Mass.) Old Dartmouth Historical Society (New Bedford
Author
Series
Old Dartmouth historical sketch ; no. 80
Publisher
[Old Dartmouth Historical Society]
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Publisher
Old Dartmouth Historical Society - New Bedford Whaling Museum
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Serves to illuminate the history and scope of the world's largest museum dedicated to the global interaction of humans with whales, the New Bedford Whaling Museum. It also presents the history of the whaling industry in the New Bedford area. This volume documents the Museum's many superlatives, including the world's largest library of whaling logbooks, prints, and journals and the largest collection of scrimshaw. The Museum collection exceeds more...
6) Whaling logbooks and journals, 1613-1927: an inventory of manuscript records in public collections
Author
Series
Publisher
Garland Pub
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Approximately 5,000 entries describe records of Anglo-American whaling and sealing voyages, 1613-1927, in 82 libraries around the world. The inventory includes indexes and data about each repository, noting availability of microfilm copies through inter-library loan.
