Stand Alone Documents Collection
Overview
The initial focus of the History Preservation Project was on the wealth of material from the now defunct Provincetown Heritage Museum. Open in 1975 to showcase Provincetown's rich and varied history, the Heritage Museum doors closed permanently to the public in 2002. When possible, material was organized and assessed by subject, and in some cases by donor, but in some instances a document or photograph defied inclusion in existing collections and yet was an important part of Provincetown's history. The Provincetown record of who served in the Rebellion of 1861, Provincetown's first Resident Directory in 1886, and a burial listing of the Winthrop Street Cemetery – Provincetown's oldest existent cemetery – are but a few of the items housed under the collective Stand Alone title. In time, as review of the as yet unassessed material from the Heritage Museum occurs, these stand alone items may migrate and be incorporated into other collections as appropriate, but in the meantime remain house here in a varied and broad ranging assortment for your browsing pleasure and review.
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Photo album of the Knowles family, including a copy of the Mayflower Compact inside its front...Collection: Stand Alone DocumentsFormat: PhotoSubjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Families, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Railroads, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Hall, and Wharfs
This is a pamphlet made from a recording in 1978 of Carrie Knowles Cook telling the story of her...Collection: Stand Alone DocumentsFormat: TextSubjects: 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
Memoirs of Georgie Dyer Knowles as recollected on her 90th birthday. She is the daughter of...Collection: Stand Alone DocumentsFormat: TextSubjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Families, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century
These photos are from the collection of George W. Ferguson, Centerville, MA. and loaned to the...Collection: Stand Alone DocumentsFormat: PhotoSubjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dories (boats), East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fire houses, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishermen, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Railroads, Sailing ships, Schooners, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, and Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown
This photo of George Washington Ready, a Provincetown character, is from the collection of George...Collection: Stand Alone DocumentsFormat: PhotoSubjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History and Cape Cod (Mass.) History
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- Advertising [3]
- Airplanes [1]
- Airships [1]
- Allerton Street (Provincetown, Mass.) [1]
- Anchor and Ark Club [1]
- Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown [5]
- Art [2]
- Atkins Lane (Provincetown, Mass.) [1]
- Atlantic Cod fishing [2]
- Atlantic Fisherman [1]
- Barnstable County (Mass.) History [19]
- Biography [1]
- Blessing of the Fleet [1]
- Boathouses [1]
- Boats and boating [5]
- Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.) [3]
- Breakwater (West End) [1]
- Business [3]
- Cape Cod (Mass.) Description and travel [3]
- Cape Cod (Mass.) History [20]
- Cape Cod houses [7]
- Captains [2]
- Cemeteries [1]
- Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.) [2]
- Center Street (Provincetown, Mass.) [1]
- Churches [2]
- Clark, Eugene S. [1]
- Cold Storages [2]
- Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.) [7]
- Conant Street (Provincetown, Mass.) [1]
- Cottages [1]
- Death [6]
- Docks [2]
- Dories (boats) [2]
- Drowning [1]
- Dwellings [3]
- East End (Provincetown, Mass.) [3]
- Families [10]
- Fathers [2]
- Fire houses [3]
- Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown [6]
- Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History [1]
- Fishermen [6]
- Fishers [1]
- Fishers--Massachusetts--Provincetown [2]
- Fishing [6]
- Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown [8]
- Fishing nets [2]
- Fishing villages [6]
- Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown [10]
- Funeral rites and ceremonies (Provincetown, Mass.) [1]
- Guesthouses [1]
- Harbors [4]
- Harbors--Provincetown--Mass [7]
- Harpers Magazine [1]
- High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.) [4]
- Highland Light [1]
- Highland Light (U.S) [1]
- Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown [6]
- Historical museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown [1]
- Hunt, Peter [1]
- Hurricanes [1]
- Ice Harvest [1]
- Industries [1]
- Johnson Street (Provincetown, Mass.) [1]
- Kennedy, John F. [1]
- Lifesaving [2]
- Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts [3]
- Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown [3]
- Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro [1]
- Lipton Cup (trophy) [1]
- Literature [1]
- Local government -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown [1]
- Long Point Settlement [1]
- MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.) [2]
- MacMillan, Donald B. [1]
- MacMillan, Miriam [1]
- Mayflower [1]
- Military history [2]
- Murchison House [4]
- Murchison, Dr. Carl [1]
- Museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown [1]
- Names [4]
- New Bedford (Mass.) [2]
- Peaked Hill Bars Station [1]
- Pilgrim Monument [5]
- Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) [1]
- Portland (Steamer) [2]
- Portland Gale [1]
- Portraits [3]
- Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown [2]
- Provincelands [2]
- Provincetown (Mass.) Directories [2]
- Provincetown (Mass.)--Description and travel [1]
- Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century [1]
- Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century [18]
- Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century [21]
- Provincetown Heritage Museum [1]
- Provincetown Players [4]
- Provincetown Volunteer Fire Department [1]
- Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown [2]
- Railroad Avenue (Provincetown, Mass.) [1]
- Railroads [5]
- Sailing ships [6]
- Sailors [2]
- Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts [2]
- Schools [2]
- Schooners [8]
- Shipping [1]
- Shipwrecks [3]
- Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region [2]
- Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown [2]
- Theater--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History--20th Century [8]
- Theaters [8]
- Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.) [3]
- Town Crier [1]
- Town Hall [7]
- United States Coast Guard [1]
- United States Navy [1]
- Waterfronts [4]
- West End (Provincetown, Mass.) [6]
- Whalers (Persons) [3]
- Whaling [6]
- Whaling masters [2]
- Whaling--Massachusetts--History [2]
- Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History [6]
- Wharfs [7]
- Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century [1]
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