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RESOURCES AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS:
- The Paul C. Nicholson Whaling Collection (Providence Public Library)
includes 750 manuscript logbooks describing over 1,000 voyages, digitized
images of some scrimshaw in the collection, and links to other whaling history
resources.
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New Bedford Whaling Museum
(Research Library) located in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is the
largest museum in America devoted to the history of the American whaling
industry and its greatest port.
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Mystic Seaport : The Museum of
America and the Sea
- The Falmouth Historical Society holds the Baker family collections.
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| Separated material: |
Published books and periodicals on whaling collected by Carleton D. Morse have been
cataloged as the Morse Whaling Collection and are part of Special Collections, John Hay
Library, Brown University.
Two sets of papers, originally affiliated with the Carleton D. Morse whaling
collection, have been processed, cataloged, and housed separately from the remainder
of the collection:
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Pinkham family correspondence, 1855-1863.
14 items. Correspondence between the Pinkham family members as well
as correspondence with acquaintances. Collection number: Ms. 85.16.
- Marshall Johnson papers, 1835-1860. Ca. 100 items. Business and
family papers. Includes letters and accounts as well as correspondence between
the Johnson brothers. Collection number: A79.38.
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| Location/Existence of copies: |
Parts of Series 1, 2, 3, and 4 have been scanned.
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| Bibliography: |
Sherman, Stuart C. The voice of the whaleman. Providence: Providence Public
Library, 1965.
Starbuck, Alexander. History of the American whale fishery. First published
1878; reprinted New York: Argosy-Antiquarian, 1964.
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