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Spritsail

A journal of the history of Falmouth and vicinity

Spritsail is the Museum’s journal of the history of Falmouth and vicinity, published in summer and winter. It’s available to Museum members as part of their membership. Spritsail issues are also available for sale in our Gift Shop.

Spritsail Volume 37, Number 1: Summer 2023

From the Editors

Convergence of Science in Woods Hole and the Polio Vaccine
By Deborah G. Scanlon and Donald S. Burke

Mary Sears, Local War Hero
By Robert Reynolds

A Life on the Water: Fishing with Captain John Christian
By Jane Griffin Burke

Falmouth Reads Together Celebrates 20 Years
By Joanne Briana-Gartner

 

Spritsail Volume 36, Number 2: Summer 2022

From the Editors 

The Complex History of the Founding of the Church of the Messiah
By Mary Anne Mann

An Early History of the Woods Hole Yacht Club on its 125th Anniversary 
By Judith Clark

Memories of the Woods Hole Yacht Club
By David Epstein

The History of the Falmouth Public Library
By Linda Collins, Director, Falmouth Public Library

From the Archives: Augusta Crocker, Rebellious Servant 
By Meg Costello, Terry White, and Thelma Spicer

Spritsail Volume 36, Number 1: Winter 2022

From the Editors 

Renowned Illustrator Wesley Dennis
By Linda Collins

George L. Moses: Journalist, Educator, Community Leader
By Deborah Griffin Scanlon

From the Archives: Tarpaulin Cove
By Deborah Griffin Scanlon and Colleen Hurter

Spritsail Volume 35, Number 1: Winter 2021

From the Editors

The Legacy of Charles R. Crane
By Leonard Miele

A Brief History of Shiverick’s Pond
By Paul Dreyer

Prosser Gifford: Our Own Renaissance Man
By Vicky Cullen

My Big SEA Adventure
By Maureen Nolan

Dan Clark: Marine Contractor and Woods Hole Legend
By Pamela Nelson

A Letter to the Editors
By Judy Stetson

Spritsail Volume 34, Number 2: Summer 2021

From the Editors

Jewel Plummer Cobb
By Diana Kenney

30 Years of the Woods Hole Film Festival
By Judy Laster

Carnival Breaks all Records at Otis Air Force Base
By Delmar Sherrill

“O Reason Not the Need” 
By Olivann Hobbie

An Appreciation of Steve Chalmers and the Chalmers Family

Spritsail Volume 34, Number 1: Winter 2020

From the Editors

The Railroad Comes to Falmouth
By Paul C. Dryer

Watson’s Corner
By Susan Fletcher Witzell

Then and Now
By San Lyman

100 Years of a Beloved Holiday Tradition
By Janet Gardner

Spritsail Volume 33, Number 2: Summer 2019

From the Editors

Robinson Crocker Bodfish
By Maria C. Ward

Resort Hotels of Falmouth
By Kathy Lanson and Leonard Miele

Woods Hole Community Association and Community Hall Centenary
By Rob Blomberg

An Oral History
By Irene Wright

Poem: Living by Waters
By Olivann Hobbie

Museum Information

Spritsail Volume 33, Number 1: Winter 2019

From the Editors

Davisville Summer Vacations
By Dean A. Lundgren

Reminiscences of the Old Days
By Ruth Baker

The Summer Cottage: A Memoir
By Rene Dillingham Washburn

The History of Spohr Gardens
By Rosemary Hoskins

Planting Bulbs
By Lillis Palmer

The Job Shop
By San Lyman

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32.22018Volume 32, Number 2: Summer 2018
32.22018From the EditorsEditors
32.22018Albert Szent-Györgyi and the Nature of Life Jane A. McLaughlin
32.22018Books and Benevolence: Falmouth Reading Societies of the early 1800sMeg Costello
32.22018Celebrating 50 Years of the College Light Opera CompanyCaroline Lloyd
32.12018Volume 32, Number 1: Winter 2018
32.12018From the Editors
32.12018Falmouth In World War I Maria C. Ward
32.12018WW I U-Boats off the New England Coast
32.12018The War Poems of Katharine Lee Bates Leonard Miele
32.12018Gunnar Peterson: A Committed, Contrarian Modern ArchitectDeborah Griffin Scanlon
31.22017Volume 31, Number 2: Summer 2017
31.22017From the Editors
31.2201760 Years of the Falmouth Theatre GuildJoanne Briana-Gartner
31.22017The Old Stone Dock at 200Leonard Miele
31.22017Surf Drive Houses
31.22017A Ten-Year Retrospective of Spritsail Articles Excerpts from 2007-2017The Editorial Board
31.22017Spritsail's Table of Contents 2007-2017
31.22017Poem: Falmouth

Katharine Lee Bates
31.12017Volume 31, Number 1: Winter 2017
31.12017From the Editors
31.12017The House That WasMaria C. Ward
31.12017Recollections of the Webster House Alex Hiam
31.12017A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words: Donald Fish, the Man Behind the Vintage Falmouth Photographs Christine M. Lynch
31.12017Hard Against the Rising GroundThomas Sbarra
31.12017Our Last ShoemakerCelia Brown
30.22016Volume 30, Number 2: Summer 2016
30.22016From the Editors
30.22016The Last One to GoMary Steinbach Ulbrich
30.22016A Life of Science at SeaTom Stetson
30.22016Poem: Mixed GraceOliviann Hobbie
30.22016Two Exhibitions Not to be Missed
30.12016Volume 30, Number 1: Winter 2016
30.12016From the Editors
30.12016Sam CahoonJohn Valois
30.12016A Happy WHOI StoryBarbara (Bobby) Atwood Colburn
30.12016Falmouth Country ClubMaria C. Ward
30.12016A Childhood MemoirTom Turkington
30.12016Letter
30.12016Membership Form
29.22015Volume 29, Number 2: Summer 2015
29.22015From the Editors
29.22015Wood Lumber CompanyDeborah Griffin Scanlon
29.22015Charles S. BurgessTucker M. Clark
29.22015Abbott's PointMartha Burnham
29.22015Train TripMartha Burnham
29.22015Earth's Day, Fells RoadOlivann Hobbie
29.12015Volume 29, Number 1: Winter 2015
29.12015From the Editors
29.12015Memories of the DoReMi HousesRobert W. Griffin and Deborah Griffin Scanlon
29.12015George W. JonesMaria C. Ward
29.12015Dr. George H. GreeneMarcia C. Ward
29.12015Paul Ferris Smith 1921-2014Jennifer Stone Gaines
29.12015Dusk in OctoberSamm Carlton
29.12015Museum Membership
28.22014Volume 28, Number 2: Summer 2014
28.22014Joe’s Driving RangeMargaret Hough Russell
28.22014The Creation of Teaticket ParkMargaret Hough Russell
28.22014The Vieira Family Barbara Kanellopoulos
28.22014Five Founding Members of The Board of Trade and IndustryJudith Stetson
28.22014Leaving the Lighthouse Elizabeth B. Webster
28.22014Nobska Reflections Carol Murray
28.22014Adelaide Cummings, Poet Laureate of Falmouth Leonard Miele
28.12014Volume 28, Number 1: Winter 2014
28.12014From the Editors
28.12014"Let the Good Work Go On" From the Board of Trade and Industry to the Chamber of CommerceMaria C. Ward
28.12014My GrandmotherClara Gray
28.12014Remembering Mary Louise Cole SmithJudy Stetson
28.12014An Exact LadyEric H. Edwards
28.12014The House Above Nobska PondSamm Carlton and Mary Carlton Swope
28.12014HouseSamm Carlton
28.12014Joseph Story Fay: The Life of a Modest Man  Susan Fletcher WitzellReview by Christine M. Lynch
28.12014Letter to the Editors
28.12014Membership Form
27.22013Volume 27, Number 2: Summer 2013
27.22013Rachel Carson and Woods HoleJim Hain
27.22013Remembrances of a Cruise with Rachel CarsonRoland L. Wigley
27.22013Three Visions of Rachel CarsonEric Edwards
27.22013Waquiot Bay: Prehistory, History, and Natural HistoryNancy Church
27.12013Volume 27, Number 1: Winter 2013
27.12013The Portuguese in Falmouth: 1870 to 1930Lewis A. White
27.12013Old House Tells a StoryJohn A. DeMello
27.12013River Bend SiloAnn Sears
27.12013Sunnyside/Riverbed TimelineNannette Drake Oldenbourg
27.12013Letter to the Editors
26.22012Volume 26, Number 2: Summer 2012
26.22012ReflectionsPaul Ferris Smith
26.22012Falmouth and the Second War of IndependenceE. Graham Ward
26.22012The Cannon (and Cannon Ball) ControversiesE. Graham Ward
26.22012Hollywood Comes to FalmouthLeonard Miele
26.22012A Hole in the WorldEric H. Edwards
26.22012Letters to the Editors
25.A2011Volume 25A, Number 1: Winter 2011
25.A2011From the Editors
25.A2011Florence Eldred Johnson, 1892-1984E. Graham Ward
25.A2011The Oak Grove Cemetery of Falmouth: People That Made America Great From the Revolution to Todaycompiled by Nathan S. Ellis
25.A2011Photo Essay: The Restoration and Renovation of the Katharine Lee Bates HouseMaria C. Ward
25.A2011The Art, Music and Oceanography of Fritz Fuglister and Fritz Fuglister's Oceanography Jennifer Gaines & Anne Halpin and Philip L. Richardson
25.22011Volume 25, Number 2: Summer 2011
25.22011From the Editors
25.22011Portraits of Woods Hole, The Legacy of Franklin Lewis GiffordDeborah Griffin Scanlon and Robert Wendell Griffin
25.22011Antoinette Palmer Jones: The Goodness and Power of One ChristianRev. Dr. Douglas K. Showalter
25.22011Letter: Re: WW II, Vol. 25, No. 1
25.12011Volume 25, Number 1: Winter 2011
25.12011From the Editors
25.12011The Impact of World War II on Soldiers, Scientists, Civilians and the Town of FalmouthT. Richardson Miner, Jr.
25.12011More Stories About Falmouth Veterans of World War II: William Banks, Eleanor Bronson-Hodge, Russel McCallum, George Kelly, and Dick Brooks
25.12011Woods Hole in World War IIexcerpts collected by Judith G. Stetson
25.12011Letter: Re: Living off the Land, Vol. 24, No. 2
24.22010Volume 24, Number 2: Summer 2010
24.22010From the Editors
24.22010The Woods Hole Clippers: Filling the Postwar Years With Baseball, Basketball, and CamaraderieDeborah Griffin Scanlon
24.22010Living off the Land -- A Photo and Timeline EssayNannette Drake Oldenbourg
24.22010Harvesting a Return and Home in Plymouth (Poems)Jarita Davis
24.12010Volume 24, Number 1: Winter 2010
24.12010From the Editors
24.12010NOAA Ship Albatross IVCompiled by Linda Despres
24.12010From Island Ferry to Hospital ShipE. Graham Ward
24.12010Salt Song (Poem)
23.22009Volume 23, Number 2: Summer 2009
23.22009From the Editors
23.22009Falmouth Village: Katharine Lee Bates' PlaygroundLeonard Miele
23.22009The House At Sixteen Main StreetMaria C. Ward
23.22009Empty Space: A Poem For Katharine Lee BatesEric Edwards
23.22009The Falmouth BellKatharine Lee Bates
23.22009FalmouthKatharine Lee Bates
23.22009From the ArchivesA Reflection from Carolyn Powers, Executive Director of FHS
23.22009The Katharine Lee Bates Sculpture
23.22009Book Review -- Walking Tour of Woods Hole Village
23.22009Celebrating Katharine Lee Bates -- Calendar of Special Events
23.12009Volume 23, Number 1: Winter 2009
23.12009From the Editors
23.12009First Congretational Church and the 1812 Quissett RevivalRev. Douglas K. Showalter © 2008
23.12009The Antique Signature Quilt of the N.F. Congregational ChurchMuriel Locklin and Shirley Dunkle
23.12009The 175th Anniversary Quilt of the N.F. Congregational ChurchEleanor Bronson-Hodge
23.12009The Falmouth Tricentennial Quilt
23.12009The Woods Hole Library QuiltDorothy Aspinwall
22.22008Volume 22, Number 2: Summer 2008
22.22008From the Editors
22.22008Reflections of a Woods Hole Boy -- Childhood ReminiscencesFrederick V. Lawrence (1908-1991
22.22008The Turn of the Century: A SnapshotBarbara Kanellopoulos
22.22008A Morning in Woods HoleClara Gray
22.22008Letter -- A Silent SpeciesRe: Winter 2008 -- Oil Spill
22.12008Volume 22, Number 1: Winter 2008
22.12008From the Editors
22.12008A Silent Fall -- The Story of the West Falmouth Oil SpillE. Graham Ward
22.12008Great Sippewissett Marsh: Looking for Birds and Finding the PastIvan Valiela
22.12008West Falmouth -- A Foggy Beginning 66 Years AgoDana M. Hastings
22.12008LettersRe: Julia Wood House; Anniversary Issue, Summer 2006
21.22007Volume 21, Number 2: Summer 2007
21.22007Looking Back: Falmouth At Work Note from the Editors, Note from the Author
21.22007Creating the PlaquesSarah Peters
21.22007Cranberry HarvestingJennifer Stone Gaines
21.22007Pacific Guano CompanyJennifer Stone Gaines
21.22007Marine SciencesJennifer Stone Gaines
21.22007Summer Resort CommunityJennifer Stone Gaines
21.22007Ice HarvestingJennifer Stone Gaines
21.22007Strawberry Farming and Contributions to Looking BackJennifer Stone Gaines and Committee to Encourage Public Art
21.12007Volume 21, Number 1: Winter 2007
21.12007 Looking Back: Falmouth At Work
21.12007IntroductionJacki Forbes
21.12007Eel FishingJennifer Stone Gaines
21.12007SaltworksJennifer Stone Gaines and John York
21.12007Ship BuildingJennifer Stone Gaines
21.12007WhalingJennifer Stone Gaines
21.12007Woolens IndustryJennifer Stone Gaines
20.22006Volume 20, Number 2: Summer 2006
20th Anniversary Issue
20.22006Spritsail Crew, 1987 (photograph)
20.22006Tribute to Mary Lou Smith
20.22006Spritsail Retrospective -- 20 YearsW. Redwood Wright
20.22006Spritsail's Table of Contents -- Major Articles and Poemscompiled by Janet and Steve Chalmers
20.22006LetterRe: Strawberry Festival
20.12006Volume 20, Number 1: Winter 2006
20.12006Strawberry Festival: The Start of a TraditionMargaret Hough Russell
20.12006Strawberry Festival (Poem)Eric H. Edwards
20.12006The Life of Reverend Samuel PalmerLeonard Miele
20.12006The WHHC Outreach ProgramPaul Ferris Smith
20.12006LetterRe: Gardners and Caretakers (correction)
19.22005Volume 19, Number 2: Summer 2005
19.22005Gardeners and Caretakers of Woods Hole Susan Fletcher Witzell
19.22005Letters Re: Winter 2005
19.12005Volume 19, Number 1: Winter 2005
19.12005Frederick K. Swift Diary Ann Sears
19.12005Personal Account of 1938 HurricaneDr. Oliver Strong
19.12005Poems Michael Burke, Charlotte Hampton, Peter Collom
19.12005Letter Re: Hodgson Houses
18.22004Volume 18, Number 2: Summer 2004
18.22004Mail Order Houses Judith G. Stetson
18.22004The Woods Hole Geodesic Dome: A synergetic Landmark James W. Mavor, Jr.
18.22004The Big Tree Tess Clarkin
18.22004Summer in Woods Hole Alexander Cole
18.12004Volume 18, Number 1: Winter 2004
18.12004Falmouth's Poor House and Methodist CemeteryCandace Jenkins
18.12004Falmouth's Artists' GuildPhyllis Heirtzler
18.12004The Wreck of the Schooner SpotlessSusanna Moore Eldredge
18.12004With No Regrets (poem)Peter J. Collom
17.22003Volume 17, Number 2: Summer 2003
17.22003Beebe Woods: Falmouth's MiracleJudith G. Stetson
17.22003Walking on the Punch Bowl (poem)Eric H. Edwards
17.22003The Press of TimeJohn Hough, Jr.
17.12003Volume 17, Number 1: Winter 2003
17.12003Highfield Hall, Then and NowSusan Shephard
17.12003Highfield Hall, A Brief Historical PerspectiveMaximilian L. Ferro
17.12003House In A High Field Eric H. Edwards
17.12003Algy John Buck
17.12003Letter Re: MBL Beach
16.22002Volume 16, Number 2: Summer 2002
16.22002Bartholomew Gosnold's 1602 Voyage to Cape Cod In Verrazzano's WakeJames W. Mavor, Jr.
16.22002Gosnold's Footing (after 400 years) (poem)Eric H. Edwards
16.22002The Fourth of July ParadesJean Bigelow
16.22002Letter Re: Red Wright, BikewayArthur D. Calfee
16.12002Volume 16, Number 1: Winter 2002
16.12002The Shining Sea Bikeway-- A Triumph of Citizen Action W. Redwood Wright
16.12002From the Archivists-- Woods Hole yacht Club's Spritsail Trophy Jennifer Stone Gaines
16.12002Poems: Fox and Bike Ride in the RainMary Kane and George Sethares
16.12002LetterTom Moseley
15.22001Volume 15, Number 2: Summer 2001
15.22001From the Curator-- Oral History Collection Jennifer Stone Gaines
15.22001Reflections on Ice Harvesting on Falmouth Ponds Clarence J. Anderson, Elmer Hallet, Oscar Hilton
15.22001Ice Harvesting in Falmouth: A Postscript Barbara Kanellopoulos
15.22001Ice Cream (poem) Eric Edwards
15.2200118th Century Deeds Dorothy S. Svenning
15.12001Volume 15, Number 1: Winter 2001
15.12001Family Photo Albums: Digitized Images from the ArchivesSusan Fletcher Witzell and Jennifer Stone Gaines
15.12001Considering Old Photographs of a Near Place (poem)Eric Edwards
15.12001LetterRe: Summer 2000 issue
14.22000Volume 14, Number 2: Summer 2000
14.22000Four FishermenMartin R. Bartlett
14.22000Excerpts from the Diary of Orville Dewey LovellTranscribed by Andrea Leonard
14.22000On Devil's Foot (poem)John Buck
14.22000LettersRe: Winter 2000, Quissett Ridge; Summer 1999, Greeks;
14.12000Volume 14, Number 1: Winter 2000
14.12000From the Editors
14.12000A Life in MotionOlivann Hobbie
14.12000The History of Quissett Ridge and Development of Racing BeachSusan Fletcher Witzell
14.12000Millennium PoemEric H. Edwards
13.21999Volume 13, Number 2: Summer 1999
13.21999The Greeks Add Flavor to FalmouthBarbara Kanellopoulos
13.21999Summers in FalmouthAnne Swift Sawyer
13.21999Poetry: Four LullabiesEric Edwards
13.21999From the ArchivistsJennifer Stone Gaines
13.21999LettersRe: New England Views
13.11999Volume 13, Number 1: Winter 1999
13.11999Privateering in Vineyard Sound In the Revolutionary WarWilliam T. Munson
13.11999Tarapaulin Cove (poem)Herman Ward
13.11999Joseph's BoatsKaren Allen
13.11999The Woods Hole Time BallTownsend Horner
13.11999From the Archivists: WeathervanesJennifer Stone Gaines
12.21998Volume 12, Number 2: Summer 1998
12.21998Falmouth's Historic Pumping StationMatthew A. Kierstead
12.21998Running WaterJudith G. Stetson
12.21998Why Woods Hole?James Watt Mavor, Jr.
12.21998LetterRe: St. Anthony's Church
12.11998Volume 12, Number 1: Winter 1998
12.11998The Emerald Family of East FalmouthRichard Kendall
12.11998Swift Family WhalingE. Kent Swift, Jr.
12.11998Celebration Poem for the Bicentennial of the East End Meeting House, Now Falmouth's SynagogueEric H. Edwards.
12.11998LettersRe: Atlantis and other Summer, 1997 articles
11.21997Volume 11, Number 2: Summer 1997
Tenth Anniversary Issue
11.21997From the Editor
11.21997Before the Mast in the Ketch AtlantisWilliam B. Cooper
11.21997LettersRe: A Quissett Summer Romance, Vol. 11, No. 1
11.11997Volume 11, Number 1: Winter 1997
11.11997A Quissett Summer Romance Sidebar: Trotting ParkThomas Cushman Morse
11.11997Ring Out in Honor of Brave Paul RevereKaren Allen
11.11997Poem Two CenturiesEdith Austin Holton
11.11997From the Archivists: MassachusettsMaritime Academy: The Ship Sloop Falmouth Fred Turkington
11.11997LettersRe Winter 1996 Issue: Church of the Messiah from Rev. Edgar Lockwood
10.21996Volume 10, Number 2: Summer 1996
10.21996The Centennial History of the Woods Hole Yacht ClubJohn Valois
10.21996Early Days of Racing in Woods HoleBrowne Littell
10.21996Two Master Racers in Woods Hole: Prince Crowell and His Imp Judith G. Stetson
10.21996Two Master Racers in Woods Hole: Sam Cahoon and His Mae WinJohn Valois
10.21996Sailing (poem)Gordon Todd
10.21996From the Editors
10.11996Volume 10, Number 1: Winter 1996
10.11996Art and Architecture of the Church of the MessiahSally Loessel
10.11996The Stone Church of The Messiah in Woods HoleWilliam O. Burwell
10.11996Reading History in Falmouth's Old Burying GroundAnn Sears
10.11996Letters --Re: Vol. 10, No. 1-- Curtain Rising; Quissett Harbor House; Redwood Wright
10.11996View from the Curator's WindowJennifer Stone Gaines
9.21995Volume 9, Number 2: Summer 1995
9.21995From the Editorial Board
9.21995Curtain Rising: Theatre in Falmouth Over the Past Seventy YearsDeWitt C. Jones III
9.21995Hurricane WeddingMarjorie Moore
9.21995Kim at MenemshaProse/PoemDavid Bradley From the Archivists
9.21995From the Archivists: Woods Hole CollectionSusan Fletcher Witzell
9.11995Volume 9, Number 1: Winter 1995
9.11995The War Years in FalmouthFrederick T. Turkington
9.11995Life in Woods Hole Village During World War IISusanFletcher Witzell
9.11995Letters Re: Vol. 8, No. 2-- Woods Hole Post Office
8.21994Volume 8, Number 2: Summer 1994
8.21994Sailing Ships, Science and Stonework: The Stuff One Dream Was Made OfLucy Coan Helfrich
8.21994Woods Hole Buys Its Post OfficeJudith C. Stetson
8.21994Letters Re: Vol. 8, No. 1-- Lotawana Nims
8.11994Volume 8, Number 1: Winter 1994
8.11994The American Gardens of Lotawana NimsJudith Lang Day
8.11994200 Years of a Quissett FamilySusan Fletcher Witzell
8.11994Letters Re: Vol. 7, No. 2-- House Music; Mail Service
7.21993Volume 7, Number 2: Summer 1993
7.21993House Music at the Fuglisters and How It Influenced Music Making in Woods Hole Since 1942William Simmons & Cecelia Bowerman Fuglister
7.21993At the StationPatricia Sylvia Burke
7.21993From the Archivists: Katharine Lee Bates, America the Beautiful Centennial CelebrationRobert H. Bidwell
7.21993Letters: Mail and the Island Steamers Douglas N. Clark
7.21993America the Beautiful, Words and Music and Errata from Vol. 7, No. 1
7.11993Volume 7, Number 1: Winter 1993
7.11993Fire Fighting in Falmouth Early Times Through 1947Gordon F. Todd
7.11993Reconstruction of Wheelwright House Church Street, Woods HoleDr. Charles U. Lowe
7.11993LettersChurch Street, Woods Hole; 1992 Summer Cover
6.21992Volume 6, Number 2: Summer 1992
6.21992The Angelus Bell Tower and Mary Garden in Woods HoleJane A. McLaughlin
6.21992Mary Dodd Craig Showed Falmouth Women the Way, Falmouth Women Elected to Town Offices, and School Board MinutesEdgar Henry Craig and Mollie Craig Rice and Frederick T. Turkington
6.21992On the CapeEva March Tappan
6.21992LettersTurnstiles
6.11992Volume 6, Number 1: Winter 1992
6.11992The Development of Falmouth as a Summer Resort 1850-1900Candace Jenkins
6.11992Letters: Turnstiles in FalmouthClarence J. Anderson
5.21991Volume 5, Number 2: Summer 1991
5.21991Generations of Success from a Ten Dollar BillKathy Sharp Frisbee
5.21991Some of the History and Flavor of the Quissett Harbor House HotelVirginia Francis
5.21991Boyhood Years at the Quissett Harbor House in the 1920'sJohn E. Sawyer
5.21991Conversations With Him [Walter C. Janney]Wistar Janney
5.21991From the Archivists Woods Hole Historical Collection [Thomas D. Fish]Jennifer Stone Gaines
5.11991Volume 5, Number 1: Winter 1991
5.11991From the Editorial Board
5.11991"More Dead Than Alive": Experiences of a Falmouth Boy in Rebel PrisonsFrederick T. Turkington
5.11991Civil War PoemWarren L. Chadwick
5.11991From the Archivists: Falmouth Historical Society: Journals of George S. Jones 1853-1857Harriet Quimby
5.11991LettersRe: Oliver S. Chute
4.21990Volume 4, Number 2: Summer 1990
4.21990Dedication: Bruce Chalmers
4.21990In Memoriam: Sidewheeler Uncatena (poem)Robert Hillyer
4.21990From Sail to Steam to DieselJames P. Warbasse, Jr.
4.21990Merchant on Main StreetHollis Lovell
4.21990Review of Manitou by James W. Mavor, Jr and Byron E. DixK. O. Emery
4.21990From the Archivists: The Cuttyhunk Historical SocietyJanet Bosworth
4.21990LettersRe: Vol 4, No. 1 Airplane House
4.11990Volume 4, Number 1: Winter 1990
4.11990Falmouth Tricentennial QuiltCourtesy, Falmouth Historical Commission
4.11990Falmouth's Village GreenBonnie L. Hamilton and Bruce Chalmers
4.11990From Portable to Notable: The Story of the Airplane House on Juniper Point and How it GrewWilliam Gray Purcell
4.11990From the Archivists: Woods Hole Historical CollectionJennifer Stone Gaines
3.21989Volume 3, Number 2: Summer 1989
3.21989Morning Errands and RecollectionsJames P. Warbasse, Jr.
3.21989The More Things Change...Frederick T. Turkington
3.21989Electrifying ChangesClarence J. Anderson
3.21989The EnlightenmentJudith G. Stetson
3.21989From the Archivists: Cape Cod Stonework James W. Mavor Jr.
3.21989LettersRe: Winter 1989 Issue -- St. Barnabas Church and 1938 Hurricane
3.11989Volume 3, Number 1: Winter 1989
3.11989"Mr. Beebe Has Got His Parish": The Centennial of Saint Barnabas Memorial Church 1888-1988The Rev. T.E. Adams, Jr.
3.11989Hurricane 1938Emily T. Potter
3.11989From the Archivists: The Mashpee Archives Rosemary H. Burns
3.11989Letters Re: Falmouth Town Hall Fred Turkington
2.21988Volume 2, Number 2: Summer 1988
2.21988From the Editorial BoardW. Redwood Wright
2.21988Cornelia Clapp and the Earliest Years of the MBLPamela Clapp
2.21988Maria Mitchell-- Stellar ScientistMary Draper Janney
2.21988From the Archivists: Woods Hole Historical CollectionJennifer Stone Gaines
2.21988A Diary of Mechanical Difficulties: HairCarole Oles
2.21988Letters --Edw. G. Gardiner thoughts on Educaton and M.B.L.
2.11988Volume 2, Number 1: Winter 1988
2.11988From Meeting House to Church and Town HouseFrederick T. Turkington
2.11988Completing a Peaceful RevolutionW. Redwood Wright
2.11988Upper Cape Delegates: Capt. Joseph Palmer, Capt. Thomas Nye and Dr. Thomas Smith Susan E. Fitch, Joe Price and W. Redwood Wright
2.11988From the Archivists: Falmouth Historical Society and Sandwich ArchivesDorothy Svenning and Barbara Gill
2.11988Ratification Ballad
2.11988Letters
1.11987Volume 1 Number 1: Summer 1987
1.11987From the EditorMary Lou Smith
1.11987Statement of PurposeW. Redwood Wright
1.11987Baldwin Coolidge, Photographer (1845-1928)Jane A. McLaughlin
1.11987Review of The Book of FalmouthJohn T. Hough
1.11987From the Archivists: Falmouth Historical SocietyHarriet Quimby
1.11987From the Archivists: Woods Hole Historical CollectionJennifer Stone Gaines
1.11987Falmouth (poem) Katharine Lee Bates
1.11987Letters: Martha's Vineyard RailroadArthur R. Railton
1.11987History of FalmouthBruce Chalmers

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