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time would ever forget it. The MBL bricked up windows in the basement to 

 keep out tlie flow of water in future storms, and tlie walls are waterproofed 

 periodically. Yet water can still rush right through the bricks in high winds. 

 Pictures hanging on many Woods Hole walls remind people that things have 

 not always been so tame as they seem on a peaceful summer day. 



Looking toward Penzance 

 Point during 1938 

 hurricane. F. R. Lillie 

 papers, MBL Archives. 



NOTES 



Material from Philip Armstrong, George Scott, and Al- 

 bert Szent-Gybrgyi comes from taped interviews 

 at the Woods Hole Historical Collection (here- 

 after: Historical Collection). George Scott, Histor- 

 ical Collection interview, recalls the fishing ad- 

 venture. 



Conklin was a marvelous storyteller who retold his 

 stories many times, so that a number of people 

 cite them. One published version of Dahlgren's 

 whaling expedition appeared in "M.B.L. Stories," 

 American Scientist (1968) 56: 121-129; "The Whal- 

 ing Expedition of 1899," pp. 121-126. 



A number of people told me that Gaboon's was next to 

 the train depot. Similarly, many people in per- 

 sonal communications recall the story about the 

 popular Sam Gaboon and Katharine Cornell. 



Woods Hole during the wars is especially remembered 

 in the interview with Robert Kahler, Historical 

 Collection. Newspaper clippings and other notes 

 of various sorts in the Archives confirm the im- 

 pressions of what life was like during both wars, 

 as do MBL trustees' minutes and annual reports. 



Paul Gross, "Report of the Director, " 1986 annual re- 

 port. Biological Bulletin (1987) 173: 43. 



Discussion of the bell tower and of other details about 

 the building and development of the MBL are 

 included in the MBL trustees' minutes and the 

 annual reports. See also Collecting Net (July 6, 1929). 



Most unpublished and published accounts of the MBL 

 prior to World Wai' II, as well as the various inter- 

 views, mention the Mess and its importance as a 

 central place to gather, to see everyone, and to talk 

 interminably about science. Dot Rogers and Donald 

 Lahy recalled events related to the Mess during an 

 interview to clarify details in summer 1987. 



Songs come from old MBL songbooks and single items, 

 largely undated, that people have sent to MBL over 

 the years. 



An interview with Elsie Scott, Historical Collection, 

 provided information about the Children's School 

 of Science, as did numerous items in the Collecting 

 Net. 



Trustees' reports for the war years record the official 

 actions. 



The Falmouth Enterprise discusses hurricanes. Also, on 

 the hurricane of 1938, Maiia von Bertalanfiy, 

 "Hurricane in Woods Hole: Thirfy Years Ago, " in 

 tlic MBL Archives. 



