003. Nicholson Whaling Collection
Collecting Area
Identifier: 003
The Nicholson Whaling Collection includes nearly 800 logbooks as well as manuscripts, ephemera, photographs, artifacts (such as scrimshaw and harpoons) and books on the topic of whaling. View individual collections via the sidebar.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
William H. Burgess and Harriet Dunbar Burgess Collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31116022180845]
Identifier: 003-02-03
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the lives of William H. Burgess, a seaman and whaler, and his wife Harriet Dunbar Burgess. William Burgess’s life is predominantly captured through the text in his whaling journal/ commonplace book, which documents a whaling voyage on the Polar Star (leaving from the port of New Bedford, Massachusetts), and also includes verse, vocabulary words, and other tidbits from his life and interests. The collection also includes a printed book, purchased by William Burgess...
Dates:
circa 1850-1862