2014.296.2049 General preliminary list of second group of documents donated by Ralph and Marion Stanley 10/8/2014 and the following week. (See also a September 2014 accession of Ralph Stanley papers GCIHS 2014.291.2046. Some of these documents may be consolidated with 2014.291.2046 if there's repetition or similar subjects.) Note: The plastic/cardboard/vinyl covers of the old binders in which the documents arrived were cut off and thrown away. Temporarily, the metal 3-ring binding system that holds the documents together remain in place until we can figure out a better system. Each binder is in an archival folder now, labeled with the label that appeared on the binder when we received it. Brief outline of highlights of each folder/binder included as necessary. I intend to organize subjects in groups so we'll have general knowledge of the Ralph Stanley 2014 Collection. Many of these research documents were compiled by Ralph Stanley's uncle, Leslie Victor Stanley (LVS). BOX 1 Folder 1: Great Cranberry and Outlying Islands 1803-1914: Typed notes of genealogy of early island families and their descendants listed by year on orange paper probably compiled by LVS. Births and some marriages listed for each year. Including Bunker, Spurling, Hadlock, Stanley, Standley, Gilley, Bulger and many other families as the island populations expanded over the decades. Folder 2: Stanleys of Town of Cranberry Isles Typed and handwritten genealogical notes on loose leaf and other types of paper with tab dividers organizing the materials into sections - compiled by LVS. First papers in binder include: Notes about John Stanley 1960 Portland Directory listing Stanleys with addresses and occupations Islesford Maine Hadlock and Stanley Cemetery information Tabbed dividers: John Stanley - including 1881 hand drawn map of Little Cranberry Island by Jeri Spurling for Ted Spurling, Jr. John Stanley and Phoebe Rich Sands 1766 Sands 1791: includes newspaper obituary of Roland C. Stanley 6/12/1980 and an article about Isaac "Ike" Stanley of Manset: "Manset's "Ike" Stanley is Truly A Trader Extraordinary in Own Way" Bangor Daily News March 17, 1948. John Stanley 1789 - includes copy of Book 1 Page 455 deed of 1787. Emily Stanley b. 1817 Linda Stanley b. 1823 Albert William Stanley b. 1825 Robert S. Stanley b. 1827 Comfort K. Stanley b. 1829 Hannah Caroline Stanley b. 1831 Asa Doane Stanley b. 1834 with obituary for Lena M. Stanley (1965) Phebie or Phebia R. Stanley - with obituary for Everett E. Fernald b. 1882 died at age 84. Harriet Stanley b. 1839 Benjamin Franklin Stanley (Captain Frank) b. 1842 Inez Stanley b. 1868 with obituary for Fannie, wife of Samuel Phippen, died age 74, obit date 1924 Walter F. Stanley b. 1871 Jennie M. Stanley b. 1873 Ida May Stanley b. 1876 Franklin E. Stanley b. 1879 Minnie Estelle Stanley b. 1881 - with stork notice 1961 Islesford for a baby boy and letter to Dear Leslie and Helen and family from Minnie April 19, 1953 (Islesford) talking about the health of family members. Blanche Elvina Stanley b. 1886 with obituary Mrs. Blanche E. Sturling died age 73, and obituary for William F. Spurling, died age 83, born 1884. And newspaper clipping 11/8/1967 about various folks including Miss Elsie Maud Stanley marrying Richard Plante. Elsie Louise Stanley b. 1893 William Stanley b. 1789 Nancy Stanley b. 1798 Peter Standley/Stanley Thomas Manchester - with various people and census information 1850/1860/1870 and 1790/1800/1810/1820 Thomas Standley Margaret Standley b. 1791-? John Stanley 1793 - family tree originating with Wilbert W. Stanley & Hannah M. Hamor and information for Eliza, Thomas, and William Stanley; obituary for Frank F. Stanley died age 87, born 1878; Marion T. Stanley with letter to Dear Eliza from 'your cousin' April 1960 and materials attached to it; obituary of Marion T. Stanley died age 89 in 1971; and many other family members probably stemming from John Stanley. Sarah Anne Stanley - b. 1823 d. 1905 Sarah Standley - b. 1795? Abbie Standlie - dob and dod not listed William Standley - b. 1799 Peter Stanley - b. 1801 d. 1855 Jonathan Stanley b. 1803 Mary Standley - b. or d. 1806 Nancy Standley - b. 1808 Hannah Manchester Standley - b. 1810 or 1804 d.1880 Thomas Stanley 2nd - b. after 1806 d. 1889 William Blunt Stanley - b. 1832 d. 1910 Epps Hadlock Stanley - b. 1843 END of BOX 1 BOX 2 2014.296.2049 General preliminary list of second group of documents donated by Ralph and Marion Stanley 10/8/2014 and the following week. (See also a September 2014 accession of Ralph Stanley papers GCIHS 2014.291.2046. Some of these documents may be consolidated with 2014.291.2046 if there's repetition or similar subjects.) Note: The plastic/cardboard/vinyl covers of the old binders in which the documents arrived were cut off and thrown away. Temporarily, the metal 3-ring binding system that holds the documents together remain in place until we can figure out a better system. Each binder is in an archival folder now, labeled with the label that appeared on the binder when we received it. Brief outline of highlights of each folder/binder included as necessary. I intend to organize subjects in groups so we'll have general knowledge of the Ralph Stanley 2014 Collection. Many of these research documents were compiled by Ralph Stanley's uncle, Leslie Victor Stanley (LVS). BOX 2 Folder 1: Loose notes Great Cranberry Island 1760-1845. Genealogy: births, deaths, some marriages by year Folder 2: Great Cranberry Year by Year 1710-1912 with note: "Dad says this is an important book - 7/5/92 SSM" - Genealogy: births, deaths, and some marriages by year Folder 3: Genealogy, handwritten in an account book with note on exterior: "Stanley Feb. 22, 1966." Names, dates, parents, marriage, and number of children male/female Folder 4: Genealogy, handwritten in an account book with note on exterior: "Stanley re-copied - see other book like this one, and Spurling 3 back pp." So, this is a handwritten copy of Box 2, folder 3 information, but not a duplicate. Names, dates, parents, marriage, and number of children male/female Folder 5: Genealogy, handwritten in an account book with note on exterior, "Gilley & Stanley." Names, dates, parents, marriage, and number of children male/female. END OF BOX 2 BOX 3 2014.296.2049 General preliminary list of second group of documents donated by Ralph and Marion Stanley 10/8/2014 and the following week. (See also a September 2014 accession of Ralph Stanley papers GCIHS 2014.291.2046. Some of these documents may be consolidated with 2014.291.2046 if there's repetition or similar subjects.) Note: The plastic/cardboard/vinyl covers of the old binders in which the documents arrived were cut off and thrown away. Temporarily, the metal 3-ring binding system that holds the documents together remain in place until we can figure out a better system. Each binder is in an archival folder now, labeled with the label that appeared on the binder when we received it. Brief outline of highlights of each folder/binder included as necessary. I intend to organize subjects in groups so we'll have general knowledge of the Ralph Stanley 2014 Collection. Many of these research documents were compiled by Ralph Stanley's uncle, Leslie Victor Stanley (LVS). BOX 3 (This box (& probably others) has obituaries for many buried in Stanley cemetery #2.) Folder 1: TBD - This binder should be put into an archival 3-ring binder of its own. Genealogy, binder "The Spurling Families Descendents (sic) of Benjamin Spurling and Fanny Guptill of Great Cranberry Island, Maine; Compiled by William Otis Sawtelle with further research by Leslie Victor Stanley, copied by Leslie Victor Stanley L(&) 1970" Binder has tabbed sections for descendants. Materials are typed and handwritten and xeroxed. Generations are color-coded on different color paper: Ben and Fanny Spurling, the 1st generation: salmon; 2nd gen: white; 3rd gen: orange; 4th: blue; 5th: pink; 6th: green; 7th:red; 8th :yellow. Front pages include copies from pages of "A list of vessels, their owners, captains and crews" by Louise (Lawler) Smallidge, pertaining to ships in MDI region. Some sections include annotations about houses and builders, newspaper clippings, census data, occasional deed copies, drowning, cemetery where buried, nicknames, and misc. Tabbed sections: Benjamin 1752 Sarah 1780 Robert 1782 Enoch B 1812 Robert 1815 Joseph 1817 - found a note: "Joseph built the Drury - Tom & Luella house about 1839" - Dowling/Meyers house 2014? Cape house study Joseph 1848 Charles 1850 - with Sam Chapman obituary. He was second husband of Cora L. Spurling. Esther 1784 Thomas 1786 - Index of Administration Probate court Case No. 1463, 1832 Vol 17 p. 9 : typed notes list inventory including cow, calf, sheep etc. Also interesting notes: "1840 Enoch Sp. [deed?] 3A House & barn to Henry Fernald for $200. In 1846 H.F. Sold same to Hannah E. Sp. For $340." and "Thomas built a house which was later (1840) purchased by Henry Fernald (Blacksmith) from Gouldsborough, Me." [Anne's note: This Thomas Spurling died 1831, so Fernald house built before 1831?] and Albion Thomas S. Moore, whose cemetery stone is Left 043 in Stanley Cemetery on Bulger Hill: "Bur. on Sutton I. and later his remains were moved to the Stanley Cem. #2 on G.C.I. Beside his dau Hannah M. Bulger" Ben. Jr. 1787 Enoch 1789 - with interesting page about Enoch Spurling b. 1789 d. 1838 history including "in 1820s he brought to Philadelphia in the brig "Newtor" a considerable number of Irish emigrants." Geo. N. 1818 Ben 1828 Dolly 1791 William 1793 Samuel 1795 - with typed inventory of estate of Samuel Spurling, Sr. 1838, leaving itemized estate to wife Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling who later marries William Pitt Preble. In the 1900s the house he left to Abigail was known as Lew Ladd's house. Interesting to note, too that he had 7 shares in Mt. D. Bridge valued at $350, among other things including shares in vessels about $2,600, and livestock. And.. An handwritten letter from H. Edgar Bunker at age 83 (son of Capt. Horace Gilley Bunker) to [Friend?] Mr. Mann, Aug. 18, 1949, on the death of Carrie Jones (daughter of Sarah Spurling Richardson, step sister to his mother, Wilhemenia(?) Preble Bunker). The letter writer's grandmother was Abigail Hadlock, widow of Capt Spurling who later married William Pitt Preble, etc. He says Sam Hadlock (showman) was his grandmother's brother, that the Prussian girl he married, Matilda Jane, lived with his grandmother, and that after Matilda Jane's husband Sanford died "she was housekeeper for grandfather Preble and married him later." Fanny 1797 Abigail 1799 Folder 2: Green cloth 3-ring binder: newspaper clippings from 1960-1980, articles, obituaries, local news pertaining to the area and Stanley families activities. TBD - THIS FOLDER NEEDS WORK - newspaper clippings need to be unfolded and stored flat. Folder 3: Genealogy: "Bits and Pieces" - loose leaf binder, there are dated tabs in rear of binder with nothing in these sections. Stanley family members listed by age at death, year of death, and various other ways. Typed notes about Joseph and Hannah (Gilley) Standley on Baker Island until 1834, then to Stuben Maine and the house and cemetery there. Some info from Town records intermingled END OF BOX 3 BOX 4 (with four folders) 2014.296.2049 General preliminary list of second group of documents donated by Ralph and Marion Stanley 10/8/2014 and the following week. (See also a September 2014 accession of Ralph Stanley papers GCIHS 2014.291.2046. Some of these documents may be consolidated with 2014.291.2046 if there's repetition or similar subjects.) Note: The plastic/cardboard/vinyl covers of the old binders in which the documents arrived were cut off and thrown away. Temporarily, the metal 3-ring binding system that holds the documents together remain in place until we can figure out a better system. Each binder is in an archival folder now, labeled with the label that appeared on the binder when we received it. Brief outline of highlights of each folder/binder included as necessary. I intend to organize subjects in groups so we'll have general knowledge of the Ralph Stanley 2014 Collection. Many of these research documents were compiled by Ralph Stanley's uncle, Leslie Victor Stanley (LVS). Loose papers and 3-ring binder. Genealogy. Loose papers: I. Letter from Ruth (R.S.H.?) to "Uncle Les" (LVS) in 1991 discussing an article by "Bud" Long that was published in the Ellsworth American before it was published in the Maine Seine. Ruth says 'he beat me to it.' And she notes that Bud Long regrets that he had not seen the 1931 History of Dresden article before publishing his. The two articles were attached to the letter. First article: "The Will of Samuel Hadlock of Mount Desert Island" by Ralph Hamilton Long, August 1990 M.G.S. (Maine Genealogical Society?) The Maine Seine, Vol. 12, No. 3. Discusses highlights of the will of Samuel Hadlock of Mount Desert Island (Hancock County Probate, 1:3), the first will probated in Hancock County. Author Long comments on noteworthy details: I.e. the original will is missing and with it information that might have been on the back of the will, for example file number, testator, and place where will was written. He also notes that in the usual phrase 'life is uncertain' uncertain is replaced with 'short'. He notes that the names of the three witnesses are not familiar surnames of the MDI area; two were from Pownalborough. Author explains Samuel Hadlock was in jail at the Pownalborough court house awaiting a death sentence. He was hanged on October 28, 1790, for the murder of Eliab Littlefield Gott, 11 days after the will was written. Second article: pages 252 and 253 from History of Dresden by Charles Edwin Allen 1931, explaining the trial and death by hanging of Samuel Hadlock. At the July term of 1790 at Pownalborough Samuel Hadlock was convicted of the murder of Eliab Littlefield Gott and sentenced to be hanged. It sets for the details of the crime committed October 26, 1789, including the wooden stake used, drunkeness, and a fight. Hadlock pleaded not guilty. A letter dated July 31, 1790 and published in the Columbian Centinel stated Hadlock broke jail and escaped for two years. Public sympathy was with him and Sheriff Bridge did not want to hang him. No record of the execution exists but that is apparently not unusual. II. Letters from Ruth to Aunt Helen and Uncle Leslie from Moscow Maine, Feb. 17, 28, and March 23, 1983, following up on research she was undertaking at their request and catching up on family matters including an auto accident Small binder: Gilley genealogy Folder 2: GCI/LCI/Bakers | cemetery info (see also separate archival binder Box 5 TBD 11/6/14 Stenographers notebook - Notes for GCI cemeteries: Stanley Cemetery #2 and Bunker Cemetery Folder 3: Binder with alphabetical tabs: Stanley Index - Genealogy- alphabetized by first name Folder 4: Binder: Great Cranberry 1900-1912 - genealogy, births and deaths END BOX 4 BOX 5 (One archival quality binder) 2014.296.2049 General preliminary list of second group of documents donated by Ralph and Marion Stanley 10/8/2014 and the following week. (See also a September 2014 accession of Ralph Stanley papers GCIHS 2014.291.2046. Some of these documents may be consolidated with 2014.291.2046 if there's repetition or similar subjects.) Note: The plastic/cardboard/vinyl covers of the old binders in which the documents arrived were cut off and thrown away. Temporarily, the metal 3-ring binding system that holds the documents together remain in place until we can figure out a better system. Each binder is in an archival folder now, labeled with the label that appeared on the binder when we received it. Brief outline of highlights of each folder/binder included as necessary. I intend to organize subjects in groups so we'll have general knowledge of the Ralph Stanley 2014 Collection. Many of these research documents were compiled by Ralph Stanley's uncle, Leslie Victor Stanley (LVS). Cemeteries: Great Cranberry Island, Little Cranberry Island and Bakers Island: Spurling Cemetery #1 (1785-1847) Spurling Cemetery #2 (1839-1931) Spurling Cemetery #3 (1890-1973) Preble Cemetery (1853-1978) Harding Cemetery (1861-1976) Bunker Cemetery (1832-197X) Stanley Cemetery #1 (1800-1835) Stanley Cemetery #2 (1838-1974) Islesford/Bakers: loose notes and info Notecards: humorous discoveries in graveyards for a 1957 or 1958 Gorham State Teachers Collage (sic) speech class. END OF BOX 5 BOX 6 (1 BINDER) 2014.296.2049 General preliminary list of second group of documents donated by Ralph and Marion Stanley 10/8/2014 and the following week. (See also a September 2014 accession of Ralph Stanley papers GCIHS 2014.291.2046. Some of these documents may be consolidated with 2014.291.2046 if there's repetition or similar subjects.) Note: The plastic/cardboard/vinyl covers of the old binders in which the documents arrived were cut off and thrown away. Temporarily, the metal 3-ring binding system that holds the documents together remain in place until we can figure out a better system. Each binder is in an archival folder now, labeled with the label that appeared on the binder when we received it. Brief outline of highlights of each folder/binder included as necessary. I intend to organize subjects in groups so we'll have general knowledge of the Ralph Stanley 2014 Collection. Many of these research documents were compiled by Ralph Stanley's uncle, Leslie Victor Stanley (LVS). "Cranberry Isles Maine Birthday Book," compiled by William Otis Sawtelle, Ted Spurling, Srl, Andrew Ellis Stanley, Sr., and Les Stanley Binder - genealogy with alphabetical tabs by surname for dozens of island families END BOX 6 BOX 7 (with three folders) 2014.296.2049 General preliminary list of second group of documents donated by Ralph and Marion Stanley 10/8/2014 and the following week. (See also a September 2014 accession of Ralph Stanley papers GCIHS 2014.291.2046. Some of these documents may be consolidated with 2014.291.2046 if there's repetition or similar subjects.) Note: The plastic/cardboard/vinyl covers of the old binders in which the documents arrived were cut off and thrown away. Temporarily, the metal 3-ring binding system that holds the documents together remain in place until we can figure out a better system. Each binder is in an archival folder now, labeled with the label that appeared on the binder when we received it. Brief outline of highlights of each folder/binder included as necessary. I intend to organize subjects in groups so we'll have general knowledge of the Ralph Stanley 2014 Collection. Many of these research documents were compiled by Ralph Stanley's uncle, Leslie Victor Stanley (LVS). Folder 1: 1 thin binder: "Benjamin Spurling, Sr., His wife, Fanny Guptill, Their 11 children and 60-63 G. Children. 31 Surnamed Spurling, 17 Surnamed Stanley, 4 surnamed Moore, 8 surnamed Newman, Compiled by William Otis Sawtelle with further research by L.V.S." Loose papers. Folder 2: Loose papers (genealogy) and looseleaf sheets that might have been intended for a binder with heading: "Index - Intermarriages" a column each for Stanley first name, husband, date of M. And tabbed dividers with some information in several sections. Folder 3: Binder - Genealogy, "A-Z Town of Cranberry Island", starts with census of 1850,60,70, then tabbed dividers by surnames END OF BOX 7 Box 8 (with 13 folders) 2014.296.2049 General preliminary list of second group of documents donated by Ralph and Marion Stanley 10/8/2014 and the following week. (See also a September 2014 accession of Ralph Stanley papers GCIHS 2014.291.2046. Some of these documents may be consolidated with 2014.291.2046 if there's repetition or similar subjects.) Note: The plastic/cardboard/vinyl covers of the old binders in which the documents arrived were cut off and thrown away. Temporarily, the metal 3-ring binding system that holds the documents together remain in place until we can figure out a better system. Each binder is in an archival folder now, labeled with the label that appeared on the binder when we received it. Brief outline of highlights of each folder/binder included as necessary. I intend to organize subjects in groups so we'll have general knowledge of the Ralph Stanley 2014 Collection. Many of these research documents were compiled by Ralph Stanley's uncle, Leslie Victor Stanley (LVS). FOLDER 1 Letter and clippings about how to get started with an old cemetery association or genealogical society. FOLDER 2 Genealogical information early FOLDER 3 Excellent collection of newspaper articles about Stanleys and island families, histories, events (articles from local papers 1970s and some earlier ex. 1938) FOLDER 4 copies of obituaries: Ethel Wells 1995; Raymond Bunker 1994; Irene Morse Bartlett 1998, Marjorie Alice Trask 1991 and others Receipt: A.C. Fernald Sons for undertaking 1949 for Albert Stanley estate: itemized costs of removing remains from hospital, embalming, casket, pine box, burial permit - total $151.25 Newspaper article clippings about historic items and regional events like Cordelia Stanwood, the Lady of Birdsacre, and auction. A November 20, ,1958 copy of newspaper The Enterprise of Lisbon Falls, Maine FOLDER 5 Copy of a letter dated October 6, 2001, stating that Elizabeth Wescott, accomplished genealogist died September 2001, and her files are available for research at the Blue Hill Historical Society FOLDER 6 Copy of a letter announcing Acadia National Park has completed processing the Cranberry Isles Collection. FOLDER 7 Two small color photos of the marriage certificate for Arno P. Stanley and Mabel E. Stanley third of November 1894, witnessed by S.C. Sanford, Carrie Richardson, William P Preble. Note dtd 16 June 1997 on reverse says certificate is in the home of R. W. Stanley, Southwest Harbor, ME. Letter to Mabel from Vivian Gray, Islesford, Maine. Undtd. Speaks of health of various family members. Typewritten outline with important dates in history of Maine typewritten census notes pertaining to Stanleys for 1790 and 1830, 40, 50, 60 and genealogical info for Stanleys, with a statement by Leslie Victor Stanley of his intention to develop a Stanley genealogy and a record of the nine cemeteries on Great Cranberry Island; he believes there is no record to date (statement is undated) FOLDER 8 Items in a folder labeled "Leslie": Copy of Earle A. Stanley obituary 10-3-87 Copy of a letter from Leslie V. Stanley to Dear Francis 8/28/87 referring to Francis' letter of 1973, and attaching same. Texts are about who was buried where in cemeteries. Copy of text by Dorothy Simpson from The Maine Islands stating Cranberry Islands were named for the hundred acre cranberry bog on the large island of the group called Great Cranberry and has four hundred and ninety acres - (there is a pencilled note - 7 hundred + 90 a); and it continues to explain some historic facts re the early history of the MDI. Copy of a letter from Les Stanley to Irene, 9/15/1983 about collecting family birth dates Letter from Lulu Alley to Les re: burial locations stapled to a letter from Les to her dated 9/15/1983. Letter from Rose Wedge to My Dear Boy, Cranberry Isles Feb 28, 1954 thanking him for his letter and full of family news, hard work, some discord, and a town meeting Genealogy notes 100 anniversary June 6, 1956 Tremont Lodge program Gilley genealogy chart Sewall cemetery on Manset - names and dates and a note re: Halsey Stanley d. 1880 was lost at sea on Skooner [sic] "Kate Newman" with others from Southwest Harbor, and his body washed ashore and brought home. Notes to various researchers List of Stanleys who died at sea or away - header Beverly, Mass. Two typewritten pages with header Cranberry Island, Maine detailing the history of the GCI church - 1860 union sewing-circle of 38 members formed to raise money for union meeting house and the political problems it encountered, then the fairs held to raise funds 1864, 1878 steeple blown down. 1883 Preble closed the house till other owners should b=pay their assessments and share the expense of repairs. 1883 condition of affairs brought to the attention of the Maine Missionary Society (Congregational) - Rev. Charles Whittier visited the islands. Charles Harwood pastor 1894. Harwood and Wheelwrights and other summer visitors helped to solve the problems. Etc. Mentions the Young Peoples Society of Christian Endeaver (sic) started on Great Cranberry in 1898, Islesford 1897. Color photo of an older man standing on flat rocks with question on reverse - "Is this Winn?" Tremont Lodge Notice and note about receiving a pin in commemoration of years Altha M. Stanley obituary 1998 FOLDER 9 Sub-folder 9(a): Houses of GCI: paper-clipped looseleaf pages of typed notes re: houses of GCI gathered into a separate folder (9A) within Folder 9; many pages scanned and copied. These lists of houses and occupants are titled: Houses of the Past (apparently as they would be located walking up the main road) not dated. Houses on GCI built before 1850 (with some annotations) Houses built after 1880 Houses on GCI in 1910 "as I remember them when I was eight years old" author unknown. Houses built between 1800-1910 on the main road - see map. (There is a map in three sections in the folder which may somehow match up to the list of houses.) Census 1880 information and genealogy with copies of sections of an undated map of Mount desert, Tremont and Cranberry Isles (likely a Colby atlas map 1880ish) Looseleaf handwritten lists of people serving in various positions in the Town of Cranberry Isles 1978-79 to 1914-1915. Loose papers - Sutton Island mostly but lots of links to GCI and LCI House successions on Sutton Island compiled by Hatti M. Springer Stanley cemetery #2 GCI info on the Sutton Is. Fernald connection through Dorcas Stanley, also Moore and others buried on in this cem. Notes about genealogy and a great deal of information houses of GCI Letter from Marion to Helen and Les Nov 10, 1982 about travels in the autumn of that year. Letter from Ruth to Uncle Leslie Oct. 21, 1982 about research using the Sawtelle records. She mentions finding the two female infants of Oscar and Nellie Bulger b. 1906 and 1910, and the @m. A. and Lulu S. (Lucinda Lulu Stewart) Young family which she'll send to him. Letter from Ruth to Aunt Helen and Uncle Leslie Dec. 1982. Giving names and dates for certain people as requested. One small original pencil-written ledger for Thomas Stanley, Jr. "Boston [House?] Nov. 21 th 1882 (or 6?) - Duplicate bill of sch. Wild Rose [Irish?]" listing fish, oil, costs and totals. "Fish shipped on board Sch S. L. Foster EB Stanley master" Notes about status of fishing in Maine 1829-1864 Cardboard card with printed rhyming verse, "In Memoriam. Sincerely, Aunt Min, Southwest Harbor, Me. Dec. 1929." Begins with "Where are all the worthy members of the Ladies' Aid today?" END OF FOLDER 9 END OF BOX 8 BOX 9 with 19 folders 2014.296.2049 General preliminary list of second group of documents donated by Ralph and Marion Stanley 10/8/2014 and the following week. (See also a September 2014 accession of Ralph Stanley papers GCIHS 2014.291.2046. Some of these documents may be consolidated with 2014.291.2046 if there's repetition or similar subjects.) Note: The plastic/cardboard/vinyl covers of the old binders in which the documents arrived were cut off and thrown away. Temporarily, the metal 3-ring binding system that holds the documents together remain in place until we can figure out a better system. Each binder is in an archival folder now, labeled with the label that appeared on the binder when we received it. Brief outline of highlights of each folder/binder included as necessary. I intend to organize subjects in groups so we'll have general knowledge of the Ralph Stanley 2014 Collection. Many of these research documents were compiled by Ralph Stanley's uncle, Leslie Victor Stanley (LVS). FOLDERS 1 - 5 (Folder 1=1828-1830s; 2=1840s; 3=1850s; 4=undated; 5= Gilley Family by Sawtelle) Genealogy - Gilley family - original, handwritten, ink and some pencil, 1828-1850s single ledger sheets, correspondence, memorandums, IOUs, and receipts detailing transactions for William, Elisha, Joseph, Francis, and Samuel Gilley and others in various locations including Boston, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Baker Island. Other names include: Joseph Brazer of Chestertown, Mr. Eaton, Isaac Stanley, Samuel Goldsburg, Thomas Bunker (for shoveling around school 1833), Captain Rufus King of Charlestown. On many of the documents, one side of the page served as the mailing envelope with address on it which is folded cleverly so that the other side of the paper shows the content. Some have remnants of sealing wax. Items of interest: William B. Lawrence for one clock worth $20 if it works, if not to be returned by December 1831. Daniel Somes for shoes and boots and hides 1843. Letter from Benjamin Benson Jr (?) to William Gilley 1843 re: black and gray foxes killed on Little Duck Island with or for Mr. Bartlett and the value of the hides as worth $2.00-$2.40(?). One receipt from Mr. N. Lurvey, Boston Dec. 1855, "Dr. to H. & F. Stimpson, Manufacturers of Stoves, Grates, and Cooking Ranges" for 1 cook stove $10.00. Note addressed to Thomas Bunker, Town Treasurer Cranberry Isles, re: District 5 Bakers Island to Mary O. Tucker for teaching school on Bakers eight weeks at one dollar per week, signed Elisha Gilley of Bakers, May 15 [year unk]. A note about a chimney: "12 feet one way, by 10-4 inches a chimney in this room has 3 feet [xx] on the 10.14 inches [posts?]; 3-0/7.4 inches in the [xxx?] (undtd, unsigned). Poem from Samuel Stover Cranberry Isles to Letitia undated (but ca. 1830-1850): "There's the marble there's the chisel/Take them, work them to thy will/Thou alone can'st shape thy future/Heaven give thee strength and skill." (I found this verse as an example of ELOCUTION, the art of delivering written or extemporaneous composition with force, propriety, and ease = http://www.wakayama- u.ac.jp/~erikawa/database3/paper/CP/CP18630000SC4.txt) Two folded, loose sheets, copies of The Gilley Family of Mt. Desert booklet by William Otis Sawtelle. FOLDER 6 Information pertaining to Cranberry Isles 1800-1924. Typed on loose-leaf sheets and colored paper, secured in a paper folder. Schooners: Cranberry, Five brothers, Cashier, Nester, Splendid Brigantines: Volta, and Hannah and Abigail Births and deaths from town reports Some of the high school tuitions paid by the town 1910-1924 Town business and reports 1914 including new school building on Little Cranberry and town expenditures for that year. FOLDER 7: Handwritten in ink on lined paper: "History of the first Hamors that came to Mt. Desert" undated, but with a note at top of page: "These sheets given me by Georgia Hamor - summer of 1961, M.T.S." First page of text is glued to the second page which begins a nine-page chart of generations of Hamors concluding in 1862. Author states three Hamor brothers, David, Daniel and John, came from Wales England to America. John eventually came to Hulls Cove in 1771. Notes, handwritten on loose-leaf: Inhabitants in Town of Cranberry Isles 1870. Census data listing names and occupations. Family trees: Abraham Richardson; William Pung Bunker; Michael Bulger with obituary for George W. Bulger 1920 Town of CI Selectmen 1909-1958 - typed notes Typed (carbon copy) 10-page list of Descendants of David and Experience (Thompson) Hamor with dates of birth, marriages, etc. Correspondence between Edward Moran and Marion Stanley about genealogical questions. Correspondence between Aletta Carter(?) and Marion Stanley FOLDER 8: Information on 28 houses on Sutton's Island (1806-1960) including copies of maps with property lines; house histories with information and comments about owners, occupants, and dates built - on a legal-size typewritten sheet prepared 1963 by George L. Paine and Hoyt. C. Hottel (two of the homeowners). This sheet includes brief summary of the island's history from 1755. Family names included in the study: Gilley, Lancaster, Richardson, Moore, Lamb Higgins, Lyman, Spurling, Stanley, Wheelright, Church, Paine, Bunker, Fernald, Mitchell, Kendall, King, Stimson, Achsenschlager, Turner, Rosenthal, Rice, Manley, Burnham, Memhard, Chatfield, Lange, Rockefeller, Hopkins, Dartmouth College, Hessenbruch, Gano, Silsby, Closz, Nussdorfer, Worchester, Field, Kahn, Kenniel, Burnham, Gilchrist, Furbush, Hottel, Gilchrist, Furbush, Eades, Harvard College, Woodworth, Springer, Lyman, Talley, Shaw, Byerly, Eliott, Lamb, Sprague, Campbell, Goodwin. House names: Log cabin, White Hen, Afterglow, Farmhouse, Moore House (Wormser), Bunker House (Hawtin), Kendall House (Harvard), Schoolhouse, Bunchberry Bungalow (Fry), Windemere (Rosenthal), Rice House (Manley), Church House (Lange), Tea House, Rachel Field House, Afterglow, The Cabin, The Cow Barn, Lanman House, Buena Vista, Fir-Lea, Lamb House, The Dory (Campbell), and The Natural Bridge. One typewritten page of genealogy of Nancy Rich 1782 m. Joseph Moore etc. FOLDER 9: Typed and handwritten genealogical information about the Hadlock, Bunker, and Preble families including the Hadlock cemetery. Folder 10: Copy of handwritten Stanley family genealogy (about 40 pages) mailed from Francis A. Stanley, Sr. to Vernon Perkins 1978. Folder 11: Gilley family genealogy and miscellaneous including an article about the birth of the Navy with the ship Hannah from the Beverly Evening Times (Massachusetts) Thursday, September 5, 1963. (On reverse is an article, "Integration at a Glance" with the news that "A thousand Negroes enraged by the bombing of the home of a prominent Negro civil rights attorney rioted in the streets of Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday night. Folder 12: Typewritten booklet "Cemeteries on Great Cranberry Island, Maine. "Names and Vital Statistics from the Cemeteries on Great Cranberry Island, Maine, L.V.S. [Leslie Victor Stanley] 1975 (Listed by date of death). [Note by archivist 3/22/16: This may be the material Bruce Komusin put on the gcihs.org website.] Folder 13: Correspondence, newspaper article, and other typed and handwritten genealogical information pertaining to Cranberry Isles cemeteries. Folder 14: Newspaper articles about the 200th anniversary of the settlement of the village of Somesville. Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, August 3, 1961. One stray note about genealogy of Newmans from Gouldsboro, Maine. Folder 15: Two typewritten pages acknowledging who helped this person with his/her research. "These records of names and dates are but a further research on the information compiled by Dr. William Otis Sawtelle and it is my desire to dedicate this book to him " [Is this by Hugh Dwelley perhaps? No date given] Folder 16: Typed list of vessels built at Hulls Cove 1809-1860 as recorded in the Early Records of Mount Desert by Eben M. Hamor - two volumes in Maine State Library, includes masters and owners names. (Note attached to manuscript: This copy was typed by Alice Ward and mailed to The Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, ME Apr. 6, 1960. The handwritten index cards from which the information was transcribed are attached.) Names of Schooners and Brigs are: Belona, Native, Snow Bird, Eliza Ann, Pilgrim, Two Brothers, Two Sons, Mary Jane, Garden of Eden, M. Joy of Ellsworth, Chastena of Eden, Penina Josephine of Eden, Delma of Eden, Lodi of Boston, Wanderer of Ellsworth, Avondale of Tremont, Cemantha Hopkins of Eden, Four Sisters of Eden, Clarinda of Eden, Hannah of Boston, Exchange of Eden, Cabinet of Eden, Cornelia, St. Helena, Hamor. Collection of newspaper articles about ships and one about General La Fayette: Ships of the Past by Allie Ryan - Steamer Bohemian - Ellsworth American 3/23/1972. "Goog Will be Remembered" seven-master was largest model craft. Steamer Bay State; Mary S. Doughty; Augusta M. Gott; Steamship Falmouth; Steamer Percy V; the Cimbria. Folder 17: Genealogy - Gott family - half page, handwritten Folder 18: Genealogy: Stanley family in various formats, notes, handwritten, typed. Handwritten journal of someone's stay in the hospital for prostate problems. Copy of the Division of Thomas Stanley's Real Estate to the Widow & Heirs Jan. 17th A.D. 1878 by Leonard Holmes, Henry H. Clark, A. C. Fernald, Commissioners - with summation and typed transcript of the document. Includes information about the Stanley cemetery and surmising it was on "the Lot 10 & 27." Mentions the plan drawn by Mr. Eben M. Hamor, the surveyor and artists on file in the Probate Office. Lists the heirs and some death dates. Typed copies of census information for 1880, 1909. Pencil script loose-leaf transcriptions of deed Vol 389/Pg412, Jan 27, 1903 pertaining to property various Stanley's are passing to Lewis G. Stanley in consideration of one dollar and other valuable considerations. Enoch B. Stanley property commencing at the Ledge and north west corner of land " with annotations about other Stanley deeds 1805-1836. Handwritten, pencil transcription of deed Vol 63, Pg. 315, Nov. 25, 1835 lists parties with their professions all of Marblehead Massachusetts with property being transferred to Thomas Standley Junior of Cranberry Island for $650 - four undivided fifth parts 100 acres. One 1963 plastic pocket calendar from lumber company in South Windham, ME. Folder 19: Two letters in one envelope. Envelope addressed to Mrs. Esther Spurling, Cranberry Isles, 1948, from Tacoma, WA. First letter: to Dear Esther - from Alfred about sending dried fish across the country, and it mentions the newspaper clipping about huge tree transported in Washington. The second letter is to Mrs. P. J. Stanley, Islesford, ME, from Tacoma, WA, 1913: Dear Mother your loving daughter, Mabel F. Stanley. It's about Mabel's children and a new baby. A worn copy of pamphlet, "The Gilley Family of Mt. Desert" by William Otis Sawtelle, with script "Compliments of William Otis Sawtelle" Various receipts, mostly for property taxes for Alfred E. Stanley, Mabel E. Stanley, Arno P. Stanley, Lewis Ladd and others 1919-1950. One receipt for "One dup. marble marker set at Baker's Island $50. To Boat across $4.00, total $54.00. From H. W. Dunn & Son, Granite and Marble Works, Willis E. Dunn, Proprietor, Ellsworth, ME May 26, 1931, paid by Albert E. Stanley May 31, 1931. END OF BOX 9 BOX 10: (with 19 folders) 2014.296.2049 General preliminary list of second group of documents donated by Ralph and Marion Stanley 10/8/2014 and the following week. (See also a September 2014 accession of Ralph Stanley papers GCIHS 2014.291.2046. Some of these documents may be consolidated with 2014.291.2046 if there's repetition or similar subjects.) Note: The plastic/cardboard/vinyl covers of the old binders in which the documents arrived were cut off and thrown away. Temporarily, the metal 3-ring binding system that holds the documents together remain in place until we can figure out a better system. Each binder is in an archival folder now, labeled with the label that appeared on the binder when we received it. Brief outline of highlights of each folder/binder included as necessary. I intend to organize subjects in groups so we'll have general knowledge of the Ralph Stanley 2014 Collection. Many of these research documents were compiled by Ralph Stanley's uncle, Leslie Victor Stanley (LVS). Folder 1: Stanley genealogy alphabetized by first name (handwritten on loose-leave in a black binder) Folder 2: Workman family genealogy and correspondence about his research into Stanley genealogy Folder 3: Genealogy of Standley family Folder 4: Genealogy of William and Margarett Stanley Folder 5: Andrew Stanley letters and family genealogy Folder 6: Genealogy of Stanley Family by first name in notebook. Folder 7: Genealogy of Stanley family, newspaper articles on sailing days of yore, Folder 8: Correspondence between Ted Spurling of Islesford and Les Stanley in Winterport, ME, 1987 about genealogical research. Folder 9: Spurling family genealogy Folder 10: Index of descendants of William and Eunice (Bunker) Gilley, Sr. (Blue paper with black binder covers removed.) Folder 11: Correspondence about Sutton Island between Leslie V. Stanley and Charles B. McLane of Dartmouth College. Folder 12: Genealogy misc. - Jordan, Fernald, and Coulter with one letter to Uncle Les from Ruth Folder 13: Genealogy and correspondence between Frank Stanley and Leslie V. Stanley about genealogical work. Folder 14: Genealogy, Fernald, Bunker, newsletters and talks Folder 15: Genealogy, some correspondence about it. Full page 1964 Bar Harbor Times article by LaRue Spike about History of Sutton Island with photo of Les Rice and houses etc. Folder 16: Correspondence, genealogy, and newspaper clippings including one about the Guptils of Gouldsboro who own the Town's records collection. Folder 17: Mount Desert Rock description and genealogy. Folder 18 Genealogy. "Intentions and marriages 1776-1842" Mount Desert Maine Folder 19: Spurling genealogy and list of houses with dates when built and by whom (by LVS 1979). Folder 20: Genealogy and correspondence about doing genealogy - Ruth Jones END OF BOX 10 Still TBD - 3/23/2016 BOX 11: (with XX folders) BOX 12: (with XX folders) BOX 13: (with XX folders)