Historic Nantucket Magazine

The NHA’s publication, Historic Nantucket, draws readers into the history of the island as well as current events and programs within the organization. Themes as diverse as whaling, genealogy, and folk art are explored by contributing researchers and Nantucket Historical Association staff along with news from the NHA on our latest programs and projects.

For sixty-five years, members of the Nantucket Historical Association have enjoyed receiving this valuable and fascinating publication. For more information, or to contribute to the magazine, please contact us.

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Digitization of Historic Nantucket was made possible by a generous gift from Connie and Tom Cigarran.

New Life in the Oldest HouseSummer 1990

Featuring articles about the Oldest House, the storm of 1987, and more.More Read more from New Life in the Oldest House

October 1989Fall 1989

Featuring articles about Main Street, the Talcahuano Incident, and more.More Read more from October 1989

Tuckernuck RememberedSpring 1990

Featuring articles about Sesachacha pond, Tuckernuck Island, and more.More Read more from Tuckernuck Remembered

July 1989Summer 1989

Featuring articles about Camp Sankaty, genealogy, Nantucket literature, and more. More Read more from July 1989

April 1989Spring 1989

Featuring articles about Charles Grant, Austin Strong, and more.More Read more from April 1989

January 1989Winter 1989

Featuring articles about Sconset, Old Sherburne, the War of 1812, and more.More Read more from January 1989

Fall 1988Fall 1988

Featuring articles about Chadwick's Folly, Clint Folger, and more.More Read more from Fall 1988

Summer 1988Summer 1988

Featuring articles about the Old African Baptist Church restoration, whale oil lamps, Pitcairn Island, and more.More Read more from Summer 1988

Spring 1988Spring 1988

Featuring articles about Philip Morris, whaling, poetry, and more. More Read more from Spring 1988

January 1988Winter 1988

Featuring articles about overdevelopment, Edward F. Underhill, whaling, and more. More Read more from January 1988

July 1987Summer 1987

Featuring articles about the 'Sconset wireless station, Bartholomew Gosnold, overdevelopment, and more. More Read more from July 1987

October 1987Fall 1987

Featuring articles about the Magdalen Islands, photography, Henry Barnard Worth, and more.More Read more from October 1987

April 1987Spring 1987

Featuring articles about Valentine Pease, Jr., Parliament House, Governor Lincoln, and more. More Read more from April 1987

January 1987Winter 1987

Featuring articles about Austin Strong, Maria Mitchell, and more.More Read more from January 1987

October 1986Fall 1986

Featuring articles about Quakerism on Nantucket, the Oldest House, Jethro Coffin, and more.More Read more from October 1986

July 1986Summer 1986

Featuring articles about Brant Point, the Nantucket Police Department, David Whippey, and more.More Read more from July 1986

April 1986Spring 1986

Featuring articles about the Melville Society conference, the NHA logo, the Joseph Macey Warehouse, and more. More Read more from April 1986

January 1986Winter 1986

Featuring articles about the Schooner "Bowdoin", Ebenezer Porter Mason, Jacob Ray, and more. More Read more from January 1986

October 1985Fall 1985

Featuring articles about Fred Parker, the "Henry Astor", and more.More Read more from October 1985

July 1985Summer 1985

Featuring articles about Frederick Parcell Hill, Peter Folger Ewer, and more. More Read more from July 1985

April 1985Spring 1985

Featuring articles about 'Sconset, Tristram Coffin, and more.More Read more from April 1985

January 1985Winter 1985

Featuring articles about the first submarine telegraph cable to Nantucket, Ernest Hemingway, and more.More Read more from January 1985

October 1984Fall 1984

Featuring articles about Charles O'Conor, Captain Josiah C. Long, Tony Sarg, and more. More Read more from October 1984

July 1984Summer 1984

Featuring articles about Great Point Lighthouse, the Swain family, and more.More Read more from July 1984

April 1984April 1984 (vol. 31, no. 4)

Featuring articles about the whaleship "Hero", the Cape and Islands Association of Historical Organizations, Alexander Coffin, and more.More Read more from April 1984

January 1984

Featuring articles about Peter Foulger, Dr. Samuel Gelston, and more. More Read more from January 1984

October 1983October 1983

Featuring articles about William Watson, Orange Street, the First South Shoals Light Vessel, and more.More Read more from October 1983

July 1983July 1983

Featuring articles about Robert Ratliff, the Starbuck family, salvaging the "Laura A. Burke", and more.More Read more from July 1983

April 1983

Featuring articles about William Mitchell, the wreck of the "Eliza", Peter Foulger, and more. More Read more from April 1983

January 1983Winter 1983

Featuring articles about Captain George W. Gardner, the Edouard A. Stackpole Collection, the Coffin family, and more.More Read more from January 1983

October 1982Fall 1982

Featuring articles about scrimshaw, the Helping Hand Society, and more.More Read more from October 1982

July 1982Summer 1982

Featuring articles about Louise Hussey, the journal of Eliza Brock, the Falkand Islands, and more.More Read more from July 1982

The NHA preserves, interprets, and shares the diverse stories of Nantucket and its people with all audiences through its collections, properties, programs, and research.