Oral and Written Histories of Tisbury

Oral History

'People': Memories of Tisbury residents by Stan Lair (1979)

'Vineyard Haven's Main Street' Memories of downtown (from about 1910) by Stan Lair

'South Main St., Spring St., and Centre St.'
By Stan Lair

'From M. V. National Bank to West Chop' : Memories of northern Main Street by Stan Lair

'Vineyard Haven's William Street' Memories of William Street by Stan Lair

'Union St., Water St., Beach Rd., and Beach St.' by Stan Lair

The 1918 Sinking of the Port Hunter by Stan Lair

An Interview with Stan Lair
by Missy Maciel and Kathy Young.

An Interview with Ralph Look
by Stan Lair

Written History

Annals of Tisbury from The History of Martha's Vineyard Mass., Vol. II, by Dr. Charles E. Banks, M. D.

Annals of West Tisbury (Sketches of the Early Settlers) from The History of Martha's Vineyard Mass., Vol. II, by Dr. Charles E. Banks, M. D.

The History of Tisbury (Vineyard Haven) from Martha's Vineyard, by Henry Franklin Norton, 1923.

Sketches of Old Homes in Our Village, an annotated version of the 1921 D.A.R. pamphlet written by Mrs. Howes Norris.

Old Houses in Vineyard Haven 1712 - 1830, printed by the 1971 Tercentenary Commitee. (Based in part on Mrs. Norris' notes.)

Social Statistics of Dukes County in 1870 as enumerated by 1870 census-taker Henry B. Wood.

What is the Correct Name of the Vineyard? by Dr. Charles Banks. (Gosnold had no daughter named 'Martha'!)

The History of Cedar Neck
by C. G. Hine.

The Biography of Leroy Milton Yale, Sr.
by his son, Dr. Leroy Milton Yale Jr.


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