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1888 Deed to U.S. Life Saving Station

1890 Autograph book Cora Spurling

1897 Calendar from the Berlin Iron Bridge Co., East Berlin, Conn.

1898 Mail Order Catalog from Jordan Marsh

1934 Morse Strore Calendar

1973-1974 Cemetery Surveys (2)

1990 Islesford Historical Program

2004 Annual Report of the Town of Cranberry Isles

2009 Annual Report of the Town of Cranberry Isl

2010 Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine

2010 Annual Report Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine

2011Town of Cranberry Isles Ann. Report

2012 Town of Cranberry Isles Ann. Report

2013 Ann. Report Town of Cranberry Isles, ME

3 ring binder containing a copy of the “Town of Cranberry Isles Comprehensive Plan, 7/19/2010”

3-Ring loose leaf binder containing list of vessels built-Mount Desert Island, Cranberry, Tinker Thompson's and Long Island (Frenchboro) compiled by Ralph W. Stanley

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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.

A collection of articles, genealogies, and pictures of George Hadlock and his sons. Including a story written by Hugh Dwelley about George Hadlock's Weir.

A collection of newspaper articles, Obituaries, copies of town records and genealogies about the Hadlock family

A collection of newspaper articles, obituaries, copies of town records and genealogies and photographs of

A collection of newspaper articles, obituaries, copies of town records and genealogies and photographs of Elmer and Bill Hadlock

A disk containg a video titled 'Troubled Waters: Fishing in the Gulf of Maine'

A framed NOTICE of Station Bills & Drills required on steamers carrying passengers

A Hadlock account book with entries from 1846 and 1847 as well as some from 1852

A report on the downing of the K-14 dated May 1998

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“A Sense of Place a Sense of Time: A portrait of a Maine island community”

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A variety of materials including news clippings, genealogies, and photos of and about Wendell Hadlock.

Account Book for Dwelley Store

Account book from Stanley store beginning about 1900

An Interview with Ralph Stanley

An interview with Tud Bunker

Andrew E . Stanley Ledger 1903-1913

Andrew E. Stanley Ledger book 1875-1888

Anna Hadlock record of burial with 1st husband Burton Stanley

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1958

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1945-1946

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1946

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1947

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1948

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1949

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1950

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1952

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1953

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1954

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1955

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1956

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1959

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1960

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1961

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1962

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1963

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1965

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1966

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1967

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1968

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1969

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1970

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1971

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1972

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1973

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1974

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1975

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1976

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1977 (two copies)

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1979

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1980

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1982

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1985

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1994

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1996

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1997

Annual Report - Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1999

Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1929-1930

Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1934-1935

Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1935-1936

Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1936-1937

Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1937-1938

Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Cranberry Isles, Maine 1939-1940

Architectural drawings for the summer cottage for Rev. George H. Bottomb. Drawn April 18,1906 by John V. Vampell, Arch.

A-Town Report 1923-1924. B- Complete collection of Town Reports from 1911-1916

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Baker Island Letters

Bill Records from the Gilley Cottage from 1919-1921

blue print Sandbeach Cemetery 1913

Book of Notes from Harold Phippen’s grandmother, who was the secretary for the Ladies Auxiliary and left it for her family after she died.

Brochure for the Cranberry Isles "Town of Five Islands"

Brochure from The Ashley Bryan Center

Bunker Genealogy

Burying grounds of Islesford

Business Record Book 1922-1957 of the Woodlawn Hotel, James R. Dwelley, proprietor

Business record book of the Hotel Islesord Loring A. Stanley, Proprietor 1893-1909

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Check book and records of operation of Woodlawn Hotel from 1956-1959 & sale to William"Bert"Spruling in 1960

Checkbook, 2/1954 - 2/1955

Checkbook, 4/1942 - 11/1944, James R. Dwelley

Chef Robert Irvine

Collection entitled “Letters of Capt. Enoch Spurling of Great Cranberry Island, Maine to His Wife Hannah 1824-29

Collection entitled "Notes from the book 'Maine Sea Fisheries the Rise and Fall of a Native Industry 1830-1890'" By Wayne M O'Leary Boston 1996. Notes by Hugh Dwelley

Collection of materials labeled “Material Supplied to Katrina Vanduzen for the Island Institute’s Community Sustainability Study 1996/97”

Complete collection of Town Annual Reports from 1925 - 2002

Computer run of the Descendants of Jacob Lurvey

Computer run of the descendants of Phillip Stanwood

Constitution of the State of Maine - as amended January 1, 1951

Copies of a broadside advertising the appearance of Eskimaux George Niagungitok in London

Copies 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.

Copies of three short stories written by Dwelley. Two of them are included in Occasional Paper # 7 along with others

Copy of Military records of General Andrew Barklay Spurling,

Cranberry Island Notes by Chuck Liebow

Cranberry Islands- Family lists

Cranberry Isles Annual Report 2001 (two copies)

Cranberry Isles Annual Report 2002

Cranberry Isles Births and deaths: A 155 page pen and ink listing titled records in Cranberry Isles of Births and deaths. There are one or two births recorded before 1770 and a few deaths, recorded in a different hand before 1880. Index prepared by Hugh Dwelley in October, 1994

Cranberry Isles correspondence during Civil War 1861-1865

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Decendants of Benjamin Spurling 1752-1837

Descendants of Benjamin Spurling 1752-1837

Descendants of Francis Gilley

DVD “A Century of Hope on a Sea of Change: The Story of the Maine Sea Coast Mission”

DVD A sence of place, A sense of time

DVD entitled 'Sustaining a Way of Life: Campaign for MAine Islands and Working Waterfronts'

DVD "High on Maine with Jeff Dobbs and Jack Perkins"

DVD “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

DVD "Night of Poetry and Music, July 29, 2004"

DVD of Audrey Noether playing Hannah Caroline's Lament

DVD Ralph Stanley & Friends

DVD "The Story of the Acadians"

DVD "Wits and Nitwits" Children's play from 2004

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Easter Postcards

Elmer C. Hadlock’s Work Records.

Engagement of Marjorie Given and Gerard Fernald

Everett Fernald obituary

Excerpts and photos from the log of the Hobo

Exploring Limits - Making Decisions About the Use and Development of Maine's Islands. April 1994

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File carrier containing the chapter by chapter working papers for "A History of Little Cranberry Island" published in 2000

File of who owned Bakers Island

First Fernalds per Ted Spurling

Francis Fernald's Qualification as an Auxiliary Policeman

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Gen. Andrew Spurling folder

Genealogical material Dunbar & Gilley

Genealogy and Related Documents of the Mayo Family

Genealogy of the Stanley Family of Cranberry Isles, Me. In blue three ring binder

Geneaolgy of the Mt Desert Stanwoods

Geneaology of the Moon Family

Geneology of Nancy Ann Joy by Philip Curran

George N Spurling Memorial Card

Giauque's Manual for Notaries

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Hancock County Marriages 1800's

Hancock county Marriages ,The town of Cranberry Isles

Hard cover legal sized ledger book. Entries in ink in a double debit/credit format.

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In memory of Phoebe Fernald

Interview with Ralph Stanley

Investigation of the facts regarding the downing of the US Naval airship "k-14" off the coast of Maine on July 2, 1944, and dissemination of the naval records pertaining to the same. May 1998.

Invitation to Anni Heikkinen and Arthur Fernald's wedding

Islesford, GCI,& Bakers Island cemetary survey 1973-73

Islesford Photobook 1903-1904

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James R. Dwelley's account with Mildred Thompson when she ran the store. Account for the month of December 1952

James R. Dwelley's certificate of membership in the Masons and as a Royal Arch Mason

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Katherine Morse and Daniel Fernald Wedding

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Ladd Family

Laminated poster for “The Storyteller Pavilion. Featuring The Sea Glass Windows & Puppets of Ashley Bryan” “Monday, August 15, 2016 – 3-5pm on Islesford, Little Cranberry Island”

Landing -Force Manual, US Navy 1927

Lawrence Beal's lobster ledgers

Leaman Ham's Busness ledger:from 9/8/58 to 10/3/98

Leaman Ham's cash ledger:from 1/1/59 to 8/28/59

Leaman Ham's cash ledger:from 6/1/69 to 6/1/70

Letter & article Into the middle east abyss

Letter from George Hadlock to Francis G. Fernald

Letter from Hugh Dwelley to Ted Spurling

Letter to Miss Minnie Spurling

Letters from Joy

Letters from Ted

Letters from Ted vol II

List of historical documents and materials concerning Northeast Harbor

List of men from the area who were lost at sea

list of names birth year & death year

List of names with birth and death dates

Lists of exhibitors at the Annual Art Shows held in conjunction with the Islesford Church Fair from 1951 through 1986 (1935-57 missing)

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Maine Assessors Manual - Second Edition 1963

Maine Composers and their Music

Maine Register: 1938-1939

Maine Register, State Year Book & Legislative Manual. No. 49 for 1918-1919. No. 86 for 1954-1955

Manilla envelope with 32 photos, 3 post cards, an Ashley Bryan sketch, and a Woodlawn Inn brochure used in "History of Little Cranberry Island" by Hugh Dwelley

Manilla folder with "Church" written on it. Inside contains programs for different events at the church.

Manuscript titled "The Creation and Growth of Acadia National Park by Paul S Richardson

Marion Spurling's scrap book

Mayo Family Geneology

Mayo Geneaology

Memory book from the funeral of Clifton B. Spurling: August23, 1906 - January 24, 1977

Menu from Islesford Dock Restaurant for Dan & Cynthia Lief’s last season. They owned the Islesford Dock Restaurant June 1993 – September 2016.

Mid-Wife Record of Mrs. Enopch Spurling Cranberry Isles Me 2/1866 -6/1883

Moon Family of Hancock County, Me

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Nancy Bulger of Manset & her Aunt Neola Gilly Gallant

Nautical Chart of Mount Desert Island and Surrounding Area (2)

Neva Viola Fernald obituary

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Notes about the genealogy of the Hadlock family including obituaries and family doings

Notes used by R.Stanley as speaker following the 2006 ann. meeting of the IHS

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Oral history transcriptions

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Paper Title : Burying Grounds of Islesford

Paper titled Cranberry Island:Remembered Histories by Donald Wellman of Great Cranberry Island

Permit to go onto Mount Desert Island during the Bar Harbor fire of October, 1947

Photo Album

Photo Album Cranberry Isles 1910-1926 The Bowditch Journals-4 vol.The Tree Top Log

Photo copy of Movies of the Islesford Lobstermen and Lobsterwomen

Photocopied from the book "The Village" pages 2-62.

Photographs of schoolchildren at the Islesford School and Neighborhood House

Publication “Cranberry Isles Sketches and an Oral History with ‘Tud’ and ‘Polly’ Bunker” By Louis G. Barrett

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Record book of sales at William Faulkner's Islesford store in 1923

Record book of sales from Dwelley’s store 1926-1927

Record of Cranberry Isles of Births & Deaths

Records INHA 1911-1975

Records of Christian Endeavor and of Sunday school at Islesford

Records of the Islesford Post Office from 1952-1974 For earlier records seee Aqu.#0057

Report - "Island Indicators: a report by the Island Institute" prepared by Sarah Curran and Jeremy Gabrielson

Report on the Sawtelle Collection, Islesford Museum, Little Cranberry Island, Acadia National Park, 9/15/1948

Revenue project plans for Islesford Neighborhood House

Robert Fernald obituary

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Sadie Fernald obituary

Sample menu (not the actual menu served). Photos of chef and shooting schedule for "Dinner Impossible" served and filmed on Islesford on October 6,

Sandbeach Cemetery

Sea Stories by Cpt.Francis Fernald

Secretary's records of The Islesford Thimble Club (later the Islesford Church Club) 1912-1966

Shoe box full of letters to James R. Dwelley at the Woodlawn Inn, a rubber stamp included in the box with the Woodlawn House, A wallet with James R. Dwelley's fishing licenses from 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, and James R. Dwelley's checkbook for 1913.

Speeches & editorials

Spofford Geneaology

Spofford Geneology

Spurling folder

Stanlelly/Gilley Cemetary Survey 1993

Stanley store account book

Stanleys of GCI

State of Maine CONSTABLE’S RETURN and Primary Election Warrant. June 10th, 1948.

Sustaining Island Communities

Sutton's Islalnd Cemetary Survey 1993

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The Bunker Cemetery Great Cranberry Island Maine

The Cranberry Island Famlies compiled by William Otis Sawtelle with further research by Leslie Victor Stanley and Dorothy Parker Phelan 1965

The Island Cookbook. Published by the ladies of the Islesford Church Club. 1940 the cost of the printing was covered by Dr. Ernest Stillman

The Islesford Thimble Club Annual Sale Poster

The Lobster Bake

The Maine Townsman or laws for the Regulation of Towns. Thirtee8nth Editions, Portland, 185

The Mount Desert Stanwoods

The Preble Cove Cemetery, Great Cranberry Island, Maine

"The Voice of Maine - Interviews with 31 outspoken Maine people" by William L. Pohl, with photographs by, Abbie Sewall. Introduction by Marshall Dodge II.

Town of Cranberry Isles Annual Report 2005

Town of Cranberry Isles Annual Report 2006

Town of Cranberry Isles Annual Town Report 2007

Town Records kept by Hillis Bryant while selectman.

Transcript Dr Vincent Y. Bowditch wisits with his good Islesfor friend"Aunt Caroline"Young 1885-1917

Tribute to Residents of the Cranberry Isles who died in 1925

trustees report Maine Missionary Society, 1896

two ledger books containing Francis G. Fernald'slobstering income and expenses records from 1947-1966 and from 1967-1975

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US Life-Savind Servideann. report 1911

US Life-Saving Service Ann. Report 1908

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VHS " Earliest Maine Films: Trout Fishing, Logging, Canoeing, Potato Farming"

VHS A brief video of the Islesford Coast Guard Station narrated by Ted Spurling and Jack Perkins

VHS "All This and Heaven Too"

VHS "An Interview with Marjorie Phippen 1904-2002"

VHS "Bob Elliot's Profiles of Maine"

VHS “Building Character Episode 107”

VHS "Carrie Richardson of Big Cranberry Island"

VHS "Co-management: The New England town meeting goes to sea"

VHS Cranberry Isles. Historical "God's Pocket"

VHS "Dinner Impossible" episode held on Islesford in October 2006

VHS "Hitty the Legend Continues"

VHS "Home - The Story of Early Maine"

VHS "Home - The Story of Maine" A - A Place Apart. B - A Part of the Main. C - They Came by Sea

VHS “Home: The Story of Maine”

VHS "Ice Harvesting Sampler, Northeast Historic Films"

VHS made from 8 mm films taken at Islesford by Victor Wyerman in the 1940’s and 1950’s

VHS "Maine America's Coast with Jack Perkins"

VHS "Maine's Golden School Days 1890-1930 A reminiscent Video"

VHS "Maypole Dancing at Islesford with African Music"

VHS "Modern Times in Maine and America 1890-1930"

VHS of an episode of the "Today Show" August 25, 1997

VHS of Islesford Children’s Opera, Spring 2003

VHS of Wells family during the 1920s at their home on Sand Beach

VHS "Our Stories" series of 5 TV programs first aired in May 1998.A - The Cranberry Report, Islesford, MaineB - Healing Woods, Indian Township, MaineC - At the Center of Things, Bethel, MaineD - Harvest of Hope, Fort Kent, MaineE - The Big Picture: A Call-in Show.

VHS "Ralph Stanley & Friends at the GCIHS Annual Meeting"

VHS “Snapshots” Episode #19

VHS taped at Islesford in summer 1989 including: Wits and Nitwits, Masquerade, Cultural Evening, Schooners & Library Dedication

VHS "Tim Sample Presents: Sunday Morning in Maine - a collection of the very best 'postcards from Maine an originally broadcast on CBS Sunday Morning"

VHS “True North #407: Maine Love Economy

Vital Records of Mount Desert Island Maine and Nearby Islands 1776-1820

Volumes 1-3 of Census Records of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert Island from 1790-1860

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Weir or trap license application, February 25, 1944

Wendell Hadlock’s report “A Historic and Archeological Sites Survey of Acadia National Park and Adjacent Territories

Winfred Fernald obituary