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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This photo is from the collection of George W. Ferguson, Centerville, MA. and loaned to the...Collection: Stand Alone DocumentsFormat: PhotoSubjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Families, and Portraits
This is a collection of Provincetown postcards donated by the estate of the late Brent Jackson of...Collection: Stand Alone DocumentsFormat: PhotoSubjects: Anchor and Ark Club, Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boathouses, Boats and boating, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Breakwater (West End), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Long Point Settlement, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), Pilgrim Monument, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Railroads, Sailing ships, Theater--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History--20th Century, Theaters, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Hall, Waterfronts, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Wharfs, and Allerton Street (Provincetown, Mass.)
A scrapbook containing 144 pages of newspaper articles and photographs documenting the military...Collection: Stand Alone DocumentsFormat: NewsprintSubjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Death, Families, Fathers, Funeral rites and ceremonies (Provincetown, Mass.), Local government -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown, Military history, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, United States Coast Guard, and United States Navy
Two images of past businesses located at 193 Commercial Street, loaned to the Provincetown...Collection: Stand Alone DocumentsFormat: PhotoSubjects: Advertising, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), and Business
Flyer for Jas. P. Holmes Fruit & Confectionery store, loaned to the Provincetown History...Collection: Stand Alone DocumentsFormat: ArtworkSubjects: Advertising
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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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