The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives
Interviewee | Collection Sort descending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Dorothy Fawcett | Tales of Cape Cod |
Ms. |
Frank Rudd | West Hyannisport, MA | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | |
Joshua Atkins Nickerson, Part 1 | Tales of Cape Cod |
Tales of Cape Cod interview with Joshua Atkins Nickerson of East Harwich, October 19, 1977. Notes: The Tales of Cape Cod Oral History Collection is housed at the William Brewster Nickerson Archives in the Wilkens Library at Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. For more information about the collection, please contact the Nickerson Archives, http://www.nickersonarchives.org/. |
Betty Richards | East Harwich, MA | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | |
Eugenia Fortes | Tales of Cape Cod |
Tales of Cape Cod Interview with prominent Civil Rights activist Eugenia Fortes (1911-2006), who founded the Cape Cod chapter of the NAACP in 1961. Mrs. Fortes describes the Cape Verdean community on Cape Cod, school segregation, and her participation in the Civil Rights Movement. |
Frank Rudd | Hyannis, MA | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | |
Joshua Atkins Nickerson, Part 2 | Tales of Cape Cod |
Tales of Cape Cod interview with Joshua Atkins Nickerson of East Harwich, October 25, 1977. Notes: The Tales of Cape Cod Oral History Collection is housed at the William Brewster Nickerson Archives in the Wilkens Library at Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. For more information about the collection, please contact the Nickerson Archives, http://www.nickersonarchives.org/. |
Betty Richards | East Harwich, MA | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | |
Cecil I. Goodspeed | Tales of Cape Cod |
Born in 1898, in West Barnstable, Mr. |
Frank Rudd | Osterville, MA | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | |
Otto E. Nickerson | Tales of Cape Cod |
Mr. Nickerson was born in Eastham in 1896. His father was a selectman of Eastham and he has 10-11 generations of Cape relatives. His grandmother was a Mayflower descendent. He recalls working in cranberry bogs as a teenager and describes the use of cedar swamps to create and develop cranberries. He describes the development and care of a cranberry bog. He remembers riding on school barges (horse drawn wagons) to get to elementary school. There would be straw on the wagon floor to keep your feet warm in the winter. Mr. |
Betty Richards | Eastham, MA | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | |
William L. Grozier | Tales of Cape Cod |
Mr. Grozier was born in North Truro in 1904. His paternal grandfather John Paine Grozier was born in Truro. His grandfather’s occupation was a teamer, one who collected cargo from shipwrecks on the beaches and then reloaded it on ships. His father John Franklin Grozier was a road man who worked for the town of Truro for 32 years. Mr. |
Betty Richards | North Truro, MA | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | |
Joseph Oliver | Tales of Cape Cod |
Captain Oliver describes trap fishing, early twentieth century Provincetown, the Shaw Fund for Mariner's Children, and his experiences taking Ernie Pyle out fishing. Notes: The Tales of Cape Cod Oral History Collection is housed at the William Brewster Nickerson Archives in the Wilkens Library at Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. For more information about the collection, please contact the Nickerson Archives, http://www.nickersonarchives.org/. |
Betty Richards | Provincetown, MA | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | |
Dudley Winthrop Hallett | Tales of Cape Cod |
Born in 1902, Mr. Hallett describes his childhood experiences from 1907-1909 while vacationing in South Dennis, Massachusetts. He also describes his experiences living as a summer resident in Silver Beach, North Falmouth, Massachusetts from 1910 to the 1920. He describes the costs of rentals and food in 1907, his experiences with Captain Howard Kelley family in South Dennis; his great uncle Joyce Taylor in Hyannis who was a prominent realtor and business man; Mr. Hallett's life as a child and teenager in Silver Beach, North Falmouth and the affluent neighbors who were summer residents. |
William Pride | Falmouth, MA | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | |
Mildred B. Paine | Tales of Cape Cod |
Part 1: Born in 1893, Mrs. |
Renée Magriel | Harwich, MA | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives |