This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Research Library at the Nantucket Historical Association. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the internet.
Collection Details
- Collection Number:
- MS32
- Title:
- Citizens News Room Record
- Date(s):
- 1875-1878
- Creator:
- Citizens News Room
- Repository:
- Nantucket Historical Association
- Language:
- Material is in English.
Information for Users
Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation: Citizens News Room Record, Nantucket Historical Association.
Acquisitions Information:
Gift of Alma Gibbs Backus in 1951 (Acc. 1951.66).
Sensitive Materials Statement:Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual’s private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Nantucket Historical Association assumes no responsibility.
Subject Headings
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Corporate Name
- Citizens News Room (Nantucket, Mass.).
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Topical Term
- Shipwrecks.
- Weather—Observations—Massachusetts—Nantucket—19th century.
Biographical Information
The Citizens News Room was comprised of 54 men who wished to share information in Nantucket, Mass., in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Scope and Content
The Citizens News Room record contains book listing members, sailings, court sessions, town meetings, ship arrivals, deaths, weather, and shipwrecks.
Contents
- Folder 1 Citizens News Room record, 1875-1878
Processing Information
Processed by NHA staff.
Finding aid by Abbie Minard and Amelia Holmes, July 2018 with additional description by Sarah Lerner in September 2018.