A written down history of Mt. Desert and all of the surrounding harbors. This history mentions the Native Americans who used to travel out to the islands in the summer. IT also mentions Jackson lab and Acadia National Park.
Description: A written down history of Mt. Desert and all of the surrounding harbors. This history mentions the Native Americans who used to travel out to the islands in the summer. IT also mentions Jackson lab and Acadia National Park.
Transcriptions. Collection of transcribed documents from Great Cranberry Island sea captains for possible use in video adaptations. They are excerpts of entries from a William P. Preble ledger/journal of ship's protestations owned by and transcribed by Mickey Macfarlan. (See 1000.116.1080 for full transcription and possible scans, and online at gcihs.org>history>preble.) (Complete scan of 75 page journal perhaps located 2002\photos\mickey macfarlan.)
Description: Transcriptions. Collection of transcribed documents from Great Cranberry Island sea captains for possible use in video adaptations. They are excerpts of entries from a William P. Preble ledger/journal of ship's protestations owned by and transcribed by Mickey Macfarlan. (See 1000.116.1080 for full transcription and possible scans, and online at gcihs.org>history>preble.) (Complete scan of 75 page journal perhaps located 2002\photos\mickey macfarlan.) [show more]
Document, from Ruth (perhaps Westphal) to Wini Smart dated 3/6/2002. Subject: "Hist. info" I called Eva and she said the people who ran the boarding house were Annie and Millard Spurling. Carl Brooks says he does not know the exact relationship of Millard and his grandfather Charles but probably cousins. Carl Brooks says all Spurlings on these islands and the mainland-even down by Corea, Maine are decendents of Benjamin Spurling who came over from England in about 1760 with two brothers. One ended up in the Ozarks and two came to Maine via Vermont or New Hampshire probably in the late 1700's. Eber is more distantly related to Charles than Millard. Phil Whitney says his grandmother, Ella Bates Spurling came to the island as the first teacher in the Longfellow School in 1900 and had Phil's mother, Dorothy Spurling Whitney, in 1911. Velma Teel Taught her until 1967. Her daughter, Mary Teel Pratt, became a secretary and lives near Augusta. Ethel Wedge, Karl's mother, ran the U.S. Post Office out of a room off the front porch. Before that Madeline Bracy Worester, later Ford, ran the U.S. Post Office and a library in a building where Debbie Wedges' house is. No one I spoke with could tell me about a Post Office at Moss, the boatyard near Ginna's (Jimmy Stanley's I believe). Carl Brooks is concerned about public rights for Carl's painting and he says he thinks John Lorence who lives near Wiscasset is in charge of this. I will talk to Polly and let you know what she remembers. Love, Ruth. (note: there are some handwritten notes on the bottom and reverse side of paper written by Bruce Kosmusin) Item 1585a is the back of the document showing Bruce's handwritten notes.
Description: Document, from Ruth (perhaps Westphal) to Wini Smart dated 3/6/2002. Subject: "Hist. info" I called Eva and she said the people who ran the boarding house were Annie and Millard Spurling. Carl Brooks says he does not know the exact relationship of Millard and his grandfather Charles but probably cousins. Carl Brooks says all Spurlings on these islands and the mainland-even down by Corea, Maine are decendents of Benjamin Spurling who came over from England in about 1760 with two brothers. One ended up in the Ozarks and two came to Maine via Vermont or New Hampshire probably in the late 1700's. Eber is more distantly related to Charles than Millard. Phil Whitney says his grandmother, Ella Bates Spurling came to the island as the first teacher in the Longfellow School in 1900 and had Phil's mother, Dorothy Spurling Whitney, in 1911. Velma Teel Taught her until 1967. Her daughter, Mary Teel Pratt, became a secretary and lives near Augusta. Ethel Wedge, Karl's mother, ran the U.S. Post Office out of a room off the front porch. Before that Madeline Bracy Worester, later Ford, ran the U.S. Post Office and a library in a building where Debbie Wedges' house is. No one I spoke with could tell me about a Post Office at Moss, the boatyard near Ginna's (Jimmy Stanley's I believe). Carl Brooks is concerned about public rights for Carl's painting and he says he thinks John Lorence who lives near Wiscasset is in charge of this. I will talk to Polly and let you know what she remembers. Love, Ruth. (note: there are some handwritten notes on the bottom and reverse side of paper written by Bruce Kosmusin) Item 1585a is the back of the document showing Bruce's handwritten notes. [show more]
A copy of "An interview with Tud Bunker: Lifetime Resident of Great Cranberry Island" Interview and transcription by Patti D'Angelo and edits by Bruce Komusin of GCIHS published by GCIHS July 1994
Description: A copy of "An interview with Tud Bunker: Lifetime Resident of Great Cranberry Island" Interview and transcription by Patti D'Angelo and edits by Bruce Komusin of GCIHS published by GCIHS July 1994
Collection of correspondence between Owen Roberts, Jeff Weisbruch and Hugh Dwelley pertaining to the ethnographic interviews of "Tud" Bunker, Ada Rice, Ralph Stanley and Marjorie Phippin. Letters ranging between September 1993 and July 1994
Description: Collection of correspondence between Owen Roberts, Jeff Weisbruch and Hugh Dwelley pertaining to the ethnographic interviews of "Tud" Bunker, Ada Rice, Ralph Stanley and Marjorie Phippin. Letters ranging between September 1993 and July 1994
Manuscript, transcript of audio interview #2 with Ruth Sylvester Stanley by Jeff Weisbruch, paid for by GCIHS, 17 Feb 1993 (Ruth was first wife of Lindon "Tud" Bunker)
Description: Manuscript, transcript of audio interview #2 with Ruth Sylvester Stanley by Jeff Weisbruch, paid for by GCIHS, 17 Feb 1993 (Ruth was first wife of Lindon "Tud" Bunker)
Minidisc, audio, interview of Ella Bates Spurling ("Nana") by Deane Whitney, 20 Dec 1972, about old school she taught at on GCI, (See 2003.56.467 transcript)
Description: Minidisc, audio, interview of Ella Bates Spurling ("Nana") by Deane Whitney, 20 Dec 1972, about old school she taught at on GCI, (See 2003.56.467 transcript)
Minidisc, audio recording, interview of Ella Bates Spurling ("Nana") by Deane Whitney, 4 Mar 1973, interview prompted by an old Cranberry Island map; various houses and inhabitants discussed including Bulger, Ladd, Donald, Storey, Stanley, store, Wedge, Burlem, Hamor, Holmes, Crosby, Red House, Haydock House, Russell, Winslow, Bunker, Preble.
Description: Minidisc, audio recording, interview of Ella Bates Spurling ("Nana") by Deane Whitney, 4 Mar 1973, interview prompted by an old Cranberry Island map; various houses and inhabitants discussed including Bulger, Ladd, Donald, Storey, Stanley, store, Wedge, Burlem, Hamor, Holmes, Crosby, Red House, Haydock House, Russell, Winslow, Bunker, Preble.
Manuscript, transcript of audio interview with Lindon "Tud" Bunker by Jeff Weisbruch, paid for by GCIHS, 18 Mar 1993 (this interview GCIHS published 2001 as "Riding With Tud") (might be connected with item 457)
Description: Manuscript, transcript of audio interview with Lindon "Tud" Bunker by Jeff Weisbruch, paid for by GCIHS, 18 Mar 1993 (this interview GCIHS published 2001 as "Riding With Tud") (might be connected with item 457)
Description: Manuscript, transcript of audio interview #1 with Marjorie Phippen by Jeff Weisbruch, paid for by GCIHS, 5 Nov 1993 (2 copies) (see item 437)
Manuscript, transcript of audio interview #1 with Ruth Sylvester Stanley by Jeff Weisbruch, paid for by GCIHS, before Nov 1993 (Ruth was first wife of Lindon "Tud" Bunker)
Description: Manuscript, transcript of audio interview #1 with Ruth Sylvester Stanley by Jeff Weisbruch, paid for by GCIHS, before Nov 1993 (Ruth was first wife of Lindon "Tud" Bunker)
Manuscript, transcript of Tud Bunker interview 18 Mar 1993, recorded and transcribed by Jeff Weisbruch, hand edited by Dorothy Silvers. Illustrated by Bruce Komusin. The first four pages are missing; blown into the sea! This was made into the publication "Riding With Tud" released in 2001. The audio tape is item 445.
Description: Manuscript, transcript of Tud Bunker interview 18 Mar 1993, recorded and transcribed by Jeff Weisbruch, hand edited by Dorothy Silvers. Illustrated by Bruce Komusin. The first four pages are missing; blown into the sea! This was made into the publication "Riding With Tud" released in 2001. The audio tape is item 445.