Reminiscences Of A Summer At The Breakwater Hotel, 1960 (Part 1)
By Allan W. Swank “You’re kidding! You’re asking me if I want to go with you to Massachusetts? For the whole summer? I’d be crazy if I said anything ...
Reminiscences Of A Summer At The Breakwater Hotel, 1960 (Part 2)
By Allan W. Swank, 2008 Part 1 of Allan Swank’s Reminiscences appeared in MAINSHEET, Spring 2008. He was 16 years old in 1960 when he came to work with his ...
A Town Called Nobska: a Cautionary Tale?
By Les Garrick 100 years ago some wealthy shore-dwelling summer dudes proposed to divide Falmouth Township into two distinct towns. Their mouthpiece was realtor Horace S. Crowell, the developer ...
The Log Books of Captain Anthony Howes
by Nancy S. Bundy “for we see people almost every day disappointed in their hopes & desires and we are taught to believe it is all for the best.” August 22, ...
Prosperity from Whaling Created New-Style Houses in the 1840s
By Susan F. Witzell, Archivist Eldredge house, c. 1900, Fay Family Collection In 1842 two new homes were built on the main road into Woods Hole village. ...
The Loose, Untailored Fabric of History—the Treasure Trove in the Archives
By P.K. Simonds Fans of the Woods Hole Historical Museum are sometimes confused to see signs, postcards or old issues of Spritsail referring to us as the Woods Hole Historical ...
New Accessions and the Wreck of the City of Columbus
New Accessions and the Wreck of the City of Columbus By Susan F. Witzell, Archivist Bread and milk mug of Sarah Bryant Fay (Photo by Susan F. ...
The Eaton Collection and New AccessionsThe Hurricane of 1938
by P.K. Simonds 75 years ago this September a hurricane with no name slammed into our shores and wreaked more devastation than any storm had in 70 years — ...
The Story Of Some Cannon Balls, A Tale Of Cooperation, Not War
by Susan F. Witzell, Archivist During late 1813 and early 1814 the British war ship Nimrod spent a great deal of time and effort patrolling, blockading and marauding Vineyard Sound, ...
Quissett Oral History and the Fay Farmhouse
Quissett Oral History and the Fay Farmhouse By Susan F. Witzell, Archivist Quissett Oral History In the early 1970s, Molly Willett of Quissett and several friends, Isabel ...