Manuscript Collections of the
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library

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MS477 - Susan Robinson Tuckernuck Collection, 1896-1966

Donor Note: Gift of Susan E. Robinson, Katherine Robinson Grieder, Kristin B. Wilson, and Michael Brewer in memory of Norine Dunham Robinson and in honor of William Lewis Grieder.

Collection Overview: Materials collected from residents of Tuckernuck, including issues of the Tuckernuck Foghorn; graduation exercise book from Nantucket High School, 1898; Margaret Dunham's music notebook; and Gertrude Dunham's Coffin School Notebook, 1915.

Folder 1
Mary Gertrude Coffin Dunham's graduation essay, "Our Noble Life-saving Service", 1898

Contents: Draft of essay Essay Nantucket High School graduation program, class of 1898

Summary note: Graduation essay, draft and final, read at Nantucket High School graduation exercises, 1898.

Folder 2
Mary Gertrude Coffin Dunham's sewing notebook, 1915

Summary note: Coffin school notebook with demonstrations of sewing.

Folder 3
Mary E. Dunham Wyer's music class notebook, 1923-1924

Summary note: Notebook for music class at Bridgewater State Normal School.

Folder 4- 11
Tuckernuck Foghorn, 1961-1966

Contents: Folder 4: Correspondence Folder 5: Originals Folder 6: Volume 1, numbers ?, 4, 5, 6 Folder 7: Volume 2, numbers 1-9 Folder 8: Volume 3, numbers 1-5 Folder 9: Volume 4, numbers 1-5 Folder 10: Volume 5, numbers special edition & 5 Folder 11: Volume 6, numbers 1-2

Summary note: Home-made publication of residents of Tuckernuck Island.