Historical Resources
Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum & Arctic Studies Center
Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum & Arctic Studies Center has many Bartlett era artifacts.
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Deed of Gift of Ernestina from the Republic of Cape Verde to the People of the US
The records of the Schooner Ernestina Commission have recently been preserved in the archives of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). DCR Archivist Sean Fisher shared with us a copy of the Deed of Gift which you can … Continue reading
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Documentation of Bartlett’s 1935 Voyage
Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada, Labrador and Alaska Captain Bartlett’s Cruise to the Arctic, 1935 and New York Times Article
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Ernestina/Effie M. Morrissey Documentation in Library of Congress
The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections are maintained in the Library of Congress. They are Historic American Buildings Surveys, Historic American Engineering Records and Historic American Landscapes Surveys, 1933-Present. You can find … Continue reading
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Effie M. Morrissey’s “Record Run” Centennial
On December 10, 1912 Frederick William Wallace boarded the “Morrissey” for what would become her “Record Run” from Portland, ME and Yarmouth, NS. “From the dock in Portland to anchor in Yarmouth, she had made the 200 mile passage in … Continue reading
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Ernestina ta camba na Sul
Traudi sent this for you to enjoy: “Amigos, Uma storia…. in Criolu My friend Zizim Figueira from São Vicente living in Paris, France wrote this story when I had contacted him years ago. Ate logo se Deus quiser, Traudi” … Continue reading
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1928 Whitney Letter Surfaces
A letter from a Mr. Harry Whitney to Rollin S. Ketchum Jr. of Mystic, CT written from Effie M. Morrissey in 1928 during the ship’s only voyage to the Bearing Sea. The Stoll-McCracken Siberian Arctic Expedition to the Aleutian Islands, Bering Strait, … Continue reading
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A Camera on the Banks exhibit – Ottawa, Canada
“Let the unique photographs of Frederick William Wallace transport you to the last days of Nova Scotia’s schooners under sail.” Wallace sailed on Effie M. Morrissey and took photos featured in this exhibit. If you can’t make it to … Continue reading
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Essex 1947
The storyline of this film shows it’s age but it has some amazing footage of wooden ship construction methods in Essex, MA where Effie M. Morrissey was built at the James and Tarr yard and launched in 1894. The Shipbuilders … Continue reading
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Scouts Voyage in 2001
This article from Scouting Magazine 2001 just surfaced thanks to the family of Scoutmaster Joe Leavens of Troop 182. This kind of trip is one of the reasons SEMA is working to get Ernestina sailing again and serving the Commonwealth … Continue reading
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