SPRITSAIL
Spritsail is the bi-annual journal of the history of Falmouth and vicinity published by the Woods Hole Historical Collection. We have limited numbers of extra copies of individual issues that can be purchased through our Gift Shop for $7 per issue.

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Issues from 2010 - 2019 Issues from 2000 - 2009 Issues from 1990 - 1999 Issues from 1987 - 1989
1999
Volume 13, Number 2: Summer 1999

Contents:
The Greeks Add Flavor to Falmouth
   --Barbara Kanellopoulos
Summers in Falmouth
   --Anne Swift Sawyer
Poetry: Four Lullabies
   --Eric Edwards
From the Archivists
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines
Letters
   --Re: New England Views
Vol. 13, Nol. 2
Volume 13, Number 1: Winter 1999

Contents:
Privateering in Vineyard Sound In the Revolutionary War
   --William T. Munson
Tarapaulin Cove (poem)
   --Herman Ward
Joseph's Boats
   --Karen Allen
The Woods Hole Time Ball
   --Townsend Horner
From the Archivists: Weathervanes
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines
Vol. 13, No. 1
1998
Volume 12, Number 2: Summer 1998

Contents:
Falmouth's Historic Pumping Station
   --Matthew A. Kierstead
Running Water
   --Judith G. Stetson
Why Woods Hole?
   --James Watt Mavor, Jr.
Letter
   --Re: St. Anthony's Church
Vol. 12, No. 2
Volume 12, Number 1: Winter 1998

Contents:
The Emerald Family of East Falmouth
   --Richard Kendall
Swift Family Whaling
   --E. Kent Swift, Jr.
Celebration Poem for the Bicentennial of the East End Meeting House, Now Falmouth's Synagogue
   --Eric H. Edwards.
Letters
   --Re: Atlantis and other Summer, 1997 articles
Vol. 12, No. 1
1997
Volume 11, Number 2: Summer 1997

Tenth Anniversary Issue
Contents:
From the Editor
Before the Mast in the Ketch Atlantis
   --William B. Cooper
Letters
   --Re: A Quissett Summer Romance, Vol. 11, No. 1
Vol. 11, No. 2
Volume 11, Number 1: Winter 1997

Contents:
A Quissett Summer Romance
   --Thomas Cushman Morse
   --Sidebar: Trotting Park
Ring Out in Honor of Brave Paul Revere
   --Karen Allen
Poem Two Centuries
   --Edith Austin Holton
From the Archivists
   --MassachusettsMaritime Academy: The Ship Sloop Falmouth by Fred Turkington
Letters
   --Re Winter 1996 Issue: Church of the Messiah from Rev. Edgar Lockwood
Vol. 11, No. 1
1996
Volume 10, Number 2: Summer 1996

Contents:
The Centennial History of the Woods Hole Yacht Club
   --John Valois
Early Days of Racing in Woods Hole
   --Browne Littell
Two Master Racers in Woods Hole
Prince Crowell and His Imp
   --Judith G. Stetson
Sam Cahoon and His Mae Win
   --John Valois
Sailing (poem)
   --Gordon Todd
From the Editors
Vol. 10, No. 2
Volume 10, Number 1: Winter 1996

Contents:
Art and Architecture of the Church of the Messiah
   --Sally Loessel
The Stone Church of The Messiah in Woods Hole
   --William O. Burwell
Reading History in Falmouth's Old Burying Ground
   --Ann Sears
Letters --Re: Vol. 10, No. 1 -- Curtain Rising; Quissett Harbor House; Redwood Wright
View from the Curator's Window
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines
Vol. 10, No. 1
1995
Volume 9, Number 2: Summer 1995

Contents:
From the Editorial Board
Curtain Rising: Theatre in Falmouth Over the Past Seventy Years
   --DeWitt C. Jones III
Hurricane Wedding
   --Marjorie Moore
Kim at Menemsha   Prose/Poem
   --David Bradley From the Archivists
From the Archivists
   Woods Hole Collection by Susan Fletcher Witzell
Vol. 9, No. 2
Volume 9, Number 1: Winter 1995

Contents:
The War Years in Falmouth
   --Frederick T. Turkington
Life in Woods Hole Village During World War II
   --SusanFletcher Witzell
Letters
   --Re: Vol. 8, No. 2 -- Woods Hole Post Office
Vol. 9, No. 1
1994
Volume 8, Number 2: Summer 1994

Contents:
Sailing Ships, Science and Stonework: The Stuff One Dream Was Made Of
   --Lucy Coan Helfrich
Woods Hole Buys Its Post Office
   --Judith C. Stetson
Letters
   --Re: Vol. 8, No. 1 -- Lotawana Nims
Vol. 8, No. 2
Volume 8, Number 1: Winter 1994

THIS ISSUE IS OUT OF PRINT

Contents:
The American Gardens of Lotawana Nims
   --Judith Lang Day
200 Years of a Quissett Family
   --Susan Fletcher Witzell
Letters
   --Re: Vol. 7, No. 2 -- House Music; Mail Service
Vol. 8, No. 1
1993
Volume 7, Number 2: Summer 1993

Contents:
House Music at the Fuglisters and How It Influenced Music Making in Woods Hole Since 1942
   --William Simmons & Cecelia Bowerman Fuglister
At the Station
   --Patricia Sylvia Burke
From the Archivists
Katharine Lee Bates, America the Beautiful Centennial Celebration
   --Robert H. Bidwell
Letters
   Mail and the Island Steamers by Douglas N. Clark
America the Beautiful, Words and Music
Errata from Vol. 7, No. 1: "Fire Fighting in Falmouth" and "Reconstruction of Wheelwright House"
Vol. 7, No. 2
Volume 7, Number 1: Winter 1993

Contents:
Fire Fighting in Falmouth Early Times Through 1947
   --Gordon F. Todd
Reconstruction of Wheelwright House Church Street, Woods Hole
   --Dr. Charles U. Lowe
Letters
   --Church Street, Woods Hole; 1992 Summer Cover
Vol. 7, No. 1
1992
Volume 6, Number 2: Summer 1992

Contents:
The Angelus Bell Tower and Mary Garden in Woods Hole
   --Jane A. McLaughlin
Mary Dodd Craig Showed Falmouth Women the Way
   --Edgar Henry Craig and Mollie Craig Rice
         Falmouth Women Elected to Town Offices
         School Board Minutes
            -- Frederick T. Turkington
On the Cape
   --Eva March Tappan
Letters
   --Turnstiles
Vol. 6, No. 2
Volume 6, Number 1: Winter 1992

THIS ISSUE IS OUT OF PRINT

Contents:
The Development of Falmouth as a Summer Resort 1850-1900
   --Candace Jenkins
Letters
   Turnstiles in Falmouth--Clarence J. Anderson
Vol. 6, No. 1
1991
Volume 5, Number 2: Summer 1991

THIS ISSUE IS OUT OF PRINT

Contents:
Generations of Success from a Ten Dollar Bill
   --Kathy Sharp Frisbee
Some of the History and Flavor of the Quissett Harbor House Hotel
   --Virginia Francis
Boyhood Years at the Quissett Harbor House in the 1920's
   --John E. Sawyer
Conversations With Him [Walter C. Janney]
   --Wistar Janney
From the Archivists Woods Hole Historical Collection [Thomas D. Fish]
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines
Vol. 5, No. 2
Volume 5, Number 1: Winter 1991

Contents:
From the Editorial Board
"More Dead Than Alive"
Experiences of a Falmouth Boy in Rebel Prisons
   --Frederick T. Turkington
Civil War Poem
   --Warren L. Chadwick
From the Archivists
Falmouth Historical Society: Journals of George S. Jones 1853-1857
   --Harriet Quimby
Letters
   --Re: Oliver S. Chute
Vol. 5, No. 1
1990
Volume 4, Number 2: Summer 1990

THIS ISSUE IS OUT OF PRINT

Contents:
Dedication: Bruce Chalmers
In Memoriam: Sidewheeler Uncatena (poem)
   --Robert Hillyer
From Sail to Steam to Diesel
   --James P. Warbasse, Jr.
Merchant on Main Street
   --Hollis Lovell
Review of Manitou by James W. Mavor, Jr and Byron E. Dix
   --K. O. Emery
From the Archivists
The Cuttyhunk Historical Society
   --Janet Bosworth
Letters
   --Re: Vol 4, No. 1 Airplane House
Vol. 4, No. 2
Volume 4, Number 1: Winter 1990

THIS ISSUE IS OUT OF PRINT

Contents:
Falmouth Tricentennial Quilt
   --Courtesy, Falmouth Historical Commission
Falmouth's Village Green
   --Bonnie L. Hamilton and Bruce Chalmers
From Portable to Notable
The Story of the Airplane House on Juniper Point and How it Grew
   --William Gray Purcell
From the Archivists
Woods Hole Historical Collection
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines
Vol. 4, No. 1
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