Description: Document, 6 May 1851, last will and testament of Thomas Manchester, signed X, giving all real estate, buildings, cattle, sheep, farming tools to Jonathan Stanley, except "the point" going to Thomas M. Stanley, & assorted household goods to Mary Moore
Description: Document, Probate order, with official stamps, sale of estate of Justus W. Gilley late of Cranberry Isles, to raise $170, sale to be 14 Aug 1865
Description: Bachelor of Science degree for Doris Preble Marr, from the State Teachers College. Awarded for having completed a four year course in "High School Teaching and Administration". Dated June 11th, 1934
Description: Copy of photo, framed, from Hilda Bulger Spurling's house before it was torn down in the early 1990s. Hazel "Brooks" Peterson said this is Mrs. Del Harding with her children. The girl on the right is Millie "Pink" Harding who later married Oscar Bulger, and was the mother of Hilda Spurling and Marjorie Phippen. The other two children could be Sadie Harding Bulger and a son who was killed in WWI. (The image in the frame is a scan of a photo, not the actual photo 2016). Note on back reads: 'Picture found in Hilda Bulger Spurling's house before it was torn down in the early 1990s. Hazel 'Brooke' Peterson (unknown) this is Mrs. Del Harding with her children , Millie Pink Harding (right), who became Mrs. Oscar Bulger and she was the mother of Hilda Spurlingand Margery Phippen. One of the Harding sons was killed in WWI'. [show more]
Description: Photo, framed, of Emmy Bulger standing in front of the CIRT Rice home. She lived in Clara and Karl Wedge's home next door. Was the mother of Alice Bulger Stanley, Roy Bulger, Oscar Bulger and Harvey Bulger
Description: Photo of Tud Bunker wearing a hunting outfit and suspenders holding up his breaches. Photo was taken around 1938 near Patton, Maine. Photo printed on hard cardboard for display purposes.
Description: Photo, framed, of Carl Hardy Jr. and Betty Hardy with their dog taken in the 1970s. They lived in the house that is now the Donald trust house.
Description: A. Photo, black and white, wood and glass frame. School children standing outside the old school house on schoolhouse hill ca. 1892 or 1893. (This old school house is now Malcolm Donald's house on Cranberry Road across from the GCIHS.) Donor related, "This picture was found behind the eaves of an upstairs closet where it had no doubt accidentally fallen many decades ago. Our house was formerly owned by Eber Spurling. The names of the people are written (in good handwriting!) by pencil, as follows, on the back of the picture frame. It would be interesting if those with local knowledge could calculate the approximate year of this photograph, and recall the married names of the girls and young women in the picture." . Stored with a booklet of the scanned photographs printed with names of individuals overlaid. B. Inscription on back of frame reads - "Back row left to right: 1. Lena Ladd, 2. Miss Rich - teacher, 3. Millicent Harding - Frank Bunker, 4. Sadie Harding, 5. Brother Spurling, 6. Sadie Bunker, 7. Lena Spurling, 8. Annie Bunker, 9. Millard Spurling, 10. Perly Stanley, 11. Elma (or Elna?) Stanley, 12. Maurice Stanley. Second Row: Ida Stover, Alfred Ladd, Addie Stanley, Vida Stanley. Third Row: Roy Bulger, Charles Richardson, Johnnie Steele, Philmore Steele, and Harvey Bulger." C. (A second print of this photograph in poor condition was discovered in March 2014 and is stored with a framed copy as (C).) (Compare with 2014.272.2018.) [show more]
Description: Printed picture for display in museum of Ada Bunker Rice on her horse May Ann. Ada's sister Leona also had a horse named Daisy. Annie Alley told an anecdote that one time during the Spring she couldn't remember what year, the horse May Ann got really sick and couldn't even stand up. A vet told the family that a vaporizer would help and Annie let them borrow hers. It helped tremendously and the next day the horse was able to stand again. Both of the horses were retired race horses and when they came to the island in the 1930's it was the first time either of them had been near or seen cars. Both horses are buried on the right side of The Point across from the apple trees. [show more]
Description: Image, printed for exhibit. From left to right Lucille Fawkingham Hardy, unknown, and Hillard Hardy. Hillard and Lucille were married and lived in what is now the Noether's house on Harding Point Rd. Hillard was the captain for Margaret Hoffman. The picture was taken either in 1947 or 1948. Hillard passed away in 2007.
Description: Image, printed for exhibit. Front row from left to right Charlene Bunker Allen,Cocoa the dog, Leona Bunker Macallister, Brownie the dog, Ada Bunker Rice, Pauline Bunker. Back row Victor White, Elisha Bunker, Edgar Bunker, Annie Bunker
Description: Image, printed for exhibit. The Connecticut Chamber Orchestra. Robert and Sara Bloom used to summer on Great Cranberry Island. Annie Alley used to work for them one day a week and when he passed away Annie was given a cupboard that Bob had built
Description: One stained-glass pair of ice skaters arm-in-arm: blue, red, purple, yellow, black, and white glass with lead joints; made by Georgina "Georgie" Ware, with lead loops on either side to hang in a window. The Ware house was on Murray's Point (GCI) and her glass studio was across the lane from her house.
Description: Collection of "Friends of Hitty Newsletters" Published quarterly by Virginia Ann Heyerdahl. Collection contains each issue from January 1995 - Fall 2002
Description: Printed picture for display in museum of Seth Rice, Annie Alley's grandfather in a double ended boat. He and his wife Ida Bunker Rice used to live in the Rice CIRT house. Seth Rice built one of the homes on Sutton Island but was a boat builder by trade, all 4 of his sons were born on Sutton before Seth and his wife moved to Cranberry.