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Art Show Quilt 2021
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
  • Object, Furnishings, Decoration
  • Beverly Sanborn
  • Cranberry Isles
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Art Show Quilt 2021
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
This quilt was made by Beverly Sanborn for the Cranberry Island Art Show for Great Cranberry Historical Society in 2021. Karin Whitney donated it to the Museum.
Stories of Cranberry Isles Capt. Eugene Stanley
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Daniel H. Ham
  • 1936
  • Cranberry Isles
Description:
Writings about Captain Eugene Stanley from Sutton Island.
The Construction of Road I-95 - Doris 'Dot' McSorley
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Events
  • Doris 'Dot' McSorley
  • Cranberry Isles
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
The Construction of Road I-95 - Doris 'Dot' McSorley
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A description of the process around building the road I-95, written by Dot McSorley.
Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of the Emily F. Northam
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Events, Shipwreck
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Farnham W. Smith
  • Mar-74
  • Cranberry Isles
Description:
Copy of article about the salvage of cargo from the schooner "Emily F. Northam" wrecked on the mudflats off Cranberry Island December 2, 1926. Capts. Hadlock and Jarvis organized a salvage crew of Fernalds, Stanleys, and Spurlings.
Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of Emily F. Northam
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel
  • Farnham W. Smith
  • Cranberry Isles
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of Emily F. Northam
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
The Emily F. Northam was a three masted cargo schooner that was grounded off of the Baker Island reef, the crew and cargo were rescued but the Northam never left the Cranberry Isles. In 1974 the Downeast Magazine published a piece written about the event by Farnham W. Smith, and the Historical Society acquired its use for the island's history. Introduction by Bruce Komusin.
Life-Saving Station 1, Cranberry Isles, ME
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Franklin Stanley
  • 1880-1996
  • Cranberry Isles
Description:
Copies of Wreck Reports from Life-Saving Station located at Cranberry Isle District No. One. These were from the U.S. Life Saving Station at Little Cranberry Island before it became The U.S. Coast Guard in 1913. The station was discontinued in 1946. Ted Spurling
Model Warship - Built by Arvard Savage
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Model
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Gaile Colby
  • Cranberry Isles
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Model Warship - Built by Arvard Savage
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Model warship built by Arvard Savage. Donated by Karin Whitney.
Model Schooner
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Model
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • George Savage
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Model Schooner
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Two-mast schooner model by George Savage. Red, white, orange, black with blue deck, four sails, no name or number on stern or sides. He lived on the island from the 1930s onward. He was a constable.
Steve Spurling and Arleen Spurling Interview Jun. 2000
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Oral History
  • People
  • Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • 2000
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Steve Spurling and Arleen Spurling Interview Jun. 2000
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Audio cassette tape of interview with Steve and Arleen Spurling by Wini Smart, 30 Jun 2000
Annette Mountain Interview Jun. 2000
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Oral History
  • People
  • Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • 2000
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Annette Mountain Interview Jun. 2000
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Audio cassette tape of interview with Annette Mountain, in her house, by Wini Smart, Jun 2000
Collection of over 110 digital video recordings of interviews, oral histories, and events
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording
  • People
  • Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Description:
Video recordings. Collection of over 110 digital video recordings of interviews, oral histories, and events recorded by Bruce Komusin, Phil Whitney, and Wini Smart from 2001-2013. [Note: 74 of these videos converted to MPEG-4/H.264 files by Northeast Historic Film in Bucksport, ME May 2016.] Subjects include interviews of donors, residents, and GCI events including: Richardson, Dunbar, Stanley, Bracy, Horvath, Moss, King, Goldberg, Wadsworth, Rice, Wedge, Bloom Phippen, Peterson, Seimer, Marr, Beaulieu, Bunker, Noether, Hartley, Grandgent, Mountain, Allen, Westphal, Cumming, Sayre, Spurling interviews. Events include: Tom Powell ordination, Jane Goldberg Tap Dancing, Baker Island dancing, memorial services, Poetry and Music, GCI scenes, quilt seminar, fiddle playing, boats, Hitty, Rachel Field, Lawler's ice lecture, Crow & Sound, moving Cranberry House, and trailmaking. Most of the original recordings are on mini digital video cassettes (mini DV), with some mini-discs, and four mini-VHS tapes. Several of these recordings have been made into DVDs for sale at the museum store. [show more]
Cranberry Wall of Fame - Hannah Gower-Fox, 2023
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • People
  • Hannah Gower-Fox
  • 2023-08-14
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Known Copyright
Cranberry Wall of Fame - Hannah Gower-Fox, 2023
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A booklet detailing each of the individual photographs of people on the 'Cranberry Wall of Fame' in the Museum. Contains information regarding the names; occupations; significant life partners; family members; and houses on the island. Produced using Tax records, Historical maps, google maps, and Phil Whitney's extensive knowledge of islanders personal histories. To be used in conjunction with the photographs on the wall in the museum. [show more]
Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Herbert Edwards
  • 1971
  • Cranberry Isles
Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Short biography of Rachel Field's life on Sutton Island and nearby Cranberry Islands and how her environment influenced her writing. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1971.
View from Schoolhouse Ledge
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Landscape
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1976
  • Cranberry Isles
View from Schoolhouse Ledge
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Taken from above Harborside, showing Cranberry Isles. This is the best known view of Frazier's Cove which was filled in the 1950's (marina)
Petition to set apart Cranberry Isles as separate town.
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Request, Petition
  • Places, Island
  • James Kelley
  • 1-1-1830
  • Cranberry Isles
Description:
A petition from the inhabitants of Cranberry Isles requesting that the islands be set apart from the town of Mount Desert as a separate town. James Kelley, constable of Mount Desert
Marjorie Phippen Interview Nov. 1993
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Oral History
  • People
  • Jeff Weisbruch
  • 1993
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Marjorie Phippen Interview Nov. 1993
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Audio cassette tapes (set of 2) of interview with Marjorie Phippen by Jeff Weisbruch, paid for by GCIHS, 5 Nov 1993 (see item 436)
Lindon "Tud" Bunker Interview Oct. 1992
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Oral History
  • People
  • Jeff Weisbruch
  • 1992
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Lindon "Tud" Bunker Interview Oct. 1992
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Audio cassette tape of interview with Lindon "Tud" Bunker by Jeff Weisbruch, paid for by GCIHS, 12 Oct 1992 (might be connected with item 445)
Marjorie Phippen Interview Dec. 1993
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Oral History
  • People
  • Jeff Weisbruch
  • 1993
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Marjorie Phippen Interview Dec. 1993
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Audio cassette tapes (set of 2) of interview with Marjorie Phippen by Jeff Weisbruch, paid for by GCIHS, 17 Dec 1993
Charles Rice & Ada Rice Interview Mar. 1993
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Oral History
  • People
  • Jeff Weisbruch
  • 1993
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Charles Rice & Ada Rice Interview Mar. 1993
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Audio cassette tapes (set of 2) of interview with Charles & Ada Rice by Jeff Weisbruch, paid for by GCIHS, 19 Mar 1993 (see item 434)
Finding Aid for Cranberry Isles Collection 1596-1982
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Places, Island
  • Jim J. Karle
  • Cranberry Isles
Description:
Collection documents the settlement and genealogical history of the Town of Cranberry Isles, Me., consisting of five islands located in the Gulf of Maine east of Mount Desert Island: Baker, Bear, Sutton, Great Cranberry, and Little Cranberry (Islesford).
Sue Lyman House, Cranberry Islands
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Knowles Company
  • 1920's
  • Cranberry Isles
Sue Lyman House, Cranberry Islands
Northeast Harbor Library
Trudy Bancroft House, Cranberry Islands
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Knowles Company
  • 1920's
  • Cranberry Isles
Life on an Island:
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Laurie Hobbs-Olson
  • Cranberry Isles
Life on an Island:
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Lesson Plan #l6. A study program dealing with the lives and livelihoods of Cranberry Isle residents.
Cranberry Isles Sketches
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Louis G. Barrett
  • Cranberry Isles
Cranberry Isles Sketches
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Reminiscences of social life & customs, Cranberry Islands, 1959
Washcloths crocheted by Postmistress Marjorie Phippen ca. 1970s
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Towel
  • Object, Other Object
  • Marjorie Phippen
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Description:
Fabric. Two crocheted, cotton washcloths: white with green scalloped edge and white with pink scalloped edge. Both made by Marjorie Phippen ca. 1970s and purchased by donor at Ladies Aid Fair in 1970s or '80s. Marjorie was the postmistress for years on GCI.