Description: Collection includes: “An Islesford Jabberwocky and other Stories of the Cranberry Islands”, “George Gilley and the Medicine Chest”, “Ensign Ben Bunker of Mount Desert and the Cranberry Isles”, “Footnote to History-Salvage of the USN Blimp k-14”, “The Houses of Islesford, Little Cranberry Island, Maine”, “Ray Dwelley of Islesford, Maine”, “Pioneer Settlers of Islesford”, “Reflections of a Winter’s Night”, “Pioneer Settlers of the Cranberry Islands”, “Rusticators at Large-The Islesford Summer Colony” finished copy and rough copy, as well as “Cranberry Isles Sketches”. [show more]
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]
Description: "Hotel IslesfordA.M. Falt, Manager. Open from early June to late September"Islesford, MaineOperated in conjunction with the Rockend, Northeast Harbor
Description: Rev. Hall and Mrs. Mills were found murdered in a lover's lane shortly after Rev. Hall returned to New Jersey from Islesford. The case was never solved
Description: The video was a student project by Mr. Taylor and others at Bowdoin. It is of high quality and contains excellent interviews with LCI fishermen Jack Merrill, Warren Fernald, Leeman Ham, Paul Thormann, and Curtis Thormann and other lobstermen from Vinalhaven
Object, Water Transporation, Watercraft Lamp, Watercraft Running Light
Description: This running light and the attached fabric were salvaged by Mr. Tebbetts who served as the Quartermaster on the Uss Haigler YTB-327 which vessel towed the wreck of the K-14 into Bunker's Cove on July 4, 1944. Mr. Tebbetts has also furnished copies of Photos and testimony as to his role in the salvage operation. (Small wood sample, given by Helen Merrill in August 1996.)