Martha's Vineyard Museum
A Finding Aid to the C. G. Hine Scrapbook and Newspapers, 1859-1919
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
| Repository | Martha's Vineyard Museum,
Gale Huntington Research Library 59 School Street P.O. Box 1310 Edgartown, MA 02539 (508)627-4441 |
|---|---|
| Call Number | RU 447 |
| Creator | Hine, C. G. (Charles Gilbert), 1859-1931 |
| Title | C. G. Hine scrapbook and newspapers |
| Date | 1859-1919 |
| Extent | 1 box + 1 oversize box (0.979 cubic feet) |
| Language | The materials are in English. |
| Abstract | This collection contains a scrapbook of research materials related to the island of Martha's Vineyard, created by Charles Gilbert Hine, 1859-1931, and several newspapers from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York, New York, dating from 1859-1919. Charles Gilbert Hine, known as C. G. Hine, was an insurance publisher, author of local history and amateur photographer. |
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Use and Reproduction Restrictions
Requests to reproduce material from this collection should be directed to the library's staff. Reproduction fees may apply.
Preferred Citation
Martha's Vineyard Museum, RU 447, C. G. Hine Scrapbook and Newspapers.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Walter Renear in 1993. (Accession no. 1993.068)
Bibliography
New-York Historical Society Museum and Library. "Guide to the Charles Gilbert Hine Photograph Collection." New-York Historical Society, 2011. http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/hine/ (accessed April 23, 2013)
Publication Information
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Gale Huntington Research Library59 School Street
P.O. Box 1310
Edgartown, MA 02539
(508)627-4441
Processing Information
Finding aid prepared by Insley Julier April 2013. Machine-encoded by Nathaniel Janick April 2014.
Creation of this finding aid was sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.Related Materials
Related Materials
See also, RU 445, C. G. Hine Albums and Publications; RU 446, Daughters of the American Revolution Collection of C. G. Hine Albums and Ruth F. Dunham Album; and, RU 21, Henry Beetle Hough Collection.
Copies of C. G. Hine's publication: The Story of Martha's Vineyard: From the Lips of its Inhabitants Newspaper Files and Those Who Have Visited its Shores, including Stray Notes on Local History and Industries (1908), are found in the library collections.
Index Terms
Genre(s)
- Black-and-white photographs
- Brochures
- Correspondence
- Maps
- Newspapers
- Pamphlets
- Scrapbooks
Geographic Name(s)
- Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)--History
- Tisbury (Mass. : Town)--History
- Vineyard Haven (Mass.)--History
Biography/Historical Note
Charles Gilbert Hine, 1859-1931, known as C. G. Hine, was a publisher and editor of insurance periodicals, an author of local history and an amateur photographer. He resided in the tri-state area and on the island of Martha's Vineyard. He was born on September 12, 1859 in New Albany, Indiana to Charles Cole Hine, 1825-1897, and Mary Hazard Avery, 1822-1907. He had two siblings; Thomas A. and Edward A. In 1868, C. G. Hine's father, Charles Cole Hine became owner and editor of an insurance publishing house in New York City and he moved his family to a Newark suburb, Woodside, New Jersey. The company produced publications of insurance forms and policies, as well as, trade periodicals, including the Insurance Monitor. The family spent their summers on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts where C. G. Hine's grandparents had a house.
In 1873 Charles Gilbert Hine's father purchased a large parcel of land on the Lagoon Pond in Tisbury, Massachusetts. The area was then known as Cedar Neck. Hine's father hoped to profit from the purchase, and he subdivided the acreage into 98 building lots. The development was not a success however, and the Hine family occupied the property in relative seclusion until the 1920s when the property was sold. They built their summer home on a point of land extending into the Lagoon Pond, which is now known as Hines Point. In November 1898, the Hine's home was destroyed in a storm and in 1899 the family rebuilt on a different site, using salvaged materials from the original house.
Charles Gilbert Hine and his brothers, Thomas Avery Hine, 1855-1933 and Edward A. Hine, learned the insurance publishing trade from their father. When C. C. Hine died in 1897, his sons assumed management of the company which became, C. C. Hine's Sons Company. Charles G. Hine was appointed President, Thomas A. Hine, Treasurer and Edward A. Hine, Secretary. Their offices were located at 100 William Street in New York City.
Charles C. Hine also taught his sons photography and the family's Vineyard home included a darkroom. The Hine brothers developed a great appreciation for the medium and, with their father, became founding members of the Newark Camera Club. An 1889 issue of The American Amateur Photographer lists C. G. Hine as the club's Director (an annual appointment), and during the early 1890s he served for several years as Secretary of the club. Hine combined his passion for photography with his business connections in the publishing industry, privately printing a number of works describing family excursions to the White Mountains and Nova Scotia, and the history of New York, New Jersey and Martha's Vineyard. He titled this series Hine's Annuals. As a historian and photographer Hine took particular interest in the geographic areas in which he lived or worked and his texts and images depict or describe; New York City, NY; Kingston, NY; Staten Island, NY; Woodside, NJ; the Hudson River; Martha's Vineyard, MA and his family's property at Cedar Neck, Martha's Vineyard.
Around 1910 C. G. Hine moved to Staten Island, New York. Hine married Sarah Tilden in 1915 and the pair moved to East Orange, New Jersey. In later years, in ill-health, Hine came to live on the island at the recommendation of his doctor. However, he retained his residence in New Jersey. He died June 6, 1931 and was buried in Newark, New Jersey.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains a scrapbook of research materials created by Charles Gilbert Hine around 1908, and several newspapers and clippings from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York, New York dating from 1859-1919. It is unclear whether the newspapers formed part of Hine's original research materials. C. G. Hine's role in the family publishing business allowed him to privately print several works pertaining to the island of Martha's Vineyard and his family's property at Cedar Neck. In 1908 Hine authored and published a monograph titled: The Story of Martha's Vineyard: From the Lips of its Inhabitants Newspaper Files and Those Who Have Visited its Shores, including Stray Notes on Local History and Industries. The scrapbook in this collection chronicles Hine's research related to the history of Martha's Vineyard. Hine relied heavily upon stories and recollections provided by other islanders, summer residents and descendants of early island families, as well as the essays and published articles of local historians.
Arrangement
- Series I: Scrapbook, circa 1908, undated
- Series II: Newspapers, 1859-1919
Collection Contents
Series I. Scrapbook, circa 1908, undated Scope and ContentThe scrapbook in Series I, chronicles Hine's research related to the history of Martha's Vineyard and includes newspaper clippings dating from 1902-1908, bulk 1907-1908, maps, tourist brochures, a bibliography, pamphlets, a few black-and-white photographs, typed excerpts of primary sources, typed essays authored by various individuals on historical topics, events or figures, typed summaries of conversations with local residents, hand-written correspondence with the descendants of early island families, and anecdotes, quotes and reminiscences. Hine consulted a variety of sources when drafting, The Story of Martha's Vineyard: From the Lips of its Inhabitants Newspaper Files and Those Who Have Visited its Shores, including Stray Notes on Local History and Industries, and the scrapbook includes correspondence created by Mrs. and Mrs. R. Bradford, John Butler, G. L. Daggett, Margaret L. Norton, Dora L. Peakes, William Rotch and Georgine Savage; historical essays or excerpts by Charles E. Banks, Mrs. Howes Norris, Martha D. Norris, Eugenia Norton; and, anecdotes or reminiscences by Charles H. Brown, Mrs. Bradford, Joseph Dias, Benjamin N. Luce, Rebecca H. Manter, Margaret L. Norton and Mary A. Cleggett Vanderhoop. Topics and individuals covered, include the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Ichabod Norton, the naming of Edgartown, Cedar Neck, the liberty pole legend, Vineyard Haven, Chunk's Hill (an area adjacent to the lagoon, also known as Oklahoma), the Vineyard Haven fire of 1883, Chilmark, Gay Head (now Aquinnah), native Americans, Nancy Luce, the weather, heath hens, shellfish, fishing, marine life, whaling, blackfish oil, shipwrecks, gravestone inscriptions, Katama, Felix Neck and Peter West of Eastville. The scrapbook was found in two separate sections, bound with cardboard covers and metal fasteners. Other materials in this series were found loose inside the front cover of the scrapbook. Several typescript pages of notes were detached from the binding. Their original order and location within the binder was not evident and they have subsequently been filed separately after the scrapbook. ArrangementThe series is arranged chronologically. | ||||
| Box | Folder | |||
Letter and Anecdote of Dora L. Peakes, 1908 | 1 | 1 | ||
Scrapbook, circa 1908 | 1 | 2 | ||
Scrapbook, circa 1908 | 1 | 3 | ||
Loose Scrapbook Pages, circa 1908 | 1 | 4 | ||
Card Photograph, undated NoteNote: Annotated on the verso: Camp meeting Cedar Hartford Park, Oak Bluffs. | 1 | 5 | ||
Series II. Newspapers, 1859-1919 Scope and ContentSeries II contains Martha's Vineyard, Philadelphia and New York City newspapers, 1859-1919. It is unclear from institutional records whether the newspapers and clippings formed part of C. G. Hine's original research materials, or whether they were collected from a different source by the donor of this collection. Two issues of the Vineyard Gazette are inscribed on the cover with the names of members of the Smith family; George H. Smith and Amos (?) Smith. The series also includes one program from the historical pageant, held at the old Allen grist mill, on the shores of Luce's Pond in West Tisbury, August 12, 1911. ArrangementThe series is arranged chronologically. | ||||
| Box | Folder | |||
Vineyard Gazette, 1859, 1878-1879, 1885 | OS 2 | 1 | ||
Philadelphia Inquirer and New York Herald, 1861-1862 | OS 2 | 2 | ||
Brooklyn Sunday Sun, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and Mail and Express, 1874, 1889, 1896 | OS 2 | 3 | ||
Sea Gull, vol. I, no. 5, 1895 | OS 2 | 4 | ||
Martha's Vineyard Herald and Clippings, 1907-1910 | OS 2 | 5 | ||
Historical Pageant Program, 1911 August 12 | 1 | 6 | ||
New York Times: Civil War Supplement, 1915 | OS 2 | 6 | ||
Vineyard News, 1919 July 24 | OS 2 | 7 | ||