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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 1000.19.36 | Great Cranberry Island History Project, College of the Atlantic, 1992 |
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| Book, Great Cranberry Island History Project, College of the Atlantic, "Photography: Public and Private Language" Fall 1992, mostly photographs with some text. | 
Description: Book, Great Cranberry Island History Project, College of the Atlantic, "Photography: Public and Private Language" Fall 1992, mostly photographs with some text. |
| 2019.431.2446 | Obituary clippings and photos |
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| Obituaries: A=Andrew Stanley 1969; B=Elisha Bunker and Edgar Bunker (father and son); C=Mrs. Winslow Bunker 1967; D=Leslie M. Rice 1966; E=Lena M. Stanley 1965; F&G= James R. Dwelley 1955 (father of Hugh Dwelley). Seven photographs: People H-L: H=Shirley Phippen (son of Leslie and Marjorie Phippen; I=Herbert and Florence Towns on sled; J="Brother Perley on boat, Stanley?, Addie Duren's brother". Houses K-M: K= Donald house; L= Reverend Nelson/Sherman Cottage which burned down ca. 1961 and the Wards built on this site; M= unknown house. | 
Description: Obituaries: A=Andrew Stanley 1969; B=Elisha Bunker and Edgar Bunker (father and son); C=Mrs. Winslow Bunker 1967; D=Leslie M. Rice 1966; E=Lena M. Stanley 1965; F&G= James R. Dwelley 1955 (father of Hugh Dwelley). Seven photographs: People H-L: H=Shirley Phippen (son of Leslie and Marjorie Phippen; I=Herbert and Florence Towns on sled; J="Brother Perley on boat, Stanley?, Addie Duren's brother". Houses K-M: K= Donald house; L= Reverend Nelson/Sherman Cottage which burned down ca. 1961 and the Wards built on this site; M= unknown house. [show more] |
| 2011.162.1388 | God's Pocket - Rachel Field |
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| 1934. Book, "God's Pocket" by Rachel Field, Macmillan April 1934, inscribed by author "For William C. Bullitt This early American gesture to a far-away friend - with always pleasant remembrances. Rachel Field 1934" Also included with the book is a printout from wikipedia about William Christian Bullitt, Jr., presumably the person the book is inscribed to, who was about 43, and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union in 1934. (See also Field collection of books 2014.168.2004) | 
Description: 1934. Book, "God's Pocket" by Rachel Field, Macmillan April 1934, inscribed by author "For William C. Bullitt This early American gesture to a far-away friend - with always pleasant remembrances. Rachel Field 1934" Also included with the book is a printout from wikipedia about William Christian Bullitt, Jr., presumably the person the book is inscribed to, who was about 43, and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union in 1934. (See also Field collection of books 2014.168.2004) [show more] |
| 1000.27.990 | Hitty's First One Hundred Years - Rachel Field |
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| Book. 1941 Edition of Hitty's First One Hundred Years by Rachel Field, signed by the author. (See also Field collection of books 2014.168.2004) | 
Description: Book. 1941 Edition of Hitty's First One Hundred Years by Rachel Field, signed by the author. (See also Field collection of books 2014.168.2004) |
| 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] |
| 2016.357.2122 | Collection of 29 books of a wide variety |
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| 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). | 
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] |
| 2016.356.2121 | Collection of four books from the Mountain house |
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| Books, collection of four. (A) List of Merchant Vessels of the United States 1893 with illustrations and excellent information. (B) List of Merchant Vessels of the United States 1887. (C) The Island of Mount Desert Register - no date visible, but probably 1910. Book includes a chapter of history of Cranberry Isles, page 97. Many newspaper clippings from 1930s to 1960s glued to inside front book jacket and initial pages including obituaries, Cranberry Isles and Mount Desert news, shipwrecks and life savers, the firebug article etc. One black and white photo of the Mountain house before the fire. Obituary clippings include: Clara S. Alley Feb. 26, 1965; Gilbert Hadlock; Wilbert Rice; Mrs. Herbert Bell; Almenia Lurvey; Thomas M. Stanley; Charles Hulbert; Capt. William Bulger dies eleven days after his brother 1927; Mary Ann Carroll; Sim H. Mayo; Oscar Jarvis; Fred Phippen; Capt. Thomas Newman; Mrs. John Carroll; Otis Sawtelle; and Harvey Stanley; Also a handwritten list of the John Stanley, Jr. and wife Margaret family starting 1789 through 1842. Receipt from Strawbridge & Clothier for Mrs. Mabel Stanley no year. Info on Ellen Maria Spurling b. 1842 died 1929 and children. Note about Sam Chapman b. 1868 and Cora Chapman b. 1863. (Color photocopies made of articles and stored with book (C).) (D) "At Mount Desert: A Summer's Sowing" by Mildred Fairfax, copyright Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society, 1893. “At Mount Desert,” by Mildred Fairfax, is in many respects a peculiarly attractive book. A defect of many stories is that they almost leave out the scenery, but it is not so in this instance. The tale itself is deeply interesting, with its young man gone astray, its good-angel sister, and its fortune lost and plotted for, but the writer is evidently in love with all the scenic effects of sea and sky and land along the rugged Maine coast, and at Mount Desert. There would be almost too much word-painting if it were not for the admirable half-tone photographic views which serve as illustrations. They become part of the narrative, and give it a realism not otherwise attainable.” (See www.ebay.com/itm/1893-At-Mount-Desert-Island-by-Mildred-Fairfax-A-Summers-Sowing-8-Plates-/322180352978). | 
Description: Books, collection of four. (A) List of Merchant Vessels of the United States 1893 with illustrations and excellent information. (B) List of Merchant Vessels of the United States 1887. (C) The Island of Mount Desert Register - no date visible, but probably 1910. Book includes a chapter of history of Cranberry Isles, page 97. Many newspaper clippings from 1930s to 1960s glued to inside front book jacket and initial pages including obituaries, Cranberry Isles and Mount Desert news, shipwrecks and life savers, the firebug article etc. One black and white photo of the Mountain house before the fire. Obituary clippings include: Clara S. Alley Feb. 26, 1965; Gilbert Hadlock; Wilbert Rice; Mrs. Herbert Bell; Almenia Lurvey; Thomas M. Stanley; Charles Hulbert; Capt. William Bulger dies eleven days after his brother 1927; Mary Ann Carroll; Sim H. Mayo; Oscar Jarvis; Fred Phippen; Capt. Thomas Newman; Mrs. John Carroll; Otis Sawtelle; and Harvey Stanley; Also a handwritten list of the John Stanley, Jr. and wife Margaret family starting 1789 through 1842. Receipt from Strawbridge & Clothier for Mrs. Mabel Stanley no year. Info on Ellen Maria Spurling b. 1842 died 1929 and children. Note about Sam Chapman b. 1868 and Cora Chapman b. 1863. (Color photocopies made of articles and stored with book (C).) (D) "At Mount Desert: A Summer's Sowing" by Mildred Fairfax, copyright Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society, 1893. “At Mount Desert,” by Mildred Fairfax, is in many respects a peculiarly attractive book. A defect of many stories is that they almost leave out the scenery, but it is not so in this instance. The tale itself is deeply interesting, with its young man gone astray, its good-angel sister, and its fortune lost and plotted for, but the writer is evidently in love with all the scenic effects of sea and sky and land along the rugged Maine coast, and at Mount Desert. There would be almost too much word-painting if it were not for the admirable half-tone photographic views which serve as illustrations. They become part of the narrative, and give it a realism not otherwise attainable.” (See www.ebay.com/itm/1893-At-Mount-Desert-Island-by-Mildred-Fairfax-A-Summers-Sowing-8-Plates-/322180352978). [show more] |
| 2017.397.2173 | Books from Phippen house |
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| 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.) | 
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] |
| 2016.368.2131 | Remnants of 1886 newspaper discovered in parsonage house floor boards |
| Newspaper article, 1886 Boston Globe. "February 8, 2006, These remnants of the Boston Globe newspaper of 1886 were found sandwiched between floor boards in the kitchen, confirmng that the kitchen had been an addition to the Great Cranberry Island Parish House (aka Parsonage) approximately 122 years ago." Two tattered articles: "The City's Chief Ruler" and "To Reduce the Fare" were mounted and framed in 2006. (See also Parsonage House shoes research and Cape houses research GCIHS 2015.304.2062.) | 
Description: Newspaper article, 1886 Boston Globe. "February 8, 2006, These remnants of the Boston Globe newspaper of 1886 were found sandwiched between floor boards in the kitchen, confirmng that the kitchen had been an addition to the Great Cranberry Island Parish House (aka Parsonage) approximately 122 years ago." Two tattered articles: "The City's Chief Ruler" and "To Reduce the Fare" were mounted and framed in 2006. (See also Parsonage House shoes research and Cape houses research GCIHS 2015.304.2062.) [show more] | |
| 1000.7.215 | "A New Super Highway", Bluenose Ferry, Bar Harbor to Nova Scotia |
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| Newspaper clipping, "A new Superhighway" about new Bluenose ferry terminal and service from Bar Harbor to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia | 
Description: Newspaper clipping, "A new Superhighway" about new Bluenose ferry terminal and service from Bar Harbor to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
| 1000.27.1005 | Remembrance article about Rachel Field 1942 |
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| Magazine "The Saturday Review" Remberance article about Rachel Field on page 10. | 
Description: Magazine "The Saturday Review" Remberance article about Rachel Field on page 10. |
| 2009.130.1044 | Annual Report (1936-1937) Town of Cranberry Isles |
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| Booklet, "Annual Report (1936-1937) Town of Cranberry Isles, ME (See also collection of Town Reports in 2015.336.2102.) We have record of this report already kept in Box 61a, with all other annual reports. | 
Description: Booklet, "Annual Report (1936-1937) Town of Cranberry Isles, ME (See also collection of Town Reports in 2015.336.2102.) We have record of this report already kept in Box 61a, with all other annual reports. |
| 2014.292.2047 | Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles |
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| Document. Newspaper article, "Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles" Boston Evening Transcript, Saturday, July 28, 1928, page 3. An Expert Leads the Forces and Guarantees to Drive the Pests Out or No Pay; By Karl Schriftgiesser, Northeast Harbor, Me. Article begins: "Eighteen Russians and native Yankees are fighting a desperate battle on the Cranberry Isles that shelter the south side of Mt. Desert from fury of the seas." This sardonic article explains the project to rid the Cranberry Isles of mosquitoes. Mentions Moorfield Storey's role; and Major Edward Skinner was the engineer (founder of the United States Drainage and Irrigation Company); cost $12,000. Article states that "It is the first place anywhere in the State of Maine that mosquito eradication will have been attempted." Mentions several sites to be worked on: a crisscross of trenches will drain a "salt marsh covers between eight and nine hundred acres and is free of all drainage." As well as "The "haith," as it is known locally, is nearly a mile in length. Now a long trench stretches the long way and other transverse ditches help to drain it." And "A dozen or so other swamps and salt marsh areas dot the island." "Deep down into these beaches of rock and gravel and sand wooden outlets have been sunk. In some instances the depth has been from six to twelve feet. The outlets have been constructed of heavy timbers rather than of iron or clay pipes because wood alone can withstand the constant buffeting of heavy rocks tossed hither and yon by a sea that is often in an angry mood. Iron would break, clay would crumble, wood alone can stand the strain." "On Great Cranberry there is a point of ground known locally for years as Pond Point. In this area are (or rather, were) Birlem's pond and the so-called Salt Lakes. Scientific drainage has entirely dissipated Birlem's pond and when the huge twelve-foot drain through a dishearteningly rocky beach has been completely cut the Salt Lakes will have been drained slowly into the sea." Mentions the 70-foot whale that beached itself there during WWII. "Near Green Spot and Long Point other treacherous bogs have been drained. Islesford, as Little Cranberry rather vainly calls itself, is fast being dried up. Sutton, the aristocrat of the small archipelago, is quickly becoming a pestless place." "Some of the native population is skeptical of results. Others, led by such whole-hearted citizens as Mr. and Mrs. John Hamor and Millard Spurling, have done fine work to help Mr. Storey in the war of which he is the prime mover. Summer residents of the islands and nearby harbors, the Cranberry Club, and other organizations have helped considerably." See complete transcript by Bruce Komusin. Article was in a wood and glass frame with cardboard backing, badly deteriorated. Removed from frame 9/18/14. | 
Description: Document. Newspaper article, "Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles" Boston Evening Transcript, Saturday, July 28, 1928, page 3. An Expert Leads the Forces and Guarantees to Drive the Pests Out or No Pay; By Karl Schriftgiesser, Northeast Harbor, Me. Article begins: "Eighteen Russians and native Yankees are fighting a desperate battle on the Cranberry Isles that shelter the south side of Mt. Desert from fury of the seas." This sardonic article explains the project to rid the Cranberry Isles of mosquitoes. Mentions Moorfield Storey's role; and Major Edward Skinner was the engineer (founder of the United States Drainage and Irrigation Company); cost $12,000. Article states that "It is the first place anywhere in the State of Maine that mosquito eradication will have been attempted." Mentions several sites to be worked on: a crisscross of trenches will drain a "salt marsh covers between eight and nine hundred acres and is free of all drainage." As well as "The "haith," as it is known locally, is nearly a mile in length. Now a long trench stretches the long way and other transverse ditches help to drain it." And "A dozen or so other swamps and salt marsh areas dot the island." "Deep down into these beaches of rock and gravel and sand wooden outlets have been sunk. In some instances the depth has been from six to twelve feet. The outlets have been constructed of heavy timbers rather than of iron or clay pipes because wood alone can withstand the constant buffeting of heavy rocks tossed hither and yon by a sea that is often in an angry mood. Iron would break, clay would crumble, wood alone can stand the strain." "On Great Cranberry there is a point of ground known locally for years as Pond Point. In this area are (or rather, were) Birlem's pond and the so-called Salt Lakes. Scientific drainage has entirely dissipated Birlem's pond and when the huge twelve-foot drain through a dishearteningly rocky beach has been completely cut the Salt Lakes will have been drained slowly into the sea." Mentions the 70-foot whale that beached itself there during WWII. "Near Green Spot and Long Point other treacherous bogs have been drained. Islesford, as Little Cranberry rather vainly calls itself, is fast being dried up. Sutton, the aristocrat of the small archipelago, is quickly becoming a pestless place." "Some of the native population is skeptical of results. Others, led by such whole-hearted citizens as Mr. and Mrs. John Hamor and Millard Spurling, have done fine work to help Mr. Storey in the war of which he is the prime mover. Summer residents of the islands and nearby harbors, the Cranberry Club, and other organizations have helped considerably." See complete transcript by Bruce Komusin. Article was in a wood and glass frame with cardboard backing, badly deteriorated. Removed from frame 9/18/14. [show more] |
| 2014.268.2004 | Collection of 61 books by and about Rachel Field with some letters |
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| Books. Collection of 61 books by and about Rachel Field, some first editions signed by the author. See list of titles and descriptions in FieldBooks2016.pdf. Articles and letters discovered inside various books were scanned and saved separately. | 
Description: Books. Collection of 61 books by and about Rachel Field, some first editions signed by the author. See list of titles and descriptions in FieldBooks2016.pdf. Articles and letters discovered inside various books were scanned and saved separately. |
| 1000.0.915 | Patti D'Angelo newspaper clipping |
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| A write up of Patti D'Angelo's work on Cranberry Island with the elementary school and interview with Tud Bunker as well as an explanation of her affiliation with the College of the Atlantic. | 
Description: A write up of Patti D'Angelo's work on Cranberry Island with the elementary school and interview with Tud Bunker as well as an explanation of her affiliation with the College of the Atlantic. |
| 2000.132.37 | Book of Remembrance, history of church and ladies aid |
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| Book, "Book of Remembrance", by Velma Teel, history of the church and ladies aid. Also included, 3.5" floppy diskette perhaps by Sarah Newell, with, presumably, transcriptions of some parts. (From Ladies Aid 2000). A description of the early history of the Cranberry Isles and the Ladies Aid Founding history. | 
Description: Book, "Book of Remembrance", by Velma Teel, history of the church and ladies aid. Also included, 3.5" floppy diskette perhaps by Sarah Newell, with, presumably, transcriptions of some parts. (From Ladies Aid 2000). A description of the early history of the Cranberry Isles and the Ladies Aid Founding history. |
| 2004.93.740 | John Gilley: Maine Farmer and Fisherman by Charles W. Eliot |
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| Book, hardbound, "John Gilley: Maine Farmer and Fisherman" by Charles W. Eliot, 72 pages, copyright 1899, reprinted 1947, describes a life on the Cranberry Isles | 
Description: Book, hardbound, "John Gilley: Maine Farmer and Fisherman" by Charles W. Eliot, 72 pages, copyright 1899, reprinted 1947, describes a life on the Cranberry Isles |
| 2013.254.1982 | Book and photo album from Annie Alley's house |
| Book and photo album. (A) Home Folks - A Geography for Beginners by J. Russell Smith, John C. Winston Company, 1927. This book is designed for teachers to present beginners "a new way to begin the study of geography" not as political divisions but instead "it tells how some boys and girls live in the country and then how some boys and girls live in the city." One color plate, several black and white illustrations; 252 pages with index; (Size: 10" x 7.25" x .75"). (B) Photograph album: green with gold script "PHOTOGRAPHS" on cover; 19 small, faded, black and white photographs on black construction paper pages. Unidentified children - perhaps Annie Alley (donor) family members; (Size: 5.75" x 4.75" x .75") | 
Description: Book and photo album. (A) Home Folks - A Geography for Beginners by J. Russell Smith, John C. Winston Company, 1927. This book is designed for teachers to present beginners "a new way to begin the study of geography" not as political divisions but instead "it tells how some boys and girls live in the country and then how some boys and girls live in the city." One color plate, several black and white illustrations; 252 pages with index; (Size: 10" x 7.25" x .75"). (B) Photograph album: green with gold script "PHOTOGRAPHS" on cover; 19 small, faded, black and white photographs on black construction paper pages. Unidentified children - perhaps Annie Alley (donor) family members; (Size: 5.75" x 4.75" x .75") [show more] | |
| 1000.0.251 | "The Subway Sailors Who Saved New York", 1944 |
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| Newspaper clipping, "The Subway Sailors Who Saved New York", Saturday Evening Post 13 May 1944, about John Stanley being decorated for bravery aboard blazing ammunition ship. (3 pages) | 
Description: Newspaper clipping, "The Subway Sailors Who Saved New York", Saturday Evening Post 13 May 1944, about John Stanley being decorated for bravery aboard blazing ammunition ship. (3 pages) |
| 1000.0.586 | "God's Tugboat - Seacoast Mission boat Sunbeam" 1949 |
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| Newspaper page with article "God's Tugboat - News for the Seacoast Mission boat Sunbeam" by Edith Drury, about activities of the Seacoast Mission, with photo of Capt. Bert Stanley. From Maine Coast Fisherman, Oct 1949. | 
Description: Newspaper page with article "God's Tugboat - News for the Seacoast Mission boat Sunbeam" by Edith Drury, about activities of the Seacoast Mission, with photo of Capt. Bert Stanley. From Maine Coast Fisherman, Oct 1949. |
| 1000.18.296 | Maine Coast Fisherman, Feb 1956 |
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| Newspaper sheet, Maine Coast Fisherman, Feb 1956, with interesting stories (lobster 8 cents each, etc.) | 
Description: Newspaper sheet, Maine Coast Fisherman, Feb 1956, with interesting stories (lobster 8 cents each, etc.) |
| 1000.0.569 | "Cranberry Tales" by LaRue Spiker 1971 |
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| Newspaper complete page, Ellsworth American 1 Jul 1971, "Cranberry Tales" by LaRue Spiker. About the Hadlock family, Capt. Sam Hadlock, Jr., with photos of Arthur Spurling, the old Ben Spurling house, Islesford Museum, Old Wm. Preble House, Church. | 
Description: Newspaper complete page, Ellsworth American 1 Jul 1971, "Cranberry Tales" by LaRue Spiker. About the Hadlock family, Capt. Sam Hadlock, Jr., with photos of Arthur Spurling, the old Ben Spurling house, Islesford Museum, Old Wm. Preble House, Church. |
| 1000.27.671 | Working Waterfront 2001: GCIHS new museum |
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| Newpaper, "The Working Waterfront" Aug 2001, see page 10, article "Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Builds a New Museum from Scratch" | 
Description: Newpaper, "The Working Waterfront" Aug 2001, see page 10, article "Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Builds a New Museum from Scratch" |
| 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 |
| 2009.130.1046 | Assembly Songs and Choruses |
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| Book, "Assembly Songs and Choruses" by Randall Condon, Helen Leavitt, Elbridge Newton. | 
Description: Book, "Assembly Songs and Choruses" by Randall Condon, Helen Leavitt, Elbridge Newton. |
