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, jfinger@mariamitchell.org.
• 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)