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You searched for: Subject: OrganizationsSubject: CivicType: Document
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
William Preble Commissioner of Wrecks & Lost Goods
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Certificate
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1851
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
William Preble Commissioner of Wrecks & Lost Goods
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Certificate from Governor John Hubbard designating William Preble Commissioner of Wrecks and Lost Goods for Hancock County for four years "if he shall so long behave himself in office" signed by the Secretary of State 1851
Rachel Field research materials for 1985 SWHPL exhibit
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
  • 1985
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Rachel Field research materials for 1985 SWHPL exhibit
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Five folders of Rachel Field research, primarily from the late Phoebe White Wentworth of Southwest Harbor who gave it to Carl Little years ago while he was working on the foreword to a new 1999 edition of Field's "God’s Pocket" published by the Northeast Harbor Library . These research materials relate to a 1985 exhibit and quilt raffle held at the Southwest Harbor Public Library.
Preserving our Past to Steer our Future
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Cranberry Isles
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Preserving our Past to Steer our Future
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A booklet made in the early years of GCIHS explaining the need for a permanent home for the Historical Society: Cranberry House.
Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Certificate
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • 1866
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Charter document: Grand Lodge of North America (State of Maine) Independent Order of Good Templars, organized May 16, 1855, grant unto G. H. Pressey, C. H. Bulger, L. H. Bracy, A. M. Spurling, G. H. Spurling, Wm. P. Preble, H. A. Preble, L. G. Stanley, C. G. Kimball, A. Bunker, J. M. Bunker, S. A. Bunker and their associates this Charter for a Lodge to be known as Ocean Echo Lodge No. 157 located at Cranberry Isles… signed July 4, 1866. Wikipedia: "The IOGT originated as one of a number of fraternal organizations for temperance or total abstinence founded in the 19th century and with a structure modeled on Freemasonry, using similar ritual and regalia. Unlike many, however, it admitted men and women equally, and also made no distinction by race." According to a local 1888 newspaper article they met Tuesday evenings each week at Norwood's Cove School House. [show more]
Records of the Fire Club(Cranberry Isles Volunteer Fire Department)
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1948
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Description:
Documents. Records of the Fire Club later called the Cranberry Isles Volunteer Fire Department 1948-1972. Six Secretary's Record ledger books from various years with minutes and lists of members, events, GCI fires, and funds. Ledger 1: 1951, 52, 53, 54, 55,; Ledger 2: 1967-1972; Ledger 3: 1958-1963; Ledger 4: 1951, 52, 53; Ledger 5: remains of a damaged Secretary's Record ledger book: 1962-1967; Ledger 6: 1955-1958. Folder 7: Twenty looseleaf pages of handwritten minutes and member info for 1948 when the Fire Club (CIVFD) was formed (removed from deteriorated black binder). Folder 8: One small black and white photograph of a fire truck ca. 195X, red fire call pocket list, $100 donation from Maynard H. Murch Co, Chicago, 1954; Fire Prevention loss form listing George A. Savage one-room shop with all tools, estimated loss of $10,000 on April 8th, 1:50 pm, no year, completed by Wilfred Bunker; paper sign once posted in fire hall listing rules for use of the hall; and small Hancock County Fire Association by-laws booklet. Collection stored in two boxes 48 and 49. [show more]
GCIHS documents
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
GCIHS documents
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Collection, GCIHS info. 1052a-c. (a) November 2009 Issue of the Cranberry Chronicle. (b) Summer 2009 Events calendar. (c) Laminated copy of notes from the GCIHS 2000 Annual Meeting
Town of Cranberry Isles Annual Reports 1921-2012
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Town of Cranberry Isles Annual Reports 1921-2012
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Reports. Town of Cranberry Isles Annual Reports 1921-2012. These booklets are prepared for the Annual Town Meeting and include information on town officials, taxes, auditors reports, schools, ordinances and regulations, budgets, and the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting. Missing booklets for these years: 1926-27, 1927-28, 1930-31, 1942-43, and 2011. (Box 1 of 2 contains reports for 1921-1998. Box 2 of 2 contains reports for 2000-2014.)
Event and movie posters for GCIHS 2008-2013
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 2008
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Event and movie posters for GCIHS 2008-2013
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Event and movie posters for GCIHS 2008-2013, including posters for Heliker-LaHotan events held at GCIHS.
Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Certificate
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • 1862
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Certificate, Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, 29 Apr 1862
Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Certificate
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • 1860
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document. Certificate: Augusta, Maine, 14 March 1860, William P. Preble of Cranberry Isle, State of Maine, as Notary Public for Hancock County for seven years. Signed by Scott M. Morrill, Governor. Certificate has an ivory and pink impressed and raised seal the State of Maine with the signature of the Governor below it and the notation: Commission Recorded Vol. 4, Page 173. Signed at bottom by Noah Smith, Secretary of State.
Assessed value of vessels
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Financial Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1885
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Assessed value of vessels
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
List, Assessed value of vessels as of 1 Apr 1885 (1865 also written), giving vessel name, owner's name, owner's parts, tonnage, value, & remarks, by William P. Preble, George W. Bulger, Samuel S. Brooks, assessors
List of Voters in the Town of Cranberry Isles
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1854
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
List of Voters in the Town of Cranberry Isles
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
List, handwritten, "List of Voters in the Town of Cranberry Isles", 75 people listed, 5 Aug 1854, signed by A.C. Fernald and William E. Hadlock, selectmen of Cranberry Isles
Mutual Improvement and Benevolent Society constitution
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Administrative Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Mutual Improvement and Benevolent Society constitution
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, handwritten, constitution of the Mutual Improvement and Benevolent Society
Notice of Town Meeting 1854
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1854
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Notice of Town Meeting 1854
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Notice, written 19 Feb 1854, of Town of Cranberry Isles Meeting to be held 1 Mar 1854, with 25 articles
Valuation book 1937
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Valuation book 1937
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ledger, Tax records, "Valuation book for the year 1937, Town of Cranberry Isles"
Valuation book 1927
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1927
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Valuation book 1927
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ledger, Tax records, "Valuation book for the year 1927 Town of Cranberry Isles"
Valuation book 1938
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1938
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Valuation book 1938
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ledger, Tax records, "Valuation book for the year 1938, Town of Cranberry Isles"
Valuation book 1939
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1939
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Valuation book 1939
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ledger, Tax records, Town of Cranberry Isles
Valuation book 1940
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1940
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Valuation book 1940
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ledger, Tax records, "Valuation book for the year 1940, Town of Cranberry Isles"
Valuation book 1941
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1941
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Valuation book 1941
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ledger, Tax records, "Valuation book for the year 1941, Town of Cranberry Isles"
Valuation book 1942
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1942
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Valuation book 1942
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ledger, Tax records, "Valuation book for the year 1942, Town of Cranberry Isles"
Valuation book 1943
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1943
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Valuation book 1943
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ledger, Tax records, "Valuation book for the year 1943, Town of Cranberry Isles"
Valuation book 1944
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1944
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Valuation book 1944
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ledger, Tax records, "Valuation book for the year 1944, Town of Cranberry Isles"
Benefit for Cranberry Isles Volunteer Fire Department
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • Organizations, Civic
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Benefit for Cranberry Isles Volunteer Fire Department
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Poster, on cardboard, "Concert benefit Cranberry Isles Volunteer Fire Department, Monday, August 13th 4:30 p.m. fire house, Robert Bloom, oboe; Charles Bruck, conductor; Sara Lambert "Sally" Bloom, oboe; Susan Freed, violin, with members of Pierre Monteaux Festival Orchestra" with abstract painting of rocks
Great Cranberry Library presents Two Poetry Readings with musical interludes
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • 1990
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Description:
Poster, on cardboard, "The Great Cranberry Library presents Two Poetry Readings with musical interludes, 10th of August 1990, reading from their work Sam King, Irene Turner, Don Wellman, Music by Susan Story Frank and Bill Goldberg, then on Wednesday august 22, 1990, reading from their work Carl Little, Charles Wadsworth, Music by Sara Lambert "Sally" Bloom, Susan Story Frank, and Bill Goldberg, at the church"