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. To order issues,
please print out our Order Form. |
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Issues from 2010 - 2019 | Issues from 2000 - 2009 | Issues from 1990 - 1999 | Issues from 1987 - 1989 |
2009 |
Volume 23, Number 2: Summer 2009 Contents: From the Editors Falmouth Village: Katharine Lee Bates' Playground --Leonard Miele The House At Sixteen Main Street --Maria C. Ward Empty Space: A Poem For Katharine Lee Bates --Eric Edwards The Falmouth Bell --Katharine Lee Bates Falmouth --Katharine Lee Bates From the Archives --A Reflection from Carolyn Powers, Executive Director of FHS The Katharine Lee Bates Sculpture Book Review -- Walking Tour of Woods Hole Village Celebrating Katharine Lee Bates -- Calendar of Special Events |
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Volume 23, Number 1: Winter 2009 Contents: From the Editors First Congretational Church and the 1812 Quissett Revival --Rev. Douglas K. Showalter © 2008 The Antique Signature Quilt of the N.F. Congregational Church --Muriel Locklin and Shirley Dunkle The 175th Anniversary Quilt of the N.F. Congregational Church --Eleanor Bronson-Hodge The Falmouth Tricentennial Quilt The Woods Hole Library Quilt --Dorothy Aspinwall |
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2008 |
Volume 22, Number 2: Summer 2008 Contents: From the Editors Reflections of a Woods Hole Boy -- Childhood Reminiscences --Frederick V. Lawrence (1908-1991 The Turn of the Century: A Snapshot --Barbara Kanellopoulos A Morning in Woods Hole --Clara Gray Letter -- A Silent Species --Re: Winter 2008 -- Oil Spill |
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Volume 22, Number 1: Winter 2008 Contents: From the Editors A Silent Fall -- The Story of the West Falmouth Oil Spill --E. Graham Ward Great Sippewissett Marsh: Looking for Birds and Finding the Past --Ivan Valiela West Falmouth -- A Foggy Beginning 66 Years Ago --Dana M. Hastings Letters --Re: Julia Wood House; Anniversary Issue, Summer 2006 |
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2007 |
Volume 21, Number 2: Summer 2007 Contents: Looking Back: Falmouth At Work --Note from the Editors, Note from the Author Creating the Plaques --Sarah Peters Cranberry Harvesting --Jennifer Stone Gaines Pacific Guano Company --Jennifer Stone Gaines Marine Sciences --Jennifer Stone Gaines Summer Resort Community --Jennifer Stone Gaines Ice Harvesting --Jennifer Stone Gaines Strawberry Farming --Jennifer Stone Gaines Contributions to Looking Back (See end of Strawberry Farming article) --Committee to Encourage Public Art |
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Volume 21, Number 1: Winter 2007 Contents: Looking Back: Falmouth At Work Introduction --Jacki Forbes Eel Fishing --Jennifer Stone Gaines Saltworks --Jennifer Stone Gaines and John York Ship Building --Jennifer Stone Gaines Whaling --Jennifer Stone Gaines Woolens Industry --Jennifer Stone Gaines |
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2006 | |
Volume 20, Number 2: Summer 2006 20th Anniversary Issue Contents: Spritsail Crew, 1987 (photograph) Tribute to Mary Lou Smith Spritsail Retrospective -- 20 Years --W. Redwood Wright Spritsail's Table of Contents -- Major Articles and Poems --compiled by Janet and Steve Chalmers Letter --Re: Strawberry Festival |
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Volume 20, Number 1: Winter 2006 Contents: Strawberry Festival: The Start of a Tradition --Margaret Hough Russell Strawberry Festival (Poem) --Eric H. Edwards The Life of Reverend Samuel Palmer --Leonard Miele The WHHC Outreach Program --Paul Ferris Smith Letter --Re: Gardners and Caretakers (correction) |
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2005 | |
Volume 19, Number 2: Summer 2005 Contents: Gardeners and Caretakers of Woods Hole --Susan Fletcher Witzell Letters --Re: Winter 2005 |
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Volume 19, Number 1: Winter 2005 Contents: Frederick K. Swift Diary -- Ann Sears Personal Account of 1938 Hurricane Dr. Oliver Strong Poems -- Michael Burke, Charlotte Hampton, Peter Collom Letter -- Re: Hodgson Houses |
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2004 | |
Volume 18, Number 2: Summer 2004 THIS ISSUE IS OUT OF PRINT Contents: Mail Order Houses -- Judith G. Stetson The Woods Hole Geodesic Dome: A synergetic Landmark -- James W. Mavor, Jr. The Big Tree -- Tess Clarkin Summer in Woods Hole -- Alexander Cole |
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Volume 18, Number 1: Winter 2004 Contents: Falmouth's Poor House and Methodist Cemetery --Candace Jenkins Falmouth's Artists' Guild --Phyllis Heirtzler The Wreck of the Schooner Spotless --Susanna Moore Eldredge With No Regrets (poem) --Peter J. Collom |
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2003 | |
Volume 17, Number 2: Summer 2003 THIS ISSUE IS OUT OF PRINT Contents: Beebe Woods: Falmouth's Miracle --Judith G. Stetson Walking on the Punch Bowl (poem) --Eric H. Edwards The Press of Time --John Hough, Jr. |
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Volume 17, Number 1: Winter 2003 Contents: Highfield Hall, Then and Now --Susan Shephard Highfield Hall, A Brief Historical Perspective --Maximilian L. Ferro House In A High Field -- Eric H. Edwards Algy -- John Buck Letter -- Re: MBL Beach |
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2002 | |
Volume 16, Number 2: Summer 2002 THIS ISSUE IS OUT OF PRINT Contents: Bartholomew Gosnold's 1602 Voyage to Cape Cod In Verrazzano's Wake --James W. Mavor, Jr. Gosnold's Footing (after 400 years) (poem) --Eric H. Edwards The Fourth of July Parades --Jean Bigelow Letter --Re: Red Wright, Bikeway by Arthur D. Calfee |
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Volume 16, Number 1: Winter 2002 Contents: The Shining Sea Bikeway -- A Triumph of Citizen Action -- W. Redwood Wright From the Archivists -- Woods Hole yacht Club's Spritsail Trophy -- Jennifer Stone Gaines Poems Fox -- Mary Kane Bike Ride in the Rain -- George Sethares Letter Black Ice -- Tom Moseley |
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2001 | |
Volume 15, Number 2: Summer 2001 THIS ISSUE IS OUT OF PRINT Contents: From the Curator -- Oral History Collection -- Jennifer Stone Gaines Reflections on Ice Harvesting on Falmouth Ponds -- Clarence J. Anderson, Elmer Hallet, Oscar Hilton Ice Harvesting in Falmouth: A Postscript -- Barbara Kanellopoulos Ice Cream (poem) -- Eric Edwards 18th Century Deeds -- Dorothy S. Svenning |
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Volume 15, Number 1: Winter 2001 Contents: Family Photo Albums: Digitized Images from the Archives --Susan Fletcher Witzell and Jennifer Stone Gaines Considering Old Photographs of a Nearby Place (poem) --Eric Edwards Letter --Re: Summer 2000 issue |
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2000 | |
Volume 14, Number 2: Summer 2000 Contents: Four Fishermen --Martin R. Bartlett Excerpts from the Diary of Orville Dewey Lovell --Transcribed by Andrea Leonard On Devil's Foot (poem) --John Buck Letters --Re: Winter 2000, Quissett Ridge; Summer 1999, Greeks; |
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Volume 14, Number 1: Winter 2000 Contents: From the Editors A Life in Motion --Olivann Hobbie The History of Quissett Ridge and Development of Racing Beach --Susan Fletcher Witzell Millennium Poem --Eric H. Edwards |
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Issues from 2010 - 2019 | Issues from 2000 - 2009 | Issues from 1990 - 1999 | Issues from 1987 - 1989 |