PUBLICATIONS
NEWSLETTERS:
The SBHS Newsletter is published twice a year, in the fall and in the spring. Copies may be obtained in person at the museum, or by mail. Order copies for mail at $1.00 per copy plus any postage.
In addition to news about the activities of the SBHS, the following informational articles have appeared in the Society's Newsletters:
1998:
Volume 1, Number 1
Damariscotta Steamboat Co.; Genealogy - John Catland Family
Volume 1, Number 2
Summit House Fire; "Thrill", by Jay Morris, Jr.
1999:
Volume 2, Number 1
"South Bristol Village Bridges", by Dave Andrews;
Volume 2, Number 2
"Summer's End", by Romilly Humphries; "Thrill", by Jay Morris, Jr.
2000:
Volume 3, Number 1
Christmas Cove Post Office, including memories of Arletta Thorpe Rice; Leroy Green and Larry Chittenden the Cowboy Poet:, Everett Spear and Uncle Dan Chittenden; Corbin's Sound
2001:
Volume 4, Number 1
"South Bristol History: Willard L. Metcalf", by Ellen Vincent; excerpt from The Pemaquid Messenger with commentary by Nat Hammond
2002:
Volume 5, Number 1
"A History of the Gamage Shipyard Property", by David Andrews
Volume 5, Number 2
"June 1910 - the Mott-Smiths Go to Maine", excerpts from The Autobiography of Kenneth Ormsby Mott-Smith, relating the trip from Schenectady, NY to South Bristol; "Glimpses of the Revolution: Bristol Town Records, 1774-1777", by John J. Turner, Jr.
2003:
Volume 6, Number 1
More excerpts from the Autobiography of Kenneth Ormsby Mott-Smith, relating the trip by water from Bath to South Bristol in 1910.
Volume 6, Number 2
South Bristol 1889, excerpts from The Pemaquid Messenger relating to South Bristol village businesses, Christmas Cove, and shipbuilding.
2004:
Volume 7, Number 1
West Bristol and Walpole 1889, excerpts from The Pemaquid Messenger, relating to agriculture, brick-making, ice harvesting and other activities in and around the Walpole area.
Volume 7, Number 2
"The Petition for Division of the Town of Bristol and Some of the Reasons Therefor", as submitted to the state legislature in 1915.
2005:
Volume 8, Number 1
"South Bristol History Reading List", compiled by David Andrews; The Sproul Homestead, as listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Volume 8, Number 2
"South Bristol Civil War Participants", compiled by David Andrews; "The Emily Means House", is listed on the National Register of Historical Places, located on Birch Island, it is a rare example of a summer cottage in Mediterranean style.
2006:
Volume 9, Number 1
"A Reminiscence of 1812" - a handwritten account of the John's Bay revolutionary sea battle between the British warship Boxer and the Continental US warship Enterprise, from Arletta Thorpe family papers.
Volume 9, Number 2
"A Panorama of South Bristol Village, circa 1892", by David Andrews, Historian; Commentary on a series of nine captivating photographs from the original collection of Alvin Gamage (descendent of the South Bristol family); photographs are a panorama taken from the Cupola of the Summit House on Rutherford's Island.
2007:
Volume 10, Number 1
"School Days - Excerpts from interviews with Sarah Emery", responses of Sarah Emery to interviews by Richard Hawkins, South Bristol School Principal, in 1975; on subjects - Christmas, the water bucket, flag, desks, and building care. "Slaves in South Bristol?", by David Andrews, Historian; of seven well-to-do Bristol farmers, sea captains, and traders only William Miller was a slave owner, his estate listed "Three Negroes - 80 pounds".