Carolyn (Kelly) Gardner slides and photographs

Collection

Identifier: MCC-00594-UP-594

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 242 slides, 367 photographs, and 50 unique digitized images created and collected by friends and family of Carolyn (Kelly) Gardner. The slides are largely of hunting parties in Allagash, family members, military encampments, and vacations. The photographs and digital images cover Carolyn (Kelly) Gardner’s marriage to Owen Gardner in 1964, an ice jam and flood in 1974, an ice jam and flood in 1991, reconstruction of the St. John River Bridge which collapsed in 1991 and was rebuilt through 1994, and a 1992 wildfire near her home. Photographs have mostly been dated, and many have handwritten notes identifying locations, people, or particular moments in time. These notes have been written by Darrell McBreairty, Carolyn (Kelly) Gardner, and another Kelly family member.

Dates

Creation: Unknown
Creation: 1958-1962
Creation: 1964
Creation: 1974
Creation: 1991
Creation: 1992
Creation: 1994

Biographical / Historical

Carolyn (Kelly) Gardner was born to Guy E. Kelly and Theresa Kelly, née Hughes, in Allagash, Maine, along with siblings Edward Guy Kelly, Barbara Kelly (later McBreairty), Leonard Kelly, Douglas Kelly, Helen Kelly (later McBreairty), Beulah Kelly (later Gardner), Kathy Kelly (later Jackson), and Sharon Kelly (later Cusack.) In 1965, Carolyn married Owen “Buddy” Gardner; the two lived for many years in a house on Inn Road near the Allagash River itself. During the 1992 Allagash River fire, sections of the property burned, though the house was saved by aerial firefighting efforts. Carolyn worked as a cashier at the Dickey Trading Post, owned by her father. Her husband passed in 1996, and she now lives in Bangor, Maine.

Guy E. Kelly, featured in many of these photographs, was born in 1914. He operated a lumber business and owned two camps at Fox Brook and The Bishop (or Ouellette) Place along the St. John River and often led hunting parties in the area.