Description: Canvasback drake in swimming position, adult plumage, scant carved detail ; completely withdrawn head, turned slightly to the right. Signed "by W. H. Gilley 1971"
Description: Birds painted in summer plumage. Bottom of driftwood base marked "Made for Hilda + Hulda Bragdon, Xmas 1971." Signed "Gilley" on right front of base.
Description: 12-page photocopy of advertising for RKL Botworks. Includes diagrams and descriptions of construction for the Rangeley Boat, Little Rangeley Boat, Lawley Tender, 17' River Canoe, Lincoln 28. One photo shows interior of boat shop. RKL Boatworks, founded in 1976 by Robert K. Lincoln, operated in the Pretty Marsh area of the town of Mount Desert.
Description: Brochure, 1979, advertising "The Prince of Peace" by Carl G. Nelson, and "Death is a Kind of Love" by Chrisopher Fry, both publications of The Tidal Press
Description: Descriptive brochures of the Joy Corner Nursery School, a non-profit educational institution and day care center in Northeast Harbor lead by Suzanne Wood. Also letter announcing its closure after 10 years and an annual report (1969).
Description: Vol. 19, No. 3, Winter 1971-1972. Issue dedicated to Dr. Clarence Cook Little, scientist, educator, founder and first director of The Jackson Laboratory (1929-1956), who died on December 22, 1971.
Description: Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor which use to be a movie theater. These posters are hand drawn. Poster Reads: Gary Cooper Charlton Heston Wreck of the Mary Deare, 1959-Color-G-105 min (Dennis Dever 1977)
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: 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: Settlement of Wells, Rivers of Wells, Nearby River Settlements. Charles II restored to throne in England. Purchase of Maine. Origin of name. Roads begun. Boundaries determined.
Description: Photocopy of article in "American Genealogist", Vol.53, No.1, January, 1977. Article is on Morris Somes who emigrated from England to settle in Gloucester, Mass.