Fisheries]]> Portugal--Emigration and immigration]]> Seafaring life]]> Manners and customs]]> Ship captains]]> Trawlers (Persons)]]> Trawlers (Vessels)]]> Fishers]]> Fishing]]>
CD 9 TRACKS: 1. Mr. Domingo's background -- 2. Father's background, immigration to USA beginning in fishing -- 3. Fishing prior to diesel power dory-trawling, equipment and methods used -- 4. Trawler described, crew, navigation -- 5. How dories were used, a typical day catching the fish, storing the catch, etc., marketing -- 6. Advent of the dragger leads to end of dory-trawling -- 7. Captain's role, accidents and sickness, captain's word was law -- 8. Nationalities on ships, Portuguese trawlers -- 9. Change in fishing with advent of dragger -- 10. Types of fishing (e.g. swordfishing, longlining) -- 11. Portuguese fishermen, reasons they are fewer, conditions on board, night fishing (torch-wicking) -- 12. Reasons people went fishing -- 13. Gloucester as a port -- 14. Seining -- 15. Portuguese immigration - reasons, Portuguese Hill -- 16. First immigrants - families, attitudes, aspirations, activities, church, politics17 - Gloucester's appeal, growing up in Gloucester.;CD10 TRACKS: 1. Growing up in Gloucester (cont'd) - games, sports -- 2. Portuguese Blessing of the Fleet, dances -- 3. Pollution -- 4. Portuguese Blessing of the Fleet (cont'd) especially recollections of first year, different from Italian Blessing of the Fleet -- 5. Two ships visit from Portugal -- 6. Church, Our Lady of Good Voyage, statue, bells -- 7. United Fisheries operated by Mr. Domingos' father, the Mr. Domingos -- 8. Fishermen's races, some boats named -- 9. Portuguese skippers -- 10. Charles Fernandes' story -- 11. Portuguese Hill, values of Portuguese people -- 12. Reasons for diminishing size of Portuguese fleet, comparison between earlier days in Gloucester and present -- 13. Gorton's Co., frozen foods, cold storage.]]> Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library]]> Brayton, Linda]]> Domingos, Manuel P., Jr.]]> Masters, David]]> To listen to the audio recordings for this oral history interview, visit the Sawyer Free Library's digital collection.]]> English]]> Cape Ann (Mass.)]]> Gloucester (Mass.)]]> Portuguese American women]]> Teachers]]> Ship captains]]> Schooners]]> Fishing]]> Fishers]]> Shipbuilding]]> Immigrants]]> Portugal--Emigration and immigration]]> Cultural assimilation]]>
TRACKS: CD124: Mrs. Firth's teaching background, marriage to sea captain Lemuel Firth, raising 3 families:, move to West Gloucester -- Broken trips, the schooner age (the age of sail), sub-chaser converted to fishing vessel - The Three Sisters -- When the mackerel disappeared, dangers less with mackereling than halibuting, etc. Georges - the graveyard of the Atlantic -- Capt. Firt - a highliner who broke the world's record in mackereling, marketing the catch, financing the trip, system of paying the fishermen, social security caused hardship to owners, Capt. Firth's decision to retire - Canadian fishermen, Master Mariners, Masters and Producers, Widows and Orphan's Fund, Canadian fishermen (cont'd.)-- Plan E - city government -- Canadian fishermen (cont'd.), worked in U.S.A. 6 months a year -- Shipbuilding in Essex, gill-netters from Michigan, Masters and Producers, help for fishermen and their families was needed - fishing was a hard life, fishing compared to farming9 - Gill-netters from Michigan (cont'd.), Nova Scotians usually were transient, boarding houses, Fourth of July celebrations all boats came in -- Fishing becomes less profitable -- Responsibilities held while husband was at sea -- Comments, activities - Eastern Star, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC) -- Cape Ann Animal Aid -- CD125: Cape Ann Animal Aid (cont'd.) -- Gloucester school system, Mrs. Firth's teaching methods, education then and now (neighborhood schools becoming a trend), love is helping a person to reach his or her highest potential -- Gloucester as a place to raise a family, employment in Gloucester, people of Gloucester -- CD126: Americanization classes - Mrs. Firth taught grades 1-6 to Portuguese immigrants, employment connected with fishing -- Tourism - Mrs. Firth's work as a child in family business, Gallery-on-the-Moors - art and drama family business (cont'd.) -- Gallery-on-the-Moors (cont'd.), The Little Theater, modeling for Gloucester artists -- Patillo, etc. (cont'd.), Howard Blackburn --]]> Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library]]> Brayton, Linda]]> Firth, E. Annabelle Stevenson]]> To listen to the audio recordings for this oral history interview, visit the Sawyer Free Library's digital collection.]]> English]]> Cape Ann (Mass.)]]> Gloucester (Mass.)]]> Portuguese American women]]> Nuns]]> Children of immigrants]]> Azorean Americans]]> Fishers]]> Sugarcane]]> Wheat beer]]> Mills and mill-work]]> Education]]> Social classes]]> Immigrants]]> Fasts and Feasts]]> Catholic Church--Dioceses]]> Orphanages]]> Eskimos]]>
People mentioned: Fred Couto]]> DePippo, Theresa]]> Couto, Mary]]> English]]> Lawrence (Mass.)]]> Alaska (United States)]]> Fishing]]> Fishers]]> Immigrants]]> Portugal--Emigration and immigration]]> Azorean Americans]]> Catholic Church--Dioceses]]> Priests]]> Fires]]> Altars]]> Carillon music]]> Krueger, Alice Rose]]> Original versions of all items in this collection are held at the Sawyer Free Library.

The descriptions of the statues, along with the postcards, were found within the booklet.]]> English]]> Gloucester (Mass.)]]> Catholic Church--Dioceses]]> Priests]]> Fishers]]> Portugal--Emigration and immigration]]> Nuns]]> Statues]]> Seafaring life]]> Altars]]> Basketball teams]]> English]]> Gloucester (Mass.)]]> Vessels (ships)]]> Fishers]]> Prybot, Peter K.]]> To learn more about this item, click here to view this item on the Cape Ann Museum's digital collections page.]]> Gloucester (Mass.)]]> Fishers]]> Vessels (ships)]]> Prybot, Peter K.]]> To learn more about this item, click here to view this item on the Cape Ann Museum's digital collections page.]]> Gloucester (Mass.)]]>