.S. Robinson Real Estate, with annotations by Louise Marr or Doris McSorley.
Aerial view of Great Cranberry with Sutton and Manset 1944
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Aerial view of Great Cranberry with Sutton and Manset 1944
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Photograph, large, high resolution black and white 1944 print of aerial view of portion of Great Cranberry Island with Sutton Island and coast of Manset. Identifying numbers across top of photo: G8-20 ME 44.67 1030 5-26-44C 1232. Written in pencil on reverse is: McSorley; Doris "Dot" P. Marr McSorley was the sister of Louise Marr, descendants of the Preble family on GCI, inheritors of house and large properties. Details of houses and landscapes discernible. Was photo taken from a blimp? (Shortly after the date of this photograph (5/26/44), a blimp crashed (allegedly shot down) in in this region - July 3, 1944. See Hugh Dwelley article at http://archive.bangordailynews.com/2003/03/15/another-tale-from-maines-u-boat-file/). [show more]
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
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]
Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • 1925
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead, oil, framed, of a marsh or field with still water in the foreground, trees in the background, and the mountains of Acadia National Park in the far distance; perhaps The Pool on Great Cranberry Island; or the Bass Harbor marshes per artist Carl Little who has painted there. Written on the back: "Mr Kinkead painted this picture / Presented it to Sadie Hamor 1925"; the painting, on canvas, is cut from its original stretcher and glued to a cardboard backing. (Note: the artist's name is a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid.) [show more]
Lifesaving Service collection
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Island
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Lifesaving Service collection
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Collection of items from Alice White from 1955, included are postcards from Gott's Island from 1912 and several receipts. One book: Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Lifesaving Service for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1879. Book stamped with "Custom House Portland ME Sep. 27, 1880" and has inscription on the first page "Alice White 1955". Includes services rendered by various crews 1879.
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
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
Description:
Publication. "Who Owned Baker's Island?" Written and compiled by Hugh Dwelley of the Islesford Historical Society
Western Way properties for sale
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Places, Island
  • 1993
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Western Way properties for sale
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
(A) Six oceanfront lots for sale by Marr family along the Western Way (southwest coast) on Great Cranberry, July 2, 1970 Bar Harbor Times. (B) Map of lots for sale listing the lots as Cranberry Cove, Spruce Haven, Rockledge, Preble Cove, Western Way, and Roberts (on Long Point).
Wooden plaque, Arms of Bermuda
Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Object, Art, Decorative Plaque
  • Places, Island
  • Copyright Undetermined
Wooden plaque, Arms of Bermuda
Northeast Harbor Fleet
Description:
Mahogany plaque with applied elements, one of which displays the coat of arms of the island of Bermuda, and the other mimics a gold ribbon upon which "Arms Bermuda" is painted. The arms of Bermuda shows a red lion holding a shield upon which is a depiction of a wrecked ship.
Copies two of 1787 Gregoire to W. Margaret Standley deeds
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Places, Island
  • Bartholomew De Gregoire
  • 1787
  • No Copyright - United States
Copies two of 1787 Gregoire to W. Margaret Standley deeds
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Xerox copies of two of 1787 Gregoire to W. Margaret Standley (GCI). From Elizabeth Selim. Very hard to read, but it goes over the who owns what land on Great Cranberry Island.
Xerox copy of a deed of land rights.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Places, Island
  • Bartholomew De Gregoire
  • 1792
  • No Copyright - United States
Xerox copy of a deed of land rights.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Land deed. Involves Aaron Bunker and his Heirs, but is rather hard to read.
"A Capsule History of Mt. Desert Island."
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Oral History
  • Places, Island
  • No Copyright - United States
"A Capsule History of Mt. Desert Island."
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A written down history of Mt. Desert and all of the surrounding harbors. This history mentions the Native Americans who used to travel out to the islands in the summer. IT also mentions Jackson lab and Acadia National Park.
Letter re: annexing Bear Island
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Island
  • 1850
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Letter re: annexing Bear Island
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, 1 handwritten sheet, letter from J.G. Lauyer to W.P. Preble on annexing Bear Island to Cranberry Isles, 27 Feb 1850. Envelope item 693 contained items 692 and 40. Transcribed.
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
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
Description:
Document, 1 handwritten sheet, poem "I Like a Window Looking Out Upon the Sea"
Poem: Beautiful Isle by the old open sea
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
  • Places, Island
  • 1895
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Poem: Beautiful Isle by the old open sea
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, both sides of 1 typewritten sheet, poem composed by ELP for Mrs. CMR (Carrie M. Richardson?) to recite at a concert Oct 1895 in the old Union Meeting House. First line: "Beautiful Isle by the old open sea"
Quitclaim deed to Charles E. Spurling
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Places, Island
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Quitclaim deed to Charles E. Spurling
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, undated, typewritten copy of quitclaim deed from Spurlings, Stanleys, and Richardsons to Charles E. Spurling of 11 lots of land all previously belonging to Joseph S. Spurling. (Location of lots in county record books are listed (1847-1854) properties of Joseph S. Spurling.)
Deed: Fernald to Dunbar 1884
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Places, Island
  • 1884
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Deed: Fernald to Dunbar 1884
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Bear Island Deed,.5 Nov 1884 (modern photocopy)
Information about properties along the GCI road
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Information about properties along the GCI road
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Documents. Information about properties along the GCI road "I-95". Handwritten loose leaf pages. Descriptions of lots for I-95 (local name), written copies of deeds. According to Bruce Komusin, they had to arrange rights-of-way for the road along each property. Uncertain author(s) – probably Louise Marr or Dot McSorley (sisters). Three groups of handwritten notes, and one typewritten letter from Malcolm S. Stevenson, Blaisdell & Blaisdell, Counsellors at Law, Ellsworth, ME, October 23, 1973 to Mrs. Mary Chamberlin, 31 Red Coat Road, Westport, Conn, two typewritten pages re: Blanche Atkinson Cranberry Isles property. [show more]
Maine Coast Heritage Trust newsletter
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Island
  • 2001
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Maine Coast Heritage Trust newsletter
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Brochure, 4 pages, from the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, summer 2001, mentions "Mosquito Cove" and Horton P. Jackson, Jr. putting his 64 acres on GCI into the trust in 1998, retaining title to the land and 2 rustic cabins on it.
Real Estate Listing for Great Cranberry Island
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Places, Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Real Estate Listing for Great Cranberry Island
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, Real Estate Listing for Great Cranberry Island lying just off Mt. Desert Island that Bruce Komusin bought in 1989. Photo shows Preble Cove and consists of 275 feet of cove frontage and includes 19.1 acres of woodland, running back up over 1000 feet to the town road (Cranberry Road) with 335 feet on the road itself. Listing price - $135,000. Realtor was Joseph Simmons Realty, Main Street, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679. Mount Desert Island 207-244-3298. There are 4 copies of the same document (note: one of the copies has the Listing price of $135,000 scratch out and $145,000 is handwritten in with ink is Item # 1591b). Item 1591a is the reverse side of same document Item #1590. [show more]
Map
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • Places, Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Map
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Map. "Great Cranberry Island 1930-1980". Shows names and locations of homes and other significant spots. Map shows incorrect placement of McSorley cabin; it should be south of Great Head Point.
GCIHS's Home and Garden Tour miscellanea
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
GCIHS's Home and Garden Tour miscellanea
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Collection of GCIHS's Home and Garden Tour, 1099a-f. (a) Brochure handed out to Home, Art, and Garden Tour visitors. (b) Photo of Ticket selling station set up in Southwest Harbor. (c) Newspress release announcing the HAGT. (d) Thank you note posted by Phil Whitney after the event. (e) Laminated Poster of HAGT. (f) Save the date.
"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
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