MacMillan Collection
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Overview
Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan, Provincetown's most famous son, was born on November 10, 1874 at 574 Commercial Street. From the beginning, an adventurous spirit, an indomitable will and a mind given to extraordinary inquiry were marks of his character. Throughout his very long life, Donald B. MacMillan was a man capable of great feats of physical strength and endurance, which were always accompanied by a patient good nature, steady judgment and genuine caring for his fellow man. [More...]
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Slide #1 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.Collection: MacMillanFormat: NegativeSubjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Sailing ships, Shipwrecks, and MacMillan, Donald B.
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Newspaper article, publisher and date unknown, announcing a talk given by Admiral Donald B....Collection: MacMillanFormat: NewsprintSubjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Explorers, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic Districts--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, MacMillan, Donald B., and Smith, Nancy Paine
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Slide #85 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape CodCollection: MacMillanFormat: NegativeSubjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Sailing ships, Shipwrecks, and MacMillan, Donald B.
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Slide #2 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.Collection: MacMillanFormat: NegativeSubjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Sailing ships, Shipwrecks, and MacMillan, Donald B.
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Newspaper article from "New Beacon" of Dedication of Town Wharf July 31, 1957. Article...Collection: MacMillanFormat: NewsprintSubjects: Dedication Services, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), MacMillan, Donald B., and MacMillan, Miriam
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- Advertising [1]
- Airplanes [1]
- American Cancer Society [1]
- American Radio Relay League [1]
- Anchor and Ark Club [1]
- Arctic regions [14]
- Arctic regions Discovery and exploration [29]
- Art [1]
- Autobiography [1]
- Autographs [3]
- Baker, Larry [2]
- Barnstable County (Mass.) History [6]
- Barrie, Steve [1]
- Bell, John D. [2]
- Biography [4]
- Birthdays [3]
- Boats and boating [91]
- Boston Herald [1]
- Boston Sunday Herald [1]
- Bowdoin (Ship) [16]
- Boys [1]
- Business Records [1]
- Cape Cod (Mass.) Description and travel [1]
- Cape Cod (Mass.) History [95]
- Captains [3]
- Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.) [5]
- Churches [4]
- Clark, Eugene S. [1]
- Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.) [1]
- Costello, Paul [1]
- Davis, C. Claire [1]
- Death [3]
- Dedication Services [2]
- Diaries [2]
- Drowning [4]
- Eskimos [4]
- Explorers [25]
- Firearms [1]
- Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown [3]
- Fishing [4]
- Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown [2]
- Fishing nets [1]
- Fishing villages [1]
- Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown [6]
- Funeral rites and ceremonies (Provincetown, Mass.) [2]
- Furcolo, Foster [1]
- Gifts [1]
- Gull Hill (Provincetown, Mass.) [1]
- Hancock, Robert [2]
- Harbors [1]
- Harbors--Provincetown--Mass [4]
- Henderson, Frank [5]
- Highland Light [1]
- Highland Light (U.S) [1]
- Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown [1]
- Historic Districts--Massachusetts--Provincetown [4]
- Historical museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown [3]
- Jennings, Herman A. [1]
- Jensen, Claude [1]
- Kennedy, John F. [1]
- Labrador [4]
- Lema, Joseph [2]
- Letters [12]
- Life preservers [1]
- Lifeboats [2]
- Lifesaving [90]
- Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts [81]
- Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown [81]
- Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro [79]
- Local government -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown [1]
- MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.) [10]
- MacMillan, Donald B. [129]
- MacMillan, Miriam [19]
- Mayflower II (Ship) [4]
- Moffett, Ross [1]
- Moravians [2]
- Mothers [1]
- Museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown [1]
- Names [4]
- Navigation [1]
- New York Times Company [1]
- Newfoundland and Labrador--Hebron [1]
- Newfoundland and Labrador--Nain region [2]
- Nickerson, Theodore S. [1]
- Nixon, Richard Milhouse [1]
- North Pole [9]
- Oppenheim, S. Edmund [2]
- Peaked Hill Bars Station [4]
- Poe, Edgar Allen [1]
- Portland (Steamer) [2]
- Portland Gale [1]
- Portraits [3]
- Provincetown (Mass.) -- Politics and government [1]
- Provincetown (Mass.) Board of Selectmen [3]
- Provincetown (Mass.) Directories [1]
- Provincetown (Mass.)--Description and travel [3]
- Provincetown (Mass.)--Guidebooks [2]
- Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century [46]
- Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century [34]
- Provincetown Advocate [2]
- Provincetown Heritage Museum [1]
- Radio [4]
- Radio--History [2]
- Rotogravures [1]
- Sailing ships [72]
- Sailors [1]
- Schooners [9]
- Shipping [1]
- Shipwrecks [84]
- Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region [4]
- Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown [4]
- Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Truro [3]
- Sled dogs [1]
- Small, Hayes [1]
- Small, Isaac M. [1]
- Small, Jonathan [1]
- Smith, Nancy Paine [1]
- South Pole [1]
- Stalker, H. LeBaron [1]
- Town Hall [2]
- Truro (Mass.)--History--19th century [2]
- Truro (Mass.)--History--20th century [1]
- United States. Life-Saving Service [1]
- Waterfronts [2]
- Weirs [2]
- Whaling [4]
- Wharfs [2]
- White House (Washington, D.C.) [1]
- Wild Horse [2]
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