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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1001The Congregational Church of Cranberry Isles Thanksgiving Service Program, November 22, 1972
  • Document, Program
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Events, Holidays, Thanksgiving
  • Congregational Church of Cranberry Isles
  • 1972-11-22
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
1002The Second Baptist Church of Islesboro and The Maine Coast Missionary Society Position Announcement, c. 1950-1979
  • Document, Announcement
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society
  • Second Baptist Church of IslesboroHahn, Raymond D.
Description:
An announcement, sent by the Second Baptist Church of Islesboro and the Maine Seacoast Mission, seeking a minister for the island of Islesboro. The announcement lists the future pastor's duties, necessary qualifications, compensation, and information about the Islesboro church and community.
1003Wendell Hadlock Self-Interview with Edits Sheet, 1960
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • People
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Hadlock, Wendell
  • 1960
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]
1004Report of the Week Day School of Religious Education, South Gouldsboro, Maine, c. 1922-1925
  • Document, Report
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Week Day School of Religious Education
Description:
The report provides a list of information about the Week Day School of Religious Education in South Gouldsboro, Maine and describes the methods of work for the primary, intermediate, and grammar and junior high students. People Mentioned: Florence Brown, Ethel Trout, Walter Squires
1005Mother's Day at South Gouldsboro, c. 1920-1929
  • Document, Report
  • Events, Holidays, Mothers Day
Description:
A report on Mother's Day celebrations observed at the Church School in South Gouldsboro, Maine. The report describes the celebration decorations as well as the program for the event. Also included in the report is general information about the school as well as its total enrollment. People Mentioned: Mamie Morrison, Alice Peasley
1006Maine Warrant for Independent Local Church, April 21, 1922
  • Document, Government, Warrant
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Young, W. Scott
  • 1922-04-21
Description:
An official warrant calling a meeting of petitioners for the organization of an independent local church in Matinicus, Maine. People Mentioned: Henriette H. Arnis, Manan Young
1007Louise W. Carnegie to Rev. A. M. MacDonald Letter and Envelope, September 12, 1922
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Carnegie, Louise W.
  • 1922-09-12
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.
1008Treasurer to Mrs. John I. Kane Letter, September 9, 1922
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1922-09-09
Description:
The unidentified treasurer of the Maine Seacoast Mission writes to Mrs. John I. Kane telling her of the purpose of the Seacoast Mission home in Bar Harbor and stating that the board believes they must buy the house, currently for sale, rather than risk it being purchased by another party. Purchasing the building would take almost the entire endowment of the Mission, however, and so the treasurer suggests that a gift to support the purchase of the home it would be an excellent investment opportunity for someone, like Mrs. Kane, who likes to do good. [show more]
1009Augustus O. Thomas to Rev. Alexander MacDonald Letter, March 15, 1922
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • People
  • Thomas, Augustus O.
  • 1922-03-15
Description:
Thomas, the Maine State Superintendent of Public Schools, writes MacDonald regarding schools for children on seacoast islands. Thomas writes that many families prefer to send their children to the mainland for schooling and suggests that this plan could be adopted for the following year. He also states that, for those places that do not care to send their children to the mainland and where there is a sufficient number of children, the state will establish full time schools. People Mentioned: Josiah W. Taylor, Harold A. Allan, Adelbert W. Gordon, Florence M. Hale, E. K. Jenkins, Percival Proctor Baxter [show more]
1010The Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society Spring Bulletin, 1948
  • Publication, Bulletin
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Vessels, Boat, Sunbeam II
  • Maritime Culture
  • Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society
  • 1948
Description:
This 1948 Spring Bulletin provides updates on the Maine Seacoast Missionary Society's finances and activities, including a schoolhouse clothing sale. People Mentioned: Albert Pione, Neal D. Bousfield, Etta Ames, Jessie Philbrook, Bud Dwelley, Anson Williams, Alvah Robinson, Mrs. Alvah Robinson, Thomas Searls, Ann Calley, Ethel Corbett, Edith Drury, Bert Smith, Louise Dalzelle, Sabrina Beal, Sherb Carter, Alice Peasley, Phyllis Sylvia
1011The Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society Spring Bulletin, 1947
  • Publication, Bulletin
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Maritime Culture
  • Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society
  • 1947
Description:
The Spring 1947 Bulletin provides updates about the work of the Maine Seacoast Missionary Society. Articles of particular note discuss improvements to the Sunbeam, visits to small schools on the coast and islands, and the mission's work to help the family of an island man who died alone on the mainland. People Mentioned: Anson Williams, Carl Hall, John Young, Rebeccca Douglas, Jenny Alisa, Thomas Heming, Ann Calley, Raymond Colbrun, William Berry, C. L. Bowman, Edith Drury [show more]
1012Maine Seacoast Missionary Society Christmas Bulletin, December 1946
  • Publication, Bulletin
  • Events, Holidays, Christmas
  • Maritime Culture
  • Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society
  • 1946-12
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
1013The Story of the Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society, 1950
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Organizations, Fraternal
  • Maritime Culture
  • Vessels, Boat, Morning Star
  • Vessels, Boat, Hope
  • Vessels, Boat, Sunbeam I
  • Vessels, Boat, Sunbeam II
  • Vessels, Boat, Sunbeam III
  • People
  • 1950
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]
1014Eleventh Annual Report of the Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society, 1916
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Maritime Culture
  • Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society Schauffler, A. F.
  • Moulton, W.
  • Lewis, Alfred Homes
  • Schieffelin, William Jay
  • Rogers, John S.
  • Searls, Thomas
  • MacDonald, A. M.
  • Stratton, Milton
  • MacDonald, Alexander P.
  • Bar Harbor Record Print Shop
  • 1916
Description:
This annual report includes individual reports from the Society's director, missionary, and treasurer as well as financial information, a list of gifts received for Christmas and relief work, and a list of life members. People Mentioned: Heneretta Howell, Katharine B. Haskell, Maude C. Douglass, Mrs. William G. Ladd, Mrs. Miles B. Carpenter, Mrs. A. F. Schauffler, Mrs. John S. Kennedy, Vida F. Moore, Payson Smith, Charlotte Thather, Wakefield Patten, H. B. Webster, Charles I. Loud, E. Charlott Rogers, W. S. Coulton, Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, J. L. Farrington, M. B. Means, B. B. Lyons, Mrs. C. L. Mitchell, Mrs. John Stafford, Elizabeth Minot, Mrs. F. Leonard Kellogg, Joseph B. Lynam, Mrs. F. W. Chandler, Elinor Brooks, J. W. Hudson, Charlotte W. Hardy, C. T. Bowker, E. M. Cousins, Mrs. Malcolm Donnell, Mrs. W. H. French, Heneretta Rodick, H. G. Bunker, Mrs. A. L. Strout, Alice Mason, Annie Lord, Earl Ricker, William Watkins, Ruth M. Woods, Gladys Teffe, Mrs. Fred Gebhart, A. F. Schauffler, Carrie F. Wilson, Kate L. Wallace, Mrs. G. E. Douglass, Mrs. R. Wakefield, Mrs. J. M. Longyear, Mrs. Miles B. Carpenter, Andrew Carnegie, Mrs. Horatio Hathaway, Mrs. Charles P. Turner, Mrs. W. W. Seeley, Mrs. Gardiner Sherman, Mrs. Alexander Mackay-Smith, Augustus C. Gurnee, Mrs. L. H. Wood, Anna Blanchard, H. H. Kimball, Mrs. James Mifflin, Mrs. R. H. McCormick, Mrs. Elliot F. Shepard, Henry Van Dyke, Mrs. Morris K. Jesup, Eleanor DeGraff, C. M. Thatcher, Mrs. Frederick Baker, Mrs. John W. Auchincloss, Mrs. L. E. Opdycke, Alfred Homes Lewis, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr., C. B. Spence, Henry D. Moore, Mrs. F. Jewett Moore, John S. Rogers, W. G. Ladd, Mrs. W. G. Ladd, Charlotte S. Baker, F. S. Allis, Jean MacCay Allis, Mrs. George F. Arnold, Mrs. B. W. Arnold, E. E. Auchincloss, Lyman Abbott, Mrs. E. M. Burrall, Charles E. Bennett, Mrs. C. T. Bowker, Mrs. William Burnham, H. T. Buck, Mrs. A. E. Bartlett, William Adams Brown, E. J. Brooks, Mrs. Edgar W. Bass, L. F. Benson, Mrs. S. E. Beggs, H. A. Brown, Mariamne Biddle, Mrs. E. S. Bristol, E. C. Bodman, B. F. Bates, Mrs. Nathaniel. Bowditch, Nathaniel Bowditch, William A. Butler, Stuart M. Buck, Christine W. Biddle, DeWitt Clinton Blair, Lincoln F. Bridgham, Sarah W. Chapin, Mrs. Frederick Crane, Mrs. Edward Coles, William Clark, Mrs. E. H. Clark, Mrs. W. W. Card, Mrs. F. R. Cope, Maud H. Church, George S. Chase, Mrs. T. DeWitt Cuyler, Mrs. Z. Chafee, S. W. Colton Jr., H. L. Clark, A. R. Campbell, Mary P. Clay, Matthew B. Du Bois, Mrs. E. S. Dana, E. S. Dana, Margaret Deland, Mrs. A. J. Davis, William J. Dawson, Mrs. John E. Dodge, Mrs. C. F. Dole, C. F. Dole, Mrs. J. W. Danielson, Mrs. Thomas Denny, Alice R. Davidson, Charles D. Dickey, L. A. Emery, C. W. Eliot, Mrs. Johnathan Evans, Mabel Emerson, J. A. Furfey, Mrs. Robert H. Fowler, A. H. Gallatin, J. A. Gannett, Mary Hoffman, Charles H. Hammond, Mrs. A. W. Halsey, A. W. Halsey, Mrs. Thomas H. Hubbard, Mrs. H. Hessenbruch, Eleanor S. Irish, Helen S. Hones, Alice E. Jones, Mrs. F. L. Kellogg, Mrs. John I. Kane, George W. Kelley, Mrs. William Kingsland, Charles G. Lowd, H. A. Lawford, C. P. Latimer, Mrs. Lea McIlvaine. Luquer, Mrs. Warner M. Leeds, Mrs. C. H. Livingston, Mrs. John Markoe, Walden Myer, W. J. Moulton, Mrs. D. H. Morris, A. B. Morrill, Mrs. W. T. W. McCay, Mrs. Pierrepont Morgan, Sarah M. May, Mrs. H. E. Morton, Mrs. R. B. Moffat, Mrs. L. C. Maderia, Mrs. Abbie Nash, Mrs. Emerson Opdycke, Mrs. M. A. Phelps, T. H. H. Patterson, Emma E. Porter, M. Taylor Pyne, Mrs. L. Packard, W. C. Philbrook, Mrs. J. H. Patten, G. L. Paine, Margaret Paul, May Roberts, Mrs. G. S. Robbins, Mrs. C. H. Russell, E. L. Smith, William J. Schieffelin, Mrs. William J. Schieffelin, G. L. Stebbins, Ella A. Slaven, A. G. Sherry, Mrs. William H. Schieffelin, Donald Scott, J. A. Steiwertz, Helen B. Sargent, George Smith, W. L. Staub, W. O. Sawtelle, Mrs. W. O. Sawtelle, Alice Tufts, Mrs. Joseph Tunis, J. G. Thorp, J. J. Tellinghast, E. B. Thelberg, R. G. Tower, Mrs. R. G. Tower, Mrs. S. W. Thaxter, B. H. Vaughn, Stanley White, Mrs. A. C. Wheelwright, A. Murray Young, Eliza L. Homans, Vida F. Moore, Emma F. Richardson, Mrs. E. M. Hall, Mrs. C. P. DeLaittre, Lota A. Clark, C. M. Chilcott, Mrs. L. B. Cutts, Eleanor Brooks [show more]
1015Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society Spring Bulletin, April 1926
  • Publication, Bulletin
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Maritime Culture
  • Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society
  • 1926-04
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]
1016Sunbeam 1939 Button
  • Object, Insignia Button
  • Vessels, Boat, Sunbeam III
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1939
Description:
This blue button featuring a ship and the words "Sunbeam 1939" was given to donors in honor the launching of the Sunbeam III in 1939.
1017Sunday School Honor Button, c. 1925-1938
  • Object, Insignia Button
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Description:
This colorful button was presented by Rev. Orville J. Guptill from 1925-1938 to children who regularly attend Sunday School. People Mentioned: Orville J. Guptill
1018Blair Cottage and Chapel Glass Plate Negative, 1916
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Mitchell, C. S.
  • 1916
Description:
A glass plate negative depicting Blair Cottage and chapel on Crowley's Island. Black and White
1019Crowley's Children and Missionary Glass Plate Negative, c. 1920s
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Description:
A glass plate negative depicting adults and children identified as Crowley's children and missionaries from the 1920s. Black and White
1020Frank Ross with Cod Glass Plate Negative 1, 1920
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • 1920
Description:
A glass plate negative depicting fisherman Frank Ross holding a large Cod on Frenchboro. People Depicted: Frank Ross Black and White
1021Fisherman from Frenchboro Glass Plate Negative, 1920
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1920
Description:
A glass plate negative depicting two unidentified fisherman from Frenchboro. Black and White
1022West Side of Frenchboro Glass Plate Negative, 1920
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • 1920
Description:
A glass plate negative depicting the west side of Frenchboro on Outer Long Isle. Black and White
1023Hiram & Nelson Lunt Glass Plate Negative, 1915
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • 1915
Description:
A glass plate negative depicting Hiram and Nelson Lunt, two men from Frenchboro who died in 1920. The village of Frenchboro can be seen in the background. People Depicted: Hiram Lunt, Nelson Lunt Black and White
1024John Lunt and Alec Davis Glass Plate Negative, 1920
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • 1920
Description:
A glass plate negative depicting John Lunt and Alec Davis, two men from Frenchboro. The village of Frenchboro can be seen in the background. People Depicted: John Lunt, Alec Davis Black and White
1025Frenchboro Townspeople on Wharf Glass Plate Negative, 1920
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Pier
  • 1920
Description:
A glass plate negative depicting a group of Frenchboro residents, including women and children, standing on a wharf. Black and White