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Reference list of Provincetown Whaling Journals that are held at the Providence, RI Public Library.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Text

Subjects: And God Created Great Whales, Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Docks, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishermen, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Sailing ships, Sailors, Shipping, Waterfronts, Whale Watching--History--Provincetown, Whalers (Persons), Whaling, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, and Wharfs

History of Provincetown ships and their captains in the nineteenth century prepared by the...

Collection: Municipal

Format: Text

Subjects: Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Sailing ships, Sailors, Schooners, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, and Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History

This is a pamphlet made from a recording in 1978 of Carrie Knowles Cook telling the story of her...

Collection: Stand Alone Documents

Format: Text

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Families, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Whaling, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, and Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History

A grouping of 57 post cards made available from the collection of George W. Ferguson,...

Collection: Postcard

Format: Photo

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Churches, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dwellings, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Freeman Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Kiley Court (Provincetown, Mass.), Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Mooring of ships, Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Sailing ships, Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Schools, Schooners, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Crier, Town Hall, Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, United States Coast Guard, Waterfronts, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, and Wharfs

A pamphlet commemorating the 200th anniversary of the incorporation of Provincetown as a town,...

Collection: Borkowski

Format: Text

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Churches, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishermen, Fishing, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Incorporation, Local government -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown, Mayflower (Ship), Pilgrim Monument, Portland Gale, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.) - 200th Anniversary, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Seamen's Bank, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Hawthorne, Charles, and MacMillan, Miriam