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| 9072 | State of Maine Ralph Stanley Day Proclamation |
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| 12899 | Ralph Warren Stanley Receiving Don Turner Award |
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| The Don Turner Award from the USS Constitution Museum recognizes a person or team of people, professional or amateur, who have contributed significantly to efforts to preserve important vessels or who have made a significant contributions to our knowledge and understanding of ship design and construction. Ralph Warren Stanley was presented with the award by Anne Grimes Rand, President of the USS Constitution Museum on June 26, 2013. | 
Description: The Don Turner Award from the USS Constitution Museum recognizes a person or team of people, professional or amateur, who have contributed significantly to efforts to preserve important vessels or who have made a significant contributions to our knowledge and understanding of ship design and construction. Ralph Warren Stanley was presented with the award by Anne Grimes Rand, President of the USS Constitution Museum on June 26, 2013. | ||
| 11938 | Proposal of Marriage from Arno Preston Stanley to Mabel Estelle Stanley, later Mrs. Arno Preston Stanley |
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| In 1894 Arno Preston Stanley (1865-1937) wrote a letter to his fourth cousin, Mabelle Estelle Stanley (1868-1955), daughter of Robert S. Stanley and Phoebe Jane (Gilley) Stanley, [both descended from Sans Stanley (1702-) and Mary (Charder) Stanley (1706-1748)] and asked for her hand in marriage: "Dear Mabel I love you with all my heart and I am willing to part with all on earth for your presents if you will join with me now at the present time but after you read this, and don’t see fit to join with me I will say no more about it and give up and die in despair I shall feel as if I have not a friend on earth if you say no if you choose others ways I hope you will be happy Through life and when I die I hope to meet with you in heaven if god is willing for me to please write on this peper and give me ether way you choose This is the way I feel I trust in god that we may be happy through life if you ascept please answer yes or no and give me this piece of peper back Yours Truly Arno. P. Stanley Live or die I shall think of you as a friend and one that love you well and you may think as you please" Mabelle added a penciled note, “Yes Dear,” in the space provided in his letter. They filed their intention to marry on October 25, 1894 and were married on November 3, 1894 at Cranberry Isles. Mabelle died on March 24, 1955, at the age of 86, at the Bay View Nursing Home in South Portland, Maine. She had saved the hopeful, loving letter Arno had written to her 61 years before. Her family buried her near Arno in the Stanley Cemetery No. 3 (Map 6 – Lot 1), Great Cranberry Island, Maine. Arno would have been living at his father, Enoch Boynton Stanley's house at Great Cranberry Island when he wrote the letter. Mabel's name was spelled Mabelle on her gravestone and curators use that spelling, but have left Arno's Mabel as it appears in his letter. Arno and Mabel's grandson, Ralph Warren Stanley, surmises that she was known as Mabel and that her relatives put on airs when they changed it to Mabelle on her gravestone. | 
Description: In 1894 Arno Preston Stanley (1865-1937) wrote a letter to his fourth cousin, Mabelle Estelle Stanley (1868-1955), daughter of Robert S. Stanley and Phoebe Jane (Gilley) Stanley, [both descended from Sans Stanley (1702-) and Mary (Charder) Stanley (1706-1748)] and asked for her hand in marriage: "Dear Mabel I love you with all my heart and I am willing to part with all on earth for your presents if you will join with me now at the present time but after you read this, and don’t see fit to join with me I will say no more about it and give up and die in despair I shall feel as if I have not a friend on earth if you say no if you choose others ways I hope you will be happy Through life and when I die I hope to meet with you in heaven if god is willing for me to please write on this peper and give me ether way you choose This is the way I feel I trust in god that we may be happy through life if you ascept please answer yes or no and give me this piece of peper back Yours Truly Arno. P. Stanley Live or die I shall think of you as a friend and one that love you well and you may think as you please" Mabelle added a penciled note, “Yes Dear,” in the space provided in his letter. They filed their intention to marry on October 25, 1894 and were married on November 3, 1894 at Cranberry Isles. Mabelle died on March 24, 1955, at the age of 86, at the Bay View Nursing Home in South Portland, Maine. She had saved the hopeful, loving letter Arno had written to her 61 years before. Her family buried her near Arno in the Stanley Cemetery No. 3 (Map 6 – Lot 1), Great Cranberry Island, Maine. Arno would have been living at his father, Enoch Boynton Stanley's house at Great Cranberry Island when he wrote the letter. Mabel's name was spelled Mabelle on her gravestone and curators use that spelling, but have left Arno's Mabel as it appears in his letter. Arno and Mabel's grandson, Ralph Warren Stanley, surmises that she was known as Mabel and that her relatives put on airs when they changed it to Mabelle on her gravestone. [show more] | |||
| 12399 | Certificate of Marriage for Arno Preston Stanley and Mabel Estelle Stanley |
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| 15003 | Edgar Bunker's Tractor, Great Cranberry Island |
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| An account of honoring Edgar Bunker and his family by creating a light painting of his tractor on the beach. | 
Description: An account of honoring Edgar Bunker and his family by creating a light painting of his tractor on the beach. | ||
| 16434 | Letter from Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam to Marjorie Ellen (Page) Copeland |
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| Letter written by Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, sent to Arthur Kellam's first cousin, Marjorie Ellen "Margie" (Page) Copeland after Art's death in 1985. | 
Description: Letter written by Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, sent to Arthur Kellam's first cousin, Marjorie Ellen "Margie" (Page) Copeland after Art's death in 1985. | ||
| 12396 | Southwest Harbor High School Class Diploma - Presley Dixon Holmes |
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| The diploma was signed by signed by: Principal - H.A. Foster Superindendent - L.E. Williams | 
Description: The diploma was signed by signed by: Principal - H.A. Foster Superindendent - L.E. Williams | ||
| 12398 | Eugene Shubal Thurston Sr.'s Appointment to Southwest Harbor Postmaster |
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| 7611 | Letter from Antoinette (Brown) Harmon, Mrs. John Cummins Harmon to her Husband |
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| 7609 | Samuel Watson Herrick and Hannah (Harper) Herrick 50th Wedding Anniversary Invitation |
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| 8097 | Resignation as Librarian of Lida Ellen (Clark) Cousins, Mrs. Osborne W. Cousins |
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| 16194 | Mary O'Brien Weds Cpl. Worcester in Southwest Harbor |
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| Newspaper clipping announcing Mary's marriage to Donald Worcester. | 
Description: Newspaper clipping announcing Mary's marriage to Donald Worcester. | |||
| 16591 | Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace, Southwest Harbor Records and Index |
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| This index was kept by Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace. Included are records of marriages, weddings, and other town records from Southwest Harbor, Maine from approximately 1878 to 1907. | 
Description: This index was kept by Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace. Included are records of marriages, weddings, and other town records from Southwest Harbor, Maine from approximately 1878 to 1907. | |||
| 16601 | A series of interviews of Ralph Stanley conducted by David Spurling |
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| David Spurling interviewing Ralph Stanley about his life. Interview 1: Stories of boatbuilding, family life, voyages, and historical events. Interview 2: Details of shipbuilding, historic events, details of lost seamen, and Southwest Harbor specific historical events. Interview 3A: Stanley family history, details of other Southwest Harbor families, specific vessel details, and stories of foreign voyages including being on the pepper trade from India. Interview 3B: Stories of sailing, navigating a dangerous rock at Cranberry Island using dories, stories about Admiral Byrd of Arctic exploring fame, stories of rum running, and a story about Christopher Lawler. Interview 4: Stories of the Robinson and Nickerson families, a story about Emily Robinson. Interview 4: A story about a Cole Robinson sailing disaster and reading of several newspaper accounts of Mount Desert Island citizens. | 
Description: David Spurling interviewing Ralph Stanley about his life. Interview 1: Stories of boatbuilding, family life, voyages, and historical events. Interview 2: Details of shipbuilding, historic events, details of lost seamen, and Southwest Harbor specific historical events. Interview 3A: Stanley family history, details of other Southwest Harbor families, specific vessel details, and stories of foreign voyages including being on the pepper trade from India. Interview 3B: Stories of sailing, navigating a dangerous rock at Cranberry Island using dories, stories about Admiral Byrd of Arctic exploring fame, stories of rum running, and a story about Christopher Lawler. Interview 4: Stories of the Robinson and Nickerson families, a story about Emily Robinson. Interview 4: A story about a Cole Robinson sailing disaster and reading of several newspaper accounts of Mount Desert Island citizens. [show more] | ||
| 16602 | Interviews of Richard Carroll about the Carroll family |
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| In these interviews, Richard Carroll recollects his own childhood on the Carroll homestead as well as describes the Carroll family's journey from Ireland and their establishment in Southwest Harbor. |
Description: In these interviews, Richard Carroll recollects his own childhood on the Carroll homestead as well as describes the Carroll family's journey from Ireland and their establishment in Southwest Harbor. | ||
| 16603 | Gladys Butler (Whitmore) interviewed by Alice Long |
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| In this interview Gladys Butler describes her family history, connections to other families in Southwest Harbor, her father's involvement in helping the Dole company set up canning in Hawaii where Gladys and all her siblings were born, the journey to Mount Desert Island from Hawaii, and of meeting her husband, Farnham Butler, and starting a family. |
Description: In this interview Gladys Butler describes her family history, connections to other families in Southwest Harbor, her father's involvement in helping the Dole company set up canning in Hawaii where Gladys and all her siblings were born, the journey to Mount Desert Island from Hawaii, and of meeting her husband, Farnham Butler, and starting a family. | ||
| 16604 | Interview of Calvin and Edna Alley |
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| In this interview Calvin Carroll Alley and Edna E. (Bagley) Alley speak about their early life (without electric power) in Jonesport, Southwest Harbor, Ilseford (Little Cranberry Island), life on their farm, a career in the Coast Guard, and running a restaurant together in Southwest Harbor. |
Description: In this interview Calvin Carroll Alley and Edna E. (Bagley) Alley speak about their early life (without electric power) in Jonesport, Southwest Harbor, Ilseford (Little Cranberry Island), life on their farm, a career in the Coast Guard, and running a restaurant together in Southwest Harbor. | ||
| 16606 | Interview of Elmer "Buzzy" Lawrence Beal |
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| In this interview, Elmer "Buzzy" Lawrence Beal talks about his family history on Cranberry and Manset islands, fishing, steam ship service, working at a Coast Guard station, the beginning of Beal's Lobster Warf, his grandparents life on Mt. Desert Rock, and life during World War II in Southwest Harbor. |
Description: In this interview, Elmer "Buzzy" Lawrence Beal talks about his family history on Cranberry and Manset islands, fishing, steam ship service, working at a Coast Guard station, the beginning of Beal's Lobster Warf, his grandparents life on Mt. Desert Rock, and life during World War II in Southwest Harbor. | ||
| 16607 | Interview of Harold R. Beal |
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| In this interview Harold R. Beal talks about the early history of the Beal family, his experience in the U.S. Navy during World War II (including stories about the preparation and invasion of Omaha Beach), and life in Southwest Harbor before and after World War II. |
Description: In this interview Harold R. Beal talks about the early history of the Beal family, his experience in the U.S. Navy during World War II (including stories about the preparation and invasion of Omaha Beach), and life in Southwest Harbor before and after World War II. | ||
| 16608 | Carl Bennett interviewed by David Spurling |
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| In this interview, Carl Bennet describes his early family life, painting buildings in Southwest Harbor and on Cranberry Island, and rum running. | 
Description: In this interview, Carl Bennet describes his early family life, painting buildings in Southwest Harbor and on Cranberry Island, and rum running. | ||
| 16609 | Beatrice M. Seavey Black interviewed by David Spurling |
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| In this interview Beatrice M. Seavey Black talks about her personal history working at a fish canning factory and living before automobiles were in use. |
Description: In this interview Beatrice M. Seavey Black talks about her personal history working at a fish canning factory and living before automobiles were in use. | ||
| 16610 | Nancy (Dunbar) Bulger interviewed by David Spurling |
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| In the interview Nancy (Dunbar) Bulger talks about her uncle, Wendel Gilley, stories of waitressing at a local restaurant, the fire at the fish wharf, and a series of pranks against her Crosley automobile. |
Description: In the interview Nancy (Dunbar) Bulger talks about her uncle, Wendel Gilley, stories of waitressing at a local restaurant, the fire at the fish wharf, and a series of pranks against her Crosley automobile. | ||
| 16624 | Interview of Arthur and Fredrica Black |
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| Black #1: Arthur and Fredrica Black speaking about a family house which was moved several times, catching flounders from shore, salting fish to transport to Gloucestor and beyond. Black #2: Arthur and Fredrica Black speaking about old houses, discussing old photographs they are looking at, critique some park acquisition, tell a story about the hot pursuit of a robber, and discuss treatment of robbers and honesty of Southwest Harbor people. |
Description: Black #1: Arthur and Fredrica Black speaking about a family house which was moved several times, catching flounders from shore, salting fish to transport to Gloucestor and beyond. Black #2: Arthur and Fredrica Black speaking about old houses, discussing old photographs they are looking at, critique some park acquisition, tell a story about the hot pursuit of a robber, and discuss treatment of robbers and honesty of Southwest Harbor people. | ||
| 16628 | Interview of Elene Dolliver |
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| The beginning of the tape (up until minute 2:30) includes Esther Rodick interviewing Ralph Stanley about lost graveyard. The rest centers on Elene Dolliver talking about growing up in Southwest Harbor, steamboat journeys, the life of her mother and grandfather on Mt Desert Rock (he was an assistant lighthouse keeper), her husband and children, seeing Wabanaki making and selling baskets, and war veterans returning home. |
Description: The beginning of the tape (up until minute 2:30) includes Esther Rodick interviewing Ralph Stanley about lost graveyard. The rest centers on Elene Dolliver talking about growing up in Southwest Harbor, steamboat journeys, the life of her mother and grandfather on Mt Desert Rock (he was an assistant lighthouse keeper), her husband and children, seeing Wabanaki making and selling baskets, and war veterans returning home. | ||
| 16706 | Interview of Ralph Benson |
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| A man interviewing Ralph Benson, though the audio recording is of poor quality. The tape is about 0:30 in length. |
Description: A man interviewing Ralph Benson, though the audio recording is of poor quality. The tape is about 0:30 in length. |
