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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 1000.0.1015 | Report cards for Hillard and George Hamor |
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| Report cards, school, six of Hillard Hamor and George Hamor's report cards ranging from 1908-1910. A couple of them are signed by John Hamor as a parent's signature | 
Description: Report cards, school, six of Hillard Hamor and George Hamor's report cards ranging from 1908-1910. A couple of them are signed by John Hamor as a parent's signature |
| 1000.0.1037 | Bible (1873) belonging to Carrie Richardson with genealogy. |
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| Book, The Holy Bible from 1873 in poor condition. Belonged to Carrie Richardson. The GCIHS wrote and directed a play about Carrie Richardson which can be found on DVD in the museum. Carrie Richardson was able to navigate a boat by celestial navigation, she lived down in what is now the Heliker LaHotan foundation. Her husband Meltiah Richardson committed suicide, he tied cod weights around himself and jumped off the dock. Geneaological records that seem to have little relevance can be found tucked into the Bible. | 
Description: Book, The Holy Bible from 1873 in poor condition. Belonged to Carrie Richardson. The GCIHS wrote and directed a play about Carrie Richardson which can be found on DVD in the museum. Carrie Richardson was able to navigate a boat by celestial navigation, she lived down in what is now the Heliker LaHotan foundation. Her husband Meltiah Richardson committed suicide, he tied cod weights around himself and jumped off the dock. Geneaological records that seem to have little relevance can be found tucked into the Bible. [show more] |
| 1000.0.1495 | School photo ca. 1890 |
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| Photo, Rocky Hill School-Carl Hardy's House (later Malcolm Donald's house) ca. 1890. From right: Mamie Spurling Birlem, Charles Spurling, Jr. (brother and sister), Elva Stanley (Addie's Sister), Perley Stanley, Sadie Bulger, Pink Bulger, Sadie Bunker Steele Sevenson, Lena Spurling (Eber's wife), Lena Ladd, Frank Bunker, Annie Bunker Spurling (Millard's wife), Harvey Bulger, Mrs. Rich (Teacher), Roy Bulger, Vida Crosley, Peter Richardson (Charles), Philmore Steele, Addie Duran, John Steele, Ida Stover, Alfred Ladd (note: List of names is on a handwritten note underneath the red cover at back of picture) | 
Description: Photo, Rocky Hill School-Carl Hardy's House (later Malcolm Donald's house) ca. 1890. From right: Mamie Spurling Birlem, Charles Spurling, Jr. (brother and sister), Elva Stanley (Addie's Sister), Perley Stanley, Sadie Bulger, Pink Bulger, Sadie Bunker Steele Sevenson, Lena Spurling (Eber's wife), Lena Ladd, Frank Bunker, Annie Bunker Spurling (Millard's wife), Harvey Bulger, Mrs. Rich (Teacher), Roy Bulger, Vida Crosley, Peter Richardson (Charles), Philmore Steele, Addie Duran, John Steele, Ida Stover, Alfred Ladd (note: List of names is on a handwritten note underneath the red cover at back of picture) [show more] |
| 1000.0.1624 | First day of classes 1987 |
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| Photo, Hannah, Elysia Sparacio, Mr. Shannon (Teacher), Ellen Savage, Chris Sparacio, Kandy Wedge, Christina Bracy, Molly Gray, Audra Wellman, Megan Liebow, Mandy Bracy, Scott Bracy (photo titled "1st day 1987) | 
Description: Photo, Hannah, Elysia Sparacio, Mr. Shannon (Teacher), Ellen Savage, Chris Sparacio, Kandy Wedge, Christina Bracy, Molly Gray, Audra Wellman, Megan Liebow, Mandy Bracy, Scott Bracy (photo titled "1st day 1987) |
| 1000.0.1625 | Field Trip to Washington, D.C. |
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| Photo, "Longfellow School, Washington D.C. Trip". left to right Brandon Russell, unknown, Patrick Allen, James, Josh (with cap on), Mandy, Molly, Megan, Christina, Abby Liebow, Gabriel, Ellen, Gary (behind), Teacher Ray Chamers, Michael Westphal | 
Description: Photo, "Longfellow School, Washington D.C. Trip". left to right Brandon Russell, unknown, Patrick Allen, James, Josh (with cap on), Mandy, Molly, Megan, Christina, Abby Liebow, Gabriel, Ellen, Gary (behind), Teacher Ray Chamers, Michael Westphal |
| 1000.0.1628 | Longfellow School children |
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| Photo, James Bunker, Christina, Ellen Whitney, Josh, Elysia, Kenneth Whitney, Hannah, Ellen Savage, Mandy, Molly, Scott, Audra, Jill (?), Chris Sparacio, Megan Liebow | 
Description: Photo, James Bunker, Christina, Ellen Whitney, Josh, Elysia, Kenneth Whitney, Hannah, Ellen Savage, Mandy, Molly, Scott, Audra, Jill (?), Chris Sparacio, Megan Liebow |
| 1000.0.1631 | Longfellow School-Washington, D.C. field trip |
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| Photo, "Longfellow School-Washington, D.C. Trip. Michael Westphal, Christina, Gary, Mandy (in front), Megan (behind), Colleen Allan, Molly, Scott, Brandon Russel (standing), Josh (sitting), Gabriel (sitting), Abbey Liebow (behind), Teacher Ray Chalmers (behind), James Bunker (sitting), boy sitting might be Patrick (?) | 
Description: Photo, "Longfellow School-Washington, D.C. Trip. Michael Westphal, Christina, Gary, Mandy (in front), Megan (behind), Colleen Allan, Molly, Scott, Brandon Russel (standing), Josh (sitting), Gabriel (sitting), Abbey Liebow (behind), Teacher Ray Chalmers (behind), James Bunker (sitting), boy sitting might be Patrick (?) |
| 1000.0.1633 | Hilda Spurling working at the post office |
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| Photo, "Hilda Spurling filled in for Marjorie Phippen at the Post Office" taken and developed by Ed Gray. (2 copies) (Note: Item 1633a is also Hilda Spurling from a different angle (5 copies) | 
Description: Photo, "Hilda Spurling filled in for Marjorie Phippen at the Post Office" taken and developed by Ed Gray. (2 copies) (Note: Item 1633a is also Hilda Spurling from a different angle (5 copies) |
| 1000.0.1638 | Marjorie Phippen working at Post Office |
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| Marjorie Phippen- Post Master at the Cranberry Isle Post Office | 
Description: Marjorie Phippen- Post Master at the Cranberry Isle Post Office |
| 1000.0.165 | Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed |
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| Certificate, Post Office Appointment as postmaster of Joseph S. Spurling, Esq., 29 Apr 1862 |
Description: Certificate, Post Office Appointment as postmaster of Joseph S. Spurling, Esq., 29 Apr 1862 |
| 1000.0.384 | Ribbon: Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pemetic Lodge |
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| Ribbon, pin-on, double sided, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pemetic Lodge #135, Southwest Harbor | 
Description: Ribbon, pin-on, double sided, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pemetic Lodge #135, Southwest Harbor |
| 1000.0.584 | Longfellow School photos |
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| Photos, 6 color snapshots and 35mm negatives of students at Longfellow School sleepover, developed 6 Jan 1996 | 
Description: Photos, 6 color snapshots and 35mm negatives of students at Longfellow School sleepover, developed 6 Jan 1996 |
| 1000.0.592 | Manset Union Church letter |
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| Letter and envelope, handwritten, sent by Julia Parker (Manset Union Church) to Alice M. Stanley, Cranberry Isles, 25 Jun 1956, "The Manset Union Church to the Cranberry Cong. Church certifies Hope Bulger Bradford was received into Manset Church 20 May 1956" |
Description: Letter and envelope, handwritten, sent by Julia Parker (Manset Union Church) to Alice M. Stanley, Cranberry Isles, 25 Jun 1956, "The Manset Union Church to the Cranberry Cong. Church certifies Hope Bulger Bradford was received into Manset Church 20 May 1956" |
| 1000.0.691 | Mrs. Andrew C. Wheelwright legacy |
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| Document, photocopy, 2 sheets, essay starting "My mother's interest in Cranberry...", by Mary Cabot Wheelwright, about Mrs. Andrew C. Wheelwright's efforts for GCI, including donating to the church the Sarah Whitman stained glass window, the bell, and the parsonage; paying to restore the pulpit and chairs, helping to settle the site of the Town Dock, and hiring Mrs. Schrifgrisser to teach the children games and handcrafts. Transcribed. Also included is a 2019 letter from an Eliot family descendant, Alexander Goriansky, with with Eliot family genealogy and a copy of a letter published in "Letters from Elizabeth Cabot, Vol. III, Boston 1905". The letter is about Mrs. Cabot's visit to GCI August 8, 1900 to view the new stained glass window in the church: "...It is one of Mrs. Whitman's beautiful wreathes, with gorgeus reds and blues and enough white to show them off, laid on a white Greek cross, on the arms of which is the inscription. The church is absolutely bare, but well colored as to the walls...." Goriansky states that 100 years later, he lived upstairs from where the window's creator, Sarah Wyman Whitman, had lived from 1880-1904 (#77 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston), and that she was very fine designer and maker of "stained" glass windows. | 
Description: Document, photocopy, 2 sheets, essay starting "My mother's interest in Cranberry...", by Mary Cabot Wheelwright, about Mrs. Andrew C. Wheelwright's efforts for GCI, including donating to the church the Sarah Whitman stained glass window, the bell, and the parsonage; paying to restore the pulpit and chairs, helping to settle the site of the Town Dock, and hiring Mrs. Schrifgrisser to teach the children games and handcrafts. Transcribed. Also included is a 2019 letter from an Eliot family descendant, Alexander Goriansky, with with Eliot family genealogy and a copy of a letter published in "Letters from Elizabeth Cabot, Vol. III, Boston 1905". The letter is about Mrs. Cabot's visit to GCI August 8, 1900 to view the new stained glass window in the church: "...It is one of Mrs. Whitman's beautiful wreathes, with gorgeus reds and blues and enough white to show them off, laid on a white Greek cross, on the arms of which is the inscription. The church is absolutely bare, but well colored as to the walls...." Goriansky states that 100 years later, he lived upstairs from where the window's creator, Sarah Wyman Whitman, had lived from 1880-1904 (#77 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston), and that she was very fine designer and maker of "stained" glass windows. [show more] |
| 1000.0.70 | Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling |
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| Certificate, Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, 29 Apr 1862 | 
Description: Certificate, Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, 29 Apr 1862 |
| 1000.0.841 | Volunteers gather at the new playground Longfellow School |
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| Newspaper photo: Volunteers gather around the newly-built playground near the Longfellow School and the Great Cranberry Library; with a list of names, some unknown. Transcribed - names. | 
Description: Newspaper photo: Volunteers gather around the newly-built playground near the Longfellow School and the Great Cranberry Library; with a list of names, some unknown. Transcribed - names. |
| 1000.0.943 | Letter from Sara Mayo to Catherine Pye Mayo |
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| March 29, 1914 Letter from Sara Mayo, Baker Island school teacher to her Mother Catherine Pye Mayo |
Description: March 29, 1914 Letter from Sara Mayo, Baker Island school teacher to her Mother Catherine Pye Mayo |
| 1000.0.955 | Sunday school attendance record book |
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| Megan Denver's (daughter of Bob Denver, actor in the TV show Gilligan's Island) Sunday school attendance record book from 1974-1975 |
Description: Megan Denver's (daughter of Bob Denver, actor in the TV show Gilligan's Island) Sunday school attendance record book from 1974-1975 |
| 1000.0.956 | Moving Cap Kaine's house from The Lane to Cranberry Road |
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| Photographic journal of the May 24, 2000 move of Cap Kaine's recently donated house to the CIRT from its original location on The Lane to the home's current location on Cranberry Road. | 
Description: Photographic journal of the May 24, 2000 move of Cap Kaine's recently donated house to the CIRT from its original location on The Lane to the home's current location on Cranberry Road. |
| 1000.116.1080 | Journal with transcriptions of protestations of ships |
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| Journal with transcription. 38-page typed transcription of protestations of ships wrecked on the Cranberry Isles from an original 19th-century ledger/journal kept by William P. Preble 1867-1879. Journal transcribed by Michael Macfarlan c. 2002. One loose page partial protestation for 1893. The back of the journal also contains pages for the accounts pertaining to School district No. 2, the Post Office, and for various islanders (not transcribed). (See also 1000.0.934: selections from 1080 - sea captain's transcribed broadcasts for possible video production. (See also June 2018 Cranberry Chronicle, pages 20-13 - link below) | 
Description: Journal with transcription. 38-page typed transcription of protestations of ships wrecked on the Cranberry Isles from an original 19th-century ledger/journal kept by William P. Preble 1867-1879. Journal transcribed by Michael Macfarlan c. 2002. One loose page partial protestation for 1893. The back of the journal also contains pages for the accounts pertaining to School district No. 2, the Post Office, and for various islanders (not transcribed). (See also 1000.0.934: selections from 1080 - sea captain's transcribed broadcasts for possible video production. (See also June 2018 Cranberry Chronicle, pages 20-13 - link below) [show more] |
| 1000.123.994 | School photo ca. 1892 |
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| A. Photo, black and white, wood and glass frame. School children standing outside the old school house on schoolhouse hill ca. 1892 or 1893. (This old school house is now Malcolm Donald's house on Cranberry Road across from the GCIHS.) Donor related, "This picture was found behind the eaves of an upstairs closet where it had no doubt accidentally fallen many decades ago. Our house was formerly owned by Eber Spurling. The names of the people are written (in good handwriting!) by pencil, as follows, on the back of the picture frame. It would be interesting if those with local knowledge could calculate the approximate year of this photograph, and recall the married names of the girls and young women in the picture." . Stored with a booklet of the scanned photographs printed with names of individuals overlaid. B. Inscription on back of frame reads - "Back row left to right: 1. Lena Ladd, 2. Miss Rich - teacher, 3. Millicent Harding - Frank Bunker, 4. Sadie Harding, 5. Brother Spurling, 6. Sadie Bunker, 7. Lena Spurling, 8. Annie Bunker, 9. Millard Spurling, 10. Perly Stanley, 11. Elma (or Elna?) Stanley, 12. Maurice Stanley. Second Row: Ida Stover, Alfred Ladd, Addie Stanley, Vida Stanley. Third Row: Roy Bulger, Charles Richardson, Johnnie Steele, Philmore Steele, and Harvey Bulger." C. (A second print of this photograph in poor condition was discovered in March 2014 and is stored with a framed copy as (C).) (Compare with 2014.272.2018.) | 
Description: A. Photo, black and white, wood and glass frame. School children standing outside the old school house on schoolhouse hill ca. 1892 or 1893. (This old school house is now Malcolm Donald's house on Cranberry Road across from the GCIHS.) Donor related, "This picture was found behind the eaves of an upstairs closet where it had no doubt accidentally fallen many decades ago. Our house was formerly owned by Eber Spurling. The names of the people are written (in good handwriting!) by pencil, as follows, on the back of the picture frame. It would be interesting if those with local knowledge could calculate the approximate year of this photograph, and recall the married names of the girls and young women in the picture." . Stored with a booklet of the scanned photographs printed with names of individuals overlaid. B. Inscription on back of frame reads - "Back row left to right: 1. Lena Ladd, 2. Miss Rich - teacher, 3. Millicent Harding - Frank Bunker, 4. Sadie Harding, 5. Brother Spurling, 6. Sadie Bunker, 7. Lena Spurling, 8. Annie Bunker, 9. Millard Spurling, 10. Perly Stanley, 11. Elma (or Elna?) Stanley, 12. Maurice Stanley. Second Row: Ida Stover, Alfred Ladd, Addie Stanley, Vida Stanley. Third Row: Roy Bulger, Charles Richardson, Johnnie Steele, Philmore Steele, and Harvey Bulger." C. (A second print of this photograph in poor condition was discovered in March 2014 and is stored with a framed copy as (C).) (Compare with 2014.272.2018.) [show more] |
| 1000.27.694 | Longfellow School students 1944 |
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| Photo, scanned copy of February 1944 photograph of Longfellow School students with teacher Eleanor Bealor, taken on Dog Point Road. One of the buildings on the right has since been moved and became part of Charlene's house. Wesley Bracy Jr. holds the Abe Lincoln silhouette, to his right is his brother who died. Arthur Bunker is to Wesley Jr.'s left holding the 1944 sign. Teacher is in center, back row. (Original photo from Wesley Bracy Jr. scanned as "wb02" in the year 2000.) One printed copy of photograph has all the names written in by Bruce Komusin per Charlene Allen, including: Lena Spurling, Louise Phippen, Allison Bunker, Charlene Bunker Allen, Eleanor Bealor (teacher), Louise Thompson who used to live in the Wellman house, Annie Alley Rice, Leroy Alley, Nancy Spurling, Morris Alley, Louis Bracy, Lester "Bumpy" Bracy, Dickey Phippen, Gaile (Bunker) Colby, Arthur Bunker, and Wesley Bracy, Jr.. (1000.27.694 (B) is cleaned-up, retouched version of the original scan.) | 
Description: Photo, scanned copy of February 1944 photograph of Longfellow School students with teacher Eleanor Bealor, taken on Dog Point Road. One of the buildings on the right has since been moved and became part of Charlene's house. Wesley Bracy Jr. holds the Abe Lincoln silhouette, to his right is his brother who died. Arthur Bunker is to Wesley Jr.'s left holding the 1944 sign. Teacher is in center, back row. (Original photo from Wesley Bracy Jr. scanned as "wb02" in the year 2000.) One printed copy of photograph has all the names written in by Bruce Komusin per Charlene Allen, including: Lena Spurling, Louise Phippen, Allison Bunker, Charlene Bunker Allen, Eleanor Bealor (teacher), Louise Thompson who used to live in the Wellman house, Annie Alley Rice, Leroy Alley, Nancy Spurling, Morris Alley, Louis Bracy, Lester "Bumpy" Bracy, Dickey Phippen, Gaile (Bunker) Colby, Arthur Bunker, and Wesley Bracy, Jr.. (1000.27.694 (B) is cleaned-up, retouched version of the original scan.) [show more] |
| 1000.27.711 | Recital by William Goldberg at GCI Church |
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| Recital by William Goldberg, piano, and Nick Humez, tenor-baritone, 6 Jul 1995, to benefit the Library | 
Description: Recital by William Goldberg, piano, and Nick Humez, tenor-baritone, 6 Jul 1995, to benefit the Library |
| 1000.27.715 | School Agent's Census Return 1888 |
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| Document, 1 sheet, 2 sides, School Agent's Census Return, 1888 for Cranberry Isles District 3, filled out by George H. Fernald, witnessed by George J. Joy, 35 students' names and ages listed, youngest Abie Stanley, 5, oldest Hallie M. Gilley, Fannie M. Stanley, and John D. Phippen, all 20. Item given to Komusin by Dot & Andy McSorley, when he bought his land from them. | 
Description: Document, 1 sheet, 2 sides, School Agent's Census Return, 1888 for Cranberry Isles District 3, filled out by George H. Fernald, witnessed by George J. Joy, 35 students' names and ages listed, youngest Abie Stanley, 5, oldest Hallie M. Gilley, Fannie M. Stanley, and John D. Phippen, all 20. Item given to Komusin by Dot & Andy McSorley, when he bought his land from them. |
| 1000.35.127 | "Cranberry Isles Benediction" |
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| Document, 1982 (distributed on Forrester's retirement as summer minister) (2 copies) |
Description: Document, 1982 (distributed on Forrester's retirement as summer minister) (2 copies) |
