# Citations — Nantucket virtual characters Working bibliography for the Nantucket season. Companion vault notes hold the earlier industry pass (`web:0`–`web:104`) and historical-character pass (`web:105`–`web:229`). IDs below continue from the last research slice. Use Chicago-ish short cites in briefs; full URL here. --- ## A. Maria Mitchell — primary and editions - Kendall, Phebe Mitchell, comp. *Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals.* Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1896. vi + 293 pp. US PD. Gutenberg #10202; IA `mariamitchelllif00mitcrich`; HathiTrust `mdp.39015033356646`. - Albers, Henry, ed. *Maria Mitchell: A Life in Journals and Letters.* Clinton Corners, NY: College Avenue Press, 2001. xiii + 370 pp. ISBN 1883551897. License beyond fair use. - Maria Mitchell Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Vassar College. ~12 cu. ft.; 31 observation notebooks; correspondence 1861–89. Finding aid: digitallibrary.vassar.edu. - Papers ca. 1825–1887, Maria Mitchell Association (microfilm at American Philosophical Society). Originals: MMA Archives, 2 Vestal / Drake Cottage. Curator Jascin Leonardo Finger, [email protected]. - NHA MS5, Maria Mitchell Papers, 1859–1883 (digitized). Related: MS120 MMA papers; MS259 Henry Mitchell; MS296 notes. - MMA finding aid PDF (internal collections description, series I–III): irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com Maria-Mitchell-Papers.pdf. ## B. Maria Mitchell — institutions and place - MMA Archives & Special Collections. https://www.mariamitchell.org/archives-special-collections - Vestal Street Observatory / Astronomical Study reopen, 2025. N Magazine, 31 Jul 2025. https://www.n-magazine.com/over-the-moon-maria-mitchell-observatory-nantucket - MMA Vestal hours and NSF-REU. https://www.mariamitchell.org/vestal-street-observatory - Vassar Encyclopedia, MMA institutional history. https://vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu/faculty/original-faculty/maria-mitchell/the-maria-mitchell-association/ - NHA guide to MS5. https://nha.org/research/the-collections/finding-aid/guide-to-the-maria-mitchell-papers-1859-1883/ ## C. Essex cluster - Chase, Owen. *Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex.* New York, 1821. PD. - Nickerson, Thomas. *The Loss of the Ship Essex…* NHA, 1984; Penguin Classics with Chase, ed. Nathaniel and Thomas Philbrick, 2000. - Pollard account in George Bennet, *Journal of Voyages and Travels* (1831); Aaron Paddack letter, June 1821. - Wikipedia / standard refs: George Pollard Jr.; Owen Chase. ## D. Mott - Palmer, Beverly Wilson, ed. *Selected Letters of Lucretia Coffin Mott.* Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2002. - Hallowell, Anna Davis. *James and Lucretia Mott: Life and Letters.* 1884. PD. - Mott Manuscripts, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore, SFHL-MSS-035. 1866 Nantucket letter: TriCo A00182122. - Leach, Robert J. “Ancestors for Lucretia Coffin Mott.” *Historic Nantucket*, July 1975. - New England Historical Society, “The Nantucket Childhood of Lucretia Mott.” - Medford Historical Society Papers vol. 14 (Fair Street house). ## E. Boston, Ross, Meeting House - Cary, Lorin Lee, and Francine C. Cary. “Absalom F. Boston, His Family, and Nantucket’s Black Community.” *Historic Nantucket* 25, no. 1 (Summer 1977). - White, Barbara. *A Line in the Sand: The Battle to Integrate Nantucket’s Public Schools, 1825–1847.* - NHA digital exhibit: 1845 petitions (Pompey, Ross, remonstrances). https://nha.org/whats-on/exhibition/digital-exhibitions/petitions/ - NHA, “Notable Black Nantucketers”; “Black Activism Before the Civil War”; “Education Reform.” - Karttunen, Frances. *The Other Islanders.* - Bolster, W. Jeffrey. *Black Jacks.* - MassMoments, “Captain Absalom Boston Dies on Nantucket.” - MAAH / NEPM, African Meeting House 200th (2025). ## F. Veeder and Brock - NHA digital exhibit, Susan Veeder, *Nauticon* 1848–53. https://nha.org/digitalexhibits/nauticon/index.html - NHA exhibit page with PDFs. https://nha.org/whats-on/exhibitions/exhibitions-archive/susan-veeders-journal-of-the-ship-nauticon/ - NHA digital exhibit, Eliza Brock, *Lexington* 1853–56. https://www.nha.org/digitalexhibits/brocklog/ - WPI Nantucket 2020, interactive *Nauticon* map (transcript + lat/long). https://wp.wpi.edu/nantucket/projects/2020-projects/whaling-map/ ## G. Island geography and tourist AR context - Town of Nantucket / NHA walking map of historic sites (2006 PDF still circulating). Shuttle + walking numbers 1–20. - NYT “36 Hours in Nantucket,” 31 Jul 2025 (Whaling Museum, Oldest House, Meeting House, Atheneum, Douglass walking tour PDF). - Downtown Core District Walking Tour PDF (Compass Rose, Petticoat Row, Pacific Bank, Atheneum). - NHA Whaling Museum visit page. https://nha.org/visit/museums-and-tours/whaling-museum/ - Town multiuse path map (~35 miles). https://www.nantucket-ma.gov/3128/Maps-Navigation - Drives and Detours GPS audio tours (existing commercial layer — compete or partner). ## H. Method and industry (already in vault) - [[Citations — Historical Virtual Characters]] — S105–S229 (George AI, DiT, Jumbo Mana, Hello History, BASE Hologram, Lincoln AR, Groove Jones). - [[Citations — Digital Humans]] — prior 105-source market/tools pass. - [[Case Study — Jumbo Mana Bonjour Vincent]] - [[Case Study — Dimensions in Testimony and StoryFile]] - [[Specification — Full-Body Historical Virtual Human]] - [[Ground Rules — Historical Virtual Humans]] ## I. This slice (web IDs) | ID | Use | |---|---| | web:342–351 | MMA archives, Vestal, programs | | web:352–361 | Mott letters and childhood | | web:362–371 | Boston, Ross, petitions | | web:372–381 | Veeder/Brock journals | | web:382–391, 402–412 | Kendall TOC / Albers contents | | web:392–401 | Tourist sites, walking maps, museum hours |