Program of Annual Meeting of the Mt. Desert Island Federation of Women's Clubs, 25 May 1935, apparently held at "Mother's Club" of GCI, with song "Pines of Maine" by Elizabeth Powers Merrill
Description: Program of Annual Meeting of the Mt. Desert Island Federation of Women's Clubs, 25 May 1935, apparently held at "Mother's Club" of GCI, with song "Pines of Maine" by Elizabeth Powers Merrill
Program of Maine Summer Visitor's Day, hosted by the Abbe Museum at its location at Sieur de Monts Spring in Bar Harbor, 16 Aug 1935, listing acts in an historical pageant performed during the height of the Great Depression to promote Maine tourism. (Both sides of program scanned.)
Description: Program of Maine Summer Visitor's Day, hosted by the Abbe Museum at its location at Sieur de Monts Spring in Bar Harbor, 16 Aug 1935, listing acts in an historical pageant performed during the height of the Great Depression to promote Maine tourism. (Both sides of program scanned.)
Brochure, 4 pages, from the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, summer 2001, mentions "Mosquito Cove" and Horton P. Jackson, Jr. putting his 64 acres on GCI into the trust in 1998, retaining title to the land and 2 rustic cabins on it.
Description: Brochure, 4 pages, from the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, summer 2001, mentions "Mosquito Cove" and Horton P. Jackson, Jr. putting his 64 acres on GCI into the trust in 1998, retaining title to the land and 2 rustic cabins on it.
Notebooks. Minutes of the Ladies Aid of Cranberry Isles 1970-1980. Three spiral binders of handwritten minutes. Notebook A: "Ladies Aid Secretary Reports": 1970-1973 notes by Hilda Spurling and Mary Anne Bunker. Notebook B: Ladies Aid Society Secretary Reports - notes by Sonja Colby 1973-1978. Notebook C: Ladies Aid Secretary Report - notes by Sonja Colby 1978-1979.
Description: Notebooks. Minutes of the Ladies Aid of Cranberry Isles 1970-1980. Three spiral binders of handwritten minutes. Notebook A: "Ladies Aid Secretary Reports": 1970-1973 notes by Hilda Spurling and Mary Anne Bunker. Notebook B: Ladies Aid Society Secretary Reports - notes by Sonja Colby 1973-1978. Notebook C: Ladies Aid Secretary Report - notes by Sonja Colby 1978-1979.
Documents. U.S. Army certificate for Alfred Emery Ladd, Private 1st Class, Medical Detachment, 125th Infantry died with honor in the service of his country on the sixth day of August 1918. Signed and dated 19 October 1918. With War Department envelope addressed to Mr. Lewis E. Ladd, Cranberry Isles, Maine, postmark illegible. And a card from the War Department imprinted with info that it's from the President who wishes to express his deep and sincere sympathy. Online genealogy lists Alfred Emery Ladd, born November 17, 1889 who died August 06, 1918 in Action in France. He was the son of Clara E. Gilley and Lewis Ladd. Ladd lived in the present (2016) Freeman house on GCI.
Description: Documents. U.S. Army certificate for Alfred Emery Ladd, Private 1st Class, Medical Detachment, 125th Infantry died with honor in the service of his country on the sixth day of August 1918. Signed and dated 19 October 1918. With War Department envelope addressed to Mr. Lewis E. Ladd, Cranberry Isles, Maine, postmark illegible. And a card from the War Department imprinted with info that it's from the President who wishes to express his deep and sincere sympathy. Online genealogy lists Alfred Emery Ladd, born November 17, 1889 who died August 06, 1918 in Action in France. He was the son of Clara E. Gilley and Lewis Ladd. Ladd lived in the present (2016) Freeman house on GCI. [show more]
Clock, in wooden case with pendulum window (pendulum missing), engraved brass plate "Made for Longfellow School Great Cranberry Isle with pleasure by Ralph Gould 1978", inside case is written "made by Ralph Gould 1976", the clock mechanism seems to be all brass, except for the pendulum attachment stub, with three chimes inside; the clock itself tries to run but ticks only for a short time, perhaps because of the missing pendulum; the glass face opens and has two key holes, probably to wind the clock and the chimes; the face has roman numerals. face: 12" diam, face frame 15.5" W (octagonal), cabinet: 16" L x 7.25" W x 3.75" D
face: 12" diam, face frame 15.5" W (octagal), cabinet: 16" L x 7.25" W x 3.75" D
Description: Clock, in wooden case with pendulum window (pendulum missing), engraved brass plate "Made for Longfellow School Great Cranberry Isle with pleasure by Ralph Gould 1978", inside case is written "made by Ralph Gould 1976", the clock mechanism seems to be all brass, except for the pendulum attachment stub, with three chimes inside; the clock itself tries to run but ticks only for a short time, perhaps because of the missing pendulum; the glass face opens and has two key holes, probably to wind the clock and the chimes; the face has roman numerals. face: 12" diam, face frame 15.5" W (octagonal), cabinet: 16" L x 7.25" W x 3.75" D [show more]
Two blue paper bookmarks with cranberry design in dark red and green, and with legend "Great Cranberry Library - Libraries are not made; they grow. A. Birrell". One bookmark has the cranberry leaves hand-colored green. The library was started 1986 or 1987, the bookmark was made about 1990 by Jeanne Goldberg, and Ruth Westphal started 1999 as librarian.
Description: Two blue paper bookmarks with cranberry design in dark red and green, and with legend "Great Cranberry Library - Libraries are not made; they grow. A. Birrell". One bookmark has the cranberry leaves hand-colored green. The library was started 1986 or 1987, the bookmark was made about 1990 by Jeanne Goldberg, and Ruth Westphal started 1999 as librarian.
Newspaper photo: Volunteers gather around the newly-built playground near the Longfellow School and the Great Cranberry Library; with a list of names, some unknown. Transcribed - names.
Description: Newspaper photo: Volunteers gather around the newly-built playground near the Longfellow School and the Great Cranberry Library; with a list of names, some unknown. Transcribed - names.
Ledger page, loose, both sides used, school and property tax info, no date, appears to be a working sheet, in red pen, 8 names: Arno P. Stanley, Lewis Ladd, George Bulger, Edwin Spurling, Sam Bunker, William Bunker, Thomas Bunker, Leonard Holmes. Poor condition.
Description: Ledger page, loose, both sides used, school and property tax info, no date, appears to be a working sheet, in red pen, 8 names: Arno P. Stanley, Lewis Ladd, George Bulger, Edwin Spurling, Sam Bunker, William Bunker, Thomas Bunker, Leonard Holmes. Poor condition.
Letter from Hugh Dwelley to Susan White explaining the enclosed copy of the Great Cranberry Island's church deed from 1897, Includes a copy of the original church deed.
Description: Letter from Hugh Dwelley to Susan White explaining the enclosed copy of the Great Cranberry Island's church deed from 1897, Includes a copy of the original church deed.