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1002"Praise of the Coast Guard" Poetry, undated
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Bryant, Faunce A.
Description:
A poem about the Coast Guard, written by Faunce A. Bryant
2770Harbor sea smoke
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • C. Alley
  • 2021
Description:
Great Cranberry harbor on a very cold morning photographed from the morning ferry to Northeast
2756Garden carts in snow
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • C. Thomas
  • 2015
Description:
Garden carts used to carry groceries, etc from the dock to home upside down in shore field covered in snow
2763Coffee hour at the Islesford Library
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Events
  • C. Thomas
  • 2017
2764Storytime at the Islesford library
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Events
  • C. Thomas
  • 2018
Description:
Ashley Bryan and Islesford children made masks for storytime
2766Winter firewood
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • C. Thomas
  • 2022
2767Snowy skiff and buried traps
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • C. Thomas
  • 2022
2768Winter coffee hour at the Islesford Library
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Events
  • C. Thomas
  • 2017
Description:
Tuesday mornings during the winter months Cindy Thomas hosts coffee hour in the library. Attending this one L to R Chris Wriggins, ??? , Ann Fernald, Ashley Bryan, Christine Sandberg, Skip Stevens, Kathy Lake
2759Cranberry Isles Fisherman's Coop float in winter
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Cari Alley
  • 2021
Description:
Photo from Islesford town dock looking west over CIFC float toward MDI
2760Islesford harbor in winter
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Cari Alley
  • 2021
Description:
Cranberry Isles Fisherman's Coop float, Islesford Dock restaurant dock; Sutton Island and MDI in the distance
1017U.S. Coast Guard Life Boat Photograph, c. 1940s
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Dwelley, H.
Description:
A U.S. Coast Guard life boat with other boats in the background. Inscription on back reads "USCG Life boat/ Photo by H. Dwelley/ 1940s" in pencil Black and white
1003Woodlawn House Business Card, undated
  • Object, Identification Card, Business Card
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Dwelley, James R.
Description:
The Woodlawn Inn was built by George Henry Fernald for George and Edna Gilley, circa 1893. After Edna's death it was closed in 1909. James Ray and Ada Dwelley reopened the inn in 1911 and ran it for over 40 years. A business card for the Woodlawn House, with rates. People Mentioned: James R. Dwelley
1005Letter from George Hadlock to Francis G. Fernald
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Weir
  • Hadlock, George R.
Description:
Letter and envelope from George Hadlock to Francis G. Fernald about applying for a shared weir or trap license. February 25, 1944 People Mentioned: Percy T. Clarke
2755Interior of the Islesford Historical Society room taken from the Islesford Library backroom
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Islesford Historical Society
  • 2021-01-19
Description:
The photograph shows the room which was built onto the back of the Islesford Library in 1998 to house the Islesford Historical Society collection.
2778Map of west end of Islesford
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • [John] Brooks and [Phillip} Bowditch
  • 1971
Description:
Photo taken of western part of a Map labeled Brooks/Bowditch 1971 showing houses, docks, and old ice pond
1236Drying fish Islesford Taken by F.W. Morse
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Morse - Fred W. Morse
1248Islesford taken by F.W. Morse
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Morse - Fred W. Morse
1364Dory at Bunkers Head 1900 By Fred Morse
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Dory
  • Morse - Fred W. Morse
1388The Marsh looking towards Mount Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Landscape
  • Morse - Fred W. Morse
Description:
1900. By Islesford photographer Fred W. Morse. Postcard imprinted with "The Braided Rugs Inn, Little Cranberry Island, Maine 04646, [207] 244-5943"
1022Cora and Arthur Spurling Cabinet Card
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph
  • People
  • Neal, George A.
Description:
Couple's portrait of Cora and Aurthur Spurling. Inscription on back reads "Cora and Arthur Spurling" in blue pen and a photographer's stamp appears at the bottom right corner. People Depicted: Cora Spurling, Arthur Spurling Black and white
1006Hotel Islesford Booklet, undated
  • Publication, Booklet
  • People
  • People
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Noether, Gerry
  • Falt, A. M.
Description:
A booklet featuring photographs of sites on Islesford. People Mentioned: A. M. Falt
1007Cranberry Isles: Glimpses of Island Life, 1976
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Events, Town Meetings
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Noether, Gerry
  • Geraldine F. Noether
  • 1976
Description:
A booklet about daily life and activities on Cranberry Island with some illustrations. Property of Hugh L. Dwelley, Islesford, Maine. Acw. #0316 Date 03/06 People Mentioned: Hugh L. Dwelley, Lura Bodwell, Tinker Colby, Charles Rice, Steve Spurling, Lynn Colby, Winslow Bunker, Maggie Denver, Gary Allen, Norma Bunker, Kenneth Lemoine, David Lemoine, Joyce Forsyte, Edith Cunningham, Dick McFalls, Gail Colby, Sonja Colby, David Westphal, Louise Sorenson, Beverly Sanborn, Wendy Sundstrom, Carl Nelson, Barbara Brooks, Charles E. Harwood, Charles N. Davie, Alexander P. MacDonald, J. W. Tingley, A. D. Knight, Daniel E. Fox, James B. Ford, Melvin Hutchins, Charles Gordon Cumming, Howard N. Bacon, Sarah Fraley, Wilfred Bunker, Amaziah Alley, Margie Phippin, Donald Allen, Julius Luck, Lyndon Colby, Robert Alley, Tud Bunker, Lil Samenfeld, Mark Samenfeld, Jack Helliker, Mickey MacFarlan, Gretna Finkelstein, Chuck Liebow, Don Hagberg, Helena Hagberg, Keith Wedge, Carl Fernald, Ada Rice, Marilyn Peterson, Irene Bartlett, Carl Brooks, Frances Bartlett, Cathy Poulin, Karen Bunker, Polly Storey, Betty Sprague, Elmer Hadlock, Polly Bunker, Ruth Stanley, Timmy Savage, Blair Colby, Ginna Murray, Lionel Sundstrom, Norman Sanborn, Ed Gray, Willie Wellman, Herman Savage, William Preble, George V. Spurling, George W. Colby, Abraham C. Fernald, W. M. Richardson [show more]
1008The Islesford Thimble Club Annual Sale Poster
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Civic
  • The Islesford Thimble Club
  • 1902-08-05
Description:
A poster for the Islesford Thimble Club Fifth Annual Sale.
2741Young - Lulu Stewart Young (1874 - 1956)
  • Reference
  • People
2742Woodlawn
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Description:
The Woodlawn Inn was built by George Henry Fernald for George and Edna Gilley, circa 1893. After Edna's death it was closed in 1909. James Ray and Ada Dwelley reopened the inn in 1911 and ran it for over 40 years.
2743Life Saving Station
  • Reference
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
2744Hadlock - Col William E. Hadlock
  • Reference
  • People
2745Hadlock - Fannie Hadlock
  • Reference
  • People
2746Phippen - Fred Poag Phippen
  • Reference
  • People
2747Phippen House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
2748Bryant - Ralph A. Bryant (1892-1982)
  • Reference
  • People
2750Stanley - Lena (Stanley) Bryant (1870-1893)
  • Reference
  • People
Description:
July 11, 1870 - October 28, 1993
2751Bryant - Roy Bryant (1892-1992)
  • Reference
  • People
2752Morse - Fred W. Morse
  • Reference
  • People
2753Fernald - Arthur "Garfield" Fernald
  • Reference
  • People
1001Nautical Chart of Mount Desert Island and Surrounding Area
  • Document, Chart, Navigational Chart
  • Places, Island
  • 1909 c.
Description:
A nautical chart showing Mount Desert Island, the Cranberry Isles, and surrounding islands, with depths, topography, triangulation, and hydrography.
1004Weir or trap license application, February 25, 1944
  • Document, Form, Application
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Weir
  • 1944-02-25
Description:
An application for a weir or trap license for George Hadlock and Francis G. Fernald. People Mentioned: Francis G. Fernald, George R. Hadlock, Eleanor M. Bowditch
1009Nautical Chart of Mount Desert Island and Surrounding Area
  • Document, Chart, Navigational Chart
  • Places, Island
  • 1909 c.
Description:
A nautical chart showing Mount Desert Island, the Cranberry Isles, and surrounding islands, with depths, topography, triangulation, and hydrography.
1010Two Boys Smiling Photograph, c. 1890s
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • People
Description:
Two boys smiling outside on a porch. They are wearing hats and jackets. Inscription on back reads "1890s ??" in black pen Black and white
1011Hotel Iselsford Postcard, 1918
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Description:
Note indicates the hotel was torn down circa 1918/1919. Postcard depicting Hotel Islesford. Inscription on front reads "Hotel Islesford/ [illegible] 1918-19-" in blue pen inscription on back reads "Irene Bartlett" in blue pen People Depicted: Irene Bartlett Black and white
1012Front Yard Scene at Woodlawn Photograph, 1948
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1948-08
Description:
The Woodlawn Inn was built by George Henry Fernald for George and Edna Gilley, circa 1893. After Edna's death it was closed in 1909. James Ray and Ada Dwelley reopened the inn in 1911 and ran it for over 40 years. Three people in the front yard of Woodlawn House. Inscription on back reads "Typical front yard scene at Woodlawn House. Mrs. Wagner busy at something, with Mrs. Kemmer and Miss Whilinan [sp?] deep in discussion on the porch rail. Islesford, Aug, 1948" in pencil Black and white [show more]
1013Hadlock's Weir in Bunker's Cove Photograph, undated
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Weir
  • Places, Shore
Description:
Hadlock's Weir in Bunker's Cove. Incription on back reads "G. Hadlock's weir in bunker cove" in orange marker People Depicted: G. Hadlock Black and white
1014Hadlock's Weir in Bunker's Cove with Mount Desert Island in the Distance Photograph, undated
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Weir
  • Places, Shore
Description:
Hadlock's Weir in Bunker's Cove. Mount Desert Island is visible in the background. Incription on back reads "G. Hadlock's weir in bunker cove" in orange marker People Depicted: G. Hadlock Black and white
1015Six Men Standing with Cart Photograph
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph
  • People
Description:
Six men standing by a cart, some wear uniforms, likely for the Coast Guard. Black and white
1016Beach Drill Practice Pole Photograph
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Description:
Man participating in a beach drill practice for the Coast Guard. Inscription on back reads "Beach Drill practice pole at Coast Guard Station Islesford" in pencil Black and white
1018U.S. Coast Guard Members with Model Ships Photograph, c. 1930s
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
Description:
Six members of the U.S. Coast Guard holding four model ships. Inscription on back reads "#1 - Left to Right/ Payson Tucker (?) - Elmer Farnsworth, Herbert Foss (?) - Freeman Harmon (Skipper)/ Sailboats all made by Ephriam Alle - (He isn't in the photo./ I still have one of those sailboats - (Made in 1945) and in darned good shape" in black pen and is signed "Ted Sp[?] Sr., 12/29/93." People Depicted: Payson Tucker, Elmer Farnsworth, Herbert Foss, Freeman Harmon, Ephriam Alley Black and white [show more]
1019Little Cranberry Life Saving Station Cabinet Card
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • Vessels, Boat
Description:
Photograph of the Islesford Life-Saving Station, with five men standing out front. Inscription on back reads "Life Saving Station/ Little Cranberry Island" in blue pen Black and white
1020Cambell House Cabinet Card
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Description:
Photograph of the Cambell House with four figures (Kate, Edna, Ada, and Ben) standing out front. Inscription on back reads "The Campbell House/ Kate, Enda, Ada + Ben" in pencil with an Islesford Historical Society stamp in the bottom right corner. People Depicted: Edna Hadlock, Ada Dwelley Black and white
1021Edna, Ada and Cora Cabinet Card
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Description:
Group portrait of Edna J. Hadlock, Cora Spurling, and Ada M. Dwelley sitting on steps, wearing hats. Inscription reads "Ada Dwelley on Left/ Cora Spurling/ Edna Hadlock" in black pen People Depicted: Ada M. Dwelley, Cora M. Spurling, Edna J. Hadlock Black and white
1023Edna Hadlock Cabinet Card
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph
  • People
Description:
Nee Campbell. Edna was born in 1885 and died in 1949. She married George R. Hadlock. Portrait of Edna Hadlock, circa 1900. People Depicted: Edna Hadlock Black and white
2001Publications of Bibliographical Guides. Titles as follow: "Maine in the Ciivl War", "Maine Genealogy", "Maine Shipbuilding", "Maine During the Federal and Jeffersonian Period", "Indians of Maine and the Atlantic Provinces", "Maine Bibliographies"
  • Publication, Other Publication
2002Book "The Sword of Honor, A story of the Civil War" by Lieut. H.A. Johnson
  • Publication, Book
Description:
Little or no relevance to the Cranberry Isles
2003Copies of records of marriages submitted to the state by Cranberry Isles Town Clerks between 1841-1891, with a few years missing. Also copies of the Assessor's Treasurer's and Agricultural statistics returns for the years of 1864, 1865 and 1866. Also 1844 and 1846 notes from William P. Preble.
  • Document, Administrative Records
2004Book "The illustrated Coast Pilot"
  • Publication, Book
Description:
A 2nd edition with sailing directions and photos of most light houses and light ships along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the US. The book is marked Smith Stanley and was probably found in the house after purchased by Francis Fernald
2005Mayo Geneaology
  • Document, List, Register, Family Register
Description:
One of the Mayo Families was among the early settlers on Dount Deser. on pg 2 it says that Wilson M. Mayo, born at Eden(BarHarbor) in1845 Worked for Colonel W.E.Hadlock on Little Cranberry as a gardener & farmer
2006James R. Dwelley's account with Mildred Thompson when she ran the store. Account for the month of December 1952
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book
2007Gen. Andrew Spurling folder
  • Document, Other Documents
Description:
photo copies pertaining to Gen.Andrew Spurling
2008Collection containing Photos of the Steamer Islesford and of a model built in 2003 by Gerard Fernald Records of the Islesford's construction and papers about the steamboat indusstry in general
  • Image, Photograph
2009Book "Joh Gilley, Maine Farmer and Fisherman" by Charles W. Eliot
  • Publication, Book
2010A disk containg a video titled 'Troubled Waters: Fishing in the Gulf of Maine'
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording
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
2011Book "Tables of Computed Altitude and Azimuth, Vol. V"
  • Publication, Book
Description:
Repairing and adjusting compasses was Ted's specialty after his retirement
2012Sample menu (not the actual menu served). Photos of chef and shooting schedule for "Dinner Impossible" served and filmed on Islesford on October 6,
  • Document, List, Menu
2013DVD "High on Maine with Jeff Dobbs and Jack Perkins"
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, DVD
2014Book "Eminent Mainers, Suucint Biographies of thousands of amazing Mainers, Mostly Dead, and a few from away who have done something useful within the state of Maine" by Arthur Douglas Stover
  • Publication, Book
2015VHS "Dinner Impossible" episode held on Islesford in October 2006
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, VHS
Description:
Two Copies
2016Publication "Chebacco" Volume X 2009
  • Publication, Other Publication
Description:
No mention of the Cranberry Isles
2017Publication "Chebacco" Vol. VIII 2006-2007
  • Publication, Other Publication
Description:
Contains articles about the history of MDI
2018photo copy of article about Rachel Field Down East Magazine 1971
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Description:
article Sammy Sanford & Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles
2019A calcareous beach on the coast of maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
Description:
By Percy Raymond and H.C. Stetson
2020“Island Life: An educator’s guide to the Cranberry Isles in the 1800’s and the Islesford Historical Museum”
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Description:
Given acquisition #0433
2021“Finding Aid for Cranberry Isles Collection 1596-1982”
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Description:
Given acquisition #0434, Copies 1 and 2
2022“Sustaining Island Communities”
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Description:
A publication released by the Island Institute in partnership with the Maine Coastal Programs. Pages 57-67 concern the Cranberry Isles.
2023Downeast December 1991
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Description:
Article featuring Ashley Bryan on pages 53-55
2024Downeast Magazine April 1996
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Description:
Article featuring Great Cranberry Island from pages 74-77
2025Downeast Magazine, December 1988
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Description:
Artcle featuring Barbara Cooney, artist of "Island Boy" based off of John Gilley of Baker's Island. Article on pages 69-71
2026The Red Book 1998
  • Publication, Directory
Description:
“The Red Book: directory and handbook, Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor, Somesville, Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor and Adjacent Islands, 1998, 73rd Edition. By Cheryl Caughey Chase.
2027Town of Cranberry Isles Annual Report 2005
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Description:
Deaquisitioned
2028Town of Cranberry Isles Annual Report 2006
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Description:
Deaquisitioned
2029Town of Cranberry Isles Annual Town Report 2007
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Description:
Deaquisitioned
20302009 Annual Report of the Town of Cranberry Isl
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Description:
Deaquisitioned This report won the “Supreme Award” from the Maine Municipal Association
20312004 Annual Report of the Town of Cranberry Isles
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Description:
Deaquisitioned
2032The Fire of 47 A Supplement ot the Bar Harbor Times
  • Publication, Other Publication
2033Complete collection of Town Annual Reports from 1925 - 2002
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Description:
Deaquisitioned
2034A-Town Report 1923-1924. B- Complete collection of Town Reports from 1911-1916
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
2035DVD “Hitty’s Theme and Hannah Caroline’s Lament” DVD describes Rachel Field’s connection to the Cranberry Isles as well as the connection between Hitty and GCI
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, DVD
2036DVD "Wits and Nitwits" Children's play from 2004
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, DVD
Description:
Two Copies
2037VHS of Islesford Children’s Opera, Spring 2003
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, VHS
2038VHS "Maypole Dancing at Islesford with African Music"
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, VHS
Description:
No date.
2039VHS "Modern Times in Maine and America 1890-1930"
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, VHS
2040VHS “Building Character Episode 107”
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, VHS
Description:
Features Clayton and Starr Bright in their home on the Sandbeach at Islesford
2041VHS made from 8 mm films taken at Islesford by Victor Wyerman in the 1940’s and 1950’s
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, VHS
Description:
Tape of narrative of the Wyerman film attached.
2042VHS “Snapshots” Episode #19
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, VHS
Description:
Episode about Aquaculture, Darling Center, and Swim Lobster Pound
2043“A Sense of Place a Sense of Time: A portrait of a Maine island community”
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording
Description:
A 52 min. video highlighting Islesford
2044VHS “True North #407: Maine Love Economy
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, VHS
2045VHS Cranberry Isles. Historical "God's Pocket"
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, VHS
2046Wells & Ward Families on the Sandbeach at Islesford -1920’s
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
2047VHS "Hitty the Legend Continues"
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, VHS
Description:
Two copies
2048DVD “A Century of Hope on a Sea of Change: The Story of the Maine Sea Coast Mission”
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, DVD
Description:
Released in 2005
2049The Islesford Journals of Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Island
  • 1992
Description:
3 Ring binder containing “The Islesford Journals of Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch, Journals I-IV”, Transcribed by Hugh L. Dwelley published by the Islesford Historical Society in June 1992.
2050Oral history transcriptions
  • Document, Oral History
  • People
Description:
3 Ring binder of transcriptions of interviews an oral histories by Hugh Dwelley with Tud Bunker, Calvin Alley, Francis Stanley, William Hadlock, Arthur Spurling, Ted Spurling Sr., Emerson Ham, Leeman Ham, Natalie Beal, Irene Bartlett, Ann Morse, and Elmer Hadlock
2051Book “Maine Almanac: Maine’s most comprehensive general reference handbook, concise, accurate, up-to-date information about all aspects of the state of Maine 1978”
  • Publication, Book
2052Publication “Chebacco: The Magazine of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Volume IX 2008”
  • Publication, Other Publication
Description:
Islesford noted on page 44
2053Publication “Chebacco: The Magazine of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Volume XI 2010”
  • Publication, Other Publication
Description:
Photo of Sutton’s Island on page 53
20543-ring binder labeled “Islesford Historical Society Publications Volume #1”
  • Publication, Other Publication
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]
2055Book “Island Sketchbook, Artists’ Impressions of the Acadian Islands, Compiled for the Islesford Historical Society”
  • Publication, Book
Description:
Includes sketches from TIPs, Rick Alley, Corey Alley, Mark Howard, Dan Fernald, and Sarah Corson
2056Book “Memories of a Maine Island” by Marie Locke and Nancy Montgomery
  • Publication, Book
Description:
Turn of the century life on Little Cranberry Island, Maine told through photographs and memories of Irene Morse Bartlett, a life-long island resident
2057Book “Centennial: A Century of Island Newspapers” by James M. Aldrich
  • Publication, Book
Description:
A collection of newspapers, descriptions, and copies of clippings from newspapers in the Deer Isle/Stonington area. No direct relation or mention of Islesford or the Cranberry Isles
2058Magazine “Boston: Top Doctors” Issue 12, 2009
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Description:
Article about Marya Spurling daughter of Ted and Jeri Spurling on page 96. Mention of David Brooks on page 122.
2059Magazine “Cultural Resource Management – Keeping Lighthouses a new Breed of Keepers Focus on Preservation” Volume 20, No. 8, 1997.
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Description:
Mention of Acadia National Park and Baker’s and Bear Island as well as the Bass Harbor Head Light on page #16
2060Magazine “Down East – The Magazine of Maine: Treasured Islands, Cast Away on Cranberries” July 2007
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Description:
Article about the Cranberry Islands can be found on page 58-65
2061Publication “The Maine Sea Coast Mission Centennial Report”
  • Publication, Other Publication
Description:
Photograph of GCI on page 6
2062Magazine “The Atlantic Monthly” April 2002
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Description:
Article about lobster fisherman, Islesford, and lobster populations off of Islesford pages 62-81. Located on shelf #11
2063Publication “Maine in the Civil War – The Nine Month Regiments” by John A. Heseltine Kennebunk, Maine
  • Publication, Other Publication
Description:
Mentions Cranberry Isles militia men in the 28th Regiment. Copy of letter from Hugh Dwelley to author enclosed.
2064Booklet “My Bible Story Book: Stories of Some of God’s Helpers, Third Grade, Part one”
  • Publication, Booklet
Description:
Inscription on inside “Date: Oct. 1945, My Teacher’s Name: Phyllis Colson”
2065Catalog for the August 15, 1998 Treasures of the Maine Coast fundraiser with two invitations inside as well as a correspondence between Hugh Dwelley and Starr Bright concerning the commissioning of a piece of art work. The watercolor “Summertime on Little Cranberry” was painted and donated by Edith Wright of Islesford
  • Publication, Catalog
2066Copied and version of the article “Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles” from Downeast magazine August 1971. Also included is the play written by Hugh Dwelley about the encounters between Rachel Field and Sammy Sanford that inspired the book “God’s Pocket”. 2 Copies of play manuscript.
  • Publication, Literary, Article
2067Publication “Stanley Scrapbook June 1993”
  • Publication, Other Publication
2068Publication “Descendants of George (1650-1715) & Bethiah Lovett (1652-1736) Stanley of Beverly, Mass” By Adrian O. Stanley 1997
  • Publication, Other Publication
2069Publication “The Stanley-Gilley Cemetery Islesford, Maine” By Ted Spurling, Jr.
  • Publication, Other Publication
2070Publication “Life on an Island: Early Settlers off the Rock-Bound Coast of Maine” by Laurie Hobbs-Olson
  • Publication, Other Publication
Description:
Edition of “Teaching with Historic Places” ISBN 0891332901
2071Scanned copies of maps of the Cranberry Islands hand drawn by Rufus Putnam after the Revolutionary War while being hired by the ‘Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands’
  • Map
  • Places, Island
2072"What Islesford Meant to Me an Open Letter from Philip Bowditch"
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Description:
Read at the Islesford Literary Evening in July 1997
2073Collection of materials labeled “Material Supplied to Katrina Vanduzen for the Island Institute’s Community Sustainability Study 1996/97”
  • Document, Other Documents
2074Publication “Notes Re a few of the Spurlings of Islesford” by Hugh Dwelley
  • Publication, Other Publication
Description:
a collection of articles and pictures of some of the Spurling family.
2075Collection entitled “Letters of Capt. Enoch Spurling of Great Cranberry Island, Maine to His Wife Hannah 1824-29
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Description:
Foreword note by Hugh Dwelley
2076Publication entitled “Cap’n Fernald” By Hugh Dwelley
  • Publication, Other Publication
Description:
Contains anecdotes about Islesford and Islesford resident Captain Francis Fernald
2077Publication “The Church, The Organ, and the Thimble Club” By Marion Spurling 1997
  • Publication, Other Publication
2078Publication “Marion Spurling March 27, 1902 – June 9, 2001. By Ted Spurling Sr.
  • Publication, Other Publication
Description:
Memories by Ted Spurling Sr. of his mother Marion Spurling
2079Publication “The Maine Island Register: April 1995, a handbook of facts and services for the year-round islands of Maine”
  • Publication, Other Publication
Description:
Cranberry Isles report found on page 10
20802010 Annual Report Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Description:
Deaquisitioned
2081Publication “William Otis Sawtelle: A Biography” By Robert Pyle. A rough draft completed 7/99
  • Publication, Other Publication
2082Spurling folder
  • Document, Other Documents
Description:
photos,obits, news articles In Spurling & Fernald file
2083Genealogical material Dunbar & Gilley
  • Document, List, Register, Family Register
Description:
Prepared by Ralph Stanley for Nancy Bulger of Manset & her Aunt Neola Gilley Gallant
2084list of names birth year & death year
  • Document, List, Register, Family Register
2085Hancock county Marriages ,The town of Cranberry Isles
  • Document, Government, Marriage Record
  • People
Description:
The Maine Genealogical Society vol. 11 No. 4 pg96
2086Spofford Geneaology
  • Document, List, Register, Family Register
Description:
copy of Spofford Geneaology sent by Mel Spofford
2087blue print Sandbeach Cemetery 1913
  • Document, Reprographic Copy, Blueprint
Description:
some names and photos along with blue print of sandbeach cemetery 1913
2088Scripts from Islesford Drama Club from 1915-present
  • Publication, Literary, Script
2089Photocopied from the book "The Village" pages 2-62.
  • Document, Other Documents
Description:
Originally found in the Mayo folder (Acq. #108) Now located outside of Mayo folder but still in Mayo box.
2090Record book of sales from Dwelley’s store 1926-1927
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book
2091Booklet “Old Time New England: The Bulletin of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Vol. XII, No.4, April, 1922”
  • Publication, Booklet
Description:
Article about the “Blue Duck” museum building can be found on page 185
2092A collection of 27 “old island photographs”
  • Image, Photograph
Description:
Photos scanned into Islesford Photos Collection
2093Notes about the genealogy of the Hadlock family including obituaries and family doings
  • Document, List, Register, Family Register
2094A variety of materials including news clippings, genealogies, and photos of and about Wendell Hadlock.
  • Document, Other Documents
2095Wendell Hadlock’s report “A Historic and Archeological Sites Survey of Acadia National Park and Adjacent Territories
  • Document, Report
2096A collection of articles, genealogies, and pictures of George Hadlock and his sons. Including a story written by Hugh Dwelley about George Hadlock's Weir.
  • Document, Other Documents
2097A collection of newspaper articles, Obituaries, copies of town records and genealogies about the Hadlock family
  • Document, Other Documents
2098A collection of newspaper articles, obituaries, copies of town records and genealogies and photographs of Elmer and Bill Hadlock
  • Document, Other Documents
2099A collection of newspaper articles, obituaries, copies of town records and genealogies and photographs of
  • Document, Other Documents
2100a guide to rescuing pioneer gravestones
  • Publication, Guidebook
2101Tiny wooden crate of wodden cranberries
  • Object, Containers, Crate
Description:
Sent to Jennie Jarvis by Phyllis Colson 1943 mail tag still attached
2102Records INHA 1911-1975
  • Document, Record Book
  • Organizations, Civic
Description:
Includes 1940 agre Bound Grange
2103The Island Reader
  • Publication, Other Publication
Description:
Vol. 7 Spring 2012
2104Letters from Ted
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Description:
Correspondence between Capt Theodore Lemont Spurling Sr & Hugh Dwelley (Bud)
2105Letters from Ted vol II
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Description:
Correspondence from Capt Theodore Lemont Spurling Sr to Hugh Dwelley (Bud)
2106Letters from Joy
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Description:
Correspondense from Joy Sprague Islesford Postmaster & some photos
2107Sawtelle Collection finding guide
  • Publication, Guidebook
Description:
CD
2108Chebacco
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Description:
MDI hist. society magazine Vol 13 2010
2109trustees report Maine Missionary Society, 1896
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Description:
Maine Missionary Society Year report 9/1/1896
21102011Town of Cranberry Isles Ann. Report
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Description:
Town Report 2011
21112012 Town of Cranberry Isles Ann. Report
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Description:
Town Report 2012
2112DVD Ralph Stanley & Friends
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, DVD
Description:
DVD Ralph Stanley & friends at the GCIHS Ann Meeting 8/15/2002
2113DVD A sence of place, A sense of time
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording, DVD
Description:
DVD a sense of place, a sense of time, a portrait of a Maine island community
2114Who fished these waters: Cranberry Isles
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Description:
Who fished these waters: Cranberry Isles fisheries & fishermen in the 19th Century
2115Photo of Steamer Mount Desert 1879-1904 Rockland Bar Harbor Run. Replaced by STR. JT. Morse 1904 Eastern Steamship CO. Mt. Desert also ran Boston - Rockland
  • Image, Photograph
2116Untitled
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Description:
Deaquisitioned-2009 Annual Report
2117Card with “A Fark Girl Off To Market” by Native Capt. Bryant 1991-97
  • Image, Artwork
Description:
Artwork done by Roy Bryant
2118Oil painting of Steamer Islesford Painted in 1990 by Dottie Spofford
  • Image, Art, Painting
Description:
Another painting of the Islesford by former Islesford resident Robert Morse is located at Rockland Maine in the possession of Mrs. Susan Hadlock
2119Oil painting of the Steamer Islesford Painted in 1990 by Dottie Spofford.
  • Image, Art, Painting
Description:
Another painting of the Islesford by Former Islesford Resident Robert Morse is locatedt in Rockland, Maine in the possessionn of Mrs. Susan Hadlock.
212019th Century Seaman's medicine chest with contents and a copy of Ritter's Medical Manual
  • Object, Furnishings, Household Box, Medicine Chest
Description:
Chest owned and used by George Gilley (1848-191 _)of Islessford. See Islesford Historical Society Occasional Paper No. 1, June 1991.
2121History of Maine by John S.C. Abbott. Published in 1875 by B.B. Russell, Portland
  • Publication, Book
Description:
Purchased by Mr.Palmer in 1990 at a used book store in the Washington D.C. area
2122Book-The Island of Mount Desert Register with the Cranberry Isles 1909-1910 compiled by Lawton, Jordan, Maddox, Auburn, Maine
  • Publication, Book
2123Record of Cranberry Isles of Births & Deaths
  • Document, Government, Vital Record
  • People
Description:
Ruled vertical Composition book . Found in a trunk in the attic of Spofford House now owned by Hathaways.Begins with Benaiah born 7/14\1783
2124Stanwood/Hadlock Bible
  • Object, Religious Text, Bible
Description:
Bible found in the house built by Capt. Gilbert Hadlock and occupied by him, by Geoarge R. Hadlock and Elmer S. Hadlock. Inscription 'This Bible was presented to my father Capt. Edwin Hadlock by my maternal grandmother Mary Stanwood after my father's decease, by my mother Mary A. Hadlock Sept. 3, 1878. -Harvey D. Hadlock'
2125Town of CranberryIsles check stubs 1908-1910
  • Object, Pay Order, Bank Check
Description:
In poor condition. Said to have been found in a museum trash can
2126Book-Maine Register State Year Book and Legislative Manual 1931-32 Published by Fred L. Tower Companies Portland, Maine
  • Publication, Book
2127Book "The Bluejackets' Manual" Published by the United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland. Fourteenth edition 1950.
  • Publication, Book
Description:
Inscription on front cover - Given to Milton A. Phippen by Thomas L. Benton, JR.
2128Book "Life and Correspondence of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch" by his son Vincent Y. Bowditch. Published by the Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1902. Volume I of II
  • Publication, Book
Description:
Inscription - Presented to the Islesford Library by the children of henry I. Bowditch
212948-star American Flag
  • Object, Flag
Description:
The flag of Rockbound Grange#568 was active on Islesford From 1939-1979
2130Book-Maine, Its History, Resources & Government by: Glenn W.Starkey 1920
  • Publication, Book
Description:
Inscribed "Property of Town of Cranberry Isles" Two Copies
2131Book-Anchor to Windward by L Edwin Valentine Mitchell. New York, Coward McCann, Inc. 1940
  • Publication, Book
Description:
Dedicated to Neil Dow Bousfield. A story of the Maine Seacoast Mission
2132Decendants of Benjamin Spurling 1752-1837
  • Document, List, Register, Family Register
Description:
prepared for Marion Spurling by Katie Fernald from records at the Islesford Museum
2133The Cranberry Island Famlies compiled by William Otis Sawtelle with further research by Leslie Victor Stanley and Dorothy Parker Phelan 1965
  • Document, List, Register, Family Register
Description:
Copied from material at the Bangor Library. Pages 12 &13 and pages 96 and 129 were not copied and are missing from this set.
21341899 Edition of the Holy Bible published by the American Bible Society
  • Object, Religious Text, Bible
Description:
Used by the Islesford Congregational Church from the time it was organized in 1898
21351896 edition of the Holy Bible published by the American Bible Society. New York.
  • Object, Religious Text, Bible
Description:
Used by the Islesford Congregational Church from the time it was organized in 1898
2136Hymns of the Living Age, New York The Century Company, 1923. Inscribed: "Property of the Islesford Church, 1928"
  • Object, Hymnal
Description:
Used by the Islesford Congregational Church until the 1980's
21371897 Calendar from the Berlin Iron Bridge Co., East Berlin, Conn.
  • Document, Calendar
Description:
Found in the basement kitchen of the Islesford Congregational Church. Construction of the Church began in Nov.1898
2138Booklet "Sprague's Journal of Maine History 1924, Vol. XIII No.1 & No.2"
  • Publication, Booklet
Description:
These volumes include "The Gilley Family of Mount Desert" by William Otis Sawtelle in two installments
2139Sprague's Journal of Maine History. A - Vol. 9, No.3, 1921. B - Vol. 10, No. 4, 1922. C - Vol XIII, No. 2, 1925
  • Publication, Book, Journal
Description:
C - Contains an article about the Islesford Historical Society
2140Booklet "Chaplain to Bernard" by William Otis Sawtelle
  • Publication, Booklet
Description:
1 of 2 copies found
2141Booklet "Sir Samuel Argall - The First Englishman at Mount Desert" by William Otis Sawtelle
  • Publication, Booklet
2142Booklet "Notes of the Norwood Family" by William Otis Sawtelle
  • Publication, Booklet
Description:
2 Copies
2143Booklet "Thomas Pownall Colonial Governer and Some of his activities in the American Colonies" by William Otis Sawtelle
  • Publication, Booklet
2144Booklet "Daniel Gott, Mount Desert Pioneer his Ancestors and Decsendents" by William Otis Sawtelle
  • Publication, Booklet
2145Booklet "Sir Francis Bernard and his Grant of Mounmt Desert" by William Otis Sawtelle
  • Publication, Booklet
Description:
Only 1 copy found
2146Booklet "The Electric Spark" by William Otis Sawtelle. Reprint from the Astrophysical Journal, Vol. XLII, No.2 September 1915
  • Publication, Booklet
2147Lists of exhibitors at the Annual Art Shows held in conjunction with the Islesford Church Fair from 1951 through 1986 (1935-57 missing)
  • Document, List
2148Secretary's records of The Islesford Thimble Club (later the Islesford Church Club) 1912-1966
  • Document, Record Book
  • Organizations, Civic
Description:
Nineteen notebooks stored in two boxes
2149Collection of Poems: Fear is the Thorn by Rachel Field. Hard Cover.
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
Description:
Includes a poem REMEMBERED BLUE about Sutton Island. Also, on Pages 38 & 39, poems about Sammy Sanford's life and after his death on GCI. The Shopping Expedition. on Pages 61-66 relates a trip from Sutton to the mainland and is excellent.
2150Publication "Maine in the Age of Discovery: Christopher Levett's Voyage, 1623-1624 and a guide to sources"
  • Publication, Other Publication
Description:
For an idea of the status of English settlements in Maine in the 17th century, see also "The Letters of Thomas Gorges" Acq.0037