1 10 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/32209/archive/files/d60603bc6f241a928efce099c628ca69.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=WlwzuqVCxmbqJz-ZhdvKlfsCzD3mTymTEwCZq4P793iIi9Vst9A%7EtUbuOYjH6KuNoBaMth2QZHXdPrqQ3o-lX3XS3qvlCd0wkddsqUBYaf2ut3brG4t0MT-KQYZI40IFU20Xi7hYARaFSkxdXbzcnAHPfw8n6lUTJFqM7BCwh1jwWrtwRBqDNbLnHTPnfgl0eXVe0%7ENCeyuA6YxL1kdpm6SF8EWBuOCMyCEUKbQdydQSnqJsrjjdJP8jL1HiMCzAbPiPf46V9-nIK89wMsw87H5VZs1bEwbfEz3DQhj9rkkKGDy6ijV2YrTXNmjHh3E7P5tmdfuGB7a4BXBX4MmKjg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 7b2502ea18b5171716e3c601162040e9 PDF Text Text Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth Postcards from Falmouth Oral History Transcript Recorded: July 30, 2021 Oral Historian: Robert Blomberg Interviewer: Troy Clarkson Topic: Woods Hole Public Library, Woods Hole Historical Museum Note: The right column references postcards by identifiers searchable in the Digital Commonwealth online collection. 00:00 [Music] 00:45 so Rob welcome thank you for 00:47 participating in 00:48 this important project and 00:50 today we will be discussing a postcard 00:53 that's been given to you and this one is 00:56 of the Woods Hole Library which has a #woodshole #woodsholepubliclibrary Gunning_WoodsHole_Bldg_0587 through 0590 00:57 rich history here in Falmouth so thank 01:00 you for being willing to chat about it 01:01 and just tell us about the postcard and 01:04 your connection to it so uh the Woods 01:06 Hole Library is a 01:08 very important connection to me I think 01:10 probably the first time I was ever there 01:11 I was maybe two or two and a half years 01:13 old 01:14 I didn't grow up in Woods Hole I grew up 1 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 01:17 in Connecticut but my parents 01:18 grandparents both grew up here and 01:21 certainly the time you know every time I 01:23 would come down when the library would 01:24 be open it was a wonderful place to go 01:26 to grab books a very very comfortable 01:28 area and then in the years to come I 01:30 wouldn't didn't realize how involved I 01:32 would be in the library right now I’m 01:34 currently the the Vice President of the 01:36 uh of the Board of the library itself 01:39 and heavily involved with many of the 01:40 activities 01:42 today what I’d like to do if I could is 01:45 go through some of the history of the 01:46 library itself uh it's certainly one of 01:48 the key meeting places anywhere in Woods 01:50 Hole and certainly it's considered to be 01:52 one of the friendliest places in Woods 01:54 Hole in fact a writer from the Reader's 01:56 Digest in 1961 on the way to the 01:57 Vineyard found that he had missed the 01:59 book the boat with his family and family 02:01 he had himself his wife and three three 02:03 children and wandered around and ended 02:06 up going the library and spent over two 02:08 hours there and he 2 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 02:09 had the comment afterwards this is by 02:11 far and away the friendliest place in 02:12 this little town I think it's still like 02:14 that today 02:17 so what a great story indicative of the 02:19 the value I always say that the public 02:22 library or any library 02:25 is 02:26 the heart and soul of a community and so 02:29 the Woods Hole Library is part of the 02:30 heart and soul of that village which is 02:32 critical to the character of our our 02:35 community you mentioned before we went 02:36 on camera that it's been actually um 02:39 since it was founded in February of 1873 02:42 been in four different locations so talk 02:44 to us about the journey of the library 02:46 and how it it wound up where it is today 02:49 great I so yes the library started in 02:51 February of 1873 initially was called 02:54 the Woods Hole Social Library not the 02:56 Woods Hole Public Library but rather the 02:58 Woods Hole Social Library and it started up 03:01 really a gathering of the Woods Hole 03:02 residents 03:03 one of the real key founders was this of 03:06 this was a man named Asa Shiverick and he 3 #1873 #asashiverick #shiverick �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 03:08 was the superintendent of the Pacific #pacificguanocompany Gunning_WoodsHole_Bldg_0564 03:10 Guano Factory a lot of people I don't 03:12 think are aware that there's a large 03:14 guano factory in Penzance Point and he 03:16 was the founder and initially was 03:19 involved with 03:21 involving the community they ended up 03:23 issuing 89 shares for the original 03:26 Woods Hole Social Library at two dollars apiece 03:28 and what did they do with that oh 03:31 they end up buying books with their 03:32 funds they donated a lot of their own 03:34 books as well and the first library 03:36 actually met in the base of Asa 03:38 Shiverick’s house which is right in the 03:40 corner of Water Street and School Street #penzancepoint #waterstreet #schoolstreet Gunning_WoodsHole_Sts_0801 through 811 & Hunt_WoodsHole_Sts_598 through 603 03:43 and back then was called Main Street 03:44 hadn't been changed to Water Street at 03:46 that point uh he was Mr. Shiverick was 03:49 was very nice about it he donated some 03:51 of the oil lamps there and the heat that 03:54 lasted there and members were expected 4 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 03:56 to pay a dollar per year to check out 03:59 books and non-members five cents so a 04:01 little bit different than there is today 04:03 so that was the first location um they 04:05 were there for about five years and they 04:07 moved down to what was then called 04:09 Liberty Hall which is now known as 04:10 Community Hall right beyond the 04:12 drawbridge itself it was built because 04:15 things were really getting you know the 04:16 library was starting to grow 04:18 and they were there for about 17 years 04:20 they shared the basement with other 04:22 things such as a barber shop and a 04:23 tailor 04:24 they weren't open every every day though 04:26 primarily they were open Wednesdays and 04:28 Saturdays and became so popular that 04:31 people would wait in line outside just 04:32 to come in they're open for really two 04:34 to three hours every day at that point 04:36 um 04:37 third location actually moved again 04:40 right across the drawbridge uh this 04:42 would have been diagonally across from 04:44 where the bridge tenders are right now 04:46 it was a #woodsholecommunityhall 5 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 04:47 house called the Swift House and what #swifthouse #swift 04:49 they did there they were there sort of a 04:51 short period of time 04:52 because the rent was a hundred dollars a 04:54 year which they felt was too expensive 04:56 for those you're not familiar this would 04:58 be right next to where the Redfield 04:59 Building is now and 05:00 later on this building became a 05:02 drugstore called Daley’s Drugstore which 05:04 I remember as a young boy the old soda 05:06 fountain that was there was absolutely 05:08 great you could have a milkshake or an 05:10 ice cream and you could watch the boats 05:11 go right through the open channel 05:14 so after a very short time there they 05:16 then moved up to what's now Little 05:18 Harbor Road but back then was called 05:20 Government Street Hunt_WoodsHole_Har_583 & Gunning_WoodsHole_Har_0866 through 872 05:22 it was Fish's Grocery Store and they #fishsgrocerystore 05:24 lived they were there rent-free had 05:26 about 2000 books at that point and they 05:29 stayed there until 1910. by the time 05:31 1910 came around the Fish building was 05:34 sold and the decision was made that you #daleysdrugstore #littleharborroad #1910 6 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 05:36 know there's enough people in Woods Hole 05:38 between the year-round residents and the 05:40 summer residents 05:42 let's buy a lot and the lot where the 05:44 library is currently located was bought 05:46 at that point but the problem was all 05:48 the money they supplied for the lot they 05:50 really couldn't put anything other than 05:52 buying the land itself so they waited 05:55 about three years 05:56 they were able to raise money 05:58 they ended up having the books and a 06:00 room that was vacant in what was then 06:02 the Woods Hole School on School Street #woodsholeschool 06:04 and by 1913 they'd raised enough money #1913 06:07 pop year-round population was about 500 06:11 summer population’s about 1500 and enough 06:13 people agreed to donate money and funds 06:17 to build the library itself so by then 06:20 five thousand dollars was raised they 06:22 built the building uh opened in 1913 06:26 and the fieldstone that's on the outer 06:28 part of the library itself is fieldstone 06:30 that came from Woods Hole and Quisset 06:32 so the library itself as we know it 06:34 today really goes back to 1913 but we 06:37 had the land as of 1910. 7 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 06:40 and and so over a hundred years 06:42 the Woods Hole Library in that current 06:44 location has been 06:46 as people enter the village one of the 06:49 uh architectural features and uh 06:52 really one of the highlights of the 06:54 entry into the village but it's so much 06:56 more than that more than an 06:58 architectural feature of the village as 07:00 I mentioned a few minutes ago it's 07:01 really part of the heart and soul of the 07:03 village and to this day welcomes 07:06 residents and visitors 07:07 community groups 07:09 and despite how technology has changed 07:12 our lives 07:13 libraries are still a very important 07:15 part of the community so talk to us a 07:17 little bit about what 07:19 the Woods Hole Library means to the 07:20 village and the town today 07:22 so you know I think as you look at the 07:24 village it's a very good point I think 07:26 as you look at the library itself 07:29 we have a wonderful staff there who 07:30 obviously is coordinating the you know 07:33 the magazines the books the circular but 8 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 07:36 it's a lot of the events that take place 07:38 as well 07:39 we have many annual events that occur 07:41 the the plant sale is very popular we 07:44 have the accessories sale which is 07:45 actually is coming up in early August 07:49 one of the interesting things is Super 07:51 Bowl Sunday for a lot of people means 07:52 football and recently the Patriots well 07:55 if you're in Woods Hole 07:57 it means the fabric sale the fabric sale 07:59 is a very popular event that's occurred 08:02 so those are things that are sort of 08:03 recurring events but in addition 08:05 we have lectures 08:07 we have a lot of musical performances 08:09 that take place there there are book 08:11 groups that have met there 08:13 many children's groups come in there's 08:16 currently a camp the Children's School 08:18 of Science is in they they tend to stop 08:20 by 08:22 MBL has a camp that comes in #childrensschoolofscience Marine Biological Laboratories #mbl Gunning_WoodsHole_Bldg_0644 through 0695& Hunt_WoodsHole_Bldg_550 through 555 9 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 08:24 children have been a huge part of of the 08:26 Woods Hole Library as I mentioned you 08:28 know my first time was probably when I 08:30 was two two and a half 08:32 and one of the later additions that they 08:35 made back in the 1950s uh had a whole 08:38 children's wing put in there as well and 08:41 I think it's because of the welcoming 08:42 nature of the staff 08:44 the great volunteers 08:46 last year was was a very difficult year 08:48 with a pandemic and yet the library 08:51 itself was only closed for about two 08:53 months the decision was made to have 08:55 people place orders 08:56 they opened up the courtyard itself so 08:59 anyone that wanted a book or magazine or 09:01 periodical could go in and they could 09:03 check things out at that point 09:06 gradually as things improved a little 09:08 bit we allowed limited access in 09:10 and people needed books they needed the 09:13 magazines and the staff worked extremely 09:16 hard last year Margaret McCormick was 09:17 the director and her staff were 09:19 wonderful very creative in allowing this 09:22 and I think #pandemic 10 #margaretmccormick �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 09:23 with so many things being closed in the 09:24 town of Falmouth in the village Woods 09:26 Hole last year 09:27 other than about a two-month period the 09:29 library remained open and was a very 09:31 very important part of the community and 09:34 provided a lot of necessary things that 09:36 needed to take place 09:38 excellent so 09:40 it continued as it has 09:43 since 1873 to be an important part of of 09:46 the community right what else would you 09:48 like to share about either the history 09:50 or the 09:51 the uh the ongoing presence of the Woods 09:54 Hole Library in the community so I 09:55 what's what's interesting of course too 09:57 is you know we have the library and the 09:59 next door neighbor is the Woods Hole 10:01 historic collection which goes back to 10:02 1974. #1974 10:04 in the Bradley House itself and there is #bradleyhouse 10:07 a very strong partnership the Woods 10:08 Hole Library is actually the in 10:11 effect the parent corporation of the 10:13 Woods Hole historic collection of the 10:14 Woods Hole Museum and I think that the 11 #woodsholehistoricalmuseum �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 10:16 two groups together work very well um 10:20 Franklin Gifford one of the great 10:22 painters one of the great artists of 10:23 Woods Hole 10:24 tremendous collection that he has in the 10:26 Ratcliffe Room which is the most recent 10:28 edition in the downstairs portion of the 10:30 library itself and many of the original 10:32 paintings are also in the Woods Hole 10:35 museum the Woods Hole Historic Museum 10:37 you know right next door 10:39 these the historic Swift boat barn Dr. 10:42 Yale's workshop is there 10:44 and for those people that really haven't 10:46 gotten Woods Hole too much uh every 10:48 year we we change the second exhibit we 10:51 have one primary exhibit which talks 10:53 about the history of Woods Hole 10:55 I’ve been very fortunate I’ve been doing 10:56 the historic walking tours of Woods Hole 10:58 for four years and we get 100 150 or 11:01 more people every year coming to Woods 11:02 Hole 11:03 they see the library they enjoy the 11:05 library aspect they go in they're very 11:06 comfortable there 11:08 they participate in the book sale which #franklingifford #leroymiltonyale 12 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 11:09 is both an outdoor and indoor book sale 11:11 but they also enjoy the museum itself 11:13 and you know gallery 2 this year we just 11:16 have a new exhibit for the indigenous 11:17 people of Woods Hole and and Cape Cod 11:20 for that matter a lot in the Wampanoag 11:22 but a lot of the glacial formations etc 11:25 and similar to what the library does 11:28 the Woods Hole museum produces the Woods #woodsholeweeklydispatch 11:31 Hole Weekly Dispatch Debbie Scanlon #deborahscanlon 11:33 Colleen Hurter do a wonderful job with #colleenhurter 11:35 that mainsheet is distributed as well so 11:38 between both organizations are their 11:40 next door neighbors to each other they 11:42 share the same land 11:44 it's it's a great opportunity for people 11:46 to come to Woods Hole they get their 11:47 books their periodicals from the library 11:50 they get to participate in a lot of the 11:51 events there and then they go next door 11:53 to the museum the museum you know has a 11:55 semi-annual auction that takes place 11:57 there and they also have a lot of events 12:00 as well including the Woods Hole 12:02 Conversations and lectures that take 12:03 place and much of the 12:06 many of the lectures and other meetings 13 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 12:08 that take place there's a few larger 12:10 facilities within the library itself and 12:11 the lower level so they're able to do 12:13 that so um you know Woods Hole again 12:15 village of less than 800 people there's 12:16 a lot of things going on there and we 12:18 draw so many people not just from the 12:20 town of Falmouth but from the Cape as 12:22 well as you know domestically and 12:24 internationally as well 12:26 so you raise a good point about uh 12:29 Woods Hole's identity as a village like 12:31 many of the villages in Falmouth 12:33 although it's part of the larger 12:35 Falmouth community it has 12:37 a very strong identity and its own 12:40 history and so you said you you lead 12:42 walking tours uh so take us from the 12:44 library uh briefly on just some of the 12:47 highlights of some of those other 12:49 historic sites in the village so it is 12:52 interesting is I start the tours inside 12:54 in Gallery One and there's a timeline 12:56 there and we have photos of the historic 12:59 you know the famous people of Woods Hole 13:00 but then as you work your way around I 13:02 mean Little Harbor had the original #littleharbor 14 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 13:03 settlements going back to 1679 there #1679 13:06 were 13:06 12 families half from Sandwich half from 13:09 Falmouth several of them were Quakers 13:11 that started so Little Harbor was the 13:13 initial part of Woods Hole so we start 13:16 there we make our way down Water Street 13:18 you know I’ll talk about uh you know not 13:20 so much what's now the Steamship area #ferry 13:22 but rather what was the railroad area it #railroad Gunning_WoodsHole_Har_0855 through 0903 & Hunt_WoodsHole_Har_582 through 590 Hunt_WoodsHole_Tran_607 13:24 was a very important part my grandfather 13:26 was the general agent uh for New Haven 13:28 Railroad back then and at one point 13:30 there were nine railroad tracks that 13:32 came into Woods Hole the two tracks that 13:33 came in and nine that that uh were there 13:36 you know obviously the the boats not 13:38 just to the Martha’s Vineyard as we 13:39 currently have but also to Nantucket New 13:42 Bedford and Fall River it's a very very 13:44 popular line and that brought a lot of 13:46 the people in so as we go down as we 13:48 make our way down Water Street out if I 13:50 don't lose anyone at Pie In the Sky 15 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 13:51 which does happen occasionally though 13:53 sneak in to get something to eat you 13:54 know I’ll talk about the post office 13:57 uh what is now Under the Sun was the 13:58 former Congregational church 14:00 what's what's now the Woods Hole Inn has 14:02 always been a hotel back 150 years or so 14:05 Hotel Avery Hotel Nobska was there 14:07 continue down past Dyer's Dock 14:10 stopping at the Eel Pond Bridge Gunning_WoodsHole_Bldg_0584 through 586 #eelpond #eelpondbridge Gunning_WoodsHole_Pnd_0904 14:12 we've had a bridge there for about 200 14:14 years at this point which sort of ends 14:17 you know the early the upper part of the 14:19 business district itself but then making 14:22 our way down to Smith and Bigelow and 14:24 the WHOI Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute #whoi Gunning_WoodsHole_Bldg_0735 through 744 14:25 buildings that are there that go back to 14:26 1930 across the street from that you 14:29 know a lot of those buildings 150 160 14:31 years old uh back to when uh Woods Hole 14:34 was a whaling port four whaling ships 16 #whaling �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 14:36 were built in Woods Hole 14 other ships 14:38 uh we refurbished to the point that 14:40 Woods Hole was deforested at one point 14:42 as there was so much work that was done 14:44 so everything from the Woods Hole wharf 14:46 down past Captain Kidd and Woods Hole 14:47 Market those were buildings that had to 14:50 do with cooper with barrel making with 14:52 sail making provisions um continuing the 14:55 walk down to what really is MBL the old 14:58 Candle House which was uh uh served as a #candlehouse Hunt_WoodsHole_Bldg_535 15:00 place for spermaceti uh candles being 15:03 made there down to waterfront park the 15:06 beautiful view of of the Woods Hole 15:08 passage at that point I mean people ask 15:10 you know how did Woods Hole get its name 15:12 well the reality was we don't know who 15:13 Woods was but hole of course is a 15:15 nautical term smaller body of water 15:17 between two larger bodies of water and 15:19 in this case we've got Vineyard Sound on 15:20 one side and Buzzards Bay on the other 15:22 so the Woods Hole passage is that hole 15:24 but as you make your way down through 15:26 the Elizabeth Islands you've got 15:27 Quick’s Hole and Robinson’s Hole going out #elizabethislands 17 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 15:29 all the way to Cuttyhunk so we usually 15:31 make a turn there you know I talked I I 15:34 walk behind Lillie and Crane 15:37 beautiful view of Eel Pond you know 15:38 looking 15:40 east at that point toward you know the 15:42 Woods Hole School make our way up by the 15:44 Marine Resource Center and then cut up 15:47 the other side of Water Street 15:49 going uh really across you know into the 15:51 WHOI area as well the WHOI campus uh the 15:54 past the old Methodist church it's now 15:56 the WHOI exhibit center uh the choirs 15:58 across the Michael Walsh Garden uh with 16:01 all the rambler roses and all the other 16:02 garden and you know beautiful pollinated 16:04 garden that WHOI has done for that then 16:06 past Challenger House which Mrs. Swift 16:09 was attacked in 1777 by the British she 16:12 drove them off with a broom after they 16:13 stole most of her livestock and we wrap 16:15 up back at the museum itself so it's a 16:17 it's a fun walking tour and what's nice 16:20 is for the people that come we have some 16:21 people that are Falmouth residents that 16:23 know a lot about Woods Hole but a lot 16:25 come in they're either there they're Gunning_WoodsHole_Bldg_0679 through 0686 18 #michaelwalsh Gunning_WoodsHole_Bldg_0625 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 16:27 visitors heading to the Vineyard they're 16:28 there because the scientific community 16:30 whether it's WHOI MBL NOAA 16:34 you know 16:35 Woodwell Climate Institute whatever it 16:36 might be um others are artisans you know 16:39 I talk a lot about the artistic 16:41 community we have the currently the 16:43 Community Hall which has been in 16:44 existence 16:45 for well over 100 years at this point 16:47 has an art show there 16:49 we've got parts of the Woods Hole Film 16:51 Festival the box office will be using 16:53 the old fire station so Woods Hole has a 16:55 lot of things to a lot of different 16:57 people and 16:58 it's a very fascinating place to come 17:00 and certainly the library and the museum 17:02 are major parts of it wonderful so one 17:05 of the highlights on the tour and and I 17:07 just learned 17:09 several things 17:11 during your virtual tour just now of the 17:14 village starting at the library but one 17:15 of the sites you mentioned was the Woods 17:17 Hole School when I was a kid National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 19 #woodsholefilmfestival �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 17:20 it was still 17:21 a public elementary school 17:23 and so people my age went 17:26 some went to elementary school there so 17:29 and the linkage between 17:31 learning 17:32 at the library and 17:34 learning in general is is significant so 17:37 yeah 17:38 is there any sort of history between the 17:41 Woods Hole School and the Woods Hole 17:42 Library that you’re aware of absolutely so you 17:44 mentioned that yeah both my parents were 17:46 proud graduates of the Woods Hole School 17:48 um it is interesting also that the Woods 17:50 Hole School is the only building in Woods 17:52 Hole that's on the National Register of 17:53 Historic Places even the Candle House 17:55 part of MBL is not 17:57 there's been this very strong connection 17:59 between the Children's School of Science 18:02 and the library itself and when the 18:04 Woods Hole Library did have students 18:06 before they they went to Mullen-Hall 18:08 there were extensive programs that took 18:10 place many of the teachers brought their 18:12 classes over to the library itself again 20 #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 18:13 you had a perfect set up with you know 18:15 tremendous like you know there were 18:17 books obviously a smaller library at the 18:19 Woods Hole School but they they brought 18:21 their classes over during class after 18:23 class and you know many students would 18:25 come over and do their homework 18:27 at the library itself with with some of 18:28 the desks and areas that were set up 18:30 it's it's always been very very children 18:32 friendly uh place 18:34 wonderful 18:35 so 18:37 anything else you want to share with us 18:39 well no thank you very much Troy I 18:40 appreciate uh given the opportunity to 18:43 tell the Falmouth community about 18:46 all the wonderful things about the Woods 18:47 Hole Library and the Woods Hole Historic 18:48 Museum and please come down and visit 18:51 they would be happy to have you and a 18:53 lot to see in Woods Hole and happen to 18:55 stop by the museum we do have some of 18:56 the brochures from the tours themselves 18:58 who you can do your own walking tour if 19:00 it's a day that that I’m not giving 19:02 tours wonderful well Rob Blomberg thank 21 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 19:05 you so much I always say it takes a name 19:07 to make a town but people to make a 19:09 community so thank you for being one of 19:11 the people that keeps the spirit in the 19:13 history of Woods Hole and the Woods Hole 19:15 Library alive thank you very much Troy 19:16 appreciate it 22 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and 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