Historical Booklets by Mabel Hoyle Knipe
Mabel Hoyle Knipe (1906-1997) was a longtime Fairhaven educator, teaching for 46 years in Fairhaven schools. She began her teaching career at Rogers School in 1928. From 1931 until her retirement in 1974, she taught at Fairhaven High School, where she was chair of the English Department. In her retirement, Mrs. Knipe was a passionate library volunteer, spearheading the Fairhaven Star research project and writing numerous booklets on town history, presented here.
History of the Fairhaven High School Alumni Association
Biography of John I. Bryant, Fairhaven selectman who held several other local posts
The founding of Rogers School
History of the Fairhaven Star newspaper
History of the Millicent Library
"Some Memories of Cara Leland Rogers Broughton, The First Lady of Fairhaven"
Booklet, "A compilation of fact and legend concerning the Tabitha Inn, now Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven, Massachusetts"
Little Stories from a Small Town
Booklet containing "six narratives concerning the Town of Fairhaven and its people," dating to roughly 1869-1921.
History of Fairhaven Town Hall, built 1894
The story of Cushman Park
Some little-known philanthropy of Henry Huttleston Rogers
Miscellaneous Local History Resources
Art and Artists
Artists of This Vicinity, 1979
Publication of presentation on local artists first given in 1921 by Marion H. Campbell of Fairhaven.
Schools and Town Departments
Fairhaven High School Songs, 1913
A charming compilation of school songs published by the Fairhaven High School class in printing, 1913.
Fairhaven Fire Department: Special Rules for Protecting Society When on Duty
List of rules for Fairhaven firefighters to follow; also includes a list of personnel and fire alarm boxes in town. Undated.
Clubs and Organizations
"The Fairhaven Colonial Club," 1912
Constitution, by-laws, membership list, and a sketch of the club's history by Lemuel D. Eldred.
Town Histories and Historical Sketches
Early town history prepared by the Committee on Town History of the Fairhaven Old Home Week Association. Contains sections on the early history, civic history, religious history, commercial and industrial history, and educational history of Fairhaven.
"Two Lectures on the History of Fairhaven," 1919
1919 booklet presenting two lectures given by Franklin B. Dexter of Fairhaven. The first lecture is on "Early History of Fairhaven" and was delivered to the Fairhaven Improvement Association on January 03, 1888. The second is on "Life in Fairhaven at the Middle of the 19th Century" and was delivered on December 16, 1918.
"Whaleship to Spaceship" [Fairhaven Sesquicentennial Program], 1962
Program of exercises for Fairhaven's 150th anniversary. Includes historical sketches and a town chronology.
Henry Huttleston Rogers
"Frenzied Finance" Volume I, 1906
Businessman Thomas Lawson's account of the story of Amalgamated Copper -- an attack on the "money kings," at Standard Oil, including Henry Huttleston Rogers. First published in magazine form and later in the volume presented here.
"Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen," 1909
Book by Elbert Hubbard with profiles of business tycoons of the day. See pages 127-164 for section on Henry Huttleston Rogers.
"Henry Huttleston Rogers: An Evaluation on the 150th Anniversary of His Birth"
1990 biographical sketch on Henry Huttleston Rogers, by Millicent Library trustee and historian Earl J. Dias.