Catalogue #	Title	Type	Subject	Description
1000.0.1620	Elizabeth "Betty" Hartley (1914-2009)	Document, Announcement, Obituary	People	Newspaper clipping, Obituaries-Elizabeth "Betty" Hartley (b. 11/27/1914) died Monday, 3/30/2009 at the age of 94. The obituary was in the Mount Desert Islander dated 16th April 2009 (see item #1618 for picture of Betty)	Elizabeth "Betty" Hartley (1914-2009) Catalogue #: 1000.0.1620    Type: Document, Announcement, Obituary Subject: People Description: Newspaper clipping, Obituaries-Elizabeth "Betty" Hartley (b. 11/27/1914) died Monday, 3/30/2009 at the age of 94. The obituary was in the Mount Desert Islander dated 16th April 2009 (see item #1618 for picture of Betty)
2012.207.1725	Juliana Patience Von Kienbusch Little (1926-2012)	Document, Announcement, Obituary	People	Newspaper Clipping, from the MDIslander, Thursday, January 26, 2012. The clipping is the Obituary of Juliana Patience Von Kienbusch Little of Mount Desert born January 17, 1926 in New York City and died January 17, 2012. She graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1947 and married John Watson Little II in 1948. They had five children: Lucy, David, Liza, Carl, and John. In 1989, Ms. Little moved to Somesville, drawn to the area by her brother, the abstract expressionist landscape painter William Kienbusch who had a studio on Great Cranberry Island. She enjoyed life on Mount Desert Island. She loved the trails and carriage paths. These experiences, along with winters spent on Water Island off St. Thomas, were among her fondest memories. She was an avid traveler.	Juliana Patience Von Kienbusch Little (1926-2012) Catalogue #: 2012.207.1725    Type: Document, Announcement, Obituary Subject: People Description: Newspaper Clipping, from the MDIslander, Thursday, January 26, 2012. The clipping is the Obituary of Juliana Patience Von Kienbusch Little of Mount Desert born January 17, 1926 in New York City and died January 17, 2012. She graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1947 and married John Watson Little II in 1948. They had five children: Lucy, David, Liza, Carl, and John. In 1989, Ms. Little moved to Somesville, drawn to the area by her brother, the abstract expressionist landscape painter William Kienbusch who had a studio on Great Cranberry Island. She enjoyed life on Mount Desert Island. She loved the trails and carriage paths. These experiences, along with winters spent on Water Island off St. Thomas, were among her fondest memories. She was an avid traveler. [show more]
2019.445.2825	Postcards to Clara Rice on Sutton Island 1909-1917	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People	Postcards (1910-1917) addressed to Mr. and/or Mrs. Wilbert .A. Rice, Mrs. Clara Rice, Mrs. Caddie Rice. Correspondence is not remarkable, just brief notes inquiring about the weather, health, visits; birthdays (September and March) and many holiday greetings from family and friends on pretty, mostly seasonal and birthday postcards. A few are of practical matters. These are 1 cent postage stamps (until 1917) so the centuries old “a penny for your thoughts” expression comes to mind. About 100 postcards total; only 2 scanned. An April 15, 1910 Bar harbor Record newspaper article relates Clara was rescued from a boating accident off GCI. Clara Rice was postmistress on Sutton Island in the Cranberry Isles. She may have married a Fernald, then Charles Edward Bunker, and then wed Wilbert Augustus Rice in 1893. There are three houses in a row connected to Clara Rice including the donor's house on Sutton. There is also a collection of clipped 1 cent stamps in a 1919 envelope, and two stereoscopic cards (not scanned). [Investigation of genealogy of Clara Adeline Richardson Bunker Rice [1847-1923] see Lynne Birlem genealogy pdfs herein.]	Postcards to Clara Rice on Sutton Island 1909-1917 Catalogue #: 2019.445.2825    Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1909 Materials: Paper Description: Postcards (1910-1917) addressed to Mr. and/or Mrs. Wilbert .A. Rice, Mrs. Clara Rice, Mrs. Caddie Rice. Correspondence is not remarkable, just brief notes inquiring about the weather, health, visits; birthdays (September and March) and many holiday greetings from family and friends on pretty, mostly seasonal and birthday postcards. A few are of practical matters. These are 1 cent postage stamps (until 1917) so the centuries old “a penny for your thoughts” expression comes to mind. About 100 postcards total; only 2 scanned. An April 15, 1910 Bar harbor Record newspaper article relates Clara was rescued from a boating accident off GCI. Clara Rice was postmistress on Sutton Island in the Cranberry Isles. She may have married a Fernald, then Charles Edward Bunker, and then wed Wilbert Augustus Rice in 1893. There are three houses in a row connected to Clara Rice including the donor's house on Sutton. There is also a collection of clipped 1 cent stamps in a 1919 envelope, and two stereoscopic cards (not scanned). [Investigation of genealogy of Clara Adeline Richardson Bunker Rice [1847-1923] see Lynne Birlem genealogy pdfs herein.] [show more]
2015.323.2084	Letter with details of voyage on the Schooner Willow	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Scan of a two-page 1860 letter from Warren Bunker to his brother-in-law Daniel Hamor with details of Bunker's voyage on the Schooner Willow from 'home' to Baltimore, Savannah, Jacksonville, Nassau, mentioning his cargo of 'old sailors' and yellow pine, the money he has made and hopes to make, and plans for future voyages mentioning Mauricetown NJ and Machiasport possibilities. (See transcription of letter.) We believe 'old sailors' means experienced sailors or sailors who had hired out on another voyage and were trying to get home. Warren Bunker (born 1824, died 1870 at Cranberry Isles) was great-great-grandfather of Great Cranberry Island resident Phil Whitney. Daniel Hamor (born 1822, died 1894) is distantly connected to the donor's family. Background information from donor: Warren Bunker wrote the letter to his brother-in-law Daniel Hamor, Warren's wife's (Sidney Hamor Bunker's) brother, who was then living in Eden (now Bar Harbor), Maine. Daniel Hamor built a fairly large house that still stands (in 2015 painted yellow, with a barn in back), next to the Pot & Kettle Club entrance on what is now Route 3 between Salisbury Cove and Hulls Cove. When Daniel Hamor and his wife Polly died, in 1894, their house was left to their children, Ella, Edward and Mariah, none of whom ever married or had children as far as we know. Ella and Edward died (on the same night in 1928, probably of influenza), leaving the house to Mariah. When Mariah grew old, she invited her cousin Georgia Hamor to come and take care of her on condition that when she (Mariah) died, the house would become Georgia's. Mariah died in 1936. At that time Georgia Hamor inherited the Hamor home, and presumably the Warren Bunker letter. Georgia and her brother, Ansel, lived in the house until they died (Georgia in 1971 and Ansel in 1978). At some point, Georgia, who had inherited various Hamor mementos with the house, gave the letter to her niece, Alice Smith Cowles. She, in turn, gave the letter to me (Alan Cowles). "We almost lost the letter in the great fire of 1947. A note from the Boston Sunday Post, published in October 1947, stated that "Miss Georgia Hamor, a native spinster, and her brother, Ansel, were the last to leave their home in the Hulls Cove section before the inrush of the flames today, and left only because town officials insisted on the evacuation." Fortunately, the fire stopped about one mile from their home." See transcript.	Letter with details of voyage on the Schooner Willow Catalogue #: 2015.323.2084    Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Warren Bunker Date: 1860 Materials: Digital Description: Scan of a two-page 1860 letter from Warren Bunker to his brother-in-law Daniel Hamor with details of Bunker's voyage on the Schooner Willow from 'home' to Baltimore, Savannah, Jacksonville, Nassau, mentioning his cargo of 'old sailors' and yellow pine, the money he has made and hopes to make, and plans for future voyages mentioning Mauricetown NJ and Machiasport possibilities. (See transcription of letter.) We believe 'old sailors' means experienced sailors or sailors who had hired out on another voyage and were trying to get home. Warren Bunker (born 1824, died 1870 at Cranberry Isles) was great-great-grandfather of Great Cranberry Island resident Phil Whitney. Daniel Hamor (born 1822, died 1894) is distantly connected to the donor's family. Background information from donor: Warren Bunker wrote the letter to his brother-in-law Daniel Hamor, Warren's wife's (Sidney Hamor Bunker's) brother, who was then living in Eden (now Bar Harbor), Maine. Daniel Hamor built a fairly large house that still stands (in 2015 painted yellow, with a barn in back), next to the Pot & Kettle Club entrance on what is now Route 3 between Salisbury Cove and Hulls Cove. When Daniel Hamor and his wife Polly died, in 1894, their house was left to their children, Ella, Edward and Mariah, none of whom ever married or had children as far as we know. Ella and Edward died (on the same night in 1928, probably of influenza), leaving the house to Mariah. When Mariah grew old, she invited her cousin Georgia Hamor to come and take care of her on condition that when she (Mariah) died, the house would become Georgia's. Mariah died in 1936. At that time Georgia Hamor inherited the Hamor home, and presumably the Warren Bunker letter. Georgia and her brother, Ansel, lived in the house until they died (Georgia in 1971 and Ansel in 1978). At some point, Georgia, who had inherited various Hamor mementos with the house, gave the letter to her niece, Alice Smith Cowles. She, in turn, gave the letter to me (Alan Cowles). "We almost lost the letter in the great fire of 1947. A note from the Boston Sunday Post, published in October 1947, stated that "Miss Georgia Hamor, a native spinster, and her brother, Ansel, were the last to leave their home in the Hulls Cove section before the inrush of the flames today, and left only because town officials insisted on the evacuation." Fortunately, the fire stopped about one mile from their home." See transcript. [show more]
2017.398.2174	Letter from Julia Bunker to Mariah Hamor with transcription	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People	Letter. Digital version with transcription by donor. Letter was written by Julia Bunker probably to Mariah Hamor (1857-1936) written April 15, ca. 1863-1870. Donor states the letter was sent to "Mercie M. Hamor" but he believes it was for Mariah M. Hamor. The letter was written while Warren Bunker (1824-1870) was alive and while Julia Bunker was old enough to write such a letter (after 1863).Warren was recovering from a leg injury. A new "meeting house" was supposed to be completed on "Cranberry Isles" by the 4th of July in that year.  There are also other clues to the date.  The letter was probably written on a Sunday, April 15th, and a Horace Edgar ______ had recentlybeen born. Letter references Mariah Hamor, Sidney Chadwick Hamor, Warren Rogers Bunker, Sarah Staples bunker or Experience Leland Hamor, Ella Hamor. ,Julia Maria Bunker. Transcription: Cranberry Isles April 15th [ca.1863-1870]Dear Little CousinI received your nice letter this morning will now endeavour to spent a few of my leisure moments in answering it. I have been to meeting all day to day feel quite tired now I am stopping with Aunt Mary now have been here over four weeks shall stay until Mother gets home We look for them home the last of next week if the winds and weather permit. Father's health improves fast his leg heals as fast as they want it to. I should like to go to Eden and see you all think I shall this summer for if I cannot get there any other way I can go by the way of Otter Creek with Mr. Duffy wouldnt it be nice to take a trip to Otter Creek with the little Duffies and call out some those nice hotels on the way and rest Mirrie Bunker has a little boy she calls it Horace Edgar Caroline Stanley calls her baby Arno Perkins she named it for Mr. Perkins little boy that he lost. I want you to get (page 2) me a whole bushel basket full of roots and little bushes and flower seed and send them to me the first chance you get. How does Grandmother like living in her new home I should like to stop in and see her I cannot write any more now as Aunt Mary is sick and I have got to get up and get supper so good bye at present I shall try and write to Ella to night. As we have got disappointed in our evening meeting I will try to finish this homily letter you must come down the fourth of July to the fair we expect to have our new meeting house up by that time I cannot write any more to night for I have got a very bad head ache. Please write again soon I will send you some pieces of my new dresses. I will end and go to bed for it is nine Oclock From your Cousin Julia M. Bunker	Letter from Julia Bunker to Mariah Hamor with transcription Catalogue #: 2017.398.2174    Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1865 Materials: Digital Description: Letter. Digital version with transcription by donor. Letter was written by Julia Bunker probably to Mariah Hamor (1857-1936) written April 15, ca. 1863-1870. Donor states the letter was sent to "Mercie M. Hamor" but he believes it was for Mariah M. Hamor. The letter was written while Warren Bunker (1824-1870) was alive and while Julia Bunker was old enough to write such a letter (after 1863).Warren was recovering from a leg injury. A new "meeting house" was supposed to be completed on "Cranberry Isles" by the 4th of July in that year.  There are also other clues to the date.  The letter was probably written on a Sunday, April 15th, and a Horace Edgar ______ had recentlybeen born. Letter references Mariah Hamor, Sidney Chadwick Hamor, Warren Rogers Bunker, Sarah Staples bunker or Experience Leland Hamor, Ella Hamor. ,Julia Maria Bunker. Transcription: Cranberry Isles April 15th [ca.1863-1870]Dear Little CousinI received your nice letter this morning will now endeavour to spent a few of my leisure moments in answering it. I have been to meeting all day to day feel quite tired now I am stopping with Aunt Mary now have been here over four weeks shall stay until Mother gets home We look for them home the last of next week if the winds and weather permit. Father's health improves fast his leg heals as fast as they want it to. I should like to go to Eden and see you all think I shall this summer for if I cannot get there any other way I can go by the way of Otter Creek with Mr. Duffy wouldnt it be nice to take a trip to Otter Creek with the little Duffies and call out some those nice hotels on the way and rest Mirrie Bunker has a little boy she calls it Horace Edgar Caroline Stanley calls her baby Arno Perkins she named it for Mr. Perkins little boy that he lost. I want you to get (page 2) me a whole bushel basket full of roots and little bushes and flower seed and send them to me the first chance you get. How does Grandmother like living in her new home I should like to stop in and see her I cannot write any more now as Aunt Mary is sick and I have got to get up and get supper so good bye at present I shall try and write to Ella to night. As we have got disappointed in our evening meeting I will try to finish this homily letter you must come down the fourth of July to the fair we expect to have our new meeting house up by that time I cannot write any more to night for I have got a very bad head ache. Please write again soon I will send you some pieces of my new dresses. I will end and go to bed for it is nine Oclock From your Cousin Julia M. Bunker [show more]
2019.445.2827	Ledger sheets Capt. Charles E. Bunker, Schooner Como, 1879	Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents	People Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	This group of five ledger sheets tally Charles E. Bunker’s debits and credits for voyage on Schooner “Como” with cargo "cocoanuts, mahogany, and cedars in account with Odio & Perozo of New York". Loose ledger pages are dated February 6-21, 1879. There are 34,505 cocoanuts; 4 logs mahogany; 4 logs cedar; and 8 logs cedar. No ports or destinations discernible. Documents are signed in New York. (Only Page A transcribed.) The Schooner Como was built in Cherryfield 1873; No.125172; 133 tons. Charles E Bunker was master 1877. These ledgers are part of collection of Clara Rice items (Clara Adeline Richardson Bunker Rice (1847-1923). (Charles Bunker was Clara's second husband of three. Clara Rice was postmistress on Sutton Island in the Cranberry Isles. She may have married a Fernald, then Charles Edward Bunker, and then wed Wilbert Augustus Rice in 1893. )	Ledger sheets Capt. Charles E. Bunker, Schooner Como, 1879 Catalogue #: 2019.445.2827    Type: Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents Subject: People Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Date: 1879 Materials: Paper Description: This group of five ledger sheets tally Charles E. Bunker’s debits and credits for voyage on Schooner “Como” with cargo "cocoanuts, mahogany, and cedars in account with Odio & Perozo of New York". Loose ledger pages are dated February 6-21, 1879. There are 34,505 cocoanuts; 4 logs mahogany; 4 logs cedar; and 8 logs cedar. No ports or destinations discernible. Documents are signed in New York. (Only Page A transcribed.) The Schooner Como was built in Cherryfield 1873; No.125172; 133 tons. Charles E Bunker was master 1877. These ledgers are part of collection of Clara Rice items (Clara Adeline Richardson Bunker Rice (1847-1923). (Charles Bunker was Clara's second husband of three. Clara Rice was postmistress on Sutton Island in the Cranberry Isles. She may have married a Fernald, then Charles Edward Bunker, and then wed Wilbert Augustus Rice in 1893. ) [show more]
2017.386.2161	Preble/Macfarlan house research materials used for Maine memory Network exhibit	Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents	Structures, Dwellings, House	Houses. Preble House Maine Memory Network exhibit; Preble House research materials; and ceramic sherds and locations of earlier structures on the property . (A) The 2013 Maine Memory Network online exhibit materials for "Great Cranberry Island's Preble House" at https://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/2423/page/3901/display?use_mmn=1&popup=1. A house history of the 1827 home of the Hadlocks, Prebles, and Spurling families including deeds, photos and storyline about the history of the house, people, and documents. (B) Grant documents and research materials. (C) Information and photos about the locations and identification of ceramic sherds, former structures, gardens, apple trees, metalworking (blacksmith?) residue, and cellar for possible future historical preservation or archaeological work including map of property drawn by present owner, Michael Macfarlan. (See also 2013.258.1988 for ceramic sherds (fragments from plates and cups). (D) Information gathered for possible nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Mickey Macfarlan was working on this with GCIHS assistance. (E) Digital print of an 1876 sketch of Preble House as seen from Preble Cove by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr .(www.flickr.com/photos/140072964@N06/32815983901/in/album-72157676911263533) Longfellow house Washington's headquarts https://www.nps.gov/long/index.htm	Preble/Macfarlan house research materials used for Maine memory Network exhibit Catalogue #: 2017.386.2161    Type: Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Materials: Paper Description: Houses. Preble House Maine Memory Network exhibit; Preble House research materials; and ceramic sherds and locations of earlier structures on the property . (A) The 2013 Maine Memory Network online exhibit materials for "Great Cranberry Island's Preble House" at https://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/2423/page/3901/display?use_mmn=1&popup=1. A house history of the 1827 home of the Hadlocks, Prebles, and Spurling families including deeds, photos and storyline about the history of the house, people, and documents. (B) Grant documents and research materials. (C) Information and photos about the locations and identification of ceramic sherds, former structures, gardens, apple trees, metalworking (blacksmith?) residue, and cellar for possible future historical preservation or archaeological work including map of property drawn by present owner, Michael Macfarlan. (See also 2013.258.1988 for ceramic sherds (fragments from plates and cups). (D) Information gathered for possible nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Mickey Macfarlan was working on this with GCIHS assistance. (E) Digital print of an 1876 sketch of Preble House as seen from Preble Cove by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr .(www.flickr.com/photos/140072964@N06/32815983901/in/album-72157676911263533) Longfellow house Washington's headquarts https://www.nps.gov/long/index.htm [show more]
2017.392.2166	Louise Sorenson's Post Office Box receipt	Document, Financial, Receipt	People	Receipt for Louise Sorenson's Post Office Box 6 on GCI, signed by Marjorie Phippen (postmistress), December 24, 1975. Sorenson died the next year.	Louise Sorenson's Post Office Box receipt Catalogue #: 2017.392.2166    Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: People Date: 1975 Materials: Paper Size: 2" x 3" Description: Receipt for Louise Sorenson's Post Office Box 6 on GCI, signed by Marjorie Phippen (postmistress), December 24, 1975. Sorenson died the next year.
2017.387.2162	Spurling Cemetery Preservation Project 2016 research	Document, Report	Places, Cemetery	Cemetery. Collection of Spurling Cemetery Preservation Project 2016 materials. These are the records of work done on Spurling Cemetery No. 1 on Spurling Cove on the bluff near the Town dock in 2016. Inscriptions, digital photographs, measurements, deeds, spreadsheets, costs, blog, and photos of work and discoveries for each of the 26 known graves recorded by Anne Grulich. Documentation includes minutes, research, spreadsheet, photos, administrative documents, and field notes. Deed information was supplied by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust who has a conservation easement along part of the David and Tracy Weibel property where the burial ground is located. See various GCIHS Cranberry Chronicle newsletters for cemetery project progress. A memorial headstone listing all 26 known burials for whom only 8 headstones and 5 footstones remain. Memorial stone is funded by the Town of Cranberry Isles and the GCI Church. Folder 1: Committee meeting notes from March 2016 through June 2017. Folder 2: Field work notes and spreadsheet of Names, Dates, and details of headstones. Folder 3: Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Survey of June 15, 2016 performed by Mike Scully and Michael McCormick of Northeast Geophysical Services of Bangor, and paid for by the GCI Church. Folder 4: Documents relating to preservation work done by Fred Wieninger and his nephew Benjamin of Wieninger Monuments in Milbridge. Folder 5: Joseph L'Grow and Sarah L'Grow (LeGrow) genealogical and gravestone information from Cynthia Robertson. Folder 6: Andrew Herrick burial information from Steve Herrick. Folder 7: Deeds for conservation easement for Stanley and Isabel Seimer (parents of David Weibel) to Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Folder 8: PowerPoint printout and printout of intro pages for website. Note: In addition to these papers, the project is fully documented with photos and daily notes and historical information located online at gcihs.org “cemetery projects” and on the GCIHS server \Archives\atgrulich\SpurlingCemetery1_2015_2017, as well as in e-mails. (See also 2016.374.2137 a fragment of William Spurling (d. 1839) marble headstone displayed in Museum, and two posters on exhibit.)	Spurling Cemetery Preservation Project 2016 research Catalogue #: 2017.387.2162    Type: Document, Report Subject: Places, Cemetery Creator: Anne Grulich Date: 2016 Materials: Paper Description: Cemetery. Collection of Spurling Cemetery Preservation Project 2016 materials. These are the records of work done on Spurling Cemetery No. 1 on Spurling Cove on the bluff near the Town dock in 2016. Inscriptions, digital photographs, measurements, deeds, spreadsheets, costs, blog, and photos of work and discoveries for each of the 26 known graves recorded by Anne Grulich. Documentation includes minutes, research, spreadsheet, photos, administrative documents, and field notes. Deed information was supplied by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust who has a conservation easement along part of the David and Tracy Weibel property where the burial ground is located. See various GCIHS Cranberry Chronicle newsletters for cemetery project progress. A memorial headstone listing all 26 known burials for whom only 8 headstones and 5 footstones remain. Memorial stone is funded by the Town of Cranberry Isles and the GCI Church. Folder 1: Committee meeting notes from March 2016 through June 2017. Folder 2: Field work notes and spreadsheet of Names, Dates, and details of headstones. Folder 3: Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Survey of June 15, 2016 performed by Mike Scully and Michael McCormick of Northeast Geophysical Services of Bangor, and paid for by the GCI Church. Folder 4: Documents relating to preservation work done by Fred Wieninger and his nephew Benjamin of Wieninger Monuments in Milbridge. Folder 5: Joseph L'Grow and Sarah L'Grow (LeGrow) genealogical and gravestone information from Cynthia Robertson. Folder 6: Andrew Herrick burial information from Steve Herrick. Folder 7: Deeds for conservation easement for Stanley and Isabel Seimer (parents of David Weibel) to Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Folder 8: PowerPoint printout and printout of intro pages for website. Note: In addition to these papers, the project is fully documented with photos and daily notes and historical information located online at gcihs.org “cemetery projects” and on the GCIHS server \Archives\atgrulich\SpurlingCemetery1_2015_2017, as well as in e-mails. (See also 2016.374.2137 a fragment of William Spurling (d. 1839) marble headstone displayed in Museum, and two posters on exhibit.) [show more]
2013.263.1996	Letters from Emily Gilley to Walter and Eliza Towse	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People	Letters. Nine letters from Emily S. Gilley, (born 14 May 1840 at Cranberry Isles to Elisha B. Gilley (1807-1901) and Hannah Manchester Stanley (1804-1880)). The letters were written to the donor's great-grandfather, Walter William Towse and his sister, Eliza. Walter Towse was born in Lubec, ME, in 1840. The first letter is addressed to Walter Towse's sister, Eliz, in 1864. The rest are to Walter from 1866 to 1878 while he was in Denver, Nebraska City, Omaha, and elsewhere. Emily was from Cranberry Isles and lived in Boston part of the year; she worked in the cotton mills, and married an Easterbrook, from Sackville.  The donor states "Eliza must have sent the first letter on to her brother, for it was included in the packet he kept in a leather wallet that managed to be handed down in the family.   Eunice Durham gave them to me."  (Transcripts of letters were made by the donor and sent via email to GCIHS in 2008 along with a history of the correspondence. The letters were mailed to GCIHS inside the leather wallet.) Donor later sent three scanned photos of Walter Towse (B), (C), and (D).	Letters from Emily Gilley to Walter and Eliza Towse Catalogue #: 2013.263.1996    Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1864 Materials: Paper Description: Letters. Nine letters from Emily S. Gilley, (born 14 May 1840 at Cranberry Isles to Elisha B. Gilley (1807-1901) and Hannah Manchester Stanley (1804-1880)). The letters were written to the donor's great-grandfather, Walter William Towse and his sister, Eliza. Walter Towse was born in Lubec, ME, in 1840. The first letter is addressed to Walter Towse's sister, Eliz, in 1864. The rest are to Walter from 1866 to 1878 while he was in Denver, Nebraska City, Omaha, and elsewhere. Emily was from Cranberry Isles and lived in Boston part of the year; she worked in the cotton mills, and married an Easterbrook, from Sackville.  The donor states "Eliza must have sent the first letter on to her brother, for it was included in the packet he kept in a leather wallet that managed to be handed down in the family.   Eunice Durham gave them to me."  (Transcripts of letters were made by the donor and sent via email to GCIHS in 2008 along with a history of the correspondence. The letters were mailed to GCIHS inside the leather wallet.) Donor later sent three scanned photos of Walter Towse (B), (C), and (D). [show more]
2012.201.1594	Postcard picture of the Congregational Church	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, Religious	Post Card dated April 20th, 1906 to Mrs. L. E. Rice, Steuben, Maine from A. This post card is significant because it was mailed from the Post Office on Sutton (Island) and also a picture of the Congregational Church as it was in 1906 (the other side of post card Item # 1594a. The Postcard is a picture of the Congregational Church, Cranberry Isles, Me. (Mrs. E. A. Stanley, Publisher.) Hand writing text reads: Sutton Apr. 30th, 1906. My Dear Hattie: The (?) (?) around here yesterday. O.K. so you will see us soon. All are well. Lovingly A-"	Postcard picture of the Congregational Church Catalogue #: 2012.201.1594    Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, Religious Date: 1906 Materials: Paper Description: Post Card dated April 20th, 1906 to Mrs. L. E. Rice, Steuben, Maine from A. This post card is significant because it was mailed from the Post Office on Sutton (Island) and also a picture of the Congregational Church as it was in 1906 (the other side of post card Item # 1594a. The Postcard is a picture of the Congregational Church, Cranberry Isles, Me. (Mrs. E. A. Stanley, Publisher.) Hand writing text reads: Sutton Apr. 30th, 1906. My Dear Hattie: The (?) (?) around here yesterday. O.K. so you will see us soon. All are well. Lovingly A-" [show more]
2012.201.1593	Note from Owen Roberts to the McSorleys	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People Places	Envelope from Ambassador & Mrs. Owen W. Roberts to Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Mc Sorley, postmarked Cranberry Isles, ME Sep 16 AM 1985 04625. Item # 1593a is the letter associated with envelope Item # 1593. Letter is dated September 16, 1985. Dear Dot and Andy: "We arrived yesterday. Weather is beautiful. Great to be at rest after week of travel and rush. Found your letter and sent off the final payment ($3,465) to your sister, Louise Marr. Nice to hear that you have sold the final peices of property and can rest a bit now. We'll be glad to see the new neighbor. Road (McSorley Road; i.e., I-95) seems fine. Can always use a few more loads (rocks?) Much evidence of yours. Best Wishes till next summer." Signed Owen and Janet Roberts.	Note from Owen Roberts to the McSorleys Catalogue #: 2012.201.1593    Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Places Date: 1985 Materials: Paper Description: Envelope from Ambassador & Mrs. Owen W. Roberts to Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Mc Sorley, postmarked Cranberry Isles, ME Sep 16 AM 1985 04625. Item # 1593a is the letter associated with envelope Item # 1593. Letter is dated September 16, 1985. Dear Dot and Andy: "We arrived yesterday. Weather is beautiful. Great to be at rest after week of travel and rush. Found your letter and sent off the final payment ($3,465) to your sister, Louise Marr. Nice to hear that you have sold the final peices of property and can rest a bit now. We'll be glad to see the new neighbor. Road (McSorley Road; i.e., I-95) seems fine. Can always use a few more loads (rocks?) Much evidence of yours. Best Wishes till next summer." Signed Owen and Janet Roberts. [show more]
2012.196.1560	Cranberry House poster	Document, Advertising, Poster	Organizations, Civic	Poster, Cranberry House- Historical Museum, Shore Trail & Gardens. Cafe'	Cranberry House poster Catalogue #: 2012.196.1560    Type: Document, Advertising, Poster Subject: Organizations, Civic Materials: Paper Description: Poster, Cranberry House- Historical Museum, Shore Trail & Gardens. Cafe'
2015.327.2089	GCIHS event and movie posters 2014	Document, Advertising, Poster	Events	Event and movie posters for GCIHS 2014, including posters for Heliker-LaHotan events held at GCIHS.	GCIHS event and movie posters 2014 Catalogue #: 2015.327.2089    Type: Document, Advertising, Poster Subject: Events Date: 2014 Materials: Paper Size: L x W x H Description: Event and movie posters for GCIHS 2014, including posters for Heliker-LaHotan events held at GCIHS.
2012.195.1559	Cranberry House Cafe poster	Document, Advertising, Poster	Businesses, Restaurant Business	Poster, Cranberry House Cafe (before it became Hitty's Karin Whitney ran it).	Cranberry House Cafe poster Catalogue #: 2012.195.1559    Type: Document, Advertising, Poster Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Materials: Paper Description: Poster, Cranberry House Cafe (before it became Hitty's Karin Whitney ran it).
1000.0.1531	Home, Art & Garden Tour brochure 2010	Document, Advertising, Poster	Events	Brochures and notices from the Home, Art & Garden Tour. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society invites you to attend its first Home, Art & Garden Tour. Wednesday, August 11. The year of tour is 2010. The scanned items are numbered 1531a-1531f. Note: There is additional paperwork that has not be scanned in this folder. These items are: HAGT Guide consists of 4 pages (1531g), Home, Art & Garden Tour (HAGT) Information for Tour Hosts 8-4-10 consists of 3 pages (1531h), Southwest and Northeast Harbor Ticket Sellers consist of 1 sheet (1531i), Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Announces Home, Art and Garden Tour Wednesday, August 11, 2010 consists of 2 pages (1531j), Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Home, Art & Garden Tour (HAGT)--Wednesday, August 11, 2010--Final (Ferry Schedule) 1 page (1531k), HAGT Final Execution Plan dated August 8, 2010 consists of 7 pages (1531l), Home, Art and Garden Tour Action Plan-Draft: July 31, 2010 consists of 13 pages (1531m). From items 1531g-1531m note only the 1st page was scanned - however, the complete document is stored in folder 1531 located at the Great Cranberry Isles Historical Society Archives.	Home, Art & Garden Tour brochure 2010 Catalogue #: 1000.0.1531    Type: Document, Advertising, Poster Subject: Events Date: 2010 Materials: Paper Description: Brochures and notices from the Home, Art & Garden Tour. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society invites you to attend its first Home, Art & Garden Tour. Wednesday, August 11. The year of tour is 2010. The scanned items are numbered 1531a-1531f. Note: There is additional paperwork that has not be scanned in this folder. These items are: HAGT Guide consists of 4 pages (1531g), Home, Art & Garden Tour (HAGT) Information for Tour Hosts 8-4-10 consists of 3 pages (1531h), Southwest and Northeast Harbor Ticket Sellers consist of 1 sheet (1531i), Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Announces Home, Art and Garden Tour Wednesday, August 11, 2010 consists of 2 pages (1531j), Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Home, Art & Garden Tour (HAGT)--Wednesday, August 11, 2010--Final (Ferry Schedule) 1 page (1531k), HAGT Final Execution Plan dated August 8, 2010 consists of 7 pages (1531l), Home, Art and Garden Tour Action Plan-Draft: July 31, 2010 consists of 13 pages (1531m). From items 1531g-1531m note only the 1st page was scanned - however, the complete document is stored in folder 1531 located at the Great Cranberry Isles Historical Society Archives. [show more]
1000.0.1530	Memorial Service for Charlene Louise Allen	Document, Program, Memorial Service Program	People	Memorial Service on August 14, 2010 for Charlene Louise Allen b. August 7, 1929 d. July 29, 2010. This item consists of 1530a, 1530b, 1530c and 1530d.	Memorial Service for Charlene Louise Allen Catalogue #: 1000.0.1530    Type: Document, Program, Memorial Service Program Subject: People Date: 2010 Materials: Paper Description: Memorial Service on August 14, 2010 for Charlene Louise Allen b. August 7, 1929 d. July 29, 2010. This item consists of 1530a, 1530b, 1530c and 1530d.
2010.152.1207	Retirement contract Mrs. Doris P. McSorley	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, School Institution	Retirement contract with Mrs. Doris P. McSorley from the State of CT State Teachers' Retirement Board. Annuity is listed as $91.84, and pension is listed as $681.75. Dated October 10, 1973	Retirement contract Mrs. Doris P. McSorley Catalogue #: 2010.152.1207    Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, School Institution Date: 1973 Materials: Paper Description: Retirement contract with Mrs. Doris P. McSorley from the State of CT State Teachers' Retirement Board. Annuity is listed as $91.84, and pension is listed as $681.75. Dated October 10, 1973
2010.152.1206	Retirement of Mrs. Doris P. McSorley	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, School Institution People	Letter to Mrs. Doris P. McSorley in reply to a communication submitted on February 1, 1973, declaring her intent to retire from the Southington, CT public school system. Letter expresses positive sentiment over Mrs. McSorley's performance at the Plantsville School.	Retirement of Mrs. Doris P. McSorley Catalogue #: 2010.152.1206    Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1973 Materials: Paper Description: Letter to Mrs. Doris P. McSorley in reply to a communication submitted on February 1, 1973, declaring her intent to retire from the Southington, CT public school system. Letter expresses positive sentiment over Mrs. McSorley's performance at the Plantsville School.
2010.152.1205	Envelope to Mrs. Doris P. McSorley	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, School Institution People	Envelope addressed to 'Mrs. Doris P. McSorley', with letterhead from the State of Connecticut Teachers' Retirement Board. Stamped January 27th, 1960, in Hartford, CT.	Envelope to Mrs. Doris P. McSorley Catalogue #: 2010.152.1205    Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1960 Materials: Paper Description: Envelope addressed to 'Mrs. Doris P. McSorley', with letterhead from the State of Connecticut Teachers' Retirement Board. Stamped January 27th, 1960, in Hartford, CT.
2010.152.1204	Mrs. A. McSorley acting principal at Plantsville School	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, School Institution People	Letter addressed to 'Plantsville School Teachers', reporting 'Mrs. A. McSorley' as the acting principal at Plantsville School for the remainder of 1944. Letter is dated January 13, 1944.	Mrs. A. McSorley acting principal at Plantsville School Catalogue #: 2010.152.1204    Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1944 Materials: Paper Description: Letter addressed to 'Plantsville School Teachers', reporting 'Mrs. A. McSorley' as the acting principal at Plantsville School for the remainder of 1944. Letter is dated January 13, 1944.
2010.152.1203	Teacher's contract for Doris P. McSorley	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, School Institution People	Teacher's contract for Doris P. McSorley with the Board of Education of Southington, CT. Rate listed is $1250 per year. Dated October 26th, 1942.	Teacher's contract for Doris P. McSorley Catalogue #: 2010.152.1203    Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1942 Materials: Paper Description: Teacher's contract for Doris P. McSorley with the Board of Education of Southington, CT. Rate listed is $1250 per year. Dated October 26th, 1942.
2010.152.1202	Employment offer for Mrs. Andrew McSorley	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, School Institution People	Employment offer addressed to Mrs. Andrew McSorley, from the Board of Education of Southington, CT. Offer is for the school year of 1942 - 1943 at a pay rate of $1250 per year, teaching in 7th grade at Plantsville School. Dated October 15, 1942	Employment offer for Mrs. Andrew McSorley Catalogue #: 2010.152.1202    Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1942 Materials: Paper Description: Employment offer addressed to Mrs. Andrew McSorley, from the Board of Education of Southington, CT. Offer is for the school year of 1942 - 1943 at a pay rate of $1250 per year, teaching in 7th grade at Plantsville School. Dated October 15, 1942
2018.416.2772	Request for information about Samuel Hadlock Jr. and his touring Eskimos	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People Places	Note to Michael Macfarlan (owner of what was once Sam Hadlock’s home on Great Cranberry Island) from William and Sally Sturtevant, anthropologists at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and at Hunter College in NY, asking for further information on Samuel Hadlock, Jr. and the Eskimos he exhibited on his tour in Europe 1820-1825. (Written August 23, 1993 )	Request for information about Samuel Hadlock Jr. and his touring Eskimos Catalogue #: 2018.416.2772    Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Places Date: 1993 Materials: Paper Description: Note to Michael Macfarlan (owner of what was once Sam Hadlock’s home on Great Cranberry Island) from William and Sally Sturtevant, anthropologists at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and at Hunter College in NY, asking for further information on Samuel Hadlock, Jr. and the Eskimos he exhibited on his tour in Europe 1820-1825. (Written August 23, 1993 )
2018.416.2767	Letter from William H. Preble to his father	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People	Letter is from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble, written in Portland, about his mother (Abigail Preble) ill-health, herring, and brother Andrew. Transcribed.	Letter from William H. Preble to his father Catalogue #: 2018.416.2767    Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1874 Materials: Paper Description: Letter is from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble, written in Portland, about his mother (Abigail Preble) ill-health, herring, and brother Andrew. Transcribed.

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