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2294Geneology of Nancy Ann Joy by Philip Curran
  • Document, List, Register, Family Register
Geneology of Nancy Ann Joy by Philip Curran
Item:
  • 2294   
Type:
  • Document, List, Register, Family Register
Description:
Being the families of Abraham Somes, Benjamin Joy, Solomon Littlefield, William Henry Pride and Joshua Woodbury
2295Vol. 2, #26, April 1, 1896: "Sowing and Reaping" by D.L. Moody
  • Publication, Book
Vol. 2, #26, April 1, 1896: "Sowing and Reaping" by D.L. Moody
Item:
  • 2295   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
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
2296Vol. 2, #28, May 1,1896: "Probable Sons"
  • Publication, Book
Vol. 2, #28, May 1,1896: "Probable Sons"
Item:
  • 2296   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
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
2297Vol. 2, #40 Nov. 1 18961
Kadesh Barnea by J. Wilbur Chapman, D.D.
  • Publication, Book
Vol. 2, #40 Nov. 1 18961
Kadesh Barnea by J. Wilbur Chapman, D.D.
Item:
  • 2297   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
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
2298A 4-page handwritten letter dated June 4, 1900 from CM Richardson to Rev. CN Davie, pastor of the church on Great Cranberry Island, transmitting a 13 page notice dated June 25, 1897.
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
A 4-page handwritten letter dated June 4, 1900 from CM Richardson to Rev. CN Davie, pastor of the church on Great Cranberry Island, transmitting a 13 page notice dated June 25, 1897.
Item:
  • 2298   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Description:
Rev. Davie was pastor of the churches on both Great Cranberry and Little Cranberry Islands, His files and library were discovered in the house of the late Rev. Paul Olander at Islesford in 2002. The files were turned over to the Islesford Church and by them to the Islesford Historical Society. These documents record the difficulties that the Church on Great Cranberry was having involving ownershipof pews and the conversion from a Christian meeting house to a Congregational church with open pews. The original documents have been given to the GCI Historical Society. [show more]
2299Book storms and Shipwrecks of New England by Edward Rowe Snow
  • Publication, Book
Book storms and Shipwrecks of New England by Edward Rowe Snow
Item:
  • 2299   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Description:
Includes, beginning at page 61, the wreck of the Grand Design at Sea Wall in 1741
2300Swivel for use with a large bouy on the end of a trawl set or a gang of traps from Francis Fernald
  • Object, Mechanical, Swivel
Swivel for use with a large bouy on the end of a trawl set or a gang of traps from Francis Fernald
Item:
  • 2300   
Type:
  • Object, Mechanical, Swivel
2301VHS "An Interview with Marjorie Phippen 1904-2002"
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, VHS
VHS "An Interview with Marjorie Phippen 1904-2002"
Item:
  • 2301   
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, VHS
Description:
2 Copies
2302Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of the Emilu F. Norton
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of the Emilu F. Norton
Item:
  • 2302   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Description:
copy #2 Reproduced from Down East magazine of March 1974 by the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
2303Minstrelsy of Maine
  • Publication, Literary, Musical Composition, Music Book, Songbook
Minstrelsy of Maine
Item:
  • 2303   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Musical Composition, Music Book, Songbook
Description:
Songs of Maine. Capt. Archie Spurling and other Cranberry Islanders were the sources of many of the sea shantys in this collection. Co-author Mary Smyth, and her sister were long-time summer residents on Islesford. Their father was Rev. Newman Smyth who built the summer cottage later owned by the McAvoy and Land Families, in the 1940's. The Smyth sisters boarded in Mary Morse's old Stanley houe and "mealed" at Woodlawn
2304An Interview with Ralph Stanley
  • Document, Oral History
An Interview with Ralph Stanley
Item:
  • 2304   
Type:
  • Document, Oral History
Description:
copy #1
2305VHS "Ralph Stanley & Friends at the GCIHS Annual Meeting"
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, VHS
VHS "Ralph Stanley & Friends at the GCIHS Annual Meeting"
Item:
  • 2305   
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, VHS
Description:
Ralph Stanley & Friends playing at the GCIHS Annual Meeting 8/15/2002
22643 legged milking stoosl
  • Object, Furnishings, Stool
3 legged milking stoosl
Item:
  • 2264   
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Stool
Description:
Irving Spurling and earlier Islesford farmers used stools like this when milking their cows. This stool may have come from Woodlawn where Ray Dwelley had a cow in the 1920s-30s.
2265Wash Board
  • Object, Maintenance, Washboard
Wash Board
Item:
  • 2265   
Type:
  • Object, Maintenance, Washboard
Description:
Used for scrubbing clothes when they were being washed by hand. This may have come from Woodlawn.
2266Clothes stick
  • Object, Other Object
Clothes stick
Item:
  • 2266   
Type:
  • Object, Other Object
Description:
this was used to stir clother in a washtub. It may have come from Woodlawn.
2267Catalogs from the Higgins Classical Institute from 1927-1931
  • Publication, Catalog
Catalogs from the Higgins Classical Institute from 1927-1931
Item:
  • 2267   
Type:
  • Publication, Catalog
Description:
Many Islesford school children have attended the Higgins Classical Institute among them are Marjorie Bunker, Laurence Phippen, Robert Morse, Harold Phippen, Clayton Bunker, Sylvia Gilley, and Elizabeth Dwelley
2268Book THE MAINE TOWNSMAN published 1910
  • Publication, Book
Book THE MAINE TOWNSMAN published 1910
Item:
  • 2268   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
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.
2269Maine History publication, Volume 39. Spring 2000 (A) Fall 2000(B) Winter 2000/1 (C)
  • Publication, Other Publication
Maine History publication, Volume 39. Spring 2000 (A) Fall 2000(B) Winter 2000/1 (C)
Item:
  • 2269   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
2270Publication "The Civil War Letters of Captain John Fraklin Godfrey"
  • Publication, Other Publication
Publication "The Civil War Letters of Captain John Fraklin Godfrey"
Item:
  • 2270   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Description:
On page 25 there is a mentioning of the "26th Maine Rgnts" of which Col William Hadlock was a member
2272Publication "The History Journal of MDIHS Volume III 2000"
  • Publication, Other Publication
Publication "The History Journal of MDIHS Volume III 2000"
Item:
  • 2272   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
2273Book "Fatal Tryst" by Gerald Tomlinson
  • Publication, Book
Book "Fatal Tryst" by Gerald Tomlinson
Item:
  • 2273   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
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.
2275The Island Cookbook. Published by the ladies of the Islesford Church Club. 1940 the cost of the printing was covered by Dr. Ernest Stillman
  • Document, Instructional, Recipe, Cookbook
The Island Cookbook. Published by the ladies of the Islesford Church Club. 1940 the cost of the printing was covered by Dr. Ernest Stillman
Item:
  • 2275   
Type:
  • Document, Instructional, Recipe, Cookbook
Description:
This is the 3rd Islesford Cookbook. Earlier editions were published in 1901 and 1935. A subsequent softcover edition was published in 1976
2276Booklet "Dedication Hadlock Memorial Park" on July 17, 2001
  • Publication, Booklet
Booklet "Dedication Hadlock Memorial Park" on July 17, 2001
Item:
  • 2276   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
2277Book "The Lady of the Lake" by Sir Walter Scott. From the Riverside Literature Series. Copyright 1908
  • Publication, Book
Book "The Lady of the Lake" by Sir Walter Scott. From the Riverside Literature Series. Copyright 1908
Item:
  • 2277   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
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)
2278Book "And Then Again.." by Mark R. Lawler
  • Publication, Book
Book "And Then Again.." by Mark R. Lawler
Item:
  • 2278   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
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.