Credits and Sources
Funding support
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities
- Massachusetts Cultural Council
- Permanent Endowment Fund of Martha’s Vineyard
Core Team
- Nancy Cole, Project Manager
- MaryJane Aldrich-Moodie, Lead Writer
- Lynne Whiting, Lead Writer
- Juliet Jacobson, Designer, DigitalGizmo
- Don Button, Technical Developer, DigitalGizmo
Scholars
- Dillon Bustin, Enthno-musicologist, Folklorist, Boston, MA
- Joan Druett, Whaling Historian, New Zealand
- Michael Dyer, Maritime Historian and Librarian, New Bedford Whaling Museum
- Lisa Norling, Associate Professor of History, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
- James B. Richardson III, Curator Emeritus of Anthropology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
- Matthew Stackpole, Historian and Development Director for Restoration of the Charles W. Morgan, Mystic Seaport
- Craig Edwards, Mystic Seaport, Music Scholar
Content Contributors
- Sofi Thanhauser
- Jennifer Estabrook
- Lori Shaller
Production Contributors
- Elaine Barnett
- Eleanor Bates
- Helene Bushnell, Photography
- Molly Houghton, Voice of Laura Jernegan
- Mark Lovewell, Photography
- John Mayhew III, Audio Production
- Tony Jillson, Graphics and Audio Production BirdWaves
- Keith Ulrich, Actionscript Programming
Illustrators
- Uko Gorter
- James Warren
MV Museum Staff
- David Nathans, Executive Director
- Betsey Mayhew, Finance Director
- Bonnie Stacy, Chief Curator
- Dana Costanza Street, Librarian
- Anna Carringer, Assistant Curator
- Brianna Bingham, Administrative Assistant
- Leslie Digby, Production Associate
- Katy Fuller, Marketing Manager
- Kay Mayhew, Genealogist
- Susan Wilson, Publications Manager
Additional Production Contributors
- Louisa Fry
- Andria Higgins
- Nardi Hobler
- Susan Lebo
- Elizabeth Lurie
- Nancy Nitchie
- Dylan O’Brien
- Caitlin Scott
- Caitlin Smith
Collaborating Organizations
- New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford MA
- Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket MA
Artifact and Illustration Sources
- Toby Adamson
- Bernardo Alps
- American Musuem of Natural History
- NASA-Astronaut
- Government of Australia
- Black Dog Tall Ships
- Brandon Cole
- Franco Banfi
- Brown University
- Cape Cod Times
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Denver Public Library
- Ron Druett
- Duke University
- Flickr Commons
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission
- Gutenberg Project
- Historic New England
- Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
- Hawaii State Archives
- International Whaling Commission
- Juliet Jacobson
- James Warren
- The Ladies Treasury
- Lanny McDowell Avian Art
- Library of Congress
- Lynne Whiting
- Bruce G. Marcot
- Martha's Vineyard Museum
- Dan Martin
- Sue Moore
- Mystic Seaport
- National Archives and Records Administration-Northeast Region
- NASA Visible Earth
- National Gallery of Art
- US Navy
- New Bedford Free Public Library
- New Bedford Whaling Museum
- City of New Bedford
- Nantucket Historical Association
- National Library of Medicine
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Portrait Gallery
- New York Public Library
- National Parks Service
- Phillips Academy Andover
- Providence Public Library
- Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
- Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
- Puke Arike
- Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum
- South American Travel
- San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
- Smithsonian Museum
- U.S. Department of State
- Gretchen Steiger
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- U.S. Geological Service
- Utah State Historical Society
- Richard Wainscoat
- Jim Richardson
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
- Wikimedia Commons
- Wolverhampton History and Heritage
- World Wildlife Fund
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