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Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Date	Place	Rights
"American Marksmanship Claims British Vessel." Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Newspaper	Vessels, Boat	Fred Humiston	1965-01-01	Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island	In Copyright	"American Marksmanship Claims British Vessel." Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.509.3000 Type: Publication, Newspaper Subject: Vessels, Boat Creator: Fred Humiston Date: 1965-01-01 Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island Description: "American Marksmanship Claims British Vessel." - Part 185 of Fred Humiston's "Blue Water Men - and Women." This story is about Edward Preble, it starts by telling of Preble's youth as a farm boy and his journey with learning how to be a seaman. The story then switches over to the story of a navy ship that fired a deadly shot to a British ship. This part says " The 'protector' fired a deadly raking broadside, which brought down the mizzenmast and set the main top-gallant afire." [show more]
Mackerel in Maine Waters - article 1909 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping	Businesses, Fishery Business Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel				Copyright Not Evaluated	Mackerel in Maine Waters - article 1909 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.152.1159 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel Description: Newspaper article, probably September 1909. Title: "Mackerel in Maine Waters". Article reports that 20 barrels of mackerel were caught by Eben T. Lewis, Benjamin A. Spurling, and John S. Seavey, near Monhegan. Article lists other ships and captains active in the Monhegan area due to reports of large schools of mackerel.
Article: Benjamin Spurling commissioning the Annie Q. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping	Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel				Copyright Not Evaluated	Article: Benjamin Spurling commissioning the Annie Q. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.152.1166 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel Description: Newspaper article (photocopy), undated. Title " 'Georgie' was Leading Vessel into New York". Author listed as Fred Humston. Article on right column mentions Benjamin Spurling commissioning the building of the 'Fannie Q. Spurling', a mackeral fishing boat.
Uncle Edgar's Lobster Boat" By Deig Marie Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat				In Copyright	Uncle Edgar's Lobster Boat" By Deig Marie Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.111.958 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat Description: Copy of "Uncle Edgar's Lobster Boat" By Deig Marie. Presented to the Islesford Library in the Summer of 2001
Nautical Almanac 1876 for schooner Carrie M. Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Places Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		1876		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Nautical Almanac 1876 for schooner Carrie M. Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2017.389.2164 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Places Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Date: 1876 Description: Journal. Nautical Almanac 1876 containing tables of sun's declination and equation of time and tide by D. Eggert's sons, 23 pages, annotated by Carrie M. Richardson aboard the schooner Carrie M. Richardson. Recording the sun sightings for navigating voyages using dead reckoning; transatlantic journeys are plotted on nautical chart 1 and possibly others of 2015.315.2076. .) From the Lewis Stanley descendants collection. (See also 2015.316.2077 and 2017.388.2163 Initial review of the annotated Nautical Almanac of 1876 indicates that it records the Carrie M. Richardson's journey east from New York starting June 23, 1876; arriving Seville July 22, and departing Seville August 3. She arrived at Cadiz August 5 and left for Boston August 12. A wonderful addition as Nautical Chart 1 (2017.315.2076) only plots the west to east legs of two 1877 and 1878 Spain-to-Cranberry Isles voyages. Decipher the chronometer dead reckoning entries in this Almanac should enableus to plot the route she sailed to reach Spain. (Scanned July 2017) [show more]
Old Time New England booklet with story "The Steamer J.T. Morse and others Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Booklet	Vessels, Steamboat		1937		Copyright Not Evaluated	Old Time New England booklet with story "The Steamer J.T. Morse and others Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.7.213 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: Vessels, Steamboat Date: 1937 Description: Booklet, "Old Time New England" Apr 1937, with long story "The Steamer J.T. Morse, Her History and Adventures", with ten illustrations. Other stories too.
Old-Time New England - The Bulletin of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Booklet	Organizations, School Institution People Vessels, Steamboat		1937			Old-Time New England - The Bulletin of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2146 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Vessels, Steamboat Date: 1937 Collection: General Collection Description: Vol. XXVII, No. 3, January 1937, Serial No. 87. Contains articles about the "The Steamer J. T. Morse", Harvard College, William Claggett & William C. Endicott. Scan: Cover, first pages only.
Magazine articles about Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Periodical, Magazine	People Places Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner				Copyright Undetermined	Magazine articles about Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2019.427.2819 Type: Publication, Periodical, Magazine Subject: People Places Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Description: Three articles from unknown magazine, unknown year: A= "The Bunkers of Cranberry Isle" by Gunnar Hansen with photos by David Westphal (see also 1000.0.1027). B="Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of the Emily F. Northam" text and photos by Farnham W. Smith. C="Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles" by Herbert Edwards
Photo-Essay of Last (1942) Voyage of Coal Schooner "Rebecca R. Douglas" Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Publication, Literary, Essay	Businesses, Other Business Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Chanler - Bronson W.			Copyright Not Evaluated	Photo-Essay of Last (1942) Voyage of Coal Schooner "Rebecca R. Douglas" Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1147 Type: Publication, Literary, Essay Subject: Businesses, Other Business Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Chanler - Bronson W. Description: Photo-Essay by Bronson W. Chanler detailing a trip aboard the coal schooner "Rebecca R. Douglas" between Northeast Harbor and New York City. Note: As originally displayed in the museum, copies of the photographs taken by Chanler were mounted alongside excerpts and quotes. Around 2015 the photographs were removed from the 1984 posters so they could be scanned and better protected. They are uploaded here, as is the complete text by Bronson W. Chanler. [show more]
Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of the Emily F. Northam Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Literary, Article	Events, Shipwreck People Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Farnham W. Smith	Mar-74	Cranberry Isles		Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of the Emily F. Northam Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1723 Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: Events, Shipwreck People Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Farnham W. Smith Date: Mar-74 Place: Cranberry Isles Collection: General Collection Description: Copy of article about the salvage of cargo from the schooner "Emily F. Northam" wrecked on the mudflats off Cranberry Island December 2, 1926. Capts. Hadlock and Jarvis organized a salvage crew of Fernalds, Stanleys, and Spurlings.
The Origin and the Chronology of the Clipper Ships Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Booklet	Other Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Clipper Ship	Bernard Berenson, M. D.	1947			The Origin and the Chronology of the Clipper Ships Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7099 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: Other Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Clipper Ship Creator: Bernard Berenson, M. D. Date: 1947 Collection: Special Collection Books Description: With a handwritten dedication by the author to Professor Manson (?), from 9 April 1948.
A Canoe from the Penobscot River Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Booklet	Other People Vessels, Boat, Canoe	Wendell S. Hadlock, Ernest S. Dodge	1948			A Canoe from the Penobscot River Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7088 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: Other People Vessels, Boat, Canoe Creator: Wendell S. Hadlock, Ernest S. Dodge Date: 1948 Collection: Special Collection Books Description: Reprinted from "The American Neptune", Vol. VIII, No. 4, 1948.
Brief description of Birch Bark Canoe Building Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Booklet	Vessels, Boat, Canoe	Peggy Fernald, Alice N. Wellman	1970			Brief description of Birch Bark Canoe Building Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7079 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: Vessels, Boat, Canoe Creator: Peggy Fernald, Alice N. Wellman Date: 1970 Collection: Special Collection Books Description: Bulletin IX. Published by the Robert Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine. With illustrations courtesy of the American Neptune.
The Sea Nurse Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping	Organizations, Civic People Vessels, Ship	Amy Sutherland	April 2011			The Sea Nurse Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2047 Type: Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping Subject: Organizations, Civic People Vessels, Ship Creator: Amy Sutherland Date: April 2011 Collection: General Collection Description: Nurse Sharon Daley provides health care to off-islands via Maine Seacoast Mission's Sunbeam with the help of the telemedicine program.
Albena Voyage of 1821 Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Booklet	Places Vessels, Ship	Stephen C. Clement Jr.	9/2/1997			Albena Voyage of 1821 Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1810 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: Places Vessels, Ship Creator: Stephen C. Clement Jr. Date: 9/2/1997 Collection: General Collection Description: A booklet containing a couple of the maps prepared from the data in the Clement ship's log, voyage of 1821.
The Evolution of Morris Yachts Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht	John Snyder	Autumn 2007			The Evolution of Morris Yachts Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1593 Type: Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht Creator: John Snyder Date: Autumn 2007 Collection: General Collection Description: Article about the Morris Yacht Company, expanded to Northeast Harbor, as it celebrates its 35th year. Brief biography of Tom Morris, owner and designer. Issue 96. See also item 1710
The Evolution of Morris Yachts Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht	John Snyder	Autumn 2007	Southwest Harbor		The Evolution of Morris Yachts Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1710 Type: Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht Creator: John Snyder Date: Autumn 2007 Place: Southwest Harbor Collection: General Collection Description: Copy of an article by John Snyder tracing the development and building of Morris Yachts on and around MDI. Started by Thomas D. C. Morris in Southwest Harbor, the company is co-managed by son Cuyler of SWH. Photographs included. See also item 1593
Excerpts from the Log of the Hobo USN Patrol Boat #783 Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Booklet	Vessels, Naval Vessel	Hugh L. Dwelley	Jul-99			Excerpts from the Log of the Hobo USN Patrol Boat #783 Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2236 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: Vessels, Naval Vessel Creator: Hugh L. Dwelley Date: Jul-99 Collection: General Collection Description: A booklet about the USN Patrol Boat #783 in 1917, Botswain George R. Hadlock, Commanding. There is a copy of photograph of boat, crew & log excerpts from 4/1917-11/1918.
Wood is Good but Glass May Surpass Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat		Feb-85			Wood is Good but Glass May Surpass Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1711 Type: Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat Date: Feb-85 Collection: General Collection Description: Article from Down East Magazine about Robert "Bob Lincoln's small boat building business, RKL Boatworks. He started with the Rangeley Guide Boat and is developing a row boat, now using the less expensive fiberglass.
steamboat Frank Jones Islesford Historical Society	Publication, Book	Vessels, Steamboat					steamboat Frank Jones Islesford Historical Society Identifier: ihs-1506 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
Golden Rod Islesford Historical Society	Publication, Book	Vessels, Steamboat					Golden Rod Islesford Historical Society Identifier: ihs-1505 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
The Bunkers of Cranberry Island Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping	People Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry	Gunnar Hansen	1979	Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island		The Bunkers of Cranberry Island Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2001 Type: Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping Subject: People Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry Creator: Gunnar Hansen Date: 1979 Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island Collection: General Collection Description: Short biography of brothers Raymond, Tud, and Wilfred Bunker who continue a long family tradition living from the sea. Published in Down East Magazine, November 1979.
The Bar Harbor Treasure Ship Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping	Vessels, Ship	Charles Francis	2006	Bar Harbor		The Bar Harbor Treasure Ship Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1587 Type: Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping Subject: Vessels, Ship Creator: Charles Francis Date: 2006 Place: Bar Harbor Collection: General Collection Description: Article in Discover Maine, Maine's History Magazine, for Washington & Hancock County about the German ship Kronprinzessin Cecilie and the Revenue Cutter, Androscoggin, confrontation in Frenchman's Bay in 1914. vol. 3, no. 7
Cranberry Isles: Glimpses of Island Life, 1976 Islesford Historical Society	Publication, Booklet	Businesses, Fishery Business Events Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters Nature, Seasons, Winter Organizations, Civic Organizations, School Institution People Vessels, Boat Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry	Noether, Gerry	1976	Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford	Copyright Not Evaluated	Cranberry Isles: Glimpses of Island Life, 1976 Islesford Historical Society Identifier: ihs-1007 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Events Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters Nature, Seasons, Winter Organizations, Civic Organizations, School Institution People Vessels, Boat Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry Creator: Noether, Gerry Date: 1976 Place: 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]
Hotel Islesford Booklet, undated Islesford Historical Society	Publication, Booklet	People Places, Shore Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Vessels, Boat	Noether, Gerry		Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford	Copyright Not Evaluated	Hotel Islesford Booklet, undated Islesford Historical Society Identifier: ihs-1006 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: People Places, Shore Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Vessels, Boat Creator: Noether, Gerry Place: Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford Description: A booklet featuring photographs of sites on Islesford. People Mentioned: A. M. Falt

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