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| Cranberry Isles brochure ca. 1929-1942 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Cranberry Isles brochure ca. 1929-1942 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...Bus service connected to train "Bar Harbor Express."... | ||
| Royal "Tinker" Colby, 1977 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Royal "Tinker" Colby, 1977 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...Newspaper clipping, obituary of Royal "Tinker" Colby, died 25 May 1977, Bar Harbor Times, Thursday 2 June 1977. Transcribed... File Attachment: 00000532.txt …The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, June 2, 1977 ROYAL [TINKER] COLBY Royal (Tinker) Colby, 44, of Cranberry Isles, died at a Mount Desert Island hospital …Eileen McCafferty, Rhonda and Renona, all of Cranberry Isles; three brothers, Harold of South Carolina, William of South Portland, and Stanley of Bar …Harbor; one sister, Mrs. | |||
| Death of Carl Nelson, 1988 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Death of Carl Nelson, 1988 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...Newspaper clipping about the death of Carl Nelson, Bar Harbor Times, 18 Aug 1988... | ||
| Elisha Bunker and Edgar Bunker 1952 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Elisha Bunker and Edgar Bunker 1952 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...Newspaper clipping, double obituary of Elisha Bunker and Edgar Bunker, Bar Harbor Times, Thursday 8 May 1952... | |||
| James F. Bracy 1958 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  James F. Bracy 1958 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...Bracy, 86, died today in a Bar Harbor nursing home after a short illness...Surviving are four grandchildren, Leslie Wedge of Prospect Harbor, Harold Wedge of Moody, Estella Forcetano of Chelsea, Mass., and Norman Wedge of Cranberry... File Attachment: 00000529.txt …Bracy, 86, died today in a Bar Harbor nursing home after a short illness. …Surviving are four grandchil- dren, Leslie Wedge of Prospect Harbor, Harold Wedge of Moody, Estella Forcetano of Chelsea, Mass., and Norman Wedge of | |||
| Marjorie E. Phippen, (1904-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Marjorie E. Phippen, (1904-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, Marjorie E. Phippen, b 15 Jul 1904, d 20 Mar 2002. Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000853.txt …BAR HARBOR TIMES, unknown date Marjorie E. Phippen Marjorie E. Phippen, of Southwest Harbor, died at age 97 March 20, 2002, in Bar Harbor. …Since her husband died in 1986 she had been living in Southwest Harbor, where she truly enjoyed going to the Kozy Kove Restaurant for lunches, usually …memory be made to the Cranberry Island Church, care of Gaile Colby, treasurer, Cranberry Isles 04625; or to the Maine Seacoast Mission, 127 West St., Bar …Harbor 04609. | |||
| Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson (1920-2006) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson (1920-2006) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson (b 23 Jun 1920, d 8 Jan 2006). Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000873.txt …Peterson, know as "Snooks" or "Brookes," 85, died peacefully in her sleep on Jan. 8, 2006 at a Bar Harbor health care facility. …is survived by her son, Paul Peterson of Arkansas; her daughter, Catherine Nelson of Lovell; two sisters, Nina Turner and Mae Joyce, both of Southwest Harbor …Peterson's memory to the fund that helps maintain the Stanley Cemetery on Great Cranberry, c/o the Northeast Harbor branch of Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Co | |||
| Marjorie E. Phippen (1904-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Marjorie E. Phippen (1904-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper clipping (copy), MDIslander, obituary of Marjorie E. Phippen, b. 15 July 1904; d. 20 Mar 2002. She was daughter of Oscar & Millie (Harding) Bulger, and was married to Leslie "Phip" Phippen for 65 years. Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000793.txt …Phippen, of Southwest Harbor, died at age 97 March 20, 2002, in Bar Harbor. …Since her husband died in 1986, she had been living in Southwest Harbor, where she truly enjoyed going to the Kozy Kove Restaurant for lunches, usually …memory be made to the Cranberry Island Church, care of Gaile Colby, treasurer, Cranberry Isles 04625; or to the Maine Seacoast Mission, 127 West St., Bar …Harbor 04609. | |||
| Ada B. Rice (1910-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ada B. Rice (1910-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, Ada B. Rice, b 5 Dec 1910, d 29 Nov 2002. Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000855.txt …Ada attended Bar Harbor Schools. She loved horses and took riding lessons in Bar Harbor. | |||
| Charles E. Wadsworth Jr (1917-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Charles E. Wadsworth Jr (1917-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, Charles E. Wadsworth Jr, b 3 Mar 1917, d 21 Aug 2002. Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000852.txt …BAR HARBOR TIMES, 29 Aug 2002 Charles Wadsworth. Charles E. …Wadsworth, he built a house out of wood salvaged from the Bar Harbor fire. | |||
| Warren Everett Fernald (1927-2005) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Warren Everett Fernald (1927-2005) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, Warren Everett Fernald, b 17 Jul 1927, d 14 Jun 2005. Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000851.txt …Fernald married Anna Marie Cameron of Bar Harbor, on New Year's Eve in 1949, when he was home on a 10-day leave. …He is survived by his wife Anna; his children and their spouses, Bruce and Barb Fernald of Islesford, Mark and Vicky Fernald of Bar Harbor and Islesford …, Dan and Katy Fernald of Mount Desert and Islesford, Karen and Hugh Smallwood of Baltimore and Islesford, Paul and Brenda Fernald of Northeast Harbor | |||
| John Heliker (1909-2000) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  John Heliker (1909-2000) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, John Heliker (b 16 Jan 1909, d 22 Feb 2000). Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000878.txt …Bar Harbor Times, 2 Mar 2000 John Heliker, 91, artist John Heliker, a Cranberry Island artist and teacher, died at age 91, Feb. 22, 2000, at Sonogee …Rehab and Living Center in Bar Harbor. | |||
| Carl G. Nelson (1898-1988) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Carl G. Nelson (1898-1988) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, Carl G. Nelson, b 1898, d 6 Aug 1988. Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000858.txt …The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, August 18, 1988 Cranberry Isles lose painter Carl G. | |||
| David Stainton (d. 2006, age 72) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  David Stainton (d. 2006, age 72) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, David Stainton (d 31 Jul 2006, age 72). Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000877.txt …The Bar Harbor Times, 3 Aug 2006 David Stainton, community leader David Merriman Stainton, a Cranberry Island resident, community leader and the | |||
| Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  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] | ||
| Postcards to Clara Rice on Sutton Island 1909-1917 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Postcards to Clara Rice on Sutton Island 1909-1917 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...An April 15, 1910 Bar harbor Record newspaper article relates Clara was rescued from a boating accident off GCI... File Attachments: 2019.445.2825C.pdf …2019.445.2825C (Bunkers and Rice rescued by Lewis Ladd and Benjamin Bunker) From Ralph Stanley, March 11, 2020: Bar Harbor Record, April 15, 1910, Last Family View Report for Clara Adeline Richardson.pdf …Bunker F Lewis William Rice M 14 Jan 1876 Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA F 05 Aug 1877 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA 31 Mar 1942 Southwest Harbor …Rice Leslie M Rice 09 Jan 1874 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA 26 Jul 1952 Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA 01 Jan 1928 Southwest Harbor, Hancock | ||
| Downeast Windjammer Cruise information Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Downeast Windjammer Cruise information Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...We needed a vessel for a pilot launch as we were then running pilots out to cruise ships entering and leaving Bar Harbor back in the 1990's... | ||
| Letter with details of voyage on the Schooner Willow Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter with details of voyage on the Schooner Willow Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...Warren Bunker wrote the letter to his brother-in-law Daniel Hamor, Warren's wife's (Sidney Hamor Bunker's) brother, who was then living in Eden (now Bar...Harbor), Maine... File Attachment: 2015.323.2084C.pdf …Johns Bar | |
| Letters re: Sanford v. Preble lawsuit Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letters re: Sanford v. Preble lawsuit Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...., Counselor at Law (Offices at Ellsworth and Bar Harbor), from Ellsworth, Me. Feb 2, 1900 to Capt. B. H...Richardson last week at Bar Harbor. Richardson's testimony somewhat damaging to Preble...Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, Maine. One typewritten page marked "Dictated" at the top...Spurling of Boothbay Harbor, Me, dated June 13th, 1904. One typewritten page, purple ink... | |||
| Letter from Carrie Richardson to her father Enoch Stanley 1876 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
|  Letter from Carrie Richardson to her father Enoch Stanley 1876 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Letter, from Carrie Richardson to her father (Enoch Stanley), on Saturday morning Nov. 18 [18]76. Transcribed. Subjects: price of Hake sounds at .75 cents a pound (hake fish swim-bladders used in isinglass - a transparent gelatin used as a clarifying agent.); various family and Islanders whereabouts including Robert Spurling, Preble, Holmes, Reverend Augustus Smith, George Gilley, Ed Bunker, Asa, Hayes, Tilden, and Ed Truworthy giving her lessons on Mary's Melodeon (a small organ or possibly accordion). She mentions her husband Meltiah Richardson (Mell) in New York and how she may not go on the next trip unless he takes a load of Coal on somewhere. [show more] File Attachment: 00000178.txt …Uncle John has gone to Gouldsboro Point to carry George Work- man and get his things on board and then move him to Bar Harbor. …will be in a hurry to get married that is I expect George will bring his in the vessel and Still will get you to sign bills of Lading through to Bar …Harbor in hopes to find his market there. …Mr Smith went to North East Harbor. Tell Ed Bunker his wife is over to Suttons Island on a visit. | |||||
| Letters to Walter K. Shaw Sr. family by Samuel C. Sanford and Chris Swenson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letters to Walter K. Shaw Sr. family by Samuel C. Sanford and Chris Swenson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of letters to Walter K. Shaw Sr. family by Samuel C. Sanford and Chris Swenson, 1928-1933. Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000357.txt …large square heads if you cane not get the spikes I think ve better get screws same as sample in regarts to the Carpenters I dont know of anny one in Bar …Harbor I are not much posted in Bar Harbor ------ to know of anny one in North East Harbor i J.B. | ||
| Letter from Horace Bunker to his Uncle Ben Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter from Horace Bunker to his Uncle Ben Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Letter from Edgar Bunker to his Uncle Ben in 1945; he sends a copy of God’s Pocket, Rachel Field’s novel about Samuel Hadlock’s tour of Europe, and he describes his recent 50th wedding anniversary celebration, transcribed. File Attachment: 2013.246.2760_Transcription.pdf …., Feb. 19, 1945 Dear Uncle Ben, When Horace and I visited you a while ago on our trip to Bar Harbor and Cranberry Island, I asked you if you had ever | ||
| Bunker Boatyard check Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Bunker Boatyard check Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...MacAllister, Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co... | |||
| Acadia NPS, Sawtelle Collection Finding Aids Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Acadia NPS, Sawtelle Collection Finding Aids Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...Collection housed at Acadia National Park Headquarters in Bar Harbor, ME, in the William Sawtelle collection... | ||
| Richard 'Chuddy' Alley Interview Transcript Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Richard 'Chuddy' Alley Interview Transcript Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Interview Transcript from an interview with Richard 'Chuddy' Alley. The interview was recorded in the 2000's (exact year unknown) by Jessi Duma and Jenny Matthews, who both lived on the island for a number of years. Chuddy came to GCI as a young boy, and recounts many memories of Great Cranberry in the early to mid 20th century. He talks about agriculture and fishing extensively with Jessi. He moved over to Islesford and his son Ricky Alley speaks about fishing with a fish trap, and Pursing. Jessi was a Cranberry Island Fellow and became the general manager for GCIHS for a few years. Interview with transcribed by Hannah Gower-Fox. She was the Archivist and Museum Curator for GCIHS in 2023. [show more] File Attachment: Chuddy_Alley_Transcript.pdf …CA; There s one over Bar Harbor that's loaded every year. JD: Where is that? CA: Bar Harbor. RA: That Hulls Cove? …CA: yeah on the road to Bar Harbor. JD: Is that that same one you were thinking of? CA: Hairdresser. RA: the hairdresser. …RA: And other times I ve taken it, like David Thomas and I went up to Northeast Harbor and over on the west side of the Harbor before you get into the …middle, into the Harbor before that low grey house, what's that called? |