SPRITSAIL
Spritsail is the bi-annual journal of the history of Falmouth and vicinity published by the Woods Hole Historical Collection. We have limited numbers of extra copies of individual issues that can be purchased through our Gift Shop for $7 per issue.

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2009
Volume 23, Number 2: Summer 2009

Contents:
From the Editors
Falmouth Village: Katharine Lee Bates' Playground
   --Leonard Miele
The House At Sixteen Main Street
   --Maria C. Ward
Empty Space: A Poem For Katharine Lee Bates
   --Eric Edwards
The Falmouth Bell
   --Katharine Lee Bates
Falmouth
   --Katharine Lee Bates
From the Archives
   --A Reflection from Carolyn Powers, Executive Director of FHS
The Katharine Lee Bates Sculpture
Book Review -- Walking Tour of Woods Hole Village
Celebrating Katharine Lee Bates -- Calendar of Special Events
Spritsail Vol. 23, No. 2
Volume 23, Number 1: Winter 2009

Contents:
From the Editors
First Congretational Church and the 1812 Quissett Revival
   --Rev. Douglas K. Showalter © 2008
The Antique Signature Quilt of the N.F. Congregational Church
   --Muriel Locklin and Shirley Dunkle
The 175th Anniversary Quilt of the N.F. Congregational Church
   --Eleanor Bronson-Hodge
The Falmouth Tricentennial Quilt
The Woods Hole Library Quilt
   --Dorothy Aspinwall
Spritsail, Vol. 23, No. 1
2008
Volume 22, Number 2: Summer 2008

Contents:
From the Editors
Reflections of a Woods Hole Boy -- Childhood Reminiscences
   --Frederick V. Lawrence (1908-1991
The Turn of the Century: A Snapshot
   --Barbara Kanellopoulos
A Morning in Woods Hole
   --Clara Gray
Letter -- A Silent Species
   --Re: Winter 2008 -- Oil Spill
Spritsail, Vol. 22, No. 2
Volume 22, Number 1: Winter 2008

Contents:
From the Editors
A Silent Fall -- The Story of the West Falmouth Oil Spill
   --E. Graham Ward
Great Sippewissett Marsh: Looking for Birds and Finding the Past
   --Ivan Valiela
West Falmouth -- A Foggy Beginning 66 Years Ago
   --Dana M. Hastings
Letters
   --Re: Julia Wood House; Anniversary Issue, Summer 2006
Spritsail, Vol. 22, No. 2
2007
Volume 21, Number 2: Summer 2007

Contents:
Looking Back: Falmouth At Work    --Note from the Editors, Note from the Author
Creating the Plaques
   --Sarah Peters
Cranberry Harvesting
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines
Pacific Guano Company
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines
Marine Sciences
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines
Summer Resort Community
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines
Ice Harvesting
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines
Strawberry Farming
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines
Contributions to Looking Back (See end of Strawberry Farming article)
   --Committee to Encourage Public Art
Vol. 21, No. 2
Volume 21, Number 1: Winter 2007

Contents:
Looking Back: Falmouth At Work
Introduction
   --Jacki Forbes
Eel Fishing
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines
Saltworks
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines and John York
Ship Building
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines
Whaling
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines
Woolens Industry
   --Jennifer Stone Gaines
Vol. 21, No. 1
2006
Volume 20, Number 2: Summer 2006

20th Anniversary Issue Contents:
Spritsail Crew, 1987 (photograph)
Tribute to Mary Lou Smith
Spritsail Retrospective -- 20 Years
   --W. Redwood Wright
Spritsail's Table of Contents -- Major Articles and Poems
   --compiled by Janet and Steve Chalmers
Letter
   --Re: Strawberry Festival
Volume 20, Number 2
Volume 20, Number 1: Winter 2006

Contents:
Strawberry Festival: The Start of a Tradition
   --Margaret Hough Russell
Strawberry Festival (Poem)
   --Eric H. Edwards
The Life of Reverend Samuel Palmer
   --Leonard Miele
The WHHC Outreach Program
   --Paul Ferris Smith
Letter
   --Re: Gardners and Caretakers (correction)
Vol. 20, No. 1
2005
Volume 19, Number 2: Summer 2005

Contents:
Gardeners and Caretakers of Woods Hole
    --Susan Fletcher Witzell
Letters
    --Re: Winter 2005
Vol. 19, No. 2
Volume 19, Number 1: Winter 2005

Contents:
Frederick K. Swift Diary
    -- Ann Sears
Personal Account of 1938 Hurricane
Dr. Oliver Strong
Poems
    -- Michael Burke, Charlotte Hampton, Peter Collom
Letter
    -- Re: Hodgson Houses
Vol. 19, No. 1
2004
Volume 18, Number 2: Summer 2004

THIS ISSUE IS OUT OF PRINT

Contents:
Mail Order Houses
    -- Judith G. Stetson
The Woods Hole Geodesic Dome: A synergetic Landmark
    -- James W. Mavor, Jr.
The Big Tree
    -- Tess Clarkin
Summer in Woods Hole
    -- Alexander Cole
Vol. 18, No. 2
Volume 18, Number 1: Winter 2004

Contents:
Falmouth's Poor House and Methodist Cemetery
   --Candace Jenkins
Falmouth's Artists' Guild
   --Phyllis Heirtzler
The Wreck of the Schooner Spotless
   --Susanna Moore Eldredge
With No Regrets (poem)
   --Peter J. Collom
Vol. 18, No. 1
2003
Volume 17, Number 2: Summer 2003

THIS ISSUE IS OUT OF PRINT

Contents:
Beebe Woods: Falmouth's Miracle
   --Judith G. Stetson
Walking on the Punch Bowl (poem)
   --Eric H. Edwards
The Press of Time
   --John Hough, Jr.
Vol. 17, No. 2
Volume 17, Number 1: Winter 2003

Contents:
Highfield Hall, Then and Now
   --Susan Shephard
Highfield Hall, A Brief Historical Perspective
   --Maximilian L. Ferro
House In A High Field
   -- Eric H. Edwards
Algy
   -- John Buck
Letter
   -- Re: MBL Beach
Vol. 17, No. 1
2002
Volume 16, Number 2: Summer 2002

THIS ISSUE IS OUT OF PRINT

Contents:
Bartholomew Gosnold's 1602 Voyage to Cape Cod In Verrazzano's Wake
   --James W. Mavor, Jr.
Gosnold's Footing (after 400 years) (poem)
   --Eric H. Edwards
The Fourth of July Parades
   --Jean Bigelow
Letter
   --Re: Red Wright, Bikeway by Arthur D. Calfee
Vol. 16, No. 2
Volume 16, Number 1: Winter 2002

Contents:
The Shining Sea Bikeway -- A Triumph of Citizen Action
    -- W. Redwood Wright
From the Archivists -- Woods Hole yacht Club's Spritsail Trophy
    -- Jennifer Stone Gaines
Poems
Fox     -- Mary Kane
Bike Ride in the Rain     -- George Sethares
Letter
   Black Ice -- Tom Moseley
Vol. 16, No. 1
2001
Volume 15, Number 2: Summer 2001

THIS ISSUE IS OUT OF PRINT

Contents:
From the Curator -- Oral History Collection
   -- Jennifer Stone Gaines
Reflections on Ice Harvesting on Falmouth Ponds
   -- Clarence J. Anderson, Elmer Hallet, Oscar Hilton
Ice Harvesting in Falmouth: A Postscript
   -- Barbara Kanellopoulos
Ice Cream (poem)
   -- Eric Edwards
18th Century Deeds
   -- Dorothy S. Svenning
Vol. 15, No,. 2
Volume 15, Number 1: Winter 2001

Contents:
Family Photo Albums: Digitized Images from the Archives
   --Susan Fletcher Witzell and Jennifer Stone Gaines
Considering Old Photographs of a Nearby Place (poem)
   --Eric Edwards
Letter
   --Re: Summer 2000 issue
Vol. 15, No. 1
2000
Volume 14, Number 2: Summer 2000

Contents:
Four Fishermen
   --Martin R. Bartlett
Excerpts from the Diary of Orville Dewey Lovell
   --Transcribed by Andrea Leonard
On Devil's Foot (poem)
   --John Buck
Letters
   --Re: Winter 2000, Quissett Ridge; Summer 1999, Greeks;
Vol. 14, No. 2
Volume 14, Number 1: Winter 2000

Contents:
From the Editors
A Life in Motion
   --Olivann Hobbie
The History of Quissett Ridge and Development of Racing Beach
   --Susan Fletcher Witzell
Millennium Poem
   --Eric H. Edwards
Vol. 14, No. 1
Issues from 2010 - 2019 Issues from 2000 - 2009 Issues from 1990 - 1999 Issues from 1987 - 1989