Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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.
Description: 1900. By Islesford photographer Fred W. Morse. Postcard imprinted with "The Braided Rugs Inn, Little Cranberry Island, Maine 04646, [207] 244-5943"
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
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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]
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.
Description: A nautical chart showing Mount Desert Island, the Cranberry Isles, and surrounding islands, with depths, topography, triangulation, and hydrography.
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
Description: A nautical chart showing Mount Desert Island, the Cranberry Isles, and surrounding islands, with depths, topography, triangulation, and hydrography.
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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]
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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]
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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: Turn of the century life on Little Cranberry Island, Maine told through photographs and memories of Irene Morse Bartlett, a life-long island resident
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
Description: Another painting of the Islesford by former Islesford resident Robert Morse is located at Rockland Maine in the possession of Mrs. Susan Hadlock
Description: Another painting of the Islesford by Former Islesford Resident Robert Morse is locatedt in Rockland, Maine in the possessionn of Mrs. Susan Hadlock.
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
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'
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.