Description: Sigma Kappa (__) is a national sorority founded in 1874 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Since 1918, Sigma Kappa has supported the Maine Sea Coast Mission as one of its philanthropies. This booklet, created for the Sigma Kappa sorority Diamond Jubilee Convention in 1950, describes the history and purpose of the Maine Seacoast Missionary Society and includes photographs of the Society's boats, staff, and activities. People Mentioned: Alexander MacDonald, Angus MacDonald, Alexander Mackay-Smith, Mrs. Arthur Berry, Neal D. Bousfield, Thomas Heming, Alice Peasley, Thomas Searls, Edith Drury, Wilfred Grenfell [show more]
Description: Slide shows a drawing of the Sunbeam at a dock. A caption at the top of the slide reads "It's all right, he said. She's listing toward the wharf." Black and White
Description: Photograph shows Mr. Carl Hall of the Maine Seacoast Mission speaking with Dr. Dennison and Rev. Bousfield on the deck of the Sunbeam III. Three other, unidentified, men are in the background. People Depicted: Carl Hall, Neal D. Bousfield Black and White
Description: Photograph shows Wesley Staples, Jr., a young boy from Swans Island, standing on the deck of the Sunbeam and holding an umbrella. People Depicted: Wesley Staples Jr. Black and White Photographer: Edith Drury
Description: Negative shows Wesley Staples, Jr., a young boy from Swans Island, standing on the deck of the Sunbeam and holding an umbrella. Kodak People Depicted: Wesley Staples Jr. Black and White Photographer: Edith Drury
Description: Original print of the Sunbeam III crew front Captain Ralph J. Frye, back row Dr Harry V Gilson Commissioner of Education, Gerald Mosley Engineer, Mr. Maynard H. Murch of Cleveland Ohio, Sans Varnum, cook
Description: photocopy of article on the launch of Sunbeam III with members of the launching party starting right Lieut. J.J. Barry, USNR Louise Marr, Mrs. Walter Chapman, Mrs. Harry Marr, John Chapman, Miss Constance Marr daughter of Harry Marr, proprietor of the shipyard