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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 2003.87.642 | 1906 Calendar page |
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| Calendar page, Sep and Oct 1906, with design of young woman with hat | 
Description: Calendar page, Sep and Oct 1906, with design of young woman with hat |
| 1000.7.11 | A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island published by W.H. Sherman, Printer and Stationer |
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| Booklet, "A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island" published by W.H. Sherman, Printer and Stationer, Bar Harbor, ca. 1903-1905, with 66 b&w photos, and several ads | 
Description: Booklet, "A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island" published by W.H. Sherman, Printer and Stationer, Bar Harbor, ca. 1903-1905, with 66 b&w photos, and several ads |
| 2014.520.3012 | College of Pharmacy Student Handbook of New York 1905-1906 |
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| A college of Pharmacy student handbook with a day planner in the back. The book has the initials W.H. Marr written, which is Wade Marr who would make a profession as a druggist. This student handbook includes a day planner, points of interests, and sports clubs. | 
Description: A college of Pharmacy student handbook with a day planner in the back. The book has the initials W.H. Marr written, which is Wade Marr who would make a profession as a druggist. This student handbook includes a day planner, points of interests, and sports clubs. |
| 1000.46.257 | Document re: estate of Enoch B. Stanley |
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| Document, by Mary C. Richardson 21 Mar 1905, witnessed by 7 people, promising to sign quitclaim deed for no more than 0.5 acre of land, to be used as house lot, to any & all heirs of Enoch B. Stanley. Transcribed. | 
Description: Document, by Mary C. Richardson 21 Mar 1905, witnessed by 7 people, promising to sign quitclaim deed for no more than 0.5 acre of land, to be used as house lot, to any & all heirs of Enoch B. Stanley. Transcribed. |
| 2013.246.2739 | Envelope for Mrs. Benjamin Spurling |
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| Envelope for Mrs. Benjamin Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, Maine (Lincoln County) postmarked September 3, 1906, Chicago Ill. | 
Description: Envelope for Mrs. Benjamin Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, Maine (Lincoln County) postmarked September 3, 1906, Chicago Ill. |
| 2019.433.2452 | Hebron Academy/Steele family photos |
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| 19 photographs,Steele family and Hebron Academy. Hebron was in central Maine. A= carved wood plaque "Hebron Academy Sturtevant Hall, Summer of 1903 "To Fil from As" ; B= Large cardboard matte Hebron Academy team; C= Class photo on porch, presumably Hebron Academy, Steele family; D= Badly faded Academy group; E= Leo Trask, F&G unk. H&I= unk; J=William Howe; K=unk "with love from Ora" ; L= unk "with Love from Ora [Strauss?]; M=Guy Watson HA'0?"; N="My home [xxxx] for you". (Steele family members are buried in Preble and Bunker Cemeteries on GCI. Related to Lulu Alley and Bunkers, too.) | 
Description: 19 photographs,Steele family and Hebron Academy. Hebron was in central Maine. A= carved wood plaque "Hebron Academy Sturtevant Hall, Summer of 1903 "To Fil from As" ; B= Large cardboard matte Hebron Academy team; C= Class photo on porch, presumably Hebron Academy, Steele family; D= Badly faded Academy group; E= Leo Trask, F&G unk. H&I= unk; J=William Howe; K=unk "with love from Ora" ; L= unk "with Love from Ora [Strauss?]; M=Guy Watson HA'0?"; N="My home [xxxx] for you". (Steele family members are buried in Preble and Bunker Cemeteries on GCI. Related to Lulu Alley and Bunkers, too.) [show more] |
| 2005.138.2026 | Hooked rug with geometric dog motif |
| Rug. Hooked, wool, green and beige geometric dog motif. Made on Cranberry Isles 1902-1905. One of two similar rugs from same donor. Donor inherited this rug and believes it belonged to Miriam Reynolds, one of several Mount Desert summer residents who established a rug-making cottage industry on Cranberry Island. Donor explained: "Reynolds was part of the family of William Reed Huntington, who spent summers in Northeast Harbor starting around 1886. Mrs. Huntington died years before, leaving four small children, and her older sister, Miriam, moved in to take care of them. The youngest of the four was Mary, who later married William Thompson. They summered in Tamworth, New Hampshire, and this rug was in their house there. The house was inherited by their second son, Charles G. Thompson. When Charles's daughter Victoria married Dr. James S. Murphy, a Seal Harbor summer resident, she was given the Cranberry rug (by then quite worn) so that it might return to nearer its origin. For forty years it lived in Seal Harbor, but when Victoria's daughter Alice married Cranberry Island summer resident Bill Bancroft, the rug came home!" This rug was repaired in the same manner as the crab-motif rug, but is in much worse condition. It, too, lacks the CR monogram that was usually worked into one corner or on the selvage at the back of rugs that were made specifically by the Cranberry Island Club rug makers at the turn of the century. From "Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor", #55 (Nov. 1904), pp 1573-1622, the article "The Revival of Handicrafts in America." by Max West, Ph. D. states: Cranberry Islanders ".... were already familiar with the process of hooking rugs; and they were fortunate in having the benefit of the initiative, moral support, and financial backing of Mrs. Seth Low, Miss Miriam P. Reynolds, and one or two other New York women whose summer homes are at Northeast Harbor, as well as in obtaining the aid of capable designers. The industry was started on a small scale in the autumn of 1901, under the supervision of Miss Amy Mali Hicks, a designer identified with the arts and crafts movement in New York City, who designed the patterns and gave instruction in dyeing, etc. ..." | 
Description: Rug. Hooked, wool, green and beige geometric dog motif. Made on Cranberry Isles 1902-1905. One of two similar rugs from same donor. Donor inherited this rug and believes it belonged to Miriam Reynolds, one of several Mount Desert summer residents who established a rug-making cottage industry on Cranberry Island. Donor explained: "Reynolds was part of the family of William Reed Huntington, who spent summers in Northeast Harbor starting around 1886. Mrs. Huntington died years before, leaving four small children, and her older sister, Miriam, moved in to take care of them. The youngest of the four was Mary, who later married William Thompson. They summered in Tamworth, New Hampshire, and this rug was in their house there. The house was inherited by their second son, Charles G. Thompson. When Charles's daughter Victoria married Dr. James S. Murphy, a Seal Harbor summer resident, she was given the Cranberry rug (by then quite worn) so that it might return to nearer its origin. For forty years it lived in Seal Harbor, but when Victoria's daughter Alice married Cranberry Island summer resident Bill Bancroft, the rug came home!" This rug was repaired in the same manner as the crab-motif rug, but is in much worse condition. It, too, lacks the CR monogram that was usually worked into one corner or on the selvage at the back of rugs that were made specifically by the Cranberry Island Club rug makers at the turn of the century. From "Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor", #55 (Nov. 1904), pp 1573-1622, the article "The Revival of Handicrafts in America." by Max West, Ph. D. states: Cranberry Islanders ".... were already familiar with the process of hooking rugs; and they were fortunate in having the benefit of the initiative, moral support, and financial backing of Mrs. Seth Low, Miss Miriam P. Reynolds, and one or two other New York women whose summer homes are at Northeast Harbor, as well as in obtaining the aid of capable designers. The industry was started on a small scale in the autumn of 1901, under the supervision of Miss Amy Mali Hicks, a designer identified with the arts and crafts movement in New York City, who designed the patterns and gave instruction in dyeing, etc. ..." [show more] | |
| 2001.111.815 | Letter in Sanford v. Preble case |
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| Envelope and 2 Letters from Attorney John A. Peters Jr. to his client, William P. Preble, about Sanford vs Preble. Envelope postmarked 16 Apr, letters dated 15 Apr 1901 and 20 Dec 1901. Peters thinks he arranged favorable settlement with Sanford, and his remarks seem to indicate that Preble (age 90) is slightly confused about the settlement. | 
Description: Envelope and 2 Letters from Attorney John A. Peters Jr. to his client, William P. Preble, about Sanford vs Preble. Envelope postmarked 16 Apr, letters dated 15 Apr 1901 and 20 Dec 1901. Peters thinks he arranged favorable settlement with Sanford, and his remarks seem to indicate that Preble (age 90) is slightly confused about the settlement. |
| 2001.111.820 | Letter including Preble genealogy |
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| Letter: perhaps partial, from George B. Preble to William P. Preble, 18 Jan 1901, telling of George's lean winter, and including a list of Prebles and Spurlings on the back (purpose unstated). Transcribed. | 
Description: Letter: perhaps partial, from George B. Preble to William P. Preble, 18 Jan 1901, telling of George's lean winter, and including a list of Prebles and Spurlings on the back (purpose unstated). Transcribed. |
| 2013.246.2742 | Letter of Introduction for Captain Benjamin H. Spurling |
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| Letter of introduction for Captain Benjamin H. Spurling from J. S. Winslow & Co., Ship Brokers, Portland Maine, February 27, 1900. "This is to certify that we have known Captain Benjamin H. Sperling (sic) of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, for the past fifteen years, as Master of schooners engaged in the fishing trade. We consider Captain Sperling to be a man of extra good habits, thoroughly capable and trustworthy, and it gives us pleasure to furnish him this letter of recommendation." | 
Description: Letter of introduction for Captain Benjamin H. Spurling from J. S. Winslow & Co., Ship Brokers, Portland Maine, February 27, 1900. "This is to certify that we have known Captain Benjamin H. Sperling (sic) of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, for the past fifteen years, as Master of schooners engaged in the fishing trade. We consider Captain Sperling to be a man of extra good habits, thoroughly capable and trustworthy, and it gives us pleasure to furnish him this letter of recommendation." [show more] |
| 2001.111.830 | Letter re: death of General Andrew Barclay Spurling |
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| Letter: Cassius C. Roberts to Mrs. B.H. Spurling, 3 Sep 1906, describing the death of General Andrew Barclay Spurling (a Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor winner) in Chicago. Transcribed. | 
Description: Letter: Cassius C. Roberts to Mrs. B.H. Spurling, 3 Sep 1906, describing the death of General Andrew Barclay Spurling (a Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor winner) in Chicago. Transcribed. |
| 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. |
| 2001.111.828 | Letter re: property in Sanford v. Preble case |
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| Letter: William P. Preble to Wm. P. Preble (Grandson), 21 Sep 1900; suggesting that some lots the senior Preble had previously deeded to Wm. H. Preble, his now dead son, be sold by the grandson, his father's Illinois estate administrator, to effectively prevent trespassing by Sam Sanford and A.B. Birlem. Transcribed. | 
Description: Letter: William P. Preble to Wm. P. Preble (Grandson), 21 Sep 1900; suggesting that some lots the senior Preble had previously deeded to Wm. H. Preble, his now dead son, be sold by the grandson, his father's Illinois estate administrator, to effectively prevent trespassing by Sam Sanford and A.B. Birlem. Transcribed. |
| 2003.71.609 | Letter re: Robbins failure to pay poll tax |
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| Letter, 1 sheet, folded, apparently a copy of one sent from William P. Preble, Chairman of Selectmen & Assessors, to Howard P. Robbins 25 Jul 1890, complaining that Robbins, as US Government employee appointed to post on Cranberry Isles (probably at Lifesaving Station on Islesford) refuses to pay poll tax and yet sends his 3 children to school in District 5, thus causing expenses to town. Transcribed. (District 5 is Baker Island.) | 
Description: Letter, 1 sheet, folded, apparently a copy of one sent from William P. Preble, Chairman of Selectmen & Assessors, to Howard P. Robbins 25 Jul 1890, complaining that Robbins, as US Government employee appointed to post on Cranberry Isles (probably at Lifesaving Station on Islesford) refuses to pay poll tax and yet sends his 3 children to school in District 5, thus causing expenses to town. Transcribed. (District 5 is Baker Island.) |
| 2010.152.1213 | Letter re: Sanford v. Preble and other matters |
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| Document. Letter from B.H. Spurling to J. A. Peters Jr., dated Boothbay Harbor, ME, February 19th, 1900. Letter is regarding the death of William H. Preble and any possible changes in the court dates or proceedings between William P. Preble and Samuel Sanford. | 
Description: Document. Letter from B.H. Spurling to J. A. Peters Jr., dated Boothbay Harbor, ME, February 19th, 1900. Letter is regarding the death of William H. Preble and any possible changes in the court dates or proceedings between William P. Preble and Samuel Sanford. |
| 2001.111.824 | Letter re: Sanford v. Preble case |
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| Letter: G.M. Richardson to William Preble's daughter, Fannie, 14 Apr 1901, relating that Richardson feels the opposing lawyers took advantage of Preble's age and blindness in the settlement of Sanford vs Preble. Transcribed. | 
Description: Letter: G.M. Richardson to William Preble's daughter, Fannie, 14 Apr 1901, relating that Richardson feels the opposing lawyers took advantage of Preble's age and blindness in the settlement of Sanford vs Preble. Transcribed. |
| 2014.562.3054 | Letter to Ben Spruling |
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| A letter from J.E Welles to Ben Spurling. This letter is regarding the fishing industry. Welles mentions how it is hard to find fisherman to work out in Athens (Georgia). He then talks about deciding to not make his boat a power boat, but keep it how it is because it is greatly equipped for business. Lastly, he mentions about how if Ben wanted to come join him in the Gulf, he would figure something out, due to the lack of fisherman willing to work. | 
Description: A letter from J.E Welles to Ben Spurling. This letter is regarding the fishing industry. Welles mentions how it is hard to find fisherman to work out in Athens (Georgia). He then talks about deciding to not make his boat a power boat, but keep it how it is because it is greatly equipped for business. Lastly, he mentions about how if Ben wanted to come join him in the Gulf, he would figure something out, due to the lack of fisherman willing to work. [show more] |
| 2010.152.1214 | Letter to Captain B. H. Spurling re: Sanford v. Preble |
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| Letter to Captain B. H. Spurling re: progress of the Samuel Sanford v. Willliam P. Preble case discussing settlement and the death of W. H. Preble. See a dozen other documents in collection pertaining to Sanford v. Preble | 
Description: Letter to Captain B. H. Spurling re: progress of the Samuel Sanford v. Willliam P. Preble case discussing settlement and the death of W. H. Preble. See a dozen other documents in collection pertaining to Sanford v. Preble |
| 2018.421.2291 | Letters to Charles A. Gilley 1903-1904 |
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| Collection of two 1903-1904 letters to Charles A. Gilley from a woman (Annie Keaney?) in Lawrence, MA, who wanted very much to come and visit Mr. Gilley or to work for him. They had apparently met at some point. She planned to send him her photo and thought that would be permissible since it was a leap year. | 
Description: Collection of two 1903-1904 letters to Charles A. Gilley from a woman (Annie Keaney?) in Lawrence, MA, who wanted very much to come and visit Mr. Gilley or to work for him. They had apparently met at some point. She planned to send him her photo and thought that would be permissible since it was a leap year. |
| 2013.246.2735 | Louise Marr relatives and friends portraits (Group 2 of 4) |
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| Photos of Louise Marr relatives: with IDs on reverse, most are cabinet cards. A = This is 1 of the daughters of the Preble that had the leather business in Chicago (2 copies) B = F. Spurling 1903 (two photos in wedding dress) C = Ruth Buck, Alice Bennett, BA. D = Augusta F. Reed, July 21, 1900 E = No ID F = Ed Malmar, Husband of Minnie, Chase Manhattan Bank G = Auntie Maude Graduation from High School H = Harold Spurling I = Uncle Harold, Auntie Maude, Mother J = Mother at Auntie Maude's graduation K = Gertrude Estelle Malmar, Age 5 months, Daughter of Ed & Minnie Malmar L = Uncle Harold (Spurling) M = Aunt Maude's only two children: standing Doris Weare (died in her youth) and sitting is Frances Weare Jewett. N= Lucius Whipple with grandchildren Raymond and Harry Spurling | 
Description: Photos of Louise Marr relatives: with IDs on reverse, most are cabinet cards. A = This is 1 of the daughters of the Preble that had the leather business in Chicago (2 copies) B = F. Spurling 1903 (two photos in wedding dress) C = Ruth Buck, Alice Bennett, BA. D = Augusta F. Reed, July 21, 1900 E = No ID F = Ed Malmar, Husband of Minnie, Chase Manhattan Bank G = Auntie Maude Graduation from High School H = Harold Spurling I = Uncle Harold, Auntie Maude, Mother J = Mother at Auntie Maude's graduation K = Gertrude Estelle Malmar, Age 5 months, Daughter of Ed & Minnie Malmar L = Uncle Harold (Spurling) M = Aunt Maude's only two children: standing Doris Weare (died in her youth) and sitting is Frances Weare Jewett. N= Lucius Whipple with grandchildren Raymond and Harry Spurling [show more] |
| 2013.246.2736 | Louise Marr relatives and friends portraits (Group 3 of 4) |
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| Photos of Louise Marr relatives and friends identified only as "Children" with no individual names; several are cabinet cards, several photos appear to have been removed from a photo album at some point. (Grouped A-F) | 
Description: Photos of Louise Marr relatives and friends identified only as "Children" with no individual names; several are cabinet cards, several photos appear to have been removed from a photo album at some point. (Grouped A-F) |
| 2016.370.2133 | Metal tea strainer |
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| Kitchenware. Tea strainer. Small, metal sieve basket suspended above attached metal bowl with black wooden handle. Stamped with: "Superior, Pat. Dec 22, 08, ALLCO" | 
Description: Kitchenware. Tea strainer. Small, metal sieve basket suspended above attached metal bowl with black wooden handle. Stamped with: "Superior, Pat. Dec 22, 08, ALLCO" |
| 2021.463.2866 | Mountain View Inn (Right) |
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| A photograph of the Mountain View Inn before being moved and becoming the Historic Society. This building was originally used as a restaurant where the guest would eat upstairs and the food was prepared downstairs and brought up by a dumbwaiter. After the closing of the Inn the building was then used as a workshop. By 2004, the Mountain View Inn found a new home just up the road from its original location, and the Historical Society has been using it ever since. | 
Description: A photograph of the Mountain View Inn before being moved and becoming the Historic Society. This building was originally used as a restaurant where the guest would eat upstairs and the food was prepared downstairs and brought up by a dumbwaiter. After the closing of the Inn the building was then used as a workshop. By 2004, the Mountain View Inn found a new home just up the road from its original location, and the Historical Society has been using it ever since. [show more] |
| 2014.272.2018 | Photo of school children with teacher ca. 1904 |
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| Photograph. Discolored black and white photo mounted on cardboard with red blue and white paint drips on it. School children with teacher standing outside by log fence. Handwritten on reverse "School at Cranberry isles, me. School house on School House Hill. 1904?" Compare with school children in 1000.27.736 and 1000.123.994. | 
Description: Photograph. Discolored black and white photo mounted on cardboard with red blue and white paint drips on it. School children with teacher standing outside by log fence. Handwritten on reverse "School at Cranberry isles, me. School house on School House Hill. 1904?" Compare with school children in 1000.27.736 and 1000.123.994. |
| 1000.0.564 | Poem about Grandfather Preble's house (or is this the old Spurling house?) |
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| Document, both sides of 1 typewritten sheet, poem "Grandfather's House" (inscribed to Uncle Enoch) by E.T. Preble, Chicago, 1 Jan 1900. | 
Description: Document, both sides of 1 typewritten sheet, poem "Grandfather's House" (inscribed to Uncle Enoch) by E.T. Preble, Chicago, 1 Jan 1900. |
