People

• The Millicent Library Archives Department

• Henry Huttleston Rogers Page
• Her Ladyship– Lady Fairhaven by Mabel Hoyle Knipe
• Martha Simon The last native American in Fairhaven is visited by Henry David Thoreau.
• Civil War soldier stationed at Fort Phoenix writes home to parents. Another eBay find!
• Mary Ann Tripp The first American woman to circumnavigate the globe and to visit China
• Fairhaven Honor Roll–Help us fill in the blanks!
• Charles Brigham – Our Architect – A New England Architect and his works by Oscar Fay Adams (1907).  Various short newspaper articles about Charles Brigham
• Fairhaven, Massachusetts Census 1860 Index
• Joshua Slocum Page
• Artists of This Vicinity by Mrs. Elwyn Campbell, 1921
• Manjiro Nakahama Information page telling  the story of the rescue and education of Manjiro Nakahama who came to Fairhaven in 1843.
• Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society. Official page of the friendship between Fairhaven and Tosashimizu, Manjiro’s home town.

Places

• Picture Postcard History of Fairhaven – book by Spinner Pub. and Postcard Collaborative. Available from Spinner, Baker Books, Euro Phoenix (near the library). Profits to go to Millicent Library Archives Fund.
• Old Time Fairhaven by Charles Harris is now back in print. All three volumes in one. You can order them from Higginson Books.
• Brochure on Little Bay Camp
• Plymouth Archaeological Rediscovery Project
• House of Transition– Tabitha Inn (Our Lady’s Haven) by Mabel Hoyle Knipe
• The First Gift — Rogers School by Mabel Hoyle Knipe
• Story of a Town House   – Fairhaven Town Hall by Mabel Hoyle Knipe.
• Little StoriesFrom a Small Town  – Fairhaven vignettes by Mabel Hoyle Knipe.
• Thee Will Fill It Up  – Cushman Park by Mabel Hoyle Knipe
• Following theStar– Story of the Waldrons and the Fairhaven Star Newspaper by Mabel Hoyle Knipe
• Monuments and Memorials in Fairhaven Take a look at this work compiled by Veterans Agent Jim Cochran
• Old Stone Schoolhouse by Christopher Richard
• Oxford School
• The Story of Fairhaven (1929) by Thomas Tripp
• The History of Sconticut Neck by Mabel Potter written in 1945.

Things

• Stuffed Squirrel Orchestra Page– answers one of the library’s most FAQ
• Hair wreath, circa 1850′s, made for Congregational Church minister with hair from 22 members of the flock. Purchased for the Millicent Library in memory of Curtis Lopes.
• Recipes! If you’re nostalgic about the French meat pie and apple crisp you used to eat at Fairhaven High School or want to try pear-rum pie, you can get Ellen Iddon’s and Steve Foster’s recipes and cook them up for your class reunion. Also available is Steve Foster’s pear-rum pie. Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy!