Manuscritos
As fontes originais mais ricas sobre a história local de Old Dartmouth, a baleação de New Bedford, a história industrial e social, a informação biográfica e os arquivos marítimos podem ser encontradas nas coleções de manuscritos dos Arquivos da Biblioteca do Museu da Baleia. Incluindo documentos e escrituras de imóveis do final do Século XVII através dos vários investimentos, atividades e negócios dos agentes da caça à baleia e mercantis, registos de igrejas, arquitetura, documentos pessoais de elementos reconhecidos da sociedade do Século XIX (e outros nem tanto) e de negócios industriais, bancários e documentação da baleação moderna que se estende até o Século XX, a coleção de manuscritos continua a servir e informar a comunidade académica.
A coleção de manuscritos consiste em mais de 140 coleções distintas, organizadas com auxiliares de pesquisa, incluindo anotações históricas e, quando aplicável, biográficas. Os auxiliares de pesquisa incluem o âmbito e o conteúdo das coleções e, em muitos casos, têm listas de assuntos e outras formas de indexação. Nem todos os manuscritos do arquivo têm auxiliares de pesquisa. Muitos são catalogados de forma mais simples e devem ser pesquisados através da base de dados principal da biblioteca.
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Mss 1: New Bedford Cordage Company Records, 1839-1968
Mss 2: Rotch Family Papers, 1764-1947
Mss 3: Pierce Manufacturing Corporation Records, 1868-1948
Mss 4: Rodman Family Papers, 1781-1933
Mss 5: Swift & Allen Records, 1818-1893
Mss 6: William Tallman Russell Papers, 1811-1853
Mss 7: Howland Family Papers, 1797-1890
Mss 8: Hathaway Family Business Records, 1811-1888
Mss 9: Bennett Family Papers, 1765-1908
Mss 10: Paul Cuffe Papers, 1811-1828
Mss 11: Hawes Family Papers, 1789-1910
Mss 12: Robert Swain Gifford Papers, 1772-1968
Mss 13: Ricketson Family Papers, 1795-1958
Mss 14: John Avery Parker Business Records, 1803-1888
Mss 15: Taber Family Business Records, 1839-1887
Mss 16: John Russell Thornton Business Records, 1841-1894
Mss 17: Hartson Hartlett Bodfish Papers, 1857-1942
Mss 18: Jonathan Bourne Jr. Business Records, 1836-1899
Mss 19: Benjamin D. Cleveland Business Records, 1857-1925
Mss 20: Dawes Family Papers, 1821-1944
Mss 21: Llewellyn Howland Papers, 1827-1955
Mss 22: Clement Nye Swift Papers, 1872-1947
Mss 23: Charles Walter Agard Papers, 1882-1962
Mss 24: Pickens Family Papers, 1796-1811
Mss 25: New Bedford Rayon, Inc., Records, 1926-1974
Mss 26: Nye Family Papers, 1772-1965
Mss 27: Smith Family Papers, 1677-1829
Mss 28: Gibbs Family Papers, 1798-1925
Mss 29: Lighthouse Records Collection, 1828-1943
Mss 30: Hitch Family Papers, 1861-1920
Mss 31: New Bedford Veteran Firemen’s Association Records, 1835-1952
Mss 32: Friends Academy Records, 1810-1980
Mss 33: Albert Cook Church Papers, 1878-1976
Mss 34: White Family Business Records, 1843-1914
Mss 35: J. & W. R. Wing & Company Records, 1833-1918
Mss 36: Taber Family Papers, 1712-1901
Mss 37: White Family Papers, 1746-1916
Mss 38: West Family Papers, ca. 1643-1893
Mss 39: Whaling Film Corporation Records, 1921-ca. 1950
Mss 40: Sanford & Kelley Records, 1882-1968
Mss 41: Charles Waln Morgan Papers, 1817-1900
Mss 42: First Unitarian Church Records, 1730-1977
Mss 43: Gifford Family Papers, 1802-1857
Mss 44: John Hopkins Baker Papers, 1821-1885
Mss 45: Whaling Enshrined, Incorporated, Records, 1925-1947
Mss 46: Hammond Family Papers, 1817-1856
Mss 47: Smellie Family Papers, 1826-1952
Mss 48: Horace Clinton Johnson Papers, 1874-1969
Mss 49: Kilton Family Papers, 1833-1927
Mss 50: Grinnell Family Papers, 1799-1892
Mss 51: Cummings Family Papers, 1675-1947
Mss 52: Haskins Family Business Records, 1855-1897
Mss 53: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, Town Records, 1674-1912
Mss 54: George S. Homer Business Records, 1874-ca. 1912
Mss 55: Knowles Family Business Records, 1825-1897
Mss 56: Business Records Collection, 1712-1946
Mss 57: Charles R. Tucker & Company Records, 1836-1907
Mss 58: William Gifford Business Records, 1832-1879
Mss 59: Henry Barnard Worth Papers, 1714-1942
Mss 60: Mandell Family Papers, 1748-1909
Mss 61: Akin Family Papers, 1818-1956
Mss 62: Seabury Family Papers, 1834-1889
Mss 63: Howland Family Papers, 1788-1885
Mss 64: Biographical Collection, 1668-ca. 1977
Mss 65: Howland Family Papers, 1798-1895, ca. 1973
Mss 66: Wood & Nye Records, 1851-1874
Mss 67: Charles Foster Batchelder Papers, 1712-1973
Mss 68: William Greenleaf Blackler Business Records
Mss 69: Henry F. Thomas Papers, 1841-1859
Mss 70: Loum Snow Business Records, 1850-1890
Mss 71: Aiken & Swift Records, 1859-1904
Mss 72: Jones Family Papers, 1811-ca. 1960
Mss 73: William Lewis Business Records, 1875-1886
Mss 74: South Bristol Farmers’ Club Records, 1869-1982
Mss 75: J. B. Wood & Company Records, 1845-1873
Mss 76: Lyman Allyn Papers, 1785-1939
Mss 77: Local History Collection, ca. 1783-1970
Mss 78: Swift & Allen Records, 1834-1885
Mss 79: Ship’s Papers Collection, 1771-1927
Mss 80: Cory Family Papers, 1762-1929
Mss 81: Noah Scovell Papers, 1780-1827, 1836, 1860
Mss 82: John Ham Williams Page Papers, 1852-1862
Mss 83: Joseph T. Edwards Business Records, 1906-1915
Mss 84: Tallman Family Papers, 1768-1883
Mss 85: Cooper Family Papers, 1794-1957
Mss 86: Albert C. Sherman Papers, 1875-1899
Mss 88: Russell Family Papers, 1711-1863
Mss 89: Robert R. Newell Papers, ca. 1960-1977
Mss 90: Walter E. Channing Papers, 1910-1978
Mss 91: Brown Family Papers, 1800-1954
Mss 92: Hester Williams Swift Prescott Papers, 1863-1960
Mss 93: Everett S. Allen Papers, 1925-1975
Mss 94: Burgess Family Papers, 1828-1866
Mss 95: Almon L. Stickney Papers, 1858-1902
Mss 96: Shurtleff Pharmacy Records, 1883-1925
Mss 97: David Batchelder Kempton Papers, 1878-1891
Mss 98: Gifford Family Papers, 1851-1980
Mss 99: Charles Henry Gifford Papers, 1810-ca. 1880
Mss 100: William H. Hathaway Jr. Papers, 1835-1872
Mss 101: Sarah Loomis Papers, 1965-1985
Mss 102: Potter Family Papers, 1838-1906
Mss 103: Barney Family Papers, 1802-1881
Mss 104: Cook Family Papers, 1839-1940
Mss 105: Andrew Hicks Papers, 1836-1887
Mss 106: Tropic (Ship) Papers, 1850-1862
Mss 107: Merchants Bank/Merchants National Bank of New Bedford, Mass, 1825-1939
Mss 108: Acushnet Iron Foundry Records, 1851-1857
Mss 109: First Congregational Church of Fairhaven Records, 1793-1970
Mss 110: Brown Family Papers, 1884-1938
Mss 111: Holmes-Walker Family Papers, 1843-1978
Mss 112: Nonquitt Collection, 1849-1983
Mss 113: Hill Collection, 1818-1915
Mss 114: New Bedford Yacht Club Collection, 1856-2002
Mss 115: Nelson F. Wood Collection, 1816-1988
Mss 116: Morse Twist Drill & Machine Company Records, 1818-1915
Mss 117: Butler Family Papers, 1810-2003
Mss 118: Crapo, Clifford & Clifford Records, 1710-1927
Mss 119: Plainville Christian Church Records
Mss 120: George C. Perkins Collection
Mss 121: D. L. Hathaway & Son Records, 1856-1926
Mss 122: Hathaway Family Papers
Mss 124: Lucy Holmes Papers, 1852-1982
Mss 125: David A. Henderson Collection, 1845-1995
Mss 126: Rounsevell Family Papers, 1729-1859
Mss 127: Deborah Smith Taber Family Papers, 1816-1882
Mss 128: George C. Perkins Estate Records, 1831-1966
Mss 129: Joseph Family Papers, 1853-1956
Mss 130: Rotch Family Papers, 1811-1850
Mss 131: Walter Magnus Teller Papers, 1872-1988
Mss 132: Henry B. Worth Papers
Mss 133: Potter/Hindle Family Papers, 1855-1909
Mss 134: Delano Family Papers, 1755-1872
Mss 135: Howland Family Papers, 1755-1872
Mss 136: Eliza Russell Papers, 1851-1859
Mss 137: Dr. Henry D. and Hester Prescott Collection, 1919-1924
Mss 138: Winfred W. Bennett Papers, 1916-1938
Mss 139: Bertram Ravenscroft Bostock Papers
Mss 140: Akin Family History Papers, 1813-1979
Mss 141: Swift Family Papers, 1811-1957
Mss 142: Barney Family History Papers, 1754-1963
Mss 143: David K. Caldwell Papers, 1877-1990
Mss 144: New Bedford Rayon, Inc., Records, 1946-1996
Mss 145: Zeitz Family Papers
Mss 146: Rachel Barrows Wing Papers, 1704-1956
Mss 147: Jacob A. Handy Papers, 1780-1952
Mss 148: Charles A. Goodwin Collection, 1745-1952
Mss 149: New Bedford Child and Family Services Records, 1843-1994
Mss 150: Grinnell Family Papers, 1807-1935
Mss 151: Thomas Luce Papers, 1850-1886
Mss 152: New Bedford Day Nursery Records, 1886-1987
Collections awaiting process:
B92-1: Portuguese Consulate Records*
While whaling (and other mercantile) logbooks and journals are technically part of the manuscript collections the unpredictable range and scope of their provenance demands that they be segregated from any direct relationship to their associated business management papers. As much as possible, management information is included in the records for the logbook and journal collection that can then serve as a guide to finding more information in the larger manuscript collection.
*Access to unprocessed collections at the discretion of the Museum Librarian.
