A selection of essays and interviews from previously published Spinner projects.
From the Spinner Archives The selection below, “The Portuguese-American Race: early customs in New Bedford” was included in Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts: Volume IV. The essay was part of a larger chapter entitled “The Portuguese in New England,” which was originally planned as a standalone book by Read more…
From the Spinner Archives The selection below, “The Portuguese in Fall River” was included in Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts: Volume IV. The essay was part of a larger chapter entitled “The Portuguese in New England,” which was originally planned as a standalone book by the Federal Writers’ Read more…
From the Spinner Archives This week we have chosen to feature a series of essays published in Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts Volume IV. These essays, which deal with ethnic surveys of various groups in southeastern Massachusetts, were originally produced as part of the Federal Writers Project, one Read more…
From the Spinner Archives This week we have chosen to feature a series of essays published in Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts Volume IV. These essays, which deal with ethnic surveys of various groups in southeastern Massachusetts, were originally produced as part of the Federal Writers Project, one Read more…
From the Spinner Archives This week we have chosen to feature a series of essays published in Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts Volume IV. These essays, which deal with ethnic surveys of various groups in southeastern Massachusetts, were originally produced as part of the Federal Writers Project, one Read more…
From the Spinner Archives This week we have chosen to feature a series of essays published in Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts Volume IV. These essays, which deal with ethnic surveys of various groups in southeastern Massachusetts, were originally produced as part of the Federal Writers Project, one Read more…
From the Spinner Archives This week we have chosen to feature a series of essays published in Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts Volume IV. These essays, which deal with ethnic surveys of various groups in southeastern Massachusetts, were originally produced as part of the Federal Writers Project, one Read more…
The New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge by Robert Demanche This essay was originally published in A Picture History of Fairhaven by Spinner Publications in 1986. Imagine a time, before the American Revolution, when the whaling industry began developing on the Acushnet River. One the west side of the river, ships sailed from Read more…
Photographs from Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts Volume I chapter “Finest Kind: Commercial Fishing in New Bedford.” Read the story here.
From the Spinner Archives The conclusion of the chapter “Finest Kind: Commercial Fishing in New Bedford” by Michael Sullivan from Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts: Volume I (now available on iBooks). Click here to read from the beginning. FINEST KIND: COMMERCIAL FISHING IN NEW BEDFORD BY MICHAEL SULLIVAN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ELIZABETH ROSOSKY Read more…