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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 2017.399.2175 | Agricultural heritage of the Cranberry Isles |
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| Research, Jessica Duma, 2014-2016 while an Island Institute Fellow at GCIHS which produced an exhibition, presentations, video, and oral history recordings. Historical and modern day materials pertaining to Duma's Agricultural Heritage of the Cranberry Isles fellowship focusing on farming, agriculture, apples, the Island Ecology project, farm stand, and more in the Town of Cranberry Isles from 19th century to present. Duma worked with mentor Todd Little-Siebold (College of the Atlantic) and used GCIHS and other local historical collections to produce an exhibition, gather oral histories, and record videos of her experiences and research while residing on Great Cranberry Island as a two-year fellow and then served as part-time manager of GCIHS and part-time manager for the CIRT (affordable housing) program for the last year. Documents in box. Digital materials located at NAS/ Catalogue/2017.399.2175_Duma. A. Exhibit materials (museum) and: NAS\Exhibits\Exhibits2015\Farming_JessiAndJillPiekutExhibitWork. B. Interviews: NAS\video\Jessi Duma Interviews 2014-20: Video by Duma and Jenny Matthews of "Chuddy" Alley in his home on April 2015. Audio of Colleen Bunker interview December 10, 2015, via telephone. Video of interview with Eva Bracy Galyean on November 22, 2015 in her GCI home with transcript. Audio of Gaile Colby interview January 15, 2015, by Duma and Sarah McCracken, partial transcript. Audio of music and singing with Arvard Savage 2015 or 2016. Video (with separate audio) of Phil Whitney in his GCI home January and February 2016. Video of Duma and Anne Gruhlich on a walkabout with Michael Macfarlan on his property discussing evidence of past farming and other occupations still visible on his historic Preble Cove property. Use of these interviews requires permission of the interviewee or their descendants. Questions: contact jessiduma@gmail.com. C. Video “A Taste of Great Cranberry Island: Agriculture Past and Present” - Duma explores agriculture on Great Cranberry Island through interviews with past and current residents. Directed, filmed, and edited by Jessica Duma. Featuring: Gaile Colby, Ben Sumner, Hallie Sumner, Kariah Sumner, Phil Whitney, Kayla Gagnon, Genny Mathews, Sarah McCracken, Colleen Bunker, Page Hill, Wendy Rackliff. Music by Jason Shaw: Serenity, Mountain Sun, Hoedown, Acoustic Meditation, Solo Acoustic Guitar. Special thanks to: GCIHS, Anne Grulich, Island Institute, Scott Sell, College of the Atlantic, Todd Little-Siebold. On YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKbktzbCqlw [Presently awaiting permissions to use the background music per Jessi 9/2017. Jessi will provide DVD copy after permissions granted.] | 
Description: Research, Jessica Duma, 2014-2016 while an Island Institute Fellow at GCIHS which produced an exhibition, presentations, video, and oral history recordings. Historical and modern day materials pertaining to Duma's Agricultural Heritage of the Cranberry Isles fellowship focusing on farming, agriculture, apples, the Island Ecology project, farm stand, and more in the Town of Cranberry Isles from 19th century to present. Duma worked with mentor Todd Little-Siebold (College of the Atlantic) and used GCIHS and other local historical collections to produce an exhibition, gather oral histories, and record videos of her experiences and research while residing on Great Cranberry Island as a two-year fellow and then served as part-time manager of GCIHS and part-time manager for the CIRT (affordable housing) program for the last year. Documents in box. Digital materials located at NAS/ Catalogue/2017.399.2175_Duma. A. Exhibit materials (museum) and: NAS\Exhibits\Exhibits2015\Farming_JessiAndJillPiekutExhibitWork. B. Interviews: NAS\video\Jessi Duma Interviews 2014-20: Video by Duma and Jenny Matthews of "Chuddy" Alley in his home on April 2015. Audio of Colleen Bunker interview December 10, 2015, via telephone. Video of interview with Eva Bracy Galyean on November 22, 2015 in her GCI home with transcript. Audio of Gaile Colby interview January 15, 2015, by Duma and Sarah McCracken, partial transcript. Audio of music and singing with Arvard Savage 2015 or 2016. Video (with separate audio) of Phil Whitney in his GCI home January and February 2016. Video of Duma and Anne Gruhlich on a walkabout with Michael Macfarlan on his property discussing evidence of past farming and other occupations still visible on his historic Preble Cove property. Use of these interviews requires permission of the interviewee or their descendants. Questions: contact jessiduma@gmail.com. C. Video “A Taste of Great Cranberry Island: Agriculture Past and Present” - Duma explores agriculture on Great Cranberry Island through interviews with past and current residents. Directed, filmed, and edited by Jessica Duma. Featuring: Gaile Colby, Ben Sumner, Hallie Sumner, Kariah Sumner, Phil Whitney, Kayla Gagnon, Genny Mathews, Sarah McCracken, Colleen Bunker, Page Hill, Wendy Rackliff. Music by Jason Shaw: Serenity, Mountain Sun, Hoedown, Acoustic Meditation, Solo Acoustic Guitar. Special thanks to: GCIHS, Anne Grulich, Island Institute, Scott Sell, College of the Atlantic, Todd Little-Siebold. On YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKbktzbCqlw [Presently awaiting permissions to use the background music per Jessi 9/2017. Jessi will provide DVD copy after permissions granted.] [show more] |
| 1000.0.909 | Arno Preston Stanley information |
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| Background information of Arno Preston Stanley with information and documents supplied by Phil and Karin Whitney and Ralph Stanley. Contains a restored version and a copy of the original marriage proposal letter of Arno Preston Stanley and the acceptance of Maybelle Stanley in the form of the same letter. | 
Description: Background information of Arno Preston Stanley with information and documents supplied by Phil and Karin Whitney and Ralph Stanley. Contains a restored version and a copy of the original marriage proposal letter of Arno Preston Stanley and the acceptance of Maybelle Stanley in the form of the same letter. |
| 1000.0.914 | Art exhibit and Silent Auction materials |
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| A collection of items donated and bought from the 1995 Art exhibit and Silent Auction. |
Description: A collection of items donated and bought from the 1995 Art exhibit and Silent Auction. |
| 1000.0.953 | Baker Island lighthouse information |
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| Memorandum of the June 23, 2009 meeting at Acadia National Park Headquarters in order to decline the offer of purchasing the lighthouse located on Baker's Island. |
Description: Memorandum of the June 23, 2009 meeting at Acadia National Park Headquarters in order to decline the offer of purchasing the lighthouse located on Baker's Island. |
| 1000.27.702 | Benedition by Arthur Forrester |
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| Document, original of "A Cranberry Isles Benediction" by Arthur Forrester, along with short note from Art to Bruce Komusin on how he wanted it printed, and also a proof of Komusin's design. It was distributed on GCI in late July 1995, on the occasion of Arthur Forrester's retirement as summer guest minister of the Congregational Church | 
Description: Document, original of "A Cranberry Isles Benediction" by Arthur Forrester, along with short note from Art to Bruce Komusin on how he wanted it printed, and also a proof of Komusin's design. It was distributed on GCI in late July 1995, on the occasion of Arthur Forrester's retirement as summer guest minister of the Congregational Church |
| 1000.7.108 | Birth info W.E. Duren |
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| Note, stating W.E. Duren born in Bangor, 28 Dec 1881 | |
| 2006.125.1002 | Bunker family genealogy |
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| Geneaology from James Buncker [Bunker] beginning in 1576 and ending in 1824. Included are photos of John Franklin Hodgkins and Luhama S. Bunker Hodgkins as well as their obituaries. |
Description: Geneaology from James Buncker [Bunker] beginning in 1576 and ending in 1824. Included are photos of John Franklin Hodgkins and Luhama S. Bunker Hodgkins as well as their obituaries. |
| 2018.416.2783 | Business cards and railroad ticket |
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| Miscellaneous documents (late 1800s-early 1900s) from Preble House. A. Business card: George Shaw Grocer Portland Maine. B. Business card: S.T. Mugridge Sailmaker Rockland Maine. C. Second class railroad ticket Pullman’s Palace Car Co. from Bangor to [xxx], punched, October 2, [no year], Line 151, Conductor name illegible. Reverse shows rules and disclaimer (a statement from General Ticket Agent Chicago). D. Business card. Cranberry Isles Mutual Fish Company listing officers: Wm. P. Preble, A.C. Fernald, and directors: A. C. Savage, O.A. Richardson, A. L. Manchester: Curers, Packers and Shippers, Cranberry Isles etc. Reverse side lists kinds of fish they deal in. E. Undated (18xx) Collector’s Bond form. Partially filled in, listing Charles E. Spurling, Samuel N. Bulger and John Gilley as sureties of the Town of Cranberry Isles for $500. F. Blank shipping order form (two pages). C.K. Darling, Stationer, 15 Exchange St., Boston. | 
Description: Miscellaneous documents (late 1800s-early 1900s) from Preble House. A. Business card: George Shaw Grocer Portland Maine. B. Business card: S.T. Mugridge Sailmaker Rockland Maine. C. Second class railroad ticket Pullman’s Palace Car Co. from Bangor to [xxx], punched, October 2, [no year], Line 151, Conductor name illegible. Reverse shows rules and disclaimer (a statement from General Ticket Agent Chicago). D. Business card. Cranberry Isles Mutual Fish Company listing officers: Wm. P. Preble, A.C. Fernald, and directors: A. C. Savage, O.A. Richardson, A. L. Manchester: Curers, Packers and Shippers, Cranberry Isles etc. Reverse side lists kinds of fish they deal in. E. Undated (18xx) Collector’s Bond form. Partially filled in, listing Charles E. Spurling, Samuel N. Bulger and John Gilley as sureties of the Town of Cranberry Isles for $500. F. Blank shipping order form (two pages). C.K. Darling, Stationer, 15 Exchange St., Boston. [show more] |
| 1000.46.269 | Carrie M. Richardson ephemera |
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| Collection of cards and envelopes sent to Carrie M. Richardson |
Description: Collection of cards and envelopes sent to Carrie M. Richardson |
| 2014.287.2040 | Certificate |
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| Certificate. United States of America honors the memory of Hazel E. Peterson.... signed by George Bush, President of the United States. (Not dated) Address on reverse is "Mrs. Louise Millar in memory of Hazel E. Peterson, PO Box 106, Cranberry Isle, ME 04625" | 
Description: Certificate. United States of America honors the memory of Hazel E. Peterson.... signed by George Bush, President of the United States. (Not dated) Address on reverse is "Mrs. Louise Millar in memory of Hazel E. Peterson, PO Box 106, Cranberry Isle, ME 04625" |
| 2016.381.2152 | Collection of documents: Receipts for church pews 1866; 1876 store receipt; Preble family ephemera and genealogy; Benjamin Spurling ephemera; memorial card for George N. Spurling 1901; |
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| Documents. Collection of items from Louise Marr. 1. Documents. Ten original receipts for pews sold to finance construction of the Great Cranberry Island meeting house [the GCI church] 1866. Each signed on August 25, 1866 by William P. Preble, Thomas Bunker, and Wm. H. Preble Building Committee. John Stanley $70=Pew 6. William H. Preble $100=Pew 18. Asa D. Stanley $90=Pew 2. Albert Gilley $70=Pew 39. S. G(?). Young and E.C. Rosebrook $60=Pew 30. John G. Bunker $70=Pew 37. William P. Preble $100=Pew 21. John N. Bulger $70=Pew 7. Samuel S. Fernald $80=Pew 29. Enoch Spurling $70=Pew 38. 2. Receipt. Items bought by Mr. William P. Preble on April 14, 1876 from Perley, Russell & Co, 94 Commercial Street, Portland, ME, and paid $51.50 (includes $1.23 interest) on Dec 26, 1876. 3. Several newspaper articles about Rachel Field. 4. Modern reprint of what many believe to be Samuel Hadlock Jr's wife, “The Prussian Lady”, so labelled on reverse. 5. Letter from Knowles Company, Insurance and Real Estate, Northeast Harbor, ME, January 9, 1935, to Capt. Benjamin H. Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, ME, re: problems collecting rent from tenant. 6. Family history re: Capt. Benjamin Spurling born 1849 on GCI "Capt. Benjamin Spurling was b. July 22, 1849, at Great Cranberry Isles, son of George N. and Abigail Spurling. He m. Frances A. dau of William P and Abigail C. Preble, who was born and reared on the same island. He commenced going to sea at the age of ten; took his first command at 21, sch. Maggie W. Willard.. In 1871 he moved to Portland and in 1888 to B.H. [Is this Boothbay Harbor?]. He holds a first-class pilot's license for the Atlantic Coast for steamers not exceeding 700 tons. He has built five vessels for E. Sanders & Col, Pensacola, Fla, and purchased and sold them several others. His principal sea-going has been in the mackerel fishery, and he has one high-line year to his credit. Their children are: Maud A., m. Forest Ware, Whitefield; Harold B. and Frances M. 7. Postcards. Two postcards for Preble taxes 1896 ($4.28) and 1895 ($3.61). 8. Receipt. William P. Preble is proprietor of One share of the capital stock of Ellsworth & Tremont Telegraph Company., July 5, 1869. 9. Card. Memorial card for George N. Spurling, died Jan. 16, 1901 at 82 years. He's buried in Spurling Cemetery. 10. Genealogy of the Preble Family in America, large chart, folded. 11. Genealogy, Family Record, large, ornate, folded, for William P. Preble family | 
Description: Documents. Collection of items from Louise Marr. 1. Documents. Ten original receipts for pews sold to finance construction of the Great Cranberry Island meeting house [the GCI church] 1866. Each signed on August 25, 1866 by William P. Preble, Thomas Bunker, and Wm. H. Preble Building Committee. John Stanley $70=Pew 6. William H. Preble $100=Pew 18. Asa D. Stanley $90=Pew 2. Albert Gilley $70=Pew 39. S. G(?). Young and E.C. Rosebrook $60=Pew 30. John G. Bunker $70=Pew 37. William P. Preble $100=Pew 21. John N. Bulger $70=Pew 7. Samuel S. Fernald $80=Pew 29. Enoch Spurling $70=Pew 38. 2. Receipt. Items bought by Mr. William P. Preble on April 14, 1876 from Perley, Russell & Co, 94 Commercial Street, Portland, ME, and paid $51.50 (includes $1.23 interest) on Dec 26, 1876. 3. Several newspaper articles about Rachel Field. 4. Modern reprint of what many believe to be Samuel Hadlock Jr's wife, “The Prussian Lady”, so labelled on reverse. 5. Letter from Knowles Company, Insurance and Real Estate, Northeast Harbor, ME, January 9, 1935, to Capt. Benjamin H. Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, ME, re: problems collecting rent from tenant. 6. Family history re: Capt. Benjamin Spurling born 1849 on GCI "Capt. Benjamin Spurling was b. July 22, 1849, at Great Cranberry Isles, son of George N. and Abigail Spurling. He m. Frances A. dau of William P and Abigail C. Preble, who was born and reared on the same island. He commenced going to sea at the age of ten; took his first command at 21, sch. Maggie W. Willard.. In 1871 he moved to Portland and in 1888 to B.H. [Is this Boothbay Harbor?]. He holds a first-class pilot's license for the Atlantic Coast for steamers not exceeding 700 tons. He has built five vessels for E. Sanders & Col, Pensacola, Fla, and purchased and sold them several others. His principal sea-going has been in the mackerel fishery, and he has one high-line year to his credit. Their children are: Maud A., m. Forest Ware, Whitefield; Harold B. and Frances M. 7. Postcards. Two postcards for Preble taxes 1896 ($4.28) and 1895 ($3.61). 8. Receipt. William P. Preble is proprietor of One share of the capital stock of Ellsworth & Tremont Telegraph Company., July 5, 1869. 9. Card. Memorial card for George N. Spurling, died Jan. 16, 1901 at 82 years. He's buried in Spurling Cemetery. 10. Genealogy of the Preble Family in America, large chart, folded. 11. Genealogy, Family Record, large, ornate, folded, for William P. Preble family [show more] |
| 1000.0.1104 | Collection of materials from Louise Marr |
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| Collection of Louise Marr related items and donations, and the Preble House, 1104a-d. (a) Photo of Louise Marr. (b) Inventory of items donated by Louise Marr February 2006. (c) Transcription of William Preble's income. (d) Write up used for the Preble display in museum |
Description: Collection of Louise Marr related items and donations, and the Preble House, 1104a-d. (a) Photo of Louise Marr. (b) Inventory of items donated by Louise Marr February 2006. (c) Transcription of William Preble's income. (d) Write up used for the Preble display in museum |
| 2016.381.2148 | Collection of miscellaneous documents |
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| Documents. Collection of miscellaneous materials from donor. School materials - show attendance pre-consolidation in 1904 when there was a school where today's gravel pit is on GCI, and at Malcolm Donald's house on GCI, as well as Baker's island. 3 State of Maine Teacher's School Registers for Cranberry Isles (lists of students and statistics) :(1) No. 5, First Winter Term 1888 signed by Ima Robbins, Teacher District No. 5 (2) No. 4, Spring Term, May 29, 1890, signed by Flossy H. Colby, Teacher District No. 4 (3) No. 1, Spring Term, 1887, signed by Laura Freeman, Teacher District No. 1. Summer term 1887 – Copies of time period general information - Teachers of Yesteryear Copy of list of groceries bought by Mr. Benj. H. Spurling 1905 from Nettie A Stanley Groceries and Dry Goods store. Map, large 1972: Maine Coastal Inventory, Land Cover Types, source: 1972 aerial photography, Trenton, Lamoine -1966 aerial photography, by Maine State Planning Office. Articles various: Ted Spurling making coiled mats, in a rowboat, etc. "Islands build a lifeline" CI parking and dock, Ed Gray and Phil Whitney mentioned. Article on 1990 school funding. Miscellaneous: (A) Postcard to B. H. Spurling; Receipt for the Power Boat Pilgrim purchasing 100 gal. gasoline for $9.00 from E. L. Taylor, Norfolk, VA Dec. 8, 1911; (B) Receipt for Str. Carrie & Mildred & Fitters, Nov. 15, 1910 purchase of groceries from W. S. Jordan & Co., 102 Commercial Street, Portland Maine for $17.64. (C) Copy of article "Cranberry Club is for Brahmins Only" front page of Wall Street Journal, Nov. 4, 1975. (D) Copy of bill for Wm. P. Preble, Esq. tax is $3.90 for May 27, 1897. (E) Copy of statement Chicago Rawhide Mfg. Co, Rawhide Belting, Lace Leather and Rope, Lariats and other Rawhide Goods of all kinds, 75 and 77 East Ohio Street, Chicago, February 13, 1896 stating that the undersigned sell their rights, title and interest in church on Great Cranberry Island - family pew No. 18 to William P. Preble. Witnesses: Lucie Weil, Lizzie A. Preble, Wm. N. Preble, Elmenia Preble. On reverse is statement "Received at Town Clerk's office May 4, 1896 and recorded in Volume 2, Page 82, signed George W. Bulger, Clerk." (F) Tax bill for Benjamin H. Spurling, April 21, 1933 Real estate valuation $1,400. Taxes 44.80, rate of taxation 32 mills. Received payment in full Sept. 1937, Andrew E. Stanley, Collector. (G) Envelope, empty, addressed to Mrs. B. H. Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, with Gray's Portland Business College logo on it. Written under flap is "Auntie Maude" (H) Old book plate print: The School at Play, engraved expressly for Peterson's Magazine. Children and teacher smoking in classroom. (I) Two pages from a ledger with note: Division of a fish catch with the crew (Schooner Lizzie Maud) Acct. Sales Mackerel Schr Lizzie Maude, July 14, 1896. Lists crew and fish beside column dated June 27, and states Received of B. H. Spurling in full for all [?] on Schr Lizzie Maud to date. Portland Oct. 2, 1896. Acct. Sales Mackerel Schr Lizzie Maud, received of B. H. Spurling the above share in full. Original newspaper article and one copy from The Word and The Work, Bangor Maine, February 1897 about the Cranberry Island church, with subtitle - Rev. Charles E. Harwood. (J) Copy of article on General Andrew B. Spurling's portrait in the state house, "Reminder of a Gallant Soldier" apparently the portrait is an enlargement from a photograph. |
Description: Documents. Collection of miscellaneous materials from donor. School materials - show attendance pre-consolidation in 1904 when there was a school where today's gravel pit is on GCI, and at Malcolm Donald's house on GCI, as well as Baker's island. 3 State of Maine Teacher's School Registers for Cranberry Isles (lists of students and statistics) :(1) No. 5, First Winter Term 1888 signed by Ima Robbins, Teacher District No. 5 (2) No. 4, Spring Term, May 29, 1890, signed by Flossy H. Colby, Teacher District No. 4 (3) No. 1, Spring Term, 1887, signed by Laura Freeman, Teacher District No. 1. Summer term 1887 – Copies of time period general information - Teachers of Yesteryear Copy of list of groceries bought by Mr. Benj. H. Spurling 1905 from Nettie A Stanley Groceries and Dry Goods store. Map, large 1972: Maine Coastal Inventory, Land Cover Types, source: 1972 aerial photography, Trenton, Lamoine -1966 aerial photography, by Maine State Planning Office. Articles various: Ted Spurling making coiled mats, in a rowboat, etc. "Islands build a lifeline" CI parking and dock, Ed Gray and Phil Whitney mentioned. Article on 1990 school funding. Miscellaneous: (A) Postcard to B. H. Spurling; Receipt for the Power Boat Pilgrim purchasing 100 gal. gasoline for $9.00 from E. L. Taylor, Norfolk, VA Dec. 8, 1911; (B) Receipt for Str. Carrie & Mildred & Fitters, Nov. 15, 1910 purchase of groceries from W. S. Jordan & Co., 102 Commercial Street, Portland Maine for $17.64. (C) Copy of article "Cranberry Club is for Brahmins Only" front page of Wall Street Journal, Nov. 4, 1975. (D) Copy of bill for Wm. P. Preble, Esq. tax is $3.90 for May 27, 1897. (E) Copy of statement Chicago Rawhide Mfg. Co, Rawhide Belting, Lace Leather and Rope, Lariats and other Rawhide Goods of all kinds, 75 and 77 East Ohio Street, Chicago, February 13, 1896 stating that the undersigned sell their rights, title and interest in church on Great Cranberry Island - family pew No. 18 to William P. Preble. Witnesses: Lucie Weil, Lizzie A. Preble, Wm. N. Preble, Elmenia Preble. On reverse is statement "Received at Town Clerk's office May 4, 1896 and recorded in Volume 2, Page 82, signed George W. Bulger, Clerk." (F) Tax bill for Benjamin H. Spurling, April 21, 1933 Real estate valuation $1,400. Taxes 44.80, rate of taxation 32 mills. Received payment in full Sept. 1937, Andrew E. Stanley, Collector. (G) Envelope, empty, addressed to Mrs. B. H. Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, with Gray's Portland Business College logo on it. Written under flap is "Auntie Maude" (H) Old book plate print: The School at Play, engraved expressly for Peterson's Magazine. Children and teacher smoking in classroom. (I) Two pages from a ledger with note: Division of a fish catch with the crew (Schooner Lizzie Maud) Acct. Sales Mackerel Schr Lizzie Maude, July 14, 1896. Lists crew and fish beside column dated June 27, and states Received of B. H. Spurling in full for all [?] on Schr Lizzie Maud to date. Portland Oct. 2, 1896. Acct. Sales Mackerel Schr Lizzie Maud, received of B. H. Spurling the above share in full. Original newspaper article and one copy from The Word and The Work, Bangor Maine, February 1897 about the Cranberry Island church, with subtitle - Rev. Charles E. Harwood. (J) Copy of article on General Andrew B. Spurling's portrait in the state house, "Reminder of a Gallant Soldier" apparently the portrait is an enlargement from a photograph. [show more] |
| 2016.340.2106 | Collection of Rachel Field (author) materials |
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| Collection of materials by or about Rachel Field mostly purchased via the internet by donor. (A) Black and white 8x10 photo of Field at home in Beverly Hills by Culver Pictures, Inc., NY, NY. (B) Black and White 8 x 10 photo of a scene from Time Out of Mind film, photo copyright is 1959 Screen Gems, Inc.. (C) Book: Flora, Fauna, & Fantasy, The Art of Dorothy Lathrop, edited by Catherine E. Hutchins, 2006, The Brandywine Conservancy, from the Brandywine River Museum Exhibition March 25-May21, 2006, and the Albany Institute of History & Art Exhibition September 16 through December 31, 2006 - Lathrop illustrated many Field books. This book was a gift from Virginia Heyerdahl to Bruce Komusin in 2006. (As of 04/07/2023 missing from box 27) (D) Audio cassette tape of Rachel Field radio show #27045, "Rise and Recite, March 29, 1939, Mutual net. Grown men & women recite poems. Author Rachel Field recites." Letter with cassette was mailed to Bruce Komusin from J. David Goldin of Newtown, CT 2/10/2005. (See also 1000.0.1029 CD recording of Field's radio recital in same Box 27.) (E) VHS recording of "Hitty the Legend Continues" probably from the Virginia Beach, VA, Hitty group 1998 Sirocco Productions, Inc. (F) Horn Book Magazine Sept/Oct 1995 with article on Rachel Field's Newbery Medal book Hitty on page 552. (G) McCall's Three Magazines in One March 1942 with Rachel Field's second installment of a story, "And Now Tomorrow." (H) The Saturday Review of Literature, October 22, 1938, Vol. XVIII No. 25, with a review of All this and Heaven Too, entitled, "Two Lives of a Woman" on page 5. (I) Saturday Review of Literature March 28, 1942 with article about Rachel Field's sudden and tragic passing by Laura Benet on page 10. (J) Saturday Review of Literature May 23, 1942 with review of Field's "And Now Tomorrow" on page 6. (K) Saturday Review of literature November 6, 1926 with article by Field, "Random Reflections" on page 277. | 
Description: Collection of materials by or about Rachel Field mostly purchased via the internet by donor. (A) Black and white 8x10 photo of Field at home in Beverly Hills by Culver Pictures, Inc., NY, NY. (B) Black and White 8 x 10 photo of a scene from Time Out of Mind film, photo copyright is 1959 Screen Gems, Inc.. (C) Book: Flora, Fauna, & Fantasy, The Art of Dorothy Lathrop, edited by Catherine E. Hutchins, 2006, The Brandywine Conservancy, from the Brandywine River Museum Exhibition March 25-May21, 2006, and the Albany Institute of History & Art Exhibition September 16 through December 31, 2006 - Lathrop illustrated many Field books. This book was a gift from Virginia Heyerdahl to Bruce Komusin in 2006. (As of 04/07/2023 missing from box 27) (D) Audio cassette tape of Rachel Field radio show #27045, "Rise and Recite, March 29, 1939, Mutual net. Grown men & women recite poems. Author Rachel Field recites." Letter with cassette was mailed to Bruce Komusin from J. David Goldin of Newtown, CT 2/10/2005. (See also 1000.0.1029 CD recording of Field's radio recital in same Box 27.) (E) VHS recording of "Hitty the Legend Continues" probably from the Virginia Beach, VA, Hitty group 1998 Sirocco Productions, Inc. (F) Horn Book Magazine Sept/Oct 1995 with article on Rachel Field's Newbery Medal book Hitty on page 552. (G) McCall's Three Magazines in One March 1942 with Rachel Field's second installment of a story, "And Now Tomorrow." (H) The Saturday Review of Literature, October 22, 1938, Vol. XVIII No. 25, with a review of All this and Heaven Too, entitled, "Two Lives of a Woman" on page 5. (I) Saturday Review of Literature March 28, 1942 with article about Rachel Field's sudden and tragic passing by Laura Benet on page 10. (J) Saturday Review of Literature May 23, 1942 with review of Field's "And Now Tomorrow" on page 6. (K) Saturday Review of literature November 6, 1926 with article by Field, "Random Reflections" on page 277. [show more] |
| 2012.204.1691 | Copy of photo descriptions (Items # 1676-1690) |
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| Document, Copy of photo descriptions (Items # 1676-1690) submitted by Annie Alley on 3/20/2012-pictures are on loan to Great Cranberry Isle Historical Society | 
Description: Document, Copy of photo descriptions (Items # 1676-1690) submitted by Annie Alley on 3/20/2012-pictures are on loan to Great Cranberry Isle Historical Society |
| 2013.241.1939 | Corporal Edgar Bunker |
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| Documents. Collection of copies of info re: Corporal Edgar Bunker's service in Korean War from June-October 1951, and his posthumous medal presentation August 20, 2000 on GCI. Sixty-seven pages total from at least two sources: unidentified book - random pgs. 25-230; five pages from "The History of the United Nations Forces in the Korean War, Vol. V" pg. 98-103. Letter from Vice Admiral Gregory Johnson to Charlene Allen (Bunker's sister) re: medal presentation August 20, 2000. Laminated pages (15) of photos, articles, and text remembering the medal presentation. (See also 2013.241.1940 medal; and 1000.22.67 newspaper articles.) | 
Description: Documents. Collection of copies of info re: Corporal Edgar Bunker's service in Korean War from June-October 1951, and his posthumous medal presentation August 20, 2000 on GCI. Sixty-seven pages total from at least two sources: unidentified book - random pgs. 25-230; five pages from "The History of the United Nations Forces in the Korean War, Vol. V" pg. 98-103. Letter from Vice Admiral Gregory Johnson to Charlene Allen (Bunker's sister) re: medal presentation August 20, 2000. Laminated pages (15) of photos, articles, and text remembering the medal presentation. (See also 2013.241.1940 medal; and 1000.22.67 newspaper articles.) [show more] |
| 1000.27.710 | Cranberry Clam Diggers Cabaret |
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| Draft for the Cranberry Clam Diggers' Cabaret, draft copy of sing-along words for specially-written song Cranberry to be sung to the tune of Swanee | 
Description: Draft for the Cranberry Clam Diggers' Cabaret, draft copy of sing-along words for specially-written song Cranberry to be sung to the tune of Swanee |
| 1000.23.563 | "Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles 'Chuck' Liebow |
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| Boats. Looseleaf Binder, "Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles Liebow. Contains maps 1607-1881, "List of Vessels From Notes made by Chuck Liebow (Typed & some notes added by Hugh Dwelley 11/1994" (also on cranberryisles.com website), 1912 petition to establish boundaries of roads, census data 1839-1860, the cranberry register 1909-1910, boat building, Liebow's notes on books and articles, miscellaneous, photos, houses showing owners then and now, families, deeds. | 
Description: Boats. Looseleaf Binder, "Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles Liebow. Contains maps 1607-1881, "List of Vessels From Notes made by Chuck Liebow (Typed & some notes added by Hugh Dwelley 11/1994" (also on cranberryisles.com website), 1912 petition to establish boundaries of roads, census data 1839-1860, the cranberry register 1909-1910, boat building, Liebow's notes on books and articles, miscellaneous, photos, houses showing owners then and now, families, deeds. [show more] |
| 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. |
| 1000.0.950 | Crantini fundraiser |
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| Collection of items pertaining to the Great Cranberry Island Crantini fundraiser held on 8/4/2004 |
Description: Collection of items pertaining to the Great Cranberry Island Crantini fundraiser held on 8/4/2004 |
| 1000.27.1379 | Creative works by Gretchen Westphal |
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| Document, program list of creative works by Gretchen Westphal, and a short biography "What I Did With My Lawn Mowing Money", for her exhibit at the GCI Library, 5 July 2009 | 
Description: Document, program list of creative works by Gretchen Westphal, and a short biography "What I Did With My Lawn Mowing Money", for her exhibit at the GCI Library, 5 July 2009 |
| 2014.585.3078 | "Deceased." |
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| Handwritten list of deceased people. This also provided the dates for some of the deaths. | 
Description: Handwritten list of deceased people. This also provided the dates for some of the deaths. |
| 1000.0.1619 | Description of photos for Items 1599-1618 |
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| Document, List of description of photos for Items 1599-1618 (note: Item 1619a is the 2nd page of list of picture descriptions. Also, the 1st seven pictures were missing at the time that the pictures were placed in the database. | 
Description: Document, List of description of photos for Items 1599-1618 (note: Item 1619a is the 2nd page of list of picture descriptions. Also, the 1st seven pictures were missing at the time that the pictures were placed in the database. |
| 1000.7.210 | Diary about boat repairs |
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| Diary, printed date 1914, with ads for paint and varnish, filled in with entries of expenses, most all seem to be for boat repair. Work done for Frank Stanley, Walter Eversman, C. Rice, A. Alley, D. Hodgkins. |
Description: Diary, printed date 1914, with ads for paint and varnish, filled in with entries of expenses, most all seem to be for boat repair. Work done for Frank Stanley, Walter Eversman, C. Rice, A. Alley, D. Hodgkins. |
| 2016.380.2143 | Digital Genealogy of Mount Desert Island by Lynne Birlem |
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| Genealogy. Database files. Lynne Birlem creator developed this database of 73,418 people; 27,800 marriages which is identified as "Mountdesert". Database requires Family Tree Maker 2009 software. Birlem's extensive genealogical database of Mount Desert area families includes additional materials from Tom Vining's cemetery research, obituaries for Mount Desert Islanders, deed information for individual houses, information from Thornton's history: Traditions and Records; and Charlotte Morrill's and Meredith Hutchins' research (Southwest Harbor Public Library. Donor is descendant of GCI Birlem family and resides on Mount Desert Island 2016. See digital file: mountdesert LB_2009-02-02_2009-03-04_2009-05-23_2010-07-07_2010-07-28_2010-08-09_2014-06-09_2016-12-14.ftmb (requires Family Tree Maker 2009 software). On the GCIHS server at : Archives\GenealogyMountDesert_Birlem |
Description: Genealogy. Database files. Lynne Birlem creator developed this database of 73,418 people; 27,800 marriages which is identified as "Mountdesert". Database requires Family Tree Maker 2009 software. Birlem's extensive genealogical database of Mount Desert area families includes additional materials from Tom Vining's cemetery research, obituaries for Mount Desert Islanders, deed information for individual houses, information from Thornton's history: Traditions and Records; and Charlotte Morrill's and Meredith Hutchins' research (Southwest Harbor Public Library. Donor is descendant of GCI Birlem family and resides on Mount Desert Island 2016. See digital file: mountdesert LB_2009-02-02_2009-03-04_2009-05-23_2010-07-07_2010-07-28_2010-08-09_2014-06-09_2016-12-14.ftmb (requires Family Tree Maker 2009 software). On the GCIHS server at : Archives\GenealogyMountDesert_Birlem [show more] |
