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1994 Menue Guide for Mount Desert Island
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A birthday card for Uncle Lou.
A Cabin in the Woods - Wini Smart
A Christmas card for Lewis Stanley.
A Christmas Card for Lewis Stanley '49.
A Tribute to the life of Hal Harker Newell
"A Visit Among Islanders" Nov. 1999
A wedding Invitation for Lew Stanley.
Advertising show of John Heliker art
Agricultural heritage of the Cranberry Isles
Album in memory of Diane Barrow-Clark (Hitty blogger)
American Citizen to LaRue Spiker Letter, July 27, 1950
Andrew A. McSorley, Principal of Plantsville School
Andrew McSorley teaching certificate
Anna Hadlock record of burial with 1st husband Burton Stanley
Annette Mountain Interview Jun. 2000
Annual Report of the Town Officers of Mount Desert, Maine, February 9, 1895
Annual Report of the Town Officers of Mount Desert, Maine, January 31, 1905
Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling
Appraisal of the Estate of Robert Spurling
Arno Preston Stanley information
Arthur Bunker memorial service
Artists of the Cranberry Isles
Auditor's Report to the Court No.2, Sanford vs Preble,
Autograph Album, belonging to Gilbert M. Stanley, ca.1883
B
Bar Harbor Horse Show Poster, 1910
Beatrice Weinreich memorial service
Benedition by Arthur Forrester
Bunker Brothers letterhead and Annie M. Bunker ledger
Burial expenses for Ellen Maria Stanley
Business cards and railroad ticket
By-Laws of Ocean Lodge, I.O.O.F. No. 140
C
Capt. Norman Sanborn, Sr. memorial service
Captain John Latty & Schooner Theoline (2)
Ceremony for Draping of Charter Independent Order of Oddfellows
Certificate for sugar purchase 1942
Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public
Certificate of Birth for Louise Hampton Marr
Certificate of Death Abstract for Frances Marr
Certificate of Marriage. Beniah Bunker and Josie S. Stanley
Certificate of Marriage between John H. Hamor and Sadie B. Cleoses
Chamberlin - Clarence Wilson Chamberlin Certificate of Birth.
Chamberlin - Clarence Wilson Chamberlin Certificate of Death.
Chamberlin - Clarence Wilson Chamberlin Covenant for Perpetual Interment
Charlene Bunker Allen obituary
Charles E. Durham, Jr. to LaRue Spiker
Charles E. Wadsworth Jr (1917-2002)
Charles Rice & Ada Rice Interview Mar. 1993
Charlotte Harlan Interview Jun. 2000
Children discover body of sailor 1944
Christmas card from the Newells to Smart
Christmas card to Addie Stanley
Christmas Card to Lew Stanley from Pink!
Collection of materials from Louise Marr
Collection of miscellaneous documents
Collection of over 110 digital video recordings of interviews, oral histories, and events
Collection of transcribed documents from Great Cranberry Island sea captains
College of the Atlantic Introduction to Journalism Class, Picturing Community, Fall 2023
Committal service of Robert Bloom
Condolence Handwritten Letter Almena Baker original and transcription (1st page missing)
Condolences to Mrs. Hamor on loss of Capt. Hamor
Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of Order of Ocean Lodge, I.O.O.F. No. 140
Conversation about various Spurlings and miscellaneous islanders
Copy of An interview with Tud Bunker
Copy of Military records of General Andrew Barklay Spurling,
Copy of photo descriptions (Items # 1676-1690)
Correspondence between Hugh Dwelley and Cynthia Jabar about the work of Rachel Fields.
Correspondence pertaining to 1993-1994 interviews
Court proceedings in Sanford v. Preble case
"Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles 'Chuck' Liebow
Cranberry Wall of Fame - Hannah Gower-Fox, 2023
Creative works by Gretchen Westphal
Cremation Certificate for Mary M. Chamberlin (nee Marr)
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David Little gallery and artwork
David Stainton (d. 2006, age 72)
Death announcement for Ida Spurling
Death certificate for Mary Chamberlin (nee Marr)
Deer Hunting License for Mary Alice White
Deposition in Sanford v Preble
Deposition in Sanford v. Preble case
Descendants of Benjamin Spurling 1752-1837
Descendents of William Ober and Hannah P. Monroe (with direct line ancestry)
Digital Genealogy of Mount Desert Island by Lynne Birlem
Direct Interrogation: Sanford vs Preble
Divorce William Duren vs. Addie Duren
Document: Auditor's Report to the Court No.1, Sanford vs Preble
Document re: Enoch B. Stanley estate
Documents pertaining to Great Cranberry 1902-1930
Donald W. Brodie to LaRue Spiker Letter, July 31, 1950
Donna Alley and Cleo Alley Interview Oct. 1999
Doris Preble Marr Bachelor's degree
"Doris Preble Marr McSorley.'' Death announcement.Added is the obituary for Doris McSorley.
Dorr Archive Introduction & File List
Douglas Macfarlan Cranberry Isles Scrapbook
Douglas Macfarlan Research and manuscript
Downeast Windjammer Cruise information
Dyke - Hamlin L. Dyke. Marr - Wade H. Marr Warranty Deed for the Pleasant View Cemetery.
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Early Hadlock papers group 1 of 5
Early Hadlock papers group 2 of 5
Early Hadlock papers group 3 of 5
Early Hadlock papers group 4 of 5
Early Hadlock papers group 5 of 5
Eight boxes of research papers from Ralph Stanley
Elisha Bunker and Edgar Bunker 1952 (2)
Elisha Bunker lighthouse keeper
Elizabeth "Betty" Hartley (1914-2009)
Elizabeth Hartley memorial service
Elmer C. Hadlock’s Work Records.
Emily B. Newell & Robert A. Howell, Jr. wedding
Emily Gertmenian and Brendan Callahan wedding
Emily Winthrop Roberts memorial service
Employment offer for Mrs. Andrew McSorley
Engagement of Marjorie Given and Gerard Fernald
Enterprising Islanders Great Cranberry - Wini Smart
Envelope accompanying Lewis Stanley License to Navigate
Envelope addressed to Capt. Enoch B. Stanley
Envelope to Carrie Richardson with religious notes
Envelope to Mrs. Doris P. McSorley
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Family Lists - Cranberry Islands, Maine
Farley Funeral Home Receipt for Louise Marr.
Favorite Recipes of Mount Desert Chapter Order of Eastern Star
First Fernalds per Ted Spurling
Flyer reading “Important Read this in your Lodge”
Francis Fernald's Qualification as an Auxiliary Policeman
Frederick Moss memorial service (2)
Funeral expenses for Frances S. Marr
Funeral expenses perhaps for Ellen Maria Stanley 1929
Funeral memory book for Addie Duren
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Game rules pamphlet and radio schedule 1940s
Gathering to remember Bob McShea
Gathering to remember John Heliker
Genealogical information for Edith Drury
Genealogy and Related Documents of the Mayo Family
Genealogy. Collection of materials pertaining to Louise Marr family
Genealogy. Marr, Preble, and Spurling families
George B. Dorr Caricature Cartoon by Ralph Yardley
George B. Dorr Certificate for Custodian
George B Dorr Letter Regarding Marconi Station
George B. Dorr's Harvard Diploma
George N Spurling Memorial Card
Georgia Somes Stanley Scrapbook (4)
Gertrude Storey "Trudy" Bancroft (1923-2002)
Gist Blair to Hubert Work Letter, March 10, 1927
Governor Francis Bernard’s Letterbooks
Gravestone lettering for Harvey Spurling
Greeting cards for Arthur Bunker
H
Hadlock - Gilbert T. Hadlock corresponds with Hancock D.A about Wilbert A. Rice.
Hal Newell Jr. memorial service (2)
Hal Newell Sr. memorial service
Hancock County Marriages 1800's
Hancock county Marriages ,The town of Cranberry Isles
Handwritten genealogy for Francis Spurling Marr.
Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson (1920-2006)
Herbert E. Wilson to Governor Schricker Letter, July 27, 1950
Hilda Spurling Interview Oct. 1984
Historical Notes on Mount Desert Island
History of Ruth Sylvester Bunker Stanley
Howard J. Crafts' Wood shop Accounting Ledger
Hugh Dwelley's historical reminiscences
Hunting license for Mary Alice White
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Indenture for servant George W. Colby 1861
Indentures of Smith E. Spurling 1884
Inquiry into whereabouts of Civil War veteran Benj S. Campbell
Insurance policies for schooners and home
Intention of Marriage, Frank Stanley & Maggie Harding
Intention of Marriage, Gillman Stanley & MayStanley
Interview #2 of Ruth Sylvester Stanley 1993
Interview of Charles and Ada Rice 1993
Interview of Ella Bates Spurling (2)
Interview of Lindon "Tud" Bunker 1993
Interview of Marjorie Phippen 1993 (2)
Interview of Marjorie Phippen 1994
Interview of Ruth Sylvester Stanley 1993
Interview of Tud Bunker 1993 (2)
Interview of Wesley Bracy, Sr. 1993
Interview with Ruth Sylvester Bunker Stanley (2)
Interview with Ruth Sylvester Bunker Stanley by Georgie Ware
Interviews of Islander Gaile Colby 2017
Interviews of Islander Gaile Colby in 2018
Interviews of Ralph Stanley 1994
Inventory of the estate of Thomas Manchester
Invitation to Anni Heikkinen and Arthur Fernald's wedding
J
James Parker to Letitia A. Parker Letter and Envelope, August 10, 1862
James Parker to Letitia A. Parker Letter and Envelope, January 9, 1863
James Parker to Letitia A. Parker Letter and Envelope, July 25, 1863
James Parker to Letitia A. Parker Letter and Envelope, October 11, 1863
James Parker to Letitia A. Parker Letter and Envelope, September 27, 1863
Jean Wadsworth memorial service
Jeanne Goldberg Memorial Service
John McDonald memorial service (2)
Jonathan Stanley as executor of the estate of Thomas Manchester
Journal with transcriptions of protestations of ships
Journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family from 1870s-1890s
Juliana Patience Von Kienbusch Little (1926-2012)
K
Katherine Morse and Daniel Fernald Wedding
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LaRue Spiker Disputing Accusations of Communism Statement, July 8, 1950 (1)
LaRue Spiker Disputing Accusations of Communism Statement, July 8, 1950 (2)
LaRue Spiker to Charles E. Durham, Jr.
Last will and testament of Thomas Manchester
Ledger of A. C. Fernald for provisions of schooners 1844-1850
Ledger of Officers for Ocean Lodge, I.O.O.F.
Ledger sheets Capt. Charles E. Bunker, Schooner Como, 1879
Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century
Lesley Ann White and Edward Lawrence Horvath wedding
Leslie Victor Stanley's genealogical research
Letter 1 of 3 from Wm H to Wm P Preble
Letter 1 of 6 from Samuel Spurling to Fannie Preble
Letter 2 of 3 from William H. to William P. Preble
Letter 2 of 6 from Samuel Spurling to Fannie Preble
Letter 3 of 3 from William H. Preble to William P. Preble
Letter 3 of 6 from Samuel Spurling to Fannie Preble
Letter 4 of 6 from Samuel Spurling to Fannie Preble
Letter 5 of 6 from Samuel Spurling to Fannie Preble
Letter 6 of 6 from Samuel Spurling to Fannie Preble
Letter 7 of group of letters to Frances (Fannie) S. Spurling
Letter about Aunt Elmi's death
Letter and drawings Eskimo life
Letter asking about the heirs of Beniah Bunker
Letter from Guptill to Stanley
Letter from Harvard to Saltonstall re: shark
Letter from Horace Bunker to Frances [Spurling?]
Letter from Horace Bunker to his Uncle Ben
Letter from Julia Bunker to Mariah Hamor with transcription
Letter from Marconi to Charles Pineo
Letter from Mrs. C. M. Richardson to Mary Wheelwright 1916
Letter from P. S. Moore to Mr. Preble
Letter from Rachel Field Pederson to Mrs. Eversman
Letter from Rachel Field Pederson to Mrs. Greenhalgh 1938
Letter from Samuel Spurling to mother Abigail [Spurling] Preble
Letter from Sara Mayo to Catherine Pye Mayo
letter from US Postal Service re: list of postmasters
Letter from William H. Preble to his father
Letter from William H. Preble to William P. Preble
Letter including Preble genealogy
Letter Mrs. Edgar White to Corporal Edgar Bunker
Letter of Introduction for Captain Benjamin H. Spurling
Letter re: death of General Andrew Barclay Spurling
Letter re: Harding property schoolhouse lot
Letter re: Preble v. Sanford case
Letter re: Robbins failure to pay poll tax
Letter re: Sanford v. Preble and other matters
Letter to Captain B. H. Spurling re: Sanford v. Preble
Letter to Miss Minnie Spurling
Letter to President Franklin Pierce
Letter to Stanley re: Emy Bunker
Letter with details of voyage on the Schooner Willow
Letters from B. H. and W. A. Spurling
Letters from Emily Gilley to Walter and Eliza Towse
Letters re: Sanford v. Preble lawsuit
Letters to Charles A. Gilley 1903-1904
License to Navigate Vessel Lewis G. Stanley 1918
Lincoln Cromwell to Arno B. Cammerer Letter, March 10, 1927
Lindon H. (Tud) Bunker memorial service
Lindon "Tud" Bunker Interview Oct. 1992
List of names with birth and death dates
Louise Marr family history and genealogy
Louise Sorenson's Post Office Box receipt
Love letter from William E. Duren to Addie Duren
M
Marjorie E. Phippen (1904-2002)
Marjorie E. Phippen, (1904-2002)
Marjorie Phippen Interview Nov. 1993
Marjorie Phippen Interview Dec. 1993
Marr - Doris Preble Marr Placement Committee Application.
Marr - Louise H. Marr Personal Identification Card.
Marr - Louise H. Marr Vaccination Certificate.
Marr - Louise Marr Receipt for a Distinctive Cemetery Memorial.
Marr- Louise H. Marr Certificate of Birth.
Marvin Harris (d. 2001 age 74) T
Materials gathered in memoriam related to General Andrew Barclay Spurling Civil War career
Maurice O. Hunt to LaRue Spiker Letter and Personnel Transaction, July 11, 1950
McSorely - Andrew A. McSorely, Marr- Doris P. Marr. Record of Marriage
McSorley - Andrew Albert McSorley Birth certificate.
McSorley - Doris Preble McSorley
MDI Local Union of Christian Endeavor and Epworth League (2)
Mementos from Preble family school years
Memorial booklet for John Henry Hamor 1947
Memorial leaflet for Lindon "Tud" Bunker
Memorial Service for Charlene Louise Allen
Memorial service for Clyde Everett Shorey
Memorial service for George Bunker
Memorial service for Geraldine Noether
Memorial Service for Harry Ashley Alley
Memorial service for John Heliker
Memorial Service for John McDonald
Memorial Service for Robert McShea
Memorial service program for Carl G. Nelson
Memorial service program for Dorris "Dot" Rice
Memorial service program for Samuel Adam Michalski
Memories of 1841 visit to Duck and Baker Island
Mid-Wife Record of Mrs. Enopch Spurling Cranberry Isles Me 2/1866 -6/1883
Minutes of Meetings of Ocean Lodge #140 I.O.O.F. (12)
Miscellaneous deeds and receipts 1800s
Miscellaneous documents re: William P. Preble
Moon Family of Hancock County, Me
Mortgage release for George N. Spurling
Mrs. A. McSorley acting principal at Plantsville School
Mrs. Andrew C. Wheelwright legacy
Mt Desert Dramatic Company, Nick of the Woods Advertising, 1880
Musical performances by the Arcady Music Society
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Nancy Bulger of Manset & her Aunt Neola Gilly Gallant
Native American exhibit poster
Nautical Chart of Ireland with annotations
Navigation license for Lewis Stanley
Nelson - Carl Nelson correspondence with a woman named Martha.
Nelson - Carl Nelson. "The Heartiest of Season's Greetings"
Note about Ernie and Abbie's death day.
Note from Owen Roberts to the McSorleys
Notes about GCIHS audio tapes by Bruce Komusin
Notes on Bunker, Fernald, and Hamor families
Notes on interviews of islanders
Notes on Wesley Bracy interview
O
Officers of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association prepared by Gladys O'Neil
Once Upon an Island fundraising event
"Operations (With their Dates.)"
P
Papers and Receipts William P. Preble
Payment to Meltiah J. Richardson of $75.00
Payments made for service to Town of Cranberry Isles
Personal letter handwritten and transcribed July 15 Preble Sanford court case
Phone listings, cottage map, and miscellaneous
Photographs of schoolchildren at the Islesford School and Neighborhood House
Play about Rachel Field and Sammy Sanford
Playbill for "Bits and Pieces"
Postcard, glasses, tintype, mittens, purse
Postcard with information about an Arthur Spurling-built boat
Postcards to Clara Rice on Sutton Island 1909-1917
Poster for "Fishing with Wesley Bracy, Jr."
Poster for Tud Bunker interview
Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed
Probate order, with official stamps, sale of estate of Justus W. Gilley
Program for Service of Ordination for Joanne E. Stoughton
Proposed Parish House of the Somesville Meeting House Society
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Qualification for Doris McSorley to teach
Question Book for Ocean Lodge, I.O.O.F.
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Rachel Field research materials for 1985 SWHPL exhibit
Ralph E. Pumphrey to LaRue Spiker Letter, July 28, 1950
Receipt Book of Ocean Lodge Independent Order of Oddfellows
Receipt for inheritance Benjamin Spurling Estate
Receipt for Preble's taxes paid in full
Receipt for sale of Richardson estate to Preble
Receipt reckoning Sammy Sanford and William Preble accounts
Receipts and notes Preble and Stanley
Receipts for fishing and vessel expenses
Receipts for Schooner Lizzie Maud
Recital by William Goldberg at GCI Church
Recommendation for Wade H. Marr
Record in Cranberry Isles of Births and Deaths 1770-1890
Record of Cranberry Isles of Births & Deaths
Record of Members and Accounts of I.O.O.F. (2)
Record of Sick Benefits I.O.O.F.
Red Christmas card to Lew Stanley from Benjie Neilson.
Red House Bed & Breakfast brochure
Red House bed and breakfast advertising
"Reef Point Gardens Bulletin" Pamphlet
Register of Money Order Advices Received at the Post Office, Sound, Maine
Report card for Steve Spurling
Report cards for Hillard and George Hamor
Report on Anne Eisner (Putnam)
Request for information about Samuel Hadlock Jr. and his touring Eskimos
Retirement of Mrs. Doris P. McSorley
Retrospective of John Heliker art
Reviews of oboe performances by Sara Lambert Bloom
Rhonda Colby King memorial service
Robert and Sara Bloom information
Robert Eddy Suminsby, conservationist (obituary)
Robert LaHotan memorial service
Robin Richman Interview Jul. 2000
Rug making and Maine Seacoast Mission
Ruth Sylvester Bunker Stanley Interview Aug. 1984
Ruth Sylvester Bunker Stanley Interview Oct. 1984
Ruth Sylvester Bunker Stanley Interview Sep. 1984
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School Agent's Census Return 1888
School Agent's Return District 2, 1878
School and property tax information
Seal Cove School Meeting Minutes, March 12, 1832
Secret Text for officer of Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Service of Rededication for the Somesville Union Meeting House
Signatures of Constitution I.O.O.F.
Somes Family Tree (1732-20th century)
Somesville Christian Endeavor Society Journal
Somesville Maine, Somesville 1761-1961
Somesville Union Meeting House Pastors
Somesville Union Meeting House Timeline
Somesville Union Meeting House Yearbooks
Sources of income for William P. Preble
Stanley family genealogy by Sawtelle & Dwelley
Steve Spurling and Arleen Spurling Interview Jun. 2000
Stuart Halpine, to LaRue Spiker
Sunday school attendance record book
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Teachers Certificate for Dorothy Preble Marr
Teacher's contract for Doris P. McSorley
Teaching certificate for Doris P. McSorley
Ted Madara Family 1940 Home movies
Ted Spurling's History of Cranberry Isles
Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles
Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877
Thank you letter from John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
The Cranberry Island Families 1952 (copy)
The History of Sutton Island by Anne Namnoum
The Mount Desert Dramatic Company Nick of the Woods Poster, January 27-28, 1880
The Somesville Parish House Fund
The Stanleys of the Cranberry Islands - Genealogy, Vol. 1
The Stanleys of the Cranberry Islands - Genealogy Vol. 2
The Stanleys of the Cranberry Islands - Genealogy Vol. 3
The Stanleys of the Cranberry Islands - Genealogy, Vol. 4
The Union Meeting House Worship Schedule (3)
Transcript and documents for "Fishing with Junior Bracy"
Transcript for Interview #3 of Ruth Sylvester Stanley 1993
Transcript of interview of Ella Bates Spurling
Transcript of interview of Ella Bates Spurling 1973
Transcript of interview of Ted Spurling Sr.
Trudy Bancroft memorial service
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Union Meeting House Society Records
United States Light-House Establishment Daily Expenditures for Bear Island Log, 1877-1878
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Video interview of Winston Sheppard
Vital Records of Mount Desert Island Maine and Nearby Islands 1776-1820
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Warren Everett Fernald (1927-2005)
Wedding announcment William E. Duren & Addie E. Stanley
Wedding Certificate George W. Douglass to Lucy R. Spurling
Wedding Certificate William P. Spurling to Dorcas Bunker
Wedding Invitation J. Holger Anderson & Lucille Stanley
Wilfred Bunker memorial service memorabilia
Wilfred S. Trussell 1906 motorized vessel license
William B. Goldberg playing piano
William Goldberg memorial service
William P. Preble appointed Justice of the Peace
William P. Preble appointed Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum
William P. Preble appointed Notary Public
William P. Preble ledgers (1830-1850s)
William P. Preble Ledgers (1860-1870s)
William P. Preble ledgers (1873-1890s)
William P. Preble Notary Public