1 - 25 of 29 results

You searched for:

Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Date	Place	Rights
Bible (1873) belonging to Carrie Richardson with genealogy. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Organizations, Religious People		1873		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Bible (1873) belonging to Carrie Richardson with genealogy. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1037 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Organizations, Religious People Date: 1873 Description: Book, The Holy Bible from 1873 in poor condition. Belonged to Carrie Richardson. The GCIHS wrote and directed a play about Carrie Richardson which can be found on DVD in the museum. Carrie Richardson was able to navigate a boat by celestial navigation, she lived down in what is now the Heliker LaHotan foundation. Her husband Meltiah Richardson committed suicide, he tied cod weights around himself and jumped off the dock. Geneaological records that seem to have little relevance can be found tucked into the Bible. [show more]
Pew 21 in Union Meeting House Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, Religious People		1898		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Pew 21 in Union Meeting House Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2756 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, Religious People Date: 1898 Description: Pew 21 in the Union Meeting House, formerly owned by Wm. P. Preble and given to C. E. Harwood for use of the people in 1896; with the death of Harwood 1897, the Pew reverted back to Preble, and Preble, at the request of A. C. Wheelwright, did verbally allow him right to claim said Pew [thus apparently causing legal inaccuracies]. Preble now conveys the pew to Mrs. Frances A. Spurling. Signed by Wm. P. Preble December A.D. 1898, witnessed by Carrie M. Richardson and Lucinda Fernald [show more]
A Christmas Card for Lewis Stanley '49. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Greeting Card	Organizations, Religious People		1949	Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island	No Copyright - United States	A Christmas Card for Lewis Stanley '49. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2021.456.2919 Type: Document, Correspondence, Greeting Card Subject: Organizations, Religious People Date: 1949 Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island Description: A Christmas card for Lewis Stanley. The front of the card features a drawing of people going to church on a snowy day. The inside of the card says "Wishing you health and happiness for Christmas and the New Year" and it is signed Phil and Paul.
Eden Baptist Church records 1893 Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Chart, Family Tree	Organizations, Religious People	Eben M. Hamor		Bar Harbor, Eden		Eden Baptist Church records 1893 Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-6179 Type: Document, Chart, Family Tree Subject: Organizations, Religious People Creator: Eben M. Hamor Place: Bar Harbor, Eden Description: 1 comb bound book, clipped lists and glued ledger pages
"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church. Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Clipping	Events Organizations, Religious Other People Places, Town	Horace H. Leavitt	1940	Mount Desert, Somesville		"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church. Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2222 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Events Organizations, Religious Other People Places, Town Creator: Horace H. Leavitt Date: 1940 Place: Mount Desert, Somesville Description: Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
Articles and essays by R. L. Grindle Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Clipping	Organizations, Religious People	Robert L. Grindle				Articles and essays by R. L. Grindle Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2871 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Organizations, Religious People Creator: Robert L. Grindle Description: Old Days on the Sea Political History (I, II) the Doctrinal Controversy, 1924
Letter: Lona A. Rich to Jerome H. Knowles Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, Religious People	Lona A. Rich	1911	Bar Harbor, Eden		Letter: Lona A. Rich to Jerome H. Knowles Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3245 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, Religious People Creator: Lona A. Rich Date: 1911 Place: Bar Harbor, Eden Description: Regarding appointment of trustees for Eden Baptist Church
Letter: Jerome H. Knowles to Lona A. Rich Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, Religious People	Jerome H. Knowles	1911	Bar Harbor, Eden		Letter: Jerome H. Knowles to Lona A. Rich Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3247 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, Religious People Creator: Jerome H. Knowles Date: 1911 Place: Bar Harbor, Eden Description: Regarding appointment of Eden Baptist Church Trustees
Letter: Lona A. Rich to Jerome H. Knowles Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Legal, Will	Organizations, Religious People	Lona A. Rich	1911	Bar Harbor, Eden		Letter: Lona A. Rich to Jerome H. Knowles Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3246 Type: Document, Legal, Will Subject: Organizations, Religious People Creator: Lona A. Rich Date: 1911 Place: Bar Harbor, Eden Description: copy of Will page including trustee designation Regarding appointment of Eden Baptist Church trustees Samuel N. Rich and Edward S. Carpenter appointed
Laura Damon Cross Collection Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Businesses, Lodging Business Organizations, Religious Other People					Laura Damon Cross Collection Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7226 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Lodging Business Organizations, Religious Other People Description: Box 1 - Folder 1: Letter from Aunt May [Savage] to Cora Mae [Phillips Perry], February 23, 1924 Letter from Ernestine Savage to Cora May [Perry], March 9, 1950 - Folder 2: Photograph album with 14 photographs of Harbourside Inn, Journey's End, and Grey Rock Harbourside Inn menus, 1 handwritten and 1 typed, August 1971 Newsletter, Knowles News, Spring 2005 - Folder 3: Photograph, Lewellyn and Dot Damon, ca. 1950 Photograph, Laura Damon Cross, Bruce Damon, Carol Damon Dana, ca. 1950 - Scrapbook, poetry clippings - Scrapbook, Emily N. Phillips Reynolds, 1897, diplomas from Maud Trask and greeting cards - Publications: Official Journal and Yearbook of the 71st Session of the East Maine Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1918 Apollo: An illustrated manual of the History of Art throughout the ages, 1908 [show more]
Laura Damon Cross Collection Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook	Businesses, Lodging Business Organizations, Religious People					Laura Damon Cross Collection Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3485 Type: Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook Subject: Businesses, Lodging Business Organizations, Religious People Description: Box 1 Folder 1: Letter from Aunt May [Savage] to Cora Mae [Phillips Perry], February 23, 1924 Letter from Ernestine Savage to Cora May [Perry], March 9, 1950 Folder 2: Photograph album with 14 photographs of Harbourside Inn, Journey's End, and Grey Rock Harbourside Inn menus, 1 handwritten and 1 typed, August 1971 Newsletter, Knowles News, Spring 2005 Folder 3: Photograph, Lewellyn and Dot Damon, ca. 1950 Photograph, Laura Damon Cross, Bruce Damon, Carol Damon Dana, ca. 1950 Scrapbook, poetry clippings Scrapbook, Emily N. Phillips Reynolds, 1897, diplomas from Maud Trask and greeting cards Book, Official Journal and Yearbook of the 71st Session of the East Maine Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1918 Book, Apollo: an illustrated manual of the history of art throughout the ages [show more]
Sunday school attendance record book Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Administrative Records	Organizations, Religious People		1974		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Sunday school attendance record book Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.955 Type: Document, Administrative Records Subject: Organizations, Religious People Date: 1974 Description: Megan Denver's (daughter of Bob Denver, actor in the TV show Gilligan's Island) Sunday school attendance record book from 1974-1975
Rug making and Maine Seacoast Mission Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Religious Other People		1901		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Rug making and Maine Seacoast Mission Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2005.138.1078 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Religious Other People Date: 1901 Description: Documents pertaining to rug making. (A) Report of the Maine Seacoast Missionary Society for the year ending 1927. (B): Nine items of correspondence pertaining to the Cranberry Island Hooked Rugs program started by the Seacoast Mission, letters date from 1901-1902. The hooked rug program was one of the first cottage industries, the Seacoast Mission took completed rugs to New York for sale
Recital by William Goldberg at GCI Church Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Program	Organizations, Religious People		1995		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Recital by William Goldberg at GCI Church Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.711 Type: Document, Program Subject: Organizations, Religious People Date: 1995 Description: Recital by William Goldberg, piano, and Nick Humez, tenor-baritone, 6 Jul 1995, to benefit the Library
Mrs. Andrew C. Wheelwright legacy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Religious People	Mary Cabot Wheelwright			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Mrs. Andrew C. Wheelwright legacy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.691 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Religious People Creator: Mary Cabot Wheelwright Description: Document, photocopy, 2 sheets, essay starting "My mother's interest in Cranberry...", by Mary Cabot Wheelwright, about Mrs. Andrew C. Wheelwright's efforts for GCI, including donating to the church the Sarah Whitman stained glass window, the bell, and the parsonage; paying to restore the pulpit and chairs, helping to settle the site of the Town Dock, and hiring Mrs. Schrifgrisser to teach the children games and handcrafts. Transcribed. Also included is a 2019 letter from an Eliot family descendant, Alexander Goriansky, with with Eliot family genealogy and a copy of a letter published in "Letters from Elizabeth Cabot, Vol. III, Boston 1905". The letter is about Mrs. Cabot's visit to GCI August 8, 1900 to view the new stained glass window in the church: "...It is one of Mrs. Whitman's beautiful wreathes, with gorgeus reds and blues and enough white to show them off, laid on a white Greek cross, on the arms of which is the inscription. The church is absolutely bare, but well colored as to the walls...." Goriansky states that 100 years later, he lived upstairs from where the window's creator, Sarah Wyman Whitman, had lived from 1880-1904 (#77 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston), and that she was very fine designer and maker of "stained" glass windows. [show more]
"Cranberry Isles Benediction" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Reminiscence	Organizations, Religious People		1982		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	"Cranberry Isles Benediction" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.35.127 Type: Publication, Literary, Reminiscence Subject: Organizations, Religious People Date: 1982 Description: Document, 1982 (distributed on Forrester's retirement as summer minister) (2 copies)
Union Church Guild Meeting Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Events Organizations, Religious People	Arthur Coombs	1962	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Union Church Guild Meeting Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5452 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events Organizations, Religious People Creator: Arthur Coombs Date: 1962 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Three b/w photographs of women of the Union Church Guild (incl. Marguerite Coombs, Alida Coates, Carolyn Meader, Sheila Graves, Alice Carter, Mary Hooper, and Grace Donnell).
Maine Pilgrims Followed Prophet to Holy Land Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Clipping	Organizations, Religious Other People		4/18/1920	Maine		Maine Pilgrims Followed Prophet to Holy Land Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2191 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Organizations, Religious Other People Date: 4/18/1920 Place: Maine Description: Article about the "Church of the Messiah" sect, lead by G. J. Adams, in Indian River, ME, their pilgrimage to Jaffa in 1866. Material from Carl Kelley
Remembrances of Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Book, Journal, Diary	Organizations, Religious Other People Places, Island	Charles S. Hamlin	1934-1935			Remembrances of Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1527 Type: Publication, Book, Journal, Diary Subject: Organizations, Religious Other People Places, Island Creator: Charles S. Hamlin Date: 1934-1935 Description: Typewritten diary of Mrs. Charles Hamlin covers years between 1880's and early 1900's. Much information about Rev. William Doane; other families covered: Gardiner, Corning, Eliot. Social perspective of Northeast Harbor. Info re St. Mary's.
Sprague's journal of Maine history Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Book	Organizations, Religious Other People Places					Sprague's journal of Maine history Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-6157 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Organizations, Religious Other People Places Description: Sprague’s Journal of Maine History. 1920 Vol. 7 No. 4 – William Gilley, an early settler of MDI by William O. Sawtelle (p.192-193) 1920 Vol. 8 No. 1 1922 Vol. 10 No. 4 – Father Pierre Biard, Superior of the Mount Desert Jesuit Mission of Saint Sauveur by William O. Sawtelle (p.179-191) 1923 Vol. 11 No. 1 – note on p.41 on Seth Llewellyn Milliken a Representative from Maine, 1857-58 US Congress 1923 Vol. 11 No. 3 1923 Vol. 11 No. 4 1924 Vol. 12 No. 1 1924 Vol. 12 No. 2 1924 Vol. 12 No. 3 1924 Vol. 12 No. 4 (2) – Sir Samuel Argall by William O. Sawtelle (p. 201-221) 1925 Vol. 13 No. 1 1925 Vol. 13 No. 2 1925 Vol. 13 No. 3 1925 Vol. 13 No. 4 1926 Vol. 14 No. 1 1926 Vol. 14 No. 3 1926 Vo. 14 No. 4 – Pioneers of Mount Desert by William O. Sawtelle (p.179-187) Compiled 11/14/2012 by H. Stevens – The Island of Mount Desert by William O. Sawtelle (p.127-144) – 2 copies – Antoinette de Pons by William O. Sawtelle (p.188-195) – The Gilley Family Part One by William O. Sawtelle (p.6-15) – The Gilley Family Part Two by William O. Sawtelle (p.77-84) – Talleyrand’s Oath of Allegiance by William O. Sawtelle (p.147-148) – Sir Samuel Argall by William O. Sawtelle (p.201-221) – The Islesford Historical Collection by Wilfred A. Hennessy – Mount Desert: Champlain to Bernard by William O. Sawtelle (p.131-186) – Historical Thanksgiving at Southwest Harbor (p.27) [show more]
Woman's Literary Club Papers Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Chart, Family Tree	Organizations, Religious Other People Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse					Woman's Literary Club Papers Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-6465 Type: Document, Chart, Family Tree Subject: Organizations, Religious Other People Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Description: History of Mount Desert, subjects covering Churches, Lighthouses, Artists, Poets, Transportation, Authors & Educators.
Children singing Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Organizations, Religious People				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Children singing Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.193.1440 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, Religious People Description: Photo, Chris Sporacio, Candy Wedge, Christina Bracy, Alicia Sporacio, Unknown, Scott Bracy, Molly Gray
Children at church Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Organizations, Religious People				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Children at church Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.193.1433 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, Religious People Description: Photo, Scott Bracy, Christina Bracy, Chris Sporacio, Hannah Gray, Candy Wedge
Unidentified child with hat in church Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Organizations, Religious People				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Unidentified child with hat in church Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.193.1441 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, Religious People Description: Photo, Unknown child
Letter from William H. Preble to William P. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Businesses, Other Business Organizations, Religious People		1891		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter from William H. Preble to William P. Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2769 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Businesses, Other Business Organizations, Religious People Date: 1891 Description: Letter is from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble in 1891. He explains there have been many fatal cases of the grippe (flu); suggestions for how to handle repairs and sale of the GCI meeting house (church); and that his brother Andrew is disposing of his interests in the company (presumably Chicago Rawhide Mfg); Transcribed.

Save these search results as a PDF file