Island Journal (1984-present) The Maine Island Institute's annual publication of island life has been its keynote publication since 1984, when the first issue arrived in members' mailboxes and was available for purchase. Since then, it has become perhaps the most valued benefit of Island Institute membership, with its stories, poetry, photographs and articles about the myriad facets of "islandness" found here inot only here in Maine but also on islands around the world.

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Submissions from 1998

The mailboat is the community boat of the islands. Descriptions and histories o, Jane Day

Though Dwight Blaney (1865-1944), like Carroll Sargent Tyson, is given short shr, Carl Little

"Three Islands, Three Experiences." North Haven Community School weathered its, Deborah DuBrule

"Three Islands, Three Experiences." This year has been tumultuous on Long Islan, Deborah DuBrule

What Charles and Carol McLane called an "unpretentious exercise" in the 1970s qu, David D. Platt

Submissions from 1997

Article by a researcher from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothb, Maureen E. Keller

Artists have long been drawn to Maine by the state's qualities of sharing and in, Christopher Crosman

Book review of "Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast: Penobscot and Blue Hill Bays" by, Edgar M. Boyd

Description of Maine kelp, or algae, and sea urchins, the most important herbivo, Robert S. Steneck

Description of the distribution patterns of whales, which provide clues to the l, Moira W. Brown

Description of the ocean bottom in the Gulf of Maine., Les Watling

Description of the tides' effect on Maine clamming., Ed Myers Myers and Ed

Descriptions of various communities in the Gulf of Maine: fishermen, creatures i, Ted Ames

Detailed description of the allure of island life, and interviews with Maine isl, Cynthia DuBrule Borgeault and Deborah

Detailed description of the commute school kids in Casco Bay must take to attend, Frances Lefkowitz

Detailed description of the shipwreck of Her Majesty's armed schooner Halifax of, Roger F. Duncan

"Eye of the Raven." Description of the travels of Island Institute vessels., Philip W. Conkling

Maine's lobster industry is very unusual in that it has come back from the brink, James M. Acheson

More than 4,000 archeological sites in Maine document the maritime history of th, Deborah DuBrule

Profile of fisherman Clarence Bennett from Green's Island, and his comments on t, Karen Roberts Jackson

Profile of poet R. P. Blackmur (1904-1965), many of whose poems were influenced, Carl Little

Profile of the late Elizabeth Noyce., Peter Ralston

Profiles of Machias Seal Island, a magnet for bird researchers which might belon, David D. Platt

The author describes his 32 years of owning a summer home on White Island., Edgar M. Boyd

Submissions from 1996

About 4,500 Mainers live on islands. Detailed profiles of three island families, Deborah DuBrule

Anecdotal essay on life on wild Maine islands, drawing on snippits of actual isl, Susan Hand Shetterly and Siri Beckman

As early as 1927, the last surviving sites for raven breeding were Maine islands, Susan Hand Shetterly and Jamie Wyeth

At the turn of the century, all Maine's waterfront communities, except the ones, Joe Ames Upton, Beckman Siri Ted, and Scott Dickerson

Book review of "A Cruising Guide to the Maine Coast," by Hank and Jan Taft and C, David D. Platt

Book review of "Monhegan: The Artists' Island," by Jane and Will Curtis and Fran, Pamela J. Belanger

Book review of "The U.S. Life-Saving Service: Heroes, Rescues and Architecture o, Carl Little

"Eye of the Raven." Essay on the 1996 proceedings of the Island Institute, as s, Philip W. Conkling, Lisa Platt Shields, and D David

Fifty years ago, anyone with a boat was welcome to explore all the Maine islands, Roger F. Duncan

In 1900, the people of Criehaven gave Carl Anderson and his family free land on, Elizabeth Ogilvie

On October 19, 1780, during the American Revolution, British and American naviga, David D. Platt

Profile of Casco BayKeeper [sic] Joe Payne. Payne works for Friends of Casco Ba, Hannah Holmes

Since 1980, John Malloch has been growing his own salmon, halibut, pollack, cod, Tom Moffatt

State legislation last year mandated that the Maine coast be divided into lobste, James M. Acheson and James A. Wilson

Text of the poems "Penobscot," by George Oppen, and "A Loom on the Water," by Ru, George Fox Oppen and Ruth

Submissions from 1995

Alfred Osgood of Vinalhaven and his boat, the Starlight V, are legends in the Ma, Philip W. Conkling

Bangor, Stonington, and Islesboro are all shaped by the influences of Penobscot, Bob Moore

Book review of "The Artist's Mount Desert: American Painters on the Maine Coast,, Pamela J. Belanger

Book review of "The Cruising Guid to the Maine Coast," by Roger Duncan, Paul Fen, David D. Platt

Detailed yearly journal of life on the Cranberry Isles, as seen from Captain Ted, Ted Sr Spurling

Essay about travelling to Brimstone Island, south of Vinalhaven, in 1975., Philip W. Conkling

Galen and Ted Turner of Swan's Island have set out to preserve the island's mari, Andrew K. Weegar

History of Sutton Island, which was deeded to Ebenezer Sutton in 1757 in exchang, Carl Little

Penobscot River dams provide half the power for the Great Northern Paper Company, David D. Platt

Profile of Chebeague Island artist Shirley Burgess, who was born there in 1918., David Kennedy Conover and Kate

Profiles of four transplanted island families on Isle Au Haut. Matthew Skolniko, Deborah DuBrule