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2023.651.3141Lifeboat Rations
  • Object, Containers
  • Other, Culinary
Rations would have been stored in the lifeboat’s emergency kit. This one contains 8oz of dried biscuits. If a boat sunk in the middle of the Atlantic it could be many days before any lifeboats were found, so access to some food could be vital for survival.
Lifeboat Rations
Catalogue #:
  • 2023.651.3141   
Type:
  • Object, Containers
Subject:
  • Other, Culinary
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Materials:
  • Metal
Description:
Rations would have been stored in the lifeboat’s emergency kit. This one contains 8oz of dried biscuits. If a boat sunk in the middle of the Atlantic it could be many days before any lifeboats were found, so access to some food could be vital for survival.
2014.484.2971Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Women's Winter Work Project Quilts
  • Document, Questionnaire
  • Other, Textiles
Questionnaires to gather information about quilts made by GCI women including members of the Ladies Aid Society. The intent was to photograph the quilts to create a photographic record of Cranberry Island's women's winter work. Includes forms from 20 quilters.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Women's Winter Work Project Quilts
Catalogue #:
  • 2014.484.2971   
Type:
  • Document, Questionnaire
Subject:
  • Other, Textiles
Creator:
  • Ladies Aid
Date:
  • 2002-06
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Questionnaires to gather information about quilts made by GCI women including members of the Ladies Aid Society. The intent was to photograph the quilts to create a photographic record of Cranberry Island's women's winter work. Includes forms from 20 quilters.
2023.633.3123Points East: Narratives of New England - Rachel Field
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Literature
Book written by local author Rachel Field. Signed by the author.
Points East: Narratives of New England - Rachel Field
Catalogue #:
  • 2023.633.3123   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
Creator:
  • Rachel Field
Date:
  • 2023-07-11
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Book written by local author Rachel Field. Signed by the author.
2023.635.3125A Taste of Cranberry - Susan Donald Michalski
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Poetry
A collection of poetry and wood cuts by Susan Donald Michalski from 2002.
A Taste of Cranberry - Susan Donald Michalski
Catalogue #:
  • 2023.635.3125   
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
Creator:
  • Susan Donald Michalski
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
A collection of poetry and wood cuts by Susan Donald Michalski from 2002.
2016.372.2135Wooden and tin kitchenware
  • Object, Other Object, Collection
  • Other, Culinary
Kitchenware. Collection of five kitchen wares: (A) Wooden pounder for pounding foodstuff or packing pickles, etc. (B) Large wooden bowl (crack in center). (C and D): Two grooved wooden paddles for making butter balls. (E) One curved, perforated, tin skimmer for removing cream from milk.
Wooden and tin kitchenware
Catalogue #:
  • 2016.372.2135   
Type:
  • Object, Other Object, Collection
Subject:
  • Other, Culinary
Materials:
  • Wood
Size:
  • 10" x 2" W
Description:
Kitchenware. Collection of five kitchen wares: (A) Wooden pounder for pounding foodstuff or packing pickles, etc. (B) Large wooden bowl (crack in center). (C and D): Two grooved wooden paddles for making butter balls. (E) One curved, perforated, tin skimmer for removing cream from milk.
2014.283.2027White earthenware bowl
  • Object, Serving Dish
  • Other, Culinary
Bowl. White earthenware with red and pink rose clusters (underglaze decals) on interior; exterior has plain embossed scroll work and no rose decals. No maker's marks or ID.
White earthenware bowl
Catalogue #:
  • 2014.283.2027   
Type:
  • Object, Serving Dish
Subject:
  • Other, Culinary
Materials:
  • Ceramic
Size:
  • 14.75" diam x 3.75" H
Description:
Bowl. White earthenware with red and pink rose clusters (underglaze decals) on interior; exterior has plain embossed scroll work and no rose decals. No maker's marks or ID.
2014.283.2028Earthenware bowl with over-glaze daffodil decals
  • Object, Serving Dish
  • Other, Culinary
Bowl. Beige earthenware with over-glaze daffodil decals on interior and exterior. Maker's ID on bottom shows a circle with Dale Hall Pottery England readable, with probably a big D and H combination logo in center of circle. Dale Hall seems to have been a late 19th century(ca. 1890) pottery works.
Earthenware bowl with over-glaze daffodil decals
Catalogue #:
  • 2014.283.2028   
Type:
  • Object, Serving Dish
Subject:
  • Other, Culinary
Date:
  • 1890
Materials:
  • Ceramic
Size:
  • 15.75" Diameter x 4.5" H
Description:
Bowl. Beige earthenware with over-glaze daffodil decals on interior and exterior. Maker's ID on bottom shows a circle with Dale Hall Pottery England readable, with probably a big D and H combination logo in center of circle. Dale Hall seems to have been a late 19th century(ca. 1890) pottery works.
1000.140.1140Silver spoon from Preble House
  • Object, Eating Spoon
  • Other, Culinary
Spoon, silver plated, makers mark: (star) ROGERS & BRO. A1, with daffodil motif on bowl and handle and engraved italic M on handle, from Preble house
Silver spoon from Preble House
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.140.1140   
Type:
  • Object, Eating Spoon
Subject:
  • Other, Culinary
Materials:
  • Metal
Description:
Spoon, silver plated, makers mark: (star) ROGERS & BRO. A1, with daffodil motif on bowl and handle and engraved italic M on handle, from Preble house
1000.140.1141Silver spoon from Preble house
  • Object, Eating Spoon
  • Other, Culinary
Spoon, silver plated, makers mark: 1847 ROGERS BROS. A1, with floral motif on handle, from Preble house
Silver spoon from Preble house
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.140.1141   
Type:
  • Object, Eating Spoon
Subject:
  • Other, Culinary
Materials:
  • Metal
Description:
Spoon, silver plated, makers mark: 1847 ROGERS BROS. A1, with floral motif on handle, from Preble house
1000.140.1178Silver tea set
  • Object, Cooking Vessels
  • Other, Culinary
Tea set, silver plated: "Stevens - Smart Quadruple Plate" tea set, 5 pieces: lidded teapot #415, cream pitcher, double handled sugar bowl, "waste " (used tea leaves) bowl w/lid. Wheat/leaves design cut in, not embossed
Silver tea set
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.140.1178   
Type:
  • Object, Cooking Vessels
Subject:
  • Other, Culinary
Materials:
  • Metal
Description:
Tea set, silver plated: "Stevens - Smart Quadruple Plate" tea set, 5 pieces: lidded teapot #415, cream pitcher, double handled sugar bowl, "waste " (used tea leaves) bowl w/lid. Wheat/leaves design cut in, not embossed
2014.284.2029Ceramic bowl made by Lillian Samenfeld
  • Object, Eating Dish
  • Other, Culinary
Bowl. Red earthenware with beige glaze; green and orange dripped pattern. Made and donated by GCI potter, Lillian Samenfeld Island Pottery which operated in the studio barn next to what is now the Bradley house. Samenfeld was a member of the faculty of the Brooklyn Museum Art School.
Ceramic bowl made by Lillian Samenfeld
Catalogue #:
  • 2014.284.2029   
Type:
  • Object, Eating Dish
Subject:
  • Other, Culinary
Materials:
  • Ceramic
Size:
  • 6.75" diameter x 2.5" H
Description:
Bowl. Red earthenware with beige glaze; green and orange dripped pattern. Made and donated by GCI potter, Lillian Samenfeld Island Pottery which operated in the studio barn next to what is now the Bradley house. Samenfeld was a member of the faculty of the Brooklyn Museum Art School.
2013.241.2031Cup
  • Object, Cup
  • Other, Culinary
Cup. Silver with "JOHN Feb 18 1934" engraved. Bottom is stamped with "Sterling 335".
Cup
Catalogue #:
  • 2013.241.2031   
Type:
  • Object, Cup
Subject:
  • Other, Culinary
Size:
  • L x W x H
Description:
Cup. Silver with "JOHN Feb 18 1934" engraved. Bottom is stamped with "Sterling 335".
2013.241.2034Wooden bowl
  • Object, Serving Dish
  • Other, Culinary
Bowl. Wood, wide and shallow, perhaps for making butter, but many short cut marks evident mid-way along sides but not in center of bowl.Turned lathe rings visible on inside and outside of bowl. Deep crack across middle.
Wooden bowl
Catalogue #:
  • 2013.241.2034   
Type:
  • Object, Serving Dish
Subject:
  • Other, Culinary
Materials:
  • Wood
Size:
  • 14.75" diameter x 3.5" H
Description:
Bowl. Wood, wide and shallow, perhaps for making butter, but many short cut marks evident mid-way along sides but not in center of bowl.Turned lathe rings visible on inside and outside of bowl. Deep crack across middle.
2016.357.2122Collection of 29 books of a wide variety
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Literature
Books. Collection of 29 books of a wide variety, many donated by Bruce Komusin over the years. (Any other known donors noted in book.) 1. Grandma Moses Story Book, by Kramer 1961 (MISSING as of 27/07/2023) 2. Ballads of the Cranberry Isles, 2003, Edited by Hugh L. Dwelley, Islesford Historical Society Occasional Paper No. 11, June 2003 3. A Long, Long Way - An Artist's Life, by Wini Smart, 2008, Custom Museum Publishing, Rockland, ME 2008 4. Mountain Playmates by Helen R. Albee, Copyright 1900 by Helen R. Albee. 5. Minstrelsy of Maine, Folk Songs and Ballads of the Woods and Coast,1927, Collected by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm and Mary Winslow Smyth 6. Upton Arithmetic Grade 4, By Clifford B. Upton, 1951 7. Maine School Report – 1901. Report of the State Superintendent of Public Schools of the State of Maine for the school year ending June 30, 1900, Augusta, Kennebec Journal Print 1901 8. Sixth Annual Report on Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths in the State of Maine, 1897. Augusta, Kennebec Journal Print, 1899. 9. The Normal Third Reader, 1878, By Albert N. Raub, A.M. Ph.D., Philadelphia: Porter & Coates 1878. 10. The Island of Mount Desert Register, 1909-1910, compiled by Lawton, Jordan, and Maddox 11. Steamboat Lore of the Penobscot River, John M. Richardson, 1941 12. Steamboat Lore of the Penobscot River, John M. Richardson, 1941 13. Penobscot Bay Mount Desert and Eastport Steamboat Album by Alllie Ryan 1972 14. Temperance Fourth Reader, by Julia McNair Wright, 1895 15. The Sword of Honor - A Story of the Civil War by Lieut. H.A. Johnson, Third Maine Regiment, N.V.M., Hallowell Maine 1906. Hannibal A. Johnson, 2d Lieut 16. A Tourist in Ludlow and Other Poems by Charles E. Wadsworth by the Tidal Press (GCI) 1984 - artwork and verse 17. The Prince of Peace by Wadsworth 18. Sprague's Journal of Maine History Vol. XI 1923 No. 3 published by John Francis Sprague Dover Foxcroft Maine 19. The Cranberrry Island Series by Donald Wellman 20. Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert, by Thomas F. Vining, 2000 (1 of 2) 21. Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert, by Thomas F. Vining, 2000 22. A Graveyard Preservation Primer by Lynette Strangstad, Alta Mira Press, 1995 23-29. Books. Six Little Bunkers children's book series. By Laura Lee Hope. (7 books, 7 titles: Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford’s, Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom’s, Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell’s, Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack’s, Six Little Bunkers at Miller Ned’s, Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred’s, and Six Little Bunkers at Indian John’s).
Collection of 29 books of a wide variety
Catalogue #:
  • 2016.357.2122   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
Materials:
  • Paper
Size:
  • various
Description:
Books. Collection of 29 books of a wide variety, many donated by Bruce Komusin over the years. (Any other known donors noted in book.) 1. Grandma Moses Story Book, by Kramer 1961 (MISSING as of 27/07/2023) 2. Ballads of the Cranberry Isles, 2003, Edited by Hugh L. Dwelley, Islesford Historical Society Occasional Paper No. 11, June 2003 3. A Long, Long Way - An Artist's Life, by Wini Smart, 2008, Custom Museum Publishing, Rockland, ME 2008 4. Mountain Playmates by Helen R. Albee, Copyright 1900 by Helen R. Albee. 5. Minstrelsy of Maine, Folk Songs and Ballads of the Woods and Coast,1927, Collected by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm and Mary Winslow Smyth 6. Upton Arithmetic Grade 4, By Clifford B. Upton, 1951 7. Maine School Report – 1901. Report of the State Superintendent of Public Schools of the State of Maine for the school year ending June 30, 1900, Augusta, Kennebec Journal Print 1901 8. Sixth Annual Report on Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths in the State of Maine, 1897. Augusta, Kennebec Journal Print, 1899. 9. The Normal Third Reader, 1878, By Albert N. Raub, A.M. Ph.D., Philadelphia: Porter & Coates 1878. 10. The Island of Mount Desert Register, 1909-1910, compiled by Lawton, Jordan, and Maddox 11. Steamboat Lore of the Penobscot River, John M. Richardson, 1941 12. Steamboat Lore of the Penobscot River, John M. Richardson, 1941 13. Penobscot Bay Mount Desert and Eastport Steamboat Album by Alllie Ryan 1972 14. Temperance Fourth Reader, by Julia McNair Wright, 1895 15. The Sword of Honor - A Story of the Civil War by Lieut. H.A. Johnson, Third Maine Regiment, N.V.M., Hallowell Maine 1906. Hannibal A. Johnson, 2d Lieut 16. A Tourist in Ludlow and Other Poems by Charles E. Wadsworth by the Tidal Press (GCI) 1984 - artwork and verse 17. The Prince of Peace by Wadsworth 18. Sprague's Journal of Maine History Vol. XI 1923 No. 3 published by John Francis Sprague Dover Foxcroft Maine 19. The Cranberrry Island Series by Donald Wellman 20. Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert, by Thomas F. Vining, 2000 (1 of 2) 21. Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert, by Thomas F. Vining, 2000 22. A Graveyard Preservation Primer by Lynette Strangstad, Alta Mira Press, 1995 23-29. Books. Six Little Bunkers children's book series. By Laura Lee Hope. (7 books, 7 titles: Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford’s, Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom’s, Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell’s, Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack’s, Six Little Bunkers at Miller Ned’s, Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred’s, and Six Little Bunkers at Indian John’s). [show more]
2001.108.767Letter and drawings Eskimo life
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Letter and 2 photos of drawings depicting Eskimo Culture: hunting, fishing, from German source. [Research TBD] Likely connected with Samuel Hadlock and his traveling exhibition of Eskimo Indians, Rachel Field's God's Pocket, and subsequent research in Beyond God's Pocket
Letter and drawings Eskimo life
Catalogue #:
  • 2001.108.767   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Letter and 2 photos of drawings depicting Eskimo Culture: hunting, fishing, from German source. [Research TBD] Likely connected with Samuel Hadlock and his traveling exhibition of Eskimo Indians, Rachel Field's God's Pocket, and subsequent research in Beyond God's Pocket
1000.0.986Copy of Eskimo drawing with lock of hair in green frame,
  • Image, Art, Drawing
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Printed photo copy of Eskimo drawing with lock of hair in green frame, 8"x10"; connected with Rachel Field's book "God's Pocket" and Samuel Hadlock, Jr. voyages with his traveling exhibition of Eskimo Indians in the 1820s. See also Beyond God's Pocket. [Research on drawing TBD.]
Copy of Eskimo drawing with lock of hair in green frame,
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.0.986   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Drawing
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Materials:
  • Paper
Size:
  • 8" x 10"
Description:
Printed photo copy of Eskimo drawing with lock of hair in green frame, 8"x10"; connected with Rachel Field's book "God's Pocket" and Samuel Hadlock, Jr. voyages with his traveling exhibition of Eskimo Indians in the 1820s. See also Beyond God's Pocket. [Research on drawing TBD.]
2017.397.2173Books from Phippen house
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Literature
Books and two inserts. (A) Three Little Pigs, Illustrated by Carl Emil Wehde, Copyright MCMXXXVII, McLoughlin Bros., Inc, Springfield, Mass. With inscription "Dickie from Junior Bracy" in Marjorie Phippen's handwriting. (B) New American Business Cyclopedia- A Compendium of useful information and a Guide to Successful Business Methods together with advice...." by E. T. Roe, LL.B., Gordon G. Sapp publisher, Chicago 1925, with two small cardboard certificates inside: (C) Junior Achievement Certificate, Bookkeeping issued by Marion R. Waterman, Instructor, on 12/3/45, to Sheila Louise Phippen by the business Education World, New York. And (D) Senior Achievement Certificate, Bookkeeping, issued to Louise Phippen by Marion R. Waterman, Instructor, 1/2/46, The Business Education World, New York. (Crosby Mills, second husband, had a business – maybe Louise Phippen was bookkeeper? Her first husband was a service man.)
Books from Phippen house
Catalogue #:
  • 2017.397.2173   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Description:
Books and two inserts. (A) Three Little Pigs, Illustrated by Carl Emil Wehde, Copyright MCMXXXVII, McLoughlin Bros., Inc, Springfield, Mass. With inscription "Dickie from Junior Bracy" in Marjorie Phippen's handwriting. (B) New American Business Cyclopedia- A Compendium of useful information and a Guide to Successful Business Methods together with advice...." by E. T. Roe, LL.B., Gordon G. Sapp publisher, Chicago 1925, with two small cardboard certificates inside: (C) Junior Achievement Certificate, Bookkeeping issued by Marion R. Waterman, Instructor, on 12/3/45, to Sheila Louise Phippen by the business Education World, New York. And (D) Senior Achievement Certificate, Bookkeeping, issued to Louise Phippen by Marion R. Waterman, Instructor, 1/2/46, The Business Education World, New York. (Crosby Mills, second husband, had a business – maybe Louise Phippen was bookkeeper? Her first husband was a service man.) [show more]
2013.224.1884Janet Roberts ceramics
  • Object, Containers
  • Object, Art
  • Other, Culinary
Pottery, Collection of 3 clay pieces made on GCI by Janet Roberts, showing how local indigenous groups, might have made a cooking pot; a) proto-bottom showing the coiling of clay rope to form a surface, 2.5" diam; b) continuing spiraling the clay rope upwards to make a wall, and a part cut away to better show the construction, 3.5" diam x 2" H; c) smoothed, decorated, and fired final pot with incised chevrons near the mouth, raked on the body, also net-like impresses on the body, and a rounded bottom, 5.5" L, 4.25" diam, 0.5" thick
Janet Roberts ceramics
Catalogue #:
  • 2013.224.1884   
Type:
  • Object, Containers
Subject:
  • Object, Art
  • Other, Culinary
Materials:
  • Ceramic
Description:
Pottery, Collection of 3 clay pieces made on GCI by Janet Roberts, showing how local indigenous groups, might have made a cooking pot; a) proto-bottom showing the coiling of clay rope to form a surface, 2.5" diam; b) continuing spiraling the clay rope upwards to make a wall, and a part cut away to better show the construction, 3.5" diam x 2" H; c) smoothed, decorated, and fired final pot with incised chevrons near the mouth, raked on the body, also net-like impresses on the body, and a rounded bottom, 5.5" L, 4.25" diam, 0.5" thick [show more]
2012.201.1339Small painting - Hitty Dances
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Other, Literature
Artwork. Small painting, Hitty Dances, in starched lace frame signed "Spirit was willing - I. Wolf" lower right corner. Hitty is a character in Rachel Field's book.
Small painting - Hitty Dances
Catalogue #:
  • 2012.201.1339   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
Creator:
  • I. Wolf
Materials:
  • Fabric
Size:
  • 8" x 9"
Description:
Artwork. Small painting, Hitty Dances, in starched lace frame signed "Spirit was willing - I. Wolf" lower right corner. Hitty is a character in Rachel Field's book.
2004.94.743Postage-stamp quilt made for Cara (Carrie) Richardson
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
  • Other, Textiles
Quilt, postage stamp style of various colors including double pinks and brown madders with solid brown backing brought around to front with mitered corners creating a brown binding. Quilt is 97" x 75" with 1 3/8" squares. Handwritten note attached: "Quilt top pieced by Ladies from our 'Aid' in 1903 as a welcome home gift to Cara (Carrie) Richardson who had been her own captain and navigator on her second trip to the Orient in Peter's boat which she inherited on his death. Her house is near Carolyn Liebow's." [Note here that "Orient" may just mean away from Maine, per Ralph Stanley.] Mary Katherine "Carrie" Stanley Richardson (1848-1920) was the daughter of Enoch B. Sr. and Caroline H. (Guptill) Stanley. Capt. Lewis G. Stanley was her brother. She was the second wife of Capt. Meltiah Richardson (1828-1901) and mother of Emery Willard Richardson (1873-1883) and Charles Emery “Peter” Richardson (1885-1971). She attended higher education in Boston. She traveled with her husband on his vessel the Carrie M. Richardson and was an expert celestial navigator. Carrie is buried in the Stanley Cemetery. In 2001, the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society wrote and produced the original play, Carrie Richardson of Big Cranberry.
Postage-stamp quilt made for Cara (Carrie) Richardson
Catalogue #:
  • 2004.94.743   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
Subject:
  • Other, Textiles
Creator:
  • Ladies Aid GCI
Date:
  • 1903
Materials:
  • Fabric
Size:
  • 97" x 75" with 1 3/8" squares
Description:
Quilt, postage stamp style of various colors including double pinks and brown madders with solid brown backing brought around to front with mitered corners creating a brown binding. Quilt is 97" x 75" with 1 3/8" squares. Handwritten note attached: "Quilt top pieced by Ladies from our 'Aid' in 1903 as a welcome home gift to Cara (Carrie) Richardson who had been her own captain and navigator on her second trip to the Orient in Peter's boat which she inherited on his death. Her house is near Carolyn Liebow's." [Note here that "Orient" may just mean away from Maine, per Ralph Stanley.] Mary Katherine "Carrie" Stanley Richardson (1848-1920) was the daughter of Enoch B. Sr. and Caroline H. (Guptill) Stanley. Capt. Lewis G. Stanley was her brother. She was the second wife of Capt. Meltiah Richardson (1828-1901) and mother of Emery Willard Richardson (1873-1883) and Charles Emery “Peter” Richardson (1885-1971). She attended higher education in Boston. She traveled with her husband on his vessel the Carrie M. Richardson and was an expert celestial navigator. Carrie is buried in the Stanley Cemetery. In 2001, the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society wrote and produced the original play, Carrie Richardson of Big Cranberry. [show more]
2008.266.1999Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
  • Other, Textiles
  • People
Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif on front, all white reverse. Pink border around three sides, one end with folded inward seem, no pink border. Sculpted in broad T shape on one end. Note from donor, Susan Bunker, reads: "This quilt was made by my father's, Raymond Bunker who was born in 1906, grandmother. She could have been a Bunker or a Spurling."
Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif
Catalogue #:
  • 2008.266.1999   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
Subject:
  • Other, Textiles
  • People
Materials:
  • Fabric
Size:
  • 78" X 66"
Description:
Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif on front, all white reverse. Pink border around three sides, one end with folded inward seem, no pink border. Sculpted in broad T shape on one end. Note from donor, Susan Bunker, reads: "This quilt was made by my father's, Raymond Bunker who was born in 1906, grandmother. She could have been a Bunker or a Spurling."
2014.270.2007Crazy Quilt Preble House
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
  • Other, Textiles
Quilt. Colorful wool, cotton, flannel, and jersey fabrics made of geometric and freeform shapes and patterns including plaids, tweeds, and solid colors. Reverse side is a solid rough beige cotton with pale blue stripes; there are decorative beige yarn ties along the blue stripes with a few pink yarn ties interspersed. Edges are folded in and machine (?) hemmed, there is no border. Possible ornate script initials - one of which is may be an "L". Some discoloration and stains. This quilt is one of two recovered from the Preble House. (See also quilt 1000.140.1138 from the same donor.) (Note: Lynne Birlem (donor 343) has a very similar framed crazy quilt at her home that is from her great grandmother Hamor's house on GCI.)
Crazy Quilt Preble House
Catalogue #:
  • 2014.270.2007   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
Subject:
  • Other, Textiles
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Materials:
  • Fabric
Size:
  • 75" x 76"
Description:
Quilt. Colorful wool, cotton, flannel, and jersey fabrics made of geometric and freeform shapes and patterns including plaids, tweeds, and solid colors. Reverse side is a solid rough beige cotton with pale blue stripes; there are decorative beige yarn ties along the blue stripes with a few pink yarn ties interspersed. Edges are folded in and machine (?) hemmed, there is no border. Possible ornate script initials - one of which is may be an "L". Some discoloration and stains. This quilt is one of two recovered from the Preble House. (See also quilt 1000.140.1138 from the same donor.) (Note: Lynne Birlem (donor 343) has a very similar framed crazy quilt at her home that is from her great grandmother Hamor's house on GCI.) [show more]
2003.59.476Recording of 78rpm records - Richard Cox Victrola
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
  • Other, Music
Minidisc, audio, recording of 78rpm records in Richard Cox Victrola, made Aug 2003 by Bruce Komusin
Recording of 78rpm records - Richard Cox Victrola
Catalogue #:
  • 2003.59.476   
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Audio Recording
Subject:
  • Other, Music
Materials:
  • Digital
Description:
Minidisc, audio, recording of 78rpm records in Richard Cox Victrola, made Aug 2003 by Bruce Komusin
2023.630.3120All This and Heaven Too - Rachel Field
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Literature
Book written by Rachel Field. One copy signed by author 1938. One copy with Ex Libris stamp belonging to Helen R. Corkum.
All This and Heaven Too - Rachel Field
Catalogue #:
  • 2023.630.3120   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
Creator:
  • Rachel Field
Date:
  • 2023-07-11
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Description:
Book written by Rachel Field. One copy signed by author 1938. One copy with Ex Libris stamp belonging to Helen R. Corkum.
2023.629.3119The Horn Book Magazine - February 1930, Volume VI, Number 1.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Literature
Including How "Hitty" Happened. By Rachel field . . . 22. A Test of Hitty's Pegs and Patience. By Dorothy P. Lathrop . . .27. Hitty in the Bookshop. By Alice Barrett . . . 31
The Horn Book Magazine - February 1930, Volume VI, Number 1.
Catalogue #:
  • 2023.629.3119   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
Date:
  • 2023-07-11
Materials:
  • Paper
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Including How "Hitty" Happened. By Rachel field . . . 22. A Test of Hitty's Pegs and Patience. By Dorothy P. Lathrop . . .27. Hitty in the Bookshop. By Alice Barrett . . . 31