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:
- MS40
- Title:
- Unidentified Record Book
- Date(s):
- Undated
- Creator:
- Unknown
- 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: [identification of item], in the Unidentified Record Book, Nantucket Historical Association.
Acquisitions Information:
Unknown.
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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Topical Terms
- Nantucket Island (Mass.)—History.
Biographical Information
The creator of the book is unidentified. The legend written in the beginning pages of the book may be from the Native Americans indigenous to New England, the Wampanoags.
Scope and Content
The Unidentified Record Book recounts an American Indian legend about the creation of Nantucket, Mass., as told by Reverend M. Springer. The volume also includes Coffin and Folger family histories.
Contents
SV-40/1 Unidentified record book, undated
Processing Information
Processed by NHA staff.
Finding aid by Abbie Minard and Amelia Holmes, July 2018, with additional description by Sarah Lerner in October 2018.