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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 2000.132.1051 | Collection of photos of Cranberry Isles scenes and people |
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| Photos, 1051a-u. (a) 3 photos of the town dock from different perspectives. (b) 5 photos of Lee Klausky and Lovie Klausky. (c) Preble Beach. (d) Spurling Point. (e) Hamor Beach, now the Oppenheimer's. (f) Ida Higgins. (g) Ida Higgins. (h) Three people walking towards Lew Stanley's (Now Heliker LaHotan) to go clamming in The Pool. (i) "Hauling Boats" in front of what is now Wini Smart's house. (j) From Cranberry Island looking to Seal Harbor. (k) Jennie Antonson sitting on the front of what is now Gaile Colby's home. (l) Sherwin and Lucille Stanley as young children. (m) Three people going on a picnic from left to right: unknown, Ida Higgins, Dorothy Higgins. (n) Inscribed "Captain George Lagoutt (sp?) and friend" no one at archive meeting knew either or their relationship to the island. (o) The old Ladies Aid Barn (Now Janice Murch's chicken coop) at fair time in August. (p) Unknown woman. (q) Unknown woman. (r) Mary Stanley, wife of Gilman Stanley, and daughter of Mr & Mrs Asa Stanley. (s) May Stanley. (t) Sherwin Stanley (sp?). (u) Preble Beach. | 
Description: Photos, 1051a-u. (a) 3 photos of the town dock from different perspectives. (b) 5 photos of Lee Klausky and Lovie Klausky. (c) Preble Beach. (d) Spurling Point. (e) Hamor Beach, now the Oppenheimer's. (f) Ida Higgins. (g) Ida Higgins. (h) Three people walking towards Lew Stanley's (Now Heliker LaHotan) to go clamming in The Pool. (i) "Hauling Boats" in front of what is now Wini Smart's house. (j) From Cranberry Island looking to Seal Harbor. (k) Jennie Antonson sitting on the front of what is now Gaile Colby's home. (l) Sherwin and Lucille Stanley as young children. (m) Three people going on a picnic from left to right: unknown, Ida Higgins, Dorothy Higgins. (n) Inscribed "Captain George Lagoutt (sp?) and friend" no one at archive meeting knew either or their relationship to the island. (o) The old Ladies Aid Barn (Now Janice Murch's chicken coop) at fair time in August. (p) Unknown woman. (q) Unknown woman. (r) Mary Stanley, wife of Gilman Stanley, and daughter of Mr & Mrs Asa Stanley. (s) May Stanley. (t) Sherwin Stanley (sp?). (u) Preble Beach. [show more] |
| 2016.344.2110 | Collection of scans of photos from Spurling or Phippen houses |
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| Photographs. Collection of scans of photos 2013.344.2110 (A-Y) made in 2004 from photos recovered by donor in either Hilda Spurling or Marjorie Phippen's GCI house. Unclear whether we have original photos at GCIHS. (Note: Original photo names were pw01 thru pw027, museum photos now identified as A-Y.) pw01 - pulled from an album; post-it note on back: "Moss House" (Image of Moss House with haystacks 1927) pw02 - on back: "1947"; post-it note on back: "Hilda Spurling 1947" pw03 - on back, in ink: "this is Harvard Beals Boat we are hauling on the ice" in pencil: "March 1923" pw04 - pulled from an album; on back, ballpoint ink: "Little Elener (now Buzzie)"; on post-it note: "Seimer House" pw05 - postcard; pw06 - unknown house next 3 photos were clipped together by phil whitney pw07 - unknown man in unknown boat pw08 - skyline of New York City? pw09 - pulled from an album; unknown kids on sled next 4 photos were clipped together by phil pw10 - unknown shipwreck pw11 - post-it note on back: "Spurling Cove 1923" pw12 - pulled from album; post-it note on back: "Field across from Wesley Bracy's house" but i think this is wrong as the houses across the way seem too close & numerous pw13 - post-it note on back: "Murch dock" pw14 - on back: "Sherley Louise & cat 'Jiminey'" pw15 - on back: "Margie & Hilda"; post-it note on back: "Margie Phippen & Hilda Spurling" pw16 - pulled from album; on back: "Bertie's cat 'Goody'" pw17 - on back: "Hilda & Ethel B." pw18 - pulled from album; on front: "Harriet's room, one of my rooms, my bedroom" on back: "Where we let...etc." pw19 - pulled from album, double exposure; post-it note on back: "Morrie Newell House" pw20 - on back: "Margie & Mother" pw21 - unknown vessel pw22 - unknown vessel; on back: "ship wreck on back of cranberry island" (same vessel as pw10) pw23 - on back: "The cove froxen over" post-it note on back: "Spurling Cove 1923" pw24 - on back: "Bagley's Barber shop with a little snow on the side Ha! Where I have my hair dressing done Marcel Wasco and so on Ha!" pw25 - unknown house, seems same as pw06 but has additional dormer and latticework under porch pw26 - seems to be same kids and same houses as pw14 pw27 - luxury yacht passing by GCI | 
Description: Photographs. Collection of scans of photos 2013.344.2110 (A-Y) made in 2004 from photos recovered by donor in either Hilda Spurling or Marjorie Phippen's GCI house. Unclear whether we have original photos at GCIHS. (Note: Original photo names were pw01 thru pw027, museum photos now identified as A-Y.) pw01 - pulled from an album; post-it note on back: "Moss House" (Image of Moss House with haystacks 1927) pw02 - on back: "1947"; post-it note on back: "Hilda Spurling 1947" pw03 - on back, in ink: "this is Harvard Beals Boat we are hauling on the ice" in pencil: "March 1923" pw04 - pulled from an album; on back, ballpoint ink: "Little Elener (now Buzzie)"; on post-it note: "Seimer House" pw05 - postcard; pw06 - unknown house next 3 photos were clipped together by phil whitney pw07 - unknown man in unknown boat pw08 - skyline of New York City? pw09 - pulled from an album; unknown kids on sled next 4 photos were clipped together by phil pw10 - unknown shipwreck pw11 - post-it note on back: "Spurling Cove 1923" pw12 - pulled from album; post-it note on back: "Field across from Wesley Bracy's house" but i think this is wrong as the houses across the way seem too close & numerous pw13 - post-it note on back: "Murch dock" pw14 - on back: "Sherley Louise & cat 'Jiminey'" pw15 - on back: "Margie & Hilda"; post-it note on back: "Margie Phippen & Hilda Spurling" pw16 - pulled from album; on back: "Bertie's cat 'Goody'" pw17 - on back: "Hilda & Ethel B." pw18 - pulled from album; on front: "Harriet's room, one of my rooms, my bedroom" on back: "Where we let...etc." pw19 - pulled from album, double exposure; post-it note on back: "Morrie Newell House" pw20 - on back: "Margie & Mother" pw21 - unknown vessel pw22 - unknown vessel; on back: "ship wreck on back of cranberry island" (same vessel as pw10) pw23 - on back: "The cove froxen over" post-it note on back: "Spurling Cove 1923" pw24 - on back: "Bagley's Barber shop with a little snow on the side Ha! Where I have my hair dressing done Marcel Wasco and so on Ha!" pw25 - unknown house, seems same as pw06 but has additional dormer and latticework under porch pw26 - seems to be same kids and same houses as pw14 pw27 - luxury yacht passing by GCI [show more] |
| 1000.0.1488 | Cranberry Club House circa 1910 |
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| Photo, Cranberry Club House circa 1910 -man in the middle of photo with cap on is Elwood Spurling, one of the ladies is Mrs. Caroline Stanley (her name is on back of actual photograph) and the rest of people are not identified. See 2011.145.1101(O) photo for ids. | 
Description: Photo, Cranberry Club House circa 1910 -man in the middle of photo with cap on is Elwood Spurling, one of the ladies is Mrs. Caroline Stanley (her name is on back of actual photograph) and the rest of people are not identified. See 2011.145.1101(O) photo for ids. |
| 1000.27.798 | Cranberry Isles Phone Book |
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| Cranberry Isles Phone Book, June 1991 previously owned by Bruce Komusin and annotated by Margarite Komusin, his mother. Includes people & their telephone numbers on GCI, Islesford, Sutton, and Bear. | 
Description: Cranberry Isles Phone Book, June 1991 previously owned by Bruce Komusin and annotated by Margarite Komusin, his mother. Includes people & their telephone numbers on GCI, Islesford, Sutton, and Bear. |
| 2018.416.2822 | Cranberry Road houses and Mailboat "Bobcat" |
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| Two 8"x10" black and white photographs mounted on particle board for display. A= Cranberry Road curve: Rome House, Brooks house and Weibel house. B= Wilfred Bunker's mailboat "Bobcat" heading for MDI with mountains all around. Undtd. | 
Description: Two 8"x10" black and white photographs mounted on particle board for display. A= Cranberry Road curve: Rome House, Brooks house and Weibel house. B= Wilfred Bunker's mailboat "Bobcat" heading for MDI with mountains all around. Undtd. |
| 2005.113.1347 | Croquet set |
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| Games. Wooden Croquet set with case, from Bruce Komusin's parents' summer home on Long Island NY | 
Description: Games. Wooden Croquet set with case, from Bruce Komusin's parents' summer home on Long Island NY |
| 2014.302.2056 | Dancing Rock, Baker Island |
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| Painting, oil on canvas, unframed, "Dancing Rock, Baker Island" by Wini Smart. Painting features people dancing in a summer scene atop the flat ledge of granite on the island. | 
Description: Painting, oil on canvas, unframed, "Dancing Rock, Baker Island" by Wini Smart. Painting features people dancing in a summer scene atop the flat ledge of granite on the island. |
| 2019.427.2811 | Douglas Macfarlan Cranberry Isles Scrapbook |
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| Brown notebook “Cranberry Isles Scrapbook” kept by Douglas Macfarlan 1949-1960s. A= Complete multi-page list of contents handwritten by Douglas Macfarlan (only page 1 scanned) includes histories, images, research correspondence, several letters of correspondence between Douglas Macfarlan and Mrs. Wade Marr from whom the Macfarlans bought the house in 1946; Maine maps, photos, abstracts from books; histories of Hadlocks, Fort Castine, St. Sauveur Mission and other local historical spots.etc. Also B, C, D, & I = small delightful pen and ink sketches probably by Douglas Macfarlan. E, F, G, H = Photographs of Baker Island lighthouse 1949. | 
Description: Brown notebook “Cranberry Isles Scrapbook” kept by Douglas Macfarlan 1949-1960s. A= Complete multi-page list of contents handwritten by Douglas Macfarlan (only page 1 scanned) includes histories, images, research correspondence, several letters of correspondence between Douglas Macfarlan and Mrs. Wade Marr from whom the Macfarlans bought the house in 1946; Maine maps, photos, abstracts from books; histories of Hadlocks, Fort Castine, St. Sauveur Mission and other local historical spots.etc. Also B, C, D, & I = small delightful pen and ink sketches probably by Douglas Macfarlan. E, F, G, H = Photographs of Baker Island lighthouse 1949. [show more] |
| 2019.427.2808 | Douglas Macfarlan Research and manuscript |
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| Green notebook of Douglas Macfarlan (Michael J. "Mickey" Macfarlan's’ father) research labelled "William Bingham’s Maine Lands with biographical notes on Bingham, John Black, Col. Cobb, Baring Bros., Ashburton, Genl James Swagt [sp?]. Notebook also contains A= typewritten copy of Downeast Magazine 1966 Bingham Estate. B=Three seemingly unrelated newspaper clippings. C= An envelope with documents “The Engagement between the “Constitution” and the “Guerriere” Aug 19, 1812 (six pages) with transcription and a copy of "general orders (four pages) with note "turn this envelope up and over to get the ins. copy.” And D = A title page and lengthy manuscript: “Voyages of Discovery of the North Atlantic Coast by Douglas Macfarlan” with red Viking ship picture. | 
Description: Green notebook of Douglas Macfarlan (Michael J. "Mickey" Macfarlan's’ father) research labelled "William Bingham’s Maine Lands with biographical notes on Bingham, John Black, Col. Cobb, Baring Bros., Ashburton, Genl James Swagt [sp?]. Notebook also contains A= typewritten copy of Downeast Magazine 1966 Bingham Estate. B=Three seemingly unrelated newspaper clippings. C= An envelope with documents “The Engagement between the “Constitution” and the “Guerriere” Aug 19, 1812 (six pages) with transcription and a copy of "general orders (four pages) with note "turn this envelope up and over to get the ins. copy.” And D = A title page and lengthy manuscript: “Voyages of Discovery of the North Atlantic Coast by Douglas Macfarlan” with red Viking ship picture. [show more] |
| 1000.0.979 | DVD of Photos by Pablo Ocampo |
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| Photos on a DVD from Pablo Ocampo from 2008. One of the pictures is of Polly Bunker's shed, this shed used to belong to Sadie Bulger and was located between the Cox house and Eva Gallean's house. Sadie Bulger used to sell small things like pastries, soda, and snacks here. The narrow part of the building used to face towards the road. In order to get her to come out to buy something you had to knock on her door, this always made Mickey feel like he had to buy more than a nickel's worth! Phil thinks the shop closed sometime around 1950, and Mickey believes it closed sometimes around WWII. All the photos are artistic and would make a good slideshow. | 
Description: Photos on a DVD from Pablo Ocampo from 2008. One of the pictures is of Polly Bunker's shed, this shed used to belong to Sadie Bulger and was located between the Cox house and Eva Gallean's house. Sadie Bulger used to sell small things like pastries, soda, and snacks here. The narrow part of the building used to face towards the road. In order to get her to come out to buy something you had to knock on her door, this always made Mickey feel like he had to buy more than a nickel's worth! Phil thinks the shop closed sometime around 1950, and Mickey believes it closed sometimes around WWII. All the photos are artistic and would make a good slideshow. [show more] |
| 2014.514.3006 | Dyke - Hamlin L. Dyke. Marr - Wade H. Marr Warranty Deed for the Pleasant View Cemetery. |
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| A warranty deed between Hamlin Dyke and Wade Marr for a parcel of land in the Pleasant View Cemetery in Livermore Falls, Maine. | 
Description: A warranty deed between Hamlin Dyke and Wade Marr for a parcel of land in the Pleasant View Cemetery in Livermore Falls, Maine. |
| 1000.27.792 | Ed & Lesley Horvath wedding souvenir map |
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| Map, Great Cranberry Island, with tourist information, made as souvenir for guests of the marriage of Ed & Lesley Horvath, 1998. | 
Description: Map, Great Cranberry Island, with tourist information, made as souvenir for guests of the marriage of Ed & Lesley Horvath, 1998. |
| 1000.22.1000 | Friends of Hitty Newsletters 1995-2002 |
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| Collection of "Friends of Hitty Newsletters" Published quarterly by Virginia Ann Heyerdahl. Collection contains each issue from January 1995 - Fall 2002 | 
Description: Collection of "Friends of Hitty Newsletters" Published quarterly by Virginia Ann Heyerdahl. Collection contains each issue from January 1995 - Fall 2002 |
| 2016.362.2126 | GCIHS book publications as of 2016 |
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| Booklets published by GCIHS. (Collection ongoing) GCIHS BOOK PUBLICATIONS LIST as of March 2016 with printed copies of book covers. Not all books are present in collection yet. Digital copies on GCIHS NAS in Archives GCIHS publications. A Cabin in the Woods - A Story of Sammy Sanford and Rachel Field, by Wini Smart (2011). A Taste of Cranberry, by Susan Donald Michalski 2002. Now recorded at 2023.635.3125 An Artist's Sketchbook, 1998, Great Cranberry Island, Maine, by Susan Donald Michalski 2001. An Interview with Ralph Stanley, Wooden Boat Builder and National Heritage Foundation "National Treasure", by Jeff Weisbruch, 1994. Published by GCIHS 1999. Artists of the Cranberry Isles, Past & Present, by Wini Smart (2005). Now recorded at 2023.636.3126 Baker Island - The Early Years, by Wini Smart (2012). Boatdog Bess - My Story, by Kay Gibson (Year?) Cookbook 2004. Cranberry Road Great Cranberry Island 1919-1950 by Wini Smart & Bruce Komusin 2002-2003 Cranberry Quilts by Charlotte Harlan 2006 Enterprising Islanders - Great Cranberry Island 1760-2008, by Wini Smart (2008). Now recorded at 2023.638.3128 Hitty Preble of the Cranberry Isles, Maine by Wini Smart & Bruce Komusin (2004). Now recorded at 2023.637.3127 House Histories Of Great Cranberry Island by Wini Smart 2010 If It Were Yesterday…A Historic Coloring Book Of Great Cranberry Island by Wini Smart (2001) Preserving our Past to steer our Future - Cranberry House Prospectus (2004). Now recorded at 2023.639.3129 Riding with Tud - An interview with Lyndon "Tud" Bunker, March 18, 1993, by ? 2001 Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of the Emily F. Northam, by Farnham W. Smith, with permission of Down East Magazine (March 1974). Now recorded at 2023.640.3130 Surf, Stone, & Spruce by Ted Harlan (2003) The Construction of Road I-95 by Doris "Dot" McSorley (1996). Now recorded at 2023.641.3131 Three Heroines of Great Cranberry Island by Wini Smart (2013) Winter: The Other Season A Look at Old Great Cranberry Island by Wini Smart & Bruce Komusin (2004) Booklets from other lists I came across, not found yet on computer 3/17/16: Favorite Island Recipes (published in conjunction with Ladies Aid) The Asa D. Stanley House 31/07/2023 Booklets that didn't have a new record created and recorded in the above text were not found during the 2023 review. | 
Description: Booklets published by GCIHS. (Collection ongoing) GCIHS BOOK PUBLICATIONS LIST as of March 2016 with printed copies of book covers. Not all books are present in collection yet. Digital copies on GCIHS NAS in Archives GCIHS publications. A Cabin in the Woods - A Story of Sammy Sanford and Rachel Field, by Wini Smart (2011). A Taste of Cranberry, by Susan Donald Michalski 2002. Now recorded at 2023.635.3125 An Artist's Sketchbook, 1998, Great Cranberry Island, Maine, by Susan Donald Michalski 2001. An Interview with Ralph Stanley, Wooden Boat Builder and National Heritage Foundation "National Treasure", by Jeff Weisbruch, 1994. Published by GCIHS 1999. Artists of the Cranberry Isles, Past & Present, by Wini Smart (2005). Now recorded at 2023.636.3126 Baker Island - The Early Years, by Wini Smart (2012). Boatdog Bess - My Story, by Kay Gibson (Year?) Cookbook 2004. Cranberry Road Great Cranberry Island 1919-1950 by Wini Smart & Bruce Komusin 2002-2003 Cranberry Quilts by Charlotte Harlan 2006 Enterprising Islanders - Great Cranberry Island 1760-2008, by Wini Smart (2008). Now recorded at 2023.638.3128 Hitty Preble of the Cranberry Isles, Maine by Wini Smart & Bruce Komusin (2004). Now recorded at 2023.637.3127 House Histories Of Great Cranberry Island by Wini Smart 2010 If It Were Yesterday…A Historic Coloring Book Of Great Cranberry Island by Wini Smart (2001) Preserving our Past to steer our Future - Cranberry House Prospectus (2004). Now recorded at 2023.639.3129 Riding with Tud - An interview with Lyndon "Tud" Bunker, March 18, 1993, by ? 2001 Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of the Emily F. Northam, by Farnham W. Smith, with permission of Down East Magazine (March 1974). Now recorded at 2023.640.3130 Surf, Stone, & Spruce by Ted Harlan (2003) The Construction of Road I-95 by Doris "Dot" McSorley (1996). Now recorded at 2023.641.3131 Three Heroines of Great Cranberry Island by Wini Smart (2013) Winter: The Other Season A Look at Old Great Cranberry Island by Wini Smart & Bruce Komusin (2004) Booklets from other lists I came across, not found yet on computer 3/17/16: Favorite Island Recipes (published in conjunction with Ladies Aid) The Asa D. Stanley House 31/07/2023 Booklets that didn't have a new record created and recorded in the above text were not found during the 2023 review. [show more] |
| 2003.87.634 | German postcard |
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| Postcard, used, cut in half, photo of young woman, postmarked Berlin Germany 1915 | 
Description: Postcard, used, cut in half, photo of young woman, postmarked Berlin Germany 1915 |
| 2019.441.2546 | Hamor brothers photo |
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| Photo of two young men (probably Hillard and Shirley Hamor brothers) in silver embossed frame. | 
Description: Photo of two young men (probably Hillard and Shirley Hamor brothers) in silver embossed frame. |
| 2019.441.2810 | Hamor family photos |
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| Four photographs. A= Hamor House with young man sailing model in foreground and whale bones on lawn: "Me sailing my play boat. Send back please. I love to sail xxx yet. Whale bones on lawn 110' long [illegible] Maine. Keep." B= View of Hamor dock. C= Boat "Red Wing laying at our dock, Cranberry Pool." D= Horse pulling a carriage "Old Prince." E= view of [Baker?] lighthouse. | 
Description: Four photographs. A= Hamor House with young man sailing model in foreground and whale bones on lawn: "Me sailing my play boat. Send back please. I love to sail xxx yet. Whale bones on lawn 110' long [illegible] Maine. Keep." B= View of Hamor dock. C= Boat "Red Wing laying at our dock, Cranberry Pool." D= Horse pulling a carriage "Old Prince." E= view of [Baker?] lighthouse. |
| 2016.374.2137 | Headstone for William Spurling |
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| Headstone fragment discovered July 2016 during Spurling Revolutionary War Cemetery preservation project. White marble. Well worn and difficult to discern, the inscription reads: "William/Son of Thomas & Hannah/Spurling. William Spurling, 2nd, was born 9Dec1812 and died 23May1839. This is the only piece of William's headstone discovered to date; it was lying in the grass near the Robert Spurling footstone. One corner piece is broken off. One other small white marble fragment was collected and stored with this artifact. | 
Description: Headstone fragment discovered July 2016 during Spurling Revolutionary War Cemetery preservation project. White marble. Well worn and difficult to discern, the inscription reads: "William/Son of Thomas & Hannah/Spurling. William Spurling, 2nd, was born 9Dec1812 and died 23May1839. This is the only piece of William's headstone discovered to date; it was lying in the grass near the Robert Spurling footstone. One corner piece is broken off. One other small white marble fragment was collected and stored with this artifact. [show more] |
| 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] |
| 2017.400.2252 | 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] |
| 1000.146.1103 | Islesford scenes |
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| Photos of Islesford. A - Photo of man rowing a dory, in the background shows Sandbeach Rd. house pictured to the right was the Hadlock's and was burned down by the firebug in 1915. B - Postcard with photo of Islesford with Mt. Desert in the backgroundduring the mid 1970's. Postcard promotes Hugh Dwelley's publication "A History of Little Cranberry Island, Maine" C - Postcard of Church Hill on Islesford caption reads "Church Hill 100 Years Ago" | 
Description: Photos of Islesford. A - Photo of man rowing a dory, in the background shows Sandbeach Rd. house pictured to the right was the Hadlock's and was burned down by the firebug in 1915. B - Postcard with photo of Islesford with Mt. Desert in the backgroundduring the mid 1970's. Postcard promotes Hugh Dwelley's publication "A History of Little Cranberry Island, Maine" C - Postcard of Church Hill on Islesford caption reads "Church Hill 100 Years Ago" [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. |
| 2019.427.2819 | Magazine articles about Cranberry Isles |
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| Three articles from unknown magazine, unknown year: A= "The Bunkers of Cranberry Isle" by Gunnar Hansen with photos by David Westphal (see also 1000.0.1027). B="Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of the Emily F. Northam" text and photos by Farnham W. Smith. C="Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles" by Herbert Edwards | 
Description: Three articles from unknown magazine, unknown year: A= "The Bunkers of Cranberry Isle" by Gunnar Hansen with photos by David Westphal (see also 1000.0.1027). B="Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of the Emily F. Northam" text and photos by Farnham W. Smith. C="Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles" by Herbert Edwards |
| 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] |
| 1000.0.1507 | Men at Clifton Dock |
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| Four unknown men relaxing at Clifton Dock (view is looking north) | 
Description: Four unknown men relaxing at Clifton Dock (view is looking north) |
