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1000.27.1328Picture of Adelina Patti
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Photo. Copy of picture of opera singer Mme. Adelina Patti in plastic gold floral frame. Patti figures in Rachel Field's book, "Hitty, Her First Hundred Years"
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Photo. Copy of picture of opera singer Mme. Adelina Patti in plastic gold floral frame. Patti figures in Rachel Field's book, "Hitty, Her First Hundred Years"
2010.126.1911Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • People
  • Places, Island
Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead, oil, framed, of a marsh or field with still water in the foreground, trees in the background, and the mountains of Acadia National Park in the far distance; perhaps The Pool on Great Cranberry Island; or the Bass Harbor marshes per artist Carl Little who has painted there. Written on the back: "Mr Kinkead painted this picture / Presented it to Sadie Hamor 1925"; the painting, on canvas, is cut from its original stretcher and glued to a cardboard backing. (Note: the artist's name is a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid.)
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Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead, oil, framed, of a marsh or field with still water in the foreground, trees in the background, and the mountains of Acadia National Park in the far distance; perhaps The Pool on Great Cranberry Island; or the Bass Harbor marshes per artist Carl Little who has painted there. Written on the back: "Mr Kinkead painted this picture / Presented it to Sadie Hamor 1925"; the painting, on canvas, is cut from its original stretcher and glued to a cardboard backing. (Note: the artist's name is a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid.) [show more]
1000.50.1330Copy of a photo of Sammy Sanford
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Photo. Reprint, framed in white matte board and sealed in plastic wrap, "Sammy Sanford, Taken on Little Head, Cranberry Is. By Walter K. Shaw Sr".
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Photo. Reprint, framed in white matte board and sealed in plastic wrap, "Sammy Sanford, Taken on Little Head, Cranberry Is. By Walter K. Shaw Sr".
1000.46.489Bunker Family Photo Album tintypes
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Photo album, miniature, clasp closure, with metal tintype photos, Inscription on first page: "Presented to Sarah M. Bunker by her brother Thomas J. Bunker 1862", some photos labeled with names.including: George Bulger, George Bunker, Clara Richardson, Harriet Bunker, Julia Bunker. Last page, handwritten: Joanha, Joanah, Johana"
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Photo album, miniature, clasp closure, with metal tintype photos, Inscription on first page: "Presented to Sarah M. Bunker by her brother Thomas J. Bunker 1862", some photos labeled with names.including: George Bulger, George Bunker, Clara Richardson, Harriet Bunker, Julia Bunker. Last page, handwritten: Joanha, Joanah, Johana"
2000.132.1053Addie Stanley Duren family Photo Album 42 tintypes
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Photographs. Photo album (1), small photograph (2); and two postcards (3) and (4). Album is leather bound, with 42 portraits, mostly tintypes inserted into cardboard pages. Four white, marble-like feet on back and front covers support the album. Brass hasp closure with decorative leaf, the word ALBUM written in gold acrss spine. Page edges have impressed floral design. Half of brass hasp is missing. All photos scanned 7/23/2013 and labeled with catalogue numbers plus letters A-Z etc. Labeled photos: Matilda Young Spurling (A); Lucy Spurling Douglas (B); Josie S. Stanley_(.M.) Bunker (H); Luella Stanley (J); Ara D. Stanley (R); Dr. Spears (T); Uncle Charles Spurling (U); Lucy Spurling (Arigtan Spurling Wife (Zf); Tead_Spurling Trussice married second husband Gougins (Zn). The album most likely comes from Addie Stanley Duren, the previous owner of the Mountain house. And one small black and white photo on paper (2) shows Addie Duren's snowy property with house and barn and two trees, inscription on reverse "all plowed out untill next time". Two postcards (3) and (4). Postcard (3): the GCI church with 3/4 view of parsonage on right and two people walking on street, unused. Postcard (4): Boat landing, Islesford, ME. 162, "Genuine photographs from Studio of Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co., Belfast Maine." It is from donor's grandmother, Addie E. Duren to Mrs. Josie S. Bunker, Cranberry Isles, ME, postmarked Islesford, Aug 8 a.m. 1915. "Monday morning, Dear sister, [xxx] a got a quilt there is a party would like to share the darkest quilt you have send it soon as you can From A.S.D".
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Photographs. Photo album (1), small photograph (2); and two postcards (3) and (4). Album is leather bound, with 42 portraits, mostly tintypes inserted into cardboard pages. Four white, marble-like feet on back and front covers support the album. Brass hasp closure with decorative leaf, the word ALBUM written in gold acrss spine. Page edges have impressed floral design. Half of brass hasp is missing. All photos scanned 7/23/2013 and labeled with catalogue numbers plus letters A-Z etc. Labeled photos: Matilda Young Spurling (A); Lucy Spurling Douglas (B); Josie S. Stanley_(.M.) Bunker (H); Luella Stanley (J); Ara D. Stanley (R); Dr. Spears (T); Uncle Charles Spurling (U); Lucy Spurling (Arigtan Spurling Wife (Zf); Tead_Spurling Trussice married second husband Gougins (Zn). The album most likely comes from Addie Stanley Duren, the previous owner of the Mountain house. And one small black and white photo on paper (2) shows Addie Duren's snowy property with house and barn and two trees, inscription on reverse "all plowed out untill next time". Two postcards (3) and (4). Postcard (3): the GCI church with 3/4 view of parsonage on right and two people walking on street, unused. Postcard (4): Boat landing, Islesford, ME. 162, "Genuine photographs from Studio of Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co., Belfast Maine." It is from donor's grandmother, Addie E. Duren to Mrs. Josie S. Bunker, Cranberry Isles, ME, postmarked Islesford, Aug 8 a.m. 1915. "Monday morning, Dear sister, [xxx] a got a quilt there is a party would like to share the darkest quilt you have send it soon as you can From A.S.D". [show more]
1000.0.1066William Pitt Preble's Extended Family Photograph Album
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Photo album covered in red velvet with mostly cabinet card photographs; some tintypes .Elaborate red velvet cover with brass floral and wilderness scene. Brass hasp. Album includes photos of William Pitt Preble's extended family, many with no relation to Cranberry Isles. Some names: One loose portrait photo: T.E. Welles; Uncle Gen. Andrew Spurling (General Andrew Barclay Spurling was Civil War Medal of Honor) (1066G); William Pitt Preble, Esq., Matilda Sanford Preble; Uncle William Preble; Elmenia Spurling Preble; William Pitt Preble II; Lizzie Preble; Capt. Horace G. Bunker; Wilhemenia Bunker; Minnie E. Bunker; Lena Bunker Webb; Chester Raymond Bunker; Abbie Maude Spurling Ware; Abbie Maude and Harold Benjamin Spurling; Uncle Harold; Frances Marion Spurling; Auntie Maude; Uncle Harold; Mother age 7-8; Horace Edgar Bunker; Mrs. H. E. Bunker 1895; Myra Bunker; Mr. Jones; Carrie Celeste Richardson Jones; Addie Neville; Carrie Rice; Agnes Hadlock Spurling; Alfretta Brewer; Mrs. George Bunker; Lizzie Preble; Josephine Thorndike; Minnie Spurling; Judge William Pitt Preble; Abigail Preble; Grampie Spurling; Auntie Maude; Evie Preble; Uncle Willl; Aunt Min; Horace Bunker; Aunt Meanie; Willie; Aunt Lucinda G. Fernald; Preble Richardson. (See 1066A digital scan in museum photos folder, picture of William Pitt Preble. 1066B digital scan in museum photos folder photo of Matilda Sanford Preble.) There is also a tintype of "Judge Preble: William Pitt," and a tintype of elderly woman "Prebles 1st Wife Abigail." (See 1000.0.1066E and 1000.0.1066F in museum photos.)
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Photo album covered in red velvet with mostly cabinet card photographs; some tintypes .Elaborate red velvet cover with brass floral and wilderness scene. Brass hasp. Album includes photos of William Pitt Preble's extended family, many with no relation to Cranberry Isles. Some names: One loose portrait photo: T.E. Welles; Uncle Gen. Andrew Spurling (General Andrew Barclay Spurling was Civil War Medal of Honor) (1066G); William Pitt Preble, Esq., Matilda Sanford Preble; Uncle William Preble; Elmenia Spurling Preble; William Pitt Preble II; Lizzie Preble; Capt. Horace G. Bunker; Wilhemenia Bunker; Minnie E. Bunker; Lena Bunker Webb; Chester Raymond Bunker; Abbie Maude Spurling Ware; Abbie Maude and Harold Benjamin Spurling; Uncle Harold; Frances Marion Spurling; Auntie Maude; Uncle Harold; Mother age 7-8; Horace Edgar Bunker; Mrs. H. E. Bunker 1895; Myra Bunker; Mr. Jones; Carrie Celeste Richardson Jones; Addie Neville; Carrie Rice; Agnes Hadlock Spurling; Alfretta Brewer; Mrs. George Bunker; Lizzie Preble; Josephine Thorndike; Minnie Spurling; Judge William Pitt Preble; Abigail Preble; Grampie Spurling; Auntie Maude; Evie Preble; Uncle Willl; Aunt Min; Horace Bunker; Aunt Meanie; Willie; Aunt Lucinda G. Fernald; Preble Richardson. (See 1066A digital scan in museum photos folder, picture of William Pitt Preble. 1066B digital scan in museum photos folder photo of Matilda Sanford Preble.) There is also a tintype of "Judge Preble: William Pitt," and a tintype of elderly woman "Prebles 1st Wife Abigail." (See 1000.0.1066E and 1000.0.1066F in museum photos.) [show more]
2003.57.472"A Visit Among Islanders" Nov. 1999
  • Document, Oral History
  • People
Minidisc, audio, copy of NEH Library tape #CO59, "A Visit Among Islanders"
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Minidisc, audio, copy of NEH Library tape #CO59, "A Visit Among Islanders"
2000.233.458Robin Richman Interview Jul. 2000
  • Document, Oral History
  • People
Audio cassette tape of interview with Robin Richman by Wini Smart, 10 Jul 2000
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Audio cassette tape of interview with Robin Richman by Wini Smart, 10 Jul 2000
2003.57.471Tud Bunker on Life on GCI
  • Document, Oral History
  • People
Minidisc, audio, copy of NEH Library tape #CO34, "Life on GCI, Past & Present" by Tud Bunker
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Minidisc, audio, copy of NEH Library tape #CO34, "Life on GCI, Past & Present" by Tud Bunker
2003.57.470Ted Spurling's History of Cranberry Isles
  • Document, Oral History
  • People
Minidisc, audio, copy of NEH Library tape #CO23, "A History of the Cranberry Isles" by Ted Spurling
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Minidisc, audio, copy of NEH Library tape #CO23, "A History of the Cranberry Isles" by Ted Spurling
1000.30.452Ralph Stanley interviews 1994
  • Document, Oral History
  • People
Audio cassette tapes (set of two) recording three interviews of Ralph Stanley by Jeff Weisbruch, paid for by GCIHS. Interview dates: January 15, 1994, January 22, 1994, and February 12, 1994. (See transcript of the three interviews 1000.30.91.)
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Audio cassette tapes (set of two) recording three interviews of Ralph Stanley by Jeff Weisbruch, paid for by GCIHS. Interview dates: January 15, 1994, January 22, 1994, and February 12, 1994. (See transcript of the three interviews 1000.30.91.)
1000.0.915Patti D'Angelo newspaper clipping
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
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.
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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.
2016.375.2138Journal 1878-1881 voyages of schooner Carrie M. Richardson
  • Publication, Book, Journal
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Journal, leather and paper, wallet style, with entries for years 1878, 1879, 1881. Pertains to nautical voyages of Meltiah Richardson aboard the Carrie M. Richardson and perhaps others. It is an extremely valuable resource for interpretation of annotated Nautical Chart 1 and other charts in GCIHS 2015.315.2076. Journal entries corroborate plot markings on nautical chart 1. All pages with handwritten text scanned (48 scans) at 600 dpi July 27, 2016. Complete transcription made Feb. 2017. (Pages with newspaper clippings glued to them were not scanned - most clippings were poetry. Note: Meltiah's wife, Carrie (Mary Catherine Stanley Richardson), wrote and saved poetry.) In several instances, a page had been cut out and/or a portion of a page had been cut out. The journal is not always chronological; entries switch around various years 1878,1879, and 1881. Some highlights are listed below. Scan no. 9 Sailed from Cardenas for NY 260 lbs Manello(?) Rope, 178 shakers, 78 canvas 10 Arrived at NY from Cardenas, list of perhaps cod caught per person by name and weight and $. Left for…. 11 Arrived at NY from C. Isles settled with mate $37.16 14 Rec from M.P Richardson the sum of $70 wages up to Date Nov 19th 1881 William Brandt 15 Arrived Cadiz… 16 M. P Richardson mentioned 17 M. P. Richardson mentioned and Schooner Carrie M. Richardson 1881 19 "Cash in Spanish gold 342" 23 Mr. Rumill shipped on board Schr C. M. Richardson April 10/79 at 35 $ per xxx 24 Antonio Williams on board C. M. Richardson Apr 9th/79 25 more re: 1879 26 more re: 1879 27 more re: 1879 42 "cure for chills/fever (?) 2 bitter apples with one pint gin. Let same stand ays. Dose: ½ wine glass full twice a day before meals (R H O (?)) 43 Bill of sale for 1/32 of Schr CMR Mrs. E B Gregg (interest?) to Joseph W x of Philadelphia 44 Name is clearly Joseph W. Willson of Phila 45 Port charges list 48 Mentions Cadiz
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Journal, leather and paper, wallet style, with entries for years 1878, 1879, 1881. Pertains to nautical voyages of Meltiah Richardson aboard the Carrie M. Richardson and perhaps others. It is an extremely valuable resource for interpretation of annotated Nautical Chart 1 and other charts in GCIHS 2015.315.2076. Journal entries corroborate plot markings on nautical chart 1. All pages with handwritten text scanned (48 scans) at 600 dpi July 27, 2016. Complete transcription made Feb. 2017. (Pages with newspaper clippings glued to them were not scanned - most clippings were poetry. Note: Meltiah's wife, Carrie (Mary Catherine Stanley Richardson), wrote and saved poetry.) In several instances, a page had been cut out and/or a portion of a page had been cut out. The journal is not always chronological; entries switch around various years 1878,1879, and 1881. Some highlights are listed below. Scan no. 9 Sailed from Cardenas for NY 260 lbs Manello(?) Rope, 178 shakers, 78 canvas 10 Arrived at NY from Cardenas, list of perhaps cod caught per person by name and weight and $. Left for…. 11 Arrived at NY from C. Isles settled with mate $37.16 14 Rec from M.P Richardson the sum of $70 wages up to Date Nov 19th 1881 William Brandt 15 Arrived Cadiz… 16 M. P Richardson mentioned 17 M. P. Richardson mentioned and Schooner Carrie M. Richardson 1881 19 "Cash in Spanish gold 342" 23 Mr. Rumill shipped on board Schr C. M. Richardson April 10/79 at 35 $ per xxx 24 Antonio Williams on board C. M. Richardson Apr 9th/79 25 more re: 1879 26 more re: 1879 27 more re: 1879 42 "cure for chills/fever (?) 2 bitter apples with one pint gin. Let same stand ays. Dose: ½ wine glass full twice a day before meals (R H O (?)) 43 Bill of sale for 1/32 of Schr CMR Mrs. E B Gregg (interest?) to Joseph W x of Philadelphia 44 Name is clearly Joseph W. Willson of Phila 45 Port charges list 48 Mentions Cadiz [show more]
1000.0.70Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling
  • Document, Certificate
  • Organizations, Civic, Post Office
  • People
Certificate, Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, 29 Apr 1862
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Certificate, Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, 29 Apr 1862
2015.316.2077Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
Collection of three scanned ledger account books originally from the Lewis Stanley boatyard. Ledgers were inherited by donor from his great uncle Lewis Stanley. (See scans on gcihs-nas\photo\Museum Photos\2015.316.2077_SchmidtLedgers and on DVD; ledgers were originally returned to donor August 2015; then all were donated to museum June 2017). Ledger A1: Measures 8.25H x 7: W x .5” thick. First page: George N. Spurling, Cranberry Isles; and [unreadable name below Spurling] Machias Port. Entries run from 1855-1870, with the last four pages dated 1855 pertaining to WatterWitch (Water Witch, Waterwitch, spelling and capitalization varies) stocks and specifics. Account entries recorded for the WatterWitch, Schooner Rozella, and Schooner Caressa. Names mentioned: Walton, Guptill, Haynes, Stanley, Spurling, Ferrin, Wentworth, Young, Saddler, Ladd. Commodities: fish and oil mostly; stocks and figuring notations in pen and pencil by different hands. First page states Schooner Hannah & Abigail bought in Boston May 6th, 1849. First entry is “E.B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles Oct. 9th, 1858 for $21 dollars on account of my share of fish bought on board Sch. WatterWitch this season. Asa [D?] Stanley.” Ledger B2: Measures 8”H x 6.75” W x .5” thick. Inside front cover is written: “Jonas Blood born April 15th, 1774.” First page begins with January 1st 1859 listing sale of butter, pork, and eggs. Ledger records expenses and sales of produce and other items through April 1862 and appears to be written by all the same hand. [For some info on Jonas Blood: probably born New Hampshire. http://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I16094&ged=plagge.ged Jonas Blood:b..c1774 d.5/21/1870, age 96 By genealogy.com.] Ledger C3: 14" H x 3.75" W x 1" thick. Label on front cover: Sanborn & Carter, Publishers, Booksellers and Blank Book Manufacturers, No. 55 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. Small envelope and letter addressed to Mrs. E. B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles, Maine, postmarked Waltham MA, Nov 17/12M/1908 (03?) with 2 cent stamp. Reverse postmark is Cranberry Isles 1908(3)? Begins "North East Harbor, Lindsay,” ends: "Hastily, Carol(?)" Many pages have been cut out from the beginning of this ledger. First entry, is on page 85 and starts: “Boston Dec. 6th 1879 Sch. S.L. Foster. Page 93 is “Boston Dec 14, 1885.” Page 98 deals with the estate of Enoch B. Stanley and Lewis B. Stanley 1903 and continues with various documents and deeds to 1908 (to page 151). Then returns to accounts for the S. L. Foster 1889. Page 176 begins accounts for the Schooner Rozella 1882, then to 1881, and goes back to deeds and correspondence p. 196 for 1908. P. 198 goes back to the Sch. Foster and alternates between accounts re: Foster and Rozella. Two small loose account papers between p. 212 and 213. The ledger goes back and forth between years and schooners and deeds throughout the book. Last pages of ledger date Jan 18, 1913 and begin with “I expressly forbade Lewis to connect the new building with the original fish house of the heirs of E. B. Stanley…..” (See also 2017.389.2164 and 2017.388.2163) See also notes from Charles Liebow email 2019 re: boat builders with this ledger.
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Collection of three scanned ledger account books originally from the Lewis Stanley boatyard. Ledgers were inherited by donor from his great uncle Lewis Stanley. (See scans on gcihs-nas\photo\Museum Photos\2015.316.2077_SchmidtLedgers and on DVD; ledgers were originally returned to donor August 2015; then all were donated to museum June 2017). Ledger A1: Measures 8.25H x 7: W x .5” thick. First page: George N. Spurling, Cranberry Isles; and [unreadable name below Spurling] Machias Port. Entries run from 1855-1870, with the last four pages dated 1855 pertaining to WatterWitch (Water Witch, Waterwitch, spelling and capitalization varies) stocks and specifics. Account entries recorded for the WatterWitch, Schooner Rozella, and Schooner Caressa. Names mentioned: Walton, Guptill, Haynes, Stanley, Spurling, Ferrin, Wentworth, Young, Saddler, Ladd. Commodities: fish and oil mostly; stocks and figuring notations in pen and pencil by different hands. First page states Schooner Hannah & Abigail bought in Boston May 6th, 1849. First entry is “E.B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles Oct. 9th, 1858 for $21 dollars on account of my share of fish bought on board Sch. WatterWitch this season. Asa [D?] Stanley.” Ledger B2: Measures 8”H x 6.75” W x .5” thick. Inside front cover is written: “Jonas Blood born April 15th, 1774.” First page begins with January 1st 1859 listing sale of butter, pork, and eggs. Ledger records expenses and sales of produce and other items through April 1862 and appears to be written by all the same hand. [For some info on Jonas Blood: probably born New Hampshire. http://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I16094&ged=plagge.ged Jonas Blood:b..c1774 d.5/21/1870, age 96 By genealogy.com.] Ledger C3: 14" H x 3.75" W x 1" thick. Label on front cover: Sanborn & Carter, Publishers, Booksellers and Blank Book Manufacturers, No. 55 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. Small envelope and letter addressed to Mrs. E. B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles, Maine, postmarked Waltham MA, Nov 17/12M/1908 (03?) with 2 cent stamp. Reverse postmark is Cranberry Isles 1908(3)? Begins "North East Harbor, Lindsay,” ends: "Hastily, Carol(?)" Many pages have been cut out from the beginning of this ledger. First entry, is on page 85 and starts: “Boston Dec. 6th 1879 Sch. S.L. Foster. Page 93 is “Boston Dec 14, 1885.” Page 98 deals with the estate of Enoch B. Stanley and Lewis B. Stanley 1903 and continues with various documents and deeds to 1908 (to page 151). Then returns to accounts for the S. L. Foster 1889. Page 176 begins accounts for the Schooner Rozella 1882, then to 1881, and goes back to deeds and correspondence p. 196 for 1908. P. 198 goes back to the Sch. Foster and alternates between accounts re: Foster and Rozella. Two small loose account papers between p. 212 and 213. The ledger goes back and forth between years and schooners and deeds throughout the book. Last pages of ledger date Jan 18, 1913 and begin with “I expressly forbade Lewis to connect the new building with the original fish house of the heirs of E. B. Stanley…..” (See also 2017.389.2164 and 2017.388.2163) See also notes from Charles Liebow email 2019 re: boat builders with this ledger. [show more]
2004.93.741Materials gathered in memoriam related to General Andrew Barclay Spurling Civil War career
  • Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents
  • People
Manuscript. A xerox copy of a collection of materials gathered in memoriam related to the military career of Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Andrew Barclay Spurling who served during the Civil War and died August 22, 1906. [Spurling is the son of Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling who was widowed and married William P. Preble. Spurling's boyhood home was the Preble House on Great Cranberry Island, Maine. He was born in the house across the street from the Preble house now known as the Freeman house.] Spurling was in the 2nd Maine Cavalry Union Army and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor March 3, 1863. This packet of materials was given to GCIHS by Hugh Dwelley in 2004 and contains copies of documents outlined in a letter to "Cara and Ted" (probably Ted Spurling, Sr. of Islesford, Little Cranberry Island, ME) from "Marianne and Rene" dtd June 1st (no year). Marianne and Rene had requested the Spurling records and received them for the cost of $32.00. Documents explain Andrew Spurling's heroism and exploits, contain copies of military records, and include statements by other Mainers who served with him. There are also three typewritten pages of text written by Ted Spurling Sr., Islesford, Maine, summing up Andrew Spurling's life, including Ted Spurling's handwritten note: "Gen. Andrew Spurling's father was Samuel Spurling. Andrew's mother was Abigail Hadlock (of Little Cranberry Island.) Gen. Andrew was a first cousin to my great grandfather, George N. Spurling and also a first cousin to my Great Grand Father, Gilbert T. Hadlock - Ted Spurling Sr. 7/8/2002. *Benjamin Spurling was a Rev. War veteran as well. Ted" The last few pages include copies of newspaper articles: one describes the the discovery of 1864 graffiti etched into the wall of a home in Bagdad, Florida, where Spurling and his troops apparently stopped. Graffitti has been preserved in-situ by the homeowner. Another article tells about the end of his life in Chicago investing in real estate and a rawhide manufacturing company, and mentions his unfortunate investment in the Spurling Block in Elgin just at the Panic of 1893. The last page is a letter from "Bud" to Ted [Spurling] thanking him for his copy and inserting his thoughts, dated September 9, 1994. [Perhaps the original copies of these documents are in the Sawtelle collection at Acadia NPS or in the Islesford Historical Society? TBD]
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Manuscript. A xerox copy of a collection of materials gathered in memoriam related to the military career of Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Andrew Barclay Spurling who served during the Civil War and died August 22, 1906. [Spurling is the son of Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling who was widowed and married William P. Preble. Spurling's boyhood home was the Preble House on Great Cranberry Island, Maine. He was born in the house across the street from the Preble house now known as the Freeman house.] Spurling was in the 2nd Maine Cavalry Union Army and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor March 3, 1863. This packet of materials was given to GCIHS by Hugh Dwelley in 2004 and contains copies of documents outlined in a letter to "Cara and Ted" (probably Ted Spurling, Sr. of Islesford, Little Cranberry Island, ME) from "Marianne and Rene" dtd June 1st (no year). Marianne and Rene had requested the Spurling records and received them for the cost of $32.00. Documents explain Andrew Spurling's heroism and exploits, contain copies of military records, and include statements by other Mainers who served with him. There are also three typewritten pages of text written by Ted Spurling Sr., Islesford, Maine, summing up Andrew Spurling's life, including Ted Spurling's handwritten note: "Gen. Andrew Spurling's father was Samuel Spurling. Andrew's mother was Abigail Hadlock (of Little Cranberry Island.) Gen. Andrew was a first cousin to my great grandfather, George N. Spurling and also a first cousin to my Great Grand Father, Gilbert T. Hadlock - Ted Spurling Sr. 7/8/2002. *Benjamin Spurling was a Rev. War veteran as well. Ted" The last few pages include copies of newspaper articles: one describes the the discovery of 1864 graffiti etched into the wall of a home in Bagdad, Florida, where Spurling and his troops apparently stopped. Graffitti has been preserved in-situ by the homeowner. Another article tells about the end of his life in Chicago investing in real estate and a rawhide manufacturing company, and mentions his unfortunate investment in the Spurling Block in Elgin just at the Panic of 1893. The last page is a letter from "Bud" to Ted [Spurling] thanking him for his copy and inserting his thoughts, dated September 9, 1994. [Perhaps the original copies of these documents are in the Sawtelle collection at Acadia NPS or in the Islesford Historical Society? TBD] [show more]
2004.93.739The Town of Cranberry Isles by Ted Spurling
  • Publication, Booklet
  • People
  • Places
Brochure, "The Town of Cranberry Isles" by Ted Spurling, includes 12 black and white pages with illustrations by Rose Russo Crooker, copyright 1979 by Theodore and Cara Spurling. First printing 1979, second 1986.
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Brochure, "The Town of Cranberry Isles" by Ted Spurling, includes 12 black and white pages with illustrations by Rose Russo Crooker, copyright 1979 by Theodore and Cara Spurling. First printing 1979, second 1986.
2013.238.1933Prints, photographs, oral histories for GCI Portrait Project 2009
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Prints and photographs for The Great Cranberry Island Portrait Project 2009. Project combined art and oral history. 17 original, matted, unframed, black & white and color prints, numbered, signed, and copyrighted by the artist Janet Best Badger, a Bangor, Maine, artist and printmaker. (Three prints linoleum/color; 14 copper/b&W.) 20 color photos with text profiles by Bar Harbor photojournalist Rebecca Buyers-Basso. Individuals: Ruth Fostervold Westphal, Malcolm Donald, Annie Rice Alley, Gaile Frederika Bunker Colby, Sofie Lillian Nathan Dowling, Michael Richman, Louise Oldbrook Littleton Millar, Eva Mariae Bracy Galyean, Wesley "Junior" Bracy, Patricia Bailey, Charlene Louise Allen, Phil Allen Whitney, Clara Frances Pervear Wedge. Also miscellaneous photos including a rock, lupines, and the Macfarlan (Preble) house. Project was accomplished with a grant fom Maine Arts Commision, with support of The Heliker-LaHotan Foundation, GCIHS, and local residents.
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Prints and photographs for The Great Cranberry Island Portrait Project 2009. Project combined art and oral history. 17 original, matted, unframed, black & white and color prints, numbered, signed, and copyrighted by the artist Janet Best Badger, a Bangor, Maine, artist and printmaker. (Three prints linoleum/color; 14 copper/b&W.) 20 color photos with text profiles by Bar Harbor photojournalist Rebecca Buyers-Basso. Individuals: Ruth Fostervold Westphal, Malcolm Donald, Annie Rice Alley, Gaile Frederika Bunker Colby, Sofie Lillian Nathan Dowling, Michael Richman, Louise Oldbrook Littleton Millar, Eva Mariae Bracy Galyean, Wesley "Junior" Bracy, Patricia Bailey, Charlene Louise Allen, Phil Allen Whitney, Clara Frances Pervear Wedge. Also miscellaneous photos including a rock, lupines, and the Macfarlan (Preble) house. Project was accomplished with a grant fom Maine Arts Commision, with support of The Heliker-LaHotan Foundation, GCIHS, and local residents. [show more]
1000.0.280Stanley family genealogy
  • Document, Other Documents, Genealogy Records
  • People
Chart, genealogical, Stanley family, top: Enoch Boynton Stanley & Caroline H. Stanley, and Nancy ?Lopad? & Abraham Richardson
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Chart, genealogical, Stanley family, top: Enoch Boynton Stanley & Caroline H. Stanley, and Nancy ?Lopad? & Abraham Richardson
2013.246.1944Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public
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Document. Certificate: Augusta, Maine, 14 March 1860, William P. Preble of Cranberry Isle, State of Maine, as Notary Public for Hancock County for seven years. Signed by Scott M. Morrill, Governor. Certificate has an ivory and pink impressed and raised seal the State of Maine with the signature of the Governor below it and the notation: Commission Recorded Vol. 4, Page 173. Signed at bottom by Noah Smith, Secretary of State.
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Document. Certificate: Augusta, Maine, 14 March 1860, William P. Preble of Cranberry Isle, State of Maine, as Notary Public for Hancock County for seven years. Signed by Scott M. Morrill, Governor. Certificate has an ivory and pink impressed and raised seal the State of Maine with the signature of the Governor below it and the notation: Commission Recorded Vol. 4, Page 173. Signed at bottom by Noah Smith, Secretary of State.
2014.269.2005Slides ca. 1940, 1960-70s from Towns family
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  • People
  • Places
Photos. Collection of 48 slides from ca. 1960-70s (one slide from 1940s) including aerial photographs of Great Cranberry Island and events concerning the Towns family. Aerial photographs ca. 1968 probably taken by Bob Hylander. Events and people include: Preble Cove, GCI houses, Beal and Bunker dock, Hamor House and restaurant, Polly Bunker and gift shop, George Savage and Ruth Haydock on motor scooter, Bloom concert, school house, Doc Haydock and George Savage with the Lollipop skiff, Norma Bunker with turkeys, Dorothy Dot Towns, Red Macallister with VW Bug, Leona Macallister, Cranberry Cove Restaurant, John Lawrence. This collection is in addition to the 223 Towns family slides catalogued as: 2013.243.1941. (All slides have been scanned and identified. See c:....2014>photos>etc.)
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Photos. Collection of 48 slides from ca. 1960-70s (one slide from 1940s) including aerial photographs of Great Cranberry Island and events concerning the Towns family. Aerial photographs ca. 1968 probably taken by Bob Hylander. Events and people include: Preble Cove, GCI houses, Beal and Bunker dock, Hamor House and restaurant, Polly Bunker and gift shop, George Savage and Ruth Haydock on motor scooter, Bloom concert, school house, Doc Haydock and George Savage with the Lollipop skiff, Norma Bunker with turkeys, Dorothy Dot Towns, Red Macallister with VW Bug, Leona Macallister, Cranberry Cove Restaurant, John Lawrence. This collection is in addition to the 223 Towns family slides catalogued as: 2013.243.1941. (All slides have been scanned and identified. See c:....2014>photos>etc.) [show more]
1000.0.1359Photograph of Mary Teel Pratt
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Photograph. Black and white. Mary Teel Pratt in white dress with pearls. Mary Teel was born about 1912, daughter of Velma and Sawtelle Teel. Mary grew up in what is now (2013) David Bunker's house where Velma and Sawtelle once lived. She died in her sleep in November 1998. Phil Whitney has videos of Mary Teel reminiscing and walking with his mother on GCI.
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Photograph. Black and white. Mary Teel Pratt in white dress with pearls. Mary Teel was born about 1912, daughter of Velma and Sawtelle Teel. Mary grew up in what is now (2013) David Bunker's house where Velma and Sawtelle once lived. She died in her sleep in November 1998. Phil Whitney has videos of Mary Teel reminiscing and walking with his mother on GCI.
1000.140.1136Dagurreotype photograph of William Pitt Preble ca.1850-1855
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Photograph. Dagurreotype of man believed to be William Pitt Preble ca.1850-1855, in hinged, gilt-edged, leatherbound, wood case. Plush green velvet with impressed scroll design lines the interior of the cover; thin brass/metal mat has green corrosion spots. From the Louise Marr collection of items recovered from the Preble House. William Pitt Preble (1811-1905) was the second owner of GCI's historic Preble house. He exemplified the industrious ingenuity needed to succeed in homesteading and developing a community on this rugged island in the early 19th century. Preble was the son of the Mount Desert Rock lighthouse keeper, a descendant of an influential Portland family. He came to Great Cranberry as a teacher, and became a church elder, selectman, justice of the peace, tax appraiser, postmaster, storekeeper, shipbuilder, and shipwreck appraiser. He outlived both his wives and raised nine children.
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Photograph. Dagurreotype of man believed to be William Pitt Preble ca.1850-1855, in hinged, gilt-edged, leatherbound, wood case. Plush green velvet with impressed scroll design lines the interior of the cover; thin brass/metal mat has green corrosion spots. From the Louise Marr collection of items recovered from the Preble House. William Pitt Preble (1811-1905) was the second owner of GCI's historic Preble house. He exemplified the industrious ingenuity needed to succeed in homesteading and developing a community on this rugged island in the early 19th century. Preble was the son of the Mount Desert Rock lighthouse keeper, a descendant of an influential Portland family. He came to Great Cranberry as a teacher, and became a church elder, selectman, justice of the peace, tax appraiser, postmaster, storekeeper, shipbuilder, and shipwreck appraiser. He outlived both his wives and raised nine children. [show more]
1000.140.1843Ambrotype: perhaps Preble's second wife, Jane Matilda Hadlock Sanford Preble
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Photo. Ambrotype in folding wood frame with metal hasp; dark red velvet lining with impressed scroll pattern; brass mat with oval window, showing a young woman, perhaps William Pitt Preble's second wife, Jane Matilda Hadlock Sanford Preble. She was the mother of Samuel Sanford, daughter of Capt. Samuel Hadlock, Jr. and Hanna Caroline Dorothea Russ (1803-1889) a.k.a. "the Prussian Woman." From the Louise Marr collection of items recovered from the Preble House. (Photo ca. 1855-1860) See also 1000.0.1066G photo. She wears unusual fingerless gloves.
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Photo. Ambrotype in folding wood frame with metal hasp; dark red velvet lining with impressed scroll pattern; brass mat with oval window, showing a young woman, perhaps William Pitt Preble's second wife, Jane Matilda Hadlock Sanford Preble. She was the mother of Samuel Sanford, daughter of Capt. Samuel Hadlock, Jr. and Hanna Caroline Dorothea Russ (1803-1889) a.k.a. "the Prussian Woman." From the Louise Marr collection of items recovered from the Preble House. (Photo ca. 1855-1860) See also 1000.0.1066G photo. She wears unusual fingerless gloves. [show more]
1000.140.1137Photograph of Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling Preble
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Photo. Ambrotype in folding wooden case with two metal hasps showing a woman in dark dress, probably Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling Preble ca. 1855-1860. She was William Pitt Preble's first wife. He was her second husband; her first husband was Samuel Spurling. Inside: plush, burgundy, velvet lining with with floral design, photo in brass matte with fairly intricate preserver. From Louise Marr collection of artifacts recovered from the Preble House. (See also Maine Memory Network online exhibit and General Andrew Barclay Spurling, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, research at GCIHS. Abigail Hadlock and Samuel Spurling were his parents.
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Photo. Ambrotype in folding wooden case with two metal hasps showing a woman in dark dress, probably Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling Preble ca. 1855-1860. She was William Pitt Preble's first wife. He was her second husband; her first husband was Samuel Spurling. Inside: plush, burgundy, velvet lining with with floral design, photo in brass matte with fairly intricate preserver. From Louise Marr collection of artifacts recovered from the Preble House. (See also Maine Memory Network online exhibit and General Andrew Barclay Spurling, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, research at GCIHS. Abigail Hadlock and Samuel Spurling were his parents. [show more]