Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description: A glass plate negative depicting children inside the Islesford School on Little Cranberry Island during the winter of 1905-06. Black and White
Description: Today the lighthouse is the property of College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, ME A glass plate negative depicting the Duck Island light station. Black and White
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description: A glass plate negative depicting children in front of the Islesford School on Little Cranberry Island during the winter of 1905-06. Black and White
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description: A glass plate negative depicting a group of men and women from the Mount Desert Local Mission in front of a church in Islesford. Black and White
Description: A glass plate negative depicting the Stonington Granite Quarry. A few quarry workers can be seen in the center of the image. Black and White
Description: Original image of crew members of the Sunbeam III Ralph J. Frye, Captain; Rev. Neal D. Bousfield, Superintendent at the helm reading charts
Description: Mrs. Carnegie wrote this note on mourning paper three years after Mr. Carnegie's death on August 11, 1919. Louise Carnegie sends a check in support of the Maine Seacoast Mission and compliments the organization on its fine work.
Description: Program from the Thanksgiving Service of the Congregational Church of Cranberry Isles. The program includes an overview of the service as well as notices regarding Sunday School and a reception following the service as well as a biography of Rev. Stanley B. Haskell, who led the service. People Mentioned: Stanley B. Haskell
Description: Sunbeam III original photo of the 4 men on Sunbeam giving a snowshoe to a fisherman that has pulled up. Lobster boat has a full stack of traps. Crew aboard Sunbeam is holding the roof of fishing boat to keep them from bumping into each other
Description: A glass plate negative depicting Rev. H. E. White, Dr. Webster, Rev. A. P. MacDonald, and Mr. Stewart standing on a boat. People Depicted: H. E. White, Alexander P. MacDonald Black and White
Description: This narrative self-interview by Wendell Hadlock provides Hadlock's memories of growing up on Islesford and of the Cranberry Isles group generally. Hadlock provides some second-hand information about the islands from the 19th century, but focuses primarily on the years from his birth in 1911-1960, when the document was written. The memoir discusses, among other subjects, general island life, social life, island schools, the coast guard station, summer visitors, and linguistics. People Mentioned: Warren A. Spurling, Robert Morse, Leona Sawyer, George Hadlock, Bill Hadlock, Bert Spurling, Nathan Stanley, Nettie Stanley, Gilbert Hadlock [show more]
Description: Photograph shows captain Henry Lee, skipper of the William S. Silsby, and two unidentified men. People Depicted: Henry Lee Black and White
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. A newsletter-style bulletin, this issue includes several articles about Angus MacDonald, the Mission's first president, as well as articles about mission boats, an organization called the Sunbeam Club on White Head, vacation bible school, Seacoast Mission rugs, and a New Year's letter from Sigma Kappa sorority. People Mentioned: Henry Van Dyke, W. J. Moulton, J. Homer Nelson, Thomas Searls, Alice M. Peasley, Orville J. Guptill, Versal F. Robey, Myrtice D. Cheney, Annie L. Guptill, Lucy A. King, Mrs. M. A. Daily, Eva B. Ammidown, Mrs. A. F. Schauffler, Mrs. John I. Kane, Mrs. John Markoe, Mrs. Frank B. Rowell, Eleanor de Graff Cuyler, William Jay Schieffelin, John S. Rogers, John W. Auchincloss, William Adams Brown, M. W. Stratton, B. E. Clark, Herman Lunt, Elmer Davis, Angus M. MacDonald, Alexander P. MacDonald, Anne MacLeod MacDonald, H. E. White, Alexander MacKay-Smith, John S. Kennedy, Elizabeth H. Mitchell, Mildred M Tabbutt, Alice Mason, Mary Gamage, Mattie Cole, A. R. Tabbutt, Mrs. Leslie A. Wilson, Mrs. Fred Rhodes, Mrs. A. C. Ladner, A. C. Ladner, Mrs. F. Leonard Kellogg, Joseph Parker, George A. Gordon, Mary Caffrey Lowe Carver,Carver. L. D., Mrs. R. D. H. Emerson [show more]
Description: This Christmas 1946 Bulletin includes news briefs, information on finances, first-hand accounts of living on an island, and articles about the work of the Seacoast Mission. People Mentioned: Thomas Heming, Anson Williams, Cornelius E. Clark, Mrs. Anson Williams