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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 1000.27.661 | Manset dock ribbon cutting ceremony |
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| Poster for Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, at the Cranberry Isles Manset Lot, 15 May 2003 at 1 p.m. | 
Description: Poster for Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, at the Cranberry Isles Manset Lot, 15 May 2003 at 1 p.m. |
| 1000.36.131 | Manuscript "Campobello" |
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| Manuscript, "Campobello", written by Harold Hartley | |
| 2003.60.479 | History of Cranberry Isles before 1900 |
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| Document, handwritten, "History of Cranberry Isles before 1900", unsigned, 6 loose lined sheets, (text similar to that in book "1906 MDI Census"). | 
Description: Document, handwritten, "History of Cranberry Isles before 1900", unsigned, 6 loose lined sheets, (text similar to that in book "1906 MDI Census"). |
| 1000.7.113 | Disinterment of Arthur P. Stanley |
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| Letter, 22 Sep 1931, from Frank Bartlett, Town Clerk, to Mrs. Duren, notifying that permit for disinterment of Arthur P. Stanley has been sent to Charles Stanley. (See GCIHS.org for Spurling Cemetery #2 note that Arthur P. Stanley was buried in the 2nd Spurling cemetery but then his stone and remains were transferred to the 3rd Spurling cemetery.) | 
Description: Letter, 22 Sep 1931, from Frank Bartlett, Town Clerk, to Mrs. Duren, notifying that permit for disinterment of Arthur P. Stanley has been sent to Charles Stanley. (See GCIHS.org for Spurling Cemetery #2 note that Arthur P. Stanley was buried in the 2nd Spurling cemetery but then his stone and remains were transferred to the 3rd Spurling cemetery.) |
| 2001.111.810 | Marr property assessment |
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| Assessor's Report, October 2, 1946: Francis Marr's 4 lots of land and 1 house assessed at a total of $1250 by Leslie M Rice, Chairman of Assessors. Transcribed. | 
Description: Assessor's Report, October 2, 1946: Francis Marr's 4 lots of land and 1 house assessed at a total of $1250 by Leslie M Rice, Chairman of Assessors. Transcribed. |
| 1000.0.268 | Quitclaim deed to Charles E. Spurling |
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| Document, undated, typewritten copy of quitclaim deed from Spurlings, Stanleys, and Richardsons to Charles E. Spurling of 11 lots of land all previously belonging to Joseph S. Spurling. (Location of lots in county record books are listed (1847-1854) properties of Joseph S. Spurling.) | 
Description: Document, undated, typewritten copy of quitclaim deed from Spurlings, Stanleys, and Richardsons to Charles E. Spurling of 11 lots of land all previously belonging to Joseph S. Spurling. (Location of lots in county record books are listed (1847-1854) properties of Joseph S. Spurling.) |
| 1000.7.48 | Property deed Frank Stanley to Addie Duren |
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| Deed, From Frank Stanley to Addie Duren, 14 Sept 1930, property (known as the Mountain house 2016) |
Description: Deed, From Frank Stanley to Addie Duren, 14 Sept 1930, property (known as the Mountain house 2016) |
| 1000.4.7 | Deed: Fernald to Dunbar 1884 |
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| Bear Island Deed,.5 Nov 1884 (modern photocopy) | |
| 2012.200.1587 | Hugh Dwelley's historical reminiscences |
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| Document from Hugh Dwelley to Bruce Komusin, Winnie Smart, and Phil & Karin Whitney, dated 3/22/2011. Subject: "Cranberry Chronicle". Documents mentions that Rachel Fields called it Big Cranberry and when Hugh Dwelley was growing up in the 1940s & 1950s, we simply called it "Big Island". The memories of Great Cranberry (Big Island) are indeed interesting as they are of Islesford. Document mentions memoirs of Islesford being published and the warm memories of The Grange where Les Rice held the #2 position and came over with Ida, Wilfred, Norma and a few others nearly every Wednesday night for many years. Hugh talks about enjoying photos of the kids at Longfellow School and wishing classes were still in session at the school. Documents mentions Jack Rosebrook moved to Islesford and was a good friend and that Richard Alley is on Islesford now. Hugh remembers Karl Wedge, Allison Bunker, Pauline Bunker and Charlene Allen. Hugh says there were two dozen kids in the Islesford School during my years there (1936-1944). Some of the kids were from Coast Guard families. Hugh mentions the Coast Guard Station where he delivered "GRIT" newspapers and sold pull-books. There were as many as 50 men there for a time late in WWII. Hugh also mentions Sadie's Doughnuts and Sadie Fernald frying doughnuts. Lew Stanley and Wilfred & Tud's pictures in younger days are also mentioned. | 
Description: Document from Hugh Dwelley to Bruce Komusin, Winnie Smart, and Phil & Karin Whitney, dated 3/22/2011. Subject: "Cranberry Chronicle". Documents mentions that Rachel Fields called it Big Cranberry and when Hugh Dwelley was growing up in the 1940s & 1950s, we simply called it "Big Island". The memories of Great Cranberry (Big Island) are indeed interesting as they are of Islesford. Document mentions memoirs of Islesford being published and the warm memories of The Grange where Les Rice held the #2 position and came over with Ida, Wilfred, Norma and a few others nearly every Wednesday night for many years. Hugh talks about enjoying photos of the kids at Longfellow School and wishing classes were still in session at the school. Documents mentions Jack Rosebrook moved to Islesford and was a good friend and that Richard Alley is on Islesford now. Hugh remembers Karl Wedge, Allison Bunker, Pauline Bunker and Charlene Allen. Hugh says there were two dozen kids in the Islesford School during my years there (1936-1944). Some of the kids were from Coast Guard families. Hugh mentions the Coast Guard Station where he delivered "GRIT" newspapers and sold pull-books. There were as many as 50 men there for a time late in WWII. Hugh also mentions Sadie's Doughnuts and Sadie Fernald frying doughnuts. Lew Stanley and Wilfred & Tud's pictures in younger days are also mentioned. [show more] |
| 2017.382.2153 | Phone listings, cottage map, and miscellaneous |
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| Documents. (A) Map 1958 map and cottage directory of Cranberry Isles by L. S. Robinson. (Display in Museum reception.) (B) 1987 GCI phone list with artistic yellow cover designed and published by Longfellow School 1987; (C) 1995-1996 GCI phone list; (D) Ladies Aid Fair laminated announcement for Aug 9, 2000 - it's 100th Annual fair. (E) Newspaper publication of poem: “’Twas a Mite Before Midnite – An Ode to Great Cranberry Isle - with apologies to "Twas the Night Before Christmas" - 1982; frame removed. (F) newspaper clippings and obituaries that were stored behind the poem in the frame. |
Description: Documents. (A) Map 1958 map and cottage directory of Cranberry Isles by L. S. Robinson. (Display in Museum reception.) (B) 1987 GCI phone list with artistic yellow cover designed and published by Longfellow School 1987; (C) 1995-1996 GCI phone list; (D) Ladies Aid Fair laminated announcement for Aug 9, 2000 - it's 100th Annual fair. (E) Newspaper publication of poem: “’Twas a Mite Before Midnite – An Ode to Great Cranberry Isle - with apologies to "Twas the Night Before Christmas" - 1982; frame removed. (F) newspaper clippings and obituaries that were stored behind the poem in the frame. [show more] |
| 1000.27.922 | Bear Dog Boat Yard and house |
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| Carter's Real Estate listing from 2005 detailing Bear Dog Boat Yard and house |
Description: Carter's Real Estate listing from 2005 detailing Bear Dog Boat Yard and house |
| 1000.0.1577 | Whistler Cove Trail signs |
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| Poster, Welcome to Whistler Cove Public Trail. Signs placed on trees to mark route of trail | 
Description: Poster, Welcome to Whistler Cove Public Trail. Signs placed on trees to mark route of trail |
| 1000.36.130 | Remembrances of Great Cranberry Island |
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| Letter, remembrances of Great Cranberry Island, written by Betty Hartley |
Description: Letter, remembrances of Great Cranberry Island, written by Betty Hartley |
| 1000.34.954 | Memories of 1841 visit to Duck and Baker Island |
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| Memories of Duck and Bakers Island circa 1891. Gifted by Hugh Dwelley in Summer 2007. The bulk of the document is a copy of a letter to the Ellsworth American written by Rufus George Frederick Candage. The letter was written in 1891, but in the letter he is reminiscing about a two-week vacation to the Duck and Bakers Island in 1841. He writes about a barn, cattle, vegetables, hay, butter, cheese, eggs, fowls on Great Duck, and sheep on Little Duck. At that time the family of John Bartlett was living on Duck Island, although the Duck Islands were claimed by Mr. Gilley. Candage also remembers a trip to see the Bakers Island lighthouse. The letter is preceded by an excerpt from the book "The Descendants of James Candage/Cavendish of Blue Hill, Maine" and some notes on the Bartlett family and the letter made by Ralph W. Stanley. The document also includes a letter from Hugh Dwelley as President of the Islesford Historical Society to Mr. Gil Bunker in reference to a visit that the Bunker Family Association of America planned to make to the Cranberry Islands. |
Description: Memories of Duck and Bakers Island circa 1891. Gifted by Hugh Dwelley in Summer 2007. The bulk of the document is a copy of a letter to the Ellsworth American written by Rufus George Frederick Candage. The letter was written in 1891, but in the letter he is reminiscing about a two-week vacation to the Duck and Bakers Island in 1841. He writes about a barn, cattle, vegetables, hay, butter, cheese, eggs, fowls on Great Duck, and sheep on Little Duck. At that time the family of John Bartlett was living on Duck Island, although the Duck Islands were claimed by Mr. Gilley. Candage also remembers a trip to see the Bakers Island lighthouse. The letter is preceded by an excerpt from the book "The Descendants of James Candage/Cavendish of Blue Hill, Maine" and some notes on the Bartlett family and the letter made by Ralph W. Stanley. The document also includes a letter from Hugh Dwelley as President of the Islesford Historical Society to Mr. Gil Bunker in reference to a visit that the Bunker Family Association of America planned to make to the Cranberry Islands. [show more] |
| 2017.387.2162 | Spurling Cemetery Preservation Project 2016 research |
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| Cemetery. Collection of Spurling Cemetery Preservation Project 2016 materials. These are the records of work done on Spurling Cemetery No. 1 on Spurling Cove on the bluff near the Town dock in 2016. Inscriptions, digital photographs, measurements, deeds, spreadsheets, costs, blog, and photos of work and discoveries for each of the 26 known graves recorded by Anne Grulich. Documentation includes minutes, research, spreadsheet, photos, administrative documents, and field notes. Deed information was supplied by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust who has a conservation easement along part of the David and Tracy Weibel property where the burial ground is located. See various GCIHS Cranberry Chronicle newsletters for cemetery project progress. A memorial headstone listing all 26 known burials for whom only 8 headstones and 5 footstones remain. Memorial stone is funded by the Town of Cranberry Isles and the GCI Church. Folder 1: Committee meeting notes from March 2016 through June 2017. Folder 2: Field work notes and spreadsheet of Names, Dates, and details of headstones. Folder 3: Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Survey of June 15, 2016 performed by Mike Scully and Michael McCormick of Northeast Geophysical Services of Bangor, and paid for by the GCI Church. Folder 4: Documents relating to preservation work done by Fred Wieninger and his nephew Benjamin of Wieninger Monuments in Milbridge. Folder 5: Joseph L'Grow and Sarah L'Grow (LeGrow) genealogical and gravestone information from Cynthia Robertson. Folder 6: Andrew Herrick burial information from Steve Herrick. Folder 7: Deeds for conservation easement for Stanley and Isabel Seimer (parents of David Weibel) to Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Folder 8: PowerPoint printout and printout of intro pages for website. Note: In addition to these papers, the project is fully documented with photos and daily notes and historical information located online at gcihs.org “cemetery projects” and on the GCIHS server \Archives\atgrulich\SpurlingCemetery1_2015_2017, as well as in e-mails. (See also 2016.374.2137 a fragment of William Spurling (d. 1839) marble headstone displayed in Museum, and two posters on exhibit.) | 
Description: Cemetery. Collection of Spurling Cemetery Preservation Project 2016 materials. These are the records of work done on Spurling Cemetery No. 1 on Spurling Cove on the bluff near the Town dock in 2016. Inscriptions, digital photographs, measurements, deeds, spreadsheets, costs, blog, and photos of work and discoveries for each of the 26 known graves recorded by Anne Grulich. Documentation includes minutes, research, spreadsheet, photos, administrative documents, and field notes. Deed information was supplied by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust who has a conservation easement along part of the David and Tracy Weibel property where the burial ground is located. See various GCIHS Cranberry Chronicle newsletters for cemetery project progress. A memorial headstone listing all 26 known burials for whom only 8 headstones and 5 footstones remain. Memorial stone is funded by the Town of Cranberry Isles and the GCI Church. Folder 1: Committee meeting notes from March 2016 through June 2017. Folder 2: Field work notes and spreadsheet of Names, Dates, and details of headstones. Folder 3: Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Survey of June 15, 2016 performed by Mike Scully and Michael McCormick of Northeast Geophysical Services of Bangor, and paid for by the GCI Church. Folder 4: Documents relating to preservation work done by Fred Wieninger and his nephew Benjamin of Wieninger Monuments in Milbridge. Folder 5: Joseph L'Grow and Sarah L'Grow (LeGrow) genealogical and gravestone information from Cynthia Robertson. Folder 6: Andrew Herrick burial information from Steve Herrick. Folder 7: Deeds for conservation easement for Stanley and Isabel Seimer (parents of David Weibel) to Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Folder 8: PowerPoint printout and printout of intro pages for website. Note: In addition to these papers, the project is fully documented with photos and daily notes and historical information located online at gcihs.org “cemetery projects” and on the GCIHS server \Archives\atgrulich\SpurlingCemetery1_2015_2017, as well as in e-mails. (See also 2016.374.2137 a fragment of William Spurling (d. 1839) marble headstone displayed in Museum, and two posters on exhibit.) [show more] |
| 2012.201.1593 | Note from Owen Roberts to the McSorleys |
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| Envelope from Ambassador & Mrs. Owen W. Roberts to Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Mc Sorley, postmarked Cranberry Isles, ME Sep 16 AM 1985 04625. Item # 1593a is the letter associated with envelope Item # 1593. Letter is dated September 16, 1985. Dear Dot and Andy: "We arrived yesterday. Weather is beautiful. Great to be at rest after week of travel and rush. Found your letter and sent off the final payment ($3,465) to your sister, Louise Marr. Nice to hear that you have sold the final peices of property and can rest a bit now. We'll be glad to see the new neighbor. Road (McSorley Road; i.e., I-95) seems fine. Can always use a few more loads (rocks?) Much evidence of yours. Best Wishes till next summer." Signed Owen and Janet Roberts. | 
Description: Envelope from Ambassador & Mrs. Owen W. Roberts to Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Mc Sorley, postmarked Cranberry Isles, ME Sep 16 AM 1985 04625. Item # 1593a is the letter associated with envelope Item # 1593. Letter is dated September 16, 1985. Dear Dot and Andy: "We arrived yesterday. Weather is beautiful. Great to be at rest after week of travel and rush. Found your letter and sent off the final payment ($3,465) to your sister, Louise Marr. Nice to hear that you have sold the final peices of property and can rest a bit now. We'll be glad to see the new neighbor. Road (McSorley Road; i.e., I-95) seems fine. Can always use a few more loads (rocks?) Much evidence of yours. Best Wishes till next summer." Signed Owen and Janet Roberts. [show more] |
| 2018.416.2772 | Request for information about Samuel Hadlock Jr. and his touring Eskimos |
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| Note to Michael Macfarlan (owner of what was once Sam Hadlock’s home on Great Cranberry Island) from William and Sally Sturtevant, anthropologists at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and at Hunter College in NY, asking for further information on Samuel Hadlock, Jr. and the Eskimos he exhibited on his tour in Europe 1820-1825. (Written August 23, 1993 ) | 
Description: Note to Michael Macfarlan (owner of what was once Sam Hadlock’s home on Great Cranberry Island) from William and Sally Sturtevant, anthropologists at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and at Hunter College in NY, asking for further information on Samuel Hadlock, Jr. and the Eskimos he exhibited on his tour in Europe 1820-1825. (Written August 23, 1993 ) |
| 2017.400.2252 | Interviews of Islander Gaile Colby in 2018 |
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| Oral history. These two interviews with lifelong GCI resident Gaile Colby were conducted by Phil Whitney and Josh Hastings in July 2018. They mostly discuss houses along The Lane, Harding Point, Heliker-Lahotan and Jimmies Point Road. Arvard helped a lot with certain houses on Harding Point Road and certain houses on The Lane in the second interview. Two sessions 7/22/18 and 7/29/18. Several segments of the July 29 interview were transcribed 2018 and include the visit of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller to the Cranberry Club on GCI; the wakes of Rena Bunker Willis' widow (1940) and Henry Bunker (1941) held in the Richman house; the 1961 fire at the Sherman house. The MP3 Sound recordings are very good. See GCIHS-NAS\video\2018. (Note: photo used here is from the 2009 Portrait Project by Becky Buyers-Basso (2013.238.1933), not these 2018 interviews.) | 
Description: Oral history. These two interviews with lifelong GCI resident Gaile Colby were conducted by Phil Whitney and Josh Hastings in July 2018. They mostly discuss houses along The Lane, Harding Point, Heliker-Lahotan and Jimmies Point Road. Arvard helped a lot with certain houses on Harding Point Road and certain houses on The Lane in the second interview. Two sessions 7/22/18 and 7/29/18. Several segments of the July 29 interview were transcribed 2018 and include the visit of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller to the Cranberry Club on GCI; the wakes of Rena Bunker Willis' widow (1940) and Henry Bunker (1941) held in the Richman house; the 1961 fire at the Sherman house. The MP3 Sound recordings are very good. See GCIHS-NAS\video\2018. (Note: photo used here is from the 2009 Portrait Project by Becky Buyers-Basso (2013.238.1933), not these 2018 interviews.) [show more] |
| 1000.0.957 | Sutton's Island house histories |
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| Collection of House Histories on Sutton's Island until 1963 |
Description: Collection of House Histories on Sutton's Island until 1963 |
| 1000.0.925 | "The Preble Cove Cemetery: Great Cranberry Island, ME" report |
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| Rough copies of the publication "The Preble Cove Cemetery: Great Cranberry Island, ME" Compiled by Bruce Komusin of GCIHS in August of 1994 |
Description: Rough copies of the publication "The Preble Cove Cemetery: Great Cranberry Island, ME" Compiled by Bruce Komusin of GCIHS in August of 1994 |
| 2004.96.897 | Cranberry Isles Maine; The Town of Five Islands |
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| Cranberry Isles Maine; The Town of Five Islands, a 1-page fold-out tourist brochure created by the town, with photos of both Cranberry and Islesford attractions, and the poem "Cranbery Isles" by James Belcher Ford (who was a minister on GCI.) | 
Description: Cranberry Isles Maine; The Town of Five Islands, a 1-page fold-out tourist brochure created by the town, with photos of both Cranberry and Islesford attractions, and the poem "Cranbery Isles" by James Belcher Ford (who was a minister on GCI.) |
| 1000.112.834 | The History of Sutton Island by Anne Namnoum |
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| The History of Sutton (or Sutton's) Island, 32 pages, by Anne Namnoum of Sutton; a draft manuscript (also see item #86); with historical narrative, and descriptions and photos of the houses: The Richardson House "twin Tops", Moore House, Bunker House (the old Post Office) built by William Richardson, The Boathouse, White Hen owned by Lancasters and Rices, Gilley House a.k.a. Lyman, A.C. Fernald House, Harvard/Kendall House owned by Albion Moore, The Schoolhouse, Bunchberry Bungalow or cottage owned by Woodworth and Fernald, Windemere owned by Burnham and Stimsons, Rice Cottage, Church/Lange House owned by Charles Church, Memhard and Chatfields; The Teahouse owned by Wheelrights, Rockefeller and Hopkins, Farmhouse owned by Wilbert Rice; Rachel Field House, Afterglow, The Log Cabin, The Cow Barn, Harvard/Paine House, Little Gilley/Lyman House, Fir-Lee, Talley House, Lamb House/Sunset Point, The Dory, Twin Tops II. Additional documents discovered July 2015 and added to folder: about 50 pages of printed text about houses on Sutton no dates or names of author(s). | 
Description: The History of Sutton (or Sutton's) Island, 32 pages, by Anne Namnoum of Sutton; a draft manuscript (also see item #86); with historical narrative, and descriptions and photos of the houses: The Richardson House "twin Tops", Moore House, Bunker House (the old Post Office) built by William Richardson, The Boathouse, White Hen owned by Lancasters and Rices, Gilley House a.k.a. Lyman, A.C. Fernald House, Harvard/Kendall House owned by Albion Moore, The Schoolhouse, Bunchberry Bungalow or cottage owned by Woodworth and Fernald, Windemere owned by Burnham and Stimsons, Rice Cottage, Church/Lange House owned by Charles Church, Memhard and Chatfields; The Teahouse owned by Wheelrights, Rockefeller and Hopkins, Farmhouse owned by Wilbert Rice; Rachel Field House, Afterglow, The Log Cabin, The Cow Barn, Harvard/Paine House, Little Gilley/Lyman House, Fir-Lee, Talley House, Lamb House/Sunset Point, The Dory, Twin Tops II. Additional documents discovered July 2015 and added to folder: about 50 pages of printed text about houses on Sutton no dates or names of author(s). [show more] |
| 2001.111.829 | Letter re: Harding property schoolhouse lot |
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| Zulma [Lulina/Lucinda?] M. Harding to Mrs. Richardson, 30 Oct 1904, confirming Harding's ownership of the schoolhouse lot (one of the two in use before the current school was built in 1904 - most likely the lot now owned by Malcolm Donald across from Cranberry House.) Transcribed. | 
Description: Zulma [Lulina/Lucinda?] M. Harding to Mrs. Richardson, 30 Oct 1904, confirming Harding's ownership of the schoolhouse lot (one of the two in use before the current school was built in 1904 - most likely the lot now owned by Malcolm Donald across from Cranberry House.) Transcribed. |
| 2003.87.645 | Cranberry Club Rooster Division |
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| Poster, "Cranberry Club Rooster Division", the Rooster Club (local spoof of Cranberry Club), hand-colored |
Description: Poster, "Cranberry Club Rooster Division", the Rooster Club (local spoof of Cranberry Club), hand-colored |
| 2002.85.600 | Cranberry Island Tennis Club documents |
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| Documents relating to Cranberry Island Tennis Club 1982-1990: bylaws of 1983, list of members, rules of the court, activities, minutes of meetings, etc. |
Description: Documents relating to Cranberry Island Tennis Club 1982-1990: bylaws of 1983, list of members, rules of the court, activities, minutes of meetings, etc. |
