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Surf and a Sail

Surf and a Sail

Slide #22 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Radio message to Rev. Davis via Radio Pr. Clifford E. Himoe, July 30, 1927-1928 from MacMillan

Radio message to Rev. Davis via Radio Pr. Clifford E. Himoe, July 30, 1927-1928 from MacMillan

Radiogram message sent from Admiral Donald B. MacMillan aboard the Schooner Bowdoin to Reverend E. Claire Davis of the Center Methodist Episcopal Church in... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Arctic regions, Bowdoin (Ship), Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Eskimos, Henderson, Frank, Labrador, MacMillan, Donald B.,... More

Big Steamer on the Beach

Big Steamer on the Beach

Slide #57 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Two Masted Schooner in the Surf

Two Masted Schooner in the Surf

Slide #34 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Lifesaving, MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Sailing ships, Schooners, Shipwrecks

Two Men on Raft Waving

Two Men on Raft Waving

Slide #47 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Derelict Steamer Approaching

Derelict Steamer Approaching

Slide #49 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Bark in Town

Bark in Town

Slide #64 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Breeches Buoy Apparatus Set-up

Breeches Buoy Apparatus Set-up

Slide #56 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Rowing Away

Rowing Away

Slide #54 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Shipwreck in Surf

Shipwreck in Surf

Slide #29 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Lifesaving, MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Sailing ships, Shipwrecks

Map of Cape Cod

Map of Cape Cod

Slide #1 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

3 Articles on Travel to North Pole

3 Articles on Travel to North Pole

Newspaper article, publisher and date unknown, announcing a talk given by Admiral Donald B. MacMillan and a banquet in honor of Admiral MacMillan.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Explorers, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic... More

The Katie J. Barrett Just Before the Foremast Fell

The Katie J. Barrett Just Before the Foremast Fell

Slide #85 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Surf on the Backside of Cape Cod

Surf on the Backside of Cape Cod

Slide #2 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Newspaper article from "New Beacon" of Dedication of Town Wharf July 31, 1957

Newspaper article from "New Beacon" of Dedication of Town Wharf July 31, 1957

Newspaper article from "New Beacon" of Dedication of Town Wharf July 31, 1957. Article includes partial photo of Donald B. MacMillan and Mrs. MacMillan

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Dedication Services, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam

Rotogravure  Photo of Miriam & Donald B. MacMillan

Rotogravure Photo of Miriam & Donald B. MacMillan

Boston Sunday Herald front page color photograph of the rotogravure section dated June 13, 1954 featuring Miriam and Donald B. MacMillan aboard the Bowdoin.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Arctic regions, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Boston Sunday Herald, Bowdoin (Ship), Explorers, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), MacMillan,... More

The Life Saving Service of Cape Cod

The Life Saving Service of Cape Cod

Slides from a lecture compiled and given by Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan regarding the history and activities of the U.S. Life Saving Service (1873-1914) on... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Boys, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Drowning, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages,... More

Two Portuguse Boys

Two Portuguse Boys

Slide #9 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Newspaper Article on MacMillan Wharf Dedication

Newspaper Article on MacMillan Wharf Dedication

Article from the "New Beacon" dated July 27, 1957 entitled "Dedication of New Wharf and Highway To Honor Admiral Donald B. MacMillan."

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Furcolo, Foster, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), MacMillan, Donald B.,... More

Book - Poems by Edgar Allen Poe

Book - Poems by Edgar Allen Poe

Edgar Allen Poe book of poems,copyright 1895 beached from the shipwreck of the Portland in 1898 in which 170 souls were lost. The event is described inside... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Death, Drowning, MacMillan, Donald B., Peaked Hill Bars Station, Poe, Edgar Allen, Portland... More

Man at Wheel of Fishing Schooner Homer

Man at Wheel of Fishing Schooner Homer

Slide #12 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

MacMillan Correspondence

MacMillan Correspondence

September 9, 1970 letter from John Bell to Miriam MacMillan regarding the death of Donald MacMillan and the lowering of the town flags to half-mast and the... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Bell, John D., Death, Explorers, Funeral rites and ceremonies (Provincetown, Mass.), Letters, MacMillan, Donald B.,... More

Photo of Adm. Donald B. MacMillan

Photo of Adm. Donald B. MacMillan

Black & White photo (large format) of Admiral MacMillan as an older gentleman. Photo has a crease where it was folded. Possibly used as a reference for... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Photo

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Biography, Explorers, MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown... More

Rowing Through the Surf

Rowing Through the Surf

Slide #82 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Men at Station

Men at Station

Slide #37 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Adm. Donald B. MacMillan Newspaper Clipping

Adm. Donald B. MacMillan Newspaper Clipping

Photo published in the Provincetown Advocate of Admiral MacMillan, Steve Barry and the "Sword of Hope" presented to Admiral MacMillan from the American... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: American Cancer Society, Arctic regions, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Barrie, Steve, Eskimos, Explorers, MacMillan, Donald B., North Pole,... More

Three Men and Ribs of Wreck

Three Men and Ribs of Wreck

Slide #26 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Lifesaving, MacMillan, Donald B., Shipwrecks

Biographic Synopsis of Admiral MacMillan

Biographic Synopsis of Admiral MacMillan

Biography of Admiral Donald B. MacMillan written by Josephine Del Deo that was used in a MacMillan exhibit at the Provincetown Heritage Museum.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Explorers, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), MacMillan, Donald B., Names

MacMillan Correspondence

MacMillan Correspondence

April 7, 1969 letter from Larry Baker to Robert Hancock regarding news feature in the New York Times about Donald B. MacMillan and the 60th anniversary of... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Baker, Larry, Explorers, Hancock, Robert, Letters, MacMillan, Donald B., New York Times Company, North Pole,... More

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 1, Page 54

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 1, Page 54

Images of Provincetown, East End, including the home of Adm. Donald MacMillan, Commercial Street, Cook Street and the Figurehead House as well as anecdotal... More

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cook Street (Provincetown, Mass.), East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Explorers, Historic... More

The Breeches Buoy

The Breeches Buoy

Slide #70 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Wood End Life Saving Station

Wood End Life Saving Station

Slide #41 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, MacMillan,... More

3 Articles on Travel to North Pole

3 Articles on Travel to North Pole

Newspaper article, publisher and date unknown, of the Anchor and Ark Club announcing a talk given by Admiral Donald B. MacMillan

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Airplanes, Anchor and Ark Club, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Explorers, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, MacMillan, Donald B.,... More

A Brig at the Water's Edge

A Brig at the Water's Edge

Slide #24 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

School of Blackfish Off Provincetown, Mass.

School of Blackfish Off Provincetown, Mass.

Slide #18 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fishing, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown,... More

Man in Dory After Painting by Winslow Homer

Man in Dory After Painting by Winslow Homer

Slide #11 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Text of Presentation by Donald B. MacMillan on "The Life Saving Services of Cape Cod

Text of Presentation by Donald B. MacMillan on "The Life Saving Services of Cape Cod

Text of Presentation by Donald B. MacMillan, age 91, on "The Life Saving Services of Cape Cod," with the text on an introduction by Eugene S. Clark.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Clark, Eugene S., Highland Light (U.S), Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving... More

Remains of Wreck

Remains of Wreck

Slide #27 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Lifesaving, MacMillan, Donald B., Shipwrecks

Derelict

Derelict

Slide #484 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Catoit Aboriginal Name for Provincetown

Catoit Aboriginal Name for Provincetown

1885 booklet, "Chequocket Provincetown",compiled and arranged by Herman A. Jennings. Chequocket; or, Catoit: The Aboriginal name for Provincetown. This... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Advertising, Business Records, Cape Cod (Mass.) Description and travel, Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Churches, Commercial Street... More

Photograph of Donald and Miriam MacMillan Aboard  the Bowdoin

Photograph of Donald and Miriam MacMillan Aboard the Bowdoin

Photograph of Donald and Miriam MacMillan aboard the "Bowdoin."

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Photo

Subjects: Arctic regions, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Bowdoin (Ship), Explorers, MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam, North Pole

A Cape Cod Wreck

A Cape Cod Wreck

Slide #63 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Rowing Through Heavy Seas

Rowing Through Heavy Seas

Slide #83 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

A Three Masted with Man Suspended on Breeches Buoy

A Three Masted with Man Suspended on Breeches Buoy

Slide #68 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Letter Included with  MacMillan Collection

Letter Included with MacMillan Collection

Correspondence from Miriam MacMillan to Claud Jensen

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Letters, MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam, Sailors

A Wreck - Side Gone

A Wreck - Side Gone

Slide #25 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Copy of Letter to Commander MacMillan from Rev. Davis, Oct. 25, 1927

Copy of Letter to Commander MacMillan from Rev. Davis, Oct. 25, 1927

Copy of October 25, 1927 letter from Reverend C. Clare Davis to Commander Donald B. MacMillan

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Autographs, Bowdoin (Ship), Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Davis, C. Claire, Explorers,... More

Men Pulling Boats Along Shore

Men Pulling Boats Along Shore

Slide #78 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Men Launching

Men Launching

Slide #80 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Abandoned Hulks

Abandoned Hulks

Slide #23a of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Lifeboat Approaching Derelict

Lifeboat Approaching Derelict

Slide #45 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Lifeboat on Wheels

Lifeboat on Wheels

Slide #52 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Looking West on Commercial Street  East End

Looking West on Commercial Street East End

Black and white photo looking west on Commercial Street in the East End,1900 - 1906, in the vicinity of Cook Street showing on the left the house which was... More

Collection: Moffett

Format: Photo

Subjects: Art, Art Museums, Art galleries, Commercial, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cook Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dwellings, Historic... More

MacMillan Correspondence

MacMillan Correspondence

September 20, 1970 letter from Miriam MacMillan to John Bell regarding MacMillan's death and the lowering of flags to half-mast in his honor.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Bell, John D., Bowdoin (Ship), Death, Funeral rites and ceremonies (Provincetown, Mass.), Letters, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), MacMillan, Donald... More

Men in White Standing Beside Cart

Men in White Standing Beside Cart

Slide #51 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Snake Tracks on the Dunes

Snake Tracks on the Dunes

Slide #20 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Two in Breeches Boy

Two in Breeches Boy

Slide #71 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Surf on the Backside

Surf on the Backside

Slide #3 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Peaked Hill Bar Life Saving Station

Peaked Hill Bar Life Saving Station

Slide #39 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

A Dead Whale on the Beach

A Dead Whale on the Beach

Slide #17 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

The Lifecart

The Lifecart

Slide #55 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Radio message to Rev. Davis from MacMillan via The American Radio Relay League, Hudson, Mass., Oct. 14

Radio message to Rev. Davis from MacMillan via The American Radio Relay League, Hudson, Mass., Oct. 14

Radio-gram message from Admiral Donald B. MacMillan on the Schooner Bowdoin to Reverend W.C. Davis of the Center Methodist Episcopal Church of Provincetown... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: American Radio Relay League, Arctic regions, Bowdoin (Ship), Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Eskimos, Henderson, Frank, Labrador,... More

Shipwrecks, Highlands, Coast of Cape Cod

Shipwrecks, Highlands, Coast of Cape Cod

Book from the collection of Adm. Donald B. MAcMillan 1912 booklet, "Shipwrecks on Cape Cod The Story of a Few of the Many Hundred Shipwrecks Which Have... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Autographs, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Drowning, Highland Light, MacMillan, Donald B., Peaked Hill Bars Station, Portland (Steamer), Provincetown... More

Dead Tree on the Dunes

Dead Tree on the Dunes

Slide #19 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Captain Sam Fisher

Captain Sam Fisher

Slide #38 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Lifesaving, MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Shipwrecks

Misc. Articles and Photos - MacMillan

Misc. Articles and Photos - MacMillan

July 1958 Provincetown Advocate article: Admiral MacMillan Gives Collection Of Artic Firearms to Museum.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Arctic regions, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Autobiography, Bowdoin (Ship), Explorers, Firearms, Gifts, Henderson, Frank, Historical... More

Ship, Lifeboat Approaching

Ship, Lifeboat Approaching

Slide #50 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

A Ship Rounding Highland Light

A Ship Rounding Highland Light

Slide #94 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

A Lifecar

A Lifecar

Slide #72 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

MacMillan Correspondence

MacMillan Correspondence

November 24, 1967 letter from Donald MacMillan to Robert Hancock thanking the town of Privincetown for birthday bouquet and reminiscence of Town as a boy.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Birthdays, Bowdoin (Ship), Hancock, Robert, Letters, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century

MacMillan's Provincetown Notebook

MacMillan's Provincetown Notebook

Admiral Donald B. MacMillan's notebook. Includes Provincetown stories and observations, historical information on shipwrecks, ships and ship voyages, church... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Churches, Diaries, Explorers, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), MacMillan, Donald... More

Group of Men on Bow of Schooner

Group of Men on Bow of Schooner

Slide #31 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Lifesaving, MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Sailing ships, Schooners, Shipwrecks

Miriam MacMillan Letter

Miriam MacMillan Letter

Undated letter from Miriam MacMillan to Claude Jensen that accompanied Donald B. MacMillan's personal Provincetown notebook when Miriam donated the notebook... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Diaries, Explorers, Historical museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Jensen, Claude, Letters, MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan,... More

Misc. Articles and Photos - MacMillan

Misc. Articles and Photos - MacMillan

Black & White photo of Miriam and Donald B. MacMillan aboard The Bowdoin with sled dogs.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Photo

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Bowdoin (Ship), Explorers, MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century,... More

Misc. Articles and Photos - MacMillan

Misc. Articles and Photos - MacMillan

Black & White photo of a painted portrait of Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan taken by Oppenheim. This photo is signed on the backside by Admiral... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Photo

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Autographs, MacMillan, Donald B., Oppenheim, S. Edmund, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century

Attacking A Whale

Attacking A Whale

Slide #15 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Three Masted Schooner and Lifeboat

Three Masted Schooner and Lifeboat

Slide #84 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Adm. Donald B. MacMillan Promotional Poster

Adm. Donald B. MacMillan Promotional Poster

Promotional Poster for Admiral MacMillan lecture "Greenland and the Far North", prior to his 30th expedition to the North. Signed by Donald B. MacMillan

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Arctic regions, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Biography, Boston Herald, Bowdoin (Ship), Eskimos, MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam, North... More

Men Pulling Boats Along Shore

Men Pulling Boats Along Shore

Slide #79 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Captain Eldrige and Elmer Mayo

Captain Eldrige and Elmer Mayo

Slide #90 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Newspaper Article On MacMillan Arctic Exploration

Newspaper Article On MacMillan Arctic Exploration

Article titled "Near Death Fighting to Send Radio" describing efforts of the MacMillan expedition wintering at Anatalok Bay to maintain communications... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Bowdoin (Ship), MacMillan, Donald B., North Pole, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century

A Two top Mast Schooner in the Surf

A Two top Mast Schooner in the Surf

Slide #30 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Lifesaving, MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Sailing ships, Schooners, Shipwrecks

Bark on the Beach

Bark on the Beach

Slide #58 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

MacMillan Correspondence

MacMillan Correspondence

April 2, 1969 letter from Larry Baker to Paul Costello regarding arrangement for President Nixon to send a telegram to Admiral MacMillan on the 60th... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Baker, Larry, Bowdoin (Ship), Costello, Paul, Explorers, Kennedy, John F., MacMillan, Donald B., Nixon, Richard... More

Photo MacMillan Wharf Dedication 1957

Photo MacMillan Wharf Dedication 1957

Black and white photo of Adm. Donald B. MacMillan, Miriram MacMillan and local dignitaries at the deddication of MacMillan Wharf and the unveiling of the... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Photo

Subjects: Arctic regions, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Dedication Services, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown,... More

Launching the Lifeboat

Launching the Lifeboat

Slide #53 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

MacMillan Correspondence

MacMillan Correspondence

April 25, 1958 letter from Donald MacMillan to James V. Coyne, Jr. accepting position on the committee to establish a nautical museum for Barnstable County.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Historical museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Letters, MacMillan, Donald B., Museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown,... More

A Portuguese Boy

A Portuguese Boy

Slide #8 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Four Masted on the Beach

Four Masted on the Beach

Slide #59 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

A Two Masted Schooner in the Surf

A Two Masted Schooner in the Surf

Slide #32 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Lifesaving, MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Sailing ships, Schooners, Shipwrecks

Wave Washed Derelict

Wave Washed Derelict

Slide #46 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, MacMillan, Donald B.

Horses on the Beach

Horses on the Beach

Slide #60 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

The Mortal Blow

The Mortal Blow

Slide #16 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Houses and White Dory

Houses and White Dory

Slide #6 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Postcard  with Radio Message Transcript July 4, 1929

Postcard with Radio Message Transcript July 4, 1929

July 4, 1929 postcard from radio operator John A. Roehm to the Reverend E. Claire Davis with message from Admiral MacMillan.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Bowdoin (Ship), Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Churches, Explorers, Henderson, Frank, MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown... More

Launching the Lifeboat

Launching the Lifeboat

Slide #81 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

A Fish Weir

A Fish Weir

Slide #10 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

A Live Mode Fast to Top Mast

A Live Mode Fast to Top Mast

Slide #69 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Provincetown Harbor Full of Ice

Provincetown Harbor Full of Ice

Slide #4 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

A Throwing Stick

A Throwing Stick

Slide #66 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

House of Refuge

House of Refuge

Slide #23 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Crew Just Back

Crew Just Back

Slide #43 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Dressing Cod and Haddock

Dressing Cod and Haddock

Slide #13a of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving... More

3 Articles on Travel to North Pole

3 Articles on Travel to North Pole

Newspaper article, publisher and date unknown, "North Pole is Harder to Reach Than South Pole", The article compares Amundsen's South Pole expedition to... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Arctic regions, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Explorers, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown,... More

Surf on the Backside

Surf on the Backside

Slide #21 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Wheel Tracks Over the Dunes

Wheel Tracks Over the Dunes

Slide #7 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Bow of Wreck

Bow of Wreck

Slide #28 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Lifesaving, MacMillan, Donald B., Shipwrecks

Photo MacMillan Wharf Dedication 1957

Photo MacMillan Wharf Dedication 1957

Photo of ribbon cutting ceremony at the dedication of MacMillan Wharf with local dignitaries and Adm. Donald B.MacMillan and his wife Miriam MAcMillan present.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Photo

Subjects: Arctic regions, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Harbors, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam,... More

Three Men in White Standing on Doors of Station

Three Men in White Standing on Doors of Station

Slide #36 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

The Crew of Wood End Station

The Crew of Wood End Station

Slide #42 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, MacMillan,... More

Provincetown East End View

Provincetown East End View

Slide #5 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Group Gathered with Halfway House

Group Gathered with Halfway House

Slide #76 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Two Masted Schooner in the Surf

Two Masted Schooner in the Surf

Slide #35 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Lifeboats, MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Sailing ships, Schooners, Shipwrecks

Three Masted Schooner on the Beach

Three Masted Schooner on the Beach

Slide #65 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Lifeboat Near Ship in Distress

Lifeboat Near Ship in Distress

Slide #44 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Wreck in Town

Wreck in Town

Slide #62 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, MacMillan, Donald B.

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 4, Page 24

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 4, Page 24

Historical information related to Provincetown, including news clippings related to the sale of the Center Methodist Church in the late 1950's and public... More

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Churches, MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate,... More

Adm. Donald B. MacMillan's Personal Notebook

Adm. Donald B. MacMillan's Personal Notebook

Adm. MacMIllan's personal notebook handwritten in pencil giving details of ships and their captains,whaling, shipwrecks, churches, Provincetown history.... More

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Photo

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Churches, Drowning, Explorers, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, MacMillan, Donald B.

Coston Light

Coston Light

Slide #74 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

College Girl with Head and Shoulders Out of Door

College Girl with Head and Shoulders Out of Door

Slide #77 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Captain "Wall" Cook

Captain "Wall" Cook

Slide #40 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Lifesaving, MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Shipwrecks

Four Masted and Wrecking Apparatus

Four Masted and Wrecking Apparatus

Slide #61 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 1, Page 43

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 1, Page 43

Images of Provincetown, East End, including Commercial Street, Atkins Lane, 524 Commercial Street (the birthplace of Adm. Donald MacMillan) and the vicinity.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Atkins Lane (Provincetown, Mass.), Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), East End (Provincetown,... More

The Watch Calling

The Watch Calling

Slide #13 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Halfway House

Halfway House

Slide #75 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving... More

Photographic Portrait of Donald B. MacMillan in Uniform

Photographic Portrait of Donald B. MacMillan in Uniform

Photographic portrait of Admiral Donald B. MacMillan in uniform.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Photo

Subjects: Arctic regions, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Explorers, MacMillan, Donald B., North Pole, Portraits

Fish on Flakes

Fish on Flakes

Slide #14 of Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan's lecture: The Life-Saving Service of Cape Cod.

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving... More

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 6, Page 189

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 6, Page 189

Two photos, circa 1930, showing the Commercial St. side and the water side of Annie Boxell's (Althea's mother) house, later the MacMillan house which was... More

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Bangs Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Boxell, Althea, Cape Cod... More

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 6, Page 190

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 6, Page 190

Three photos of the waterfront in the vicinity of Cook St. showing the Figurehead House, MacMillan House, launching of a John Whitcomb built yacht and the... More

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Boats and boating, Boxell, Althea, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Cold Storages, Cook Street... More

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 6, Page 194

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 6, Page 194

Two photos of the east end of Commercial St. in the vicinity of Cook St. and a newspaper article about Admiral Donald B. MacMillan at home in 1929 when he... More

Collection: Dowd

Format: Artwork

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Boxell, Althea, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Captains, Commercial Street (Provincetown,... More

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 25

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 25

The Advocate, September 30, 1982. Short article on Miriam MacMillian and photo of the "Bowdoin" (Donald MacMillian's ship).

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Biography, MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 27

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 27

Two newspaper articles on Commander MacMillan. November 1952 and June 1954.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Arctic regions, MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 28

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 28

Newspaper article of July 1, 1954 on elevation of Donald MacMillam to Rear Admiral.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 29

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 29

Boston Evening Gazette, April 1959 on retirement of Donald MacMillan.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Bowdoin (Ship), MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 30

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 30

Articles in the Advocate and Cape Cod Standard Times in June 1959 on the last trip on Donald MacMillan's ship " The Bowdoin"

Collection: Dowd

Format: Artwork

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Bowdoin (Ship), MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 31

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 31

Articles in the Advocate and the Barnstable Patriot in February 1926 on lecture, visit and banquet of Donald MacMillan.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 32

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 32

Continuation of Barnstable Patriont artivle on Donald MacMillan visit in February 1926. Also of MacMillan's visit to new artic base.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Artwork

Subjects: Arctic regions, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, MacMillan, Donald B.

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 55

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 55

Photos of Donald MacMillan and the Bowdoin.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Bowdoin (Ship), MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 56

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 56

Photos and story on Donald MacMillan's death in 1970.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Biography, Death, MacMillan, Donald B.

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 57

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 57

1967 - 1969 articles on Donald MacMillan and the "Bowdoin".

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Boats and boating, Bowdoin (Ship), MacMillan, Donald B.

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 58

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 58

Admiral MacMillan honnored as surviving member of Perry expedition to the pole; story on renovation of the Bowdoin. April 1969

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Bowdoin (Ship), MacMillan, Donald B.

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 59

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 59

Articles on MacMillan's boyhood home, "Bowdoin Day" at Mystic Seaport and stories of Miriam MacMillan's car accident in 1962.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Autobiography, Bowdoin (Ship), MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 60

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 60

"Citizen of the Year" and 92th birthday for Admiral MacMillan 1964. Photo of his home.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Biography, Birthdays, MacMillan, Donald B.

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 61

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 61

1959 article remembering crew of the Bowdoin.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Autobiography, Bowdoin (Ship), Explorers, MacMillan, Donald B.

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 62

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 62

Continuation of story of Bowdoin's crew and of the Bowdoin itself. 1959

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Bowdoin (Ship), MacMillan, Donald B.

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 10, Page 72

Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 10, Page 72

Color postcard of Long Point Lighthouse from the air in 1965. Two newspaper photos of Long Point, one taken in 1901 with the lighthouse and keeper's house... More

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boxell, Althea, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Dyer Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Historic... More

Pilgrim Monument Collection - scrapbook circa 1940's

Pilgrim Monument Collection - scrapbook circa 1940's

This is a collection of newspaper articles from the 1940's compiled into a scrapbook now in the possession of the Pilgrim Monument. The topics are far flung... More

Collection: Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Arctic regions, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Art, Atlantic herring fishing, Barnstable... More

MacMillan Museum Com. Letter 1958

MacMillan Museum Com. Letter 1958

Letter to Town from Adm. MacMillan re: museum

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century

MacMillan Thank You Letter 1967

MacMillan Thank You Letter 1967

Thank you letter to Town from Adm. MacMillan

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Birthdays, Letters, MacMillan, Donald B.

MacMillan Readers Digest Article

MacMillan Readers Digest Article

Readers Digest Article on the life of Donald B. MacMillan

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Biography, MacMillan, Donald B.

Peary's 60th Anniversary

Peary's 60th Anniversary

Letters between PR firm and Town Manager re: 60th anniversary of Peary's exploration of North Pole Also include is NY Times article

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Letters, MacMillan, Donald B.

MacMillan 95th Birthday Letter

MacMillan 95th Birthday Letter

Thank you letter from Adm. MacMillan

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Birthdays, Letters, MacMillan, Donald B.

Condolence Letter from Selectmen

Condolence Letter from Selectmen

Letter from Selectman John Bell to Miriam MacMillan on the death of Adm. Donald B. MacMillan

Collection: MacMillan

Format: Text

Subjects: Letters, MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam

Scrapbook - Provincetown and Cape Cod Book 2

Scrapbook - Provincetown and Cape Cod Book 2

Scrapbook of "Provincetown and Cape Cod" of unknown origin titled "Book 2". Sub-titled "Nature, Climate and seafishing". Covers 1930's, 1940's and 1950's.

Collection: Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Biography, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.), Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Death, Fishermen,... More

Scrapbook - Provincetown and Cape Cod Book 3

Scrapbook - Provincetown and Cape Cod Book 3

Scrapbook of "Provincetown and Cape Cod" of unknown origin titled "Book 3". Sub-titled "People". Covers 1930's, 1940's and 1950's and includes such diverse... More

Collection: Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Advertising fliers, Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Art, Barnstable County (Mass.) History,... More

Well Known People of Provincetown Scrapbook

Well Known People of Provincetown Scrapbook

The cover label referencing the West End School of Art merely reflects the cover notation and illustration. The scrapbook, created by Abby Cook Putnam and... More

Collection: Municipal

Format: Text

Subjects: Art, Beachcombers Club, Business, Hawthorne, Charles, Kemp, Harry, MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Putnam, Abby, Railroads,... More

Joyce Johnson Interviews Art Costa

Joyce Johnson Interviews Art Costa

Interview by Joyce Johnson on WOMR "Sands of Time" with Art Costa on August 13 and 15, 1988. Owner of Art’s Dune Tours, Art’s been driving since... More

Collection: Moving Picture & Oral History

Format: Audio

Subjects: Art, Autobiography, Business, Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.), Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dune Shacks--Peaked Hill Bars Historic District,... More

Scrapbook # 1 1934 forward

Scrapbook # 1 1934 forward

The first of four scrapbooks of various newspaper clippings beginning ca. 1934 and going into the 1940's, donated to the Provincetown History Project from... More

Collection: Municipal

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Art, Atlantic Fisherman, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Churches, Dories... More

Far North with "Captain Mac"

Far North with "Captain Mac"

An article by Miriam MacMillan, "Far North with 'Captain Mac'", in "The National Geographic Magazine".

Collection: Stand Alone Documents

Format: Text

Subjects: MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam

Those Were The Days by Dan Towler

Those Were The Days by Dan Towler

'Those Were The Days' is a collection of articles written by Dan Towler for Provincetown Magazine during the 1996 season. Drawn both from reserach and... More

Collection: Municipal

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Art, Art Museums, Atkins-Mayo Road (Provincetown, Mass.), Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Bell, John... More

Cape Cod Excursion - Look magazine

Cape Cod Excursion - Look magazine

An article in Look Magazine, September 3, 1946, entitled 'Cape Cod Excursion, a trip to Massachusett's vacationland is relaxing--and fun'

Collection: Municipal

Format: Text

Subjects: Fishing, Fishing villages, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, MacMillan, Donald B., Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Wharfs

Commander Donald B. MacMillan

Commander Donald B. MacMillan

July 1927 "Cape Cod Magazine" article on Commander Donald B. MacMillan.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Text

Subjects: MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century

Dan Towler Collection on Admiral MacMillan

Dan Towler Collection on Admiral MacMillan

A collection of materials concerning Admiral Donald B. MacMillan loaned to the Provincetown History Project by Dan Towler.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Artwork

Subjects: Arctic regions, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Biography, Eskimos, MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam, Schooners

MacMillan in the Field

MacMillan in the Field

An article in The National Geographic Magazine, October 1925, on Commander Donald B. MacMillan.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Text

Subjects: Biography, MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century

Kelly's Corner 009 - Summer Solstice

Kelly's Corner 009 - Summer Solstice

Jan Kelly writes a weekly column for Provincetown Magazine. In this issue she talks about the arrival of summer, Paul Kessler's return to town from NYC,... More

Collection: Kelly

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Business, Cape Cod (Mass.) Description and travel, Del Deo, Josephine, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown... More

I Remain Faithful to my Favorite Spot, Provincetown

I Remain Faithful to my Favorite Spot, Provincetown

A newspaper article by Dr. Francis H. Horn reminiscing about the 18 summers spent in Provincetown.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Bangs Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Hunt, Peter, Hurricanes, MacMillan, Donald B., Provincetown... More

Willian F. Boogar, Jr.

Willian F. Boogar, Jr.

Articles by Henry Scammell (The Review) and Laurell Guadazno (Provincetown Banner – 2002) on artist William Boogar and his artic travels with Donald B.... More

Collection: Municipal

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Art, Art Museums, Art galleries, Commercial, MacMillan, Donald B., Pilgrim Monument

Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan

Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan

Multiple articles on the life of Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan. Included are a 1966 Reader’s Digest biography, another biography from Artic Digest,... More

Collection: Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Format: Text

Subjects: Arctic regions, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam, North Pole, South Pole