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| 2367 | “Maine Lobsterboats: Builders and lobstermen speak of their craft” by Virginia L. Thorndike, resident of Islesboro |
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Description: Has many references to MDI as well as Islesford and the Downeast area. | ||||
| 2368 | Book "All About Maine" by John E. Cayford. Published in 1981 |
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| 2339 | Books 0318A "Laws and Regulations Relating to the Lighthouse Establishment 1880" 0318B "Instructions to Lightkeepers 1902" 0318 C "Instructions to Employees of the United States Lighthouse Service 1915" |
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| 2342 | Notes & Photos from the book Maine Sea Fisheries the rise and fall of a native industry 1830-1890 |
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Description: By Wayne M. O'Leary Northeastern University press, Boston 1996 | ||||
| 2308 | Book "Book of the Cranberry Islands" by Richard Grossinger, 1974 |
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Description: A "stream of conscience" tale of little value to the Cranberry Isles. | ||||
| 2319 | Book "Mount Desert - The Early French Visits" by Charles Savage |
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| 2295 | Vol. 2, #26, April 1, 1896: "Sowing and Reaping" by D.L. Moody |
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Description: From the library of Rev. Charles N. Davis who was the pastor of the Cranberry Isles churches for several years. Inscription: "From the collection taken for books by Edwin Hadlock, Islesford, August, 1897 | ||||
| 2296 | Vol. 2, #28, May 1,1896: "Probable Sons" |
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Description: From the library of Rev. Charles N. Davis who was the pastor of the Cranberry Isles churches for several years. Inscription: "From the collection taken for books by Edwin Hadlock, Islesford, August, 1897 | ||||
| 2297 | Vol. 2, #40 Nov. 1 18961 Kadesh Barnea by J. Wilbur Chapman, D.D. |
| Vol. 2, #40 Nov. 1 18961 Kadesh Barnea by J. Wilbur Chapman, D.D.
Description: From the library of Rev. Charles N. Davis who was the pastor of the Cranberry Isles churches for several years. Inscription: "From the collection taken for books by Edwin Hadlock, Islesford, August, 1897 | ||||
| 2299 | Book storms and Shipwrecks of New England by Edward Rowe Snow |
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Description: Includes, beginning at page 61, the wreck of the Grand Design at Sea Wall in 1741 | ||||
| 2268 | Book THE MAINE TOWNSMAN published 1910 |
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Description: Autographed "The Property of A.J. Bryant." A.J. was an official of the Town of Cranberry Isles and this book supplied guidance for everything from the running of Town Meetings to the administration of Fish and Game laws. | ||||
| 2273 | Book "Fatal Tryst" by Gerald Tomlinson |
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Description: The minister and his wife were guests at Woodlawn in July and August 1922. Shortly after they returned home Rev. Hall and a member of his choir were murdered. | ||||
| 2277 | Book "The Lady of the Lake" by Sir Walter Scott. From the Riverside Literature Series. Copyright 1908 |
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Description: Marked on the inside cover as property of Islesford School Library. Loan List includes - Theodore L. Spurling, Marion Spurling, Malcolm Fernald, Pauline Stanley (1936), Francis Stanley, and Warren Fernald (1940) | ||||
| 2278 | Book "And Then Again.." by Mark R. Lawler |
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Description: A collection of humorous short stories published in 1962. Rosemary Lawler was a teacher in the Islesford school from about 1942 to 1945. She boarded with Betty and Francis Fernald and they became good friends. Rosemary's father ran the ice business out of Southwest Harbor. Her uncle, Mark Lawler was an engineer working on the Mississippi and living in New Orleans. This copy of his book was a gift to Francis and Elizabeth Fernald. | ||||
| 2284 | Books "The Minister and the Choir Singer" and "Fatal Tryst" |
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Description: Both books tell the story of the Halls-Mills murder case. Rev. Hall and his family were guests at Woodlawn in 1922. Shortly after their return home, Rev. Hall and a member of his choir were found murdered. The mystery has never been solved. | ||||
| 2254 | Book "Mount Desert - A History" by George E. Street. |
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Description: Reprint of the book originally published in 1905. Includes material about the Cranberry Isles | ||||
| 2262 | Book "The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines" by Margaret Vandercook |
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Description: The book appears to have been given to the Islesford School by the Sea Coast Mission in 1939. It is of interest because it contains numerous autographs of Islesford students from 1939-1949. The autographs often include comments on the weather such as "Agood day", "A slippery day", etc. | ||||
| 2223 | Book "Washington's Farewell Address - to the people of the United States" |
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| 2224 | Book "Memories of a Maine Island" by Marie Locke and Nancy Montgomery |
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Description: This book is based on interviews by Marie Locke with her grandmother, Irene Bartlett, and with glass plate photographs by Irene's father Fred Morse of Islesford. The Islesford Historical Society served as a fiscal agent for the project. Irene Bartlett died on June 27, 1998 and a copy of her obituary has been inserted in the book | ||||
| 2230 | Book "Time Out of Mind By Rachel Field |
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Description: Rachel Field is a local author who used to live on Sutton's Island. She is also the author of "God's Pocket" and "Calico Bush" which have references to the Cranberry Isles | ||||
| 2241 | Soft covered book titled "The Wabanakis of Maine and the Maritimes" |
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Description: Includes record of Wabanaki words and songs | ||||
| 2200 | "American Agriculturalist Almanac for 1896" |
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Description: A great variety of statistics, data and information from the time period | ||||
| 2201 | Book "Carry on Mr.Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham. Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1955 |
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Description: A novelized version of the life and time of Nathaniel Bowditch, the navigator. | ||||
| 2202 | Book "The Pine Tree Coast" by Samuel Adams Drake, Estes and Lauriet, Boston, 1891 |
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Description: A first person narrative of a trip taken along the entire coast of Maine in 1890. Includes a reference to Cranberry Isles | ||||
| 2203 | Publication "Vessels Owned in the Cranberry Islands 1856-1860" Compiled by Ralph Stanley in 1996 from the records of the southwest harbor customs house |
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