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  1. 2024.027.001 - Harvard Magazine article on life aboard an offshore lobster boat in the time of Gerlad Ford, Richie Earle on the Side Show

    Lobstering

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    Richie Earle001
  2. 2024.027.002 - Articles on the Prelude Corporation and the Russians, 1975

    Prelude Corporation Lobstering Lobster Company

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    Prelude016
  3. 2024.028.001 - Book : From 3 to 30 a mini autobiography 384th bomb group by Warren F. Donovan Lieutenant Colonel US Air Force (Ret) self published 1988 cotton mills farm The Great Depression Prohibition War Hurricane Ku Klux Klan Army Pearl Harbor Prisoner of war US air force

    Farming World War II Veterans of Foreign Wars Hurricane 1938 Head of Westport

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  4. 2024.029.020 - Newspaper clippings about Prelude Lobster Corporation

    Prelude Corporation Lobster Company Lobstering

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    Prelude041
  5. 2024.029.023 - History of Westport's skiffs by Howie Gifford

    Boats Skiffs

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  6. 2024.031.003 - Interview Bob Pierce interviewed May 2024 https://vimeo.com/946191167 With Richie Earle and Russell Walters Topics: Seining, eeling, oystering, life on the river 1950s/60s Bob was born in 1947, son of Bill Pierce, Pine Hill Road He was a farmer, he worked as a mailman in Westport. Life on the Westport River Bob Pierce with Richie Earle and Russell Walters May 2024 Eel fishing off Donovans Lane Cold winters Ice skating on the river Best time to catch eels was in winter when the water was still cold Warmer weather made eels more oily Eel trawls - never seen this done by anyone else Eel trawl hook Crush mussels for bait for eels Kept eels alive in the brook until time to skin the eel Take them to Fred and Annes Slime the eel - wood ash in tub to remove slime to make it easier to remove Eels and johnny cakes was a staple back then Fry up eels in bacon fat Still wriggle after being cut up in pieces Charlie was the police chief, brother of Bob Pierce Eeling at night - used car lights on a battery on a clam night, the water was very clear then Looking glasses used to see through the water Oystering, scalloping Set seine wrapped around north of Hix Bridge, very deep water, rowed in circle to catch the herring, lead weights on the bottom, floats on the top, catch bushels of herring and perch, sometimes smelt Sam Tripp had a fish market in Padanaram Oystering - no areas were closed, in the winter it never froze under Hix Bridge, Portuguese fisherman would send down a bucket with moonshine. Oyster beds - Albert Lees (first), Jim Raposa, east side of Poor Farm Made beds out of shells, no limits on amount $3 a bushel Processed all that was caught Nothing went bad Howie Borden off Cornell Road After Howie died, his wife called Bob, (she was in her 90s) can you take me for a ride in the river "I'm still sea worthy" Farming, also worked at post office full time as a mail carrier, and supervisor Deputy shellfish warden Delivered mail All fishermen had other activities to sustain them, such as farming All problems disappear when on the river, only have to worry about what to hold on to Tonging to dig quahogs, required strength and experience Bull rake, steel, curved teeth, long lengths of wood, weighed 50 pounds, had to be a bull to pull it up No regulations back then Encounters as a warden, very few Seals in the river, "hole in the wall", seal stayed with them More seals now than in the past Seals decimate the fish, no more seal hunts Cormorants also, 1970s and 80s, old gunners called cormorants shags and shot them The river: names of places on the river, hole in the wall, different places for oysters, Crooked Creek Brackish water Clams and steamers Further north - oysters Cadmans Neck, muddy area, eels John Donovan, delivered milk, very strong, became an alcoholic Town landings along river Chape's father Bill (Alvin) White and Uncle Jim They were the premier fishermen, they owned this river, made it their business Fished at the foot of the lane (end of Horseneck Road) They loved being on the river Bill's son Chapin also fished, crab pots, quahoging Green crabs Chape had bait business Tautog business - crabs were used as bait Peter Luevelink Clam measures- quart, peck Other people on the river Swampy Vaughan who had a shack near Hix Bridge to build boats He brought the DDT issue to everyone's attention George Lake Walter Vincent Fred Peckham - premium bass fisherman Equipment Tongs, locally made, belonged to Jim Hollis Bull rake Clam rake Quahog rake Scallop drag Measures- peck for quahog, half bushel, bushel Modern bull rake Treading with sneakers to quahog Keyholing Unusual discoveries in the river - tropical fish, sea horses, a skull found near the Back Eddy

    Eeling Fishing

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  7. 2024.032.001 - Andre Roland Latessa ON THE WALL:Panel 25E Line 12 This page Copyright© 1997-2018 www.VirtualWall.org Ltd. PERSONAL DATA: Home of Record:North Westport, MA Date of birth:03/18/1948 MILITARY DATA: Service Branch:United States Marine Corps Grade at loss:E2 Rank:Private First Class Promotion Note:None ID No:2290010 MOS:1371: COMBAT ENGINEER Length Service:01 Unit:C CO, 3RD ENG BN, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF CASUALTY DATA: Start Tour:Not Recorded Incident Date:08/15/1967 Casualty Date:08/18/1967 Status Date:Not Applicable Status Change:Not Applicable Age at Loss:19 (based on date declared dead) Location:Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam Remains:Body recovered Repatriated:Not Applicable Identified:Not Applicable Casualty Type:Hostile, died of wounds Casualty Reason:Ground casualty Casualty Detail:Other explosive device URL: www.VirtualWall.org/dl/LatessaAR01a.htm Data accessed:5/17/2024

    Vietnam War

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    Documents
  8. 2024.033.006 - Few Westport skiff anecdotes

    Boats Boatbuilding Skiffs

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    Few Westport skiff anecdotes
  9. 2024.036.001 - Articles about Prelude Corp and lobster fishing in Westport, see attached pdf

    Prelude Corporation Lobstering

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    130 Miles offshore
  10. 223.007.001 - Research on historic houses of Westport by Geraldine Millham

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  11. 3000.1 - INDEX for Eleanor Tripps notes Westport Histories The Eleanor Tripp Collection Volume I Page - How Dartmouth got its Name 1 - 23 - Early History of Westport (through 1812) 24 - 63 - The Growth of Westport 65 - 78 From Earliest Settlement through 12/21/1893 Transcribed from Original by Curtis Pierce - Town of Westport (1762 - 1894) 79 Transcribed from Writings by Andrew Sherman - Names of Persons who took Freemans Oath, 1686 80 - Old Dartmouth and Westport, 1652 - 1857 81 - Early Settlers, 1787 - 1789 82 - Plymouth Colony, Old Dartmouth and Westport, 1652 - 1894 83 - Sloops, Whaling Captains and Whalers out of Westport Point 84 -85 1829 - 1846 - Whalers out of Westport Point, up to 1850 86 - Land Ownership at Head of Westport and Vicinity, 1712 - 1889 87 - 90 - Early Schools in Old Darmouth, by Henry B. Worth 91 - 93 - Little School House in Westport (Fall River News, 9/8/1911) 94 - Old Westport School Days, 1704 - 1923 95 - 105 Records of Development assembled by Gladys Kirby - The Region near Hix's Bridge 106 - 111 Historical Papers prepared by Gladys Kirby, 6/20/1925 for the Old Dartmouth Society Outing at Hixbridge Page 1 Westport Histories/Eleanor Tripp Collection, Volume I, cont. Page - History of Hix's Bridge, 1686 - 1876112 - History of Bristol County - Westport - Documentary History/Biographical Sketches113 - 117 - Militia118 - Westport in 1883119 - Churches120 - 122 - History of Bristol County - Westport, Chapter XVI,124 - 126 Vol. II, Page 820-823, Lewis Hist. Publishing Co., Inc. - Lake Noquochoke - Westport Manufacturing Co.127 - Library at Head of Westport, Founded in 1840128 - 131 - Westport Public Library, Organized in 1840132 - Dr. Burt, Amateur Playwright, Transcribed from Sunday 133 - 134 Standard, 10/25/1908 - Cadman's Neck, a Poem by Susan E. Gammons135 - 138 - Camp Meeting/Cadman's Neck Group's 30th Anniversary139 Standard Times, July 1958 - Westport, 150th Anniversary of Town, 7/5/1937140 - 141 (a Review since Incorporation) - Revolutionary Soldiers (Names from Records of Gladys Kirby)142 - Excerpts of "Certain Comeovers" by Henry Howland Crapo,143 -148 Vol. I, New Bedford, Mass. 1912, i.e. Crapo Genealogy: John Tripp, born about 1610 William White, arrived on Mayflower, 12/11/1620 Edward WindlowBenjamin Howland William RicketsonWilliam Almy, et al - Will of Daniel Allen, dated 1807150 -151 Page 2 Westport Histories/Eleanor Tripp Collection, Volume I, cont. Genealogies: (from "History of Bristol County, Mass.", published in 1833) William GiffordPage 151Israel Macomber Page 153,153a Nathan Slade 154Leonard Macomber 155 Ezra P. Brownell 156Benjamin F. Tripp 157,158 Christopher Borden 159Capt. Benjamin Gifford 160 The Gifford Family 161,162Andrew Hicks 163,164 George Lawton 165,166Samuel T. Sanford 167,168 - House on Old County Road during Revolution 169 From New Bedford Standard Times, 12/19/1915 - Genealogy of the Edward Wing Family, 1754 - 1897 170 - 172 From the "Owl", Kewaunce, Wisc., March 1911 - Memories of Harry L. Howland, by Florence A. Packard, 2/10/1959 173 - 175 - Vessels built in Westport, Mass. 176 - 178 Extracted from Ships Registry 1789 - 1908, New Bedford and Other ports - Beach Plum - A Story by Edna Ruth Kennedy 179- 180 - Hotel Westport, Westport Point, Mass. 181 - 184 At Opening of Fifth Season, 7/14/1894 - Isaac Cory, Jr. Surveyor of the Port and Receiver of Customs 185 At Westport Point, Mass., 1807 - Liniken Island (Ownership) 186 - Map of Westport Point, River and Harbor, 4/1884 186a - The Earliest Years at Sinton and Eldridge Heights, 1888 - 1907 187 - 222 A Family Story by Basil D. Hall, April 25, 1964 - May 1926 Map of Masquesatch Meadows, Westport Point, owned by 223a by Charles L. Keane - Masquesatch Point, a Description of the Area 223 - 228 Page 3 Westport Histories/Eleanor Tripp Collection, Volume I, cont. - The Village of Westport Point in the 1800's.229 - 243A Sketch of the Village based on the Memories from Zoeth Howland and William Potter Howland, written by Katherine Stanley Hall and Mary Hannah Sowle - "Knotty Shingle Church" on Top of Handy's Hill, organized in 1842247 (Seasider, May 1, 1947) - Fire Sweeps Horseneck248 (Seasider, June 1, 1947) - Sea Chest, a Story of Indians in Westport249 (Seasider, June 1, 1947) - Ancient Houses remain Staunch and Strong by Mysterious as Ever250 -250a Waite-Potter Homestead, Main Road, Central Village By Dorothy M. Gifford, Sunday Times, 3/5/1932 - Home Life of Edward Yeomans, Westport Point251 - 253 By Julia Yeomans - Ojai School254 - Vibe K. Spicer, Craftsman and Artist, by Edward Yeomans,255 9/1928 - A Day and Night in Westport, by Edward Yeomans, 10/11/24255 - 256 - More Letters by Edward Yeomans257 - 260 - An Account of the Mayhew Family, Westport Point260a By T.W.M., Daily Evening Standard, 1/18/1864 - 5/19/1860261 - The Village of Westport Point, 1897262 - 263 (Parts taken from Little Book, published by Geo. H. Utter) - Oldest Man in Westport - Zoeth Howland's 93rd Birthday, 1909264 - "The True Fish Story" by Katherine Stanley Hall265 - 269 (The Story of a Sunfish's Journey) - Hurricane of 1938, from the Scrap Book of Ann Smith270 - 272 Page 4 Westport Histories/Eleanor Tripp Collection, Volume I, cont. - Amasa E. Remington's Clambake at the Hix Bridge,273 From Scrap Book of Ann Smith, published by C.G., Standard Times "By the Way" - History of Coxet and the Richmond Family, 274 - 280 By Henry Worth - Art Works made by Mr. Brightman281 - Store on Hixbridge Road, Stage Coach Stop, closed282 - 283 Standard Times, 10/30/1935 - Alexander B. Smith and his Apple Orchard on Drift Road284 New Bedford Evening Standard, Nov. 1931 - Arthur A. Kirby Farm on Drift Road285 Standard Times, 1/17/19?? - The Seal of the Town of Westport286 Article from an old Westport Scrap Book given to Poor Bill's Almanac by Mrs. Louise Tripp - Palmer Homestead in Central Village and Adamsville Road,287 - 288 Built in 1700 Fall River Herald News, 2/26/1935 - Coggeshall House on Reed Road, erected in 1760, now owned by289 Chief Hopkinson Fall River Herald News, 10/10/1935 by Alban A. Dube - Obituary of "Squatter" John H. Burt (Old John), died at Age 94290 - Albert F. King, Oldest Man in Westport, 291 To receive coveted Cane, 1937 - Newspaper Clippings from Louise King: - "The Man about Town" - Bert Peckham, by W.D. Dwyer292 - Booze and Boodle - Head of Westport, 5/3/1935292 - "The Man about Town" - Fall River Reservation293 - Adamsville Post Office returns to old Home, 11/9/1935293 Page 5 Westport Histories/Eleanor Tripp Collection, Volume I, cont. - 25 Years ago today: - September 18, 1904: Angles Snell found guilty of Murder (1879)294 - April 1, 1911: Town Meeting approves Macomber School Building in Central Village (1886) - 75 Years ago today: - January 26, 1931: Fire at Mr. W. H. Cummings Grist Mill (1856) - December 1, 1930: First Christian Church formed in North Westport (1855) - "The Man about Town" - Draught in the area, by W. D. Dwyer295 Page 6 INDEX Westport Histories The Eleanor Tripp Collection Volume II, Book 2 Page No. - Indian Names of Westport300 (As collected by Mrs. John Waldo) - Excerpts from "Traditions of Padanaram" by L.A. Littlefield301 - 302 - "The Salt Industry of Padamaram" by Ellis L. Howland302 - History of Bristol County - Indian History303 - Excerpts from the Annual Reports of School Committee of the304 Town of Westport (1868 - 1869) - Names of Schools in Westport (1859 - 1893)305 - 306 - The Seal of the Town of Westport307 (from Poor Bill's Almanac - Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1, 1971) - (Page Missing)308 - Names and Records of the Westport Lecture Association309 - 320 (1869 - 1879), as per New Bedford Standard - Genealogy of Ann Eliza Dennis Harrison, born 9/10/1819321 - 323 In Westport, compiled by her son Peleg - Notes about Westport derived from clippings from Standard324 Times by Ms. Ellis (1944) - "Biographies" of Timothy Gardner Coffin325 - 326 Harrison Gray Otis Colby Thomas Dawes Eliot John Avery Parker William Rotch Jos. Arthur Beauvois Page 1 Westport Histories/Eleanor Tripp Collection, Volume II, Book 2, cont. Page No. - History of Quakers in Acushnet, Hixville, Berkley, Dartmouth326 -328 And Westport - Charles Tanner Baker, et al329 - 345 Real Estate Transactions, 1790 - 1893 - Memories of the Village of the Head of Westport (1877 - 1889)346 - 348 As told by Benjamin F. Mosher - From "Histories of Bristol County", (1685 - 1877)349 - Education in Old Darmouth, (1704- 1770)350 - 351 - Names of Owners of Houses (derived from Road Books) (Pages are not in this collection, they can be found in the "Road" Books in the Westport Library) - Speech given by Gladys B. Kirby in 1932 to the Old Colony Society377 - 386 About Westport and the visit of Gosnod and his Traders - History of Stokes Potter House, Adamsville Road, (1700 - 1810)387 - Oscar Palmer House, Central Village, built in 1700388 - Town Lines between Westport, Tiverton and Little Compton389 - 390 - (Page Missing)391 - William O. Macomber's Wireless Station392 - 394 (Sunday Standard, 7/17/1910) - Story of Mr. Mrs. Charles Wing, South Westport395 - 397 (written about 1905) - Paul Cuffee, written by Jephaniam W. Pease, 1932 for the 398 Old Dartmouth Historical Society - Colored Man - Sketches of Character399 - 400 Daily Evening Standard, 2/23/1863 Page 2 Westport Histories/Eleanor Tripp Collection, Volume II, Book 2, cont. Page No. - Friends' Church, Central Village, by Hannah R. Gifford401 - Old School Committee Reports (1859 - 1903)402 - 405 - (Pages Missing)406 - 409 - Logbooks, Journals and Account Books410 - 413 Materials from "The Voice of the Whaleman" - Excerpts of Massachusetts Register and Business Director 1852414 - 415 Westport - Ingrid Waldron on Westport416 - The Town of Westport Point, by Conrad Feininger417 - 424 - A Short History of Westport, MA (to 1900), by Justin F. Little425 - 439 5/12/1970 - A Child's History of Dartmouth, by Ann E. Gifford440 - 466 - (Pages Missing)467 - 472 - Murder at Gooseberry Neck (1903)473 - 496 - (Pages Missing)497 - 499 - Poems: The Pilgrim Song500 Charlotte White, Her Song Page 3 INDEX Westport Histories The Eleanor Tripp Collection Volume II, Book 3 Page No. - Draft of Gooseberry Neck by John Mumford497 - First Census of the U.S. (Bristol County) 1790498 - 499 - Record of School District No. 3, 1845 - 1863500 -507 - ( Pages Missing)508 - 509 - "Busy Bee Circle" from Note Book of Theresa Gifford, 1/11/1916510 - "New England Families", Geneological and Memorial, the American Historical Society, 1916: - Lewis Family511 - 516 - The Hicks "Line"517 - The Macomber "Line", James Ellery Brownell, 518 - 519 Francis Stephen Borden, Bassett Family, Samuel Allen Family, William Palmer Family, Henry Head - (Pages Missing)520 - 526 - Mable Crosby: Articles from three of her Scrap Books:527 - 539 - Birthdays, Anniversaries, Obituaries, Items and Residents Of Interest (Page 535 missing) - Simmons Gristmill and Jonny Cake Meal540 - 543 - South Westport School House, by Dorothy Acheson544 - 547 (Horseneck Road, South of Pine Hill, built 1865) - Notes from "History of Newport County, R.I.", published in 1888548 - 550 Dr. Wm. Handy, Dr. Geo F.S. White, WH White, John Tripp, Philip J. Gray - The Mills of Westport. Notes from Prof. Martin Butler, used for a551 - 553 Talk given to the Historical Society on March 15, 1973 Page 1 Westport Histories/Eleanor Tripp Collection, Volume II, Book 3, cont. Page No. - (Page Missing)554 - Deed of School House Lot - Drift Road555 - Westport Public Library Corp. (10/13/1909) - (Page Missing)556 - Excerpts of "History of Bristol County, Chapter XVII, P 200" - War of Revolution (1774), Page 200557 - 558 - Militia (1664 - 1787), Page 682559 -List of Minutemen in Dartmouth, Page 201560 - 560a - Westport's Macomber Turnips (from Standard Times, 11/22/73)561 - 562 - Early Sloops and Whalers of Westport Point, 1770 - 1849563 - License (1829 - 1846)564 - Vessels over 20 Tons (1842 -1858)565 - 566 - Sloops, Whalers and their Masters (1755 - 1846)567 - 568 - Liquor Licenses (1717 - 1828)569 - 570 - (Pages Missing)571 - 574 - Prominent Westport Residents (Mid 1800's)575 - 580 - (Page Missing)581 - Notes from Myra Mosher's Scrap Book582 - 585 - Obituary of Ellen M. Leland586 - 587 - Horseneck Pastures - not Beach588 - 589 Newspaper Clipping about 1938 - (Pages Missing)590 - 591 - Westport Grange History (1890 - 1965)592 - 593 - Everett N. Coggeshall, appointed first Policeman in Westport, 1914594 (Herald News, Fall River, 10/6/1972) Page 2 Westport Histories/Eleanor Tripp Collection, Volume II, Book 3, cont. Page No. - Poems by Theresa Gifford595 - Information provided by Ann M. Morton - Deeds (1700s)596 - 597 - Map (Layout of John Earl Homestad, 3/31/1732)598 - Deed to John Earl Homestad599 - Conversation with Archer Tripp (9/20/1974)600 - 601 - (Pages Missing)602 - 607 - Concerning Westport Harbor, by Elizabeth Sowle Johnston - Dated and Records of Deeds, 1768 - 1911608 - 609 - Palmer Genealogy610 - 611 - (Page Missing)612 - A. H. Pierce613 - Records of Deeds (Palmer - Grinnell)614 - Philip Grinnell Genealogy615 - 618 - James Montgomery Sowle Genealogy619 - 622 - Westport Point of old recalled623 - 624 - Obituary of Abbott P. Smith625 - Cranberry Bogland626 - Henry Steers, drowned while fishing (9/29/1904)627 - 630 (New Bedford Herald Special Despatch) - Concerning Adamsville, the Manchester Store631 - 633 - Colonial Days in Westport, a Review of Early History 634 - 647 By Mrs. Walter Kirby (Fall River Globe, 12/7/1928) - Friday Club, Guest Speaker Richard K. Hawes, Esq., 1/24/ 1974648 - 655 - Hurricane of 1938, a Graphic Account by Richard K. Hawes656 - 665 (Fall River Herald News, 11/1/1938 - From History of Bristol County /1883 - Building of a Town House666 - 667 - Deed to Westport, 11/29/1652668 - Sodom Road, How it got its Name669 (Standard Times, 1/24/1981) Page 3 Westport Histories/Eleanor Tripp Collection, Volume II, Book 3, cont. Page No. - Adamsville, the Origin of the Name670 - 671 (From "A Love Letter to Adamsville" by Bertrand L. Shurtleff, Providence Sunday Journal, 9/27/1953) - Westport Mill Pond (from "Westport Wanderings", 2/20/1971672 - Articles from the New Bedford Evening Standard - Arrival of Captured Officers, 6/18/1863673 - Vessel burned by Pirate, 5/6/1863674 - Letter from Hall's Hill, Virginia, 2/3/1862 674 - 675 - Loss of Bark United States, owned by Andrew Hicks, Esq.676 - 677 Of Westport, 5/10/1860 - Privateer Yankee, in New Bedford Harbor, 7/1814678 Bark Nimrod, 1861 - 1863 - Brig and Pilot Boat captured off Noman's Land, 1861679 New Way to avoid paying Taxes, 8/31/1861 - Westport Town Meeting, 5/13/1861680 - 'First Steamer (?) arrives in Westport Point, 6/7/1861 - Crew List of Bark Majestic, 6/12/1861 - Hibernia sailing today, 6/15/1861 - Bark George and Mary, 8/1/1860681 - Brig Leonidas, 11/13/1860 - Bark Active and Bark Gov. Caver Page 4

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